Angel was happy for the rest time she got to heal, but, once she did, she was rather put out that her brothers AND sensei wouldn't let her go on patrol.

"Come ON!! I'm fine!!" She whined, Aradion a big-eyed puppy-dog beside her.

"You could pull something." Don retorted worriedly.

"Stop being a worrywart and let me come!!"

Aradion whimpered forlornly, and Don seemed ready to give in…

"Ya ain't comin', Angel."

"RAPH…"

"We ain't gonna let ya get hurt out there, sis. So just stay here."

"I'll be BORED…and YOU guys will be having all the fun!!"

"My daughter…"

Angel stopped, and turned to Splinter.

"Sensei…"

"You are not allowed on patrol."

"AWWWWWW…"

Other than that, Angel didn't object, and sat dejectedly on the couch.

"Go on, then. Go have fun without me."

Her brothers left, and her daemon became a white cat, jumping onto her lap.

"Why couldn't I go?" She questioned, scratching Aradion's feline head.

"You have a habit of pushing yourself too hard, young one…and your muscles might not be able to take it…"

"So if I wasn't ME, I could've gone…"

Splinter smiled warmly.

"I've always been proud of your hard work…your dedication to the art, but sometimes that gets you hurt…"

"I didn't fight him to defend Ninjitsu…or to defend my honor…I fought him to protect my brothers…"

"And that's why you will go far, my daughter…"

She nodded, smiling, as she pulled out 'The Golden Compass' from her back pocket. As she immersed herself in the story, time seemed to flash by before her brothers returned.

"Hey, guys…PIZZA!!!"

Aradion hardly looked up as she joined her brothers and April returned home.

"Hey, guys, GO LONG!!"

Mikey held a slice of pizza like a football, and Angel jumped back.

"Over here, Mike!!"

Mikey threw it to his older sister, but her and Raph dove behind the couch to catch it.

April was SURE she heard something get skewered…

"YES!!"

A ninja sword poked over the back of the couch, the pizza slice on it, followed by Angel's smiling face.

"I'm queen of pizza football!!"

"Not fer long!!"

Raph tackled her, reaching for the pizza, but she held it out of reach.

"It's my pizza!! Now get yer big shell offa me!!"

Raph grabbed the pizza right off the blade, and Angel sheathed it before tackling her red-banded brother.

"It's mine!"

"It's mine now!"

"Give it back, Raph!"

"I don't wanna!"

"It's mine! Now GIMME!!!"

Aradion watched with content cat eyes, still lying lazily on the couch. Both participants were play fighting on the ground, until the pizza fell…

"Awww…Look what you did, Raph!"

"It was YOUR fault!"

"YOU took it from ME when I caught it!"

The fighting continued as April cleared up the mess, until Raph got her on her back, straddling her hips and holding her wrists down.

She blushed crimson, and Aradion became an awkward puppy, sometimes flickering to a white dove…

"Raph…could you…ya know…get off…?"

"No."

She glared lightly, and Aradion whined.

"Come on, Raphie…PWEASE get off?"

She even used her secret weapon, the 'Ultimate Chibi Eyes'.

His hold weakened, and she must've just imagined the blush on his cheeks…

"Fine…" He muttered, getting off.

Their hands touched a moment, and it felt like a jolt of electricity coursed through her veins pleasantly.

'They're acting weird around each other…' Leo noted, but Don and Mikey came to a conclusion at that moment…strange as it may seem on Mikey's part…

'Seems they're finally growing up…it's cute, actually…'

'This is SWEET blackmail!!'