TMNT

Mutant Kunoichi

A girl from our world is somehow transported to the TMNT world, where she is subjected to becoming a mutant not in body, but in spirit. Protected by the turtles, and hunted by Foot Clan, will she find protection or even love?

CHAPTER TWENTY

Rules Were Made To Be Ignored

"Aurgh, what a horrible day…" I muttered, walking out of the hell hole that is school with Danny and Keno. "Why must they give us tests in algebra and science on the same freaking day?"

"Calm down," Keno said automatically, and then he grinned. "Anyway, not to change the subject or anything, but remember how this Friday's the dance…?"

"Was that supposed to make me feel better?" I muttered.

"I thought girls liked those sorts of things." Danny raised an eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes. "Not all girls – why did they have to make it compulsory?" I wondered out loud.

"You'd have to take off the sunglasses." Danny commented.

"And you'd have to take out the earphones." I shot back.

"Burn." Keno muttered, and Danny shot him a dark look. "Anyway, about the dance…" Keno went on.

"She doesn't want to talk about it." Danny muttered.

"Why don't we let her tell us that! ?" Keno snapped, like I wasn't even there.

"Whatever." Danny had his earphones back in again.

I was busy waving to Mary, who was climbing into a limousine. I caught sight of someone sitting on the other side…a man whose face was in the shadows, but he was wearing a familiar-looking black suit. I gulped.

I had been thinking about it for awhile, ever since I'd seen the picture at Mary's house (mansion). Could her Dad really be John Bishop – as in, the agent who had been born in the 1800's but was now sort of immortal due to the whole' being abducted by aliens' thing? Agent Bishop hated aliens…hold on…did coming from another dimension make me an alien? How old was Mary's Mother, and what was the accident Mary had been talking about? Did Mary know about all of this? What was the Meaning Of Life?

I wondered if I should talk to the turtles about Mary and her Father?

Thinking about the turtles made me think about the day before and…about Raphael. Without even being aware of it, I tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear, before touching my finger gently to my lips – I was wearing pink lipstick again. Something warm bubbled up inside of my stomach, a feeling that replaced the dull burn I had felt last night before the Foot Ninja attacked us. In all the years I had spent watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on TV, and daydreaming about going to their world, I had never once imagined – seriously – that I'd end up kissing the most hot-headed member of the team.

I was unable to keep the smile off my face.

Just then, all heads turned in the direction of the sound of a motorcycle engine and, to my surprise, a red motorbike, its rider dressed in very concealing clothes, pulled up across the street from where Danny, Keno and I were standing.

The rider turned his head towards me and, even though he was wearing a helmet, I recognized him instantly.

My smile turned into a full-out grin.

"Bye guys!" I said to Keno and Danny, who looked stunned. I reached out and yanked one of the earphones out of Danny's ears for good measures. "See you tomorrow!" I ran over to where Raphael was waiting. "Hi!" I exclaimed over the roar of the bike's engine, happier to see him than I realized.

"You goin' my way?" Raph asked, and I heard the grin in his voice.

"Depends," I said, blushing. "Where are we going?"

Raphael handed me a helmet – a brand new helmet, which was pink with black designs. It fit me perfectly. "Anywhere you wanna go." He told me, and waited as I jumped on the back of the bike, wrapping my arms around his waist and leaning my head against the top of his shell, which I could feel even through the heavy jumper he wore. "Hold on." Raph advised me.

He didn't have to tell me twice.

OoOoOoO

"You know," I said, as Raphael and I stood on the footpath underneath the bridge (you know, the big one, I can never remember its name and right now I didn't care). "I was thinking of asking Master Splinter to teach me ninjitsu…"

"You should," Raph said straight away, nodding. "You'd be great at it, and then I wouldn't have to worry about you so much."

I rolled my eyes. "That's your problem. My problem, however, is finding the right way to ask him – I mean, can I just say 'Master Splinter, can you please teach me ninjitsu, for a whole bunch of reasons I don't feel like saying'? Somehow, I don't think that would work…" I leaned against the pillar. "It's like trying to ask someone to a dance or something…not easy." I slumped down against the pillar. "But…I'm not complaining, right?"

"Yeah, you are," Raph came over to me. "But, I think I can help ya with both those problems."

"Really?" I glanced up at him doubtfully. "How so?"

"One, I can tell ya, you should just ask Master Splinter," Raph grinned. "He's not gonna say 'no', trust me. And, he can show you how ta use that 'Force Palm' thing properly."

I glanced at my left wrist. "Okay, fair enough – what's the second thing?"

"What're you doin' this Friday night?" Raph wanted to know.

"Standing by a wall watching everyone else dance." I said immediately.

"Wrong," Raph replied. "I hope that dance ain't compulsory or nothin."

"It is." I told him.

"Then let's just say you broke your leg, Em." There was a glint in Raph's eyes.

"Doing what?" I wanted to know.

"This." Raph grabbed my arm and yanked me up, and I suddenly found myself clinging to his back as he climbed up the pillar, before jumping upon to the supporting beams of the bridge. It was just like the scene in Twilight, when Edward takes Bella up into the trees. I had my arms wrapped tightly around Raph's neck, only slightly terrified that I really would break my leg.

I was breathless by the time we reached the top, but Raph seemed completely at ease, albeit a little amused at my expression when I saw the city from so high up.

"Wow – it's so beautiful!" I exclaimed, and then blushed. I kept forgetting that Raph wasn't really into that sort of thing. It was so easy to just forget myself with him now, and I had no idea how or why it had happened so fast.

Apparently, Raph was in the habit of forgetting himself too, because he suddenly said: "You mean like you?"

I just about fell off the bridge then, I was so surprised, and the look on Raph's face told me that he hadn't exactly planned on saying that. But, looking into his eyes, I realized he thought it was true.

I didn't know why, and I didn't know how, but I was glad. I felt special, something I hadn't felt in such a long time.

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Raph and I arrived at the garage as evening fell, and I leaned against a wall as he put his motorbike away. I looked up at the sky and thought: I am the luckiest girl in the world…well, this world, anyway…

Just then, I happened to glance back at the street, and saw a figure marching toward me. I jumped, but then I realized that it was just Angel.

She marched right up to me, hands on hips, and gave me a piercing stare.

I gulped nervously.

"Hmm…" She said thoughtfully. "So, it is you…"

"What's me?" I wanted to know, just as Raph came out of the garage.

"Hey, Angel." He greeted the purple-haired girl.

"Hi Raphael," She finally smiled.

"What are you doing here?"

"Just saying thanks to the girl who saved my life." Angel replied pointedly.

Oh. So she figured it out.

Raph was unabashed. "Yup – Emma's the one."

I rolled my eyes. "Did everybody figure it out?"

"Leo and Donnie didn't." Raph told me.

"And neither did Hun or the other Purple Dragons," Angel smirked slightly. "I'm glad someone finally showed that idiot he's not so tough."

"Are you okay now?" I wanted to know.

She shrugged. "I'll be right…I think…" She added, a little uncertain.

"Don't worry, Angel, we'll look out for you." Raph said confidently, patting Angel on the shoulder.

"You always have." She smiled slightly, as Raph moved back and leaned against the wall, putting his arm on the wall beside me. Angel's eyes widened slightly. "Sooo…you two are…?"

I felt my face turn red; so did Raph's, and we both tried to explain: "No, it's not…I'm just…we…"

Angel laughed. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone…" She began, just as we heard footsteps coming from inside the garage and, a second later, Leonardo came storming outside.

"Where have you two been?" Leo asked in a voice that reminded me instantly of Master Splinter. Raph's body went tense, and he moved slightly away from me. "We've been worried sick – oh, hi Angel…"

"Hi." Angel sounded slightly amused.

"I repeat, where have you been?" Leo asked, before noticing the motorbike helmet under my arm. He stared at it for a moment, before looking angrily at Raph. "Did you take her out on your bike?"

"Yes," Raph said testily. "So what's the big deal?"

"The big deal," Leo sounded frustrated. "Is that we're supposed to be protecting Emma, not exposing her to all sorts of dangers!"

"You know what?" Raph said angrily. "I am getting really sick of you telling me what I can and can't do!"

"Well, clearly, you don't seem capable of being able to make these decisions for yourself!"

Angel and I had moved away by that time, as the two brothers kept on arguing, and she grinned slyly at me. "So, you and Raph huh?" She asked quietly, so that Leonardo wouldn't hear us – which wasn't very likely, since he and Raph were yelling so loudly.

I ducked my head. "Well, yeah, sorta…" I glanced over my shoulder at them, and was surprised to find my gaze drifting to Leo for some reason. I looked back at Angel. "It's not…weird?"

"Nah," Angel understood what I meant. "Raph's really cool, even if he is a mutant ninja turtle. What girl wouldn't fall in love?"

I had to laugh. "Yeah, but I'm not like most girls. There's a dance at our school, and my friends can't understand why I don't want to go."

"I thought teenage girls liked those sorts of things." Angel said with a raised eyebrow.

"Well not me!" I fairly yelled, causing Leo and Raph to stop arguing and look over at us.

"Come on," Leo said, calming down instantly. "We're not accomplishing anything by standing out here. Angel, do you want to stay for awhile?"

"Thanks, but no thanks. I'd better get going," Angel said, checking her watch. "My Granma's making beef Wellington tonight, and I'd better be there to make sure she doesn't burn down the whole kitchen again." She winced.

"Too bad," Leo said, coming over to us. Raph stayed where he was, glowering. "We're having…"

"Pizza again?" Angel guessed, smiling.

"I'd place my money on that one." I nodded.

"Yeah," Leo said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "But this time Mikey made it – it has extra-stringy cheese on it, too." He added, smiling at me.

"That's music to my ears." I grinned, as we waved goodbye to Angel.

I noticed that Leo kept his other hand on my shoulder as we did, though and, when I turned around, Raph was glaring at his eldest brother.

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I didn't go to the dance – Raph and I went "sight-seeing" instead. If by sight-seeing you meant joy-riding, going well above the speed limit and breaking about a thousand rules and laws into tiny little pieces, then that's what we did.

When we got back, I thought Leonardo was going to kill us.

"Leo," I interrupted his yelling quietly. "Sometimes rules are made to be bent…"

"This isn't bending, it's shredding!" Leo replied.

I sighed. "Whatever. I'm going to bed now," It was about three o'clock in the morning. "Please don't stay up arguing all night…morning…" I made my way over to the stairs. "Night, Raph."

"Night,Ems." He replied.

Leo didn't say anything.