It wasn't supposed to be that way. He wasn't supposed to have four sons. But he does. And that wasn't supposed to happen.
But then again, he wasn't supposed to mutate into a giant rat and live in the sewers, either, now was he? No, he wasn't.
So, yoshi had to take care of four orphan infants. And mind you, he has no knowledge of how to do such a thing, no experience whatsoever.
The fever of the four innocent souls had broke by the end of the next three days, and two out of four caused the most trouble, really, it's either they are fighting each other or causing trouble individually somewhere across their new home.
He then realised that he can't continue referring to them as infants, so he sat down infront of the four, who regarded him with curious wide eyes.
"What to name you...?" he mumbled softly to himself, not expecting an answer from any of the infants.
A thought crossed his mind. It was a memory of Tang Shen. A memory of when she introduced him to renaissance art.
He spent a small moment reminiscing about the past, but snapped out of if soon.
He then placed a hand on the head of the shining honey eyed, raven haired boy "your name will be Leonardo" he said with a small smile.
His hand travelled towards infant with sparkling baby blue eyes and blond hair "and yours will be... Michelangelo" his smile widening a bit.
He turned towards the soft mahogany eyed brunet, placing his hand on the boy's head he said "you will be... Donatello"
Yoshi glanced at the last boy, he reached out towards the stubborn green eyed, ginger haired boy "and you will be Raphael"
The new addition to yoshi's family started giggling and clapping their hands, soft laughs erupted from the four, cheering the gloomy atmosphere of the sewers.
To yoshi, it seemed as if they understood what happened. He grinned in happiness. Who would have thought his life would take such a drastic change?
Small time skip
Yoshi sat in one corner with a book that he managed to salvage in hand, he glanced at the files that lay across the concrete floor. He still haven't read them and now that his sons, especially the two troublemakers, are asleep, it was the best time to read them.
The rodent reached a hand towards the first file, and coincidentally it was the oldest's file, Leonardo.
He opened it and scanned the information, trying to find anything useful.
Name: unknown
Sex: male
Date of birth: 11th August 20XX
Current age: 3 years
Distinct physical features: black hair, orange eyes, average weight, average height.
Parents: unknown
Date of admission to the orphanage: 4th March 20XX
Medical conditions: none
The mutated rodent wasn't sure if that was useful or not. On one hand, he couldn't find anything out about their parents.
But on the other hand, he found other useful information, like his blood type, age and birthday. Thankfully Leonardo isn't suffering from any medical condition.
Now seeing that the advantages, quite obviously, outnumbered the disadvantages, and feeling quite stupid at the doubt, he continued with his self appointed task.
He reached for the next file, it was Michelangelo's file.
Name: unknown
Sex: male
Date of birth: 1st March 20XX
Current age: 1 year
Distinct physical features: blond hair, blue eyes, below average weight, below average height.
Parents: unknown
Date of admission to the orphanage: 4th March 20XX
medical conditions: none
His blond son was 1 year old? He looks younger than that... almost 3 months or so.
Well he is underweight, he'll have to take care of that.
Yoshi reached for the third file
Name: unknown
Sex: male
Date of birth: 21st September 20XX
Current age: 2 year
Distinct physical features: ginger hair, green eyes, average weight, average height.
Parents: unknown
Date of admission to the orphanage: 4th March 20XX
medical conditions: none
Ah, it was Raphael's. Two years old, eh? That makes Leonardo the oldest of the bunch.
For some reason yoshi feels this won't appeal to his ginger headed son.
He shook his head to rid himself of those thoughts, which, hopefully, won't happen and reached a hand towards the last file, which more than likely is Donatello's.
Name: unknown
Sex: male
Date of birth: 13th February 20XX
Current age: 1 year
Distinct physical features: brown hair, brown eyes, below average weight, below average height.
Parents: unknown
Date of admission to the orphanage: 4th March 20XX
medical conditions: Born with a weak immune system. Has sickle cell anemia
Oh my, a weak immune system? And anemia on top of that...
Yoshi sighed in sympathy. The poor soul. But he will have to at least try and find some kind of cure. But it isn't the easiest considering their living conditions...
The rodent closed the file and leaned back on the wall behind him. His gaze landed on his four sons.
Leonardo is the oldest. Then comes Raphael, younger by a year. Then there is Donatello and Michelangelo. Those two are the tiniest of the four, they almost look like twins.
But considering the fact that, despite both being 1 year old, Donatello is born before Michelangelo by 15 days, so he's older than the blond.
There is a year difference between Leonardo and Raphael, a year difference between Raphael and Donatello Michelangelo.
But only 15 days difference between his two youngest sons.
Both Leonardo and Raphael should be able to speak, or at least say a few words. But they aren't. They can understand his words but are apparently unable to talk.
It seems that their previous living conditions weren't the best. It looks like they were not around people often whom the two can learn words from.
Oh well, now he can enjoy the pleasure of hearing their first words, which is a memorable moment for every parent!
But the thing is... they are from the same orphanage. That's not weird in itself but the fact that the dates when they were admitted to the orphanage, for all four of them, is the same.
Is this some kind of freaky coincidence? On the same day? And those four end up here... Could their parents be linked?
The rodent sighed and decided not to dwell on it anymore. All that matters is that those four are now his sons. His adorable precious sons.
