Or it could take about 20 minutes after I posted the first one, ok so this is a side story on how Hana and April meet topside. Nick gave us all options on what happened between the second episode and April coming to the lair so this shall be my AU universes option. Hehe enjoy it.
It was two days after our first outing on the topside after those strange but awesome events that happen; Splinter let us sleep in yesterday after the exhausting battle against the alien robots or the Kraang as they liked to call themselves, and that night we did a normal patrol going through the city trying to find an alien to defeat…we didn't but we did stop a lady from getting mugged without getting spotted too easily, which I figured wasn't too bad.
Though she managed to catch a sight of green and shouted about kids in costumes shouldn't be trying to act as superheroes which had me sigh in relief though it kind of made Raph irritated and Leo annoyed that one of them got caught. (We didn't tell Splinter since he would MURDER us and I never told my brothers I knew which one of them it was; Mikey.)
Donnie wanted to check on April since he hasn't seen her since the incident with the Kraang but was denied by Leo who didn`t want to disturb the humans normal life, normal shmormal her dad was kidnapped by alien robots! I think her days of a normal life have shriveled up turned to dust and died no matter what Leo thought of it. I may not live with them but I knew humans well enough to know that something like this would impact there lives for a LOOONG time and the ones that caused it just disappearing would be no help what so ever.
So today I decided to do something incredibly nice for my genius little brother who always helped me out with injuries, made my new armor and recently let me practice another driving simulation. (Motorcycle this time he said if it weren't for the fact I kept speeding I might actually be allowed to get a license when I turned 16) I knew he stayed up dreaming about her when we thought we weren't looking. (Seriously he was so obvious he even looked at the name April in the calendar with dreamy eyes how was that for OBVIOUS).
Anyways we just finished training and I got dressed in my street clothes even though I didn't need any more food (Splinter was actually encouraging me to go into stores and buy actual food so I would stop getting food poisoning, make up your mind already dad! Though i`m glad for the trust he had in me to not be too obvious in public). "I'll be back a little bit before patrol starts don't wait up!" I shouted having told Master Splinter my plan which he had been reluctant at first but the puppy dog eyes always does the trick.
I didn't even need to call in Mikey for back up, which was good since Mikey would have blabbed the plan to every one of my brothers and then they would have tried to stop me. Guilt tripping and sibling fairness tended to be my best defense in these types of fights. (Since I got in trouble for copying my brothers a lot and many of the times actually got mad for not getting in as MUCH trouble as them, I was such an idiot as a kid for not taking advantage of that fact.)
"Wait where are you going?" Raph asked having been sitting on the couch reading a magazine and looked up at me suspiciously.
"That my nosy red masked brother is a secret" I said.
"You have your weapons!" Raph asked and I showed my Kama's before hiding it back in the sleeves of my hoodie as I walked knowing if I turned back my brothers over protective mode would be in max power and that I did not really want to see; as it would get me into another argument with Raphael about how I could protect myself and how I did not need an over-tempered body guard, which I did not have time for.
I chose the sewer opening closest to the location I was heading to and waited as a car and three pedestrians walked by before pushing up on the crate. I had my other weapons hidden under my baggy clothes just in case. I couldn't bring my ninja wardrobe because it would overheat me with this journey and make it obvious that I was hiding something underneath. But my mask was around my right arm tied securely, definitely not leaving that behind. Especially if I wanted to prove who I was to that certain someone.
I walked to the house I wanted and looked around before knocking. April was the one who answered it and stared at me for a moment. "Um yes?"
I held up the mask "Hana?" I gave her a thumbs up guess it took her a moment to recognize me without the mask and with the weird hair "...what are you wearing?" She asked in slight disgust looking at my wardrobe I didn't even feel offended like I usually did it was a little bit dirtier then usual with the path I took in the sewers. (It was mud not sewage thank god or else...well I don't think she wouldn't have let me inside.)
"My usual attire" I said gesturing to my outfit. "I usually have to act homeless when I'm topside"
"...topside?"
"Long story" I said.
"Why don't you come in?" April asked moving out of the way so I could come in.
I came in and slipped off my shoes out of habit like I did when I was at the dojo and April looked at me noticing my holey socks weirdly but didn't say anything as she led me upstairs to her room. A couple of suitcases were around and it was pretty nice the room decorated in yellows and...oh purples yes another score for Donnie Booyakasha! "Ok I know everything is really weird for you but I'm guessing you're the type that knows how to suck it up?" I asked looking at her intensely.
"Well I'm handling it and not going into a psychotic breakdown about alien robots and mutants if that's what you mean" April said sitting down on her bed and I sat down on the other side.
"Yup and for what you went through that`s a pretty big miracle in itself so let's play a little game you ask a question I answer, then I ask you a question sound fair?" I asked having played with my brothers many times when we were younger when I wanted to interrogate them. (It was one of the private lessons I got from Splinter since I would be the one having chances to communicate with the outside world a Kunoichi did have to be trained in deception, though Master Splinter always regretted that he couldn't teach me about that skill as much as he liked to.)
"Sure, do you want to start?" She asked nervously.
"The one with more questions wants me to start alright...except the police have you told ANYONE anything that TRULY happened?" I asked looking at her seriously knowing I needed to know I needed to trust her before I could give her ANY more details about my family even if I thought she was Donnie`s future bride I needed to be sure. If she had I would have to threaten her and I really didn't want to do that she went through enough already plus she seemed really nice.
"No" April said and obviously didn't expect a question like that right away but it was better to start with the harder ones so they could be lifted off the shoulders and it was fun to see peoples expressions, "Um so what are your brothers names again there hard to remember" April said grabbing a notebook smart girl, our names were a little hard to remember sometimes since they were so long….why am I saying our she remembered my name since it`s the only one with two syllables.
"Alright so the tallest and the second youngest one with the purple mask and the gapped tooth is..."
"I remember Donatello or Donnie?"
Yes another score for my brother! "Second tallest and oldest with the blue mask is Leonardo but we call him Leo, sorry about the sign language we are getting used to him acting like the leader. Second smallest and second oldest with the red mask and the scar on his plastron is Raphael or Raph he`s got a bit of a temper but we learned to love him,eventually;after we put him in a cage for a few hours" I joked
April giggled as she wrote them down and said "And the last one is Mikey"
"Or Michelangelo" Aka-Chan always loved the fact his name was the longest out of all of us though it took him the longest to learn how to spell his, and when we did say his name usually that would cause him fear since that meant we were about to kill him for something he had done. (Even me several times he may be my baby but I do have a pushing point)
April wrote these down and seemed to do small sketches of the turtles drawing a detail about each of them, (Note to self-exchange drawings later) and nodded. "Ok I'm ready" she said solemnly preparing for another hard question.
"By the way if you can't answer a question, just stay silent and I'll ask a different one" I said.
"Ok" April said.
Oh yes another one falls for my confusing questions of hell! "What are your top three favorite colors?" April stated at me for a moment then answered.
"Let's see yellow purple and silver" April said.
Oh I can hear the bells! April watched me confused, probably because I made an extremely weird expression but then smirked. Oh crap she saw my game already didn't she? "What did you mean by topside?"
"It's what we call the city I can't tell you where we live but we can't exactly live where people see us." I explained pointing to my eyes April`s eyes widened for a second as I think she just realized the fact that they weren`t contacts then calmed down quickly.
"Ah ok" April said softly obviously getting over the fact.
"How do you get pizza?" I asked.
"Huh?" April said.
"Pizza my brothers and I have been dying to eat it again we haven't eaten it before" I wasn't joking I saw that frozen stuff at the store but I wanted to score the ones in those boxes.
"How come..."
"Eh still my turn" I said.
"Um I'll write it down" April said giving me a list of instructions on how to buy pizza online or on the phone or at the place.
"Ok what do you and your brothers normally eat?"
"My brothers usually eat worms and algae, I used to eat what I can find within two hours in dumpsters"
"Seriously?" She asked backing away slightly
"Yup so this is really helpful" I said looking at the paper...so many options of how to get pizza Aka-Chan will be loving me tonight and the rest of my family! I thought with a grin. I didn't mention that I went grocery shopping now but I didn't think it was important.
"Hold on I'll be right back" April said heading out of the room. I listened as she headed downstairs I heard the sound of a….fridge? What was she getting from the fridge?
I waited hearing other sounds from the kitchen studying the room for escape routes absentmindedly….it`s not that I don't trust her but it`s a trick my sensei taught me to learn in all surrounding area`s just to be safe that`s all. A Ninja and a Kunoichi always needed to be prepared though all of us have broken that rule more often then we`d like to admit.
Two windows and the door, also a vent that I would manage to squeeze through if necessary though it would be an impressive leap. April came back with two sandwiches….not on moldy bread or half eaten, non-stale chips and a can of soda! She had her own plate and she handed me mine. "Itakimasu!" I said happily before starting to eat and said with my mouth full.
"Awight if wou need to contwact…." I swallowed. "My brothers and I we`ll need a little info so my brother Donnie can email you" I said holding out the paper.
"He can email?"
"Yup anything with computers or gadgets he knows…where`s your aunt?" I finally asked looking around the room again not having heard any other noises while was here which was kind of suspicious to me.
"She`s working but she`ll be home soon…..so how long have you been with your brothers?" April asked, yeah she could tell I was adopted obviously.
"As long as I can remember I was only 2 when Master Splinter brought me in" I said finishing my food with a burp and wiped off my mouth with my sleeve with a small excuse me knowing that I was so not acting like a girl but food made me...well a different person. Actually I wondered if that was another reason why Master Splinter was more willing since the fact that he had always said one of his regrets in life was not teaching me how to act more feminine (He was mostly joking but still)
I stopped to think of my next question seeing April only finished half hers as I took another sip of my soda in thought. Man I love this stuff ever since I discovered it though I have to keep it hidden from Mikey or else he would go crazy and hyper. I also had tried coffee….lots of cream for me but Donnie sure liked it when I let him have a sip not sure if I should regret that or not since he started requesting me to bring that and made his own coffee maker…..speaking of Donnie.
"You`re dad`s a scientist right?"
"Yeah a psychologist he studies rats in a lab most of the time" Ok I almost want to tell Splinter this just for a good laugh though he might get disturbed by it at the same time.
"And you`re dad`s a kung fu master?"
"Ninja Master our Sensei he taught us everything we know" I said.
"Wow...you must really love him..." April said and I saw the sad expression on her face.
I reached forward and hugged her "Incredibly so that`s why me and my brothers are going to help you find yours we couldn't imagine a world without Master Splinter" I said.
April pushed away saying "I`m sorry but god you really stink"
"Sorry I came here after training I couldn't even put my body spray on!"
"If I lend you a set of clothes will you take a shower?" She asked.
"...mind if I take my weapons with me."
"...you take your weapons in the shower with you?"
"Only in enemy territory" I explained.
"I`m enemy territory?"
"No the entire topside is"
"Well then go ahead. The lavender scented ones are mine" April said and practically shoved me to the shower and I stuck her tongue out at her not my fault I stink!
I headed in and closed the door undressing I took my Kama`s out of my sleeves having them in reachable distance and started showering...alright I admit without the after scent of sewer in the background or my brothers pounding at me to hurry up was pretty nice. I heard April open the door saying "I`m setting a change of clothes on the toilet...I found some of my old stuff a little smaller so.."
"Thanks April" I said realizing she must be averting her eyes to the best she could, not that I really was that modest.
I heard the door close and decided not to take too long as I rinsed off and grabbed a new towel drying myself off looking at my lovely bruised ribs, Donnie said they were healing and didn't need the bandages but they looked pretty ugly. Before I finally changed I looked at my wardrobe, it was a purple tank top with an image of a cloud on it and white pants. It was harder for me to hide my ninja weapons in such a thin outfit but I managed...especially since April seemed to take away my homeless outfit. I walked out and back into April`s room still drying my hair. "Now I smell like flowers" I stated and noticed her on her laptop. "What you got there?"
"I found some info about the Kraang"
I immediately was on her side and she nearly jumped at how fast I was, my eyes scanning the webpage. "Go on." I insisted.
"I really don't…."
"Chillax me and my brothers made a promise we are keeping it. It`s kind of a family rule anyways to keep our promises." I explained. "Now what`s this about the Kraang?"
"These men seem to be surrounding this lab…several times actually I think they`re planning on breaking in" April said opening her laptop again and showing me the image of what looked like the same man walking into the same area several days in a row the same man that was the Kraang in disguise.
"…wow it`s a good thing I decided to show" I noted. "We`ll check it out"
"You sure you guys can…."
"April we`re ninja`s don't worry about it" I said with a simple hand wave. "I`ll let Donnie give you the information." I said.
"How will Donnie"
"Write down your number here" I said handing over the paper.
"I still can't believe you guys have internet."
"Donnie knows how to make anything electronic, problem is we keep breaking the old stuff" I said with a smirk as April wrote down her number on the bottom of the pizza instructions and email as I went through this.
"Either way maybe I should..."
"Rest your pretty head cause you aren't going out there"
"But it`s my dad!"
"And our mistake"
"You guys didn't plan for us to get kidnapped heck if it wasn't for you guys I would have been who knows where and the fact that I probably messed up the rescue mission."
"We made a promise April, we can't break that vow now especially Donnie one thing you need to learn about Donatello Hamato, he NEVER breaks a promise no matter how long it takes no matter how much it kills him if he promises you something he will do it even if it takes him till the end of time." I said and I was not kidding Donnie took his promises seriously out of all of us, you knew Donnie would be working 110% if he promised you something.
I remembered the time when the lairs heat died and it was freezing and he promised he would fix the furnace, we were 10 and he had somehow stayed up the entire night without us noticing, he gave himself pneumonia with a very high grade fever for a week after fixing the furnace, I stopped trying to get him to make me promises after that.
"Wow he sounds determined"
"Stubborn and pigheaded but that`s a family trait...hey where`d you put my street clothes?" I asked finally dropping the towel.
"...dumpster" April said handing me a brush.
"What!" I exclaimed almost dropping it.
"Hana those things could peel paint..."
"They were my disguise!"
"...I have an old pink hoodie you can borrow that I don't wear" She offered
"You really shouldn't be doing this you know." I sighed and sat brushing my hair
"Think of it as a thank you, I owe your brothers...especially Donnie something too"
"Please don't say that to Raph or you`ll never hear the end of it" I said and we both started laughing.
"Hey can I ask you something...I don't want to sound rude" April said
"Shoot we`re supposed to be stone cold hearted" I said as an inner joke.
"...you`re brothers were they always like that? I mean were they mutated from boys or..."
"Oh no it`s the other way around"
"So they were mutated from turtles to what they are now?" She asked.
"Yeah" I said with a nod "Why do you ask?"
"It`s just that when I watched them interact, they seemed so...normal despite the ninja things and the turtle part their eyes, the way they spoke and interacted. They acted more human than most guys I knew to be honest" April said.
I couldn't suppress the smile on my face and finished brushing my hair setting it aside and laid on my back "That`s my brothers for you" I said.
"Hey are you Japanese?"
"Yeah actually...how`d you tell?"
"You kind of acted..."
"Oh yeah the Itakimasu...yeah it was my first language"
"Really it`s so hard to tell though" She said surprised.
"That`s because I hardly speak it anymore unless I`m mad upset or am using adorable nicknames"
"Adorable nicknames?"
"Aka-Chan, Outoto, Oni-chan and Aniki that`s what I call Mikey, Donnie, Raph and Leo in that order" I explained.
"Why?"
"Aka-Chan means baby. Outoto means little brother, Oni-Chan is big brother and Aniki is a respectful way of saying big brother in Japanese I also add on Baka-Aniki or Baka-Oni-Chan or Kawaii-Aka-Chan" I said.
"Wow that sounds really confusing"
"It`s a new language it has too be confusing, we actually introduce our last names first normally so it would be Hamato Hana instead of Hana Hamato and I would be calling you O'Neil San since your older and that`s respectful"
"…wow"
"Or in friend turns April-chan or April-kun though that`s more endearing" I explained.
"….my head hurts"
"Yeah i`ll stop on the lessons heaven knows I get enough of those from my brothers every day, so are you still scared of my brothers I mean I understand if you were your first meeting with Donnie wasn't exactly..."
"I`m still sorry for that by the way" April said blushing slightly.
"Eh it`s fine Donnie screamed in your face too" I said with a wave of my hand.
"...true" April said.
"Let`s see I still have several hours until I have our next patrol and Donnie would only need an half an hour to figure this all out..."
"You like funny internet videos?"
"Well Donnie and Mikey hog the laptop all the time so I wouldn't know too many of them"
"Then let me teach you the world of comedy" April said and opened another search engine and typed in a random video about Bloody Mary.
"Wait isn't this a horror video?" I asked not minding but she said funny.
"Just watch"
I was cracking up "Oh man I have to show that at home later Raph`s going to hate them for ruining bloody mary!"
"Right? Let`s see..."
"Oh Space Heroes spoofs!"
"You actually like that show?"
"Shell no Leo does and he knows it so well that I know that boring show word for word so I love the spoofs" I said and she clicked on it not commenting on my shell no and we were cracking up at all the things making fun of Captain Ryan we somehow ended up lying next to each other in bed.
"Alright...hmm do you mind something a little creepy?" I asked.
"It matters will it offer me Bloody Mary`s?" April asked and I tickled her side causing her to squirm and laugh to get away from me, she was almost as ticklish as Donnie. "Not like that just watch...hope you don't mind subtitles" I said as I showed Alice human sacrifice.
Now I blame the fact we were both focused on this so much that I didn't see April`s aunt come in, we were both concentrated when the door suddenly opened right when the Red Alice was about to murder the twin Alice's causing us to both leap up and scream. "April?" Her aunt said.
April`s aunt must have been related to her dad as they both had the same red hair though her aunts was more curly, and her eyes were a dark green. She looked surprised to see me here with April.
"...oh you scared me" April said.
"Oh...you`re the girl from a couple of days ago...Hannah right?" She asked.
"Yes Mrs. O'Niel" I said catching my breath.
"...are you two ok?" She asked worried walking over putting a hand on April`s cheek and looking at me I looked away so she didn't get a good look at my eyes.
"Just watching some scary videos...sorry I didn't call about Hannah coming over..."
"No it`s fine April you can use the company...I was about to make dinner any requests?" She asked gently obviously looking relieved for some reason.
"Um I don't mean to intrude" I said.
"It`s fine sweetheart you went through as much as April..."
"Can you make that spaghetti and meat ball special?" April asked.
"Of course...you girls call if you need anything" Mrs. O' Neil said before heading downstairs.
"Oh crap she saw me!" I hissed after she was out the door.
"Umm why is that bad."
"I usually have my eyes covered with sunglasses but I don't and most people don't like pink eyes crap what am I...wait there`s a costume shop near here right?"
"Two blocks down why?"
"Be back in two shakes of a turtles tale just keep watching videos and talking to an imaginary me"
"Wait how are you..."
I was out the window and leaping down before she could continue as I hurried to the costume shop.
...
When I returned April almost screamed but I put a hand over her mouth and she blinked at me seeing my eyes were now brown. "Contacts" I said pointing at my eyes.
"Ah" April said with a nod.
I laid next to her blinking my eyes a few times to get used to them. "Donnie had suggested this before but now I see it`s a really good idea...though sorry about your aunt having too..."
"It`s fine...just hope you're not too full for."
"You kidding me I can out eat most of my brothers except for Mikey but I dare not try to beat that unless I want to explode into a million pieces"
April looked at me then my stomach surprised "Where do you hide it all?" She asked.
"My training burns off fat see" I said lifting my shirt to show off my stomach and abs.
"...that`s more impressive than any guys I have ever seen" She admitted as I lowered it down with a grin.
"Yeah though i`m still scrawny"
"Really?"
"My brother enjoy carrying me around like a sack of flour" I explained.
"Why?"
"I don't know they only do it when I annoy them" I stated.
April giggled at the image and I sent a glare though it obviously didn't work as she just laughed harder. "April, Hannah Dinner!"
"Alright be right down!" April called and headed out the door I was right after her hoping Master Splinter wouldn't mind this too much.
…
I arrived home after having used the secret stash of money (I've been collecting it for years) to get 6 boxes of pizza. I could hardly see as I walked with them "I`m home!" I shouted.
Dinner with the O'Niel`s was nice but it was so quiet not compared to the noise of four brothers that I was used to all the time and I had to come up with my own cover story usually my brothers were there to help me with that not this time.
"Hana where have you…..is that pizza?" I heard Leo say.
"PIZZA!" Mikey shouted and I was tackled the boxes were sent flying and Mikey had grabbed 4 of them while I laid on the floor my brothers claiming the rest of the boxes from my hands
"Ow….warnings are nice" I stated.
"Sorry….hey where`d you get the new clothes?" Raphael asked studying me. "And what happened to your eyes?"
I grinned looking at Donnie who currently was eating a slice of pizza and waited for him to take another bite for comedic effect before saying. "I got the clothes a certain April`s house" I decided not to tell them about the two lunches since that would make me a bigger pig then Mikey...they know I can't say no to food!
I watched Donnie nearly choke on his pizza and stared at me. "You were at April`s?!" he asked staring at me.
"Yup and I have got some info that will knock you out of your shell" I said holding up a piece of paper between my fingers and handed it to Donnie. He studied it his eyes widening and headed to the lab. "Leo you might need to watch him" I noted realizing he dropped the piece of pizza from the ground I grabbed it but Mikey snatched it from my hand finishing it and I scowled sneaky baby brothers it`s a good thing I ate twice before I got home or I might starve around this house.
"You better give me back the paper since it has info on how I get pizza" I shouted after them.
I grabbed another slice and started biting into it not completely hungry but I had been smelling this stuff all the way home no way was I not having a couple of pieces and looked at Raph who glared at me arms crossed. "You were on the surface just to get that girls number for Donnie?" He demanded.
"No I was on the surface to get the girl to like us more…for Donnie" I said. "Also I made a nice new friend who doesn't judge me" I stated.
"Training session" Raph said grabbing my arm and I struggled to get free but he pulled me to the dojo.
"Raph…." I said.
"Uh uh you know the rule." Raph said.
"Fine" I said and knew how this was going to end as I solemnly finished my slice of pizza.
...
You see when I first went Topside on my own me and Raph went into a huge argument about it Raph saying how I was too weak and me saying how I wasn't and how he was just jealous. In the end Raph made a statement that every time I went topside without him liking it I had to brawl with him when he came back and until I beat him once the deal wouldn't stop. Today I was not going to win sadly as my ribs still ached from the last fight but at least I felt energized enough to be light on my feet and give him a good fight. I did have the ability to beat Raph but he fought dirty when I come back from topside.
We circled each other before I made a punch at Raph who dodged to the side aiming a Sai slash towards my torso that I bent backwards and managed a kick to the shell causing him to stumble and went for another slash. "You know this is stupid!" I said at him.
"You only say that cause you lose" Raph said and ran forward and I swiftly flipped over him about to do an elbow jab towards the back of his neck with the blunt end of my blade when he grabbed my leg.
"Uh oh" I said as he slammed me painfully into the ground and grabbed my arm behind my back. "ow OWWW" I said tapping out and laid there dizzily. "Why did I agree to this?" I moaned to myself remembering I did this to reassure Raph and because I had a temper almost as bad as Raph`s sometimes.
"Cause you're an idiot" Raph said and sat on my back.
"Get off you fat piece of….."
"RAPH, HANA, MIKEY GET IN HERE!" Leo shouted showing the end of Raph beating the cream out of Hana.
I stood up after Raph helped me up and I looked at him still angry "Chill Raph I`ve been to the surface loads of times nothing will happen" I said and he slapped the back of my head and I rubbed it.
"With you something always happens and you need to be prepared for when I'm not around to save your butt" Raph said and stormed off.
I glared after him before following shouting "I don't want or need you around anyways!"
"Too bad you got me anyways!" Kami why did Raph always get so angry all the time? I mean I knew I had a bad temper but I only blew up like once a month. (Splinter did not like explaining that to me one bit). But he was like this most days of the week and it was annoying and frustrating. Sometimes I wish I could get into that hot tempered head of his.
I shook my head and followed him wondering what this would be about.
No Hana is not lesbian she just really has no human interaction with others so she really is not uncomfortable with her body. (And yes she has abs girls can get those too especially if they are ninja training non stop). So like I say I love Reviews, Favorites, Follows any of it!