Helloooo! I hope you guys had a great Fourth of July (if you celebrate it) and a fantastic week! Ok, so a couple things: One, even though you guys barely left any reviews, I still greatly appreciate them all the same. Two, I can't show you Parasitica for some reason, so now we have to wait. Third, I got a deviantArt! tell ya the details later, for now just read!

Disclaimer: The day TMNT is mine, pigs will serve in the army while shooting bacon strips at the enemy

It was a little early when Mayuka woke up. Rubbing her eyes she surveyed the room. The only people in the pit were April and Donnie sleeping side by side, and her and Raph. Looking down at the red-clad ninja May grinned. He looked so cute…

Shaking her head Mayuka got up carefully, her shoulder feeling better, and headed towards the bathroom to brush her teeth and hair.

Heading to the kitchen May saw that Splinter was there, brewing a kettle of tea and looking as if he was expecting her to come.

"Ohayōgozaimasu Sensei," May greeted as she bowed

"Ohayōgozaimasu Mayuka," Splinter greeted back. "Would you like some tea?"

"Yes please." May took a seat at the island as Splinter got another cup.

"Now Mayuka," Splinter started as he handed the teenager a cup of green tea "I think we need to talk about what happened with Karai."

"Hai sensei." May sighed as she blew on her drink.

"From what Leonardo and Raphael told me it seems that the two of you know each other from before?"

"Hai." May said. It was time to explain the past.

"When Karai, Miwa, and I were kids, the three of us were best friends. This was before Karai acted the way she does now. The three of us were inseparable. We would spend hours together sparring and playing in the fields, going to the park, the zoo, everywhere. Please don't think that I'm on the Foot Clan's side, I never knew that Karai would become the ruthless teenager she is."

Splinter nodded and stroked his beard "I fully trust and believe you Mayuka. I can sense that you're not like Karai, you show compassion to others while she is ruthless. However, I do remember Raphael telling me that you were in a state of shock when he came to rescue you. Could you please tell me what happened?"

Like another knife plunging into her, May's breath hitched. Just thinking about what her father did made her want to cry.

"I-I don't know Sensei, see, my father did something I don't think I could ever forgive him for."

"What did he do, my child?" Splinter chided gently, for the first time calling Mayuka something 'my child'.

"Karai told me that when we were younger, Oroku Saki made a deal with my father." May explained, her eyes filling with tears "Saki-san said that he would give my father 10000000 yen for the company he owns, in exchange for the money paid back to him by the time I was fifteen, and me."

Splinter's eyes widened and was about to say something but May kept going, now anger replacing the tears

"Father thought it was a joke, but he should of known better, Saki-san never tells jokes. He agreed and signed the contract the two had made and continued to think that this was a joke, but he didn't look at what the contract said. Karai said that my father was never able to pay back the yen because of the economy, but he still had me. In hopes of trying to protect me, my parents sent me here to New York with my aunt, thinking that Saki-san would never find me in America. But he did. I guess that's pretty much what happened Sensei." May finished, looking up from her tea to the rat, who was now pacing the kitchen. "What do I do?" she asked

"For once, I'm not sure." Splinter admitted, folding his hands behind his back and coming to stand in front of the Japanese girl. "What your father did was dishonorable and wrong, even if he thought that it was a joke. Oroku Saki never had a proper sense of humor and he was clever to pull off something like that. Though your father made a grave mistake, he was right in sending you into hiding in a different country." Splinter looked at May, who was paying full attention before continuing "Unfortunately, your father never had no idea that Saki would be here looking for me, not knowing that his prize would also be here. Now that Karai has found you and Shredder knows, I'm afraid that there is no other option than to have you come into hiding like April."

May's heart sank. Leave her whole life topside and come live with the mutants? What would her aunt say? How would she react? She already knew that April went missing and her aunt was supposed to protect May, not let her go into hiding. It occurred to May if her aunt even knew what she was doing.

"But sensei, I can't!" May sputtered "What would my aunt say? She doesn't know what my father did but she knows that April went missing. She already lost her husband and she needs me! What about Miwa? She's supposed to stay with us!"

"Calm down Mayuka, I have already thought about it." Splinter said as he put a consoling hand on May "You will write a letter telling your aunt that you have gone to find April, also telling her that Miwa will not be able to come. Later tonight Raphael and Leonardo will take you back to your Aunt's house where you will get your things and leave the letter. For now you will sleep with April in her new room. Understood?"

May sighed, she knew it for the best to protect her and her aunt incase Karai got word where she was living, and it was no use arguing with Splinter if his mind was already set.

"Hai Sensei." May sighed "I understand that you're doing this for the best."

As if my life couldn't get any weirder… May thought. Oh how I'm always wrong…

Ok, so I left you on another cliffhanger! You guys know the drill already, or at least I hope so. Now, about my new deviantArt. I don't really know how to draw on a computer except for basic chibi so please don't expect Leonardo Da Vinci art. Still, hope you guys check it out once I post the link on my profile! And sorry about the short chapter, but after writing a really long one, I felt so tired. Btw, did Parasitica come out yet, like here in the US? I don't have cable...

Have a turtle-y day!