CHAPTER 4: THE FESTIVAL OF THE MEMORIES.

Julie was a little bit desperate! She hadn't put anything elegant in her bag! What could her wear now? She was going through the stuff in her bag once more when Donnie knocked the door and entered.

"Splinter wants to see you!" He smiled. Julie nodded and smiled back following him to Splinter's room, where he was rummaging in an old box.

"Ah, Julie! I'm glad you came. I was going through the things in this box that the Ancient One gave me a while ago and I found this…" He showed a beautiful kimono in white authentic silk. It had cherry blossoms and cherry blossom sewed on it on the front, and on the behind, there was a big and splendid cherry tree. Julie remained enchanted.

"It's…fantastic!"

"It was my wife Sheng's kimono. A kimono consists of many layers, so go to your room and put the first layer on so I can help you with the rest then." Julie did as he said and he then helped her with the rest. Julie was stunning.

"You're so beautiful!"

"Thanks Master Splinter, I'll be careful with it!" She went back to her room to fix her hair and make up. She then walked to the living room (The Ninja Tribunal's castle was enormous and had many rooms, and a living room too) Where the others were. Everyone remained amazed.

"WOOOOW!" Donnie and Raph said.

"COWABUNGA!" Mikey said with sparkling eyes. Leo remained silent, he couldn't express his feelings seeing her so beautiful. April ran to her. She had a very cute yellow kimono with white suns on it.

"You're amazing!"

"Thanks, you're so cute too!" They all took their weapons in case Nisshoku's helpers would come to the festival. Leo gave Julie her katana and caressed gently her hair.

"You look great" He smiled at her and her heart beated faster and louder. She hugged him and said:

"Thanks! We better get going; they are waiting for us…" The Ninja Tribunal's messenger took them to the festival near the Temple Of Fire. The roads, markets, houses and the market were decorated in red and orange. There were many small markets with games, food and many things to buy and of course, there were a lot of people. It was so beautiful.

"Compared to this, the festivals in my dimension are dust!" Julie laughed.

"Same here!" April nodded with a smile. They had fun playing all the games and shopping things and souvenirs. Julie bought some gifts for her family.

"Where are the guys?" Julie asked April eating a big strawberry ice cream cone with cherry cream on it.

"They are in some game market near the town square…" She suddenly stopped talking.

"April? Has something happened?" Then she saw the flyer on the pole in front of them. It said that there were soon be a dance on the town square.

"Let's go and get the boys, it's time for dancing!" They ran to the town square and dragged out the Turtles and Splinter out of the game market. The dance would be starting soon. The music began and Mikey ran to Julie and asked:

"Would you give me the honour to dance with you?" Julie laughed and nodded. They danced and had a lot of fun. Mikey shouted to Leo, who was dancing with April:

"Leo! Look! I'm dancing with your girlfriend!" Raph came buy and slapped him on the head. Julie laughed more. She loved these scenes in the 2k3 series but it was even better in real life. A slow music began and the "DJ" Said:

"It's time for the slow music! Take your loved one's hand and dance with him or her!" Mikey whispered and winked to Julie:

"Good Look with Leo!" Julie smiled. Leo went to her and smiled. He dragged her delicately closer to him and they began to dance slowly in rhythm to the song. That moment was so perfect

Meanwhile, Donnie was sitting on a bench with Raph, watching other people dancing. April saw him and walked to him.

"Hey, what do you say, shall we dance?" Donnie didn't have the time to answer because April already had dragged him to the dance floor.

"But…I'm not good at dancing!"

"Don't worry! I'll teach you!" She teached him waltz and they danced. April was so close, and Donnie blushed but smiled. He was happy to be with her, it was all that mattered. April was so happy to see him smile. She felt complete with him, she didn't know how or why. She had already felt this feeling at their date some months ago…

A messenger from The Ninja Tribunal arrived and said:

"Everybody that participates at this festival, you can go to the temple of fire to hear the speech of The Ninja Tribunal!" Everyone went to the temple not far away from the town square and when everyone was there, Chikara started talking:

"We thank all of you for being here tonight…" Something interrupted her: A big comet-like ball felled down from the roof and shaped itself to a human made of fire. He then said:

"Hey! Hope it's not a problem if I interrupt the party!"