Disclaimer: I do not own any of the TMNT, April O'Neil, or any other TMNT characters. However, I do own Melody and the other fictional characters of this story.

Karai POV~

"Come on!" I half yelled half whispered at the new 'Foot Ninjas'. After our last training run, my father had officially announced then proper Foot Ninjas. We had a big ceremony where they got their official Foot uniforms, and to be honest it was a joke. They were a joke. They're not silent whatsoever, they have no fighting skills, and to top it all off one of them just tripped over something and created a noise that could be heard all the way in Japan. I just hope no one here heard it - especially not the turtles. Who knows where they could be or what they could be planning at this very moment. "Idiots!" I cursed under my breath.

"I'm so sorry Miss Karai. I didn't mean to! I just-" One of the nitwits tried to apologize.

I held up my hand to silence him. I wasn't about to listen to his explanation as to why he was so stupid as to trip over something and potentially ruin our top secret pickup. I gestured for everyone to form a line and pay attention. "Listen up you losers! I'll make this short and sweet 'cause I doubt your pathetic little brains would be able to handle anything more complex. As your first real test of your ninja skill and loyalty to the Foot Clan, the Shredder has ordered you to retrieve it a shipment. And if you fail this test," I gave an evil smirk and continued my 'pep talk', "Well let's just say I get some target practice, and you have the great opportunity to be the targets." Now that really made them get all squeamish.

"A shipment of what, Karai?" A strangely familiar voice said.

I pulled out my katana and turned around slowly. I wasn't the least bit shocked of what I saw. In fact, I was more or less relieved- happy even. And I thought retrieving something from the Kraang would be too easy. "Have you been stalking me again...Leo?"

He chuckled and pulled out a katana of his own. "Hah. I see you haven't lost your sense of humor, but I'm not here to chat Karai. So why don't you tell me what you're doing at TCRI?" he asked me.

"Well that's for me to know, and for you to find out," I answered and looked past him to see a girl. The same girl, in fact, that I saw him with the other day. "Oh I am so sorry! Where are my manners?" I walked over to the girl and tried to shake her hand like a civil person would do, but I was blocked by Leonardo's katana blade. "Relax Leo. I just want to shake her hand while I introduce myself." And with that he lowered his weapon. "The name's Karai. And you?"

"Melody," she replied while shaking my hand. I could see she was trying to hide her fear, and I have to say there was something familiar about her. She did look like she was from Japan.

"Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Melody translate to Miwa in Japanese?" I asked with a growing interest to who this girl actually was.

"Uh yeah it does. Roughly," she responded, and Leo looked at her if he had just seen a ghost.

"Well, it was nice meeting you and all. But I've got to run. The Shredder worries." I winked at Leo and waved goodbye to Melody. And before he could stop me, I leaped onto the next rooftop followed by a flood of Foot Ninjas.

Once we were back at Foot headquarters, the place I like to call home, I spoke to the new recruits. "Now if anyone asks about how the pickup went, you tell them that there was an accident and there were police everywhere which jeopardized the mission." Some imbecile raised his hand probably to ask why the mission would be jeopardized. I rolled my eyes and gave him his answer. "Because if the cops saw one of you it would blow our cover and therefor the mission would be a bust." The boy lowered his hand, and with a flick of my own they were dismissed.

After the short briefing with the morons to make sure everyone was on the same page, I made a quick dash for my room. I was not in the mood to be reprimanded for failing once again. Cops or no cops a failed mission in my father's eyes is just that- a failure. I put my hands behind my head and laid face-up on my bed. I started to think about that girl and how similar she looked. Her eyes especially looked just like- oh god. It can't be. Melody. Miwa. Why hadn't I seen this before? I scrambled off my bed and searched hysterically for a small box in one of my dresser drawers. The box was locked. I couldn't contain myself, so instead of finding the key I slice through the box using my katana and quickly rummaged through the contents until I found what I need to find. It was a picture that had been taking with a Polaroid camera. There was a beautiful woman no older than thirty holding two baby girls in her arms. I flipped the picture over and read the scribbled cursive on the back.

My angels, Karai and Miwa.

Author's Note: Omg I hope all of you are as happy with this chapter as I am! Sorry for not uploading in like the last 2 weeks. if you go to my profile I posted a little apology there explaining everything. And I finally decided since I think the story line had developed enough, I'm going to change the title to TMNT: The Twins. I just think it sounds catchier don't you? And on kinda a sad note, I'm going to be putting this series on hold until I get back from camp. I might be able to get another short chapter in but I'm leaving the end of this week and will be gone for 6 weeks. PLEASE DON'T UNFOLLOW ME I PROMISE I WILL COME BACK. I wouldn't be able to live without you guys! SO tell me what you think about the chapter and the title change!:)