Leo's P.o.V.
I woke up feeling revived and well-rested. The best night I've slept in a week. I don't think I had any dreams, but if I did, it would probably be about the guys and Alyssa.
I went into the living room to wake up Alyssa, but she wasn't there. My heart sank automatically when I saw the empty couch. 'Did she... leave us?' I was flipping out and running around trying to find her.
"Dude," I heard her voice and my heart was fixed. "Quit freaking out. I'm in the dojo." I ran there and swung the doors open to see that she was telling the truth. She was sitting there, legs crossed, meditating. "Would you like to join me, Leo?" She didn't didn't open her eyes, but she knew it was me.
"How did you know it was me?" I asked, sitting across from her. "How long have you been awake?" She opened her eyes and stared into mine.
"I didn't know it was you." She said simply. "And I've been awake for about half an hour. Maybe twenty minutes." We sat there for a minute in silence. I was wrapped up in my thoughts, so it startled me, when Alyssa asked a question. "Can I ask you something?" She said suddenly.
"Um, sure," I replied. "Fire away."
"Okay," She closed her eyes, took in a deep breath, then reopened her eyes. "Why did you... kiss me?" I think I actually coughed when she asked that.
"You remember that?" I said awkwardly and she nodded. "Alright, well, let me just say this; I don't like you in that way. You're a good friend of mine. That's it."
"Then why?" She put her elbow on her thigh and her chin in her hand. "If you don't like me, then why did you do it?"
"Because I want you to feel safe here." I told her. "I'm sorry if it had the opposite effect and I won't do it again, if that's what you want. I-" I was stopped when her finger rested on my lips.
"Dude," She said, not removing her finger. "I just wanted to know why, that's all. It worked, by the way. I feel ridiculously safe and protected here." She removed her finger and I kept my mouth shut. I bowed my head and closed my eyes. I was about to say something, when a pair of lips landed on my cheek.
"Uh..." Was all I could say after Alyssa pulled away. She smiled.
"I just wanted to return the favor." She winked at me. "I don't like you that way." We smiled at each other and went back to meditating. A few minutes of silence passed, when I heard Alyssa's stomach growl. I opened one eye and so did she.
"Breakfast?" I asked.
"Breakfast." She repeated. I stood up, then offered her my hand, which she took. We walked into the kitchen to see everyone waiting for us.
"Where have you two been?" Splinter asked. "We have been waiting for you."
"Oh," Alyssa said walking to her spot next to Raph. "That's my fault, Splinter. Forgive me, but I made Leo meditate with me. Sorry." She glanced at me and smiled slightly.
"Yeah, sorry to keep you waiting." I sat next to Mikey who rolled his eyes at me. I ignored him.
"Very, well." Splinter accepted the apology. "Let us enjoy this morning and eat."
We ate and went to the dojo for training. Alyssa had already meditated for the day, so she watched the fighting with Splinter. She was watching intently, but spaced out now and then. I wondered what she was thinking about.
Alyssa's P.o.V.
'I saw that.' Angel pestered me while I watched the boys train. I wish I knew how to control her, but ever since I discovered her, it's been 'Yak, yak, yak.' Even if I'm not meditating.
'I don't know what you're talking about.' I said to her.
'Let me know if this rings a bell, you KISSED LEO!' Angel was hysterical and I rolled my eyes in real life, hoping she could see it.
'Chill out.' I told her. 'If you saw the whole thing, you would know that Leo and I don't have feelings for each other. I kissed him to save our friendship.' She kept quite and I returned to the epic battle between Raph and Mikey.
'Are you going to tell the rest of the guys?' Angel asked out of nowhere. 'They deserve to know.'
I mentally scoffed. 'No they don't. They don't have to know anything about it. Leave it alone, Angel.' I warned.
'And if I don't?' She recanted. 'It's not like you can hurt me without hurting yourself.' I sighed in real life.
'Please let it go. I need to pay attention.' Angel stopped talking after that and I kept watching them train.
"Are you okay?" Donnie asked. I didn't even know he was there. "You've been acting kind of strange."
"Oh, sorry." I decided to tell him the truth. "I'm having an internal conflict. Nothing to worry about." I smiled at him and he nodded, not totally convinced.
After training ended, I was stretching on the ground, unknowingly humming to myself.
"Whatcha doing?" Leo asked, seemingly amused.
"Um, stretching?" I asked. Was this a trick question?
"No, I meant the humming." Leo smiled at me. I raised an eyebrow.
"I was humming? Weird. I didn't even know I was doing it. It must be a reflex." I shrugged and stood up. "Okay, hit me with your best shot. Whatever you've got I can deflect. Bring it."
"Alright, if that's what you want." We got into our fighting stances. He jabbed towards my side, but I dodged it and pushed his hand away. "Very good." He tried to kick me, but I ducked and slapped his foot away. "Excellent." He got a mischievous grin. He swiped his leg under mine and I came crashing down. He pinned me to the floor.
"Hey!" I whined. "That's cheating! We didn't go over what to do if I were pinned down!" I struggled to get loose.
"I know." Leo chuckled. "Since you seemed to have blocking blows and deflecting them down, it's time to move on to the next lesson." He leaned in a bit closer. Whoa. "Have any ideas as to what that could be?" I stared into his eyes.
"Uh... Let me think?" Leo laughed and got off of me and helped me up. "We start tomorrow, but the answer we were looking for was 'Knowing What To Do When You're Distracted'. You looked pretty distracted to me..." He smirked at me.
"Hell yeah, I was distracted!" I punched his arm as we left the dojo. "That was suck a dirty trick, you jerk!" I was kind of mad, but I was also glad that he had a good sense of humor. "Gah! That's my superpower!"
"Well, well." Raph said looking up from his pinball game. "What happened here?"
Raph's P.o.V.
"Oh, it's nothing my dear." Alyssa sighed, after playfully shoving Leo. She walked over to me. "Just your brother is stealing my super power of seduction to teach me how to work through distractions."
I stopped playing and turned to Leo. "You seduced her!?" Leo put his hands behind his head. "Dude!"
"Chill, Raph." He said. "It's all part of the process. You can help next time, okay?" It was clear he was trying to make up to me and it was working. I caught his drift.
"Oh, I can, huh?" I turned to Alyssa who's face was pink.
"If you think I'll be able to even function with Raph working his power on me, forget it." She shook her head. I smiled. Leo looked at the clock.
"Okay," he said. "It's noon and you have to meet Aurora in three hours. Group meeting!"
We all went into the kitchen. "Do you know what to say?" Leo asked Alyssa.
"Pfft. Yeah." She responded. "There are four hot, giant, ninja turtles living in the sewers of New York, who are the sons of a huge rat, named Splinter. Is that believable?"
"I live it everyday and that doesn't sound real." Mikey shook his head. "We should tell her the whole story. We have time."
"Good idea Mikey." Donnie said. We took turns explaining the mutation, the Kraang, meeting April, everything. By the time we were done, it was one-thirty and Alyssa was silent. I think she was absorbing all the information she received.
"So," she said after a while. "There are four teenage mutant ninja turtles living in the sewers of New York, who roam the streets at night to prevent crime. Their biggest enemies are robots from another dimension and a really pissed guy in spiky armor named Shredder. Oh, and a huge mutant rat, that used to be human, is their father. Did I get it that time?"
"Close enough." I said. We heard a tummy rumble and looked at Alyssa.
She held up her hands. "Don't look at me. I'm not hungry." We heard it again. "Really, I'm not!"
"Sure, sure." I tussled her hair and she grabbed my hand. She didn't let go when she removed my hand from her head.
"Okay, you're going to have to make that sound a whole lot better sounding than that." Leo said.
"Meh, I'll think of something." She played with my hand. "In the meantime, what do we do? Where will you guys be? At three, the sun is still up, so you can't hide in the shadows."
I shrugged. "Don't worry. We'll have your back." I squeezed her hand and she giggled.
"Raph and Alyssa, sitting in a tree!" Mikey sang. "K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"Gah! Your brothers are funny!" Alyssa let go of my hand, poked me, and exited the kitchen. "Mikey! Do that again and Raph will attack you, and I am not going to be the one to hold him back!" she called over her shoulder.
"Not if it comes true." Mikey muttered. I rolled my eyes.
Donnie's P.o.V.
When we left the kitchen, we found Alyssa standing on her hands.
"What the hell is going on in here?" Leo asked, amused.
"Trying... to see... how long-" Alyssa started to say, but her arms gave out from under her. It was a good thing her head was there to cushion the blow. "Gah! That hurts!" She sat up and rubbed her head.
"That's dangerous." I said. "You could seriously injure yourself. You need to be careful."
"Okay, mom..." She stood up and shook her head, but that was a mistake. She instantly put her fingers on her temples and squeezed her eyes shut. "Ow.." She whispered.
"See?" I pointed. "What'd I tell you?" I walked over to her and checked her out. "Doesn't seem like it's a concussion. I think you just play too hard. You need ice." I poked her stomach and she giggled. I walked to the kitchen and left Raph to help her up and sit her on a beanbag chair.
I returned moments later with the ice. Threw it at Raph, who caught it with one hand. He put it on Alyssa's head and held it there for her. 'You're so hopeless, Raph'. I shook my head and walked to the T-Bike.
"Gah!" I heard Alyssa groan. "Got any pills for this, Donnie?" I shook my head and she groaned again. "Whatever. I can be tough." She leaned back and closed her eyes, then sighed. "This is boring. Mikey, entertain me!"
"You see me as a source of entertainment?" Mikey asked. "Is that a good thing?"
She laughed. "Well, I think it's a good thing. You make me laugh, you silly." Mikey smiled and walked over to her.
They talked and whatnot for and hour. Leo decided that we should head out at two-thirty, so that's what we did. It was too bright to be real outside. The sun was supposed to go down in about two hours, but that wasn't nearly fast enough. I'm always uncomfortable when we're in the light, but I have to listen to Leo's orders.
Alyssa walked to a bridge where an impatient-looking Aurora Gomez was sitting in a nasty, old lawn chair. "Hi, Aurora." Alyssa said softly, so she wouldn't startle her. It didn't matter, though because as soon as she heard something, Aurora leaped out of her chair.
"What the hell happened last night!?" Aurora was in a fighting stance and Alyssa stopped. "There were four... What the fuck happened!?"
"Keep your distance." Leo whispered. I glanced at him. It wasn't like she could hear him or anything.
"You were there," Aurora continued to babble. "And there were t-turtles. Four of them. They were huge and had weapons and bandannas and-"
"Aurora!" Alyssa yelled. "Chill out! Just let me explain." Aurora relaxed her stance and nodded. They walked over to the lawn chairs. Alyssa began to explain and by the time she was done, it was sunset.
"And..." Aurora said after some silence. "This... this is all true?"
"Every last word." Alyssa nodded and took a deep breath. "Listen, you can't tell anyone. I told you because you saw them, but-"
Aurora stood up from her chair and pointed a finger at Alyssa. "BULLSHIT! Why are you doing this? To make me seem crazy!?" Before Alyssa could answer, Aurora took a swing, which was deflected.
"Stop!" Alyssa kept deflecting blows. "Enough!" She swiped her leg under Aurora's and she fell to the ground. "I'm not lying! Guys! Come out!" Aurora was standing up when we all jumped in. "And I swear, if you faint again, I'm leaving your ass on the ground!"
"Nice work on stopping the hits, by the way." Leo complimented.
"And they talk!?" Aurora turned pale. "Oh my God..."
"I meant what I said." Alyssa walked over to her. "Don't pass out right now..."
Mikey's P.o.V.
I don't know how I expected Aurora to react. I thought she would think she was being punked or something. I never thought that she would attack Alyssa.
"Hi." I said. "I'm Mikey!" I waved and Aurora shook.
"Please! Don't eat me!" She fell to her knees and began to beg. "I don't want to die! I'll keep your secret! I swear!"
"Aurora, chill out." Alyssa grabbed her arm and pulled her up. "They don't eat people. They eat pizza, mostly."
"That's true." I said. "These are my brothers; Raph, Donnie and Leo." They waved and so did she.
"H-hi..." Aurora stammered. "Sorry, a-about that. It's n-not everyday I m-meet giant reptiles."
"And it's not everyday we get to meet people." Leo said. "We don't freak out. Why are you?"
Aurora relaxed and looked at all of us as if she were... examining us. "Turtles." She would say now and then. "Well, it's nice to meet you all, but I have to go and get myself tested."
"Hey." Alyssa called. "You seriously cannot tell anybody. Get it?"
"Why would I?" She asked. "I don't give away my friends' secrets." She smiled and grabbed a skateboard I hadn't noticed. she shredded away.
Alyssa sighed. "I'm sorry, guys. i should have known she wouldn't react the same way I did. My bad."
"It's not your fault." Raph said, putting an arm around her shoulder. "Hey, I guess no one is as cool as you when it comes to... well everything, but you get my point."
She smiled. "Thanks, Raph." She snuggled into him.
'Raph and Alyssa' I thought. 'Sitting in a tree...'
"Mikey, quit thinking that!" Alyssa said.
"That was scary..." I said. "How did you know."
"I know everything. Make no mistake!" She giggled and hugged Raph a little tighter.
'At least I know one thing you don't.' I said in my head, hoping she couldn't actually read minds.
"So, Leo." Alyssa said, stilling holding Raph. "Are we patrolling or what? Please? I want to see you guys in action!"
"I don't know..." Leo was thinking hard. "What if we run into the Kraang or Shredder?"
"Then I'll get out of your way and watch you fight." Alyssa shrugged. "I mean, come on, Leo..."
Leo thought about it as we were walking. "Okay, fine." We cheered. "But, if there is any sign of danger, you have to run."
"Pfft. Good luck with that."
"Alright!" I said, happy to be on patrol. "Out on patrol! Can't wait to see what happens!'
"Watch absolutely nothing happen tonight..." Donnie said. "Mikey probably just jinxed it." I rolled my eyes and we continued to walk into the night.
Me- I'm confused. Leo, are you in the middle of a flirt-rationship with Raph's girl?
Leo- No... I was teaching her-
Raph- YEAH FUCKIN' RIGHT! STAY AWAY!
Mikey- Chill out, bro. just do the disclaimer and be happy.
Raph- *Groan* Fine, Jazz doesn't own any form of TMNT. Now, let's get back to Alyssa...
April- Guys! Enough! Leo does NOT like her! Jeez, Raph, get over it!
Donnie- Well said, April. Enjoy the chapter, everyone.
Me- Wait a sec... That's my line! AND you said it WRONG!
Raph- Welcome to my world.
