You Were So Real

Baxter's Gambit

Kara sat on the other side of the Dojo, watching Master Splinter train the guys on knowing when an enemy will strike when they're not being seen, Master Splinter standing behind them with a wooden sword in hand.

She watched Donnie fail, getting hit by Master Splinter, and smiled hearing him yell, "Aw, man!" before sitting back down. She covered her mouth to keep herself from laughing and making them lose concentration while Master Splinter moved to Mikey. "Maybe I should help train him on the side.." She thought to herself as Mikey failed as well. "Him too."

Next it was Raph thinking he would pass she was immediately proved wrong when Master Splinter hit him on the head sooner than he did the other two. She grinned, keeping her hand to her mouth to not distract them til it was finally Leo's turn; her expression serious as his.

Leo stared ahead, his eyes focused and his stature calm while Master Splinter raised the wooden sword. The world seemed to slow down in time for him to evade the sword, stepping to the side, then did rolled out of the way. He smiled victoriously, pumping his arm. "Yes!"

She gently clapped her hands, smiling at him and turning to Raph hearing him talking to Master Splinter. "What is the point of this, anyways?"

"Evading a sword you cannot see demonstrates an ability to sense your enemies intention."

"I already know my enemies intention, Sensei: to take me down."

"Knowing that your enemy will strike is a given but sensing when he will strike means a difference between victory and defeat. Observe. Kara."

She looked up in time for him to walk behind her. She nodded her head and closed her eyes, feeling the eyes of the guys and Master Splinter on her. She breathed in deeply then let out a slow sigh, waiting patiently for him to strike. She slowly opened her eyes sensing the wooden sword coming down at her and moved to the left, evading the attack on her head. He kept swinging and she dodged and evaded with ease before lifting her arms up, catching the sword mid-swing and threw it out of his hands, across the room.

It landed in front of the guys all them staring wide eyed, mouth hanging open, at what they just witnessed.

She stood and walked over to them, picking the sword up and gave them a playful wink while sticking her tongue out at them before handing the sword back to Master Splinter, bowing her head. He bowed back before looking at Raphael.

"Now do you see?"

"Hai, Sensei." Was all Raph could say before they bowed their heads as Master Splinter leaves the room.

When he was gone the guys surrounded her, awe stuck on their face. "That was amazing, dudette!"
"Yeah, that was incredible! How did you learn to do that?!"
She scratched her blushing cheek, laughing shyly at Mikey and Donnie. "Oh, well, fighting blind has it advantages. I could teach you guys sometime?" Mikey and Donnie nodded excitedly making her smile. "Besides, they don't call me Master Splinter's first student for nothing." She grinned proudly while sticking her tongue out at Leo, "But nice job though." She smiled at him before leaving with them to get some food.

She was munching on some Pizza Gyoza when her phone started ringing and saw Casey's ID and answered. "What's up, Casey?"

"I got some bad news. Turns out there's an undefeated champ in Georgia and has made a challenge to come here and fight you. I have the video they sent me and I'm on my way to your place."
"Alright, I'll see you soon." She hung up the phone and sighed. "Looks like duty calls. Gotta go. I'll tell you guys about it when I get back." She hugged the guys, kissing Donnie before leaving the lair, driving her scooter through the tunnels til she arrived at the hidden door, opening it with her own button Donnie made specially for her so she wouldn't have to hide it everytime and left.