Unknown Forest

Morning arrived with the sun up high in the sky, the skies shining a brilliant blue in the fresh morning air. Splinter awoke rubbing his eyes and twitching his ears. He took a short walk around, going down by the stream and taking a drink from it. He walked back and smiled at his sons, who were sleeping peacefully.

"Time to awake," He said firmly.

The four blinked and stretched out their limbs, gathered their belongings as they stood up and looked around at their surroundings. No signs of garbage, worn concrete, smokey air, broken streetlights or police sirens were to be seen anywhere. Everything was pure and green, something the four brothers hadn't seen in a very long time.

Leo got up and walked over to the stream, kneeling down and dipping his hand into the water to drink of it. As soon as he was finished, he threw a couple jabs and kicks into the air. Don practiced with his staff, spinning the staff around in an articulate way. Mikey just lazily lay in the grass, staring up at the light blue sky.

Splinter was looking over at Raph, and he noticed the other two brothers practicing and saw Mikey slacking off.

"Michalangelo!" He said firmly.

"Yes Sensei?" He answered in a startled manner, getting up as he spoke.

"With one of your brothers down we need you to be on full alert," he said.

Mikey nodded as he brought his nunchucks out from his belt. He walked over and joined his two brothers who were sparring in this particular moment in time. But just as the session got heated, something caught Mikey's eye in the distance.

"Hey… What's that over there?" he said, pointing at what he had seen.

The others looked over. Splinter helped Raph up and walked down by the stream to the site. Their find was an old training ground; the grass was just medium patches and the rest was just dirt. In the middle of the grounds were 3 logs. The rest of the area was surrounded by trees and bush. There were also craters and large cracks in different areas of the ground. Splinter looked closer at one such crater, noticing that it was freshly imprinted in the earth.

He looked up again to notice a group of bricks laid in a circle that surrounded a large monument. The turtles joined their father in examining the statue. On it was some writing, all in Japanese.

"What is it?" asked Mikey.

"It's a cenotaph," said Splinter.

"A what?" Mikey said clueless.

"A battle monument," Said Don.

The plaque on the ground read this:

"This memorial is to honor all the brave ninja that fought and gave

their lives for the Hidden Leaf Village."

There where names written everywhere on the stone. Mikey looked in awe at the monument, surprised that so many people gave up their lives for this monument. The list of names was almost endless, some names crossing the edges of the monument onto another side of it.

"What did they do this for?" asked Mikey.

Leo kneeled down, putting a hand on the plaque above the listed names.

"Many ninja fought and died during the Great Wars. But the most

tremendous lose of life came when the brave ninja of this village fought the most powerful demon, the nine-tailed demon fox. Their lives weren't wasted as they provided enough time for the fourth Hokage to defeat the beast while sacrificing his own life, thus making him the greatest hero in our village history," Leo read out loud.

Leo finished reading the markings and saw a familiar sight; on top of the description was the same spiral leaf symbol they saw on Itachi's headband. However, this symbol didn't have a slash throught it.

"Hey…it's that leaf symbol that Itachi dude wore!" said Mikey.

"Looks like we're near his village," said Don.

"Good…maybe we can get some answers…" said Raph weakly.

"Uh…Yeah…You kinda forget four turtles and a rat stick out like a sore thumb," said Don.

But just as Raph was about to respond, there came another voice that wasn't in the group…

"Man….Kakashi-Sensei's always late," said a male voice.

"Give it a rest…" responded a female voice. "He'll never change..."

"My Sons!" said Splinter. "Vanish! Quickly!"

Quickly the five mutants went in separate directions, Mikey, Raph and Splinter hiding in the trees where Don and Leo hid in the bushes. Out to the grounds came two teenage humans. One was a boy who had blonde hair, blue eyes and strange whisker like marks on the sides of face. He wore a orange and black suit along with a pair of black toeless boots and a black cloth with a metal band on it . The other one was a girl with pink hair and green eyes. Her clothes a sleeveless red vest top with a tanish mini-skirt. There was white bandage on her elbows and left thigh, toeless boots and black fingerless gloves.

"Ugh…Where is he?" said the boy, acting impatient as he said this.

"Good morning," responded another male voice.

The two looked around, suddenly noticing a tall man with spiky silver hair. He wore his headband so it drapaped over his left eye. His attire was a flak Jacket, His sleeves and pant legs were navy blue. On the right sleeve and back of the jacket was a red swirl. In the mans hand was a book entitled Make-out Paradise.

"Late as always sensei!" said the boy with an angry look.

"Good to see you too Naruto," said Kakashi

"Well…What are we doing today?" Sakura asked her sensei.

He closed his book and placed in his back pocket.

"Hmmmm……" The masked ninja put his hand on his chin, pondering. "Today we are going to have you two do a sparring match."

"What!?" asked the surprised teenagers.

"Is there a problem?" Kakashi asked his subordinates

"Uh…No no no no..." said Naruto with a sweatbead.

"Good…..Don't be afraid to use any jutsu." said Kakashi "Now then…face your oppenent and bow."

The two teens looked at each other and as they were told. They took their fighting stance, ready to fight. Then Sakura rushed Naruto and threw punch. Quickly he blocked it and caught her next one. Her punches were like meteors, a rift in the air forming every time she jabbed.

"Whoah…! Did you feel that?" asked Don.

"Yeah…" said Leo.

Naruto backed away long enough to form symbols several symbols with his hands.

"Kage Bushin No Juitsu!" He cried out.

Five clones appeared from clouds of smoke as he rushed forward. As soon as the clones got to Sakura, she dodged and guarded herself from Naruto's attacking clones. She jabbed at her left side, knocking a clone in the jaw straight into the ground. It quickly vanished back to smoke as Sakura's fist dug into the earth. The ground shattered, creating a large crack in the ground.

"Hm… You have become very strong," said Kakashi looking up from his book for a moment.

"Tell me about it…" said Naruto.

With her fist still in the ground she did a front flip and kicked another clone in the head. Back on her feet she sparred off with three of the clones. The 2nd one thrusted forward, throwing an overhead punch and knocking her a few feet away. Naruto freaked out and rushed over to check on his pink-haired comrad.

"Ack…Sakura-Chan….Are you ok?!!" he asked as he kneeled down.

"Naruuuuuutooooooo!" She grunted angrily. "Take this!!!"

She threw hard hook to the left cheek,sending him flying back, and he slammed right into a tree trunk that two of the turtles and their father were hiding in! The tree shook violently, Splinter digging his claws into the bark and clinging to raph as it shook. Raph held onto the branch but Mikey lost his grip, falling straight out of the tree and directly on top of Naruto.

Kakashi looked back up again and blinked at what he was seeing. Sakura wanted to rush over but was startled at the sight.

"Naruto get out of there…" she cried out. "It's a kappa!"

Naruto shook off his punch and looked at Mikey. Suddenly the boy freaked out and stumbled to get up. Mikey did the same, the two orange bearing ninjas looked at each other with a mean look on each other's face. Both withdrew their weapons.

"I've never seen a kappa before." said Naruto.

"Dude…I'm not a kappa!" Mikey yelled out, annoyed by the fact that they considered him something he was not.

Naruto rushed over and threw a punch. Mikey dodged it and caught a kick that Naruto had thrown at him. Mikey pushed back, throwing in his own attacks. He caught a swing from Naruto by his forearm, the human ninja suddenly jumping back 10 feet as he did. Naruto then reached into a pouch and tossed four Kunai knives, Mikey immediately whacking them out of his way with his nun-chucks.

"Dude, Is that all you got?"

"No way!" said Naruto

The Remaining clones charged at the turtle from different directions. Mikey blocked the two coming from the left and right, but then out of the blue a third one grabbed him in a headlock!

"What the?!" exclaimed Mikey as he looked behind him.

The two clones he dodged grabbed his arms, holding him still as the real Naruto rushed forward. Mikey closed his eyes as he feared for the worse. But just as he was about to throw a punch, something came flashing in font of Naruto like a lightning bolt. Mikey opened one eye looking down.

It was a sai.

Raphael's sai, nonetheless.

"Hey Squirt! Ever heard of a fair fight?" said Raph as he jumped from the tree.

Raph, what are you doing? thought Leo.

"Another kappa?" said Sakura.

"Huh? There's something you don't see everyday," said Kakashi.

Kakashi finally got up and put away his book, joining Sakura's side to be ready for anything. Raph walked over and retrieved his sai. He withdrew the other sai, facing the ninja and the clones holding his brother.

"Now…Get your hands off my broth…"

He got interrupted when he started coughing, he covered his mouth and when he looked down, there was blood in his palm, soon he started to clench his chest. It hit him like a bullet. He fell face down to the ground, dropping his sai.

"Raph!" shouted Mikey, trying to run to his brother but finding himself caught in the unrelenting grip of the Naruto clones. "Let go of me!"

Mikey gathered up his strength to slam the clones into each other, the clones instantly going poof as they did.

He rushed over to Raph, pushing on him. Sakura, Naruto and their sensei stood their ground as Leo, Don and Splinter came out of their hiding spots.

"Four kappa…and a rat?" asked Naruto.

"Who are you?" asked Kakashi.

Leo turned to face the human ninjas as the rest of the family tried to care the injured turtle. Mikey pushed on Raph, trying to wake him up but he wasn't moving. Nothing about him moved; not even so much as a breath was coming out of him.

"Look…we're not here to fight,"Leo explained. "My brother is badly injured and we need to find him a doctor."

Kakashi lifted up his headband, exposing his other eye. He looked deeply at the injured mutant. He instantly recognized what was wrong with him. But as he was about to explain, Leo withdrew his swords.

"You have that same eye," said Leo, taking his position. "You're just like the guy who attacked us."

"What guy?" asked Sakura.

"You may attack me kappa." Said Kakashi. "But your brother isn't injured. He's dying."

Leo looked at his brother and back at the silver haired ninja, gritting his teeth. He didn't know whether or not to trust him, but for the sake of Raph he returned his katana back to their respected place.

"We can take him back to our village." Said Kakashi. "Who exactly are you five?"

"We'll explain later," said Leo.

"Alright. Sakura!" said Kakashi.

"Yes Sensei?" She responded.

"Go help the red one." commanded Kakashi/

She nodded as she walked over to the group. She cleared some space, knelt down to Raph and placed an open hand on his chest. As she clenched her wrist with her other hand, a bluish green glow amanated from her hands. The aurora soon formed like ripples in a pond. Soon Raph steadly started to breathe. Sakura helped him up along with Donny.

"I can keep him breathing till we can get to the village." Said Sakura.

"Alright then… you guys just fallow us." Said Kakashi.

Naruto and Kakashi jumped up into the trees, Soon the rest had fallowed them, springing from tree to tree. As the wind blew through the forest, Splinter and Leo went ahead of the group to catch up with Kakashi.

"Where is this village located at, silver haired one?" asked Splinter.

"Not so far ahead." He responded. "Where did you guys come from?"

"It's a long story..." said Leo.

They kept on going for a quarter of a mile until they reached a large stone wall with an arched gate. The turtles blinked at the sight, It reminded them of all the tall buildings and the Statue of Liberty back in New York. Soon the doors opened and the group walked into the village.

"We're here…The Village of the Hidden Leaf." Said Kakashi.

The village was almost exactly like New York, the buildings tall and vast. However there was also piping coming out of various areas of the city, with trees and various other foliage growing out of the cracks in the ground. There were also signs and billboards high on the rooftops.

The turtles gazed in awe at the surroundings as the villagers looked at the mutated ones. There were small whispers of them saying kappa, but they didn't seem to flinch when they saw they were with Naruto. They in turn just glared at them as they went back to what they were doing. The group continued forward, jumping up to the rooftops and telephone wires as they headed in the direction of the stone heads.