THAT NIGHT

That night, Splinter rested well, but something about him was…different. As he slept, he dreamed of his Sensei, his sons and…SAIYORI! Splinter woke up and blinked the smell of Herbal tea rose to his nostrils. He turned to his right and saw Saiyori making tea, he looked at the clock; 5:00 in the morning? Just like him, only he awoke at 5:35.

"Well good morning, Homato Splinter." She didn't look at him, but a smile was on her lips. Splinter blushed and cleared his throat; he rose and slowly walked to her. "Please sit with me," she said as she gave him a cup, "I hope you drink fruit herbal tea." He smiled at her as she poured the fruit smelling liquid in his small tea cup. He took it in his claw and smelled the tea, it the smell of raspberry, blueberry, strawberry and all other berries. He looked at her, she drank the tea with ease; he smiled again. As he sipped his tea, he blinked and lifted his brow, she pulled out a book. It was a book of Japanese-English Haiku. He was surprised, she was Japanese. THEN THAT MEANS SHE KNEW WHAT KAWAII MEANT! His fur got all fluffy and his cheeks turned completely red, he froze holding the tea in his claws. Saiyori sipped her tea then turned to him and blinked, her ears went up in surprise of his expression.

"Are you okay?" She said as she placed her had on his shoulder. Splinter only tensed up more and let out a small squeak. Saiyori withdrew her paw and giggled softly, "Was it the tea?" She asked.

"You are Japanese." He said bluntly.

"Why yes I a-" Then she realized what was wrong, "Are you embarrassed that I knew what "Kawaii" meant?" she looked at him and raised her thin brow. Splinter looked at her and rubbed his neck, "N-No that would be silly." He laughed with embarrassment. She looked at him and shook her head, "It's okay, and there is no need to be embarrassed." She placed her claw on his; he blinked and turned to her eyes. They were so beautiful and mesmerizing, he murred; something he never did before. Saiyori smiled and looked into his eyes as well.

"Hey something smells-WHOA!" Sabarii walked in and jumped in surprise, he was expecting his sister, not his sister and Splinter. "Hey love birds, mind doing your thing elsewhere." He was wearing his stripped boxers when he walked into the kitchen. Both Splinter and Saiyori blinked, and withdrew their claws, blushing.

Splinter cleared his throat, "Um Saiyori," She turned to him, "I must return to my home. My sons might have returned home and I think they might be worried about me." Saiyori's ears went down, he was married?

"Well I will escort you to your home; I do not want you getting sick again." She rose to her room, packing something's as she was ready to leave. Splinter went to her and took her claws in his, "You do not have to come." He said. She smiled and kissed his cheek, "I know." Splinter blushed, watching her to go to the bathroom for female things. He placed his claw on his cheek, she kissed him. Sabarii looked at Splinter from afar and rolled his eyes, "Hey!" Splinter turned. "You take care of my little sister okay?" Splinter nodded and went to put on his trench coat, hat and scarf.

"I'm ready." Splinter turned and blinked widely, his eyes feeling as if they were coming out of his head. Saiyori was beautiful! She was wearing a white woman's trench coat, with black buttons going from right shoulder to left side of her hip. She wore a white hat, with a red rose on the right side. She also had a white school bag to carry her clothes and make up and tea.

"Gees sis, it's not like your going on Vaca or anything." Sabarii said as he sipped his coffee. She looked at him and saw Splinter staring at her. She smiled and walked to him, "Do you like it? Or is it too much?"

"You look very Kawaii, Saiyori." Splinter blinked and shook his head, "I meant to say Lovely…you look lovely…yeah lovely." Saiyori giggled and blushed, she took his claw.

"I'm glad you think so." She smiled and kissed his cheek again. Sabarii stuck his tongue out, "Old mutant love." Both turned red with blush. Saiyori looked at her brother. "Well I am off Sabarii…be well." She went to him and kissed his cheek and hugged him. "Aw sis, I'm a big boy now." He said jokingly, she giggled. "But seriously sis, I want you to be careful okay?" She nodded and hugged him one last time. Splinter smiled, sibling love; something he wished his sons had at times.

As they made their way outside, Saiyori held tightly onto Splinter, something was bothering her.

"What's wrong?" He whispered. She blushed, "I'm not used to walking on cold ground without my Japanese slippers." She whispered back. Splinter smiled and held her close, "Do not fret, you will be used to it once he star walking." And sure enough, as they started walking, she got used to it. It took them a good 2 hours to reach their destination.

"This is…where you live?" She asked.

"Yes it is." Splinter replied.

Saiyori looked up in awe, the place Splinter lived looked like a castle; she couldn't believe it. "Splinter, how many sons do you have?" Saiyori asked as they walked in, Saiyori's arm under Splinters. Splinter chuckled and opened the door for her, "Four." He said. FOUR! She thought; that must be hard for the Miss's.

"Your wife must have a hard time caring for them." Splinter stopped and lifted his brow, "Excuse me?" She looked at him, "I am sorry did I insult you?"

"No…it's just that…I have no wife. It's just me and my-"

"MASTER SPLINTER!" Suddenly all four of his sons ran to him and hugged him, saying how worried they were about him and his sickness. Splinter laughed aloud and hugged his son's back. Saiyori stood back, watching a group of young teenager's hug him. But, they were-

"Splinter…you didn't tell me your son's were…turtles…" She said as she held her bag still. The guys moved to their sensei's side.

"Who the hell is that, Splin'a?" Raph asked as he looked at Saiyori.

"Don't you know Raph, that's…that's…er...who is that Sensei?" Michelangelo asked as he looked at Splinter. Splinter and went to Saiyori's side, "My sons…this is Saiyori. She is my very special guest and the one you nursed me back to heal." He said and looked at her with a smile, "Saiyori, this is Leonardo," The turtle in the blue bandana waved. "Raphael." The turtle in the red bandana spun his sai. "Donatello," the turtle in the purple bandana waved and smiled shyly. "And lastly, Michelangelo." The one in the orange bandana waved.

"All the good turtles end in "O." Mikey said as Raph slapped the back of his head. The others laughed; Saiyori giggled softly and shook her head, "So this is your family?" Splinter nodded and smiled. "Well I must say they are a happy looking bunch." Splinter chuckled and took off his cloak, scarf, and hat. "Here, why don't I take that for you?" He asked Saiyori; she smiled and gave him her cloak, and hat.

"Why thank you Splinter." She smiled and kissed his cheek. The guys saw this and for a second there, they thought they saw Splinter…Smile?