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The turtles were patrolling when they heard something strange.

"You coming with me!" yelled a voice.

"Let me go!" another voice screamed. "I'd rather die than go back!"

"That can be arranged!" said the other voice.

The turtles ran to the source of the voices and watched.

A dragon with a ninja mask over his face grabbed a girl's arm.

The girl had shoulder length dark hair and sparkling brown eyes.

"Let me go Takumi!" the girl yelled. "I'll never go back!"

"You'll go even if I have to drag you back myself Miwa!" Takumi yelled.

Using what little strength she had, Miwa managed to kick Takumi off and she ran.

But she didn't get very far before Takumi grabbed her again.

"This is how you treat the person who's kept you alive all these years?!" Takumi yelled.

"What life is being tortured with having such little food and water that it barely keeps you alive?! What life is being chained and having the chains so tight that it leaves indents and blood on the very occasions they are removed?!" Miwa retorted. "I used to have a life! When you were a different dragon!"

"That guy needs a beat down." Raph said.

"Agreed." Leo said.

The turtles jumped out of their hiding spot.

"What the-?!" Takumi yelled.

"Let the girl go." Leo said.

"Why don't ya pick on someone your own size?!" Donnie said.

Takumi threw Miwa up against the wall.

"Bring it turtle freaks!" he yelled.

Miwa seized her chance and ran.

"Mikey, Raph, go after the girl." Leo said. "Don and I'll take care of this punk."

Raph and Mikey set out after Miwa.

With each step Miwa found it harder to continue to run.

She ran until her legs gave out from exhaustion and she hit the ground hard.

Raph and Mikey caught up to her in no time.

Miwa struggled to stand back up.

"Go away..." she said in-between short breaths.

"Chill." Mikey said. "We're not gonna hurt you."

"Yeah, that's what Takumi told me when he first met me." Miwa said.

"Who was that guy?" Raph asked. "And why was he givin' you a hard time?"

"I'm not sure I trust you..." Miwa replied.

"What've you got to loose?" Raph said.

"Prove that I can trust you." Miwa said.

Leo and Donnie walked over, dragging the unconscious dragon.

"That enough proof?" Raph half laughed.

Miwa looked down at Takumi.

Maybe these turtles weren't so bad...

"We'll see." Miwa said.

She followed the turtles.

"All I can remember was when I was really little, there was a fire that burnt my house down. I accidentally ran into a creepy man with heavy armor, he picked me up and gave me to these strange dragon people." Miwa explained. "That's when I met Takumi, he used to be a kind dragon. At first, the Dragon Lord wanted to kill me but Takumi objected. He had said that having a human hostage might be a good thing, that it would give them a better chance to blend into the human world. The Dragon Lord agreed and he declared Takumi to be my care taker."

"What happened to him then?" Leo asked.

"At first, Takumi took very good care of me. We even became close friends." Miwa said. "But the more he grew in power in the dragon military, the darker his heart became. He once told me that all dragons used to be good, except one...Dragon Lord. He corrupted the dragons, turning them evil. Takumi had still been kind until he gained power. Then he had become so corrupted that he soon thought of me as an enemy. When the dragons came up with a chemical that could turn humans into dragons, Takumi volunteered me as the test subject. I barely escaped and I'm still being hunted by the dragons."

Miwa suddenly became extremely lightheaded and passed out.

Donnie felt her forehead. "She's burning up!"

"Let's take her to Splinter. He'll know what to do." Leo said.

Raph picked her up and the turtles ran for the lair.

"Sensei!" Leo called urgently.

Splinter came in quickly. "What is it Leonardo?"

Then he caught sight of Miwa.

"Miwa...?" he whispered.


(listen to 'Westlife - Soledad' for this part of the story.)

Takumi sat up.

He was on the streets.

How could he have let two turtles best him?!

Thanks to them I lost my beautiful Miwa! he thought to himself.

No. I lost my key to even more power! he pushed the old memories back.

He couldn't let the past distract him.

Not now.

But still...

NO!

He walked to the Dragon Lord's lair.

"WHAT?!" Dragon Lord yelled. "SHE ESCAPED!?"

"I- if it w- wasn't for those t- turtles sir..." Takumi cowered in front of his master.

"If she's not recaptured in four days..." Dragon Lord said. "I don't think you want me to finish the sentence."

Takumi gulped. "Y- yes sir..."

"You are also down three rankings." Dragon Lord said.

He was now at the rank he was when he first met Miwa...

Another memory of her...

No! She is the past! Takumi yelled at himself.

He walked out of the Dragon Lord's lair and thought of a plan to get her back.


Okay... I've kind of gotten addicted to The Next Mutation so I added the dragons. I didn't add Venus because I didn't add her in the first chapter, thinking this wasn't going to have The Next Mutation characters in it. That and I haven't mastered Venus's character yet... SORRY! And keep reading to find out the answers to some of the mysteries. PLEASE REVIEW! Ciao! :)