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Chapter 4: New Challenges
"Yum...." Mikey breathed in the smell of freshly baked pepperoni pizza. "Smells good eh, Mira?" he asked as they were walking back to the lair.
"Yeah, I've never really smelled anything like it before y'know." she laughed trying to make a joke of it.
"Yeah I guess...thats true." he sighed. "Hey listen Mirabelle I had a tough time growing up too, well not as tough as you but we had our problems, like when was our next meal going to be... if it wasn't for us meeting April and making other friends I don't know where we might be..."
"I'm sorry Mikey, I-I didn't know, at least I had 3 meals a day..." she sniffed and sat down on a sewer pipe.
"Hey nothing can compare to what you've been through, I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone." he sat down beside her and tried to get her to look at him.
Mirabelle sniffed and tried to stop the tears but in a moment they started streaming down her face. "I-I just wish I hadn't grown up the way I did." she started sobbing so Mikey slowly put his arm around her and patted the back of her shell comfortingly. "Its ok, its ok, you can cry." he repeated that a few times and she continued to cry on his shoulder for a few more minutes. Mikey realized the pizza was getting cold but he didn't care. Mirabelle finally sniffed away the last tear and sat up. "Thank you." she uttered softly. They both got up and finished the short walk back to the lair.
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Meanwhile at the Technodrome...
"Good...you idiots finally did something right for once." Shredder complimented coldly.
"Thanks Boss!" they both beamed.
"Now...I want you to infiltrate the Turtles' lair and bring the girl back to me!" he evilly laughed. "But you must wait until I tell you when the time is right..."
"Yes Boss!"
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The next day splinter declared it a full on training day. Mirabelle was surprised to see the boys out of bed as early as 6:00am she went back to sleep for a while and got up, she felt a little guilty about getting her own breakfast but her stomach proved otherwise. She was thinking about last night and about Mikey, the other turtles were nice enough to her but there was something about Mikey that made her feel happy, his smile and feel-good attitude...
'hold on girl what are you thinking?' The little voice in the back of her mind answered for her.
'I think you like him...' it said teasingly.
'That's crazy...him and I are just friends...' Mirabelle argued.
'Sure... do 'friends' get as close as you got last night?' it retorted.
Mirabelle blushed, it had a point she admitted but shrugged it off. Her curiosity about what the training could be was killing her. She heard sounds of fighting and things impacting on one another through a door opposite to the kitchen door she never really noticed before. She slowly opened it and walked through, she was astounded by spaciousness of it all. In one corner she saw Raphael and Donatello sparring with each other their moves swift and unpredictable. Leonardo was off doing a kata with his deadly Katanas slicing through the air with a 'fwing' sound. Mikey was also doing a kata, his nun-chucks whirling around at an unbelievable speed. Splinter was giving him commands at his faults and circling around to make sure everyone had a bit of guidance. Leonardo of course was perfect so Splinter barely needed to speak to him. Mirabelle sat down on a bench and watched them with awe. So that's why they carried around weapons, it was a method of self defense, ninjitsu! She wished she could learn it, as if on cue Splinter walked over to her and asked her the that exact question.
"My child, you would like to learn this ancient art yes?"he smiled warmly at her astonished face.
"Uh..I ahh..how did you know?" she asked dumbfounded.
"My sons were the same way when they watched me practice." he chuckled at the memory of the young turtles watching him with admiration until Raph spoke up saying 'Master you gotta teach us!'.
Mirabelle nodded but realized something, was she going to stay here and live? She felt like she couldn't impose on this kind family any longer but, where would she go? the thought scared her so she excused herself and went over to sit on a bench.
Michelangelo's concentration was completely thrown off as he saw Mirabelle's dejected face as she sat down. In his distraction he accidently let go of one of his nun-chucks which wildly flew off and landed in a remote area of the gym. He blushed with embarrassment and went over to pick it up. Mirabelle beat him to it and handed it back to him. "Here, you..dropped this.."
"Ah..thanks." he saw Raph smirking at him out of the corner of his eye but shrugged it off as he was sure he would hear about it later.
Mirabelle suddenly noticed she was very hungry and apparently the rest of the guys were as well. Mirabelle suddenly got this great idea and whispered something in Mikey's ear, he nodded and she dashed off to the kitchen. Mikey just smiled and finished his kata.
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A half hour later the four boys and Splinter came into the kitchen, a look of surprise covered Leo, Raph and Donnie's face. Splinter showed no emotion and Mikey just grinned at the delight of knowing something they didn't know. on the table was a spread of Kraft Dinner and sandwiches of various combinations.
"This..." Mirabelle said gesturing towards the meal. "Is for everything you've done for me."
"This is great!" Donatello exclaimed sitting down in his spot and grabbing a sandwich.
"Yeah you really did a great job Mira." Raphael admitted with a small smile.
"You're welcome." Leonardo simply stated with a big smile.
Mikey walked up and gave Mirabelle a hug and said 'you're welcome!' a few times and then sat down as well.
Mirabelle blushed and she shied away a little and then Master Splinter walked up and took her hand and shook it strongly. "You honor my sons and I, I do hope you wish to stay with us."
There it was again the dreaded question, Mirabelle winced slightly and then sat down with the others and ate.
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It was time for sleep at last and Mirabelle was making her bed when she heard a small knock on her door. "Yes? Please come in." she was expecting it to be one of the guys but it was Venus who entered and sat herself down on a chair.
"Hi... Venus," she said almost forgetting her name.
"Hi, we haven't had a lot of time to get to know each other have we?" she inquired.
"No, lets start on introductions, I'm Mirabelle." she held out her hand in an indication of politeness.
"I'm Venus di Milo, nice to meet you!" she shook her hand and then leaned back into the chair.
"How do you know these people?" asked Mirabelle who had been wondering that for a while.
"Well, I used to live in Japan, there were five of us and Splinter sent me to Japan and there I lived with ChungI he took me in and raised me until..." she paused for a second. Mirabelle could tell it was a painful memory so she offered her support.
"Its ok, it was hard for me too." she put her hand on Venus's shoulder and she continued.
"He died and told me I had family here, so I went and met the ninja turtles, I was wondering if we would be blood relatives but that wasn't the case, the blood test was negative. Eventually I sort of fell in love with Raph, he's so cool even if he is a bit hotheaded at times." she smiled.
"I have a question...what did you do when they asked you to stay?" Mirabelle asked worriedly.
"I guess I accepted, I was family after all." she answered. "Is that what's troubling you?"
Mirabelle nodded. "I feel like I'm imposing upon all of you." she explained sadly.
"Don't worry Mirabelle I felt the same way as you did. Its ok if they want you to stay, plus if you have nowhere else to go you might as well stay." she smiled.
"Alright then, I guess I'll tell them in the morning." she yawned.
"I know another reason why you should." Venus grinned. "I think Mikey has a bit of a crush on you."
Mirabelle blushed bright red which was kind of hard considering she had green skin. "What makes you say that?"
"He acted the same way when he met me! Well good night, see you in the morning." Venus got up ad closed the door behind her. Mirabelle pulled up the covers and went to sleep.
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"Ow! Come on Bebop we gots to get the girl so's Shredder won't kill us!" Rocksteady and Bebop were carefully well as careful as they could muster through the sewer to the Turtle's lair.
"Alright and then we gets to eat!" they quietly made it to the door and creaked it open. Soft snores were heard throughout the place as they somehow figured out which door Mirabelle was behind.
"Ok now all we gots to do is grab her!" they made their way up to Mirabelle's bed and cupped her mouth so she couldn't scream and carried her out and shut the door.
"Let me go! Mmm! Mhmm!" They had gagged her and were carrying her up a manhole.
"Shhh! Girly, don't worry the Shredder will take good care of you!" With that they made for the Technodrome.
A/N ok leaving it there! Sorry it took so long! Review! Please? ^_^
Disclaimer: Leave me alone! You know the drill!
Chapter 4: New Challenges
"Yum...." Mikey breathed in the smell of freshly baked pepperoni pizza. "Smells good eh, Mira?" he asked as they were walking back to the lair.
"Yeah, I've never really smelled anything like it before y'know." she laughed trying to make a joke of it.
"Yeah I guess...thats true." he sighed. "Hey listen Mirabelle I had a tough time growing up too, well not as tough as you but we had our problems, like when was our next meal going to be... if it wasn't for us meeting April and making other friends I don't know where we might be..."
"I'm sorry Mikey, I-I didn't know, at least I had 3 meals a day..." she sniffed and sat down on a sewer pipe.
"Hey nothing can compare to what you've been through, I just wanted to let you know that you're not alone." he sat down beside her and tried to get her to look at him.
Mirabelle sniffed and tried to stop the tears but in a moment they started streaming down her face. "I-I just wish I hadn't grown up the way I did." she started sobbing so Mikey slowly put his arm around her and patted the back of her shell comfortingly. "Its ok, its ok, you can cry." he repeated that a few times and she continued to cry on his shoulder for a few more minutes. Mikey realized the pizza was getting cold but he didn't care. Mirabelle finally sniffed away the last tear and sat up. "Thank you." she uttered softly. They both got up and finished the short walk back to the lair.
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Meanwhile at the Technodrome...
"Good...you idiots finally did something right for once." Shredder complimented coldly.
"Thanks Boss!" they both beamed.
"Now...I want you to infiltrate the Turtles' lair and bring the girl back to me!" he evilly laughed. "But you must wait until I tell you when the time is right..."
"Yes Boss!"
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The next day splinter declared it a full on training day. Mirabelle was surprised to see the boys out of bed as early as 6:00am she went back to sleep for a while and got up, she felt a little guilty about getting her own breakfast but her stomach proved otherwise. She was thinking about last night and about Mikey, the other turtles were nice enough to her but there was something about Mikey that made her feel happy, his smile and feel-good attitude...
'hold on girl what are you thinking?' The little voice in the back of her mind answered for her.
'I think you like him...' it said teasingly.
'That's crazy...him and I are just friends...' Mirabelle argued.
'Sure... do 'friends' get as close as you got last night?' it retorted.
Mirabelle blushed, it had a point she admitted but shrugged it off. Her curiosity about what the training could be was killing her. She heard sounds of fighting and things impacting on one another through a door opposite to the kitchen door she never really noticed before. She slowly opened it and walked through, she was astounded by spaciousness of it all. In one corner she saw Raphael and Donatello sparring with each other their moves swift and unpredictable. Leonardo was off doing a kata with his deadly Katanas slicing through the air with a 'fwing' sound. Mikey was also doing a kata, his nun-chucks whirling around at an unbelievable speed. Splinter was giving him commands at his faults and circling around to make sure everyone had a bit of guidance. Leonardo of course was perfect so Splinter barely needed to speak to him. Mirabelle sat down on a bench and watched them with awe. So that's why they carried around weapons, it was a method of self defense, ninjitsu! She wished she could learn it, as if on cue Splinter walked over to her and asked her the that exact question.
"My child, you would like to learn this ancient art yes?"he smiled warmly at her astonished face.
"Uh..I ahh..how did you know?" she asked dumbfounded.
"My sons were the same way when they watched me practice." he chuckled at the memory of the young turtles watching him with admiration until Raph spoke up saying 'Master you gotta teach us!'.
Mirabelle nodded but realized something, was she going to stay here and live? She felt like she couldn't impose on this kind family any longer but, where would she go? the thought scared her so she excused herself and went over to sit on a bench.
Michelangelo's concentration was completely thrown off as he saw Mirabelle's dejected face as she sat down. In his distraction he accidently let go of one of his nun-chucks which wildly flew off and landed in a remote area of the gym. He blushed with embarrassment and went over to pick it up. Mirabelle beat him to it and handed it back to him. "Here, you..dropped this.."
"Ah..thanks." he saw Raph smirking at him out of the corner of his eye but shrugged it off as he was sure he would hear about it later.
Mirabelle suddenly noticed she was very hungry and apparently the rest of the guys were as well. Mirabelle suddenly got this great idea and whispered something in Mikey's ear, he nodded and she dashed off to the kitchen. Mikey just smiled and finished his kata.
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A half hour later the four boys and Splinter came into the kitchen, a look of surprise covered Leo, Raph and Donnie's face. Splinter showed no emotion and Mikey just grinned at the delight of knowing something they didn't know. on the table was a spread of Kraft Dinner and sandwiches of various combinations.
"This..." Mirabelle said gesturing towards the meal. "Is for everything you've done for me."
"This is great!" Donatello exclaimed sitting down in his spot and grabbing a sandwich.
"Yeah you really did a great job Mira." Raphael admitted with a small smile.
"You're welcome." Leonardo simply stated with a big smile.
Mikey walked up and gave Mirabelle a hug and said 'you're welcome!' a few times and then sat down as well.
Mirabelle blushed and she shied away a little and then Master Splinter walked up and took her hand and shook it strongly. "You honor my sons and I, I do hope you wish to stay with us."
There it was again the dreaded question, Mirabelle winced slightly and then sat down with the others and ate.
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It was time for sleep at last and Mirabelle was making her bed when she heard a small knock on her door. "Yes? Please come in." she was expecting it to be one of the guys but it was Venus who entered and sat herself down on a chair.
"Hi... Venus," she said almost forgetting her name.
"Hi, we haven't had a lot of time to get to know each other have we?" she inquired.
"No, lets start on introductions, I'm Mirabelle." she held out her hand in an indication of politeness.
"I'm Venus di Milo, nice to meet you!" she shook her hand and then leaned back into the chair.
"How do you know these people?" asked Mirabelle who had been wondering that for a while.
"Well, I used to live in Japan, there were five of us and Splinter sent me to Japan and there I lived with ChungI he took me in and raised me until..." she paused for a second. Mirabelle could tell it was a painful memory so she offered her support.
"Its ok, it was hard for me too." she put her hand on Venus's shoulder and she continued.
"He died and told me I had family here, so I went and met the ninja turtles, I was wondering if we would be blood relatives but that wasn't the case, the blood test was negative. Eventually I sort of fell in love with Raph, he's so cool even if he is a bit hotheaded at times." she smiled.
"I have a question...what did you do when they asked you to stay?" Mirabelle asked worriedly.
"I guess I accepted, I was family after all." she answered. "Is that what's troubling you?"
Mirabelle nodded. "I feel like I'm imposing upon all of you." she explained sadly.
"Don't worry Mirabelle I felt the same way as you did. Its ok if they want you to stay, plus if you have nowhere else to go you might as well stay." she smiled.
"Alright then, I guess I'll tell them in the morning." she yawned.
"I know another reason why you should." Venus grinned. "I think Mikey has a bit of a crush on you."
Mirabelle blushed bright red which was kind of hard considering she had green skin. "What makes you say that?"
"He acted the same way when he met me! Well good night, see you in the morning." Venus got up ad closed the door behind her. Mirabelle pulled up the covers and went to sleep.
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"Ow! Come on Bebop we gots to get the girl so's Shredder won't kill us!" Rocksteady and Bebop were carefully well as careful as they could muster through the sewer to the Turtle's lair.
"Alright and then we gets to eat!" they quietly made it to the door and creaked it open. Soft snores were heard throughout the place as they somehow figured out which door Mirabelle was behind.
"Ok now all we gots to do is grab her!" they made their way up to Mirabelle's bed and cupped her mouth so she couldn't scream and carried her out and shut the door.
"Let me go! Mmm! Mhmm!" They had gagged her and were carrying her up a manhole.
"Shhh! Girly, don't worry the Shredder will take good care of you!" With that they made for the Technodrome.
A/N ok leaving it there! Sorry it took so long! Review! Please? ^_^