RPG picking up where season 4 left off!
 

This is an RPG that picks up where season 4 of the current TMNT toon left off. The turtles, 4 human ninjas, and the Ninja Tribunal "Shredders" have just arrived in Japan on a ship. The Tribunal is going to train the turtles and the 4 human ninjas in secret, more powerful, ninja arts. After their training they will have to face a "great evil" and stop this force from taking over the world.

I pick these characters: Leonardo, the 4 Tribunal "Shredders" and the 5 evil Foot Mystics.

Taken Characters:
-Turtle_in_the_Shell: *Leo*
-Longing for leo: *Raph*
-Mikey15: *Mikey*
-Gokhan: *Don*
-Turtle_in_the_Shell: *Tribunals*
-Jade Green: *Randi*
-Longing for leo: *MarySue*
-Turtle_in_the_Shell: *Foot Mystics*

Characters to choose from:
1. Splinter
2. The Ancinet One
*the 4 human Ninjas
*"True Shredder", an evil being that the Foot Mystics want to bring back, maybe bring back to life.

*Fan made characters are allowed, they must be living in Japan, and the turtles "do not" already know them. They must meet the turtles first.*

I hope this RPG will be alot of fun.

Unfortunatly I know nothing about the current series :cry: so I feel I cannot rightly play a cannon (no, not even Don.) And so... if I do join it'll be... yeah, my usual. Randi aka Graysight

i wanna be don

Can I be Mikey?

Ooohhh cool! Can I be Raph?

Actually, if I'm allowed, I'd want to be a horribly obviously Mary Sue. She's a Japanese turtle who was mutated by the leftover ooze from when the Uttroms were in Japan. The ooze was contaminated by a Japanese woman (Tang Shen?) and (just a trace amount of) a bat (lol, just enough to give her leathery wings). So she looks like the guys except she's got long black hair and wings. Is that too much? I think something that outrageous would be really fun to play. XD

...why do I feel like I'm being made fun of?

I have no idea. :-? I was being serious! I really do have fun playing made up/fantasy/MarySue characters. This whole thing sounds like it could be great! I really hope you didn't think that I was making fun of you or anyone else, because I wasn't. I look forward to playing the rpg w/ all of you. :D

*RPG Begins*:)

"As soon as you step foot off of this ship, your training in the secret ninja arts will begin" the blue cloaked tribunal ninja told everyone.

Leonardo is still suprised that they are actually in Japan. However, this didn't feel as "new" to him as the other 3 turtles becasue he had been to Japan before for training.

The Tribunal Ninja used his power to create a bridge of energy, extending from the ship's deck to land. Leonardo was the first to step on to the bridge and walk down to land. He looked around, noticing a temple in the distance with a Tribunal symbol.

Raphael looks around at the tribunal ninjas darkly before following Leo down the bridge. Catching up with him, Raph walks beside his brother toward the temple for a minute before saying:

"Yo Fearless, you really think we should be doing this? Why are we listening to those Shred-head look alikes anyway? I want some answers from them before we just go to this 'training.' I mean, this 'great evil' could be anything! Don't you remember when Shredder convinced you that he was fighting a 'great evil?' You wanted to join him! If it wasn't for Splinter, you would have! Not to mention," Raph grumbled, "you throwing me off a building over that stupid sword." Raph still felt sore about that. He tried not to rib Leo about his failures too much--Raph knew that Leo beat himself enough at it was; he didn't need his brothers going at him--but he felt justified in using their experience with questionable-Shredders-claiming-to-be-good-guys before as a deterance from Leo doing anything stupid this time. Splinter wasn't with them to get them out of trouble this time. Raph waited expectantly for Leo to respond as they drew nearer to the temple, Mikey and Don following just behind.

Leonardo looked at Raph. He thought for a moment and then said. "You're right Raph, we all deserve an explanation from these Tribunals before we go any further. This is way too similar to when Shredder tryed to get me to join him." Leo gnashed his teeth together just think about it.

The blue Tribunal walked near Leonardo and Raph. "Very well then..... I just hope that what I am about to say does not cloud your thinking. This Tribunal is the last of the original Foot Clan. Long ago, when that Utrom killed the real Oroku Saki and took over, everything took a turn for the worst. Although, I can't imagine that the events could have been less tainted, becasue the real Oroku Saki was becoming more corrupt as the days went by. He had become overly power hungry in that he knew he would live forever.
He had found a fountain of youth. We had all thought that such a well was only a legend. Allas, it was indeed real, and Saki shared this with me and the other 3 Tribunals. We are all immortal, unable to age. However, this did not mean we could not be killed. As I learned of the now immortal Saki's plans to try and enslave all of Japan for his bididng, the other Tribunals and I were planning on stopping him trough a battle. Before this happened the Utrom arrived with a very powerful sword, known as "the Sword of Tengu." He killed the real Oroku Saki and posed as him, taking over the Foot Clan. His power was too much for us, so the other Tribunals and I fled, going into hiding for years. There was nothing we could do.
Now the Mystics, arriving from the land known as New York are free. They have arrived here in Japan searching for any traces of the real Oroku Saki. If they find even the area where he was killed, they will attepmt to use their powers to bring him back to life. I'm not sure they have prefected this art, but if they have, and if they succed the world shall be doomed. Not only will they bring him back to life, but their plan involves the fussion of them all into one, maybe even unstoppable, being."

All of this information at once was almost too much for Leonardo's mind. His mouth was wide open. All he could say was "I understand......" Even now he was still unsure if he could completely trust the Tribunal or not. By this time they had finaly reached the temple. The other Tribunals came to the front of the line. They took gems from their cloaks and placed each one in a different slot. The door to the temple opened. "Follow us" the blue Tribunal told everyone.

Ever since word rang through the old temple that the Tribunals had returned, Graysight had watched them from the window of her room which was located in the the second tallest tower. Mismatched eyes narrowed upon the four newcomers with them and the female cloaked her presence to ensure that none of the turtles could detect her. She waited until she could no longer see them before she turned away from the window and walked over to her chair and sat down.

There was no reason for the female turtle to meet the new trainees yet. She could already tell that they had a lot of training ahead of them... their minds and souls were not fully open to psy energy. Graysight wouldn't be suprised if 'chi'/'ki' was the only sort of energy the knew about.

A book floated from a small book shelf and into her hands and she began to read.

Welanna stood in Graysight's doorway, leaning against the doorway with arms and wings folded tightly. She too gazed down at the Tribunals and their handsom guests. Besides Graysight, Welanna had never met another humanized turtle. She was eager to meet and talk with them, but she could tell that Graysight felt less inclined. Welanna snorted out a wry chuckle when her friend disappeared.

"What, are you too advanced to meet some cute guys like us?" Welanna asked. "Obviously they're not up to our level yet, but hiding from them isn't going to make them learn faster. I, for one, am going to help them. Don't you remember when we were chosen? We were scared and angry; we thought they were government officials or scientists. We expected to be dissected or thrown in a cage any minute. When they assured us that we were in no harm, we just wanted answers. Well, now we're in the position to give answers, and I am going to," Welanna declaired heatedly; the memories were somewhat painful. She waited for a reply from Graysight, and receiving none, huffed impatiently.

"Enjoy your book," Welanna muttered, pushing away from the doorway and striding down the hall.

(***Now playing as all 4 Tribunal members and Leonardo***)

The 4 Tribunals and the 4 turtles entered the temple. Leonardo was in awe of the temple's tall ceiling..... he was in awe of the entire temple actually. He was amazed with the overall size of the place. He could see that this place had many floors, winding stair cases, and stone pillar, after stone pillar everywhere. The reversed Foot Clan symobl was also several places.

The yellow cloaked Tribunal member turned to face the turtles and the 4 human ninja. He gasped when he saw that only the 4 turtles were with them. "Where are the other 4 ninja?" he asked in a very concerned tone. The blue cloaked Tribunal member spoke up saying "I thought they had also followed us to the temple, but they are nowhere!"

Leonardo was now feling uneasy, he wondered if the Foot Mystics had attacked the other ninjas. He started towards the temple entrance. "We have to go look for them!" Leonardo said. The silver cloaked Tribunal member put a hand on Leonardo's shoulder, stopping him from leaving. He spoke saying "No, you are all to stay here and be trained. If they were attaked, you may not be prepared to face the attackers. If the Foot Mystics somehow got to them, you are deffiantly not able to face them. That goes for all of you. I will go looking for them, your training with the other members of this Tribunal is about to begin."

The silver cloaked Tribunal member then left the temple to search for the 4 human ninja.

(Longing for Leo, your post controdicts with my characters personal history. As far as I am concerned, Randi met Welanna when she was already at the temple and never before. Also, just for further note, when I say "cloaks her presence" I mean she's hiding her mind from them.)

As soon as Welanna was done with her silly hissy fit, the door was closed and locked. There were very few people in the temple who could actually hide thier minds from Graysight and Welanna was not one of them. Randi had known she was there the moment she was with in ten feet of the door. Aside from occasionally training beside the girl and sharing meals, Graysight (Randi) did not know Welanna all that well.

Ever since she had stepped foot inside the temple, Randi had become extremely introverted. She concentrated mainly on training, mediation, and prayer. Every so often, she would visit the small Shinto shine that had been set up on the grounds and ask for blessings and purification. Randi, who had lead a hard, violent life (even compared to some mutants) felt her soul itself was tainted from all the death that she had caused, and touched.

She felt that if she was to gain true mastery over the energies of the body and mind, her body and mind had to be pure.

As for the new trainees, Randi planned to remain in her room until she was called for. Randi's past was very militant, when training new soldiers, there was no time to flirt or look for romance. Thus, there was no reason to meet the new trainees until they were ready.

Randi let out a sigh; besides, she'd have no chance against Welanna.

Welanna paused as she felt the negitive aura eminating from Randi's (Greysight's) room. She knew that the girl was an introvert from the first day they met in the temple, but she still tried to make friends when she got the chance. Welanna was lonely; she considered any aquaintance a friend, and Randi was one of the few aquaintances she had. It hurt to be brushed aside, and Welanna knew that Randi was convinced that she had greater mental powers than Welanna. Welanna knew nothing about Randi's past, but could tell that the issue was one to avoid. The emotions coming from Randi's room were disturbing; Welanna didn't expect much in the way of compassion from that room any time soon. Anyway, when Randi wasn't busy with training she was locked in her room, so Welanna wouldn't see her much.

Sighing, Welanna attempted to brush off the brush-off and focus on the possiblility of some real friends. At the very least, there would be the excitment of some new conversation. She strode down to the main level, eager to meet these turtle-men. She made herself appear the image of confidance and easygoing compassion; it would not do to have a bad first impression.

***

Raphael stood just behind Leo's shoulder, offering support and (admitedly) relief at not having to be in charge in this overwhelming situation. Raph didn't like the fact that their companions had gone missing so suddenly; it reminded him of the Elintian underground place where his brothers had disappeared, one-by-one.

"What do you think we should do Leo?" Raph asked in Leo's ear, too softly for the Tribunals to hear. "We don't really know those other guys, but then again, we could be next."

Before Leo answered, however, Raph noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head to and his mouth dropped. Descending one of the windng staircases was a female mutant turtle with a turtle's plastron, armored back w/ shell pattern, long, think black hair, leathery wings, honey gold eyes, elf/bat-like ears, and dark green skin with engraved scars that reminded him of the X-Men movie character Nightcrawler's on her skin and plastron. She wore a circle of silver around her brow, a silver ruby ring and bracelet on her right hand, black leather boots, arm wraps, & a weapons belt w/ a sword, a tanto, & a knife , along w/ pouches full of magical healing & poisonous herbs, and a manrikigusari (length of chain with weights on both ends).

*(lol, I just had to get the whole MarySue description in there, didn't I...& it was fun too!)*

Raph dumbly poked Leo's shoulder, received a "what?" look, and pointed towards the turtle-woman. Leo's mouth dropped too. They both stopped; Mikey and Don didn't notice, and ran into their brothers. They gave them annoyed looks until they too noticed Welanna.

"You've been holding out on us Leo, why didn't you say that Japan is such a great place?" Raph quipped.

(okay, uhm... I know you're trying to make the story flow better, the other turtles are not yours to play. Since they are not under your control, you cannot make them act or speak, that is up to the others, [if Gokhan and Mikey15 ever post. :roll:] I'm not trying to be an elitist and I'm not trying to be b!tchy; but, moding, god moding, and logic moding are big pet peeves of mine.)

Powers of the Mind was Randi's strongest point and where she excelled the most. She was not the most skilled member of the temple, and she was fully aware of this fact. Randi was not the strongest nor the fastest. There were others in the temple more agile than her and more trained in the martial arts! Randi was a ranged fighter: Daggers, Arrows, Bows, guns (especially guns) were her specialty; the female turtle was more than sure that if she were to get into a purely physical battle with Welanna or one of the other members of the temple, she'd most likely lose.

When Randi first came to the temple, she was close to starvation and nearly insane from lack of sleep. Standing at barely 1.5 meters (4'11") tall, she had weighed far less than one would expect an anthropomorphic turtle of her height and gender to be. Today, she weighed only a little less than she had before her life had come crashing down around her... Randi had always been on the 'small' side.

Unlike the faux femme turtle Welanna, Randi appeared to be a turtle through and through. Like the four males, she had had no hair and lived in a five fingered world with only three digits on each hand and two toes on each foot. Her skin was a leathery soft jaded green color sprinkled with lightly colored scars that she had retrieved from countless experiences. Even her creamy colored plasteron and brownish green carpace sported a few scratches from some unknown battle. Like the non existant Mei Pei Chi, Randi's body was still extremely feminine: Curvy hips, long legs, slender arms, and even part of her plastron protruded outwards like a pair of breasts.

Everything about her said 'mutant turtle' and nothing else save for her eyes, they were what made her stand out. The right eye was a soft, nearly angelic looking blue while the right was a disturbing blood red.

Randi was ashamed of her eyes; she couldn't stand the fact that her eyes weren't 'normal' and thus she hid them behind a pair of mirrored shades. Only the four tribunals themselves knew what color they truly were and the embarassing secret behind them.

Feeling Welanna completely leave her current range of detection, Randi sighed and glanced out the window again only to see on of the four Tribunals leaving the temple. Eye ridges raised above the black rims of her sunglasses, she closed the book and let it float back to its shelf as she stood and walked to the door. It unlocked and opened for her and she stepped outside turning to lock it with a small key from one of the pouches of her weapons belt.

Letting out a heavy sigh, she started down the widing staircase of the temple tower. Soon enough, the female could be seen walking down the stairs behind the beautiful bat-winged Welanna. She wasn't sporting a pair of nice leather boots, but she did bare similar arm and leg wraps as her fellow trainee. Her own Weapons belt also had pouches similar to Welanna's that she too used for herbs and poisons (when she actually bothered with them) but her own weapons were different. She had a pair of sai that rested on her belt in a fashion a lot similar to Raphael's with a row of kukuri on either side and on each thigh was a strap and an empty gun holster.

She stopped right next to Welanna (how tall is she?) and stared through her mirrored shades at the four turtles a slight frown on her face. She didn't speak to them instead she looked towards the three remaining tribunals and spoke to them telepathically so that only they could hear what she had to say. ~I thought there were going to be more.~

Leonardo was now focused on the stair case where Welanna and Randi were. After a moment he focused his attention on Raphael's questions. He said in Raph's ear "I think we should listen to the Tribunals for now..... I think if they were going to do anything it would have happened before we docked in Japan. When we attempted to attack them instead of fight each other, they said we passed the first test. Way back, when we refussed to join Shredder, he led a full attack against us. I don't think they will attack us. I think the Tribunal is different. Although.... don't let your guard completely down."

Leonardo had hoped he told Raph the right thing. He thought that at this time, it was the best advice. He hoped that the 4 human ninja were alright, and that they had just accidently taken the wrong path to the temple. That the silver cloaked Tribunal would find them and come back to the temple with them. He had his doubts this was the case though. He feared that maybe the Foot Mystics had captured or killed them.

It then dawned on Leonardo that the reason they were here was their fault. That the medalion they had taken from the Foot HQ was probably the reason why the Mystics were now free. This would also explain why the Mystics didn't attack them when they were stealing the medalion. But it had to be done...... They couldn't have just let Donatello stay a mutated monster forever. They had to trade Agent Bishop the medalion for a cure for Don. Bishop did keep his end of the deal and cure Don. Leo wondered why Bishop wanted the medalion.

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The silver cloaked Tribunal member was still searcing for the 4 human ninja. "They have seemd to just simply vanish....." he said to himself. He continued his search. Suddenly, he was trapped in a giant water bubble. The Foot Mystic of water appeared in front of him laughing.

The 3 Tribunals in the temple watched as Welanna and Randi walked down the stairs. They recieved Randi's question of ~I thought there were going to be more.~ The blue Tribunal took this question and telepathically responded to her "~There are more. We brought with us 4 human ninja that have suddenly come up missing. That is why the silver member has left the temple, he is searching for them. For now, the training will soon begin for the 4 turtles. You will be involved in the training of them... starting with the turtle with the blue bandanna.~"

Randi's left eye twitched at the blue tribunal's reply and she turned to look at the four males again. Her next response was to only the blue tribunal. ~And which one has the 'blue' bandana?~ Annoyed? Well, perhaps a little, as previously mentioned. Only the tribunals had ever seen her eyes, and only they knew her secret: She was colorblind.

The blue Tribunal replied to Randi telepathically saying "~With this new threat of the Foot Mystics and the 4 human ninja missing, it completely sliped my mind about your sight. I apologize. It is the turtle with the twin katana blades on his back that I would like you to train first.~"

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Still trapped in the water bubble, the silver cloaked Tribunal used his power to matreialize a katana into his hands. With a forceful slash, the barrier popped and he was free again. The water Foot Mystic charged the tribunal member attempting to knock him down with his staff. The tribunal member blocked the blow with his sword, and sent a psychic blast of force in the direction of the Mystic. The Mystic went sailing backwards from this attack, violently landing flat on his back. A large cloud of smoke appered and then vanished. The water Foot Mystic was back on his feet. The other 4 Foot Mystics had appered from the smoke and all 5 were now together staring down the silver cloaked warrior. They touched their staffs together. Before the Tribunal could leap out of the way, he was hit with a powerful blast. It was the combonation of all the elemental Mystics powers in one direct hit. They gathered around the Tribunal member who was now unconscious.

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The 3 Tribunal members at the temple (blue, yellow, and orange) suddenly felt very disturbed. The orange Tribunal telepathically told the other 2 members "~Something very bad has happened to the other Tribunal who went searching for the 4 ninja. What shall we do?"~" The yellow Tribunal replied tellepahically, letting blue and orange hear "~There is nothing we can do at the moment, if we venture out to find him our fate may become the same as his.~"

Randi nodded to him, sensing the destress between the remaining three tribunals. She ignored it, they were -- in essense -- her masters. If she needed to know, they would tell her. Besides, she had other work to attened to. Snapping her fingers she pointed to Leonardo and jabbed her thumb to herself to indicate he was to follow her. Then, she turned and headed to where she planned to begin training.

Leonardo's mouth opened in suprise. He didn't speak, but he thought to himself "Whaa.... Me?" He turned back to look at his brothers for a moment, and then he walked off to follow this mysterious turtle.

**********

The silver Tribunal awoke. He had no idea where he was, he was in some sort of lair. Flames were lit all around the place. He had a glowing ring around his head. "What is this on my head?! and where am I?!" he demanded in an angry tone. The Wind Foot Mystic approached him saying "We put that ring on you, it disables all of your power and your psychic and telekensis skills. Oh and, welcome to our lair..... speaking of 'lairs' tell me where your lair is!"

The tribunal refussed telling the Wind Mystic "I will not tell you anything! Where are the 4 human Ninja?!"

The Wind Mystic laughed saying "They are in the subl-level of this building..... Their life force is being drained to resurrect the True Shredder! We are disapointed that we are not yet powerful enough to easily bring beings back from the dead, but we found a way to harvest life force! Hahahahaha!"

The orange cloaked tribunal approached Raphael. "It is our goal that all of you are trained the same. However, we may be running out of time. So we are going to teach all of you different skills. If we have time, you will all be taught more skills, meaning that you will all have the same equal skills. For now, we are going to focus on different skills for everyone. Your brother Leonardo is learning psychic and telekenisis powers. You will also learn these if we have time. For you Raphael, your training will begin with speed training. Follow me." The orange Tribunal then started walking to an area where Raph's training would begin.

((Ooc: Hello, everyone. Turtle_in_the_Shell had already invited me, and I accepted. I will be role-playing as Ana.))

Upon their arrival had new interests and hope intrigued a young apprentice of the Tribunal. A delicate creature with a fiery spirit, that she was. She had watched them arrive and recieve basic information about the battle that would soon take place. She, herself, would be trainign one of the young warriors, though word of which one was unknown.

The sea turtle-human hybrid made her way to the top of the gradually-sloping staircase, and confidetly with her head held high, did she make her way down them, towards her masters, the Tribunals.

She wore merely a silk, sea green robe with black trimmings, it laced around her delicate, yet shapely figure, the top hugging her hips. It was slitted up both sides unto it reached her mid-thigh. The bottom of it barely brushed against her ankles. A shimmering, ocean blue gem shaped somewhat like a teardrop strung on a sliver chain hung around her neck. The turtle had a black teardrop )the same design as on her necklace) painted up her forehead, chestnut-colored hair pulled back in a long braid, it layign casually ove rher shoulder.

As soon as she came up to her masters, she gazed up at them, her piercing deep-blue pools gazing up at them, bowing her head in respect.

"My Masters..." she murmured quietly, then awaiting for her apprentice to be assigned to her.

The yellow cloaked tribunal and the blue cloaked tribunal turned to Anna. Only Mikey and Don stood next to them, Raph was following the orange Tribunal to begin his speed training. As for the silver Tribunal, nobody knew where he was, they just knew something bad had happened to him. He had actually been captured by the Foot Mystics.

The blue Tribunal turned to Anna saying "The turtle known as Leonardo is being trained by Randi. I was going to have you train one of the other turtles but..... I sense that Leonardo seems to be.... well, almost the prodigy of his bothers. I believe that your skills will compliment his training. You are to go to the part of the temple where Randi is training Leonardo, you will also be training him. He is the turtle with the blue bandanna."

The blue Tribunal then told Mikey and Don "Do not be concerned. Both of you will also be trained soon."

Welanna could tell that the tribunals and Randi had been in conversation and could sense the turbulent emotions as if they were a tangible thing. She could always feel the emotions of others. She usually appreciated her talents, but sometimes this one seemed like more of a curse; she always felt the need to try too sooth upset emotions, and often there was nothing that she could do. When this happened, as it always did in the temple, she was left dejected, with a sense of both hopelessness and uselessness. She tried not to be hurt that the others were leaving her out of the conversation; it wouldn't do to show such weakness, but she always wanted to help. After all, she expected to train at least one of the new recruits. It would be good if the Tribunals communicated with her as well.

***

Before Leo had been singled out, Raphael was uncomfortable with the silence of them just standing there. He didn't want to break it, but the only other thing to do would be to look at the two turtle ladies, and he felt that where he was looking was not appropriate. He tried not to go past noting to himself how curvatious they both were. They had the same body shape as April, the off-limits girl, only these ladies seemed to be the same species. He was also gratified to finally be eye-to-eye with a girl: they were both just a few inches shorter than he and his brothers. Looking anywhere but at them, Raph had to say something to end the awkward silence. Before he did, however, Leo was led away.

"Whaa--with you? What about them? Aren't we even going to be introduced?" Raph asked dazedly, trying to hide his disappointment but holding back and not really following the orange Tribunal. He looked back at the women; Welanna smiled.

"We will have time to talk later. For now, my name is Welanna."

"Raphael," Raph said, before giving in to orange and walking away.

Ana nodded, secretly surprised that she had been teamed up with Randi. She had never really got the chance to really get to know her, but that never concerned her until now. She nowed to the Tribunal before she began to follow Rnadi and Leonardo, her gradually making her way until she was merley 5 feet behind them, before making her strides steady.

Randi briskly walked down the hall in silence, listening to the faint sound of foot steps behind her. At first, there was only the male, but then another set. She expanded her mind to find out who it was... Ana? The Tribunals must have asked Ana to work along side her in training him. Good, Randi was sure that she was going to need all the help she could get. Just ahead was a door which opened upon her approach, she turned and stepped inside, expecting both the new trainee and Ana to follow.

It was then that she actually spoke, "*Watashi wa Graysight." She then gestured respectfully to Ana, "**Kochira wa Ana..." She then fixed her unseen gaze to Leonardo, and he'd see his reflection in both frames of her shades. "...Would you rather I spoke in English?"

[Translation:
*I am Graysight. **This here is Ana

My Japanese is limited, so... don't expect this often.]

The blue and yellow tribunals were left standing with Mikey and Don. Both Tribunals could sense that Welanna was feeling left out. Blue telepathically told yellow "~Do you think Welanna would be a good choice for training Donatello?~" Yellow responded in blue's mind saying "~ No, I think Welanna would be a good trainer, but I am sensing that Donatello, and Michelangelo may not be the right students for her. At this time, I suggest that she assist Raphael in his speed training~"

Blue nodded to yellow and then he telepathically told Welanna "~Follow Raphael, you will be assisting him in his training, the topic is speed training.~"

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Leonardo stood infront of Graysight and Anna saying "Yes, english is my primary language. My name is Leonardo. It is an honor to meet both of you."

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The orange Tribunal looked towards Welanna and motioned for her to stand next to him. Orange then said "Raphael, she will be helping with your training. Let's start by seeing how fast you are." The orange tribunal then used his power to make a small flag appear, it was tucked at the back of Welanna's belt. "Try to capture the flag Raphael, begin!"

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At the lair of the Foot Mystics the silver tribunal was thinking of ways he could escape. Suddenly a door opened and the Earth Mystic entered with an army of 30 Foot Ninja behind him. "These are the new recruits I have gathered. When Shredder is finally revived he will need an army. The down side is..... There is now an uprising at the Foot HQ here in Japan, thats where I convinced these ninja to join me. They were accused of being traitors by the other ninja, and we had to quickly flee. I managed to kill about 20 of the insabordinate idiots, but I'm sure they will find this place and attack us with extreme force."

Randi stared at him for a moment, weighing what he had said. Instead of making a comment about it she chose to get right down to business. "The art of Chi and Psy Energies. Chi comes from the soul, Psy -- obviously -- comes from the mind. It is clear that you have already unlocked both doors, but you are stronger in Chi. This is where we will begin. Then, when Ana and I agree that you are properly prepared, we will help you open the door to your psionic self. Understood?"

Leonardo stared at her for a moment, seeing his own reflection in her shades. He was amazed at what he had heard her say. He wondered what his abilities would be after he had completed his training with Graysight and Ana. He then wondered if her name was literal to her vison, the shades probably benefited her in some way. He didn't want to think for too long, as he didn't want to keep her waiting. "Yes, I understand" Leonardo said.

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The Blue tribunal told Don "I haved decided that your training is to begin now. You will be trained in the art of levitation." The yellow tribunal then told Mikey "Your training also begins now. I know that you know about stealth, so I will further advance your ability in this area."

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The front enterance to the Foot Mystics lair was shaking. The Earth Mystic could only say "It is them! The Foot ninja have found our lair and....." Before he could finish his sentence the door crashed down and Foot ninja poured into the room. The leader of them was one Fool Elite. He steped forward ahead of the others. He spoke to the Mystics saying "You are all traitors! This 'true' Shredder you speak of resurrecting is a fake! He is probably nothing but a zombie! Foot ninja attack! Leave none of them alive!"

At this the Foot ninja started running at full speed with their weapons raised. The other ninja, the 30 that the Mystics had working for them charged forward at the enemy ninja. The mystics also joined in sending their elemental blasts into the wave of enemy fighters.

Lady Mew2, Yes you may join this RPG.:) Please post some back story on Sabor Khan. Will this character be at the Tribunal Temple with the good guys, working for the Foot Mystics, or working for the Foot Clan of Japan (which is against the Tribunals and Mystics both)? After your characters brief back story you can join the RPG. You can put the back story and the joining the RPG in the same post.:)

Ana bowed her head to Leonardo when Randi introduced them both, however she stayed silent. She quietly listened to Randi and her explainations of both Chi and Psy energies, waiting for her chance to explain her own training for the young turtle to complete.

ONce Leonardo stated that he understood was his expections and goals were on Graysight's side, Ana finally spoke up.

"I will be training you the art of 'Irixyu-Jon'--in other words, the art of 'Illusions'. Like Chi and Psy, this ability is only taught if the apprentice has the powe rof the mind, the body, and the soul. Like Graysight had stated, you have already shown us that.

"Irixyu-Jon allows you to manipulate your opponent, to make them see what you want them to see. Yes, manipulation is very similar to those of the techiques Graysight will teach you, but it has their own advantages and disadvantages. It can be mastered to inflict one's own fears, weaknesses, and pride against them. That is, if you can find those in your opponent during battle, which both Chi and Psy was help you accomplish. I will explain more of Irixyu-Jon later."

She paused before looking at him sternly. "We never said this journey was going to be quick and painless, nor easily mastered. You must understand the risks and obstacles that you make overtake. So, are you ready to begin training?"

Leonardo wondered what he would experience in this training. He stared at Graysight and Ana for a moment. "Yes, I am ready."

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The battle continued at the Foot Mystics lair. Ninja on both sides had already fallen. The silver Tribunal took this battle as an advantage for him to escape and return to the Tribunal Temple. Since he had the ring on his head that was keeping his powers at bay, he thought the best thing to do would be to leave. There probably wouldn't be a way for him to stop the 4 good Ninja from having their life force sapped in his current powerless state. He stated running for the door way. He had to punch and kick, taking out a few ninja along the way from both the Foot Clan, and the ninja working for the Mystics. He finally made it outside and started running as fast as he could. Soon he was near the Tribunal Temple. Before he continued he wanted to make sure he wasn't being followed. He looked around for a few moments and decided it was safe. He continued running, and finally made it back to the temple. He put his gem in the slot near the door. The door needed all 4 gems to open. The blue and yellow Tribunals inside sensed that he had returned and they opened the door. It only took the gems to open the door from the outside. The silver tribunal entered.

"Heh! So he thinks." Randi shook her head, "With every power comes an equal or greater risk. Every person has an avatar... a represenation of thier soul. Use Chi inncorrectly, and you can shatter your avatar. Fail to control your psy energy, and you can destroy your mind... In Irixyu-Jon..." well, Randi wasn't an expert in the subject. When she made illusions, the illusions were all in the opponent's head. "Well, I'm sure Ana can tell you more about that later. Let's continue.

"All three subjects have one thing in common, you. You, and only you are the reason for the chi, psy and... Irixyu-Jon that you create, control, and manipulate. This being said, you must be at one with yourself. You must be..." Randi sighed, pausing to collect herself. "Pure in mind, body, and soul." She looked to Ana, "Would you mind if we visited the Shinto Shrine before mediation?"

The sea turtle stayed silent, minding her tongue, until Randi turned to her. Ana shook her head to the request of visitation to the shrine.

"Do you want me to accompany you two?" she asked, eyerdige raised.

Leonardo thought that Ana shaking her head meant that she didn't mind if they went to the shrine. He wondered what was at the shrine. He thought it would probably be a good idea if Ana came with them, but that was up to Graysight. Leonardo hoped that he was up to the task of this training. He was alittle afraid if he went too far he would distroy himself from within with this power. This scared him. He figured if he listened to Graysight and Ana, he would probably be fine.

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The yellow and blue tribunals were happy to see that the silver tribunal had reutrned. Blue spoke to him saying "We were horribly worried about you! What happened to you? We sensed something bad had happened..... And what is that ring on your head?" Silver responded saying "Durring my search for the 4 human ninja that we were suppose to train, I was attacked and captured by the Foot Mystics. I was taken to their lair. It was there that they told me they had already began bringing back to life the 'true' Shredder. Worst of all, they are using the life force from the 4 huamn ninja to do so. This ring on my head is keeping me from having my powers, please help me get rid of it!"

The blue and yellow tribunals hands started glowing, and they sent powerful energy beams at the ring on silver's head. The ring then vanished into nothing, the silver tribunal could feel all of his power quickly return to him. "Thank you my friends" Silver said to them.

There were two reasons why Randi wanted to visit the shine. One was to pray, two was because she wanted to ensure that Leonardo was at least pure in body before they began. "It's up to you." She told Ana, ~I don't know if you believe in Shintoism or not~ With that, she started out of the room and down the hallway that would lead to a door. Here, she slipped on sandles as the door opened on its own accord.

She then stepped outside into a beautiful, tranquil looking court yard which would make all others pale in comparison... especially since the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. They fluttered to the ground like snow as Randi walked across the yard to a painted red arch way. She paused there and prayed in Japanese, being sure to speak so Leonardo could hear and repeat her words. Then, she stepped through and towards the small shrine. At the door of the shrine, she paused at a pot of water and picked up the latel with her left hand.

She dipped it into the water and poured the water over her right hand, took the latal and then poured water on her left before taking the latel in her left hand again and pouring water down it's handle. She then set it down and looked to Leonardo. "Shintoism is about purity, the cycle of life, and nature. Purify your hands in the same manner as I have done and follow me inside. She grabbed a drumstick and range a small gong and slipped off her sandles before walking inside the small shrine.