IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME A Leo and Kari love story

Summary: Title says all. Leo and Kari fall in love, but the feud between their masters threatens to tear them apart. Will Leo be able to get Kari to come to her senses and leave the Shredder? And will Kari be able to choose between Leonardo, the one who understands her and loves her, or The Shredder, her dishonorable Master that she owes her life to? Leo/Kari! please RR!

AN: Thank you reviewers! I'm so glad you guys didn't think the ending to the last chapter was too dramatic...lol I thought it was (shrug). I appreciate the kind reviews

SHOUT OUTS:

Dona Tello625: Hey hon. Thanks for reviewing, again! lol;) Thanks, I thought the ending was a bit too dramatic but...guess not. lol. Yeah, while I was writing that part I was like, "...I'm so mean to the poor girl!" lol. Thank you for reviewing

Spootycup: Thanks for the review Well, Raph WAS making his room even messier to clean up! Common sense would be...NOT flipping things over. lol. I'm glad you liked the ending, I was worried that it was a little too dramatic. Thanks for the kind review!

DAY ONE

I groaned as I woke up slowly. I rubbed my eyes and looked over at my clock. 6:30 in the morning. I always have been an early riser, and now I was so used to it I woke up early by myself without an alarm clock. I liked to get up early so I could use the dojo for a while before the day started, which was always sure to be nuts. I stretched as I sat up in my bed, and then stood. I walked to the bathroom, and closed the door silently behind me. I splashed water on my face to freshen myself up, and then got into the shower.

About five minutes later I got out and went back to my room. I entered and put on my elbowpads and knee pads. I got the pack for my Katanas and strapped that on my back, putting said swords inside as well. Then, I grabbed my light blue bandanna from my side table and wrapped it around my eyes, tying it in a big knot in back. I sighed, leaving my room and heading into the dojo.

It had to have been at least 7:00 when one of my brothers finally woke up. It was Raph. "Morning, Raph." I said, stopping the kata I had been performing and looking at him.

"Mornin' Leo." he greeted me, and I smiled.

"Raph...I'm bored..."

"That's great Leo. I needed to know that, really." Raph mocked, and I stuck my tongue out at him.

"Wanna spar?" I asked, and he shrugged.

"Why not? I feel like kickin' someones shell."

"Ah, but if there is any shell that shall be kicked, it will be yours, Raphael." I said, using a mocking formal voice.

"In yer dreams, Fearless Leader." Raph sneered, and I smirked, getting into a ready position. Raph, as always, decided to start. He took a swing at my with his sai, and I threw up my katanas and blocked him. I sweep kicked under him, and he fell down onto his shell with a loud thud. "What?" I chuckled, sneering playfully down at him, "Can't get up, little bro?"

"Oh, no you didn't!" Raph snarled, leaping up to glare at me, "You did NOT just call me little!"

"Liiiiiiittle." I said softly, dragging on the word so as to get on Raph's nerves.

He struck out a punch at me, but I grabbed his hand before it connected with my jaw. "Little." I said quickly, ducking another punch and nearly getting kicked in the shin.

"That's IT Leo! You're-"

"Yeah I know I know..." I said, dodging a strike from his sai, "Dead." Raph growled loud and did a spin kick, hitting me square in the stomache. I grunted and landed flat on my shell, only to look up and see Raph smirking down at me. "Ah, wipe that stupid smirk of your face!" I hissed. My stomache was still aching from getting kicked so hard! Raph just chuckled as I stood up. I hesitated for just a moment to think of a plan, but apparently a moment was all Raph needed. He kicked me sharply in the shin and grabbed my shoulder and shoved me down to the ground, getting on top of me when I landed on my stomache. He put his forearm around my kneck; if he had been an enemy, he could have broken my kneck then and killed me.

"You lose, bro." he said softly, and I growled, shoving him off of me.

"Yeah yeah, rub it in my face why dontcha?" I mumbled.

"Okay, if you say so." raph said, shrugging. "HAHA I BEAT LEO AT SPARRING!"

"Shut UP Raph!" I hissed. I didn't know why, but I wasn't too keen on letting Mikey and Don know Raph had beaten me in a sparring match.

"Who beat Leo at sparring!" a voice yelled, and I groaned. Mikey dashed into the dojo and started laughing hysterically. "Leo! How did Raph beat you! That's hilarious!" Mike laughed at me for probably half a minute, and I glared at him the entire way through.

"Mike." I said, and Mike looked up. "Shut up." I mumbled, and Mike laughed again. Raph put his hand on my shoulder.

"Oh come on, bro. Don't be all sour jus' cuz I beat ya once! It was prolly a one time thing anyway." I smiled. If Raph was going to compliment me, which didn't happen often, I didn't want to ruin it by being a sore loser. I shrugged. Don walked in, rubbing his brown eyes.

"What's all the noise about?" he asked tiredly.

"Raph beat Leo in a sparring match." Mike told him, grinning and holding back more laughing.

"Wow...really? That doesn't happen a lot...nice one Raph." Don said sounded just as tired as he looked, still rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. At least his reaction was different from Mike's...

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Kari groaned as she woke. She opened her eyes, and everything was all blurry. She blinked a few times, and everything came into focus before swirling a little, then going back to normal. "Ugh...my head..." she mumbled. Her head was throbbing sharply, every part of her body ached...then she remembered passing out. She must've hit her head really hard when she fell to the floor. She looked around, and relised she was still on the floor of her bedroom where she had passed out the night before. She rubbed her temples, standing up. Standing up made the blood rush down from her head, and that made it hurt worse. She whined inwardly. "Stupid stone floor!" she cursed the floor of her bedroom for giving her such a terrible head ache. She looked at the table beside her bed, and noticed her tea was already there. "Yes...and I suppose nobody saw me on the floor did they?" she grumbled, sitting down on the bed and putting her hand on her fore head.

She took her cup of tea and took a small sip, feeling a little better when the warm liquid cured her dry throat. She sighed, thinking about what Hun had told her the night before. "What should I do...?" she whispered. "I can't kill him...I wouldn't be able to live with myself." she admitted, sipping more tea to keep the headache away. She had to see him, to talk to him. Maybe tonight..."I know this is wrong but...I have to see him." she whispered to herself, just as she heard a knock on her door. "Enter." she called out, putting her tea down and trying not to look as miserable as she felt.

"Mistress Kari, Master Shredder is waiting for you." the soldier who entered told her, and she nodded, dismissing him.

"If he has another mission for me I am going to explode." Kari mumbled to herself, looking into her mirror and fixing her hair. She put on her red lipstick and tied her red bandanna around her forehead. She strapped her pack for her katana on her back, and the sword inside of it. She breathed a cleansing sigh, trying to let go of all the heaviness on her heart so she wouldn't crack under Master's gaze. It didn't exactly work, but she had to try to keep calm. She walked slowly towards the door, and opened it just as slowly. She sighed once more, and walked briskly down the hallway.

"Mistress Kari." all guards she passed acknowledged, bowing. She nodded, but didn't look at them. She was too pre-occupied. She approached the door to Shredder's throne room, nearly shaking with fear of saying something wrong and revealing herself. She knew that if her Master ever knew of her love for Leonardo, he would have her punished cruelly. Kari knew what happened to traitors. She had even had the pleasure of torturing a few of them. They were mostly Foot Soldiers who decided they didn't like the way Shredder did things, and thought they could run away. But not while the entire rest of the soldiers were patrolling. Traitors were brought to Shredder to be beaten, and then dragged into a room where they were tortured until barely alive, then thrown in a cell to rot. Shredder had no tolerance for treatury.

Kari closed her eyes, and opened the large doors. Shredder nodded to her as she entered and got down on one knee, her head bowed. She bit her lip, willing herself not to shake. "Kari." Shredder said, softly in his frightening voice. "A servant told me he found you on the floor of your bedroom." Kari looked up, feeling blood drain from her face. "Were you, Kari?" Shredder asked her, staring down at her with cold eyes.

"I...yes, Master Shredder." she said quietly, bowing her head once more.

"Why is that, Kari?"

"I...must have...been tired, Master." Kari lied, only raising her head enough so her Master could hear her.

"Really..." Shredder said, and Kari heard the air of uncertainty in his voice. She thanked God he dropped it and didn't question her any further. "Your morning training, Kari." he told her, and she stood, bowing.

"Yes, Master Shredder."

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It was about 8:30 at night, and Raph, Don, Mike and I were sitting in the living room, watching TV like we usually did. I really wasn't paying any attention at all to whatever the heck was on the TV. I was too busy thinking...guess who about? "Hey Leo?" a voice startled me from my thoughts, and I jumped.

"Huh? What?"

Mikey was staring wierdly at me. "Leo, what's goin on? You like...zoned out dude." Mike told me, and I shrugged.

"Oops." I muttered.

"What were ya thinkin about?" Mike prodded, and I glared at him.

"Hey Mike?"

"Yeah bro?"

"Shut up."

"Hey, that's not very nice!"

"Who said I wanted to be nice?" I said glaring.

"Sheesh, why dontcha slit my throat while you're at it..." Mike grumbled, and I honestly considered this, but decided against it.

"I'm going out for a while..." I said through gritted teeth, trying my best not to choke Mike.

"Alright...but if Raph has to bring you home again you're in big trouble." Don warned me, and I rolled my eyes.

"Oh, I'm petrified, really."

Don sighed. "Be careful Leo!"

"Yeah I know. Thanks."

Raph sneered. "If ya meet up with ShredBrat again, remember yer common sense." I growled and stomped out before my patience wore too thin.

Karai ran across the rooftops, panting hard and a determined look on her face. She had excused herself for a night run, and was determined to find Leonardo so they could talk. "I hope he is out tonight..." she thought aloud. She closed her eyes as she leaped across the space between two buildings, feeling the wind blow on her face and through her thick black hair. Then she sensed eyes on her, and looked up. She saw a dark figure standing and staring at her, but it dissappeared before she could figure out who or what it was. She sighed, staring blankly up at the place where the figure had been standing a moment before.

"Kari?"

Kari gasped and turned around to see who had said her name. It was Leonardo. He looked suprised to see her. "Oh..." was all she could say, as Hun's words echoed in her head. She eyed his neck, and images of blood pouring out of it flashed across her mind. She gasped sharply and turned away, closing her eyes tightly. Then, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Leonardo, giving her a very concerned look.

I had been really suprised to see Kari on the rooftop. I never really saw her anywhere, save for battles. But, the first thing she did was gasp and turn away, like she'd seen a ghost or something. I was very concerned about her emotional well-being. I put a hand on her shoulder, trying to get her to look at me. "Kari, what's wrong?" I asked her, but she just stared up at me, her eyes full of tears. "Kari...?" Then, she completly broke down crying, and put her face in her hands, mumbling, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." I bit my lip, wondering what the bloody hell she was on about. Hesitantly, I put an arm around her, whispering to her it was alright in hopes this would make her calm down. Eventually, she stopped shaking and crying, and looked up at me. "Can you tell me what's wrong?" I asked her, thinking now she might be able to tell me.

"I...can't." she mumbled, and I felt a strong urge to roll my eyes, grab her by the shoulders, and shake her. Hard.

"Why not?" I asked, trying to sound as calm and soothing as possible so she didn't break down again.

"I just...can't. Alright?" she said quietly, and I sighed.

"Alright. Sorry..." I apologized for badgering her. She smiled weakly up and me and nodded. I closed my eyes, a battle with myself taking place in my head. 'Leo!' I thought to myself, 'Stop! Go home! Doooon't do anything stupid! DING DONG ANYONE HOME? YOU'RE FLIRTING WITH SHREDDER'S DAUGHTER! LITTLE RED FLAG GOING UP?' But, I didn't listen to myself, once again.

Kari shuddered as Leo put his arm around her. The touch put a wierd shiver down her spine. She raised an eyebrow as he closed his eyes. She poked him and he jumped. She laughed quietly, and he rolled his eyes. She winked, and she felt like laughing again as his eyes went really wide. She knew she would regret this, but reeeally didn't care right now. She stood on her tiptoes and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. Leonardo looked like he could have melted into a puddle at her feet.

"I need to tell you something!" they both said at once, and laughed. Kari gave Leo a look that said, "Go on."

Leo took a deep breath. "I...um...Kari?"

"I'm listening, Leonardo." Kari teased, nudging him. Leo scowled at her, and started again.

"I just...well I know we are enemys...our masters would never allow a uh...well..."

"A relationship." Kari finished for him, nodding in understanding, and feeling a huge lump form in her throat.

"Well, I...I've always felt, ever since I met you really, I've felt a kind of connection towards you."

"And you're saying what, Leonardo?" Kari asked, raising her eyebrows at him and her hazel eyes glinting in the moonlight. Leo huffed. She wasn't making this any easier for him!

"I just... I love you Kari." he finally managed. Kari's eyes went wide, and she was lost for breath and words.

"I...uh...wow, okay..." Kari stuttered, still trying to get her mind to slow down. Leo winced, worried that he had been too fast with telling her. "I love you too, Leonardo. I've just been keeping it to myself..." Kari said quietly, looking up at him.

Leo chuckled a little. "You'd think after the other night on the rooftop, we both would have gotten the message..." Kari smiled, and blinked slowly.

"So...how did that night go again?" she asked slyly, and Leo looked at her, a smirk slowly curving across his young face.

"I think it went something like this..." he said quietly, and took her into his arms and seconds later they were ingaged in a very passionate kiss. Both of them had a tingling feeling in their guts...but strangly it wasn't love. It was worry.

A/N: Heehee romance scenes...my favorite. lol. Please read and review!