The next morning, Mikey walked into the kitchen, yawning. The clock on the wall read 7.00am.
Leo, Raph and Donnie were already at the table, eating cereal.
"You know, this is the earliest I've waken up since…ever" Mikey yawned, sticking some bread into the toaster.
Only Donnie seemed alert. Raph was half-asleep, leaning his cheek on his hand. Leo was slowly spinning his cereal; occasionally bring up a spoonful of soggy cornflakes and spilling it back into the bowl, slowly.
And Donnie was writing very fast in his notepad.
"Do you know how weird it is to wake up with a face full of hair?" Mikey asked, sitting down next to Donnie.
"I thought I was getting attacked at first and I jumped up out of bed in a panic, but nothing was there," he continued, biting into his toast, "and then I saw myself in the mirror and I nearly died"
He looked at Donnie.
"I don't know if this human thing is really good for our health if I'm going to have a heart attack every morning"
Still no one answered.
"Geez, what does a dude have to do around here to get a bit of attention?" Mikey asked, biting into his toast.
"I've done the tests" Donnie said, looking up.
Immediately, Leo and Raph looked at him.
"Well, he gets the attention" Mikey sighed and slouched down in his chair.
"Shhh" Raph said and turned to Donnie.
"I have analysed our body simples, looked at the chemical reaction and mixture, researched DNA change and looked at our DNA" Donnie started to explain.
"Don, did you sleep at all last night?" Raph asked, looking amazed. Donnie frowned.
"I'm not sure" he replied.
"What did you found out?" Leo asked.
"Well, our DNA now matches that of a human, so it can be assumed that we have the genes of a human" Donnie said, looking though his notes, "the chemical reacted with the mutation slime and made the changing formula stronger, meaning, as this is our second mutation, we have became a full human, instead of just having human characteristics"
"And is the change permanent?" Leo asked. Donnie frowned and flicked though his notes again.
"Well…as far as I can tell…there is no way of undoing this mutation" Donnie told them.
"Great" Mikey said, smiling. Leo frowned and rubbed his head.
"Worried about Master Splinter?" Donnie asked. Leo nodded.
"Look, we're worry about him when he comes back" Raph said, "let's just enjoy this change while we can" Donnie and Mikey nodded. Leo, however, still looked worried.
"Come on, let's get to work" Mikey said, dragging Leo up.
"Yeh, you're right" Leo said and they all left for work.
That evening, they all met in the living area. Mikey had a pile of pizza boxes in his hands.
"This are the leftovers" he said, putting them in front of his brothers, "They are still hot, and that one there, I made myself" he told them, pointing to one in Raph's hand.
"I spent the day looking at ways of talking on the phone, and me and my co-worker, John had to go to different part of the building so we could talk on the phone to each other, to see if the developments were any good or not" Donnie said, excitable, "It was really funny as we were talking about really random things and videoing ourselves, John is really funny"
"Well, I got to assist teach children how to play tennis and I helped one young boy called James how to keep his balance by concerting on his surroundings and he leant so much, it was really rewarding" Leo told them, eating the pizza.
Everyone turned to Raph, who had been unusual quiet. He looked at them and then his arm, which was covered by his black sleeve, and then looked at the floor.
"I got a tattoo" he said, simply. Leo, Donnie and Mikey's mouths dropped open.
"What?" Leo demanded, standing up.
"Wicked" Mikey smiled, "What is it?"
"A turtle" Raph grinned, and uncovered his arm. There was a simple, black turtle, with a curly pattern engraved on its shell.
"Wow!" Mikey breathed, looking at it. Leo and Donnie seemed speechless.
"What? You thought I was going to work at a tattoo parlour and not get a tattoo?" Raph asked, laughing.
"Do you think that was a good idea?" Leo asked, sounding amazed, but at the same time, disapproval rang in his voice. Raph shrugged.
"Casey thought it was a great idea" he said, "And…well, I thought…you guys could have it done"
Leo and Donnie looked at him, like he was mad.
"Does it hurt?" Mikey asked, gently touching Raph's skin around it.
"No. not that much" Raph replied.
"Well, count me in, that looks so cool" Mikey said and then looked at Donnie and Leo.
"No way" Donnie said, shaking his head. Leo also shook his head.
"Who designed it?" Mikey asked.
"I did…because if this change is permanent, then…well…we need to remember what we once were" Raph told them, looking straight at Leo, knowing that what he had just said would get to him.
Leo said nothing, but just ate the pizza.
"Did you just tell the dude what you wanted and he put it on your arm?" Mikey asked, looking at it closely.
"No, Mike, I actual drew it" Raph said and got a piece of paper out of his pocket. It was of a turtle that was identical to the one on his arm.
"Wow! Raph, I never knew what such a good drawer you are" Donnie said, taking the paper from him.
"So you in, Don?" Mikey asked.
"I didn't say that" Donnie replied and rubbed his arm.
"Hey, guys, you here?" came Casey's voice from the lair's door.
"Over here Case" Raph yelled. Casey came in view and smiled.
"There is no way, I'm going to get use to you being human, not in a million years" he told them.
"Join the club" Leo said.
"Anyways, there is a night club in the high street and I was just wandering if you wanted to go with me next Saturday" Casey asked.
Immediately, Mikey, Raph and Donnie looked up in excitement.
"I don't know" Leo said, looking worried.
"Oh, come on Leo, we can finally go out without hiding ourselves" Donnie said.
"Yeh, come on Leo, I've always wanted to go night clubbing" Mikey begged. Leo thought about it, and then slowly smiled.
"Fine"
"Great man" Casey said, nicking some pizza.
The next day, Raph was cleaning the tattoo equipment in the tattoo palace, when Mikey walked in with, to his great surprise, Donnie.
"What you doing here, bros?" Raph asked.
"We want the tattoo" Mikey replied, looking around.
"You too, Don?" Raph asked.
"As you said…we need to remember" Donnie replied. He looked really pale. Raph smiled and gently hit him on the arm.
"Hey, Louie, got same customers for yer" Raph called. Louie come out from behind a curtained door.
"These your brothers you were talking 'bout?" he asked.
"Yeh, they want the turtle as well" Raph replied, giving the piece of paper with the design on it to him.
"You know, in all my years of doing tattoos, I have probably done about 2 or 3 turtles," Louie said, looking at the design, "I've found them appealing to do on skin, so I never had them displayed" he looked at Raph's arm, "but today, someone saw this and asked to have it done"
"You didn't do it the same, did you?" Raph asked. Louie shook his head.
"Of course not," he said, "You want these the same?"
"Yeh" Raph replied. Louie looked from Mikey to Donnie.
"Who wants to go first?" he smiled. Donnie turned paler and clutched his arm.
"I will" Mikey said.
"That wasn't so bad, was it?" Raph asked, two hours later. Both Mikey and Donnie had a turtle tattoo forever engraved on their arm. They stepped out of the tattoo parlour and Donnie threw up.
"Come on, it wasn't that painful" Mikey said, grabbing Donnie's other arm to balance him.
"But that buzzing of that needle and…." Donnie said, but stopped.
"Come on, that's see how Golden boy reacts" Raph laughed.
When they got back, Leo was balance on top of sticks, deep in concentration.
"Are we still skilled in Ninjitsu?" Raph called up to him. Leo got out his Katanas and jumped down.
"Want to find out?" Leo grinned.
"Bring it on" Raph said, welcoming a challenge. He got out his Sais, which he had kept against the wall in the training room, and faced Leo.
They circled each other and Raph jumped in first. Leo had been expecting that and threw his Katanas forward. There was a clang of metal as their weapons met.
Raph quickly jumped away from Leo. Raph then ran at Leo, who jumped up and leapt over Raph and turned to face him.
It was then Leo's turn to attack and he ran at Raph, who jumped up at the wall and then off of Leo's back.
There was another clang of metal as their weapons met and they faced each other.
"Still good?" Raph asked, smiling. Leo nodded, and pushed away. Raph swung his Sai at Leo, who swung his Katanas at Raph. They fought like this, moving around each other and blocking one another's blows. Raph got more violent, hitting harder and faster, but Leo kept his ground and quickly threw Raph's Sais out of his hands. Raph was now held at sword point.
"Gave up?" Leo asked, grinning.
"In your dream" Raph smiled and did a backwards flap, which knocked Leo's Katanas out of his hands.
They stood looking at each other, both smiling.
Raph did another flip into the air and air kicked Leo. Leo blocked it and kicked at Raph, who blacked that blow and aimed a punch at Leo.
Leo threw out his leg and tripped Raph. Raph fell to the floor and Leo pinned him down.
"Ok, ok" Raph sighed. Leo smiled and got up. He offered Raph a hand. Raph took it and jumped up.
"So, this mutation thing didn't affect our Ninjitsu" Leo said and looked up at Donnie and Mikey, who had been watching them.
"You two, practice, now" he ordered them. Donnie was still pale and was clutching the part of his arm below his tattoo.
"Donnie, what's wrong?" Leo asked, concerned.
"It's nothing" Donnie replied and went to get his Bo Staff. Leo jumped up to him.
"It is something" he said and pulled up Donnie's sleeve to reveal the turtle.
"Donnie, I thought you were the smart one" Leo sighed.
"Come on Leo, lighten up" Mikey said.
"You got one as well" Leo said, it wasn't a question.
"'Cos he did, these twos agree with me" Raph said, putting an arm around both Mikey's and Donnie's shoulders.
"Yeh, turtles forever" Mikey said, sticking his fist into the air.
Leo sighed and turned away.
"Practice" he said, before disappearing into his bedroom.
Over the next week, each turtle got use to their new job. Each turtle got on really well with their job and Saturday came really fast.
The turtles went round Casey's house to get ready. They were all wearing very similar clothes.
Leo had a pair of light blue jeans on with a light blue shirt.
Raph had dark jeans on with a read shirt.
Donnie had light jeans and a light purple shirt.
And Mikey had light jeans and a light orange shirt.
"You guys really like your colours" Casey commented, looking them up and down.
"They're part of our identities" Leo shrugged.
"Yeh, Case, I bet you wouldn't have been able to tell us apart when we were turtles if it wasn't for our colours" Donnie said. Casey shrugged.
"It might have taken me a while" he admitted, "Anyways, that's go"
So they left and went to the night club.
"This is so cool" Mikey said as they walked in. Donnie, Leo and Raph looked around in wonder.
"What'd you want to drink?" Casey asked, leading them over to the busy bar.
"Beer" Mikey said, smiling.
"Beer" Donnie replied.
"Beer" Raph grinned.
"Coke" said Leo and everyone looked at him.
"What? Someone has to stay sober" he shrugged. The others choose not to argue.
Raph quickly found same girls and started to chat them up.
"I'm going to found a table" Leo yelled over the music and Donnie followed him to a table in a corner. Donnie looked around, watching the flashing lights and the people dancing. He smiled as he trapped him feet to the music.
Mikey came over to the table, after Donnie had finished his first bottle of beer, carrying two more bottles.
"Your sure you don't want one, Leo?" he asked, slightly dancing to the music as he slide the bottle to Donnie.
"Yeh" Leo smiled, watching same girls walk past.
"Donnie, come dance with me" Mikey begged, a few minuets later. He had been watching people dance and swinging his arms to the beat.
"Oh no" Donnie said, "I haven't had enough to drink to make a fool of myself yet"
Mikey smiled,
"That can be easily fixed" he said and dragged Donnie up.
"Don't drink too much" Leo warned them.
"We won't" Mikey called back as they walked off towards the bar.
"Yeh, right" Leo mumbled under his breath and smiled, taking a sip of his sweet coke. He watched people dance in and out of the colourful lights for a while.
Raph and Casey were chatting up three girls a couple of tables away from him, and Donnie and Mikey had disappeared to the bar.
Leo smiled, as he watched Raph say something to the girls which made them laugh.
"Hello" came a soft voice. Leo looked away from Raph and up to a very pretty young woman that was standing at his table.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" she asked. Leo seemed god smacked. She was very pretty, with long brown hair and the bluest eyes he had ever seen. She was wearing tight jeans and a sparkly blue top.
"Eh…no, of course not£ he replied, blushing. She smiled and sat down next to him.
"I'm Crystal" she said.
"I'm…L…Leo" he said, shyly.
"You the babysitter tonight?" Crystal asked, pointing to Leo's coke.
"Erm…" Leo said, frowning.
"I am as well" Crystal said, holding up her glass of Lemonade, "My friends wanted to go clubbing, but they also wanted to get drunk, so they needed me to look after them" she smiled and took a sip.
"So, who are you looking after?" she asked.
"My brothers and a friend" Leo replied.
"How many brothers do you have?" Crystal asked. Leo put up all his fingers on his left hand.
"Five! Wow!" Crystal said.
"Oh no, sorry, only three" Leo said, realising he didn't have only three fingers any more. Crystal laughed.
"Wow! That's still a lot, I only have one sister, and she's in England at the moment"
Leo was amazed at how easy it was to talk to Crystal and they were soon talking about all kinds of things.
"Where do you work?" Crystal asked, after an hour of talking about their families.
"At a sport centre" Leo replied, "You?"
"I'm a news reporter" Crystal replied, "On Channel 5"
"Oh, yeah" Leo said, "You did that report on the zoo the other day"
"Yeh" Crystal nodded, "I had to stand in front of the cutest turtles you could ever imagine" she smiled. Leo laughed.
"Leo, we need you at the bar" Casey said, suddenly coming up to them.
"What's wrong?" Leo asked, standing up.
"It's Don and Mike" Casey said.
Crystal smiled as Leo turned to her.
"I'll see you later" she smiled and gently kissed him on the cheek. Leo blushed and followed Casey to the bar.
As Leo got there, he heard the chant,
"Drink, drink, drink" coming from several people gathered around two stools.
On them stools, throwing back shots of alcohol, were Mikey and Don. There were several small empty glasses around them on the bar.
Both were really red in the face.
"Gave up, Donnie" Mikey said, this speech slurred, "You can never-hic-bet the Incredible-hic-Mikey" he was leaning dangerously backwards off the stool.
Leo was so shocked, he didn't know what to do or say.
"Never" Donnie shouted, in way that didn't suit him at all.
They got another glass each and everyone around them chanted,
"Drink, Drink, Drink" Mikey and Donnie threw back their heads and their shots were gone within seconds.
"Ok-hic-last-hic-challenge" Mikey said, swaying on his stool. He brought two bottles of beer and grinned.
"First-hic-one-hic-finished" he announced, loudly.
"You're on" Donnie said, his speech slurred.
"Drink, Drink, Drink" everyone chanted again, including the bar tender.
Both Donnie and Mikey threw back their drinks and drank really fast.
Mikey leaned too far back, and as he was half way through his bottle, he fell backwards off the stool.
"Mikey" Leo yelled and rushed to his side. Mikey was out cold.
"Is he ok?" Leo asked Casey, looking up at him.
"Yeh, his just pissed" he replied.
"Ha, the Brainiac wins" Donnie yelled loudly, slamming down his bottle. He then hiccupped and passed out.
"Great" Leo said as Casey caught Donnie, "Just great" the crowd around them laughed and then thinned.
Leo saw Raph talking to a different group of girls now.
"Hey, Raph, we need you" Leo called out. Raph looked over to them and sighed. He then gave the girl he was holding around the waist, a long kiss on the lips.
"Where did he learn to kiss like that?" Leo gasped, looking at Casey. Casey shrugged.
Raph came over to them.
"I thought Don was the sensible one" he said, looking at the unconscious Donnie.
"Just shut up and help us carry them" Leo said, throwing Mikey over his shoulder. It was a lot easier, minus the shell.
"They are going to pay for this in the morning" Raph growled, picking up Donnie's legs, while Casey got his arms.
"Come on" Leo sighed, looking over to Crystal, who had joined her friends on the dance floor.
They got back to Casey's flat and dumped Donnie and Mikey on the sofa together.
"Are you sure they're going to be ok?" Leo asked Casey.
"They're be fine," he reassured Leo, "They will be sick and have the headache from hell tomorrow though"
Leo rolled his eyes at their stupidity as he sat down on the armchair.
"What a beer?" Raph asked, coming in from the kitchen with a boxful of beers.
"No" Leo said, his eyes starting to close.
"Suit yourself" Casey said, opening one. Leo yawned and closed his eyes.
He was awaken a couple of hours later by someone bumping into his chair.
Casey and Raph were dancing around several empty bottles. There was no music playing, but they were singing very loudly, and so messily, Leo couldn't recognise the song. They were holding hands and were both very red in the face.
"Guys, shhh, you're wake Donnie and Mikey" Leo said, rubbing his eyes.
But he knew there was no chance of that. Both Mikey and Donnie were both out of it. They were nested together on the sofa. Donnie had both his arms wrapped around Mikey and Mikey was sucking his thumb. Both were snoring.
"I think Leo is right" Casey said, slurred and with his eyes half closed.
Leo managed to stood up and catch Casey, before he passed out.
"Why me?" Leo asked, carrying Casey to his room and flopping him down on his bed.
Leo went back to the living room. Raph was sitting on the second sofa, laughing his head off.
"Leo…Leo, we have five toes, look" he said, loudly, holding up his feet and wiggling his toes.
"I know, Raph" Leo laughed, sitting back on the armchair. Raph went quiet and hiccupped. He then got up and went to Leo. As he walked, he swayed badly.
"Raph, sit down, you're going to fell over" Leo said, yawning.
"Leo…I l…love…you" Raph giggled. Leo smiled and laughed.
"You are drunk" he said simply and led Raph back to the sofa. Raph laid down and nearly immediately started to snore.
Leo smiled and sat back down. He too fell asleep.
Leo woke up the next morning. Everyone else was still asleep, and Leo smiled because they looked sweet-for once.
Leo got up and stretched. He could already sense that everyone in the flat, part from himself, will be out of it for a little while longer. However, when they wake, they won't be feeling so good.
Leo quickly changed and left the flat. It was a perfect time to take a walk.
They city looked so different on the ground and not down the dark alley ways.
It was bright and cheerful and Leo quite liked it.
People didn't run away from him in fear, and he felt quite safe and not so tense as he had done as a turtle as someone had always been after him.
But as he walked though the crowded streets, the voice of Splinter went through his head,
"We are Ninjas, we keep to the shadows" Leo sighed and he quickly shook it off.
Leo went to a quiet café, and went to the counter.
"Five bacon rolls to go, please" he asked. The woman smiled at Leo as she handed him his order. Leo smiled back and turned around. As he did, he bumped into someone behind him.
"Sorry" Leo said, but then stopped when he saw who it was.
"Crystal!" he smiled.
"Leo" Crystal said, clearing glad to see him.
"Hi, sorry I had to leave last night" Leo said.
"Its ok, I saw you carrying someone out, where they ok?" Crystal asked.
"Yeh, Mikey, his my brother, him and my other brother, Donnie, got carried away with the alcohol, it was their first time drinking" Leo explained, rolling his eyes. Crystal laughed.
"Oh dear, good thing they had their big brother to protect them" she giggled. Leo smiled; Crystal had such a cute laugh.
Crystal looked at her watch.
"I better go" she said. Leo bit his lip and the asked,
"Erm…I was just wandering if…if you were doing anything this Saturday?"
Crystal's eyes lip up and she said,
"No"
"I could…eh…ring you" Leo suggested, embarrassed. Crystal smiled and nodded. She got out a pen and a small notepad and wrote her number down.
"See you on Saturday" she smiled, before leaving. Leo watched her go and smiled.
He got back to the flat and heard Mikey waking up.
"What the Shell?" he groaned, looking at Donnie, who was hugging him around the middle. He pushed Donnie off the sofa and sat up.
"Hey!" Donnie moaned, sitting up and rubbing his head.
He then went very green and ran from the room. The room went quiet, as Leo and Mikey listened to water hit water.
Mikey went green as Donnie and ran from the room as well.
Leo didn't know whether to feel sorry for them or to laugh.
"What happened?" Donnie asked, walking back into the room.
"You drank far too much" Leo replied and threw him a bacon roll.
"I don't think I'll be able to stomach it" Donnie told Leo, staring at it.
"Try, I heard somewhere it helps" Leo ordered and threw a roll to Mikey as he walked into the room.
"Dude, not even pizza could temp my taste bubs" Mikey told him. Leo rolled his eyes.
"Drink water as well" Leo told them.
Casey walked into the room, pale, but looking better then Mikey and Donnie.
"Thanks for putting me to bed last night" Casey said, with a crooked voice. He then started to give out painkillers.
"My head feels like its been split in two" Mikey moaned, rubbing it.
"You'll get use to it" Casey said, throwing back the tablets into his throat.
"No, you won't, there is no way I'm letting you go clubbing again" Leo said.
"You enjoyed it" Casey smiled, biting into his roll.
Raph slept for most the day and woke up feeling better then Donnie and Mikey.
"It's you're twos fault" Leo said as Donnie threw up again, "I couldn't believe the way you two were throwing back drinks"
It wasn't until that evening, when they got back to the lair, that Leo rang Crystal.
Mikey was passing Leo's bedroom, when he head Leo talking.
"7 o'clock? Ok, I'll pick you up" Leo said and hanged up.
Mikey, who felt much better now part from the slight headache, walked into the room and grinned.
"What?" Leo asked, innocently.
"Who is it?" Mikey teased.
"Who?" Leo asked.
"I'll pick you up- the person you were talking to on the phone?" Mikey said. Leo blushed.
"Oh, it is someone, Leo's got a girlfriend"
"Shh! Raph will hear" Leo said.
"What will I hear?" Raph asked, coming into the room and leaning on the door frame.
"That Leo's got a girlfriend" Mikey said, matter-of-factly.
"What? Golden Boy has a girlfriend" Raph laughed.
"No, I haven't" Leo snarled, annoyed.
"This girl must be desperate to be going out with you" Raph laughed.
"Shut up" Leo said, angrily and then smiled, "Otherwise I'll tell Mikey, Donnie and Casey what you told me last night, before you passed out"
Raph frowned for a moment, and then his eyes grew wide.
"You wouldn't" he said, glaring at Leo.
"Try me" Leo smiled. Mikey looked from Raph to Leo, confused.
Raph growled and then left the room.
Leo smiled. That will teach Raph to get drunk around him
Wow! This chapter took forever to write. Hope it's not too long.
The night clubbing scene and the after morning is based on personal experience and what I think would happen when me and my sisters go night clubbing for the first time. As I'm the oldest, I will be left with the coke, as I will have to look after them. A couple of years ago, I had a family event, and me, my brother and a few of my cousins got drunk. I passed out (luckily I was near a bed at the time) and so did my brother, and when he woke up, he threw up. I haven't had many experience with alcohol (even though, I have a glass of wine next to me ;) ) but my mum told me the next morning to eat a proper breakfast and drink lots of water, so that's where I got all the junk in this story (sorry if it is wrong, I'm still young and don't know a lot).
Raph is the first one to kiss a girl, I wonder who is next. You will have to read the next chapter to find out. I've always thought of Raph as a lady's man, so that is why he is flirting with every girl he lays eyes on.
Crystal is mine, so please don't nick, thanks. The rest are not mine.
Please review, flames welcome, but nothing to cruel.