Sorry for the slow updates. We're selling our house and getting ready to move, plus I'm in high school. Oh yeah, my life isn't all that great, but whose is?

Well, here comes another chapter:

Disclaimer & Warning: See other chapters. Ha.

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Leo opened his eyes and yawned. The whole place was silent with the occasional snoring of someone. Leo yawned again. It had to be early morning, he thought. He always got up early.

Leo blinked in confusion. Now how had he known that?

Leo shrugged before suddenly shivering. Someone was watching him. He looked around his room before hissing angrily (yes, some turtles are able to hiss, except it's more like a hoarse/low growl). There was no one in the room, but as soon as he hissed, whatever was watching him disappeared. Leo snorted. Coward. He thought before a sudden thought crossed his mind. Whatever was watching him, was not someone who was good.

Leo shivered again. He had no clue how he knew that, but however he did, he knew better than to ignore his instincts.

Leo yawned again. No one was awake yet, and he was bored. He had already contemplated waking them up, but he dismissed that thought. So, instead, he curled up and dozed off.

.....................(Later)

Raph growled. Why is it always me??? He thought, as he shoved Mikey off of him.

Mikey had thought that it would be funny if he woke him up by jumping on him. Well, he was partially correct. Mikey had thought that it was hilarious at how Raph reacted.

However, Raph was not amused. Nope. Not at all.

Mikey, as soon as Raph shoved him off, got up and ran for his life. Raph, meanwhile, jumped out of bed, and followed, bellowing, "You're DEAD, MIKEY!!!!!!!"

Splinter raised an eyebrow as he sipped his tea while reading the daily news at the kitchen table. He, Casey, Donny, and April were all seated around the table, eating breakfast.

At the commotion that was going on in the other rooms, Splinter knew that Raphael and Michaelangelo were up also. Suddenly, as if to confirm his train of thought, Mikey rushed followed closely by Raphael.

"COME BACK HERE COWARD!!!!!!!"

Raph yelled, beginning to chase Mikey around and around the table. Mikey just ran faster.

"NUH UH!!!!!!!" Mikey yelled back.

Splinter sighed. Every morning, every morning, something similar to this always occurred. At that, Splinter stuck out his walking stick in front of Michaelangelo, so that he tripped, causing Raphael to trip also and both fell to the floor.

"Oww..." and "Ouch!" were heard, as everyone else roared with laughter. Splinter looked down at his sons with a reprimanding look before speaking, "That is enough foolishness. Raphael, go wake up Leonardo, Michaelangelo, clean your room."

Raph slowly got up before asking, "Leo's not up yet? That's not like him..."

Don sighed. "If you've haven't forgotten, Raph, Leo's a little kid. And little kids need more sleep than we do."

Raph looked at him. "Yeah, but even as a kid Leo didn't sleep in! Except when he was sick..."

Don shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe he's just tired from yesterday's events?"

Raph shrugged and stalked off to wake up his elder...err...younger brother.

........................(In Leo's room)

Raph had to chuckle at the sight before him. Leo was curled up in the middle of his bed, which was way too big for him. It made him seem so little and almost vulnerable...

Raph sighed. Well, he thought, better wake him. He reached towards Leo to shake him awake.

Leo wasn't really asleep yet. He was dozing instead, when suddenly he felt someone approach him. It all happened in a split second.

Leo remembered that stranger in his room and panicked. His eyes shot open, and instinct kicked in.

Without thinking, he snapped at the stranger, catching its hand and biting down on it hard; before letting go, jumping down, and hiding under the bed.

..................(Outside)

Everyone almost got a panic attack when they heard a loud yell suddenly erupt from Leo's room. They rushed immediately into the room, to see Raph holding a bleeding hand.

Vulnerable, my ass!!!!!!! Raph thought as he bit his lip in pain. That kid could bite!!!

"Raph!!! Oh my god!!! What happened???!!!" April asked, rushing over to him. Raph blinked before looking at her.

"I have no bloody clue!!!! All I did was reach over to shake Leo awake, and he bloody well bit me!!!"

Mikey and the others stared. "Leo??!!"

Raph nodded. "Yeah, then he hid under the bloody bed. And boy, can he bite!!!!"

Splinter sighed before looking under the bed.

As soon as he did so, he heard a faint hiss. Splinter knew that hiss. Leo always did so whenever he felt either threatened, afraid, or if another was in danger. Something was wrong.

"Leonardo." Splinter whispered in a soothing tone. The hissing immediately stopped and two bright eyes stared at him. "Sensei...?" A soft, but shaky voice piped up.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened instead.

Splinter continued in the soothing tone. "Why are you under there, my son?"

"Bad person in room."

At this, Mikey roared with laughter. "Bad person? Ouch! That was a bit harsh, don't ya think Raphy?"

"Don't call me Raphy!" Raph snapped back, before looking confused. "Am I a bad person?"

Splinter ignored them. "There was no 'bad person' as you put it, my son. Only Raphael."

Something shifted in the darkness under the bed. Two seconds later, a head poked nervously out. Leo looked at Raph before looking at the bleeding hand.

"Raph...?"

He asked, before looking apologetic. "Sorry..."

Raph huffed. "Forget it, but why did ya have to bloody well bite me?"

Splinter shot him a reprimanding look. "That is enough, Raphael." He said, before looking down at Leo, who by now had crawled out from under the bed. "Now, Leonardo, what is all this about a bad person in your room?"

Leo looked up at Splinter before shrugging. "Don't know. Woke up in morning, and felt someone watching. Not good person. Wanted to do bad." Leo explained in a halting four-year-old way.

Everyone looked at each other worridly. That did not sound good...

Splinter frowned. "Did you see who?"

Leo shook his head. "Uh, uh. Stayed in shadow. When I hissed, bad person disappear! Bad person not want to be found."

Leo added the last part before looking confused. How had he known that?

Splinter frowned, but held his questions. Now was not the time. "There is no bad person in here, my son. Now, go and eat."

Leo nodded before giggling and running past them towards the kitchen on fours.

The others watched him go before looking at Splinter.

"Master Splinter? No disrespect, but what the shell..?" Raph spoke up.

Splinter looked grave. "I do not know." He admitted. "From what Leonardo says, there was someone in here."

Casey looked worried, but asked "Do ya really trust him on that? I mean,"

He stopped when he saw Splinter looking at him infuriately. "Yes. From the way he was acting, I know that he was saying the truth."

April looked mystified. "The way he looked?"

Splinter explained. "He hissed at me when I looked under the bed."

Don, Mikey and Raph looked at each other wide-eyed. "That's not good..."

April and Casey immediately looked at them. "What do you guys mean?"

Don answered now. "Leo only hisses when he feels that someone who means harm to him or us, is near."

Mikey giggled. "But of course, it could just be Raph..."

Raph shot a glare at him. "We're serious Mikey!"

Splinter cleared his throat. "And from what Leonardo tells us, that person was a ninja."

Everyone looked at each other at that. This was definitely not good...

All day long, Leo had been acting weird. As if he was distracted all the time. He wouldn't eat, and he just sat on the floor looking around as if searching for something. And if someone went too close to him, Leo would snap his head around to stare at that person, almost as if accusing him/her of doing something bad.

Raph shook his head in wonder. No matter what they told Leo, Leo would just ignore them. Something was definitely bothering him. Leo only acted like this when he felt that something was not quite right. It was something that Leo had built into himself when he was young. Not that he, Raph, was complaining!

That had actually saved them a whole bunch of times over the years. But still, it was kind of frustrating to be in the most well-protected place of all time, with the Utroms not knowing anything about a possible break-in, and Leo still acting as if something was wrong.

Raph sighed. He, Don, Mikey, and Splinter were going to check on their Lair to see if the Foot Ninjas' were gone.

Casey had decided to go with them, but April decided to stay behind and watch over Leo, who was ordered not to go.

Leo, at that, seemed definitely unhappy with the decision, and had taken to the annoying habit of following them around.

He especially followed him and Mikey around, as if trying to make sure that they didn't do anything stupid.

Raph scoffed at this. I don't do stupid. Mikey, well, he's another matter, but me? Nah.

But it had kind of been funny when he and Mikey would go in opposite directions. Leo would try to follow, but wouldn't be able to decide exactly whom to follow. So, he would just try to follow them both by running first to one of them, then back to the other and so on.

But now, Leo was ordered to stay behind. April had had to practically hold him back from going after them.

Even though it had been funny, it was also worrying. Leo only did this when he felt danger.

Raph frowned. They would have to be careful.

........................(sometime later, in the sewers)

They were almost near the Lair when they heard running footsteps. Don, Raph, and Mikey had all gotten into a defensive stance, before they had realized who was coming.

Splinter sighed. "Leonardo!!! I have told you not to come!!!"

Leo stared at them before sitting down as if signaling that he wasn't going anywhere. April then came up panting. "Sorry!" She said, looking apologetic. "He wouldn't stay put."

Splinter sighed. "Fine. He may stay. But we all must keep watch over him."

Casey groaned. "Man!" Leo just stuck his tongue out at him.

........................(In the Lair)

Don looked around the Lair carefully. Weird. He thought. Nothing was out of place! You wouldn't even think that the Foot had been here!

Leo had wandered off somewhere again. They had been here for a few hours now, searching the sewers for any trace of the Foot. Leo had been wandering here and there, following various people, almost like a guard dog. So far nothing had happened.

Leo yawned. He was tired for some reason. But he knew he couldn't sleep. Something, like a gut feeling, was telling him that not all was as it seemed to be. But then, why couldn't the others sense it? He thought unconsciously. The others were almost acting and behaving as if they couldn't sense it.

Now that had bothered Leo. Something big was going to happen. He knew it. He could feel it.

Suddenly, Leo snapped his head up. Something had moved. Leo quickly looked over at Mikey, whom he had decided to follow. Mikey was currently busy and not paying attention.

Leo quickly slinked away. Outside the room, Leo saw something round the corner. It was definitely not a turtle or a rat. Without hesitation, Leo followed.

When he rounded the corner, whatever was retreating had disappeared into one of the exits of the Lair. Leo followed.

Outside, Leo sniffed. Whatever was here wasn't too far away. He chose to ignore the gut feeling of turning and running back. This was too important. Leo gave chase.

He followed on fours. Whatever he was chasing was fast, but Leo had long ago adapted to the art of chasing things. After all, when they were young, he was always the one who had to chase his brothers down. So naturally, even on fours he was fast. But he couldn't shake of the feeling that the person he was chasing wanted him to follow.

This isn't right... Leo decided, stopping. Whoever he had chased, had suddenly disappeared. Leo frowned. Why would the person just disappear after it led him here? Suddenly, he unconsciously knew the answer. Because it's a trap.

Leo felt fear prickle. Turning around quickly, he ran right into something hard. Correction, someone.

Leo fell down hard. He shook his head, before dazedly looking up. In front of him stood a human, at least he thought it was a human, dressed in samurai clothing, while wearing a straw hat. He held a staff.

Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke, and beside him appeared another figure holding two swords. Then, another appeared behind him, and on the other side of Leo.

Leo shivered. He was surrounded. Unconsciously he knew who they were. The Shredder's Elite Guard......

He was in trouble.

..................(Back in the Lair)

Everyone had gathered in the Lair. They had just finished discussing what they had found. Or rather, what they hadn't found, when Mikey suddenly piped up.

"Guys, where's Leo?"

Everyone looked at him. Don spoke up. "I thought he was with you..."

Mikey nodded. "He was, but then he was gone!"

Raph was about to say something, when they all heard a sudden yell from outside the Lair.

Nobody hesitated. "LEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

.....................(Back to Leo)

Leo gulped. He was definitely surrounded. Suddenly, the one behind him raised his weapon and jumped at him. Leo let out a yell and quickly rolled out of the way.

But another jumped at him, with his weapons raised. Leo quickly rolled away again, but hit a wall. He shook his head and looked at his attackers and hissed.

The four didn't seem to be bothered at all. Instead, they seemed to be enjoying themselves. They were toying with him. Leo realized before yelping and ducking.

One of them had swiped his sword at him. Suddenly, he heard running footsteps and two seconds later, his brothers, teacher, and friends appeared. As soon as they saw what was going on, they froze.

"The Shredder's Elite Guard!!!" Splinter hissed, staring.

Raph drew his Sais. The Elite immediately took a step back. This got Raph pissed even more. "Oh yeah. Attack a kid, but back away from one that can actually fight you!!! Man, how low are these guys??!!"

Don, Mikey, and Casey nodded, drawing their weapons. The Elite looked at each other, nodded, and attacked. Splinter and the others, immediately paired the weapons.

April, meanwhile, sneaked over to Leo. "Come on!" She whispered, bending to pick him up. Leo looked at her, and let her.

April then, proceeded to sneak away, when suddenly a huge shadow fell over her. "Hun!" She yelped, staring at him.

Hun smirked. "Give the freak to me, and I could spare you..." He threatened, reaching towards her. April quickly backed away.

"Never!" She yelled and turned to run. But Hun grabbed her and yanked her back, so that she fell and hit the wall. April gasped in pain, and accidentally dropped Leo.

Leo, sensing that April was in trouble, immediately rushed at Hun and jump-kicked him. But, he forgot one thing.

He was a four-year-old.

Hun laughed and grabbed Leo's leg before throwing him away. Leo landed on his stomach and slid a bit. Hun, then reached over to grab him again, but at that point, Raph jumped in front of Leo, raising his Sais. "Don't ya dare!!!" He yelled, and attacked, Hun.

Leo, shook his head to clear it, before trying to get up. But suddenly, he felt someone grab his leg and lift him off the ground. Looking up, he saw that it was one of the Elite Guards. Leo hissed at him.

Don, who had just kicked away one of the Elite Guards, heard the hiss and looked over. "LEO!!!!!!!!" He yelled, attracting the attention of the others.

"Put him down!!!!!" Raph growled at the Guard. The other Elite Guards and Hun, stopped their attacks, and backed away to stand behind the Guard who held Leo. The Elite Guard just laughed silently and shook his head.

Leo growled, before twisting upwards, grabbing the Guard's arm and biting down, hard.

The Guard didn't even look at him, only shook his arm hard, so that Leo lost hold and once again hung, upside down.

Then, the Elite Guards and Hun, all disappeared in a puff of smoke, taking Leo with them.

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Whew. Second Day done.

Tune in for other chapters!!!!!!!!!!!!

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