A Sense of Belonging

Chapter II: A Man's Game

By: Michelle

TOUCHDOWN!!!!

YEAHHHHHHHHHH!

Venus sighed. Every moment she gets is destroyed. She wished she had her own room to confine in instead of room where Splinter's shrine of Yoshi was. She listened to the racket they were making and wondered what they were all up to now.

When Venus walked into the den, she found Michaelangelo and Raphael doing a strange victory dance.

"Alright, you guys." Donatello shook his head. "It's six to nothing."

Michaelangelo tossed the ball to Leonardo. "It's about time you two stopped making fools of yourselves."

"Why Leo?" Raphael smirked. "You hate the fact you are loosing already."

Leonardo setup up for the next play. "Enjoy it now, cuz you're goin' down."

"Whatever you say Fearless Leader." Raphael remarked back. "It's you're funeral.'

"Excuse me." Venus took the ball from Leonardo's hands before the next play.

"Come on Venus." Leonardo said. "Give us back the ball."

"I am trying to meditate." Venus answered. "Can't you guys play anywhere else?"

"It's raining topside." Michaelangelo said to her. "And the den is the largest area in the sewer."

"Then, could you guys keep the noise down."

"We'll try."

"But we can't promise you anything."

"Yeah, you know how Raph and Leo get."

Venus sighed. It was obvious they weren't going to be quieter and she wasn't going to be able to meditate peaceful. So she decided, if she can't beat them, she'll join them.

"Can't I play?" Venus said giving them an innocent stare.

"Ummm."

Venus glanced at all the faces they made.

Leonardo was the first to respond to the question. "We are playing tackle football."

"You might get hurt." Michaelangelo added.

"I spar with you guys all the time." Venus reminded them. "You all are the ones who usually get hurt."

"You see Venus." Donatello came up with an excuse. "We are already in even teams. If you join, the teams won't be equal and we won't be able to play."

"Is that the best you can come up with?" Venus held her ground.

"Alright, this is how it is." Raphael pushed his way forward. "This is a Man's Games. Now, unless you have a dick we don't know about, you can't play. Why don't you do some girlie thing like cheer lead and bring some icepacks for when I beat the shit out of Leo?"

Venus fumed and hummed the football at him. Then, she stormed out of the room.

Raphael turned and faced his brothers. "Wonder what her problem is?"

"Ten bucks says she PMS-ing." Michaelangelo added.

The four started betting and began playing again.

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Venus open the curtain to Splinter's meditation room and leaned on the wall. As she closed her eyes, tears rolled down her cheeks. All she wanted was to be accepted.

Splinter walked into the room with tea in his hand. "Are you alright Venus?"

"I'm fine."

"Then, why are you crying?"

"I'm not." Venus wiped her eyes. 'I just have something in my eye."

Splinter sat down. "Do you want to talk?"

"No, I'm fine." With that, she left the room.

Splinter took a sip of the tea. He knew what was bothering her, but it was up to her to do anything about it.