Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Sailor Moon: When Worlds Collide

Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Sailor Moon Crossover is a made-for-television crossover film based on a Fanfiction story by frieemblespider

Plot
"I am most disappointed in you Amazon Trio!" a insect like old-woman screamed at a trio of strange looking people.

"But Master Zirconia...," a tall, long haired blond man begged.

"Don't interrupt me when I am speaking, Tiger's Eye." Zirconia shouted before he had time to finish. Tiger's Eye took a step backwards in fright. "Now as I was saying," Zirconia continued, "You three have had chance after chance without a single plan succeeding in capturing Pegasus"

"It's not our fault!" said a slender, effeminate man with pale blue and green hair. "It's those annoying Sailor Senshi! There the one's always foiling our plans!" the man continued.

"They shouldn't have been a problem, Fisheye!" The insect shouted. She stood up upon her elephant shaped throne. "You should have destroyed them utterly by now..." She would have continued but she was interrupted by the third person.

"And we will." a tall man with bright, wild pink hair spoke. "I've come up with a great plan that will destroy those pestering Sailor Senshi once and for all." the man continued with confidence.

"Oh, and how will this plan fare better than all of your previous ones, Hawk's Eye?" Zirconia asked. The Amazon Trio had been after Pegasus for some time now, each of them with plans of their own. Never once have their plans succeeded. As anyone could tell, Zirconia was sceptical.

"Because I've come up with a plan so grand those Sailors won't stand a chance." Hawk's Eye said.

"I certainly hope so, I don't want to see you idiots come up empty handed again!" the insect woman yelled.

The trio, bummed out at their lack of success, decided to drown their sorrows in what appeared to be some kind of bar. Each of them were sitting on a stool with a glass in front of them.

"I can't believe you!" Tiger's Eye snarled as he lifted his glass. "How could you tell Master Zirconia you have a plan? Now we'll all get hammered when you fail." he continued.

"It won't fail, trust me." Hawk's Eye explained for the hundredth time.

"You keep telling us you have this great plan, but you haven't even told us what it is." Fisheye pointed out.

"If I wanted you two to know, I would have told you by now." Hawk's Eye said, with a cocky smile. "Don't worry, when my plan works I'll be the one to capture Pegasus." he finished.

"Yeah, and take all the glory for yourself." Tiger's Eye shouted standing up rather quickly. Hawk's Eye did the same, but slower and stared at his taller ally.

"Well then, perhaps a contest then." Hawk's Eye said calmly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"A contest?" Fisheye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, you two against me. Who will destroy the Sailor Senshi first?" Hawk's Eye asked as he turned to Fisheye.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're that confident you'll win, huh?" Tiger's Eye shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I am." Hawk's Eye stated with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, your on!" Tiger's Eye said as he put out his hand to shake on it. Hawk's Eye took his hand and they shook. It was a rather angry shake. Both of them meaning the other ill will. Finally, they released.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I'd best be going. I have a lot to do." Hawk's Eye said as he walked out of the bar.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Do you think his plan will work?" Fisheye asked as Tiger's Eye retook his seat.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If it's anything like his other plans, we might as well tie the noose ourselves." Tiger's Eye commented as he took a drink from his glass.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, I can't figure it out." A blond girl moaned. This girl's hair was most unique. It was two pigtails of hair that hung down from the two spherical buns. She also sported a blue jacket, left unzipped to reveal a pink t-shirt. She wore tan jean shorts.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, Usagi, if you spent more time studying last night then reading Manga you wouldn't be so lost." a little girl with bright pink hair said. She had a similar hair style to Usagi's, however rather then a spherical design for her buns, her hair stood up to almost resemble rabbit's ears. Strangely enough she also sported the same outfit.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I wasn't reading them all night, Chibiusa!" Usagi snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Usagi, you need to take this more seriously!" A girl with long black hair snapped back. She was wearing a long sleeve blue shirt and blue jeans.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, Usagi, remember how low your marks were last test." Another girl sitting next to her spoke. This girl had brown hair in a ponytail. This made Usagi's heart sink. Usagi wasn't known for her high marks. Not like Ami, the azure haired girl sitting next to her. Ami would always be the one with the highest marks in any of her classes. It's been said, for every bit as Ami was smart, Usagi was klutzy. She knew it too.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How could I forget?" she finally moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, Usagi, I got low marks too." Another girl with long blond hair said with a smile. Her hair was tied in the back with a large red bow and she wore a orange jacket with green shorts. Her name was Mina and she wasn't exactly known for her smarts either. Not that she all that much cared.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's not exactly something to brag about, Mina." the raven haired girl snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Rei, give Usagi a break." Mina said with a smile. Rei would often give Usagi grief when it came to her grades. Or anything else for that matter.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Here's how you do it Usagi." The azul haired girl spoke, showing her how to find the answer to her problem. That's what Usagi admired most about Ami, no matter how smart she was, she was never snobbish about it. In fact, half the reason why Usagi would even past her classes was because of Ami tutoring her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks, Ami." Usagi said with gratitude, "who knew Algebra could be so hard?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's not that hard once you get the hang of it." The girl with the pony tail said smiling. Makoto would often give words of encouragement to Usagi. She wasn't as smart as Ami, but she still tried hard.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto's right, you can figure it out, you just have to try." Ami said with a smile, showing Usagi how to solve another problem.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Problem is she gives up before she tries." Chibiusa commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I do not!" Usagi snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, the sooner we get through this homework, the sooner we can have some real fun." Mina explained with a smile. "And the sooner we can see that really cute guy we saw the other day." she said with love in her eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're telling me, he was a real dream boat!" Makoto stated, drifting off into her fantasy land. Mina and Makoto had a least one thing in common, they were both crazy about boys and would often fantasize what their dream guy would look like. Which more times then not, have gotten them into trouble.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Problem is we'll never get out of this study group unless we ditch Usagi." Rei commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Why do you have to be so mean, Rei?" Usagi snapped at her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, work faster!" Rei snapped back. They then stuck their tongues at one another. Something that the others have grown to expect.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Here we go again." Makoto stated, coming back to reality.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We could be here a while." Ami commented, turning to the next page of their homework.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Meanwhile, in the dark, dank sewers of New York City a cry can be heard.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yah-hoo!" A voice screamed in the darkness. A strange blue-green turtle wearing a orange bandanna was sliding down the sewer pipe on a skateboard. Following close behind him was another turtle, but this turtle had a much greener skin and was sporting a red bandanna.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yea-Haw!" the red turtle shouted doing a kick flip on his board. The first turtle then tipped his board forward and started to ride his front wheels. He ended his trick after a few seconds and looked to his left to see the other turtle, now beside him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, Raph, race you home!" the first turtle smirked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh you are so going down Mikey!" Raph said all too quickly, as if he was waiting for Mikey to say something. They came upon a fork in the pipes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"See you at home, loser!" Mikey shouted as he took the left fork and Raph took the right. Mikey flew down the pipe with incredible speed. Leaping over a huge ditch and then again over a huge river of filth. He then came to a huge staircase with a metal rail. He grinded the metal railing all the way down to the floor below. He then kick flipped his way to the secret entrance to their home.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Looking around, he saw no sign of Raph. This pleased Michelangelo, or as his brothers usually called him Mikey. "Yeah, I win!" He exclaimed. "Oh, yeah. I'm the best!" He repeated, pulling a pipe on the wall, which then opened to reveal a secret room. "I'm the best! I'm the ..." Mikey was then silenced by the sight of his brother,

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael or Raph as he was often called, who was inside. "What kept you, slow poke?" he taunted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey then walked into the room, disappointed that he had lost. But he kept his spirits up, "You know, you're lucky I'm off my game. Because if I was having a good day, I would have smoked you." he explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, right." Raph sneered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Smoked you... like I did in the ..." Mikey waited to see Raph's reaction, and he wasn't disappointed. Raph knew what he was about to say, and he didn't like it one bit.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't say it! Don't you dare say it!" Raph warned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Battle Nexus Championship!" Mikey shouted with a huge satisfied smile on his face.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I got your battle, Mikey! Right here!" Raph growled as he tackled his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">From across the room, another turtle, with a purple bandanna, was tinkering with a strange looking device... Or at least he was. Now he couldn't concentrate. He looked across the room to see Mikey and Raph, fighting with one another. The turtle gave a sigh, "Looks like Raph and Mikey are back." the turtle said looking behind him, to another turtle wearing a blue bandanna.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This turtle carried in each of his hands a blade and was surrounded by lite candles. He swung his sword putting out each of the candles with just the speed of his swing.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What gave them away?" He commented swinging his sword again. "The lack of peace and quiet."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This one's name was Leonardo, but his brothers refer to him as Leo, and the other one was his brother Donatello, but they usually call him Don or Donny. They were the more tranquil brothers compared to Raph's rage and Mikey's lively personality.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ow." Mikey moaned as Raph flicked him in the forehead.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph then got up and walked towards the sofa in front of the television set. Which had multiple T.V sets stacked on top of one another and fed through the same connections. Donatello, as was usually the case, had spent hours setting it up for Mikey to watch every chanel he wanted at once.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're just mad cause you know it's true." Mikey stated. He then looked to see a pillow hit his face. "Hey!" he shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Would you two knock it off?" Leo asked with an angry tone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Tell him that." Raph answered like it wasn't his fault. Mikey and Raph would often butt heads like this. It only got worse when Mikey defeated Raph in the Battle Nexus Tournament. A tournament held once every three years that pit warriors across the multiverse against one-another. Mikey also happened to be the current reigning champion, much to his brother's surprise and dismay.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph picked up the T.V remote and turned it on to a wrestling channel. "I hate that there is nothing to do." Raph complained, "Ever since we took care of that Tengu Shredder. Things have been quiet and it ticks me off." he continued, putting down the remote. "Even the Purple Dragons aren't as big as they use to be." he finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The recent events had taken the turtles halfway across the world and back facing a demon. To all four of them, it was certainly the weirdest thing they had ever encountered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If you ask me, all this peace and quiet is well deserved." Don stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey snuck over to the sofa and grabbed the remote without Raph noticing. He then pressed the button to change the channel. The T.V then exploded with a flash of light, knocking both Raph and Mikey backwards. The light filled the entire room with intensity.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey, what did you do?" Raph shouted, covering his eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I haven't done anything!" Mikey spoke with innocence shielding his eyes from the light.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donny, what's going on?" Leo shouted, covering his eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I have no idea." Don replied as he did the same. The light suddenly stopped shining after a few seconds.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo opened his eyes, "What the shell was that all about?" he asked. He looked to see his brother's still in one piece.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys" he heard Mikey speak, but he sounded terrified. "Tell me I'm not seeing what I'm seeing." Mikey begged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">They all looked at the T.V screens to see a sign of what looked like a claw of some creature. The turtle knew this insignia well.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's... That's..." Before Don could finish, Leo finally spoke as if he knew Don couldn't finish the sentence, "The insignia of the Shredder."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder? What's he doing on our T.V?" Raph growled. Leo noticed there were also Kenji symbols.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I thought we finally got rid of that guy." Mikey moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You can always count on the Shredder to come back from the dead." Raph replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, look at the writing." Leo pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don got closer to the T.V cautiously and started to read the Kenji out loud, "Witness my resurrection at the place where it all began, there my revenge will be fulfilled."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's pretty obvious what he's talking about, he wants us to go to Japan." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That would make sense," Don started, "after all, the Tengu Shredder first appeared in Japan, then you had the Utrom Shredder who crash landed in Japan and then of course Karai, who was born in Japan." Don explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">They had had countless battles with the Shredder, but sometimes the helmet hid a different adversary. "And that this message is written in Japanese." he finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I say we head straight for Japan and bury the Shredder once and for all." Raph suggested, cracking his knuckles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, we don't even know where to start looking." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Who cares?" Raph shouted, "We go there and we kick some shell!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, we should wait for Master Splinter. Besides, do you know how long it will take us to get to Japan?" Leo explained with irritation at his brother's lack of cooperation.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's why we gotta leave now! Master Splinter ain't back visiting the Ultimate Domyo yet, and he ain't exactly in the phone book." Raph stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph!" Leo shouted in anger.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, you may be afraid to fight without Master Splinter, but not me!" Raph said, heading towards the exit.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, wait!" Leo shouted. Raph didn't listen and kept going. Soon he was out of sight. "That hot-head." Leo sighed to his brothers. Despite being tranquil, Leonardo would often butt heads with his hot-tempered brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph had made his way to the docks. He kept to the shadows to avoid being spotted. After all, it be hard to explain what a 5' 6" turtle is doing in New York City. As had been the case since he was very young. Raph snuck behind several crates that were to be loaded on to a ship, when he heard a noise coming from behind him. He quickly drew out his sai, a dagger with two-curved prongs.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You need to work on your stealth." a voice commented. Raph could see his brothers, coming from the darkness behind him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He knew that it was Leo's voice that he heard, not from the voice itself, but the comment.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, Godzilla's stealthier than you are, Raph." Mikey chuckled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, look who decided to show up?" Raph spoke, putting his weapon away.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You didn't exactly pack the essentials." Don explained pointing to a large bag wrapped around him. Raph noticed that all of them had one.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It could takes us a few weeks to reach Japan." Don said as he went out of hiding when it was clear. Leo followed close behind.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Last one on board is a rotten turtle." Mikey taunted, following Leo. Raph rolled his eyes, and followed Mikey as close as he could. The brothers then snuck aboard the cargo ship and prepared for their long journey.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Amazon Trio!" Zirconia shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, Master Zirconia." the trio answered as they stood before her throne.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't understand it! How could you let the Sailor Senshi defeat you time after time?" she continued to shout. "Hawk's Eye, I thought you had a plan." she finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And I do, but it's taking a bit longer than I expected." Hawk's Eye explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm getting tired of waiting Hawk's Eye, you had best implement your plan soon, or I will find someone who will! Now get moving!" she shrieked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that was a huge failure, wasn't it?" Tiger's Eye stated, directing his attention to Hawk's Eye, who sat in the stool next to him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are you talking about?" Hawk's Eye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I haven't failed anything, my plan is just taking longer than I expected." he explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Admit it, it was all just a bluff!" Tiger's Eye shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It was not a bluff, I have a perfectly good plan." Hawk's Eye shouted back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If it's so great, why is it taking so long?" Tiger's Eye demanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'll explain later." Hawk's Eye said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You keep saying that, but we see and hear nothing." Tiger's Eye shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Humph..." Hawk's Eye then stood up and spoke, "Well, don't worry about it. I'll soon have captured Pegasus, and I'll make you eat those words."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's the big emergency, Luna?" Makoto asked. The six girls were standing in front of a temple. The Hikawa Shrine, where Rei usually works with her grandfather. They were conversing to a black cat and a white cat. Both of them had unusual crescent moon symbols on their foreheads. The black cat was Luna and the white one Artemis and they had been allies and guides to the girls for a long time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's not so much as an emergency. More of a concern." the black cat spoke.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you mean?" Ami asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We believe our enemy is planning something big." the white cat explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Artemis and I have discussed this at length and we believe our enemy is plotting something horrible." Luna explained. Their recent enemies had all tried to capture beautiful dreams. Why and for what purpose, they did not know. But everytime someone was attacked, the Sailor Senshi were there to stop it. Unbeknowst to few people outside this group, all six girls were the Sailor Senshi.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You never discussed anything with me." Usagi moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I tried, Usagi, but someone couldn't keep their eyes open long enough to have a decent conversation with." Luna complained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This made Chibiusa giggle, "Yep, that's Usagi." she commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I was tired... I worked hard." Usagi moaned again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Scarfing down dumplings like that is not work." Chibiusa snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shut up you little twirp!" Usagi snapped back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, you guys, let's not fight." Ami begged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, this is important." Mina said, knowing what could be at stake. "So, why do you think they're up to something?" She asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, it's been a couple weeks since anything strange has happened." Artemis pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If you ask me, not long enough." Makoto commented in anger. She had recently been the victim of a cruel trick by their enemy. A cruel trick in which she believed to have found the man of her dreams.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you think their planning?" Rei asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We wish we knew more, but it's unlikely our enemies are just going to give up." Luna answered. "All we know is that we need the Sailor Senshi to be ready." she finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, Luna, we can handle anything that comes our way." Usagi said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's the spirit, Usagi." Makoto replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I sure hope you two are right, because I'm getting some bad vibes all around us." Rei commented. "Something really bad is going to happen ... and soon." She finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">That night, as Chibiusa climbed into bed, she stared into a pink crystal ball by her bedside. "Pegasus." she called to it, as if it were alive. Then, just like magic, a horse with a golden horn on it's head and large wings appeared inside the crystal ball.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it, Chibiusa?" the horse asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Pegasus, everyone is worried about our enemy. They haven't attack anybody in weeks." Chibiusa explained, "Everyone thinks they're planning something. Do you know what they're up to?" she asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm sorry, Chibiusa. I wish I knew myself." Pegasus explained looking toward the young girl. "But there is a dark force gathering here, and it is very powerful." he continued, with concern in his voice.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This much Chibiusa was able to depect. "Do you think we can beat it?" Chibiusa asked. Pegasus was silent for a short time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I... wish I knew, Chibiusa. I truly do." Pegasus said finally.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Chibiusa was a little surprised by Pegasus's answer. They were the Sailor Senshi. They had defeated every enemy they had come up against. Was whatever was gathering really that powerful? More powerful then all previous enemies? Chibiusa prayed with all her heart that was not the case.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A ship started to dock in Tokyo Bay. When was docked, men started to gather, preparing to unload the ship. Unbeknowst to them, four green skinned reptiles snuck off the ship and into hiding in a nearby an alleyway. They then made their way to the nearest man hole, climbing into the sewers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The four reptiles made their way to a large open space that looked like it had been here for years. It was a little run down, but abandoned. Some pillars were damaged in the area, but nothing that would indicate structural failure.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not much, but it'll do." Don stated as he looked around. He then noticed a small area where he could set up his laptop and other such techno devices that would help them in their search. He decide to get set up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Man, that was a long boat ride." Mikey moaned rubbing his shoulder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're telling me, I've never had to sit so still in my life." Raph agreed stretching his arms.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's rest up for a while." Leo stated, putting his bag on the ground. The turtle heard a growling sound, but they knew where it was coming from.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Man, I'm so hungry." Mikey complained, rubbing his stomach.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Mikey, let's go find something to eat." Leo said, as he headed outside with Mikey following him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I think I'm going to go out too." Raph said, only after Leo and Mikey were gone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, I don't think..." Don knew that Leo was going to tell him to wait here and of course as usual, Raph wouldn't listen. Raph headed straight for another exit and didn't stop. "Oh, never mind." Don said as he unpacked a laptop from his bag.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don had begun setting up his computer workspace. Don knew it would take some time to track down the Shredder and his laptop might make it easier. Don was happy with his brother's leaving him alone for awhile. It just made the work go faster and smoother. He had always felt like none of his brothers understood his curiosity. Not that they didn't care about him, but they were too busy with their own thing. Leo had his ninjutsu training, Raph had his love of fighting, and Mikey had comic books and video games. After a few hours of solitude, Mikey and Leo finally returned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We're back!" Mikey shouted in a dramatic tone. Leo resisted the urge to hit Mikey in the head.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hope you like Lo-Mein." Leo asked handing Don a box containing food.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You guys found a Chinese food place in Japan?" Don asked as he took his food from Leo's hand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You just gotta know where to look." Mikey replied. Leonardo looked around but couldn't see his third brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, where's Raph?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He said he was going out." Don said opening his box and grabbing his chopsticks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Typical." Leo said, "I just hope he's not getting into to much trouble."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey took a look at Raph's food and he felt really hungry. "If he's not back in an hour, can I have his?" Mikey asked. Leo finally walked up behind his brother and slapped Mikey in the back of the head. "Ow, what?" Mikey asked innocently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Get the freak!" a young thug shouted as he and three other guys were attacked by a strange turtle creature. The turtle had spotted them robbing a local grocery store and decided to do something about it. The four thugs had the turtle surrounded. Raph drew his sais out, one in each hand and twirled them. "Bring it on, boys." Raph taunted. The first one ran up with his baseball bat and swung it at the reptile. Raph moved out of it's range, and then kicked the thug in the gut hard. The second one with a chain whipped it towards Raph, but the chain was cut by Raph's sais. Then he twirled his pointed prong towards this body and punched the thug in the face so only the handle slammed into the thug. There were only two guys left standing. They positioned themselves directly to the left and the right of Raphael. They both charged at Raph at the same time. Raph smirked as he leaped in the air and performed a split-kick in their faces. Raph stood over his opponents proud. He heard sirens in the background and knew it was time to book it. He then leaped towards the rooftops, as the cops came to the store.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"7000 miles from home and I still kick some serious shell." Raph said as he made his way from rooftop to rooftop.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He then spotted something out of the corner of his eye. He quickly hid behind a sign of Sushi. When he popped his head out from the corner of the sign, he saw three ninja type figures leaping from rooftop to rooftop heading towards a museum. It was hard to see them because they were dressed from head to toe in black, but Raph definitely recognized them. Foot Ninjas. The Foot were the Shredder's loyal group of ninja warriors. Raph knew if these guys were nearby, so was the Shredder. Raphael decided to follow them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei Hino, or Rei as her friends call her, had been able to sense psychic readings for a long time. She would often perform fire-readings to see pieces of the future and to sense danger. But lately things hadn't been going so well. She has been concerned with the psychic readings she had been gathering the past week. Some evil was on the horizon but she wasn't sure what.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I wish I knew what these visions mean." she moaned quietly to herself. She continued down the street when something made her jump. She felt a pulse around her, as if some evil energy was near.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What was that weird vibe I just felt?" she asked herself, hoping for an answer. She looked around, but didn't see anything unusual. However, when she looked upwards, she saw a strange figure leaping from one rooftop to another. It moved quickly so she wasn't able to get a good look at it, but it was definately odd.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Those bad vibes are coming from whatever that was. I'm sure of it." She decided to follow whatever that thing was. She made her way down the street and grabbed a strange pen from her bag, keeping it close to her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph followed the ninjas close enough to keep track of them, but far away enough for them not to notice him. He lost them for a second when he noticed them scouting the area, but he knew that they stopped at a huge building that looked like a temple. He then ran towards the roof of that building and stared through the skylight. He noticed that the window was still locked and yet the three ninjas were in the building below him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How did they get in there?" Raph wondered to himself. He then drew his sai and picked the lock on the window silently. He then made his way down to the floor as quietly as he could, leaping from the rafters. He noticed the three ninjas walking towards a display. One of them stood in front of the display and started to reach for it. Raphael charged in and kicked the ninja into the display. The glass shattered all over the floor and the artifact fell out of it's cassing and onto the floor. The other ninja's turned toward Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sorry boys, museum's closed." Raph said drawing his sais.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A ninja leaped towards Raph, drawing his sword and slashing at Raph. Raph quickly blocked with his sai and kicked the ninja. The second one drew his sword and swung at Raph. Raph again blocked with his sais and pulled the sword from the ninja's hand. Raph then kick the ninja in the gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The third ninja used a kusarigama, a sickle with a long chain and a heavy weight on the end. He threw the chain at Raph tying his arm. The ninja pulled towards himself to keep Raph off balance. Raph also pulled towards himself and slashed the chain with his sai. The ninja then threw the chain and weight at Raph, who quickly ducked to avoid it. He was then kicked in the chest by the ninja. Raph quickly recovered his balance and slashed at the third ninja, who quickly block with his sickle.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph then noticed the first ninja coming behind him and slashed at Raph. Raph quickly blocked the sword, but was now trapped with one sai blocking the sickle and another blocking the sword. The second ninja ready his sword to slash at Raph, but as soon as the ninja got in reach, Raph pushed his weapons up as hard as he could catching the ninja's off guard. He leaped in the air and delivered a 360 kick. The ninja's got back up easily. Raph twirled his sais and readied himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The first ninja charged and slashed at Raph, but he was quick to block and kick his adversary. The second one quickly slashed again at Raph, but Raph ducked. The ninja slashed again, and again Raph blocked the attack. Raph then forced the sword flying out of the ninja's hand again, and delivered a devastating kick to his face. Raph noticed the third ninja coming for him. He blocked the ninja's sickle with his sai, but failed to see the ninja's open hand punch his gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph recovered his balance quickly, but then saw something that gave him an incredible shock. The first ninja had a sword stuck through his gut, but there was no sign of blood at all. In fact, the ninja just got up and pulled the sword out effortlessly and without any sign of pain.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What the shell...?" Raph finally spoke baffled at what he had seen.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Foot Ninja's Raphael had fought in the past were human. These ones were different from the ones that served the Utrom Shredder, much different.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The first ninja, now having two swords, slashes at Raph. Raph catches then with his sais, but sees the third ninja behind him with the sickle. Raph kicked behind him, hitting the ninja behind him, and then forward to the first ninja. Raph takes a few steps to put some distance between them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninjas get up, but then turn around and walk through... a solid wall. Raph runs to catch up with them and places his hand on the wall. It was rock solid. Definately different kind of Foot Ninjas.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Okay, so these ain't your average foot ninja." Raph said to himself. He then headed to the display the ninjas were near.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wonder what they were after?" He asked himself as he stared into the display that he shattered. Well, knocked the first ninja into.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Stop right there!" he heard a voice coming from behind him. Raph turned to see a woman with long raven hair. She sported a japanese uniform colored in red and purple and wore red high heels. It was the strangest sight Raph had ever seen and he had seen some doozies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How dare you attack a museum like this?" the raven haired woman shouted. "I am Sailor Mars and in the name of Mars I will punish you!" Sailor Mars shouted, pointing towards Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look, lady. I don't know what your problem is, but if you're looking for a fight..." Raph shouted as he twirled his sais. "Bring it on!" he finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mars Fire Soul!" Mars shouted as fire emerge from the tips of her fingers. Raph quickly rolled out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Great, they shoot fire too." he told himself. Seeing fire coming from someone's hand wasn't all that uncommon, so Raph wasn't really surprised. After all, he had seen stranger things. What was strange is that a girl in a miniskirt was attacking him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He quickly got up and charged at the woman. Mars quickly dodge the kick Raph delivered. Raph then swung his sai at her, but she quickly move out of the way. Raph tried again, but this time Sailor Mars grabbed his arm and threw him, using his owe weight and speed against him. Raph crashed into one of the displays. Raph got up angered, but not overly hurt.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Lady, you're making me mad." Raph shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The feelings mutual I'm sure." Mars shouted back. "Burning Mandala!" She shouted as she is surrounded by fire rings. They then shot out towards Raphael.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He quickly leaps over them and quickly charges again at Mars. He throws a punch at her, which she quickly blocks. Raph throws another punch, but again is blocked by Mars. Mars attempts to kick Raph, but Raph sees the attack and blocks with his leg. They then leap backwards to put some distance between them. Raph then hears sirens in the background.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Great, just great." Raph said to himself, knowing he can't be seen.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sorry, I can't stick around." Raph said as he put his sais away and leaped towards the roof of the building.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't think so." Sailor Mars said running towards the roof by stair case. When Sailor Mars arrived at the roof, she cautiously looked around for any sign of the turtle. She found none.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Great, he got away." Sailor Mars said to herself, "I'd better tell Usagi and the others what I saw tonight." she said making her way downstairs, unsure if she believed what she saw.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo slashed at the air, practicing his swordplay. He knew he had to keep up his strength if they wanted to defeat the Shredder. After all, they knew the Shredder was not someone they should take lightly. As Leo finished his training, he noticed his brother, Raphael, walking in.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, you've been out all night." Leo said to his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, and I think I've found something." Raph said, not entirely convinced at what he saw, but he need to tell his brothers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Like what?" Donatello asked from across the room. Don was sitting at his desk he made with an old table.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Foot." Raph stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Foot? Here?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's what I said." Raph explained. It wasn't strange that there was a Foot Clan in Japan. After all, Karai, the adoptive daughter of the Utrom Shredder, claimed that she was the leader of the Japanese Foot Clan. But Raph knew these guys weren't like the ninjas they were use to. He then noticed something.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Where's Mikey?" Raph asked. Leo pointed towards the floor behind him, to see Mikey sleeping on a ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yo, Mikey wake up!" Raph shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey got up slowly, "Five more minutes, master." Mikey groaned, obviously still asleep.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I said wake up!" Raph shouted again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Okay, I'm up." Mikey said getting up and rubbing his eyes. "What's up?" Mikey asked, with a yawn.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph says he found the Foot." Leo explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Foot?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah and they've got some new helpers with them." Raph explained, trying to capture the girl in his head.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What kind of helpers?" Don asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Some girl who could shoot fire from her hands or something?" Raph described.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Raph. Seriously?" Mikey asked with a laugh.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm telling you, there was some chick throwing fire at me tonight. But only after I stopped the Foot from taking some artifact." Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, check this out." Don said pointing to an old T.V he hooked up. It was on the news and a man was speaking, presumibly about last nights events. Leo, Don, and Mikey somehow knew Raph was involved.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Police are unable to explain these events, but someone had clearly broken into the Nezu Museum." A news anchor reported, "However, damaged the Sengoku Hall was sever, clearly nothing was stolen. For security purposes, the museum is being closed and all the contents are being secured until further noticed."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The report showed images of what appeared to be a struggle with strange unexplainable burns in certain areas of the room. "That was the museum the Foot was in." Raph explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, let me get this straight, you got your butt kicked by a girl!" Mikey laughed hysterically.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm gonna kick your butt in a minute, Mikey!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, knock it off. We need to figure out what is going on here." Leo demanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We go out there, find out what's going on and kick some shell." Raph snarled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, we can't go anywhere right now. It's almost morning and we'd be better off if we got some rest first." Leo explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph was silent for a time, but then spoke, "Fine..." Raph said as he walked away, trying to control his temper.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, see if you can find out how we are going to sneak into that museum." Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Already on it." Don replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei had gathered the others to explained what happened last night, when she was in her Senshi identity as Sailor Mars.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"There were some weird vibes last night and when I went to the Nezu Museum, I found one of our enemies." Rei explained. She told them of the strange turtle creature that night. Not that she believed it herself, but it wasn't anything they hadn't seen before.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And you're saying it was a kappa?" Usagi asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's exactly what I'm saying." Rei snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But Rei, a kappa is just a creature of folklore." Ami explained. Kappa in Japanese mythology was a mischievious water-imp. Some of them are playfully innocence, but according to legend, some of there prank are just evil. Murderously evil.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I know what I saw, Ami." Rei snapped again. "It was a giant kappa and it fought like a ninja." she finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"A kappa that fights like a ninja?" Makoto asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Now that's just silly." Mina commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Kappa were just stories my dad always told me to keep me from going in the sea." Usagi mocked. Stories of kappa were often told to children to scare them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't go into the water... or the big bad kappa will get you and eat you up!" Mina spoke in a dramatic voice, mocking Rei.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look I don't know what it was, but there were definitely some weird vibes in that place!" Rei snapped. Ami started thinking deeply. Makoto was the first to notice.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's up Ami? You got something on your mind?" Makoto asked the azul haired girl.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes. Rei, you said that the kappa was near some artifact right?" Ami asked Rei.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, so?" Rei wondered, not sure where Ami was going.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I only ask because of the robbery at the Shinjuku Muesum, I wondered if there was some kind of connection." Ami explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What was taken?" Mina asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It was just a gauntlet that was stolen and nothing else and the strange thing is, no one can explain it. All the doors and windows were locked and the alarms were never tripped." Ami continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Do you think our enemies have some kind of plan for these artifacts?" Makoto asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I not sure, but something weird is going on here. This is the third robbery of Japanese artifacts this month." Ami started. "It might help if we knew what exactly they are after." she said looking at Rei.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">There was silence as everyone's eyes turned towards Rei. "Why are you looking at me?" Rei asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What exactly did that kappa try to take?" Ami asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I... " Rei tried her hardest to remember what that kappa was trying to steal, but she never got a good look at it. "I can't remember." Rei confessed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, there goes that lead." Usagi commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shut up!" Rei snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not necessarily, we can still do some investigating." Mina said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How?" Usagi asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We sneak into the museum tonight!" Mina shouted with a smile. The girls remained silent. Breaking and entering wasn't really something the Sailor Senshi did. They've never had too. It's always been about the right place at the right time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But Mina, we've never done anything like this before." Makoto stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, we'll just be like cops on a case." Mina insisted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, great another late night." Usagi moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then we're agreed." Mina leaped with joy.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wait, we haven't decided..." Ami stated that she had a statistics test she needed to study for, but Mina wasn't listening, she started run off shouting, "See you tonight!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The other girls just sat there in bewilderment. Mina had that effect on people. Finally Rei said something, "Well, thanks to Usagi, I guess we'll be breaking into the Nezu Museum tomorrow."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Usagi shot Rei a dirty look, "It's not my fault, I didn't want to go in the first place." she snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Usagi joined her friends outside the Nezu Museum. She was the last one to arrive, as usual. "Come on, Usagi, would you stop fooling around?" Rei asked impatiently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sorry, I was on the phone with Mamoru." Usagi said innocently. Mamoru was Usagi's boyfriend. A tall, handsome man with raven hair. Everyone knew him well. He was a kind man but silent. But her mind couldn't be on her handsome boyfriend, her mind had to be on the task at hand. She noticed two security guards near the front gate.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, here goes nothing." Makoto stated as she looked towards Ami. "I sure hope this plan works."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I hope so too, we've never done anything like this before." Ami replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, first time for everything." Mina said with a smile, holding a strange pen with a gem on it. "Lunar Pen transform us into security guards!" Mina shouted. Just as she finished speaking, their normal clothes were transformed into clothes that fit a security officer. Each of their matching blue outfits and hats fit perfectly. This pen had been used in the past to create disguises, so it was only fitting to use it again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, here goes nothing." Usagi said as she walked towards the gate. The others followed her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Halt." the first guard said. The girls stoped in their tracks with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sorry, but we were told we were your relief for tonight." Ami lied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Relief?" The second guard asked. "Did you hear anything about a relief?" he asked the first guard. The first one shook his head.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that's we were told to do." Makoto stated. The guards looked at each other with confusion.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Maybe there was some kind of miscommunication, because we were told to come here." Mina said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Unless, you want to stay here all night." Rei commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, not really." The first guard said leaving.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well then, we'll be on our way." The second guard followed him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, maybe we can get a dumpling or something." he commented as he joined his fellow sentry. The girls sighed with relief as they watched the guards disappear in the fog.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That was close." Usagi stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I feel just awful lying to them like that." Makoto stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Think of it this way, Makoto. At least this way if something happens the Sailor Senshi will be here and they'll be safe." Mina explained to her taller friend.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I guess you're right." Makoto said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, let's go guys." Usagi said as she held up a pendant and said, "Moon Crisis Power!" Just then she transformed from her security officer outfit to a girl in a Japanese school uniform colored in blue, yellow, and white. She also wore a tiara and had red gems in her hair. Everyone knew her as Sailor Moon. The other girls held up some strange wands and each of them shouted something different.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Ami shouted, "Mercury Crystal Power!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Makoto shouted, "Jupiter Crystal Power!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei shouted, "Mars Crystal Power!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">and finally Mina shouted, "Venus Crystal Power!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Each of them then transformed into their respective Sailor Senshi forms. Ami, Makoto, Rei, and Mina became Sailor Mercury, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus respectively. They all looked extremely similar to each other, the only difference was their color of uniform and hair style. Ami's was blue, while Makoto's was green and pink. Rei's was red and purple, and Mina's was orange.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's get going." Sailor Moon said as they went inside the museum.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">It had been an unsually foggy night. Perfect for sneaking into anything. Especally if you're a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. High above towards the rooftops, four green ninja reptiles leaped from rooftop to rooftop making their way to the Nezu Museum. When they finally arrived, they walked towards the window Raph entered the night before.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, let's go already." Raph urged, eager to get answers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold up Raph." Leo replied, "They've probably tightened security. We have to use our heads on this one." he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, can you disarm the alarm system?" he finished looking at his genius brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No problem." Don replied with a smile. He tied a rope around his waist and then tied the other end to a sturdy pole on the roof. "Come down only after I switch off the alarm system." Don stated to his brothers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph then opened the window and slowly Don descending into the room, noticing a monitor and a keyboard nearby on the wall. Don attached a claw like weapon on his hand and swung towards the wall. He pressed the claw into the wall allowing him to stay at the monitor and keyboard. Using his open hand, he turned on the monitor.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Now, let's see if I can hack those security settings from here." Don said typing on the keyboard.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The girls stood at the entrance of the museum, while Sailor Mercury was typing on a monitor.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How's that coming, Sailor Mercury?" Sailor Venus asked. They knew if anyone could hack the alarm systems in this muesum it would be Sailor Mercury. At least, that's what they hoped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm not sure. I wish I knew more about these alarm systems." Sailor Mercury said openly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If she can't turn those alarms off, we'll have to try again tomorrow morning." Sailor Jupiter said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm sorry, but I've never hacked anything like this before." Sailor Mercury said with a frown.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Sailor Mercury, you can do it." Sailor Moon said with a smile. That was just like Sailor Moon, no matter how things got, she never gave up on any of them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks, but I'm not sure I... " Sailor Mercury stopped as she saw the screen start to blink. A text then appeared saying 'Alarm Systems Deactivated.'

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's wrong?" Sailor Mars asked. Sailor Mercury didn't know what to say. Did she do that? Could she have done that?

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Nothing... it says the alarm systems are down." Sailor Mercury finally replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, Sailor Mercury." Sailor Jupiter congradulated with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks, but I didn't..." Sailor Mercury started, but then was cut off...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, let's go. We gotta find out what's going on here." Sailor Venus said as she started off. The others followed her. Except for Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon finally noticed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You coming, Ami?" she asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, I'm coming." Sailor Mercury said with a smile. Her smile, however, dissolved in her own thoughts. "I'm sure I didn't turn off the security systems..." She said to herself, "and if I didn't then... who did?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alarm system's down guys." Don said, giving his brothers a thumbs-up. Raph, Mikey and Leo headed down into the room. Don, after placing his feet on the ground, cut the rope from his waist with the claw and put the weapon away in his bag.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donny, you the turtle." Raph complimented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, we need to find out what these guys are after." Leo said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This is the room you fought the foot ninja last night." he asked Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not to mention getting your butt kicked by a girl." Mikey taunted. Raph growled at his brother, but resisted the urge to hit him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, but the artifact ain't here." he stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, what was it?" Don asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How am I suppose to remember?" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that's it for that adventure, what do you say we get some grub?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We're not leaving until we find out what's going on Mikey." Leo snapped. "Don, do you think they keep inventory on all the artifacts?" he asked his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's possible. We'll have to check from the main office. I wasn't able to pull that up from the monitor here." Don stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, stay sharp guys." Leo said as he led them to the office.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Sailor Senshi made there way to the Storage room. There was a huge pile of art, relics and other historical trinkets. "This place is huge, how are we going to find anything?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury noticed a desktop computer not far from where they were. She walked towards it, "I wonder if they keep everything on inventory." She said as she sat down. The others moved towards the desk and let Sailor Mercury get to work. She pulled up a screen that allowed her to see the inventory of the entire museum.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This is it." Ami said with a smile. She then turned to Sailor Mars. "Sailor Mars, could you recognize the artifact that kappa was trying to steal if you saw it?" she asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I think so." Sailor Mars responded. "I'll try an image search for each of the artifacts." Sailor Mercury said as she started to type. The other girls moved closer looking at the screen. Sailor Mercury started to become really uncomfortable.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Um... excuse me, but you're sucking the oxygen out of my personal space, guys." She complained, but in a sincere way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sorry." The girls each said in turn and started to move away. A few seconds, later they were, once again, a little too close.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, you think you could hurry it up here?" Raph asked impatiently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I wish that I could, but they don't keep everything set-up by room." Don explained. Meaning that they had to search all of them one by one, without any describtion of the object, thanks to Raphael.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I have to figure this out the hard way." he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Maybe we could order a pizza or something?" Mikey suggested. Each of his brothers gave him a strange look. "I'm just saying." Mikey added.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A ninja enters the Museum through the wall. He stares at the rope left by the turtles and throws a shuriken to cut the rope. He then throws another shuriken at the glass above him. It shatters easily and the ninja walks out the museum the way he came.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles heard a crash in the distance.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What was the that?" Raph asked. But nobody responded. It sounded like glass braking, but they couldn't be sure. "Mikey, go check it out." Raph suggested.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey just stared at Raph, "Why do I have to go check out?" he asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Because you're breathing in my ear and it's kind of distracting." Don stated. Mikey wanted to see the screen but was in his ear the whole time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But... " Mikey started, but Leo then asked again,

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Go check it out, Mikey."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, alright." Mikey replied finally giving in to Leo. He started heading for the down, mumbling under his breath. "It's always 'Mikey check it out.' You never hear 'Don' or 'Raph, check it out.' No, it's always 'Mikey, check it out'"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The girls heard a noise in the distance. They thought it was glass braking.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Did you guys hear that?" Sailor Mars asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I sure did." Sailor Jupiter replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Usagi, go check it out." Sailor Mars said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Me? Why me?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come Usagi, don't be such a crybaby." Sailor Mars said with irritation. Usagi wasn't what you would call your typical hero. She wasn't brave or strong... In fact, she was rarely a role model of what a hero should be. A quality to which Rei often insulted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't want to go. I know there's something out there." Sailor Moon moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, Usagi. I'll go." Sailor Venus finally said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Moon then hugged Sailor Venus, "Oh, thank you, Mina. You're such a great friend." Sailor Moon said with a smile. She then shot a look at Sailor Mars, "Unlike some friends I know." she finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If you weren't such a wimp, we wouldn't have this problem." Sailor Mars said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Why do you have to be some mean, Rei?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Be careful okay?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." Sailor Venus said with a smile as she headed into the hall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey entered a room hoping to find whatever made that noise. He wasn't trying very hard though. He was still down because he always had to go 'check it out'. Mikey then noticed something near the edge of the room. It was a ninja star. But he and his brothers never used any. He also saw broken glass shards.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's a shuriken doing all the way out here?" He asked himself as he headed straight for it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus had searched high and low for anything unusual. But she hadn't found anything. She finally came to a room and she found some rope on the floor.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's a rope doing here?" she asked herself. She then looked ahead to see an shuriken and pieces of broken glass. That was a strange sight. She looked towards the roof to see the glass above her had been shattered. Could this ninja star be the cause? She then looked towards the hall to see another ninja star. What was that one used for? She started to head for it. When she went to pick it up, her hand touched another hand, but this one was green and only had three fingers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">She became very nervous fast. She felt her pulse jump, and sweat started to build up. She wanted to scream, but nothing came. She looked up and saw a green skinned creature with an orange bandanna looking straight at her. They looked back at each other for a few seconds. Sailor Venus wasn't sure what to do... She was hoping that she would scream for help, but again nothing.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Finally, the creature spoke. "Hi." the turtle said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus then let out a huge scream. The turtle screamed back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph and his brothers heard a high pitched girly scream out in the hallway and they recognized it instantly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's Mikey!" Raph shouted, grabbing his weapons and running into the hallway, his brothers close behind. Knowing their brother could be in trouble.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury was still searching for the artifact that Rei saw last night, but still nothing was found. Just then they heard a scream in the hallway.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That sounded like Sailor Venus!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She must be in trouble!" Sailor Mars stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on!" Sailor Moon urged as she lead the team to find their friend.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey and Sailor Venus leaped backward to put some distance from each other. "Okay, now that we're done with the screaming. Who the heck are you?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus didn't reply. She was talking to a turtle, with an orange bandanna. It walked like a man, and it talked! "I'll bet he's the kappa that attacked Sailor Mars the other night. I better hit it fast." She thought to herself. She lifted her arm pointing it straight towards the giant turtle.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Crescent Beam!" Sailor Venus shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Crescent what?" Mikey asked. Just then a huge beam of light hit Mikey sending him into the back wall. As an unconsious Mikey hit the wall, Raph, Leo and Don entered the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph became furious and looked over to see his brother's assailant, a blonde haired girl with a red ribbon in her hair, sporting in a orange uniform. Raph charged at Sailor Venus and kicked her in the chest hard before she had time to react. She was sent into the wall behind her knocking her out, when Sailor Moon, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars entered the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Venus!" The Sailors all shouted in worry.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's that monster from the other night!" Sailor Mars shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"These are the girls you were talking about Raph?" Leo asked as he reached for his katana blade.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's not give these guys a chance." Sailor Jupiter shouted seeing Leo reach for his weapon. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" she shouted. A huge lightning orb flew from her hand and headed straight for the three turtles. The three turtles leaped out of the way quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph then charged for Sailor Jupiter and slashed at her with his sai. She quickly move out of the way. Raph tried again, and again she dodged. Again Raph tried to slash at Sailor Jupiter, this time she caught the turtles attack and kicked him in the chest. Raph flew back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo then leaped at Sailor Jupiter slashing at her with his katana, but Sailor Jupiter quickly moved. Leo then gave her a swift kick to her chest.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars shouted as fire flew from her finger tips towards Leo. Leo leaped out of the way quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury shouted as a wave of water emerge from her hand. Leo again leaped out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don leaped behind Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury and quickly swept his opponent's legs with his bo staff. Don then leaped backwards to put some distance between his opponents, but was hit by something. When Don got up, he saw that the girl with pig tails had used her tiara as a boomerang.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph had again tried to slash at Sailor Jupiter with his sai, but again and again she would avoid his attack. She then grabbed the reptile by the arm and threw him into the wall. Raph got up to see Sailor Mars shooting another fireball at him. He quickly jumped out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo then attacked Sailor Jupiter with his katana. Sailor Jupiter quickly ducked to avoid the sword, and kicked the turtle's blade out of his hands. She then threw a punch at Leo, but the turtle blocked with his arm. Leo threw a punch at Sailor Jupiter, but she quickly blocked. Sailor Jupiter again attempted to punch Leo, but Leo deflected her attack. He quickly threw another punch at Jupiter, but this time she ducked. She then tried to sweep Leo's legs, but Leo leaped over them backwards.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter then reached for the turtle's sword and charged at Leo. She swung at his head, but Leo ducked just in time. She then quickly swung at his legs, but Leo leaped in the air and kicked her quickly. She flew back several feet, leaving the sword in the air for Leo to catch. Leo then was hit by a wave of water, that sent him into the wall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"My turn." Sailor Jupiter shouted as she got up. "Supreme Thunder!" she shouted. Lightning then flew at Leo, but Leo quickly leaped out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph saw another fire ball coming his way, he leaped over the fire and landed in-between Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury. He quickly threw a kick at Sailor Mars, but she avoided it. He then threw a kick and Sailor Mercury, who wasn't so nimble. Raph was then hit by the flying tiara and flew back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don quickly leaped for the pig tailed girl and swung his bo staff at her. Sailor Moon quickly dodge, but just barely. She lost her balance and was now on her behind. Don swung his bo staff again, but Sailor Moon rolled out of the way. Don tried to swing it again, but Sailor Jupiter caught it and threw Don towards the wall behind her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You okay, Sailor Moon?" She asked helping her friend up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I think so." Sailor Moon replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mercury Aqua Mist!" Sailor Mercury shouted. Then a huge mist appeared all around them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph reunited himself with his brothers. "What the shell are we fighting here?" Raph asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know, but I think they just gave us our way out." Leo stated. "Don help me grab Mikey." Leo ordered to his brother, "Raph punch our way out of here." Leo ordered looking at Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph normally would have argued to stay and fight, but his brother's safety comes first.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You got it bro." Raph replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph moved towards a wall. "Yo! Giganta!" Raph shouted to Sailor Jupiter since she was the tallest out of all their new enemies. "I'm looking for a rematch!" Raph taunted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, you've just earned it pal!" Sailor Jupiter shouted. "Sparkling Wide Pressure!" she shouted as a huge orb of lightning flew at Raph. But Raph quickly leaped out of the way allowing the orb to destroy the wall behind him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When the smoke finally cleared, the Sailor Senshi didn't see any sign of their new opponents.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Is everyone alright?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm fine" Sailor Mercury responded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I'm okay." Sailor Mars replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I think so." Sailor Moon said. Sailor Moon then noticed a still unconscious Sailor Venus.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Venus, are you alright?" She asked as she and the others gathered around her. Sailor Venus slowly then opened her eyes. She looked at her friends and greeted them a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You know, you didn't tell me there were more than one." Sailor Venus said to Sailor Mars.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I didn't know there was more than one." Sailor Mars snapped as she and Sailor Jupiter helped Sailor Venus up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We'd better get moving. The police will be here any minute." Sailor Mercury suggested. The others Sailor Senshi agreed and left the museum.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Back in the storage room, a single ninja enters the room through the wall. He walks towards a pile of artifacts and pulls out a strange dark red shinobi shozoku, ninja clothing, with the insignia of the Shredder on it. He then leaves the way he came taking the object with him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph, Leo and Don had taken Mikey to the rooftops to ensure their escape from there new enemies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How's Mikey?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's coming to." Don said, as his brother opened his eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, man. What the shell just happened?" Mikey asked as he was coming around. Raph then offered a helping hand up. Mikey took it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What happened is you just got your butt kicked by a girl." Raph taunted, as he helped Mikey up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can I help it if she was cute?" Mikey replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Knock it off, Romeo." Don insisted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, focus. We need to find out who those people were and what they want." Leo reminded his brothers. "I can't help, but feel similarities to them and the Mystic Ninjas the Shredder used to battle us." he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Mystic Ninjas were powerful entities that once stood by the Utrom Shredder in battle, but they were really working toward resurrecting their master, the ancient Tengu Shredder. Each one of them controlled a specific element: Water, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Wind. The turtles remembered them well.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, great. I thought we finished off those guys." Mikey stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We thought the Sword of Tengu finished them off too, Mikey." Don explained, as he recalled their first battle with the Mystic Ninjas.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, these girls are connected with the Foot." Raph stated cracking his knuckles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, is there anyway we can track them?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No problem, Leo. I manage to put a tracer on one of them during the confusion." Don explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright. Let's go." Leo said, following Don's lead. Raph and Mikey followed close behind.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks for letting us stay at your place, Mina." Usagi said as she scarfed down another rice ball.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No problem." Mina replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's a good thing I brought plenty of snacks, otherwise, Usagi might not have made it." Makoto commented. Makoto was always a great cook and Usagi was one of her biggest fans.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You always make such delicious rice cakes, Makoto." Usagi said, grabbing another rice cake.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Girls, we need to discuss what you saw tonight." Luna stated. "There is something unusually strange going on here." the black cat continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No kidding, I've never seen anything like we fought tonight." Makoto replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Those kappa are tough, how are we suppose to beat them?" Mina asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't think those were kappa." Ami replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you mean?" Rei asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, they certainly didn't look like kappa from ancient drawings and pictures." Ami pointed out. She revealed a book from her bag and turned to a page with a drawing of a turtle-like creature. "Look, kappa are depicted as having a bowl on their head that carried water." she pointed to the drawing to show the others.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This was often their weakness. If the water in their bowl was spilled, they would lose their power.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Our turtles didn't." she explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what are they?" Rei asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know. I was hoping that my computer would be able to tell us, but I didn't get a lock on them." Ami continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wow, for turtles, they move really fast." Makoto stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles had followed Donatello's signal to a neighborhood. The signal was coming strongest from...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"An apartment building?" Mikey asked. "Man, you think the Foot could afford a decent hideout." he commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, you're sure the signal is coming from here?" Leo asked. Don checked his tracker again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm pretty sure." Don said with a confused look. He wasn't convinced either.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I say we check it out. No point in staying out here all night." Raph suggested.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, let's go. But stick to the shadows until we find out for sure they're in there." Leo ordered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Leo. We're ninja remember?" Raph replied as he headed towards the apartment building.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo, Don and Mikey followed closely. When they arrived at the front of the apartment building, they started to leap on to the window ledges that weren't lit up. Making their way up the building. They stopped for a moment.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, which room is the signal coming from?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold on." Don replied. "I just have to strengthen the signal and we should pinpoint where exactly they are." Don pressed a few buttons on his tracker and then it started to beep.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I think its just a couple floors up." Don replied. The turtles headed toward the next two floors. They then came to a window that was lit up, but the curtains were closed. The device started to beep even faster now.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This has got to be the room." Don said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then what are we waiting for?" Raph asked pulling out his sais.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold it, Raph. We don't know if the Foot are even in that room." Leo stated. "Or for that matter how many there are." he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Never stop me before." Raph stated. Leo choose to ignore that comment.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, see if we can find out what's in there" he asked his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No problem." Don said as he pulled out a stethoscope and put the ear pieces in his ear. He then placed the trumpet on the window.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are they saying? What are they saying?" Mikey asked impatiently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don then looked at Mikey, "I don't know, I couldn't hear anything over someone asking me, 'What are they saying?'" Don replied, obviously annoyed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It is rather strange that our enemies would use four people that stick out, isn't it?" Rei commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, those guys will use any trick to achieve what they want." Makoto commented, still upset about being tricked by their enemies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, we'll find them again and when we do, we'll be ready." Mina said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We'll need a plan if we want to win, they work well together and so will we." Ami stated. The other girls nodded in agreement.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, have any of you seen Artemis?" Luna asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, I haven't seen him." Usagi replied. The other girls hadn't seen him either. It wasn't uncommon for Artemis to disappear. Luna just worried about him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, that lazy bag of bones. I just hope he's not in trouble." Luna continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Artemis had decided to sleep on the window ledge tonight, he decided it would be quieter. "Man, I sure do love these cat naps." he said to himself, still drowsy from waking up. He then felt himself get picked up by someone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey look guys, a little cat." The someone picking him up said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey, knock it off. We need to focus here." another voice said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But he's just so cute." Mikey said petting Artemis.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Cute? I could get use to this." Artemis said to himself. It never occured to him that he will still high above the street when someone picked him up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We're trying to find out if those girls are in here, Mikey. We need to be more quiet than this." a different voice said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Girls? What are these guys talking about?" Artemis asked himself. "Are they some kind of per...?" Before Artemis could finish, he opened his eyes and saw that the man holding him wasn't a man at all.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">It was a giant turtle with an orange bandanna.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yikes!" Artemis almost said out loud.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Someone's coming!" Don said, signalling his brothers to hide. Mikey quickly covered Artemis's mouth to keep him from meowing and blowing their cover. The turtles held perfectly still and kept silent.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's Mina's window those monster are looking into, I have to find a way to warn them." Artemis said to himself. Suddenly, he got an idea. He dug his claws into the turtle's hand and at the same time the turtle shouted in pain as he threw the cat in the air.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"YEOW!" His brothers looked at him in annoyance.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"There's someone out there" they heard someone in the room said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, let's get to the rooftops" Leo said as he headed for the roof. Mikey, Don and Raph followed him quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mina opened the curtains to see Artemis hanging on the end of the window ledge.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Artemis, are you alright?" Mina asked as she grabbed the cat.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, I'm fine. But those creatures headed straight for the roof." Artemis explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, those turtles are heading for the roof." Mina ordered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's go." Usagi said as she reached for her locket.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When the turtles arrived at the roof, they all were expecting their new enemies to not be far behind.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Way to go, shell-for-brains." Raph stated towards Mikey.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's not my fault. That cat attacked me." Mikey defended.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, we got bigger problems." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold it right there!" A voice said from the shadows. The turtles turned to see the five girls standing before them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You four have caused enough trouble for one night, and we won't stand for anymore of it." Sailor Moon continued. "We're the Sailor Senshi!" They all shouted. "And in the name of the moon, we shall punish you!" Sailor Moon finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You want the moon? I'll kick your butt all the way there, Goldilocks." Raph shouted. He then charged in weapons drawn and leaped in the air. He landed in between all five of them,delivering a 360 kick. Raph then swung his sai at Sailor Jupiter, but again she was able to dodge.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo was the second in and slash at Sailor Mars with his katana. Sailor Mars rolled out of the way and shot fire from her fingertips. Leo leaped out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey came from behind Leo, twirling his nunchaku. He leaped over his brother and swung his weapon at Sailor Mars. Sailor Mars dodged the weapon, but failed to see Mikey's foot hit her in the chest. Sailor Venus then shot a beam of light at the turtle, but he jumped out of the way. Sailor Mercury shot a beam of water at Michelangelo, and drove him back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Moon readied her tiara. Sailor Mercury spotted the fourth turtle coming down towards them with his staff weapon. "Sailor Moon, look out!" Sailor Mercury shouted as she pushed Sailor Moon out of the way of Don's bo staff.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph slashed again at Sailor Jupiter, but she dodged again. Then Sailor Jupiter grabbed Raph's arm and tossed him across the roof. Raph quickly recovered his balance and charged at her again. Raph slashed at Sailor Jupiter again, but again she was able to dodge in time. However, Raph quickly delivered a kick to her chest, sending her back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury activated her portable computer and her hologram visor. She wanted to learn more about her foes, but before she had a chance to scan them, Don kicked her in the chest knocking the computer out of her hand. Don caught it before it hit the ground and examined it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fascinating technology." Don stated with wide-eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks." Sailor Mercury replied. She then shot a cold burst at Don, trapping all but his head and his hands in a block of ice.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon, I've trapped one here..." Sailor Mercury started, but failed to see Leo as he kicked her in the back. Leo then drew his second katana and dug them into the ice at specific points. The ice cracked open and freed his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don started shivering, "Is it cold out here, or is that just me?" Don asked his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Maybe this will warm you up!" they heard Sailor Mars shout, as a wave of fire came towards them. Leo and Don leaped out of the way. Sailor Moon appeared beside Sailor Mars and released her tiara, hitting Don in the chest sending him to the ground hard. Mikey leaped behind the two sailors and kicked them in the back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He started twirling his nunchaku, but something wrapped itself around Mikey's arm. He looked behind him to see Sailor Venus with a long golden chain wrapped around his arm.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey smiled, "Hi, there." Mikey said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hi." Sailor Venus replied as she pulled on the chain hard. Mikey lost his balance and fell on his face. Leo then ran towards the golden chain, slicing it with his katanas.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Focus, Mikey" Leo shouted. Mikey got up quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm focused." Mikey replied. Sailor Venus then unleashed a beam of light at Mikey and Leo, but they both avoided it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph attempted to stab Sailor Jupiter, but Sailor Jupiter caught both of his hands and kicked him in the chest. Before Raph had time to react, he was hit by Sailor Venus's beam of energy, sending him flying several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo slashed at Sailor Juptier with one of his katana blades, but she dodged it quickly. Again he slashed at her, but this time she grabbed his arm and forced one of his swords out of his hand and into hers. She slashed at Leonardo's head, but Leo ducked and rolled out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">They then stared at each with sword ready in hand. They stood still for a second, until Sailor Jupiter charge at Leonardo and slashed at him. Leo blocked with his own katana. They repeated this process with lightning speed. Swinging swords back and forth.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Finally, their sword clashed forcing all of their strength at one another. Sailor Jupiter swept her sword up, sending Leo's sword into the air behind him. She then swung the sword at Leo, but Leo caught it just in time. They struggled, but Sailor Jupiter's blade was getting closer. Leo knew he didn't have a lot of time, he quickly went on his back and kicked the blade out of Sailor Jupiter's hand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter quickly tried to sweep kick Leo, but he rolled back and handsprung himself towards his blades. He picked them up and readied himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Supreme Thunder" Sailor Jupiter shouted as lightning came from the sky towards Leonardo, but he quickly moved out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury then shot a beam of water at Leo sending off the side of the building. Leo was quick to react and quickly stabbed his katana into the side of the building. Leo then put his second katana back in it's sheath and climbed up the side.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When he arrived at the roof once more, he saw Sailor Mercury waiting for him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua..." she stared, but was then kicked by Michelangelo.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You okay, bro?" Mikey asked Leo.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, thanks Mikey." Leo said to his brother. Suddenly, they both saw a stream of fire coming right towards them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look out!" Leo shouted, pushing Mikey out of the way, before leaping to safety.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don quickly leaped behind Sailor Mars and swept her feet with his bo staff. Don then leaped out of the way of a beam of energy from Sailor Venus.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph got up, ran towards Sailor Jupiter and readied his weapon, but before he could reach her Sailor Moon's tiara wrapped itself around Raph's hands. Raph, his hands now behind his back, couldn't block Sailor Jupiter's kick to his chest. Raph quickly rolled his legs over his arms to have his arms in front of him once more, but they were still tied together by the tiara.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter launched a series of quick jabs at Raph. Raph was quick to react, but wasn't able to block all of them. Leo finally leaped from behind Raph and kicked Sailor Jupiter.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"About time." Raph stated in irritation. Leo took one of Raph's sais and threw off the tiara around Raph's arms. Raph took his sai back from Leo, but was then hit by Sailor Venus's energy attack. Leo readied himself. Sailor Moon readied her tiara again and threw it at Leo. Don, using his bo staff, caught the tiara and threw it back at Sailor Venus, trapping her in it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ah!" Sailor Moon screamed, "I'm sorry, Sailor Venus." she said as she saw her friend on the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Juptier stood up slowly to hear a voice, "Can I get some help over here!" She heard Sailor Mars shout.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey kicked Sailor Mars in the back. When Sailor Mars got up, she launched another wave of fire at Mikey, but Mikey dodged with ease.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold still you annoying little yutz." Sailor Mars shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I know you are, but what am I?" Mikey taunted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This made Sailor Mars irritated, "And he's so immature." she shouted as Mikey again dodged her fire attack.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ha, ha, can't touch this!" Mikey taunted again. Sailor Mars shot another wave of fire at Mikey. Mikey leaped in the air to dodge it, but that was a mistake.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Juptier then shouted, "Supreme Thunder!" and lightning appeared and hit the edge of the building. An edge that Mikey was headed straight for as he came down. Mikey landed on the edge of the building and it crumbled by his weight. Mikey unleashed a girly scream as he started to fall towards the street below.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey!" Raph shouted in shock. He quickly got up, delievered a swift kick to Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars before leaping off the building after his brother. He quickly put away one of his sais and when he grabbed Mikey by the hand, quickly dug his second sai into the building. Mikey and Raph hung there for a second to catch their breath.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You do this often?" Mikey asked sarcasticly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can it, Mikey." Raph snapped. He then threw his brother into a nearby dumpster.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ow." Mikey moaned as he crawled out of the dumpster.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Back on the roof, Leo and Don were cornered by the Sailor Senshi. Their backs close to the end of the rooftop. "Leo, we're way outnumbered here." Don stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo looked behind him to see Raph and Mikey on the streets, tired, but otherwise alive. He also noticed a man-hole cover not too far from Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Get ready, Don." Leo said, as he came up with his plan. Don pulled out a group of small pellets from his belt as if he knew what his brother was thinking.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Now!" Leo shouted. Don was quick to react and threw the pellets on the ground in front of the Sailor Senshi. Smoke then burst from the pellets and the girls started to cough through the smoke.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh no, they don't. Not this time." Sailor Jupiter said, knowing they would use this smoke to escape. She charged forward. She saw the edge of the roof and always ran off. She was starting to lose balance. One foot dangling over the edge of the roof.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Jupiter!" The others shouted. They all ran towards her grabbing her to prevent her from falling into the street. Sailor Juptier fell backwards landing on top of the others. The girls moaned as they all got up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks. That sure was close." Sailor Jupiter said as she got up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars moved towards the edge of the building and looked towards the street below. "I don't see anything." She said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They couldn't have gone far, I mean, why else use the smokescreen?" Sailor Venus asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury activated her supercomputer in hopes of finding them. "If they were here, I can't find any trace of them." she explained, "But it says some kind of weird energy over east." she continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">They all looked towards the east and saw four ninja like figures leaping from rooftop to rooftop.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That has to be them." Sailor Jupiter stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"These guys just don't know how to quit." Sailor Moon moaned. They were all getting tired. They had never faced such elusive enemies before.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, we have to check it out." Sailor Mars said as she followed the ninjas.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She's right, let's go." Sailor Venus stated as she followed Sailor Mars. The others did the same.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph opened the manhole above his head just enough to see the roof above him. He didn't see any sign of the girls they fought. "Clear." he said back to his brothers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">They each then climbed out of the sewers in turn.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So is it just me, or we getting our shells kicked?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Speak for yourself. I say we go after them." Raph replied, cracking his knuckles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, this is the second time we've fought them and we're no closer to figuring out what's going on then when we started." Leo stated. "And if they are working with the Foot, why haven't we seen any yet?" he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm telling you, there was Foot ninja in this city!" Raph shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It is weird that we haven't seen any yet." Don commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So we should be out there looking for them!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph's gotta point." Mikey stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, let's follow them again, but this time stick to the shadows and keep quiet." Leo ordered, looking at Mikey. Leo, Raph, and Don headed towards the rooftop, leaping from window ledge to window ledge.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Why is it always my fault?" Mikey asked himself as he followed them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninja leaped from rooftop to rooftop with the Senshi following behind, struggling to keep up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Man, these guys are fast for turtles." Sailor Mars commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We have to keep up with them" Sailor Venus stated, leading the group.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can we... stop ... for rest?" Sailor Moon asked from way in the back. Sailor Moon was never very athlectic either.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wait!" Sailor Jupiter shouted. They all stopped in their tracks. She noticed that the ninjas had stopped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We'd better hide, they might be looking out for us." Sailor Mercury suggested. The girls quickly hid behind a air-condition unit. After waiting a few seconds, Sailor Jupiter poked her head out from behind the unit and saw the ninjas had vanished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They're gone." she stated. The others came around the corner and looked to see that Sailor Jupiter was correct.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They may be gone, but I'm still detecting energy readings from that direction." Sailor Mercury said as she checked her computer once more.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Which means that can't be that far. I'm still getting bad vibes." Sailor Mars stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's check out where they were before." Sailor Venus suggested. The other girls nodded and followed her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The girls finally arrived at the rooftop where they last saw the ninjas. They crouched down to look through the ceiling window and spotted four ninja inside a Japanese historical museum. Though, they weren't sure which one. But they weren't trying to figure out what museum those ninja were in. They were pondering a different question.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Those guys don't look like turtles." Sailor Venus pointed out. The others noticed that too. They were more human-like than turtle. Could they also be shapeshifters?

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But they're definitely ninjas." Sailor Jupiter stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And they're the source of the energy I've been scanning." Sailor Mercury said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Just how many ninjas are there?" Sailor Moon asked, catching her breath.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I only see four." Sailor Jupiter replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Do you think there is a connection between these ninjas and the turtle ninjas?" Sailor Mars asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Only one way to find out!" Sailor Venus said standing up. The other girls stood up with her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's go, girls." Sailor Moon spoke.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninjas walked towards one of the displays and reached out for it when they heard a voice behind him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Stop right there!" The ninjas turned around to see five girls standing on a glass case.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We will not allow you to destroy and steal such priceless artifacts!" Sailor Moon shouted. "We will fight for love and for justice. I am Sailor Moon and in the name of the moon, we shall punish you!" she finished. The ninjas just stood silently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, give up!" Sailor Mars shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, cause there's five of us, and only four of you." Sailor Jupiter stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Just as she made that comment, three more ninjas appeared from the ceiling. Four more came from the west wall, and another two from the east wall. Another six came from below the ground, and another eight from the rafters. More were coming in from all sides. Within a few seconds, the four ninjas had turned into an army. "

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Uh-oh." Sailor Jupiter moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Great, we could barely handle four." Sailor Venus stated. The ninjas then each drew a blade from their scabbards simultaneously.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Anyone got any ideas?" Sailor Moon asked. The ninjas then leaped towards them with swords ready to strike.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Move!" Sailor Mars shouted. The girls then went off in different directions.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Juptier got up quickly to dodge a ninja's blade from in front of her. She saw another ninja from behind and quickly rolled to avoid the second ninja's blade.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars leaped backwards to keep away from the three ninja that were attacking her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" She shouted as fire emerge from her fingertips. The fire consumed the three ninjas and when the fire cleared they were gone. "Got them!" Sailor Mars said with triumph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury quickly rolled out of the way of a ninja's blade. When she got up, she quickly shouted, "Shine Aqua Illusion!" A wave of water rushed over the ninja and was gone when the water cleared. "These ninjas aren't as strong as the ones we fought before." Sailor Mercury explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Juptier had blocked a kick from one of the ninjas and replied with a punch to his face, but failed to see another one come from behind her and kick her in the back. She flew several feet. She got up slowly, "Yeah, but there sure are a lot more of them." she commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus was cornered by a ninja with a kusarigama.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Venus Love-Me Chain!" she shouted as a golden chain emerged. It went straight for the ninja, but ninja dodge with ease and launched the chain from his weapon. Sailor Venus ducked just in time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Crescent Beam!" She shouted as a beam of light shot from her hand, engulfing the ninja. She stood up and saw a ninja with a blade coming straight for her. She dodged the blade, but was kicked in the chest. She flew back several feet. Several more ninjas appeared in front of her, readying their blades.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Jupiter shouted as lightning rained down on the ninjas attacking Sailor Venus. Sailor Jupiter ran towards Sailor Venus, giving her a hand up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks, Sailor Jupiter." Sailor Venus said getting up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Duck!" She then shouted. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus dropped to the ground to avoid shurikens being thrown straight towards them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles had followed the signal all the way to another museum.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Man, what is it with the Foot and stealing from museums?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's what we're hoping to find out." Leo explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The signal is definitely coming from this building." Don stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph looked towards the ceiling window, "Hey, guys check this out."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph said. Leo, Mikey and Don looked at the ceiling window and more importantly inside the building.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's those girls from earlier..." Don stated, "... and they're fighting..." he continued, but Raph finished for him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Foot?" Raph asked. They stared for several seconds as the girls battled the ninjas below. However, it looked as if the girls might be losing this fight.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what do we do now?" Mikey finally asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I say we let them waste each other!" Raph suggested.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, don't you think it's odd that these girls are fighting the Foot?" Leo asked. "Have you even asked yourself why?" he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Who cares?" Raph shouted, "They attacked us, Leo!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey and Don pondered what to do and continued to watch...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars took a kick to the chest and flew back several feet. She looked up to see the ninja had grabbed a number of shurikens from his belt and threw them straight at her. She rolled out of the way just in time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury shouted as water consumed the ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you alright, Sailor Mars?" she asked, helping her friend up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, but they just keep coming." Sailor Mars replied. They saw two ninjas leaped towards then and deliver them both a kick to the chest. They both got up slowly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We need a new plan." Sailor Mercury stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Tiara Magic." Sailor Moon shouted as she released her tiara towards one of the ninjas. The ninja leaped over the tiara and as the tiara came back towards the ninja from behind, the ninja ducked out of the way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That is so not fair." Sailor Moon moaned as her tiara came back to her. The ninja leaped in the air towards her and before she had a chance to react, she was kicked into the wall behind her. Two other ninjas appeared behind the first one, swords drawn and ready to strike. Sailor Mars looked over to Sailor Moon to see her cornered by three ninjas with blades ready.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Usagi!" She shouted, as she prepared to rescue her friend. "Fire..." but before she could finish, she was kicked in the side by another ninja. She rolled out of the way of the ninja's blade, but couldn't shake him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon!" She shouted once more.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles had been watching from above, but Leonardo had seen enough. He quickly opened the window into the museum.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Leo, what are you doing?" Raph shouted, but Leo didn't respond. Instead, he leaped into the building. He quickly swung from the rafters and kicked the three ninjas in front of Sailor Moon, before they had a chance to strike. He landed on the ground in front of her and drew his swords. Sailor Moon was amazed as what she had just seen.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He saved me?" she thought to herself, wondering why would this monster save her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtle looked back at her and spoke, "Obviously, we need to talk."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">She then saw the other three turtles emerge from above and stand side by side with the other turtle, weapons drawn.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You'd better not make us regret this, Leo." Raph said as he charged towards two ninja with anger. He quickly blocked a sword coming in his direction and kicked the ninja carrying the blade. The second ninja attempted a slash at Raph, but he quickly dodge and punched his adversary in the face.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey spun his nunchaku and leaped towards a ninja, the ninja swings his sword towards the turtle. Mikey quickly ducks and swings his nunchaku around the weapon of the ninja. He then throws the ninja behind him. Mikey gets to his feet with great speed,

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's the matter, Raph? I thought you enjoyed a good fight?" Mikey asked as he kicked another ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph kicked another ninja in the chest, "Mikey, you're forgetting the most important thing about me." he stated as he blocked another sword slash and kicked the ninja. "I always do." he boasted twirling his weapons.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury had been cornered by three foot ninja, when she saw Donatello soar from the sky and landed behind the ninjas, bashing them with his bo staff. All of three of the ninjas fell to the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you alright?" Don asked the azure haired girl as he offered her a hand up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm alright." Sailor Mercury replied as she took his hand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo blocked a sword from a ninja on his left and one on his right. He quickly forced the ninja's swords upward and quickly delievered a split-kick to them. Leo then turned saw a beam of light hit a group ninjas. He then looked towards the girls with a red ribbon in her blonde hair. She didn't notice the ninja coming from behind her. Leo charged at her. Sailor Venus brought her hand up as if to defend herself, thinking the turtle was going to attack her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Venus Love-Me Chain" she shouted as a golden chain appeared from her hand, heading towards Leo. He quickly leaped over the chain and kicked the ninja coming from behind her. She quickly noticed what had happened and why the turtle charged towards her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oops." She quietly admited. Leo blocked another attack from a different ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Juptier shouted as a group of ninjas were engulfed by lightning. She then saw several ninjas coming straight towards her. She leaped backwards to avoid their sword. She then saw the turtle with the sais kick one of her ninja assailants. The second ninja swung his sword towards Raph's head, but Raph ducked in time to trip his attacker. The third swung his sword from above. Raph quickly blocked his attack, but he was caught on one knee and couldn't move.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter leaped in the air and kicked the third ninja. They stared at each other for a second. Although it was more of a glare. After a second, they resumed combat.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars dodged another swing from a sword, but couldn't counter attack. She saw another ninja come from behind and dodged again, but this time lost her balance and fell to the floor. She looked up to see the two ninjas standing over her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Suddenly, Mikey tapped on the first ninja's shoulder. The ninja turned to see a fist slam into his face. The second ninja turned and swung his sword at Mikey. Mikey quickly leaped backwards, and performed a backflip. The ninja followed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Bye-Bye." Mikey said waveing farewell to the ninja. The ninja failed to see Sailor Mars stand up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul." she shouted as flames engulfed the ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A ninja had left the battle, slashing at the glass that protected an artifact. A black sheath with a insignia. He took the artifact from its post and leaped towards the ceiling.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They're getting away with the artifact!" Sailor Mercury shouted. Raph saw the ninja and leaped after him. He quickly blocked the ninja's sword and kicked him out of the rafters. The ninja slammed the ground hard. Raph quickly leaped to the ground and snatched the artifact.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, who wants some?" Raph baited as he held the artifact in one hand, his sai in the other. The ninjas stopped fighting and phased through the floor beneath them. The heroes waited several seconds before moving again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that takes care of that." Mikey smiled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not quite." Sailor Jupiter stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus stood to one side of the room facing Mikey and Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Who the heck are you guys?" Sailor Mars demanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I could ask you the same question!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'd watch yourself pal!" Sailor Jupiter threatened.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You want to go, lady! Let's go, you and me!" Raph said as he readied his weapon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, stand down!" Leo ordered. Raph looked at his brother in confusion and anger. Why would Leo tell him to stand down? These girls tried to kill them earlier. "I said stand down!" Leo repeated grabbing Raph's arm.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph shoved Leo and reluctantly followed his order, placing his weapon in his belt.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What kind of trick is this?" Sailor Venus demanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's not a trick." Sailor Moon said, moving in front of her friends.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"These guys aren't going to hurt us." she continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you sure?" Sailor Mars asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Certainly. Why would they save us if they wanted to destroy us?" Sailor Mercury replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know..." Sailor Jupiter mumbled. Sailor Moon turned to the four turtles and greeted them with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo smiled back, "Allow me to introduce ourselves," Leo said with a Japanese bow. "I am Leonardo, and these are my brothers..." Leonardo then introduced his brothers in turn, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael respectively. Mikey and Don greeted them with smiles. Raph greeted them, but it was hardly with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Moon did the same greeting the turtles to the other sailors, Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mercury. "And I am Sailor Moon." She finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, Sailor Moon, we can't stay here." Leonardo stated. "If anyone heard that commotion it's likely not safe for us. We have to get back to our lair, you can follow us if you want." he finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Your taking that artifact with you!" Sailor Jupiter snapped as she noticed Raphael still holding the artifact.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Think of it as keeping it away from the Foot Ninjas. Whatever their planning it can't be good." Leonardo replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles leaped towards the ceiling and made their way through the rafters and out the window. The Sailor Senshi were still for several seconds before Sailor Moon headed for the staircase to the roof. The other Sailors followed her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles lead the girls to an alleyway where they stopped at a manhole. Leonardo opened the manhole and released the revolting stench.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Urgh!" Sailor Moon moaned as he plugged her nose, "Don't tell me we're actually going in there."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello leaped into the manhole. As soon as he did, Leonardo responded, "That answer your question."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He then joined his brother inside, with Michelangelo following behind. The girls didn't know how to start. The aroma was bad enough for them to just leave.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, if you're going in, go in! I ain't staying here all night!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Finally, Sailor Jupiter leaped in first. Before Sailor Jupiter hit the ground, she was caught by Leo and Don and let her down gently. Sailor Mercury then followed, after that then Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and finally Sailor Moon. Raphael finally moved in the manhole and closed it behind him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The turtles and the girls arrived at the turtle's lair. The girls noticed a few sleeping bags on the ground and a desk with a laptop on it. Could these turtles live here, they wondered. If so, for how long? They were certain to find their answers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what exactly are you?" Sailor Moon finally asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's kind of a long story." Donatello replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What were those ninja's back there?" Sailor Venus asked. "and what's with the artifact?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Those ninja's are members of the Foot Clan, a lethal group of ninja assassins." Leonardo started, "as for the artifact, I was hoping you could tell us."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello took the artifact from Raph and started to examine it. He then discovered something that terrified him. "Guys... Look at this." Don begged. Revealed the sheath, but more importantly he revealed the insignia on the sheath. It was a three-toed symbol. The insignia of the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder!" Mikey replied. The girls looked at one another with confusion.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's the reason we're here. He's coming back and we're going to knock him down again!" Raph explained, not that it helped the girls know who the Shredder is.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But who is this Shredder?" Sailor Venus asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Maybe it's best if we start at the beginning..." Leonardo stated. He then started to tell the tale of the original Shredder...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">I'm sick of waiting!" Tiger's Eye snapped. "Just admit that you lost!" Tiger's Eye was as determined as ever to beat Hawk's Eye at his own game.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I haven't lost, Tiger's Eye. Everything is going perfectly!" Hawk's Eye reassured for the hundredth time.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But what is this plan of yours and why send all those ninjas to take useless junk?" Fisheye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Hawk's Eye had finally run out of patients. For weeks, Tiger's Eye and Fisheye wouldn't stop pestering him about his plan. Finally, he decided to show them. He lead them to a room with a stock pile of artifacts. The most noticeable was a helmet amidst them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You brought in a bunch of junk?" Tiger's Eye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You only see them with your eyes." Hawk's Eye stated, "Take a closer look."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Just as Hawk's Eye spoke, Tiger's Eye sense a huge amount of energy coming from each of the artifacts. "What is that energy?" Tiger's Eye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"First, let me tell you a story..." Hawk's eye started.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He then told the tale of a Japanese tengu that laid waste to 300 A.D Japan. Where it came from no one knew, but it was incredibly power and deadly. The Emperor sent his finest soldiers to battle the fierce demon, the most important was a man named Oroku Saki. The warriors fought valiantly against the demon and defeated it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">As Oroku Saki stood before his fallen adversary ready to deliver the final blow, the demon spoke to him and offered him a deal. If Saki would spare him, the demon would grant power everlasting to Saki. Saki agreed. With his new found power, Saki would lay waste to Japan for several years. With his power and status, he took on a new name. A name that would spread fear across the land. The Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A group of warriors, called the Warriors of the Dragons, later to be called the Ninja Tribunal, eventually stood against the Shredder and defeated him. Because they could not destroy him, they sealed him away in a mystical sarcophagus. More than a thousand years later, the Tengu Shredder reappeared. However, thanks to the Ninja Tribunal and their new acolytes, the Tengu Shredder was defeated... forever. Or so they all hoped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">After the story was over, Tiger's eye finally spoke his mind, "So, you waste your time digging up relics of this Shredder?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Hawk's eye glared at him, "That energy you feel is the essence of the Shredder. Somehow, these artifacts held his mystical energy." Hawk's eye explained. "If I created an army of those ninjas from just one artifact, imagine what I could do with them all."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And what about those turtle monsters?" Fisheye asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well... not all has gone accordingly, those turtles needed to battle the Senshi a little longer" Hawk's Eye explained, "But it does not matter, because from this mystical energy I will create a new Shredder. One that will destroy those Sailor Senshi once and for all!" he finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And that's all we know." Leo finished. Telling the Sailors not only the story of the Tengu Shredder, but of the Utrom Shredder and Karai when she took up the mantel of the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Stating that the Original Shredder had been a demon of great power, where the Utrom Shredder was just an alien in a high-tech suit. An alien that landed in Japan in the 15th century. And that in the 20th century, he adopted a human daughter named Karai. When exactly the Foot Clan was establish, they didn't say, but they believed it to be some time during the Utrom Shredder's reign.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, these ninjas are after some artifacts with the Shredder's name of them?" Sailor Mars asked, shaking her head.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, we ain't making this up!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's a little bit hard to swallow, don't you think?" Sailor Mars snapped back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look, we don't know why the Foot is after these artifacts. That's what we need to find out." Don replied, trying to calm them down. He had been studying the artifact the entire story, but had been unable to find anything. Sailor Mercury moved towards Donatello's work desk.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Would you mind if I took a look?" She asked Don, pointing at the sheath. Donatello nodded and handed her the sheath.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury touched her earring and visor materialized around her face that allowed her to scan the sheath. She also pulled out her portable computer and pressed in certain keys. She found something that surprised her. Donatello noticed rather quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Don asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This artifact is emitting strange energy readings." She replied. Donatello moved to see the portable computer she carried. Sailor Moon and the others were curious about what they had found.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Disconcerting." Donatello mumbled, but loud enough to be heard.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Okay, Don, not all of us speak Latin." Mikey replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello ignored his brother's comment, but decided to explain what he thought, "This is just a theory, but remember when Karai took up the mantel of the Shredder." Don stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How could we forget?" Mikey reminded his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, she's the one who forced us out of our home!" Raph growled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not the point. Karai, somehow, became mystically connected to the original Shredder." Don explained. Everyone looked at each other, hoping they would explain where Don was heading.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not sure we follow you, Don." Leo finally said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What if those mystic connections aren't limited to people?" Don asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you saying that these artifacts carry energies of the Shredder?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's just a theory." Don explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't think it is, I'm getting really bad vibes from that thing." Sailor Mars explained. Sailor Mercury started to think deeply into the words that she had heard. The stories the turtles told about the Shredder. She then thought of something.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donatello, could I use your laptop for a second?" she asked the turtle. Don nodded as he pulled up a chair for her to use. Sailor Mars tapped Sailor Moon on the shoulder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can we talk?" Sailor Mars whispered as she headed to the other side of the room. Sailor Moon and the other Sailors followed, with the exception of Sailor Mercury.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How do we know we can trust these guys?" Sailor Mars snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look, I don't think they mean us harm." Sailor Moon said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know, Usagi. Our enemies have used tricks like this before." Sailor Jupiter bitterly stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, they didn't have to save us from those ninjas." Sailor Venus stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If they are working together, why not finish us off now?" Sailor Moon asked. Sailor Moon had made a point, it wasn't normal, but she wasn't always an airhead. "They did save my life." Sailor Moon reminded her friends.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter knew this was true. They were true friends and they remained loyal to Usagi no matter what. Those turtles protected her when they could not. Finally, they gave in.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fine, we'll go along with it." Sailor Mars finally said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But I'm keeping a close eye on them." Sailor Jupiter thought to herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Across the room, the turtles were having a discussion of their own. "Well, what now?" Leo asked his brothers hoping for an answer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I say we tell them to hit the road." Raph stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, they don't seem that bad." Mikey replied, with a big smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Get your head out of the clouds, Mikey!" Raph snapped, "I'm telling you these girls are bad news."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How can we be sure? They only attacked us out of confusion." Leo pointed out. The turtles were often victims of misunderstandings... for obvious reasons.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Raph. Think of it as a keeping on eye on them." Mikey said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can it, Mikey." Raph snapped, knowing the deception Mikey's words. "Alright, we'll go along with it. But don't come crying to me when this goes straight to..."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph was cut off by Sailor Mercury, "Guys, I think I've found something." she stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Leo asked, as everyone turned their attention to Sailor Mercury.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I pulled up a list of all the recent artifacts that had gone missing the past few weeks." she explained, "And all of them seem to be dated around the 15th century." Everyone looked at one another.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don finally said something, "All those items are connected to the Shredder and with that, she was able to pull up a list of museums that have artifacts that are between certain time periods."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Everyone slowly began to understand, Sailor Mercury had compiled a list of artifacts that were stolen, and noticed that they were all dated near the 15th century, the time the Utrom-Shredder was on Earth.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"There are only two museums that haven't been rob yet that have artifacts of this time period." Sailor Mercury explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then that's where we go." Leo ordered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Just so you know, the artifacts might not even pertain to the Shredder. I wasn't able to get good descriptions on them." Sailor Mercury explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It'll have to do." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Sailor Girls had rejoined the group near the computer. "Looks like we have two places to stake out, so we'll split into teams." Leo ordered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey's mind leaped with an idea. He moved next to Sailor Venus. "I say we go with the person on our left." Mikey suggested. He then looked to his left to see the blonde girl with the red ribbon in her hair. "Looks likes that's just you and me." he said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus was less than thrilled... but she gave a smile anyway. A more nervous smile, anyway. "Great. Just great." she said to herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo then decided the teams, Leo would go with Sailor Moon, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Mercury. While Raph took Sailor Mars, Mikey and Sailor Venus. Don would stay and figure out a way to track the mystical energies back to the Foot.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, let's move." Leo ordered as each person followed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury started, but then stopped short of the door. Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter noticed that she wasn't behind them. They stopped and looked back at her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Is something wrong, Sailor Mercury?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I think it would be best if I stayed and helped Donatello with locating the rest of the artifacts." Sailor Mercury suggested.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"By yourself? You think you'll be okay?" Sailor Jupiter asked nervously. Obviously, she still didn't trust the turtles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, I'll be alright." Sailor Mercury replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Sailor Jupiter." Sailor Moon suggested. Sailor Jupiter turned around and followed the others, Sailor Moon did the same.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury moved towards the desk of the turtle, pulled up a chair next to him and pulled out her portable computer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Moon stationed themselves on the rooftop across from the Masuoka Museum of Art. Leonardo stood on the edge on the building, looking like a panther ready pounce on his unsuspecting prey. Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter were sitting on the ledge several feet from Leo. They weren't sure what to think of their new allies. They looked strange, yes, but there was something... honorable about these turtles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, what do we do now?" Sailor Moon asked her friend.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I guess we wait for something to happen." Sailor Jupiter replied. They had been there for several minutes, very long minutes it seemed. Sailor Moon's eyes started to get heavy. It had been a long night for her... for all of them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wake me up when the fighting starts..." Sailor Moon yawned as she climb to the floor and put her head down.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter just smiled, "Whether a school desk or the ground, Usagi can sleep anywhere." she said to herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">She gazed at Leonardo who was still vigilantly waiting.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey." She finally said to him. Leonardo then turned his gaze towards her. "I wanted to thank you... for saving Sailor Moon." Sailor Jupiter said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo smiled, "It was nothing." he replied, as he once again turned his gaze towards the museum. They were silent for a long time. Finally, Sailor Jupiter worked up the nerve to ask a question.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, if you don't mind me asking, what are you?" Sailor Jupiter asked. Leo and the others didn't tell them the story of their birth.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I suppose we have time." Leonardo started.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He told the tale of how he and his brothers weren't always giant talking turtles. In fact, they were once normal house pets. However, one day the turtles were accidentally dropped in the sewers and exposed to a mutagen. It transformed them into the giant turtles the girls now knew.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wait, that doesn't explain how you know martial arts?" Sailor Jupiter noticed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Our master, Splinter, taught us ninjutsu." Leonardo stated. Master Splinter was once a normal rat, that was transformed by the same mutagen that transformed the turtles. Splinter, as a house pet, had an owner who was a master of ninjutsu. Splinter learned these skills by mimicking his master's movements. When he was orphaned and then mutated, he taught his skills to the turtles and adopted them as his sons.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm sorry, but when I think of ninjas I think of stealth and dishonor." Sailor Jupiter remarked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo seemed a bit surprised by this, but kept his calm. "My master once taught me that, honor is not bound by our title, but by our actions."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter turned to Leo, perhaps surprised at how judgmental she had been.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'd like to think myself as an honorable ninja." Leo said returning his gaze to the museum. "I follow the path of bushido."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter's eyes widened, "The samurai's code of honor?" she replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, and it's not something I take lightly." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter smiled. "He's just like my old boyfriend... Only he's way hunkier." she thought to herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael, Mikey, Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars arrived at the Okura Shokukan Museum. Raphael had perched himself on a sturdy ledge, looking over the museum. Sailor Mars leaned sat on a nearby air conditioner unit while Mikey was sitting on the ledge a few feet from Raph talking to Mina... although some wouldn't call it talking. Raph finally caught Sailor Mars staring at him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are you looking at?" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"A brute with an ill temper." She replied, in a rude manner.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, you're the one who attacked me!" Raph growled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You were the one breaking priceless artifacts!" Sailor Mars snapped back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, I am so sorry." Raph started with sarcasm, "Next time, I'll try really hard not to break some useless junk, when I'm fighting for my life!" he shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars turned her gaze to Mikey who was trying to impress Sailor Venus. "And that's how I became the Battle Nexus Champion!" Mikey bragged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus just sat a smiled, although it wasn't much of a smile. Mikey then started to do a little victory dance all over the roof. To Mikey, he was a party, to everyone else, he was annoying.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph started to walk towards Mikey to knock him in the head, but Sailor Mars put out her arm to stop him. "Allow me." she insisted. She shot a small ember towards the ground near Michelangelo. And as soon as Mikey put his foot down, unsuspectingly on the flame...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"OW!" Mikey shouted. He grabbed his foot and started a different kind of dance. The dance of pain.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Now, this dance I like." Raph smirked. Raph looked over to see Sailor Venus giggling. Something else caught his eye too. Figures leaping from rooftop to rooftop.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Everyone, hide." He said in a whisper. Everyone did as they were told and hid for cover. The figures Raph saw headed straight for the museum. There was no mistaking it, it was definitely the Foot.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, here we go." Raph said as he saw the ninjas enter the museum. There must have three or four of them and Raph felt as confidant as ever.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When Raph and the others arrived at the museum, the looked into a room that had all sorts of Japanese artifacts on display. But only one interested the Foot Ninja. A pair of greaves, or leg guards, with curved blades on them. There were certainly more ninjas than they first noticed. Much more.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's more than we saw enter the museum." Sailor Venus pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The more, the merrier." Raph said as he drew his weapon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you think you're doing?" Sailor Mars snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What does it look like? I'm kicking shell!" Raph shouted. He then opened the window and leaped down into the room with a loud battle cry. Knocking down two ninjas as he landed. S

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">ailor Mars and Sailor Venus were shocked at his head-strong attitude. "Is he always like this?" Sailor Mars asked in a shocked tone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey smiled as he said, "Pretty much." He then drew his weapons and leaped down to join his brother shouting, "Cowabunga!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus looked at one another. "Cowabunga?" Sailor Venus asked, hoping Sailor Mars would explain what that means.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't look at me, you're the one who spent all night flirting with him." Sailor Mars explained as she leaped down to join the others.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Flirting?" Sailor Venus snapped, obviously offended by what she had said. Her and that turtle together?... No way! Not in a million years.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo had been staring into the distance for some time. He was ever the vigilant warrior. The most disciplined of his brothers. He was always looked towards for leadership and guidance. But because he was the most disciplined, he also had to be the most responsible. He carried many burdens that his brother's didn't even consider. Most notably, he carried the responsibility to protect his family. It wasn't long ago that that responsibility nearly drove him to harm the people he loved most.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Something then caught Leo's eye. A movement in the shadows across the street. The movements were definitely from someone who was highly trained in ninjutsu.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wake up." Leonardo whispered to the sleeping Sailors.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What..." Sailor Jupiter yawned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They're here." he said as she rubbed her eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Five more minutes." They then heard Sailor Moon moan.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on." Leonardo said as he leaped to the next rooftop. Sailor Jupiter nudged Sailor Moon to finally wake her up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's going on?" Sailor Moon asked as she yawned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's those ninja guys. They're here." Sailor Jupiter replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Can't they wait til morning?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Leo's already on his way there." Sailor Jupiter stated. Sailor Moon finally got on her feet and they joined their reptilian friend.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo had arrived at the museum and looked through the skylight. He saw the ninjas gathering. There must have been 20 or 30 of them. Leo had taken on many before, sometimes on his own even. But, with these girls who had no experience fighting them, he knew he would have to be careful.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He drew his swords and carefully lifted the window open. He leaped into the room quietly, staying in the rafters. He waited like a cat, ready to pounce on his unsuspecting prey. Just as he was about to attack...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Stop right there!" he heard a familiar voice shout.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh no." Leonardo said under his breath. His head turned to see Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter on a glass case, standing over the ninjas. Unfortunately, the Foot Ninja also heard this and their eyes gazed upon them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How dare you try to steal precious artifacts that belong here!" Sailor Moon shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, you guys are busted!" Sailor Jupiter followed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"In the name of the moon!" Sailor Moon continued, not noticing several of the ninjas had drew several ninja stars. They then sent them flying towards the two girls.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo quickly leaped from the rafters, pushed them off the glass case and out of the way of the deadly shurikens. All three of them hit the ground hard.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So much for the element of surprise." Leo moaned as he got up, quickly blocking a slash from a nearby ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello and Sailor Mercury were hard at work trying to discover how to track the mystical energies surrounding the artifact, but with little success. It had become frustrating to both of them. Sailor Mercury, during the duration of her stay, had often thought how could a mutant turtle be so intelligent. Donatello was very gifted in science, mathematics, and engineering. He even showed her the tracking device the turtles used to follow them. When he said he built it from scratch, she couldn't believe her ears.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How did you become so efficient in science and mathematics?" Sailor Mercury finally worked up the nerve to ask. Donatello turned his attention away from the artifact and his tracking device. He had hoped to sync it to track mystical energies, but magic wasn't exactly his element.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I guess it all started when I was just a hatchling. I found an old remote control car." Don explained. "I was fascinated with it! When I pressed the buttons and it moved, I had to figure out how it worked." He continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He loved that old car. It was his obsession. "So I took it apart, and put it back together to see if it worked." Donatello explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Did it work?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello just smiled, "Nope. But I had to figure it out. It drove me nuts. So I took it apart again and again. I must have spent weeks on that car." Don continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This intrigued Sailor Mercury. Donatello was certainly someone who didn't let failure stop him from making scientific discoveries.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Finally, I figured it out and I got to work again." Don stated, "but I lost it soon after that."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm sorry." Sailor Mercury replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's okay. I also found old textbooks and other forms of information." He reassured her. "You could say I'm the geek in my family." But he was a geek who had saved his brother's shells more times than any of them could count.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury decided to take a minute to stretch her legs. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. A turtle with that much intelligence. It seemed almost unreal. However, her mind was on something else as well. Her friends were out there facing those ninja. She decided that she would check up on them. She grabbed her small, pink, flat computer and spoke into it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Mars, how is the stake out going?" She asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm a little busy at the moment!" Sailor Mars snapped answering her communicator while avoiding a blade from a ninja.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Okay, I'll call back later." Sailor Mercury replied. Sailor Mars rolled away from the ninja avoid another slash.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You do that." She snapped once again. She then unleashed a wave of fire at the ninja engulfing him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Michelangelo, surrounded by three ninja, blocked on slash with his nunchaku and wrapped it around his blade. He then sent the ninja flying into another. The third one went for his legs, but he was quick to leap in the air and kick the ninja in the face.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael blocked another attack from a ninja and kicked him in the chest. Raph block another slash from a nearby ninja as a second one came for his legs. He leaped in the air and kicked them both.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars unleashed another wave of flame at her ninja assailants. And once again, they vanished in the flames. She looked over to see Raphael surrounded by ninjas, taking them on one at a time. Though he didn't voice it, Raph looked like he might need help.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars shouted as fire burst from her fingertips. Raph blocked another slash from a ninja when he saw a huge flame coming straight at him. He leaped backwards as fast as he could, barely avoiding the flame. The Foot Ninjas weren't so lucky.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Watch where you're shootin' you crazy fire witch!" Raph growled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I just saved your life you ungrateful lizard!" Sailor Mars snapped, shocked at Raph's reaction.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I ain't no lizard! I'm a turtle! A freakin' turtle!" Raph shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus shot an energy beam at a group of ninjas, engulfing them in it's light. A few feet from her Mikey bashed a ninja with his nunchaku, but failed to see another ninja come from behind.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus did and acted, "Crescent Beam!" A beam of light headed towards Mikey. Shocked, Mikey quickly ducked and instead the energy beam hit the ninja. Mikey got up and walked up to her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You know, you could have said duck." Mikey said with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Duck!" She turned and shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, just like..." Mikey started. Sailor Venus grabbed Mikey and pulled him towards the ground and out of the way of shurikens coming straight at them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A lonely Foot finally went for the artifact, slashing at the glass casing. He quickly grabbed the artifact and started heading for the rooftop. As he entered the rafters, he was intercepted by Raphael.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, pal. Make my day." Raph taunted as he twirled his weapons. The ninja simply threw the greaves towards the ground and drew his sword.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The greaves landed in the hands of another Foot Ninja below. Raphael blocked the ninja's sword and shouted,

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey, the artifact!" Mikey quickly saw the ninja was the greaves. He leaped in the air and kicked the ninja holding them. They were sent soaring into the air, but caught yet again by another Foot Ninja. This time, the ninja threw several orbs that exploded when they hit the ground, releasing a smoke cloud.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When the smoke cloud cleared, the only ones in the room, were two girls in miniskirts and two ninja turtles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars shot Raph a glare, "Good job. Thanks to you, now those ninjas have another artifact." she snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, and that's all my fault? Because I remember someone almost barbecued me!" Raph shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We seriously would have been better off with Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars mummbled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You want to say something lady! Say it!" Raph shouted once more. Sailor Venus and Michelangelo finally joined them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, guys. Let's not fight. It's not going to get that artifact back anyway." Sailor Venus explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The lady's right, Raph. Now's not the time for the hot-head thing." Mikey begged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph still glared at Sailor Mars, who happened to be glaring back. "Let's go back to Donny and see if he's got some doohickey that can track these guys!" Mikey suggested with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph broke his gaze from Sailor Mars and head towards the staircase. "Whatever." he growled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey, Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus followed him, but Mikey stopped at the door and stepped to the side. "Ladies first." Mikey led as he gestured for Sailor Mars and Sailor Venus to go up first.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus just gave a smile and did as he suggested. "At least, he has manners." Sailor Venus said to herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo blocks another sword slash from his ninja foes and blocks another with his free sword. When he sees another ninja coming straight for him, he pushes upward with his blades and leaps in the air, dodging the blade.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Supreme Thunder!" Sailor Jupiter shouted as lightning consumed the ninjas.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A lonely Foot Ninja stood over the artifact, which was a gauntlet with two blades on them that looked like claws. This gauntlet was a very reminder of the Shredder to Leonardo. After all, he had seen that thing up close too many times. The Foot Ninja smashed the glass casing with his fist and grabbed the item. Leonardo, seeing this, quickly kicked the ninja in the back, sending the ninja and the artifact across the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Several more ninjas attacked Leonardo. Leonardo blocked all of their swords at once, but was unable to move. They were all pushing on their swords as hard as they could.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Tiara Magic!" Leonardo heard across the room as a tiara slammed into one ninja, which domino-ed into the one next to him. With that, Leonardo was able to push upward once again, and deliver a 360 kick to his enemies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Foot Ninja get up quickly and head straight for the artifact. One of them quickly grabs it and heads for the rafters. Sailor Jupiter summons more lightning to attack them, but they evade them easily and escape through the roof. However, several more ninjas stayed behind to hold them. She spotted one coming straight for her slashing his sword at her. She quickly caught the blade and kicked the ninja in the chest. Then a tiara hit the ninja, disintegrating it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo, Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Moon quickly finished off the rest of the ninjas, but were unable to catch the Foot before they escape with the artifact.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that could have gone better." Leonardo stated to his new allies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We're sorry. We thought we had the drop on them." Sailor Moon replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on. Let's get back to the lair. Maybe Don and your friend have found a way to track them." Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Moon nodded and headed for the staircase, following Leonardo. "I sure hope Raph had better luck than we did." Leonardo mumbled to himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello and Sailor Mercury had been studying the artifact for hours, but had still not been able to find a way to track its mystical energy.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Still nothing." Donatello moaned. "I wish I knew a bit more about magic. I'm more of a scientist myself." he continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What if we tracked the mystical energies of the Foot Ninja?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I wish I knew how, but the only way I can think of that is to get a sample of their mystical energies. I tried to research into the mystical ley lines in this city, but it was another dead-end." Donatello stated. Sailor Mercury's brain then started to work its magic.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What if you used the ley lines to track them? My computer can sense the mystical ley lines, what if instead of tracking one specific type of mystic energy, we found an incredible amount of mystic energy in one place? If these Foot Ninjas are gathering them for a purpose, maybe they have them all in one spot." Sailor Mercury suggested. Donatello started to think, he then smiled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You may be on to something." Donatello said. "Can I borrow that?" Donatello asked, meaning her computer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">She handed it to him without question. He then hooked her computer to his laptop and did a search for the ley lines. He then used Sailor Mercury's computer to see if he could find any trace of mystical energies. And then...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Bingo!" Donatello exclaimed. "You did it! Sailor Mercury, you're a genius!" he stated, not knowing that behind him, Sailor Mercury started to blush.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don turned to her, "Now that we know exactly where they are, all we have to do now is..." He stopped seeing movement in the shadows. He then moved in front of Sailor Mercury and pulled out his bo staff.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Company. Lots of it." Donatello nervously answered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Several ninjas emerged from the shadows, drawing their blades.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How did they find this place?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They must have followed the artifact's mystic trail." Don replied. The ninjas were getting closer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Mercury contact your friends and tell them to get back here, pronto!" Donatello shouted as he leaped towards the ninjas. He sung his staff taking out two of them. A ninja swung his blade a Don, but he blocked with his bo staff. He then kicked the ninja in the chest. He turned around to block another blade.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury hid behind the desk to call the other Sailors in hopes of them arriving soon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, this is Sailor Mercury!" She started in panic. "Hurry back to the lair, we're in trouble!" she finished closing her communicator, hoping her friends would arrive in time. She rose from behind the desk to see Donatello block another blade. Three more ninjas appeared behind Don.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua Illusion!" She shouted as a wave of water washed over the ninja behind Donatello.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello blocked another slash from a ninja with his bo staff and swept his legs to trip to ninja. Another ninja came from behind the first one and slashed at Don. Don quickly moved backwards to avoid the blade. Sailor Mercury shot a wave of water at the ninja and washed him away.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don blocked another slash from a ninja and kicked him in the chest, only to be kicked in the back by another ninja. Sailor Mercury unleashed another torrent of water at the ninja, but this time they were ready and moved out of the way. One of them then leaped in the air and kicked Sailor Mercury in the chest sending her into the back wall. She looked up to see the ninja standing over her with sword in hand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don looked backwards to see a ninja cornering Sailor Mercury. He quickly slammed his bo staff into the ninja in front of him and leapt on top of his work desk sending the laptop in the air. He quickly kicked his laptop into the face of the ninja in front of Sailor Mercury. He landed on the ground realizing what he had done.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Aw man. That was my favorite laptop." Don moaned. He was then kicked in the back by another Foot Ninja landing in front of Sailor Mercury.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury shouted as a wave of water washed over the three ninjas in front of her. Donatello got up and readied his weapon once again. A ninja leaped at Donatello and swung his blade. Don blocked with his weapon and kicked the ninja. Another came in from the front, and Don blocked again. Don look to his left and saw a ninja picking up the sheath from off the floor.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Mercury, we have to stop them from getting the artifact!" Don shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury looked to her left and saw the ninja as well. She unleashed another wave of water at the ninja, consuming him. Just as she did, another ninja kicked her from behind.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don swung his bo staff hitting the ninja in front of him. Not noticing two ninjas coming from behind. They both kicked him the back, sending him in front of Sailor Mercury. They both looked up to see several ninjas with blades drawn ready to strike.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" they both heard a familiar voice shout. Fire then consumed the ninjas in front of them. They all looked over to see Sailor Mars standing in the entry way.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael then leaped from behind her and dove after two ninjas bringing them to the ground. Raph then kicked the ninja closest to him and blocked a blade from another close by. Mikey and Sailor Venus appeared next to Sailor Mars and joined Raphael.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninjas that remained headed straight for the artifact. One of them quickly grabbed it and headed for the roof.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The artifact!" Don shouted as he got up. He ran after the ninja with the artifact, but was cut off by more Foot Ninja. Don swung his bo staff at them hard, sending them flying several feet. But because of that, he lost track of the artifact. The ninja ceased their fighting and headed for the roof. They had no reason to stay. Their job was done.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don and the others just stood there powerless to stop them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo's voice then echoed through the tunnel, "Guys! Is everyone alright?" Leo shouted as he and Sailor Moon and Sailor Jupiter appeared in the entrance.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, just peachy." Raph answered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Mercury are you alright?" Sailor Moon asked seeing her friend on the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, I'm alright." Sailor Mercury responded as Donatello helped her up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They've got the artifact." Don told everyone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, they got ours too." Mikey stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No thanks to someone." Sailor Mars snapped. Raph just growled in anger.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We weren't able to stop them from getting our artifact either." Leo explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what now?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No problem. Sailor Mercury and I were able to find a way to track the mystic energies the artifacts are putting out." Don explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"All we have to do now is follow them." Sailor Mercury finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And then we kick some shell." Raph said, cracking his knuckles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And hope its not too late." Leo thought.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Hawk's Eye gathers the artifacts his ninja minions collect into a temple-like building. With all the artifacts gathered together so closely, they start to emit a eerie green light. Shadows descend upon the artifacts as if they were drawn to it like a magnet. The artifacts soar through they air as if guided by invisible strings. They pile onto each other perfectly to take the shape of a man. A man, who is his right hand, has a two prong claw like weapon, a helmet with the three prongs that look like a claw or a foot and armor from head to toe.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Suddenly, a pair of red eyes appeared inside the armor as if it were alive. "Do you remember who you are?" Hawk's Eye asked the being as if he were a living being.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I am Oroko Saki... I am the Shredder!" The figure spoke, releasing a laugh that would shake the very heavens.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Our heroes arrive at a large temple. It gives a sinister presence in the darkness.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, this is where the artifacts are?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Definitely, there are a lot of mystic ley lines that intersect this spot." Don replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"There is definitely something bad in there, I'm getting really bad vibes from just standing here." Sailor Mars stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then what are we waiting for? Let's knock and see who's home." Raph suggested, drawing his weapon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hold on, Raph. We can't just go in there without a plan." Leo explained. "Don, is there anyway you can pinpoint where exactly in that building the energy is coming from?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We were lucky to get this far. There is no way we could pinpoint the energy that much." Don replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I can bring up the blueprints of the temple on my computer." Sailor Mercury stated, "It's not much, but it will work."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then let's go." Leo stated as he drew his weapon. Sailor Mercury started tapping on her mini-computer and on it's screen brought up a blueprint for the building, she then followed the others into the temple.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The team enters the building, cautiously. Looking for any sign of trouble they may run into. "Be ready for anything." Leo said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Just as he finished, a large green barrier appeared between the team separating them. Isolating Leo and Sailor Jupiter in the Northeast Corner of the room, Don, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon in the Northern part of the room, Raph and Sailor Mars in the West part of the room, and Mikey and Sailor Venus in the East.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I guess this qualifies as anything." Sailor Venus quipped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Is everyone alright?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, but these barriers separated us." Sailor Jupiter stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No kidding." Raph snapped as he hit the barrier with his weapon. But it did not move. He continued again and again, but nothing happened. Leo looked in his area of the room and saw only one hallway.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Guys, stick to the plan, we need to find those artifacts." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Right, each of us will travel through the temple, and I'll guide everyone through our communicators." Sailor Mercury explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The heroes then left the rooms going their separate ways. In the back of Leonardo's mind, he knew that the direction he was going, was a trap.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael and Sailor Mars made their way down the hall. They hardly looked at one another, let alone spoke to each other. Raph was keeping his hands close to his weapons, he knew Foot Ninja were near. He didn't know why, he just did. Finally, the came to a room filled with altars.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I've got a bad feeling about this." Sailor Mars stated as they entered the room. Like magic, Foot Ninjas appeared from the shadows and surrounded the heroes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what do we do now?" Sailor Mars asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph drew his weapons with a grin, "Give you one guess." he responded. The ninjas drew their weapons and attacked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo and Sailor Jupiter entered the hallway and down another corridor. Finally they came into an empty room, but Leo stopped just short of the door.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are we waiting for? There's no one there." Sailor Jupiter asked. Leo pressed his finger to his lips with a shushing sound. He then looked towards the ground and picked up a small stone. He tossed it into the room with it making a small sound, and with that sound Seven Foot Ninjas appeared from the darkness. Leonardo and Sailor Jupiter quickly hid in the corridor.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"A ninja never enters a battle unprepared." Leonardo quoted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what now?" She asked her reptilian friend.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Here's my plan." Leo whispered back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Ninjas stood still, waiting for something to happen. Leonardo then charged in the room leaping over the ninjas heads. As he landed, he turned towards his adversaries. The ninja drew their blades and charge at the turtle. Leo blocked their blades quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninjas had the turtle pinned down, but then, "Supreme Thunder!" a voice from the hallway shouted as lightning headed straight for the ninjas. Leonardo pushed up on his blades with all his might and leaped out of the way. The ninjas became consumed by the lightning and vanished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Nice work." Leonardo said with a smile as Sailor Jupiter appeared from the hallway.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks." She beamed. Her communicator then beeped, indicating that someone was contacting her. "Sailor Jupiter here." she spoke to the communicator as she revealed and opened it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's Sailor Mercury. I've been mapping the area and it looks like a long corridor connects to all of our hallways." a voice from the communicator stated. "Raphael and Sailor Mars look like they're the closest ones to it." she continued.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, tell them to wait for us there. That's where we regroup." Leo ordered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">As Sailor Jupiter closed her communicator, three more ninjas appeared from the hallway. But they were slightly different from the others. They were covered in a dark blue rather than a black uniform. Leo and Sailor Jupiter made a stance to battle. The ninjas then preformed a series of hand seal as smoke gathered around them. When the smoke dissipated, they were gone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo looked around the room to see any sign of them. He then looked towards the ground to see dust floating a short distance as if something heavy had landed there. It then hit him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Jupiter, they're...!" but before Leonardo could finish, he grunted in pain as if something had hit him. He grunted once again, being thrown several feet. Sailor Jupiter watched, but could not see what Leonardo was reacting too.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Suddenly, a huge blow hit Sailor Jupiter in the chest. She looked up to see that nothing was there. She then felt a blow hit her face. She swung at the air hoping to hit her unseen opponent, but her fist did not connect to anything. She felt another blow to her chest sending her across the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Michelangelo and Sailor Venus had rushed through the hallway, only to find a group of Foot Ninja at the end of it. They had quickly defeated the ninja group, with Mikey boasting about it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I gotta say, that wasn't even half my skills." he bragged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Uh, huh." Sailor Venus responded in a 'whatever' manner. They looked towards the hallway to see another ninja only this one was bulkier than the others. Mikey thought of this chance as his chance to show off some of his major skills.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Just stand back, beautiful. I got this." Mikey stated as he drew his nunchaku. Mikey charge at the ninja and swung his weapon at him. The ninja casually moved out of the way with little difficultly. Mikey swung again, but this time the ninja caught Mikey's arm and tossed him across the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, that was impressive." Sailor Venus sarcasticly quipped as Mikey moaned on the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Crescent Beam!" She shouted as a beam of light shot from her finger and slammed into the ninja. When the light disappeared, the ninja was still standing, unscathed. "Okay, we have a problem."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael and Sailor Mars had just defeated the ninjas that attacked them. Raph was breathing heavily, but wasn't hurt. "And that's how you do things, mean and green style." Raph boasted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not bad, for an ugly, mutant reptile." Sailor Mars responded. Raph growled in anger at her cruel joke. He looked ahead to see a new opponent. It was indeed another ninja, but this one had a large gun like weapon on his arm and a high-tech belt. The ninja lifted it's arm and fired a rocket at the heroes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Move!" Raph shouted as he and Sailor Mars leaped aside to avoid the attack. Raph rolled back to his feet and charged at the ninja. Before Raphael could get to the ninja, he pressed a switch on his belt and started to glow red. Raph slashed at the ninja with his sai, but they connected with some force just milimeters from the ninja's body. He slashed again, but was denied by that same force. The ninja slammed his fist into Raphael's face sending him back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars shouted from the side. Flames emerge from her hands and headed straight towards the ninja. The ninja press the switch on his belt yet again, and started to glow blue. The fire engulfed him, but he remained unhurt. "Oh, great." Sailor Mars snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon found themselves cornered by a giant creature. It looked like a cross between a chicken and a dinosaur. Donatello had seen these creatures before. They were called Mousers. Mechanical devices created to remedy New York's rat problem. But this one wasn't a robot, it was flesh.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donatello, what is that thing?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If I were to guess..." Donatello started, looking at it's powerful jaws, "I'd say hungry."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael slashed at his opponent, but his weapons could not get through the force field. The ninja threw a punch at Raphael, but he dodged just in time. The ninja then kicked Raph in the chest sending him flying several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars shouted as several rings launched at the ninja. The ninja quickly pressed the mechanism on his belt, and the rings bounced off his force field. The ninja lifted his arm and began firing upon Sailor Mars with a machine gun on his arm. She ran quickly behind a buda and ducked for cover.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph snuck behind the ninja and kicked him in the back. The ninja turned and pressed the button on his belt just before Raph slashed at him again. Raph leaped backwards twirling his sais, knowing his attacks wouldn't work. The ninja launched another rocket at Raphael, but the turtle was too quick and leaped out of the way. Raph ran behind the buda where he saw Sailor Mars run to.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, what now?" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I've noticed something" Sailor Mars began, "Every time we attack that guy, he presses some kind of trigger on his belt. It blocks your weapons and my attacks. But he has to activate it every time one of us attacks him."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph raised his eyebrow, "Yeah, so?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So!" Sailor Mars snapped, "If you were to attack him from the front, while he's focused on you, I can come from behind you and roast him while his shield is down." "

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">You're not serious!" Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I didn't see you come up with anything!" Sailor Mars barked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, excuse me, I ain't exactly excited about having a fireball launched at the back of my head!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars just glared at Raph, "You got a better idea?" A missile had hit close to where they were hiding. Raph knew they didn't have time to argue.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Just don't miss." Raph growled as he stood up, not seeing Sailor Mars stick her tongue out at his remark.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph charged at the ninja once more and slashed at him again. The ninja threw a punch a Raph, but Raph ducked in time. He then slashed at the ninja again and again the force field blocked him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars shouted from behind Raph. The ninja reached for his belt, but Raph kicked at his arms sending them away from his belt. Raph quickly then leaped out of the way of the huge fireball heading straight towards them. The ninja was unable to react in time and was consumed by the flames. Raph looked back at Sailor Mars.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not bad, you know, for a girl." Raph commented. Sailor Mars replied with a scornful 'humph'. She then continued down the hallway. "Sheesh, some people can't take a compliment." Raph growled to himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey and Sailor Venus flew into the wall behind them after trying to rush their larger enemy.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I hope that's not one of your better plans." Sailor Venus moaned as she got up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, I'm under a little pressure here." Mikey responded. Their larger opponent charged at them, but they move out of his path. Mikey looked behind the ninja to see a large crack in the ceiling. This gave him an idea.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yo, tiny! Catch me if you can!" Mikey shouted as he ran towards the wall area just below the damaged ceiling. The ninja followed him. Sailor Venus stared as she saw the ninja chase down Mikey.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Venus, shoot him!" Mikey said as he ran towards the wall. Her eyes brows would have shot to the ceiling had they not been attached.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What?" she questioned in shock. "It doesn't hurt him!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Just do it!" Mikey shouted as he was still being chased by the ninja. Sailor Venus decided to trust the turtle's word and unleash her attack. A huge beam of light hit the ninja in the back and sending him straight into the wall. Before the ninja slammed into the wall, Mikey leaped over the ninja and quickly started to run the other way. As soon as the ninja collided with the wall, the ceiling started to collapse onto the ninja. Mikey and Sailor Venus waited several seconds, but there was no movement.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah! We kick serious butt!" Mikey cheered. "I am amazing." he commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, Mr. Amazing." Sailor Venus sarcastically repeated, "We have to find the others."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The creature brought down its foot to crush the three heroes, but they moved quickly to avoid it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shine Aqua Illusion!" Sailor Mercury shouted as a turret of water wash against the beast. It halted it, but only for a moment. Donatello ran towards the beast and leaped onto it's back. He swung his bo staff at the creature as hard as he could, but nothing happened. The creature didn't react at all.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's armor is thick!" Don shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon shouted as she threw her tiara at he creature. The tiara bounced off the monster and back to her without it damaging it at all. "I'm just not having a good day." She moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don swung his bo staff again, but still it didn't stop it. If anything it started to flail about to try and shake Donatello off it. "This thing must have a weak spot somewhere!" Don shouted hanging on for dear life.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury activated her visor by touching her earring and activated her portible computer. She quickly scanned the creature for any visible weak points. The visor quickly revealed to her a spot. "Guys, there is a weak point on its chest, but it's underneath one of its scales!" She shouted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don let go of the creature and landed on the ground. The monster tried to stomp Don, but he move far to fast. Sailor Mercury then unleashed a wave of ice stopping the creature. Don ran towards the others to join them. The ice started to crack.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How are we suppose to get under its armor?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'll open up one of its scales, Sailor Mercury keep its mouth away from me." Don explained as he pulled a claw-like weapon out of his bag, throwing his bag to the side afterwards.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon hit him once the weak point is revealed." he slipped the claw onto his hand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ice finally shattered as the creature began its march towards them. Sailor Mercury shot another beam of ice at the creature, freezing its mouth shut. Don quickly leaped onto the creature's chest, grabbing one of its scales for support. He then dug the claw-like weapon into the creature's scale. The monster broke its icey prison and headed striaght for Don.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury unleashed a wave of water to hold back the beast's mouth. Don quickly then placed his bo staff into the sleeve of his claw and pulled as hard as he could. The scale started to move slowly. Until a small amount of its grey hide was revealed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon now!" Don shouted, as he saw the beast's head come closer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon shouted as she once again, threw her tiara at the beast. This time when the tiara made contact with the monster, the monster let out a cry. It started to glow a bright light and then dissolved into dust. Don got up slowly from the dust surrounding him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donatello, are you alright?" Sailor Mercury asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I'm okay." Don said walking towards them.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are days always like this with you guys?" Sailor Moon asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, somedays they're worse." Don replied with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo slash at his invisible targets, but his weapon did not make contact with anything. He then felt a blow to his chest. Leo leaped backwards to put some distance between him and his unseen adversaries, but it didn't last. Another blow came from behind and sent him flying forward.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter unleashed a bolt of lightning at her unseen oppoenet, but it only came into contact with the wall on the other side of the room. She then felt a blow to her chest, sending her back towards Leonardo. They both got up slowly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do we do?" Sailor Jupiter asked. Leonardo looked towards the ceiling to see a water mane. He could see the condinsation on the pipe. Leo quickly threw smoke pellet on the ground to disguise Sailor Jupiter and himself. He then grabbed Sailor Jupiter by the wrist, guiding her towards the end of the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We're running?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, I have a plan." Leonardo started. "Use your lightning on my signel."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But I can't hit them if I can't see them!" Sailor Jupiter replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You won't have too. Trust me." Leo asked. Sailor Jupiter finally gave in. "Stay here and wait for my signel." He said as he ran back into the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When the smoke cleared, only Leonardo was visible in the room. He stood still for several seconds, before feeling a blow to his back. Leo quickly got up and leaped towards the air and slashed at the water pipe. Water splashed all over the invisible ninjas below. Leo quickly stabbed his swords into the ceiling staying away from anything contecting to the metal pipe.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Supreme Thunder!" A voice from the hallway shouted as lightning rained upon the ninjas in the room. The ninja then vanished in a puff of smoke. Leonardo waited several seconds before landing on the ground. Then a loud crumbling sound could be heard. Leo looked towards his friend and saw the ceiling start to collapse.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Jupiter look out!" Leo shouted rushing towards her. She looked up to see the ceiling she had blasted was breaking apart. Before she could move, Leo shoved her out of the way of the falling rubble. When they both landed on the ground, they were both breathing heavily. Sailor Jupiter and Leo's eyes met.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wow." Sailor Jupiter said under her breath, captivated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you... alright?" Leo said after a few seconds. Sailor Jupiter was silent. She was awestruck, but silent. "Sailor Jupiter" Leonardo spoke again. This time it snapped Sailor Jupiter back into reality.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, yeah... I'm okay." She replied. Leonardo then got up and offered her a hand up. She took it without hesitation.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on, let's keep moving." Leonardo started ahead and looked around the corner for more enemies. Sailor Jupiter just stood there watching Leo, enchanted by his actions. Leonardo looked back at her, noticing she was still several feet away. "Is something wrong?" Leo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Huh, nothing's wrong." Sailor Jupiter replied, coming back to reality. She then followed to join him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo and Sailor Jupiter arrived to a large room to find Sailor Mercury, Mars, Moon, Raphael and Donatello. "Looks like we're just waiting on Mikey." Leo said as he entered the room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Surprise, surprise." Raph sarcasticly quipped. They then saw two figures emerge from the shadows, a blonde girl with a red bow in her hair, and a turtle with an orange bandanna.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"See I told you it was this way." Sailor Venus commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"About time Mikey." Don jested. Leo looked towards the large door.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This must be where your Shredder is." Sailor Mars commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then what are we waiting for?" Raph said as he drew his weapons.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo then drew his blades, "Nothing." He then kicked the door with all his might, flinging it open.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The heroes rushed into the throne room and saw a large throne with a figure upon it. He was covered from head to toe in armor. His right hand reveals a claw-like weapon and his helmet is most familiar with the turtles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ah, my old friends." The figure spoke. The turtles had seen this figure in their worst nightmares. The Shredder was alive once again. "I should thank you for coming here. It saves me the trouble of hunting you down myself." He spoke as he stepped from his throne. "Now, I will finally have my revenge!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Revenge this, bucket head!" Raph shouted as he charged towards the Shredder. Shredder ducked to avoid Raph's attack. Raph quickly kicked towards the Shredder. Shredder took a step back and retaliated with a punch to Raph's face. Raph was sent back several feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Fire Soul!" Sailor Mars shouted as a wave of fire soared towards the Shredder. As it made contact with him, the Shredder lifted his arm and the fire dissipated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You think your pathetic magics can hurt me, witch!" the Shredder shouted. He gathered energy in his hand and released it into an energy beam towards the heroes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Move!" Leo shouted, as everyone did as they were told.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo ran towards the Shredder slashing at him. The Shredder blocked with his gauntlet and kicked Leo in the gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">A wave of water washed against the Shredder from his right as well as an energy beam to his left. The Shredder raised his arms and fired energy blasts from both of his hands towards the girls. Sailor Venus and Sailor Mercury were sent back several feet and on the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don came from above and swung his bow staff at the Shredder, however, he was able to catch the turtle's weapon. Mikey came from behind and swung his nunchaku at the Shredder's legs, but the armored figure leaped in the air, taking Don with him and tossing him into the wall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">When the Shredder landed, he was bombarded with lightning. After the attack was ended, the Shredder simply shook it off.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey came from behind the Shredder to attack, but the Shredder turned just as Mikey leaped towards him and punched him in the gut, sending Mikey towards the back wall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph and Leo both charged at the Shredder from opposite sides. Raph swung his sai at the Shredder, but before it could make contact, the Shredder grabbed Raph's arm and threw him towards his brother. Raph slammed into Leo before he could change direction.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter ran towards the Shredder throwing a flurry of punches. The Shredder dodged all, but finally caught the final one and retaliated with a punch to her face. The hit sent her back into the wall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don comes from behind Shredder and kicks the Shredder in the back. The armored figure handsprings back to his feet, before hitting the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Burning Mandala!" Sailor Mars shouts as a large number of rings launch towards the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder leaps above the attack and lands between Sailor Mars and Donatello. He then delivers a quick kick to both of them. Sailor Mars is sent to the back wall. When she looks up, she sees the image of the Shredder above her. He raises his arm with his claw and comes to bring it down...

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No!" A three pointed prong then appears to stop the Shredder's attack.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mars looks to sees Raphael blocking the attack with his weapons. The Shredder picks Raphael up by his belt and tosses him across the room. The Shredder turned towards Sailor Mars and prepared his attack once again, but this time Sailor Mars rolled out of the way. She then unleashes a wave of fire against the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Venus Love-Me Chain!" Sailor Venus shouts as a golden chain wraps around the Shredder. The Shredder unleashes an energy wave that not only destorys the chain, but knocks Sailor Venus and Sailor Mars off their feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo slashes at the Shredder side, leaving a gash in his armor. The Shredder turns and blocks his second sword before kicking Leo in the gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Tiara Magic!" Sailor Moon shouts as she throws her tiara at the Shredder. The Shredder simply lifts up his arm and stops the tiara before it can touch him. "That is so not fair!" Sailor Moon moaned. The Shredder notices Mikey charging for him. The Shredder then throws the tiara and it collides with the turtle before he can reach him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Mercury appears next to Sailor Moon and fires a wave of water at the Shredder. At the same time the Shredder fires an energy blast of his own. The blasts collide for a second before the Shredder's attack breaks through and sends Sailor Mercury and Sailor Moon towards the far wall near Leonardo. When they look up, they see the image of the Shredder not too far from them. His hands glowing with some kind of power.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"None of you will leave here alive!" he poised as he was ready to release the energy.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Then something slashed at the Shredder's arm causing him to lose concentraion on his attack. When the Shredder looked to his left, to see what had slashed at him... It was a red rose.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What?" Shredder grunted. Everyone looked up towards the ceiling to see a man in a black tuxedo, a white mask that covered his eyes and a cape and next to him was a little girl. A little girl with pink hair that stood up like rabbit ears. She also wore a uniform similar to the other Sailor Senshi, but the uniform color was pink.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon shouted in joy.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"An evil such as you cannot allowed to exsist, you are everything in this world that is heartless and evil!" Tuxedo Mask declared.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What stupidity is this?" The Shredder shouted. The man and the little girl leaped from the ceiling towards the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You heard him, pal and now your gonna pay!" the little girl stated. Mikey looked towards his brothers who were getting up slowly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What's with the guy in the tuxedo?" he asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And what's with the little girl?" Donatello enquired.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I happen to be a Sailor Senshi, thank you very much!" the little girl snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Silence! I will crush all of you!" the Shredder threatened.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't think so, Shredder!" Leonardo shouted as he slashed at the Shredder. The Shredder blocked the blade, but was unable to dodge a lightning attack from Sailor Jupiter.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael leaped above Leo and kicked the Shredder in the gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">After which, Sailor Mercury and Sailor Mars unleashed their attacks on the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder struggled against them, and when they finally stopped, Donatello and Michelangelo kicked the Shredder together, sending him stumbling back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Venus then unleashed her energy beam at the Shredder sending him crashing into his throne.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon, Sailor Chibi-Moon, now!" Tuxedo Mask urged. The Sailors knew what they had to do.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Please Pegasus, protect people's dreams!" Sailor Chibi-Moon yells as she reveals a golden bell with a handle shaped like a heart. "Twinkle Yell!" she continues as a horse with wings appears. The golden horn atop the horse's head then starts to glow as Sailor Moon reveals a rod-like weapon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Moon Gorgeous Meditation" She shouts as the rod glows and shoots a beam of light at the Shredder. The Shredder lets out a cry as the beam slams into him, engulfing him in the light. The Shredder then drooped to the ground motionless.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The group begins to cheer and laugh at the expense of the Shredder. Smiles were aplenty for the heroes, but then... A menacing laugh was heard. This laughter melted any smiles the heroes had on their faces. They gazed upon the artifacts that formed body of their enemy, float to the air and merge once again to form... The Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You fools! You thought a weak attack such as that could stop me?" The Shredder queried. He then howled with laughter at the heroes attempts to stop him. "I'm sorry, Rini. He is more powerful than I imagined." The horse spoke as the landed beside Sailor Chibi-Moon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"At last." A voice spoke from behind the Shredder. A tall man with bright, wild pink hair appeared behind the armored figure.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wait, you're behind this?" Sailor Venus asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's right and now for our prize. Now, Shredder capture Pegasus!" Hawk's Eye demanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No." The Shredder immediately responded. Hawk's Eye was shocked at the Shredder's reply.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What?" he snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I have no need for such a pathetic little creature." the armored figure boasted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He is not pathetic!" Sailor Chibi-Moon snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Tuxedo Mask then placed his hand on her shoulder, "Wait, Sailor Chibi-Moon.".

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I gave you life! You must capture Pegasus for me!" Hawk's Eye demanded once more.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I must do whatever I please!" The Shredder snarled, losing his patients with Hawk's Eye. The feeling was mutual for Hawk's Eye.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You can't do this to me! I order you to capture Pegasus!" Hawk's Eye commanded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder simply glared at his 'ally'. "You would dare give an order to the Shredder?" he asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder takes orders from no one!" He roared with anger at Hawk's Eye.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We shall see Oroku Saki!" Hawk's Eyes threatened. His shadow upon the ground then unleashed four mysterious beings. One was a woman in a blue biker outfit that was inside of a tire, a puppet with green hair, a red shirt and blue shorts, a woman that looked like a bullet, and a woman on a trapeze. They all stood side-by-side with the pink haired man. "So, do you surrender?" he asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder let out another cry of laughter. "You would challenge me? You have no idea the power I wield!" The Shredder gathered dark energy around him. "Foot Ninja, arise from your graves and serve your master once more!" Just as the Shredder finished his incantation, bones from the ground started to rise and connect to one another to resemble a human. Flesh then started to grow like magic. Ninja garments arose and covered the ninjas. They wore straw hats atop their heads and black vests and leggings. Their faces were covered by their red cloaks which extended to form capes. Each carried a unique weapon. One an axe, another a trident, another a spear, and finally a twin-bladed sword. They stood in front of their master. "Foot Ninja, attack!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The heroes had ran during the confusion with Hawk's Eye and the Shredder to a small room, that connected to a larger room before finally connecting to the throne room. "Okay, so what now?" Raph asked as he closed the doors behind him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We have to stop the Shredder." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How do we do that, he's just so powerful?" Sailor Venus asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We could always try the Sailor Planet Attack." Sailor Jupiter suggested.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The what?" Donatello wondered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Its a powerful attack that all of us, together can achieve." Sailor Mars explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, but I'm not sure it will work. The energy the Shredder possesses is greater than anything I've ever seen." Sailor Mercury explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then we just have to gather the energy to beat him." Sailor Moon finally stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's a lot of energy, it would take time to charge. And even if we do gather a lot of energy there's no guarantee it would stop him." Sailor Mercury explained her concerns again.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, and I doubt the Shredder is going to take a time out, while we charge our attack" Sailor Mars pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How long do you need?" Leonardo asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know... 10 minutes, maybe more." She imagined.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Then that's how much time we give you." Leo replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are you saying?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You guys can't seriously be thinking about fighting him again!" Sailor Moon cried.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, we know the score. We knew the risks before we got here." Mikey explained. The turtles have had to risk their lives time and again to stop the Shredder, nearly losing them several times.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"If we don't stop the Shredder now..." Raph started.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Millions of lives will suffer at his hands." Donatello finished.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder has to be stopped. Everyone any of us has ever cared about is counting on us." Leo stated. "The Shredder won't give us a second chance. If there is a chance to stop him, we have to take it."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You don't have to do this!" Sailor Moon weeped. "There must be another way."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"There isn't." Leo said as he drew his blades and headed for the larger room.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wait, I shall join you." Tuxedo Mask declared.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, the Shredder is our enemy, not yours." Leo pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Perhaps, but if you have one more at your side, it will increase your chance of survival." the human explained as he put his hand out for Leo. Leo took his hand to shake.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's do this." Leo said as he led his brothers through the doorway.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Tuxedo Mask, please?" Sailor Moon begged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Tuxedo Mask turned towards Sailor Moon, "Do not worry, Sailor Moon. You love will guide me back to you, no matter what happens." He then turned to the doorway and joined the others. The room was very silent for a moment.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sailor Moon?" Sailor Jupiter asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Moon then wiped a tear from her eye before saying, "Let's do this."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder's claw slashed through the puppet's body, tearing him to shreds. The battle had been short, and Hawk's Eyes minions lie defeated. "Any more of your foolish creatures you wish to throw against me?" The Shredder asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Forget this, I'm out of here." Hawk's Eye surrendered as he leaped throw a portal that appeared behind him. The portal quickly closed behind him before the Shredder's Foot Ninja could stop him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, let him go." The Shredder commanded his warriors, "I shall deal with him later." The ninja then appeared in front of their master, bowing to him. "Hear this, loyal Foot Ninja. I will burn this world to the ground and from its ashes I will rebuild my empire!" The Shredder continued his claims. "But first I will destroy the ones who defeated me. I will not be denied my revenge."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph closed the doors behind him as he and the others prepared for battle. Mikey spun his nunchaku, "We'll hold him, right?" Mikey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Whatever you say, bro. I'm with you all the way." Raph stated as he drew his weapons. They stared upon the doorway leading to the throne room for a few seconds when... BOOM! The doors exploded open, and from the smoke appeared the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ah, I see." he began, "You would stand and fight while your ladies in waiting flee. How ... noble." The Shredder then raised his arm, "However, it matters not, for you only delay the enviable! I shall find them and crush them all!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The only one getting crushed here, is you tin-face!" Raph shouted as he charged at the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, wait!" Leo demanded, but Raph continued his charged. He leap in the air to attack the Shredder, but suddenly, a ninja appeared from behind the Shredder and knocked Raphael back several feet. Three other ninjas appeared from behind the Shredder, taking positions in front of their master. The turtles instantly recognized these new villains.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are they?" Tuxedo Mask asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Shredder's elite ninja." Leo answered reading his blades.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Aren't they looking a little more... corpse-y than usual?" Mikey quarried.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's cause I think they are, Mikey" Don replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Foot Ninja! Destroy them all!" The Shredder roared as his warriors attacked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The first ninja with the ax took to the air and slashed at Leonardo. Leo ducked under the blade and blocked the second attack with his sword. The ninja kicked Leo in the face sending him backwards. Leo quickly regained his balance in time to block another slash from the ninja. This time, Leo kicked the ninja in the chest. The ninja was quick to land on his feet and ready his weapon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The ninja with the lance swung his weapon at Michelangelo. Michelangelo caught the weapon with his nunchaku. Michelangelo throws a kick at the ninja, but before it made contact the ninja catches his foot and pushes Michelangelo on his back. With the nunchaku still tied to the spear, the ninja swung his spear sending the nunchaku straight at Mikey. Mikey performed a back flip, dodging his own weapon. Just as Mikey landed, the ninja delivered a kick to Mikey's chest.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello blocks an attack from the ninja with the trident. He then sweeps his feet tripping the ninja. The ninja lands on the ground and rolls away from Don. Don leaps towards the air and swings his bo staff at the ninja. The ninja leaps backwards and then leaps forward to deliver a kick to Donatello's chest.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Tuxedo Mask blocks the ninja wielding the blade with a black cane. The ninja repositions his blade to toss the cane into the air. The ninja slashes at Tuxedo Mask, but he was quick to leap backwards to safety. He then tosses several roses at his adversary. The ninja slashes at them with his sword. The ninja follows the masked man and slashes again. Tuxedo Mask dodges the first and even the second slash, but fails to see the kick thrown by the ninja. Tuxedo Mask looks up to see the ninja above him with blade in hand. Before his enemy can strike however, Raph appears from behind the ninja and kicks him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph then stands beside his new ally, "You okay?" he asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Tuxedo Mask spots the lance ninja charging at them. He quickly reaches for his cane, and points it towards the ninja. It starts to extend, slamming the ninja in the gut.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I am now." he finally responds.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder then appears beside them, and slashes towards Raph. Raphael quickly blocks his blade, but is unable to block his punch to his face. The Shredder slashes at Tuxedo Mask, but he leaps away. He then unleashes several roses at the Shredder. As they connect, the Shredder shouts in pain. The armored figure then unleashes a beam of energy at Tuxedo Mask, sending him into the back wall.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo blocks the axe wielding ninja attack, as he stands back to back with his brother, Donatello, who is blocking an attack by the ninja with the lance. Leo forces his opponent's weapons upward and kicks the ninja. Don did the same as his brother, and swept his bow staff for his opponent's feet. However, the ninja leaped to the air and swung his weapon at the turtle. The turtle block with his own weapon. Leo leaped behind the lance wielding ninja and slashed into his body. Dust fell from the ninja's body and the body crumbled into nothing, but sand. The Shredder emerges from behind and kicks Leo in the back sending him and Don back several feet. The ninja with the axe appears above them, bringing down his weapon. The turtles quickly moved out of its path.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Michelangelo swings his weapon at the ninja with the blade. The ninja takes steps backwards moving out of the turtle's range. The ninja then takes an opportunity to slash at Mikey. The reptile blocks with his weapon and kicks the ninja in the chest. Tuxedo Mask then appears behind the turtle and tosses several roses at the ninja. The roses slice into the ninja's body and dust begins to flow out of the body. The Shredder attacks them from behind, but they move away from him just in time. Mikey land upon his feet and readies an attack, but before he can counter, he is kicked by the the ninja with the axe. The axe ninja then attacks Tuxedo Mask. Tuxedo Mask blocks with his cane. He then tries to punch the ninja, but the ninja avoids it and counters with a kick to the chest.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don blocks the trident from his adversary. He then swings his own weapon at the ninja, but his opponent ducks and kicks the turtle in the chest. The ninja then attacks again with his weapon. Don, once again, blocks his attack, but this time the ninja was ready. He lifted his leg and kicked Donatello's knee as hard as he could. A loud crack is heard as his foot connects. Donatello screams in pain and his leg gives out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donny!" Raph shouts as he hears his brother's cry. He quickly kicks away the axe ninja and leaps towards his brother. He digs his sais into the ninja's body and tears him apart. Dust explodes from the ninja's body. Raph rushes to his brother's side.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, you okay?" Raph pleads.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"My ... leg." Don struggles through the pain. Mikey then soars uncontrollably at Don, sending them both into the back wall. Mikey gets up slowly to see he had landed on his brother.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, Donny!" Mikey called. Don lies with his eyes closed, motionless.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's it, Shredder! You've had it!" Raph shouts as he readies his weapons.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That goes double for me!" Mikey follows as he spins his nunchaku.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The axe ninja slashes at Tuxedo Mask, and again Tuxedo Mask blocks with his cane. However, the ninja kicks the cane out of his hands and then delivers another swift kick to his chest. Tuxedo Mask looks to see the ninja above him. The ninja lifts his weapon, but just as he is about to attack, a katana blade pieces through his body. The ninja stops and crumbles into dust revealing Leonardo. The turtle lets out a hand to help up his partner.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph attacks the Shredder with his sai. The Shredder blocks with his gauntlet. The reptile leaps in the air and throws a kick at the Shredder. The Shredder ducks and kicks Raphael several feet away. Michelangelo swings his nunchaku at the Shredder, but the Shredder avoids it easily by stepping back. Mikey then kicks the Shredder in the gut, causing him to stumble. Mikey swings his weapons again at the Shredder, but this time the Shredder catches the weapons in his hands. He then picks up Mikey by his weapons and slams him into the ground, hard. He then tosses the turtle into the far wall. The turtle lands on the ground, with no other motions.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph attacks the Shredder, again with his sai, slashing at his side. The Shredder knocks Raph aside with his fist. Leo then appears and slashes at the Shredder, however the Shredder blocks this attack. Leo slashes again, but this time the Shredder leaps in the air and kicks Leonardo. Tuxedo Mask toss another dozen roses at the Shredder, however, the Shredder generates a field of energy stopping the roses before they reach him. He then unleashes that energy at Tuxedo Mask, sending him soaring backwards. Raph slashes at the Shredder. The armored figure catches the weapon of the turtle with his claw and forces it out of his hand. The reptile attacks with his other sai, but the Shredder catches his arm. The Shredder quickly delivers three devastating punches to Raphael's gut, before tossing him aside. Raph struggles to his feet, but collapses to the floor after a second.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Three down, two to go." The Shredder taunted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo charged at the Shredder slashing at him. The Shredder blocks with his claw, but fails to see Tuxedo Mask taking to the air and slamming his cane into his face. The Shredder stumbles backwards, but quickly regains his footing. Leonardo and Tuxedo Mask leap in the air towards the Shredder. The Shredder joins them in the air and split kicks them before they can attack. Tuxedo Mask rolls to his feet and stares at the Shredder. He swings his cane at the Shredder. The armored figure catches his weapon and punches the boy in the face. The Shredder punches again and finally kicks the boy into a wall. Tuxedo Mask lies there, silent and motionless.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Moon feels a shiver down her spin, as if something bad had just happened. She knew in her heart something had happened to Tuxedo Mask. "Mamoru?" Sailor Moon says out loud, not meaning to.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Usagi, focus!" she heard Sailor Chibi-Moon shout. Sailor Moon looked down at the small lady. "We have to focus, Usagi! Everyone is counting on us!" Sailor Chibi-Moon continued. Sailor Moon realized she was right. She couldn't think just about herself, she had to think about everyone. How Mamoru and the turtles are risking their lives for the small chance to stop the Shredder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">She nodded in agreement, and continued to gather energy. "I'm sorry, Mamoru."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The Shredder stared at his last opponent. "And then there was one." he mocked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo readies his blades as the Shredder charges at him. The Shredder slashes at the turtle, but Leo ducks in time. The armored figure slashes again, but this time the turtle blocks with his blades. Leo then kicks the Shredder in the gut. The Shredder back flips to his feet. Leo slashes at the Shredder's chest. The Shredder stumbles backwards. Leo slashes again, but this time the Shredder blocks with his claws. They push towards each other with all their strength. However, the Shredder finally forces Leo's swords upward and knees him in the chest. As Leo bends down in pain, the Shredder elbows the turtle in the back. The turtle collapses to the ground, motionless. The Shredder unleashes a cackle as he stood above his enemies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"At last, I have vanquished the fools who would dare challenge me." he bellowed in triumph. "At last, I will now have my revenge." The Shredder speaks again as he picks up Leonardo. "And I shall start with you." The Shredder raises his claw, ready to strike when something stops him. He feels a great surge of energy coming from behind him causing him to drop Leo. "What is that power?" He ponders.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">He blasts the doors open to see six girls, hand in hand in a circle, glowing. "What is this?" he shouted. The girls then unleash a wave of energy at the Shredder. The Shredder cries in pain as it connect with his body. "I will not be defeated by the likes of you!" The Shredder struggles as he unleashes a wave of energy to counter attack. The girls start to struggle as well.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's too powerful!" Sailor Mercury stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do we do?" Sailor Mars asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We can't give up!" Sailor Moon shouted. "Not yet! Not after they gave us this chance! Not after they sacrificed themselves to give us this chance! We can't let anyone else down! We won't!" Sailor Moon's speech sparked a new hope in the others, in return the power of their attack grew.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What?" The Shredder shouted as his power was overmatched. The energy wave hit the Shredder once again, this time he screeched even louder. Light began to break up the Shredder and destroying him. "No, this cannot be! I am the Shredder! I am the Shredder! I AM... NOOOOO!" Eventually, the Shredder's voice turn to silence. The Shredder was gone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The girls were breathing heavily as they stared into the empty space that was the Shredder. The then looked beyond that empty space to see their allies on the ground. Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon was the first to rush in.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mamoru!" They shouted as she ran to Tuxedo Mask's side. He struggled to get himself up. Sailor Moon and Sailor Chibi-Moon put their arms around him. "I thought I lost you." Sailor Moon whispered as tears came from her eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I could never leave you. I promise." He whispered back.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Sailor Jupiter rushes to Leonardo's side. She takes him by the arm and helps him to his feet. "Are you alright?" She asks him. "My brothers... Where are my brothers?" Leo asks as he continues to struggle to his feet.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello attempts to raise to his feet, but as soon as he put pressure on his damaged leg, he falls back and shouts in pain. Sailor Mercury grabs Donatello's bo staff and helps him up. Don puts his arm on her shoulder and lets her walk him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph struggles to get up as Sailor Mars appears next to him. Sailor Mars puts Raph's arm on her shoulder. "Easy, tough guy. Lean on me." She says as she helps him up. Raph was finally on his feet, but leaning on Sailor Mars.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Where's the others?" Raph asks as he looks around.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, no!" A cry is heard from across the room. Everyone stares to see Sailor Venus next to Michelangelo, who isn't moving.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey!" Raph shouts in worry. He breaks free of Sailor Mars grip and falls to the ground. Sailor Mars again, grabs his arm and helps him over to his brother. Raph lifts his brother's head up. "Come on, bro. Don't do this to me, man." Tears start to develop in Raphael's eyes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey slowly opens his eyes. "Sailor Venus... is that you?" The turtle starts weakly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hang in there, Mikey. You're gonna be okay." Raph responds.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm... feeling... kinda faint... I think I need some... mouth-to-mouth..." Mikey continued, weakly. Raph suddenly notices a small smirk on Mikey's face.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's fine!" Raph growls as he drops Mikey's head back on the ground.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ow." Mikey slowly gets up. Sailor Venus with an appalled look on her face, slaps Mikey in his. "Ow, what?" the turtle moans.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Over the next few days, the turtles had found a place where they could heal their wound from the vicious battle with the Shredder. The girls had found some old furniture for them to rest on and even a stool and chair for Donatello, whose leg needed to heal most of all. The turtles were relaxing as much as they could when they noticed Mamoru and Usagi walking in.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, guys." Usagi greeted the turtles.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey." the brothers greeted with a smile. Makoto was behind them with a small T.V in her arms. Behind her was Rei, Mina and Ami. Makoto placed the television set on a small table in front of the couch where Raphael was sitting.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I hope you guys like it." Makoto said with sincerity.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's great. Thank you." Leo responded, standing up from his cushion.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto brought some of her snacks for you guys." Usagi cheered. Mikey leaped up from his chair and headed straight towards the table where the others gathered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Alright, I've been dying of hunger." Mikey commented.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I wish." Raph stated with a grin.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Usagi open a sack to reveal a large number of treats. Daifukus, a small round rice ball stuffed with sweet filling. Imagawayaki, a small cake filled vanilla custard. And, Sakuramochi, a rice cake and red bean paste wrapped a in leaf of a cherry blossom tree, were some of the sweets that were seen in the bag. Mikey takes a daifukus and stuffs it into his mouth. His face brightens with the taste. He picks up another one and eats it. "Wow, he's as much a fan of your cooking as Usagi is, Makoto." Mina comments. The others started to dig in as well. Except for Donatello, he sat a few feet away, consumed in a book.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mind if I join you?" Ami's voice spoke as Don looks to see her standing above him with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Of course not." Don replied, with a smile of his own.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are you reading?" Ami asks, as she pulls up a wooden chair.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The Doctor's Wife." he replies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I remember that book." Ami responds with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I like it. It's definitely better than those comic books Usagi brought over." He comments. Don then notices an object under Ami's arm. A board with black and white squares upon it. Don recognizes it instantly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You play chess?" Don asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Um... yes. I do. I mean every once in a while." she was sort of hoping he wouldn't notice, but at the same time... "Do you?" she asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Occasionally. I don't usually get beaten though. Leo and my Master Splinter beat me once in a while, but I usually win." Don states, trying not to boast.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What about your other brothers?" she askes.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don gave a quick laugh, "Raph can't lose a piece without losing his temper. And Mikey, unless it has a start button or the latest graphics, forget it."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Ami starts to giggle, and in reply Don giggles as well.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Um... would you like to play?" she finally worked up the nerve to ask.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don was silent for a moment, but then smiled. "I'd love to."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Days came and gone, but the girls never stopped checking on their friends. Ami and Donatello would often sit together and play chess. Raph, however, could hardly relax. He would often get up and hit something. However, he would irritate his injuries, much to Rei's dismay.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Raph, you need to relax. Or you won't heal properly." She snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I ain't that good at relaxing." Raph sat back in his spot on the couch. Rei came up behind him and put her hands on his shoulders.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What are you...?" "Relax." she replied as she started to apply pressure to points on Raph's shoulder with her hands. Raph's back began to rise as she begins, but after a few seconds, Raph slides down in his seat with a sign of relief.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Wow..." Raph spoke. "This is great. What do you call it?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Shiatsu." Rei replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Gesundheit." Raph jested. Rei removes one of her hand's of his shoulder and put her thumb over her middle finger. She then releases her middle finger at the back of Raph's head. "Ouch."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Relax." Rei replies as she continues her massage.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But you just..."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Relax!" she snaps. Finally, Raph gave in and just enjoyed it.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey had been consumed in Manga that Usagi had brought to him. In fact, he was the only one to read them. Usagi and Mina came over to check up on Mikey.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"How are those books, Mikey?" Usagi asks with a bright smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They're so awesome. But my favorite has got to be Sailor V!" Mikey exclaims. "She so tough and smart and beautiful."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mina starts to roll her eyes with a smile as Mikey went on.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But I can't help but think that she looks familiar." Mikey pondered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Usagi looks at Mina and started to giggle. Mina starts to laugh nervously.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Too bad, Sailor V isn't real, huh?" She replies finally.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know, I've seen plenty of comic book characters come to life." Mikey said with a grin, diving himself back into his book.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Days again rolled by and Rei continued to massage Raphael's shoulders and arms. "If you just keep loose and relax, you'll be fine." Rei said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph was quiet with nothing, but sighs and groans of relief. Finally, "Thanks, Rei. For everything."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei stopped for a second, shocked at what she had just heard. She started blush, but turned her head away from Raph. "You're welcome." She finally whispered and continued, trying to contain how fluttered she was.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Makoto walked in and saw Rei again, giving Raph a massage. She looked beyond them to see Leonardo, with his legs crossed and both feet laid flat on the ground as well as his knees. Makoto sneaks over to him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hi." Makoto finally says. Leo breaks his meditation and looks up to see the pony tailed girl.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hi, Makoto." Leo replies with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's zazen, isn't it?" Makoto asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah it is." Zazen is an ancient Japanese meditation, it helps join the mind, body, and spirit. Leo was performing it when Makoto came to his side. "You know a lot about Japanese meditation, don't you?" she asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Our master came from Japan, so we learned a lot about the language and culture here." Leo replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"And the martial arts. Speaking of... You're... quite a talented fighter." She praised, breaking her words.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo gave a nervous smile, as if he wasn't sure how to reply. "You're pretty good yourself." He finally said. "

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Would you... mind teaching me a little bit?" she finally asked him. Leo's eyes shot as wide as they could. He took a look at her face and noticed her nervous smile, and couldn't refuse.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Okay." Leo responded as he stood up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo and Makoto had been training slowly. Leo didn't want to push himself too hard, so he covered mostly basics he had learned as a hatchling. Makoto was all to eager to learn. "You know... you're really great." Leo started, but then stopped for a second or two, "at... fighting I mean."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">This comment made Makoto smile. She threw another attack at Leo, but Leo block her jab. Leo took at step back to keep his distance. Makoto starts to step forward, but begins to trip into a fall. Leo takes a step forward and catches her before she hits the ground. Makoto turns bright red at his actions, and if Leo wasn't green, he would have too.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I um... I think that's enough training for one day." Leo finally stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, you're probably right." Makoto replied. They took a step away from each other and made a bow. Makoto then left for home, until tomorrow.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The next day, Makoto and Leo spent training. Rei continued Raph's massage, and Donatello and Ami resumed their games of chess. "Checkmate." Ami claimed as she moved her final piece, trapping Donatello's king.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Looks like you win. That's what now 8 to 6, you up." he replies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, I seem to remember you were up, 9 to 7." she insists.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I seem to remember the other way around." he insists back. Ami started to giggle at their conversation.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Donatello, I hope you don't mind my company everyday." she inquired.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello gave her a confused look, "Why would I mind? You're smart, you're fun, you're kind, you're beautiful, you're..." Don stopped realizing what he had just said. Ami's head started to sink into her shoulders as she started to blush. Don started blushing as well and gave a nervous laugh.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let's um... play..." Ami started, but lost the rest of her sentence.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Play chess?" Don finished for her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes... Play chess." Ami repeated, but couldn't keep her eyes away from the turtle sitting across from her. She noticed Don, constantly gazing at her as well. Not that she minded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, guys! Nurse Mina is here to keep the smiles going!" Mina stated, as she made her grand entrance in a nurse uniform. "Now, who is going to be my first patient?" she asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leo, Don, and Raph had heard from the other girls that, despite Mina's good intentions, she wasn't someone to nurse someone else. Mikey, however, missed that memo. Mikey's mind started to concoct a plan.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ooooh." Mikey started to groan in pain. "Nurse, I'm not feeling so good." the turtle moaned as he sat in his chair. Mina rushed over to her first patient.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, you poor thing. Don't worry, I've got plenty of things to fix you right up! First, some nice hot soup." Mina started walking towards an old stove the girls found a few days back. "Don't you move I'll be right back."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey smiled in his head, "Score." he cheered to himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mina came back from the stove with a tray holding a hot bowl of soup. "A nice hot bowl of soup for my sick little..." She stepped on Michelangelo's nunchaku, causing her to loose balance. As she fell forward, the soup soared through the air, splashing on Mikey's chest.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"AHHHHHHH!" Mikey leaped out of his chair, and started running back and forth, shouting, "It's hot! It's hot!" Mina get up slowly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oops." she states, nervously.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don't worry, you won't be wearing this soup, this time." Mina declared after Mikey finally calmed down. She starts to walk towards the turtle, but stops just short of the nunchaku she slipped on last time. She carefully steps over the weapon, to avoid any further disaster.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, here you are. Fresh hot soup." She places the tray on Michelangelo's lap. A few inches from the soup lay a spoon.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thanks, Mina." Mikey eagerly picks up the spoon and takes his first bite of his soup. His eyes widen and start to water.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well." Mina asks with a eager smile, waiting to see his reply. Mikey swallowed his soup slowly. He then gave a big smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"This is... amazing!" Mikey finally declared. Mina's smile became larger, "That's wonderful! I didn't know what turtles eat so I experimented a little bit. I hoped it wouldn't taste to bad!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey gave a nervous smile, "No... it's wonderful!" He slowly dipped his spoon for another bite of his... soup.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That was great. Thanks, Mina." Mikey expressed his gratitude.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're welcome, Mikey. I'll just take this dish from you." She says as she picks up his tray and takes it away. As soon as Mina is a few feet away, Michelangelo rushes to a back room and starts to hurl.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mikey hacks and coughs as he releases the contents of the soup. Mina rushes back to the turtle, hearing his plead. "Oh, you poor thing. It's worse than I thought." She confesses.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What? The soup?" Mikey asks, catching his breath.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"No, your stomach." She replies.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh... yeah. It's definitely my stomach."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Let me take your temperature." Mina asks, shoving a thermometer into Michelangelo's mouth. After a few seconds, she pulls the thermometer out and begins to examine it. "Hmm... Artemis? Are you sure the thermometers are working right?" She asks her white cat as she examines Mikey's temperature. The white cat is seen rubbing his behind as if there was discomfort recently.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, the one works for sure." he responds.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"The one?" Mikey asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, Artemis wasn't feeling well, so I decided to take his temperature." she responds. Mina looks in her bag of medical supplies and finds a thermometer still in its wrapping.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, this must be the other one!" She exclaims. Mikey gags and rushes towards the restroom and again, he hurls.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mina and the other girls leave for the night, leaving the turtles alone again. Mikey returns to his chair and sinks down in it. Raph had been watching all day, and enjoyed it. "What's the matter, Mikey? Having a rough day?" Raph starts.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you kidding?" Mikey snaps, "I just spent the whole day being pampered, by the most beautiful girl in the entire world!" Mikey turns his screams into cheerful screeches as he reminisces about his day.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, brother." Raph sighs, face palming himself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">It was the final day of the turtles stay in Japan, the girls had thrown them a big party. There were many treats and snacks for everyone. Donatello's leg was even healed enough to walk on.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto, can I talk to you for a second?" Leo asked as everyone else was distracted by Mikey's cheerful disposition.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Sure." Makoto replied, standing up. The pair left the group and went a short distance away. Chibiusa noticed them walking away from the ground and followed behind them, but kept out of sight.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Makoto asked. Leonardo was silent for a few seconds, as if he didn't know what to say.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto, you and the others... You've been really good to us... The things you have done for us the past few weeks... We could never repay you." Leo began. Makoto began to smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto... you're so kind ... but" Leonardo was now struggling with his words. As if he wasn't sure how to say what he wanted to say.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But..." Makoto continued for him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It can't be..." Leo finally sighed. Chibiusa's eyes widened with Leo's statement.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you mean?" Makoto asked him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"We... We can't be... The world wouldn't accept us...We... we can't be together... I'm sorry..." Leo admitted. The two were silent for a long time. Finally, Makoto was able to do something Leonardo did not expect.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's okay... I'll wait." she finally said. Leo's heart jumped at her last words. He wasn't sure what to say. He expected her to be angry. To be hurt by his inconsiderate words.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She'd wait? Wait for what?" Leo wondered. "Makoto." Leo finally said out loud.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Come on." Makoto takes his hand and dragged him back to the party.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Chibiusa stayed hidden for a moment longer. "Why would Leo say such mean things? I though he was a nice guy."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The girls began to leave the turtles new lair for the last time, saying their good-byes. "Well, see ya, Rei." Raph spoke.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Good-bye." Rei said as she left the lair rather quickly. Raph stood silent as she left and turn to his packing bag.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"See ya around sometime!" Mikey stated with a big grin.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Bye, Mikey!" Mina said as she left the lair with a smile. As Mikey saw Mina disappear into the darkness, his grin turned to a frown and he went to his stuff. Makoto had left early only stating that, she would wait as long as it took. Leo hardly said a word after the party.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Good-bye, Ami." Donatello started, with a sigh.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Good-bye, Donatello." Ami replied with a sigh. Ami turned around to leave, but before she reached the exit she stopped herself. She turned herself around, rushed towards Donatello and kissed him on the check.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thank you." she finally weep as she released. She then rushed towards the exit, tears a full in her eyes. Don didn't know what to do or how to reply. He gently touched his check and remembered the warm touch he felt when her lips pressed against him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Chibiusa couldn't sleep very well the night the turtles left. She couldn't forget what Leonardo had said to Makoto. "Why would he say that?" She wondered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Pegasus." She called to the pink crystal ball at her bedside. The horse with a golden horn and wings appeared inside the crystal.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it, Chibiusa?" the horse asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Pegasus, why would Leonardo say those mean things to Makoto? Doesn't Leo know that Makoto loves him?" Chibiusa asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"On the contrary, Chibiusa, Leonardo cares about Makoto very much." the horse responds.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But why would he say such awful things?" the little girl didn't understand.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Leonardo is so very different from you and Makoto. All of the turtles are. The world would view them as nothing but monsters that would want to hurt them. The world would want to destroy them. Leonardo doesn't want Makoto to have to worry about him." Pegasus explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But that's not fair? Those guys aren't monsters at all!" Chibiusa snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I know, Chibiusa. But the world isn't ready to see them, yet. They are still afraid of what they don't understand. That is why they left. That is why they couldn't stay. Maybe one day, the world will change and accept people for who they are... Not what they look like. Maybe on that day, they'll return."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Makoto had been practicing her martial arts for the past few days when Chibiusa stopped by watching her. She recongized some of her movements. They were the same as the ninja turtle she fought side by side with.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto." Chibiusa finally spoke. Makoto was caught off guard. She had been so focused on her training, she didn't even see the little girl.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, hi Chibiusa." Makoto greeted with a smile.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Makoto, what did you mean by you'll wait?" She asked getting straight to her point. This caught her off guard as well.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I guess you heard about that huh?" Makoto replied nervously.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's just that he said he didn't want to be with you." Chibiusa stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He only said that because the world won't let us be together right now. But the world can change. He didn't mean to say what he did, but he said it because he's afraid of what will happen if he stays." Makoto stated. "One day, the world will change. And I'll be right here waiting for him." She promised herself.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Mina had finished her studies, or as much as she wanted to anyway, when she decided to turn in for the night. Artemis climbed in bed with her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I sure hope the guys are getting home safely. That's a long trip back to New York." Artemis pondered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm sure they'll be fine. After all, they gave the Sailor Senshi a run for their money." Mina pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Speaking of the guys, how are you handling?" the white cat asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What do you mean?" Mina asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, Ami's been down lately and Rei hasn't been talking much either. I just worry about you. You and that Michelangelo spent a lot of time together." Artemis recalled.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's just a nice guy. That's all." Mina persuaded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It seemed more than that." he responded.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"He's just a nice guy. He's not someone I would ever date or anything like that. He's just not my prince." Mina stated. Artemis sunk his head downward.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I sure hope she doesn't follow her heart to someone who might or might not care about her, when there is someone who certainly cares about her right in front of her." the cat thought to himself speaking of the turtle.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Even after school was out, Ami was still sitting at her desk. She had been working on incredibly complex mathematical equations for a time, but would constantly be distracted by thoughts of Donatello. She couldn't get him out of her head, not that she wanted to. She put her head down in hopelessness, unable to go back to her math problems.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ami." She heard her name called out. She looked around, but didn't see anyone.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Ami. Are you alright?" The call came again. This time she saw a black cat speaking to her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, I'm fine, Luna." She replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you sure?" The cat asked as she climbed on her desk.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You haven't been yourself lately." Ami faked a smile, but she knew that she couldn't fool Luna.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"It's about our new friends, isn't it?" Luna guessed.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes... It's about Donatello. I can't stop thinking about him." Ami admited. "When we were just talking and playing chess... he was just... so kind and sweet and always thoughtful of others." Tears began to develop in Ami's eyes, "I miss him. But he probably doesn't miss me... After all, I'm no where near as intelligent as he is. How could he ever care for me?" Ami vented with tears rushing down her checks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Luna wiped away a single tear from Ami's eyes. Ami looked upon the black feline. "Do you really believe that?" Luna asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Ami thought about it for a few seconds and finally smiled. "No... No, I don't." Ami confessed. "I just miss him so."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Luna smiled, "I'm sure he misses you too. But he'll want you to be happy while he's away, right?" Ami nodded in agreement and hugged the cat.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei continued her flame readings as if nothing had happened. But something did happen, she was having a hard time reading the flames as of late. Everytime she would become focused, she would see a vision. Not of the future, but of the past. A blade coming straight for her and a three pronged weapon blocking the attack. It always repeated itself. Rei placed her hand on her forehead in grunted in frustration.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Rei?" She heard her name. She looked behind her to see Usagi standing in the doorway.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, hi, Usagi." Rei replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you alright, Rei?" Usagi asked as she walked in.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I'm fine, Usagi." Rei answered as Usagi took as seat next to her.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You haven't talked a lot lately." Usagi pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Maybe I just don't feel like it." Rei responded rather cruely. Usagi just smiled. Rei just took a deep breath, "I just don't know how I feel." she finally spoke.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"They're special to us too." Usagi explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Rei took another deep breath, but smiled at the end of it. "Thanks, Usagi."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The trip back to New York had been long and quiet for the brothers, but they finally arrived back at their old lair. When they arrived they were greeted by a four-foot tall rodent in a red robe. The brother's knew him as Master Splinter, their father.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"My sons." the rat greeted his children.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Master Splinter." The turtles rushed towards their master and hugged him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, I am quite glad to see you all as well." Master Splinter admitted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Master Splinter, there is so much that has happened of late." Leonardo started to explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I am eager to hear all about it, my sons. But first you must rest. You have all had a long journey." Splinter insisted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo and Master Splinter sat together meditating. However, Leo's mediation was... unfocused. Master Splinter noticed this.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What troubles you, my son?" the rodent asked. Leonardo didn't respond at first. He wasn't sure what to say. "You have lost your focus, and I sense something is distracting you." Splinter explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo gave in, "Master, you recall us telling you of our travels to Japan. The warriors we allied ourselves with to defeat the Shredder." he explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, I remember."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo then took a deep breath, "There's something I didn't tell you." Master Splinter raised an eyebrow. "When we fought with these warriors... I ... I think I fell in love with one of them."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Master Splinter's eyes widened. "Continue, my son." he spoke calmly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I couldn't stay with her, master... we were too different... We couldn't be together..." Leo explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">The old rat took a deep breath, "Leonardo, you are wise to understand the world around you. You are wise to understand that are different from the rest of the world." the rat began, "But, you cannot ignore your heart, my son. Ignoring what your heart desires will ravage against you. You must be true to how you feel."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo sat quitely and kneeled his head down. Master Splinter put his hand on his son's shoulder. "That is enough meditation for today."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph punched his punching bag again and again, each time getting rougher.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You know what ticks me off, Donny!" Raph snapped. "It's that they helps us, take care of us and befriend us!" Raph shouted throwing several more punches and kicks at the punching bag. "And yet, despite all that! They don't care about us!" Raph draws his sai and slashes at his punching bag, ripping it open. "Why are we even having this conversation anyway!"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Don looks at his brother confused. "Raph, you're the one who brought this conversation up." He pointed out.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph was silent for a moment. "Forget this. I'm outta here!" he stomped for the door. Just as he was heading for the doorway, a red-haired woman and a dark haired man appeared at their home. The turtles knew these two as April O'Neil and Casey Jones, respectively.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Hey, Raph! Long time no..." Before Casey could finish, Raph bumped into him rather rudely, before storming out of the lair. "What's with him?" Casey asked, hoping April would answer.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mister Jones, Miss O'Neil, I am glad you are both here." Master Splinter greeted his new guests.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What was Raph so upset about, Master Splinter?" April inquired.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'm afraid my sons have been through something disheartening. Something that eats away at them." the rodent explains.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What is it?" Casey asks.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Heartbreak." Master Splinter replies. April and Casey look at each other.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You mean... they found someone to love?" April asked with hope.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yes, but I'm afraid this heartbreak is new to them. I have already spoke to Leonardo, but I fear for my other sons. I must ask you to help me aid my sons through this difficult time." Master Splinter begged.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Of course, Master Splinter. The guys are important to us too." April offered.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Thank you, Miss O'Neil, Mr. Jones." Splinter replied.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'll see if I can find Raph." Casey stated as he headed outside, following Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">April looked at Don's workspace and saw Donatello just sitting there. "I'll talk to Don." April said, walking towards the turtle.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Master Splinter looked around his home, but had one question, "Where is Michelangelo?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Michelangelo had been skateboarding in the sewers for a few blocks, but wasn't enjoying himself. In fact, he was hardly paying attention. So much so that he ran into a large figure causing him to collapse on the ground. A large alligator like figure. The alligator turned towards Mikey and offered him a hand up.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Are you alright, my friend?" the alligator asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah, I'm okay, Leatherhead." Mikey spoke, speaking the creature's name. Leatherhead sensed a deep, sorrow in Michelangelo's voice.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Is something wrong?" he asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What? No, nothing's wrong." Mikey replied a little to quickly.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leatherhead raised his eyebrow, clearly not convinced. "Okay, maybe a little..." Mikey started, but then corrected himself, "Maybe... a lot..."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leatherhead smiled and placed his hand on his friend's shoulder. "Come inside and let's talk."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Donatello hadn't really worked on any new projects since he got back. His mind was on Ami, and he couldn't focus. He didn't even notice April pulling up a chair next to him.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don?" April asked getting his attention.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Oh, hi April." Don said with sorrow.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, Master Splinter's really worried about you? You want to talk about it." April started.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I don't know, April. Why did it have to be like this? I mean, I care about her. She was smart and kind and... just wonderful." Don explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She sounds wonderful, Donny." April stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But, we can't be together... Look at me... Just look at me..." Donatello moaned.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Don, if love is truly meant to be, it will find a way. That's the wonderful thing about it. If your love is true, it will always find a way."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raphael had ran to the rooftops hoping to blow off some steam, but was still angrier than ever.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, want to tell me what this is all about Raph?" He heard a familiar voice come from behind him. He turn to see a man in a hockey mask with a baseball bat.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Not now, Casey. I'm not in the mood." Raph snapped.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I think we ought to talk about it. Whether you want to or not." Casey said taking a few steps towards Raph.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph drew his weapons and readied himself, "Casey, I'm warning you. Back off!" Raph threatened.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Tell you what Raph, I win, you spill your guts. You win, I leave you alone." Casey offered as he readied himself for a fight.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"You're going down, Casey!" Raph shouted as he charged at his opponent.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She was incredible. I mean, she had brains, beauty, everything." Michelangelo explained. He couldn't get Mina out of his mind. He saw her everywhere, it drove him nuts.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She sounds wonderful, Michelangelo." Leatherhead states.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"She is wonderful and I just... I wish I could just prove that I'm good enough for her." Mikey confesses.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"My friend, you are a very talented, strong, and caring individual." Leatherhead compliments as he puts his hand on Mikey's shoulder.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"But you must understand, you cannot let your loneliness keep you from seeing what you have here. You have brothers who care about you and a family that loves you very much. Perhaps, she can be a part of your family one day. But know that here, you are cared about." Leatherhead explained.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"So, you liked her huh? Rei?" Casey asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Yeah... I guess. ... I mean... I dunno. She was nice. And I liked being with her." Raph tried to explained, but he was never very good with words.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Look Raph, just admit you like her." Casey insisted.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph was silent for a few seconds, "But what if she... what if she doesn't feel the same..." Raph asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I'll bet she does pal." Casey finally said.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"What makes you so sure?" Raph asked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Casey just smiled, "Because somebody's gotta love that ugly face of yours!" Casey mocked.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"That's it, Jones! You and me, right here, right now!" Raph growled. They then heard two figures appear behind them. They turned around to see Leonardo and Donatello.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Well, I see you're back to your old grouchy self." Leo stated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I see you're back to your old boring self." Raph retaliated.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Some things never change." Another voice spoke from the side. They all looked over to see Michelangelo.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Mikey, where have you been?" Don inquired.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I had to clear my head." Mikey confessed as he walked towards his brothers.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"I think we all did, Mikey." Leo declared. A loud crashing sound is heard on the streets below. The turtles and Casey look down to see a group of thugs robbing a jewelry store.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">"Purple dragon scum!" Casey growls.

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Leonardo draws his weapons and smiles, "What do you say we let off some steam?"

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">Raph grins at Leo's comment, "Now, you're speaking my language."

<span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19.5px;">As the turtles leap down to face their adversaries, the story closes on yet another adventure...