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NMNT Chapter 7: Turtle-Napped

-The Foot Building-

"Gecko warriors, whiskered freaks, karate frogs, turtle costumed freaks?!" asked Hun when he saw the thermal image of Naruto and the others.

"Is this a field report or a fantasy novel?" said Baxter Stockman, who was now missing his left eye, as he inspected the image. The man in the white robe just knocked the picture out of his hands.

"Fool! Was it fantasy that destroyed your mouser robots Dr. Stockman? Was it Fantasy that took back the Sword of Tengu from your foot soldiers Hun?! These green-skined whiskered ninjas are most skilled to be mere street thugs!" he yelled angrily.

"Maybe they're working for your old enemies?" Hun asked.

"Bah! More likely a top-secret government experiment," remarked Stockman. The man in the robe just grabbed him by his collar.

"I am NOT interested theories!" he said as he threw Stockman to the ground.

"I want answers," said the man, "You two will work together. Follow these creatures. Learn their secrets. Kill them if necessary."

-The Lair-

"My sons, tonight your training shall focus on two essential disciplines: the way of balance and the way of invisibility," said Splinter as he blew out a candle and turned off the lights by clapping his hands. Naruto and the turtles were all balancing on bamboo sticks. Splinter then joined them by balancing on a bamboo stick too.

"Dude you put in the clapper?" asked Michelangelo to Donatello. Splinter took the opportunity to hit Mikey.

"OW!" said Mikey.

"Michelangelo, the way of invisibility also includes the way of silence. I suggest you employ both if you wish to avoid my walking stick," chastised Splinter as he hopped onto another bamboo stick.

Naruto just chuckled. "That's what you get," he said.

"Shut up," said Mikey. Splinter then attacked Leonardo. He swung his cane at him but Leo just barley dodged it while trying to balance on the stick. Don took the opportunity to do a flying kick at Splinter. Splinter just dodged while Don landed on another bamboo stick. Naruto then hopped in front of Splinter ad started to punch at him in a rapid rate. Splinter managed to successfully dodge all but one punch which made him land on another bamboo stick. Raphael hopped on a couple of bamboo sticks before executing a flying kick at Splinter. Splinter managed to dodge this too. Mikey hopped on a couple of bamboo sticks, crouched down and looked left and right. Then he gave a small smile and clapped his hands.

"Peek-a-boo I see you," he said as he spotted Splinter. Splinter just swung his cane at Mikey but Mikey just caught it in his hands. Then he lost his balance, fell and grabbed onto the bamboo stick.

"Hey don't I at least get points for creativity?" he complained.

"The creative mind must be balanced by a disciplined body," said Splinter as he clapped to turn the lights off, "We must learn stillness and alertness for they are the only defense against the unexpected." Suddenly the pod doors opened and a figure walked into the lair. But due to the lair being dark the figure couldn't see where it was going.

"Hey guys?" it said as it knocked over the bamboo sticks making everyone fall.

"Uh-oh," said the figure. The turtles and Naruto groaned but Splinter was ready at a moments notice and pinned down the supposed intruder.

"Master Splinter no he's a good guy." yelled Naruto in surprise recognizing who the voice belonged to. The he clapped to make the lights come back on. "His name is Casey Jones. He's the nutca-uh the guy we told you about," he said.

"You remember," said Mikey, "the vigilante."

"We figured it would be okay to give him access to the lair; you know for emergencies and stuff," said Raph. Splinter then got off of Casey.

"Please forgive my rash action," he said. Leo and Don helped Casey to his feet.

"Uh no problemo," said Casey as he took off his hockey mask.

"Although next time, you would be wise to heed the ancient Japanese proverb: 'Phone First'," said Splinter with an annoyed expression on his face. Casey then had the chance to look around the lair.

"Whoa Raph your crib's more awesome than you said," he said.

"Now you didn't come down here to say hello did ya; what's the 411 street side?" Raph asked.

"Graffiti, it's everywhere. All over town," said Casey.

"Umm I think I speak for everyone in the room when I say 'Duh'," said Mikey.

"We're New Yorkers Casey," said Naruto, "we've seen graffiti before."

"Uh-uh not this kind. Somebody's tryin' to send you guys a message," said Casey as he held up a picture. It depicted a sword that resembled the Sword of Tengu with four turtles and a human being stabbed by it all painted in red. The five heroes collectively gasped.

"*Gulp* Talk about getting the point," said Mikey nervously.

"Do all the tags look like this?" Leo asked.

"Let's just say some are a little more graphic," replied Casey. Then he saw the Sword of Tengu. "Hey cool sword, looks like the one in the graffiti," he said. He then walk over to it and attempted to pick it up.

"Casey NO!" yelled Don. But it was too late, Casey grabbed the sword and paid the price by being electrocuted and knocked back onto the ground.

"Uh remind me, who's idea was it to invite him down here?" asked Don. The others ignored him and helped Casey up.

"I thank you for this information Mr. Jones, but now we must return to our training," said Splinter as he started to lead Casey out the same way he came back in.

"Wait, don't you guys want to put the smack down on the scum who did this?" Casey asked with an anxious look on his face.

"Well…yeah but it smells way to much like a set-up," said Mikey.

"Someone's just trying to find out who we are," said Naruto.

"Besides, why would we stoop to their level?" said Don.

"But this is a matter of honor," said Casey as he took out a baseball bat, "What about all that bushydoodoo stuff you guys always talk about?"

"That's Bushido," said Leo, "and it has northing to do with payback from a bunch of nasty wall doodles."

"Sorry Case, gotta go with my bros on this one," agreed Raph.

"Aww man," complained Casey then he noticed the entertainment center and his mood quickly changed. "Hey nice digs," he said as he lay back on the couch, "So-uh, what's on the tube?" He then turned the TV's on and started to eat the pizza that was on the table.

"You owe me $20.00 now Mikey, cough it up," said Naruto with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Whatever," said Mikey as he handed Naruto the money.

-The Foot Building-

"While your oversized lackey wastes time and effort with a pointless scribblings of street thugs, I have created something useful to intercept your amphibious and whiskered pests. I give you the foot tech ninjas," said Stockman to the man in the robe. Some ninjas in a full blue body armor appeared from nowhere. They then bowed down and leapt in the air to demonstrate their abilities.

"My brilliantly designed cyber armor enhances their physical abilities giving them increased strength, speed and stealth capabilities," said Stockman while the tech ninjas demonstrated that they indeed could take more punishment than any normal foot ninja could. Then one ninja pressed a button on his armor and like magic he disappeared. But while the first tech ninja couldn't touch him, the second tech ninja could still hit his partner. Then the first tech ninja managed to land a hit on his partner and knocked him into a fire torch.

"And all thanks to the technology I was able to glean from a tiny sample of this unusual artifact you dragged up from the East River. If you had any sense you'd allow me to study the entire thing" concluded Stockman as he walked up to the glass case that held the aforementioned armor. Hun then picked up Stockman and put him in front of the man in the white robe.

"First things first Dr. Stockman," said the man, "bring me the creatures."

"Just keep this behemoth out of my way and my foot tech ninjas will deliver the goods. I guarantee it," said Stockman.

"You have already paid the price for failing me once. Do not fail me a second time," said the man sternly.

Stockman just went *Gulp*.

-The Lair-

Casey snatched the last slice of pizza from Mikey's hands. Both were lying back on the couch in the entertainment center watching television. Leo walked in on them and turned off the TV's.

"*YAWN* sure is getting late," he said. Casey just pulled out a movie.

"These the only DVD's you got," he asked Mikey.

"Yeah in fact why don't you borrow some and bring them back?" Mikey suggested.

"That's okay, I'll just watch 'em here," replied Casey. He then walked up to the DVD player and tried to eject the disc tray.

"Come on eject you useless piece of shit," he complained as he repeatedly pressed the button and slammed his foot on the machine effectively breaking it.

"Uhh I think your players broken," he said.

"Uhh that's okay," said Don, "I'll fix it in the morning."

"What you workin' on?" Casey asked as he walked over to Don's workshop.

"Uh boring stuff," said Don rather hastily as he hid his project from Casey. This gesture just made Casey more curious.

"Really really boring stuff," said Don for added emphasis. Casey then noticed Raph was working out on the punching bag.

"Come on Raph let's wrestle," he said as he tackled Raph.

"Let go bone-head."

"No way dip-stick."

"Puke Brain!"

"Geek!"

"Dweeb!"

"Dork!" Then a cane stopped them both.

"Raphael, normally I would discourage excursions to the surface, but I think it wise for you to take our guest for a breath of fresh air," said Splinter.

"Top-side?" said Raph, "I'm all over it."

"Boo-yah!" said Casey.

"Come on you maniac," said Raph as he and Casey ran towards the pod.

"Who're you callin' a maniac," retorted Casey as they went up.

"And that's how they defeated 'The Thing that Wouldn't Leave'," said Mikey waving his fingers as if he was telling a very scary story.

"Wait a minute," said Leo, "Where's Naruto?"

-The Streets: Night-

"If there's anything that I've learned this past month is that every time we hit the streets, something happens to us," muttered Naruto as he tailed Raph and Casey who were leaping across the rooftops. Meanwhile Raph and Casey were still half arguing and half messing around with each other.

"Nimrod," said Raph.

"Lazy ass," said Casey.

"Dumb-ass."

"I know you are but what am I?"

"That's such a lame….spray paint?" said Raph as he sniffed the air.

"Spray paint," agreed Casey as he too sniffed the air. Then they heard a sound of a can shaking then spraying. As they (with Naruto behind them) followed the source of the noise it led them to three purple dragons that were just finishing another graffiti message to the heroes. Casey (with his hockey mask on his face) and Raph jumped down and confronted the Purple Dragons.

"Hi, we're the neighborhood clean n' green doin' our part to stamp out taggers," said Raph. The gang just took out their mêlée weapons. One gang member swung his chain at Raph, but he just kicked the gang member in the abdomen. Meanwhile another gang member took out two baseball bats and held them in each hand.

"Dude you're totally stealin' my act," said Casey. The gang member just ignored him and swung at Casey. Meanwhile the third gang member ducked behind a dumpster and took out his cell phone. Then he dialed a number.

"Got one," he said. But before he could say anything more, a green hand picked him up and threw him against the wall. Then both he and Casey kicked the other tow gang members and made them land on top of their fallen comrade.

"Piece of cake," said Casey.

"Don't be so sure," said Raph, "Phone-boy called for back-up. And here it comes." He pointed towards the two foot tech ninjas that were headed their way.

"Whoa, those things aren't human," said Casey.

"Incase you haven't noticed, neither am I," said Raph. Then they attacked together. The tech ninjas promptly pressed their invisibility buttons and vanished into thin air.

"Where'd they go?" said Casey. Then both he and Raph were kicked in the abdomen hard.

"Ughh; they must have some kind-of, what do you call it, cloaking device," said Raph.

"Cloakin' device, what are they Klingons?" said Casey. Raph then was picked up and knocked around some more. Casey then took the can of purple spray-paint and sparyed it on the invisible tech ninja that was attacking Raph. He managed to make the ninja partially visible, and then he took his hockey stick and whacked the ninja. But the ninja just blocked the attack and broke the hockey stick.

"Uh-oh," said Casey. Then both he and Raph were knocked hard into the wall and were promptly unconscious. Then the ninjas made themselves visible. One of them took out his communicator and said, "Target apprehended." Then his partner pointed towards Casey.

"What about him?" he asked.

"Just leave him, besides he doesn't even have whiskers. He's not one of the guys the boss wants," said the first ninja. Then they left.

"It's my time to shine," said Naruto. (He was busy watching the whole fight waiting for something like this to happen). He then formed his index and middle fingers into a cross shape and formed two shadow clones.

"You take care of Casey as best as you can until he comes to. When he does, go back to the lair and inform Leo and the others of what happened here. Meanwhile you're with me; we're going to follow these guys back. When they've led us to their place of operation, you're going to dispel and give the other clone the info as to where this place is. Got it?" said Naruto.

"Right boss," said Clone A (who would be staying behind).

"You can count on us," said Clone B (Who would be going with Naruto). As Naruto and Clone B left, Clone A jumped down and started to treat Casey's wounds. 10 minutes later, Casey started to wake up.

"Ugh, I feel like a train hit me," he groaned.

"Easy there Casey," said Clone A, "You might as well have been considering the amount of punishment you took."

"Naruto, what're you doin' here?" Casey asked.

"I'm just a clone, boss wanted me to make sure you'd be alright and not dead," said Clone A. Then he got a glazed look over his eyes before shaking his head.

"We'd better hurry and tell the others what happened. Boss found the place where they took Raph. Can you stand?" said Clone A.

"Yeah but it hurts like hell though," said Casey as he leaned against Clone A.

-10 Minutes Earlier-

"Man how long are we going to have to follow these guys?" asked Clone B.

"Shut-up," said Naruto, "Master Splinter didn't give me all those endurance tests for nothing."

"Exactly, he gave you those endurance tests not us," complained Clone B. Both he and Naruto were hopping from roof top to roof top in an effort to follow the tech ninjas. Soon the tech ninjas entered the docks and brought Raph inside the only ship that was there. Immediately after, the ship started to move out towards the middle of the Upper New York Bay. Naruto and Clone B were observing behind some crates

"Gee, not very subtle are they. They're the only boat out there," said Clone B.

"Even so," said Naruto, "It'll still be a challenge to get our back up on there in time. Now dispel and let the other Clone know what to tell the others."

"Right," said Clone B. Then he promptly went *POOF* The Naruto jumped onto the ship and became a stow-away.

-Inside the Ship: Present-

Raph started to wake up from his unconsciousness.

"Ugh, where am I?" he wondered. In front of him was an electric lantern and a robot arm that was pricking him very lightly.

"Hey watch where you're pokin' those things," he said. The he saw that he was strapped to an operation table. He tried to pull himself loose but it was no use.

"When I get outta here, I'm gonna….." he started to say but was interrupted by a voice coming from his right.

"This is some nice steel. How 'bout telling me who gave them to you," said Hun holding Raph's Sais (Raph doesn't know his name yet).

"Yo mamma," said Raph with a smug on his face. Then Hun stabbed each Sai to the left and right parts of Raph's head (but he didn't actually stab him).

"I'm sorry I didn't quite hear you," said Hun, "You know I get a little clumsy when people don't answer my questions." Then he removed the sais, put them on a small table next to Raph and picked up Raph's Shell-Cell and crushed it between his fingers. Raph then noticed Hun's Purple Dragon tattoo.

"Hey nice tat. Purple Dragon or just some big ugly chicken," he said. Hun just grabbed Raph's head.

"Let's start with just exactly what kind of freak are you any way," he said.

-The Lair-

Splinter and the others were continuing the bamboo stick training in the dark. Suddenly the pod doors opened. Clone A clapped his hands and walked in with Casey leaning on him.

"Casey, Naruto what happened?" asked Leo leaping down from the bamboo stick and helping Clone A walk Casey over to the couch in the entertainment center.

"Where is Rapael?!" demanded Splinter. Casey then took off his hockey mask.

"Invisible ninjas took him," he said.

"Invisible ninjas huh. They wouldn't happen to be joined by Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny would they?" said Mikey sarcasticly.

"Shut up Mikey, boss was there seeing how it all went down. Now come on let's hurry and rescue him. The boat Raph is on could be out in the middle of the Upper New York Bay by now," said Clone A.

"Hang on a minute," said Don as he walked over to his work area and picked up some pairs of what appeared to be goggles, "If what you say is true, then we're going to need these."

"What're these?" Leo asked.

"These are what I call 'Turtle Vision Goggles'. If what you're saying is true clone of Naruto, then even the invisible ninja can't hide from these things," said Don.

"How are you going to find Naruto?" Leo asked.

"Simple," said Don, "I'll just scan this kunai knife of his into the Battle Shell." As Clone A went *POOF*, Leo, Don and Mikey raced to the rescue.

-The Boat-

"Let's go over this again and again freak," said Hun, "I'm only gonna ask you this one more time: who do you work for, how long have you been on this planet and what is the level of your technology?!" Raph was still confused. They had been going at this for fifteen minutes and Hun's patience was wearing thin.

"Planet," said Raph, "Technology? Boy are you barkin' up the wrong shell."

"ANSWER ME!" yelled Hun in anger as he slammed the table which made it swing back and forth. As the table stopped swinging, Raph decided to try and loosen the strap that held his left wrist.

As he did so he asked Hun, "Come to think of it, who do YOU work for. I mean you look way to dumb to be in charge of all this." Hun then reached for a reciprocating circular saw.

"Your choice," he said, "You can talk or you can let your DNA do the talking for you. So is there something you want to tell me?"

"GET OUTTA MY FACE!" said a voice behind him. Hun turned around and received a hard punch to his jaw courtesy of Naruto. Hun was then down for the count.

"Naruto what're you doin' here?" asked Raph as Naruto broke the straps that held him down.

"What's it look like now come on," said Naruto as he handed Raph his Sais. Then they escaped out on to the boat deck.

"Good thing turtles are amphibious," said Raph as he jumped into the water.

"And good thing I can walk on water," said Naruto as he joined Raph. Meanwhile inside the ship, Hun started to wake up only to hear Stockman yelling at him.

"You fool," he said, "I almost attained a DNA sample and you let both of them escape!"

"Precisely," said Hun with a smug on his face, "I let them escape to lead us to the others. Even as we speak, a squad of your foot tech ninjas are following them. Now its all up to your invisible boys don't blow it."

-New York-

Naruto leapt up to the dock and helped Raph get out of the water. Naruto then took out his Shell-Cell.

"Well all I have to do now is to call Leo and tell him where we are," he said.

"Wait," said Raph, "Do you hear somethin'?"

"What?" said Naruto.

"Just-just listen," said Raph. Naruto closed his eyes and listened into the night air. Suddenly he heard foot steps.

"Oh-no, come on lets get outta here. Hopefully Don knows how to track us," said Naruto as he and Raph ran into the city with the tech ninjas behind them. Meanwhile in the Battle Shell, Don (who was at the wheel) was busy tracking down Naruto's movements on the radar screen. Soon a second blip appeared on the radar.

"Good," he said, "He must've found Raph." Then several more blips appeared on the radar. Leo (who was in the passenger seat) noticed and said, "Those must be the invisible ninja Casey was talking about."

"Well then let's assume that Naruto and Raph don't know they're being followed. Everyone put your Turtle Vision Goggles on," said Don.

"Right," said Leo and Mikey. Meanwhile Naruto and Raph led the invisible tech ninjas into an alley and prepared to ambush them.

"Good luck," said Naruto.

"Whatever," said Raph. As the got into their fighting stances, the Battle shell appeared and out came Don, Leo and Mikey who were wearing the Turtle Vision Goggles.

"I spy with my turtle eye some goons that need to be taught in our school of pain," said Mikey.

"Raph, Naruto catch these and put them on!" yelled Don as he threw two Turtle Vision Goggles in the air for Naruto and Raph to catch. As they put them on, the saw how many tech ninjas there were.

"Oh goody," said Naruto, "One ass to kick for each of us." As all five heroes attacked, the tech ninjas just threw them against the wall.

"Did I forget to mention that these guys are tougher than they look?" Naruto groaned.

"Would've been useful information," said Don. The five warriors upped the ante interms of strength. This time the ninjas were no match.

"The cloaking controls seem to be around the chest area," said Leo.

"You mean HERE?!" yelled Naruto as he simultaneously punched two tech ninjas in the chest, both revealeing them and pushing them into a puddle of water electrocuting them in the process. More tech ninjas suffered a similar fate. At last all the ninjas were defeated and Naruto and the others headed back to the lair.

-The Lair-

"So how are you feeling Casey?" asked Naruto.

"A little better than I was before, but I think I'm gonna have to crash here a little bit more," said Casey as he sat up on the couch.

"Umm that won't be necessary," said Leo.

"Nothing beats the comfort of sleeping in your own bed," said Naruto hastily getting Casey up an off the couch.

"We'll give you a ride and have you home in no time," said Don a little too enthusiastically.

"We'll carry you up the stairs, tuck you in, heck we'll even read you a bed time story," said Mikey as he and Don dragged Casey towards the pod doors.

-The Foot Building-

"Another operation marked the sickening stench of FALIURE! No doubt you are both well aware of my extremely limited tolerance for failure! " yelled the man in the white robe.

"It was his fault," said Stockman, "This bumbling oaf let these two creatures escape!" The man in the white robe grabbed Stockman by his collar.

"The plan was sound and yet your creations failed to as you put it: 'Deliver the goods'," said the man in the white robe. Then he threw Stockman towards the ground and wordlessly indicated the tech ninjas to take Stockman away.

"Wait where are you taking me?" panicked Stockman, "You can't do this. I am your CREATOR!" The doors then closed. Hun gave a small evil smile.

"What did you learn from your interrogation?" asked the man.

"I worked over a lot of tough guys in my day," said Hun, "I'm telling you these turtles and that whiskered freak never even heard of your enemies, let alone work for them."

"Hmmm," said the man, "then perhaps they can be useful to me when the time comes to confront those enemies."

-Unknown Location-

A humanoid figure walked towards its fellow brethren. The lights then revealed that this humanoid had blue hair, a trench coat, sun glasses and a golden medallion

"Masters," it said, "it is true. Our enemy has discovered our presence in the city."

"And what about the five mutant creatures?" said one but only its eyes could be seen.

"It is still an unknown factor," said the blue haired humanoid, "We need more information."

"Learn all you can," said another but again only its eyes could be seen, "If they pose no threat, do not engage them."

"But if they are in the employ of our enemy," said a third (you guessed it, only its eyes could be seen), "Take the necessary steps to neutralize them." The humanoid figure bowed then left.