Under the light of the full moon, Leo and Usagi are seen in black ninja clothes climbing up the side of a large Feudal Japanese mansion.
LEO: In the past 24 hours, I've been attacked by enemies who I thought were long gone, been transported to a strange new world and I have no idea what's become the rest of my family.
Anthropomorphic cat guards walked through the corridor of the dungeon. Leo hid on the roof and watched them as they went past.
Usagi is then seen sneaking about the dungeons, only to be caught by one of the guards. He removes his mask and hold his hands up as several more guards show up and raise their spears at him.
And to top this 'perfect' day off, the only ally I have in this whole mess is about to be executed.
The guard ties Usagi's hands behind his back before escorting him out of the dungeon.
Do you think normal people ever have days like this?
THE REAL WORLD PART 1
Leo held his sword at the ready, as he began his evening training session with Master Splinter. He was surrounded by many candles.
"The falling rain kata." Leo said.
As he began to slice at the candles, blowing them out without cutting the wax as he moved swiftly and fluently, Master Splinter spoke, "The way of harmonising one's self in action. This is the spirit of Yado. The mind, body, spirit and weapon working in harmony. Balance is all my son."
Leo leapt with his eyes closed and blew out a few more candles with his sword. His concentration was broken however when Mikey spoke up with a comic in his hand, "Do you wanna know why I love comics Leo? I know you wanna know. Come on, guess?"
Leo continued to extinguish the flames as he answered, "Probably because of the superheroes."
"Focus Leonardo." Splinter instructed, trying to keep his son from being distracted.
"Ding! Ding! Ding! Give the sword-wielding teenage mutant ninja turtle a prize!" Mikey cheered. "It's all about the superheroes! Super powers, super villains, super costumes….it's all so amazingly perfect!"
Master Splinter had heard enough and snapped harshly, "Michelangelo enough! Leonardo is training!
He then said, "You may join in as you seem to have too much free time on your hands."
Mikey didn't like the sound of that and immediately tried to cover with a lie, "Um….I think I hear Donnie calling me. Coming Donnie!"
He was about to head over to Donnie when suddenly, the entire lair began to shake. Donnie called out, "I think we're having an earthquake."
A mass of green energy suddenly began to rise from the water and form a powerful portal in the middle of the lair above them. Danny and Raph entered the main room and watched.
"Master Splinter, what's going on?" Leo asked.
Donnie stood near Mikey and said as he recognised the energy, "We've seen that kind of energy before."
Suddenly from out of the portal appeared the Ultimate-Draco! And in their hands was the Time Sceptre they had stolen from Lord Simultaneous the last time Danny and the Turtles had encountered them.
Master Splinter shouted in shock as he saw them, "Draco!"
"And the Daimyo's son! This is what we told you about Master Splinter, they merged somehow. Combined together." Danny explained.
"All into one ugly package." Raph commented.
"We told you we would return! We told you we would have our revenge!" The Ultimate-Draco spoke.
"Revenge this whack bag!" Raph shouted as he charged right at them, but they simply used the Time Sceptre to freeze Raph in time, grab him with their tail and then slammed him right into the pillar unfreezing him.
Raph yelped as he was slammed into the pillar and groaned as he slid down and fell to the floor, bringing down the Sewer Sweet Sewer sign along with him.
The Ultimate-Draco scoffed, "As if you could simply fight us! We control time and space and with Lord Simultaneous's Time Sceptre, we are unbeatable!"
"Someone quick! Grab the….." Donnie began to say as they all charged at them at once, but the Ultimate-Draco froze them all in time stopping their attack.
"Now we shall have our vengeance!" They spoke with pride and glee.
Ue-Sama glared at Leo and Danny as he said with anticipation, "Leonardo and Daniel! Let's destroy them first!"
"No! We agreed that the rat would go first, then the Daimyo your father." Draco corrected.
Ue-Sama agreed and added, "Then Leonardo and Daniel."
"They will all pay! All of them!" Draco said as they began to activate the Time Sceptre once again.
"Yes! All of them will know the meaning of suffering beyond time and space!" They both said as they waved the sceptre around and spread its magical energy straight at Master Splinter, Danny and the Turtles.
Leo didn't have any time to react as the energy surrounded him and suddenly…..
Leo groaned as he opened his eyes. He shot up quickly and shouted, "DRACO!"
He turned, only to find himself starting into the eyes of a lizard type creature. He questioned it, "Draco?"
The creature simply made a noise and then ran off. Leo stood up and put his swords away as he found himself down a small hole and not in the lair anymore.
"Master Splinter? Guys?" Leo called out, but there was no answer nor any sign of Master Splinter or his brothers.
He climbed out and looked out to see an open horizon with fields, forests and old Japanese style villages.
"Okay…..Draco appears in the lair and then lair goes away….or maybe I went away." Leo surmised in his head.
He looked out and recognised the style of homes and figured, "This must be Feudal Japan."
He tried to think of how to find his family, when suddenly two horses made a sudden stop and reared up in front of him in fright. The two riders, an anthropomorphic cat Samurai with black hair and wearing feudal robes and a young panda child wearing feudal clothes were thrown off.
Their horses took off and Leo decided to check on them, "Are you two alright? You came out of no-where and…."
The female cat stood up with a sword in her hand at the ready and sneered at him, "Ninja scum!"
"What?" Leo asked.
"You won't have him! I don't care how many ninja clans come!" She cried.
Now Leo was really confused by her behaviour, "Ninja clans? Have who? I think you should calm…."
She however was not hearing any of it and charged at him as she cried, "You will not live to see another sunrise, so swears Tomoe Ame!"
"STOP! I don't want to fight you!" Leo pleaded.
Tomoe Ame swung her sword at him, but he dodged each strike. She raised her sword and swung it down, but Leo quickly grabbed his own swords and blocked the attack.
He tried to tell her again, "I'm not your enemy."
But she didn't believe him as she backed up and growled, "Ninja deceit!"
She continued to swing at him and although her skills as a samurai were good, Leo quickly disarmed her and swept her legs knocking her off her feet. She quickly moved out of the way as her sword came down.
Leo stood over her as she sat up and pleaded with her eyes closed, "Please, if you have any honour in you ninja….spare my lord and take me instead."
"I like to think of myself as honourable and a ninja." Leo said as he held out his hand to her.
She opened her eyes and saw his own, seeing that he was not lying or pretending just to gain her truest. She looked regretful as she accepted the hand and he helped her stand up. She picked up her sword and put it away.
"Forgive me. I'm ashamed of my actions." She apologised. "I mistook you for…."
Tomoe Ame stopped when she heard the groaning sound of her panda companion. She gasped and quickly went over to his side as she asked, "Lord Noryuki! My lord, are you alright?"
She helped him sit up as Leo asked, "Who are you guys?"
"He is Lord Noriyuki, head of the Geishu Clan. I am his retainer Tomoe Ame, my mission is protect my lord at all costs as I escort him to Edo." Tomoe Ame answered.
That got Leo thinking and so he began to ask her, "Wait….you wouldn't happen to know a samurai by the name of…."
He was interrupted when a suddenly the ground began to shake and hands with sharp claws popped out of the ground. All three of them suddenly found themselves surrounded by several anthropomorphic moles clad in ninja clothing.
Leonardo pulled out his swords and the fight immediately began. Tomoe Ame immediately led Noriyuki away to protect him. Leo flipped back and landed on his back, spinning around trying to get a hit on their attackers that came up from the ground, but the ninja moles went back underground and avoided the blades. Leo immediately jumped back up just as their claws jumped out from underneath him to strike.
He delivered a kick at one of them in the air as the ninja attacked, knocking him back. A ninja mole leapt at Tomoe Ame, but she blocked the strike from his claws with her blade and pushed him back.
She quickly pushed Noriyuki away as more continued to jump at her to attack. Leo landed on one of the ninja's back and asked, "What is going on here?!"
"The Mogura Ninja have come for Lord Noriyuki! We must protect him!" Tomoe Ame answered as she continued to fight back against the ones she called the Mogura Ninja.
Several Mogura Ninja surrounded the young lord, but Leo quickly kicked one of them back and pulled Noriyuki away before he could be captured by them. Suddenly claws sprung from the ground and began to dig a hole around Tomoe Ame who began to fall in.
"TOMOE AME! NO!" Noriyuki cried for his friend.
Tomoe Ame screamed as she fell deep into the Earth and disappeared. Leo ran over and tried to dig to reach her, but it was too late. He suddenly jumped back as a claw appeared and the Mogura Ninja stood ready to continue their fight and capture Noriyuki.
Their fight was interrupted however when a couple of arrows were shot at their feet. They turned their heads and saw it was Usagi and Genosuke coming to their rescue.
Usagi let out a battle cry as he leapt off his horse and kicked one of the Mogura Ninja down. Seeing that the fight was over, the Mogura Ninja made their escape underground.
"Usagi!" Leo said in relief, glad to see his friend.
"Welcome to my world Leonardo-san." Usagi greeted as he bowed to his friend. "Your presence is fortuitous as it is mysterious."
He put his swords away and said to Noriyuki relieved, "Lord Noriyuki, I am pleased you are safe."
"Indeed, thanks to this Kame ninja." Noriyuki said, looking down in sadness after what happened to Tomoe Ame.
"Usagi, what exactly just happened?" Leo asked, still confused by the attack.
Genosuke spat, "Ninja treachery….no offence."
Usagi then explained as he inspected where the Mogura Ninja appeared from the ground, "Leonardo-san, Lord Noriyuki has been targeted for assassination by a rival named Lord Hebi. Lord Hebi has decreed that whichever ninja clan eliminates Lord Noriyuki will win his favour. Ever since then the attacks have been relentless and only Tomoe Ame skills and honour have saved her lord from the ninja."
Noriyuki continued to look down in sadness and grief for Tomoe Ame. She wasn't just his retainer, but a good friend to him. Usagi stood up and placed a comforting hand on the young lord's shoulder.
"Tomoe Ame's sacrifice will not be in vain. Gen and I will escort Noriyuki to the capital city of Edo. The Shogun is expecting him and Hebi will not dare continue his attacks under the Shogun's watchful eye and on the way Leonardo, you can tell us how you came to be here." Usagi said.
Leo shared a horse with Usagi while Noriyuki rode with Genosuke. Leo then told his story about what happed with the Ultimate Draco as the sun began to set, "….then I woke up in that valley. Next thing I knew I was fighting alongside Tomoe Ame against those Mogura Ninja."
"Draco….I had hoped we had seen the last of him." Usagi said, remembering the fearsome warrior all too well not only from when he was just a child, but when had first met Leo and his brother during the Battle Nexus Tournament.
"I have to find my sensei and my brothers….and the Daimyo." Leo said. "Draco and Ue-Sama both want revenge not only against me, my brothers and my sensei, but the Daimyo as well."
That suddenly gave Leo an idea, "Wait a minute! Usagi, the Daimyo's War Staff can send me home. If I can get to the Battle Nexus, the Daimyo can open a doorway to my world. I think I can remember the chant that opens the doorway, but my brothers helped me with the symbols."
Usagi nodded and said, "I know the ritual and I will help you anyway I can, as soon as Lord Noriyuki is under the Shogun's protection."
In a large mansion, Tomoe Ame was thrown into the main room with her hands bound as a large creature laid at the end. It was the one named Lord Hebi.
A hiss was heard and Hebi spoke with slight anger, "The Geishu Lord should be on his knees before me, not this girl."
The leader of the Mogura Ninja stepped forward and explained, "My lord, we had Noriyuki but there was interference."
"Usagi!" Hebi hissed in annoyance.
"Not only Usagi, but this turtle Kame ninja as well." The Mogura ninja added.
"Show yourself Hebi!" Tomoe Ame dared, showing no fear.
Hebi got up, revealing himself to be a giant anthropomorphic snake, wearing a red robe around his scaly body and he had sharp teeth. He smirked and chuckled as he slithered over to Tomoe Ame and held her in his coils.
"You will be very useful Tomoe Ame." Hebi said. "Oh yes I know you and that you're very dear to your Lord Noriyuki. Your presence will deliver him right to me as well as Miyamoto Usagi."
"Chesim!" Hebi called out.
An anthropomorphic cat with short black hair walked out and stood before him and gave him a bow as she greeted, "My lord."
"Your Neko Clan will deliver a message to Miyamoto Usagi for me and if this ninja from the Kame Clan interferes….eliminate him." Hebi ordered.
The next morning, Leo, Usagi and Noriyuki had followed Genosuke to a cliff by a river. Leo asked unsure, "This is the way to Edo?"
"It's a shortcut." Genosuke said confidently.
Usagi however didn't share his confidence and said, "Your shortcuts will be the end of us Genosuke. We should head back the way we came."
However their paths were now blocked by several Neko Ninja who began their attack. More Neko Ninja appeared from behind them as well.
"It's an ambush! We're trapped!" Leo said as they pulled out their weapons ready to fight.
Usagi blocked the oncoming strikes before delivering powerful kicks to their enemies' stomachs and knocking them back. Noriyuki ran out of the way as Genosuke grabbed one of the ninja's by their collar and throwing him away. Leo blocked the swords coming at him, flipped over and kicked them in their faces.
Genosuke stood by Usagi's side and helped him fight off the ninjas' on his side. He dug his sword into the ground and then using all the strength in his leg, he stomped down, causing the edge of the cliff to break and fall, taking several ninjas' with it.
"Whose idea was this anyway?" Genosuke asked as he helped Usagi fight off against the ninjas'.
"Yours! You and your short cuts!" Usagi snapped at his friend.
A ninja pushed Leo up against the wall and bought his sword down, but Leo managed to catch the blade with his hands.
"LEONARDO-SAN!" Noriyuki called out and Leo looked to see some Neko Ninja surrounding the young lord.
"HOLD ON!" Leo called out before pushing the ninja back hard, sending him flying into the other ninja away from Noriyuki
On the cliff above them, Chesim watched as her ninjas' attacked. She turned to one of her other ninja's and ordered, "Order the ninja on the path to move back and the archers to move forward."
The ninja attacking them suddenly heard a horn and immediately ran away. Usagi wondered, "What is this?"
"COWARDS!" Genosuke scoffed.
"I don't like this guys. Something's up." Leo said, not believing that those ninja would give up so easily.
And he was right. Up on the cliffs above them, several Neko Clan Ninjas aimed their arrows right at them. Usagi looked at the river below them and said, "There's only one way out and it's somewhat wet."
"You're joking! I hate….." Genosuke began to complain, but before he could finish Usagi immediately pushed him into the river and jumped alongside him just as the ninjas' began to fire their arrows at them.
Leo quickly grabbed Noriyuki and dived into the river. They quickly swam to the shore on the other side and stopped to catch their breath.
"We must keep moving. Those were Neko Clan Ninja and they will not give up so easily." Usagi said.
"Easy? You think that was easy?" Genosuke scoffed, unaware that one more arrow was aimed right for him, and this one carried a piece of paper attached to it.
The ninja fired the arrow and Leo quickly saw it and sliced it in half, saving Genosuke's life. Usagi noticed the paper on the other half of it and grabbed it before quickly leading them all deeper into the forest.
Once they found a safe spot in the forest, Usagi decided to read the paper. He then read it aloud to everyone, "Tomoe Ame is alive! She is to be executed for crimes against Lord Hebi."
Although happy to hear that his friend was alive, Noriyuki was now scared for Tomoe Ame since she was going to be killed. He couldn't let that happen and pleaded with his friends, "No! We must rescue her."
"Lord Noriyuki, I may be a stranger to your world but this is obviously a trap." Leo spoke, already knowing what Hebi was planning. "He probably sent those ninjas to deliver that message to us, knowing you would want to save Tomoe Ame."
"Leonardo is correct. Your safety is paramount. Tomoe Ame would tell you the same thing." Usagi said, agreeing with his friend.
Noriyuki frowned and stood up as he snapped, "I don't care! I am Lord of the Geishu Clan and I am giving you an order to rescue Tomoe Ame. If you will not aid me then I will free her myself!"
He walked away. Usagi sighed and turned to Leo, "Leonardo-san, your family needs you. I cannot ask you to…"
Leo however smiled and said, "Of course I'll help you Usagi. What are friends for?"
Usagi smiled, glad that his friend was going to help him in this rescue mission. From the edge of the forest that night, Usagi, Noriyuki, Genosuke and Leo looked upon the home of Lord Hebi and saw the entire perimeter of the mansion was surrounded by Neko Ninja.
"We should be in Edo. This is impossible." Genosuke said as they looked at the army of ninjas. "No samurai could fight their way through that….or get paid enough to try."
Looking at the ninjas gave Leo an idea, "We may not have to. If we can't fight the ninja, maybe we can join them."
Two Neko Ninja on patrol were walking near the edge of the forest, when they suddenly heard a rustling noise in the bushes. They aimed their weapons ready to fight the intruder, only to discover it was the large lizard that Leo saw just pop out of the bushes and run off.
During while they were distracted, Leo and Usagi grabbed the two ninjas and pulled them into the bushes. Punches were heard as the ninja were knocked out. Leo and Usagi stepped out in the ninjas' clothes completing their disguises.
"Whew!" Leo exclaimed in disgust at the smell of the clothes he was wearing. "I guess doing laundry isn't a Neko Ninja skill."
Usagi frowned at the clothes he was wearing and said to his friend, "Ninja garb…I feel cloaked in dishonour. We will speak of this to no-one."
With that, Leo and Usagi walked through the camp and none of the ninjas' suspected a thing thanks to their disguises. They hid against the walls of the home and peaked around to see the front gates, standing in front were several guards.
"Hebi's gates are too well guarded. What do we do now?" Usagi asked his friend.
Leo looked at the walls and answered, "More ninja treachery."
And so without the guards even noticing their presence, Leo and Usagi scaled up the walls silently and swiftly. With any luck, they should be able to sneak in, save Tomoe Ame and leave before any guards catch them.
Back in the woods, Genosuke and Noriyuki sat in front of a campfire eating some dinner as they waited for Leo and Usagi to return.
"So, I don't suppose you're interested in a small wager on the outcome of this little adventure?" Genosuke offered.
He stopped eating when he suddenly heard movement. He looked at Noriyuki and asked, "Did you hear that?"
Before Genosuke could do anything, he was grabbed from behind by a couple of Mogura Ninja.
"GENOSUKE!" Noriyuki cried and ran to help, but before he could, Mogura Ninja dragged him screaming underground, completing their capture mission.
Guards walked down the hallways of the dungeon. Leo kept himself hidden in the shadows of the roof, watching in case there was trouble. Usagi carefully walked through the halls and waited for the guards to pass as he checked the cells for Tomoe Ame.
As soon as the guards passed, he headed to another cell and stopped as he saw tied to the post inside was Tomoe Ame.
Just as he was about to reach to open the cell, a guard walked behind him and spotted him. The guard held his spear at him and sneered, "Stop ninja scum! How dare you enter Lord Hebi's fortress!"
That insult really made Usagi mad. He removed his mask and shouted back, "I am no ninja! I AM A SAMURAI!"
Tomoe Ame awoke to the sound of fighting and she gasped as the guard was thrown at the cell and broke down the door. Usagi entered with his blade in his hands.
"Usagi! What are you doing here?" Tomoe Ame asked. "Please tell me you didn't bring Lord Noriyuki here? It's a trap!"
Usagi freed her from her bonds as he assured her, "Your lord is safe Tomoe Ame. Now please hurry, we have little time."
Relieved to hear Noriyuki was safe, she began to follow Usagi out of the cell, only to now find themselves surrounded by several guards.
"Less time than you think samurai." One of the guards said and then grabbed Tomoe Ame and held his blade at her neck.
"Usagi!" Tomoe Ame cried.
Seeing as there was not out of the situation, Usagi knew he had no choice or Tomoe Ame's life would end right there and now. Holding up his weapons and hands in the air, he surrendered.
The guards grabbed his weapons and tied his hands behind his back as well as Tomoe Ame's. The guard then ordered, "Let's take these scums to Lord Hebi. He will be quite pleased indeed."
The guards then began to lead Usagi and Tomoe Ame to Lord Hebi, unaware that Leo was following them in the shadows. They entered the room where Lord Hebi was and not only was he there, but Genosuke and Noriyuki were there as well as prisoners too.
"My lord no!" Tomoe Ame cried.
The guards shoved both Usagi and Tomoe Ame to the others and Lord Hebi raised his head and grinned at the thought of his plans now coming into fruitation.
"Those with honour are so predictable, so easily manoeuvred and so….pathetic." Hebi spoke.
Noriyuki stepped forward and kneeled before Hebi as he pleaded, "Lord Hebi, it is me you want. Please spare the others, I beg you."
Hebi chuckled and circled around Noriyuki as he said, "Silly child. Once you're gone, I will pillage your clan's land and all its treasures. It will be beautiful."
He slithered in front of Noriyuki and prepared to kill him at that moment, but before he could Leo leapt down and landed hard on his head before jumping off and standing in front of Noriyuki.
He removed his mask and said to Hebi, "It's guys like you that gives us honourable reptiles a bad name."
Usagi acted quickly and shoved the guard into the other one knocking them down. Genosuke fell backwards and used the edge of the sword to cut himself free. More guards charged at Usagi, Tomoe Ame ducked and rolled out of the way as Usagi kicked the guard back and then raised his arms high above the spear and set himself free before grabbing the spear right out of the guards hand and used it to cut Tomoe Ame's ropes and set her free as well.
Another guard charged and he grabbed the handle of the spear and kicked the two guards away and then gave the other spear to Tomoe Ame.
Hebi growled at Leo, "Kame, you will pay for this!"
Leo pulled out his swords and said, "I hate to point this out but you have no arms. This isn't going to be much of a fight."
Suddenly before Leo could react, Hebi quickly coiled himself around him and then flung him right into the wall. Leo hit the wall hard and then to the floor upside down.
"Note to self; arms are overrated." Leo said as he got back up, taking back his last statement.
"You do not fight alone Leonardo-san." Usagi assured his friend as he, Tomoe Ame and Genosuke stood ready to fight alongside him.
Hebi smirked and said, "Nor do I fight alone, ronin."
The doors to the room slid open and several guards and a few Neko Ninja entered the room. Tomoe Ame blocked the blades from the Neko Ninja with her weapon, Usagi dodged the sword from the guard and then used his spear to knock it from his hands. He then slid the spear through his shirt and the guard behind him and pinned them to the pillar.
He then grabbed the sword out of his hands and realised the blade, slicing their top-knots off and caused them to faint.
Hebi hissed at Noriyuki at the corner of the room. Leo leapt over and stood in front of Noriyuki protectively, he swung his blades at the giant snake, but Hebi dodged it and slithered over to the edge of the platform and flung it up with his tail.
The platform landed right on top of Leo, but he stopped it from crushing him with one of his swords and quickly rolled out from underneath it just as Hebi came crashing dwon on top of it. Leo kept swinging his blade, but Hebi narrowly dodged each strike.
"As I said before, pathetic." Hebi sneered.
Genosuke used his swords to knock the spear out of the guards hands where he caught it with his foot, flung it up to land on his horn and then pushed it back with his head to knock out the two guards behind him with his strength and then slammed the guard in front of him right through the screen door.
Tomoe Ame charged at the Neko Ninja, but the ninja kicked her back and knocked her weapon out of her hands. She saw a sword on the ground and quickly grabbed it, barely stopping the blade of the ninja coming down on her.
"TOMOE AME!" Noriyuki cried out to his friend as she held the blade back.
With newfound strength and courage, Tomoe Ame pushed the ninja back and then knocked the blade out of his hands with her sword. She ducked as Usagi leapt over and kicked the ninja back.
The other ninja pulled out several shuriken and threw them at Usagi, but he blocked each one with his blade and then grabbed the guards spear and pinned the ninja to the wall, allowing Tomoe Ame to sweep the guard's leg and knock him down.
The two samurai's stood back to back and fought together. Leo dodged Lord Hebi, but Hebi grabbed his ankle and pulled him up, but Leo quickly got out of the grip and kicked Hebi in the chin causing the snake to roar.
He charged with his sharp teeth, but Leo swung his sword and Hebi caught the blade with his teeth and threw right out of Leo's hands towards Noriyuki. Noriyuki watched with fear as Leo was then slammed to the wall by Hebi.
Hebi went in for the kill, but Leo barely grabbed his head and tried to keep his teeth back but Hebi was really strong.
"NICE BREATH!" Leo groaned as he struggled to keep Hebi back.
"LEONARDO!" Usagi shouted and was about to go and help his friend, but Hebi stopped as he found a blade near his neck and saw it was Noriyuki holding it.
"What?!" Hebi sneered.
"I will not stand by and watch you harm my friends Hebi." Noriyuki said as he stood protectively in front of Leo. "Look around you villain, you are defeated."
Hebi looked to see that Usagi, Tomoe Ame and Genosuke had taken out all his guards and the Neko Ninja.
Hebi however laughed and said cockily, "You think me defeated?! Even if you should make it out of the fortress, you are surrounded by hundreds of my ninja."
The doors opened and more Neko Ninja came in, ready to fight for Lord Hebi as he said, "I will decide who is defeated!"
Hebi began to laugh, believing that victory was at hand but he stopped when he suddenly heard the sound of a horn from outside.
Noriyuki smiled as he said, "Do you hear that Hebi? It sounds like the Shogun wish to speak with you."
Hebi slithered over to the window and gasped in shock as he saw coming towards his home was the huge army known as the Shogun and all of the ninja began to fleee, clearly seeing that were outnumbered.
"The Shogun's Army? NO! NOOO!" Hebi shouted in anger.
Even the Neko Ninja inside began to flee, much to Hebi's displeasure, "COME BACK AND FIGHT COWARDS!"
Hebi turned to Noriyuki and sneered, "Noriyuki, the tables may have turned but you will not leave here alive!"
He charged straight for the young lord to end his life right there, but Leo acted quickly kicked him away. Hebi opened the doors and shouted as he left, "THIS IS NOT OVER NORIYUKI!"
Leo was about to go after him, but Usagi stopped him and said, "Let him go Leonardo, with the Shogun's army outside there is nowhere he can hide."
Tomoe Ame walked up to Noriyuki and said with relief and happiness, "My lord, I thought I would never see you again."
Noriyuki smiled and said, "If you are to thank anyone Tomoe Ame, then thank Usagi, Genosuke and especially Leonardo. For if not for him, the Geishu Clan would've been destroyed."
Noriyuki bowed to Leo as well did Tomoe Ame, Genosuke and Usagi. Leo rubbed his neck and smiled nervously at the all the attention.
"You are an honourable warrior Leonardo-san and I will forever be in your debt." Noriyuki said.
Leo bowed to Noriyuki and said, "Thank you my friend."
Genosuke rubbed his stomach in hunger as he said, "I'm done with adventures for today. I need food."
Usagi then said, "And now Leonardo, there is the matter of your predicament."
The next day, Usagi stood with Leo in his normal clothes at a rock near a river. Using chalk, Usagi drew the same symbols that Master Splinter had drawn the first time Leo and his brother travelled to the Battle Nexus.
Both Leo and Usagi then closed their eyes and began to chant the words for the Battle Nexus. Water then rose from the river and opened the doorway leading to it.
Leo then looked at his friend and began to said, "I cannot ask you to come with me Usagi."
Usagi however smiled at Leo and said, "You do not have to ask my brother, I am coming with you. As you once said, what are friends for?"
Leo smiled, happy to hear that his friend was coming with him in case he needed help and with that, they both entered the portal, hoping that the Daimyo will be able to help them.
TO BE CONTINUED….