A/N: thank you to Hotaru Imai, Shiane Ventures, and Mezza999 for reviewing my last chapter. Here's ch 5 for ya and as usual see ch 1 for disclaimer. Anyways enjoy ch 5.
Ch 5 They Meet Again
"The Shredder?" Casey said scratching his head in confusion. "Who the heck is that?"
"Yeah I'm curious as well," April said sitting down on the couch.
"The Shredder is better known as Oroku Saki," Splinter explained. Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello sat down as they prepared to hear the story again. Although they had heard this story several times before the turtles never grew tired of hearing about their Master and Father's past. Casey sat on the couch beside April while Leonardo took the third spot on the couch. Raphael sat on the chair while Donatello layed out on the floor. "When I was human Oroku Saki and I used to be very good friends," Splinter continued. "In fact we were more like brothers. Until that fateful day."
"What happened?" Casey asked in awe.
"We both fell in love with the same women," Splinter answered. "Tang Shen. But Shen did not love Oroku. She loved only me and we were married and we had a baby daughter Miwa. This infuriated Oroku and he vowed vengeance. So he set a plan in motion. One night while we slept Oroku set fire to our home in the hopes of killing us. I was able to escape but sadly my beloved Shen and our daughter did not. I became so distraught that I moved to America and was forced to live in the sewers. The rest you know already. I always assumed Oroku died that fateful night be these recent events proved me wrong."
"But Sensei," Leonardo said. "You don't know for sure The Shredder is behind this."
"You are right Leonardo," Splinter said. "I do not."
"Well we're gonna find out for ya Sensei," Raphael declared getting up and heading towards the door.
"No Raphael it is to late tonight," Splinter said sternly. "I think it would be best to wait until tomorrow to do anything."
"Yeah it's been a long day," Leonardo said standing and stretching.
"Yeah we'd better get home," April declared as she and Casey stood. "Our dads will worry if we're out to late."
"Yeah we'll see you guys later," Casey said with a wave as he and April exited the lair.
"See ya," the turtles called as their friends left.
"Well I don't know about you all but I could use some rest," Donatello said standing up and yawning.
"I'm with ya Donnie," Leonardo said with a yawn of his own. As the blue masked turtle and his purple masked brother walked towards their room they noticed Raphael wasn't coming. "You coming Raph?" Leonardo asked.
"Nah," Raphael said heading towards the door. "I'm not really tired."
"Raphael where are you going?" Splinter asked as his second oldest son reached for the door knob.
"I was just uh..." Raphael began. "You know I was gonna.."
"You were going to the site of the accident," Splinter finished. Raphael nodded and Splinter let out a sigh. This was something Raphael did every year since the accident happened. Splinter knew his red masked son blamed himself for what happened to his youngest son and spent these nights of the anniversary thinking about that fateful night. It pained the brown coated rat greatly to see his son in such pain and he had tried to convince Raphael that is wasn't his fault but to no avail. "I will go with you my son," Splinter declared, not wanting his son to be alone.
"Yeah I'll go to," Leonardo said walking towards his father and brother.
"Me too," Donatello said joining the group. Raphael opened his mouth to protest but quickly shut it when he saw the determined looks on him father's and brothers' faces. Without another word the family went out to the site of the accident. When they arrived there they saw nothing but calm waters unlike that night. Raphael walked over to the edge and stared into the water for a few minutes. "I'm sorry Mikey," Raphael whispered tears forming in his green eyes. "I'm so sorry little brother." Just then Raphael felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning his head he saw Leonardo on one side of him and Donatello on the other side. Both brothers had very sad looks on their faces. "I hope Mikey forgives me," Raphael said with a sigh.
"I know if Mikey were here he would tell you is wasn't your fault Raph," Leonardo said. "And that he doesn't blame you."
"Yeah," Donatello said with a small smile. "He wouldn't blame you for what happened just like we don't blame you."
"Your brothers are right Raphael," Splinter said. "And you must forgive yourself if you are ever going to move on. It is what Michelangelo would have wanted for you."
"I know," Raphael said. "You guys are right. I should move on. It's been ten years for cryin' out loud. And I'm gonna try."
"That's the spirit," Leonardo said giving Raphael's shoulder a squeeze. "Come on let's go home." With that the family headed back inside their lair to get some much needed rest.
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The next day Kenshen and Karai were getting ready for their mission. The Shredder had told them of a rare Samurai sword that dated back to accent Japan that was on display. He claimed that it had ties to the Oroku family and belonged with them. Karai and Kenshen were to bring it back to him. This was to make up for the lost shipment from the night before. So the brother and sister headed out to the gallery where the sword was being displayed. Little did they know that the turtles were doing patrol that night too and their paths were going to cross once again. Kenshen went first using his stealth to take down the night guards. Karai went to work on the computers. Karai was really skilled in computer technology and taking out their security came really easy to the young ninja. "We're in," Karai declared with a smile. Kenshen nodded and using his glass cutter the black masked turtle cut a hole in the glass and easily tapped away the window so that he and Karai could enter. Once inside the duo took down the rest of the security guards that were there and headed to the sword. Thanks to Karai there was no alarms and no sensors to protect it. "Like taking candy from a baby," Kenshen said with a laugh. With that the turtle lifted up the glass case and Karai snatched the sword.
"Come on let's go," Karai said. The siblings were just about to leave when they heard a voice call, "I can't let you do that." Before either sibling could react a bo staff came flying out of no where and hit both of them in their knees causing them to fall to the ground. Karai dropped the sword in the process and it went sliding across the floor. Letting out an angry growl the teen got to her feet and spun around to see Leonardo, Raphael and Donatello standing their with their weapons drawn. "You guys again," Karai hissed.
"You bastards are gonna pay for that," Kenshen growled taking out his nunchakus and spinning them.
"Bring it on you son of a bitch," Raphael shouted spinning his sais. With that Kenshen and Raphael charged towards each other full force. The two connected and blows were landed. Raphael was prepared for Kenshen's attacks from his previous battle with him. But the red masked turtle knew he would need help. But before he could ask for it Donatello came flying in and delivered a swift kick to Kenshen's back causing him to fall. But Donatello wasn't prepared for the hardness of Kenshen's shell and that caused the purple masked turtle to fall as well. "What the hack?" he muttered. Then he noticed that Kenshen's back was very bulky and had strange bumps on it. Kind of like their shells had. "It couldn't be," he thought. "Could it?" But before he could think more about it Raphael shouted, "How 'bout a little help here Donnie?" This snapped Donatello out of his thoughts and he ran to help his older brother.
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Meanwhile Leonardo was having a hard time keeping Karai away form the sword. "That sword belong to my family!" Karai shouted. "My father said it belongs to the Oroku clan. I'm just taking back what's ours."
"Wait the Oroku clan?" Leonardo said. "As in Oroku Saki? You're The Shredder's daughter?"
"That's right," Karai said with a grin. "And you freaks are about to find out what happens when you interfere with his plans." With that Karai gave Leonardo's chest a hard kick causing his to stumble. Before he could react Karai grabbed him by his arms and flung his across the room causing him to go crashing into Donatello sending both brothers to the ground. This gave Kenshen a chance to flip Raphael over his back and to the ground. "I'll get the sword," Kenshen said. "Meet me up top."
"Right," Karai said with a nod. With that Karai headed to the roof while Kenshen made a dash for the sword. Grabbing it the black clad turtle made his way to the roof. But he didn't know that Raphael was hot on his heels. Once Kenshen was on the roof he was about to dive down when suddenly Raphael's sais pinned him to the wall. Kenshen dropped to sword and let out a frustrated grunt. Just them Raphael appeared in front of him with Leonardo and Donatello right behind him.
"Game over pal," Raphael hissed advancing on Kenshen. "Time to see whose under that mask." Kenshen struggled to get free but the sais had gone through the thickest part of his clothing and were holding strong. So Kenshen decided to stall, "What are you?" he growled.
"We're turtles friend," Leonardo growled pointing his katans at Kenshen.
"Of the teenage mutant ninja kind sleeze ball," Donatello chimed in. Kenshen's eyes widened when he heard these words. But before he could say anything Raphael ripped away his mask and revealed his true face. When they saw the blue eyed, freckled faced turtle they all gasped in shock.
"Mikey?!" Raphael said his green eyes wide.
A/N well there you have it folks ch 5 done. So what did you think? Let me know in a review please.