"Hello, Tomoe. It has been a long time. We believed you were dead." Tomoe smiled. "I'm okay, Splinter-Sensei." She said. Splinter seemed to smile. "So you finally learned how to speak my name correctly." He said. "Yeah." Tomoe rubbed the back of her neck. "Good." He said. Mikey laughed, seeming to have calmed down. "That was sooooo funny! 'Spliper!'" Tomoe looked at Mikey with a raised eyebrow. "Did I seriously say 'Spliper?'" "Indeed." Splinter said. Tomoe stared at Mikey and Splinter, then started giggling. "Jeez..." She said. Splinter looked around. "I have to leave again." Splinter said. "I came back to check on you four." Leo nodded and bowed. "Okay.." Splinter nodded and left. Raph got up and looked at Tomoe. But he kept quiet. Tomoe looked at him. "What?" She asked. "You okay?" "Uhh..." Raph said. "Well, did we actually really say, 'Welcome Back' properly?" He asked. Tomoe raised her eyebrow and smiled. "You kinda just went, 'Tomoeeee!'" She said. "Welllll then, welcome back, Tomoe!" Mikey said. "Welcome back!" Don said, turning to her from his swivel chair. "Welcome back." Leo said. Raph looked at her and hugged her. "...Welcome back, little sister..." He said. Tomoe smiled. "...Thanks guys." She said. Donny was back on his computer, but he had a good ear. "Hey, no problem, you're our little sister!" Tomoe's smile widened. Raph sighed. "...Well we still have to worry about Picasso being in the Foot. I mean...that's BAD. He's got our same power. He almost beat Raph to a pulp." Tomoe said. "Well, your same power, I could never be as strong as you guys." "You could, with practise. Hey, I'll arm wrestle you every day, just like old times." Raph said. Tomoe grinned. "You guys are awesome!" She said. Raph wondered if she knew what happened to her parents...but just in case she did, he didn't wanna ask...but apparently, Mikey had the guts.
"Hey...Tomoe...do you know...what happened to your parents, after you dissappeared?" Mikey asked. Raph looked at him, mouthing, "Mikey, shut up!"
Tomoe's smile faded slowly, and she sat down. "...They killed themselves." She answered correctly, in a very quiet, sad voice, and then after a moment, buried her face in her hands. Raph sat down next to her and hugged her, then mouthed to Mikey, "Good job, bozo." Mikey frowned. "...Sorry, Tomoe." he said. "They thought I died! And they..." Tomoe couldn't say it again. Leo sighed. Mikey shifted uncomfortably. "I'm gonna go practise with my nunchaku..." He mumbled, and started walking away. "Wait...don't...Mikey, it's okay...you were just asking..." Tomoe said. "T-to make sure I knew...and if I didn't, you would have told me...so I didn't go home and...get hurt..right?" She said. "...Yeah." Mikey said. Leo had never in his entire life seen Mikey so serious, and even mature...Leo got up. "Mikey, let's go train. I need to talk with you anyway." He said.
Raph looked at Tomoe. She sighed, then looked up at him. "So...how about that arm wrestle?" She asked. Raph grinned, then slammed his elbow down in front of her. Tomoe had the same grin and did the same. Don turned around to watch. Leo and Mikey did as well.
Tomoe was AMAZINGLY strong. She was actually able to keep Raph from winning. Leo's mouth was in a perfect "O", and Mikey's jaw was dropped. Don actually took off his computer shades and rubbed his eyes to make sure he was seeing correctly. Tomoe tightened her arm and growled, and Raph's eyes widened as he felt and saw that Tomoe was winning.
Why is it so surprising? Leo was the ONLY one who had won against Raph in an arm wrestle.
Don was at the edge of his computer chair, Leo still was standing there looking dumbstruck, and Mikey was jumping up and down. Raph tightened his arm and STILL, Tomoe was pushing his arm down.
She won.
Raph got up and grabbed her hand and pulled her up, raising her arm into the air. "WE HAVE A WINNER!" He yelled. Don whooped and Mikey screamed "YEEEAH!" Leo rubbing his temples, trying to comprehend what just happened. "Did I forget to mention? I benchpress 425." She said. Raph blinked. "What the heeeeeell?" He mumbled. "PROVE IT!" Don said. "I'm tired..." She said.
It was the first time she had actually slept in a sewer, but it wasn't so bad. Other than the smell, she had a comfy bed and nice blankets. Tomoe sighed and sat up, rubbing sleep out of her eyes. Raph was sitting up as well. His usual armor was gone, except for his pants and, of course, his shell, they were on him. He looked at her. "You've only been asleep for a couple of hours...go back to sleep." He said. "My internal clock says it's morning." She said. "Mine says it's still night time. Go back to sleep, I'll wake you when it is actually morning." Raph said. Tomoe sighed. "When did you become all mean n' stuff?" She said. "I mean you're not too mean, but..." Raph licked his 'lips.' "When you, well, when I thought you died...that's when, as you put it, I became 'mean.'" Raph said. "Angry, more like." Tomoe lied down. "I could use more shut eye..." She said. "Good." Raph said. Tomoe turned on her side and fell asleep, quickly.