First Impressions
In the Dojo, Kai was punching a bag warming up for a real workout when Raph came jogging down the stairs yawning and stretching. She glances over her shoulder looking his frame over and lets out a breathed sigh as she continues, she stops only when Raph catches the bag holding it, “What're you doin'?” Raph smiles that usual smile at her, “Just thought I’d be polite, we did kinda get off on the wrong foot yesterday” Kai gives raph a small smirk, silently admitting that it was true, “Name's Kaimana Jones” she started punching it again, her hard strikes jarring the bag and almost bucking Raph clean onto his shell again, “Hamato Raphael, whew! Nice hook” Kai lets out a small chuckle and kept going until Casey walked in, “Go easy on him Kai, he's not used to yer rough fightin'” Kai scoffs, “If he was a wimp I wouldn't have let'im touch my bag” she kicks it and raph kept his stance that time smiling at Kai knowing she did that on purpose, he's done it to Leo a couple of times as well to be an ass with him. Kai bows to Casey then hugs him, “So what's on the agenda, weeding out more losers for the Kumite?” Casey flicks her temple gently, “Not this time kiddo, I already signed up my last fighter........you're gonna register Raph in the Kumite” Kai and Raph look at eachother, “Are you serious?” Casey nods, “He's more than a good fighter, and I was lookin' for a new face anyway, hopefully he'll give you a challenge for when the Kumite comes in 6 months.” Kai looks at Raph grinning like a lion that heard it was gonna be fed a live cow.
Raph was worried about what was going to happen in the time it took to prepare for the Kumite, registering wasn't a problem, but the only other tournament he's fought in was the Battle Nexus and that was a kind of spur of the moment encounter since they followed their Master Splinter trying to learn where he disappears to every 3 years. But this was like a real martial arts tournament, and he was gonna be in front of scores of people, watching him cheering him on...................and he couldn't wait for it. At the Dojo Kai showed raph the form he had to sign to make it official, he fills it out with Kai's help, and while he was filling it out, they had some company pay them a visit, “Hello Kaimana” she growls without bothering to look, “Hun, what exactly makes you think you're welcome here?” Raph signs the form and looks over his shoulder; yeah, he looked like the same Hun from their Universe, only his hair was crew-cut, no tied off braid, he even lacked the scar on his chin like the other Hun got from Splinter. He also wore a $1000 Italian suit with a rose in the button loop like something out of 'The Godfather' with brass knuckles on both hands no less, “I'm here to accept Jones' apology for kicking me out of the Dojo” Kai turns to face him after he said that with her arms crossed staring him down.
One year ago: Kai was running drills with Hun, both top students of the dojo, both trained the newbies when Master Jones brought in new blood. On occasion Hun tended to flirt with Kai which she always gave a friendly reminder that she only wanted to remain friends. She didn't want a relationship at the time, Not that she didn't find him handsome or strong, that wasn't the problem, many humans these days also marry mutants. Point of fact April's Colleague Professor Honeycutt is now engaged to a Honey-bee mutant name Maya, she knew cuz she was there when he proposed to her. Unfortunately Hun was there too and apparently took it as a green light to try with her.
When drills were done, Kai went to the shower room to wash up, dust and grime not withstanding, she also went there to cool her body, being a reptile her cool-down isn't like a humans and needs a little help with a nice cool shower. Hun sneaks in quietly closing the door and glides up to Kaimana as she let the water wash over her body cooling off, he holds her arms making her jump, “Hun what the hell are you doing?!” Hun holds her tight to his body, “You know very well why I’m here, You want me” Kaimana scoffs and tries pulling away only to be held tighter, “You want a man that's not intimidated by you, scared of you, and strong enough to give you a good ride.” Kai growls and whips her tail into his knees knocking him onto the floor, “Hun I said I wanted to be friends, not friends with benefits, I said no for a reason and I meant it.” she turns off the shower and moves past him to walk out, however Hun grabs her ankles making her fall to the floor and pins her, “Then why'd you spend so much time flirting with only me sweetheart, let me show you what you're missing out on!” he flips her over using his feet to open her legs while Kai was pushing against him trying to throw him off, “LET GO OF ME YOU SUNUVA BITCH!!” she starts screaming and roaring loudly as Hun keeps man-handling her body, licking her neck, he was trying to rape her.
Master Jones kicks the door in on the shower room and charges Hun pulling him off her while Gabrielle helps Kai to her feet, “you alright sis?” Kai nods panting, more from anger than fear, Master Jones had been wailing on Hun the whole time he entered the showering area, between punches saying things like “filthy pig” and “shit-headed rapist” along with “You're lucky I don't kill your ass” among other such angered obscenities. Two purple-belt students huck Hun out of the Dojo like a sack of rocks into the dumpster, “I Forbid you from entering my Dojo Hun, you're expelled as my student, if I see you around here again I will call the police and have you arrested” Master Jones says with a final punch to his face as he walks with Kai leering at Hun before he climbs out of the dumpster, “This isn't over Jones, mark my words, you will regret this humiliation.” he walks off holding his face and arm. Her best friend for years since he joined the Dojo, she spoke for him no less when she saw him fight during a robbery, and Master Jones accepted him in good confidence, he betrayed that friendship and trust with his disgusting act. Since that day, Kai hadn't spoken for another soul since to join the Dojo letting Master Jones, her adopted father do the final judgment instead while testing them after choosing a new student.
The expulsion of Hun from the dojo however would have reprecussions leading up to one day in particular, since after he was kicked out, he immediately went to the Mob.
Present Day: Kai Stares down Hun as he stood there with three goons behind him giving the female mutant a cock-eyed smirk, “You know what today is don't you? The one Year anniversary for us” Kai rolls her eyes which only told Raph that Hun was spewing bullshit about something, “Yeah, you know, the Anniversary of the day I tried to take you and your Father kicked me out for it” Kai clenched a fist and was about to say something, before Raph stepped before her much to her surprise, “Look Pal, I dunno who ya think ya are, but the girl clearly doesn't like you, and that's enough for me, so why not be a good boy and run off before ya get in trouble” Hun shifts a glance to him, “And who's this Kai? Your new boy-toy? Does he know about us?” Kai rises up beside Raph, “There is no US Hun, you betrayed me that day when you tried to RAPE me remember? So why not do what raph says and beat it, why not get in a threesome with your girlfriends here” Raph bites back a laugh as they both turn to walk into the Dojo, Hun grabs Kai's tail stopping her, “Maybe I wasn't clear Kai, I told you last year i'd come back fr you and make your old man pay, it was in that exact order, I'm taking what belongs to me first then--” he's stopped by Raph's hand grabbing his.
Raph pulls back on Hun’s hand applying pressure to it like how splinter had done to him when he and his brothers practiced as kids, “I ain't gonna say again Hun, Back off or I’ll make you back off” he pushes Hun backwards, Raph's strength overpowering Hun with such a simple gesture, Kai looks at raph, a small smile creasing her lips watching him protect her like that, not that she needs it, but it wasn't unappreciated. Hun staggers backwards holding his wrist working away the ache Raph inflicted, “ I Don't remember seeing you as one of Jones' students, where'd you learn a pressure hold like that??” Raph spits at Hun's feet, “None o' yer damn business” Raph curls his fingers into tight fists as Hun's goons pull out guns and aim at the two reptiles. Raph then relaxes his hands narrowing his eyes at the group. It took Hun a while to realize it but a lot of people started building up around him and his goons, Raph was eying them cautiously, but his caution was quickly abated when Kai's smile grew bigger with every person that came up.
Mondo, the Gecko doctor that looked him over walked to the front carrying a tonfa, “Hey Hun, how you doing today?” he spits a toothpick out at Hun, it lands at the thug's feet, “Mondo Gecko......haven't seen you since the last Kumite.” Mondo scoffs, “Yeah, was that after I beat your brother, or after he was kicked out of it for cheating by throwing salt in my eyes and almost blinding me?” Hun Lunges at Mondo, to which the latter swiftly grabs Hun's wrist and with a simple flip gesture, he flips Hun to his back, the other citizens around Mondo all point pipes, knives, box cutters and other such weapons meant to cause bodily harm were aimed at his Men's faces, chests, basically at them as well as Hun when he tried making a move to attack. Mondo spins his tonfa and touched Hun's chin lifting his face to look at the gecko mutant, “Hun......did you already forget, this block and the subsequent 18 blocks following belong to the Purple Dragons the other 19 belong to the Foot, if you fuck around with anyone of us, you're fucking with all of us, so I would suggest you pick up your rapist, mob-following, cock-sucking ass and clear out before you really get hurt.” Hun quickly stands and leaves with his goons following him while getting pelted with Garbage, “This isn't over Kaimana, I will be back for you!!!!” he runs off jumping into his limo as a skunk mutant sprays him with his musk and he drives off.
Everyone laughs and cheers, leaving Raph amazed by what transpired, “What's with the look Raph? You look like you never seen a gang stick together like this” Raph looks up at Mondo patting his shoulder like they were bros, “Yeah I have, just ya treated Hun like he was some two-bit punk, but he's from the Mob, ain't he?” Kai walks up to him, “He's not FROM the mob, he joined it after Master Jones kicked him out of the School, I think Mondo and I should show you what the pecking order of the “gangs” in the city is like” she holds Raph's hand and walks into the Dojo with both Adam and Mondo while the rest of the Dragons all leave and head back to their Jobs and homes. In the meeting room where the leaders of the clans talk to Master Jones every year at least 6 weeks before the kumite, Kai shows him a map pinned to the wall of new York divided into several sectors but no border lines, it looked more like patches of paint running together. Kai and Adam then begin pointing out who belongs where over the entire City of new york; the Foot clan and Purple Dragons all occupied Upper manhattan, the boroughs, Queens, Staten Island and Lower Manhattan. Inside of their territories there's smaller sub-gangs and Families that live there without really running anything, though local law enforcement do keep tabs on them to make sure the mob doesn't harm anyone and no wars are started, these are in residential and business areas like Times Square, Yonkers, the Bronx, Brooklyn, china town, and a vast majority of the state Parks.
She goes on to say that when the purple dragons and the foot joined forces and united the gangs, the only people left were the mob, they still believed in the old Ideals of how they own the buildings and shops in each major part of the city, however due to the unification of every major gang, and both the Purple Dragon and Foot Clans promising protection for even the police, the Mob had fallen into such a small minority that they really were the equivalent to just a bunch of two-bit thugs, Still pretty hard to believe huh, since you're from another world, right?” Raph nods reaffirming this, “In my world though, none of these....whaddaya call'em, Factions, are friends, they're all enemies and would just as soon as kill eachother as to see eachother, how'd they join up?” Kai leads him to another wall as Adam explains, “Oroku Hama as leader of the foot Clan called all the factions and gangs together speaking out to them on how petty they were all being by squabbling over “A little piece of Turf” as he put it, that unfortunately was also the day he was killed. Shot in the chest by a Mob Boss.” Raph looks at Adam and Kai not believing it, but it was true, Master Jones kept a clipping of the Obituary, kai points it out to him. Raph reads it with it saying that Oroku Hama was a good Turtle, a great Leader and a Loving friend, but it doesn't mention if he had any family or friends to attend the funeral.
Mondo knew he'd find that bit since he mentioned he had brothers and a Sensei in his world, “Hama's Sensei and his brothers were killed during the war, he was the only one left when it ended, that's why he founded the Dojo and worked to bring the Dragons and Foot Clan together, he wanted everyone to share in the same bond of brotherhood that he did with his fellow soldiers and his family.” Raph swallowed a lump in his throat hearing that and fought back some tears, it was as if he was channeling Hama's own broken heart on that Day. Mondo walks up to him resting a hand on his shoulder, “You okay bro?” Raph took a breath clearing his throat, “Yeah, I’m alright, I was just thinking about my brothers” Kai looks up at him, this turtle definitely was not like any other mutant she's met before. She had to admit, she was starting to really Like him.
