Munks Meet More Mutants
About This Story: While the Chipmunks are taking a spring break concert tour, they spend a few days in New York City, where they meet a group of their unlikely fans - the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Age-wise they are 11. I don't own any part of the Chipmunk franchise, just borrowing them from Nickelodeon, Janice Karman, & Ross Bagdasarian, their family, & their company. I also don't own any part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, just borrowing them also from Nickelodeon, as well as Mirage Studios (Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird & their entourage) who founded them.
About This Chapter: Rated PG, for mentions of fighting and a "wardrobe malfunction"
Pairings: Alvin/Brittany, Raph/Brittany, Raph/Alvin (Bromance)
6. Down And Defenseless
"I really don't see how anyone can confuse you guys with frogs." Alvin shrugged as he walked to the dojo with Leo, Mikey, and Angel. "I mean, it's pretty obvious to me that you have shells."
"I know, right!" Mikey agreed. "Just like to me, you guys are obviously chipmunks and not squirrels."
"That's at least the case now." Angel pointed out. "I still remember when we had to explain to you that a chipmunk has stripes along its back and a shorter, less fluffy tail than a squirrel. And it took a while to convince you that Alvin and his family are not mutant squirrelanoids that are going to eat you, Mikey."
"Whaaaat?" Alvin felt like laughing as he glanced at Mikey.
Mikey looked a bit embarrassed, so he explained, "Sometime before we started watching some of your concerts either on TV or online, we were actually attacked by three mutant squirrels that super-mutated into these giant monsters that tried to eat us - kinda like the 'Gremlins'. And a little after watching some of your concerts, I had some nightmares that you, Simon, and Theo turned into squirrelanoids during a concert and tried to eat everyone. There was even another nightmare where I relived the experience of the attack of the original squirrelanoids in our Lair, only before they mutated they were all wearing hooded sweatshirts - one blue, one green, and one red with a big yellow 'A' on it, and the one in the red sweatshirt also wore a little red baseball cap. The shirts just mutated with them when they became squirrelanoids, only it was like the shirts became gangsta-style leather jackets like they were in a scary biker gang. And the baseball cap became a do-rag. It was a traumatic experience for me, and it took me a while to enjoy watching your concerts without having a panic attack."
Alvin patted Mikey's shoulder, while stifling a giggle. "I'm so glad you got over that fear so that our families could be friends. And I still don't know...but is it too soon to laugh? Or would that be too insensitive at this point?"
Mikey smiled and shook his head. "It's OK to laugh about it now - they all do." He nodded toward Leo and Angel with a brief eye-roll. "They never let me hear the end of it."
Alvin shook his head. "Typical siblings. Seems like your family is not much different from mine - siblings show their love by giving each other a hard time. But you guys all helped me tie my mask - or, Raph's mask - just a few minutes ago. I always thought there was nothing to it, like tying a shoe. But it's more challenging when I can't see what I'm tying."
"It's kinda like tying apron strings." Mikey shrugged. "I've become a master at that with all the cooking I do."
"Or sometimes like tying a halter-bikini top." Angel added with a sarcastic wink. "Which I'm sure you know what that's like, Alvin."
"Actually, Brittany has asked me to help her tie hers before, or make sure it was tied. It was kind of a weird moment in our friendship that we'd like to forget." Alvin shrugged awkwardly. "But...you know, what kinda friend would I be if I let her have a 'wardrobe malfunction'? Am I right?"
The others all chuckled and nodded in agreement as they entered the dojo area. Angel excused herself to fill some water bottles for practice, while Leo and Mikey started stretching and warming up.
Splinter entered from his room and shouted some instructions in Japanese. Leo and Mikey immediately fell in line to await further instructions.
Alvin chuckled in Raph's form. "Sorry, man, no comprendo!"
Splinter glanced over at him in utter shock that Raph had the gall to disrespect him out of nowhere like that. "Raphael? What was that? Do you want to warm up by doing twenty backflips or fifty different katas?"
Alvin gasped in a shocked state of his own as Splinter glared at him. He took note of the fact that Splinter was probably even bigger than Dave, but it was hard to tell while Alvin was in a different body. Even without the size comparison, the glare seemed to mean more serious business coming from someone else's dad. "Sorry, sir..." Alvin gulped.
"Master Splinter, wait!" Mikey stepped between Splinter and Alvin. "We didn't get a chance to tell you until now, but that's not Raph. It's our new friend, Alvin Seville. You know, of 'Alvin And The Chipmunks'. He and Raph had their brains switched with that Kraang device. So he's basically a fellow humanoid rodent - like yourself - but he's trapped in the body of a humanoid reptile."
Leo nodded in agreement. "Unfortunately, he's not joking, Sensei. And that's also why Donatello and April are not with us this morning. They're looking into the situation to find a solution to switch them back."
Splinter's whiskers twitched as he tilted his head to the side and studied Raph's expression, which usually didn't seem so nervous.
Alvin chuckled nervously as Splinter stared at him. "Uh...nice to meet you?" He extended Raph's hand. "Mikey and Leo are right, I am Alvin Seville, the rockstar and lead singer of the Chipmunks from LA. My family is in New York this week, since we have a concert booked at Radio City Music Hall in a few days. We met your family at Antonio's Pizza last night. But I literally haven't been myself this morning."
Splinter took hold of the offered hand and held it in both of his. "It's alright... I know your story is not easy to believe at first, but I find it easier to believe by now. If it isn't Michelangelo getting into trouble in this family, it's Raphael."
Alvin chuckled nervously. "Well, I'm a legend in my family. I could just continue being myself, and you won't feel like you're missing your son Raph."
Splinter warmly smiled at Alvin. "Just the same, I will take care of you as if you were my son Raphael, as I hope that your family will take care of Raphael. And if you have anything you wish to talk to someone about, I'm available to listen. My ear is open - but, please knock on my door and call for me, so I won't think you are an intruder."
Alvin felt less nervous around him by now. "Thank you...uh...what should I call you, 'Raph's Dad'?...'Mister Hamato'?"
"If 'Splinter' works for my own family, you shall be treated as family in this situation, Alvin, so feel free to call me 'Splinter', just as they do." The ninjutsu master nodded.
"Cool! Thank you, Splinter!" Alvin giggled as he felt more and more comfortable with his substitute father-figure.
Splinter chuckled again. "My Raphael certainly doesn't laugh like that, so I have become more sure that you are this Alvin Seville." He sighed and glanced over at Leo and Mikey. "This certainly changes things for our practice time. I will go back to my room and meditate on this matter, while you two can help Alvin get used to being both a ninja and a turtle."
Alvin had been looking down for a split second while Splinter instructed Leo and Mikey, but that was just long enough for a potentially dangerous notion to pop into his head. The next time the others saw him, his eyes were huge, and his mouth watered as he held Raph's sais in each hand. "Awesome!" He gushed in an excited voice that was too high and squeaky to be used by Raph. He smiled innocently up at Splinter. "You mean, you'll teach me to use these? Can I learn how to use these, next? Can I? Can I? Please? Please? Please?"
Leo almost went into a panic mode at first. But he was easily able to disarm Alvin using his hands, unaided by any weapons whatsoever. Like a mom seeing a toddler carrying scissors, his big brother instinct served him well in such situations.
Splinter nodded with a wink toward his star pupil, before ducking into his room to meditate.
Meanwhile, Alvin just stood there dumbfounded as Leo quietly wore a satisfied smirk. Alvin blinked dejectedly. "Whoa...you just rendered me defenseless." He wasn't sure what emotion to feel at the moment - anger, confusion, shock, or all of the above.
Leo chuckled and patted Alvin's shoulder. "Let's save the sais for a later lesson, OK? Now take a deep breath, Alvin." Once Alvin nodded and complied, Leo continued, "For now, I think we should work on helping you get used to moving in the body of a mutant turtle. If you'll notice, I was able disarm you just now, using my bare hands. The lesson - being without weapons is not the same as being defenseless. How about Mikey and I help you work on some moves where you don't even use weapons?"
Alvin sighed. "Just my luck - I have access to ninja weapons, but I can't even use them."
Mikey stepped in. "But, Alvin, try to focus on the positives - you're in Raph's body, which is - no offense or anything - bigger and stronger than your chipmunk body." He flexed his arms in a few body-builder poses. "Sure, it isn't quite my athletic physique, but at least you aren't some skinny nerd like Donnie or Leo."
"Hey!" Leo pretended to kick the back of Mikey's legs. But Mikey ducked so that Leo kicked his shell instead. "Ow!" Leo motioned to his sore toes. To save face and credibility with Alvin, he pointed out, "And now, you also have the protective advantage of a shell. And check out what else you can do..." He winked at Mikey, who nodded briefly at him as Leo pretended to make a punch at Mikey's face.
Instead of being hit in the face, Mikey tucked his head into his shell. "See? I can take it like a turtle! And I love being a turtle!" Mikey called out from within his shell. Once Mikey let his head return to its normal position, he pinched up some skin from his arm. "And our skin is also thicker than mammal skin, since we have scales. But that still doesn't mean we're immune to paper-cuts. What? Did you think these wraps on our hands and wrists are only to give us better grips on our weapons? OK, well that may be one reason for them."
Alvin laughed. "Ooh! I wanna try that! Now you see me..." He ducked his head into Raph's shell. "...Now you don't!" He said from within the shell. Laughing, his head returned to its normal position. "Ha! And Simon thinks he's the only magician in the family!" He chuckled and sighed with satisfaction. "Well, that's something I can definitely check off my bucket list."
Leo and Mikey went on to show him some evasive and defensive moves. First, they would demonstrate, then they would let Alvin try it.
After about thirty minutes of this practice time, as they were wrapping up, Alvin smiled over at Leo and Mikey. "Well, thank you for teaching me some real defensive fighting moves, and, you know, not just giving me chores and creatively calling them 'learning opportunities'. You know, like 'Wax On, Wax Off', or 'Paint Fence', or 'Clean Lair', or even 'Make Popcorn'."
Leo and Mikey shared a laugh. Leo then added, "Come to think of it, Splinter did say something to us the other day about vacuuming the dojo. But that can wait until later, since he said the dojo is almost due for vacuuming."
Mikey patted his shoulder. "Thanks for going easy on us, Leo the 'Slave-Driver' or 'Cleaning Nazi'."
Alvin giggled. "To think that I used to play superheroes or even 'Ninja Turtles' with my brothers. When we did that, I would usually play Raph, wondering what kind of cool life he would have as a Ninja Turtle." He chuckled, "I guess I should've been more careful about what I wished for, huh?"
Leo and Mikey put an arm around him as they all shared a laugh. Alvin noticed how Leo and Mikey even slightly reminded him of Simon and Theodore. But where did that place Donnie? Or Splinter? He realized he would have to make more room for his ever-growing family."
A/N: The squirrelanoids are from the Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon episode "Invasion Of The Squirrelanoids". Funny that there were 3 of them, and 3 Chipmunks… "Gremlins" was a movie from 1984, that I thought was the scariest movie ever at the time. Ha! What little did I know… The "wardrobe malfunction" is in reference to the (in)famous and unforgettable SuperBowl half-time performance of 2004 with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. Splinter's line "my ear is open…" is a nod to the 1990 TMNT movie, where he said that to Danny Pennington, the troubled teen (April's boss's son, who got involved with the Purple Dragons, who weren't mentioned by name in that movie, but die-hard TMNT fans can tell the difference between the Purple Dragons and the Foot Clan). Mikey's line "I love being a turtle" is from all 3 of the 1990s movies (even though Leo actually said it in the third one). Simon as the magician is from the Nickelodeon Chipmunks episodes "Simon The Superb" and "Alvin's Secret Powers". The "learning opportunities" were in the episode "Superheroes", along with "Make Popcorn". "Paint Fence" is from "The Karate Kid", and so is "Wax On, Wax Off" (also referenced in the "TMNT 2" movie).
