Wahoo! Alright, I couldn't resist staring up the 2003-2007 series with Arinna in it. For those who might be confused on what is going on, this is a story where the boys have a mother named Arinna. She found Splinter/ the turtles the day they were mutated and have stayed with them ever since, slowly growing into the boy's Mother Figures.
To start of, no, there is no romance going on between Splinter and Arinna. They just so happen to have the same sons... yeah...
Well, well, well, what do we have here? I suppose you're here to hear a story, aren't you? Well, I have many stories, I'm afraid you're going to have to be more specific.
Hmm?
You want to hear the story about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Hehe, well, I know that story very well. I'm in it after all.
What's with that look? Yeah I was in it! I've been in it for the past 15 years.
Oh wait, maybe I should introduce myself first.
Hello, my name is Arinna. I once went by the name Arinna Kentins, but I left that name behind long ago, along with my old life.
Currently I am living under the city of New York, in the sewers. Yeah, I know what you're thinking.
Why in the world would I live down there? Well, I don't exactly live alone down here.
I live here with my dear friend and four sons. They are… what you say, unique. My dear friend nor my sons can go up to the surface world for many reasons.
One being that they are either giant mutant rats or giant mutant turtles. So yeah, walking freely on the surface is a no go.
That doesn't stop them from enjoying life as it is though. Such as right now. My dear friend, who is known as Splinter, is currently having an exercise with my sons.
"Remember, to be a true ninja you must become one with the shadows. Darkness gives the ninja power, while light reveals the ninja's presence." Splinter held out his staff, balancing a single candle on the end of it.
The room, shrouded with darkness, was illuminated by that single candle.
I stood towards the side of the room, watching from the shadows. They would be making their move soon.
"Now. Can you extinguish this flame, without revealing yourselves?" Splinter challenged, closing his eyes, as if to begin meditation.
In a quick set of motions, Splinter flicked the candle up, moving the stick to his side to hold the flame in his hands.
To the left, something moved, diving towards the candle. Splinter brought his hand back, avoiding the form.
The purple banded form crashed into the wall, his weapon, a Bo staff, flying away from him.
"Too noisy Donatello." Splinter smiled fondly towards the figure.
Another figure arose from the shadows, his movements similar to Donatello's. He jumped towards Master Splinter and the candle, hoping to distract him with his orange nunchucks. Splinter rose to his feet, flipping the new form over his shoulder.
The orange-banded figure gasped, flying straight into Donatello, who had just begun to get up.
"Hey!' Donatello yelled.
"Sorry." The orange-banded turtle mumbled.
"Too clumsy Michelangelo." Splinter sat back on his knees, closing his eyes yet again.
Un-announced to him, a third form began to stalk him from behind. Creeping ever so slowly forward. After a few seconds, the figure lunged.
Dipping his back forward, Splinter avoiding the attack, letting his attacker fly forward. Hitting the ground, the red-banded figure whirled around, narrowing his eyes. Two Sai blades where in his hands.
Splinter locked eyes contact with him, revealing that he new where the red-banded figure was.
"Ah… don't do it Raphael." I mumbled. Splinter saw him, and would see his attack coming.
Raphael charged forward anyway. As he passed, Splinter placed his stick out, tripping him. Yelling in shock, Raphael slide into Michelangelo and Donatello, who groaned in pain.
"Poor choice Raphael." Splinter mused.
That was at least three. There was one more left. I smirked up towards the ceiling, spotting the blue-banded turtle above. He had been waiting there for at least 10 minutes, patiently waiting for his brothers to strike first and distract his teacher.
With Splinter currently looking at the other three, he made his move and leapt down.
Pulling out his blade, he cut the candle in half, catching the lit part with his blade. Splinter, honestly shocked, stared at the new figure with a small smile pulling at his lips.
The blue-banded turtle rose, lifting the candle up to reveal his face. With a small breath, he blew out the candle, making the room go dark.
Moving my hand, I grabbed the light switch, lifting it up.
"Well done Leonardo." Splinter praised.
Leo smirked triumphantly to his brothers, tossing the burned candle in his hands casually.
"Teachers pet." Raphael grumbled.
"Ninja drop out." Leo countered, tossing the candle to him.
"Ohhh!" Donatello and Michelangelo cooed, leaning towards their older brother.
Raphael growled, storming towards Leonardo, his older brother, angrily. Leo narrowed his eyes, ready to meet the attack.
I sighed from my spot against the wall. Another day, another fight between those two.
Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo. My four sons.
I know what you're thinking.
'Hey, if you're sons are giant mutant turtles, that must make you a turtle too, right?'
Nope! I'm a human. I adopted my sons, along with Splinter, who is their father. And NO I am not romantically involved with Splinter either. As I said before, he is my dear friend.
We just so happened to adopt the same kids. ^-^ If… that makes sense.
Speaking of my kids, perhaps I should introduce them to you?
There is my oldest, Leonardo. Bearer of the mighty Katana, two Katanas to be exact (Not sure why he needs to, but oh well), wearer of Blue, and leader of his brothers.. He follows the ways of Bushido strictly, is wiser way beyond his years (Though is still a teenager and makes more mistakes then his brothers realize), and has great honor. I've never seen someone so dedicated to training and protecting his family as he is. He makes Splinter and me very proud.
Then there is my second oldest, Raphael. Bearer of the Sais, wearer of red, and as his brothers say, the 'hothead' of the group. Though it is true that he often lets his anger get the better of him, you will never met someone more loyal than him. He is protective of his family, brave, and the strongest of his brothers. It may be hard to see sometimes, but Raphael only wishes to do what is right.
After him there is Donatello, the third oldest. Bearer of the Bo Staff, (Blah to you Bo. If you didn't already know, I am not a big fan of the Bo Staff. We've had… bad history. Anyway-) wearer of purple, and the brains to the team. He's a genius with a level head and kind heart. Would gladly run into a burning building if it meant he could help someone. At the age of 4, he had already constructed his own toaster! He'll do great things for the world.
Finally, there is my youngest. Hehe, Michelangelo. Bearer of the Nun Chucks, wearer of orange, and the party guy. Though it is hard to get him to focus on his training instead of his video games, his heart is pure. His great obsession with super heroes often leaves him wishing he could be one himself and protect the city, which is an admirable quality. He is kind, and although his brothers don't seem to realize it, he holds the family together in amazing ways. You just can't help but smile when he around.
"My sons." Splinter scolded, pulling me out of my thoughts. With a small sigh, he shook his head. "My sons. If you are to become true ninja, you must work harder."
The boys rushed to kneel before their Sensei, staring at him as he talked.
"You're path in life will not be an easy one. The outside world will not be a friendly place." He motioned to the ceiling.
I stepped forward, crossing my arms. He was right. It would be very hard to have the world except the boys for who they were. They would be ridiculed, out casted, hunted and- What the- what is Michelangelo doing?
Looking towards my youngest, I sighed to see his head moving around, following the movement of a fly. Of course, he was distracted by a fly.
"You four a different in ways the surface dweller would never understand." Splinter continued, looking over his son's faces. "To survive you must master these skills I test you. The Ninjitsu art of stealth, and secrecy. You must become Kage, shadow warriors. And you must never be discovered by the outside world-" Splinter paused, frowning when Michelangelo brought his hands out, crushing the fly between his palms.
"Hah!" he gloated, only to diflate when he realized Splinter was staring at him. "…Hehe." He grinned sheepishly.
Splinter sighed, looking over their head to me. I smiled at him, understanding.
This everyone, is where our tale truly begins. The day our lives changed, forever.
Splinter stared down at Michelangelo disapprovingly, who grinned sheepishly back, when suddenly the ground began to shack.
The boys stumbled to their feet, looking around with wide eyes.
Earthquake? Oh well, I guess if it is a small one it would be okay… If we weren't already under ground where it is ten times more dangerous!
"Whoa, earthquake!" Mikey gasped.
"In New York?" Donnie frowned. "Possible, but not likely."
Donnie! There isn't time for your large genius brain!
I reached forward, grabbing his arm and yanking him back before another piece of the ceiling could fall towards him. He looked at me thankfully.
From the sides of the room, the walls began to crack, till something burst through the room. Whipping out their weapons, the boys narrowed their eyes as… small robotic mini dinosaurs. At least, they looked like dinosaurs.
Hmm, maybe they were some weird chicken with a box like face? It walked on only two legs, so it could be.
Oh wait, there is a fight going on, isn't there? I'll just figure it out later.
"What are those things?" Leo's eyes widened at the sight of them.
"New York city cockroaches?" Mikey guessed with a small smile.
"Whatever they are, they picked the wrong party to crash." Raphael growled, rushing forward to kick one of the robotic beasts back.
As it smashed against the ground, the others seemed to grow angry and charge.
Hmm, maybe not the best idea to anger them Raphael.
The boys charged to meet their foes, Donnie using his staff in a baseball like motion. That is until one of the robots caught it between it's teeth.
Haha, take that Bo staff!
Donnie lifted the staff high, bringing it back down to smack the beat against the ground.
Aww, I wanted to see that staff snap. I-I mean… good job Donnie. 0.0 You didn't hear me say that just now. Shhh.
"Arinna!" Splinter suddenly grabbed my wrist, yanking me back. "You are lost in thought again my friend. Focus!" he commanded.
"…O-Oh yeah." I gawked at him, pulling out my bow and an arrow from bag on my back. "Sorry."
I can't help it if I get lost in thought. It's what I do.
Taking aim, I shot my bow towards one of the machine's heads, hitting it straight on. "Where did these things come from?" I mumbled, grabbing another arrow to take another shot.
"We can question that later." Splinter swiped his stick forward, hitting back another bot.
"We gotta help Master Splinter and Mom!" I looked up when I heard Leo's voice. Seeing the boys running towards us, knocking down bots as they went, I smiled.
Turtles to the rescue! Though, I don't really feel like we are struggling or anything. Splinter and me are handling ourselves fine.
Firing another arrow, I narrowed my eyes at the bots, counting quickly to see how many there were. There were 10 on the ground and a few on the support beams.
…Support beams?
Wait a minute. Underground structure, minus it's support beams and you get… splat.
"Boys! Stay back!" I screamed when I saw cracks emerging on the ceiling. Splinter must have seen the same thing and pulled us back towards the opposite wall. Raphael rushed forward regardless of my warning, kicking a few more bots back.
"Raphael! I said stay back!" I screamed at him.
Leo heard my warning, and through the dust in the air, I could see him yank his brother back just in time to dodge the debris falling from above. Diving forward, I tackled Splinter to the ground, smacking my head against the cement.
-000—
I hate that feeling of being forced to wake up. It is one thing to wake up on your own, it is another when someone comes and wakes you up.
The feeling has just never felt right to me.
Even now.
A buzzing noise rang in my ear, and I groaned. It was dark, and my head was throbbing painfully.
After a few seconds a gentle hand came on my shoulder. Opening my eyes, I squinted to see Splinter's face.
"Arinna. Are you alright?" he asked, concerned. Pushing my self to sit up, I rubbed my head.
"Yeah." I said softly, looking forward to the rubble. A soft ringing towards Master Splinter made me look at him. Sitting on his knees, he reached into his robe to pull out the shell cell Donatello had made for him.
Lifting his out, we frowned at it. There had never been any use for the shell cell till now, so neither of us were really sure how to use it. It couldn't be any harder than a normal phone, right?
When the shell shaped phone opened up, we blinked.
"It is working?" Splinter inquired.
"I think so. Um…. Yeah it should be." I nodded.
Of course Donnie had to make it different and more complicated than a normal phone.
-00-
Donatello held the phone to his ear, his palms feeling sweaty with anticipation. "Come one Master Splinter… pick up." He pleaded.
"Hmm… Which button do you press to answer this thing?" Splinter's voice rang out. Donnie grinned with his brothers, happy to hear their Father's voice.
"I think it is on." Their mother's voice rang out.
"Is it now? I can't tell. Do I press this button?" A few sounds of buttons be clicked could be heard. "Hello?"
"Master Splinter!" Leo sighed with relief snatching the phone from Donnie's grip. Pressing speaker, he blinked at the sound of his Mother and Father fumbling over the phone. "Master Splinter, are you alright?' he asked.
"Hello." Splinter tried again, a little louder.
"Maybe you didn't answer it? Here, let me see." Arinna spoke.
"Perhaps it is that red button?"
"No that is the volume… I think. Why is this thing so complicated? I don't even understand how you close this thing! Donatello you are too smart for your own good!"
Donatello smiled a bit, chuckling at his father and mother.
"Stupid device." Splinter grumbled.
"N-No Master Splinter you don't… It's okay…. Master Splinter." Leo said, hoping to catch their attention. "Don't close the phone Mom.'
"Here let me see your walking stick." Arinna said.
"I don't think hitting it will fix the problem Arinna." Splinter said with a chuckle.
"Maybe it is upside down then? Hello? Helloooooo? Nope. Oh hey wait… no, that's not right. I've some how ended up at pictures." Arinna whined
"Oh I see. Oh look at that one." Splinter announced
"Aww, that picture of Mikey is so cute! I'm so keeping that!" their mother squealed. "Hey wait, why do you have this picture but I don't?"
"Mom." Leo sighed.
"I'm not sure." Splinter admitted.
"Liar. You've been holding out on me. Oh! Oh my gosh look at this one. Aww, look at Leo. He is so cute, cuddling with his little teddy bear."
Leo flushed red. "M-Mom!" he yelled slightly, panicked. Behind him, his brothers smirked.
"Teddy bear?" Raphael snickered.
"Shut up." Leo glared at him. "Mom!"
Raph, Don, and Mikey looked at each other, trying to hold back their laughs as their leader struggled to explain to their clueless parents that the phone was in fact on and working.
"Oh hey, maybe it is the button with the… fish icon? Why is there a fish icon on this thing?" Arinna questioned.
"Mom… Mom! Mom you don't have to press anything! You… you already picked up." Leo sighed, humiliated.
"…Oh. Leo? I did? Really?" She gasped.
"…Yes."
"Oh…hehe." Arinna chuckled nervously.
"Leonardo. What ever those mechanical menaces are, they have managed to eat through the support structure of our home. We must leave right away. Meet us at the old drainage junction on South Point." Splinter commanded.
"Right. We'll meet you there sensei." Leonardo nodded.
"You know the way, right?" Arinna called from the other line.
"Yes." Leo blinked.
"Oh okay, don't get lost. Keep an eye on your brothers."
"I will Mom."
"Don't talk to strangers."
"I-I wont." Leo frowned, confused to who he would possibly run into in the sewers.
"Okay good. You're in charge. Met you there honey. Love you."
"I love you too Mom." Leo chuckled softly, hanging up the phone.
-000-
"Alright." I jumped to my feet, dusting myself off. "Are you sure you are alright?" I looked to Splinter.
"Yes, I am fine. We should continue forward." We exchanged nods before moving through the tunnel.
It took a while, but we managed to make our way to the old drainage junction.
It was… sort of sad really. Having to leave our home behind. We had made so many memories there.
Though, I guess that is how life it. You leave old places to visit new ones and make new memories.
Like this one.
"The old Drainage junction." Splinter smiled when we reached it. Looking around, I frowned to see the boys were not here.
It was odd. They had the quicker path to get here. They should have beaten us. Unless, one of the tunnels had been blocked.
"Now, where are our sons?" Splinter inquired.
"Knowing them…" I trailed off with a sigh. "Probably doing something they shouldn't."
"Most likely." Splinter agreed, looking towards the ground. Narrowing his eyes, he gasped when the ground began to crack. "Arinna." He grabbed my arm, yanking me back just in time before more of those robotic machines burst out form the ground.
They just popped out of the ground… like daisies!
…Sorry, Mulan reference.
"These guys again?" I gawked, moving into a defensive stance. "Where are these things coming from?"
"For now, let us focus on their attacks," Splinter advised.
"Right." Leaping back, just in time to dodge a robot, I kicked upward, hitting it into the sky.
Letting it fall to the ground, I almost laughed when it landed on a few of its companions.
Firing a few arrows, I punched and kicked anything that came my way.
It was honestly exhausting, and not to mention rude.
We have done nothing to these robots, so why were they attacking us?
Wait, they were robots. That must mean that someone was controlling them. That still didn't make much sense though. Who would come after us though?
Or maybe, we weren't it's targets, but just so happened to be in the way?
Either reason didn't matter. All I know is that these things attacked my family and destroyed my home. That was unforgivable!
"These things just don't quite." I grumbled, pressing my back to Splinter's as the beasts surrounded us.
"It would seem so." Moving his arm back, he linked with mine. Leaning forward, he pressed himself back, lifting himself onto my back, his legs hanging in the air. Using his legs and tail, I spun in a tight circle so he could hit the machines away with one sweep.
Dropping him back down, we smirked at each other.
"Well done." He praised.
"Same for you."
"Now who is next-ah!" I stumbled when the ground below us shook.
We gasped as the ground began to collapse below us.
"…So not wicked." I grumbled as the floor gave out. We screamed as we fell down, entering a tunnel that was just below us. We slide down the tunnel, which suddenly changed blue, until we rolled into another open section of the sewer lines.
Rolling a few times before I came to a stop, I groaned. "I've never been a fan of moving to a new house."
"Agreed." Splinter lifted himself up, looking down the tunnel for any sign of trouble. When there was nothing, he held a hand out to me. Taking it gratefully, I winced as the slight tingle of pain in my ankle.
Stepping forward, concerned, Splinter gave me a confused look to why I was in pain.
"I probably fell on it wrong." I shook it a bit. "I don't think it is that bad."
"Good." Splinter helped lead me down the tunnel. "We should move a little bit further, then we shall pause to rest, to examine it more closely."
I nodded in agreement, letting him lead me down the path. As we moved father down, my eyes widened when we came closer to a sort of… entrance?
We both gasped when we came into view of a bright light. Squinting our eyes, we gawked at the sight in front of us.
…Okay… I take back what I said. Moving isn't too bad.
Sure, packing is a drag, and moving the boxes back and forth just as much so.
However, going house shopping has always been fun to me. Or in this case, house finding.
Which is what we just found now! A perfect home!
It was like a miniature lair There were several rooms, by the looks of it, hand built.
Stepping forward, careful on my ankle, I made a large sweep of the room. The place was beautiful, with little crystals hanging against all the walls.
"This, shall do nicely." Splinter nodded.
"I couldn't agree with you more." I murmured.
-000-0
After that, and with a little trouble, we climbs back up to the drainage junction to wait for the boys. We waited at least 15 minutes before they came speeding in.
In a large truck sort of thing. It looked like one of those armored cars police would use to transport money or other important goods.
Oh gosh, where did they get it from?!
We both jumped slightly when a van came crashing through the gates, speeding towards us. Narrowing my eyes, I was prepared for a fight… till my sons appeared from the Van windows.
"Sensei!" Leo grinned, jumping out of the van.
"What the… where did they get a van?' I sighed as they ran towards us.
"Mom! Master Splinter!" Mikey dove into my arms, hugging me tight. "You're okay!' he cheered.
"I see you are alright as well." I smiled, patting his head lovingly. Looking to Splinter, I smiled as I watched him embrace Leonardo while Donatello and Raphael patted his shoulders.
"Yes, I am glad to see you too my sons." Splinter smiled.
"Master Splinter. So much has happened today." Leonardo smiled. I could see it in his eyes. He had a great story to tell.
"Yes, for us as well." Splinter mused, looking to me. I grinned, looking towards the robots.
Tell me about it.
"Really? What sort of things?" Raphael blinked.
"Many things that we can talk about later. Come, let us go home, so your mother may rest." Splinter smiled sly, motioning for the turtles to follow.
"Home?" Donnie blinked.
"Mom? What happened to your foot?" Mikey pointed to it, worried. Since it was still a little soar, Splinter had kindly wrapped it up a bit, just incase it turned into something more.
Donnie, forgetting the whole 'home' situation, stepped forward. "Let me take a look at that." He said, looking concerned.
"I am fine Donatello." I assured him. "You may take a look at home."
He frowned, rubbing the back of his head.
"But… the robot freaks trashed our pad. Remember?" Raphael said softly, pounding the head of one of the robots.
"Ah yes, that is true." Splinter nodded, moving the hole we fell through earlier. "Do not worry though my sons. I believe your mother and me have found a solution to our current housing problem."
I chuckled a bit. The boys looked at me confused, wondering what it was that Splinter and me weren't telling them.
"Follow me." Splinter motioned, jumping down into the hole.
Shocked, the boys looked at me, unsure.
"Step quickly now." I suggested, moving back into the hole. "And watch your landing."
"Wait Mom, your ankle-" Donnie held out a hand.
"Cannonball!" I cheered, jumping in. The boys looked at each other, before shrugging, and following the both of us.
Reaching the bottom, this time ready for the landing, I flipped up, carefully placing pressure on my foot. Side stepping to the left, I watch as Leonardo rolled in, followed my Donatello, who rolled straight in to him.
"Hey." Leo frowned at him.
"Sorry." Donnie grinned sheepishly, trying to get up, only to have Michelangelo and Raphael topple into the both of them.
"Haha! Wicked slide!" Mikey cackled.
Jumping to their feet, the boys rushed to catch up with us. Moving to stand beside me, Leo frowned.
"How is your ankle?"
Aww, he is worried. That is so sweet.
"Fine." I assured.
"I'll have to look at it." Donnie appeared on the other side of me.
Donnie, my little medic.
"Splinter already did."
"…I would still like to." Donnie looked at my leg.
He wont give this up, will he?
"Yeah. I mean um… Donnie specializes in it." Leo agreed. "Better to be safe than sorry, right?"
Leo too? *sigh* Well, if they are both insisting.
"Alright, when we get home I well let you look at my ankle." I assured. Looking a little relieved, Donnie nodded.
"Um-" I looked forward when Mikey looked up. "No offense Sensei, but this place doesn't seem so amazing." He looked around with a frown.
"Look with your heart Michelangelo, and not your eyes." Splinter explained, lifting up his finger.
"Oh, you boys are going to love it." I smiled joyfully.
"Really?" Raphael asked questionably.
"I guarantee it." I grinned over my shoulder.
"Uh… Okay." Mikey shrugged, looking at me.
"Keep walking, we aren't there yet." I quickly moved to Splinter's side. Mikey looked around, taking slow, cautious steps forward.
"Ow!"
I looked back when I heard Mikey whine in pain. He was rubbing the back of his head while his brothers whistled and looked the other way innocently.
"Hey. You just hit me." Mikey pointed an accusing finger at Donatello.
"No I didn't." he shook his head.
Oh what? Donnie, you hit your brother?
"Yeah you did!"
"I did not!"
"Mom!"
"Boys. Stop messing with each other." I shook my head at them.
Sticking their tongues at each other, I heard Donnie mumbled under his breath, "Tattle Tale."
Leo and Raphael nudged the two forward. When we reached the entrance we had found before I turned around to see the boys expressions.
Dumbfounded, they started at the room in awe.
"Wow!" Mikey gasped.
"I could really tune this place up!" Donnie grinned, taking a good look around. Rushing forward, the boys began to explore. They scaled the walls to the next floor, looking into every room they could find.
"This room here!" Mikey announced, pointing to one on the top floor. "Mine." Jumping down to Donnie, he yelled. "And where you're standing, also mine!"
Donnie frowned at him, not amused.
"You see my sons. Change is good." Splinter announced, catching all their attention.
"We couldn't agree more Sensei." Leo grinned.
"Good." Splinter smiled at him. Looking to me, I could see a little twinkle in his eyes.
Oh, I know where this is going. Time to get out the mops!
"So lets see you boys clean up for a change." Master Splinter challenged. "This chamber is filthy."
The boys groaned in protest.
I laughed, placing my hand on Splinters shoulder. "There really is no place like home." I mused.
"Agreed." We exchanged grins, moving to explore more of the rooms, while the boys began to clean up the mess.
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