I am here with a new chapter of Plumber between Ninjas

Here's the key:

"hello" = talking

"hello" = thinking

We were just... = Flashback

'I say...' = Thinking in flashback

"Hello" = talk in flashback

Be warned that the key may change through the story or for specific chapters, so I highly recommend to read the key of every chapter

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Chapter 6 of Plumber between Ninjas: Leaders Talk

The turtles are current on a alley searching for Mutagen. Donna with her Radar while Raph looked the boxes, Leona the trash bags and Mikey... was inside a trash can...

"Come on, Donna!" Raph started "Don't beat yourself up because of April!" She finished while she looked at the trash

Donna only sighed while she configured the Radar "Yeah, I guess you're right... It is just... that..." She just sighed in frustration, to which Leona noted and walked over to her sister and out a comforting hand on her shoulder, making Donna set her gaze at her sister

"It is about Ben, isn't it?" The leader whispered so that only Donna heard, and Donna did blush, however she only got more frustrated before slowly and hesitantly nodding

Leona smiled a sad smile before talking "What is it about?"

"... I... It is just that-that-He took the blame for us!" She harshly whispered back sadly "He helped us, took the blame for us so that April would still be our friend... yet she still ended hating us..." She finished sadly. However, before Leona could try and cheer her up, Miky came out of the trash can

"No sign of any Mutagen, but you're not gonna believe what I found!" She then took an... "An iguana wearing a top hat!" And a monocle "Isn't that cool?! I mean, why would you throw it out?" She then started to play with it "Hello Grognar! How you like my binoculars-""Monocle" Donna corrected "Whatever" Miky returned before Raoh came along "Isn't it our distant cousin? And they stuff them after killing them"

"AAHHH! SICK!" Miky threw the iguana far away and cleared her hands with her shell

"Quiet girls, my scan is going crazy again! I told you there was Mutagen close by" Donna ordered, to which Raph only scoffed

"Your scan is as useless as trench on a turtle!"

"Just give her a chance, Raph" Leona interfered "It is our fault those containers were lost. We need to find them before someone is mutated"

Raph just scowled even more "I don't see that so called alien hero helping!" She thought just before Donna lead them to the roof, where Miky found the Mutagen

"Found it!" She exclaimed cheerfully "How many does that bring us up to?" She asked Donna, smiling victoriously

Donna just kept looking at her radar "One and a half" Her sisters groaned at the answer "Look at the bring side: only sixty-three more to go!" She finished in a failed attempted to cheer her sisters up

Unknown to them... they were being watched

"So, the turtles are hunting for the missing Mutagen supply" A female voice said, sounding amusing at what she was seeing. Sid voice belonged to a teenager girl white pale skin wearing silver armour and black clothes. Her hair is short, black coloured with yellow bangs. She has brown eyes, red lipstick and red markings over her eyes "This makes the game so much easier" She finished as she cut down an air vent next to her, all the while smiling

Karai was ready to play

The turtles and Karai weren't the only ones on a hunt for Mutagen; Ben was looking for Mutagen in Chinatown. He was close to one near an alley, but it suddenly started moving. Unfortunately, the Ultimatrix lost the signal because of the unexpected action

"I can't wait for Azmuth to finish whatever it is that he is doing that will allow me to pinpoint the Mutagens" Ben sighed as he continued his search, when out of the blue, a scream that only a bored out of mind person can do stlated the boy, and also, that was Miky's voice and it came from outside of Chinatown

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-""MIKY!" And the others girls were there too

Ben smiled, imagining what made they scream like that "If they can scream at each other like that, then they are really close" He chuckled "Remind me of Gwen and I in the past" He then started walking towards there "Might as well go and see them"

When Ben arrived, he saw what he thought was the turtles doing a training session, and a one sided training at that: Leona -with only one sword while the other was stuck to the gate of Chinatown- seemed to be trying to prevent her sisters from reaching Chinatown, but she was failing. First she couldn't outdo Miky's break dance, then Donna did some awesome skuriken controlled throws that left Leona to busy trying to protect herself and that allowed one more turtle to cross the path. And finally, it was Raph's turn, and she just threw her sais at Leona, distracting her enough for a charge attack, sending the blue masked turtles to the floor, her second sword landing in front of her, and from her expression, something hurtful was written there. She looked at the celebrating forms of her sisters and man, doesn't she look pissed

"Why do you always underestimated my training?!" She pointed an accusing finger at her sisters

"You just want us to fight exactly like you fight!" Raph returned "But the whole point is to make it to the 'Dragon Gate' anyway we can, right?" The three sisters left, making their way into Chinatown, leaving Leona alone, sadly looking at her sword, that was still laying down on the floor

"I can see and understand both sides" A male voice spoke out of nowhere, scaring Leona mindless. The turtle managed to calm herself down, she looked at the direction the voice came from, ready to try and create an excuse as to why she is a human sized female looking turtle. However, said action proved to unnecessary as the person who spoke to her is, in fact, Ben, how was looking at her with a worried look on his face. Leona just looked away, not really wanting to talk to anyone right now, unfortunately, she totally forgot to hide her second sword, as the hurtful words were still there

"'Lame-o-na'..." Ben mentally read the mean pun written on the flat of the Katana, as he knew saying it out loud could only hurt Leona even more. Sighing silently, he started to speak "You know, from what I saw, your sisters were wrong when they did this to you" Pretend to be taking her side first before being neutral is the most certainly way to make her open up him, and the look of surprise and relieve on her face a second later after he said those words is proof enough to say that his strategy worked

"You think? Thank god someone agrees with me!" She said relieved

"But you were also wrong there" He said bluntly, surprising her

"What?!" She screamed at him "How can I be the villain here? I'm the victim here!" She exclaimed while frantically

Ben lifted his hands up in a way to try and keep her calm "Before any of us make any harsh decisions, how about you tell me what happened and we try to find a solution for the problem at your hand?" He offered, and that got Leona to think

If she tell Ben the truth, he would probably agree with her, because, if she remembers it right, Ben is also a leader of his own team, surely he has suffered the same or at least a similar problem to this one she was facing

"Well, we were just hunting Mutagen when Miky started complaining about how bored she was and how boring the hunt was, and considering we've been doing this for day, I understood her point, so I decided to do a training exercise" Ben lifted his right hand, in a way for asking her to stop, to which she did, allowing him to talk

"You mean pass by you to get to the 'Dragon Gate'?" He asked to which she nodded before adding "By the use of traditional and coordinated ninjutsu fighting" This time, Ben was the one who nodded

"I see..." He trailed off before nodding to himself "Would you like to hear my opinion about all of this?" He asked Leona

"Sure, I would be thankful if you do it" She responded honestly

"My previously opinion still stands. Both sides are right and wrong" He told her, surprising and confusion her

"But-what-How?!" She asked

"Well, to start things off you were right about the training, it is important to stay in shape" These words made Leona grin a little. One point for her "But you also need to organize when it is the time to train and the time to have fun. After days of searching for Mutagen, you should have let them take a break to do something fun" Back to square zero for Leona

"But he does have a point... I should have let them take a break..."

"But although that, your team still accepted your training, which was right of them, but they shouldn't have made fun of you like that, or on Raph's case, throw your into the street from the lamps" Ben grimaced at the thought "That gotta hurt" He said

"Yeah..." Leona admitted "But believe me, she has done worse things" Ben just sweat drooped at that while blankly looking at her

"Oookkkaaayyy... Anyway, continuing, your last mistake was trying to control how they fight" That last comment angered Leona a bit

"But they didn't fight at all! Miky danced, Donna used physics, and Raph just charged at me!" She stated angrily, however, Ben remained calm

"But they passed you" He said impassively, surprising the turtle girl

"Well..." She looked down "Yeah..." However, she quickly sent a glare to Ben "But that fact doesn't proof how I am the wrong one there"

"Would you change sisters if you could?" Ben asked, confusing Leona, but before she could question the boy, he added "Just answer"

"No! Of course not! No matter how much they annoy me, they are my family"

"Then by accepting them, you accepted their flaws and their qualities. The same goes about their style, you can't change that, but you can make the most of it" Ben said, only making Leona more confused

"What do you mean by that?"

Ben smile reassuringly "Trust me on it, even thought I never tried to do what you did, I know what is happening" He said "The problem is that sometimes, you are afraid that the differences between you and your sisters will drive you apart, but that is what makes you all strong" He out his hands on her shoulders, making her blush at the close contact "One of the jobs of a leader isn't deciding how their team should fight, or which skills each one of the members should have, but how they should use their skills. A leader need to also think of ways to make the teamwork better, find ways to mix their style to create something incredible and powerful!" Ben explained "Do you understand that?"

Leona couldn't think straight now, because what Ben said was the solution she needed, but she knew she couldn't do it yet. Suddenly her feet became so interesting...

Ben sighed at that before letting go of her shoulders "One more advice: you don't need to be the perfect leader, that's impossible, but your team, your sisters, they..." He hesitated for a second, even thought he knew it was necessary "They won't trust you if you don't trust yourself" He stated, making Leona's eyes widen in surprise, fear and self-doubt

Ben knew she needed to be alone "You better think this over, but if you want to talk... Donna or Miky can help you with that... So" He scratched his cheek because of the suddenly awkward tension on the air "I don't know if this help, but you should know that I too have felt like this... The pression of being a leader, but know this, a leader is never alone as long as his team is with him, and he is with his team. A team is some kind of family too" He smiled, and he was happy to see that Leona returned the smile with one of her own, albeit a small one, probably because she has much thinking to do "Good-bye, Leona" The alien boy started to walk away, when a hand caught his left arm, stopping him, Ben looked behind him to see Leona's left hand holding his arm while she looked to the side, trying to avoid looking at him, her face was beat red from blushing

"Thank you..." She whispered, but loud enough for Ben to hear

The boy just smiled "You are welcome" He said, but he wasn't expecting her next action

"As a thank you... please accept this" She said before gently kissing his right cheek. It was only for a few seconds, but it was a tender kiss

When Leona ended the kiss, she quickly realised what she did and did the only logical thing she could think of while embarrassed

"SMOKE BOMB!" She screamed while throwing the egg-turned-smoke bomb, making a purple cloud of smoke appear. When it was gone, so was she, not that Ben noticed that though

He was too busy being embarrassed and blushing to notice

I'M SO SO SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT, DUDES! But I hope you liked the new chapters, and see ya all on the next chapter of one of my stories

Human Soul, out