EPILOGUE

It was Thanksgiving, and it was truly a Thanksgiving like no other. All the past Thanksgivings in Mikey's life were spent as just the five of them, and they didn't even always celebrate it. The last Thanksgiving he had was hectic, as he had just arrived in a strange universe only weeks before. He was the center of attention with family members he hadn't been introduced too yet, Big Mama and Draxum were at each other's throats, Shorter Mikey was upset over having to share his kitchen, and then Leo went and started a food fight.

But this year's was truly special.

This year's Thanksgiving was held at the O'Neil farmhouse. There were tables set up in the grass, warm weather, and so many people. Mikey stood out in the sun and watched as the two halves of his family mingled together.

The only ones that hadn't made it were 'Green' April, as her human family was spending it together in California, and Karai, who was in Japan. 'Yellow' April and her dad were here, technically their hosts. Casey Three was there and brought his younger sister, but their dad had to work. She'd gone and attached herself to Casey One, who was walking between the yard and her brownie headquarters which were connected by a large purple portal. It was deemed the O'Neil kitchen was to be used for anything stove related and refrigeration, and C.J.'s Brownies and its several ovens and large counter spaces was being used for all other baking and cooking needs. Another portal was also opened, this one leading to the alternate lair, where the Leos were currently dragging a basketball hoop and stand through to set up in their spray-painted court, which the Donnies were handling. Lou was bragging about his famous casserole to Master Splinter, and both were resting at one of the tables with Ice Cream Kitty in a cooler next to them. The bigger Raph and April were currently attempting to set up a tire swing on one of the large trees on the property. Shorter Mikey was king of the kitchen, having kicked everyone out of the O'Neil kitchen and named Draxum as his sous chef. Casey Two, Casey Three, and Raph were running around after having taste tested food without asking Chef Michel, who was chasing them with a wooden spoon in his hand. Mikey could see Huginn and Muninn grab spoons as soon as Chef Michel was out the door.

"What's up kiddo?"

Mikey turned to see Piebald standing next to him, hood up to protect her skin from drying out in the sun.

"Nothing, just… really happy."

"Yeah?" Piebald smiled down at him.

"Yeah, we never got to do big family get togethers or backyard barbeques or anything like that growing up. It's nice to get to do that now. Real nice." Not to mention being outside in the daylight, feeling sun on their skin and not having to hide. And no sewer smell.

Piebald threw an arm around Mikey's shoulders, pulling him into her side, "Well, I for one could do without the sun. But I know Leon is looking forward to basking later."

Mikey looked over to Leon now, who was refusing to let anyone help him with the basketball hoop. Leon's twin was reclining in a chair on the outskirts of the court, sunglasses on and phone recording Leon's struggles. Some metal parts were sitting on his lap forgotten, as Donnie promised to make P.S.D.D. a travel sized device to carry him in on occasions like this. Donnie was clearly half asleep already.

"I think Donald might have beat him to it."

S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. came to a stop beside his father, holding a glass of flavorless juice on his back.

Mikey turned back to Piebald, "What time are the girls showing up again?"

"Late. Mom has her holiday battle thing going on and Venus can't get here without her. Venus promised to get Mom here in time for dessert, though."

Humans watched football on Thanksgiving, yokai watched bloody gladiator fights. Thanksgiving is a big profit day for Big Mama's Battle Nexus.

"Say, Mikester, wanna have some fun with me?" Piebald had a mischievous smile on her face. Mikey made one to match, "What did you have in mind?"

"Oh, this is gonna be so much fun," Mikey said, hopping in place a little. Him and Piebald were behind the house, filling four super soaker water-guns with cold hose water.

Mikey and Piebald squatted down in the tall grass, both armed with two super soakers and a full can of whip cream. Piebald un-camouflaged herself, "You ready?"

"Oh, yeah."

They burst out of the grass, sprinting at Raph and Casey Three, yelling as they sprayed them with water.

"What th- COLD! IT'S COLD!"

Raph and Casey ran for cover, Mikey and Piebald keeping chase. Piebald sprayed Casey Two as they passed him. Raph attempted to hide behind his larger counterpart, who screamed about cold water and started running when Mikey sprayed him. Piebald split off to chase April, Mikey jumped over the table to follow the Raphs, laughing.

"At this rate, I'm never going to marry any of them off," Lou grumbled. Master Splinter simply smiled and leant back to enjoy the show.

By now the commotion had reached the basketball court, drawing the players' attention. Mikey switched his attention from the Raphs to the Donnies. The sleeping one was an easy target, and Mikey drained all the water that was left in his gun on him. Mikey turned and tossed that gun to the ground, pulling the second one from his back and aiming at the Leos.

"Woah, come on Mike. I'm sure we can talk this out," Leon had his hands up and was backing away.

"Sorry Leon," Mikey sprayed them both before running after the remaining Donnie.

Mikey's second gun ran out of water as he sprayed Donnie.

"Ha! You're out of ammo!" Raph called as he closed in on Mikey for revenge. Mikey dropped the gun and popped open the cap on his whip-cream. He unloaded a fair amount of it into his hand before slapping Raph in the face with it, "You wish!"

He brandished the can in front of Casey Three, who was prepared to back Raph up, "Stay back! I know how to use this thing!"

The sound of a portal came from behind him. Mikey turned to see Leon lunging towards him. Piebald dropped her camouflage and smacked Leon with her own whip-cream hand. Leon went down with a grunt.

"Man down! Man down! Dontron! Leo! Someone avenge me!" Leo then sat up and started eating the whipped-cream off his face with a mmm sound.

There was a scream, and Mikey turned to Casey Three with whip-cream on his face, and a laughing Raph both in front and behind him. Raph had wiped the cream off his face and used it to rub it into Casey Three's, who was trying to wiggle out of the bigger Raph's arms.

Suddenly there was a wet feeling on his head, followed by a squish. Piebald had betrayed him.

"Sorry Mikey, but it's every mutant for himself!"

After both cans were emptied, and Casey One nearly committed a murder, they were all chided by an angry Chef Michel who needed the whip-cream for his dessert.

Mikey ate three helpings of everything, and now he felt sick. All along the table people were slumped in their seats, groaning about being full.

"So, when's dessert?"

"Noooo"

"I think we need to wait, like, four hours before dessert."

"I think I need to wait four days."

"Well, well. I think we missed all of the hubba-baloo."

Everyone turned to see Big Mama, in her human form, and Venus standing in front of the portal, having clearly just stepped out of it.

As the sun started going down the O'Neils started a couple firepits. Mikey had gotten cold and decided to take a seat by one of them. He plopped down next to his father.

"Hello, my son."

"Hi Master Splinter."

Mikey shivered and Master Splinter wrapped his good arm around Mikey, tucking him into his side. Master Splinter let out a soft laugh as Mikey wiggled around to snuggle in closer. Soon Mikey dozed off and Master Splinter started humming to himself. Mikey could feel the vibrations through his father's chest.

"Wake me… wake me in time for dessert," Mikey mumbled.

Master Splinter dropped a kiss on Mikey's head, "Alright."

A/N: That's all folks! 3

Thanks for coming on this journey with me. When i started this I never thought I would write 30k for my first fic and ALL WITHIN 30 DAYS, let alone that it would reach the first page of TMNT Crossovers ordered by kudos. I learned so much about writing, like it's okay to not know every detail and that it's actually fun to do. I plan to keep writing, although they'll be for various fandoms and not exclusively TMNT related.

As for the TFFM side stories and deleted scenes I might make one more side story thats 12!Mikey interviewing each competitor after their fight, but I wanna play around with writing a different fandom first. There was a anon who asked to do their own Top Ten Moments Highlight Reel, and if they still do that (i for one make commitments and then don't follow through lol) i'll definitely add it to the side stories.

There were a ton of great ideas in the comments of the earlier chapters about how this whole tournament would work, and if you wanted to write your own tournament go right ahead! I'd love to check it out.

But for now, Happy Halloween 🎃