Chapter 5.

The four came to a building in the village that was set in front of a set of giant stone heads that looked down at the village. One by one the group sprung onto the balcony. A woman with short black hair, dressed in a black kimono and holding a small dressed pig passed by the entrance, She noticed Naruto and Kakashi and walked back to greet them.

"Hey Naruto-Kuuu….aiiii!!!" She froze in her tracks when she saw Leo, Splinter and Mikey arrive.

"Wha…What are those things… are they Kappa?!" She exclaimed pointing to the strange green men.

"No…We're Turtles." said Leo

"Common mistake…for us anyways." Mikey chuckled.

"Don't worry Nee-Chan…their with us." said Naruto.

She settled down, trying to catch her breath and regain her composure. The pig jumped out of her hands and walked over to Mikey, sniffing at him, He kneeled down and pet it. Shizune lightend up at the green ones and smiled at the sight. She looked back at Kakashi just as Don appeared along side Sakura, helping to keep Raph up.

"Is Tsunade-sama in?" asked Naruto.

"Yes she is." She answered. "Why?"

"That Red one…over there is dying." He said as he looked over at Raph, who just coughed again, even harder than before.

"I'll get her right away!" she exclaimed as she rushed inside.

The Hokage looked like she was busy at her desk, but she had a fake pair of arms layed out on the papers, while her real ones was just about to pour a shot of Sake. But she was about to take a sip when she heard Shizune call her out, Insantly spitting it out as soon as she came in the door!

"Damn It!" She exclaimed. "What is it?"

"There is someone badly injured outside that need your help."

"Bring him in." she said rather annoyed.

Shizune nodded and ran back out. Tsunade hid the sake flask and fake arms in the desk as she got up from her seat. Sakura came in with Don, and then they layed Raph on his back. Tsunade wasn't believing what her eyes where showing her. The rest of them came in along with Shizune., Mikey holding the pig in his green arms.

What the hell? Tsunade thought at the sight of the Hamato family.

"I could only keep him breathing until we got here sensei." Said Sakura.

The woman kneeled down to the injured reptile. She pried one eye open to see what state his pupils were in. Raph coughed again and she placed a hand on his chest and one his head. Closing her eyes, she focused on only those two areas. A bluish-green aura formed on her palms and slowly began to ripple inwards like after a stone hits the water. Slowly Raph's composure regained.

"It's working." said Don.

Raph's breathing returned to normal, sweat trickling down his forehead. Tsunade finished up on his chest and healed any stabs or cuts he had like the one from the kunai on his shoulder. He rubbed his eyes and looked around and saw his family with the ninjas they had incountered earlier.

"Leo, Don, Mikey….Wha…Where are we?" he asked, still a little groggy.

"We're in the Hidden leaf village." said Leo

He tried to get up and look around on his left, but his face landed right in between Tsuande's chest! His face turned bright red and a big grin came across his face as he shook his head back and forth. The rest of the group sweatdropped and had an expression of shock.

"Please tell me I'm in heaven." Said Raph rather happy.

Tsunade was less than pleased, the expression on her face was sour. Rather than return the turtle to pain, she flattend her palm and laid a hard smack on the side his neck, instantly putting him out cold. Splinter shook his head in embarrassment.

"Ugh….kids." he sighed.

"Tell me about it." Kakashi added.

Tsunade looked at the knocked out turtle and simply planted a single kiss on his fore head as she got up off her knees and looked at the rest of the group.

"He'll be fine…He just needs a days rest." said Tsunade as she cracked her knuckles and went back to her desk. "Now then…who are you five and where did you come from?"

"It's a long story…said Splinter.

"Here we go again." said Mikey.

"But it's like this," began Splinter. "Many years ago, I was a pet to my master Hamato Yoshi. I lived with my master and his wife Shin, and every day my master would practice various techniques of ninjitsu, from my cage I would learn and mimic his movements. We were happy, but there was a man who was jealous of my master; this man was once my master's best friend. Unfortunetly, he chose the path of evil and assassinated Shin, and my master confronted him and avenged his wife's death."

"Wait a minute…" said Tsunade "An old friend of mine had a son named Yoshi."

"About up to your hip, chubby, dressed like a sumo wrest…Ow!" Mikey was inturupted when Don smacked him in the back of the head.

"You must be the medical ninja the Ancient one was talking about…" Said Leo.

"Yes… He and I were once old friends." said Tsunade.

"You got old part down granny Tsunade." Naruto snickered.

Sakura got angry and pounded Naruto quickly down to the floor for disrespecting the hokage, Tsunade grinned for a moment and then looked back at splinter.

"Please continue," She said.

"When he had avenged Shin and laid her to rest, he decided to take me and move to America." Splinter explained.

"The ancient one begged him to stay and joined the Ninja tribunal. But he refused and we moved on to New York; each day he would practice and practice. However, nothing could prepare him for what had happened next. The group his former friend had joined was called the Foot, their leader Oroko Saki, better known as The Shredder. That night they invaded our home and overpowered my master. He fought vigorously, but like in a flash, they took his life. I escaped my from cage and went up at my masters killer and clawed at him; my efforts were in vain. I lived out in a sewer for three days and on the third I came across a shattered jar and four baby turtles. I gathered them up and noticed there was a green glowing ooze on them and I got some on me. The next morning I was shocked because they had doubled in size. I too had grown… But nothing could prepare me for what happened next...one of them spoke!"

Naruto got up rubbing his head and blinked along with Sakura at the story. Kakashi was also was rather astonished at this, the three looked at the turtles and back at the rat. The three of them were having a difficult time being able to believe the story.

"Soon they were walking on two feet, From that point on they were like my sons, I trained them from all I know about ninjuitsu from my master and I gave them each names; Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo and Raphael." He said as he pointed out each of his sons. "And my name is Splinter."

"So…You were the pet rat Yoshi had with him," Said Tsunade. "I trained with Yoshi's father. It's kind of hard to believe you became like this."

"It is strange I admit…I just wish I could of done more for him," Said Splinter

"I'm sure Yoshi would be proud of all that you accomplished," said Tsunade. "Anyways, how did you get here?"

"Were in a fight with a rivaling clan and a ninja from your village," Said Leo. "He had this weird cloak and these black and red eyes….His name was--"

"Itachi Uchiha," said Kakashi, interrupting Leo.

"Yeah…He did this actions with his hands, making a dimensional warp to escape with the foot and their leader." Said Leo "Raph chased after them as well as us and... well… we met up with these three," said Leo motioning to Naruto and the rest.

"Well...We might as well introduce ourselves" Said Tsunade "I'm Tsunade, leader of the Hidden leaf village and this is my assistant Shizune"

"My name is Haruno Sakura." said Sakura bowing. " It is nice to meet you."

The turtles and their sensei bowed back.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto…Future Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village!" Naruto exclaimed in an overly excited tone.

Great… Another Mikey... thought Don with sweatdrop.

" And I'm Hatake Kakashi," Kakashi greeted the family. "I'm these two's sensei."

"So who is Itachi?" Leo asked Tsunade.

"Uchiha Itachi is an S-class criminal, wanted for murdering his entire clan with the exception of his little brother and countless other ninja that get in his way," said Tsunade.

"He and others like him called the Akatski. It is an all criminal ninja organization consisting of ninja that have been banished from their villages. They go around villages and steal forbidden juitsu for their own gain and killing anyone superior along the way."

"That explains a lot," said Leo "He wanted Raph to join him in destroying a place that bothers him."

"I see... Years ago they tried to get a hold of Naruto for their purpose." said Tsunade. "We'll keep him in the hospital for now, under strict surveillance."

"Yeah, and where shall we sleep?' asked Don.

"Man…I'm hungry..." Mikey mumbled.

Naruto's stomach grumbled along with Mikey's, the two ninja looked at each other and slightly laughed.

"You too, huh?" they asked at the same time.

"As for the rest of you." Said Tsunade "Until we know more about this situation, I'm going to have you 4 in disguise when you venture out in the village, unlike the people you see here, the villagers here may not be so kind to you. Also, just stay at the hospital."

A trio of medical ninja came into the door with a gourney, They saw the turtle on the ground and quickly hauled him in the room. Shizune fallowed them out of the room, going in a different direction, She soon came back with a stack of folded cloths, She walked to each of the turtles and handed one to each of them. The turtles put them on.

The cloaks brought Leo back to the days he was training in South America. The cloaks were all of a light brown, going all the way down to their toes, hiding any part of their green bodies. Splinter took the ones for him and Raph as he made his way to the door.

"You go on ahead my sons… I am going to stay by your brother," said Splinter as he followed Raph out the room.

The remaining turtles bowed their sensei good-bye for the moment and went on out to the balcony, the mutants and humans looked out at the village in front of them.

Finally the group ambled off into the village. They had gone for just about a few blocks till Naruto stopped in front of a hut with sign that said Ichiraku Ramen. Flipping the drapes infront of them each of them took a seat. A young girl dressed in white smiled at the group.

"Hey Naruto-Kun." She greeted. "Who's your friends in the costumes?"

"Their visitors from another village far away," said Naruto.

"Specialty ninja like the ANBU, aya-chan," said Kakashi.

Costume? the three thought in unison.

"First kappa, now costume…" Don said to himself. "Give us a break."

"So what shall it be?" she asked them.

"I'll just take the BBQ miso pork with an egg," Said Naruto.

"Same here," Said Mikey.

"I'll…uh…take a beef bowl," Said Leo.

"Chicken over here," Said Don.

"Coming right up!" She said.

They all grabbed their chopsticks and split them as one by one their bowls came out. Sakura looked at her strange new allies. Don, Naruto and Mikey instantly dug in their bowls; the noodles didn't have a fighting chance. It may not have been pizza but Mikey just shrugged and ate it the same. Leo wasn't really hungry, so he simply took a sip of water. He just kept thinking about what Itachi had said about having Raph join him. Mikey kept on dowing his noodles until he started to choke; when this happened he just hit his chest until they went down, He looked at his brother who hadn't touched his bowl the instant it was served.

"You gonna eat that Leo?" he asked.

"Huh?" Leo snapped out of his daze. "Uh…no…you can have it."

"The Foot clan your sensei was talking about must be pretty powerful," said Naruto.

"They weren't push overs that was for sure," said Don. "Especially the Shredder."

"Now that guy I wanna fight." Said Naruto.

"Sorry dude…But we put the kabosh on him long ago," said Mikey.

"Awww…" Naruto moaned in disappointment. "Well then who's leading the foot."

"His daughter Karai," Leo answered the boy. "And just like her father, she's not to be taken lightly."

"And Leo's got a crush on her," said Mikey laughing.

"Mikey!!" Leo grumbled, blushing and gripping his glass tightly, fighting the urge to throw it.

"Come on Leo… for being Shredhead's daughter…she is a hottie! It's just too bad she's on the wrong side," said Mikey with a chuckle.

Leo took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down and not drop down to Raph's level. It was true he liked Karai; he just wound't really admit it to anyone, not even his family. Though they were long time rivaling clans, there were many times he had tried to bring her over to his side and failed.

"Man… there's so many questions I have about this world..." said Don.

"Like what?" asked Sakura.

"Well…I guess my first one is… this the only village like this or are there any others?" asked Don.

"No…There are many others out there," Sakura explained on. "There are five great nations; the Lands of Water, Lightning, Wind, Earth and Fire; the Hidden leaf village is located in the Land of Fire. There are other Hidden villages…Mist, Cloud, Stone and Sand."

"Hey Naruto…" asked Leo. "What were those hand movements you guys were doing earlier?"

"What you mean, the symbols?" said Sakura butting in before Naruto could say anything. "They're used to help helm our chakra so we can use a specialty juitsu, such as clones, transformations, summoning animals or energy attacks."

"What's chakra?" asked Mikey.

"It's basically energy that comes from both the body and spirit," said Sakura. "It's the source of a ninja's powers; the chakra is built up from different parts of the body and it can come from anywhere. Any being can built chakra whether human or animal; there are rare cases of beings that can't produce it."

"Hmmm…interesting," said Kakashi.

"What's that?" asked Don.

"It seems to me…what you have learned from your father was only limited," Said the masked Sensei, rather coldly.

"How so?" asked Leo firmly

"I'm going to just guess, but it seemed your father's sensei never did complete his training before his demise," Kakashi said rubbing his chin. "When he refused to join the tribunal and left his home, He never learned about chakra or how to control and shape his it."

"And with Karai and the foot learning how to mold her chakra from Itachi, we may be in some very big trouble..." Said Don in between slurps.

Leo gripped harder on his glass, almost to the breaking point, angry on how Kakashi disrespected the memory of Yoshi. He was about to go for his Katanas when…

"All it looks like you guys need somebody to teach you the basics." said Naruto. "I can show you what I know."

"Naruto, I've already passed the exams. You aren't in any position to be a teacher," Said Sakura.

"She is right Naruto," Kakashi agreed with his 2nd student.

"Sakura-chan…" moaned Naruto with a sweat drop, as he planted his face in his ramen bowl, hiding his shame from the fact she was right.

"Normally I don't take on students who haven't graduated the academy," said Kakashi. "But with what we are facing ahead of us we'll need all the help we can get. So… tommorow my student and I will train you four and your father."

"We appreciate it…." said Leo calming down as he sat back down.

Meanwhile back at the hospital

Raph was fast asleep, laying comfy in his bed. His weapons, pads and headband were on the table. Splinter sat by his side, meditating on the floor. There came a knock at the door.

"Enter," said Splinter out loud.

The slided open, It was Shizune along with her pig, She bowed and walked into the room, holding a tray. She sat it down on the table, taking the damp cloth from Raph's head and rung it out, She placed a hand on his forehead.

"Good, His fever's gone down." Said Shizune.

"I'm deeply thankful for your master healing my son," said Splinter.

"I'm sure it was nothing," she said.

She went back to the tray and latched onto a cup of tea. She walked by Splinter and kneeled in front of him, Splinter took the cup and sipped from it.

"His skills are great, but his anger will never cease," said Splinter. "I have tried to channel it away from him, but…just so much of it remains and He chooses to face it alone."

"Your sons must mean a lot to you," said Shizune.

"I will protect them no matter what, even if it means sacrificing my own life; in the end I know they would do the same for me," said Splinter. "I really worry about what will happen to this one when I am gone."

Just then Raph got up and rubbed his eyes and neck. He looked down and to see his sensei with Shizune. The turtle's heart pulse started to speed up when their eyes connected, The woman was very beautiful, He hadn't felt this way about a human since the time he first met April. He regained his composure and looked at Splinter.

"How are you feeling my son?" asked Splinter.

"I've been better… I'm just a little drowsy," yawned Raphel.

"Something I can get you Raphael-san?" Shizune offered.

"Umm…can you get me something to eat?" he asked kinda mumbling his words.

She nodded as she got up, taking the tray, bowing to both student and sensei as she left the room. The old rat got up from the floor and sat at the edge of the bed. The pig jumped up as well. Raph raised a brow on why a pig was in his room but shrugged all the same. He was about to get up but was stopped by Splinter.

"You aren't fully healed just yet my son." He said "The Hokage said for you to rest he days."

"Man… moments ago I was on my death bed and now it's like nothing happened." Raph said as he looked at his reflection in the window.

"Just one of the many techniques of ninjuitsu we have yet to learn," said Splinter

Shizune came back into the room, setting her tray out onto the table by Raph's bed side. On her tray were a plate of fried dumplings, some slices of apple and a cup of tea.

"I hope this will do." said Shizune, taking a seat by the bed.

Raph picked up a couple of dumplings and stuffed them into his mouth

"Hey…these are good." said Raph wiping his mouth and taking a sip of his tea.

"I'm glad you like them." She said smiling.

"Thanks…uh…" Raph paused in his words, not knowing her name.

"Oh that's right…you were knocked out when we were introduced," said Shizune "My name is Shizune. Tsunade-sama wanted me to make sure you were comfortable."

"Oh ok… Thanks, Shizune," said Raph.

"You're welcome…if you need anything Raphael-san, just ring," said Shizune. "Come on Ton-Ton."

She took the tray once more and the pig hopped off the bed, following it's owner as she closed the door behind her. Raph went back to eating his food, finishing off the dumplings and the apple. When he was done he just sat back in his bed. Shizune walked back to Tsunade's office. She was just getting down a couple sake shots as Shizune arrived.

"How is he?" she wondered.

"He's alright, his health is restored." She reported.

"Good…Keep a close eye on him and whatever you do, don't have him leave the hospital until I say otherwise." Tsunade ordered. "We don't need another incident like Sasuke."

"Right…" Shizune nodded.

Back at Ichikaru Ramen

The group had finished eating while Naruto and Mikey were having seconds and thirds. Kakashi payed every bowl in the group just as the two orange ninja finished drinking down the broth from their thirds. They left Ichiraku and decided to give the turtles a short tour of the village. They ventured off into different areas of the town, ranging from all different places like The Ninja Academy, to the training grounds and the forbidden forest. Then onto the areas like the shopping district, From the selection of area reminded the Turtles of their native city. Suddenly Mikey heard something behind him, He quickly turned around but nothing was there.

"Michelangelo?" said Naruto.

"Thought I saw something," said Mikey.

"It was probably a cat or something," said Don.

"Come on…" said Leo.

The group went ahead, jumping up onto the rooftops. Mikey stopped only halfway and hid for a short moment. A young girl came from out around a corner, She had long dark blue hair and pale looking eyes, She wore a pinkish-grey hoodie and black pants with toeless boots. She seemed pretty timid as she came out of her hiding space. Mikey was about to go down to her when he heard his name being called out and just turned around to catch up. He made his way up a mile and came across them infront of a hot springs. Every one except Naruto was there.

"Pssst…Michelangelo." He heard a voice.

He looked over. Naruto was motioning to him. Mikey looked around and just followed. He walked around a corner, where he saw the blonde ninja hiding behind a bush. In front of it was a fence that had a hole in it.

"Dude…You just can call me Mikey," He said as he arrived.

"Come look at this…" Naruto said giggling.

Mikey peeked through, There groups of beautiful women in bikinis, some were relaxing, others were playfully splashing each other. Mikey and Naruto snickered,a shade of vermillion went across their faces with a slight drool as they observed.

"Sweet…" said Mikey. "So many babes in one place."

"I know huh…" Naruto said.

"Having fun?" said a voice.

"Yeah…" The orange ninjas agreed.

They blinked and looked around, Sakura was behind them cracking her knuckles. The two gulped as Sakura took them both by the collar and procced to knocking the crap out of them for being peeping toms. She delivered an upper cut to both Naruto and Mikey over over the fence and right into the crowd of girls. When the two looked up, they were greeted with another beating.

After the punishment was finished the two ninja had bruises all over their faces, their cheeks black and blue and quietly filled with lumps.

"Sakura-Chan, why do you have to be like that?" moaned Naruto.

She just snorted as they re-united with the rest of the group. Kakashi and Leo just sweat dropped at the two's stupidity.

"Mikey, I don't know who's worse; you or Raph..." said Leo shaking his head.

"It was worth it." Mikey grinned.

"Oh, yeah…" Naruto agreed.

"Their almost like twins in a way," said Don.

"Great. Some one just as bad as Naruto..." murmured Kakashi. "Shall we continue?"

The group went onto other areas of the village, Before night fall began to set in they hit their final tour stop. The were back in the same area as Ichikaru Ramen. There were many different restraunts in the area, The turtles looked around, Mikey began to loose hope on finding pizza anywhere when…

"Pizza!" Mikey exclaimed as he ran to and in the building, leaving a dust cloud behind him. The group blinked as soon as the dust cleared up. Don and Leo just sweatdropped at their brothers antics.

"What was that about?" asked Sakura.

"Sorry… He gets that way when he sees pizza," Said Don. "It's his favorite food."

"Like Me with Ramen." Said Naruto.

"Exactly." said Leo agreeing,

The group walked in and sat at the table with Mikey. The turtle was drooling with anticipation, He already ordered two Pepperoni and one with supreme. Kakashi flipped open his book, catching up where he had left off.

"So what is… pizza?" Naruto asked Mikey,Wondering.

"What!!?" Mikey exclaimed rather astonished. "You mean you've never eaten it?"

He just shook his head, The only foods Naruto really ate were either ramen or sweet bean soup. Soon the pies came and Mikey attacked both of them like a rabid wolf lunging at a deer. Naruto grabbed a slice and looked at it rather funny.

"Dude…Just trust me." Said Mikey smiling with a slice in his mouth.

Naruto shrugged and took a bite. He felt something when he bit it; it was like when he was little and had tried Ramen for the first time. Soon he joined with Mikey and devoured slice after slice. Sakura was afraid to reach in to grab a slice without having her hand bitten. When they finally finished the two rubbed their stomachs and let out a loud nasty burp.

"Holy hell that was good," Said Naruto.

"Told ya," Said Mikey.

"You know…You're alright in my book Mikey," Said Naruto.

"Ditto," He said.

The two poundetd fists, Naruto had found another person like him which was also vice versa for Mikey. Naruto payed the bill and when they walked outside the two groups split, facing each other.

"Tomorrow. In the morning. Meet us back at the training grounds," Kakashi instructed.

"Right." nodded Leo

"See you tommarow Mikey-san," said Naruto waving good-bye.

"Later, dude!" responded Mikey

Then they finally went their seperate ways, Team Seven headed home while the turtles headed back to the hospital. Splinter exited the room as his sons arrived on the rooftop of the building,entering inside and walking down to the hallway only to meet him halfway. Raph got up from his bed as soon as Splinter left, cracked the door open to peek out on what was going on.

'Come around and kneel, my sons," said Splinter.

"This place awesome!" said Mikey, "A total Mecca for ninjas."

"Kakashi and Sakura gave us a brief history on the village and it's neighbors," Don added. "They both said they would help train us on Chakra control tomarow"

"Very good my sons…" said Splinter.

"That Naruto dude is pretty cool," said Mikey.

"He's like another Mikey."

"What about Raph?" asked Leo.

"He will not be joining us yet…" The rat instructed. "For now he is forbidden to leave this place or to train."

When Raph heard that he clenched both fists and teeth in anger. In an act of anger He grabbed a glass from the the desk and threw it, Smashing it as soon as it collided the wall, then He rushed over to a wall and punched it as hard as he could three times, leaving a huge dent in the wall with large cracks running in five different directions. The family heard the noise and rushed down to the room. They ripped open the door, Tea ran from the area the glass had smashed into a puddle, the dry wall cracked more and fell as well. But Raph was in bed, deeply asleep.

"Uh-Oh…I think he knows." Said Mikey.

"Hot-head…" mumbled Leo.

"Sleep well Raphael." Splinter said as he looked at his son.

He let out a deep sigh as he closed the door behind them.

He felt bad for having to exclude one of his sons out of training. But it was for his own safety, with Itachi still out there somewhere. It just wasn't the right time for him to be out training…