The girl woke to be created by Mikey's curious eyes. "Uh, hi!"
Startled, Ame brought out a knife from her sleeve and held it at his throat. She backed off, adjusting her eyes to the dim light. "I remember you." She lowered it. "You and that other turtle. The one with the purple head-band and you, tended my wounds."
"Yup. That's us." He looked at her more closely and shook his head. "I swear. You look like a guy more than a girl."
With her one eye that wasn't bandaged up, she winked. "What guy would want cat ears of all things? Pink ones at that."
A sliding door opened, revealing the rest of his brothers. Leo glared at her accusingly, Don in sympathy, and Raph just raising an eyebrow at Mikey. The orange-banded turtle joined his brothers, now all eyes on her. "Who are you exactly?" Leo glared.
She stood up from the couch, wincing a little. "Amethyst Hoseki, at your service, master." She kneeled on one leg, hand over her heart as she said those words. "I am now bounded to you until you say so, or death claim my soul."
Their leader looked at her in surprise now. 'That was unexpected.' "By what right are you bound to me?"
"The right that you saved me. The law of my people strictly state that if one of us is to be rescued by anyone, good, evil, or devil, we serve with our lives, master...?"
"Leo, Raph, Mikey, and Don." he pointed to his brothers.
"Leo-sama, then. I am honored to be working under you and to be of some service with my pitiful existence." she said a little more grudgingly. She stood up. "And if you do not mind me saying, I hope you are nothing like the past men I have dealt with."
His brothers looked at him in expectance, as if asking "Are you really going to make this girl your servant?" He sighed. "You are free from whatever bonds hold you to me."
"Good," she breathed. "I am still under someone else's bond. Would be very difficult to work with two at once."
"Where did you come from anyway? You dress like a New Yorker, but you just don't seem the type."
She smiled, lightening up at them. "Don-sama is very observant. I used to live here, but not anymore. I am surprised at how much it has changed, and the people here seem more kind than before."
They all looked at each other. "Not really." they said simultaneously.
"So, uh, I am in New York right now?"
"Yup."
'They really threw me off this time. Exhausted my powers even.' she sighed and put a hand to her forehead. "This may take a while."
"So." Mikey leaned forward curiously. "That was your brother?"
"Half-brother really. Pure blooded devil. Me? I am only a quarter." She cocked her head to one side. "Although, a lot of people say they see the devil in me when I get mad."
"Much like Leo's."
Glowering, the turtle still didn't trust her. "You can stay here until your healed. Don't expect it to be easy living here, even though you're guest."
As he left, Raph winked assuringly. "Well make sure he doesn't get too carried away. Been like that ever since the final fight with Shredder."
"Not to mention," Don lowered his voice. "Kurai."
A disturbing silence fell. "Anyway," Ame saved the conversation. "By any chance, do you have a phone?"
Giving her one of the portable one's, she dialed a long and confusing number. "Hi, E-"
No sooner had she spoken, someone blasted on the other side. "WHERE WERE YOU! YOU PROMISED TO COME THREE DAYS AGO!"
Me hid it quickly under one of the pillows, blushing. "Sorry about that."
"Boyfriend?" They looked slyly at her.
"He is a boy and he is a friend, but I am guessing not in the same sense you three are thinking." The voice could still be heard underneath the pillow. After a half hour, the voice calmed down. She took it out and sighed. "Better?"
The brothers leaned in closer. "You promised to be back three days ago." the voice repeated. "Me and the others worked so hard to build-" it stopped.
Ame grinned. "Build what?"
"Nothing. When are you coming back?"
"When I find out how to get back. Your surprise may have to wait a while."
Something buzzed in the background. "Hey, is that Ame? Lemme talk!"
"You didn't want to pick up the phone." an older adult pointed out.
"If I had known it was her, I would have!" the shrill kid's voice pouted.
"Well if it is her," someone else sighed. "Tell her to come back soon. I can't take much more of this."
"After all the trouble I went to bring you back, you end up leaving without my say?" she accused.
"Seriously Ame. You have no idea what how rough it's been. Especially with-"
Someone slammed a door, the same person talking earlier now talking. "...Are you hurt?"
She bit her lower lip in thought before answering. "I ran into a few people going back," she chose carefully. "And they made me used a lot of energy...but besides that, I am fine."
"Where are you?"
"I can not say, you know that. Though, I am being held captive by four turtles..." she grinned looking at her saviors.
"WHAT?" the voice yelled.
"Dude. Amethyst. This was all your idea, not ours. So don't even try blaming us." Mikey said crossly.
"Can you not take a joke?" Ame shook her head.
"Just..." she could imagine him choosing his words. "Come back safely. Soon. And..."
"And?" Ame asked in sudden interest.
Though she couldn't sense it, the guy was having a hard time getting the last part out. "You better get back here, or else I drag our certain hero into this too." it ended up.
"Alright, alright. Bye." she hung up.
"Well that was new." Don thought aloud.
"Interesting. Normally, he would be a lot more concerned. For him to threaten like that, he must have been covering something." she covered her hand with a chin. "But what?"
Friendly like, Mikey swung an arm around her shoulders, "So. You live with all guys?"
She looked down at him. "Yes..?"
"Any in particular you like? Oh, say, the dude you were talking to first? And I mean like like." The way he talked made it sound like no big thing.
She blushed. "Eh?"
"Forgive our brother," Don sighed. "He gets a bit nosy around other peoples business. Although," he couldn't help but chuckle. "He isn't the only one curious."
"You too!"
"Casey and April are old news. But you, now have, what? Three, four guys you could choose from?"
She blinked, then bit her lower lip from laughing, face constricting to hold back.
"What?" he asked, accusingly.
"Four things. One, one of the "bachelors" is six-years-old. Two, the adult has already found someone. Three, he is a wanderer and could never afford to have to wait for a girl lagging behind. Four, he would never be interested, no less even thinking of a girl."
"What's wrong with the last two?"
"Let me just say that even if I was interested, they would be too busy for me, and likewise. Tell me again how we got on this subject?"
"Who was the one talking earlier? The one yelling?" Don persisted.
"The fourth one I was talking about."
"You're sure he has absolutely no feelings for you? If he's anything like Raph..."
Mikey ducked the blow from his hot-headed brother. "What about me?"
"Only that if he's the outcast, he may as well have special feelings for you Ame."
She blushed, hair sticking on end. "No, I assure you he is nothing like that. Yeah, I guess he is like the outcast but, ...you really do not know him."
"Then tell us more about him," they leaned in closer.
She lifted a finger, as if to start lecturing. "No."
"Why can't you tell us about him?" Mikey pouted.
"Cause if I did, he would kill me. He likes to be known as the self-obsessed guy."
"I never want to meet him then."
"Why not, Mikey?"
"He sounds like another Raph." Mikey ran out of his brother's reach. "Heh heh! Raph's getting a lot slow-Ack!" His brother was at his wits end, growling and lunging after Mikey. "That's it! He's dead!"
Laughter echoed through out the caverns a long way, reaching those of their last brother, who was training in one of the vast caverns that littered the sewers. He scowled at the noise. "Idiots. They're gonna attract creatures, the last thing we need is a Purple Dragon gang snooping down here."He sheathed his swords and started walking back. 'That girl needs to go.'
A/N: Sorry if this one took so long. I had to redo it. Homework over break and everything. Leo will probably start appearing more often instead of running off, and his temper rising. Sorry if the gossiping sounded irrelevant to the storyline, but that was the only thing I could think of to prevent it from becoming a crossover. Splinter will come soon.
