Memories

It was the day after the wedding. Michelangelo had fallen into a world full of dreams and memories, but one struck a chord. He woke up, light blinding in his eyes, so he turned to the side, trying to stifle his giggles. He couldn't believe he had forgotten about some of these memories. "Oh gosh," He said softly, trying hard not to wake up Nao. The memory entered his head again and he started laughing harder.

Nao shifted, blinking open her hazel eyes, "Mikey-kun?" she giggled at his laughter, "More funny dreams?" she teased poking his arm.

"Memories I suppose." Mikey said as he turned to face her. The smile never left his face as he brought her close to hug her. "I remembered the time when Rae got really, really sick and Raph had his ribs broken and she tried to nurse him only to have him get up and drag her to his room. She was blushing crimson." He laughed harder. "Also the memory of when Lily scared Donny. He went out looking for her for a whole day. When he came back, she was there." He shook his head.

"Didn't Raph drag Rae off last night, too?" Nao asked smiling and nuzzled against his bare chest, breathing in his scent.

"Blushing crimson all the while too…Which is probably what triggered the memory," Mikey agreed with a laugh. He ran his fingers through Nao's hair before leaning and kissed her lips and then her cheek.

Nao giggled, "You're affectionate this morning," she brushed her nose with his, "During what time was this memory?"

"It was before I met you," Michelangelo said softly, "It was after Thanksgiving Day."

Nao remembered the others telling her how lonely he was during those times, "I'm sorry," she said gently rubbing his cheek, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," Mikey said gently as he took her hand that was on his cheek in his own, "I have you now."

Nao smiled gently, "Shall we go see what Ellie is cooking this morning?" she offered, "I hear we've got a new arrival to boot."

"Let's do so," Mikey said with a grin, "Let's get dressed first."

Nao blushed, "That would be wise," she giggled as she watched him sit up, only the blankets covering his lower half, "You will never be shy, will you?" she laughed and shook her head.

"Nope," Mikey said with a grin.

Lily stirred and shifted, realizing with a blurred mind that the blankets were covering her head, "Mer…" she yawned and nuzzled her pillow, which so happened to be Donatello.

Donny groaned softly and opened his eyes, "Morning Lil." He yawned and stretched.

"Mm…Don, 'member way back when, I was gone for 9 days?" Lily asked into his nude back.

"I remember," Don said as turned around to face her, "You had me worried."

"Why were you worried?" Lily asked watching him, and moved to fix her nightgown so it wasn't choking her, "You never answered when I asked you a couple days later."

"Because you scared me," Donny said, "Because if I didn't know it then, I know it now. I loved you and was scared for you. I couldn't imagine what happened to you."

Lily poked his cheek, "You remember the little kitten?"

"Yeah," Donny said with a nod. "Funny, I never remembered where she went. She used to look like you." He paused, "Unless…that was you all along?"

"Hai!" Lily grinned hugely, "I was the little kitten!"

Donny groaned as he tossed an arm over his eyes. Well, that explained why Rae had brought the kitty home. "I should have known." He sighed as he peeked at her, "I feel like a fool. I don't know. I'm glad it was you, but at the same time I should have figured it out."

"You'd been working on several experiments, so you were tired," Lily rolled her eyes but giggled and kissed his neck, feeling hm shiver. The smell of warm milk filled her nose and she blinked, "That…scent…no way!" she jumped up and out of bed, "FRAN?" she didn't even bother changing her clothes

Donny watched her leave blinking as he sat up. 'Fran?' He thought with wonderment. He walked to the dresser and grabbed a shirt before following Lily down the stairs.

Lily raced to the kitchen throwing open the door, "Fran?" she asked, her eyes wide.

The human-neko was smiling happily, his golden blond and brown hair was tied up in a long braid that reached to the back of his knees. "Lily!" He said as he ran over to her and grabbed her. He twirled around three times before putting her down. "I'm so glad to see you. How have you been?"

Lily hugged him tightly, but not too tight, "I've been doing great!" she kissed his cheek and then hit his head, "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"

"I've been working. I heard that Rae got married so I decided to come back and see how she was. Also, I missed my little sister so I wanted to come and see her to. Ellie forgot to mention you been here for a month." He glared over at the said dog-shifter who didn't respond to the look.

Lily giggled and hugged him again, "I missed you so much, Fran!" she sighed, "Why'd it take you so long to come back? You didn't even say you were leaving!"

"That's because I didn't know I was leaving," Frances said with a laugh. "I had some stuff to do for Ian. That's all. Also, I had to hang around Lighting Force." He made a face, "They made fun of my ears and I think one of them touched my tail to make sure it was real."

Lily reached up and rubbed his ears, grinning as he immediately purred and she petted his tail, "I'm sorry," she giggled at his now dazed expression.

"I don't know if I should tell you this," Frances said as he purred, "But that boy is giving me a look and I don't like it. It's a cross between "you're messing with my girlfriend" and "who the fuck is this dude."

"A brother?" Donny asked in surprise, "It's…nice to meet you."

"Ah, so you're the guy who got Lil twisted in knots." Frances nodded. "Glad you caught her. She talked non-stop about you."

"Fran!" Lily blushed and tweaked his ear so he'd drop to his knees, but not in pain. She stood up, laughing as he stared at the ceiling with swirling eyes.

Donny blinked in surprise and smiled a bit. So, this was where Lily had been when she had disappeared for those nine days. She had been here, "I'm glad to know that."

"I came here more often than you think, Donny," Lily grinned and felt the breeze, looking down to see Fran scrambling up, "Why you!" she squeaked blushing like mad, "I'll get you for that!" she hurried off to fix the rude reminder that she had a nightgown on.

Lily's scream woke Rachel up fairly quickly and she smiled to herself. Only Lily would scream if someone she knew was back, which was of course Frances. She turned her head to look at Raphael's peaceful sleeping face, his soft rumbling was soothing. She gently nestled closer to him, watching his face as he slept. He was so…beautiful and at peace when he did this. She reached up and traced a line on his cheek. The golden ring that was on her left hand was a reminder of who this man belonged to…who she belonged to. She didn't want it any other way.

Rae rested her head against her arm that was resting on the pillow. Her eyes were half-way closed as she continued to watch him when she felt something against her hip. She blinked, wondering if Raph was shifting around. "Are you waking up?" She whispered.

Raph grumbled, but only changed positions to be on his side facing her, rumbling again.

She narrowed her eyes. So it had been him that was moving around. She gently brought her hand up and was just about to shake him when she felt something move again. "Wake up." She shook him.

Raphael growled in his throat and slowly blinked his eyes open, "Wha…?" he frowned and brought his hand up to rub his eyes.

Rachel grinned. "Morning," she said as she leaned over him to gently kissed his cheek. "Sleep well?" She asked curiously.

Raph blinked and smiled at her, reaching up and bringing her into a hug, rolling so she was lying on top of him, "I slept wonderfully, my amazing wife," he grinned proudly.

"I'm glad to hear that my newly-wedded husband," She teased him as she rested her head against his shoulder. Again something kicked her and this time she understood what it was. She sat up so fast her head spun. "Raph!" She grabbed his hand and dragged it to her stomach, feeling for the kick. She focused, trying to guess where the child was going to kick next. She grinned proudly when she guessed right. "He's moving!" She squealed.

Raphael laughed and splayed his hand over her abdomen, "That's amazing, Rae!" he shifted so he was over her and he leaned down, placing his ear to her skin, "Sugoi!" he kissed her belly.

Rachel grinned widely as she watched him look excited. She was so happy. She giggled, "I thought that you were accidentally hitting me, so that's one of the reasons why I woke you up." She told him sheepishly.

"I don't mind," Raph nuzzled her and then leaned back over her, kissing her deeply, "I'm so, so glad we get to have our little tike together…" he rested his forehead against hers, "Arigato, my lovely Rachel."

"I'm glad too…" She said with a blush. "We should go down stairs and get something to eat." She brought her arms around his neck and gave him a light kiss. "What do you think love?"

"Alright," Raph nuzzled her neck and kissed her mark before sitting up and stretching, "Man…my stomach's growling…used up a lot of energy last night," he smirked.

Rachel rolled her eyes as she sat up and got off of the bed. She went to the dresser and tossed him his clothes before finding hers, "We had a bit of sake, danced, made love a few times, what man wouldn't be tired from it all." She joked at him.

Raphael snickered and got dressed, "Feisty as always," he grinned and waited at the door, "Mm...What was Lily going berserk over, by the way?"

"I believe Frances is back," Rachel said with a sigh, "And I have a feeling that I'm going to get a mad kitty on my hands. I'm surprised he hasn't come to try to find us." She finished getting dressed and went over to him. She wrapped her arm around his waist and grinned. "Let's go down," She told him as she opened the door and guided him down the stairs.

Lily bounded down the stairs, "Hi, Rae, Raph!" She greeted, "Can you two do me a favor?" she asked.

"Sure," Rachel said with a smile, "What do you want us to do?"

"Fran flipped my nightgown, I wanna get him back," Lily folded her arms with a smirk, "Could you manage to get him to the bottom of the stairs, please?"

"That's going to be easy." Rachel said with a smile. "Sure."

"Arigato," Lily giggled and went back up the way she came.

"Oooook," Raph shrugged, "This'll be interesting."

"Yea, especially if you consider the first thing Frances is going to do is shove me aside if I tell him to wait at the bottom of the stairs." Rachel said with a laugh as she went down the last flight of stairs. "Besides, I want to prolong any conversation I can with him, because he gets put-off easy." She smiled. "Heya!" She called as she ended the stairs, "Hey! Fran, do me a favor and stand where I'm standing."

Electric and Sam both came out of the training room to see what was going on. They both looked at each other and smirked as Frances bounded over to her. Both of them agreed that he should have been a human-inu, not a human-neko. Rae grinned and petted his ears before getting out of the way.