Concealed

Chpt. 4

"You really are dumb aren't you?" Don snapped popping the bone back into place with a slight cringe from his brother,"He kicked your ass once and you challenge him again?"

Raph ignored him, his mind off, trying for once to think out a plan of action. It usually wasn't his style he was the one who jumped into action, but this time that plan of action wouldn't work this time around.

"Donny, did you prove that Oroku Saki's hand writing was on that paper?" Don didn't answer just continued to wrap the wound tightly to hold the bone into place. At that their father's eyes were locked on his sons from across the room, his mind out of the meditative trance.

"Why are you talking of Oruku Saki?" he questioned his eyes locked on Raphael,"What has happened?"

They had never heard this much worry in their father's voice, even Mike stopped playing his video game to pay perfect attention to his father.

"Nothing much happened," Raph said softly finding the words in his head to not make matters worse,"I just ran into his son, who didn't do anything I swear! He just gave me an invitation to meet his master, who is leader of the foot, but I have a feeling his father is the leader of the foot..." but before he could go on his father sighed softly.

"You couldn't have been more right my son," Don's mouth was completely open at that, his hot headed older brother was right about something that still sounded so crazy in his head.

...

"Leonardo-san!" girls giggled as he walked out into the hall. He gave them a soft smile which was met with nervous gasping and blood red faces. Some boys in the hall pouted and grumbled what sounded like,"How does he get all the girls?"

In the public's eye, he was an average perfect student. But behind that mask was a true warrior, and Leonardo always wondered if his number one fans saw that side if they would finally stop disgracing themselves by cowering under him like he was a god, he smirked to himself at the thought, they probably would just plain up cower before him. He walked out of the building, he couldn't help but notice from the corner of his eye some one watching him intently, his head tilted slightly as his eyes turned to get a better look at the man he was gone. His eyes began scanning the area but he saw nothing still.

"Leonardo-kun!" Karai exclaimed from somewhere behind him, but he continued to search for the man who had been watching him with no avail.

"Leonardo!" she said again her hand on his shoulder head tilted,"What are you looking for?"

Softly he shook his head brown eyes meeting his sister's green ones,"Nothing, nothing at all."

As the two siblings walked off talking softly to each other, a man with long blue hair pulled tightly into a pony tail wearing a long black swaying jacket, a plain black tee shirt and tight pants watched them perched ontop of a convient store shrouded in the shadows by the sign of the store. He raised his wrist up softly a hologram shooting from his watch showing people without emotion staring at him.

"Were you seen?" one asked staring at him.

"No," he replied quietly looking off at the siblings getting into a limousine the older of the two pulling out a phone and answering it swiftly,"But the younger boy is sharp, he knows someone was following him."

"You must not be seen, you must carry out your mission without being noticed," another said sternly but still without emotion.

"What about the turtle?" he asked softly,"He could be a worthy alley."

Without thinking it completely through another replied,"If you must you may ask him, but the mission at hand is very crucial."

...

As Splinter ended his tell of how the shredder or Oroku Saki, had murdered his master Yoshi and his wife in cold blood and how he had left a mark on Hun's face before he had to flee to the sewer none of the brothers had anything to say, all Don's logics couldn't explain this one to the least bit.

"I didn't tell you about this because I didn't wish for you to seek revenge, but now since he has taken interest in you Raphael, I thought you should know his true self," their sensei said softly his eyes still locked on his oldest,"This son of his is probably not much better, so you should use wiser judgment in him next time you cross paths, he will not show you mercy."

Raph understood what his master meant by that, the boy's eyes showed it all, they had no life in them he lived for his master, he killed for his master and he would die for his master, everything else he did just kept his master's reputation up. He almost felt bad for the kid, but he would never voice that aloud, he was going to kill him not only for his prides sake now, but for his family's.

"What do we do then sensei?" he asked softly his master smiling softly to him as he said so.

"You tell me, my son," the old rat said softly staring at his son who snarled lowly feeling every one in the room's eyes locked upon him like he would just start spilling out a plan that was fool proof.

"I say we call his bluff," he said softly with a smirk on his face,"I'll meet with him in a week and I'll personally dispose of this threat."

His master couldn't help but let out a worried sigh to his son's rash thinking. He hoped his son knew what he was doing and by the looks on his younger sons faces, he knew they felt the same way about this decision.

...

Leonardo sat bowed before his master who eyes were intently on him. He could also feel Hun's glare of displeasure that the one he hated most of all was about to out rank him and would some day be dealing orders to him. Softly he sat up eye level with his master as he commanded him to.

"Leonardo, I can not express my pride in this day," his master stated but one who looked into his eyes would only see the lifeless stare,"Today you finally become one of my elites, no longer a foot soldier. Any father would be proud to know his own son could kill god with his blade if his master wished him to."

Leonardo somehow managed to hold down a smile to the shocked look upon Hun's face. The kid he wanted to see dead, their master believed could destroy the gods if he wished to, it was unbearable.

"As in tradition," he began standing softly his back turned to Leonardo now but the strict stare still lingered on him,"You must prove yourself to your master."

Leonardo softly bowed his head to his master, he would do anything to prove himself. He rose at the flick of his master's head and walked behind staying far enough back not to be hovering behind him and close enough to see wrinkles perfectly on the back of his shirt. His mind stayed two steps ahead of his master, he knew every tradition the foot clan had to offer and honored each of them. To move to elite level you must be a master at the art, which he was and you must be fifteen or older. His mind stopped reeling for a few seconds as they stepped into the elevator and his master pressed a button. Today was his fifteenth birthday, but that was just a criteria to him, his mind was on the biggest part of the task, he had to successfully kill on his master's behalf to prove his skill and strength, he just hoped his nightmare wasn't a foresight into the future.

As the elevator made a stop, he took a deep breath walking behind his master into the room. He knew it, he remembered it from when Karai had become an elite seven years ago and knew well that he could die here as her opponent had. The room was where all inside challenges of the foot where settled and where the loser of dispute or the weaker of the challenger (In a case like Leonardo's) died. It was like a dungeon, weapons scattered across the wall for each opponent to use for their own will, the stone floor still had blood stains in it from each match maybe as a reminder to the challengers that their lives were on the line. A stretched out alter with mats on it for the higher ranking overseers to watch the outcome located on the far end of the room, hanging above it on the wall was the flag with the foot insignia upon it.

His heart lerched softly seeing his sister sitting upon one of the mats in her foot gear, but immediatly calmed himself as his father sat next to her and an elite he recongonized as his personal body guard entered the room and bowed softly to his master his back turned to Leonardo who stood still where he was, even as the guard turned to Leonardo he only moved on instict when the man bowed to him.

His eyes met Karai's enthusiastic ones as their father gave them a curt nod to begin.

His opponent was quicker then the boy anticipated, before he could take his eyes off his fathers nod an ax was already plunging down onto his head. His feet on instinct now were already spinning away from the attack. His adrenaline was blasting as his feet tried to stay into beat with the skilled warrior years ahead of him in his own art. He flipped over him narrowly missing being decapitated by the axes blow, spinning slightly his leg shot forward slamming into his opponent's neck knocking him to the ground. As he landed upon the ground steadily his eyes shifted every such way when he saw his foe was no longer in front of him.

In the corner of his eye he caught him, skidding his body back as the warrior slashed the weapon at him in an almost unreadable fashion. Leonardo had never fought someone this powerful before, he usually caught their weak point by now. Even Karai didn't have to fight any one this strong, at eight years old he was able to read her opponent from the side lines quite easily, it was as if his father wanted to kill him off here.

With one swift roll of his foot the warrior knocked Leonardo off balance crashing into the floor. His weapon shimmered softly above his head before swooping down on the boy.

Karai snapped her eyes shut fearing the worst as she watched the weapon swoop down upon her fallen brother. What was her father thinking? He was no ordinary elite as she had faced when she turned fifteen, this was one of his personal guards! In strength, they were only lower then her father, was he trying to kill his only son? Fear was encasing itself around her as she opened her eyes after the brief seconds of them being closed, and relief escaped though a sigh as she saw her brother's arms above him in an X shape holding the weapon away from him.

Blood seeping from the back of his left arm as pushed the weapon away from him.

His leg then shot forth hitting the elite's torso knocking him away from him enough so he could jump to his feet once more dislodging the ax from his arm with a slight wince of pain. His leg shot aiming toward his opponent's side only to be grabbed by him. The fingers grasped tightly into his flesh making the boy wince slightly, the warriors body spun to the side slightly before launching Leonardo into the side wall with a loud thud a few weapons raining from the wall on top of the fallen warrior.

Karai's hand slapped over her mouth as she saw blood roll down his lips, the other standing tall without a scratch. Her eyes met her father's form on the side of her, when the warrior looked to him he nodded slightly no emotion showing in his eyes for his son.

"Father!" she snapped as the ax once more nearly fell upon her brother her words fell upon deaf ears, tears threatening to fall as the lump was already setting itself in her throat from panic. As her eyes averted once more a clanking sounded around the room filling her mind with ease.

Leonardo had two katanas raised above his head, his arms shaked slightly but his mind was focused. The brief second his opponent had looked to his father was all the time he needed to pull himself together, he wasn't going to die here. That thought was the only thing driving his body as he pushed his foe away with a slam from his blades. He spit blood onto the floor, the ax clashing with one of his swords his other slamming into the hilt of the ax dicing into three of the fingers that fell to the floor a layering of blood dousing over them. His hand then lost grip of the ax as Leonardo's foot knocked it out of the way.

Karai's breathing was back in order as she watched her brother get the upper hand, her father unmoved as ever watching the fight closely.

The elite picked a sword off the ground and began moving to the rhythm of Leonardo's sword and steps, their eyes locked neither backing down. The boy's movements were excellently timed and swift, but dizzy and slightly unbalanced at the same time. Taking this to his advantage. With a swift blow, he knocked the katanas out of the boy's sweaty palms.

As his sword slashed the final blow, Leonardo instantly acted flipping over the man and before the man expected anything he pulled a sai from his belt, that he had slid there the few seconds he was upon the ground surrounded by various weapons, and plunged into the man's back.

Leonardo skidded to the ground his fingers slidding across to keep himself balaced as he watched the man splash blood from his mouth. Their eyes locked once more as the man refused to go down, if he was going to die he was taking the boy with him. His hand grasped the blade slashing through where the boy's head had been seconds before.

Leonardo side stepped quickly evading the beheading swiftly he snatched the fallen ax off the ground close by him, then jumping slightly he slashed it through the man's throat hitting a main artery but getting jammed in there unable to shake loose or slice cleanly through.

The sword clanked to the ground, the man's hand on his throat as he too toppled to the ground blood pooling around him seeping into Leonardo's shoes. Shaking slightly, he smiled, his sister throwing her arms around him making his body quake to the pressure.

His father lightly hit his shoulder and said softly,"Well done, child."

Before disappearing from his line of sight, Karai refusing to let go. She was shaking as well, softly he put his hand on her back.

"Are you crying?" he whispered her green tear filled eyes coming into view.

"Tears of joy, little brother, tears of joy," she was smiling now,"Come, let's clean those wounds."

Karai practically dragged her younger brother as they walked out the door. A video camera pointed towards them.

...

"Whoa! Did you see that?" a younger scientist acclaimed to Baxter Stockman taking his eyes off the screen before them,"It's like watching a cut scene from No More Heroes! That boy is amazing!"

Baxter Stockman scoffed to that remark,"No what is amazing is that my enhanced serum coursing through the bumbling baboon didn't help him win to a punk like Leonardo..."

"Serum?" the other scientist asked softly making Stockman smirk.

"Didn't you know already?" the other shook his head softly,"All the personal guards, not Hun, but he's already as big as a train why would he need more strength?"

When the other just tilted his head to his joke Stockman sighed and continued,"Well it enhances their strength ten fold, their speed becomes unmatched, even their senses are heightened and it makes them true machines in battle for they never get tired and they never feel pain, the only flaw is their still human..."

"If their so damn good, why would he want to use him against his own son?" the younger scientist questioned confusedly.

Stockman simply gave him an evil grin to the question,"Simple, he wanted to see if his son was truly worthy and not useless to him."

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How was it? Did any one expected that? Or did you think I was just going to let pour Raph get beat up again? lol. Sorry Raph, I promise I'll let you get back at Leo somehow, sorry fan girls, not in a sexual way. lol.