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Leo watched as master Splinter smiled at them and his chest seemed to swell with happiness. Leo too felt that he had made the right decision. When he had met the others outside before they came in they had all agreed to help out.
'I can't just let some evil guy destroy the world!' Mikey had cried. 'That is just plain rude, dude! Besides, I've always wanted to be a super hero! Now I can be! Turtle Titan to the rescue!'
'If there really is an ancient evil rising again, it would be wrong to just ignore it. Ignoring something doesn't solve the problem, it only makes it worse.' Donatello had offered.
Leo had nodded, 'It's the right thing to do.' He had agreed.
They then had looked to Raph who had crossed his arms angrily, 'I'll go along with this, but I got my own reasons.' He said leaving it at that. Leo wondered why someone who seemed so self-absorbed would care, but he wasn't going to argue with him. They needed all the help they could get.
Leo was brought out of his thoughts as Splinter began to speak, "I am glad to hear you have chosen wisely. From now on you will refer to me as sensei or Master Splinter. For I am now your teacher."
They all nodded, "Yes Master Splinter." They chorused.
"Good, we shall begin."
"Wait." Raph said cutting off Master Splinter, "You want to start training now?"
Master Splinter looked at him, "The enemy will not wait, it will not show mercy. You have much to learn and not much time to learn it in. We cannot wait." Raph paused but didn't argue with him as Master Splinter went on, "Yesterday you each were able to tap into your Chi energy to change to your human forms. I wish for you to do so again, yet change into your turtle forms."
Leo nodded and searched for his core; that feeling of pulsing once more. He found it faster this time and focused on that feeling letting it encompass him. He felt himself shift and there was weight once more on his back. Leo slowly opened his eyes and looked down at his hands. He smiled in success; he was a turtle again.
Looking around he saw that everyone else had shifted to their turtle forms as well. He then looked to Master Splinter who was smiling at them, "Well done, my students. Now we may truly begin."
..::-::..
Leo flopped down onto the spongy ground with a grunt. He was tired and he knew he was going to be sore tomorrow. Master Splinter had started off training by telling them the history behind Bushido and Ninjutsu and what a Ninja was and how they were always in the shadows. He had explained that when they were in their turtle forms and facing enemies in general, the shadows would be the safest for them and a strong ally. After that very long explanation he then went on to teaching them the basics.
Leo already knew many of the things Master Splinter had taught them, because of his history with martial arts, but there were new things he hadn't known in there as well. He was also surprised at how fast he was picking it up. He too noticed how quickly Donnie, Raph, and Mikey were picking up the lessons. He remembered Raph knew how to fight somewhat, by what he had seen Monday at the gym and the punching bag, plus his little spat with Mikey and himself, but Donnie and Mikey seemed like they would have no idea what they were doing however they were catching on quickly. It was more than likely the instincts Master Splinter had told them about yesterday.
Mikey seemed very swift in his movements, very fluid and go with the flow. He seemed to act on his instinct even more and just improved on it.
Donnie too was using his instincts, but Leo could see the calculation in his eyes. Donnie weighed every option in his head, chose the best course of action then attacked all within a millisecond.
Raph acted on his instincts at once. He didn't really think about his actions, but what he wanted as the end result… his victory.
Leo on the other hand tried very hard to follow every instruction Master Splinter gave him and tried his very best to execute it to the best of his ability. He despised failure, growing up the way he did, it was not an option. And now that the world could very well fall to evil tomorrow it really wasn't an option.
Mikey, Donnie, and Raph all fell onto the ground next to him each breathing heavily and looked thoroughly exhausted. "Dude, I've never worked so hard in my whole life!" Mikey cried before gasping for breath once more.
"Agreed, that was stimulatingly challenging." Donnie added.
"Yeah." Raph put in.
Splinter walked over to them and they each looked at him as they sat up, "You did well, my students. You may return home now, but you must return here tomorrow at 4:00 once more to continue your training."
"But Master Splinter, I have Kendo club every day after school till 4:30. The only reason why we didn't have it today or yesterday was because sensei Tsuyoi had to be somewhere after school. We have a Kendo tournament on Saturday." Leo said not wanting to miss anything.
"I have be home right after school to check on… I have to be home." Donnie said before evading his reason.
"I gotta be home right afta school too." Raph said as they all stood.
Master Splinter then nodded his head, "I see." He then looked to Mikey.
Mikey shrugged, "I don't go to school and I don't have anywhere to be so I'm good."
Master Splinter then looked at Mikey raising an eyebrow, "You do not attend school?"
Mikey shook his head, "Nope."
Master Splinter frowned some, "That will not do. You need to attend school, Michelangelo. A well-rounded education is also a tool within the Ninja's arsenal." Mikey looked like he was about to argue, but then stopped and nodded. He didn't look too happy about it, but he was going to listen. Leo could tell.
"Now onto the predicament of your training." Master Splinter went on, "I do not wish for any of you to get into any kind of trouble, but you must train. What do you propose we do to solve this?" He asked looking at them all.
Leo thought for a moment before saying, "I can come here at 5:30ish."
"I can be here at that time as well." Donnie nodded in agreement.
"I'm good." Mikey said with a smile.
"Six is my earliest." Raph supplied.
"Then let's meet here every day at six o'clock." Leo said looking to the others for conformation.
They all nodded then looked to Master Splinter. "Very well. Then we shall train every day at six o'clock. However," He said with a smile, "You may have Saturdays off. It is unhealthy to constantly train. A ninja, like all things in life, needs balance."
"Sweet!"
"Yes!"
"Thank you Master Splinter!" Leo said happily as they all cheered.
"You are welcome, now return home and I will see you all tomorrow at promptly six."
Leo nodded then they all bowed to Master Splinter as he had instructed earlier. Leo then closed his eyes and focused on his Chi energy once more. As he felt the pulse consume him he felt his body change and this time he opened his eyes and watched his three green fingers become five white fingers and the blue slashes of his Chi fade. Leo couldn't help, but smirk. That was pretty freaking cool.
Looking around he saw everyone else's Chi fade and they return to their human forms as well. "Bye Master Splinter!" Leo called as he and the others ran to the opening the climbed back out.
"We'll see you tomorrow, dude!" Mikey added as he too climbed out.
"So long my students and be safe!" Master Splinter called.
"We will!" Donnie answered as he and Raph climbed out.
Once they were in the abandoned subway tunnel and walking up the rails, Mikey spoke, "So how do I go to school?"
"You could come to our school." Leo suggested.
"Sweet! Where is that?"
"Sterling Academy is on the corner of Madison Ave. and E 57th street." Leo answered.
"Near Central Park?"
"Yep."
"I could help register you Mikey." Donnie said as they turned down W 46th street.
"Really? Thanks Donnie!" Mikey then started bouncing around, "Dudes I've never been to high school before! This is gonna be awesome!"
Raph smirked, "I wouldn't start celebrating yet, Mikey. High school is awful. It's full of people who do nothing but torture and torment you until you crack." Mikey stopped bouncing and looked at him. "And down in the basement of the school is a haunted chair that takes the souls of the innocent!"
Mikey then promptly let out a girly scream. This in turn caused Raph to nearly fall onto his backside because he was laughing so hard.
"Raph!" Leo snapped.
"What I'm jus joking!" Raph said his smile still present.
"Just ignore him, Mikey." Donnie said placing a comforting hand on Mikey's shoulder, "High school's great!"
"Says the nerd." Raph said under his breath.
Donnie glared at him, but chose to continue speaking, "You get to learn about anything you'd like and there's all the books you can read!"
Mikey seemed to deflate some, "Do they have comic books?"
"Um…" Donnie paused, "The school library might, but-"
"Sweet! Sign me up!" Mikey said cutting him off. They all sort of just laughed at him.
As they all parted ways Leo stayed behind when they reached Mikey's ally. Leo looked up to the sky and saw clouds rolling in as it was getting darker. "Mikey are you going to be okay? It looks like it's going to rain." Leo said as he pointed to the sky.
Mikey looked up as well and seemed to hesitate before looking back at Leo and waving him away with a smile, "I'm good, bro. I got a little hole I crawl into when it rains."
Leo looked over to where Mikey was gesturing to and saw that it was no more than a small over hang that didn't even look like it would fit a cat let alone a teenage boy. Leo sighed and made a decision, "Mikey why don't you come spend the night with me tonight?"
Mikey looked at him with wide eyes, "No dude! I couldn't do that! Besides, I told you, I'm good!"
Leo shook his head, "No you're not Mikey. That is no place to sleep, let alone stay when there's a storm. You could get sick. Moreover, we can go to school together tomorrow and I can show you where it is."
Mikey seemed to think about it for a moment before asking somewhat uncertainly, "What about your parents?"
Leo smirked glad for once that he was alone, "They're out of town. What they don't know won't hurt 'em."
Mikey beamed, "Okay, cool!" He then jumped hugged him, "Thanks Leo bro! You really are the best older brother a guy could have!" Leo laughed and hugged him back before they broke apart and headed to his apartment. They headed inside and Mikey's jaw dropped, "Holy ginormous apartment Batman!" He cried.
Leo chuckled a little self-consciously. "Yeah, it's kind of big."
"Kind of big!? Dude! You live in a mansion!" Mikey argued walking further in, "What do your parents do!?"
Leo rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "My dad owns U-phone."
"Owns?"
"He started the company and is the C.E.O. of the U-phone."
"No freaking way!" Mikey cried with a big smile.
"Yeah…"
"Do you have any pizza?" The young blonde asked out of the blue.
Leo nodded, "Yeah." He walked over to the fridge and pulled out the mostly full pizza box. "Go for it." He said and Mikey dove right in.
The rest of the night they spent playing video games and eating even more pizza. Leo suggested they practice some of the things that Master Splinter had taught them earlier and he could tell Mikey did not want to do any type of homework, but he did in the end practice with Leo. All in all a good night.