Hello and welcome to everyone! Wow... It's almost Christmas! Only five more days! Hope you enjoy... CHAPTER...10!

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Now they get to yell at me. Karai thought dejectedly as everyone in the room turned to look at her.

To Karai's surprise April got up and hugged her.

"It's not your fault Karai. It was an accident." But Karai wouldn't believe that. I did this to him. It is my fault.

"I'll go see what I can do." Donatello said quietly as he picked up the turtle and walked to his lab.

"Karai don't blame yourself for this. If it's anyones fault it's Leo's. He knows better than to sneak off like that." Raph said trying to be comforting to her.

"I think I'm gonna go rest for a bit. Thanks guys." She told them and left the room. The kunoiche walked into the dojo where Master Splinter sat drinking some tea.

"Father?" Karai asked. Splinter set his cup down and swallowed the drink in his mouth.

"Yes Miwa?" Karai walked over to the table where the old rat was sitting and sat down cross-legged across from him.

"Can you teach me how to fight? The way you do?" She asked.

"Why do you ask?" Splinter inquired though he already knew the reason.

The question caught Karai off guard. "Uh... Well I just want to learn some of those cool moves you do." She lied quickly. What a stupid excuse! He probably knows I want to go after Shredder again.

"Very well then, I'll teach you my ways." Karai breathed a sigh of relief. Phew, he doesn't know of my plan. "But." Master Splinter said. "You must promise not to go after Shredder until I say you are ready. Understood?"

"Yes Father." He knows. She thought.

After hours of vigorous training Karai sat in kitchen with Leo. She was feeding him lettuce leaves from a bowl of salad Mikey had whipped up. The turtle ate very slowly as if savoring the flavor.

"You like that lettuce, huh?" She said to the little turtle. The creature just chewed his lettuce as a reply. Karai stroked the little guys forehead. I miss you Leo. Hopefully Donnie can change you back. The small turtle looked up at her and blinked as if to say thank you. She smiled as she picked up the turtle and put him in his cage.

"Are you almost done Donnie? Mikey asked curiously from the doorway to the lab.

"No." He replied truthfully. "In fact it might take a while."

"I can't believe he turned into a turtle! He should have become a human!"

"Mikey the reason he turned into a turtle is because we were turtles to begin with!" The purple clad mutant said stating the obvious.

"I'm just saying it would be cool!" Mikey paused for a moment. "Are you done now?"

"No Mikey." Donatello said becoming impatient with his younger brother.

Donnie continued to work while Mikey came closer and sat beside his brother. He smiled to himself. It's just so fun to annoy him!

"How about now?"

"No! I'm not done yet!"

Mikey did everything he could to suppress a laugh. He waited and waited for the right moment and after a while Michelangelo leaned in really close to Donnie and whispered. "Are you finished now?"

That's all it took to blow his fuse. "NO!" Donatello screamed. "Leave me alone!"

Mikey burst out laughing and couldn't stop. Raph who was standing in the doorway started laughing too.

"That was good Mikey!" Raph said between spurts of laughter. The two continued to laugh as April walked in the room.

"What's so funny?" She asked, a confused look on her face. But that only caused the two to laugh harder. Donnie got up, fuming, and left the lab.

When the two finally stopped giggling Raph left to go to bed. He told Mikey to put Leo in his cage for the night. Mikey locked the cage securely and then hit the hay himself. He thought he heard a clatter in the entrance to the tunnel but quickly shrugged it off and went to bed.

The next day early in the morning Michelangelo got up to make oatmeal. After a couple of minutes and some secret ingredients it was ready.

"Hey everyone! I made breakfast!"

As the others started to come into the kitchen Mikey went to the fridge to get some lettuce for Leo. He had to peel past some brown pieces to get to fresh green ones. When he had gathered an amount suitable for a meal he walked to Leo's cage.

"Here ya go buddy!" He said cheerfully. But then he noticed something. The cage door was wide open and Leo was gone.

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