Angel: Another favorite of mine! And hopefully yours too, since this is a important episode!
Leo's POV
I have been raised to believe that words like truth and honor are more than just words. A shadow stands above me as I dangle from a rope. He holds a purple bubble shaped prison. I growl and narrow my eyes. I have to get it back…I have to. But one of the real difficulties of living a life of honor is that sometimes…he pulls out a sword and cuts the rope. You might have to pay the ultimate price for it. I scream as I fall towards the water.
No one's POV
Thunder strikes in New York. But it didn't seem to stop a certain being to emerge from lightning and darkness. He had long red hair and a cape. He stands up and walks to a dripping faucet of water. He places his hand under it. "Show me. Show me the one I seek," he says as the water turns into a mirror. A light then emerges to show Leo. "Here is the one you seek," a voice murmurs. "Yes, now find him. For his end is soon at hand."
It's early in the night and the turtles are lounging around in the lair. Leo is brushing his teeth. When he finishes and grabs a glass of water, he stops when he notices stocking in his glass. He sighs in slight annoyance as he removes the stocking. "Nice," he remarks and looks around at April's drying clothes hanging all around the bathroom. He was lucky Amy didn't use the same method, she preferred using a dryer that Donnie installed for her. He walks out and yawns a bit before he comes across Splinter.
"Master Splinter," Leo says and they bow to each other, "May I speak with you?"
"Certainly my son," Splinter answers.
"You know, it's great having April live with us. After all, I mean, she's been through a lot. Amy too. April lost her place because of us and Amy just lost her grandmother, but it's just that—"
"Hey, I found that hairbrush I promised you," April calls out as she walks towards the two with a hairbrush in her hand. "How'd that shampoo and conditioner work out?"
"It was wonderful," Splinter replies as he takes the hairbrush, "My hair has never felt so full bodied and supple. And my split ends, they are all gone. Truly, I am in your debt, Miss O'Neil," Splinter smiles gratefully. Leo had looked in shock before he had crossed his arms.
"Oh, you're more than welcome," April answers and soon walks away, humming.
"What is it you wanted to speak to me about, Leonardo?" Splinter questions.
"Nothing sensei," Leo decides to drop it, "Everything's just fine."
Amy reads a book as she walks, not noticing Leo walking in front of her. She bumps into Leo and they both fall to the ground. "Ow," she murmurs as she rubs her head. "I'm so sorry, Ames!" Leo exclaims as he picks up her book and holds it out to her. Amy smiles a bit and takes it from him. "Its fine, I didn't see you either," she tells him as he helps her stand up.
"What are you reading?" Leo asks curiously and she immediately saddens. "My favorite book again…when my mom died, my grandmother would read it to me," she murmurs. Leo immediately felt bad for making her react that way. Amy's grandmother was still a tense subject for her. "I'm sorry," he says. "You didn't know," she tells him gently.
"So what's the book about, anyway? You never told me," Leo asks. She beams at him and opens the book to show him. "Far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise!" she exclaims, smiling. Leo couldn't help but smile as well. He had only asked to make her feel better, which seemed to have worked. He couldn't stand her to be upset, especially if he had caused it. She had a pretty smile and he would do anything to see it…
"And look, my favorite part! Here's where the female lead meets Prince Charming, but doesn't discover that it's him in chapter three!" Amy explains, leaning closer as she points. Leo looks and sneaks a glance at her. She looked much better than she did a few minutes ago.
Raph sits on the couch, twirling his sai in irritation as he watches the news about crime rates going up for the past few weeks. "The police seem unable to keep the peace on our city streets and this reporter can only hope that the current growing wave of gang violence is not the precursor of things to come." Raph gives a look of anger.
"Ah, I hate watching the news!" Raph groans as he turns the TV off. "It's all bad! These gangs out there, banging heads. It really ticks me off!"
"Raph, everything ticks you off," Donnie calls out from his lab station.
"Not everything…alright everything." Amy snickers from the top level of the lair.
Donnie walks up to a hover skiff that Casey and April hijacked from TCRI. "Man, the technology on this hover skiff is amazing. Do those Utroms know how to make cool stuff or what?" Donnie comments and then cringes when he hears a loud crashing noise coming from the kitchen.
"Hey Mikey!" Donnie calls out. "Can you keep it down to only a slightly deafening cacophony?"
"Sorry bro!" Mikey calls back, a few pots and pans crashing to the floor as he walks out with a bowl of popcorn. "We don't have any kakoe phony, but we do have popcorn! The glorious, golden kernels of freshly popped joy, because it's movie night! WAHOO!" Mikey exclaims as he walks over and sits on the floor.
"Movie night, right," Raph says a little irritatingly. "Where the heck is that bonehead Casey Jones? He's supposed to be bringing the movie!"
"Now why would you let Casey bring it? Last time I had him over to my house for a movie night, I watched an all-night horror marathon," Amy calls out and shivers. "Never do that again."
"Probably not the best idea letting Casey pick the flick," Donnie agrees as he walks into the living room and sits down on a chair. "No telling what we'll be watching tonight."
"Just something super spectacular!" Everyone looks over to see Casey come in through the elevator. "A movie so goongala great, they only remade it a gazillion times! And this, my friends, is the original, like me!" Suddenly, a snowball hits him on the head. "OW!" he looks up to see Amy laughing.
"Yeah, okay, we'll take Casey the movie critic's word for it," she laughs. "The original Casey, more like the only Casey who's a bonehead."
Casey suddenly trips and the video tape flies out of his hands and through the air. Leo skillfully slides down the fire escape stairs and jumps in the air to catch it. Before he could, Amy soars through the air and snatches the tape. "Huh?!" Leo says in surprise before crashing on the floor. Everyone laughs at him as Amy lands behind him. "The only person who can one-up Leo," Raph comments, smirking. "That's a first," Donnie replies, smiling.
Amy stands in front of Leo, hands on her hips. She had a bowl of popcorn that no one noticed until now. "I guess I beat you again," she says, holding up the tape with a smile. Leo chuckles awkwardly as he sits up. Amy places the tape in the VCR. The others soon come in: April and Splinter on the couch and Casey jumps onto it next to April. "Incoming!" He lands besides April and the jump startles her a bit. It made both of them uncomfortable.
Amy sits down next to Leo, who is sitting on a chair. Leo clears his throat. "If you want, you could sit here with me," he offers, blushing. Amy gives a wary look. "Leo…you do know there's not enough room on that chair," she points out dryly and Mikey snickers. "Romance fail," he murmurs and Leo smacks him. "And besides, I'm fine with sitting on the floor," Amy finishes as she grabs a pillow and sits on it.
"Hey bonehead," Raph calls out from next to Splinter. "I can't believe you picked a western."
"I can," Amy murmurs under her breath.
"I can't believe it either!" April says, but she sounds more excited than Raph. "This is Rio Gato! I love this movie!"
"Me too! Isn't it great how that punk kid challenges the old man?"
"Just so the kid can make a name for himself and it's great where—"
"Hey, I know it's great that you two found something in common, but you're kinda ruining it for us and it's barely even started," Amy interrupts, turning to look at them. "Yes, can we just watch the movie instead? Please?" Leo asks.
"Sorry," April and Casey reply. Amy snickers and covers her mouth. Mikey munches on his popcorn while Amy passes hers around.
When the movie is near its end, Mikey's popcorn is almost finished. Everyone is practically on the edge of their seats.
"After I'm done with you, sheriff, they'll know my name in every territory west of the Mississippi. Now…draw," the kid says as he and the sheriff are faced against each other.
"Look kid, having people know your name isn't important. Fame and glory aren't worth fighting for," the sheriff tells him.
"Enough talk, old man! I said draw," the kid replies. "On the count of three." As the kid countdowns, everyone is tense. Then a shot rings out and everyone gasps as the kid falls to his knees, then to the ground. The sheriff twirls his gun and puts it back in its holster. He shakes his head and walks away, concluding the movie.
"Can I pick 'em, or can I pick 'em?" Casey gloats and Amy claps. "My grandma would've loved this movie," she murmurs with a small smile.
"They sure don't make 'em like that anymore," Leo murmurs in awe.
"How cool was that Sheriff Bart guy?" Mikey comments and blows on his finger, pretending it was a gun.
"Yes, it was as if he was a samurai of the old west," Splinter replies.
"Ahh," Mikey complains as he uses his nunchucks to poke through the popcorn bowl. "The popcorn's gone."
"I can't imagine where it all went, Mikey," Raph comments sarcastically.
"I was hungry, but now I'm really hungry," Mikey complains and turns to Amy. "Hey, Amy, you got any more?" Amy gives him a blank look. "Unlike you, I shared mine."
"Maybe it's time for, I don't know, an ice cream run!" Donnie suggests. The turtles and Amy stand up, cheering.
"Hmm, it is too dangerous on the surface. The increased gang activity alone makes it ill advisable to go," Splinter warns.
"We'll be careful, Sensei," Leo assures him.
"I will accompany you to insure that you do not get into mischief," Splinter explains, standing up. "Besides, I am craving a double thick ice cream shake."
"You're so cool Master Splinter," Amy laughs.
Everyone soon piles into the Battle Shell and make their way towards the ice cream parlor. "Ice cream, here we come!" Leo exclaims and they drive past the man from that night. He watches the Battle Shell move on his water screen. "There. There is the one you seek," the voice whispers. "Beware warrior, I am coming." The man disappears into his own cape.
They park the van and April along with Casey and Amy went inside to get the ice cream.
"Alright boys," April says as they come back. Amy has two ice creams in her hand and one on her head. "Who ordered the double banana split with caramel and almonds?"
"Me! Me!" Mikey calls out excitedly. "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
"You say that one more time and I really am gonna scream," Donnie warns him and Amy laughs as she hands April and Casey their ice cream. She takes the one off her head and starts eating it.
"I gotta admit, that Rio Gato turned out to be a great flick," Raph says. "One thing though. How'd Sheriff Bart beat the kid when the kid obviously had better skills?"
"I believe the young gun slinger fought only for fame and glory, while the sheriff fought to protect his friends and loved ones. Of course, possibly Sheriff Bart won because it was only a movie and needed a happy ending," Splinter says.
"Yeah, maybe." None of them notice the man watching them from above. He appears near them.
"I don't know. Statistically, the odds are against it," Donnie comments.
"Thanks for the stats, Brainiac," Mikey deadpans.
"Those with selfish goals always meet their downfall in the end," Amy murmurs and everyone stares at her in surprise. "Whaat? We face enemies with selfish goals all the time!"
"But Sheriff Bart was pretty quick on the draw for an old guy," Leo replies. "I mean, he was—"
Before Amy could warn him, Leo turns around and catches a kunai with a purple cloth tied to the end.
"Leo!" Raph calls out and now everyone is on alert.
"Watch your backs," Leo whispers to them.
"Get behind me," Casey says to April as he steps in front of her. "Yeah right," April retorts.
"I have seen this marker before," Splinter murmurs as he looks at the kunai. Leo is surprised when the kunai is gone from his hand and he looks back to see Splinter holding it.
"Though not around here."
"Do you think it's the Foot?" Raph questions. "Are they back?"
"It is not the Foot, it is a challenge, a marker for a duel. A duel until there is only one left standing," Splinter explains.
"Young warrior," a mysterious voice calls out and they look back to see the man in a mask step out from the shadows. "The one called Leonardo. I have come to this dimension to battle Oruko Saki, the Shredder, but you stole that honor from me when you defeated the Shredder in combat. And so, for fame and glory, I must destroy you instead. I challenge you to a duel. We will compete for being the Ultimate Ninja."
"Just like in Rio Gato…" Amy murmurs in disbelief.
"Hold on, wackbag," Raph says as he steps up and draws his sai. "You mess with my brother, you mess with me."
"You mess with all of us," Casey replies.
"You got that right," Mikey answers as he, Donnie, and Amy step up with their weapons drawn.
"Ditto," Donnie says.
"Don't forget me," Amy replies, narrowing her eyes.
"These are not the rules," the man turns his attention to Splinter.
"…Yes, I know," Splinter answers.
Leo gasps in shock and the man bows to him before he pulls out a small paddle drum with two small balls on strings attached to it and twists it between his hands. The paddle drum begins to glow and it turns into a regular paddle. The man lets the paddle go and it floats in midair, another ball of light lighting up. The paddle floats up to it before another mysterious man appears wearing a mask as well, holding the paddle in his hands. They all gasp in shock.
"Master Splinter, what is all this?" Leo asks.
"It is a universal challenge match," Splinter tells him.
The mysterious floating man waves the paddle in the air and they are all incased in a dome.
Raph tries to break it with his sais, but doesn't leave a scratch. "What's up with this cage?" he demands.
"If the warrior named Leonardo refuses the match, then your lives are forfeit," the floating man says.
"And if he accepts and loses, then his life is forfeit," the red-haired man finishes.
"I don't accept these kind of challenges. Even as a matter of honor, I don't care," Leo answers in determination.
"Hmmm...very well...Then, I challenge you..." He looks around and stops on one person. "For the brunette's hand." He points at Amy.
"Wait, what?!" Everyone exclaims in shock.
"When did I become part of your challenge?!" Amy shouts.
He transports himself to Amy and grabs her by the wrist. "This girl can make a perfect bride. Besides, once someone has chosen their beloved, she cannot complain," the red-haired man explains. Amy struggles in his grip.
"Let me go! Right. Now!" she growls before whining. "Why do I always get flirted at?!"
"That is up to Leonardo. What do you say, young warrior? Do you accept the challenge?" the red-haired man replies, looking at Leo with a smile behind his mask.
He didn't have a choice. She would do the same for him. "Grr...fine. But I only do it for Amy, not for me."
"Aww, Leo's being sweet to Amy!" Mikey exclaims.
"Shut up," Raph mutters and smacks him. "Ow."
"Leo, you're seriously not doing this, are you?" Amy asks in disbelief. "I have to," he tells her. "I am not a prize to be won," she answers, narrowing her eyes. "I'm sorry…" Leo murmurs, looking away.
"So noted," the floating man says. "Challenge accepted. Duelists, prepare."
"Soon warrior, you shall taste defeat. Whoever wins this battle shall claim her as prize," the red-haired man says. He holds out his hand to Amy and a water puddle appears underneath her. She shouts in surprise as it starts to rise and touch her heart. "What is this?!" she demands before there's a flash of light. She screams as she's slightly lifted up in the air. "Amy!" Mikey screams before her body turns into something.
When the light is gone, a purple bubble drops in front of Leo and the man. "What did you do to her?!" Raph screams in rage. Leo picks up the bubble and looks inside. He gasps at the sight. Amy leans against the wall in her prison, eyes closed. She looked to be unconscious. "Ames…" As if in response, she squeezes her eyes in pain.
"Master Splinter," Donnie calls out, "what is going on?"
Splinter holds up his hand up for silence. "I will explain later, now is not the time." Splinter walks forward to stand in front of the floating man. "I demand a full observance."
"Full observance accorded," the floating man says.
"A full observance?" the man questions. "I…fine old one, observe all you want, it will not change the outcome." The man grabs his cloak and when he wraps it around him, he disappears. "Warrior," the man's voice echoes out, "Warrior, prepare to meet your doom."
"Boy, he's a little overdramatic," April comments.
"A little? Look what he did to Amy! Still, I wish I was fighting that nutcase," Raph replies as he puts his sais away.
"I wish I knew exactly what it is I'm supposed to do!" Leo says in confusion. He looks down at Amy and sighs.
"You must face him in combat, my son," Splinter answers as he leads Leo away from the others. "And you must be careful, he will be a difficult opponent, but you have the skill and most importantly, you have the heart to defeat him." Leo bows at him.
"And you have to get Amy out of there!" Mikey points out, pointing to the small bubble in Leo's hand. "She's your girrrlfriend, after all." Leo rolls his eyes and the floating man drifts over to the two. He waves his paddle over a puddle of water. It starts to move until it was under Leo and he sinks under it. "H-Hey! Hey! Guys!"
Raph tries to dive for him, but Leo, Amy, and the portal are gone by the time he lands. "Leo!"
"Leo and Amy are gone!" Mikey gasps.
"What did you do to them?!" Raph shouts at the floating man as he tries to attack him, but Splinter holds him back.
"Behold," the floating man explains, pointing the paddle at the puddle of water and it floats up in the air to show Leo holding Amy in the mirror.
"It is alright Raphael, calm down," Splinter advises and Raph soon calms down. "All is in order."
"What do we do, Master Splinter?" Mikey asks.
"Now we wait," Splinter answers as he keeps his eyes on the mirror portal. "And we watch."
In Central Park, Leo looks down at the bubble prison and strokes his thumb against it. "Don't worry, Ames. I promise, I'll get you out of there. If it's the last thing I do," he declares with a determined look. If she was listening, she gave no response. He begins to walk around, wondering what he should do now or where that man was. He thinks he hears something through the trees and looks to where the noise came from, but he doesn't see anything.
He hears the noise again and he looks to see nothing there either, but then he looks up and sees that there's a purple cloak floating around in the air. It lands right in front of him. He turns around, thinking that the cloak is a distraction, and prepares himself, but he doesn't see the red-haired man use a magic trick and comes out of the cloak, standing close behind him.
"Look out Leo!" Mikey calls out when he sees the trick through the magic water mirror. "He's right behind you!"
"Save your breath, Mikey. He can't hear you," Raph tells him.
The red-haired man tries to strike Leo, but he easily blocks the hit and has a smirk on his face as he prepares himself for the fight. The red-haired man gives a lot of hits, but Leo blocks every single one, throwing in a few strikes for himself, but then he is suddenly kicked hard into a lamp post. Amy is dropped to the ground. The man takes out a kyoketsu-shogei and twirls around the heavy end of the chain. He throws it at Leo, who is still down.
"Move Leo! Move!" Donnie shouts.
Leo shakes his head and he sees that the heavy end was coming right at him, but he ducks his head and it wraps around the lamp post. The man pulls at the chain and it breaks the lamp post. It comes down straight for Amy. Leo gasps, snatches her, and jumps out of the way as it comes down. He stands on his feet. Leo tucks the bubble in his belt and he blocks the attacks as the heavy end of the chain keeps coming.
When the man throws the end at him again, Leo moves his swords so that the end would wrap around both of the swords and pulls at it. The man comes at him and Leo jumps and kicks at him, knocking him into a tree. Leo twirls his swords so that the chain unravels and he tosses it in the trashcan.
"Wahoo!" Mikey cheers. "Two points!"
"Now that's what I'm talking about!" Donnie shouts and the three turtles high-threed each other in celebration on the first fight.
The red-haired man begins to run towards a bridge over a road and jumps on a moving truck. Leo runs to the bridge, but the truck is too far away for him to jump over to. So he begins to jump through the trees until he finally makes it to the truck and jumps up, his weapons poised.
The man draws his swords as well and they begin their second fight. The fight seems evenly matched for a while, but then Leo does a sweep kick at the man, knocking him down again. He jumps at him, but the man pulls his cloak over him and he disappears. Leo couldn't pull his swords out as the man reappears behind him and then kicks him away. Amy flies out from Leo's belt and rolls towards the edge of the truck.
"Hey, that guy cheated!" Casey exclaims.
"That's gotta be against the rules!" Raph argues.
"Your complaint is so noted," the floating man says.
"Noted?! You need to do something!"
"Such things are considered at the end of the challenge, not during," Splinter tells Raph, a hand on his shoulder.
"At the end? It might be too late by then!" Donnie exclaims as they turn their attention to the mirror and watch as Leo dodges the man's sword attacks.
Leo manages to dodge the man's attacks and jumps to his feet while grabbing Amy just before she falls off the edge of the truck. As Leo continues to dodge the blows, he's backed up to the edge of the moving truck and he titters to the edge. When the man laughs as he is about to make the final blow, Leo reaches forward and grabs the small grappling hook that's on the man's belt.
He jumps off the truck and swings the grappling hook so it hooks to the end of the truck. He then swings around so that he could kick the man off the truck. They both roll onto the bridge, but Leo lands safely. When a car comes their way, they jump up on the pole wires until they are up at the top. The man himself has his cloak wrapped around him and when he moves it out of the way, he has two new weapons. He uses both and strikes Leo down.
"Leo!" Everyone exclaims.
"That's it! I'm putting a stop to this!" Raph shouts and is about to charge at the floating man. "Starting with you, weirdo!"
Raph is suddenly trapped in a cylinder. "You must not interfere. Honor dictates certain rules," the floating man tells him.
"When I get out of this, I'm gonna—"
"Raphael, enough!" Splinter orders sternly. Raph calms down and the floating man lets him out of the cylinder. Splinter puts a hand on Raph's shoulder. "It is hard to watch, I know, but we must," he tells him.
"Sensei, isn't there anything we can do?" Donnie asks.
"Yes," Splinter answers and walks over to the floating man. "As family members, we claim right of attendance."
The man seems hesitant, but then starts to shake the paddle. "So granted." The water mirror dissolves so that it becomes water again. It moves to the ground and under the dome. It starts to make it and everyone inside it sink to the ground.
"Whoa, this is too strange!" Casey exclaims and holds his breath while pinching his nose as they sink fully under the ground.
Back with Leo, he is still a bit disoriented and when he looks up, he sees that the man is coming at him with the claw blade, but he grabs it and kicks the man back, taking the claw blade. As Leo advances on the man, the others appear way across from the fight and they see that Leo is now up while the man is still knocked down.
"Whoa," Mikey gasps in awe, "this isn't how we left things."
"Change is good," April says happily.
"Yo, you go, Leo!" Casey cheers.
The man is on his side and Leo doesn't see him pull out a handful of green dust. When he throws it at him, distracting Leo, he snatches Amy and repeatedly kicks him until he is at the edge. He punches him in the chest, knocking him off and falling.
"Leo!" everyone shouts.
"My son!" Splinter yells in distress.
The man laughs in victory but stops when he sees that Leo is dangling from the wire. He rushes towards him and draws his swords to slice the wire holding him. Leo falls towards the river, screaming, but he is still connected to the bridge and is left dangling in the air. The man raises his swords and slices the support and Leo begins to plummet towards the water.
"We've got to help him!" Donnie yells.
The turtles draw their weapons and try to break the dome, but it was useless since it doesn't even leave a scratch. Leo continues to fall towards the river. As if sensing he was in trouble, the bubble prison that Amy is in glows. "Strange…" the man murmurs and the river turns into an ice rink. Leo lands on it safely.
"…Ames…?" he murmurs in confusion as he looks down at it. The ice rink turns into mist and it lifts him up.
The red-haired man jumps over to stand in front of the others.
"He is finished! I have won!" The man cheers and laughs. "I am the ultimate warrior on this planet! With this victory, my fame and glory grows. Soon all will know my name. I am the Ultimate Ninja! And now I shall claim my prize."
The bubble prison in his hand glows and rises above them. It shape-shifts into Amy and she drops in front of the Ultimate Ninja. She opens her eyes and gasps in horror when she sees him.
"Just wait, pal, and I'll give you all the fame and glory you can handle," Raph growls.
"Hang on there, Raph." Everyone looks over and sees Leo standing across from them. "I'm not finished with him yet."
"What?" the Ultimate Ninja exclaims. "I-It can't be."
"Oh, but it can be. And it is," Amy says as she stands up. She smiles at Leo and he gives a look of surprise to see her before he smiles back.
"Let's you and me finish this," Leo declares. "Now."
The others cheer happily that Leo was alright. Leo has the claw blade ready while the Ultimate Ninja begins to draw one of his swords. The battle soon begins and the Ultimate Ninja throws some shurikens at Leo, disappearing. Leo easily blocks them and they hit the dome. The Ultimate Ninja reappears in front of the dome.
Leo jumps and kicks at him, causing his mask to fall off. He starts to repeatedly hit the man. "Come on!" Leo taunts. The Ultimate Ninja lands on his feet and draws his swords as Leo comes at him again, but when he tries to strike, Leo dodges the hits, jumping over them and kicking him in the back.
The kick causes the Ultimate Ninja to lose his swords and now Leo has them. He jumps at the fallen man with the swords poised, but when he sticks them to the ground, they are only near the Ultimate Ninja's neck.
"You lose," Leo says.
"No, I cannot lose, I cannot!" the Ultimate Ninja exclaims.
"Sorry, you just did." Leo bows at him. "But, you fought well. It's okay," Leo winks at him.
"I…I do not believe it. I…I surrender." Leo takes the swords and throws them away.
"Winner: Leonardo," the floating man declares and shakes the paddle. The dome disappears. They all cheer as they rush towards Leo and congratulate him.
"My son, I am so proud," Splinter tells him before hugging him. Amy hugs Leo. "Leo, I'm so proud of you!" she exclaims and hugs him tighter.
"Um, thanks, Ames," Leo murmurs before coughing. "But I'd like to breathe."
Amy unconsciously kisses his cheek. She gasps as she realizes what she did and blushes deeply. "Oh... Leo, I'm so so sorry. I-I didn't mean to, I..."
"It's okay, Ames," Leo assures, smiling as he pulls her close to him.
Amy blushes, speechless.
Leo kisses her deep on the lips. Amy's eyes widen and she could feel Leo pulling away so she kisses back. She wraps her arms around his neck, pulling him closer.
"Ewww, guys, get a room!" Mikey exclaims and covers his eyes.
"Leave them alone, Mikey. After all, they've had something between each other for a while now," Donnie tells him as they watch the two happily.
"Yeah, bro. Let'em be," Raph comments and April snaps a picture, squealing. Leo pulls away and stares at Amy, whose eyes are shining in glee. "Ames…I…" Amy places a finger on his mouth.
"Leo…I know," she tells him, smiling. Leo smiles, "And I'm not taking it back this time," and embraces her. Amy returns it.
The Ultimate Ninja, who had watched the whole exchange in anger, pulls out his green dust and blows at it. The dust turns into a dragon. Everyone gasps as it is about to attack them, but lightning suddenly lights up the sky and the dragon is sliced in half. When the green smoke disappears, there is a giant man standing across from them with a sword in hand, standing in front of the Ultimate Ninja.
"Your Highness," the floating man says as he bows his head and the Ultimate Ninja bows to the man as well.
"To use such dark arts in defeat, not only would you disgrace yourself, but you would disgrace me, your own father with your lack of honor!" the giant man scolds. Amy points to the man and the Ultimate Ninja in disbelief. "He's his father?!"
"You have not earned this combat, yet you have the audacity to attempt to make a name for yourself in such a manner!"
He looks at Splinter. "Splinter-san, you have trained your students well. I salute you." They both bow to each other and then the giant man looks at Leo. "You have fought well young one and won honorably to protect this young lady." Leo blushes and smiles gratefully. The giant man holds up his hand and it begins to glow brightly before Leo's swords appear. "I return to you, your katana," he explains and the swords land in Leo's hands and they both bow to each other.
"Amelia," the giant man says as he looks at her. Amy is a bit surprised and points to herself to confirm that he's addressing to her. "Step forward." Amy looks back at the others before she does as she's told. She steps forward until she is in front of the giant man. "Not did you disgrace yourself, you disgraced this young lady by attempting to use her for your own selfish gain. I want you to apologize to her."
The Ultimate Ninja straightens up to face Amy. "Amelia, I would like to apologize for all my rude actions tonight." He bows to her.
"Well...there's one way I can accept your apology," Amy tells him.
"What is it?"
"This." Amy punches him in the face.
The Ultimate Ninja falls to the ground, knocked out.
Everyone's mouths drop at her action.
"That's what you get for making me a part of your duel! I should be respected as a woman, not some prize as enjoyment!"
Mikey blinks slowly before pumping his fist. "You rock, girl!" he cheers.
The giant man looks down at his son before chuckling softly and patting Amy on the head. "You have a strong spirit."
Amy gives a small smile before walking back to the others.
"Once, many generations ago," the giant man says, "we visited this dimension. The people here took us to be goblins, tengu, but we endowed a chosen few with the first gifts of the art of ninjistu. You have carried that tradition well, better even than my son. Come, we go home," the floating man drifts besides the giant man and his paddle begins to light up. They soon sink into a puddle of water until they disappear.
Leo puts his swords away and Splinter places a hand on his shoulder. "My son, you have made us all proud. Come, let us also go home."
They begin to walk down the railing to the bridge. Leo takes Amy's hand and smiles at her. Amy smiles back.
"Master Splinter," Raph calls out. "I don't mean any disrespect, but what the shell was that all about?"
"Be patient. When the time is right, all will be made clear."