Some more dust for y'all! Same as usual, it'just the first chapter that's dusty.

"Uugh.." Leo groaned. What happened? He and Raph had been in the middle of kicking some Kraang butt when their world turned black. Had they used some sort of new weapon? Leo could tell every inch of him was still very much alive, due to the aching all over.

"'Bout time you woke up!" Raph's irritated voice said. "We need to get moving. I'm starving!"

"Good to see you too Raph." Leo replied in a raspy voice and chuckled. "You can go ahead and do whatever, I'll stay here."

"Heh, whatever you say, fearless leader." Raph said and smacked Leo's shoulder. He quickly jumped up into the trees and Leo muttered to himself.

"You'd think Mikey liked climbing, but Raph has always loved the trees most." Leo opened his eyes and observed his surroundings. They were nowhere near anywhere Leo had been before. "Huh." He said to himself and climbed a tree. "Where even are we?" A gentle breeze brushed his face as he looked about. As dusk fell, Leo could see trails of smoke start to rise from the west.

About half an hour later, Leo saw Raph approach with a large whole deer. It was dark out by then and the two brothers had their fill of dinner. "Well I'm out." Raph said in a disappointed voice. "Guess moving is gonna have to wait 'til tomorrow."

"I guess so." Leo agreed. He was still wide awake due to having slept most of the day, so he kept watch.

Tigress couldn't get it. Didn't the others realize that there could be another attack at any moment? Tigress took it upon herself to go out on patrol by herself and do a perimeter sweep of the valley, and sometimes even go out to the forest if she had a bad hunch. Tigress slipped out of the Jade Palace and made her way down the stairs, her light feet leaping flawlessly down the mountain. Her silk uniform rippled in the wind as she glided down and through the valley and did her nightly routine. Tigress decided to venture out into the forest and was about to turn back when she heard something unusual: Breathing.

One of them sounded raspy and slightly strained, and the other was full and deep, obviously asleep. She soundlessly made her way to the noise. She saw two… Turtles!? They were supposed to be incredibly rare and ancient! To find even one as a teenager is once every hundred lifetimes! Considering how old they get and how uncommon they are. Tigress ran back to the Jade Palace as fast as her legs could carry her, she would have to report this immediately.

Once Leo knew he would be able to fall asleep, he woke Raph to take watch and he did so with little complaint. Once Leo curled up in a ball on the ground, he was immediately able to doze off into the land of dreams.

Raph was shaken awake by his older brother and he took watch. The cool night air was satisfying to the hot headed turtle as he leaned against a tree and closed his eyes, knowing his hearing would serve him better in a forest. "Donnie, Mikey… Where are you?" He whispered to himself. Though he would never admit it, he missed the two already.

"Master Shifu!" Tigress borderline shouted as she abruptly opened her teachers door.

"What is it Tigress?" Her master said as he woke up with a start.

"There are two teenage turtles in the woods beyond the valley. One of them is badly injured!" The kung-fu master explained. Soon the duo were headed back to the forest, Shifu shaken and wide awake. The both of them soon arrived where Tigress saw the boys and they saw that one was on watch. He seemed alert and stiff, as if he was listening closely to something, his red mask rippling in the wind. The one in the blue mask, who was asleep, was clearly injured due to his positioning and his breathing was raspy and strained. When they got closer, the one in red drew a pair of weapons, unfamiliar to the duo.

"Come out now and don't touch my brother." He said in a low voice, almost making eye-contact with them. Shifu jumped down from the tree, not wanting a fight, and then was followed by Tigress. "Who are you?" The teenager questioned, Shifu could tell it would not be easy to get him and his brother back to the palace.

"I am Master Shifu of the Jade Palace, and this is one of my students, Tigress." She stepped up and gave a slight bow, which, surprisingly, the turtle teen returned. He knew his manners. When Shifu offered them a place in the palace, he was yet again surprised when the boy accepted.

"My brother won't last long out here, even if he doesn't admit it." He said as he turned his face to his cold-blooded kin. "I'm only doing this for him. One wrong move and you have an enemy." The turtle declared.

"Those terms are acceptable." Tigress spoke up. "Do you want help carrying him?" She asked. The turtle declined and picked his taller brother up bridal style, seeming unphased. It was still night when the group arrived back at the Jade Palace and Tigress took the two brothers to an extra room. It had two beds, a small table and a potted plant in the corner. The red masked teen put his brother on one of the beds and walked up to Tigress who was at the threshold of the doorway.

"Thank you." He said with a slight bow. "We owe you." Tigress bowed back in kind, knowing her manners.

"The pleasure is mine." She said and they both righted themselves, the teen giving a slightly strained smile and closing the door.

Raph closed the door and looked worriedly at his brother, he sighed. "At least you have a better place to sleep." He said, then lied down himself on the bed on the opposite side of the room and soon fell asleep.

The next morning, Raph woke up to the sound of a loud gong, signaling the start of the day. "Time for morning training." He said to himself and looked over to his brother who was still fast asleep. "Seriously. He snaps awake at the sound of someone stepping on a twig, but sleeps through a flipping gong? Talk about unusual." Raph strapped on his sias, left the room and closed the door behind him. Luckily for the hot headed teen, the dojo in the palace was relatively close and was easily found. He walked in and there was only one punching dummy, to which he gave a light punch, for his standards anyway, and it flew halfway across the room. Raph put it back where it was and moved to the masts that looked like they each had a different level of hardness. Raph went for the hardest and thickest one and gave it a good punch, it gave a significant rumble. "Good enough." Raph muttered and continued striking at it, letting his morning anger out before breakfast.

As the Furious Five and Master Shifu were serving themselves breakfast, they heard the palace rumble slightly, followed by more rumbles and some shouting on the stronger ones. "Uhh. What is that?" Crane asked, looking around at his peers.

"Oh, that's probably one of our guests." Shifu explained, everyone but Tigress turned his way, curious looks on their faces. "Tigress found two teenage-looking turtles last night in the woods, we brought them here because one looked badly injured." Shifu explained. Everyone was shocked to hear there were turtles staying at the palace, young ones no less, but kept listening. "They don't trust us much yet, so please try to leave a good impression." The room rumbled again. "I have a feeling we don't want to get on their bad side."

"Yes master!" The five replied in union. The six of them eventually finished their food and decided to head to the dojo early to see for themselves what was making the ruckus. When they opened the doors, they saw the young turtle dripping with sweat and punching the thickest iron mast they had, vibrating the whole room.

"Wow! Not even Tigress can get much of a vibration out of that one!" Monkey commented and was about to head over to the turtle, but Shifu stopped him.
"Don't. It takes even us grandmasters utmost concentration to even get close to that power on the tier three iron pole without breaking ourselves." They watched for a few more minutes, then the boy finally stopped and bent over, hands on his knees and panting.

"Haaah.. I. Haaa, haaa.. Needed that." The boy said, clearly out of breath.

"Woah kid! That was impressive!" Mantis said as he climbed up the pole to get eye-level with the teen.

"Thanks." the red-masked turtle said, having caught his breath. He stood up to his full height and spoke once again. "Mind introducing me?" The boy asked, looking back and forth between Tigress and Shifu. "It would be my honor." Shifu said. "I am Grand Master Shifu, You've met Master Tigress." She gave a curt nod. "And these are masters Viper,"

"Hi!"

"Crane,"

"Good to meet you, kid."

"Monkey"

"Hello!"

"and Mantis."

"On your shell."

"Along with Po." Shifu introduced. Po waved and Raph bowed to each of them, which they returned in kind, once Mantis got off his shell. "I'm Raphael, my friends call me Raph." Said turtle introduced himself. "What about your brother?" Tigress asked, Raph chuckled. "Speak of the devil and he shall appear."

"Good to see you too, Raph." A raspy voice said from the door, making the others turn. They all saw a taller turtle with lighter skin, complemented with a blue mask. He was leaning against the door frame. "Leo, you should be resting. You haven't healed yet." The others made their way to the new company and they could all tell he was older by the look in his eyes and how he handled his manners. "My name is Leonardo, my friends call me Leo." The Furious Five and Shifu bowed back in kind to his own and introduced themselves again. "Even though I am glad to meet you," Shifu said, gaining the turtle's attention, "I would have to agree with your brother. You need to rest."

"You're probably right, but I'd like to get a short spar in with Raph first." Leo turned to his brother. "A spar Raph, not a brawl." The younger turtle chuckled. "Sure bro." The ninja duo headed over to a clear area, the others following in curiosity. They got in stances unfamiliar to the Furious Five, Po and their master, quipping their interest further. "Hajime!" Leo shouted, beginning the fight. Their style of fighting caused the spectators to stare in awe. Their fluidity and speed was much higher than that of the Five and they used forign strikes and different fighting patterns. It was, by far, a much more beautiful form of combat. Within a minute, Raph had won, his brother pinned beneath him. "Congrats Raph, you win."

"Only because you're injured, Leo." Raph said, getting off his brother. "Maybe so, but still. Congrats." Shifu then stepped up, an awed smile on his face. "Where did you learn that style? I don't recognize it."

"It's ninjitsu, we learned it from our master Splinter. The style is a Japanese form of Martial Arts and includes weapons in the more advanced forms, such as tantos, fighting fans, sais, nunchucks, staffs, maces, etc." Raph chuckled. "What about Death Dragon? Remember when Mikey learned that one? It was too good to be true."

"That's a claw form right? But it can still be used without weapons."