Note: References to Tyroth Darkstorm's Fanfic 'A Sister's Plight' appear in this fic, go to my favouraite stories page to read it if you haven't already.

Chapter Thirteen

Sinister Plans

Back in New York, Arashi and Hanako stood at the window of a Penthouse near the Foot Headquarters staring at the wrecked building.

Hanako was dressed in long black, blue and white Geisha robes with her hair falling loose around her face, whilst Arashi wore his red and black uniform, and his hair was loose from his tight bun.

After analysing the damage Tyroth had inflicted on the building they realised it would be several weeks, if not months to have repairs done.

Dr Arden had managed to transport Chrell to one of his Labs in the Headquarters that hadn't been damaged and choose to remain there to keep an eye on his progress along with the Venomous Five.

He had had to put him in a stasis pod and wire him up.

"I cannot understand why he would do such a crazy thing!" he had said to Arashi and Hanako as he worked "Actually I can, but he was a fool to do so!"

"Is there any hope of him returning to us as Lord of the Foot?" Arashi had asked as he stared at the still form of Shredder within the pod.

"To be honest Master Arashi." Dr Arden had replied "I am unsure at this moment; we can only hope he will."

"Well, I shall leave him in your hands William." Arashi had decided "I will visit and check in one him, but keep me informed if there is any change."

"Hai Master." Dr Arden had replied.

"Once again, our Headquarters has suffered heavy damage thanks to that Dragon and his friends." Arashi growled as he placed a hand on the glass of the large window and looked at the destroyed building.

"And now Shredder lies in a coma." Hanako sighed "What a fool, what did he hope to achieve when he faced the Dragon."

"He believed himself invincible." Arashi sighed "Yet he is not, and he had paid the price."

Hanako nodded.

"And now it's a matter of time when or even if he will awaken." She spoke.

"In the meantime." Arashi growled "I will rebuild our forces, the ninjas who fled had returned, and have sworn their loyalty to me, or rather, us, my Cherry." He smirked at Hanako then ran his fingers under her chin.

"We still have to continue our businesses even if it is from our temporary accommodations whilst works underway to repair the building, our contracts with the other Mafia bosses around the USA, and keeping the other gangs in line here, our building might be out of commission, but we as the Foot are not!"

"True that!" Hanako purred as she placed her hand on her lover's "And from what I remember, we had an appointment with one such Boss of a Yakuza stationed in one of the cities in Illinois!"

Arashi's smirk got wider.

"Oh yes." he said, "Boss Ishii Kodama requested we meet with him as soon as we could to discuss an alliance, yet he never said why."

"I suggest it would be a good time to discuss it with him." Hanako said "Then maybe we can find out why."

She walked over to a desk in the middle of the room where several papers lay strewn.

"If you wish me too, Master, I can oversee the meeting whilst you command the ninjas here and oversee Master Shredder's recovery, should he ever recover."

Arashi smirked again and licked his lips.

"Trust me Master." Hanako whispered as she leaned up and ran her fingers over Arashi's shoulders "I can handle affairs with the Yakuza's, like I have before."

"Indeed, my Cherry, you are good at using your charm and grace to bring the Yakuza's over to our side." Arashi purred as he leaned down and kissed Hanako passionately.

Hanako moaned as her lover kissed her and pushed her onto the desk stroking her shoulders then kissing her neck.

"See where Kodama wants to meet, then we shall make arrangements." Arashi moaned in-between kisses.

"Yes Master." Hanako replied.

As Arashi continued to pepper his lover's neck with kisses and licks, Hanako took out her phone and sent a text message.

Only after a few seconds of sending the message did she get a reply and she smirked.

"Ah, Kodama had replied." She reported.

Arashi stopped kissing Hanako's neck and shoulders and stood up straight.

"That was quick." He exclaimed "Where did he wish to meet?"

Hanako looked at the message and she licked her lips.

"He says he is stationed in the Windy City." She spoke.

"Chicago?" Arashi asked and blinked before his thoughts began to wander.

Hanako noticed this and she cocked her head on one side.

"Master?" she said, "Are you alright?"

Arashi didn't answer yet he frowned and looked towards the window.

He then began to remember those years back when he along with Dr Arden had been determined to capture Tyroth and steal his blood that they had researched his family history and were able to locate his sister in Chicago.

When Amber (Or Jennifer as she was known) was found to be living there along with Erica and Richard who had been present, Dr Arden along with his scouts had kidnapped them and brought them to the Foot Headquarters and used against the Dragon.

It was an event where they had been successful at bringing Tyroth to them, yet it had been a near death experience for them when Tyroth had attacked them, and like before, they did not wish for a repeat of what had happened.

"Master?" Hanako asked concerned "Master Arashi?"

Arashi snapped out of his thoughts and looked towards Hanako.

"My Cherry." He said, "Chicago is a city that our dear Doctor visited years ago looking for the family of the Dragon."

Hanako's eyes widened.

"You serious?" she asked.

Arashi nodded.

"The sister of the Dragon, Jennifer, or Amber as she is now known, she lived in Chicago when we found her, and brought her here."

"Are you having feelings that maybe our enemies fled there?" Hanako asked.

"That I do not know." Arashi said "But I'm only acting on a hunch, and our friend Kodama is stationed in Chicago and is requesting an alliance, but for what, we need to find out!"

Hanako looked thoughtful.

"Well, my Master." She said, "If you leave it to me, I will find out!"

Arashi smirked again.

"Very well my love." He said licking Hanako's lips "Let us get you prepared."

Back in Mutopia, Raphael was sitting in his bed in the Medical Bay practising the hand gestures Alice had taught him earlier.

He was determined to learn American Sign Language, both because he wanted to communicate properly with his family and friends, and he believed it would help in the future whether he got his voice back or not to communicate in combat when they had to stay silent.

So far, he had learnt to say, hello, goodbye, how are you, and I am fine.

"One step at a time Raphael." Alice had said "You can't be expected to learn everything overnight."

Raphael knew the chinchilla was right and he had to be patient which he knew wasn't his best quality, but this time he had to be, if he was to heal and learn to communicate.

Alice had also assured him that she would teach American Sign Language to his family so they could understand him.

Alice also said she would visit Raphael each day to teach him more words and sentences to help him get by, and she said she would gather some books, and even websites and videos so he could study when he was still recovering.

Taking a break from signing, Raphael looked over to Monalisa and Donatello who still lay sleeping in their medical cots.

He reached over and took his mate's hand in his own.

"Monalisa." He thought as he looked at his lover's sleeping form "I don't know what to say to you…well, I cannot, so to speak…" he stroked his throat feeling the bandages upon them.

"I wish more than anything I could speak to you and bring you and Donnie back out of your deep slumbers; Pandora is suffering so much from grief and anger because of what happened at the Foot Headquarters! Both at the fact I can't talk, and because of you being in an induced coma."

He lowered his head.

"Oh babe." He thought as tears filled his eyes "Please wake up soon, both you and Don. I miss you so much! We all do!"

He squeezed Monalisa's hand again then looked over at Donatello.

"Please…come back soon!" he thought "Please…"

So Shredder is in a coma and put into a stasis pod to recover, if he ever does after his encounter with Tyroth, and Arashi and Hanako are continuing their business as usual.

But now, a Yakuza boss stationed in Chicago has requested an alliance and Hanako is to go and meet with him...dun, dun, dun!

Meanwhile Raphael is trying to get to grips with learning a new way of speaking, how will things go from here?