Raph looked over at Venus, rolling his eyes at the loud noises that Mikey was making trying to find a game to play. "I swear, if he comes out with another bonding game…" he began, trying not to show just how annoyed he was at all of the stupid questions he had been forced to answer about how he 'felt' about certain people and things. "Come on Raph, you can't carry on the tough guy act forever, besides, isn't it nice to know that you can fully express your innermost feelings to both me and Mikey without worrying about being made fun of and ridiculed?" Venus asked sweetly, pinching one of Raph's cheeks, only to receive an annoyed look from him. "Besides…" she said, then closed her mouth when Mikey entered the room, holding yet another game in his hand. Curious, Raph and Venus both looked at the cover of the game. Before they could stop themselves, they both began to groan. Held in Mikey's sticky hands, the one game that the two turtles KNEW would take WAY to long to play was: MONOPOLY.
Raph stared at his little brother, than began to mutter under his breath. "Why in the HELL would he pick the ONE game that can take HOURS to finish." Mikey, having overhead his brothers mumbling, simply smiled and said "Hey, you coulda picked this one out to Raph, don't blame me because you seem to trust me." Mikey smiled at Raph, before beginning to set up the game.
Venus gently took the money away from Mikey, and began to count out the appropriate amounts into three separate piles, one for each turtle. She then sorted out the properties, and placed them into the holder that had come with the game. Handing a pile of money to Mikey, then one to Raph, she sat down on the floor, ready to start the game. Raph glared at his brother before plopping down on the ground, arms crossed and a slight pout on his face. Mikey smiled brightly before sitting down himself, careful not to sit to close to his brother.
One Hour Later
Mikey smiled as he looked around the board. He already owned all of the red properties, and had two houses a piece on them. He also owned North Carolina, and two of the Railroads. Marvin Gardens was about to be added to his collection, just as soon as he handed Venus the money. He looked over at Raph and grinned even wider when he saw the look on his brothers face. Raph needed to get the gardens in order to have his own monopoly on a property, so he could build up some houses. Venus had a monopoly on orange properties, and she also owned a railroad. The purple ones were close to being hers, but she needed one of Raph's properties to gain that. Raph didn't really own any colored property, but he had the other two railroads, plus both of the utilities, which proved to be a valuable asset, along with boardwalk, since Mikey landed on at least one of them at least once every time he went around the board. Mikey watched as Venus played, knowing that she was getting tired and wanted to end this soon.
Two Hours Later
Venus grinned tiredly when she landed on Raph's solo monopoly, Park Place. After three hours of playing this game, and breaking up two fights between her two brothers after Raph got ticked off at Mikey for buying up all of the houses and not buying hotels to replace them with, she was finally done. Handing over all of her money, and placing her properties back, she walked away, plopping down on her bed, and fell asleep almost instantly.
Mikey grinned at his older brother before looking back at the board. "Well, it looks like it's just you and me bro." He stated casually, buffing his nails on his shell while looking at his brother out of the corner of his eye.
Almost Three Hours Later
"THAT"S IT!" Raph yelled, his eye twitching a little to show his aggravation. "I CAN"T TAKE THIS ANYMORE. I QUIT!" he continued, throwing his cash on the board and stomping away, out of the lair and on to his bike, cruising away to relieve some stress. Venus came running out of her room and stared at a giggling Mikey, who was trying to calm himself down. Putting her hands on her hips, she stared down at her little brother, waiting for him to be quite. Once that happened, she gave him a look that clearly asked what had happened after she had left. "After you went to bed, Raph and I had an endless tie going on. He'd land on a property, and loose all of his money, then I'd land on a property and give it all back. After two hours, I guess he got a little fed up with it and decided to leave for a little bit." Fighting back a grin, he looked up at his sister, then began to clean up the game pieces that were littering the floor around him. Venus bent down to help him, then looked up. "So, did you cheat while you guys were playing?" Mikey just looked at his sister and grinned. "I didn't have to. I just waited for the explosion that was bound to happen. Why do you think I chose MONOPOLY" he grinned, leaving Venus to groan in aggravation "Mikey……."
THE END