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~Robert Orben

Disclaimer: don't own 'em..... yet -evil grin-; still writin' fanfiction

And now...

Onto the story!

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"So we meet again, little feline. How unfortunate for you." Shredder said. Hundreds of foot ninja, appeared and Naomi drew her katana.

"You won't get the best of me this time, Shredder." she hissed. She deflected the Foot, sending sending one, two, and three off the roof. More came after her.

Let the blade be an extension of your arm. Feel the movements, guide it to its destination. Master Splinter's teachings rang in her ears as she whirled and clashed with another Foot soldier.

"Nay!" They cry came from Leo and Mikey. They came to her aid and helped drive the Foot back.

"Raphie! Don! We need you! Nay's in trouble!" Mikey yelled into his Shell Cell.

"What?!"

"We're on our way."

Naomi was beginning to tire, though she showed no sign of fatigue. She fought off a group of Foot ninjas, then went one-on-one with the Shredder himself.

"You are no match for me, feline." the Shredder said as he slashed Naomi on the arm. Blood gushed from the wound and Naomi cried out even as she retaliated with her own blade. Shredder deflected the blows, kicked her in ribs hard enough to knock the breath out of her, and sent her to the ground.

"NO!" Leo screamed, leaping in front of Naomi. The Shredder's weapon came down impossibly slow.

"LEO!" Naomi cried. She stood up, ignoring the pain in her sides, and moved Leo out of the way. She glared at the Shredder, fire in her eyes.

"Stay away from my brother!" she screamed, slashing at the Shredder's sword. He bested her once again, this time sending her weapon out of her hands. Shredder's sword was at her throat.

"You will pay the ultimate sacrifice for your defiance." he hissed.

"Leave my sister alone, Shredder!" Leo deflected the killing blow the Shredder had been ready to perform.

"Yeah, Shred-head! Back off!" Raph said, twirling his sais.

"Ya alright, Nomi?" Mikey asked, carefully helping her to her feet.

"I... I think so..." Naomi whispered. "D-Donnie?"

"I'm right here, Mis." Donatello said.

Naomi nodded and clenched her teeth.

"You should have learned from her mistake, terrapin."

Shredder had Mikey this time.

"Mikey! NO!" Naomi yelled, tears in her eyes. She surged to her feet and sprang in front of her youngest brother. The Shredder's blade plunged deep into her shoulder and she screamed in agony. She heard the Shredder's evil laughter rang out as he stabbed her right between her left shoulder blades.

"Until we meet again, terrapin." Shredder said, then vanished.

"M-Mikey? You... alright, Mike?" Naomi gasped. Even hurt as she was, her primary concern was always for her family.

"Nay... You took a hit for me..." Mikey said.

"Yeah... I did... It's what... family does..." Naomi said as she fell into the void of unconsciousness.

She awoke thirty seconds later to a sharp pain in her sides. She opened her eyes and sat up. They were still on the roof top. She tried to sit up, but just fell back against the roof from the flare of pain in her ribs.

"Easy, Nay. Don't move around so much. You're going to hurt yourself more." Don said, gently scooping her up. They all made their way to the sewers.

"My... sword..." Naomi suddenly remembered. "I left... my sword..."

"I've got it, Naomi." Leo said, handing the yellow-clad ninja her beloved katana. She grabbed it with her right hand and sheathed it. Her left arm refused to move.

Don set her on the couch, then ran off to get his medical equipment.. Her shoulder had a gaping wound, large enough to see bone, muscles, tendons, and other random bits of shoulder stuff. It hurt. Bad.

"My sons, what had happened?" Master Splinter walked into the room. He spotted his only daughter, lying injured on the couch.

"Shredder." Raph growled.

Don came back just then. Naomi looked him over, spotting several injuries. "You're hurt." she said. She looked at each turtle. "You're all hurt." Raph had about a dozen cuts, Mikey had a nasty gash on his leg, and Leo was sporting a bloody cut on his forehead. Don had a few dozen scrapes on his arms.

"We're fine, Misa." Mikey assured her.

Naomi shook her head. "Donnie, fix them up first. I'll be fine."

"Nay, we have to get that shoulder looked at. If we don't hurry, you could lose it."

"Not until I know my brothers are all patched up."

"Naomi."

"Donatello."

They stared each other down and Don finally conceded. He bandaged up his brothers and himself. Naomi let him look at her shoulder.

"Infection's already setting in. Leo, hand me the antiseptic. Nay, this will hurt." he said, pouring the disinfectant onto a rag. He used it to clean her shoulder and other injuries. It took all of Naomi's willpower not to scream.

"Donnie?"

"Some of the shoulder muscles have been damaged. It looks like by some miracle the nerves were left intact, though. Nay, you were lucky. Right now, the muscles should be able to repair themselves It's going to take some time, though. You just take it easy, Nay." Don said, digging out a needle.

Naomi squirmed at the sight, but allowed Don to sew her up. He finally finished and instructed Naomi to remain on the couch. Naomi nodded, then was out like a light.

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Morning. Six, to be exact.

Naomi woke up and quietly snuck over to the kitchen. There wasn't a soul around. Her ribs were bandaged up; Don said they would be fine in a few days. Her left arm still remained lifeless.

She grabbed some eggs, turkey, ham, cheese, and bacon along with some milk and butter. She got a huge mixing bowl down and set to work making omeletes.

Soon the Lair was filled with the smell of omeletes cooking. Naomi set out breakfast and drinks and in no time the kitchen was filled with the other occupants.

"Naomi! You're not supposed to be up!" Don scolded.

"Do you want breakfast?"

The matter was quickly dropped as everyone dug in.

After breakfast, Don showed Naomi some simple exercises to do in case her muscles decided to work. She tried, but her arm was unresponsive. This was not going to be easy.

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"Come on, Leo! Again! I'm never going to get better if I can't use my katana." Naomi was attempting to learn how to fight single-handed.

"Nay, believe me, I know it's frustrating not being able to fight, but you have to take it easy." Leo said, blocking her clumsy strike with ease.

"I can't take it easy! I need to do this!" Naomi said, fixing her grip on the katana and swinging it again.

It was only two weeks after the fateful battle with the Shredder. Naomi was set on learning how to defend herself with her new debilitating injury, with or without someone else's help.

She hit Leo's sword and blinked in amazement. "Yes!" she said, pumping her arm (and sword) in the air.

They trained for the rest of the evening.

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A month came and went with no sign of Naomi's arm regaining life. The nerves worked fine, but she just couldn't move move it.

"Mikey, move over! Quit hogging the couch!" Naomi laughed , shoving Mikey playfully.

Mikey grinned and flipped the channel.

"Who lives in a pineapple-"

Click.

"Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you? We've got some work-"

Click.
Buy now!"

Click.

"There's the pitch!"

Click.

"In other news, a local zoo has reported that this tiger cub..."

Click.

"But I love you!"

Click.

"Why? Because I-"

Click.

"Mikey! Go back to the news. Hurry!" Naomi said, perching anxiously on the couch, tail lashing.

"Fine..." Mikey sighed, changing the channel to the news.

"...research testing facility. There seem to have been some side effects from the-"

Click.

"Mikey!"

"What? It wasn't me!"

"The cable went out. I'll have it fixed in ten minutes." Don said.

Naomi stood up. "I have to get to the zoo."

"Why?"

"Luna."

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Yeah, I couldn't help it...

Now Luna will not only be tortured- er... featured in X-Men, but also in TMNT as well :) -insert evil laugh here-

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