2 months of hard work by Shadow Star-hatake so plz be nice

The battle between Hades Demons and the Hamato family raged on. Even with the help of the Ninja Tribunal and the Ancient One everyone knew that this was a losing battle. As soon as they took one demon down two others would appear in its place, exhaustion started to take its toll on them. Blood and sweat pour off everyone's bodies but they still kept fighting with one goal on their minds; Leo.

Everyone knew that they were at the end of their luck as they felt the wall of the cave on their back. The demons started to slowly walk closer to everyone until some yelled,

"Stop."

The demon abruptly stopped, everyone turned their heads to the voice. The demons parted in the middle and started to kneel and bow their heads as Cobra descended from the platform. Raph stood protectively in front of his younger brothers and father as Cobra came face to face with everyone. Raph growled as Cobra stretch his arm out with his palm facing up.

"Well?" Cobra asked.

"Well what you asshole? You want us to get on our hands and knees and beg for our lives, well you better get back to your master cause even in death I'm not lowering my head to you." Raph snapped back.

"Please, that's the least of your concern. Now I believe you know its time to go." Cobra said.

Raph cocked his head to the side and asked, "What do you mean 'its time to go'?"

Cobra rolled his eyes and said, "Not you, you idiot I mean the one person that could stop me."

Everyone's back stiffened as Leo's avatar appeared in the crook of Kon's sleeve.

"Now Leonardo, you know that if you come with me then I will spare everyone and if you don't well... Turning to stone will be something they will be begging me to do to them."

"Don't you dare try and guilt my brother into something Cobra. He'll never go to as long as I live." Raph yelled. "Us too!" Donnie and Mikey added.

"But turtles this isn't your decision, its your brothers and all I'm doing tell your brothers the facts and as you can tell you three don't have a say." Cobra said as he stared at Leo's avatar.

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey quickly ran and covered Leo's line of sight as if it was the only way to save their brother.

Cobra was starting to lose his patience but he wasn't too upset about it because he had one ace up his sleeve. Cobra slowly reached into his robe's sleeve as the everyone's attention was turned to Leo's avatar. Grasping the object of his desire in his hands he smirked and turned his attention back to everyone. Cobra took a few steps back from everyone and turned his attention back to his army of demons.

"It's time Phineas" Cobra whispered to the leader of the army. Phineas nodded his head, he turned his attention to his army. Letting out an ear bursting shriek all of the demons ran back into the divider between the human realm and demon.

A.N: Phineas is a Greek man that tried to use the head of Medusa to turn Perseus to stone because he stole his betrothed.

"What the shell is going on Cobra?!" Raph yelled. Cobra ignored Raph's comments, still facing everyone he asked one last time,

"Will you turn your brother over to me now or I can't tell for certain that you will live through this."

No one moved, no one spoke because no one cared about what was about to come, call they cared about was saving the one person that was willing to lay his life on the line if his family was in danger.

"I warned you." Cobra snickered.

Cobra turned his back to the turtles and walked over to the crack in the floor. Slowly Cobra took his arm out of his sleeve and held out a vital of mysterious blue liquid. The Tribunal, Ancient One, and Splinter's eyes widened.

Kon yelled out, "No! Creature do you not know what will happen if you use it!"

"Oh, I know exactly what I'm doing." Cobra snickered as his fingers slowly let off the vital.

"Quickly my friends, we must not let that vital drop into Hades." Ancient One commanded.

Everyone quickly ran over to Cobra but were forced to stop when Cobra yelled out.

"Now Phineas!"

Demons from Hades jumped out from the shadows and began to block everyone from Cobra. The struggle to Cobra showed no side was backing down. Cobra was about to drop the vital when in a small gust of wind the vital was whisked away by Leo's avatar. Leo's avatar flew around everyone with the vital in his talons.

Kon used this distraction to focus his chi energy and pushed the demons back into the crack. Kon started to mediate as the demons once again started to climb back out of the crack but by the time the demons were about to break through Kon was able to place a barrier strong enough to take the barge of demons desperately trying to get through.

Leo was circling everyone with the vital still in his talons.

"That's all you got Cobra?" Mikey said snidely.

Cobra's shoulders started to shake uncontrollably, Cobra was covering his stomach as if he was in pain while the hood his robes fell on top of his head. Everyone looked at each other then back at Cobra. Cobra peeked his eyes out from under his hood.

"You idiots, do you realize what is about to happen." Cobra laughed out.

No one understood what was about to happen nor could their eyes deceive them.

Cobra stretched out his arm with his palm facing out, slowly his fingers started close and to everyone's horror they heard the cries of Leo's avatar that was still flying above their heads. Leo's avatar was floating in midair but was curled up into a little ball but he still held onto the vital. A mark of a snake appeared on his back and started to glow brightly. Everyone looked over to Cobra and saw that Cobra's eyes were glowing bright red.

"You monster leave my brother alone!" Mikey yelled he was about to run over to Cobra when he was stopped by the sound of Leo's avatar once again shrieking out in pain.

"Come turtles don't you want to hurt me for what I did to your brother? Oh, you can't because now I have everything I want. Now Leo it's time to return home." Cobra spoke.

Leo's avatar started to float over to Cobra, everyone wanted to stop but each time they tried to move towards Leo or Cobra he would close his fingers closer together. Soon Leo was in the hands of Cobra.

"Fools did you really think I didn't have a plan. Now I have your brother and the vital and with this I can turn the world to stone with my one true master." Cobra said.

Cobra grasped Leo in his hand and with his other hand he took the vital, using his teeth Cobra grasped the cork that was holding the mysterious blue liquid in and spit it out onto the ground near everyone.

Cobra looked at everyone with a victorious grin.

"Oh I forgot to tell you that what's in this vital wouldn't work unless a being of pure energy was to deliver it to me because if I were to use it or drink it they would die. You must read those scroll more carefully."

Cobra quickly drank the mysterious blue liquid, throwing the vital down on the ground and letting the glass shatter on the ground he used this small distraction to finally get Leo's power. Cobra covered Leo's avatar with both hands and forced him into his true state. The blue flame still dimly glowed in Cobra's hands and with his finally words to everyone Cobra said.

"I'll see you all in hell."

Cobra engulfed the blue flame into his body.

"NO, LEO!" Everyone yelled.

Cobra's body was soon engulfed in the blue flame but he didn't yell out in pain but started to laugh uncontrollably, his eyes widened as if they could fall out of his sockets and with his finally act that everyone could see he stretched his arms out to his sides; strongly clenching his hands together no one could believe what they were seeing. The blue flame finally finished engulfing Cobra, changing his body and morphing his mind into a being of unimaginably power but at a cost.

Cobra transformed into a being of both half snake and half lion. His face was fully transformed into a snake but his body was that of Leo the lion. His front left paw and back paws were that of Leo the Lion but his right front paw was that of a snake tail. At his back side grew not one but two tails, one of a lion and the other the end of a rattle snake.

"Dear God..." Splinter whispered. The Ancient One and Tribunal nodded in agreement while Raph, Donnie, and Mikey stood in utter shock at what they were seeing.

"What the shell is that!?" Raph exclaimed.

"The cost of power." Kon stated. Cobra on the other hand just stood in front of everyone, motionless.

"What do you mean?" Don asked.

"I'll explain my sons." Splinter said stepping in front of the Tribunal. Raph, Donnie, and Mikey turned and faced their father while he took a deep breath in and sighed.

"My sons, when Cobra absorbed your brother he did not do that without a cost. The power of the blue flame comes from Leo the Lion and can only be used by the one he deems worthy of its power and protection. When your brother's life force was replaced with Leo the Lions and then replaced with the blue flame after he left, Leonardo still required a small portion of Leo the Lion's life force. After Leonardo was turned to stone and his life force was turned back into the blue flame Leo the Lion's power went with it.

Now that Cobra has taken it we will not be able to save your brother, I am sorry my sons but the only way to stop Cobra and save your brother is to kill Cobra. If we kill Cobra your brother's soul will be free but because it has been separated from your brother for such a long time it can not hold its form anymore and because Cobra isn't going to be able to free your brother, his body will remain entombed in stone."

No one moved, no one talked everything seemed surreal to the brothers. They had to stop Cobra to save there brother and the world but what would life be like living without their older brother. Sure they have been living without him for a few months plus the time they spent with his body entombed in stone but they still had that little fragment of hope that he would be free. Now there was nothing, no matter what they did they would lose their older brother.

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie turned and faced Cobra. Cobra's eyes started to flutter.

"My son's Cobra is starting to awaken we must finish this." Splinter yelled getting into battle position. The Tribunal and the Ancient One gathered their weapons and readied themselves with Splinter. But Raph, Donnie, and Mikey just stood in the same position as before with their heads down as they stared at the ground. The same thoughts passed through each of their minds as if they were communicating to each other without words.

'We have to save Leo and kill Cobra.' Donnie thought.

'But we can't kill him without killing Leo.' Raph answered.

'No, don't you dare even think about killing Leo just to get to Cobra there has to be another way.' Mikey shouted, tears started to roll off his face.

'Mikey I understand were you are standing but this is what Leo would want-' Donnie tried to say but Mikey cut him off.

'Leo has live there is no purpose in this life without him. Right Raph?' Mikey stated looking over to Raph. Donnie turned his face to Raph who was on the verge of tears.

Raph blinked his eyes a few times, trying so hard to be strong for his younger brothers.

'I love Leo and would give my life to save him anytime of the say. But this is bigger than anything else we have faced and if we don't stop Cobra then Leo will bear even more guilt than he already does with the fact his power is being used to kill everyone on this planet. I talked to Leo and he said that we must stop Cobra, even if its at the cost of his life. No matter how time pass we will live on, not for ourselves anymore; this is for Leo.' Raph said.

Mikey wiped the tears away from his face and nodded his head. The carefree little brother disappeared and was replaced with a warrior. The same with Donnie, the genius engineer was gone now the only thing that mattered to him was freeing his brother's soul.

Raph stood between his brothers, a cool unemotionally face showed that even if it cost his life he would free Leo.

'Goodbye Leo, I hope we'll meet again in the next life.' Raph thought.

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey focused all of chi energy into their weapons, light shined off their bodies changing their bodies into their their dragon avatar forms.

Each dragon roared and flew into battle. Cobra, now fully awaken roared loudly jumped onto his hind legs and just as he fell back onto all fours the ground started to shake and the ground started to fall apart. The Tribunal, Ancient One, and Splinter jumped and scattered as the ground started to be swallowed up. The barrier that was keeping the demons at bay cracked enough that that all the demons started to gather and climb back up into the human realm.

While the Ninja Tribunal, Ancient One, and Splinter battle the demons of Hades Raph, Donnie, and Mikey battle Cobra. But even their combined strength was no match to the blue flame.

"Hahaha this is what true power is all about, now die under the power of the blue flame." Cobra yelled. Blue fire flew out of Cobra mouth, the brothers barely dodged the flames. Mikey was able to fly under the flames and ram his body into Cobra's legs, Cobra closed his mouth and was starting to fall backwards when Donnie and Raph used their tails and wrapped them against Cobra's neck. Fly as high as they could they flung Cobra into the opposite wall.

Cobra shook his head and just smiled at the brother and once again started up laughing.

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey all knew that they had to keep fighting but exhaustion started to creep up on them and forced them out of their dragon avatar states.

Cobra slowly walked towards to the exhausted brothers. They were all panting heavily, glaring at Cobra as he loomed over them. Cobra was readying to end the turtle's lives; blue fire was overflowing out of the mouth as he slowly started to open.

But as Cobra was about to breathe out the flame did a strong light shine out of the brothers chest. The brothers looked down to see the light shining out from where their hearts were, the light blinds Cobra who struggled to free himself but the light proved to be stronger than even him.

"What this can't be! Nothing is stronger than I, no one is stronger than the blue flame. How is this possible!?" Cobra shouted panicking under the binds that were slowly lowering him to the ground.

"It is possible when you have something greater to protect then yourself."

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey looked around to the source of that voice. Slowly a figure shined out of the bonds that were holding Cobra, revealing their lost brother.

Leo was still bearing the chains that Raph discovered on him when he meet him in the astral plane but, Leo was even paler and more transparent than before. They all knew he was the verge of death.

"Guys its time to let me go." Leo said with a sad smile.

Mikey and Donnie shook their heads in disagreement but Raph knew that this had to happen.

"I give you the last of my life force to finish this my brother. Remember, no matter what, I will always be your brother." Leo said turning back towards Cobra he started to walk back into the light. Just as he disappeared small balls of light that were the size of fireflies flew towards the brothers. The light absorbed into the brother transforming their bodies into light. As the light dimmed out did three figures loom over Cobra.

Cobra's eyes widen as the three figures fully revealed themselves.

"It can't be." Cobra mutter.

There stood three Zodiac each brimming with power.

"This ends now Cobra." Donnie said raising his hand in front of Cobra.

"Now its time to finish this once and for all." Mikey added placing his hand on top of Donnie's.

"We'll free Leo and make sure you never go near him again. This is the last time you ever hurt this family." Raph said joining his hand with his younger brothers.

Each one of them focused all of their power into this finally attack. As light from the three brothers formed and stored into a ball did Cobra throw his last words at the family.

"Even in death my Master will rise back and take back this world. You will never be safe, you will never be free."

With nothing else to say the three brother focused the ball into a beam of light that engulfed Cobra. Cobra cried out in pain and agony as the power of the Zodiacs took over his body and soul and vaporized it into nothing.

When the light died out, nothing was left of Cobra only the large crater from the brother's combined attacked. Raph, Donnie, and Mikey's bodies glowed as their bodies turned back to normal. The demons of Hades ran back to the hole between the worlds when Cobra was killed and the crack slowly started close onto itself. The Tribunal, Ancient One, and Splinter walked over to the brothers.

The small balls of light floated in their cupped hands. The three balls of light formed into one slight larger ball of light that now floated in Mikey's hands. Raph and Donnie placed their hands on Mikey's shoulder. Mikey didn't know if it was him or the presence of his brother's hands but his whole body was shaking.

"It's time my son. Time to let him go." Splinter said in such a low voice that it was barely audible. Splinter placed his paws on Mikey's hands and nodded his head.

Slowly Mikey closed his hands around the ball of light, finally closing the light off into his hands. When Mikey parted his hands the small ball of light was no more, there was no more Leo left in this world anymore.

'Until we meet again my brothers' Leo said as he slowly made his way to the afterlife.

EDIT MAY 4TH: I might re-read this again and edit more here and there... But for now I'll leave it like this.