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Reprieving in New York City

The lights on Fire and Icing went out as the sign now read closed. Fire now lit the candles as the foot Clan huffed and sat around. "Bad news everyone's got a nasty stomach bug floating around so we're scoutless for the time being." Rocksteady warned.

"Forget that," Lieutenant. "We've got worse problems, that must have been the Karai that Master Shredder alluded too. And if she's the one that defeated and sealed him away five hundred years ago, then the Turtles will be more dangerous!"

"Let's just go back and reopen the seal!" Rocksteady stated. "Get them before they get us!"

"That little twerp angered the Shredder's soul with that little stunt of his. So right now, it's too dangerous to go back in there."

"Plus, the boss had to charge up a lot of power to open the portal in the first place. So we're waiting before doing that again." Bebop added.

"You guys are going to have intensify your training and theirs once they fully recover." Brute warned.

"Hai Senseis!" Rocksteady, Bebop and Recruit all answered together.

"I will plot the clan's next move, Bebop, fetch me some peanut butter….the smoooooth stuff oh, oh but smash up some peanuts and sprinkle them in will you?"

Bebop in response to that made choked sounds of confusion before sighing and getting right on that.

"And while you're at it bring me a hot dog!" Brute added.

"You want I should put mustard on it?" Bebop asked sourly.

"It's not gonna put mustard on itself," Brute pointed out.

"True…." Bebop replied hanging his head.

X X X

They had placed the woman on the med bay bed. They also put an ice pack on her head to help with her fever, even taking off her cloak to help. "We're back!" Krysta suddenly said rushing in a portal with Splinter who set himself up with a Mortar and Pestle and began grinding one of the first herbs they had gotten from both Witch Town and Donnie's green house.

"Why not give her Tylenol?" Mikey asked, tilting his head in confusion as Klunk sat near him, her tail swishing anxiously.

"She's from five hundred years ago when that wasn't even a thing. Ignoring that it might be way too strong for her, we don't how, she'll react to it." Tiger Claw explained.

"Tiger Claw's right we don't want her poisoned." Leo added.

"This will be more helpful anyway." Splinter said finishing the concoction and going over to help her drink. Once she finished the woman stirred but seemed a lot more comfortable. It was then that Splinter gasped upon seeing the Hamato Clan symbol on a sash around her waist.

"Hey she's waking up." Klunk whispered jumping on top of Raph with Mayhem doing the same and Shelldon flying up as they gathered around her. Splinter immediately spoke as she looked frightened at first.

"Rest, you are safe." He said getting her attention and calming her as she turned to sit up. "This is the home of Hamato Yoshi."

"Who?" Leo asked, poking his head in.

"That is me….you, dum dum," Splinter growled.

"Hamato Yoshi?" The Woman asked blinking. "I am Hamato Karai."

"Karai?!" Tiger Claw, Shelldon, Klunk, Mikey and Splinter gasped together.

"My, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Gasssssssssspppppp,"

"Just say Ancestor Geeze!" Tiger Claw groaned as Splinter went on.

"Great, Great, Great, Great-Grandma!?" He finished finally.

"But that makes her our ancestor!" Mikey muttered.

"She really is over Five Hundred years old!" Krysta gasped in awe.

"Hey so Gram-Gram?" Leo asked. "It is Gram-Gram, right? We were trying to fix a seal and didn't expect to find a you."

"I am the seal, specifically the Key to the seal." Karai explained.

"GASSSP! You turned yourself in to a sword to act as a key to the seal! How'd you manage that!? How powerful are you can you- "Mikey started barraging when Karai covered his mouth.

"Please I have just endured five hundred years of misery." She groaned she held her head looking a bit pale as Carol passed her some water.

"This will help." Carol said softly.

"Thank you." Karai replied as she took a drink before placing it beside her on the table. "Many Generations ago, Oroku Saki was the leader of a Peaceful Clan called the foot. For years our clan prospered. But there was a great Darkness on the Horizon. The Foot Were attacked! And driven to the brink of destruction!" Karai explained her voice laced with sorrow. "When all hoped seemed lost, Oroku Saki made a deal with a powerful Oni!" she sobbed. "This demon offered him a suit of Dark Armor. That would make him invincible. But it came at a cost. The Armor corrupted his soul giving birth to the Shredder! Who led the Foot Down a path of Evil. I had no choice but to rise up, against him. Starting a Clan of my own The Hamato. No Mortal Weapon could defeat the Shredder, so I resolved to make the Ultimate Sacrifice, taking Shredder and myself to the Twilight Realm." She finished wiping her eyes and taking a shaky breath holding her head, her face wracked with agony. "It was the only way to stop….my father…"

"Hold on…. Shredder is your DAD!?" Leo gasped as he and his brothers stared in shock.

"But that makes them, descendants of the Shredder!" Krysta cried.

"Of Oroku Saki….that Monster is not my father. Just another demon wearing his skin." Karai growled.

"Well, it's a good thing Mikey came in clutch and locked that monster back up for good with his Mad Mystic skills!" Leo declared, putting his arm around Mikey's shoulder.

"Yeah…." Mikey groaned a little nervously. "But a good seal key toys do not make. At most I've only managed to buy us a few more weeks."

"Well that's more than enough time to get a better replacement put together." Tiger Claw assured.

"And besides you have all been trained in the Traditional Hamato Ninpo." Karai added.

Splinter started sweating profusely. Eyes wide as dinner plates.

"Hiccup!" Raph yelped another Raph appeared. He kept hiccupping over and over as more and more copies began to fill the room.

"Lightbulb!" Donnie shouted his eyes glowing purple as he began to write ideas that took shape above him babbling about how the items he would make would work and function. Leo yelped, falling into a portal that suddenly opened under him. Then another one opened above that one as he began to fall between two of them. Mikey screamed on fire running around until Krysta put him out. She kept having to repeat the process because the fire would not stop coming back. The lair was very full of hiccupping Raph's now.

Karai gasped in horror turning to Splinter who laughed nervously. "YOU HAVEN'T TRAINED THEM!? Why, how have their powers gone so wild!?" she cried.

"It's a whole….situation….So long story short a Jackass named Draxum helped the Foot gather the Dark Armor and revive Shredder. They then tried to-"

"Wait?! Shredder!?" she asked as Tiger Claw, Carol and Sheldon helped everyone get their powers back under what little control they could as Karai's eyes widened in horror. "Shredder was revived!? Oh no, I must see the state of this village!" she gasped rushing out of the Lair.

"Wait!" April called rushing after her Tiger Claw and Splinter on her heels.

"Karai-Sama wait, you don't know what to expect!" Tiger Claw shouted as Karai quickly found her way out and ran out into the street she stared in absolute Shock and horror seeing the cars, the skyscrapers that towered all around her the noise the lights, she began screaming as she couldn't process it Tiger Claw quickly grabbing her and pulling her back while she continued as a few people stared.

"So…..someone gonna call the cops about that?" asked one of the bystanders.

X X X

Karai was using a paper bag to regulate her breathing as Mikey held her hand. "It's Okay Gram-Gram they're just buildings they only look like scary sky eating pillars." He assured as Carol rubbed her back Tiger Claw unsure of what to do merely pat her head.

"Uhh, there, there…." He muttered awkwardly.

"Do you think we've kind of ruined everything?" April asked.

"I don't know but I'm frustrated, and I made this to vent." Krysta replied showing a meme she had made on her phone. That read 'Local Goat Ass ruins everything.'

"Respect!" Leo said liking the Meme. Karai soon took slow deep breaths.

"Tell me what happened….." she muttered. From there everyone took turns relaying the events of a year ago. Each one gave their account when they had more info than the other. Mikey struggled with telling about his abusive childhood with Draxum and the Foot Clan coming after him. But he managed.

"So yeah, the Foot tried to use Mikey, as a sacrifice but Leo used his Mystic Powers to get him out. Raph and Donnie helped pull him out. There was some kind of light show, they got black wrappings. I Think there was a lot of Fog and we just barely beat Shredder by cutting his soul off from the armor. But a few months later their powers started going out of control." Krysta finished.

"So….that is what happened. I sensed something begin to allow the Shredder to chip away at my seal. I tried to keep it together. But you all saw what happened…." She muttered. "As long as I was in the Twilight Realm the Shredder would never reach full strength. But with even a slight amount Hamato essence he has begun to gather more strength enough to do just that. And if he absorbs more. Then he will be unstoppable."

"So, like Krysta's meme said. Draxum kind of ruined everything." Raph muttered.

"Yes….he did…." Karai bitterly muttered.

"We're sorry Gram-Gram we really tried to train our powers and get them back completely under our control honest! But nothing has stuck for very long." Raph sighed sadly.

"Because despite being very similar, Hamato Ninpo are not Mystic Powers. It is a magic unique to the Hamato Clan."

"Karai, I Have failed to prepare my sons for this eventuality I humbly ask you to teach them how to defeat the Shredder and harness their Ninpo." Splinter begged bowing to her.

"I will, but first I must rest!" Karai replied as Splinter jumped up.

"EVERYBODY OUT!" he shouted. The Boys made noises of protest.

"But I want to get to know Gram-Gram more!" Mikey whined.

"No! Gram-Gram needs her Quiet! Sit silently in your rooms!" Splinter said gathering everyone up running around throwing the boys into their rooms and Shelldon into the Lab all yelping in response before rushing over to the front door carrying Mayhem, April, Carol, Tiger Claw and Krysta.

"And you five don't live here!" he shouted, throwing them out the door with a yelp and shutting it. He saw that Karai had seen all that and laughed nervously.

"Sorry," he said with a sheepish grin.

"It's alright, I am excited to meet my family." Karai said as Klunk stealthily slipped under Splinter's radar and sat on her lap with out either noticing. "Though I was not excepting you to be four Turtles and a Rat. This Draxum has great power." She added surprised.

Splinter nodded. "Terrible, but great." He admitted.

X X X

Klunk and Karai had fallen asleep together. Klunk was purring in her sleep Donnie had managed to sneak in and behind the recliner they were in. "Ah, Ah, A SNEEZE!" he shouted making the two snapped awake Klunk yelped and turned into a Rock falling onto the floor a couple feet ahead of Karai.

"Oh, I'm so sorry did I wake you?" he asked with a false innocence. Klunk gave him a slight glare shaking herself out as she jumped back into Karai's lap. "Well now that you're up may interest you in a full Tea Set?" he asked as Shelldon buzzed past her frightening Karai a little.

"What Dark Magic is this!?" she gasped.

"Not Magic it's my tech." Donnie explained.

"Don't worry Shelldon's friendly." Klunk assured Karai looked down surprised to see Klunk Talking but gave her a head pat that she purred too.

"Yup, Milk, Honey, cream, sugar, Lemon got it all Gram-Gram!" Shelldon boasted pouring her a cup of Tea, as Karai took the cup from his platter.

"Oh, Brilliant!" Karai declared impressed.

Donnie sighed happily holding his face in joy smiling brightly. "Yes, Parental Figure praise is the absolute best kind!" he sighed joyfully.

"HEY!" Leo shouted landing right on top of Donnie with expert precision as Klunk and Shelldon looked over shocked. "Gram-Gram needs her sleep!" he declared with a glare before smiling and going over to her with his Ipad. "And to help her I shall read from my Children's book I love Gram-Gram and Gram-Gram loves me." He said swiping up to the beginning.

Donnie, however, responded by grabbing him and pulling him away with his mech arms and glaring at him as Leo struggled. Raph was suddenly in front of Karai, doing one handed pushups. "Oh hey Gram-Gram how can a Big guy like me be so nimble you ask? Classic Hamato dedication."

"I was here first!" Donnie snapped as Leo and Raph jumped him.

"I haven't met outside family before!" Leo whined at them.

"None of us have!" Raph snapped back as they began to fight in a dust cloud. Karai merely sipped her tea with an arched eyebrow.

"Shelldon is it Tuesday today?" Klunk asked.

"Yup," Shelldon replied.

"That's what I thought." Klunk sighed.

"Hey Gram-Gram?" Mikey asked shyly coming over. "I made you a family portrait." He said, giving it to her. It had Mikey holding Klunk at the bottom with Karai in the middle Splinter was beside them smiling. Tiger Claw had a smaller smile off to the side With Raph smiling above them Franken foot had an eye smile next to him. With Mayhem at the top of April's head doing the peace sign Carol was smiling warmly next to her. Krysta was winking with a grin doing a thumbs up near Leo who had his signature grin on his face. Shelldon was above Donnie both looking grumpy. "I think it really captures our togetherness as a family!" he said seeing the other three turtles start trying to beat each other up for a minute and look over.

Karai smiled warmly at him. "BOYS!" Splinter shouted rushing forward scaring Klunk away as he knocked Mikey out of the way and made Shelldon fly up. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" he shrieked before bowing over and over to Karai. "I am so sorry Gram-Gram! My sons were never taught Traditional Hamato discipline."

"But you have taught them many other things." Karai assured giving her empty cup to Shelldon. Who put the Tea set away and went over to the boys and Klunk who gathered nervously around Splinter. "Like the importance of Family. From where I sit Yoshi you have made the Clan proud." she said warmly.

Everyone's eyes glistened with big smiles upon hearing this, especially Splinter's. "Thank you!" he said gratefully. "So, you think we have a chance should the Shredder return?" he asked.

"Yes," she replied folding up Mikey's picture carefully and placing it in her cloak that was nearby. "With Hamato Ninpo. She said harnessing power in a bright emerald light that allowed Ninja's with the insignia to appear as everyone gasped in awe. "Our Family's ancient technique that connects us to past generations." She said.

Her eyes shone as she spoke sadly. "It gave me the strength to defeat the Shredder all those years ago." She said focusing the power in her hand. "As long as there are Hamato. There is hope." She said making a blade of light on her hand.

"Oooooooohhhh!" everyone muttered. She groaned still too weak from her time as the Shredder's seal.

"Can you really teach us how to control our Ninpo again?!" Raph asked.

"Yes, I promise once I have rested more. From my understanding your Ninpo was fully unlocked too soon and without proper training. That is why it has gone wild."

Mikey felt a twinge of anxiety in his heart he had a different problem from his brothers. Something he had left out. The corruption of his power. How could he tell her that he had given into his worst urges and allowed his powers to end up this way. If anyone had failed the Clan it was him….

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