Chapter 5

Nonni e nipoti

Even though Leo spent most of his childhood being a adult, it couldn't be said that he didn't dream. It wasn't much, it was almost embarrassingly cliché' but he always dreamed of being a great warrior (a samurai) traveling across the great country. Nothing but him and his little brother (for some reason he imagined Mikey riding on a mule by his side) and Usagi on the other side.

And even though he was alone, nothing but the sun ,rolling hills, tall trees ,the babbling shrinking Raisuhowaito River , and a strangely quiet horse to keep him company. It was his dream.

And after 3 days of travel, his dream was getting freaking old. The first 3 villages he had come by were next then nothing, not only did the inbred boars that live there have no knowledge of kame's or any ideas what a kame was, they all tried to get him to marry their daughters. It was only because he kept his horse so close to help him he was able to flee from the villages in a frantic line of dust. In fact he had fled so frantically he didn't have time to buy food, which was now growing low. He'd have to get some soon, Leo leaned forward and rubbed the horses neck, "Maybe I can get something for you too, Kaze, or at least warm stable to sleep in. Right?" yeah, he had named the horse Kaze, also embarrassingly cliché; (everyone and their cousin was named "Kaze") but he didn't care. If he was worried about anything it was that talking to a horse might seem crazy, but expecting a response was even crazier.

Spirits he was lonely.

Leo yawned heavily rubbing his eyes before leaning back in his kura glancing at the sky. The next village was a few hours away. Just another step closer to finding his brothers. That thought made him smile. His brothers, he wondered how much they had grown. What were they doing now? Were they found by a loving family? Maybe a circus found them.

There were darker thoughts, his back thoughts were haunted by anxiety. Donatello's gut wrenching coughing and Raphael's behavior towards it. What if Donatello succumbed to his coughing? What if Raphael never got over it and left-

NO, he shook his head angrily. Splinter had said that the two were together, together and alive. Even if that wasn't the case he KNEW Raphael would never abandon Donatello. He didn't have any new memories but he knew Raphael. And it was a feeling that came from deep within his gut. He KNEW Raphael. But Mikey? His gut wrenched again, he had never gone so long without seeing his little brother. He pushed away the self induced visions of the village disappearing in a cloud of smoke

There, insecurities gone, he shook out his shoulders. They were fine, and they would stay that way. The sooner he found them the faster he could get them all back to the village.

Leo coughed as his nose hairs began to sting, "Spirits Fury!" he rubbed his nose. That was smoke. But the village wasn't anywhere near him now. He pulled on the his reins to pull Kaze to a halt. Leo glanced around through the trees, after a bit to caught glimpse of a thin trail of smoke rising to the right. Just off his path. He thought about ignoring it, it was obviously not that big, so it was probably a campfire. Even if it was the middle of the day

Even so, he sighed as he pulled the reigns in the direction of the smoke. It wouldn't hurt to go and check it out. But the horse had barely time to register Leo's command when the sound of breaking branch caused him to yank on his reins again. His gut becoming tense, something was wrong. And it was only when he caught glance of something flying at him out of the corner of his eye did he realize why.

He had walked into a trap.

Leo yanked out his sword, slamming the hilt into the incoming assailant, grabbing the end he catapulted him over into the nearest tree, but the added weight caused Leo to find himself flat on the ground with a aching shoulder. Another figure darted out of the shadows and threw a object at him, Leo threw his sword up and caught the object in his sheath before yanking out his blade out, by now 2 more black garbed figures had come out of their hiding places. Leo shifted his blade to the other hand and used his free hand to yank on the other blade at his waist, but it remained in spot, "Dam-" he glanced for a sec to see what it was caught on when a goon suddenly threw a chain at him. Leo caught the chain with his blade and yanked on it, propelling the goon forward into his fists. He braced his feet before turning to the last goon who stood on shaky legs. Leo took a threatening step forward causing the goon to stumble back in fear before running off into the forest. After standing there fir a few seconds, braced for another attack, it hit him.

He had just gotten into his first battle

And won.

Leo glanced around a little bit, sheathing his sword with a shaking hand, Dorinbo-Dono had told him about battle-rush. But he never thought he'd experience it himself. Or enjoy it. Dang it he had taken on 3 goons and won! He almost hated how happy that made him, but to the Spirits with it he won! With his skills!

Leo glanced around for his horse and spotted Kaze just a bit off pawing at the ground, "There you are, smart horse.
He walked over and took the reins swinging on the horse, ":That was fun, eh?" he was surprised to already have his breath back. Kaze swung his head around to look at him

"What?" he asked, "I did my job." When he spurred the horse again and began to ride off back to the river he realized he had just responded to a freaking horse.

Spirits he was lonely.

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He did it again. It was only midday but Donnie was already curled up in a ball under the low table with Splinter trying to coax him out. And Leo knew exactly what happened. What he didn't know was why.

"Raphie why is Donnie hiding under the table again?"

His five year old brother glared over at him. He didn't like being deferred from the two year old Mikey on his lap (who had been having a blast laughing at Raph's numerous funny faces). "I dunno" said the red bandana kame.

"Are you lying to me Raphie?" there was another glare. If Raphie didn't like anything (and there was quite a list of things he didn't like) it was when Leo acted like a adult. But this time Raph seemed to understand how angry Leo was

"I was just playing with him."

"Since when do you play with Donnie?"

"I was trying. But he got upset and ran away." he turned away and made another funny face to Mikey who burst out giggling again. But Leo knew better, he sat down cross legged in front of Raph, reaching forward he took Mikey out of his arms and held him, handing the toddler the small toy Leo had gotten for him. When Mikey began to chew on it he turned back to Raph, "Tell me what happened before I make you do flips."

Raph pouted at him angrily, fiddling with his dark gray wrap around robe (a hand-me down from Leo),"I was just trying to play with him, but he kept getting wound up and I," he paused ducking his head, "I yelled at him."

And there it was, Leo sighed, "Why do you do this to him? You're great with Mikey." as if to show his point the held up the two year old who beamed brightly at Raph, "Waphie! Waphie Waphie Waphie!"

At least that made the angry red bandanaed turtle smile slightly before pointing at Mikey "See? Mikey can at least do that, he says my name he loves me. Don, Don's just broke-"

"don't say it Raphie don't you dare say it." he snapped. It was a word that had been tossed around since Mikey started talking. It was only then that the fact Don never said anything really affected them. That's when Raph first brought up the word. Of course Leo had to swallow his anger (something hard for a 6 year old to do) and forbade him from ever saying that word around Donnie (let alone about him). But that didn't stop Raph from bringing it up when he felt the situation called for it. Raph probably thought it was the only way to describe Donnie.

Broken

"No I didn't say it, I just called him girly. But come on Leo. Mikey chews on rocks and he even talks"

Well it was better then broken, but Leo still wasn't "Donnie is smart, you should see the things he does. I set up puzzles for him and he can figure them out in seconds. I think he can read to, I rewrote his favorite story and messed up the spelling and when he picked it up he knew it was wrong." hoping Raph would understand. But his little brother shook his head angrily

Leo wanted to be patient, but ever since their mother died and Donnie started getting sick he had been very aware of mortality. He knew that he'd be in charge of his brothers if father died. But if Leo died, Leo sighed and setting Mikey on the ground to the side to let him play in peace.

"Raphie, do you remember when mother died?"

"Yeah, when Mikey got here."

Right, 'Got here'. Raph hadn't been to either Mikey or Donnie's birth. But Leo had been, and he wasn't going to forget that anytime soon, "If-If me and Father died then you would have to be in charge. You would have to take care of them. Mikey and Don-"

A fist shot out and slammed against Leos nose knocking him right back onto his shell, he quickly put his hands over his nose luckily there was no blood but Raph quickly followed the punch, grabbing Leo by the shoulders sleeves he lifted him back into sitting position (it couldn't be said that Raphie wasn't strong) so he was looking right into Raph's burning teary eyes, "don't you EVER say that again Leo! I-I'll pound yer head in-"

"Raphael-"

"You cant die, you or Dad you hear me!?" the tears were now running free, "Y-ou-you can't die Leo." he released Leo's clothes and buried his face into Leo's plastron, "I-I'll pummel you if you do." the four year olds voice broke, "P-p-pummel you."

Leo knew Raph hated being babied so he fought the urge to hug him close, instead he reached up and rubbed the back of Raph's head in hopes of comforting his angry sobbing brother, "don't worry Raphie, we don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon, ok?"

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Leo awoke to Kaze rubbing at his face with a gentle muzzle. When the strong smell of manure and the soft hay under his head reminding him of his situation. In a village stable with no brothers. He sighed heavily but rubbed Kaze's nose, "Good boy." He thought about going back to sleep but when he laid his head back down he knew it wasn't going to happen. Leo slowly stood to his feet. It looked like all the horses were asleep seeing as it was still nighttime. Except for one at the end of the row, who was now moving around restlessly.

Leo put one hand on the gate of the stall and vaulted over it. He touched his swords to ensure they were still in place before walking down to the end of the row. He reached up and began to rub the horses muzzle, "Hey boy," he glanced in the stall for a moment for a quick gender check, "Sorry, lady. You can't sleep either?" when the mare tossed her mane he assumed that meant yes, he reached over and began to run her poll, "Good girl." Back in Murakami, if he had a bad day (whether it was Mikey being mad at him or a teacher catching him upside the head when hew fell asleep) he'd go out to the stable and talk to the horses. It was almost therapeutic.

After he had defeated those bandits, he had finally arrived into town. It was pleasant enough, small but pleasant. And there weren't boars running at him begging him to marry their daughters. So he already started liking it. But ,when he got to the doctor/store he found out that they had never seen a kame before. It was odd enough to have to show his shell. Leo hadn't been that positive about finding his brothers in that town, but he had at least been hoping to sleep in a inn tonight. Unfortunately the only inn they had were the stables located outside of town. The old Neko that owned them was kind enough, he definitely didn't have the sight he used to have, but he offered to let Leo sleep in his house. Since wasn't too comfortable with it he decided to stay in the stable with Kaze.

But the sound of Raphael sobbing filled his mind. It wasn't much of a memory, but he knew that Raphael never cried. And it only added to the fear his immediate younger brother had his family dying. A fear that brought him to tears, that could only be comforted with the tale that Leo or their father weren't going to die. But that's exactly what had happened. In a way, Raphael was abandoned with nothing but a low-boat and a little brother he didn't understand. A little brother who he thought was broken. The weight of that thought made Leo rub his face sadly.

"I see you met Satto."

Out of the corner of Leo's eye, he saw the Neko walk into the stable. Slow, but his long white beard trailing down the front of his dark brown kimono hunched over and fingers knobby from age. His eyes swollen shut slightly but he reached the stall Leo leaned against with good accuracy holding a tray with a teapot and two yunomi's on top. Since Leo grew up with Neko's (all from the same family) he had always been under the distinction that they were all cold and mean, and hated anything in general. But this Neko was very kind. Maybe enough to give the Neko's in his village more of warning next time they messed with his brother. Maybe not "Yeah, sorry sir I couldn't sleep. Long day There are some beautiful horses here. They are very healthy."

The old Neko smiled and reached over into the stall where the mare reached out and pressed her nose against his hand, "They are my life, have been since I left the Emperor's army. Used to be something me and my daughter did together." for a sec the hand rubbing the mare's nose faltered before the Neko smiled again, "I thought you might like some tea from my house." the old Neko's accent obviously said he wasn't from Leo's land, probably from the western lands where such a accent was common. But it was pleasant to listen to

Leo thought about declining the offer, but he didn't want to be rude (that and the tea looked REALLY good). He allowed the Neko to pour him a cup and handed it over to him, "Thank you Oji-san."it was very clear that Neko was too old to be his uncle ( he was even older then Splinter) but he didn't' want to be rude

"You are welcome, but enough 'uncle' you may call me Lorenzo." he smiled, " I have not been 'uncle' in many years." He took a sip of his tea before smiling back Leo, "Btu you seem far too young to be out on your own, are you on your way to see family?"

"Something like that. " Leo lifted the cup to his lips and took a sip. The taste of sweet honey and mint leaves with a mixture of other strange tastes filling his mouth and sending warmth through him, comforting and familiar. He glanced at the cup for a moment, where had he tasted that before?

"May I ask where you are heading?"

Leo had been raising the cup again for a second sip when he paused, , he lowered his cup to waist level and sighed, and there was the hard question, "I don't know," he hated to admit that" to be honest. I haven't seen them in ten years. I didn't know they existed till a few days ago."

It took a moment for him to realized he was rambling and rubbed his neck with a free hand (as though that would alleviate his embarrassment), "Sorry Lorenzo-san, I didn't mean to ramble. It must sound boring." he glanced up but Lorenzo's face was understanding, warm.

"Not at all, the villagers hardly come out to the stables unless they wish to see their horses."

"Why?" that didn't seem right, from what he could see Lorenzo was very kind

"its not their fault, no one wants to talk to a old man like me. I used to have a daughter to keep me company, but she's gone now. Has been for some time, even her letters have stopped coming" he shook his head and raised the yunomi to his lips and took another sip, "I do not suspect her being alive. But that doesn't make the loss any easier. Especially with a child."

Leo could understand that, even though it had been 13 years since his mother died, he could still feel her absence. He didn't know what of it hurt more, loss of the memories he had of her, or the presence of her in them. He did remember a smile, holding him in her arms. Whispering kind words. And he could only imagine the pain his father went through when his father was separated from them. But he snapped himself out of it when he realized he should be responding .

"You have a daughter sir?"

"well, she wasn't mine by blood. But we were the only family we had."

Somehow Leo could sense a story coming, but he didn't mind. It reminded him of Dorinbo-Dono, "What happened sir? I don't mind hearing the tale."

Judging by the look on Lorenzo's' face, he didn't feel like it. But it softened up considerably "Very well, I don't mind telling old stories."

Leo leaned against the stall on his arm, settling in for a long story.

"You see, I arrived in your land 61 years ago with my older brother. We took up horse caring in this very village and did very well with it. But I left soon afterwards to join the military. It was just after the King Wars 30 years ago, I left the Emperors Army and returned here. But in my absence my only brother died. So I took up the family business of taking care of the villages horses. One night when I was bringing in horses in, I remember it was a dark moonless night. I heard something coming from the road. I was still fresh from battle so I was on edge and I kept my bow and arrow close. I drew expecting the worse. What I didn't expect to see was a little girl walking up the road." he laughed softly, " a tiny thing, couldn't be older then 8. I took her back to my house to get her some food. She didn't talk at first, but after a few days a few travelers came by and told me of a massacre they had come by, they were strange creatures. None like they had ever seen, they were reptilian which isn't' uncommon, but they had large objects attached to their backs. Just like the little girl. They called them 'Kame'."

Leo's head shot up, it couldn't be. Could it? What were the odds, sure he had never seen another kame (and that story certainly explained why) but could it really be? Of all the villages in the country, of all the stables he'd end up in, could it really be so easy? To find someone he didn't even know he was looking for

"And it was soon after that the girl told me her name-"

"Tang-Shen." he couldn't stop himself. There was no one else it could of been and judging by the look of shock on Lorenzo's face, it was the truth,

"How did you know-"

"Tang-Shen was my mothers name. I-I am a kame."

It was clear on the look of Lorenzo's face that he didn't believe Leo. So he didn't do anything to stop him when the old Neko grabbed Leo's hands, feeling his hands and fingers. When he was satisfied he reached up and felt Leo's shoulder, fingers apparently brushing his shell before jumping back. His hand over his mouth and gray eyes widen in shock, "Gran Dio, you-you are kame. My Tang-Shens' son," but the smile slid off his face in realization, "You said, 'was', my daughter's-"

Now came the hard part. Leo knew it wouldn't be easy to find his brothers, but whenever thought he'd be telling his mothers adoptive father that she was dead, "I'm sorry Lorenzo-"

The old Neko began to shake, his old hands gripping the gate for support as his head hung in ,"My Tang-Shen."

Leo feared Lorenzo would collapse so he stood up and hurried over, taking the old Neko by the arms, "Careful sir, "dang it, he was back to that. He glanced around before spotting a stool hidden behind a bale of hay, he helped Lorenzo over to sit in the seat. When he was secure Leo ran and grabbed the yunomi from the tray before putting it back in Lorenzo's' hands, making sure he had a good grip on it before letting it go.

Even though Lorenzo didn't drink out of it, the warmth in his hands seemed to help

"are you ok sir?"

"I will be, I knew deep down she was gone, but still she's my child." he sighed but then raised his head again," you are truly her son?"

Leo nodded , but then remembered the Lorenzo probably couldn't see it, "Yes I'm her eldest son, Leonardo"

"Leonardo." the old Neko's eyes widen with slight shock before laughing softly, "That was my older brothers name. She did promise to name her children after him, but I never thought she was serious."

And there it was. In one hour in a chance of luck he had run into his mother's father (did that make him Leo's grandfather?) and found out his name-sake. It certainly explained why he never heard anyone else with his name. One thing was also for sure, he definitely wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon

"Leonardo, can you tell me if you're fathers' name is Hamoto Yoshi?"

"Yes! Yes that's my fathers' name! You know him?"

"Only for a bit, it was just after the Rebellion started. He came to our village with this white rabbit trying to find their way to the Rebels. They stopped in town to get supplies, but they stayed a while."

"why?"

"My daughter ,your mother, was a skilled fighter. She said she got her skills from her family, but there was no doubt she was talented. She moved like the night and used knives with the skills of a master. Hamoto Yoshi thought those skills would be useful in the war. He hounded her for days, begging for her to join them. I threatened him many times to leave it alone. I even shot him with my arrow once. But I only got his ear."

That explained the knick in Master Splinter's ear, but for some reason that made him smile, "So he was a Casanova?"

"Heavens no, I have never seen such a graceful but awkward man." he smiled, sipping out of his tea, "I was quite surprised when she agreed to go with him. She told me she would return when she could, but that was not the case." the sadness came back, he shook his head sadly, "the last time I saw her was thirty years ago. After that she sent me letters, but they stopped coming 13 years ago."

Now, Leo was never one to act purely on instinct, but he hurried back took the old Neko's hands into his, he wanted nothing more then to comfort him. Lorenzo, or rather now ojisan, "Please don't despair, I don't remember much about our past, but mother was happy. She had 4 children before she died, and passed on with one of them in her arms. She was nothing but kind and loving to us and her husband. " he got down on his knees and pressed Lorenzo's hands against his forehead, "I'm so sorry Sofu. So so sorry." and he waited. He didn't know how long they stayed like that but he felt Lorenzo's hands loosen up against his forehead, pulling his hands free for a moment, he felt a hand fall on his shoulders, "nipote-"

Leo was about to raise his head to look at his new grandfather when a sound caught his ear. The sound of scrapping dirt. He quickly stood up and turned towards the opening of the stable where the sound originated. Leo put a hand on the handle of his sword and put his free hand on Lorenzo's chest, silently telling the old Neko to stay there before creeping forward, his battle from earlier that day still fresh in his mind. Then again, it could be nothing. He poked his head out into the darkness peering around for some sign of what had created the noise, but there was nothing but the dim moonlight. Maybe he was hearing things-

Something shot out and caught Leo around the neck, before he could react he was yanked out of the stable and went sliding across the dirt, the chord around his neck tightening instantly and blocking his air, the flying dirt blocking his precious little vision. The sound of splintering wood and crashing weight added to the panic. He yanked his katana free and sliced through the chord, but took little relief in his release before jumping back up to his feet. He could see the front of the stable's entrance collapsed, he hurried forward and yanked on the lumber, but it didn't move under the massive weight, he yelled, "Sofu! Sofu can you hear me? Are you alright?" he listened for the sounds of life and was grateful to hear harsh coughing,

"I'm blind not deaf, I'm alright, I'll find my way out." But Leo's relief didn't last long before the sound of metal filled the air, barely giving him time to jump back, but just as quickly as it had arrived ti disappeared. Leo grabbed his katana and held it in defensive position, preparing for a attack on either side. Now that he had half of the Niten Ryu in his hands he felt more secure, but the world around his was still drenched in barely usable light. Which only added to his panic Show yourself Okubyomono!" he demanded listening for a reply

Aloud snort filled the air, "You are the samurai that took down my thieves? They should of died much slower for exaggerating." the voice was thick and nasally, a common tone among boars. But boars weren't warriors. But as he caught the glimpse of a black shimmering cloak to his just by the trees (about 10 feet to his right) a figure stepped out of the shadows with board shoulders covered in a ink black cloak with nothing but long tusked snout sticking out of the hood. But Leo knew already knew what he was.

Boars don't fight

But warthogs LIVED off it.

But he had mentioned the thieves. Were they the ones who had jumped him earlier? "I did not kill them." he had made sure of it

"I know, I did." and there it was, the deep almost purr that indicated pleasure in taking life. As much as Leo wanted to be a samurai, he didn't relish the thought at all. He prayed the moment would be put off as long as possible, "They came to me and claimed that they had been taken down by a kame-samurai." at the word samurai the warthog turned his head and spat in disgust, "Cowards. But if I let others find out my men were killed by a Chinomigo, my honor as a assassin would be ruined." reaching into the darkness of his cloak he drew out a sword, clearly of high quality, "But I promise you're death will be quick. Especially if you bow down now

Assassin? Spirits this was getting deep. You didn't get called that if you simply joined a dojo or knew a guy. You . And he didn't particularly like being called a suckling baby. He braced his feet and held his katana out in front of him,

But this only amused the assassin further, "Very well, Chinomigo. You will fall this day at the hands of Kojima!"

Before Leo knew it, he had thrown his sword up to catch the sword coming in at him, but as quick as it hit him it came again and again, sparks flying through the air. The combination of arm numbing attacks and massive weight of Kojima, Leo found himself being forced further back away from the semi-collapsed stable and into the woods. The combination of weight pounded down on his arms and legs, barely able to stand under such attacks.

Leo suddenly fell against a large tree he had thrown his sword up to catch the sword coming in at him, but as quick as it hit him it came again and again, sparks flying through the air. He quickly shifted his weight to the left and caught the next hit with the hilt of the sword, the impact slammed into his arms with the strength of a charging horse, his arms were already shaking from the weight and the heat blasting in his face that came from Kojima's snout drenched his face.

Needless to say, really really gross.

He shifted his weight again and slammed his shoulder into Kojima's chest sending the large boar stumbling back away from him.

Now was Leos' chance to get the advantage. If he didn't get it now then he definitely wouldn't last longer. He hurried back towards the stable and the opening. Hoping to use his speed against the large beast. He slid forward and braced his feet to swing around, ready to defend himself and his newly discovered family-

A large weight caught him around the ankles and sent him flinging back into the dirt, Kojima soon following and pressing down on Leo's shoulders, once again face to face with a disgusting snout. But with his arms pinned under the large beast he was unable to move. That didn't mean he sure as hell wasn't going to try, as he wiggled furiously which only added ot his exhaustion and caused Kojima to laugh even more. The warthog reached into his dark blue cloak and draw out a black kunai and slammed it into his shoulder , blinding pain shooting in his shoulder as one buried deep in his muscle. He squeezed his teeth together to keep from screaming in pain. Anything to deprive the assassin of satisfaction. Even if Leo couldn't see Kojima's face with his temporarily blinded eyes, he hew Kojima was smiling. It didn't change one important irrefutable fact.

Leo was going to die.

"Do not fear Chinomigo, you wont have to live in much longer-"

Leo wanted to tell Kojima where he could shove it but he was too busy trying to regain vision when the sound of snapping string filled the air and the sound of screaming filled the air, confusion filled Leo but the next line sent his veins running cold

"Get away from my nipote, sporco assassino." came the cold voice of Lorenzo

Lorenzo must of gotten free of the stables and gotten a weapon (a bow and arrow at the sound of it) and actually got a hit on Kojima. If the grunts and heavy growls were anything to go by. But not enough to keep him from growling "Lucky for you, kame samurai, someone else has taken my attention for now."

Leo wandered what Kojima meant till the large weight on his body lifted up and he realized where he was going. He frantically grabbed at the binding on his legs only to cut them on cold metal with seeming no end. Leo growled at the pain in his shoulder that protested movement, he scrubbed at his eyes .Finally his vision leveled out and he saw Kojima walking away from him and towards Lorenzo, who was standing outside the partially destroyed stable with is bow in position it didn't look like he had anymore arrows in his hands. But judging by the hatred Lorenzo had on his face and the way he held his bow, he was going to do anything to stop a assassin he couldn't see from harming his new family.

. On instinct Leo grabbed the knife imbedded in his shoulder not even bothering to brace himself as he yanked it out and forced himself onto his knees and yelled, "KOJIMA!"

In a moment of pure instinct Leo threw the kunai without any particular aim. All he knew was that he had to help his grandfather. But the instant the knife left his hand he knew where it would hit. But when it went into the dark of Kojima's hood, it didn't nullify the affect of blood running down the front of the assassins cloak, falling to his side. Even though Leo couldn't see Kojima's eyes he knew they were bearing at him with utmost hatred as he forced out his last words

"Ninja sukamu."

OK! More terms!

Kura: Japanese saddle

Yunomi: Japanese cup

Gran Dio: Italian for "Good God!"

Ojisan: means Grandfather in a outside term,

Sofu: means granfather as a title, I think

Nipote is Italian for 'grandson'

Sporoco assassino is Italian for: Assassin scum