This one is a longer chapter! Suki finally gets seen by all the turtles! I wonder what will happen...

Chapter 4

Suki

The next few days passed with me either catching Raph by surprise on his single patrols or him waving subtly at me when he was out with his brothers. Now, I was watching them fight some Footbots, the guys obviously having a great time.

"Hey look, Raph! Reinforcements!" Leo laughed.

"Piece of cake!" Raph growled happily, kicking a Footbot of his sai.

I chuckled softly and then gave a muffled yelp as a now 'dead' Footbot crashed into me. Oh great. I thought. How do I get it off without alerting them?

"I think I heard some more around here!" I heard Raph shout. "I'll take care of it!"

"Okay!" Leo called.

"Heh, sorry." Raph chuckled quietly as he rolled the Footbot off me.

"Not the worst thing in the world." I grinned.

Raph smirked and leaped over the stair entrance. "Watch out, Donnie!" He shouted, leaping down.

"Thanks bro!" Donnie shouted.

I crept back to my position and looked around, smiling. More and more Footbots came and attacked the turtles, only to be destroyed. But it almost looked like to many were coming now.

Leo obviously felt the same. "Guys. We might want to finish up here soon. Looks like too many are coming now." He warned.

Raph groaned. "Just when I was really starting to have fun!"

Leo tossed a shuriken at a Footbot. "I don't particularly want to see you guys dead, so…"

Raph thought for a minute. "That's fair."

"So retreat?" Mikey asked.

"Tactical retreat!" Donnie amended. His last word ended in a muffled shriek as a Footbot leaped for him.

"Donnie!" Mikey leaped to help his brother. Neither of them saw the Footbot coming from behind Donnie, katanas at the ready.

I reacted faster than you could say 'oh boy.' Both my sai's in my hands, I rolled forward and stabbed the Footbot. Raph noticed me and took over, stabbing it again as I drew my weapons out and rolled away.

"Thanks, Raph!" Donnie gasped.

"Don't mention it." Raph grunted.

I sighed in relief. Only Raph had noticed me. I poked my head around again to see the rooftop heaving with Footbots. Lovely.

"Nowhere to run now, turtles!" A tiger-like voice growled.

My eyes widened. Tiger Claw plus tons of Footbots equals… bad day…

"Oh great." Leo groaned. "Just what we needed."

Footbots surrounded them. Raph had a furious look on his face. "How did we go from having fun to a life or death situation?" He stormed.

"Beats me." Mikey sighed.

None of them noticed the lone Footbot archer in the shadows. He was aiming for Leo.

"Not on my watch!" I growled softly. I crept around to a point where I could leap and intercept the arrow. But he released it too soon for me to get perfectly into position.

I leaped forward into the path of the arrow and winced as I felt it dig into my shoulder. I rolled to the side and to my feet and then back flipped and caught another arrow from a different archer I hadn't seen till then. My right arm throbbed and I felt blood trickle down my arm, but I twirled the arrow in my right hand as if I wasn't bothered. I glanced down at it and then threw it into one of the Footbots, destroying it.

"Who are you?" Leo barked.

Raph was the only one who recognized me. Man, I sure do love these cloaks!

"What are you doing?" Raph barked. "Are you trying to kill yourself?"

"Maybe." I shrugged, wincing slightly. "How'd you like my dramatic entrance?"

"It was definitely dramatic." Raph admitted. I grinned a crooked grin.

"I take it you two know each other?" Donnie asked slowly.

Raph gave a nervous chuckle. "Yeah… Meet my new friend."

"And her name would be…?" Mikey trailed off.

"Suki." I answered.

Tiger Claw reeled back with a startled roar. I grinned. "Yeah. That Suki."

"And you know him." Leo started. "This can't get more complicated."

"Don't jinx it." I smirked.

"The master will be very pleased when you return." Tiger Claw purred.

"And who says I'm goin' back?" I retorted. "Think again, kitty-cat." I paused for a split second. "Or should I call you No Tail?"

Tiger Claw growled in fury. I chuckled. "I've beaten you before and I'll beat you again."

"Umm, Suki. You have an arrow in your arm." Raph pointed out.

"Really?" I feigned surprise and glanced at my arm. "Why, how did that get there? Thanks for pointing it out! I had no idea." I arched a brow as my sarcastic comment hit home.

Tiger Claw growled. "You won't like it when I drive it in deeper."

I tapped my chin in pretend thought. "You know what?" I pointed at him, "You're right. I'll take care of that right now."

"How do you plan to do th—" Tiger Claw broke off in surprise as I grasped the arrow in my left hand.

I ripped the arrow out and tossed it to my right hand, wincing ever so slightly. I put my hand over the wound and arched a brow at the humanoid tiger. "That's how I plan to do it." Before he could respond, I chucked the arrow at yet another Footbot, destroying it.

"Two down and we haven't even started yet!" I put my hands behind my head.

Tiger Claw growled. "We can start right now."

"My pleasure." I smacked my fist into my other hand. "Your move."

Tiger Claw roared and drew his pistols. The ice one powered to life and I leaped away. Whisking my katana's out, I slashed them through Footbots as I dodged the different pistol attacks. Tiger Claw growled in fury and leaped at me. I danced away, grinning, and formed up next to the guys. Leo barked an order and he, Donnie and Mikey split off. Raph and I formed up back to back, weapons at the ready.

"Ready?" Raph growled, smirking.

"You know it!" I growled back, also smirking. Just like Raph, I enjoyed fights.

Raph's smirk grew wider and we leaped away. I flew straight at Tiger Claw, who was currently focusing on Mikey. I smacked him over the side of the head with the pommel of my katana. He stumbled with a yowl and rubbed his head where he'd been hit. With a snarl, the humanoid tiger turned on me. "Such a shame to smash a pretty face."

"Still have that crush on me, eh No Tail?" I smirked slyly.

Tiger Claw's face took on one of horror. He roughly shook his head and growled, "I've put that behind me. For Shredder."

"Please. Your master always tried to get us together." I nonchalantly put one of my katana's on my shoulder and leaned on the other sword. "Why would he stop you know?"

Tiger Claw fumbled for words and then growled, aiming a blast at me. Before he could fire, he was thrown back with a yowl as Raph leaped into him. The red masked ninja turned on my, eyes blazing. "You worked for Shredder?!"

Well, cats outta the bag now. I sighed. "Yeah, once upon a time. Shredder raised me and trained me…"

Raph growled and then grunted as a Footbot smacked him back. I growled and split the Footbot in half. Raph glared at me and rolled to his feet. He leaped to his feet in front of me. "How can I trust you after that?!"

"Well, for one thing, I haven't been with Shredder for four years. Secondly, I'm not his biggest fan. Thirdly, don't you think I would have used you to get to everyone by know? Fourthly, wouldn't I have let Mikey, Donnie or Leo die if I wasn't on your side?" I stared at him, trying desperately to hide my hope.

Raph opened his mouth and closed it repeatedly. He shook his head and fought off some more Footbots. I intercepted Tiger Claw and slammed a pommel down on his head. He slumped to the ground, unconscious. Raph stared at me. "I suppose I can trust you." He said roughly. "You haven't harmed us yet. And you weren't in any of the business when Shredder did hurt us."

I couldn't help a small smile from spreading on my face. "Thank you. You won't regret it." In answer to my own statement, I lunged forward and passed the hot-headed turtle, plunging my swords into a Footbot. I tugged them out and turned back, a crooked grin on my face. "Now I've saved all your lives."

Raph snorted in amusement and together, we leaped back into the fight. Leo, Donnie and Mikey glanced at me suspiciously. Ah well. I was expecting to earn their trust. Helping save their lives right now and in the past would help a bit

About half an hour later, Tiger Claw woke up and joined the fight. I wasn't paying attention and one of his Footbot archers shot an arrow at me. Raph warned me just in time and I moved my side away. But, the arrow ripped through my cloak, leaving a large whole. Then, Tiger Claw slammed his fist into my back. I went flying with a grunt and slammed into the stair entrance. I tumbled to the ground and rolled to my feet, groaning. "Word of advice, don't let Tiger Claw hit you." I grunted.

I was met by shocked silence. I looked up to find all four Turtles staring at me wide eyed. Mikey was the first to break the silence. "Holy chalupa. Another turtle?!"

My eyes flashed to my hands. My gloves and my boots were torn in pieces, and my cloak was on the ground behind me, tattered and torn. I could my long brown hair was knotted and ruffled. "Well." I chuckled nervously. "You all need friends like you, right?" I shrugged nervously.

Leo turned on Raph. "Did you know about this?!"

"No!" Raph defended, temper already rising. "She never told me. I know, it was stupid to trust a kunoichi that I've never seen completely, but I couldn't help it!" He sighed. "Know I understand how you felt about Karai."

"Good." Leo nodded. His face turned angry. "But what isn't good is the fact that you never knew what she looked like!"

"Oh, like that's a crime!" Raph growled. "At least she's helped us."

I couldn't help but flinch. Karai had turned on the turtles, when they thought she was their friend. I can see how Leo would take that a little personally. Speaking of the blue masked turtle, he was glaring at his brother. "Karai helped us in the beginning too! And they you with your stupid vendetta against Shredder had to go and screw it up! What, will you screw up with help too?!"

Ouch. I flinched again. "That was harsh."

Leo threw me a glare sharper than flint. Raph squeezed his hand into a fist, squeezing so hard his arm shook. "Dang it, Leo. I thought we let that go!" He growled with barely contain rage.

"Umm, guys? We have a problem." Mikey gulped.

They turned and glared at him. Mikey smiled nervously, an animated bead of sweat rolling down his head. I facepalmed and leaped forward, swords drawn. I darted right between Raph and Leo and kicked Tiger Claw's arms. "Get out of here, Tiger Claw!" I growled. "Everything was fine till you showed up!"

"Life isn't fair, cub." Tiger Claw smirked. "Get used to it."

"I know." I growled back. If I was a cat I'd be hissing right now.

Tiger Claw and I spared for a while, the guys taking out the Footbots. I didn't pay much attention to my surroundings when Tiger Claw and I locked swords. We pushed, trying to knock the other off balance, our eyes locked.

"Suki! Look out!"

"Huh?!" I yelped.

I stumbled back, narrowly dodging Tiger Claw's blade. I yelped again as I missed the Footbot by a hair. "Thanks, Raph, for breaking my concentration!" I howled dryly.

"Heh, heh… Sorry." He called back.

I ducked and leaped, dodging attacks. Finally, I made my comeback. But I was a slightly out of time…

I felt something hard and metal bash into my head. I slumped to the ground, dimly hearing Raph shout my name. And then my world went black.

My first cliffhanger and it's only Chapter 4 ^_^ You guys are probably labeling me as an evil fox-heart right now... Thought I suppose it's not the worst cliff hanger. All will be made clear in Chapter 5... A Raph POV.