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Now that the brothers were healed enough, they began to train, to strengthen their skills back up. As they finished their day of training, they noticed their leader seemed off. Of course he had seemed off since arriving at the farmhouse but it was different than before. They noticed that he didn't seemed to so angry anymore but he now seemed distant. They also noticed Master Splinter seemed to know what their eldest brother was thinking about.
No brother wanted to confront the turtle about it, they were a little afraid of what his reaction would be. The silent treatment from the turtle leader, started to frustrate the second eldest brother, Raphael. But he held his tongue, not wanting to make a scene in front of their human friends.
Finally after their friends had retired to bed and the turtles retired to the loft of the house, Raphael had decided to find out what was wrong with his brother. He walked over to his blue clad brother. "Hey, yo Leo."
When he didn't get a response, he draped a hand on Leo's arm. "Earth to Leo."
Suddenly feeling a weight on his arm, he pulled himself out of staring off into space. "Wha…oh sorry Raph."
"Where did you go? The Moon? Though we were already practically there before."
"No I was just doing some thinking."
"What about?"
"Karai."
Raph scowled at the woman's name. He crossed his arms as he nearly hissed. "How many times are we going to go through this? She is bad news. She tried to kill you without remorse."
"Karai is dead as far as I'm concern but it makes me wonder how did she learn of the Shredder's true life. Did she have any siblings? What happened to her parents when she was a child?"
Raph blinked. "Wow, where is this coming from? When we first got here, you were starting to act more like me but in the last few days, you have been acting more like yourself as if someone turned on a light switch."
"Raphael!" Splinter snapped. "Leave your brother alone. He has many things to work out. Being the leader and the eldest brother can take a toll."
"Sensei?" Raph asked. He moved away from his brother to his master. "What does Leo being my brother and leader have anything to do with Karai. She kicked our shells and almost killed Leo."
"Exactly."
Raph scratched his head in confusion. "I don't follow."
"My son, Leonardo was badly injured by the evil woman. Wouldn't you like to know why a woman could follow such evil?"
"I suppose you're right."
"Hey, Leo," Mikey called, getting everyone's attention. "Where are you going, bro?"
"For a walk to clear my head," he answered before sprinting off down the stairs.
He quickly and quietly made his way down the stairs and out the back door without, disturbing anyone. Just as he hit the tree line, he turned back checking to see if was being followed. When he saw that he wasn't, he continued into the woods until he stopped at the spot where he met the sister to Karai. Even though three days had gone by since speaking with her, he had a feeling that she was watching over him. All too quickly he swung around, grabbing one of his swords from his back, now that he had them on his back, and aimed it at a shadow behind him.
"State your business!" he growled.
The shadowed figure placed two fingers on the sword. "Come Leonardo, I'm sure you must have noticed that I've been watching you."
"Alex?" He lowered his sword, but stayed alert in case she was to attack. He saw that she pulled something from her leg and snapped it. It was a light rod. "Why are you following me?"
"Are you sure it isn't the other way around?"
Seeing that she was unarmed, he sheathed his sword. "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Leonardo, don't play me for a fool. You saw me heading towards the woods and you wanted to know why I've been watching you."
"Look," he pointed out. "I had no idea that you were out here. Yes, I will admit, I had a feeling you were watching but that was it. I came out here to think."
"And to see if I was here," she argued. "You still are holding much anger. I do see that it's improving. Your brothers have noticed it too."
Leo narrowed his eyes. She was able to read him like a book. She was right, he did saw her retreating form when he was in the house and he followed her. "You want the truth. Fine. You are someone who looks exactly as the woman who scarred my shell and you are constantly on my mind. I don't know if you are friend or foe. You have skills of a Ninja but gentleness of a seductress. I'm not sure how to figure you out. You have a guard named Johnson but yet you have your own cooperation with a Ninja elite as your real operation."
Alex's eyes soften. "I understand. You are not sure if you can trust me as you had put trust into Karai and what did she do to repay that trust. She wounded you, but not only in physical but also in mental, emotional and your honor. If I was in your situation, I'm sure I would be as cautious as you are. Trust isn't something that comes easily. It must be earned. Perhaps if you introduce me to your father, perhaps then you could learn if I'm trustable or not."
"I'm not sure if that's wise. Master Splinter is also still healing from wounds. He was nearly electrocuted."
"Well that explains the smell of burnt hair and why his body seems a little singed. How long do you think you can keep me a secret? What would your grouchy brother think?"
"You mean Raph? He would be quite angry. I know Raph is only trying to look out for me but I can handle myself."
"He doesn't seem to think so as you fell for woman who did not really respect you."
"I told you," he started, anger rising.
Before he could say anything else she closed the gap between them and silence him with her fingers against his lips. "When are you going to stop denying what is in your heart? When hell freezes over? Would it do you any harm to admit where you were wrong?"
The feeling of her fingers touching his lips and beak brought back the memory of feeling her lips there instead. Alex quickly noticed his change of mood and realized he was thinking of when she kissed him. His mouth was suddenly dry at the thought of her kissing him.
As if in a trance, he slowly moved her hand away from his mouth so he could speak. In just above a whisper, he asked. "Why did you kiss me?"
"I told you, someone loves you. If you can't figure out whom I'm referring to, then perhaps Karai has destroyed you. She destroyed your ability to think clearly.
Leo growled, trance over. "Perhaps you are the one who's clouding my judgement. Putting all these words into my head. You follow me, tell me that you know everything about me and my family but yet you keep thinking I'm an idiot."
"I'm not saying you're an idiot, I'm saying your mind keeps going back to your fight with Karai."
"Karai!"
Leo and Alex both looked up to see a turtle in the trees. The turtle jumped down between the two, forcing Alex to jump back. Leo also jumped out of the way.
"Get the hell out of here!" he sneered, pulling out his sais.
"I'm not Karai," Alex said calmly.
"Yeah right my shell."
"Raph!" Leo yelled. "She is not Karai. She's Karai's twin sister."
"What?!" Raph turned to his brother. "You're telling me you met her once already and then you start mumbling on about Karai having a family. What is going on?"
"If you would put your weapons away, I'll explain everything you want to know."
Raph turned back to the woman. "I'll give you three minutes."
"Raph!"
"No, Leo! You may be the eldest brother but I won't allow you to be stupid again and fall for someone who has an attractive face."
"Thank you for the compliment but I can assure you I am not your enemy. I may know Oroku Saki, as he is my father, but I hate him. He's an alien who wants to rule the world. He almost brainwashed me to be like him but I had been able to see what a real family is like. And the family I envy the most is yours. You have a father who loves you dearly. He would sacrifice himself for your safety.
"As I told Leonardo three days ago. I never had anyone there for me when I would wake to a bad dream and they would cuddle me until I would fall back to sleep. No one was there for me when I would fall and hurt parts of body. Whenever I was sick, no one was there to whisper words of comfort to teach me that being sick is natural. I may have had food on the table every night, clothes on my back as a grew and a home to have warmth but I didn't have warmth of another heart."
Raph slightly slacked his muscles and slowly lowered his sais towards his belt. "You got to be kidding me. A Ninja has compassion?"
"Well you are Ninjas and you have compassion. My love for my father died the day he tried to kill me. Of course at that time, I was slowly creating my own Empire to rise against him. My organization is an elite Ninja force but this force helps people. We secretly hunt down people who do harm and stop their rain of terror."
"I've been hearing about serial killers disappearing and reappearing, injured in front of police stations," Raph stated. "You are behind that?"
"That I didn't know," Leo said as he walked up to his brother. "You told me that you have a science tech company but it's mostly a cover up of your Private Investigation business."
"My group is hired, privately, to track down criminals. Hiring Ninjas comes with a high price."
"What kind of high price?" Raph narrowed his eyes.
"Money. It costs a lot for us to track down the felons. We use many resources and weaponry, which sometimes has to be replaced. If we make a kill, what is used is disposed."
"You can be a deadly assassin," Leo deducted.
"I can. But when I'm not on a case, I am very friendly person that is until I'm provoked."
"Raph, the reason I didn't say anything is because I'm not sure if we should trust her. She has been following us since the first day we met the Foot."
"I'm soon going to need to head back to camp. But if you wish to learn everything about me, I have a sealed file. The file was sealed three years. It talks about my life before and after meeting Oruko Saki. It even has everything that was needed to make my foundation and even has my contacts."
"A paper trail?" Leo asked. "Couldn't that led back to the police?"
"No. I'm the only one with the contract. As for money, it's paid in cash with no receipts. The only paper trail is coming from me and only I have the copies." Alex pulled a backpack off her shoulders. Leo didn't even know it was there. The bag matched her midnight black bodysuit.
She pulled out a box. Inside the box, revealed many envelops, which were sealed. The seal was blue with a mark of a dragonhead. "I was kind of hoping to give this to your father this evening but he was never alone. I trust you with this." She handed it over to Leo.
He took the box with caution. "You do realize with this, we could destroy your Empire."
"I know. But allowing you to see this will help earn your trust. If you have any doubts to who I am, then give this to the authorities. The police will be knocking on our doors before we could realize that you betrayed us. We would have no time to extract our revenge, as we would need to flee the country. However, if you do trust me, then by all means look at the files. You'll see I speak the truth."
Raph finally placed his sais away. "You have a lot of trust in us."
"Trust has to come from somewhere. By the way my name is Alex."
"Alex is not a Japanese name," Raph pointed. "And you are clearly Japanese."
"Japanese American to be exact and no my name isn't Japanese. But when my father tried to kill me, I changed my name and forged a new identity. It's all in the files. You better go," she urged. "Tell your family about me and look at the files. You will be amazed of my life."
"We better go," Leo said. "I'm sure Master Splinter will wonder where we are."
The two turtles slowly turned away from the woman and walked away. Raph was the first to pick up speed. He snatched the box from his brother and ran back to the farmhouse. Leo started to pick up speed but he felt something grab his arm.
He turned to see Alex holding him. Before he had a chance to ask what she wanted, he felt her lips on his again. Her hand let go of his arm, and slowly rested against the side of his face. He was too speechless when she moved away.
"As what we were talking about before your brother showed up. Why do you think I kissed you?"
Leo was at a loss for words. What could he say? After a few moments of silent, he answered. "Why would you care for me like that? I'm a mutant."
"To me you're not," she whispered. "To me you are a strong willed honorable male. You hate to see people hurt. You take your training seriously but yet you do take time to just have fun too. I see how your father gave you the privilege of being leader. Not to mention your bandanna is my favorite color and you master the katana blades. That is also my favorite blade. Now go before your brother comes back."
Not knowing what more to say, he slowly backed up until she was out of reach before turning at a run to catch up to his brother. When he did, his brother was about to yell for him.
"What took you so long?" he asked. "She had something more to say?"
"No," he lied. "I just wanted to make sure she wasn't following. She's heading back to her camp."
"You have some explaining to do," Raph said as he stopped. "She knows more about us than what she's said."
"Raph, she said the same thing to you as she did to me. She says she actually saved our shells a few times since we met the Foot Ninja. I wouldn't be surprise if she knows where we live and has been able to avoid Donnie's security grid."
"I'm not sure we can trust her."
"We'll give the files to Master Splinter and go from there. I don't know why but I think we can trust her."
"Where did I hear that before?"
"From what I've seen and heard she's nothing like Karai and as I said. Karai is dead to me. Raph I won't lie to you but the way I feel about Karai, I want to kill her."
Raph's eyes widened in shock. "Whoa! Are you the same Leonardo who always kept trying to stop me from wanting to kill a few people?"
"That is what I've been holding on to, since getting here. I want to hunt her down and do to her what she tried to do to us. I know that isn't me and I don't know how to stop feeling like this. The code we live by, we don't kill, unless it's in defence. But not in cold blood. Believe it or not, Alex was trying to help me the other night."
"I think she did," Raph breathed. "I mean for the past three days, you don't sound so angry but you have been distracted. That's normally Mikey's job."
"She kissed me," Leo admitted, head hanging down low.
"What?! Is that even possible?"
"Apparently so. She kissed me."
"So that's why you seem in a daze, you keep thinking about her. Does Master Splinter know this?
"Yes. I had asked him to keep this quiet. Where she's identical looking to Karai, I didn't want you guys to attack her before she explained herself. Please Raph, I don't want to hear Mikey go on about Alex. Don't tell the others about the kiss."
"I don't even want to hear about. Let alone talk about it. Let's just get back to the house before we have a search party out for us."
As the two turtles entered the loft, they could see their Sensei standing at the top of the stairs. "I can understand why Leonardo left but you Raphael?"
"I wanted to make sure Leo wasn't in any danger," Raph explained.
"Come, we must speak. You're other brothers are sleeping."
Splinter walked past the two turtles and led the way to the main floor where they could speak without bothering anyone. When Splinter was sitting in one of the chairs, he looked at both of his sons.
"Was she here again?" he asked.
"Yes, Sensei," Leo answered. "She's been watching us all day and I wanted to know why."
"My son, that was a dangerous move. What if she had decided to do something? You are still healing."
"Sensei, I don't sense danger from her."
"What do you think my son?" Splinter looked at Raph.
"Honestly," Raph said as he sat on the sofa. "I'm not sure what to think. She gave us this." He held out the box. "She says it's all about her life. From my understanding, there's enough information here that she can be arrested. She said if this were to be in the hands of the authorities, she would have to flee the country."
"Let me see," he said.
Raph stood and handed the rat the box. As Splinter looked at the sealed files, he noticed the seal was quite different from anything he had ever seen. Looking at the seal, he gasped. "Blue Dragons!"
"Sensei?" Leo questioned.
"My sons, she gave you this box?"
"Yes," Leo answered. "Is something the matter? That sounds kinda like the Purple Dragons."
"Similar but nothing a like. Blue Dragons are the complete opposite of the Purple Dragons. The Blue Dragons were created in Japan. They are a secret group of elite Ninja who are hired to track down certain people. They are skilled assassins who are hired by normal citizens."
"She was telling the truth then," Raph blurted. "That's exactly what she told us. She created the organization. And those files will explain everything about her and the company."
"My sons, we may have an ally."
"Are you seriously thinking of trusting her?"
"Raphael, The Blue Dragons are sworn enemies to the Shredder. They help people. Some of them will help homeless children. So the answer to your question is, yes. Leonardo, the next time to sense her presence, let me know. I want to meet her."
"If she comes by, I'll send the message along," Leo said and then yawned. "I'm heading off to bed."
"Let's all head to bed. It has been a long day," Splinter agreed.
