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This machine had an entire movie dedicated to it, "The World's Fastest Indian," which chronicled the struggles of New Zealander Burt Munro to break the land speed record with his 1920 self-modified Indian Scout motorcycle. He eventually did at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967 at 190 mph. His under 1,000 cc SF category record still stands. And Polaris Industries (NYSE: PII) has owned the company behind the Indian, the other hero of the movie, since 2011.
Gentlemen, start your engines!
To many the Indian motorcycle is just as iconic as the Harley Davidson (NYSE: HOG) hog. The Indian's history began in 1901, built by the first US motorcycle company, and was a best seller until the ascendancy of Harley Davidson in WWII, which led the company to cease manufacture in 1953. Rights to manufacture the Indian went back and forth until 1999 when the company was officially reborn and almost as quickly folded in 2003. Then another five years in limbo until it was revived again in 2008 as the Indian Motorcycle Company of America. In 2011 Polaris Industries bought the company.
Wisely building on decades' long anticipation of new Indian motorcycles, Polaris revved up the PR machine last January in NYC with chances to hear the motor of Munro's original motorcycle, called the most collectible motorcycle, roar again.
The Indian engenders a cult-like following and reality TV star Mike Wolfe of History Channel's "American Pickers" is a huge fan; he helped host activities at NYC and Daytona Bike Week when the new 2014 Indian engine, the Thunderstroke 111, was presented to fans and the press. It all culminates with the debut of the 2014 Indian Chief, the most iconic and popular model of the company's history, at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this August.
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Polaris' stock has been a shooting star for several years, and shareholders have been rewarded with a speedy 50% gain just since late 2011. But in the same time frame Harley Davidson has almost doubled. Both companies manufacture motorcycles, although Polaris is better known for off-road vehicles like ATVs, snowmobiles, and such. Polaris also manufactures on-road electric/hybrid vehicles and owns the Victory motorcycle line.
For years recreational vehicle companies were, if not reviled as making too expensive a plaything for recession-weary consumers, at least a challenged sector. "Eat our dust," Polaris can honestly say as it roars off to better cash positions and EV/EBITDA (10.7) than ever. Polaris has some $275 million in cash and boasts $3.2 billion in annual sales for 2012 up from $1.99 billion in 2010.
Its direct competitor on off-road vehicles, Arctic Cat (NASDAQ: ACAT), has a lower trailing P/E of 16.23 to Polaris' 20.81 but half the yield at .9% to Polaris' 1.8%. This is also higher than Harley Davidson's 1.50% yield. Arctic Cat has $112 million in cash and no debt.
Although Polaris is pennies from its 52-week high, its PEG is a fairly valued 1.09. Arctic Cat may have a lower PEG at .72, but it just reported disappointing Q4 earnings of a loss of $0.38 EPS. Return on equity stands at 24.98%.
Compare this to a growing return on equity from Polaris,, currently at 51.15%, and accelerating margin expansion from 26.6% in 2010 to 28.8% in 2012 with an expected 40 basis point expansion guided for 2013. Polaris also has the highest insider hold of these names at 6.67%.
One rarely mentioned aspect of Polaris is its increasing awards of government and military contracts for various off- and on-road ultra-light vehicles to the US military as well as the Allied forces of 23 other countries. On May 14, the company was awarded a Department of Defense contract worth $382.5 million for fire and emergency vehicles.
The temptation to write that the company is hitting on all cylinders is irresistible. Its acquisitions to expand its on-road division (comprising 8% of sales) with that 2011 purchase of Indian motorcycle and recent buy of Aixam Mega Holding, a French on-road vehicle manufacturer (enclosed quadricycles and light duty commercial trucks) are both strategic and accretive.
As the company presented at the B. Riley & Co investor conference in May, the Indian purchase is expected to be a strong growth driver. Indian motorcycles are especially attractive to the 40% of global riders characterized as classic/image riders, those same riders that are also drawn to an iconic Harley.
What about Harley-Davidson? I like the company for its global community, the 30 year old Harley Owners Group with over a million members, its outreach efforts to minority and women riders, and a major push into emerging markets like India and the Philippines. When Harley-Davidson reported full year 2012 results, Latin American sales were up 39%. The company, like Arctic Cat and Polaris, has been buying back stock and increasing its yield.
Harley-Davidson, however, has a much larger debt ratio than Polaris and Arctic Cat. Its stock has also underperformed the S&P 500, only up 12.87%. Both Polaris and Arctic Cat are up more than 30% in the last year. Harley has a trailing P/E of 18.17.
Caveat: the short interest in Polaris at over 10% is the highest of these three names and growing. But analysts remain bullish with six Strong Buys, three Buys, and three Holds. Analysts have become more bearish on Arctic Cat with a May 15 downgrade by Feltl &Co to Buy after its narrower loss still disappointed. Analysts still expect the best EPS five year growth rate for Arctic Cat at 20%, with 16.67% for Polaris and 15.80% for Harley-Davidson.
Leading the pack
In a drag race to profits in a field of three American companies in the hot recreation sector Polaris land-speeds forward with the highest return on equity, highest yield, and highest insider ownership. Its diversification with on-road and off-road vehicles, global exposure, and an exciting, buzzworthy launch of the long awaited Indian motorcycle as a catalyst make Polaris the winner.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is in character so often he is only available for interviews two days every five years
Daniel Day-Lewis is in character so often he is only available for interviews two days every five years
When preparing for a role, Daniel Day-Lewis almost got turned around at the US border because he refused to admit he was in fact Daniel Day-Lewis as it stated in his passport.
Daniel Day-Lewis remains in character even when making love to his wife.
Unless he is preparing for a role that involves being a father, Daniel Day-Lewis' children are forbidden from calling him Dad.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the only remaining doppelganger on earth.
Barack Obama is actually Daniel Day-Lewis in full prosthetics and make-up who won the Presidency of the US to prepare for his lead role in the upcoming Lincoln biopic.
Daniel Day-Lewis once attempted to stay in a time capsule for 2000 years before auditioning for the Planet of the Apes remake only to wake up in the future and realize that the film was irrelevant.
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You only do an OK impression of Daniel Day-Lewis playing you.
Early on in his career, Daniel Day-Lewis underwent elective surgery to make himself impotent in order to prepare for the role of "Man #2" in a Viagra commercial.
Daniel Day-Lewis wrote the script for Inception, engineered the necessary technology, and then incepted the idea of the movie into Christopher Nolan so he would make it.


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Georgia is one of the southeastern states of the USA, just north of Florida and bordering the Atlantic coastline. It has a population of around 8 million and is known as the Peach State for its glorious crops of summer fruit, particularly peaches. The state capital is Atlanta and other major cities are Columbus, historic Savannah, Macon and Albany. A holiday rental in Georgia offers a range of attractions for visitors, from its coastal scenery and historic cities to log cabins in the unspoilt mountains.
Finding things to do in Georgia is not a problem. Having enough time to do them all may be! Atlanta has a host of family attractions including Crossroads, where candy making and glass blowing demonstrations, a 4D cinema and an amphibious Duck tour can be enjoyed. Ride the scenic railroad up Stone Mountain or take to the lake in an old paddle-wheeler riverboat. Explore Savannah's antebellum architecture on a walking tour, go shopping on River Street and spend time in the charming downtown district. In the countryside, road trips, motorcycling, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing, hunting and hiking all make the most of the scenic areas and riverside walks around your Georgia holiday rentals.
The city of Atlanta is well known for its large zoo in Grant Park, the Georgia Aquarium and the huge cyclorama painting of Atlanta history which has a circumference of 358 feet! There is also a Civil War Museum for history buffs and the unique "World of Coca-Cola" attraction with memorabilia and the history of this world-famous drink. Stone Mountain is one of Georgia's main attractions. Carved onto the massive quartz monolith is the largest bas-relief sculpture in the world showing Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson sitting astride their favorite horses. Savannah is a beautiful old city with a fascinating history. There is a trio of forts around the area: Fort Jackson, Fort McAllister and Fort Pulaski, which are worth visiting
The state of Georgia has hot sunny summers and fairly mild winters. Temperatures average 31°C (88°F) in July and 11°C (52°F) in January with the odd cold snap when frost may be experienced. In the higher mountain altitudes, temperatures are considerably cooler with some snowfall in the depths of winter. The state has rain showers year-round and the driest months are September and October.
Georgia's main airport is the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) Airport about 8 miles from the center of Atlanta. From here, pick up a hire car and drive to your Georgia holiday rental or log cabin in the mountains.


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Think Allison makes a good point here. For myself I ran heroics like crazy on my main, both to gear up and for achievments. On my Alt, it's here and there, rep items, crafted, etc. Achievments are not a concern at all. As further confirmation, my main went in heroic Oculus twice, completing it once, never again. My alt has never set foot in there and never will. Oddly my main has only done HoS once, but I really couldn't say why I never went back. I didn't dislike it, and obviously it didn't come close to the seething vitriolic hatred I hold in my now scarred and maimed soul for the Oculus.


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Texas Town Brings Back the Paddle
Ronda Kaysen: Leave it to Texas to bring back the paddle.
A central Texas school district unanimously voted last May to let teachers paddle misbehaving students. Parents and teachers alike hail the new policy as a total success, saying that behavioral problems have plummeted ever since kids started realizing that they might get walloped for acting up.
Temple, Texas, is a rail town of 60,000, and the new policy -- which applies to all 14 schools in town -- is well-liked by residents who say kids behave better when they have the fear of a spanking to keep them in line.
"There are times when maybe a good crack might not be a bad idea," Temple resident Robert Pippin told The Washington Post.
While many states have banned corporal punishment over the years, Texas never got around to it. Of the 225,000 children who received corporal punishment in 2006, 25 percent hailed from the Lone Star state.
In the months since the school instituted the policy, only one student has been paddled -- at the request of his parents. Parents and school officials say that the problems in Temple -- talking in class, showing up late and throwing spitballs -- are typical, and paddling is just the way to solve them.
"Back [in the day], you wouldn't throw spitballs, because you were afraid of the consequences," Darr Kuykendall, a plumbing-supply worker, said about the good old days when corporal punishment was the norm.
I find it deeply disturbing that, in a country where corporal punishment is banned in prisons, it's still being used against kids who talk in class. Children act out, and they need to be disciplined. But beating them only teaches them that violence is the way to keep people in line. Study after study shows that kids who get spanked are more aggressive.
Hitting kids -- especially for minor infractions like being late to class -- seems totally backwards and outdated. There are many effective ways to teach children consequences -- none of which involve violence.
Yeah, I'm a ridiculously aggressive person. Seriously, *so* aggressive. It's amazing I get through day to day life. My husband? He's horrible aggressive too. It's crazy that people who grew up in our generation are able to function, what with all their aggressive tendencies - you know, like understanding consequences for bad behaviour, respecting people….heaven forbid we raise another generation like ours….
I think this is great. I don't have an issue with it at all. It's about time that consequences are set for actions. I look at kids today, I never would hve been allowed to act as these kids do. My mom was a teacher in the school i went to and while i got away with a lot, when I caught, punishment was dolled out. Looking back, it was justifyed and fair.
My childrens school brought this back a few years ago, and I honestly don't think its a bad thing at all!!
I remember the days of NOT wantin to get "swats"…so of course, to NOT get swats, I HAD to behave….
And now, I am a mother that VERY SELDOM spanks her kids…maybe 1-2 times in their LIVES have they been spanked…(they are ages 13 & 7)
but you can bet, if my kids do something that the principal thinks warrants a use of his paddle…I will tell him to go for it!
While I am not against the occasional spanking as a form punishment in my own home. If the behavior warrants, then so be it. However, I am far from comfortable allowing someone else raise a hand or a paddle to my child - for any reason.
I do not trust any school to adequately or accurately investigate any issue that would on its face call for corporal punishment. I went to school in Texas back in the day and I got paddled twice at school - each time for something I didn't do. You know what I learned? That my teachers and principal sucked and that you couldn't trust them. Before the paddlings, I was a pretty good kid. After those two events (in the same school year), you could have beaten me black and blue and I would not listen to nor do a thing you told me (trust me, my parents tried). It wasn't until my parents started looking into the reasons for my behavior and actually started addressing them that my attitude and general demeanor began to improve. Fear only works up to a point, and it really only generates anger and resentment. For the record, I transferred into a college preparatory in my sophomore year and ended up graduating near the top of my class.
Most people don't trust government run departments to even do an adequate job, why on earth would they believe that they should be in charge of physically hurting their children?
I live in this town. We have had a Kindergarten student in an alternative school (for good reason) We have students walking out of class. We have students cussing out teachers. There is not a respect for authority. These kids are out of control. Of course the students that do this have the parents that won't allow them to get paddled, they are also the ones that blame the school for their "baby" getting in trouble.
1. School paddling violates Title IX insofar as boys and girls are impacted differently, given that unlike boys, girls who have entered puberty would have to reveal intimate personal information in order to avoid the chance of this punishment being unfairly compounded by menstrual discomfort, or a risk factor where there is the possibility of pregnancy.
2. The general immunity to litigation—f not also criminal prosecution—which some state laws and the courts have given teachers and principals when it comes to paddling effectively and unconstitutionally denies students and parents the remedies that were essential to the Supreme Court's decision in 1977 upholding school corporal punishment.
3. The balance of available redress in the case of an injurious or otherwise unjust paddling is further weakened by the modern day prospect of unwanted, widespread prurient attention to victims via corporal punishment-themed adult websites, which may inhibit parents from seeking redress for their unjustly paddled child for fear of the publicity such complaints could generate. (See related: The Dunn, North Carolina Paddling Incident)
4. The legitimacy of male principals spanking female students is at odds with prevailing sexual harassment codes, which bar male employers from spanking female employees (including minors).
5. The spanking paddle itself was originally invented not for use on schoolchildren but rather as a tool for beating slaves. The idea was to have something that would inflict terrible pain without causing the kind of permanent tissue damage that could lower a slave's market value. While the corporal punishment of slaves has most often been portrayed as using a whip, it was also fairly common practice by the mid 1800's, at least in certain states, to use a paddle instead. (This will not be news to anyone who has studied American slavery in depth or seen the 1975 movie "Mandingo.") Although nobody would suggest that students today are paddled with the same degree of severity that slaves were, it is important to recognize that extreme severity is what this instrument was designed for. It is virtually unheard of, moreover, for school personnel to receive any professional training in how to paddle students, to be required beforehand to demonstrate competence at doing it safely and judiciously, to have their paddles inspected and held to any standards of size, weight, composition, or craftsmanship, and least of all to have the velocity of their swing measured. Thus, we can reasonably expect that paddlers will often times hit harder than they intend to, or in some cases, hit parts of the body they don't intend to.
6. The spanking of kids at school could be videotaped without anyone's knowledge, which is a lot easier with the tiny cameras they make nowadays. If someone were to circulate that video on the Internet, it could be really humiliating for the student. Not to mention that there's a black market for images of children being spanked. The FBI broke up a nationwide child-spanking pornography ring in 2002, incredible as that may sound, and at least two of its members worked in public schools (ref: http://nospank.net/101.htm).
7. Despite dire warnings that school discipline would deteriorate if paddling went away, Memphis has since enacting its ban seen a reduction of discipline problems. At the national level, one finds that dropout rates, violent crime, and other social problems are most concentrated among states and localities where paddling is still allowed. School shootings have occurred most often in states that allow paddling (and paddling may have even been a catalyst for the one in Jonesboro, Arkansas). It is worth noting, moreover, that among the top 100 U.S. schools ranked by Newsweek in 2003, not a single one is a paddling school.
8. The many groups supporting a ban on corporal punishment include The National Association of School Boards, The American Academy of Pediatrics, and The National Association of School Nurses.
People used to think it was necessary to "spank" adult members of the community, military trainees, and prisoners. In some countries they still do. In our country, it is considered sexual battery if a person over the age of 18 is "spanked", but only if over the age of 18.
For one thing, because the buttocks are so close to the sex organs, and so multiply linked to sexual nerve centers, striking them can trigger powerful and involuntary sexual stimulus in some people. There are numerous physiological ways in which it can be intentionally or unintentionally sexually abusive, but I won't list them all here. One can read the testimony, documentation, and educational resources available from the website of Parents and Teachers Against Violence In Education at www.nospank.net.
Hitting/child buttock-battering vs. DISCIPLINE:
Child buttock-battering (euphemistically labeled "spanking","swatting","switching","smacking", "paddling",or other cute-sounding names) for the purpose of gaining compliance is nothing more than an inherited bad habit.
Its a good idea for people to take a look at what they are doing, and learn how to DISCIPLINE instead of hit.
I think the reason why television shows like "Supernanny" and "Dr. Phil" are so popular is because that is precisely what many (not all) people are trying to do.
There are several reasons why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea. Here are some good, quick reads recommended by professionals:
Plain Talk About Spanking
by Jordan Riak,
The Sexual Dangers of Spanking Children
by Tom Johnson,
NO VITAL ORGANS THERE, So They Say
by Lesli Taylor M.D. and Adah Maurer Ph.D.
Just a handful of those helping to raise awareness of why child bottom-slapping isn't a good idea:
American Academy of Pediatrics,
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
American Psychological Association,
Center For Effective Discipline,
Churches' Network For Non-Violence,
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
Parenting In Jesus' Footsteps,
Global Initiative To End All Corporal Punishment of Children,
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 26 countries, child corporal punishment is prohibited by law (with more in process). In fact, the US was the only UN member that did not ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
It's really not a bad idea. Previous generations experienced this type of punishment while growing up and they seemed to not act up near as much as the younger generation. Seriously, if you step foot in a school you will see that most students have little respect for anyone: teachers or peers.
Current News Headlines "Girls Spanked, Suspended for Skimpy Prom Dresses" at Oxford High School, Alabama and "Stopping bullying before it starts" related that elementary school children in Kennett, MO are punished for bullying by being hit with wooden paddles to deliberately inflict physical pain and suffering as Punishment known as Corporal Punishment or Paddling or by being suspended. Hitting children in schools to Punish them is NOT the answer!
U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce legislation in U.S. Congress to ban the use of physical discipline in public schools. At a recent hearing by the Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee, McCarthy said:
The federal government has outlawed physical punishment in prisons, jails and medical facilities. Yet our children sitting in a classroom are targets for hitting. We know safe, effective, evidence-based strategies are available to support children who display challenging behaviors in school settings.
Hitting children in school does not help them achieve academic success. Hitting children in school is not an effective discipline tactic. Hitting children in school does not make them feel safe in school. Instead, they feel humiliated, helpless, depressed, and angry. Hitting children teaches them that it is a legitimate way to handle conflict.
We are adults. We shouldnât be hitting kids in schools. Instead, we, as a nation, should move toward these positive strategies when it comes to our school children. It has been a 150 years since the first state banned this practice in schools. Since then, 29 states have done the same. But it is still occurring every day in our nation and we still have hundreds of thousands of students being hit in our schools.
Girls need paddled more then boys to keep them on the right path. Girls tend to need a firm hand. At all ages.
I have 3 girls 6, 8, 10 and are generally great kids who obey us and cause no serious problems. What irks me the most is when they run through parking lots with no regard for oncming cars. In other words I only spank if there is a chance they might seriously injure themselves after being given specific instructions to not run. I do it right away by going back to our van and swat bare butt with my hand util they beg for n me to stop. Then I stop and say if you do that again I will do it in the store in therecord, cd section where all your friends congregate. Never happened to that extent because they know I'm not faking.Never fake it because it gives them power overb you.
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Clifton, 33, was considered one of the better tackles on a thin market and would have temporarily solved a problem for the Redskins. They could have then focused on drafting a position other than tackle with the fourth pick in the draft. But this story offers a good explanation as to why Clifton likely wanted to stay in Green Bay.
Washington is entertaining another offensive tackle, Tony Pashos, who played for new line coach Chris Foerster in San Francisco last season. Pashos struggled at times with the Niners, partly because they switched up their blocking schemes and used less zone blocking and more man straight-ahead schemes. The Redskins will use zone blocking. Pashos went out to dinner with coach Mike Shanahan and a Redskins contingent Friday night.


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The news is clear: Economic slowdown is here and will visit for a while. Thanks to the Internet, the recession is global, and it is clear every country and industry will face challenges. As entire industries prepare to hibernate through this economic winter, which could last another 18 months, the natural question is how should companies prepare for the new spring time, for it will promise to be a wild one with new or remodeled players taking the lead.
How should a company proceed in preparation? Any company wishing to emerge from the slowdown in a better position needs to think about efficient execution and challenging old assumptions about efficiency, investments, cost cutting, and wining market share. And they need to strategize and plan to invest now. Why? Because any strategic change for a global enterprise will involve investments in IT, and right now is the time to strike bargains in hardware, skilled staff and consultants while all vendors are scrambling to make revenue.
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The winners that will emerge from this recession will race ahead as leaner, more efficient, more agile, and less burdened by legacy infrastructure. These companies will be bold enough to invest in IT to shrink long-term energy costs, get real-time information to their revenue generators and client support staff, get their own employees to collaborate more efficiently without the need to travel as often, and most important, give their executives coordinated, correlated information that lets them react to the state of business in days, not months.
It means making IT a strategic enabler to provide comprehensive, real-time information, it means that the key business processes and the entire value chain of a business line can be explored from an investment point of view. It means that clients and consumers are given immersive, flexible context sensitive experiences at the enterprise Web site that creates a compelling, rewarding and educational experience so that clients prefer to return to that site instead of holding for service at the call center. It means that service is a positive differentiator that rewards clients, not a cost sink that is minimized by dumping the problem off-shore.
IT becomes the strategic enabler for the new winners, and that won't happen unless companies understand that a key priority is to clean up the IT mess that was never fixed from last two business booms. Flexible, dynamic, responsive IT operating platforms will propel these emergent winners.
The service orientation of IT is the vision, and that journey starts with business and IT alignment towards creating a real-time infrastructure that can be run as a utility, providing new or revised services on the resources required when needed. The journey continues with the design, implementation, and operation of enabling technologies that let the business try new endeavors, containing risk. The enterprise realizes its first level of maturity when it can consistently enacts its strategy with IT in a sustainable manner. Business can then execute with agility, and IT becomes the digital analog of the business.
Hibernation is recuperative, but the vision and execution is critical to ensure you will remain at the top of the food chain in the new springtime.


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- 1/2 cup Muscat wine (Moscato)
- 7 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 cardamom pods, cracked
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1- by 4-in. strip lemon zest
- 1 cup dried apricots (preferably California)
- 1. Put wine, 1/2 cup water, sugar, honey, and cardamom pods in a small saucepan. With a small knife, scrape seeds from vanilla bean and add to pan with pod and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over high heat, add apricots, reduce heat, and simmer until apricots just begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Let cool in syrup.
- 2. Strain apricots before using, discarding cardamom pods, vanilla pod, and zest; save syrup for cake icing and to drizzle over ice cream or yogurt.
- Make ahead: Up to 3 days, chilled in syrup.
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TMNT 2003/Harry Potter Crossover. Sequel to Books I through V. With enemies coming from all directions, Harry Potter will need all the help he can get.
Master Splinter finished lighting a circle of a dozen candles around Leo, as his oldest son stood attentively, katanas in hand and ready for training.
"Tonight, Leonardo, the point of this exercise is to work on the synergy required for success of a true warrior," explained Master Splinter as Leo nodded, before he prepared to battle. "All the elements that are necessary, mind, body, soul, and weapon, are implemented and must work as one in order to eliminate each and every enemy as they surround you. Enemies such as represented by these candles surrounding you. Now we begin."
Leo nodded as he quickly and effortlessly swung around, beginning to put the candles out with his weapons.
"It is most crucial to keep all enemies within your line of sight, while moving as little as possible, keeping your options open from all sides," lectured Master Splinter as Leo continued the exercise. "The true synergy of all the elements that I discussed will make this process as seamless as breathing."
Leo just acknowledged Master Splinter as he continued the exercise but his concentration was broken by Mikey from the side of the room.
"I love comics," piped up Mikey and Leo tried to continue his training, but Mikey would just not shut up. "Do you know why I like comics Leo? I know you want to know?"
"Probably because of the super heroes," grunted Leo more in an attempt to get Mikey to shut up so he could concentrate on the training exercise.
"Ding ding, ding, give the blue bandanna wearing katana wielding turtle a prize, it's all about the heroes!" cheered Mikey as Leo gritted his teeth as Mikey was having one of his annoying spells, at the worst possible time. "Super powers, super costumes, super…"
"Michelangelo, enough!" admonished Master Splinter sternly. "Leonardo is training, perhaps you would like to join him as it seems you have so much free time on your hands."
"Uh, I think I hear Don calling," remarked Mikey quickly as he sprang up to walk off, leaving Leo in peace with his training, but only for a few seconds as the ground beneath Leo began to shake.
Leo spun around, katanas at the ready as the walls began to rumble and he heard glass breaking from behind him. Seconds later, a swirling vortex of blue light appeared above the lair and Leo stiffened, as he recognized it right away. Over his shoulder, he saw Don and Harry walk over, to investigate it.
"We've seen that kind of energy before," remarked Don as Leo turned to see an ominous figure come from out of the vortex before four eyes turned their attention to the Turtles, Master Splinter, and Harry.
"Drako!" exclaimed Master Splinter in shock.
"And the Daimyo's son," added Leo, as he watched the merged figure apprehensively as it floated in the air before he turned his head slightly towards his sensei, making sure to keep one eye firmly on Ultimate Drako. "This is what we told you about Master Splinter…"
"Yes, merged together somehow," chimed in Harry as Leo saw that he was looking equally ready for battle.
"All into one horrible package," added Raph as he joined the group as he exited his room.
"We told you we would return, we told you we would have our revenge!" declared Ultimate Drako in unison, as they brandished Lord Simultaneous's time sceptre, glaring down at the Turtles, Master Splinter, and Harry with utter contempt.
"Revenge, this you whacko!" yelled Raph as he leapt up but a blast of magical energy from the time sceptre sent Raph spiraling backwards and cracking against the wall, before he landed towards the ground with a thud.
"If you could simply fight us, we can control time and space with Lord Simultaneous's time sceptre, we are unbeatable!" taunted Ultimate Drako.
Leo opened his mouth to suggest that they make a grab for the sceptre but Harry beat him to the punch.
"GET THE SCEPTRE, NOW!" shouted Harry as he leapt in the air along with Raph, Don, Mikey, Leo, and Master Splinter at the same time but Ultimate Drako stopped them with a jet of magical energy from the time sceptre. They were suspended in mid air, frozen in stasis, unaware that time passed around them.
"Now for our revenge!" exclaimed Ultimate Drako in unison, as they looked at their helpless enemies.
"Leonardo, destroy him first!" demanded the Ultimate Ninja, remembering very well his defeat his first time on earth.
"No!" shouted Drako angrily. "We agreed, the rat will perish first, then your father, the Daimyo."
"And then Leonardo," added the Ultimate Ninja in a persistent voice.
Ultimate Drako waved the time sceptre, as it glowed a bright blue color.
"Yes, all of them will pay, all of them will learn the meaning of suffering behind time and space!" chanted Ultimate Drako as the light engulfed all six of their enemies, before they disappeared from the lair.
Leo blinked as he found himself in a meadow, off the side of a wooded area. Shaking his head briefly to clear it, Leo looked around and heard footsteps.
"Drako?" wondered Leo as he saw a shadow but it was just a medium sized lizard that was most certainly not Ultimate Drako, as it ran off without incident.
Leo pulled himself to a standing position, taking a brief look at the surroundings around him and he recognized it immediately.
"This looks like Feudal Japan," muttered Leo as he looked around, even though it was foolish to think one of his brothers or Master Splinter would pop up from behind the tree. "The others, they're so far away, I need to…"
Leo was cut off by the sound of approaching horse and he heard a loud thump from behind him, which startled him as the horses ran off. Quickly, Leo saw one of the figures slowly rise to her feet. Taken aback, Leo saw that she resembled an anthropomorphic cat and was dressed in traditional samurai garb.
"Are you okay?" asked Leo as he looked at the mystery samurai. "You came out of nowhere."
She didn't bother to answer, but rather pull out a sword and sprung to attack Leo, which caused the turtle barely enough reaction time to block her assaults.
"You will not have him assassin!" shouted the samurai angrily as she clanged her weapon against Leo's katana. "I don't care how many ninja clans…"
"Ninja clans…have who?" stammered Leo in a confused voice but she wasn't listening, she continued to attempt to fight off Leo, who had pushed himself into a strictly defensive mode, in an attempt to avoid being carved to ribbons.
"You will not live to see another sunrise, so swears Tomoe Ame!" shouted the samurai but Leo managed to counter attempt after attempt with his own katana.
"Stop, listen to me, I…don't…want…to…fight…you!" exclaimed Leo deciding to switch tactics a little bit, using a pair of expert maneuvers to destroy his opponent's weapon. The force of which caused Tomoe Ame to stagger to the ground and fall down, as Leo stood over her, katanas still in his hands, a bit of an intimidating site for an unarmed samurai.
"Please, ninja, if you have any honor in you, you'll make my demise quick and relatively painless," said Tomoe Ame quietly.
"I'd like to think I'd have both honor and be a ninja," replied Leo as he placed both of his katana out of sight revealing that he had no weapons.
"Forgive me for presuming that you were one of them, I am ashamed," responded Tomoe Ame before she yelped as she realized her traveling companion, a small panda about the size of a human child, was left unattended. Thankfully he was safe, leaned right by the tree but also looking a bit worse for wear. "Lord Noriyuki!"
She watched as her charge managed to get to his feet.
"Just who are you people anyway?" questioned Leo, who was confused at this whole situation.
"He is Lord Noriyuki, head of the Geishu Clan," explained Tomoe Ame quickly. "I am his retainer, Tomoe Ame."
Something suddenly struck Leo.
"Wait, you wouldn't know a samurai named Miyamoto…" started Leo but a rumbling beneath the ground caused him to pause and instinctively draw his katanas, as last time this happened, Ultimate Drako popped out of nowhere.
Seconds later, a group of giant humanoid moles popped out of the ground and advanced on Leo, Tomoe Ame, and Lord Noriyuki. One raised its claws and attempted to cleave Leo in half but Leo managed to block it, before he leapt up and grabbed his attacker, before he was flung to the ground. He watched as Tomoe Ame managed to take out two of the attackers, who seemed to use brute force, rather than actual skill to gain the advantage.
"What the…" stated Leo but he was knocked backwards and one of the mole ninjas leapt into the air but Leo avoided the attack and the mole burrowed straight into the ground.
"The Mogura Ninja have come to abduct Lord Noriyuki, we must protect him at all costs," informed Tomoe Ame as she barely managed to fight off another assault, as the moles disappeared below ground before they popped up seconds later, to continue the fight and the two were just barely able to hold them off.
More fight and a hand appeared from underneath the earth, and grabbed Tomoe Ame by the ankle. She attempted to struggle and kick off her attacker, but another hand grabbed her other ankle and pulled her deep below the earth.
"Tomoe Ame!" shouted Lord Noriyuki in a horrified voice as he watched his retainer be abducted by the ninjas sent after him.
Leo watched in horror, elbowing one of the Mogura Ninja in the face before Tomoe Ame disappeared. The other Mogura Ninja burrowed into the ground as well and Leo got down on his hands and knees, attempting to dig into the ground to see if he could still reach them but it was all for nothing, as the Mogura Ninja looked to have disappeared.
At least for the moment, as seconds later, three of them sprung out of the ground and advanced on Lord Noriyuki who was paralyzed in fear. Leo made a movement to defend him but as it turned out he did not need to, as several arrows shot from out of nowhere.
Turning slightly, Leo spotted two figures riding on horse back and shooting more arrows, which caused the Mogura Ninja to turn and burrow deep back beneath the ground, to escape the attacks. Leo's eyes snapped out when he spotted exactly who the two figures riding up on horseback were, the samurai rabbit known as Miyamoto Usagi and his gluttonous, greedy, samurai rhino friend, Gennosuke.
The samurai rabbit climbed off the horse, a bit surprised to see Leo standing there.
"Ah, Leonardo, welcome," said Usagi. "Your appearance here is fortuitous as it is welcomed but it has ensured that Lord Noriyuki remained safe despite the recent complications that had arisen."
"So what exactly is going on here anyway?" questioned Leo.
"Bah, ninja treachery," remarked Gen before he blinked, realizing that Leo was there. "No offense, of course."
"Lord Noriyuki here has been targeted by assassination by a leader of a rival clan, Lord Hebi," elaborated Usagi. "Only Tomoe Ame's skill has saved him from being the victim of Hebi's schemes, but now with her captured, it leaves him open for an attack."
"So it was quite a stroke of luck that you showed up when you did, because I doubt I could have held off those Mogura Ninja much longer," remarked Leo.
"Yes, but we must hurry, Lord Hebi will not give up at a handful of failed attempts, it is off uttermost importance that we get Lord Noriyuki to safety," said Usagi. "The Shogun is expecting Lord Noriyuki in the capital city of Edo, we must act quickly to take him there and on the way there, Leonardo-san, you can explain exactly how you arrived here."
Leo nodded as he and Noriyuki joined Usagi and Gen on their journey, as Leo began to fill them in on what had happened that lead up to his arrival to Usagi's Homeworld.
"Drako was the architect behind this, along with the Daimyo's corrupt son," concluded Usagi. "I had hoped we had seen the last of those two fiends."
"Not only is my family in danger, but I think they might want revenge against the Daimyo," stated Leo before he stopped. "The Daimyo, if we can somehow open up a doorway to the Battle Nexus, the Daimyo can use his war staff to find them, bring them back, no matter where they are. But the problem is actually getting the ritual to the Nexus right. I know the chant, but my brothers helped me with the symbols."
"I know of the ritual," remarked Usagi calmly. "I'll do everything I can to help you find your missing family, once Lord Noriyuki is safe and sound under the Shogun's watchful eye."
In a heavily guarded fortress, a group of anthropomorphic cat ninjas appeared, with Tomoe Ame's arms bound behind her and at their mercy, as they bowed to await their master, who slithered in the shadows, before he turned slightly to address his ninja.
"The Geishu Lord should be kneeling before me right now, not this girl" hissed the master from the shadows.
"Master, please, there were unforeseen circumstances," replied one of the cat ninja. "This mysterious Kame ninja helped her fight off the Morgura Ninja and then just when they had Noriyuki in their grasps, an old thorn in your side managed to arrive…"
"Usagi," hissed the master viciously from the shadows.
"Show yourself Hebi!" demanded Tomoe Ame and seconds later, the master; Lord Hebi slithered out of the shadows, revealing himself to be a really large and extremely sinister snake, wearing a red and grey kimono. With fluid movement, he wrapped himself away Tomoe Ame.
"While it is quite an annoyance that Lord Noriyuki remains alive, you will prove to be very useful to me Tomoe Ame," hissed Hebi. "Noriyuki will fall to me, but I will also claim the head of Miyamoto Usagi."
Tomoe Ame struggled but Lord Hebi's grip around her tightened, preventing any movement whatsoever. The snake warlord turned his head every so slightly to address another one of his ninjas.
"Chizu!" called Lord Hebi and the clan leader of the cat ninjas stepped forward, before she bowed her head slightly towards Hebi.
"Yes, my lord?" inquired Chizu.
"You are to take your Neko Ninja Clan and deliver a message for me to Miyamoto Usagi," hissed Hebi venomously and Chizu inclined her head slightly in understanding. "And if this Kame meddles in my plans again, eliminate him."
"Of course, Lord Hebi," answered Chizu as she motioned for her Neko Ninjas to follow her.
Shortly thereafter, Gen, Usagi, Leo, and Lord Noriyuki found themselves on top of a rocky, uneven hill, overlooking a river below.
"So this is the way to Edo?" asked Leo, as he took in the terrain, it definitely wasn't the most convenient way to travel.
"It's a short cut," offered Gen which caused Usagi to sigh in slight annoyance.
"Your shortcuts will be the death of us, Gennosuke-San," said Usagi as he looked down apprehensively at the rickety hill before he turned towards a wooded area off to the distance. "We shall take the path through the woods. It may take a little more time, but it is a bit safer than that short cut of yours."
Gen just snorted before they turned towards the woods but stopped as several Neko Ninjas made their way out of the woods, as they circled the two samurais and one ninja turtle, weapons drawn and charged into the attack.
Quickly, Usagi managed to wipe out a trio of assassins, before knocking a fourth down with a vicious kick. Gen moved over and blocked an attempted spear stab with his sword, before he sliced the spear in half and knocked the Neko Ninja back with brute force. Leaping into the center, Leo swung his katana from side to side, slicing the weapons of his attackers causing them to back off.
Leaping up, Gen plunged his sword into the jagged rocks weakening it. Before the attackers had a chance to move, the rhino stomped down, causing the rocks to crumble and several of the ninjas to plummet to their doom.
Lord Noriyuki found himself advanced on by several of the Neko Ninja but Usagi swerved in front of them, managing to fight them off, with Leo joining him and Gen a few seconds later, as they barely managed to hold off their assassins
Meanwhile, Chizu turned to one of her aides off in the distance.
"Tell the ninja on the path to begin to pull back, tell the archers to get into position," order Chizu.
"There are too many of them," breathed Leo as he managed to knock another Neko Ninja backwards, before he flung him into a group, as Gen used his head as a blunt object to wipe out an attacker. "We need to find a way out."
Usagi sliced the chest of the Neko Ninja and turned slightly, as soon as he was sure his foe had fell to the ground.
"Well there is one way out," remarked Usagi as he looked down as Gen had wiped out another Neko Ninja from behind him. "But it's rather wet."
Gen's eyes widened as he realized what that implied as Leo tucked Noriyuki under his shoulder and braced himself, before he leapt towards the river below.
"Wait, you're joking," pleaded Gen as Usagi pulled him out of the way as a jet of arrows flew from the distance and them nudged Gen into jumping over the cliff. "I hate water!"
Gen landed in the water with a splash as Usagi just barely avoided being sliced and diced with the arrows, landing with a splash, as they swam off to avoid the barrage of arrows that flew overhead and landed in the water.
Several miles away, when the group felt they were out of distance, they climbed out of the water, to continue the journey to Edo.
"We must hurry, those were Neko Ninjas, they don't give up that easily," said Usagi as he looked over his shoulder to make sure they weren't being followed.
"Easy, you think that was…" scoffed Gen but an arrow whizzed through the air and in a blink of an eye, Leo spun around and sliced the arrow in half, causing it to harmlessly stick to the ground and Gen to blink, before he continued his sentence. "Easy."
Usagi made his way over, seeing a note tied to the side of the arrow. Quickly, the samurai rabbit unfolded the note, and spread it out, before he read it.
"Tomoe Ame is still alive!" exclaimed Usagi and a relieved look appeared on Noriyuki's face but Usagi's expression grew grave as he continued to read the letter. "But she's as the Lord Hebi's stronghold and to be executed tonight for crimes of treason against him."
"No, we must rescue her," said Noriyuki in a panicked voice.
"Lord Noriyuki, I may be a stranger in your land, but this sounds like a trap," inputted Leo.
"Leonardo-san is correct, your safety is of most importance," added Usagi. "If Tomoe Ame were here, she'd tell you the same thing."
"I do not care, I am the Lord of the Geishu clan, I am giving you an order," persisted Lord Noriyuki stubbornly. "If you don't come with me, I will free her myself."
Usagi sighed; he could most certainly not allow that before he turned to Leo.
"Leonardo-san, your family may very well be in grave danger, it would be best if you find them but…" said Usagi before he trailed off.
"No, I'll help you, after all, what are friends for?" asked Leo with a slight smile, as he readied himself.
After several more hours of travel, it was nearly nightfall, as Leo, Gen, Usagi, and Lord Noriyuki peered down a hill to a large campsite with hundred upon hundreds of Neko Ninjas, as lightning whipped across the sky. On the other side of the campsite was the fortress of Lord Hebi.
"We should have stayed in Edo, this is hopeless, there are way too many ninja out there for any samurai to fight his way though," remarked Gen before adding as an after thought. "Or even get paid enough to try."
"Maybe we don't have to fight," said Leo as he looked down, with Gen and Usagi looking at Leo like he had lost his mind. "If we can't beat the Neko Ninja clan, maybe we can join them."
Down in the Neko Ninja camp, two ninjas paused as they heard a slightly rustling within the bushes. Moving over to investigate, spears at the ready, a lizard shot out of the bushes.
Shrugging, the ninjas turned their backs slightly, allowing a pair of green feet to swing out of the bushes, cracking them each from behind and they were pulled into the pushes, before they were silently knocked unconscious.
Seconds later, Usagi and Leo made their way out of the bushes, completely disguised in Neko Ninja garb, with Leo waving his hand in front of his face, because of the stench.
"Whew, I guess doing laundry isn't a Neko Ninja skill," remarked Leo as Usagi looked at his attire, with a small amount of disgust.
"Hmm, ninja garb, I am cloaked in dishonor," muttered Usagi, before he turned to Leo. "We shall speak of this to no one."
Without another word, they crept off, watching as a group of Neko Ninja passed them, before they saw the prison wing of the building. In a blink of the eye, Usagi and Leo began to scale the walls.
Off to the side in the woods, Gen ate pork rinds around a fire, as Noriyuki sat quietly right across from Gen.
"So, you wouldn't be interested in a small wager on the outcome of today's adventure, hmm," remarked Gen casually, as he was always ready to make a quick few pieces of gold, even if it would have been at the expense of the clan leader he was to be protecting. Seconds later, slight tremor was felt from beneath the ground and Gen leaned forward. "Hey, did you hear…argh!"
The Morugura ninja sprung out from underneath the ground, grabbing Gen by the back of the throat and pulling the samurai deep beneath the ground, with a pained grunt.
"Gennosuke!" yelled Noriyuki in horror but seconds later, the Morugura Ninja got their hands on Noriyuki and pulled him deep below the ground.
Usagi entered the prison wing through a slightly opened window, with Leo following. Motioning for Leo to stay on the ceiling, Usagi dropped down, before he saw a guard step over threateningly.
"Halt, ninja, how dare you enter Lord Hebi's fortress?" demanded the guard as he took a few threatening steps towards Usagi.
"I am no ninja," replied Usagi as he pulled down his hood and stood his ground. "I am samurai!"
Fluidly, Usagi took the guard down, knocking him unconscious, before swiping the keys and moving over to the cell where Tomoe Ame was being held. Quickly, he unlocked the cell.
Tomoe Ame looked up and saw Usagi standing there
"Usagi!" exclaimed Tomoe Ame in an alarmed voice, her hands still bound behind her back. "Please tell me you did not bring Lord Noriyuki here."
"Relax, your lord is perfectly save," answered Usagi as Tomoe Ame shakily got to her feet. "Now, we need to get out of here, we don't have much time…"
"Less time you think, samurai," interrupted a vicious voice, and Usagi turned, before he was faced down by several guards, who pointed the sharp tips of their spears right at himself and Tomoe Ame. "Hands in the air, now!"
Usagi did as he was told as two of the guards checked him for any weapons, before removing them. In an instant, Usagi's hands were bound behind his back, before they viciously nudged the intruders off.
Moments later, Tomoe Ame and Usagi were brought before Lord Hebi. Already there were Lord Noriyuki and Gen.
"Lord Noriyuki," muttered Tomoe Ame in a horrified tone.
"Those with honor are so pathetic, so predictable, so easily manipulated," hissed Lord Hebi as the snake warlord slithered around Noriyuki.
"Lord Hebi, it's me you want!" cried Noriyuki. "Please spare the others."
"Silly child," remarked Hebi in a sinister tone as he slithered around Noriyuki with his fangs bared. "With you out of the way, I will be able to pillage your clan's land and steal all your treasures. It will be beautiful."
Just as these words escaped Hebi's mouth, Leo sprang down into action, leaping on Hebi's head before he knocked down the guards with a few quick assaults.
"You know, it's people like you that give us honorable reptiles a bad name," remarked Leo as he stepped backwards.
"The Kame," hissed Hebi angrily, baring his fangs as he lunged towards Leo, who managed to dodge his attacks. "You will pay for this affront."
As Hebi and Leo went face to face, Usagi took advantage of the distraction by elbowing the guard in the face, before slicing himself free with his weapon. Quickly, Usagi disarmed the guard, before he attacked another guard, before he sliced Tomoe Ame free.
"I hate to point this out but you have no arms," remarked Leo as Hebi lunged at him but Leo dodged out of the way. "This isn't going to be a fair fight."
In a flash, Hebi wrapped himself around Leo, before he flung the ninja halfway across the room. Leo fell to the ground with a thickening thud.
"Note to self, arms are overrated," dead panned Leo as Hebi circled him but Leo managed to pull himself up.
"Do not worry, Leonardo, you don't fight alone," remarked Usagi as he knocked an attacker backwards and Gen shouldered the attacker, before he pushed himself backwards, crushing his opponent underneath his weight, before expertly using it to slice himself free and join in the battle.
"Nor do I ronin," taunted Hebi and the doors slid open, as a group of Neko Ninjas entered the room to join the battle.
Tomoe Ame leapt up, taking a couple of the Neko Ninja out with kicks, while Usagi moved into battle, clashing his swords against one of the ninja, drawing him back.
Hebi circled Leo, baring his fangs as Leo looked over his shoulder, before he knocked one of the Neko Ninjas out, which gave Hebi a chance to spring into action, knocking Leo backwards and to the ground. Hebi opened his mouth but Leo swung his katana. The snake caught it in his mouth and flung the sword to the side, away from Leo, before he circled Leo, avoiding a decapitating shot with the sword.
Gen charged, knocking one of the attackers through an opened window. A couple of the Neko Ninjas snuck up behind him but Gen placed the wooden part of the spear on his nose, before he jolted himself backwards, knocking the Neko Ninjas down, allowing them to be finished off by Usagi.
Hebi went for Leo but Leo used his sword to slash at the roof of the mouth. His attacker gave a painful hiss, but would not relent and continued to move in for the attack. Hebi stalked Leo and Leo just managed to barely keep a step away of his powerful enemy.
Tomoe Ame was knocked backwards by one of her adversaries. The ninja attempted to stab her in the throat, but the samurai just barely managed to hold back. Seeing a helpless Noriyuki who was being advanced on by a couple of Neko Ninjas, Tomoe Ame managed to kick her attacker off. He flew across the room right into his fellow Neko Ninjas.
Hebi sprung at Leo. The warrior turtle was knocked backwards and attempted to use his other katana to defend himself but Hebi yanked the weapon out of his mouth, before he attempted to bite down on Leo's head, who barely managed to block the snake's powerful jaws with his hands.
"Nice breath," muttered Leo as he found his grip weakening, but seconds later, Noriyuki, with one of Leo's katanas in hand, stood face to face with Hebi. The katana was tucked underneath the chin of Hebi, ready to slit his throat.
"What?" demanded Hebi as he was surprised at the young Geishu lord's gall.
"I will not allow you to harm them, Hebi," declared Noriyuki in a defiant voice. "Look around yourself villain, you are defeated."
Despite the fact that his Neko Ninjas and guards had been knocked unconscious, Hebi just answered Noriyuki's claims of his defeat with a high cold laugh.
"You think me defeated," taunted Hebi. "Even if you do find a way out of my fortress, you will then meet thousands of my ninja. I will decide who is defeated, Noriyuki."
Just then, a sound of approaching horses caused Noriyuki to get a triumphant look on his face.
"Do you hear that Hebi?" asked Noriyuki. "It looks as if the Shogun would like a word with you."
Hebi slithered and looked outside the window, his eyes bugging out in absolute horror.
"The Shogun's army," hissed Hebi in an irritated voice. "No, no, NO!"
Hebi turned towards Noriyuki with a murderous look in his eyes.
"The tables have been turned Noriyuki, but you will not be leaving this place alive!" hissed Hebi as he charged him but Leo caught Hebi in the face with his foot. The snake flew halfway across the room and decided it would be best to leave.
Leo made his way across the room to give chase but was halted by Usagi.
"Allow him go Leonardo-san," said Usagi calmly. "With the Shogun's army out there,
"Lord Noriyuki, thank goodness you're safe, I thought I'd never see you again," said Tomoe Ame in a relieved voice.
"Well I would have been destroyed if it had not been for Usagi, Gen, and Leonardo," replied Noriyuki. "Without them the Geishu clan would have been destroyed, I am truly in their debt."
The scene in the room was quiet for a few seconds until Gen spoke up.
"Bah, that's enough adventure for me for one day," grumbled Gen as he walked off. "I need food."
"And now Leonardo, it is now the matter of your predicament," said Usagi.
Sometime later, Usagi stood before a tree, with the symbols to open the portal to the Battle Nexus drawn upon it. Clasping his hands together, Usagi began the chant and water appeared from a nearby pond, swirling up, before forming the ever present portal, leading to the Battle Nexus.
Leo moved towards the portal and was a bit surprised that Usagi stepped forward to fall him.
"Usagi, I can't trouble…" started Leo but Usagi waved off his concerned.
"It's no trouble at all Leonardo, especially after all the help you offered me today," said Usagi. "After all, that's what friends are for."
With that, the samurai rabbit and the ninja turtle stepped through the portal, moving from Usagi's Homeworld right into the Battle Nexus to meet up with the Daimyo.


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the new itv1 series on life on a housing estate.
4 famousish people move onto a council estate in leeds to see how people there live.
is it just me that finds the idea of this show offensive?
who is the target audience?
those of us that live on estates like that dont need any "celebs" moving in next door to see how shit life is here, we know!! we live it every day.
they cannot say it is to educate people to the problems of millions of people living "on the breadline" surely, those people doing it dont need to be educated and those people not doing it wont give a damn.
all this show will do is piss people off, on both sides.
people who use P.S are just showing they havent put enough thought into their writing before they started.
P.S cant get out of the habit myself