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Chapter 4: Understanding Mikey

"Was that fair?" Splinter held his jaded staff to Leonardo's throat as he pinned him to the ground.

"No!" the turtle cried.

"Did I win?"

"I see your point"

"Seek victory not fairness."

"Hai Sensei." The ninjutsu master made his way to the dojo to meditate as Leo stayed behind, hard in concentration on how to defeat those other ninjas and their crazy leader. However the sounds coming from the living room invaded his thoughts. He decided to go check what was going on, especially since he knew a certain red-head girl was out there. He leaned on the island listening from the kitchen.

"Check it out, it's a site where you can make friends with anyone online." April was explaining something to Michelangelo, he just didn't know what yet.

"Sweet! Whoa! Chris Bradford is on here! He'll be my first friend!"

"Mikey, people don't always respond immediately *BLIP* or maybe they do?" Leo smiled. Ever since they saved April, she's been down in the lair a lot. Not that he minded since she usually brought them pizza. Although it sometimes made it hard not to think about her. Footsteps approached him, he saw April suddenly in front of him with a small smile plastered onto her face as she entered the kitchen grabbing a glass of water. He returned it with one of his own as he felt his stomach flutter slightly.

"You know April. That was really nice of you." he said trying to keep her alone with him a little longer.

"What do you mean?" she stared at him puzzled, leaning forward against the island just across from him.

"The Chris Bradford thing with Mikey. He's really been wanting a human friend."

"I still don't see what's wrong with being friends with me."

"Trust me, nothing is wrong with you. Mikey is well…" He couldn't find the right word to describe his younger brother.

"Mikey?"

"Exactly! It's always just been the four of us. I think he just wants someone who understands him."

"And three other ninja turtles don't?"

"Take it from me, no one can understand Mikey." Both turtle and human chuckled. April gave him another one of her perfect smiles which once again created a fluttery feeling in his stomach. Maybe understanding Mikey could be easier than understanding this feeling.

A/N Lines from this chapter were taken from "New Friend, Old Enemy."