Christmas Luck chapter 4
A/N: Please Review guys, I need to know how I am doing with this... I am going to do my best to have this done by christmas but of course that is two days away.
Leo is panic stricken at the sight of his father's legs and the fact his father wasnt responding to him.
"Splinter! Father, come on please talk to me."
He could see the raise and fall in his chest, meaning he was alive. Oh how he wished his father would wake up.
After about fifteen minutes Splinter opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was the bright sunlight in his face with a dark shadow blocking it slightly. It took him a moment to realize it was Leonardo.
"Leonardo? What happened?"
Leo sat back on his knees next to Splinter and explained all that had transpired over the last thirty minutes.
Meanwhile Leonardo had taken strips of cloth and wrapped Splinter's bleeding legs up, they werent broken which he was extremely lucky for but his left leg was horribly sprained. And his walking stick was beyond repair broken.
Splinter tried to sit up but Leonardo stopped him.
"You need your rest Sensei, I need to go find you a walking stick I am going to move you to under that shade tree over there to rest while I go."
Splinter nodded and allowed his son to carry him to the shade, Leo went to find a branch he could use.
Took all but ten minutes to find a maple tree branch that had fallen, taking his knife he carved a handle on the top and smoothed out the sides. Taking it to his father he said.
"This should work."
Leonardo helped Splinter stand and handed him his walking stick.
"Thank you my son."
Leo smiled and said.
"Your welcome, how much further do we have to go to the pilgrimage?"
Splinter looked at the path before them and said.
"Just up this pathway a little further, should only take us half a day to get there on foot."
Frowning with worry Leo asked.
"Can you make the trip?"
Splinter smiled up at his worrying son and said.
"Leonardo, I raised four icredibly energetic boys and I had a broken leg for two months after the Battle Nexus. I think I can walk up a mountain."
Leo gave a look of 'true' and began to walk with his father up the steep hill. He could see his father was growing tired but Splinter didnt complain.
Hours went by and they came to a small village, Splinter saw a tall man he knew and went up to him.
"Greetings Homato Hayato."
Hayato looked to the rat that was before him and said.
"Do I know you?"
"I was once Homato Yoshi but an accident in New York caused me and my family to take on a new form. This is my son Homato Leonardo."
Hayato looked at the mutant turtle and said.
"Nice to meet you, how long can you stay here Yoshi?"
Master Splinter bowed and said.
"I go by Splinter now, and we only have a week before we return."
Hayato bowed also and told the rat master.
"I see, and I asume you have reached age 18 if you are here?"
Leonardo bowed respectfuly and said.
"Hai, I am 18 as are my three brothers, but they could not be with us on this trip."
Hayato noticed Splinter leaning hevily on his walking stick and asked.
"Did something happen Splinter-san?"
Looking down at his leg he said softly.
"Yes, there seemed to have been a slight shift under the ground and caused a large boulder to come crashing down. I am fortunate to have not broken anything."
The older man smiled at Splinter and looked behind him at a croud of 18 year old Homato boys.
"Ken! Homato Ken! Would you come here."
A tall, young man with black hair and dark brown eyes came jogging up to them, he seemed startled by the guests.
"Who are they father?"
Hayato motitioned to the two mutants and said.
"This is Homato Yoshi and his eldest son Leonardo, an unfortunate accident has occurred and Splinter is injured, would you show him where he may rest."
The tall boy gave werry look at he two and motioned for Splinter to follow him.
"Hai father. Please follow me Splinter-san."
Leonardo watched his father leave and turned to the elder man before him.
"So what am I to do exactly?"
Hayato smiled at the boy and said.
"Well, you can walk around explore the grounds or pray what ever suits you. Many people come to pray for loved ones, others just want to relax and get away from stress at home. Its completely up to you Leonardo what you would like to do."
Another man yelled over to them and motioned for Hayato, the older man told Leonardo.
"Do what ever you want here Leonardo, since your only here for a short time any way."
Hayato walked away and Leonardo began to walk around, he wondered how his brothers were fairing at home and his mind started wandering to April, and how everything was going with her pregnancy.
He walked down a dirt path and came to a small little garden surrounded by colorful flowers, in the middle of all this was a stone path with a bench sitting on one side.
Leonardo sat down at the bench and took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, and let his body relax.
He sat like this for what seemed like hours before a group of boys came over, he noticed them and they noticed him. One boy asked.
"You meditating here?"
"Hai, I am."
The group moved on, leaving Leonardo to his thoughts. After a while Leonardo got up and stretched, he walked back to the village and found the hut his father had been taken too. Splinter sat up seeing his son and asked.
"Are you enjoying your self?"
"yes I am, I am sorry your hurt Sensei."
Splinter smiled at his eldest son and said softly.
"Leonardo, I am not sorry because if I had not pushed you out of the way you would have been hurt. That is what a father does... he protects his sons no matter what."
Leo looked around the small hut for a few moments before asking.
"Why are people not curious about how we look here?"
Splinter sat up streighter and said softly.
"Because they know of what happened in New York, they know what the Krang created so they are not worried about us doing any harm. They know Homato Yoshi is still alive but took on a different form when mutated. They just didnt know what I turned into. And they also know I have four sons and once again they didnt know what you looked like."
Leo nodded his understanding before asking.
"So who's hut is this?"
"Hayato's hut, his wife told me we could stay here until we can begin our journy home."
Leonardo and Splinter sat across from eachother and began meditating together, little did they know what was happening back at home...