Mother Turtle

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own them, I never said I did. I don't own Big Brother either. I own Masumi though. Italics are Leo's thoughts. Glad to know people are enjoying this story. For those who have asked the big question - do they have ninja skills - a little clue is revealed in this one.

The next few days ever uneventful in the Turtle household, that is concerning Masumi. She treads carefully around the boys, who in turn tried to stay out of the way of Splinter and his new partner. The boys soon gave up hanging around the main living area, as Masumi was spending a lot of time moving in her own items and always trying to make a conversation with the boys. They all preferred to keep to themselves.

Tuesday was the day Splinter taught ninjitsu til late and it was the first time Masumi was home while the boys were.

Masumi was making dinner, when Leonardo walked in the door. He was the first to return home from school that afternoon. Donnie would not be home til after the library closed and Raph and Mikey usually spent time out with their friends after school. There was no telling when they would be back, though once it got closer to dinnertime; they usually found their way home.

"Hello, love. How was your day? You're Donavan?" Masumi said, as she peeked out of the kitchen to see who had returned home.

Leo rolled his eyes before looking at her, she had been getting them all mixed up since she had moved in. He somewhat now knew how his brothers' felt – when they would complain about the teachers mixing them up. Mind you, one of his teachers had called even Leo Michealangelo. They soon apologised at their silly mistakes.

"Couldn't Splinter have found someone who could get our names right?" Leo thought.

"Hi, I'm Leonardo actually," Leo, replied.

"Where are your brothers?" She asked, noticing he was alone.

"What is this? I am not their mother. Why do people keep thinking I am? I don't even have a womb to start with!" Leo thought.

"I don't really know. Donnie is at the library, Raph and Monkey will be somewhere."

"Splinter allows this? I'll have to talk him to him about that," She asked, raising an eyebrow. She though Splinter was protective of his children, she had gotten that impression by the way he spoke of them. Then there was how he insisted they all master ninjitsu to protect themselves on the streets. She honestly thought Splinter was getting a little over the top with that one. But then again she just assumed that it was because he taught self-defence skills down the local gym, and wanted his sons to be involved in his sport.

"Splinter only gets worried if they don't turn up for meals, don't worry they'll be home when it's time for dinner, they always are." Leo said. "There, see, that's how Splinter runs this household. Don't you walk in here and try telling him how to raise us kids, lady."

Leonardo turned to go to his room; he did not want to waste his practice time talking to Masumi.

"Leonardo, can I ask you a question?" Masumi called after him.

Leo stoped dead in his tracks. What was she going to ask him now? He chuckled at the memory at what Mikey said the day before when Masumi kept asking them where things were kept. "She'll be asking us where we keep the toilet paper next."

"I'm just wondering dear, I notice Splinter always addresses you by your full name, but you boys seem to call each other by nicknames. Would you prefer I call you Leo or Leonardo?" She asked.

Leo peered out of his blue-rimed glasses at her, "I don't mind either way."

"I'm just wondering what your friends call you."

"Hey BB, look Mikey its BB," Raph walked into the house with Mikey.

Mikey chuckled, he and Raph had taken up called poor Leo, Big Brother and cracking jokes about it every moment they could.

"Oh no, Raphie, Big brother is watching! Better hide," Mikey giggled.

"You act like a girl Mikey," Raph smacked his brother on the head, "Oh um, hi, what we missing?" He only just noticed Masumi was watching.

"I'm just asking Leonardo here what people call him at school?"

"Or Lentil-burger," Mikey told her.

"His girlfriend calls him Lenny," Raph informed her.

"No one calls me that," Leo warned his brother, "You shouldn't go round telling tales."

"But my personal favourite is Leonardo decapitated – as in after that dude from Titanic," Raph grinned. Leo turned to face his brother.

"Don't call him that, he'll punch your light out if you do," Mikey informed her.

"Yeah, Leonardo Decapitated, last time I called him that he beat the crap out of me," Raph chuckled. Leo's face was getting hotter and his fist was curling up.

"Why is it that Raph has to be the one who calls me that stupid name! I'd told him last time to never call me that!"

"Grow up will you, your not a child anymore Raphael!" Leo exploded.

"He's only having a laugh Leo," Mikey said, he began to wonder if Donnie was home. He did not want to be the one to be refereeing this fight. Leo and Raph fights were the kind of fights where things were broken and ended up being uncomfortable for the whole family for the next week afterwards.

"You're just as bad as him, you know that! Both of you are not little kids and you need to start taking responsibilities for your own actions. I'm sick of chasing after you and cleaning up all your mess!" Leo exploded. Masumi stood there just watching the argument. She was not sure what to do, though she grabbed the phone ready to ring Splinter.

"Maybe we don't wana," Raph replied as he pushed Leo in the chest.

Leo grabbed Raph and pushed him out into the front of their apartment. "Stop it right now, Raph, I'm warning you!"

"Oh I'm so scared, hear that Mikey, I guess I should go shit myself," Raph spat at his brother, who pinned him to the wall.

"Guys, stop it," Mikey cried coming out with them, he tapped them on the arm, they both looked at him with their angry faces.

"WHAT?"

"She's watching, you know," Mikey whispered, Leo and Raph looked and noticed that Masumi was now on the phone to someone.

"Can I speak to Splinter Turtle please? It's urgent, about two of his sons," they heard her say into the phone. Leo and Raph's eyes grow bigger, Splinter would be spewing if he had to come home and break up this fight. They let go of each other and walked into the apartment.

"So yeah, Leo your right, maybe we should grow up. Yeah, sorry mate," Raph put on his acting skills, so Masumi would turn around to give them some attention.

"Hey, you look nice today, how's it going?" Raph grabbed Mikey around the shoulders and they ran into their room, Leo was right behind them.

"Oh sorry tell Splinter it was a false alarm, I'll talk to him when he gets home," Masumi told the person on the other end of the line.

Mikey and Raph cracked up laughing, Leo closed the door behind him.

"You two are so vane!"

"Just the way I was created," Raph laughed, as he flopped onto Mikey's bed.

"You recon Splinter's going to be peeved with us?" Mikey said.

"Na, she just made her self look like a complete idiot!" Raph laughed again.

"You know, Raph your right. I mean Splinter is going to be cheesed when she starts telling him how to raise us. Which sounds like what she'll be doing before to long," Leo told his brothers.

"What makes you say that?" Raph sat up and looked at his brother.

"Because she's not too impressed when I didn't know where you two were. I told her that so long as we're all home for dinner, Splinter doesn't worry about where we are. I mean he kind of already knows. I mean he knows what we get up to, and it's not like we're doing anything illegal," Leo laughed, "She thought I was Don before and guess what she thinks his real name is? Donavan."

"Man she must be thick, can't she tell its Don-a-tello? You think she's related to Mrs Wombag, the only bat who can't pronounce anyone's name right. I mean remember when she had Leo, she had trouble pronouncing that – and he's got the easiest name in the world," Raph mentioned.

"Oh her, you gave her so much hell Raph, Splinter was down that school office more times for you, than for me, Don and Leo put together," Mikey giggled.

"Don's going to be over the moon when she calls him Donavan," Leo smirked, poor Donnie hated anyone calling him that. Mind you, there was the time that women down the bakery used to call him Donald after she heard his brothers calling him Don.

"You think we should warn Donnie?" Mikey asked.

"Oh what? He already knows we got the she-don't-know our names living here," Raph told him.

"Well, I think it sounds like we all have sometimes to get off our chests about this lady friend of Splinter's," Leo said.

"I don't like her telling me not to do my sculpture on the dinning table. Splinter doesn't have a problem with it," Mikey said, "And when I told Splinter he told me to just do what she asked me to do since she was our guest."

"Shh!" Leo whispered, he could hear Masumi walking around the living area.

"Is everything alright in there boys?" Masumi said, when she knocked on the door.

"Yes, thank you," three male voiced replied.

"Can who ever owns the hockey stick please put it away for me?"

"Yeah, sorry about, we'll pick it up on our way out," Leo called back, "Come on, we're going to drag Donnie out of that library, we need an action plan."

Mikey jumped up "Yeah Operation Masumi."

"Where are you boys going?" Masumi looked at the three boys as they made an exit.

"Jog around the park," Leo told her.

"Make sure up pick that hockey stick up and put it away properly first. It's a fire hazard lying in that doorway."