Splinter was watching Leo and Yuuki as they were doing their training.
"Falling Rain Kata," Leo said as they swung their weapons.
"The way of harmonizing oneself in action. This is the spirit of yardo," Splinter said as Leo and Yuuki put out some flames with their weapons. "The mind, body, spirit, and weapon, working in harmony. Balance is all." They take out more candles and Mikey watches from the couch.
"I love comics," Leo blinked from his interruption. "You wanna know why I love comics, Leo? I know you wanna know."
"Michelangelo, enough!" Splinter scolded. "Leonardo and Yuuki are training. You may join them as you seem to have too much free time on your hands."
Mikey cringes and looks over at Donnie who was talking to April. "Um, I think I hear Donnie calling me. Coming Donnie!"
Suddenly, the lair begins to shake.
"I think we're having an earthquake!" Donnie called out. A portal started to form as he rose from out of the pool in the center of the lair.
"Master Splinter, what's going on?" Leo questioned, as Donnie rushed in.
"We've seen that kind of energy before," he pointed out, and as soon as he did, the ultimate ninja emerged from the portal.
"Drako!" Splinter exclaimed.
"And the Daimyo's son," Leo finished. "This is what we've told you about, Master Splinter. They've merged somehow, combined together."
"All into one ugly package," Raph commented as he walked into the room, squinting his eyes from the bright light. Mona had rushed in along with him, after putting Elizabeth down for a nap when she heard the commotion as well.
"We told you we would return," the Ultimate ninja declared. "We told you we would have our revenge!"
"Revenge this, whack bag!" Raph yelled running to them, spinning his sais. The Ultimate ninja used the time scepter freezing Raph in midair as he jumped to kick. He grabbed Raph with his tail, throwing him into the pillar.
"As if you could simply fight us! We control time and space with Lord Simultaneous time scepter! We are unbeatable," the ultimate ninja declared.
"Someone quick!" Donnie called as everyone jumped at the ultimate ninja to stop him. "Grab the-" He shoots out another blast of energy freezing everyone.
"Now we will have our vengeance," Drako said. The Daimyo's son glared, looking at Leo.
"Leonardo, destroy him first!"
"No, we agreed. The rat first then the Daimyo, your father," Drako answered, looking at Splinter.
"Then Leonardo." The Daimyo's son replied.
"They will pay, all of them." Drako declared.
"Yes, all of them will learn the meaning of suffering across time and space!"
A bright blinding light engulfs Leo. Leo quickly wakes up.
"Drako!" He turns and sees as strange purple lizard in front of him, a tokage. "Drako?"
The creature stares at him for a moment before running off. Leo stands up and sees that he was in a hole and climbs out of it, to see a grassy field as he stood on the hill. "Master Splinter? Guys?" he asked, looking around. He hoped that they were doing okay, without him right now, especially Yuuki. Leo growled as he clenched his fists. If the Ultimate Ninja does anything to anyone, he is gonna...
No, right now, he need to keep calm. Find out his surroundings then focus on the Ultimate Ninja.
Then Leo noticed a couple of buildings within the distance.
"Okay, Drako appears in the lair then the lair goes away," he told himself. "or maybe, I went away. This looks like feudal Japan," Leo said as he looked at the buildings of a village in the distance. "I have to find the others. Drako could be-"
Suddenly, two horses stopped in front of Leo, nearly running him over. The riders were thrown off from their horses.
"Are you alright? You came out of nowhere and-" Leo asked, concerned.
"Ninja scum!" the cat swords-woman shouted, pulling out her sword. She had long black hair which was tied up in a white bow and brown eyes.
"What?" Leo asked, confused.
"You won't have him! I don't care how many ninja clans come!" she declared.
"Ninja clans? Have who?" Leo asked, still confused. "I think you should calm-"
"You will not live to see another sunrise! So swears, Tomoe Ame!" she exclaimed, charging at Leo.
"Stop!" he shouted, waving his hands. "I don't want to fight you!" Leo ducked and moved out of the way as the swords-woman swung her sword at him then Leo blocked the sword with his own.
"I'm not your enemy!" Leo insisted, pushing her back. She growled, coming closer to him as he backed away.
"Ninja deceit!" she yelled. Leo blocked her sword again the knocked it out of her hands. He sweeped his leg, tripping the swords-woman as he knocked her down. Her sword landed on the ground next her, just as she moved out of the way. Leo approached her as she stared up at him.
"Please, if you have any honor in you ninja, spare my lord. Take me instead." she begged.
"I'd like to think of myself as honorable and a ninja," Leo held his hand out to her. Tomoe Ame looks in surprise, before taking it, and Leo helped her up.
"Forgive me. I am shamed of my actions. I mistook you for-" she replied, ashamed. However, she stops when the two of them heard a groan.
"Huh?" Leo asked as they looked to see a small panda child, lying on the ground.
"Lord Noriyuki!" Tomoe Ame exclaimed, worried, rushing over to him. "My lord!"
"Who are you guys?" Leo questioned.
"He is Lord Noriyuki, head of the Geishu clan," she explained. "I am his retainer, Tomoe Ame."
"Wait," Leo answered, in realization. "you don't by any chance know a samurai named-"
Then the ground began to shake and soon the three were surrounded a group of large moles. Leo pulled out his weapon as the moles burrowed their way towards him. He blocked one's claws and jumped out of the way before the others surround him as they came out from the ground. Leo kicked one away as it jumped at him from the air. Tomoe Ame ran over to Noriyuki to defend him only to get attacked as well. She pushes one away, when another came out from the ground startling her, making her let go of Noriyuki. Leo jumps on top of one.
"What is going on here?!" Leo demanded. Tomoe Ame was knocked down to the ground as she tried to defend herself.
"The Mogura ninjas have come for Lord Noriyuki! We must protect him!" she called out, seeing an mole come towards her. She throws him off and sends him crashing into another behind her. Leo noticed that Noriyuki was surrounded by a few mole ninjas and jumped over to him, kicking two away. Tomoe Ame was surrounded by five ninjas as they dug around underneath her and she started to sink into the ground.
"Tomoe Ame, no!" Noriyuki shouted. Leo tried to dig her out, but there was no sign of her.
"No!" A mole's hand pops out at him and he jumps back in surprise. Three moles jump out from the ground, when from out of nowhere an arrow was fired and lands near them. Leo saw Usagi and Gen on horses as they rode towards them. Usagi yelled as he jumped off from his horse and rolled, knocking down two ninjas. He moved away another jumps at him and Usagi kicked him down. The ninja digs into the ground, escaping. Usagi turns to the other two mole ninjas with an angry look and they dug into the ground, escaping as well.
"Usagi!" Leo exclaimed in surprise.
"Welcome to my world, Leonardo-san," he greeted him with a bow. "Your presence is as fortuitous as they are mysterious." Gen walked over to Noriyuki. "Lord Noriyuki, am I please you are safe." Usagi told him as he put away his swords.
"Indeed, thanks to this kame ninja," Noriyuki replied, bowing to Leo.
"Usagi, what just happened here?" Leo asked, curious.
Gen spits to the ground. "Ninja treachery," he chuckled.
"Leonardo-san," Usagi explained. "Lord Noriyuki has been targeted for assassination by a rival, Lord Hebi. Hebi has decreed that whichever ninja clan eliminates Lord Noriyuki, will win his favor. The attacks have been relentless." he bends down to the burrowed dirt, examining it. "Only Tomoe Ame's skill and honor have saved her lord from the ninja. Tomoe Ame's sacrifice will not be in vain."Then turns to Leo. "Gen and I will escort Lord Noriyuki to the capital city of Edo. The shogun is expecting him and Hebi will not dare continue his attacks under the shogun's watchful eye. And on the way, you can tell us how you came to be here." He told Leo as he lead Noriyuki to his horse.
The sun was starting to set beside them as Usagi, Leo, Noriyuki and Gen rode the two horses on the mountain side.
"Then I woke up in that valley. The next thing I knew, I was fighting alongside Tomoe Ame against those Mogura ninja." Leo finished, as he explained his story to Usagi.
"Drako," Usagi sneered. "I had hoped we had seen the last of him."
"I have to find Master Splinter, my brothers, Yuuki,...and the Daimyo," Leo replied. "Drako and the Ultimate Ninja both want revenge against the Daimyo,...the Daimyo."
"Wait a minute!" Leo exclaimed in realization. "Usagi, the Daimyo's war staff can send me home."
"If I can get to the Battle Nexus, the Daimyo can open a doorway to my world. I think I can remember the chant the opens the doorway to the Nexus, but my brothers helped me with the symbols." he explained.
"I know the ritual," Usagi told him. "I will help you in anyway I can, as soon as Lord Noriyuki is under the shogun's protection."
Inside of a large fortress, Tomoe Ame was thrown to the ground in front of someone. In front of her was a large snake, coiled up. "The Geishu lord should be on his knees before me, not thisss girl."
"My lord," a cat ninja approached. "We had Noriyuki, but there was...interference."
"Usssagi," the snake hissed in realization.
"Show yourself, Hebi!" Tomoe Ame demanded. The snake began to slither his way towards her.
"You will be very uuuseful, Tomoe Ame." he began to wrap himself around Tomoe Ame's body. "Oh yesss, I know of you and that you are dear to your Lord Noriyuki. Your presence will deliver Noriyuki right to me, as well as Miyamoto Usagi," He snapped his head towards his aid. "Chizu!"
Another cat ninja appeared from the shadows. "My lord," she addressed him as she bowed.
"Your Neko ninjas will deliver a message to Miyamoto Usagi for me," Hebi demanded. "And if this ninja from the kame clan interferes, eliminate them."
Leo, Usagi, Gen and Noriyuki arrived at a cliff on their way to Edo. Leo looked over the edge to see a flowing river beneath him.
"This is the way to Edo?" he asked in disbelief.
"It's a shortcut," Gen explained.
"Your shortcuts with be the end of us, Gennosuke," Usagi commented. "Come, let us head back the way we came."
A group of neko ninja surrounded them from behind. Leo, Usagi and Gen pulled out their weapons.
"It's an ambush!" Leo shouted. Usagi charged forward and kicked away a ninja before locking swords with another one. Noriyuki ran away screaming as the ninjas began to attack everyone. Gen leaps and stabs his sword into the ground, causing the edge of the cliff to give away, bringing a couple of ninjas down with it, falling into the river.
"Whose idea was this, anyway?" Gen asked, as he fought. Usagi ducked from a sword.
"Yours!" he exclaimed, angrily. "You and your shortcuts!" Noriyuki looked in shock as Leo tried to defend him. Leo blocked the ninja's sword with his hand.
"Leonardo-san!" Noriyuki called out. Leo sees two ninjas approaching the child.
"Hold...on!" Leo said as he throws the ninja into the other two, knocking them down. Chizu watched from the cliff above.
"Order the ninja on the path to pull back and the archers to move forward." she told one of the ninjas, walking away. Usagi swings his leg, to kick a ninja, while Gen ducked from his attacker's swings. Gen headbutts him, knocking the ninja out. Suddenly, a horn was heard in the distance and the ninjas ran off.
"What is this?" Usagi asked, surprised.
"Cowards," Gen laughed. Leo watched with a skeptical look.
"I don't like this, guys," he called out. "Something's up."
From above, five ninjas aimed their bows and arrows at the group, ready to fire. Leo looked up, nervously.
"There's only one way out," Usagi explained, looking at the river below. "And it's somewhere wet."
The arrows fired as they tried to back away from them. "Wait, your joking!" Gen dismissed. "I hate waterrr!" he shouted as Usagi pushes him into the river, below, jumping after him. Leo dodges the arrows with his swords and picked up Noriyuki and jumped into the river, as well. They land in the water and followed after Usagi and Gen as arrows flew into the river. They gasped as they surface, heading towards the shore.
"We must keep moving," Usagi panted as he tried to catch his breath. "Those were Neko clan ninja, they will not give up so easily."
"Easily?" Gen questioned. A ninja fired an arrow at him. "You think that was-" Leo slices it and it lands near Gen's feet, with a note attached to it.
"Easy?" Gen finished, uneasy. Usagi takes it.
"Quickly, before we are followed!" he told them and they run off into the woods.
After they found a safe place to rest, Usagi opened the note, reading it. "Tomoe Ame is alive!" he explained. "She is to be executed for crimes against Lord Hebi."
"No!" Noriyuki shouted. "We must rescue her!"
"Lord Noriyuki, I may be a stranger in your world, but this is obviously a trap." Leo answered.
"Leonardo is correct," Usagi agreed. "Your safety is paramount. Tomoe Ame will tell you the same thing."
"I do not care!" he yelled in protest, standing up. "I am Lord of the Geishu clan. I am giving you an order. If you will not aid me, I will free her myself!"
He ran past Leo and Usagi, with a determined look, dead set on rescuing Tomoe Ame. Usagi turned to Leo. "Leonardo-san, your family needs you. I cannot ask you to-"
"Of course, I'll help you, Usagi," Leo told him. "What are friends for?"
Later that night, the group arrived at Hebi's fortress to find it heavily guarded.
"We should be in Edo," Gen commented. "There are too many. No samurai can fight his way through that." He spits. "Or get paid enough to try."
Leo stood up. "We might not have to," he murmured. "If we can't fight the ninja, maybe we can join them." The others look at him, confused, wondering what he meant.
Two Neko ninjas were on watch until they heard a bush rustle nearby. They went over to check it only for a Tokage lizard to run out of it, running away. The watched in confusion when Leo and Usagi grabbed them from behind, pulling them into the bush, beating them up until they were unconscious. Leo and Usagi stepped out of the bush, now wearing the two ninjas ninja outfit.
Leo sniffed as he waved his hand in front of his face in disgust. "Phew! I guess doing laundry isn't a Neko ninja skill," he commented.
"Hmm, ninja garb," Usagi said. "I feel cloaked in dishonor. We will speak of this to no one."
The two managed to sneak past the guards that were securing the out-rim of the fortress, unnoticed. They stopped by the corner of the castle to see several guards by the gate.
"Hebi's castle gate is too well guarded," Usagi told Leo. "What now?"
"More ninja treachery," Leo answered, pointing his thumb up.
The two began to scale up the wall.
Gen and Noriyuki were having dinner by the fire in the camp nearby in the woods. "So, uh, I don't suppose you're interested in a small wager on the outcome of this little adventure?" Gen suggested until hear heard something nearby.
"Do you hear that?" Then he was grabbed by a mole ninja from behind, taking him into the ground with it.
"Gennosuke!" Noriyuki exclaimed, but he was dragged into the ground, as well, captured.
Back in the castle, Usagi had managed to sneak into the prison until he spotted Tomoe Ame in a cell, tied up.
"Tomoe Ame," he murmured. A guard came up from behind him.
"Stop! Ninja scum, how dare you enter Lord Hebi's fortress?" he demanded, pointing his weapon at Usagi. Usagi pulled off his mask revealing himself.
"I am no ninja. I am samurai!" he shouted, turning towards the guard. Tomoe Ame looked up when she heard fighting outside her cell. The door was busted open when Usagi tossed the guard into it, breaking it. Usagi stepped into her cell, with his sword ready.
"Usagi!" she cried out in warning. "No! What are you doing here? Please tell me you didn't bring Lord Noriyuki here?"
"Your lord is safe, Tomoe Ame," he reassured her as he cut her free. "Please, hurry, we have little time." He helped her up and the two walked out of the cell only to be surrounded by more guards.
"Less time than you think, samurai," Usagi pulls out one of his swords, but a guard manages to grab Tomoe Ame, taking her hostage with his blade at her throat.
"Usagi!" she called out.
Usagi raised his hands in the air as he surrendered and the guards took his swords, pointing their weapons at him.
"Take this scum to Lord Hebi," one of the guards tied him up. "He will be quite pleased indeed." They took the two away, while Leo watched from the ceiling. He quietly followed after them.
Usagi and Tomoe Ame were brought into Hebi's throne room. But, they spotted Gen and Noriyuki there as well, tied up.
"My lord, no!" Tomoe Ame called as she and Usagi were pushed towards Hebi.
"Those with honor are so predictable," the snake commented. "So easily maneuvered, so...pathetic." Noriyuki stepped forward.
"Lord Hebi, it is me you want. Please, spare the others," he kneeled on the ground. "I beg you!"
Hebi made his way over towards Noriyuki, trapping him. "Silly child, with you gone, I will pillage you clan's land and all it's treasures," he slithers around him again. "It will be...beautiful." Just as he was about to finish off, Noriyuki, Leo jumped out from the shadows from the ceiling and lands on top of snake then jumps off landing in front of Noriyuki.
"It's guys like you that give us honorable reptiles a bad name!" Leo exclaimed as he pulled off his mask. Usagi pushes a guard off of him and Tomoe Ame. Gen bends down and pushes a guard, landing on him. He pressed his hands against the guard's sword, cutting off his restraints. Two guards ran towards Usagi and Tomoe Ame. Usagi turns and kicks at one and Tomoe Ame rolled out of the way. He reaches up and cuts off his restraints and disarmed the guard and cuts Tomoe Ame's restraints off, freeing her. As the guard blocks him, Usagi kicks one away and trips one. He throws their weapon towards Tomoe Ame and she takes it.
Hebi sits up and sees Leo in front of him. "The kame!" He spatted out. "You will pay for this affront!"
Leo pulled out his swords. "I hate to point this out, but you have no arms!" he retorted. "This isn't gonna be much of a fight." In a blink of an eye, Hebi encircled himself around Leo, wrapping himself around him then threw Leo into the wall.
"Note to self: Arms are overrated." Leo commented.
"You do not fight alone, Leonardo-san," Usagi told him as he turned to Hebi.
"Nor do I, ronin," Hebi answered as more guards appeared in the room, surrounding them. They charge at Usagi. Two Neko ninja attacked Tomoe Ame as she tried to fight them off. Usagi defends himself against one before kicking him into another, elbowing the ninja in the chest. Usagi takes their spear and pins the two ninjas to the wall. He takes his sword and cuts off their hair, making them faint.
Hebi hissed at a cornered Noriyuki as he advanced towards him. Leo jumped in front of him. Hebi slithers around and throws his podium at Leo and he blocked it with his sword before it knocked him to the ground. Leo quickly rolled out of the way before the snake slammed himself on top of Leo, breaking his podium. "As I said before, pathetic."
Gen cuts a guards weapon off before catching it with his foot. He throws it up to his horn and bends back, slamming it into two guards behind him. He charges at a guard, knocking him into the door. Tomoe Ame charges at a ninja who jumps out of the way. She is knocked back into the wall and quickly ducks as the ninja swung at her before grabbing her sword as they pinned her to the ground. She glances over at Noriyuki.
"Tomoe Ame!" he called out. She turned towards the ninja in front of her and manages to push him off of her and stands up. She knocks the weapon out of the ninja's hand and Usagi kicks him down. Another ninja throws throwing stars at Usagi and he blocks them with his sword. He turns and fights off a guard then throws his other sword into a ninja's sleeve, pinning him to the wall. Tomoe Ame sweeps the guard, knocking him down and stood back to back with Usagi.
Hebi slithered his way over to Leo, who jumped away from him. He uses his tail to wrap around Leo's leg and tries to bit him. But, Leo uses his other leg to kick him, making Hebi let him go. Hebi strikes again and grabbed Leo's sword with his mouth and disarmed him. Leo's sword slid over towards Noriyuki. Hebi pushes Leo up against the wall with his tail. Leo grabbed Hebi's mouth, struggling to push him away as he tried to bite him.
"Nice...breath." he commented.
"Leonardo!" Usagi shouted in alarm. Then Leo's sword was held against Hebi's neck, making him back off. He backed away to see Noriyuki, holding Leo's blade.
"What?!"
"I will not stand by and watch you hurt my friends, Hebi!" he declared. "Look around you, villian! You are defeated!"
A guard was trying to crawl away but Gen stepped onto of him, knocking him back down to the floor. Hebi laughed.
"You think me defeated? Even if you make it out of the fortress, you are surrounded by hundreds of my ninja," he stated. The others look to see more ninjas coming into the room. "Besides, I will decide who is defeated!" He laughs evilly but stops when he hears a horn blowing from outside.
"Do you hear that, Hebi?" Noriyuki questioned, with a smug look. "It sounds as if the Shogun wishes to speak with you." He and Leo moved away from the window as Hebi slithered over to it.
"What? No!" He sees the Shogun's army marching into his fortress overrunning his own. "The Shogun's army? No, no!" The ninjas in the room began to run away. "Stop, come back and fight!" Hebi snarled as he turned to Noriyuki. "Noriyuki, the tables may have turned, but you will not be leaving here alive!" He hissed as he lunged at him, only to be kicked out of the way by Leo.
"Thisss is not over, Noriyuki!" he declared as he opened the door with his tail, escaping. Leo was about to chase after him but Usagi stopped him.
"Let him go, Leonardo. With the Shogun's army outside, there is nowhere he can hide."
Tomoe Ame ran over to Noriyuki. "My lord! I thought I'd never see you again!"
"If you were to thank anyone, Tomoe Ame, then thank Usagi, Gen, and Leonardo. For it were not them, the Geishu clan would be destroyed." He told her and he bows to Leo. Usagi and Tomoe Ame bow to him as well. Leo smiled sheepishly as he rub his head.
"You are an honorable warrior, Leonardo-san," Noriyuki adds. "I am forever in your debt."
"Thank you, friend," Leo tells him and bowed back to them.
"I'm done with adventures for today," Gen complained. "I need food!" He walked away while the others smiled in amusement. Usagi turns to Leo.
"And now Leonardo, there is the matter of your predicament."
The next morning, Usagi was drawing the strange symbols on a large stone. He and Leo had both discarded their Neko ninja outfits. Usagi finishes up the drawing and stepped back and began chanting with Leo as well. The portal to the Battle Nexus opens up in front of them.
"I can't ask you to come with me, Usagi," Leo tells him, who holds up his hand. Usagi smiled.
"You do not have to ask, my friend. I am going with you. As you say, what are friends for?"
Leo smiles back at him and the two jump into the portal.
Here's to summarize where the girls went to in their alternate universes:
Yuuki's World: Both of Yuuki's parents are alive, but no turtles, and Yoshi never left Japan.
Mona's World: A nicer Bishop and Mona relationship.
Venus' World: Chung I is alive, and Planet Turtleoid has not been destroyed and no war with the Triceratons.
Alopex's World: In an alternate universe, with the 1980's turtles where her counterpart, who goes by the name Ninjara, who is in a relationship with Raph, instead of Mikey.
Donna's World: The Owl House!