To the End of the Shinobis!
Chapter XVI: Questions & Answers
By: Michelle
"Venus." "Raphael" "Look I'm sorry for pressuring you" "I'm sorry for rushing you." They were both trying to speak at once.
Raphael stopped talking and allowed Venus to speak first.
"Raphael." Venus hung her head. "I'm sorry for trying to rush you. I just ...I just wanted to know if you were serious about us...together." Venus turned from him and looked out at the playground again. She was so ashamed of herself.
Raphael knew she didn't me to scare him about marriage and kids. She just wanted to know if he was serious about their relationship. Raphael felt somehow this was partly his fault. He had made her feel this way.
Raphael walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, Venus. I made you feel this way. I guess I have been pressuring you lately about having sex and all. I didn't mean to." He kissed he gently on the neck. "It's just that I don't want to be with anyone but you. I want to wake up with you every morning. I love you."
She turned in his arms and faced him. "Raph, I want you. I really do, but I don't want to have sex with you. I want to make love to you."
She rested her head on his chest. He could feel the warmth of her body close to him. She could feel his heart pound with desire. She looked back up to him. "And, I want you to make love to me too. But right now, you are not ready for a commitment."
"How...how do you know I'm not ready?" He looked at her with a puzzled look on his face. He knew why. "How can I prove myself to you?"
She shook her head and pulled from him. "This is not something you prove Raphael." He wasn't understanding what she wanted from him. "This is something you feel. Inside. In your heart."
"Well, how am I suppose to...?"
"I will know." She would know, but right now she didn't feel it. "I will know in my heart. We will both feel it in our hearts."
Raphael looked at Venus. He loved her. It was a confusing feeling to him. He didn't know how to react to it. But, he loved Venus. He thought for a moment. Maybe Venus wanted more than just love from him. "I'm sorry." He told her as he wrapped his arms around her. He didn't want to lose her.
Venus was afraid she upset Raphael with her talks of commitment. She felt comforted when he wrapped his arms around her. She knew he was starting to understand what she wanted.
"You ready to go for a walk." Raphael questioned her. Maybe he could get to know Venus better than he did. She was always a mystery to him.
"Yeah, I'd like that." She took his hand and they began to walk back to his bike.
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"Alright." Michaelangelo began to host his show again. "It's time to take some calls." Michaelangelo pushed a button and took the first call. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour. What's your question for tonight's show/"
An airheaded caller responded. "Like, I got a question for Mondo. Like."
"I'm listening." Mondo Gecko replied ready to answer his first question.
"Like. Mondo, man. I notice that you are like always like wearing like a lizard costume and all...."
Mondo Gecko and Michaelangelo looked at each other trying not to laugh. What costume they thought to themselves.
"Like do you ever like get hot and all when on stage and stuff?"
Mondo Gecko looked at Michaelangelo. "Umm. Yeah, I get hot in my costume, but it's something I have gotten used to." Mondo Gecko shrugged at Michaelangelo. Did he answer alright?
"Time for our next call." Michaelangelo pushed the button and took the next call. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour."
"Yeah." A female voice replied. "Hi Mike. Hi Mondo. Ummm. I have a question for Mondo."
"Talk away princess." Mondo replied. Hopefully he could better answer this question.
They heard giggling in the background. 'He called you princess.' One of the voices said. "Umm. I was wondering. Umm. Do you have a girlfriend, what do you look for in a girl, and are you looking for a girlfriend right now?"
"Well to answer you first question, I do not have a girlfriend." Mondo Gecko listened and heard a bunch of giggles and screams.
"What I look for in a girl? Well, she has to be smart and funny. I like girls with a sense of humor. I like girls that are beautiful, but don't see themselves to be goddesses or anything. She has to be beautiful in the inside as well as the outside. She has to be supportive and respect me for who I am." Mondo thought for a moment. That last response reminded him of his exgirlfriend, Candy. She broke up with him because she couldn't handle it after he became a mutant. It had been over two years since their breakup. He remembered that. He took it bad.
Then, he answered the third question. "Right now I don't want to be tied down in a relationship. I plan to wait awhile before I start dating again. I have a really busy schedule and it would be too hard to keep a good relationship." Mondo listened as a few pouts were heard in the background.
Michaelangelo decided the next call would be the last call for the time being. "Alright, let's take one more call before I play some more tracks." Michaelangelo pressed the button and took the next caller on the line. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour."
"Hi Mike. Hi Mondo." The voice responded, "I have a question for the both of you."
"Fire Away."
"OK. I was wondering how you and Mondo became such good friends?"
Mondo Gecko answered first. "While I was finding a place for me and the band to practice, I ran into Mike and his brothers."
"Yeah." Michaelangelo jumped in. "Me and Mondo hit it off right away."
"We both like to skateboard."
"We both like to listen to music."
"We both like to surf."
"Basically, we found we had alot in common." Mondo Gecko finished. "Whenever I'm in town, I hang out with Mike."
Michaelangelo pulled out his next line up for tonight. "Well, that's all the calls I can take right now. Let's listen to some more tracks shall we."
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AUTHOR NOTES: If anyone doesn't know who Mondo Gecko is, you can read his profile on the Ninja Turtles website. I have always like Mondo Gecko from the cartoon episode 'Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko.' It's one of my favorites.. That's why I included him in my story. Plus, I have plans for him soon.
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Chapter XVI: Questions & Answers
By: Michelle
"Venus." "Raphael" "Look I'm sorry for pressuring you" "I'm sorry for rushing you." They were both trying to speak at once.
Raphael stopped talking and allowed Venus to speak first.
"Raphael." Venus hung her head. "I'm sorry for trying to rush you. I just ...I just wanted to know if you were serious about us...together." Venus turned from him and looked out at the playground again. She was so ashamed of herself.
Raphael knew she didn't me to scare him about marriage and kids. She just wanted to know if he was serious about their relationship. Raphael felt somehow this was partly his fault. He had made her feel this way.
Raphael walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry, Venus. I made you feel this way. I guess I have been pressuring you lately about having sex and all. I didn't mean to." He kissed he gently on the neck. "It's just that I don't want to be with anyone but you. I want to wake up with you every morning. I love you."
She turned in his arms and faced him. "Raph, I want you. I really do, but I don't want to have sex with you. I want to make love to you."
She rested her head on his chest. He could feel the warmth of her body close to him. She could feel his heart pound with desire. She looked back up to him. "And, I want you to make love to me too. But right now, you are not ready for a commitment."
"How...how do you know I'm not ready?" He looked at her with a puzzled look on his face. He knew why. "How can I prove myself to you?"
She shook her head and pulled from him. "This is not something you prove Raphael." He wasn't understanding what she wanted from him. "This is something you feel. Inside. In your heart."
"Well, how am I suppose to...?"
"I will know." She would know, but right now she didn't feel it. "I will know in my heart. We will both feel it in our hearts."
Raphael looked at Venus. He loved her. It was a confusing feeling to him. He didn't know how to react to it. But, he loved Venus. He thought for a moment. Maybe Venus wanted more than just love from him. "I'm sorry." He told her as he wrapped his arms around her. He didn't want to lose her.
Venus was afraid she upset Raphael with her talks of commitment. She felt comforted when he wrapped his arms around her. She knew he was starting to understand what she wanted.
"You ready to go for a walk." Raphael questioned her. Maybe he could get to know Venus better than he did. She was always a mystery to him.
"Yeah, I'd like that." She took his hand and they began to walk back to his bike.
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"Alright." Michaelangelo began to host his show again. "It's time to take some calls." Michaelangelo pushed a button and took the first call. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour. What's your question for tonight's show/"
An airheaded caller responded. "Like, I got a question for Mondo. Like."
"I'm listening." Mondo Gecko replied ready to answer his first question.
"Like. Mondo, man. I notice that you are like always like wearing like a lizard costume and all...."
Mondo Gecko and Michaelangelo looked at each other trying not to laugh. What costume they thought to themselves.
"Like do you ever like get hot and all when on stage and stuff?"
Mondo Gecko looked at Michaelangelo. "Umm. Yeah, I get hot in my costume, but it's something I have gotten used to." Mondo Gecko shrugged at Michaelangelo. Did he answer alright?
"Time for our next call." Michaelangelo pushed the button and took the next call. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour."
"Yeah." A female voice replied. "Hi Mike. Hi Mondo. Ummm. I have a question for Mondo."
"Talk away princess." Mondo replied. Hopefully he could better answer this question.
They heard giggling in the background. 'He called you princess.' One of the voices said. "Umm. I was wondering. Umm. Do you have a girlfriend, what do you look for in a girl, and are you looking for a girlfriend right now?"
"Well to answer you first question, I do not have a girlfriend." Mondo Gecko listened and heard a bunch of giggles and screams.
"What I look for in a girl? Well, she has to be smart and funny. I like girls with a sense of humor. I like girls that are beautiful, but don't see themselves to be goddesses or anything. She has to be beautiful in the inside as well as the outside. She has to be supportive and respect me for who I am." Mondo thought for a moment. That last response reminded him of his exgirlfriend, Candy. She broke up with him because she couldn't handle it after he became a mutant. It had been over two years since their breakup. He remembered that. He took it bad.
Then, he answered the third question. "Right now I don't want to be tied down in a relationship. I plan to wait awhile before I start dating again. I have a really busy schedule and it would be too hard to keep a good relationship." Mondo listened as a few pouts were heard in the background.
Michaelangelo decided the next call would be the last call for the time being. "Alright, let's take one more call before I play some more tracks." Michaelangelo pressed the button and took the next caller on the line. "Welcome to the Sewer Hour."
"Hi Mike. Hi Mondo." The voice responded, "I have a question for the both of you."
"Fire Away."
"OK. I was wondering how you and Mondo became such good friends?"
Mondo Gecko answered first. "While I was finding a place for me and the band to practice, I ran into Mike and his brothers."
"Yeah." Michaelangelo jumped in. "Me and Mondo hit it off right away."
"We both like to skateboard."
"We both like to listen to music."
"We both like to surf."
"Basically, we found we had alot in common." Mondo Gecko finished. "Whenever I'm in town, I hang out with Mike."
Michaelangelo pulled out his next line up for tonight. "Well, that's all the calls I can take right now. Let's listen to some more tracks shall we."
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AUTHOR NOTES: If anyone doesn't know who Mondo Gecko is, you can read his profile on the Ninja Turtles website. I have always like Mondo Gecko from the cartoon episode 'Michaelangelo Meets Mondo Gecko.' It's one of my favorites.. That's why I included him in my story. Plus, I have plans for him soon.
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