I kinda caught on to the new series of the show and this is one of my new favorite pairings as of late from TMNT 2012. Hope you like it and be honest with me. This takes place right after Leo let's Raph lead the team leaves them in "New Girl in Town".

(Leo's POV)

'Who does Raph think he is?' 'Questioning my orders.' I kick gravel on the roof top out of rage. 'Captain Ryan would never allow that kind of behavior from his crew.' I kick a ventilator off the roof. 'He would've plunged them into deep space or…' I hear light foot fall behind me and weapons being drawn interrupt my thoughts. 'What now?!' I think to myself as I draw my two katana and turn around.

"Foot Clan? Huh, you guys just made my night." I say sarcastically. They lunge to attack at me but, as always I beat them easily and it was 4 to 1. Guess I showed them and beat the odds. "Ah, I feel so much better." I say to myself with a smirk. Then, I catch movement out of the corner of my eye.

I look up and see a shadowed figure crouching on top of the billboard. The figure was looking at me with these focused amber eyes as if to study my every move. Then the figure jumped down.

It was… a girl?

The bottom of her face was covered by a mask. She was lean but, looked strong and she had short dark hair. She looked dangerous yet; I felt this weird attraction to her. No, Leo she's probably dangerous yet; there is something interesting about her.

I look at her ready to fight and she says in a smooth voice, "Not Bad."

My eyes widen at her. What?! Now she's complimenting me. I didn't know how to answer her at first so I said, "Uhhh, thanks?" She half laughs at my answer and replies, "You might actually be a challenge." She approaches me slowly then draws her sword. As she does this, a powder is released and I immediately start coughing and my vision fogs up. I feel helpless. I can barely see or breathe. She takes advantage of my weak state and lunges at me pinning to the roof with her foot. Her amber eyes come into view and I get lost for a second.

This girl is trying to kill me and I'm more fascinated by her than scared for my own life. Then, she points her sword at my throat and said, "Guess not".

'This is it. I'm done.'

Then, she did something that caught me off guard. She took off her mask, sort of smiled at me and said, "My name's Karai."

Wait, she just tried to kill me and now she's introducing herself to me? What's going on here?! I stutter out a quick huh and she said, "See you around." She took off and was nowhere in sight. I stand up and look at the spot she disappeared into, felling completely confused, and said, "What was that?"

I didn't know what else to do. The only thing that registered in my mind was I should probably get home. As I made my way back, I thought of my little 'meeting' with Karai. She's a Foot Clan member, no doubt, but she's more cunning. She was sharp, concise, dangerous, and strangely I kind of liked it. I mean I didn't appreciate the fact my eyes were burning from the blinding powder and she almost tried to kill me but, she has a very interesting 'something' about her. Also, she is not that bad to look at.

Leo get it together!

I get back to the lair and master Splinter tells me my brothers are in Donnie's lab.

I open the door and hear Mikey immediately say enthusiastically, "Hey, Leo's back! And he's been crying. Oh, you missed us." He gave me a hug and I pushed him aside gently. I walk rigid toward Raph and Donnie and I inform them rather annoyed, "I got hit with blinding powder." I hear Mikey say, "Sure. Big Softy." Like he didn't believe me. "And where have you been?" Raph kind of demands from me. "Don't see how that's your business." I retort. He stares me down then spits back, "Fine. Whatever." Mikey tries to make us get along but, that fails right away. Then, Donnie found a possible location of Snake-weed's hideout but, Raph told me to leave before I could hear where.

To be honest I didn't care. By the time they headed out Space Heros was on.

It was the one where Captain Ryan and Celestial got together. It ended with Celestial betraying him and of course, vaporizing her. Then, he acted like he regretted getting rid of her. When the episode ended I said, "Boy relationships are complicated," as I turned off the TV. Somehow, it seemed way too ironic that this episode was on just about 2 hours after whatever that was that happened between me and Karai.

My thinking was interrupted by master Splinter saying, "Leonardo, where are your brothers?" "I have no idea." I say waving off the question. I couldn't careless where they are. "What do you mean, you have no idea." I tell him about the whole thing between me and Raph and how I feel like they don't appreciate me. Then, he told me that as a leader, I shouldn't expect appreciation and I need to basically just deal with anything. He then makes me go out and find my brothers. Great! Now I have to go out and find them. I have no idea where they are thanks to Raph.

Oh, this better be worth something.

I was scaling around several different areas and no sign of them. I jump down from a fire escape and start mumbling something to myself.

I'm angry and frustrated.

"Where are those guys? Donnie said something about 47th and…" I say before a voice interrupts my monologue, "Do you always talk to yourself." I turn around and there she is again: Karai. She's standing there giving me a condescending smirk and casually puts a hand on her hip. "Sometimes I'm the only one who'll listen." I reply sending a playful smirk back at her. "I'll listen," she responds then continues, "When you beg for your life." She draws her sword and looks ready for a fight.

Her words seemed too casual. I'm starting to think she isn't as bad as she claims to be. She could've easily killed me on the roof and she could've killed me just seconds ago if she didn't strike up a conversation with me.

I draw one of my katana from my back and say with a smile, "Let's see how well you do against someone who can see." She replies, "Let's see how well you do against someone who's better than you." She was trying to get under my skin. "Oh, well let's see how well you do. Uh. Um. Ah, let's just go." I say after my fail at talking back.

We prepare ourselves to strike.

Steadying our bodies and weapons, our eyes focused on each other's every move. We stared each other down a little longer and then, she lunges at me. We exchange slashes and blocks of each other's weapons. We even talk as we're fighting. Actually, it doesn't feel like a fight. It feels like sparring with us complimenting and degrading each other's every move.

We stop and she says, "Your good. No wonder we haven't wiped you out yet." Seriously, why does she keep complimenting me? "Huh, it's not like Shredder hasn't been trying." I reply slightly winded. "I know. It's all he ever talks about. Revenge, revenge vendetta, vendetta." She says to me. I raise an eyebrow surprised and say, "Really? I take it you don't approve?" She gives me a sly grin and says, "No, I'm fine with it. I'm just saying, he needs a hobby."

We fight a little more and she gets a hit in. I look at her and she says, "Not bad. But, I've seen better." "With one blade, maybe. Not with two." I reply with a grin. She grins back at me and we clash again. We aren't really fighting to our full potential. In fact, I actually kind of enjoy it. I feel free and like I can just have fun. Our fight eventually ends up on the fire escape.

"You know what? I don't think you're as bad as you pretend to be." I tell her. "Oh, what of swinging a sword at your head do you not understand?" She retorts. I laugh slightly at her come back and say, "On the roof top, you could've finished me. But, you didn't." I really want to hear her answer to that question. She immediately yet, hesitantly replies, "Because you're the first thing in the city that doesn't bore me." Right? There has to be more to it than that.

She throws projectiles at me and swings around the latter. "Besides, I don't think you're as good as you pretend to be." She says then tries to press her sword to my throat. She looks at me with that smirk again and says, "Don't tell me the goody three toes thing doesn't wear thin after awhile?" "Better than the alternative." I spit back. "Which is what? To have fun, to cut loose, to live your own life?" She says mockingly in my ear. She really did not just say that to me. I get out of her grasp and point my katana at her. She looked very amused and interested by what I just did.

"Guess I struck a nerve?" She says slyly again. "Huh, because I beat you." I reply back. She lunges at me and turns the tables again.

This time, she stops and points at the Biarly Building. "You see that high rise?" She asks me. I look at her slightly shocked and say, "Yeah." She gives me a sly grin and says, "Meet me there at midnight." I was confused. "Why?" I ask. "I want to show you something." She says then disappears.

I feel so confused.

This girl is crazy, two-faced, and… interesting. All of a sudden, I kind of felt like I did when I first saw her on the roof top. My heart sped up, my throat felt dry, and I felt weird in general but, in a good way.

Is this how Donnie feels around April?

No wonder he acts even weirder than he usually does. But, I feel like I understand him more now. I don't know what to do but, I feel like I need to tell someone.

There's no way I can tell sensei about Karai. Now I'm left with my brothers.

Well there's Raph, wait why am I even considering telling him.

Mikey? No, he would definitely not get it.

Donnie, maybe, but I don't know he would really get it either. Even if we are sort of on a common ground with this.

Okay, think Leo. Who is cool and would understand what's going on? Wait, April!

I can talk to April about this. She'll know what to say about this kind of stuff. She's a girl too, right?

She probably won't appreciate being woken up at 11:10 on a school night though. Ah but,I have to tell someone.

Well, April it is.

I put away my katana and sprint off toward April's aunt's apartment. I just hope I don't regret telling her.

I'm kind of reiterating the episode(s) thus far just to kind of build some background for my story. Please, leave a review and thanks for reading.