It didn't take long for the siblings to become almost inseparable again, not to mention defensive. Once it became evident that Donatello was bullied by the majority of the school, his siblings had agreed to escort him to the next class each time, to pass him off to another sibling, save for math class. Donatello argued that it was pointless though, but that didn't stop them from doing it. Michelangelo walked him to his math class, but then had to run to his own class. After math class, all four of his siblings would show up to take him to gym class where they continued showing just how different their little team of five was. After school every day, the five would gather their things and go to either the junkyard, or their old hideaway that they had in the sewers. It was a small place with multiple different areas that were used as rooms. It even had an area that Donatello had decided to fix into a kitchen. They were fixing the place up to be a proper home away from home for them.
Miwa was having a harder time getting away from her adoptive father now though. She had explained to her brothers that he hated them and their father, but had loved their mother. Miwa just had the uncanny luck of looking enough like their mother that Saki had adopted her as his own. Unfortunately, he was harsh, somewhat abusive, and becoming more so as time passed. Leonardo didn't like the sound of that, neither did the other boys.
"Miwa, he's done a lot of damage to you. He's changed your name, he's belittled our father in front of you, and he's beaten you a few times as well." Donatello complained as he wrapped his sister's leg after the boys found out she had been hurt. She had collapsed near the end of gym class, but thankfully Leonardo had been able to catch her before she hit the floor and did worse damage to herself. She had been embarrassed when they brought her to the nurse's office and found her bruised and poorly bandaged. After the nurse was done, the boys said they'd bring her home, only to bring her to their sewer home where Donatello would be able to do more good for her. "You can't keep taking so much punishment from him. It's not fair to you."
"Don's right, Miwa. You can't keep taking such harsh punishment, especially for no reason." Leonardo agreed as he finished his homework nearby. "We should tell the police or something."
"He has them in his pocket. Oroku Saki is rich and is seen as a humanitarian. No one will believe you, even with proof." Miwa sighed. It was a sad truth for the young girl, but it was no doubt the truth. The boys had given her their addresses so that she could come to them if something went wrong or if things got too hard at home. They had yet to go to anyone's home but Donatello's, as it was nearest, and the others were still concerned as to how their host families would react to five Hamato children.
Raphael hit his favorite punching bag in anger. "Miwa, this is getting too much. You almost passed out in gym class. If he does this one more time, come to one of us, or find me and Casey when we're running around the town! Something! You're our sister. We're family, we stick together." The brothers nodded in agreement. You hurt one Hamato, you deal with them all. "We're not letting them pick us off one by one again."
Miwa let out her tears for the first time in ages as she hugged all four of her brothers. "Thank you. You guys are the best."