Whew. Finished 2 stories. Now to finish my other 5 stories.
Well, here comes another chapter:
Disclaimer & Warning: See other chapters. =P
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Nobody had been angry with Leo for running after Raph. After all, how could they blame him for something that he had been doing for basically all his life?
Instead, they had been relieved and made Leo promise never to go out alone ever again. Leo had just laughed.
..................(in the morning)
Everyone woke up to the smell of Mikey cooking. The lovely smell of scrambled eggs (again) and burnt toast (again).
Splinter sighed. He probably should be happy that his son had not burnt the whole kitchen down by now, but he should get cooking lessons, Splinter decided. Suddenly, a small green blur shot passed him, heading for the kitchen.
Splinter chuckled. His now youngest son was indeed eager to get the morning started, it seems. He sighed. Today was the first official day that Leo was a child. Splinter chuckled again. Leonardo had barely been a child for a day and he was already causing trouble. He thought, remembering last night.
Splinter entered the kitchen to where April had taken over the cooking, while Casey, Donatello and Raphael were playing 'catch' with the plates. Splinter cleared his throat and immediately the three stopped what they were doing and sheepishly set the table. Leo, like a hyperactive puppy, was running around the table, seemingly excited that everyone was here.
Suddenly, there was a faint knock on the door. Splinter, who was the closest, opened the door to reveal Mr. Mortu.
Mortu bowed a little before speaking. "I hope I am not disturbing..."
Splinter smiled gently in order to reassure him that he was not disturbing. "No, Mr. Mortu. Please come inside."
Mortu smiled and thanked him. "The reason for my visit," he started, as he stepped inside. "Is to check on Leonardo."
Mikey giggled. "I think he's fine..." He said, looking under the table before getting tackled by Leo.
Leo triumphantly jumped off of Mikey, before trotting over to Mortu.
Mortu and Splinter chuckled, before Mortu leaned down and picked Leo up. "I see." He said, before putting Leo onto a chair beside him. Leo, sensing that something important was going to happen, stilled.
Mortu meanwhile, took out a small needle from his pocket and a bandage. Looking at Splinter he explained. "We require a blood sample so that we can begin to find a cure."
Splinter nodded as a sign that he understands. Mortu, then, reached for Leo.
Leo, sensing that the man meant no harm and that this was important, allowed Mortu to take one of his arms and take a blood sample.
Once Mortu was finished, he nodded to the small turtle, who jumped off of the chair and proceeded to chase Mikey around the table.
Mortu pocketed the sample, bowed to Splinter, and left.
........................(after breakfast)
Splinter, like every morning, had called his sons together for training in a separate room.
Mikey groaned. "Man! Why do we have to train while Leo gets to have the day off?" He whined, watching the now youngest turtle playing tug-of-war with Casey in the living room.
Splinter gave his son a reprimanding look. "Leonardo is currently in no position to train with us."
Raph growled and twirled his Sais. "Still. It ain't fair, Master Splinter!"
Splinter sighed. "Do not worry Raphael. Once Leonardo is back in his original form, he will be given extra training tasks in order to catch up."
This seemed to satisfy the three turtles. They all climbed up onto the top of the poles and began to balance while fighting off Splinter in the dark.
Suddenly Mikey stopped. "Hey! Doesn't anyone get the feeling that we're being watched?"
Raph laughed. "Don't be an idiot, Mikey."
Mikey growled. "No! Really!" He growled before clapping his hands for the lights to come on.
As soon as they did, Mikey yelled in surprise before loosing his balance and toppling off of the pole.
Leo, who had been crouching in front of him on all fours, looked down at his bigger brother in surprise.
Don and Raph laughed. "Gotta hand it to ya Mikey. Ya weren't being an idiot!" Raph said, landing next to Mikey before helping him up. Mikey stuck his tongue out at Raph.
"Well how was I supposed to know that Leo was right in front of me???"
Splinter sighed. "Leonardo! I have told you to stay outside while your brothers are training!"
Leo turned to look at Splinter. "Wanna stay! Need practice!" He said, looking up at Splinter.
Don chuckled at that. "Some things never change!"
Splinter ignored the comment. "Leonardo..." He said sternly. Leo dropped his gaze before standing up onto two legs and hopping down from the pole, before landing gracefully on two's and sinking back down to fours.
Raph growled. "Even when he's a kid he's graceful!"
Leo grinned at the comment before sticking his tongue out at Raph. Raph growled and jumped at him. Leo just jumped up and landed behind Raph before jumping up again and kicking Raph on the shell.
Normally, that kick would have caused Raph to go sailing, but now it only made Raph go forwards a bit before catching his balance. Turning around, he jumped at Leo again, who this time side-stepped, causing Raph to crash to the ground.
Donny and Mikey by now where clutching their sides in laughter.
"What's up, Raph? Can't handle a four-year-old?" Don teased, while laughing even harder at his brothers futile efforts to catch Leo. Raph growled at him before pausing to get a breather. "Why don't you try it, Mr. I-can-handle-anything?"
Don smirked. "Fine, I will!" He was about to go at Leo, when Splinter cleared his throat.
"Maybe later. Right now, you have training to do." He said, fighting back a chuckle. 'This is going to be a very long three days...' He thought.
And Splinter had no clue just how right he was.
By the end of the day, Leo had managed to wear everybody out from
1) stealing Casey's hockey stick,
2) playing tug-of-war with Mikey's comics and Mikey,
3) playing hide-and-seek, causing everyone to go into panic,
4) trying to force his brothers to practice Ninjitsu by stealing their weapons,
5) annoying everyone to death with the question 'why?',
6) following everyone around until they finally agreed to practice Ninjitsu,
7) stole Donny's latest invention and blamed it onto Raph,
8) ............there is no eight. LOL.
Raph growled as he plopped down onto the sofa. Leo was currently asleep, something everyone was glad for.
Donny plopped down beside him. "Kids are so damn tiring." He sighed, closing his eyes.
Raph nodded. "But Leo wasn't really like this when he was young...was he?" He asked, looking at Splinter.
Splinter chuckled. "Not as much as you three were."
Raph groaned.
Mikey laughed. "Loosen up Raphy!!!" Raph growled. "DON'T call me Raphy!!!"
Mikey giggled again. "After all, Raphy, Leo's just a little itty-bitty kid."
Raph glared at him. "I SAID DON'T call me Raphy!!! And besides, we've already got one annoying turtle around here," he said, looking pointedly at Mikey, "we don't need Leo to annoy us."
Mikey scoffed. "I'm not annoying. I'm funny!!!"
It was Raph's turn to scoff. "In your dreams Mikey."
And for that, he got hit with a pillow.
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Ha!!!! The first day done!!!!!
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