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Note: Leo might be a little OCC in this chapter at one little point…

Leonardo sat in silence in the Dojo, his eyes closed tightly as he sat in a lotus position. Guilt over flowed his veins, "Why did she do it?"

Don sat next to him, unsure what to do or say. He reached out a gently touched his shoulder, "She did it to save you Leo…"

Master Splinter stood in the entrance to the Dojo, watching his eldest, and second youngest son interact. He was confused by Don's words.

"My sons, who is this she that you're talking about?"

Leo looked to where their father was standing, "I wasn't paying attention during the battle… and… Krystal… she took a blow that was meant for me."

Master Splinter's expression was full of thought, his gaze set firmly on his eldest son.

"I must meditate on this," he whispered, before leaving the room.

Leo stood up, "I'm going to check on Krystal."

Don nodded, "You like her don't you?"

Leo found himself hesitating, "I wasn't sure at first… but after what she did…"

Don smiled, "I understand how you feel Leo."

Leo nodded, exiting the room, only to have Raph stand in front of him, frown on his face, holding out the cat as if it was a parasite, "Keep these little fur balls away from me!"

"Raph!" Mikey called from the couch, "I always wanted a pet and you're treating them like dirt, they only want to love you!"

Mikey held Flora up, who was trying to escape him and go to Raph, "See she wants to play with you!"

After Raph handed Spencer to Leo, her turned to Mikey, "You sick that flea covered mutt on me, I will get you!"

Mike's eyes widened, "Don't listen to him Flo, he's just cranky." Flora whimpered and stared at Raph with her soft brown eyes.

Raph smiled a bit staring at the puppy in Mikey's grip, only to shake his head, a frustrated growl escaping his throat. No way in heck would he let a mutt turn him into a softy.

Leo couldn't help but smile when Spencer cuddled into him. A sudden plan formed in his mind, "Say bye, bye to Uncle Raph, Spencer!"

He held Spencer up to Raph's face; who licked him on the cheek, making that smile return to his lips.

Leo turned and walked off with Spencer, making the scowl to return to Raph's face, and Mikey laughing his butt off at his hotheaded brother, "For someone who hates these two, you sure do smile whenever they stare and or look at you!"

"SHUT UP MIKEY!" Raph growled.

Leo rolled his eyes the moment he landed on the walk way, hearing Raph's shouting. He entered the room, seeing Krystal still asleep. He noticed that she kicked off her covers, and Spencer jumped from his arms onto the bed, and crawled onto her chest, falling asleep instantly.

Leo smiled, walking over to her tucking her under the covers again, and sitting down on the chair next to the bed, watching her sleep, stroking her hair.

Kat tossed and turned, sweat drenched her body as she furrowed her brow. The familiar nightmare; blood, a spell, and death were all she saw.

The barking down stairs didn't cause her to stir, only made things worse. She was on the brink of screaming her head off, until she felt someone hold her tightly in their grasp.

Her eyes snapped open when she felt Flora start to lick her cheek. She blushed realizing she was in Don's lap.

Don looked worriedly down on her, "Kat… you were having a nightmare again… tell me what happened." Kat was lucky her face was already red from sweating and tossing and turning, because she would have blushed even harder when he brushed the hair that was sticking to her forehead out of her face.

"Blood, pain, tears…" she drew in a deep breathe, "Death."

She soon found her consciousness at its edge, and she collapsed in his arms. He stared her worriedly, as he chose to tuck her into bed.

He stoked her cheek, watching as her nightmares were chased away.

-Five Days Later-

"So how's your shoulder feeling?" Kat whispered to Krystal in the locker room.

"Still sore," she whispered, glancing at Leo and Don where were disguised yet again as janitors.

Kat smiled gently at her friend as the exited the locker room, "Krystal, you'll be fine."

"Where have you two been, Miss Oroku looked like she was going to have a cow when you two didn't show up to school!" Melody stressed.

Kat rubbed the back of her neck, "We were… uh… lets just go play kickball."

Melody rolled her eyes, "Alright… but just to warn ya, you two might no end up on the same team."

"So?" Kat and Krystal stated, "We're on opposite teams all the time when it comes to kickball, it makes things interesting."

Melody rolled her eyes, and glanced at her watch, "Crud, we might be on the same team after all… let's go!"

The three exited the locker room, only to have the only male coach point at them, "Melody, Kat, Krystal, you're on my team!"

Melody winced, "We're on Claiborne's team, dang it… he'll make fun of me!"

Kat sighed, "Come on, we gotta get over there before our grades drop."

Karai stared into the window over the gymnasium, her red mask over her face, and she was dressed in her Ninja garb, "Men, we shall strike when the time is right."

Miss Toho growled standing next to Karai, wearing golden armor and helmet. In a matter of milliseconds Karai was on the roof unconscious, "I SAY STRIKE NOW!"

Krystal stood glaring at the pitcher, Coach Jones, the toughest teacher in the entire school and she assigned the most detentions. She was a scary woman, very tall, muscular, and had a loud voice.

She rolled the ball, causing Krystal to run forwards, giving it a hard kick, making every one on the bases start running. Kat who was at second base started running her hardest in order to make it home.

A sudden shriek caused the two girls to stop running, and cover their heads as glass rained down on them.

Krystal glanced up, and her eyes widened in horror as Foot Soldiers landed in front of her, "GUYS GET OUT OF HERE!"

Melody hesitated a bit as everyone hurried out, spotting Kat staring wide eyed and in horror. Coach Jones grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

The janitor uniforms were ripped off as Leo and Don ran in, "I knew that this was going to happen!"

"You and me both bro," Don stated.

Krystal growled, grabbing a baseball bat from the sports equipment (yeah, something Casey would do) and started to defend herself, as Kat just watched in terror, only to find anger over throw her heart seeing a Foot Soldier about to cut her friends shoulder again.

Krystal gasped when she felt someone push her, knocking her sideways and into the bleachers, but the sound of Kat crying out in pain caused her eyes to widen in terror.

She could feel herself sigh in relief when Don caught her, but suddenly he shouted, "KRYSTAL BEHIND YOU!"

She cried out as she felt a dagger reopen the wound on her shoulder by a woman in golden armor. Krystal felt those familiar arms wrap around her as she fell, only to wince when she heard the person who belonged to those arms shout, "YOU WITCH!"

Laughter was his only answer when she threw a large handful of smoke pellets at them.

"Dang it…" Leo muttered when the smoke cleared.

"All this is ever going to be is a hit and run," Don whispered, "they're not even safe here…"

"Did you find it strange that Karai wasn't even here?" Leo asked.

"Yeah… at first I thought she was the lady in the gold armor, but now I'm not sure," Don murmured, before looking down at Kat who was biting her lip, eyes shut tightly.

"Leo… we gotta get them back to the lair, ASAP!" Don shouted ripping off his mask, and starting to wrap Kat's wound. He winced seeing her white tank top was stained in the crimson color red.

Leo stood there; his mask already wrapped around Krystal's bleeding shoulder, "Already ahead of you."

Miss Toho smirked, the blood running into the glowing viles, "Soon, I shall rule again!"

Raph rubbed Flora's tummy as he scratched behind Spencer's ears, he wouldn't admit it around his family, but he loved these two animals with all his heart and soul, "Ya know what, for fur balls you two are kinda cute."

Flora barked, making Raph grin, "Especially you…"

Flora rolled over, her floppy ears perking up a bit, and she sniffed the air. She barked again, panting heavily, her soft brown eyes filling with worry.

Spencer became restless, beginning to 'meow' staring at the entrance with worried eyes. Raph narrowed his eyes.

Something was up.

"Leo, Don!" his eyes widened when he saw his older brother and second youngest brother enter the lair, bloody and mask-less, "Not again!"

"Raph, call April and Splinter," Don stated, rushing past their hotheaded brother to the infirmary, "We got two patients this time!"

-Thirty Minutes Later-

April and Splinter burst into the infirmary; April had two duffle bags slung over her shoulder, her eyes wide with fear, "Leo, Don… Splinter and I are going to need some space, you go help Casey, Raph, and Mike unpack the stuff we were able to salvage from the girls' apartment."

Before the two turtles could protest, they were pushed out of the room, only to see Mikey glaring at Raph, "If I see one scratch on their furry little bodies… I WILL GET YOU!"

Raph rolled his eyes, "I didn't hurt them Mike…" he looked at the four boxes, two were labeled Krystal, and the others were labeled Kat.

"I guess we just got to take these to our rooms," Leo stated.

Don nodded, "Raph, Mike give us a hand will ya."

The four brothers jumped down from the upper level, Raph and Mikey going off to watch Casey try to win in a video game, and Don and Leo, in fresh masks, going straight for the infirmary. Flora and Spencer were sitting at the doorway, whining, hoping to get inside.

Leo picked up Spencer as he stared at the door, the sound of April and Splinter talking to the girls about their needed protection, and the girls whispering something.

"Something's not right about this…" Don whispered as he picked up Flora, "Why are the Foot after them?"

"I don't know Don… but I don't like it either," Leo stated, sitting down on the couch, flipping on the news and Spencer fell asleep in his lap.

-Fifteen Minutes Later-

April sighed as she exited the room, standing in front of Don and Leo, "Kat is going to have a somewhat identical scar to Krystal's on her shoulder…"

Don nodded, "Can we see them?"

April smiled a bit, but nodded, "Yes… you can, just be careful… Kat's… well… she's really fragile right now… she keeps on muttering that this happened in a dream she had."

Leo nodded, while a worried look over looked Don's features as they entered the infirmary. Krystal laid on one cot, as Kat laid on the other.

Don couldn't help but worry when he felt Flora squirm in his grasp, wanting to be put down. He found himself, along with Leo setting the puppy and kitten down, watching as they scampered off, and climb on the cots, licking their 'mothers' faces, waking them from their slumber.

The first thing that escaped Krystal's lips were, "Ouch…" she grasped onto her shoulder; eyes closed in absolute pain.

"Shh…" Leo shushed, "I'm sorry that your wound reopened."

"It's okay, it would have been much worse if it wasn't for…" her eyes widened, "KAT!"

She tried to get out of bed to go to her best friend's side, only to have Leo stop her. She couldn't help but be frustrated when he picked her up, and carried her to her friend's bedside.

Tears stung her eyes, "Why'd ya do it Kat?"

Kat couldn't help but smile, "I did it to save my best friend."

"Okay, would you ladies like to go to your temporary rooms?" Don asked.

Kat nodded, she couldn't stand being in a hospital like room for long periods of times, they only made her nightmares worse. She found herself blushing slightly when Don picked her up gently in his arms.

Flora and Spencer watched for a few moments before following them out, only to run off looking for something.

Krystal rested her head on Leo's plastron as he jumped to the upper level and walk to his room, "I'm sorry that it happened again…"

She blinked, "Its okay…"

"We shouldn't have let you go back to school yet," he murmured, "Not with Karai working there…"

He entered his room, "Leo… it's okay… you didn't know she would command an attack during school hours."

"But…" Leo protested, making her giggle, as he set her in the bed, covering her from her waist down with the covers as she still held onto his shoulders.

"Thank you my friend," she gave him a gentle peck on the lips.

His face was red off as she curled under the covers and fell asleep, still in the same position as he was when she kissed him. He couldn't control his actions as he leaned forward watching her sleep, and kissed her softly on the lips.

Kat smiled as she watched the scene, leaning her head on Don's shoulder as he held her in his arms. She found herself whispering, "Isn't that sweet?"

"We better get out of here before Leo sees us," Don whispered, turning and walking to his own bedroom.

"True…" she giggled.

"I'm sorry…" Don found himself whispering.

Kat only blinked, "What are you sorry about?"

Don bit his lip, "For you getting that gash…"

"It's okay… it's something that I can learn from," she stated, "besides… I couldn't let the same guy hurt her twice…"

"Well… that was very honorable of you," Don whispered.

Kat blushed, "Normally I'm a coward…"

She sat her in bed, tucking her in, "You are not a coward, you just don't have the same fighting skills as Krystal… I'll teach you."

Kat looked away, closing her eyes, "You really mean it…"

"Yes…" Don stated. It happened so quickly that he didn't have time to react when she quickly opened her eyes, looked straight at him, and brushed her lips gently and quickly against his, ending it with a giggle.

He noticed her breathing become heavy as she closed her eyes, and began to fall into a deep sleep, due to the loss of blood. He smiled a bit seeing her smile for the first time that he'd seen her sleep, no look of absolute terror or sadness.

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