Chapter 2

It had been a long night, deeper and deeper into the sewers they went. Passing draining water, subway trains and garbage. They finally came across group of pipes, Leo pulled on the 3rd one and the brick wall in front of them slid away from each other. They all limped in with Leo and Mikey carrying down. Master Splinter was sitting his chair watching TV. He turned his head around just as his sons came down the stairs. He saw they had all been injured and Raph was barely conscious.

"My sons!" He exclaimed "What has happened to you?"

"We were attacked by a rogue ninja sensei." said Leo.

"He did this weird eye thing to Raph and….well…" Mikey cut himself off, looking over at his injured brother.

Don helped Raph over to couch, He instantly passed out from his injuries. Don turned walked back over to his sensei.

"He had this in his shoulder" Don said as he handed the kunai to splinter.

The rat examined the knife, the craftsmanship was Japanese steel, sharper than any regular razor blade.

"Are you sure this man wasn't part of the Foot?" Splinter asked his sons.

"No…." said Leo "This guy was way too skilled to be associated with foot."

Meanwhile

12:46 PM

New York City: Down town

Itachi was on the balcony of a building, looking down at the city below him as the rain poured down. He wore a straw hat that covered his head from getting rained on. The only thing on his mind was one of turtles.

"That red one put up quite a fight." He thought to himself "thou their lack of jutsu is evident, they make up with stealth and physical strength, perhaps there is a hidden chakra within those 4. "

He soon jumped from the balcony and onto other buildings, one after the other. Another thing that came across his mind was a clan the orange one had mentioned….the Foot.

He saw up ahead a skyscraper that wields a large symbol that resembled a three-toed red foot. He made his way past buildings and telephone poles, doing a series of jumping and climbing until he reached the top. The roof had the look of a Japanese temple, complete with a garden, several trees and a koi pond.

He proceeds up the stairs and to the doors. Inside a Japanese woman with black hair stood there, her body was incased with black metal, a hood was attached to her shoulders. She had her hand pressed against a glass case. Inside was an old suit of samurai armor, hanging on the hip was the symbol of the Foot clan and on the right arm was a two-claw gauntlet. The woman had a shallow expression of sadness as she gazed upon the empty suit.

"Father…." She said to herself.

The entrance doors came open, She pulled her hand back, clenching it and taking in a deep breath as she quickly turned around.

"Halt!" said the woman "Leave this place now."

Itachi looked at his opponent, then around the room, admiring the setting and back at the woman. The walls had scrolls sewn with the foot symbol

"So….is this the foot clan?" Itachi asked.

"How do you know about the foot?" She asked back.

"A group of four green demons mentioned you." Said Itachi," I'm just curious to see if this clan is as strong as those four.

"Demons??" She said, the only image that came to her mind was the turtles. "I warn you….the foot clan are not to be taking lightly."

She then snapped her fingers and out of the dark came foot ninjas out of ever part of the room. Each of them holding a weapon. Itachi looked around but didn't do anything, nothing so much as dropping a bead of sweat.

"I will say this one more time…. leave now or you will be hurting." she said one more time with an open palm in the air, indicating for her comrades to wait for orders.

Itachi didn't respond and just simply removed his hat and tossed it to the side.

"Very well then…ATTACK!" She commanded.

One by one the foot came at Itachi! He then crouched down and thrust his elbow into one of them and countered again with a fist to the face. Then jumped up and did a roundhouse kick and threw a couple to the wall. He leaped up again and thrown kunai into the crowd in front of him, some had blocked them while other got it right in their forehead and chest! Suddenly one crept up from behind and stabbed Itachi right through back! But the Ninja then melted into a puddle of water. He appeared behind the one he was stabbed by and returned the favor.

More and more charged at him. He just kept blocking their attacks from hitting his vital points. His speed was too quick for them to even catch up. The hooded woman soon jumped to the battle, clutching onto a katana with both hands and her face shrouded in a mask. Her blade connected with the kunai along with their feet and fists. More and more they fought until they backed away and faced each other, nearly out of breath!

"You are quite a worthy opponent with your ninja." Said Itachi.

"As are you." She responded.

"I have a deal I'd like to offer you…." He said rather calmly.

"What is your name?" she asked.

"My name is Uchiha Itachi." He answered. "I am a member of an elite group of ninja called the Akatsuki…and you are."

She returned her sword to it sheath and walked over to the cloaked one, removing her mask and commanding her ninja to fall back and take care of the injured and deceased.

"I am Karai…. leader of the foot and daughter of Oroko Saki." She said as she stood face to face with Itachi. "What is it you have to offer my ninja and myself?"

"A simple of killing two birds with one stone." Said Itachi….

Back down at the sewers the four brothers were patching their wounds up from their heated battle. Mikey was eating Pizza at the table with Don. Leo walked over with his and sat a plate by Raph, who was out cold, He had also brought over a cold washcloth which placed on his brother's head. Splinter looked down as he put a paw on raph's forehead, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. He fell into a deep meditate state, going into his son's mind to see what he had been through. The images of Raphael's torture came into play and as soon as Raph's cry out for help came splinter instantly came back to reality, gasping with an angry look his eyes.

"Well can you help him sensei?" asked Don.

"I'm afraid his damage is too deep." said Splinter. "He needs a special healer."

When Leo heard that something came to his mind…

"The ancient one spoke of a healer back in Japan." Said Leo. "During our break on training, he said there was a legendary medical ninja he had met along time ago."

The old rat took another deep breath, his eyes and ears furrow back, thinking as he gripped his walking stick.

"It is time we returned to the surface, there is no other choice." The sensei ordered.

Raph just then awoke, weak and worn out. He gripped onto the washcloth and tossed it to the side.

" I've got some pay back I owe that bastard." said Raph with a cough.

"You aren't going to battle Raphael." said Leo "You are in no condition to fight."

Raphael clenched his fist, ready to punch his brother, Splinter placed his paw on raph's shoulder.

"My son….there is a time for battle." said Splinter "Now is not the time, nor the enemy."

"Yes Sensei." sighed Raph.

The brothers and their father soon gathered themselves up and headed for the surface. As soon as they came to a man-hole. Mikey went up, peeking around to see if the coast is clear. Nothing but street lights were visible. The orange banded turtle motioned the others to come up. One by one they exited and made their way up to the rooftops. However they were not alone. Near by a lone foot ninja shrouded in the darkness watched as the mutated ones headed out.

"Lord Karai." He said speaking into his headset. "It looks like the targets are heading for east.

"Fallow them, find out where they are going." Karai ordered the soldier. "We shall be waiting."

"As you wish my lord." he responded as he went on and fallowed them….

Editor: I'm sorry for the delay, I'll be a bit busy for a while but I will have this story updated when I can get to it.