All right, this is it ladies and gentleman! The final chapter! There may be a sequel, if anyone wants to know what happens to Anya after this story. Anyway enjoy! Sorry the story's not very long, I have like eighteen other stories going so...he he. Enjoy!
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"K…Karai is your…moth…mother?" Leo stuttered in disbelief.
Anya nodded. "Yeah, but I didn't live with her forever. Daddy took me away, and he hits me all the time and…Oops."
"It's okay, you can tell us if your dad's hurting you." Raph said gently.
"No, daddy's probably looking for me right now! He might've hurt mommy can you help me?" She pleaded.
Leo looked doubtful.
"Leo" Raph said dangerously knowing what Leo was thinking of doing.
"Oh fine!" Leo snapped glaring at him.
So the four brothers and the young girl headed off to save Karai.
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"YOU BASTARD!" Shredder thundered.
Karai's body lay surrounded by a pool of blood. Her eyes were all ready glazing over as she stared up at the ceiling; her eyes would probably forever remain showing her shock.
Shredder closed in on Cade and so did the foot ninjas. Surprisingly, the kid was fast. He dodged every attack the Shredder threw at him, in a sick way it was pretty amazing.
While all this was going on Leo and the others snuck in through the open window and made it down the stairs.
"Why is mommy sleeping?" Anya whispered looking up at Donny who had paled.
"And why is there red paint all around her?" Anya asked again.
Leo remained stone -faced as he made his way past his brothers and went up to Karai. He nudged her with his foot, but she didn't move.
Dead.
He turned to his brothers revealing no emotion. They got the hint.
"We need a plan." He said walking over to them.
"Maybe you should stay with Anya, Mike." Donny said hoarsely. Mikey nodded in agreement.
"We need to take this guy by surprise." Leo said.
"Take him by surprise? He's surrounded and yet he's still managing to dodge every attack the Shredder has made on him! The guy's fast Leo.' Raph objected.
"So are we." Leo said darkly.
"But…But he…he killed them." Donny stammered.
'Them? Who's them?" Raph asked looking at him puzzled.
"The foot ninjas. See them? They're scattered all across there." Donny said pointing.
"Mike, take Anya up to the roof." Leo said.
"No way bro, I'm not leaving you here."
"Mike, that's an order." Leo said glaring at him.
Mikey stared at his brother. He knew that Leo was right, he should leave to protect Anya, but at the same time, what if his brothers got hurt? Or worse?
Without protesting he stood up with Anya and left.
"Donny, Raph, I need you to go in and out. Don't let him hit you. I'll come up from behind. That should give him the element of surprise."
The two nodded. Leo flipped into the rafters and made his way so he was directly behind Cade.
Donny and Raph moved in and out striking him as best that they could. Cade really was fast, he had twenty guys surrounding him and he was dodging every attack!
Then Leo came in. With amazing stealth and his fast pace he stabbed Cade in the back with one of his swords. Cade fell lifeless.
For a while the enemies just stared at each other. Then Leo finally said:
"Aren't you going to thank us?"
'For what? My daughter is dead! All you did was kill this monster after she is dead! I have no need to repay you! Get out of here!" The Shredder spat.
'As you wish, but what about your grand daughter? You're not planning on abandoning her are you?" Leo asked glancing at him.
For awhile he said nothing. He just stood staring at the blue clad turtle.
"I barely knew the girl, she is of no importance to me. You can either take her, or leave her to die. It does not matter to me." The Shredder said before turning around.
"You really are heartless." Leo hissed. Then, motioning to his brothers they left, and disappeared through the shadows. They never saw the Shredder or any of his minions again.
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Her name was Karai, she was a woman with a great talent, and with a great heart. She knew what was right from wrong, and she understood the meaning of honor. She sacrificed her one and only daughter to save her. When her daughter came pleading to her for help, she aided her even if she barely knew her. Karai died with true honor, and died to save her family. She will forever be remembered for that. Now she lives on in the hearts of others, even if some wish to forget. Karai died and has gone up to live with God for eternal life, and forever she will be the one who is respected with true honor.
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Leo stood on the rooftop where he had first met Anya. He felt another presence and turned around to find his red clad brother standing there,
"How is she?"
"She finally fell asleep. She ended up crying in Mikey's arms once she finally understood what death meant." Raph said solemnly.
Leo stared straight ahead as the sun slowly began to rise.
"Leo, you're not going to give her up are you? At this point I think we're the only friends or family that she has. We're the closest thing anyway."
Leo turned to his brother and sighed. "I'll be honest with you Raph, I loved Karai. She was very dear to me. I thought that in our own little way we were friends. She went against her father more than once to help us. She saved our lives. I think, perhaps we should take Anya in. To repay Karai for what she did. I think that she would like it if we did that for her. We certainly owe her." Leo said a small smile playing across his lips.
Raph beamed. "I'm sure she won't be too much trouble. We can raise her to be a ninja, and maybe she'll be as great as Karai, we certainly don't have to worry about her aim." Raph said laughing. Leo laughed right along with him.
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Leo and Raph entered the lair around eight o' clock to find his brothers waiting for him worriedly. Anya stood beside Mikey clutching onto his hand. Donny couldn't tell what Leo was going to say his face showed no emotion. And then he spoke very sternly towards Anya.
"Anya, after much thought I have decided on something. Anya, you have to be the most curious, most stubborn, and most out right person I have ever met, and for that reason, I am allowing you to stay with us.' Leo said breaking into a grin.
"Really?" Anya said smiling.
"Really."
"Thank you Leo! I'll be a good girl I promise!" Anya said throwing her arms around Leo's neck.
"I know you will." Leo said hugging her tightly.
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EpilogueLeo stood at the edge ofa rooftop and turned around. Donny, Mike, and Raph followed his gaze.
"Come on Anya, don't tell me you're THAT slow.' Leo said.
"Jeez! I'm coming. Honestly, can't I stay for two more seconds to talk to April?" Anya snapped appearing at the other end.
"Ah. That excuse again. You're only talking to April so you can avoid another day of training. You act just like Mike."
"I resent that!" Mikey snapped.
"Oh whatever. I'm coming." Anya said before flipping until she was right beside Leo.
"Happy now oh great leader?"
"Yes, thank you." Leo said breaking into a grin.
It was amazing how much Anya had grown and changed. She looked more and more like her mother everyday.
She was now fifteen years old, and had been trained in the art of ninjitsu since they had taken her under their wing. Anya had turned into a beautiful young girl. She was tall and had a slim figure and her emerald eyes shown brightly against her chest length jet- black hair. She had taken on Raph's stubbornness, Mikey's sense of humor, Donny's intelligence, and Leo's strength. Most of her agility and flexibility came from her mother all the same. She resembled Karai more and more.
There had been some challenges in raising her, but Anastasia had turned out just fine. And here she was standing there smiling away. She was definitely a miracle to their family.
And now and forever Leo would always consider Anya not only Karai's daughter…But his daughter.
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Well that's it. Sorry if it was on the short side. If you want a sequel to it, I can put that up, but you have to let me know. It's going to be titled "My Mother is an Angel" and it'll be a one-shot. It's going to take place when Anya is eighteen and she starts to wonder about her mother's past, and where she would be if Karai had survived the accident. Anyway please review!