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Isabelle POV

Isabelle glared at the girl standing across from her.

"It's wonderful to meet you." she said through clenched teeth. Karai smirked at her, and turned back to her father.

"I'm so sorry. My father's representative should be coming shortly." she said, and as she said that, someone else came past Isabelle.

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Gold. My name is Baxter Stockman. I'm a huge fan of your work." the nerdy-looking man said. Isabelle was strongly reminded of Donnie, looking at his meek demeanor.

"Welcome, Mr. Stockman. Please, come into my office. Karai, if you would like to stay here with my children and talk to them, that would be fine." Isabelle's father said, and the two men went into his study to speak. The four teens sat on the couch, but Isabelle sat on a chair near the fireplace, as far away as she could that would be deemed polite from the daughter of the Shredder.

"So where did you grow up?" Kristina asked Karai, who smiled.

"I was born, and I grew up in Japan, but my father and I moved to New York a few years ago." she said, and Isabelle scoffed silently. Karai looked at her. "Where did you grow up? I mean, it couldn't have been here. You seem too city-like."

"I'm from New York, born and bred." Isabelle replied.

"And how long has your dad been traveling?" Karai asked, and Isabelle caught onto her ploy. THe daughter of Shredder was acting kind and sweet, so that if Isabelle lashed out, it would made herself look good, and Isabelle look bad.

"Ever since my mother died when I was about ten years old, so ever since then." Isabelle replied, smiling. Two could play at that game. They all talked for about an hour and a half more, until Anthony had another question for Karai.

"So what was it like moving from Japan to New York?" he asked.

"It wasn't that much of a change. They're both really big cities. I guess what made it really bad was that my mother had died when I was young, so I never really had a female figure in my life." Karai said, and Isabelle saw her siblings' faces twist with worry. However, she noticed that Anthony's face was slightly less worried, and more suspicious. He kept glancing between Isabelle and Karai.

"Oh my gosh! What happened to her?" Kristina asked, and Karai threw a glance at Isabelle.

"She died in a fire in Japan." was all she said, and Isabelle's hands tightened around the arms of the chair she was sitting on. Before she did anything rash, however, her cell rang. The other three looked at her as she took it out of her pocket. Isabelle grinned at the caller ID, and clicked the answer button, lifting it to her ear, regretting the action almost instantly.

"BOOYAKASHA!" Mikey's voice came through the phone, clear enough for the others to hear, and loud enough for Isabelle to drop her phone, rubbing her ear.

"Kuso!" she swore in Japanese. She noticed Karai's eyebrows raising at her language.

"What the hell was that?" Anthony asked, and Isabelle saw Karai looking at the caller ID, and Isabelle picked up her phone, looking at the three.

"Excuse me." she said, walking out of the living room, and onto the front porch.

"Hello?" Raph's slightly annoyed voice came through. Isabelle smirked.

"Hey Raphie." she said.

"Sorry about that, Belle." Raph said. Isabelle giggled.

"What was Mikey doing now?" she asked. Raph groaned.

"My oh-so-talented younger brother was skateboarding inside of the lair, and he attempted to do a flip over the pool, but failed and landed in it." he said, exasperated. Isabelle laughed.

"Of course he did." she said, and Raph laughed with her.

"Hi Izzy!" Mikey yelled from the other end, and Isabelle smiled.

"Tell him hi for me, Raph." she said.

"Of course I will. So what's new with you?" her boyfriend asked, and Isabelle sighed.

"Not much, after about two days here. I trained for about three hours this morning." she said.

"That's great! But, what else? I can tell there's something wrong." Raph said, concern laced in his voice. Isabelle smiled at how well he knew her.

"My dad got this new client, and his client's from New York, but couldn't come, so he sent his daughter and his representative to come to our house to talk." Isabelle started.

"That doesn't sound too bad." Raph said cautiously. Isabelle snorted.

"You don't understand. The client's daughter is Karai." she stated, waiting for his response.

"Kuso!" he said, using the same word as she did. Isabelle laughed dryly.

"You have no idea." she said.

"Alright, just don't engage her, okay? We can't have your dad catching on." Raph said, and Isabelle nodded.

"Of course. Also, that other guys is here. Dexter Stackman?" she asked, and Raph laughed.

"Oh, he's great, and funny, and stupid." he said, and Isabelle grinned. She could hear her father calling her from inside, and sighed.

"I have to go. I love you." Isabelle said.

"Love you too. Hopefully, I'll see you soon." Raph replied, and Isabelle hung up reluctantly. She walked back inside, just as the teens, and the two adults were sitting down at the table.

"Isabelle, would you like to join us?" her father asked, and Isabelle took the only open seat, which happened to be next to Karai.

"Who was that on the phone?" Kristina asked, and Isabelle smirked.

"One of my friends from New York." she said, as lunch was brought out.

"I hope you all like today's soup. I had it made special for our guests." Isabelle's father said.

"What kind is it, Mr. Gold?" Karai asked, and her father smiled at her.

"Turtle soup. I find that the small animal has quite a large flavor." he said, and Isabelle gagged, dropping her spoon back onto the table. Karai smirked at her, calmly eating her own food.

"Actually, Dad, I'm not that hungry. Can I please go up to my room?" Isabelle asked, and he nodded. She jumped up from the table, and ran back to her room, breathing heavily.

"Calm down, Belle. You can't let her get to you. Just think of Raph, and the guys, and you can get through this. Just act normal." she thought, composing herself. She took a deep breath, and sat at her desk for a while, drawing absent-mindedly on her desk. When she focused on her drawing, she grinned. She had drawn four small, baby turtles, each with a mask, and a rat with a robe standing behind them, looking proud.

"You're not getting them." Isabelle whispered.

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So, Christmas vacation is coming up, so I probably won't be updating from about the 21 to the 1st or 2nd of January. I'll try and put as much as I can up before then.

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