Angel: It's the 50th chapter! Yasss! And it fits, since it's the Big Brawl episodes, which are my favorite :3

Leo's POV

Note to self, when Master Splinter tells you not to leave the lair, don't leave the lair. We follow Splinter to an alley where a portal awaits. Also, do not, repeat, do not follow Master Splinter through an interdimensional portal to a nexus between multiple worlds. We fall into a puddle. But, if for some dumb reason, you have done all that, whatever you do, don't accidentally enter into the Battle Nexus tournament a competition of the multiverse's most skilled and lethal warriors.

And finally, if all that DOES happen, make sure you don't spend any time in the pavilion of past champions…alone. Ames and I pay our respects to Master Yoshi, and a dark shadow being points a crossbow at us. Trust me on this one. It may just cost you your life.


No one's POV

The turtles, Splinter, and Ultimate Ninja are down in the arena, waiting for the tournament to begin.

"Warriors who seek to become Battle Nexus champion, prepare yourselves!" the Daimyo announces and the audience cheers.

"Hey guys, it is Traximus," Raph says as he points to their old ally. "That gladiator from the Triceraton home worlds."

"Imagine Traximus being here," Mikey speaks, "This place just gets wilder and wilder."

"Where are Leonardo and Amelia?" Splinter questions as he looks through the crowd. "The tournament will start soon."

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey smirk at each other since they knew Leo's plan.

"Do not worry Splinter sensei," the Ultimate Ninja reassures, "I am sure Leonardo and Amelia will be along any moment now."


Back within the Hall of Fame, Leo and Amy are still paying their respects to Splinter and Yoshi's statues. Leo opens one eye to glance at Amy, unaware of the assassins behind them. "Ames?" Amy opens her eyes and turns to him. "Yes?"

One of the assassins is about to kill Leo with a crossbow arrow. "I wanted to ask you…" Leo blocks the arrow, and it's sent flying into Yoshi's statue.

"Sorry, Master Yoshi," Leo apologizes.

The assassin jumps down from the statue and continues to fire at Leo multiple times. Leo easily evades them and blocks them before catching the last one. Amy growls, "You'll regret that."

The assassin then jumps and climbs up one of the tapestries to the wooden beam, jumping from stick to the domed ceiling, throwing a few ninja stars at Leo.

He runs to dodge them as Amy throws ice blasts at them, freezing them. Another assassin comes at him from behind and knocks him back towards a wall of weapons, where he flips to land on his feet. Leo looks around to see that the room is empty, the assassins out of sight, but he remains cautious.

"Ok, where did everybody go?" Leo questions and reaches behind him to grab a spear from the wall, preparing himself for any surprise attacks.

As Amy is firing ice blasts to draw someone out, her arm is suddenly moved and the blast comes back to her feet, freezing them in place. "Eep!" she exclaims, falling to the floor.

"Ames!" Leo exclaims and a whip suddenly wraps around his wrist, pulling him towards the two assassins. He twists himself to knock one of the assassins down and tries to attack the other one, but he blocks the attack. When Leo pushes the assassin back, something shoots at him, but misses and splits in half.

Another assassin comes in and kicks the bottom half of the spear out of Leo's hands, jumping at him. Leo kicks him in the chest, causing the assassin to jump back while Leo defends against the other one, but he jumps back and kicks Leo back into the wall. The remains of his weapon is knocked out of his hands, leaving him helpless. Amy tries to unfreeze herself. When the assassin with the crossbow jumps in and aims his weapon at Leo, ready to finish him off, a sword comes down and slices at the crossbow, destroying it. Amy's feet are suddenly cut free.

"You fight without honor, assassin!" a humanoid rabbit samurai that stands on top of the statue above the assassin shouts and jumps into the fight.

But the three assassins run, climb up the wall, and disappear before the fight between them even begins. The rabbit samurai places his weapon away and walks over to the fallen Leo and Amy, helping them up.

"Are you alright, warriors?" he asks.

"Thanks for saving our shells," Leo says.

"Yes, thank you," Amy bows.

"You are welcome, kappa and cryokinetic."

"I am Leonardo and this is Amelia. We are in your debt."

"I am Miyamoto Usagi, a Ronin and a competitor in the Battle Nexus Tournament. I was passing by when I saw you and your lover set upon by those dishonorable assassins."

Amy squeaks in surprise and waves her hands nervously. "I wouldn't say we're lovers exactly…"

Leo frowns at that, since he missed his chance to ask her. "Lucky for me."

"Luck has very little to do with it, it is about skill and control of your energies. Your mind and your weapon must be as one or you will certainly perish."

"Yeah, we know, our sensei is always telling us the same thing. Any other advice?"

"Yes, duck."

Their eyes widen and they do as they told just as Usagi draws his weapon, jumping over the two. They block a ninja star that was aimed for them as the assassins are back, ready for the next round. More ninja stars are thrown and Usagi charges at the assassins while Leo grabs a shield on the wall to block them, then throws it at the assassin that is standing on the wooden beams, knocking him down. Amy freezes the ninja stars.

"Who are these guys?" Leo questions.

"I don't know, but all I know is they want us!" Amy exclaims.

Usagi fights against two of the assassins expertly and with ease, knocking them down. Leo grabs three wooden batons that are set on a stand. "Ames!" Amy turns to him and he throws a baton. "Catch!"

Amy jumps up and catches the baton, jumping into the battle with Leo. The three defend themselves easily against the assassins, but when Leo knocks his attacker and is about to attack him, he catches his wrist and knocks him down. He kicks him back into a display stand.

The assassin grabs a sword that is also on display and walks over to stand over Leo. When he is about to strike the blow, Amy kicks the assassin back, knocking the sword in the air and she catches it easily. She suddenly notices something behind Leo. "Don't tell me that's Shredder's helmet."

Leo looks at the display that is above him and gives a look of shock, but the two rush over towards Usagi as he knocks the two assassins down and they retreat up the wall, disappearing again.

"They are gone," Usagi says as he puts his weapon away. "Vanished."

"Again, we thank you for your help, samurai," Leo replies.

"Do not thank me yet, warriors," Usagi answers, "Fate may pit one of us against each other in the tournament."

"I have to tell you Usagi-san, the way you fight, I'd rather not go up against you If I can help it," Leo says.

Usagi laughs a bit, "The feeling is mutual."

"Same here," Amy chuckles.

The Gyoji appears with Leo's swords in his hands. "Master Leonardo. Your swords have been repaired, I trust you find them worthy."

Leo smiles happily as his swords are handed back to him and bows to the Gyoji gratefully, "Thank you."

"You three must hurry, the next stage of the Battle Nexus Tournament is about to begin."

"Already? Wow, we gotta go," Amy says in surprise.


They soon walk towards the battle arena.

"Good luck, Leonardo-san, Amy-san," Usagi tells them and bows.

"And to you, samurai," Leo answers and bow back. As Amy and Leo search for their family, Usagi walks past a rhino, with a broken horn and gi, eating something. He stops and turns to the rhino. He is a companion of Usagi.

"Ah, Gennosuke," Usagi bows to the rhino. "I am surprised to see you here."

"Hmm, why is that?" the rhino asks in amusement.

Usagi places a palm on his head. "I did not think you went in for contests of honor."

"Honor?" he laughs. "No, I'm not in it for honor. I'm in it for the money. Just between you and me, I placed a huge wager on myself to win. I can let you in on the action if you want. It's a sweet deal, you could clean up."

Usagi shakes his head. "No, thank you, but good luck. Or should I say, good fortune with your wager. You will never change, Gen-chan."

"Why would I? You don't change perfection."

"Yo, Leo, ice princess, I thought you weren't gonna show," Raph says when he spots the two.

"What took you two?" Donnie asks.

"We ran into trouble in the pavilion of past champions," Leo explains, "We got attacked."

"Attacked?" the Ultimate Ninja says in surprise, "Are you alright?"

"We'll survive," Amy says in a tone, giving him a wary look. She couldn't help but feel he is up to something...

"This is terrible, I will look into the matter at once. Amelia, please accept this as my sincere apology," the Ultimate Ninja hands Amy roses, bows, and soon walks away. Amy glares and freezes the roses, crushing them in her hands. She takes off her comb. A horn then sounds out, meaning the tournament is about to begin and everyone gathers in a circle.

"The time has come," Splinter speaks, "Be brave, my children, and more importantly, be careful."

"I think I can handle myself just fine," Amy murmurs.

The Daimyo uses his staff to ring the gong next to him. "Let the contest begin!"

The Daimyo raises his staff and it begins to glow brightly and spark as he aims it towards the arena, the spark hitting the middle of the arena. The battle arena begins to lower a bit before walls begin to rise from the ground, separating everyone into two fighters. Nearly the whole group is faced against alien warriors. Mikey turns to a tall alien and laughs sheepishly.

"Looks like it's just you and me."

"Warriors!" Daimyo calls out, "First tier, begin!"

Mikey screams as his opponent charges towards him. He jumps over the blow and lands, pulling out his nunchucks. Splinter is faced against an alien with a mallet. When the alien charges at him, Splinter rolls from the blow and dodges another one. Raph circles with an alien that has rings in his hands. He clashes with the alien before he jumps away and reveals four rings.

Usagi is faced against a large alien with arms for legs. He bows before clashing with the alien. Gennosuke clashes with an alien. Donnie blocks staffs before he is knocked back a bit. He charges at the alien. A blue haired man tries to hit Amy, but she dodges each attempt. She backflips and twists his arm behind him. He suddenly disappears, surprising Amy.

Aliens start disappearing determined by a final blow. A blue alien is trapped and he disappears. Leo clashes with an alien that has horns attached to his hands. Leo jumps up and kicks him down, winning the battle. Splinter kicks away the club. The alien growls and Splinter kicks him in the stomach repeatedly before the alien goes down. Traximus manages to win his battle as well. More aliens disappear, and Gennosuke wins his battle. Raph knocks out his opponent and he raises his sai. "Say goodnight, ring boy," the alien disappears as he makes the final blow. Usagi jumps up and makes the final blow.

"Hey, fuzzy, what say we call this a draw? And I'll spring for the other half of that haircut," Mikey calls out and the alien charges at him. "Where's your sense of humor?" the alien kicks him back. He tries to slice Mikey, but he jumps over him and knocks him out with his nunchucks. Mikey smiles and blows kisses to the crowd.

Donnie is knocked down and looks above the alien about to strike him. "Aw shell." Donnie disappears and ends up in the nursery. "What happened?"

"You have been defeated in the great tournament," one of the attendants informs as he checks Donnie for any serious injuries.

"I don't believe it. I'm the first turtle eliminated? The guys won't ever let me live this down." Donnie walks towards the open space to look to see that everyone has defeated their opponent in the first round and the walls lower.

"Champions," the Daimyo calls out, "I commend you on your victories thus far. And now, prepare yourselves, the next round, tier two!" A water bubble rises from the ground and expands to engulf everyone left in the battle arena, causing them to disappear before the bubble disappears as well.


The Ultimate Ninja is watching from his water mirror. The same assassins that attacked Usagi, Amy, and Leo appear from the ceiling and drop down to bow. "You have failed me. Leonardo and Amelia still live."

"Forgive us, young lord. We will not fail you again."

"Good," he turns around to them. "Because next time, the price for failure will be your lives! The task ahead is very grave. I can afford no further blunders. Prepare yourselves on your prophecy. Now be gone." They crawl away before jumping up to the ceiling and disappearing.

"Perhaps the destruction of Leonardo and Amelia is premature, my lord. Should you not first secure the throne?" a voice in a robe, covering his entire body asks, walking up to him.

"You dare question me? Do not forget your place, councilor."

"Yes, my lord," he bows at him. "You know I only try to serve you. And as your councilor, I must advise patience."

"More patience?" he hits the water in anger, causing it to go back into the cauldron. "I have suffered enough in the name of patience. I have bowed before them. I have begged their forgiveness as my father wished. But now, my time has come. I will take the throne from my father and I will become the supreme Daimyo of the Battle Nexus, with Amelia as my queen. And I will make the turtles and their rat master pay for their insolence to me with their lives!"


"Tier two! Begin!" the Daimyo calls out.

A spark lights around the arena and the floor begins to sink as the walls are brought up, randomly placing the two contestants with each other. Leo is faced against Amy, Mikey is faced against Splinter, and Raph is faced against Traximus. Daimyo rings the gong and the fights begin.

One alien is knocked out and the crowd cheers. Mikey turns to Splinter nervously. "Um, Master Splinter, are you gonna kick my shell now?"

Splinter looks up at the audience. "Do you hear the crowd, my son?" The crowd cheers loudly.

"Do I? It's been pretty cool fighting like this out in the open, having everybody love us for it."

"Yes, this year it is your competition, not mine." Splinter sits down. "When my children fight with honor, they honor their master."

The Gyoji appears between them and turns to Mikey. "You must deliver a finishing blow to end the match," he informs.

Mikey brings out a nunchuck and walks up to the rat. "Master Splinter, I…I…" Mikey slowly brings down his weapon on Splinter's shoulder. He could never physically hurt him, even when ordered. "Thanks, sensei." Splinter disappears and reappears next to the Daimyo.

"Ah, Splinter-san. I see the master of ninjitsu lost to the father in you."

"Yes, I suppose so. It is just that…if my children can win, I do not wish to stand in their way."

Raph spins his sais in his hands. "I'm kinda sad to have to be the one to knock you out of the tournament, Traximus."

"I think perhaps you're mistaken, Raphael. I feel sorry to have to be the one to knock YOU out of the tournament!" Traximus swings at him, but Raph jumps over it and swings at him, but misses. Traximus punches him to the floor and Raph groans.

"Stay down, little one. Or you may get hurt."

Raph jumps back up. "Thanks for the advice, Trax, but you better take it yourself."

An alien is knocked out. Leo and Amy stare at each other, hesitant about facing each other. Both of them are reluctant to move from their place.

"I…I never thought we would have to fight each other," Amy murmurs as she pulls out her sword. "Then again, you'd probably go easy on me since you don't think I can defend myself."

Leo gives a surprised look at that. "What do you mean by that?"

"You think I'm some damsel in distress who can't take care of herself. Why else do you save me all the time?"

Oh, how he wanted to tell her he's just scared that he'll lose her to something or someone he couldn't protect her from, but he is too nervous because he hadn't even asked her to be his. And now was a bad time. "Where is this coming from?"

"I don't know!" Amy charges at him, but Leo dodges it easily.

"You should be proud to have raised such fine warriors and children," Daimyo says to Splinter as they watch.

"Yes, I am proud. Amelia is more of a surrogate daughter. I took her into my home when her grandmother passed not too long ago. Though they can be a little too willful at times."

Daimyo glances to the side as he thinks about his own son. "If only fathers could make their children understand we're only trying to protect them, from their own inexperience."

Splinter sighs, "I know exactly what you mean, old friend. But tell me, there is something familiar about this samurai that alien is facing," Splinter looks at Usagi.

"He should look very familiar to you. He is the same young samurai in training that came to your aid when Drako ambushed you some years ago. He is already a Ronin at such a tender age," an armored man approaches him from behind. "But his sword arm is skilled far beyond his years." The man hands him the note and he leaves, letting the Daimyo read it.

"Excuse me, I must attend to a small matter. Will you join me later when this bout is over?"

"It would be my honor, Daimyo," Splinter says, bowing.

"Oh, and Splinter-san? Perhaps you should make Amelia your daughter permanently. Your sons seem to love her as such, except for Leonardo in his own way."

Splinter looks back at the fight as he thinks over what he just said.

Three more aliens are knocked out and sent to the podium. Traximus lunges for Raph, but he jumps back. "You're gonna have to be quicker than that, dino boy." Traximus lands a hit on Raph, knocking him to the wall. He growls and charges to him, ducking a hit. He is knocked back again, but he throws his sai. The sai deflect on his armor. Raph jumps up, knocks Traximus down, and lands on his shell. Traximus gets him into a headlock.

"You have been a worthy opponent, Raphael. This is a battle I won't soon forget."

"Yeah, I guarantee you won't," Raph throws him to the floor and jumps for the finishing blow. Traximus disappears and the crowd cheers.

Amy and Leo continue their fight, Amy frustrated that Leo has only defended and not attacked.

"I know you can fight!" Amy shouts as he dodges a swing.

"No! I won't fight you!" Leo yells as he dodges a punch.

"WHY?"

"Because I worry about you!"

Amy stops and gives him a questioning look. The Ultimate Ninja watches the two from above. "My lord, I advise against this rash course of action," his councilor says as he approaches him.

"Your counsel has been heard and overruled. Now keep silent, I command it."

His eyes glow green as he bows. "Yes, my Daimyo."

"And so, it is time for Leonardo to suffer for his past effrontery and for robbing me of my queen," he lifts his mask to blow. As he is about to blow, Amy backflips and lands in front of Leo, just as he blows. The dart hits Amy in the shoulder and she cringes as she feels herself getting weaker.

"Ames?" Leo asks in confusion, wondering why she had suddenly stopped.

"L-Leo…" her legs give out and she kneels on the floor. Leo acts quickly and catches her in time, kneeling on the floor with Amy in his arms.

"Amelia! No!" Splinter calls out as the audience gasps.

"Ames? Ames!" Leo yells in worry.

She takes shallow breaths, trying to stay awake. "I…see why you worry…"

"I should have just told you…I care about you, Ames. That's why I don't want you to be in danger. I was just scared something bad would happen to you…like now…"

"Oh Leo…I'm so sorry I pushed you like that."

"No, I was just afraid that I couldn't protect you…"

"I…care about you too…"

Leo brushes his hand through her bangs to the back of her head. He lifts her up close enough so that he can kiss her lips briefly. "Will you be my girlfriend?"

Amy gives a thoughtful look. "I…" She goes limp in his arms and her eyes close.

"Ames?" Leo feels terrified when she doesn't respond. "AMES!"