Team Mutant Ninja Clan

Chapter 12

TMNC First Mission

They sat aboard as the boat flowed from side to side. A clear storm could be seen heading their way. Everyone slept except Sasuke and Tim. The water splashed up from time to time as they caught no sight of land. Tim looked over, Sasuke stared into the distance. He knew something was on his mind.

"Sasuke...he seems a little troubled, better keep an eye on him." Tim thought to himself.

They continued quiver from side to side as Sasuke's eyes opened. His head tilted up ever so sightly as he softly spoke.

"You hear that?"

Tim listened but only heard the sound of the waves and slight breeze that blew past.

"Nothing alarming."

"Listen harder."

He listened once more closing his eyes. The waves splashed on and the wind whistled inbetween his ears. Tim then focused on the pattern of the splashes. This lasted for nearly a minute.

"Something is down there." Tim said.

"And they are following us."

"They?"

"I can see them." Sasuke said as he turned to face him."

Tim reached over as he put his mask on.

"Why is it you wear a mask?"

"A symbol is more powerful than a man, no matter how you look at it." Robin replied.

They both walked over looking down into the deep dark blue sea. Robin reached into his utility belt as he pulled out a couple flash grenades.

"You ready?" Robin calmly asked.

Sasuke nodded. Robin dropped the flash grenades into the water as he reached for his staff. The two of them backed up to the center of the deck as they waited. Within seconds five shark looking creatures jumped onto the boat holding swords.

"That didn't take long." Robin said holding his staff firm in hand.

"You're not welcome in these seas!" One of them hissed.

"And you folks aren't welcome on our boat." Robin countered.

"Lets dissect these two humans, then we can feed their scrotum juice to the queen."

Tim and Sasuke glanced over at each other with a horrifying look. They then went on the attack. Two of the Shark creatures ran toward Sasuke as one of them took a swing at him. He caught their blade in the palm of his hand as he yanked it into his possession while slicing the creature in the ribs. Sasuke then kicked him over board as the other came from behind. Sasuke turned around just in time as he leaped back.

"Fire style jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he sent the Shark creature flying into Robin's direction knocking one of the other's over board as well.

The two remaining Sharks laid unconscious with Robin standing over their bodies.

"I guess they forgot to turn friendly fire off, nice technique by the way." Robin said as he tossed the remaining two bodies into the sea.

"I hadn't used that jutsu in some time now."

"Glad to have him on our side, let's just hope it stays that way." Robin thought to himself.

Everything drew silent yet again. The cool breeze had vanished, the only thing that could be heard was the water tapping at the sides of the boat. Sasuke looked toward the sky as the clouds flustered about. He motioned his head around to the other side of the ship to see Robin sitting up against the wall, staring at the ground.

"Question is, what drives a man to embark on that kind of journey, is it to create or to define a symbol?"

Sasuke was left in thought, something he had no answer to. Perhaps that time would come. He turned back around as he caught sight of something very dark in the distance. He narrowed his eyes at this. Robin looked up and caught sight of it as well. He walked over as he looked on using a pair of mini binoculars.

"Wake the others." Robin said.

"What is it?" Sasuke asked.

"We're approaching land." Robin replied.

They awoke the other's shortly after. As the boat boat got in within a mile of land they hopped into the water swimming the rest of the way, avoiding in confrontation with anyone. It didn't take them very long as they hid under one of the many wooden decks.

"This defiantly aint where we came from going to the tournament." Raphael said.

"Don't worry Raph, I'm sure we'll figure out what's going on soon." Leo said.

"So are we going to sneak around town all day?" Naruto asked.

"No but Leo, Donatello, Raph, and Fox Mccloud should stay out of sight as much as possible." Tim said getting back into his civilian clothes.

"Good point who knows how the natives may respond to seeing them." Ken said.

"I might have an idea." Sasuke said glancing over at some sheets hanging on a clothes line not to far away.

A couple minutes passed by as Leonardo, Donatello, Fox, and Raphael wrapped themselves up to disguise their appearance. Tim Drake looked them over a few times as he stood back.

"What do you think Neji, think it's convincing?" Tim asked.

"It's good enough, as long as we don't bring any attention to ourselves I'd say they're adequate disguises." Neji Hyuga answered.

"I hate when I have to do this." Donatello complained.

Naruto laughed at that comment as they made their way from under the deck to up top. They made their way from the docks as they turned to see a large city. Cars drove by as well as buses and trains.

"Just like back home." Raph said as he took a breath of the city air.

"So what exactly is our plan?" Neji asked.

"To tell you the truth, I really don't know." Tim said

"We could start by asking around." Ken suggested.

"As long as we ask the right person." Donatello added.

They began walking down the streets. Cars honked on as they caught sight of the many daily activities of the people who filled the city. This lasted for a couple hours as they scoured on in an endless routine of nothing. As they walked Sasuke came to a stop as he looked toward a small mountain above. Everyone stopped as well.

"I say we go and give that place a check." Sasuke said.

"How long do you think it will take for us to make it all the way up there?" Naruto asked.

Leonardo looked up at the sky then back toward the mountain.

"If we hurry we should be able to make it before sun down." Leonardo said.

"Sounds like a plan, besides we've been going in circles." Fox exclaimed.

"Then it's settled, we get up there before sun down." Neji said.

They made their way to the bottom of the mountain as they slowly made their way up. Hours went by as their hands fell numb from the climbing. Leonardo nearly cut himself on a sharp rock sticking out on the side. They finally reached the top as the evening set in. They walked over as they set up shop on top of a hill looking down at the three temples.

"What do you think this place is?" Naruto questioned.

"I'm not sure Naruto, but I'm sure we'll know soon." Donatello said as they looked on.

Tim reached into his bag as he pulled out his binoculars once more. He looked down toward the temple as he caught sight of a couple people.

"What do you see Tim?" Fox asked.

"Monks." He replied.

"Good, with any luck this is the Shaolin Temples." Neji said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto asked.

"They may know who Liu Kang is."

"Yea, they might also know what's going on." Fox added.

"Fox, Raph, Don, and myself will camp up here, you four see if you can find out anything." Leonardo said.

"Sounds like a plan, just make sure you guys are monitoring the perimeter. You know, just in case." Tim said.

They nodded in agreement. With that Naruto, Tim, Sasuke, Neji, and Ken made their way down toward the temples. Once they reached the bottom the sun set down as the night came into view. They walked over approaching one of the monks.

"Excuse me sir, but we could really use your help." Tim began.

He got no response.

"There's something big going down, we really need help." Ken added.

He to got no response. Sasuke slowly stepped forward as he talked out.

"Would you happen to know who Liu Kang is, we're allies of his."

The monk directed his attention to Sasuke as he slowly looked up.

"Liu...Kang?"

"Yes."

A long moment of silence goes by.

"Follow me." The monk instructed.

They walk into the second temple as they went past an inside garden. Naruto stopped as he gazed around at the many different plants. Tim snapped his finger instructing him to keep moving. They made their way down a dark hall which had torches on each side lighting their pathway. There were also multiple art works implanted onto the walls. They then entered a large room as they saw a lot of monks kneeled around a large table. In the center of the table laid a wooden box. They came to a stop as the monk that lead them to the room walked over and talked to the one at the end of the table. They whispered back and forth for a second as he looked toward them.

"So you're allies of Liu Kang."

"Yes." Sasuke answered.

"Where is Liu Kang now?"

"We were in a brutal battle, one against the man known as Shang Tsung." Tim began.

A couple of the monks gasped at hearing Shang Tsung's name.

"The island we were on began to crack apart, we had to split...which pretty much brings us up to this point." Naruto added.

"What is it you need?"

"We're not from around here, infact we're not even from this earth." Ken said

"Do you have any way of getting us back to our world?" Naruto asked.

Silence filled the room. No one said anything for the next minute or so. The monk then looked back over at the five.

"The lord of thunder may be able to assists you on your problem."

"Where can we find him?" Neji asked.

"No, no, you don't find him. He will find you." He said with a smile.

"What about Shang Tsung, we still need to stop him." Tim said amongst his peers.

"He's right, if we don't take him out now he'll continue to track us." Naruto said in agreement.

At that very second a group of armed men entered as they began firing off what appeared to be machine guns.

"Get down!" Tim Drake yelled as he and his team mates flipped to the side.

They ran in as they knocked the monks to the ground as they grabbed the box which laid in the middle of the table.

"Got it, let's book!" One yelled.

"I don't think so!" Naruto said as he jumped forward only to be kicked back by the man holding the box.

Naruto laid there with the wind knocked out of him.

"Later kid." He laughed as he and about a couple dozen men ran off.

"Don't let them get away!" Tim yelled as they all ran after them

As they ran one of the men shot back. They manuverd around the bullets as Neji and Ken's feet got tangled together. They fell putting them out of the chase. Sasuke and Tim continued to

pursue the men in black as they exited the temple. A helicopter came gliding down as the men came to a stop. Leonardo, Raphael, Fox, and Donatello came running over as they joined the picture.

"Who are these guy's?" Donatello asked as he is shot at by a gun using electrical currents.

Donatello flies a couple yards away as Raph runs forward.

"Enough games, enough holding back." Sasuke says as his sharingan appears within his eyes.

Raphael is kicked in the stomach as his body is thrown into Sasuke sending them both crashing to the ground. Fox leaped forward as one of the many men in black shot a net over him. The helicopter landed as they jumped in and quickly took off.

"Oh no you don't."

Tim dug into his bag and reached for his grappler firing it up. He got a hold of the bottom as he to took off. One of the men quickly noticed this as they cut the line. Tim fell into the grass below as he watched the helicopter dissappear into the night.

"Damn!" Tim said as he got back to his feet.

"What the hell just happened?" Ken asked as he, Naruto, and Neji came running out.

"We just got waxed, that's what happened!" Raph yelled getting to his feet.

"We...if you hadn't got in my way I could have taken them all out in an instant." Sasuke said.

"What are you trying to say pretty boy." Raphael said stepping up to him.

"Hey, that's enough you two!" Leonardo said stepping inbetween them.

Fox cut himself free as he walked over and helped Donatello to his feet.

"You ok?" Fox asked.

"I am, the team is the only thing hurting." Don said looking over at the others.

"I can't believe we let those low class scum best us, what could they have been after?" Neji questioned.

At that very second the monk from earlier came out from the temple as walked over to the group.

"They took the relic of light."

"What now?" Naruto asked.

"It's a relic we keep within the temple which keeps order, it can be very dangerous in the wrong hands."

"Do you have any idea who those guy's were?" Neji asked.

"I caught a glimpse of one of their tattoos, I believe they are a unit known as the Black Dragon." The monk replied.

"That means we need to pay the Black Dragon a visit." Leonardo said.

"You better hurry, there's no telling what they'll do."

"Don't worry, we're going to get it back." Fox assured.

With that the group made their way back to the top of they hill as they sat in silence. Naruto looked up as he stared up at the stars, wondering if they were the same ones which filled his back home. Leo paced back and forth as thoughts crowded his mind.

"What happened back there?" Ken asked finally breaking the silence.

No one said a word.

"I guess no one has an answer."

They stood in silence for another good minute or so as a light rain came down. Naruto slowly stood to his feet as a smirk came upon his face.

"I know what happened, we lacked leadership. Yea, we need a leader." Naruto said.

Everyone looked over at eachother then back at Naruto.

"You know, you might have a point." Raphael said standing to his feet.

"So how are we going to choose who is leader?" Neji asked.

Tim dug into his bag as he pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote everyone's name down.

"Put a tally mark next to who you want to nominate." Tim said as he placed the paper over near a corner.

"Don't really need to say this since Mikey isn't here, but...no voting for yourself." Leo added.

From there they all took turns going over and nominating who they felt should lead the team. Once everyone finished Tim went over as he read off the results.

"Here we go. 3 votes for Sasuke, 2 for myself, and 4 for Leonardo."

"Cool, I'm down with that." Naruto said.

"So what's our first move captain?" Ken asked.

"To find where the Black Dragon could have taken the relic." Leonardo replied.

"Don't worry about it, I planted a tracer on their helicopter." Tim informed as he held the tracer up which showed their location.

"Nice going Robin!" Don commented.

"Our first mission, retrieve the relic of light." Leonardo said as he looked into the night.

To Be Continued