Just an idea that came to me. The boys are quadruplets but were born Leo, Raph, Don, Mike (14 yrs old). They were raised in Japan and have just moved to NYC. Yoshi (Splinter) is their Dad. Italics are Japanese. Where they grew up is just my imagination and the fact they wear Kimonos is just because I want them to. Not all my info is accurate and I used translate. I decided lessons will be tutors and multiple tutors together.
Disclaimer: I do not own.
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TMNT: Human AU.
Hamato Yoshi looked at his four sons before him. They had only moved here a month ago and it had been in the middle of the summer holidays but now they were starting school. English was our second language and we are all fluent so that wouldn't be a problem, fortunately.
We all wear Kimonos like normal.
(AN:-In contrast to women's kimono, men's kimono outfits are far simpler, typically consisting of five pieces, not including footwear.
Men's kimono sleeves are attached to the body of the kimono with no more than a few inches unattached at the bottom, unlike the women's style of very deep sleeves mostly unattached from the body of the kimono. Men's sleeves are less deep than women's kimono sleeves to accommodate the obi around the waist beneath them, whereas on a woman's kimono, the long, unattached bottom of the sleeve can hang over the obi without getting in the way.
In the modern era, the principal distinctions between men's kimono are in the fabric. The typical men's kimono is a subdued, dark colour; black, dark blues, greens, and browns are common. Fabrics are usually matte. Some have a subtle pattern, and textured fabrics are common in more casual kimono. More casual kimono may be made in slightly brighter colours, such as lighter purples, greens and blues.)
Leonardo had a light blue one, Raphael a dark red one, Donatello a deep purple and Michelangelo's was burnt orange. I currently wear a cream one. The boys all have their bags at their feet.
My boys said their goodbyes and rushed out of the door laughing at a joke I didn't understand. I watched them go down the road and began to think about our old home up in the Kyoto Mountains.
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Leo's P.O.V.
I can't hold back my smile as we entered the school gates. Greenwood Academy is huge and full of people. We were been home-schooled before the move. As we go through the gates we stop and stare.
M "Wow. This place is huge"
D "Technically, its only average size for a state school."
R "Yeah, yeah. I just want to make friends with people who aren't you 3."
M "Ahh, you love us really."
L "Raph, stay here with Mike while Don and I get our maps."
Raph sighs but nods and Don and I walk over to the Student Reception. The woman there is called Miss Beadleder and she runs the school medical room. She gives us the maps and asks what we think of the city so far. Don and I begin to tell her about how overwhelming it is. That we grew up in a village in the mountain and this is worlds away from what we are used to but that we are managing just fine. Now armed with our maps we went back outside.
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Raph's P.O.V.
L "Raph, stay here with Mike while Don and I get our maps."
I sigh as they walk off. I want to explore but I'll stay. This place is vast. The number of students in our year is 348. That's the same amount of people that live in our village back in Japan. 家族-Kazoku. It means family and I miss it greatly.
Mikey suddenly falls onto me and I see a girl had bumped into him. She turned and ground out, "You little imbacille. How dare you nock into me? Oh, your newbies. Let me show you what happens when you disrespect me." She raised her fist.
I growl "Disrespect you? You bumped into us. Baka!" (Idiot)
She swung her fist but the punch never hit. A girl stood between us and the first girl and she had blocked the punch. She wore black jeggings, a black Tee and a red jacket. She had short, brunette hair and a fox backpack. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size, Jayda, or better yet why don't you stop picking on people entirely?"
The 1st girl, Jayda glared, "I don't get you geek, you jump in and defend others even when you know no-one will ever defend you."
The 2nd girl replied, "I think your mascara smudged." Jayda sauntered off. "You two ok?"
I looked at Mikey, "You ok Mike?" he nodded.
"Thanks, uhh?" I realised I didn't know her name.
"Oh, me? Just call me Woods. Though, it's probably better if you aren't associated with me; I've become Taboo over the years." She smiled and walked away towards some kids by the library and disappeared behind them. I decided there and then that I wanted that girl as a friend.
Leo and Don took that moment to return and the bell went bringing my mind to lessons.
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Mikey's P.O.V.
As we arrived at our tutor base I saw Woods. We are in the same tutor, awesome. Then I saw Jayda. Not so awesome. I knew the same thought process going through Raph's head when he subconsciously moved me away from Jayda. I've always disliked the way my brothers treated me like the youngest because we were all born on the same day but right now I am thankful Raph's big brother senses moved me away. I don't like her.
I have ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) meaning I'm inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive. I have a short attention span so I am easily distracted, restless, constantly fidgeting and overactive. Being impulsive I would usually try to talk to someone but I decide to use my head and stay with my brothers. Thank God we have most of our classes together.
We file in and the four of us are placed together at the back. Our tutor is Miss D Prince and she has dark brown hair, blue eyes and an athletic build. She's a P.E. teacher. She takes the register:
Anders - yes miss.
Beck- yes miss.
Brooke– yes miss.
Diamond - yes miss. {Shudder}
Dickson – sí señorita.
Ervin - yes miss.
Harper - yes miss.
Hamato, D -Hai misu (Yes miss)
Hamato, L -Hai misu (Yes miss)
Hamato, M -Hai misu (Yes miss)
Hamato, R -Hai misu (Yes miss)
Jennings- yes miss.
Jones- yes miss.
Logan- yes miss.
Mataris – what, uhh, here miss.
Nguyen– yes miss.
O'Neil- yes miss.
Paget- yes miss.
Robles- yes miss.
Roth- yes miss.
Sandsmark- yes miss.
Woods - here miss.
With that out of the way miss Prince stood up. "At the start of the year we have 20 minutes extra of tutor so we can talk about our holidays. Before I introduce our four new classmates I would like to remind students bullying is not tolerated and that sports clubs will start next week." She looked at us, "Boys…"
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Don's P.O.V.
We all stand and everyone looks at us. Jayda simpered at us and we all looked at Leo who started talking, "I am Leonardo but everyone calls me Leo. That is Raphael or Raph, Donatello or Don and Michelangelo or Mikey. We are quadruplets and we were born and raised and home-schooled in Japan. We grew up in an isolated village of 348 people called Kazoku in the Kyoto Mountains. In Kazoku we grew up living in the ways of old. Japanese is our first language and English is our second."
We then had to answer the class's questions.
Garfield: "What are you wearing and why are you wearing it?"
I answer, "There Kimonos. They are the clothes worn by people of old in Japan. Our whole village is out of time in many ways so we wear them. That and they're comfortable."
Jayda: "What do you mean by out of time, exactly?" I sense Raph and Mike tense.
Leo answers, "There's no tech, at all. We use oil lamps, we farm, we climb, we study Ninjitsu and no how to survive of almost anything but all of this is overwhelming. We live of the land, earth and natures gifts not manmade equipment. You have no idea how unnatural your store food is unless you grew up all natural."
Mikey then interrupts, "Pizzas nice though."
The class all laughed at this, agreeing.
Cassie: "What's Ninjitsu?"
Raph answered this, "A method of fighting. We only fight in self-defence though."
The bell went. It's been 20 minutes. Oh well, time for classes I guess.
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Raph's P.O.V.
We had double P.E. with Miss Prince and it since almost all our lessons are tutor group lessons we were together. We were doing fitness and stamina.
We started with the bleep test and by 14:8 it was only me, my brothers and Woods. The teacher stopped us at 15:1 but we all got top grades. It was brilliant and I loved every minute. I could have go on for hours.
We then did obstacle courses. If we closed our eyes it was like running through the forested mountains. Woods did brilliantly and many students did well. Jayda managed to thoroughly coat herself in mud and break her nail. It was very funny.
We then had chemistry before break. It was so confusing. Roy and Jade were distracting and we made some friends. April and Casey helped us with what we didn't know and with all the paper aeroplanes flying around no-one saw the secret answer messages to us from Woods amongst them. The three of them got us through the lesson. Casey tells me that despite her positive attitude towards sports, Woods is predominantly a geek. She isn't popular has friends who hang out by the science labs and she quickly became the bane of bullies, fighting them despite knowing she was practically alone in the fight.
At brake we sat with April and Casey. Woods was perched on a fence by science and laughing. Roy and Jade were kissing and Jayda was staring at us, or more accurately at Leo. Her expression was open and easy to read. She seemed so disappointed that Leo was related to us. She stared at Leo and glared at us her hate focused strongly on Mike, I think she's hoping we will disappear if she stares long enough.
This is going to be a long year…