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She looked over to the only ally she had at the table, knowing she was treading in dangerous waters. Using another plan of action might have been smarter, but there was little time, and besides she knew that Jasmine would control her fellow turtles…

"What the hell do you need from her?" The redhead growled while glaring at her

…or at least she hoped so.

"Tori, let's listen to her for a moment, you can kill her later" Karai rolled her eyes at the yellow bandanna; it was all just an act. Like with everything else, the human was calm and collected, even though she was faced with seven slightly protective turtles. Although she knew that the eldest female could take care of herself, it was going to be a challenge getting her away from their ever watching gaze.

"I need her understanding of the mind" She answered the fiery question with a smile on her face and a calm tone.

"Understanding of the mind?" Being curios as always, the purple bandanna turned his eyes to his sister, as did all the others.

The only true human raised an eye ridge, so the males had not been informed, that was interesting. She expected the black haired female to respond, but instead she got the shyer and calmer version.

"There is no reason for you to be here, we will not help you" Simone stated calmly, with a small tint of aggression showing through. Karai had expected that reaction, after all she had "killed" them in the never to be forgotten past.

Refusing to be pushed away, she met eyes with the brainy turtle. Two dark orbs glared into green ones, "As I said before, I require her help, not yours" Her voice was cold as steel, expressions of the other turtles grew dark, especially the females. Except Jasmine who was giving her a warning glance.

"Back off, don't come demanding help when you deserve none" The redhead, she knew to have a nasty temper hissed in aggression she knew would soon be full blown. They had squared off in the past, especially when she had tried to get near to the eldest.

It was dark, little moonlight shone through the dirty windows of the building. Long ago it had been abandoned; it was a perfect place for the moment. The hilt of her blade was held to strike, you could never be sure who was hiding. She adjusted to the darkness; a figure appeared in her line of vision.

It was faint, the trailing bandanna ends that had thrown to the wind by the light breeze.

There was no mistaking who it was; a beam of light was reflected off other pieces of steel. Slight tension was filling the room; she was the one to break it.

"I just want to talk"

She slid her solitary sword back into its sheath, and raised her hands in a signal of temporary surrender. The turtle in front of her did the same, but neither hesitated in thinking that their separate pieces of metal could crash together at any moment. They considered each other sisters, but their different sides kept them apart. Both families had them keep an image of enemies, one that had to appear whenever a member of said family appeared.

"Good to see that you are well" She smiled, rarely they were able to meet without eyes on them, even rarer was when they exchanged pleasant greetings.

Closing the distance between them, she leveled her dark eyes with those of the other dark haired female. The shelled warrior nodded, she understood. Every point of misery and sorrow had shown through, it had all been said without a word muttered.

"When?" The word was whispered, no sense in taking chances

Her emotions and fears had only been half of the message, the other half was picked up without any hint that it was there.

"Tomorrow night" She replied, thinking that the turtle would again nod.

She was wrong; a punch was delivered to her jaw.

Crashing against the cold cement, she looked up to see a snarling redhead standing beside the ally she had just been talking to. Knowing that the punch that would have been delivered could have killed her, she was grateful to the yellow bandanna.

"Stay the hell away from my sister" The amber eyed turtle growled, as the other two joined the side she was suppose to fear and fight. All four were defensive and protective of the other three, but none of them showed more anger than the one named Victoria. Jasmine showed a deathly chill, while the brown bandanna spewed a series of flaming words which told all that you would have to get through her first.

She was outnumbered, as expected all four drew their weapons, the fake image had come to life. Then she was lifted to her feet, her own set of four flanking her.

"Mistress"

The low word was not only a question but an oath of loyalty. The leader of the team on her side was asking if she was okay, as well as the conformation that whatever her order, they would follow it. Her eyes turned for a moment to the speaker of the word, he gazed at her with concern.

"I am fine" She slightly settled his emotion, but she was also known as a very good liar. Fooling most all the men in the Foot, he was one that saw through the illusion. Although he was aware of the secret alliance, he knew nothing of the circumstances surrounding it.

He nodded, as did his brothers, they were relieved. All eyes stared at the other side, the other team. Both sides were prepared to go to the death that much was certain. She stepped away from her guards, signaling them to follow. The four sets of eyes on her back both warned her and supported her as she saw the blue eyed leader do the same. They stopped five feet from one another, their eyes locked.

Silence consumed the nine, but chaos could erupt any moment.

"We will meet again" She hissed in menacing tone, as she was expected to

"We will"

The words faded into the dark, the four figures gone from the world of sight beck into the shadows. She sighed internally; footsteps alerted her to the ones behind her.

"What was that about?" Without turning she recognized the voice as Kenji, who she expected was searching the unforgiving darkness for them.

"It is none of your concern" It gave nothing away, but showed more than she wanted to.

"Any reason you were meeting with her?" The last word was sneered, it was Sora. He seemed to always show his opinion, even if it wasn't wanted.

"Who says I was meeting with her?" She turned to snarl the sentence in the face of a semi-petrified Elite member

"I…um…what I meant was…OW!" The mumbling male, perhaps the next victim of her anger if he didn't shut up, rubbed his head after the swift blow to it

"Dumbass" Moto growled, his hand still raised to deliver another slap upside his brother's head.

Being the second eldest, Hatsumoto seemed to pick up where ever his elder left off. The eldest would have delivered the attack, but the younger was closer.

"Are you okay?" She smirked, always being the gentleman. His gaze was directed at the already showing bruise on her cheek, a touch from her fingertips made a wince escape her lips.

With his question, all attention was on her.

They treated her like a part of their family; she wasn't just the person they were supposed to guard. Every aspect, every growled word, and every defense was in true emotion. They were very protective of her, especially…

"Yes, I am" She rolled her eyes, knowing the response to come

"Well it looks bad"

…Saturo.

The tallest looked from the injury to lock eyes with her; a polite smile came to his face. He had somehow come to the conclusion that her life was his responsibility, no matter what his orders were. There was no doubt in her mind that if her father sent the Elites to kill her, that he wouldn't be able to do it, none of them would.

"You think everything looks bad" Shooting back the response, it brought chuckles from the younger Foot members

He ignored the comment, "Let's go get some ice on it"

"Yes sir" She grumbled in fake annoyance

They started to walk out of the building; her slightly faster pace was matched by the youngest two. Whispered words filled her ears, the slight throbbing in her jaw faded for a moment.

"He's a hardass isn't he?"

She smirked and nodded, he was but not to say that was a bad thing. Quite a few fights had been avoided because of how careful he was, compared to how wasn't always in control of her anger.

"Moto is too, there was no reason to hit me"

They were going to get it; she knew that it was inevitable.

"OW!"

"COME ON!"

True to her prediction, two blows to the head were delivered. One by each elder brother, she silently laughed. But somehow the giggle was heard, smiles were seen on all four faces. She was known to be extremely closed off; few had ever made her express an emotion other than anger. The first time she was heard laughing the Foot army had thought it was a miracle…either that or an attack of laughing gas. They had over reacted, it had only been the youngest brother telling her a joke she could help but laugh at.

"We got her to laugh; we should hit them more often" Moto chuckled

"We should" Saturo's smile was small, but it showed as much excitement as his brother's reaction

"Why do we have to get hit to get her to laugh?"

"Why the hell did you hit us?"

The questions and answers faded as they exited the building. Into the moonlit night, she looked back. They both knew how dangerous the game was, what the risks were. They boys walked ahead, they could be lost with one bad decision. Her sisters…the risks were high, she wondered if it was going to be worth it.

Would it be over one day?

The question remained unanswered, she started to walk again. Leaving the darkness behind, she knew that it would never completely leave, that a piece always would remain.

Always.

"If anyone needs to back off, it is you. This is none of your concern, none of any of yours, respect your sister's privacy and stay out of this" The spoke words brought silence for a moment, before they finally registered…

"Anything having to do with you is our business" The other hothead snarled

"Anything having to do with her is our business, she is our sister" Alice glared at her

"Any words said, we will hear" The grey bandanna shot back

"Any move you make, we will see" Mikey smirked, he knew she was outnumbered

"Anyway you want to proceed, we will be here" Donatello stated

"You want us to leave, make us" Tori hissed

"In short, this is our business, leave now or tell all of us your problem" Leo summed up, while staring straight into her eyes

"Fine"

There was no sense in disagreeing with them; there would be no progress in that. Taking a breath, she began.

"One of my men has being in a coma for the last twenty four hours…" Her sentence was then, to her annoyance, interrupted

"That's more Sim's department" Alice said

"Let me finish" Karai snapped coldly

A growl came from multiple turtles' throats, but no words were fired back.

"…the problem seems to be a chemical attacking his brain and I believe Jasmine can solve it" She stressed the word that indicated a poison, knowing that the yellow bandanna would catch on.

"Where is he?"

For the first time since the start of the conversation, the eldest female spoke. From the question, she knew the help she required would be given. All that was needed was to deal with…

"Are you crazy!" Both the red and brown bandanna tried to softly yell, which failed. The restaurant was slightly deserted, but the words still echoed.

…them.

"I'll be outside" The dark haired turtle nodded at her sentence, she stood from her chair and walked out the door. Finding a place to stand in the shade, she waited. It was only a matter of how long it took Jasmine to convince them she was safe, which was going to be hard.

She sighed, the first part of her mission was done.

To succeed, she had to accomplish the harder of the two steps. The next people she had to talk to was them…

It was going to be hard, but there was no way around it.

…his brothers.

"Look, I will be fine" Another dark haired female sighed, did it really have to be this hard?

"Again I ask, ARE YOU CRAZY?" Tori bellowed

"Define crazy" She muttered

"Crazy: brainsick: affected with madness or insanity…" Simone replied

Two blue eyes rolled, she didn't want the definition.

"…someone deranged and possibly dangerous" The purple bandanna added

It wasn't that dangerous, it was just Karai. Yes, it was the person who had hunted the male turtles and almost succeeded in killing her sisters, but she didn't hold a grudge. If it meant she had to be shoulder to shoulder with her brothers, her sisters, and Leo's greatest enemy to save an innocent man then it would just have to be a risk she would have to take.

"Well she is mad and insane…" Alice mused

"Don't forget deranged" Mikey said

"I am going to help him no matter what she has done in the past" Her words seemed to calm them for a moment.

"No, you are not going alone" Tori stated protectively

It seemed that the only person on her side was Leonardo, who knew that she was going no matter what any of them said. He only offered her silent support, assuring her that he would be there if she needed him.

"This is a stealth mission, I am the stealthy one and besides more turtles means more risk that Saki will find out" Jasmine shot back

"How do you know it isn't a trap?" The grey bandanna questioned

"I don't, but all of you know that if it is a trap that I can easily get myself out" Stressing the words, she hoped they would listen.

"Fine, but you tell us when you get out" Raph ordered, even though he had no control over her

"Agreed" She handed her love a credit card to pay for the meal, before walking from the building.

Outside she found Karai.

"How did they take it?" The human asked

"They'll be following" She replied, telling the entire story with one sentence

Looking over to the person who was her enemy, ally, and sister, she wondered what had happened. She knew the exact man that was in trouble, what the chemical was, and why it was there…and what she had to do.

Was she crazy?

No, she wasn't. It was a risk that needed to be taken, as they approached the tower, she knew the chaos that could be caused by her entering the building.

But it was a risk…

"Ready?" She nodded

…one that she was willing and ready to take.

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So Jasmine is slightly crazy…yes or no?

Will the other turtles follow?

What is going on?

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