Chapter 10: Behind Blue Eyes ( Limp Bizkit )

Two days had gone by since his in counter with Karai and Leonardo found himself laying in bed staring at the bag holding the blood filled needle unable to sleep. He wanted to believe that everything she had said was a ploy of some kind, as was done in the past, he didn't want to think that 'their' Kira was the Daughter of the Adopted Daughter of their once mortal enemy. Karai had never once lied to him in all the years they had known each other, she was also a Bushido warrior and valued honor above all else " She has no reason to lie, but for the sake of my family I pray it is just that!" Getting out of bed he quietly slipped out of his bedroom and made his way down stairs as to not disturb the sleeping members of his family.

Donatello was still awake as usual, since his mind wouldn't alow itself to shut off as to let him sleep. He was busy tinkering away with the prototype for Kira's retractable Tanto blade for her left arms stump when his trouble minded eldest brother walked in. " Your obsessive thinking's weighing you down again Bro. I could hear you walking all the way down the stair case" he pointed out without even looking up.

" Yeah, well from the weight of this I'm shocked I can even walk at all!" Leonardo replied walking in and taking a seat in the computer chair with a heavy sigh causing his brother to stop everything and give him his full attention.

Walking over he leaned back against his desk with his arms crossed over his plastron " I've warned you that these " meetings" were nothing but trouble... So what she say this time?" he remarked with his ' I told you so ' tone.

" Its not like that this time Donnie." Leonardo replied quickly having an idea he was referring to the crush he once had on Karai years ago.

Sighing he rolled his eyes before dropping his arms " Well, then what is the problem Leo?"

Pulling out the bag covered needle out " I need you to test this bood against Kira's. The results will tell me everything I need to know about just how badly Hun wants her dead that they tried to kill her with that car!"

Donatello's eyes went wide in horror before he took the needle with a shaky hand " Its not gonna say Hun's like her Dad is it?" he asked nervously. It was the reaction from their two brothers he was the most afraid of than the results itself.

Leonardo shook his head confidentiality " I can assure you that's not the case" he replied watching Donatello exhale in relief " But, it will tell me who her Birth mother might be and the extent of danger she may unknowingly be in" he explained with a heavy heart.

" If its who I'm thinking it is, then I'm even more afraid of the reactions from all three of them Leo!"

" I know, so am I" Leonardo exhaled following his brother into his chemical section of his Lab. " I've been trying to meditate on this since that night and its all pointed out that its true no matter how badly I whish it wasn't"

" I already have samples of Kira's blood so I'll get on this right away. I'll even run a few dummy tests just to be sure. Are you positive this is ' her' blood?"

Leonardo nodded " I watched her draw it out right in front of me! She figured this was the only way I would truly believe what she said"

Donatello nodded silently while he set up the tests " It will be a few hours yet, you should try and sleep Leo" he explained honestly feeling sorry for him. The stress from being a leader was one thing, now he had the entire weight that their father shouldered with being head of their Clan.

" I'll sleep on the cot in here if that's alright with you." Leonardo replied after giving the idea some thought. Just being around his normally pacifist younger brother was giving him the reassurance he needed at this moment.

" Of course, your more than welcome to it Leo. Your snoring is the least annoying " he replied honestly making them both laugh finally.

Leonardo was settled in Donatello once again submerged himself into his work as this blood test was now placed at the top of his nightly to do list. The results of which would tell them more than just who Kira's Parent is but more importantly it will tell them the likely hood of going to War against Hun and the Purple Dragons. So if sleeping on the cot to be near him put Leonardo at easy then who was he to refuse him, after all the four of them use to sleep in a pile until Raphael's lumberjack snoring and Michelangelo's restlessness put an end to it as they neared puberty.

It was mid morning when the test results were finally completed, being the first to know the results was both a blessing and in this a curse. Alone in his lab leaning back into his computer chair Donatello leaned his head back and was massaging his temples to ease his stress induced migraine as he tried to come up with the easiest way to break the news to Leonardo. Sitting up he pulled out his Shell cell and sent a group text to Kira, Splinter and his brothers requesting them all to come to his lab ASAP. He would be the one to break the news to his family in order to keep his elder brother from further damning himself in their brothers eyes. So when his family began filing in, Donatello prepared himself for the worst reactions his family might have.

"What'd up D? " Kira smiled as she walked in and claimed his large computer chair, with Raphael standing behind her, there wasn't much room with the entire Hamato Clan in the now crowded lab.

" Yes, why is it you've asked for us to meet in here than simply coming out to us?" Splinter inquired directly after her.

" Well everyone, particular you Kira, I had been running an analysis on a blood sample Leo was given by a contact that had been gathering in tell for us on Hun and the Purple Dragons." He started off when a deep guttural growl geminated from behind Kira.

" Cut the eggshell walking shit and call it as it is Donnie… Leo's been meeting up with that Bitch, Karai!" Raphael snarled while giving Leonardo a fixed deadly glare.

" Easy Raphael" Donatello spoke up in a soft passive voice in an attempt to sooth the hot-head, praying that his idea of having him in a tight place surround by their family would keep him from going off like a nuclear warhead, " I wasn't to thrilled about it either but I trust in Leo's judgment and She has had valuable intell for us since She and the Foot split parted ways with Hun and the Purple Dragons who are now or common enemy!" he explained honestly to him to which Raphael simply nodded.

Taking in a deep calming breath, Leonardo cleared his throat and spoke up as his eyes never left Kira "… I'll get right to the point then, The car that hit Kira belonged to the Dragons and was meant to kill her not because of some stolen property or a damaged ego. I'm sorry to tell you this Kira, but…"

" … I'm targeted as a means to hurt someone else, ain't I?" Kira asked interrupting him to reach out and take hold of his hand to support him " I'm a big girl Leo, just tell me what you were told by her… Alright!"

Giving her a soft thankful smile as he nodded in response " … I know you only had less than flattering things to say about your family, but before I go any further into this can you tell me who raised you." Leonardo asked moving to kneel in front of her. In a room packed like a can of Sardines, right there and then it was just him and her.

Looking deeply into his troubled blue eyes Kira could see how conflicting this subject was for him " Just my Dad and when I was little his parents. I never knew my mother but I only heard about her once" she replied with a ragged breath now realizing that this just may be about her Mother.

" What were you told of her?" Splinter inquired breaking the two out of their trance like state.

Swallowing hard, Kira turned her head in order to look up at Raphael as he stood stoically behind her with his arms crossed in front of his plastron until he met her eyes and lowered a hand down onto her shoulder purposely brushing her cheek in the process. Leaning her head into his arm briefly she returned her attention to Leonardo " My Dad was a remorseful drunk so it was the only time he'd ever talk to me, otherwise he avoided me like the plague! Well this one night about two years ago he got so plastered that I passed a comment about what my mother would say if she saw me living this way with him and he opened up like a floodgate. He told me that she was beautiful and strong willed and if it wasn't for her and I quote " Fucking Cold hearted Tyrant Asshole father and his prehistorical Japanese ways" that they would have been married right after she got pregnant. Both were just teenagers when I was created and she was freaking out about the " dishonor" to her family and how her father would kill her when his parents offered help them fix it so he had sole custody and she could return to Japan as if nothing happened. Dad was going on and on about how she refused to have an abortion because fait meant for this to happen for a reason." Kira explained completely shocking everyone as they started murmuring amongst themselves " What I say? I ain't makin' this shit up…" she snapped back fearfully.

" You ain't said nothing wrong," Raphael spoke up turning the computer chair as to be able to look his confused girlfriend in the eye as he squatted down before her " What Fearless and Donnie are to Chicken to say in front of me, is that he found your mom and to be honest we got reasons as ta why most of us don't trust her one bit! I ain't saying she's a bad person it's just that she was loyal to her 'Father' who had no honor and hated us to the core, Hun too, he was his right had man." He explained using every singly ounce of self-restraint he could muster. He now understood why they were packed in Donatello's lab, to pin him in so he was forced to keep his cool on a less than favorable discussion.

" Hun wants me dead because I'm this woman's Daughter?" She asked turning to look at everyone else.

" Hun and your Mother never got along and he hated her almost as much as he did us!" Leonardo explained clearing it up for her " Karai, your mom, has the loyalty of The Foot Clan and has maintained a truce with us for a few years now. And we both have a common enemy, Hun and his gang the Purple Dragons along with a few foot ninja who were loyal to him. She and I keep in contact to keep each other filled in of their movements, only she was over in Japan most of this past year so neither of us were aware Hun was after you."

Pulling her legs up into the chair in front of her Kira hugged them tightly as she tried to wrap her mind around everything she had just learned. Diverting her eyes when their concerned and worried faces became to much for her she jumped out of the chair, over the eldest two turtles and bolted out of the lab and right into the elevator. She felt like everything was closing in on her, trapping her, making it so she couldn't breath and she was desperately in need of air! Air and the overwhelmingly, crippling need to get high which could only happen topside.

It was severely silent unnerving moments before anyone in that lab could move after Kira literally jumped up and ran off. Lowering his head for a split second Leonardo stood up and started his march to the elevator and His brothers were about to follow him until their father spoke up " Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello" Splinter called out stopping the three in their tracks " Let them go! Kira and Leonardo need to work this out on their own. He will contact us if they are in need of our assistance" he explained in a fatherly tone. He knew all to well how much all his sons were hurting after hearing their Sister, and Raphael's Girlfriend, was in fact The Shredders Granddaughter as that fact tore at his heart as well.

" Do ya think she'll be alright Sensei?" Michelangelo asked looking back at their father as he remained at Raphael's side while he continued to stand there with his back to them all. He didn't need to look to know his best friend was fighting off the silent tears that were welling up in his eyes.

Breathing heavily Splinter closed his eyes in silent meditation on his sons question before opening them and looking at his three remaining sons. " Yes, Kira will be just fine Michelangelo. As unexpected as this news is for all of us, I believe she will become stronger from it now that she knows the truth." He replied as his next words were meant more for Raphael reassurance as he started towards his shoji " I will be in my room meditating if anyone needs me!"

Lowering his head defeated, Donatello turned and shut himself into his lab for the rest of the day leaving Michelangelo alone with the unpredictable hot tempered brother.

Glancing over at his baby brother finally Raphael reached out and clasped him on the shoulder " How 'bout you order up something to eat and I'll kick your ass in in that new Call of Duty game ya got!" he replied feeling the need to be around his best friend and kick his ass in a video game while working out his pent up emotions in a less destructive manner for once. As much as he wanted to go after Kira and take this pain from her and shoulder it for her, his father was right, this was something she and Leonardo had to hash out themselves. In the mean time he was needed home as a Big Brother.

A heartwarming feeling filled him up as he began to smile excitedly " Alright! You get the game set up and I'll order up some pizza and wings" Michelangelo replied already speaking faster than anyone can hear. He loved spending time with Raphael and the fact that he was the one to suggest this in a time he normally would have stormed off in anger meant so much more to him than anything else.

" Sounds good to me, Yo Donnie… We're gonna play Call of Duty… You want in?" Raphael bellowed out while making his way to his brothers lab "…And I ain't taking no for an answer so ya best get yer tail out here before I haul it out here myself!" He had two little Brothers that needed him right now and he was going to make the time count.

Riding her skateboard down the street as fast as she could, catching a ride behind a car or two, Kira didn't care where she was going at the moment. The need to get Stoned had faded as the adrenaline rush she was on was more than enough to help her forget all of her problems. With the sun setting on this unusually warm late winter/early spring evening and her legs burning from exertion, she found herself coming up on Central Park where she hopped the curb and headed inside. There was places within the park to skate she knew would extend and heighten her natural high and that's exactly where she was headed to. That was until the pail yellow heaving wall dropped down from a tree in her path knocking her off her board and right on her ass.

Leonardo's Olympic like agility and speed was certainly tested as he struggled to keep up with the runaway. He half expected her to have been blinded by anger or tears when he finally caught up with her but instead he found that Kira was in complete control over her emotions as she skillfully wound her way threw the city on her Skateboard. That didn't go for him as he was struggling to keep from losing it, two days of confusion, stress, insomnia had wreak havoc on his emotions over the knowledge he had kept pent up inside about her and with her taking off, running away like this was too much on him. Fighting to catch his breath, he reached down picked up the board and pulled Kira to her feet before throwing her over his shoulder in order to slip out of sight to find a safer place to have their conversation.

Once he had found a secluded spot in the trees he dropped her unceremoniously on the ground while keeping hold of the skateboard " What the… Why did you… Kira, help me to understand just what is going on? Where you looking to get High, running away from us, the truth… What?" He asked in his hushed stressed out authoritative voice as he watched her just sit there on the grass. Slowing his breathing he unexpectedly dropped heavily next to her on the grass with his shell being the only thing keeping him from being flat on his back " Holy shit… I can't remember the last time I've had to run that hard!" he chuckled exhaustedly lightening up things a bit before he turned to face . Her gray eyes were filled with a vast mixture of emotions while she still had yet to even mutter a syllable, " Please level with me Kira, it's all I'm asking"

Exhaling she finally nodded as she forced herself to speak " I knew who my Mother is, what she dose, what she has done… The Unholy Monster she once called her father! Of the " Honorable Creatures" she once was forced to consider her enemy… What I wasn't expecting out of all that back there we're Your/ your families reactions to who she was!" Kira explained with a level of trust and honesty that she has never shown to anyone, not even Raphael.

Leonardo was completely shell shocked at this confession but it still didn't answer his question " If you already knew, then why did you run away from us?" he asked still struggling to understand this whole débâcle.

Lowering her eyes unable to hold his gaze any longer she struggled to speak " Fear! " she confessed simply as she brought her stump in front of them " She is all about her families Honor that I was terrified that you would be asking if I wanted to meet her, I knew how badly it would go and with my track record things would have lite up brighter than the Fourth of July!"

Pulling his legs comfortably into the Lotus position things were clearing up immensely for him " Your afraid of her reaction to what you've done, just as she was when she found out she was pregnant, am I right?"

" Yes"… " Well that and Raphies reaction…"

Snorting sympathetically " To his credit, he has gotten better in controlling that temper of his. Things evened out when Don, Mikey and I came to fully understand who he is and began treating him better. It took a LOT for me to get it threw my own thick head that I was blinded by the outcome of what happened when he lost it instead of trying to understand why he lost it!"

Kira nodded " That why your not giving me one of your World Famous lectures right now?" she inquired curiously after everything Raphael had told her about them.

Leonardo couldn't help but to bark out in laughter before replying " Kind of.. But mostly because I'm just too damn tired right now after chasing you... Let's just say, I'm NOT walking you home tonight!"

Kira couldn't help but to laugh nervously " Yeah…about that… At first I was headed to a place I knew I could score up a decent high but when the adrenaline from riding the board kicked in I no longer needed that shit and I just lost myself into a safer High…"

" I kind of figured that out about four blocks back when you caught a ride behind the Pepsi truck!" He noted with a warm smile " I'm proud of you for that, Kira!"

" Really? Like really really?" she gaped in shock as no one had ever said thoughts words like that to her before.

" Yes, I am! Its shows a lot about of the person your becoming and in time the demons of your past will be a footnote..." he replied philosophically until Kira started rolling on the ground laughing hysterically " What's so funny now?" he asked seriously confused at her sudden mood change.

Pulling herself together Kira struggled to calm herself " Dude, you sounded exactly like Usagi-kun!" she panted now wiping the tears from her eyes brought about by her laughing " He was always saying supportive stuff like that back at the Daimyos'."

Lunging forward he locked her into a headlock and gave her a wet-willy until his shell-cell went off spoiling his fun. " Its Leo" his eyes dilated and his body went ridged as he shot up to his feet as he listened to the other end " We'll be right there!" hanging up immediately he then punched in a number and stepped away from her " Shut that off and listen to me Don! She called 'he's' making a move at the docks.. Yes, NOW! Pick us up at Central Park west... Just get here fast…thanks Donnie!"

Taking in several deep calming breaths Leonardo turned to look at Kira " Looks like you'll be catching up your Mom after all tonight! Hun's making a move at the docks and I won't have time to drop you off at April's so you're comin' with!" he informed her having already switched into his battle ready mindset.

Walking over Kira nodded understanding his situation " Just tell me what to do Leo!" she replied confidentiality as she reached into the right thigh pocket of her black cargo pants and pulled out a couple elbow supports and a fingerless glove earning her a stern puzzled look " Can ya just help with this please? You know I'm not gonna sit on the sidelines and watch you guys get killed, I'm helping!"

Shaking his head Leonardo gave her a partial smile as he took the three items and helped her slide them on " Just move and do exactly as I say and most importantly don't let Hun see you! We won't be in this fight alone but that doesn't mean shit won't go wrong out there, so just be careful!" pausing for a moment he asked her one last thing " Are you armed?"

Once again reaching into the same pocket Kira nodded as she pulled out a bundled up rope dart and the very fire tinted Kunai that she once lost at the scene of the car crash " This is all Masta Splinter allows me to carry at the moment!"

Picking up the rope bundle he examined it carefully " Is this what you and Donnie were working on together in the Dojo after the others went to bed?" he inquired knowing the two had been up to some type of training together.

" Yes. Raphie helps with my throwing aim in general and Donnie's been learning how to use the rope dart too. It's a good long range weapon that can be used in several ways, even like a chain whip…" Kira explained as she watched him examine it anxiously.

Handing the bundle back to her he reached up and messed her hair up playfully " You have some good knowledge on how it works, but I still don't want you getting involved in any fighting!" Giving her a nudge of the head he motioned it was time to go " come on, they should be here shortly" with that said they both took off for the west entrance to the park, Leonardo by the shadows and Kira on her skateboard.

The timing couldn't have been more precise as they all arrived at the West entrance at the same time, Leonardo hopped into the front passenger seat of the Battle Shell while Kira climbed in the back with Splinter, Michelangelo and Raphael. Buckling in next to her boyfriend she couldn't help but feel as if she were in a glass cage with the skeptical and stern looks she was receiving from the three younger Brothers and automatically lowered her head to avoid seeing their faces once again. When Leonardo's shell cell went off again their attention was moved onto him as they waited to hear what the plan was for the massive battle they knew they were about to have.

Hanging up he turned his seat around in order to be able to look at everyone " That was Nobody, he's confirmed Karai's report on this situation at hand. Both he and the Foot will meet us two blocks down from the docks where we'll lay out the plan of attack. From all reports received it looks like Hun's planning on putting an end to the gang war by secretly baiting the mafia and the most problematic Gangs to a weapon's deal individually."

" Sounds to me like he's gonna turn them on each other so's they'll take each other out for him!" Raphael spoke up as he casually stretched his one arm out behind and over Kira's shoulders in a protective fashion.

" Exactly!" Leonardo agreed with his brothers assumption " We all know if Hun can find a way out of doing the hard work he'll take it…"

" Why do I feel a BUT coming on?" Michelangelo groaned already getting a bad feeling on all of this.

"Because according to Nobody, Huns lined the docks with heavy explosives Mikey!" Leonardo pointed out much to his little brothers dismay as he groaned louder crossing his arms with a look in his eyes that told of how much he didn't want to be doing this " … Sorry little bro, I don't want to do this either" Leonardo noted apologetically to him.

Leaning back against Raphael's arm, Kira pulled out the fire tinted Kunai from her leg pocket and looked at it deep in thought.

" What is on your mind my Daughter?" Splinter asked drawing everyone's attention back onto her.

" This isn't about taking out the completion" She spoke up cryptically " Hun knows that We and the Foot will show up to stop him… This is about ending US!" Looking up from her kunai she locked onto Leonardo's gaze " We can end this Bullshit vendetta he's got against my Mother, that you all have been dragged into, tonight!"

" How do you suggest we do that? " Raphael asked softly as he squeezed her left shoulder supportively.

" Well, we go about with the plan I'm sure Leo already had forming in his head, ya know distracting him and his goons while someone disarms the explosives. But… The chances are he might take that into account so we would need to get close to him to find the trigger and disconnect it and the master receiver at the same time. After that the fights all yours" she explained having already been figuring out all the variables.

" That just might work!" Donatello spoke up amazed that she had just pointed out a similar point of action that he himself had just been thinking about. Glancing up into the rearview mirror he adjusted it in order to see her better " How do you know so much about explosives, and please don't tell me it was from watching Mythbusters! " he inquired curiously.

Kira couldn't help but to chuckle softly at that " My Uncle, on dads side, is an EOD tech in the Army… We watched Mythbusters a lot and he let me make a few things go BOOM!"

Shaking his head Leonardo and the others couldn't help but laugh " You will never cease to amaze me Kira! Alright, when we get to the rendezvous point Donnie and Kira will work with Nobody on the explosives!"

" Leo…" Raphael growled softly in a protective manner as his gut twisted in fear for her life.

" I know what your thinking Raph, but she is part of the team now and is more useful to us this way than in the direct fight! I need your head on the fight and trust me on this" Leonardo replied understanding exactly what he feeling.

Looking down at her he grunted and nodded that he understood "your right, she is part of the team now and we all gotta do our part!" Raphael muttered more to reassure himself than anything as they pulled up to their destination. Pulling Kira's head close, he pressed a long tender kiss to the top of her head " Stay close to them and be safe!" he whispered softly against her head before he had to get his mind in the game before he followed his brothers out of the van.