Gah! I came up with this idea last night after reading a Penguins of Madagascar fic called "The wish". I forgot who the author is but its about Private reversing the fate of Lucy dead or something. I have a feeling it's gonna be a bad time.
Mikey: agreed.
Me: Donnie...
Donnie: Inktrain AKA Ia does not own TMNT or POM or that idea.
Me: Dunno if its an original idea where Mikey wishes that Miwa is alive.
Mikey: *gulps*
Act One: The Leaf That Was Born With His Brothers
Part 1: The Promise
Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, Splinter makes a promise to protect his four, new sons at all costs.
Mutagen spilled on Hamato Yoshi and the four turtles. Whith a loud wail, his clothes ripped apart and he changed into some kind of creature. He didn't even bother to open his eyes on what happened to him. But soon enough he did. When he did, he was shocked at his appearance. He had brown fur, a nose that seemed different, better sense of hearing, sharp nails, a tail and whiskers. This meant one thing to him: he mysteriously transformed into a humanoid rat. Worse, he was naked.
Quickly, he ran to the four, infant turtles. He recognized that they changed too. One of them is now the tallest, they had different color of eyes, one had dark skin and one had cute freckles on his cheeks. How cute...Yoshi thought, carrying the green-eyed turtle up. The turtle growled at him, as if he were a tiger. Yoshi chuckled, genlty placing the turtle with his brothers. The turtles with freckles grabbed Yoshi's leg.
"No, no..."he whispered, putting the turtle back in place. Somehow, he came to love the turtles.
Then, tiny droplets of rain fell from the sky. The thunder roared and the lighting striked. The four turtles, scared of the growl, cried and hugged Yoshi's leg. Yoshi looked at a manhole in the middle of the road. I must risk it. He thought. Gently, he carried the turtles to the sewers.
At least it is safer there. He thought.
Two hours of running around. Two hours of searching. Two hours of exploring. Two hours of gathering food. Two hours of hushing the little ones. Two hours of Yoshi's head aching. All of them took two hours.
Yoshi grew restless. The turtles he carried were asleep. In fact, he put them to sleep ten mintues ago to look for a place to live without any wails. There, he came a dead end. But whenever there is a mystery, there is a miracle on some. He first found an abandoned train that was wrecked into pieces. Yoshi decided to explore more.
Holding the turtles tighter, he looked behind and saw an abandoned station. There was a refrigerator and other appliances that might work.
It was nice. It was cosy. It was a miracle.
As he explored the rooms, he found one that was good for babies. All he needed to do was to get his things from hsi apartment and it will all be done.
But first, the only main goal is to survive in there while the storm came out with the sleeping turtles. But luckily, he found a bed near a small plant that withered. He then decided to lest them rest in there.
While going in, he found a small, dusty bed. Carefully, he wiped off the dust and placed the turtles on the bed. He covered them with blanket and kissed them gently on the head.
Then, he left.
The rain slowly stopped as gentle raindrops landed on his fur. He just realized something: he was naked.
Using a tall ladder, he climbed without being seen. There were rare times when the ladder shaked and only one time that he fell. But he didn't give up. That must have been a lesson for not using the lower floor. He thought. But in an instant, he jumped on the window ledge and the ladder fell.
Opening the window, he found nothing.
Yoshi gasped.
Then, he used a vine to climb down.
He found his things, scattered at the dumpster.
Frustrated, he grabbed only what he could. He fished four sippy cups, four pacifiers, loads of clean, unused diapers in a plastic, his only kimono, most of his weapons and a picture of his old family. Somehow, this brought him into tears.
Then, he found one, last random thing he could find: a renaissance book.
This could help me find names for the turtles. He thought.
Soon, he grabbed his stuff and went to the closest manhole he could find.
And how could he get them quick? He fished fifteen, large bags for all of his things to fit in. Luckily, the manhole closest to the makeshift home was just one block away from the dumpster.
Then, he disappeared into the shadows.
When he came back, he fed the turtles with algae and worms in four, sippy cups. It was the only food he could find. In some parts, he was terrified and worried if the algae and worms were poisonous.
It wasn't. The turtles were safe.
While they sipped at their cups, Splinter soon scavenged names. He was amazed with the works of the artists.
There, he came across the four artist masters of the Renaissance time.
He first read the first four.
He looked at the turtle with dark skin. Yoshi's fingers carefully read the words.
"Le-o-nar-do..."
He smiled.
"Leonardo it is."
His glance shifted to the green-eyed turtle, still frustrated when he tried to experiment sipping on the sippy cup without his hands. Yoshi chuckled.
"Raf-a-el..."
He wanted to change it. Soon, his mind changed the "f" to "ph".
He smiled again.
"Raphael."
Next was the tall turtle with eyes like his own. He looked around the room, wondering where he was.
"Don-a-tel-o."
Again, his mind changed. He changed the single "l" to a double "l" to remind himself of those days when he and Shen were together. Good.
"Donatello."
Then, he read the fourth one.
"Mi-chel-an-gel-o."
This time, his mind argued. He decided to add an "a" between "h" and "e". Then, he read a first part where Michelangelo means "Who is like God/an angel" in Italian. By adding an "a" between "h" and "e", it meant nothing.
"Michelangelo."
Then, his mind thought that it was too long. He decided to make a nickname for him so he could say it on rare occasions.
His glance landed on the apartment key.
"My key."
Then, he tried saying it slowly.
Then, that idea was solved.
"Mikey."
By it, he was quite contented. He looked at the picture of Shen amd Miwa. Then, his feeling changed to determination.
"I promise, Shen. I promise to take care of them for you. These are now officialy my sons."
He dressed in a kimono and his heart was filled with full dignity.
From then on, he will protect his sons at all costs. No matter what.
TBC...
