Knife's Edge

by gov the scoffer

A guys first kiss is supposed to be a private affair, but like everything else in a mutants life, what is supposed to be normal is usually not, and what decisions are made are usually the difference between life and death. Leo had seen her before, fought her before, bested her before, hell, even cut her with his katana before, but until today, he had never touched her.

3. Chapter 3

Leo ignored his brother's teasing and speculation on what his and Karai's children should be named and chose to march silently ahead of them on their way back to the lair. Mikey came up with several interesting ideas for dates, including but not limited to scuba diving in the sewer, eating exotic pizza on the rooftops by candlelight, and hunting mutated animals together, while Donny went through his extensive knowledge of dating tips and understanding of the female sex that he had gleaned from his online virtual reality research. Raph remained stubbornly in a foul brooding mood until they all gave up trying to even speak with him. By the time they had reached home Leo was embarrassed and snarky, Mikey was sporting a terrific shiner from pestering Raph one too many times, and Don had vowed to research the fine nuance of wooing a rather hot ninja girl that just happened to be a mortal enemies daughter, saying that a bloke can find anything on the interweb if he looks hard enough. Splinter didn't know what to think when he saw the lot of them, and just stood there, his eyebrow raised disapprovingly as he waited for someone to tell him what had transpired that night. Leo's brothers were all too willing to oblige.

"Leo has a girlfriend!"

Mikey grinned and waved his arms around for emphasis.

"They were kissing! Well- She kissed him anyway, he was too slow on the uptake to do anything but still, Leo has a girlfriend!"

Splinter knew that his youngest child tended to exaggerate, so he turned to Leonardo, who refused to look at him and stood with his arms crossed in a rather remarkable impersonation of Raphael. Seeing that he wasn't going to get anywhere in that direction Splinter turned to Donnatello.

"Is this true?"

The purple banded turtle chuckled and shrugged,

"The kissing part is true, whether Leo gets a girl or not is up to him..."

Raph threw his hands in the air with an inarticulate growl. Striding over to stand in front of Don, who, despite being taller than the red-banded turtle still cringed.

"There ain't no way in hell Leo is dating that- that-"

"Is seriously hot babe the words you are looking for?" Mikey supplied helpfully.

Raph's next words stunned master Splinter and had Leo slapping his face in helpless frustration.

"She is a foot ninja shell for brains!"