It had been a month since Sango stayed them. Like all babies she just eat and sleep. To Leo's surprised she barely cried at night, which made Leo worried, but Donnie assured him that all babies were different on their sleeping schedule, so it wasn't a surprised that Sango slept differently than other babies. Donnie even checked to make sure she was extra healthy and read on some books so that way they could be prepared for her development. The nursery Donnie built was next to Leo's room, so that way it'll be easier for him to go to Sango whenever she needed him.
Mikey ended up nicknaming her San, which meant he's calling her three and knowing Mikey, he won't stop. Of course Mikey's reasoning was that since the four of them had nicknames, Sango should get one too. Casey updated them on what happened to Mr. Yasuda, who was founds guilty on murdering his wife. The police gathered all the evidence they needed and the trail ended a bit too quickly, but given how there was so much evidence that Yasuda greatly failed to hide, he was sentence to life in prison. The police couldn't find Sango for obvious reasons, so they assumed she was dead. That made everyone happy that Mr. Yasuda was behind bars and wouldn't lay a finger on his daughter.
Everyone pitched in on helping Leo with Sango. Whenever Leo and the others had to patrol, Karai, Shinigami, and sometimes both would babysit her. When they come back, they always find Sango wearing dark clothing. Casey even gave him old baby clothes from his little sister. Even April gave him some of her old baby stuff.
Leo was meditating like always, but this time Sango was sound asleep in her swinging cradle. Hearing her breathing made him relax, knowing that she is safe and sound. Leo barely let her in the dojo unless he was meditating. He wondered if this was how his father felt when he was raising him and his brothers.
Then a soft coo caused him to open his eyes. Leo turned to his daughter who was now wide awake, holding out her chubby hands. Sango had a pink baby dress with a matching bow and booties. Chuckling, Leo lifted her up and held her carefully as he could.
"Do you had a good sleep, my little hime?" Leo cooed.
Sango responded with a giggle. He walked over to the family shrine where there was a picture of Splinter and Tang Shen. Leo had already introduced Sango to them, but it was when she was asleep when he did that. Sango made some baby noises and pointed both of her small hands at the picture.
"Yes, that is your grandparents," Leo said.
"Ah!" Sango uttered.
"Yes, he is a rat."
Leo lifted her up as if he was going to toss her, but he didn't. Sango squealed and shoved her arms up and down. Leo laughed blew a raspberry kiss on her cheek. Sango made a high pitch squealed, smashing her hands against his face.
"Can you say Chichiue?" Leo asked.
"Oh, hm, ah!" Sango replied.
"Close enough," he kissed her forehead. "Let's watch Space Heroes!"
Without any delay, Leo speed walked into the living area and turned on the T.V. The daily episode of Space Heroes was on like always. He knew that Sango wasn't old enough to watch T.V. since she'll just fall asleep, but he didn't mind. Leo laid on his shell and put his daughter on his plastron as he rocked her from side to side. Sango giggled and she touched his face.
"If you turned Sango into a Space Heroes nerd, I'm blaming you," Raph walked into the living area and sat down.
"Who knows, maybe she'll turned out like her old man!" Leo smirked.
Raph rolled his eyes. He leaned over, patting Sango's tiny head. "Are you going to train her to be the next sensei?" Raph asked.
Leo pursed his lips. It wasn't the first time he had gotten that question. He understood why. Sango was his only child and heir. Even though there was Slash, but Slash didn't want to be the next sensei. Karai was running the Foot Clan with Shinigami as her wife. He heard that the two were planning to have a donor and surrogate mother. Casey and Karai even asked him about it, but he always responded by saying he'll think about it. Raph, on the other hand was something he didn't expected.
"I do want to train her to be a kunoichi," Leo answered. "but as the next sensei, I don't know. If Sango wants to, then I will offer her that responsibility. For now, I just want her to be a happy little baby. I don't want to put any pressure on her just because she's my only child."
Raph nodded. "I get you. Being leader is stressful. I know we live longer than other humans, but I think it's best just to prepare her in case if anything happens."
Leo chuckled. "Since when are you a planner?"
"Well someone's gotta watch out for the little lady. Now, give her to me and go watch your nerd show!"
Scoffing, Leo handed Sango over to Raph. Despite his usual tsundere-ness Leo noticed how Raph's eyes lit up every time he gets a chance to spend time with his niece, just like how he was around Chompy and Slash. Even though Raph wouldn't admit it, but he's a good father too. Shaking his head, Leo continued to watch his show.