*deep breath*
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They flipped and jumped through the air. They had been able to do this before, but never without their father insisting on staying close. Now they were jumping over and on everything with no hindrance.
They dashed across a string of lights, knowing their father would kill them if he had seen.
The fun stopped suddenly when a purple dragon they recognized came around the corner below them.
While everyone pouted at their obvious tail, Leo got a mischievous glint in his blue eyes.
"Who's up for ditching the babysitters?" Leo asked devilishly.
"Best idea you're had all week!" Raph praised.
"ALRIGHT!" Mikey cheered.
The four brothers blew out of China Town in a flash of inhuman speed.
They tore through parts of town they had never been to before. Each trying to outdo the others' tricks.
The city became their playground for the night.
Leo noted the time and was nearing their curfew.
He was about to mention something when Donnie's sharp gasp caught everyone's attention.
"Look." He whispered in an awe filled voice.
He was pointing to a redhead walking with what was most likely her father.
"Oh boy." Raph moaned, rolling his eyes.
"She's beautiful." Donnie declared.
"Sure. Now we need to head back." Leo said, brushing aside Donnie's infatuation.
"Do we really?" Mikey moaned.
"You don't understand-" Donnie started to elaborate, but was interrupted by the girl's cries of distress. "She needs help!"
The girl was fighting back with all her might. She was raw and untrained, but still willing to give her all. It didn't seem to be enough.
"We have to go help her!" Donnie decided, about to leap off their vantage point.
"How about no?" Leo asked sarcastically, holding his brother back. "Why don't I list the reasons why that's a horrible idea? A, this is only our first time on the surface by ourselves and we can't afford any mishaps. Especially because B, we're already bending the rules going out of China Town and if Shredder finds out about that we're toast. C, we are supposed to stay hidden from the general public, and while playing with a few pizza guys and homeless men is something Master Shredder will let slide, getting seen by that many people would be a disaster! And finally, D, did I mention how HOSED we'll be if we get caught!?"
Donnie pouted.
"Well do you have anything better to do?" Raph asked.
"Yeah, we go home, it's getting late and I'd rather have my shell still attached to my body tomorrow morning!" Leo defended.
"Oh who made you captain of every decision?" Donnie asked snidely.
"Master Shredder and birthright in case you don't remember. I'm the oldest. I'm the leader. I'm the first heir to the foot clan!" Leo reminded his brothers, each of them making different mocking motions as he spoke.
They were so sick of that speech. He made it every time they had an argument, every time he won, every time he lost, and every time he felt proud (Which was pretty much always.).
Sometimes when they were younger they'd made fake plans to kill Leo.
"If I were the first heir, I wouldn't be such a jerk about it!" Raph pouted.
"Well you are the next in line." Donnie noted "If anything happened to Leo you would be."
"YEAH!" Mikey agreed.
"Yeah, but what would ever happen to Leo!?" Raph asked, not catching on.
"Well if we all made a pact, we could push him down a drain pipe next time we go skateboarding. He wouldn't be able to beat all of us if we worked together, and we could tell Shredder it was an accident!" Donnie explained sinisterly.
"Then Raph would be the oldest!" Mikey realized.
"We could do it, if you promise to be a better big brother." Donnie chuckled.
"Cut it out!" Raph laughed "We aren't actually going to kill Leo!"
"Just acknowledging that we could." Donnie shrugged, still grinning.
"Aw! I was just starting to like the idea of Raph being the leader." Mikey pouted.
"I vote that if Leo ever gets bad enough, we do it." Donnie suggested.
There was a long pause.
Raph hadn't thought of it as more than fantasy so the idea of actually doing it was just now settling in.
He pressed his lips tight.
"Only if he gets bad enough." Raph said hesitantly.
Mikey smiled and laughed. It really wasn't clear if he still didn't realize his brothers were half serious, or if he never thought it was joke to begin with. Nobody knew which was more disturbing an idea.
Of course it never got bad enough for them to really take the idea seriously, but it was a comfort to them growing up knowing that they could. Leo's life depended on their tolerance of him. It helped them to know that in the end, they had the real power.
"Is that a kunoichi?" Mikey asked, astounded.
"What?" Leo, annoyed, asked.
Sure enough there was a female ninja fighting to save the red head.
Leo felt a small pang in his chest. He knew he liked her.
A tight outfit, made of black with red on it. There were metal plates protecting vital parts, but nothing hindering her movements. She had blonde streaks through her black hair. It was tied back in a braid that reached to her mid-back. She had a few short strains of blonde, perhaps from some bangs, that had fallen out and in front of her face. She fought with an elegant black tessen. There were symbols on it, but she was moving the weapon too fast for Leo to make them out.
She was graceful and talented, but also vicious and passionate.
Her lips were a bright crimson. Her vivid amber eyes were lined with black, ending in long wings at the end of her lids.
There was a beauty mark to the left of her nose.
She was skillful, but there were too many for her to take alone.
"Well she's already down there, why can't we go and bash some heads?" Raph asked.
Leo gulped. It was a terrible idea, but he was going to do it anyways.
"Ok. Let's go." Leo resolved.
"ALRIGHT!" Raph cheered.
"YES!" Donnie yelled.
"BOOYAKASHA!" Mikey finished off with as they all jumped down into the fight.
"I'm going to regret this." Leo sighed before joining them.
BOOM! ANOTHER CHAPTER!
So I didn't take much time describing April since she's the same as the cannon and you all already know what she looks like.
I didn't want to bore you by re-describing it.
Miwa is different from Karai.
Miwa's make-up is a lot less than Karai's and Miwa also has her hair long.
I'll let you decide how many blonde streaks she has.
The bit of blond in the front is constantly falling out and she's always blowing it out of her face or pushing it behind her ear.
Miwa is probably the most different in this AU.
She lived a drastically different life.
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