Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT. If I did I wouldn't be writing fanfics.

Author's Note: Sorry for being away for so long. School and stuff hehe. Anyways here's another chapter of A Life of Chaos. I hope you guys like it. My writing skills might be a bit rusty since I haven't written anything in a while so, yeah. ^_^;

New Friends?

The two brothers followed Usagi a bit cautiously into the restaurant. They glanced around as they heard the buzz of people talking, a few shouts here and there coming from the head chef and the clatter of cooking utensils being used or set aside. "This is the kitchen. Allow me to get my father. You two stay here." Usagi told them before walking through a door that seemed to lead to an office.

Leo and Don both literally stayed where they were as they gazed around the kitchen of all the bustling chefs. One of them carrying a pot turned and ran into Donatello. "'Ey! Watch it runt! Get out of the way!" The man yelled at him. It was a pretty large tiger humanoid. As Don moved out of the way of the tiger Leo felt a hand touch his arm.

"Hey kid, why don't you and your brother go sit over there? You won't get in the way then." He turned around to see a human woman with dirty blonde hair tied back in a bun, like what you see in the army, so to not get in the way.

"Ye-yes maim." As Leo answered her he grabbed a rather nervous Donny by the wrist and walked the two of them to a small corner that the lady had gestured to. The two small turtles watched as waters and waitresses come and go, as well as chefs handing them the orders.

Finally, they see Usagi coming back through the door he had entered. As Usagi came out a figure appeared behind him. It was plenty taller than Usagi and the figure was also a male rabbit humanoid. The pair easily walked towards them as they maneuvered around the bustling cooks, waiters, waitresses, and such.

Leo looked up and peered at the taller, much more masculine man. Usagi then walked up between the three of them so he could introduce one to the other. "Father, these are my two are the ones I told you about. Their names are…er…um." He then glanced a little sheepishly at the two brothers.

"Leonardo." Leo answered for Usagi before glancing at Don so he could introduce himself as well.

"Donatello." Donny told the father and son as he shyly avoided to look at their faces.

"Yes! Leonardo and Donatello." Usagi smirked a little; as if he knew it all along.

"Uh huh." His father skeptically looked at him before turning his gaze back to the two turtles before him. "Hmph. Nice to meet you two. Digging through the restaurants dumpster I heard. Well, for now you will just have to be sent to the Back until closing time. I will tell what your punishment for 'stealing' from this restaurant is then." With that and a twitch of his ears Usagi's father turned and left.

Don looked at Leo, worried at what their punishment will be. Leo narrowed his eyes as he watched Usagi's father walk away. He then felt a furry hand on his shoulder and saw Usagi next to him. "Do not worry." Was all he said before gesturing for them to follow him. The three of them walked out of the doors of the kitchen. Leo got a glance of the rest of the restaurants interior; where the people ate. He saw the reason why the kitchen was in such and overdrive. The place was packed full of people, with more standing in a line outside. His view was destroyed when Usagi ushered them into another room nearby.

"This is what everyone calls the Back since it is where we store all of the non-perishable foods and stuff." Usagi informed the two. "I have to go back and help Father, but I will be back." And with that he closed the door on them. The two sat in a slight shocked silence until they heard a noise behind them in the pantry like room.

As he turned his head to see if anything really was there, a soft light slowly began illuminating the room. Finally it was bright enough to see how large the place actually was. Leo and Donny glanced at each other before they heard soft foot steps slowly getting louder. Leo began to move in front of Donny.

"HI!"

"AAAGH!" Leo fell backwards, which caused Donny to fall into a few boxes that collapsed.

"Are you ok?" a voice asked from somewhere above them. Leo slowly got his bearings and looked up towards the voice. A human boy with short strawberry blonde hair that was parted on his left side and was considerably unruly was there. He was wearing a slightly oversized hoodie and jeans that went a little past his ankles; he also had no shoes, just socks.

"Uh…um…" Leo began, still a little rattled.

"Leeeooo! Get off!" he heard Donny's muffled voice sound. Leo rolled off of Don and shakily stood up. While Leo was standing back up the boy had helped Don back on his feet as well. Leo turned around to look at the boy as Don thanked him.

"Hold on." Leo interrupted as the kid was about to say something. "Who…who are you? And why'd you sneak up on us like that?"

"Me?" the boy asked pointing to himself " Well, the names Shiloh. Shiloh Lockfield. And I didn' sneak up on you! You jus' didn' see me that's all. Anyways whatcha doin' 'n 'ere? Ahm 'ere 'cause I snatched sumpin from the kitchen." Oddly enough, he looked proud of that.

"Uh…we're here 'cause we tried to get something from the….." Leo had to look away as he answered, "Dumpster."

"Really? Ha! Ah gone an' done that once! 'Cept I didn' get caught!" Shiloh laughed, making Leo bristle a bit, feeling insulted. "Dun worry, Ahm pretty much in the same boat as you. 'Cept Ahm not a turtle, so I ain't got it so bad. So whatcha names?" he asked, leaving Leo no room to retort to some of the stuff he said.

"I'm Donatello and this is my big brother Leonardo." Donny spoke up from behind Leo.

Leo was about to turn and scowl at Donny when he felt a sudden rough smack on the back of his shell. Shiloh was standing next to him, grinning from ear to ear. "Nice ta meet cha! Hope we can be good friends!"

Leo cracked a wry and slightly confused smile when he heard the door open to the Back. Usagi was standing there with a grim look on his face. "Seems like you have met Shiloh. That's good. Come. Follow me so that Father may exact his punishment on you."

The two brothers glanced at eachother worriedly; having forgotten about Usagi's Fathers punishment. Leo glanced at Shiloh who didn't seem at all fazed, making him wonder if that's his cover for being scared. The three of them followed Usagi out to the dining area of the restaurant. It was empty, so Leo asked Usagi about it. "There was a brawl that got a little out of hand, so father had to close down early for the day."

Leo saw that three chairs were waiting for them to sit in and three small tables. On the tables were considerably big sandwiches and soft drinks with plenty of fruit and vegetables. The three of them sat down while Usagi stood next to his father, now mildly smiling. "Eat, clean the kitchen, clean the dining area, eat, and then report to me. Usagi no helping." Was all he said before walking away. Leo stared after Usagi's father, stunned.

"Go ahead and eat you three. If you need anything I'll be over there." Usagi pointed towards a door next to the door for the Back before leaving. Leo blinked again to try and shake off his temporary sense of being stunned before turning towards the other two. Shiloh had already started eating casually like it was no big deal. Don had started to peel his sandwich apart, trying to figure out how he should start eating it. Leo shrugged, reaching for his soft drink, which he assumed was coke, he heard Shiloh start coughing a little.

"Haaaaah. Hehe, I shouldn' eat so fast. Bad for yer stomach ya know?" Shiloh laughed and began to eat slower. "So, how old are ya?" he asked.

"I'm eleven. Leo's twelve." Donny answered.

"Ahm twelve too. Are you plannin' on doin' everythin' Usagi's dad says?"

"Of course!" Leo exclaimed indignantly, turning to frown at Shiloh.

"Well, I ain't."

"Why not?" Leo asked.

"Well, ya see, I do everythin' 'cept report to him." Shiloh answered.

"So you've done this before?" Don asked.

"Yup, though only every now and then."

"Why don't you report to him when your done?" Leo asked.

"Well, ya see, I heard that he gets us kids ta do this stuff for him and then when they report to him he'll make 'em go ta school and go to some orphanage to be bossed around by the adults there. The orphanage thing don' seem to bad to me, but I don' like school at all. See? So I take off after I'm done with the work an' stuff."

By now Leo and Don had somehow nearly finished their sandwiches and were both now slurping their sodas. "Well, that doesn't make any sense. Why don't you like school?" Leo asked.

"I ain't answerin' that question. I just don' ok?" Shiloh suddenly sounded pretty defensive. "Now why don' we go and hurry with the chores shall we? After this I want to meet up with you two in central park in about four days. I like you guys and decided that I want to be good friends with ya. I let ya meet mah cousin Tara Amano. I'll also introduce ya to four of mah other friends, kay?"

"Um…I…guess that's alright." Leo said, looking towards Donny, who nodded in agreement. Since that was settled the three hopped out of their chairs one by one and started to head to the kitchen.