Thankful

Chapter XXII: I'm Thankful

By: Michelle



Katina peeked her head in the door. "Can we all come in?"

"Yes." Venus smiled now holding her son in her arms.

Everyone gathered around Raphael, Venus and the twins.

"I'm surprised to see you alive." Michaelangelo picked.

Raphael looked up away from his daughter in his arms. "What do you mean?"

"We all thought Venus killed you or something with all that yelling she was doing."

"I wasn't yelling." Venus added in.

"Hah." Casey laughed. "Could have fooled me."

"I wasn't yelling." Venus repeated, and then looked at Raphael. "Tell them I was not yelling."

"No comment." Raphael smiled and swayed side to side with his daughter.

"Can I hold her?" Leonardo asked.

"Sure." Raphael transferred Toni into Leonardo's arms. "Watch her head."

"She's so tiny." Leonardo smiled. "I can't believe one of us has these. And two at that."

"Yeah, Mikey still is one of these." Donatello commented, now holding Raili.

"Hey what's that suppose to mean." Michaelangelo asked trying to figure out why everyone was laughing.

"Nothing honey." Kimmico said taking Toni into her arms. "She looks just like you Venus."

Venus smiled at the comment and leaned on Raphael. She was tired, but Thankful.

"And this young man looks like his Daddy." Zenobia commented, now holding Raili.

Raili began crying.

Casey laughed. "Sounds like him too."

Raphael gave Casey a glare.

Zenobia began softly singing to Raili to stop his crying. He calmed down and listened to her voice.

"Here Mondo." Zenobia said to him. "You want to hold him next."

Mondo Gecko backed up. "I don't do the baby holding thing."

Hana shook her head. "I take him."

"I want to see." Shadow jumped around trying to see what everyone else was looking at.

April picked her up to look at twins.

"Can they play a game with me later?" Shadow asked.

April giggled. "Not for a while. They are still babies."

Shadow frowned. "Babies can't do nothing."

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After everyone held Raili and Toni, they were return to their proud parents. Raphael took Raili into his arms, and Venus took Toni into hers.

"You know, Thanksgiving Day is almost over, and we never said what we are thankful for." April said.

"I know what I'm thankful for." Venus said looking down at Toni, then up at Raphael and Raili. "My family."

"So am I." Raphael leaned down and kissed Venus.

Kat leaned in Leonardo's arms. "I'm thankful I found you."

Leonardo kissed the top of her head. "I'm thankful I listened to my heart."

"I'm thankful I taped football." Casey added. "Anybody ready to watch."

April rolled her eyes. "I'm thankful I was able to spend this wonderful day with all my friends.

"I am thankful for my new friends." Kimmico smiled.

Michaelangelo thought for a moment. 'I am thankful for.........pizza."

"You're thankful for pizza." Kimmico said disappointed.

"Yeah, cuz I'm starving."

Everyone rolled their eyes.

"I am thankful." Hana said in her over hyper voice. "My boyfriend is the lead singer of Mondo and the Merciless Slaughter."

Hana wrapped her arms around Mondo Gecko and kissed him. "I'll be thankful after tonight." Mondo smiled.

Splinter saw it was his turn and spoke up. "I am thankful I was able to see my grandchildren and hope for many more to come." He hinted around the room.

Leaning her back against Donatello's chest, Zenobia grabbed his hands and placed them gently on her belly. "I am thankful I will soon be able to fulfill part of your wish."

"Wha?" Donatello said in confusion.

Zenobia turned around. "I'm pregnant."

Donatello opened his mouth to say something, but fainted on the floor.

"Here we go again."



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AUTHOR'S NOTES: I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed and read this story. It has been fun to write and I enjoyed read all my reviews.

If anyone was confused with the stories of Kimmico, Zenobia, and Kat and Hana, I am planning to give them each an individual story. Kimmico's story is currently on fanfiction.net called: Kimmico