TMNT

Spring Day

Genre: my usual

Summary: Takes place a year after the last mini sage "One Year". Everything takes place after a year. Haley returns without Karai and the guys have to wonder why. There's a new enemy threatening their lives. Someone or something they've never faced before.

Author's note: It's been awhile. A lot has happened since I last posted here. I got laid off, was unemployed for two months (was not fun, I don't recommend it), was super stressed out. Was forced to move back in with my parents, found a job as a nursing assistant and is now taking classes to get my CNA. If I don't post as much as quickly as I used to that's why. I have like 60+ hours of classes to finish and that shit comes first. But it's almost four in the morning so I'm gonna go to bed and try to get some sleep.

Chapter One

The streets and people are the same. Even the garbage in the alley ways and liter is the same. The smog in the car and loud noises. Even the thugs were the same. Except maybe The Foot.

It's been a year since Karai pulled The Foot out of New York and sent them back home to Japan. A lot of them weren't happy. Some left and tried to keep their Master Shredder alive. They failed. Either the turtles stopped them or The Foot Bots that Karai left behind did. The turtles didn't mind much, the remnants of the old Foot Clan disappeared faster.

It was nice not having to fight The Foot Clan for once. But without The Shredder around his mutant freaks ran amuck. Bepop, Rocksteady and Rahzar weren't much of a problem. Stockman and Tigerclaw, however, were. With the fly's brains and the tiger's bronze they were an incredibly deadly duo.

Those two caused most of the trouble. They didn't have a clear motive. Tigerclaw was angry and bitter and Stockman was too weak and practically useless to be on his own. Nonetheless, they were a major pain. They usually popped their heads up about once a month with a plan to kill everyone, but that usually ended in failure.

As far as Haley was concerned, Raphael knew she was happy. She left with Karai to be her extra muscle. But also, because they were a couple and Haley couldn't really stick around. Since she was technically dead.

But without her there, hanging out on a roof top with a cigarette in one hand and a knife in the other, things just didn't seem as eventful like before. Raphael missed how her sailor mouth made Leonardo mad. He missed her hanging out in the lair ignoring April as she tried to get her to do the homework she already finished. He really missed Haley and Master Splinter sparring. Watching those two fight was like watching a dance, when one pushed the other pulled away dodged like water. They were even in their movements. Fluid.

They stayed in contact through email, texting and sometimes video chatted. But she's gone radio silent. April even said that her snap chat has gone silent, which was odd for her since she liked to update every hour of the shenanigans she and Karai would get in.

"I don't think you have anything to worry about Raph." Donnie began to explain, "she and Karai could be in an area with really bad cell reception."

"It's been weeks." Raph retorted.

"They maybe her phone broke." Donnie countered. He held up his bo staff in time to block an attack.

"Would you two please concentrate?" Leonardo begged as he double kicked a Purple Dragon into a brick wall.

"Concentrate on what?" Raphael asked as he tucked his sias away, "fights over."

"Oh well…good job team." Leonardo said as he put his swords away. "And I'm sure Haley is fine. She can take care of herself."

"I know that, but she—" Raphael began to say, but he saw a Purple Dragon rise and pull a gun out. Just as quickly as Raphael saw the scene unfold, he saw it end.

"Well for starters, I left my phone back in Japan."

Leonardo and Donatello joined Raphael's side with gaping mouths and wide eyes. Talk about speak of the devil. Haley unarmed the gun before taking it apart and throwing the pieces in several different directions. Her hair was back to the middle of her back. It was the same dark color, but it was messy. Like it had been in braids while wet and let loose for days. Her sense of style hadn't changed, but she had more piercings in her ears and it looked like there was a tattoo on her hand, but they couldn't see it clearly because it was too dark.

"What are doing here?" Raphael shouted with a wide smile. He ran towards her, picked her up and twirled her around.

Haley laughed, "You want the truth? Karai and I broke up."

Raphael immediately stopped, put her down and took her by the shoulder. "Do we need to kick her ass?"

Haley patted him on the shoulder, "no its fine. It was a mutual thing. I just came back because I didn't want to get in the way."

"Way of what?"

"You know, Karai's way with Shinigami." Haley replied with a straight face.

"Who is Shinigami?" Leonardo asked, kind of freaking out.

"That doesn't matter. I want to see Master Splinter and the others. Why isn't Mikey with you guys?" Haley asked already heading towards a man hole cover.

"He got stuck with extra training." Donnie replied, kicking the hole open. "April and Casey should be stopping by later. It's pizza and movie night."

"Isn't that every night?" Haley asked laughing. "Please don't tell me it another one of Bradford's movies because I had a wonderful year of not watching those types shit shows."

"Space Heroes is not a shit show." Leonardo retorted defensively.

Haley abruptly turned on her heels to stare wide eyed at Leonardo, "Leonardo Evenlyn Hamato the Third what the hell did you just say?"

"Evenlyn?"

"The Third?"

Raphael toppled over, laughing harder than he has in months. "Are you drunk?"

"No just sleep deprived and jet lagged." Haley replied her smile quickly dropped, "wait there's really not a difference, is there?"

Donnie held up a finger, "well there are a few differences, but that can wait."

The walk to the lair was basically a recap of everything that Karai and Haley were able to accomplish back in Japan. Haley didn't give them the real reason why they broke up or why she decided to come back. Or who Shinigami was. Or what. Even before they got close to entrance they could hear April and Casey arguing.

"I do not miss that." Haley said dryly.

"And its probably over something stupid like homework." Raphael added.

"Hey you know what I don't have to do?" Haley asked, but didn't wait for anyone to ask what, "homework."

The trio joined Master Splinter and Michelangelo on the side lines and watched as April and Casey went back and forth. Haley had disappeared when they entered the lair, so no one else knew she was back.

"How is trigonometry more important than hockey?" Casey shouted.

"Because it's what you signed up for and you have to take it or else you won't graduate." April retorted, standing on her tip toes to meet Casey's brown eye glare.

"I didn't sign up for another math class. I just wanted to slack off, for once, this year to focus on hockey." Casey motioned over to his gear that sat in the corner.

"Well maybe you should have thought about that before you signed up for classes drunk! Who even does that?" April questioned loudly.

"Oh my god you're both pretty." Haley said sarcastically when she walked in between them with a giant bowl of popcorn and sat down in her spot on the couch.

"Hi Haley." April said still angry as ever until reality set it. "Haley?"

Haley glanced up from the bowl midway to stuffing a handful of buttery popcorn in her mouth, "sup."

"Hey girl! When did you get back?" Mikey greeted loudly, jumping next to Haley and enveloped her in a hug.

"Ten minutes ago. Hi Master Splinter." Haley smiled warmly up at the giant rat. "Karai also says hi."

Master Splinter nodded, "Is she with you?"

"Nope. She stayed behind in Japan to take of some extra stuff and I wasn't needed so I left." Haley replied as she handed the bowl over to the youngest of the turtles. "We broke up by the way. It was a mutual agreement, we're both very happy."

"I see. If you both are…happy then I will not press the issue." Master Splinter accepted the halfhearted the excuse and went to his room.

Midway through the movie Haley and Raphael left to go to his room. She made herself at home on his bed and immediately started laughing.

"Why is my shirt tacked on your wall? That's super fucking creepy dude." She stood up and took it down. "Do you miss me that much?"

Raphael scratched behind his head, "well yea. You're the only one around here that really gets me, you know? That and it was covering up that massive hole."

Haley looked over and saw the hole he was talking about. It looked like he had tried to punch his way through, but failed miserably. She pinned it back onto the wall and sat against the wall with her feet fanned out before her. Raphael joined her and at first, they were silent until he slammed a pillow against her face.

"The disrespect." Haley mumbled as she tucked it behind her back. "You're not getting it back until you learn how to play nice."

Raphael laughed, "that'll never happen."

"Fuck you dude."

More silence, but it was comfortable. She laid her head on his shoulder and sighed deeply.

"Tired?"

"I'm exhausted. Traveling sucks sometimes. I don't recommend it. At least not to another country. Or Connecticut."

"What's in Connecticut?"

"Absolutely nothing." Raphael started laughing, "no seriously there's nothing there. It is boring as fuck and the people there are even worse than boring."

"You've never been to Connecticut." Raphael accused.

"No. No I have not."

Raphael shoved her playfully, "loser."

"Takes one to know one." Haley flicked him in the nose.

They were silent again. Haley didn't move from her position. Instead, she scooted as close to him as humanly possible.

"The break up hitting you that hard?" He asked, his voice soft.

"Pft no." Haley replied a little too quickly. "Yes."

Raphael wrapped an arm around her shoulders, tucked her in close and tipped them both over. She laid on her side in the crook of his arm with an arm tucked underneath her and the other resting against his plastron. He didn't need to say that she could cry, he didn't really expect her to, but when she did it kind of threw him for a loop. His grip around her tightened.

He managed to dig his foot under the blanket at the end of his bed and kick it towards him. After covering up he snuggled closer to her, wiped away the few tears the strayed after she fell asleep and hoped and prayed to whatever God that was out there that this wasn't a dream.

Author's note: I figure that's a good place to stop. For now. There will be more. Just please be patient with me. As I said before my classes come first and I need to get them done. Also, I don't have an issue with Connecticut. Everyone seems to pick on that state.