Ch.2: Karia's Wound

The Foot building's outside had remianed the same ever since the Shredder's defeat. But, the inside was a different story now that Karia ran the place. I guess you could say she made it a little bit more modern than the orginal.

Ever since Karia had taken over she trained the ninjas to fight at her level, making them nearly impossible to defeat. Even the turtles together would have to keep on thier toes to fight with them now. That was one of the goals Karia was aiming for through her training sessions.

As Karia walked through the halls she watched as the ninjas cleared a path for her, like the Red Sea before Moses. Karia ignored them and walked striaght into her personalized chamber.

It was quite a sight to behold when anyone entered. Karia's room was fashioned after a japanese dojo and decorated with japanese characters, not unlike those you see in China. Taking a seat on a big red pillow in the center of the room she crossed her legs and began to meditate on the fight she had nearly lost.

"Rapheal has indeed improved since we last fought" thought Karia still in deep meditation " and yet...I feel...even though he has not struck a fatal blow. I feel wounded...like a blow to the heart. But why? How could I be injured even though I'm not?"

Several seconds passed and Karia still couldn't figure out why she was feeling this way. A call of alarm from one of her ninja alerted Karia as she grabbed he katana and prepared for battle.

However, when she got to the roof where the alarm had been sounded she found several of her soliders lying on the ground unconious. A small white card was planted near one of the fallen ninja. Karia picked it up and began to read. The card read:

Just thought I'd leave a calling card before our next rumble. I'll be looking forward to a rematch. See you later.

-Rapheal

Karia smiled as she read the card and figured out what had wounded her earlier. She and Raph were sworn enimies, but somehow Karia had fallen for the hot-tempered turtle. The wound did not needed to be caused by a pshyical blow, it was created by an emotional one. Love.

"Now I know what this wound is" thought Karia then said out loud " I'm in love with Rapheal."

Quickly Karia ordered that her fallen ninja be taken to the infirmary while she returned to her room looking over the card Raph had left. If it was true that this wound she felt was caused by love, did Raph feel the same?

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Meanwhile Raph was standing on a rooftop just across from the Foot building when he saw Karia pick up and read his card. A shadowed figure was perched near Raph smiling deviously at the red-masked turtle. Grinning she said to Raph " What is she your girlfriend now?"

"Lay off Wolf" said Raph grinning at his own private joke " your supposed to be helping me figure out what the Foot is up to with thier recent chemical raids. Or do I need to find another imformant?" Raph reached down towards his sais as he made that last remark.

"Fine, fine" said Wolf " but I'm not to sure I'll find out anything about what thier doing in there. It's for top level security only,"

"Wish Donny were here," thought Raph thinking of his brianiac brother. Raph looked over at Wolf and said "Okay we'll call it a night. See you later,"

Wolf waved goodbye to Raph and disappeared into the night as Raph returned to his own home. In the secluded place everyone loved the call: the sewers.

Author's Note: I told this would be shocking. Sorry this chapter was so short, but the next one is going to be whole lot longer. Tune into the next chapter to see what the other turtles are up to. Caio for now.