Brotherly Bonding on the Cusp of Adulthood
Disclaimer:
I don't own the TMNT & the NYTBA is Fictitious.
Warning: Contains violence, coarse language, and possible sexual content.
A/N: These are mostly 2K14 Turtles with other bits thrown in as the mood takes me. No Tcest. Turtles are 19 (Leo), 19 (Raph & Donnie), & 17 (Mikey) respectively.
Wednesday 1 April
April Fool's Day
Elliot's School Trip to the American Museum of Natural History
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Elliot's POV
I was pretty happy to wake up this morning. I got up extra early so I could prank daddy and Toby. I carefully painted Daddy and Toby's fingernails with Tina's pink nail polish, before I got dressed and went to training. I got everything ready for my school trip too, so I could sneak out with Mr Donnie, and not get pranked.
Mr Donnie was up, and he told me that he was taking me on the school trip today. He showed me his new head, which looks much nicer than his old one. We hid my bag in his van, so we could escape for breakfast.
He asked me why I was sneaking Tina's nail polish into her bag, so I told him. We laughed quietly, before Mr Donnie hid all the knives in his lab, so Mikey wouldn't be able to cut our sandwiches.
We both giggled, and then we went to the dōjō to do our Junan Taiso. Everyone had to learn it for our bootcamp. Some of it is hard, but we all have to learn how to do it.
At breakfast, Mikey was really upset when he couldn't find the knives. The others had to have cold cereal, because he wouldn't cook unless someone returned the knives.
Daddy and Toby were upset at having sparkly pink fingernails. They were asking everyone for something to remove it.
Tina was a really good sport about her nail polish being used on Daddy and Toby. She gave Toby her last nail polish wipe, and told Daddy he would have to go and get some acetone from the pharmacy.
Mr Donnie and me managed to get out of the lair without being pranked. We went to McDonald's and got pancakes. Afterwards, we went straight to the museum, and waited for the rest of the children.
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Donnie's POV
I was amused by Elliot this morning. I wouldn't have pegged him for a prankster, but he painted his dad and his brother's fingernails a glittery pink this morning. It looks like all the ninjutsu he's learning is starting to pay off.
After he heads back to his room to change, I grab the nail polish and paint Leo's toenails with it. Karai wakes up, but I just put my fingers to my lips and she grins.
At training, I can see that Leo hasn't noticed his toenails yet. Raph spots them, but says nothing. It will be interesting to see how long the nail polish lasts. Karai will probably tell him after lunch if he hasn't spotted it by then.
At breakfast, I grab Elliot and we escape to Mc Donald's in the white van. A quick pancake breakfast in the van, and we are ready for the day at the museum.
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I am given custody of nine other children in my group, and we are handed a map of the museum, and a questionnaire to fill out.
The children are rambunctious, and I feel worn out by the time we have gotten through to first part of the guided tour.
There are five boys and five girls in my group, and we manage to get every question answered by 10:30am. Proper schoolwork completed, I drag the group to look at some of the exhibits I've always wanted to see.
We spend a bit of time on the fourth floor looking at the dinosaurs, and the halls of advanced and primitive mammals. The third floor holds the reptile and amphibian exhibits, and I get to see my turtle ancestors (and possibly dead cousins). We look at the hall of human origins, before we break for lunch in the food court.
Once lunch is finished, we all go and watch a film on the history of the origins of the human race.
The children are given another worksheet, and we workout the answers together, before most of the children are whisked away for the Spring Recess by their parents.
Elliot and I decide to hang out at the museum for a bit longer, after they have left. Two boys from my group haven't been collected, so I tell the teacher I'll bring them back to the school, when I got to collect Toby later. The four of us explore the rest of the museum in depth, before heading back to the school.
I drop the Van at home, before walking with the kids back to the school to collect Toby, and drop off the other two boys. The two children are collected by older siblings, so Elliot, Toby, and I head back home.
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The kids are upbeat, as we walk home again, with Toby filling me in on his day. I ask the boy's what I should cook tonight.
"Fake meat pie!" Toby yells, as he swings his schoolbag in the air.
"Yes, Lentil and Potato pie please!" Elliot smiles at me, as he catches his brother's schoolbag and races away with it.
I race after the boys, as they laugh their way home.
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The boy's make dinner, under my supervision. Mikey comes in, and is delighted to see the knives are back where they belong.
"Dude, I looked all over for those, where were they?" Mikey asked.
"Where they were supposed to be." I replied, straight faced, not willing to fess up on my own prank.
Mikey sighed, and started to lay the table for dinner. They boys had to go to fitness training, so I was left to finish dinner.
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After dinner, our evening training is more Seishin Teki Kyoyo. Our focus tonight is Ki-al, or 'the personal harmony with the total scheme of things'. It flows into Shin Gi Tai, or 'the unification on the mind, body, and technique'. Karai is really trying to make sure we know our stuff so we can earn our stickers.
It's a refresher, for my brother's and me, but the younger members of the clan are hearing it for the first time. In spite of the heavy theory component, we still have time for some Jutaijutsu training and more Meso.
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Karai's POV
I was amused to wake, seeing Donatello painting my lover's toenails pink. I smiled at him, as I watched him sneak away.
Leonardo woke a little afterwards, but I kept his attentions elsewhere. We got the children ready for morning kata, only for Toby to start wailing about his toes being pink! Tina remedied his toes, and we could train.
After a breakfast of cold cereal, due to someone hiding all the knives, I went to change my clothes only to find them all in the shower, very wet! From the trail of little foot prints, I can guess that my sons are the culprits.
Groaning, I put all my clothes into the washing machine, before rounding up my naughty little charges to hand to Nobody.
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I get to my office to find Michelangelo, missing. I have heard him all morning since breakfast, muttering, as he searches for the missing knives.
I open the box containing my current work, only to be attacked by battery-powered robotic spiders. Returning the spider's to their rightful owner (I reset them, and hid them in his briefcase); I set to my work for the weekend's Tai-kai.
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I was gracious enough to tell Leonardo about his toenails at Lunch. He wasn't amused, as Raphael, had noticed, but said nothing to him all morning.
I taught the children in the afternoon, focusing on the concepts of Seishin Teki Kyoyo, rather than the kanji we have been learning. I made up games, and we sang the songs that I had learnt as a child, to help remember each concept.
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I went with the children to the park for their fitness training.
Casey decided to teach them street hockey, using one of the courts at the park. Yoshi looked ridiculous, with his full adult-sized hockey stick, but refused to sit on the sidelines. I spent no small amount of time, trying to find his hockey puck, as he couldn't really aim the stick with any finesse.
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Dinner is another Lentil and Potato pie, which the older boys made. They are quite pleased with themselves at dinner, and Elliot tells us about his school trip, and how Donatello had difficulty with keeping the group together as they went around the museum.
The turtle in question, simply stared down anyone who looked like they dared comment, stating if anyone thought they could have done better, they were welcome to supervise the next school outing.
Evening Training was satisfying, with the younger children able to contribute more to the discussion, due to my extra lessons this afternoon.
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Leonardo and I have to check on one of the people we are monitoring, after an alarm goes off in the console room. We are able to help the person, and leave the Foot Soldiers for the police in that incident.
We do a sweep of all the monitored people, but there are no other incidents. So we do a quick patrol of our new patrol zone.
Each of the Brother's, have been assigned a zone on the Lower East Side to Patrol. There is a friendly contest as to who can keep their zone with the lowest crime rate for the year. Zone A is the northern part of the Lower East Side, from the Bowery to our street.
We deal with six muggers and two burglaries. Now that we have a dedicated zone to protect, I will be taking a deeper look at its inhabitants. The goal of the new zones is to completely remove the purple dragons, and other lowlifes from where we live.
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Courtney's POV
Donnie and Elliot seemed to have the right idea, leaving at breakfast. I had to endure a couple of pranks by Jay and Toby this morning, after my toothpaste left my mouth blue. Toby put a rubber snake in my shoes, which freaked me out.
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At school, I continued with my music. Since I don't have any more tests today, I managed to get most of book two finished before lunch.
I had lunch with Caesie, and I discovered she plays the Viola. We talk music most of lunch, and she invites me to try out for the school orchestra in the new term.
After lunch, it's more music. I am able to perform all of Book Two for Monsieur Deux by last period. I pass, and get another Achievement Certificate. Monsieur Deux tells me he would like me to try out for the School Orchestra, as I learn quickly, and my playing is very good for a beginner.
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When I get home, I show my Dad my new certificate, and leave it in Donnie's workshop for him to frame.
I get a few pages of Book Three done, before we head out with Dad and Mistress Karai to play street hockey.
Mistress Karai is fussing over Yoshi most of the time, which I think is actually pissing him off. I know he's only two, but his mom is really over-protective.
I ask Dad if we can find Yoshi a smaller hockey stick next time, and he says we can go looking during the Spring Recess for some better sports gear.
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I head to the console room after dinner and training. I see some bad guys on the monitor, and tell Mistress Karai, so she and Mr Leo head out to stop them.
I put in a couple of hours of practice before I head to bed for the night. I'm getting better at the violin, so I'm able to get half of Book Three completed before bedtime.
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Donnie's POV
After training, I check on my bots. They've completed excavation, so I begin the process of walling off, and putting in the pumps etc, in the pump room for the pools. It takes me the until 2:00am, but I am able to fill both pools, and have a grateful soak in the hot tub, until the time everyone else goes to Thursday morning training.
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Thursday 2 April
Spring Recess
Toby and Jay's Birthday
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Jay's POV
'One, two, three, four! I'm four today!' I think to myself as I get out of bed for training. I dress in my ninjutsu-gi and wake Toby up. I tell him "happy birthday," and give him my birthday card that I made.
Okāsan says we can pick what we do for kata this morning, since it's our birthday, so we choose Dakentaijutsu, which is really cool.
After training, we are allowed in the hot tub for a little while, so that Uncle Mikey can make breakfast. It's lovely and warm.
Breakfast is yummy, with all our favourite foods. I got extra mushrooms.
After breakfast, we had to get ready for going to our party in the park. Toby's friends are going to the party, so we all have to be on our best behaviour, so they don't know we are mutants. I have a special jacket that hides my second hands so that nobody stares at me.
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Uncle Mikey does his 'Cowabunga Carl' impersonation, which is really cool. Some of the other kids at the party are policeman's kids so their mummies and daddies are there in uniform too. Nobody-san is happy. He gets to talk to the other police people that he works with.
Uncle Mikey taught us how to use the foam nunchuku, and we played lots of ninja games.
Megan, Toby's friend gave him a kiss on the cheek, when she gave his present, which made him blush. Toby got lots of presents from his friends.
We all have great fun, but I'm sleepy when we finish. Uncle Mikey made two really yummy cakes, a chocolate one for Toby, and a red velvet one for me.
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Mikey's POV
Tina and I had to get up extra early this morning, to prepare for Toby and Jay's birthday party.
We baked all the cakes and party food before morning training. I also had to make breakfast for the birthday kids.
Donnie has finally got the hot tub going, so the kids all piled in after training, for a soak, while I finished breakfast.
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The party went off without a hitch, and with all my bros there, I managed not to get too bruised either.
Jay looked a little sad that Toby got so many gifts, but we left his gifts at home, to give to him tonight at dinner. I whispered that to him, and he smiled back.
Poor kid looked a little tired when we finally got home, and Karai made him and Yoshi take a nap.
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Since Toby was the focus of the party at the park, I made sure that Jay got to be the focus of dinner. I went all out, and made all the New Zealand foods I could find in my cookbook, and some Maori foods I got from Google.
Jay was all smiles, telling everyone what the different Maori foods were. He loved the 'fried bread' for dessert, smothered in golden syrup and real butter.
After dinner, we all go into the breakroom, where all Jay's presents are ready for him.
Leo and Karai got him a new bedspread, with Samurai Jack on the front, and some new running shoes.
"Thank you Otōsan and Okāsan" Jay hugged his parents with a smile.
"I'm glad you like it," Leo said, as he ruffled
Raph got him a new bicycle, with training wheels for his birthday. Raph had given Toby a bike too at his party earlier, so Jay and Toby were plotting at dinner, to go cycling in the park some time.
Casey got him a safety helmet, while Courtney got him a horn for his bike.
I gave him the shirts I'd made for him, and his little eyes lit up. It's always a hassle for him to get clothes, because of his extra arms, so he was totally stoked at my awesome sewing skills.
"Thank you uncle Mikey! I like the shirts." Jay clambered up to hug me.
"No worries, little dude. You need to look good while you're riding your new bike." I replied, giving him a squeeze.
Tina and Jayne had clubbed together to get him an enormous set of Lego, while Donnie had gotten him his own kid's toolbox, complete with kid-sized tools. Nobody gave him a new swimming towel and trunks, while Elliot gave him a stuffed dinosaur toy. Toby gave him a set of toy cars. Yoshi gave him a homemade card and a picture.
Since we're doing training for the long weekend, we decided to have a movie night tonight. Jay and Toby were fast asleep, ten minutes into the first flick, so Leo and Donnie carried them to bed.
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Toby's POV
Today was awesome! I got my Cowabunga Carl Birthday Party and I got heaps of presents.
Mikey got me seven books on Ninjutsu, because I'm seven years old today. I'm the same age as Elliot for a whole month.
Tina and Jayne got me Lego's, and Mr Donnie got me a couple of huge posters of different reptiles and dinosaurs. I got a new bike from Mr Raph, and a helmet and horn from Mr Casey and Courtney. Mr Leo got me some new running shoes, and Mistress Karai got me a new bedspread. Daddy got me tickets to go to the movies with a friend. I'm going to ask Megan to come with me.
I got toys from all the kids who came to my party, which was cool. They are mostly daddy's work friend's kids, but they are ok. Megan came too, and gave me a really cool ninja toy. She gave me a kiss on the cheek too!
I asked her to come to the movies with me, and she said yes, if her parents say it's ok. Daddy talked to them, and I'm going to the pictures on Wednesday with Megan.
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Jay got lots of presents after dinner, and then we watched movies in the breakroom, except I fell asleep!
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Raph's POV
Casey gave the designs to the priest, which I got back today. I've finished the last of the bottoms and backs, and I'm halfway through the carving of the pew ends.
I managed to get a lot done yesterday, since someone stole all the knives, which meant that Mikey was hunting for the knives, and not pranking people.
He looked tired at training this morning though. He had to do all the party food before morning training, since he wasn't able to do it yesterday.
I got a bit more done this morning, though I'm cutting framing this afternoon for Casey and Nobody's apartments.
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The party is a drag, even though the kids have a blast.
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I barricade myself in my workshop for the rest of the afternoon to crank out all the required frames for the two apartments. I know Donnie's not sleeping again, so the sooner this is done the more likely my brother is to sleep.
I sent Casey and Karai out to get me more timber and supplies, about halfway through, but I had all the frames done by dinner.
Dinner was interesting, kinda. We had food from Jay's home country. Some of it was good, some of it was weird, but Jay was happy, so it's all good I suppose. Both boys loved their bikes, and I might have to take them somewhere they can ride them over the Recess.
After dinner, we watched a kid's flick, before I headed down to start putting up all the framing with Donnie. We had the entire floor on that side of the level completed, and the frames constructed before we called it a night.
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Donnie's POV
After the kid's movie, I helped Raph with working on the new sub-level.
We completed the new floor, plus put up all the framing before Raph called it a night.
I headed back to my workshop to check on the EDM. I've set the bots working on sublevel three, while I continue to work on wiring up sublevel two.
By Easter's Good Friday morning, I have completely wired and plumbed the level, and it is ready to be plaster boarded and insulated etc.
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A/N: The blue toothpaste was a prank that Donnie played on Leo. Leo told Jay about it, and Jay snuck the prank toothpaste from his parents room, and swapped it for Courtney's usual one.
Please send me a pm if you would like to know what any terms mean. I've typed the meanings either in the story itself, or in a previous after note. I love reviews, please tell me what you think.
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Sheishin Teki Kyoyo School of Ninjutsu:
Kokoro no Katachi is the 'Essence of the Heart' teachings
Meso is Meditation Skills
Shinpi is Concepts of Mysticism
Nin-po Mikkyo is Ninja 'Secret' Knowledge of the Universe
Ki-al is the Personal Harmony with the total scheme of things
Shin Gi Tai is the Unification on the Mind, Body, and Technique
Kukan is the Awareness of the Space Around an Opponent
Taijutsu School of Ninjutsu:
Kamae is the Ten Basic Postures of Ninjutsu
Taihenjutsu is Body movement, breakfalls, and leaping techniques
Dakentaijutsu is striking and kicking techniques
Jutaijutsu is grappling and choking techniques
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Any translations are done using Google translate app. I apologise in advance if the translations are a bit weak or wrong.
Japanese Translations:
"Kamae" (means posture)
"Okāsan" (means Mommy)
