Disclaimer: Ch. 1

Author's Note(s): Yay for another update! X3 Yah know, sometimes I think this fic might've been better if I had it back to bring broken down into like five different stories (one for each OC of mine), but I think it flows better story wise as a whole.

"New Perspective"

Things seemed to cool down for a bit for the turtles and the secret ninjas. Mikey's brothers tried to ask him about what Johnny had said, but he told them he would tell his bros and sensei in his own time.

And after getting pressed on the matter, Splinter kindly stepped in and told them to leave Mikey alone. The youngest terrapin was grateful that his father figure understood, and continued seeing his human friend Danny in secret.

Only Johnny knew about them. Well, Kai knew too, but Mikey didn't know the oranget yet. Mikey thought it was nice when the three of them got to hang out sometimes, but he preferred being alone with Danny.

He wasn't really sure why, but somehow the orange banded turtle was better at sharing pizza than he was the ash-brunet. Dan thought it was cute and it just made Johnny giggle and try not to stick around for too long. Besides, the redet had his own things to do.

Like being friends with April. The ginger wasn't as smart as he was, but she got the gist of what Jon would talk about; occasionally making a remark of how the redhead reminded her of Donnie in some aspect or another. As they were both interested in tech and science, etc. April couldn't help thinking the two boffins would get along great, if only Donnie would stop being so stubborn.

Johnny thought it might be a good idea for Kai to go with him when the oranget had time to hang out with Raph. Jon thought that it might help Raph with his anger issues to hang out with someone like Kai, who could help him keep them in check.

Malakai thought the idea might merit some fun, and agreed, since it would also allow him to make sure his redheaded friend and favorite weapons supplier was safe. Raph wasn't expecting to see the cheeky orange-blonde there, and almost took off back to the lair since he was still embarrassed about admitting to Jon what he thought of Kai.

The boom happy boffin rolled his eyes as he went to stop him and explain that it was good to make new friends. And that if he gave Kai a chance, he would learn how much they had in common.

The red banded turtle gave a huff of disbelief and scowled at Kai; who in turn winked at him impishly. Raph blushed and looked away quickly, before reluctantly saying he would give it a chance so long as Johnny didn't leave him alone with the mouthy young man. Jon tried not to laugh, but told him he would try.

It started off rather awkwardly at first, as Johnny tried getting Raph to talk to him first, and then to Kai, which didn't work because Raphael was both hardheaded and shy; whether he admitted it or not. The oranget didn't get why the hotheaded turtle had to be all stubborn, but thought it was funny and offered a challenge.

The next time they went to hang out, Malakai asked beforehand if there was anything Raph really liked. Jonathan told him about the turtles weakness for pizza, and so the amiable assassin brought one.

However, the red banded ninja could only have a slice IF he tried having a conversation with Kai. Raph was tempted to try and fight him again, but then his stomach gave an embarrassing growl at the delicious smell of the hot pie, and he grumpily relented when Kai threatened to lick the whole pizza.

Slowly but surely, after that Raph had gotten more comfortable around Johnny, and even Kai as well, and would sometimes like to bring his pet turtle Spike to hang out with them.

He said it was because he wanted to show Spike off to Johnny since the redhead still wasn't allowed to visit the lair yet, but the redhead got the feeling the red banded turtle wanted Kai to see Spike too.

Jon thought Spike was a cute; for a snapping turtle. While the oranget scooped him up in his hands and practically gushed over him; making Raph blush almost as red as his mask. Malakai loved animals, but didn't do that gross, girly gushing like Mikey did.

It was really more like he spoke sweetly to the little snapping turtle; telling him what a sweetie he was, how cool his eyes and shell looked, and stuff like that while gently petting him when he came to sit on the assassins lap or head or shoulder.

And the little fella seemed to like Kai too, as he liked to be on him while he, Jon and Raph were kicking back. The red banded turtle was taken aback by this and a touch jealous, but somewhat begrudgingly took Spike's behavior as a sign that his lil buddy saw Malakai as a good person.

He'd never seen Spike really like anyone but Master Splinter and himself. Even if Raph did think it was funny when Spike snapped at his brothers. Spike liked it when Kai started bringing him a lettuce leaf when Jon told the flirty ninja that Raph was going to bring him.

Raph thought it was really nice the oranget did that too. It almost seemed like the young man understood that Spike was a ninjas pet, and not some fluffy pink bow wearing show cat that needed to be cooed over in a disgustingly sweet way; like his brothers usually and mostly mockingly did to poor Spike.

And though Kai usually only hung out for a few minutes at a time because he had work or needed to tend to or go spend time with his younger brother, the grumpy turtle couldn't help but begin to secretly wish that the eye-catching human could stay longer.

Raphael had no idea Kai had a little brother, but apparently the human cared about his sibling very much from what Johnny told him when he got up the nerve to ask the redet; not wanting to seem interested or like he cared, even if Jon knew some of what he thought of the oranget already.

But when Jon wasn't finding time to hang with Mikey and Danny or Akira, or play social buffer to Kai and Raph, he usually ended up playing buffer for April and Donnie when the geeky turtle tried to hang out with April.

The reason being because April would call up the redhead and pleadingly ask that he come and chill with them so the ginger wouldn't have to be alone with Donnie. Apparently the brainy turtles unwanted affections tended to put April on edge and creep her out.

And nothing the ginger ever said to deter him seemed to work. Donnie still didn't think much of Johnny, because he was jealous April preferred the male humans company to his, and silly reasons like that; since Donnie still had no idea Jonathan was gay.

But even though Donnie tried to be civil and get along with Jon, the turtle felt like he was competition for April's attention and affection, and they ended up getting off to a rough start when the ginger got the idea to have Johnny be their social buffer.

However, Jon was unaware of this and found the brainy turtles behavior rather confusing and even downright rude at times, so needless to say they didn't communicate much. Even if they were in or on the same room or rooftop.

And when they did, it felt rather strained; especially after the incident where Donnie had hurt him. He was secretly grateful that the redhead hadn't said anything to April, but that was because Jon wasn't mean like that. Well, he could be if he wanted to. But that wasn't the type of person the boom happy boffin wanted to be.

It was some time after the whole Chris Bradford incident that Mikey strolled into the purple banded ninjas lab with a spring in his step. "Hey Donnie, could I pleeeeease borrow your laptop for a while?" Mikey asked ever so sweetly, as he came bounding into his older brothers lab.

"I guess…" Don said all miserably and pushed it over to the side so Mikey could use it. He was all depressed because April left to go hang out with Johnny again. Apparently the accursedly attractive human had the weekend free.

And so April asked if Jon wanted to do something, as the ginger liked keeping distracted from the fact that evil aliens had her dad. The rosy haired secret ninja understood, and so they went to hang out and have some fun.

Johnny showed her Mr. Murakami's restaurant, and the ginger instantly fell in love with it; which made Jon happy to see, as he was slowly growing to see her like the sister he never had. The boffin didn't tell April that they went to the same school since he didn't see any reason to.

Jon preferred to hang out with his brother and Akira during lunch, and Aki had made a good point in saying it might not be a good idea to invite April into their group since they still didn't know what the Kraang had wanted with her or her father.

Something could go wrong; like the alien goons coming back for the ginger, and anyone associated with her could be put in harms way. Which definitely meant his twin brother Casey.

Like any good, overprotective brother, Jon wanted to keep his sweet, goofy brother safe. So even if he felt bad about it, he kept his presence at Roosevelt High a secret for as long as it could be kept.

When Donatello asked April if she wanted to hang out again, and she'd told him that she already had plans with Johnny, Donnie was none too stoked about it. It seemed like April almost always preferred to hang out with Jon instead of him.

But after he glanced over at his happily humming brother with a desire for distraction from his grumpy, jealous thoughts, he realized his little bro had certainly been getting a lot more use out of Donnie's computer than he had lately. He wondered what it was he was doing on there… Maybe playing games?

But if Mikey was, he would've been pretty noisy about it. This struck Donnie's curiosity as he leaned over a little to see what the other was up to. "Sweet! Thanks, D!" The eager orange banded ninja said as he excitedly went onto the internet to that silly MyFace website.

Donnie rolled his eyes. "Mikey, what are you doing messing around on that stupid site? I thought you'd unfriended Chris Bradford already?" But the younger turtle typed in his login info. "Pfft!" Mikey gave an airy wave of his hand as he waited for the page to load. "He's not the ONLY one on MyFace dude."

As the page finished loading, Donatello noticed little red blips next to the little white icons, and realized Mikey had notifications. "And I just so happen to have a much better friend on here." The youngest turtle said smugly as he checked to see what his notifications were.

"Danny "Likes" your photo!" Was what the first one at the bottom said as he scrolled down to it quickly. And next to the text was a tiny picture of a baby bunny asleep in someone's hand that Mikey had found on the internet.

"Awww yeah!" Michelangelo happily cheered coolly as he went to browse over what the others were. Mikey hadn't really expected Donnie to peek, but he wasn't as afraid about the others knowing as he had been.

Now that he and Danny were more secure in their friendship, he was determined to be friends with Danny whether his family approved or not. Danny deserved as much of a chance as April or Johnny.

So, figuring he'd test the waters with his brainy brother who was crushing on a human with the hope he would better understand, Mikey had chosen to answer his question.

"Who the heck is Danny?" Donnie asked skeptically. "He's like, the cooooolest human friend a turtle could have, that's who!" Mikey told the other grinningly as if it were common knowledge. "Well, I guess Johnny is too." He added thoughtfully.

Donnie quirked an eyebrow; highly doubting it after having met Mikey's last so-called "friend" who ended up being top minion to the Shredder. But when Mikey went to go check out the notifications that led him to Danny's Wall so the young turtle could see what the other had posted, he realized who it was.

"Hey! Isn't that the guy who almost died trying to save y-mmhnhh!?" Donnie exclaimed a bit too loudly; causing Mikey to grab him by the face to stifle his voice with a hand over his mouth..

"Shhh! And yes. But don't tell anyone, okay D?" He asked his older brother with those big pleading eyes. Okay… maybe Mikey wasn't as ready as he thought he was. But baby steps man! Baby step.

He swatted the others hand away from his face in slight annoyance. "I dunno Mikey… He could be dangerous." His protective brotherly instincts were kicking in as he eyed the photo of the young ash-brown haired young man; whose appearance of sunny innocence actually made him feel a bit bad for being suspicious.

Mikey pouted; getting pretty tired of how his brothers didn't trust his sense of judgment. That whole Chris Bradford thing had been a mistake, yeah he'd admit that. But if he hadn't taken a chance on Danny, who knows what might've happened?

"Danny's the one who tried to tell me Chris Bradford was no good. And the only reason I ended up in that mess was because I didn't listen to him!" The youngest turtle defended.

Okay, Donnie hadn't been expecting that. "Seriously? How'd he know Bradford was bad when we didn't?" He asked; genuinely curious as he rubbed his chin. At this, Mikey paused and looked hesitant to answer.

"Well… uh… ya see… He's kinda… Bradford's little cousin." He admitted; whispering the last part so quietly Don almost hadn't heard him. "What?!" But before Donnie could lecture him, Mikey threw up his hands in defense.

"He didn't know Bradford was working for the Shredder, okay?! All he knew was that his cousin was a big jerk, and that they didn't get along all that well. So before you go saying something that'll make me smack you upside your head with my chucks, just know that I really like this guy, and he's done nothing but be a really awesome friend. I mean c'mon dude! He almost died trying to help me, even after I deliberately didn't listen to him!"

At the last part, Donnie's expression saddened as it hit him why Mikey had taken it so hard when the boy was injured trying to help him. He knew his brother had a good heart, but he didn't realize the reason why was because he'd been tormenting himself with the guilt he felt for what had happened.

"Sorry Mikey… I didn't mean it like that." He sighed; face palming before lowering his hand to look at his sibling, who was obviously still troubled by the event. "I guess he means a lot to you, huh?"

Mikey nodded and smiled sadly, as he slowly kicked his legs where he sat up on the high stool, with his side to the counter to better talk to Donnie. "Yeah… I really like him. And what's great is he likes me too! He doesn't think I'm gross or freaky or ugly." The sadness seemed to melt away into a look of bubbly happiness he hadn't seen from Mikey before as the younger terrapin spoke.

And somehow, though his anger at the others sneaking around with a human had been replaced by being glad for his bro, Donatello couldn't help feeling rather envious he had someone who made him look so… happy. Like he was on freakin' cloud nine.

He averted his eyes from the others contented expression, and his eyes were caught by glint of bright red on the website Mikey was on. It made him think of the redhead who was currently spending time with his April.

But upon a closer look to see what it was, did his reddish brown eyes widen in disbelief and shock to see the smiling face of the redheaded menace herself! "It's him!" He uttered breathlessly and almost accusingly, as he stared at the picture in a line up of other peoples MyFace profiles under the caption "Friends List".

The youngest ninja blinked and then followed the others gaze while he ignored the others comical antics. His face lit up in surprise. "Oh yeah! I'm also friends with Jon on here." He chimed in his usual cheerful tone. "I should probably tell Raph. I bet he'd be pretty psyched to know he has a page on here."

Donnie blinked; looking at Mikey bemusedly. "Why would he be psyched about that?" It was Mikey's turn to look confused. "Cuz they're friends. Duuuuuh! Why wouldn't Raph wanna talk to him? I mean, what with Johnny being so busy, we don't get to hang with him much."

"Pfft. Yeah? So?" Donnie huffed as he crossed his arms. Mikey eyed his brother; wondering why he was behaving all weird like that. "Well, because he's cool." He stated like it was as obvious as pizza being delicious. "Yeah, well, so is April." The brainy turtle defended childishly.

Michelangelo raised a brow. "Uuuh… Oooookay. Yeah, I guess she is too. But Johnny's really nice, and he was totally kicking butt that night when we met him. AND he saved April from falling out of that helicopter like April told us he did. Oh! Oh! And he gave me the number of that pizza place that lets us put whatever toppings we want on it!" Mikey listed; being quite excited about the last part.

"It's weird, but he's kinda like a big sister. You know, if he wasn't like, the same age as us, and a girl or whatever. Heh." Mikey chuckled lightly; turning back to checking his MyFace updates and notifications, while Donnie sulked at the fact that the other was right.

No wonder April preferred Johnny… Compared to the redhead, he was just some geeky mutant freak who lived in a smelly sewer… Not much for competition he supposed. He'd have to figure out some way to fix that. The sound of Mikey's next words snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Y'know D, you could make a MyFace page and send him a friend request. Who knows? Maybe if you actually tried talking to him instead of ignoring him, you'll hit it off and become BFF's." He said with a casual shrug and a bubbly smile.

Mikey didn't know about the incident where Don had been so rude and rough towards Johnny. And he and his other two brothers thought it best he didn't either since he seemed to have been upset by the whole Bradford incident.

"Hmm, I wonder if April knows Danny too? The three of them could all be hanging out together. I bet they're having all kinds of awesome fun with Danny. I mean, he's pretty awesome." Mikey commented; mostly talking to himself; as he couldn't help feeling a little envious at the fact that Jon and April got to go around in public with his friend and enjoy themselves.

It smacked Donnie in the face like a brick when he processed Mikey's ramblings, and realized that April was hanging around a teenage boy. And panic began to set in. "Hmm… I wanna ask Danny if he's hanging with Johnny and April, but I dunno. Seems kinda nosy… What do you think, D? Uh… D?"

He eyed the other curiously and cautiously as he saw Donnie's eye give a twitch while he processed the others slightly frighteningly genius idea. Even if Mikey was unaware as to the reason why it was genius.

Suddenly he had Mikey spun around and was shaking him by the shoulders. "DO IT! DO IT NOW!" The poor orange banded ninja had swirls in his eyes as he tried to stop the other shaking him. "I-yai-eyai ca-a-a-a-aaaan't wiiiith you sha-a-a-a-aking meeee!" He shouted.

"Oh… right. Heheheh… sorry." Donnie immediately stopped and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and sweat dropped; trying to chill out. Mikey took a moment as he checked to make sure his head hadn't been snapped off from the violent shaking, and then gave the other a pouty glare.

Then he smirked like a man with a plan. "Okay. I'll do it. On oooone condition." He offered smugly. It wasn't too often he had a nice, juicy bit of leverage over one of his brothers; especially Donnie. And judging from the others reaction, he knew he had himself some.

"I don't care. So long as it's within reason, you know I'll do it." The purple banded ninja huffed impatiently; sounding on the verge of screaming and shaking him again as his right eye gave another twitch. April could be holding hands or something with that creep Danny, while Mikey was so childishly making demands.

Mikey sweat dropped; leaning slightly away in case the other grabbed him again. "I want a cell phone WITH internet capabilities, so I can talk to Danny." Donnie folded his arms over his chest. Well that wasn't so bad. "Okay. Done."

"OH! And texting too!"

"Doable."

"OH! OOH! And maybe some games, and music, and-"

"Mikey!" Donnie warned in a low tone; getting dangerously impatient. Mikey sweat dropped again and grinned meekly. "Right. Okay then! So what do you want me to ask him? He should be on soo-" He was interrupted by a different pinging sound as he received a message.

Glancing at the chat box that opened up he saw it was Danny saying "Hey Mikey." The brainy ninja watched curiously as his brothers whole being seemed to light up at the simple message, and Mikey gave an excited giggle as he pressed his fists together in front of him like an excited fan girl.

"Sweet! He's on! It's like he knew I was waiting or something!" Mikey said in awe; like it was some kind of psychic super power only good friends like he and Dan had or something.

Donnie rolled his eyes. "Didn't you sign on because you knew he'd be on around this time?" He asked with a raised brow. "Mmmmmmmmmaybe." Mikey countered playfully while carefully typing in a response.

Michelangelo: "Hey Dude! :3 I was just talking about you!"

Danny: "O.o Really? With who?" Don frowned. "Can you tell him it's 'whom' not 'who?'" Mikey rolled his eyes. "I'm not doing that… what're you a grammar Nazi or somethin'?"

Donnie sputtered at the insult, but all he could do was growl and bite his tongue if he wanted the other to cooperate. Mikey snickered. "I totally learned that term from hanging out with Danny by the way. He knows lots of funny stuff like that."

Don glowered and muttered under his breath. "Yeah, I just bet he does." Mikey stopped and shot the brainy turtle a warning look as he whipped out one of his nun chucks.

"What'd you say?" He asked in a slightly scary tone Don only ever heard on the rare occasion Mikey actually got ticked off. The purple banded ninja threw up his hands. "Nothing!" Mikey leaned back. "Yeah… That's what I thought."

He put his weapon away before replying to his friend. Mikey wondered why Donnie had to act like an overly envious jerk when it came to April, but guessed he wasn't too pleased himself at the thought of Danny spending time with the ginger girl either. But for entirely different reasons than Don's.

Michelangelo: "One of my brothers."

"Mikey, shouldn't you be asking him about you know what?" Donnie asked; tapping one of his fingers impatiently on the counter as he took the seat beside the other so he could see what was going on. The younger rolled his eyes.

"Well excuuuuuuuse me! I'm only trying to talk to my friend, and politely ask him about his day and stuff, before I go asking him for something. Geez dude! Get some manners." Mikey chided indignantly before he turned back to the screen at hearing another ping.

Leaving Donnie quite taken aback before he gave a frustrated growl. "Oh fine… whatever!" He wasn't sure why his orange banded and usually goofy brother seemed so protective of this Danny human, but it sure had quite a curiously maturing effect on him.

Danny: "Wow. How'd that go? I thought you didn't want them to know because you were worried they'd overreact?" At seeing that, Donnie shrunk down in his seat some as he had almost done just that. Mikey flashed him a knowing grin.

Michelangelo: "Yeah, I know. But I figured if I was gonna keep borrowing his laptop to sign on here, he'd find out sooner of later. His name's Donatello, but we all call him Donnie. He seems pretty fine with it so far, but he's still my bro, so y'know."

Danny: "^_^ It's cool. I can understand that. I'm just glad it went well. So how was your day?" At this Donnie sighed and face palmed. "Oh would you just get on with it already!" Mikey rolled his eyes.

Michelangelo: "I'd LOVE to tell you, but my bro is literally breathing over my shoulder here because he wants to know if you're currently hanging out with Johnny and a girl with ginger hair."

Danny: "Oh! Do you mean April?"

"Yes, yes! Tell him yes already!" Donnie said as he gave the others shoulder a shake. "DUDE! Stop that or I won't!" Mikey scolded with a firm look; and Donnie knew he meant what he said and shied away with a small "Sorry Mikey". Sighing and wondering how the other could be such a spaz, he went to type in the answer.

Michelangelo: "Yeah, and he won't stop buggin' me about it."

Danny: "I see. Well, actually, I'm at work right now. I'm just taking a break."

At this, Mikey looked at Donnie expectantly and for a moment, while the older turtle looked confused. "Ah! Right. Um… How does he know April?" Mikey exhaled exasperatedly. "Really? THAT'S what you wanna know?" He gave his bro a flat look.

"Well… Yeah… I mean, I don't wanna be the last to know that April and this Danny are boyfriend and girlfriend or something." Donnie said weakly; feeling like what he said sounded stupid out loud.

At this, Mikey's eyes widened and Don noticed a flash of something like fear in those baby blues, before the other suddenly got this determined look, and went back to typing.

Michelangelo: "Donnie wants to know how you two know each other and if you're together?"

Danny: "LoL! Who? Me and Johnny? Tell him he's got no need to worry about me. We're just good friends, that's all."

"What?! Why would he think that?! I meant April!" Donnie exclaimed as a blush dusted his face, though he wasn't sure why. Why did everyone seem to think he'd be interested in Johnny?! He liked April for cryin' out loud!

Mikey noticed this and found it noteworthy. He went to type in his next message; wondering what the real reason was that Donnie acted weird around Jon, and if his brainy bro even knew it himself.

Michelangelo: "No, sorry. He meant April."

Danny: "Oh. Well, I haven't met her yet. I only know what Johnny tells me, and it isn't much. He's very good at respecting peoples privacy." Both brothers sighed in relief before exchanging a look as to why the other would be relieved. Then Mikey shrugged and went back to typing.

Michelangelo: "Oh. Okay. :D"

Danny: "Glad to put your minds at ease. ^_~" Mikey blushed and Donnie couldn't help finding that a bit odd. Donatello fancied himself straight because he liked April; but as none of the turtles really knew much about sexuality and were so inexperienced about a lot of things, Don never really considered liking a boy.

April was literally the first girl he had ever seen, and though even he had to admit that Jonathan was surprisingly attractive for a human, Donatello didn't want his brothers to think him any weirder than they seemed to think he was already by admitting something like that.

Danny: "Anything else you'd like to know? I'm surprised your brother doesn't just make a profile on here and ask Jon himself. I'm sure he wouldn't mind." Donnie crossed his arms and made an annoyed groan, while Mikey chuckled.

Danny: "XD I'll send him a message that your brother wants to be friends if you want? That way he'll have a better chance of him accepting his friend request. What with all the spammers on here, Johnny usually ignores people he doesn't know or whatever."

Mikey watched as Donnie scoffed at the idea, but he wished D would get over whatever weirdness he had towards Jon, that way they could all be friends. So, instead of saying no, the impish ninja got an idea.

Michelangelo: "He seems psyched about that idea. Thanks Sunny-D! You're the best! X3" Mikey replied as he turned to his brother with a devilish smirk to watch his reaction. Donnie glared at Mikey; looking like he wanted to bop him repeatedly over the head with his bo staff.

But before he could, the youngest ninja grabbed the laptop and bolted toward the safety of his own room; ducking and dodging whatever Donnie threw at him to try and slow him down so he could bop him. He locked his door and plopped onto his bed to see the chat box blinking to signal his bud had replied.

Danny: "Happy to help, Miketastic. ^_^ So back to my asking about your day… LoL" Mikey giggled and chatted with his buddy, while Donatello smoldered about being outwitted by the least smart person in their family.

To be continued...

I love those moments when Mikey seems like the most mature one of the group and one of the others is spazzing out and/or acting like the immature one.