( Story notes: This chapter contains Main Character Death and was extremely difficult to write as I kept having to stop due to crying with how emotional it was.)


Chapter 11: Bully/ Diamond Eyes ( Shinedown )

Waiting in the side door of the Battle Shell, Kira watched and waited as Splinter and the Turtles talked with who looked like a black and red caped comic book character and the Japanese woman who led the Foot Clan. She already could tell that she inherited the western facial characteristics of her American born father and the body stature of her mother as she looked more Caucasian than Japanese. Once again loosing herself into gazing at her fire tinted Kunai, Kira tried to will her stomach to unknot it's self and force her heart back into the stone unfeeling state it had once been before having met Raphael. She couldn't let herself feel anything until all was said and done if she wanted to make it out of this alive, one slipup could cost a life out there.

" So, you must be Kira?" A strange voice spoke up next to her startling her from her thoughts " I thought I recognized you, You've were arrested and even spent three months in Juvenile Hall for admitting to a crime you didn't commit when you were fifteen!" the voice went on to say automatically drawing her attention to the black masked figure.

" How the fuck do you know that, my record was sealed over a year ago!" She demanded eyeing the man cautiously already having a feeling he couldn't be trusted " You're a Narc aren't you!" She demanded jumping out of the van to get ready to make a run for it out of pure instinct she picked up living on the streets " I thought I smelt Bacon covered Donuts..." she growled backing up

"… Ah, Guys…"

" Shit…"

" Damnit…"

It was Michelangelo who first noticed the corned animal look of panic on his sisters face as he glanced back at the van and spotted Nobody talking to Kira and she looked more than ready to bolt. Looking up both Raphael and Leonardo glanced at each other before rushing over to intervene before the situation got out of hand. Placing himself between the two Leonardo held up both his hand to get them to stop and calm down while Raphael moved protectively behind Kira and wrapped an arm around her in order to hold her protectively, both turtles were unaware of what Nobody had said to set Kira off like this.

" Narc, he's a fucken Narc!" Kira nearly shouted as she was still in a state of absolute panic fearing he was going to turn her in for something.

"Narc? Oh shit, I had totally forgotten… " Leonardo gasped as it hit him like a tone of bricks. Placing himself in her line of vision he took her face into his hands and spoke soothingly to her " He is a cop but also a vigilantly, Kira this is Nobody, he's a trusted friend of ours. He's not here to arrest you…" standing up rigidly he looked back over his shoulder at Nobody and finished his sentence pointedly " … isn't that right Nobody?"

" Of course not, besides there's no warrant out for your arrest that I'm aware of and anyway you got the wrong department" Nobody replied with a distant unconcerned voice.

" Still a Pig!" Kira muttered conceding as she relaxed in Raphael's arm " If Leo says I can trust ya, then I can trust ya… just as long as you keep outta my sealed Juvie record!" she stated before mentally kicking herself in the ass for not thinking before speaking … again " ahh shit… I'm boned" she muttered under her breath.

" We'll save this discussion for another time" Leonardo replied as he and his brother both fought to keep from breaking out in laughter. Turning to lead them all back to the others he couldn't help but to tease her " besides, I already knew about it…"

Kira's eyes went wide as she now wanted to go and kick Leonardo's shell in but unfortunately Raphael maintained a firm but gentle grasp on her shoulder as he guided her back " Relax, he's joking… kinda" he whispered teasingly as he rubbed her back soothingly to help her calm down before they got down to business.

" Now… where were we? " Leonardo spoke up already back in battle mode.

" A few of my most trusted will go with Nobody and his team to insure their work will not be disrupted!" Karai spoke up as she finally was able to really lay eyes on her Daughter who stood strong and confident next to the Turtle called Raphael.

" Alright, so were clear on the plans?" Leonardo spoke up looking around at everyone " Nobody, Donnie and Kira will disarm the explosives and We'll handle the rest…" he said summing it up for them.

" Yes, The Foot are ready to assist you!" Karai nodded

" We're good Leo" Donatello spoke up as Nobody nodded.

" Alright, let's move out!" Leonardo called out signaling it was time.

Not waiting any further Karai and a hand full of her Foot walked over to where Kira and Raphael stood. Karai noted the unspoken warning the turtle gave her with the narrowing of his eyes and bowed respectively to him acknowledging his place in her Daughters life before speaking. " These ninja will be going with your team, Kira." She spoke motioning for the Foot behind her to go over to the young woman. Very slowly Kirai reached in behind part of her uniform and pulled out a sheathed tanto and held it out to her " Please, Take this with you to defend yourself out there."

Watching every movement cautiously Kira nodded and excepted the tanto and bowed back to her " Thank you, Mother!"

The softness in Kira's voice took Karai by complete surprise, thou she would not show it, having never expected for her to be recognized publicly such as this " There will be more time for familiarities later, my Daughter."

Once the Foot soldiers realized exactly why their Mistress was in trusting them with this girls life, they stood straighter and bowed respectively knowing the importance and severity of the task they were given before parting ways as Kira left with the other two members of her team.

Raphael stood there and watched everything and waited until Kira was out of earshot before he turned to face his former enemy " You may have given birth to her, but just keep in mind who her real Family is, Karai" He spoke sternly but in an unthreatening voice as he only wanted to make sure she knew Kira's place.

" I assure you Raphael, I have not earned the right for a place in her life… I lost that long ago…" Karai spoke not hiding the regret in her voice before bowing to him and walking off to lead her Foot into place.

" You alright Raph?" Leonardo asked softly after watching their interactions silently from a short distance away.

" Yeah, Leo, I'm good!" Raphael replied before rolling his neck to crack it " Let's go pay Hun a visit!" he smirking looking forward to kicking the living shit out of the man responsible for hurting his Girlfriend.

Sticking close to Donatello while Nobody went to locate the trigger, Kira subconsciously ran her fingers along the wrapped handle of the tanto her ' Mother' had given before she left. It took them several minutes to reach the far end of the docks from where the deal was supposed to go down and almost as long to work their way to the first set of explosives.

" Tell me again why I'm stuck on EOD duty when I'm no EOD tech? Besides don't you get distracted easily…. "Kira whispered nervously as she practically glued herself to the Turtle-tech's Shell.

" We need Raph's head on Hun and to do that you need to be out of his line of sight, and anyway your fingers are smaller than mine! " He replied opening up the first sets' container revealing the tight space inside " Kira, we have a real problem here… this is on a timer!"

Kira swallowed hard as she tried to think " Can it be disarmed without setting it off?"

" Well it's a liquid based explosive I'm not at all familiar with but I think I can manage to, why do you have something in mind?" Donatello inquired as he was always open to what input she had to offer in this situation. When she didn't answer right away he glanced over his shoulder and noticed her using the calculator on her shell-cell " well?"

"Huh? Oh yeaa sorry…" she apologized sheepishly " I don't know, what about blowing something important of his up?" She suggested at a loss for a better idea.

Donatello's eyes light up " You're a Genius!" He grinned as a mischievous twinkling shown in his brown eyes " The barge his goons are guarding looks important now doesn't it?" he replied with a sly smirk.

" Now who's the Genius here!" Kira grinned then looked back to the one Foot soldier that was closet to her " Think you guys can help us move these puppies to a new home?" she inquired thinking that trained ninja hands would be the best to do such a delicate job. When the Soldier nodded ' yes' she smiled " Sweet, you guys can help Donnie here and I'll go keep watch!" she replied giving them new orders.

" Just stay down, I don't need you to go and pull a Mikey!" Donatello warned her before he and the Rest of the Soldiers moved out with Ninja speed and stealth, except for one.

The remaining Soldier stayed at Kira's side as to not leave her completely unguarded as they moved along the docks to get a better vantage point on the action to best keep Donatello informed.

' How's the view?' Donatello's voice broke threw the headset she had on.

' Like the B rated Samurai flick Leo thinks we don't know he watches!' she replied as she watched the Turtles and Foot take on the Purple Dragons.

' That good huh?' he asked with an amused voice ' what about Nobody?'

' Got his hands full with a stack of crates and Hun!' she replied a bit distractedly.

' Kira…What's happening?' he asked quickly catching the distraction in her voice.

' Just first battle jitters, I'm good Donnie, how's your end?' she replied trying to sound convincing as to not worry him. Truth was Raphael had just taken Hun on after the Goliath said something to enrage him to the point where his brain shuts off.

' Almost done, Raph did something stupid didn't he?... Kira… Kira…Shit!' Donatello didn't know that she had thrown her headset off to the side to do exactly what everyone didn't want her to do when a sickening cracking sound followed by Raphael's pain filled scream erupted halting the action.

When the turtles and Splinter burst in on Hun, his goons were busy loading crates into the back of a semi and things went along normally. Hun bragging, ordering his goons who were all over the place to take them out, all with a smug grin until the unexpected happened. The last thing he expected was the Foot Clan to drop in surrounding himself and his goons with Karai standing along side the Turtles. His shock quickly turned to arrogance as the idea of getting rid of both of his enemies at the same time as he then ordered his goons to attack and the fight began.

Nobody even joined in as he attempted to get close to Hun in order to find the master remote, unaware of the discovery the rest of his team had made as he had lost his headset in the fight before he was overpowered and knocked unconscious. Laughing out loud at how "easy" it was to take the Masked figure out, Hun grew over confident and the moment he seen Raphael fighting off a group of his goons on his own a sickening sneer filled his face. Since he had noticed that they were short one turtle and ' the blond bitch' was also missing this gave him the opening he needed.

" Ahh, Raphael… I see that blond Bitch is not here to stop me from finally finishing you off!" Hun spoke up baiting him, but when the Turtle hesitated for a second in his movements then kept fighting he baited him further in a voice that only Raphael could hear " Perhaps she's off with that freak brother of yours... Like the STREET WHORE I know she truly is!"

Having been trying to keep his mind off of what ever shit Hun was spouting out, Raphael concentrated on taking his building rage out on the Purple Dragons until he passed that last comment. Hearing his Girlfriend being called a Whore was the last straw and his brain switched off and he went completely berserk launched himself blindly at Hun. When this happened Raphael began making one mistake after another as Hun took his time inflicting as much drawn out pain as he could until his Shell began to split apart. Screaming in agonizing pain while he was trapped in a chain that Hun had managed to wrap around him and was using it to squeeze the life out of him.

The very moment everyone heard Raphael's scream, all of the fighting stopped. One by one the Purple Dragons used this moment to pick up their companions and run for it while they could except for the former foot soldiers than had sided with Hun who now stood between them. Splinter, Leonardo and Michelangelo could only stand there and watch helplessly as the armed Rogue Foot held them at bay while Hun continued pulling on the end of the chain that was slowly killing Raphael. Karai and her Foot Clan backed away enough so that they could flank Hun's and move in to strike when the command was given.

" RAPHAEL… NOOOO"

Donatello cried out as he watched his older brother go completely limp and for a brief moment he was back in the fucked up version of the future where he witnessed his brothers being killed in front of him. Hun could be heard laughing and taunting his family as he released Raphael from the chains and held him motionlessly upside down by one leg. Feeling angered beyond anything he had ever been before in his life he was about to jump in there and attack Hun himself until a gloved hand to his forearm stopped him.

Looking over he could see Kira crying silently as she stood next to him " Go help them Donnie" she whispered painfully to him before pulling out the Kunai that Raphael had given to her that she once lost in the crash and only recently got it back as a Valentines day gift. "Once I get Hun to let him go, you get Raphie outta there!" she replied firmly before taking off on a dead run threw the shadows. Exhaling heavily Donatello got to his feet and ran out to help his father and brothers in the fight to get close to Hun.

" Donnie…" Michelangelo called out knocking out the foot he had been fighting in order to hug his brother tightly " Raphie, he's.. Hun he…" he tried to fill him in by just wasn't able to get himself to say the words as he cried on his brothers shoulder.

" My Son, Where is Kira? " Splinter was quick to ask as he also struggled to keep himself together for the sake of his remaining children.

" Donnie, where is she?" Leonardo asked when his brother fused to answer as his eyes were locked of his lifeless brother dangling from Hun's left hand as he laughed tauntingly at us family.

" ARAHHHH" Hun's sudden agonizing scream cut threw the battle as he was forced to drop Raphael due to the familiar kunai that was now sticking out of the back of his hand.

" There!" Was all Donatello muttered before he pole vaulted over the Foot and landed next to his lifeless big brother and lifted him up over his shoulders, fueled by shear adrenaline he hurried to move him out of the way.

Both Splinter and Michelangelo rushed over to help Donatello while Leonardo moved in to cover them. With both blades in hand he struggled to keep his head together when Kira walked out of the shadows directly behind Hun. She was twirling the rope dart with a look so calm that he couldn't believe it himself.

" Hey ShitHead! Remember me?" Kira shouted out drawing Hun's attention away from everyone else.

" You Little Bitch!" Hun snarled yanking the blade from the back of his hand and threw it aside in order to bind it before charging after her.

Watching his movements Kira kept swinging and moving the rope dart all around in a giant figure eight, around her neck, her body, her leg, and each time it would shootout and strike his body as close to certain pressure points as possible as she kept moving out of his reach. Each strike both distracted and infuriated Hun at the same time making each move sloppier and irrational as the last, she knew he was a highly skilled Marital artist but she also knew just the sight of her and the memory of the shot to the nut blinded him with rage. Waiting until the last second, Kira dodged the final charge and shot the rope out and wrapping it around Hun's legs. Wrapping the rope around her arms and back quickly she gave it a quick hard pull and brought Hun down face first to the ground. Breathing hard now she watched in disbelief as he pulled it free from his legs as if it were a pieces of string and tossed it a side before he got back up to his feet with his eyes locked only on the dirty blond girl that had tripped him when the Barge his men were guarding exploded unexpectedly.

" You'll pay for that you little Fucking Whore!" he growled out threateningly having forgotten about everyone else around him he picked up a stray sward and charged at her with the intent on running it threw her and slicing her apart.

Pulling the tanto that her Mother had given her, Kira stood firm and readied herself for his attack knowing the odds were stacked against her and she wasn't about to run from again. So when he was almost right on top of her she held the tanto firmly against her right forearm above her head and her eyes clenched shut ready to take the blow of his blade only it never came.

Moving in from either side of her both Leonardo and Karai stood in front of Kira with their swords crossed blocking Huns strike " You will not lay a hand on my Daughter, Hun! " Karai shouted fiercely " We will finish this Leonardo, Take her and get your family to safety! Go Now..." she spoke to him without taking her eyes off of Hun.

" Thank you Karai," Leonardo replied softly before quickly sheathing his Katana and scooping Kira up into his arms and leaped with her to safety as Karai and the Foot fought on.

Slowing to a walk, he set Kira down on her own feet in order to let her run to Raphael's side as his father and brothers sat back sobbing. All Donatello could whisper in his state of shellshock was " I'm sorry, I'm sorry" as Michelangelo clung to him sobbing. Taking a knee next to their father Leonardo bowed his head in respect for his late brother until Kira's furious voice broke the silence.

Refusing to believe that her beloved Raphael was dead, Kira began to franticly check all over for any trace of a pulse at his neck, wrist, ankle but his leathery skin was to thick to get a proper read. Shouldering the large motionless turtle from his side and more onto his back " Come on and roll over you motherfucking stubbornass Turtle!" she shouted furiously in exertion. Once he was to where she wanted him she pulled out the Tanto and tried to wipe the blade clean on her shirt till it shined before holding it not even half an inch over his nose and mouth but when there was no fogging of breath she dropped it to the ground next to her and knelt silently next to his head. Tears ran freely down her face and dripped onto his until her stubborn streak kicked in full bore.

Standing up in determination Kira lifted her leg and brought it down as hard as she could onto the center of his upper plastron with each word she then spoke " Wake, Up, you, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking, Cocksucking NERF HERDER! I said WAKE UP GODDAMMIT… " She screamed with each strike to his chest until a pair of arms caught her and pulled her forcefully back into his arms.

" He's gone, Kira… he's gone…" Leonardo nuzzled her head whispering heartbreakingly into her ear as he clutched her tightly into his chest as she started sobbing hysterically into his neck and shoulder.

" Who's, Scruffy-Lookin? …Human" A deep severely weakened familiar voice muttered unexpectedly from in front of them finishing the somewhat Star Was quoted conversation.

" RAPH!" all three turtles cried out shocked to see their once dead brother now looking up at them with a weak lopsided smirk.

" You all better not be crying over me!" he muttered back to his family until Kira broke free from his eldest brother and unexpectedly gave him a hard right hook to the jaw " That hurt ya know"

Dropping down over top of him she kissed him deeply for the first time in front of everyone before laughing against his neck as she held his head tightly afraid to let go " Good, that's so you'll never scare us like that ever again!"

Moving over to his side after breaking out of his catatonic state, Donatello motioned for his older brother to remove her " Leo can you, I need to check him out"

"Sure, come here Kira, Donnie needs to get to him now!" he spoke softly helping her back off of her boyfriend and back into his own arms " Thank you for not giving up!" he said softly as his head craned over her shoulder in order to watch his younger brothers.

" How did you.. What did you… How did you bring him back Sis?" Michelangelo asked as he tentatively reached out and held Raphael's hand.

" Donnie was in shock so I just used simple chest compressions!" Kira explained as she kept her eyes on her Boyfriend.

" By stomping on him?" He asked not fully understanding what she meant.

" Yes Mikey" Donatello spoke up softly to his younger brother " Humans usually just pound the chest with their fist but as we're Turtles she compensated by using her foot to get things going again" he explained simplifying things for his family as he was to exhausted to come up with the technical terms.

" Alright, alright. Can I get up now?" Raphael groaned feeling very uncomfortable with the conversation and all of the attention he was getting.

Placing his hand firmly on his chest Donatello shook his head " Not so fast Raph, your not to move a muscle until I get you home and examine your Shell. It took heavy damage from Hun and I want to make sure there's nothing wrong with your spine!" he stated in his no non since tone " Mikey, go get the Battle Shell. Kira, Leo try to find something solid we can use to carry him with. I know your not gonna want to hear this Raph, but for the foreseeable future your on complete bed rest!"

Clenching his eyes shut, Raphael remained silent as he simply gave up and resigned himself to let them do what ever they wanted. He didn't understand what had happened to him to make his family act like this and he didn't like it. He also didn't like just ' how close' Kira and Leonardo were all of a sudden. So for as far as he was concerned he didn't give a shit about anyone or anything and once he was back on his feet he again was gone!

Moving quickly to get Raphael into the back of the Battle Shell and out of there, everyone was silent during the ride back to their Lair. Splinter sat at Raphael's side as did Michelangelo, who was now to terrified to let his big brother out of his sight for fear of losing him again, Donatello was behind the wheel with Leonardo next to him thou he kept looking back to where Kira sat just behind the drivers seat. It didn't take a genius to see that everyone in the Hamato Clan had been deeply effected by the Raphael's momentary death at the hands of Hun.

Once everyone was home and Raphael had been placed into the infirmary where Donatello could better attend to his severally injured brother. Splinter had Michelangelo go with him and watched TV while Leonardo and Kira each sat on the floor on either side of the infirmary door as they both couldn't bring themselves to leave until they knew how bad Raphael's Shell was injured.

After what felt like hours an exhausted Donatello finally appeared and was quickly surrounded by his family " He's heavily sedated for now to keep him from trying to move while the epoxy and cast set on his Shell. The cracks were superficial mostly but a couple had punctured threw so I covered his Shell with one big cast. Good news is there's no sign of any paralysis. Finally, considering the fact he was clinically dead for a few minutes, there's no way to tell just how it will effect him. He may be his normal charming self or he may not… I just can't guarantee anything at this time"

" Can we see him Donnie?" Michelangelo asked before anyone had the chance.

" Of course, but only if he's feeling up to having visitors and only if you do not upset him" He smiled tiredly unable to tell his baby brother no at this moment " Let's just let him sleep right now and I recommend we all try to do the same! I'll sleep on the cot in my lab for now just in case, goodnight everyone!" Donatello yawned before heading off to his lab just off of the infirmary. With everyone else agreeing to call it a night, even though it was technically seven AM the next day, the remaining family members each dragged themselves off to their own rooms as well.