Be sure to read the first story before being able to understand what goes on in this one. It's in my profile. Or it can be looked up.

A couple of years had gone by without incident. After his recovery, Leo had been watching for a certain girl in the Foot clan that had been trying to do him in at one time. Her name that he had heard from her mouth still haunted his mind at times. But it had been two years, and she still hadn't seemed to have tried anything.

Leo still had the long scar on his upper plastron scutes to prove it. He had just gone on with his life as best he could. He still looked out for his family, as he always would.

….

Hotaru was still in the Foot clan, and she would be till the day she died. She had matured some more in the last two years, but since Leo had killed her brother, she had the same vengeful look in her eyes, as did Karai, her mistress.

She had been a teenager when her brother had been killed, but now, she was a young woman. She had done some more schooling, and she mainly wanted to learn more about the turtle family. More about anatomy. Because she still planned on doing what she had promised to Leonardo, the one thing that had been denied to her because of his family. The dissection.

Hotaru was not ready for a relationship in any way yet. But a plan was beginning to form. She had been out with the Foot on patrols before, and now a lot more. She would spot the turtle that she wanted to capture again. She got so fired up at seeing him every time. He had killed her brother, and he got off scot-free. She hated him.

She knew how the turtles were suckers at trying to rescue the helpless, and women no doubt were probably the majority of them. Her infiltrating their lair might be the best way to get at Leo. She had one of two ways of doing it: playing the damsel in distress and being taken back there by them, or she could go in a Foot-tech disguise and stay invisible, and watch them in their lair, then she would strike at him in his own home.

She didn't really want to interact with the turtles in any way possible, aside from just getting the turtle she wanted to pay back for what he did. So, she chose the Foot-tech disguise, but first, they would need a Foot encounter. She wanted to be close enough.

She went to Karai, and told her the plan. Karai was intrigued. It did have potential. This girl was turning into like a Shredder's apprentice, just as Karai had from her father.

"You have my permission to do away with Leonardo." Karai said.

"Thank you, Mistress." Hotaru replied.

Then, Hotaru went to the tech division of the building and got the supplies she needed. She put on the costume, and went with the Foot clan that night on patrol to find the turtles.

It sure didn't take them long to find them that night. They had been spotted trying to fight off a gang of Purple Dragons. They beat them all up, and just when they thought it was over, they all looked up, and saw a large group of Foot ninjas up on the roofs surrounding them.

"Just what we needed, more trouble." Raph said.

"Get ready." Leo said to his brothers. They were ready.

The ninjas jumped down from the rooftops. Only Hotaru stayed back, but she backed off real quick and cloaked herself. She didn't want the turtles to see what she did. She would follow them back to their lair. She would do Leo in, in a very painful way, but first, she was going to study their habits in their own home. Mostly his.

The turtles were exhausted by the time they finished fighting the ninjas. They had bruises on their bodies, and were panting hard.

"Can we go home now?" Mikey asking in a complaining way.

"Home sounds good." Donny agreed with Mikey.

"Yeah. I think we've done enough for one night." Leo said.

His brothers were grateful he said yes. And that's just what Hotaru was waiting for. She wanted to get her turtle.

The boys jumped back to the rooftops and took off for home. Hotaru kept up really good. In her invisible form, she could get real close to them and they wouldn't even know it. She could tell they were tired, but they still moved pretty fast.

Soon, several streets away from where they had fought the PD's, and ninjas, they came back to the ground, Hotaru following, and entered a warehouse. She thought that they lived here, but instead, they went over to a huge rock sized something in the middle of the floor, and went inside it. She had to be quick.

She got in at the last second, and the door closed behind them. Then she felt movement. It felt like, an elevator?

Then, when the door opened, the turtles walked out, and it revealed the turtles' home. Hotaru was staying right behind Mikey right now. Once out, she let them get a little ahead of her.

She was impressed by the size of their home. It was huge! It had two floors on it.

She didn't know which room belonged to which turtle, but she would find out. She mostly wanted to know where Leo's room was. That was where she would really plan to strike him.

Mikey just went over to the living room couch and flopped down, exhausted. "I'm pooped." He said.

"Me too." Don said. He went to his sub-train of a lab. He wanted to work more on his current project before checking in.

Raph had been just as tired as his brothers, but he went to the dojo and began beating on his punching bag. He still had some more angry energy to get out.

Master Splinter came out of his room. "How did patrol go, my sons?" He asked.

"Hi Sensei." Leo bowed before his father. "We did find some Purple Dragons trying to rob a store, but we fought them and beat them."

"Then some stupid Foot had to show up." Don said from his lab.

Hotaru grimaced at that remark. She quietly growled to herself. So, the turtles hated the Foot as much as the Foot hated them. She might do some harm to the family later, but right now, her main concern was more for Leo. She wanted him done with first.

"Are you all alright?" Splinter asked.

"A few bumps and bruises, but just fine." Leo said. He decided to go to his room to do some meditating before it was time to go to bed.

Hotaru didn't care what the others did, as she did hear the TV's being turned on. She followed her target.

Leo went upstairs to the far end of the 2nd floor. He had no idea he was being followed.

Hotaru saw now what his room looked like. Like the way the Japanese people designed their rooms and such. So, Leonardo had some respect for Japanese culture, did he? Fine, she'll give him a little respect for that. But she wasn't totally appeased by it.

She saw him take off his harness with his swords attached. Then he lit some candles and incense, and sat down to start deeply breathing, and meditating.

Right now almost seemed like a good opportunity, but he was awake right now, and his family was in the lair too. She needed to try to get at him in a more vulnerable way. She had a plan to do that. But first, she just needed the right chance to do it.

She would make sure to stay away from his rat father. He would have too much of a good sense of smell. Hotaru sat down in the corner and watched Leonardo.

Maybe out on the streets, he was active, but here at home, he sure was 'boring.' But she didn't know his habits yet. Hotaru planned on watching his every move for a week. Except the bathroom stuff. She needed the best way and what to strike to get at him.

…

And hour later, his meditation ended. He blew out his candles and went outside his room to go urge his family to get ready for bed. It was late, and there was training in the morning.

Mikey complained that he was watching a favorite program.

"I hate being told to go to bed Leo. I'll go to bed in my own time." Raph growled at his older brother.

"Raph, we have training in the morning." Leo said.

"I don't care. I go to bed when I want to, not when you tell me to." Raph said.

"Fine Raph! But if you are tired in the morning, I don't care." Leo growled back, and left him alone.

"Don, you really should get some sleep." Leo told the brainy turtle.

"I have to finish this first Leo. In a little bit." Don said.

Leo knew that there was no arguing with Don. If he was working, he was working. He went to wish his father good night.

"Good night, my son." Splinter said.

Leo went to push Mikey again, and this time, he reluctantly turned off the TV. Mikey went to his room. Don and Raph would go to bed when they pleased.

Raph went to bed not too soon after Mikey. He had finally gotten tired enough. Leo made sure he was in bed before he left him alone. But Leo knew that Don wouldn't be much trouble staying up late.

Hotaru knew that she would need sleep too, but where was she going to sleep? Then she spied a closet. She would sleep in there. It was in Leo's room. She went in and looked out the door. It had visors in it. She peered through them to see her target come back in, and finally go to bed.

She went to bed herself for now.