The stage was set. Ninja filed out of the warehouse and formed up on the roof, they had been broken down into attack groups with each leader hand picking there warriors. That had taken time too much time in Leo's opinion but Miha had deemed it necessary and this above all others was her fight.
Leo watched them scurrying into position making last minute adjustments to there clothes and weapons. Some of them seemed far to young to be fighting a war but that didn't seem to bother anyone else, maybe Raph had been right all these years maybe Leo was too soft to be a leader.
Miharu was a leader. She stood stone faced and watched the warriors line up in rows, Leo couldn't imagine what she was thinking. Four others stood a little behind her and surveyed the progress in the same manner, he recognized Kaito and a girl but the other two he was unfamiliar with.
Kaito was now second in command a title that up until a few days ago had been held by Miha. Leo had to marvel at how easily she had assumed control of the clan there hadn't even been a discussion on it she just was the leader, as much as he hated to admit it made him a little jealous.
Raph stood next to him eyes focused on the girl to Kaito's left, the girl he had become friends with, the one he'd come back for. Leo didn't ask any questions about her, Raph was the type to share anything that private all he knew was her name and that Yumi had her own attack group.
The ranks were now still in front of them Leo couldn't guess how many there were, hundreds? Thousands? He wanted ask but decided it was too silly a question to bother Miha with now.
They were talking now, Miha, Kaito, Yumi, and the two unknowns a few quite words and the four moved out to there groups. Miha made a small motion with he hand and Raph joined Yumi's groups, Leo wasn't sure if that's what Miharu had meant by it but if it wasn't she didn't let on.
With in minutes they were moving, the soft patter of purposeful and light foot steps rang in his ears as they moved swiftly across the city, Leo felt vaguely numb like the only person who didn't understand a simple truth. Raph didn't seem to be thrown by the magnitude of this fight but something about it made Leo's concentration fade.
They were stopped, Leo hadn't noticed until he had almost ran into the man in front of him. They weren't where Miha had said they would fight and he wondered why they were stopped, Miha stood a few feet out in front still as stone for a few moments.
And then they were moving again, Leo felt more alert now. He could feel the on edge air coming from the ninja around him, perhaps the thought that their leader had sensed something they could not had made them edgy.
In a slip second the night went dark, darker than Leo had ever seen New York. The clouded night threatened to storm and blotted out all the stars and now every light in New York was out, it was a total black out.
They were still now, Leo felt rather than saw Miha in front of them all he knew she would be serious and still. Leo felt the darkness close in around him he heard nothing and saw nothing, there was nothing soothing about this darkness.
The sky rumbled over head and a light rain began to fall, still nothing moved. Leo could feel Miharu's energy on the air and wondered if everyone else here could as well. Without a warning he felt a sense of warning of danger so strong it felt like his own.
Lightning lit up the sky and then Leo saw them. They weren't hundreds , they weren't thousands and they certainly weren't five. They were everywhere in all directions scurrying over the roof tops like a gigantic swarm of ants, everywhere the eye could see there were ninja, hundreds of thousands of warriors surrounding them in the night, and then it all went dark.