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A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Man, do their personalitiesseem that similar to the four turtles? It wasn't intentional, except for Shasha. She was intentional. hehehe I kinda based her off of someone I know who happens to have an attitude problem. I couldn't resist adding a cat. It had been in my mind for ages. Hope you're enjoying the story fellas. This chapter's kinda short and uneventful, sorry about that.I'm tryin'. The next one should be better. I'm also working on a Raph 'centric called Expecting if anyone's interested.
Chapter 5
Home Sweet Home.
Leonardo sighed as their 'visitors' explored their new surroundings. Somehow he had the feeling that this was a bad idea.
The walk to the lair hadn't been any fun. The storm that wiped through the previous day was a precurser for the oncoming winter, and Jack Frost was making himself known with each gust of wind. They were all happy to reach the sewers. It was still cold but at least there was no wind. The only one who didn't seem to mind was Kit, but then again the wind did little more than ruffle her fur.
Hero had chattered despite his and the adult's discomfort. The adults simply grinned at his innocence. The only one annoyed had been Raph. Shasha kept glancing back at him from the corner of her eye, as though daring him to say something. He simply clenched his jaw and looked away with a pouting expression on his face, grumbling about how he 'hated women with attitudes almost as much as he hated kids and Leo should've known better and yada yada yada.' Leo let it roll right off his ears. It didn't matter.
Somehow he felt that they were going to invade their lives, he knew that their lives were going to change forever. That was that. But would it be for good or for worse? When April came along that was good. And Casey...at first he wasn't so sure but now it was good. What about them? He sighed as they came into the lair and braced himself for Master Splinter's reaction.
They walked in the lair and immediately the females were slightly awed.
"This place is huge! Wow, they have a pool!"
"Very spacious."
"Told ya it was awsome!"
"Awesome, where'd you get that word from?"
"Teeheehee."
Suddenly the doors of Splinter's room slid open and he walked out. "Good afternoon my sons. How did your..." For one of the first times Leo could remember, Splinter stopped in mid-sentence, his mouth hanging slightly agape for a moment. He stared at the three females and they stared right back.
Jade and Shasha simply stood, not sure of how to react. They had never been introduced to an elder before. But Kit was busy brainstorming. What were the right words again? She searched herseverely limitedmemory bank of English words and peiced together what she thought would be appropriate. Then she suddenly pushed past the others and strode towards the elder. Briefly she wondered why they were so shy.
Splinter's eyes involountarily widened a bit as he saw the cat approaching him.The feline grinned at him, revealing rows of sharp pointy teeth. His fur bristled a bit and he braced himself slightly.
Kit stopped about a foot in front of him and thrust her hand out at him. Slowly he took it with his own and immediately she took the unknown cue. She bowed her head so that only the tops of her ears were visible. Then she spewed outa long train of garbled language. Afterwards she looked up at him and tried out her English greeting: "Eatings l'der! Kit anuses hole yummy delight. Peas crept mew humblest digest!"
The entire lair was silent for a moment, then Jade turned beet red and rushed forward to intercept Kit's further attempts. At least she greeted him correctly at first, but her English!
She grasped Kit's shoulders and quickly repeated the greet, bowing her head and repeating the matra. Then she began "I apologize so much for this! You see, she's not very good at English. I'm surethat she meant something completely different!" She whirled Kit to face her. "Didn't you!"
Kit looked confused. She tried to explain what she tried to say. Jade nodded and turned to the rat. "What she was trying to say was: 'greetings Elder. She, Kit, wishes you delight in your life, and to pleaseaccept her humblest wishes."
Then she flushed again. How could she forget proper elder decorum in greetings? "I am Jade Sabishii Katina. This is my good friend Kitiara Neko Furro. We apologize for our previous rudness."
Suddenly the entire lair was peirced by raucous laughter. All heads turned. Shasha was laughing so hard she was slapping her thighs. She looked at her family, still chuckling. "You idiots! What makes you think he knows Mamtu decorum when his sons knew nothing of it? You're wasting your time going through all the formal greetings. He may be an elder, but he isn't an Elder in the sense that we were raised to believe! Jeesh! You're embarrassing yourselves!" Then she turned away, still chuckling to herself.
Jade glared at her. "Formal Elder or no you should still show some respect!" Shasha simply lolled her head back and grinned at her, still snickering.
Leo shook his head. He really hoped he made the right decision with this!
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After things had calmed down Jade was better able to explain things to Splinter and let her situation be known. When the tale was done Splinter nodded his head. "Yes, we have had our own troubles with Bishop as well, unfortunately. I can understand how he would regard you and your family and feel your pain at his interference. I agree with my sons. You may stay here until you can find a suitable place of your own." Jade bowed her head slightly and the rat smiled. "May I ask somthing?"
Jade looked up at him and nodded. "Yes, of course."
"What was that back there?"
She blushed again and explained. "Where I come from, Elders are few and far between especially since most of them are hunted down and killed. A small group called outlaws is where I was raised. That's where I learned it."
There was an awkward pause, then suddenly Mikey jumped up. "We gotta get them rooms!"
Splinter smiled. "Yes, that would be a good idea. Which room will they be staying in?"
The four turtles looked down and shuffled their feet. None of them wanted to forfeit their rooms. Especially remembering the crowd when it was just April roomin in with them. Mikey perked up. "What about the extra rooms we got? I know they're full of crud, but we started cleaning one of them out once April moved in with us, we just never got around to finishing it."
It was decided then.
The decision was unanimous.
But as everyone got up and began to unload the storage rooms, I wondered again if we made some big mistake.
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A/N: hope that you guys liked it, sorry again that it was so short. I had the biggest writersblock for the longest time on this story, it was the recent reviews that I got that surged me onward. Thanx guys.