My P.O.V.

It's been for a while since Leonardo has left me with Sensei while he was making me something edible. I was thinking of getting up to see if he was alright or something. But I was in a very deep and relaxing meditation trance, and I didn't want to stop. A little while later, the door slid open and Leo came into the dojo with my favorite dish.

"Hey Brianna. I'm sorry if this took long." He said as he was bending down. His face seemed flush and he had some red tint on his cheeks. He put the food down beside me and he was starting to leave the dojo, but I grabbed his hand.

"Leo, can you hear the story with me?" I asked.

"Umm... Okay Brianna." And he blushed. He sat down next to me and we both looked at Sensei.

"Are you ready to hear the story now my pupils?"

"Hai Sensei." We both said. But the door slid open again with the other three guys.

"Hey can we hear the story too?" Mikey asked.

"Sure. Come on over here." I responded. So the rest of the turtles sat by me and looked at Sensei.

"Is everyone ready now?"

"Hai Sensei." We all agreed and bowed our heads down.

"Good."

'Oh my god... This is exciting. But why is Leo sitting so close to me? And why is he blushing so much? Meh... Forget it.' I thought to myself.

"Okay, here we go. So, it all happened 18 years ago before me and my sons were like this. I was just a regular human like you, and my best friend was Oroku Saki. We were both in love with one woman named Tang Shen. She was very beautiful, and I wanted to be with her for all eternity. So on that following day, I proposed to her and she became my wife. Oroku Saki was very jealous and did something terrible."

*gasp*

"What happened Sensei?" I asked while I was eating some pizza gyoza.

"While we were married we had a daughter. We called her Hamato Miwa. But on that following night, something was wrong. Oroko Saki burned my home down to the ground and accidentally killed my beloved Tang Shen instead of me. Then he left with my only living family member left, my daughter Miwa. With nothing else in my home left in Japan, I fled to New York City for a brand new life."

"How did you end up with the turtles?"

"I bought them at a local pet shop. But while I was walking, a man in a black and white suit shoved me which almost made me drop the turtles. I was sensing that something was not right. So I followed the strange man who met up with other men that are just like him. They look like they were copies of themselves."

"They are also known as the Kraang." Leo added.

"The Kraang were making a shipment of green radioactive ooze called Mutagen. I was eavesdropping on their conversation when a rat scampered by me and squeaked out which gave away my hiding place. The men had their attention to me. I knew that I was in trouble, so I had no other choice but to defend myself and the turtles. So I fought them off while I was keeping the turtles safe, but the men retreated and dropped the Mutagen ooze on me and the turtles. After we transform, I decided to keep them in the sewer and live there so the people of the surface won't find out about our existence."

"Wow. So you guys stood here almost all of your lives?"

"Yes. During those few years, I've trained my sons the art of ninjutsu while having the responsibilities of being their master and father. Then I gave them names that were chosen from a battered book that I found in the sewer. The book was from the four Italian Renaissance artists. Leonardo the leader, Donatello the genius, Rapheal the rough housing type, and lastly Michelangelo the wild type. Together they are..."

"Turtles Forever!" The guys rang out.

"And that was our story of how we came to be. And how my whole life started."

"But why did your best friend turn on you?" I asked.

"He wanted to have my wife for himself. He loved her more than I loved her. So he wanted to see if I could beat him in a battle, but I refuse until he attacked my home. I battled him for my family's sake and I had a victorious win. Even though I left my mark on the right side of his face, he killed Tang Shen and burned my house down. Which he has resulted in taking my beloved Miwa away." He said sadly.

"Wow. So that's why he hates you that much. And he ended up being the Shredder." I said sadly.

"Yes. And he still has my beloved Miwa with him. He renamed her Karai and made her his own child. He has tricked her into thinking that I have killed her mother Tang Shen. Which saddened my heart."

'Wait a minute, Karai? Oh my god, could it be that Sensei's lost daughter could be part of their family?' I thought to myself. I felt bad for Sensei who went through a life that was good that ended in horror.

"My god. Master Splinter, I feel so sorry for you." I said softly to him.

"And now I am thinking if I will ever cross paths with her again someday."

"I know you will. I just know it." I said in an encouraging tone.

"Thank you Brianna, for listening to my story. And thank you my sons, for being the best sons in my family." The boys came over to him and gave him a hug. I was tearing up a little but I was happy for him. Leo stopped hugging Sensei and came over to me.

"Hey Brianna?"

"Huh? Yes Leo?"

"Can Donnie and I make a plan for tonight? I was thinking that we should do something in the city."

"Okay." So Leo helped me out of the floor and guided me into the living room, Donnie came along too. They sat me down on the couch and left to the kitchen.

"Why are you setting me down here? I want to be part of the plan."

"Sorry Bre. But it's for the boys only." Donnie said.

"Sorry Bre. This won't take long."

I was curious on what he and Donnie were going to talk about.

'Hmm... Maybe it's about tonight...' I was saying in my mind.

TO BE CONTINUED...