This chapter takes place the day after last chapter and begins with Molly and Kaito at school. Enjoy!

(Kaito's POV)

I was in study hall trying to get all my homework done like usual, when I glanced back at Molly who was in the desk diagonally two back from me.

Her face was really tense and her hand was practically drilling her pen into her paper as she was writing almost aggressively.

My ears were still ringing from last night when the new vigilante threw that diversionary sound device our way. It was effective though, I'll give him credit there. But Molly was far from giving him any credit.

Molly's mind was brewing even more than last night.

She looked almost like she was getting to the point of snapping like a twig after her slowly getting more and more frustrated and irritated after months and months of have run ins with the new vigilante.

Now all that pent up frustration and irritation has now transformed and combined in Molly to create a funnel cloud of anger ready to rip through her like the scariest tornado ever seen by anything alive.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I saw Nick stand up from his chair and looking Molly's way. He does this pretty much everyday and goes over to Molly's desk and tries to hit on her.

Okay, when I first started to go to school here two years ago and Molly told me about Nick, I thought she was just over exaggerating. But as time went on I realized she wasn't lying.

Nick is seriously obsessed with Molly in some weird way and seems like he gets some sick kick out of pushing her buttons until she can't take it anymore. I tried to make him leave her alone a couple time, but he's about as stupid as a lemming that just idiotically jumps off a cliff with nothing to gain.

Sure I tease Molly about the 'Nick thing' sometimes, but even I know how much Nick bothers her.

I've even seen her beat him up once, even though she's told me she's done it before. Once being when he and his gutless friends were trying to pick on Jimmy and his friends a couple years ago.

Which I can't blame her there, he's here brother. If I saw someone try to pick on Kaya, I don't care who they were I'd make them pay for trying to harm my sister.

I saw Nick walking down the aisle to get to Molly and I looked back at Molly who still had the look of intense emotion brewing deep down before looking back at Nick. Look, I really think that Nick and his friends should get anything that's coming to them, but I'd rather not have my cousin on trial for brutal murder today.

I put my hand up to stop Nick.

"Stop blocking me Poster Boy." He said irritated and pushed my hand off his chest. "Nick, if you don't want to get buried 6 feet under, then I would leave Molly alone." I warn. He scoffed as he said, "Shut up pretty boy, I'm not scared of you."

He just walked past me, misunderstanding what I meant as I mumbled to myself somewhat self-righteously, "I wasn't talking about me."

"Hey Hamato." He said and I looked behind me to see him starting to irritate Molly. Molly was still bent on ignoring him as Nick standing in front of her desk and putting his hands on either side of her paper that she was writing on.

"C'mon Molly, stop giving me the cold shoulder. So… wanna do something with me tonight?" He persists, flirting with her… again. "Hey, how 'bout you stop writing on that stupid piece of paper and look at something more worth your time?" He says semi-suggestively as I saw him put one of his hands over Molly's free hand that was holding her paper in place.

Then in the next moment Nick cried out for a split second, catching the attention of the entire room as everyone stared at what just happened.

Molly was still looking down at the paper, but she jabbed Nick in the hand with her pen.

I looked up front at the supervising teacher, who was looking at what happened like everyone else. I looked back at Molly, who was now slowly looking up at Nick with the most intense glare I've ever seen on her.

Her jaw looked locked up as she stared down Nick, who was trying not to break down from the pain.

After that Molly strained out two very direct words to get her point across, "Go… Away." Then she retracted the pen from his hand and Nick fell to his knees holding his hand.

I got a quick look at Nick's hand and just rolled my eyes. He only had a slight graze and an ink mark from the pen. Besides, even if he was hurt I still wouldn't feel sorry for him. He's like a stupid little kid that keeps playing too close to a bear trap and all the while pushing the bear trap, my cousin, to her maximum limits.

Then I saw the teacher walk up and he handed this slip of paper to Nick and nodded his head in the direction of the main office of the school. Then the teacher just went back to his desk and sat down as Nick walked out.

This happens all the time when something goes on between Molly and Nick.

It's no secret, everyone hates Nick, including pretty much all the teachers. Molly, on the other hand, is a straight A student and all the teachers love her. So if they see that Molly did something like she did to Nick just now, they don't even do anything about it.

In fact I think they all secretly wish they had the ability to do what Molly can when Nick's practically stalking her.

But I totally agree with that logic. I am a definite believer in Karma and that what goes around comes around. And Nick deserves whatever comes around his way, I'll say that much.

Well, all I'm hoping for right now is that nothing else tests Molly, at least for today.

(Molly's POV)

I felt slightly more relieved walking into the dojo.

I was hoping to use the hour before Kaito and I's class started to spar and blow off a little steam. After today… I really needed it. Kaito came down and we walked into the side of the dojo that Kaito and I hold our class in and train together.

We walked in, but then we stopped when we saw Uncle Leo talking to some guy and then shaking his hand.

He looked to be about the same age as Kaito and I and was about an inch taller than Kaito with short light blonde hair… and I mean blonde. I thought Uncle Mikey's hair was blonde, but his hair isn't half as blonde as this guy's.

Kaito and I gave each other confused looks before walking up to them.

Uncle Leo looked at us and smiled as he waved us over and said, "Kaito, Molly, I want you to meet someone." "Uncle, what's going on?" I ask, confused and what this guy had to do with anything.

Uncle Leo looked to the other guy as he said, "Okay, this is my son Kaito and my niece Molly. Molly, Kaito, this is Zachary Riley. He's from the Chie Dojo and has his 3rd Dan black belt in Karate. He's going to be to helping out."

"Helping with what?" I question, totally confused by Uncle Leo saying he was going to help. I didn't get it? We didn't seem like we really needed help around here. What did we need help with? Was this guy going to help by cleaning stuff or something?

"Well I was looking for someone to help take some of the workload off you and Kaito and help you with your classes." Uncle Leo explained.

The new guy smiled at us and then looked toward Kaito and held out his hand as he greeted, "Hey, just call me Zach. Nice to meet you." Kaito smiled and returned the greeting as he said, "Likewise."

Then Zach looked toward me and smiled and held out his hand to me too.

I could literally feel every blood vessel in my brain about to burst. First that stupid new vigilante threw that diversion at me last night to temporarily screw up my hearing, then I had Nick hitting on and practically sexually harassing me at school today, and now I'm getting help from from beach boy over here?!

Oh, no way in Hell am I going to take this.

I immediately crossed my arms slowly but with a purpose as I looked him up and down before looking him right in the eyes and then finally saying, "No."

Zach gave me a confused look as he raised an eyebrow at me and said, reflecting his confusion about my response, "Um, I'm sorry?"

I didn't pay attention to him as I looked toward Uncle Leo. "Uncle, he can go right now." I say making a gesture behind me with my thumb. "What?" I heard Zach protest behind me, still confused.

"Molly, I just thought that it would be good to give you and Kaito a little more help to manage your class so that your students will benefit more with more instructors." Uncle Leo explains.

"Well Kaito and I don't need help. We've been handling things just fine so far and there is no way I am working with toe-head over here." I say getting in Zach's face and poking him in the chest.

But then something happened that I'm not used to when Zach gave me a look back and crossed his arms.

He rolled his eyes as he scoffed and retorted, "Oh, toe-head, because I'm blonde. Hilarious. What's next? Blondie, Beach boy… try me. I've heard it all." "Oh okay smart guy, either way, I don't need help from you." I say still not backing down.

"What's wrong with me? What did I do?" He said, getting more testy with me and confused. Even though deep down I knew I started it. But I was angry. "You walked in here and butted in where you're not needed. That's what you did." I say pointedly, still in Zach's face.

"Well you've got a big mouth for someone who's only two feet tall." He snaps back at me in defense. My eyes narrowed as I grit my teeth, feeling my blood boiling in my veins.

Oh no, he did not just say that.

"Listen buddy I'm 5'2'', but I am not above showing you what I can do. I've beaten opponents down much bigger than you." I say back, fuming. "Are you threatening me?" He says, quirking an eyebrow at me confused and also irritated with me. "How about you come closer and I'll answer that question?" I challenge.

But then Uncle Leo came between us.

"Enough!" He ordered. "But sens…" "Ya mae!" He snapped and I immediately knew to shut my mouth. "Molly, Zach is working here and that is final. Now either everyone gets along or…" He dragged on the or. He didn't finish the sentence, but I was able to fill in the blank because knew what would have been the consequence for me.

As much as I didn't like it, I bowed my head to Uncle Leo and replied, "Hai sensei."

"Molly, Kaito, keep setting up for your class and start warming up. Zach, come with me and I'll get you a uniform." Uncle Leo says and we all bow our heads slightly before doing what we were told.

I saw Kaito looking at me and crossing his arms. I knew what was running through his mind as I pointed at him and said, "Don't even say it." Then Kaito just rolled his eyes at me as he walked toward the supply storage room.

I glanced back at Uncle Leo and Zach walking away. My eyes narrowing on Zach.

Look, I may have been forced into dealing with working along side All-American golden boy over here, but that still doesn't mean I have to like him. And that's flat.

Does the name Zach ring any bells to anyone? Well, I'll just explain. Zach is not an OC, far from it. Actually Zach was a real TMNT character from the 1987 TV series! Zach was a friend of the turtles. He was a 13 almost 14 year old boy in the series that always acted to help the turtles and even took on the Shredder with them a couple times and helped the turtles accomplish several other missions to save the day as well. You all know how I love to bring 1987 aspects into my stories, haha. But in my story I figure that since Zach was the same age as Molly and Kaito were in "Forward Progressions" that'd I just revamp his character a little bit, still retaining his defining mental and physical traits from the 1987 series, but just aged him up to be a 16 year old martial artist like Kaito and Molly. Thank you so much for reading and please review if you can.