What would happen if when the turtles first met the Ninja Tribunal they weren't sent away but each of the masters took one of the turtles to be their student? Splinter dismissed the thought but as he tried to leave Splinter was pushed back home and the Tribunal wiped the children's minds clean of everything. Years later the tribunal reunites the brothers to see if they could work as one towards a common goal for fail and die as nothing but pawns in their game. One would the others would fall. All they needed to do was sit back and wait to see who would be the one that would fight to make sure the mission would succeed.

Prologue:

Splinter just finished with his last duty and promise to his Master Yoshi to deliver his ashes back home to his adopted father and to have a marker by his beloved side. Splinter was on his way home with his sons when the Ninja Tribunal stopped him. After witnessing the turtle's ability to see through the magic of mystical phantom they knew they had to be trained by their selves. They each had untapped potential that they knew Splinter could not teach. By force Splinter was banished by the Tribunal and each of the young turtles minds were wiped of all memory. Hisomi took Michelangelo under his wing though no words would be exchanged between the two of them it was the silence that would make a greater impact to him. Chikara took Donatello for his knowledge about the world exceeded his age. Juto would take Raphael he could see a fire building behind his eyes and that only his training could help him control it. Finally Kon took Leonardo, the eldest, and the one he could see as someone much greater than his own.

But each of the turtles were remained as a way to give them a new start on life; Michelangelo was renamed to Shin meaning truth, Donatello was renamed to Isamu meaning brave, Raphael was changed to Mitsuo meaning shining hero, and Leonardo was changed to Ryuunosuke, he would be the one to lead his brother in time. There was no debate about who was stronger or who was the most skilled. Each of their futures were already written all the kids had to do was walk them.

Each member created a world for them to live in with the child. They promised on the boys 17th birthday they would bring them together to place them on a quest to see if they could come together as a group or they would remain just strangers that met one day and disappeared the next.

The turtles looked up at each of their masters with a blank look on their face. They had no idea who they were, where they were, or what was about to happen all they could do was take the hand of their master and be pulled into their new home.

Without pause Splinter turned around to see he was indeed without his sons. Splinter tried to make his way back to the Ninja Tribunal but he was blocked by a magical barrier. No magic from either himself or the Ancient One could break it. All Splinter could do was stand there powerless and alone once again. His master and father figure was dead and now his children have been taken away from him. For years Splinter would make the same trek to the Ninja Tribunal to see if he could somehow break the barrier and find his sons. No matter the weather, the time, even his own health Splinter would travel from New York to Japan and call upon everything he had to try to see his children again.

It is very sad that Splinter never got to see his children again. Rats even mutant ones do not live forever and the weight of his heart finally gave out on him. Just one year before his children would meet again though he did not know this. Splinter died not knowing if his children would see him or themselves again. The Ancient One took the body of Splinter when he did not come to Japan from New York and brought it home to Japan. He was cleaned and buried by his Master Yoshi and Tang Shen. Though dead his love for his sons lived on to this day, the Ancient One took it upon himself to continue the trek to the Tribunal to see the children of Hamato Splinter no matter how long time passed the Ancient One would see them himself. For his own son Yoshi and his best friend Splinter he would bring the children together no matter what the Ninja Tribunal did to them.