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I didn't update yesterday because the few centimeters of snow on the ground made everybody panic and close my office. Then my computer at home decided that it wouldn't run. Oh well!

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This chapter will be divided into two different people's points of view. I will clearly mark the areas that switch between the two so nobody gets confused.

The Finding

Chapter 6

My brothers and I teamed up and fought the coward with our best moves. Katsuro was a worthy opponent, but he cheated using his pain spell on us once again. Raph, Donnie, and I were incapacitated with overwhelming pain and we were forced to drop our weapons as we fell to the ground.

"I will kill you all! You have been more trouble than you were worth," Katsuro stated raising one of my own swords to deliver the deathblow.

Could we have come so far for it to end like this?

Michelangelo's POV:

The impact against the tree forced the air from my lungs and caused me to double over to try to draw some air back into my lungs. I couldn't believe it. My brothers had followed me all the way to Japan. Did they really care enough to come for me?

"Fool!" the voice in the back of my head said, "They probably came because Splinter sent them after you. They are only here to fulfill a promise."

I was so confused. Had my brothers only come to fulfill a promise? Then why were they so mad at Katsuro for trying to take advantage of me? Triplet cries of pain pulled my eyes back to the battle. Katsuro had my brothers at his mercy with the pain spell again.

"I will kill you all! You have been more trouble than you were worth," Katsuro stated raising one of Leo's own swords to deliver the deathblow to my brothers.

I felt the focus come into place then. A calmness that swept over me and burned steadily. A goal emerged in my mind.

"Save my brothers! Protect my family!"

"Prepare for the end mutant scum," Katsuro hissed.

"NO!" I shrieked as I rose to face Katsuro, "Kasai!"

I felt the element within me awaken. The fire awoke and blossomed as each petal opened inside me like a flower. I felt the elemental spirit. I felt the need for it to be free.

"Burn! Destroy!" the spirit whispered in my ears.

"Yes!" I whispered back raising my hands and releasing the fire within me, "Burn Katsuro!"

Leonardo's POV:

Pain rolled through me like waves on a beach. I stared hard into Katsuro's face refusing to relinquish eye-to-eye contact. If I had to die I would do so with honor.

"Prepare for the end mutant scum," Katsuro hissed as he stood over my brothers and I with one of my two kitanas.

"NO!" I heard from behind me,"Kasai!"

Katsuro lost his focus as he stared at the owner of the voice. The pain lifted and my brothers and I turned and stared at our younger brother in shock. Mikey stood looking focused and angry and was surrounded by a pale light that steadily grew brighter by the second. His eyes! His eyes were hard and wild. His hair whipped around him, as the sky seemed to darken above him.

"My God!" I heard Donnie whisper beside me as winds howled around us.

"Yes!" Mikey's whispered voice flew on the wind while he raised his hands, "Burn Katsuro!"

A tempest of flame shot from Mikey's hands and hit Katsuro firmly in the chest. He flew backward dropping my kitana to the ground.

"Shi-rudo!" Katsuro yelled as he stood and a shimmering pool of light pushed Mikey's flames back.

"Kasai!" Mikey yelled again as a blanket of flames went around the shield that Katsuro had formed, "Die!"

"Is Mikey really goin' ta kill Kitty Kat?" Raph said in shock.

"Mikey stop!" I shouted, "You are out of control."

But the battle raged on and the wild nature of the flames seemed to have taken over our brother's senses. This was not the honorable way to deal with Katsuro.

"Michelangelo desist!" a voice cried from the edge of the field.

We all turned to see an ancient looking man standing with a crowd of other people. Many of the older warriors of the bunch hurried forward to position themselves in between Mikey and Katsuro.

"Ma…Master Makota?" Mikey said wearily as he began to sway slightly.

Donatello hurried forward and eased Mikey to the ground. Raph and I stationed ourselves in front of the two.

"Leave Katsuro!" Master Makota stated, "You will never be welcomed here again."

"The child is mine!" Katsuro growled out, "And I will have him as my own!"

"Not while I live!" I stated firmly, "You will never touch my little brother."

"Damn straight!" Raph growled through his teeth.

"Don't be so sure of yourselves," Katsuro laughed evilly and then once again disappeared.

The ancient, who must have been the Master Makota we were looking for, hurried to Mikey's side.

Michelangelo's POV:

The fire wanted to burn. The spirit howled in me for release and it hurt. Vaguely I heard what was going on around me

"The child is mine!" Katsuro growled out, "And I will have him as my own!"

"Not while I live!" I heard Leo state firmly, "You will never touch my little brother."

"Damn straight!" Raph growled.

"Don't be so sure of yourselves," Katsuro laughed evilly and when I looked up once again disappeared.

"Mikey?" I heard Donnie ask as I groaned in pain.

"Child relax," I heard Master Makota's calm voice say, "Your brothers are safe. You saved your family. Will the element to sleep now. Your goal is done."

I focused inward and willed the fire to calm. Slowly petal by petal I closed the fiery blossom within me until finally I was able to lull the fire to rest.

"You have a lot to explain Michelangelo," Master Makota said to me with amusement in his voice as he stared at my brothers, "For now you are all injured and tired. We will speak later."

I was not looking forward too later.

To be continued:

I challenge the readers to have as many reviews for "The Finding" as there was for "Lost." Any flamers will be used to bake the TMNT cookies for the rest of us.

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Green-Writer

Japanese to English translation:

Kasai-Fire

Shi-rudo-Shield