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Chapter 8: Yumi and Ya

'Heroes aren't born; they are created.'

This is what Splinter says. He says this quote a lot, according to Donnie. Lena silently listened to Splinter's speech while watching the four turtles. They sat on their knees with their hands folded neatly in their laps. They all had the same expression on their face; eyebrows creased the slightest bit with a concerned demeanor. They had invited Lena to watch them train today, which to Lena's surprise, Splinter agreed to let her watch. She hasn't talked to Splinter at all, ever since she came to the lair. As she became deeper in thought, she jumped at the pounding of Splinter's staff.

Lena watched as the four brothers got up and faced each other in pairs; Leo with Donnie and Raph with Mikey. She watched as they got into their battle stances and Splinter pound his staff on the ground once more.

Lena watched as Donnie twirled his bo staff and lunge at Leo. He dodged his brothers' blow and quickly advanced. Donnie was too slow to turn around as Leo pounded the end of his katanas on Donnie's carapace. Donnie stumbled forward and quickly smacked Leo's arm. As the purple and blue masked turtles fought, Lena saw a blur of orange pass in front of her. Raph spun his sai and tried to stab Mikey's plastron. He missed and continued to try and stab Mikey, who was rolling around on the ground. Mikey suddenly got up and twirled his nunchucks. He got behind Raph and started to smack his nunchucks against Raph's butt. Lena laughed at the four boys and hid her smile behind her hand.

"Is this how training usually is?" Lena asked to no one in particular. She saw Raph flip Mikey over his shoulder and Mikey land on the floor with a painful crack.

"Not always," Raph answered Lena as he placed his foot on top on Mikey's head. Leo twisted Donnie's arm back against his carapace and placed him on the ground with his foot on top of his carapace. She heard Donnie mutter something as Leo let go of Donnie. Lena saw Splinter walk up to the turtles and whispered some commands. In a second, the boys left in different directions leaving Lena and Splinter alone in the same room. The old rat motioned for her to get up and stand next to him. As she did, Splinter rested a hand on her shoulder.

"I've heard that you know some self defense," Splinter said as Mikey returned with a three smaller weapons. He threw his own weapon in the pile as he sat down in front of the two. Lena gave a questioning look at Mikey, which returned her look with an amused smile.

"Yes, I know karate," She looked back up at Splinter who nodded. She saw Leo come in with another pile of weapons and lightly pile them in front of her. He placed his own two weapons warily on the pile and sat down next to Mikey. As the other two brother came in and placed weapons in front of her, Splinter left her side. He picked up one of the weapons and held it out to her.

"Forget about karate. Starting today, you will become a kunoichi," he placed the weapon in her hands as she looked questioningly at him.

"And what is that?"

"A female ninja," Splinter stroked his little beard. Lena smiled and played with the weapon in her hands.

"You may begin,"

It seemed so easy, but it was so much harder that it looked, Lena thought. She wiped the sweat off her forehead and looked around the room. None of the weapons she tried out worked for her, so they were all scattered on the ground and stuck in odd places in the walls. The only one she found to her liking was an Ono, which all she really did was destroy everything in her path and almost smash Donnie's head into the wall. She sighed and looked at the old rat in front of her. He also looked tired and a little bit off balance (due to her swinging Leo's katanas too close to his face and shaving off some of his whiskers). She looked back at the original pile of weapons and saw one still sitting there.

It looked like a bow and arrow with red and black stripes across it. She picked it up and felt the material that was used to construct it. It felt like bamboo and the string was made out of hemp. She placed one end of the bow on the ground and saw how tall it was. It was exceptionally tall since it came up to her stomach. She saw the arrows in a bundle and picked them up. She smiled as she brushed her finger tips across the feathers of the arrows; it brought back so many childhood memories.

"That is the Yumi and Ya," Splinter was now next to her. She took the arrow she was holding and nocked it to the bow string. She pointed the arrow at Mikey's head, since he was the farthest away from her. She heard Leo scream at her to stop pointing at Mikey and Raph saying that she should. Donnie was waving his arms in front of her face, which she happily ignored. She focused on the spot above Mikey's head and imagined an apple sitting there. It's just like class, Lena thought. She let out a long breath and let go of the arrow.

It flew in the air for a short time until it hit the wall with a thud. The arrow stuck out of the wall just above Mikey's head. It may have graced his skin, since he was now shaking in fear and feeling his head. She watched as the three other boys turned towards their brother with wide eyes. Splinter rested a hand on her shoulder as the boys rushed to Mikey and pulled the arrow out of the wall.

"Looks like you have a weapon. Tomorrow we will start training with it," Splinter took his hand off her shoulder and walked to his room. The turtles looked at her dumbstruck and then laughed. All five walked out of the room and sat down in front of the TV. Leo put on Space Heroes as Raph and Mikey looked through a magazine. Donnie was sitting quietly on the couch typing away at his computer. She heard a loud gasp come from him as he stared at his computer in shock.

"Guys, I think I found something," Donnie pointed to his screen as the other circled around him. Lena gasped as she looked at the headline of the article.

SIGHTINGS OF CAPARELLI FAMILY

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