SGTT: Yes my dear readers... chapter 6 is finally up... this one is alot tamer than the other 5 Chapter 7 will take some time to work out however.... Sorry :'(

Chapter 6

A Ninja's Greatest Potential

A few days had passed since I had met Penny, her sisters and mother, and since I had seen my brothers. Things would've gotten back to normal if it weren't for the fact I had a blackout and left my Turtle Titan gear at Penny's apartment. I sigh, wondering how the girls reacted to my blackout... or how it even happened. So, basically I haven't been on patrol in almost a week and I'm going stir crazy.

"Mikey," I heard a voice from behind me say, "I made some food... Why don't you come and eat?" "Eat?! Eat?!" I half-yelled getting up from the couch, "How can I eat? I lost my home! My bro's are trying to force me to go back to America with them! And I even had a blackout....." "Listen to me Michelangelo," Blizzard sighed giving me a look of discontent, "If you don't eat you won't be able to fend off any of your brothers if they find you again."

I sighed and made my way to the kitchen. "Well, it's all that and the fact I heard your cooking sucks," I joked with a light chuckle. "What?! Who told you that?!" Blizz asked both confusion and frustration in his voice. "Yo Blizz! Ever hear of a joke?" I asked. "Very funny Mikey," he said. "Good morning Mikey," Vonica greeted me from the kitchen table as Blizzard and I walked in. "Mikey!" Toby squealed lunging at me. I realized a split second before she hit me that she was drenched in extremely sticky syrup. "Oh no," I sighed as I braced myself for impact.

It wasn't her fault that I was getting all stickified, since we started living with Vonnie and Blizz I had been to the breakfast table twice... maybe even three times. She missed me. I had left without telling her last year, I'm not quite sure but I think she holds it against me a little. I mean wouldn't you hold it against your parent if they left without saying goodbye? Man I'm terrible... she lost her parents once, though I doubt she remembers that.

"Pancakes or Waffles?" I asked trying not to cry about my mistakes or vomit at the image ofn the moment I found Toby that was running through my head at the current moment. "Nope!" she said with a giggle, "Oatmeal!" "Oatmeal?" I asked with a smile on my face, "Why would you put syrup on oatmeal?" "Because it's yummy!" Toby exclaimed. Of course, why didn't I remember ? I used to feed oatmeal and syrup to Toby all the time when she was little.

About seven minutes later we were up and separated. I had made my way to the breakfast and grabbed up some of it and a tea. "You've seemed bored a lot lately big bro," Von said eyeing me. "Yeah," I sighed, "I lost my gear and in my haste last year I didn't manage to grab my 360 or PS2 let alone my games." "Well," Vonica said with a smile, "I did leave after you did." I blinked at her in confusion. "All your systems are in my closet," she sighed.

T.M.N.T.

So, after the major cheering up from about thirty or so online matches of Slayer on Halo 3, I was feeling pretty good. I was still a bit nauseous from the image of Toby's Mom, well half of her anyway, with her arms wrapped around, a slightly , blood covered, Toby and the look of agony and desperation on her face.

I turned off my game and removed my headset. Taking in a deep breath I began to contemplate the major events of my teenage life. My life with my brothers went through, surprisingly, few changes, considering the whole fight and all. Outside the home was my more common place, however, it went through quite a few changes. I excelled in certain types of combat, gun and bare handed, my stealth increased massively, my group, The Orange Venoms, crushed all those who opposed us, Purple Dragons… even the Foot feared us, and I had gone through a relationship and it's breakup.

Then a collage of similar memories hit my like a tidal wave. They were all about one thing. Something not many people have said to me. I closed my eyes and all I could hear was three voices. "My dear boy, Michelangelo," three very different voices spoke, "I have been watching you for sometime and I believe that you, more than any of your brothers, have the greatest potential as a ninja." To this day it still confuses me as to what they meant.

Come to think of it, that's probably why Master Splinter sent me to Japan in the first place. I haven't narrowed down specifically why. But I'm thinking it was either to hone my skills or to keep them from falling into the wrong hands. "Like I'd let anyone use me for their evil doings," I mumbled loudly. "Let someone… no," came a voice from the doorway, "But go to the extreme of doing so yourself in some vain attempt to 'do some good for the city' and break out of the shadows of both the world and your own family…. Yes."

"I didn't ask for your opinion Vonnie," I muttered in a slightly angered tone. "It's the truth… isn't it Michelangelo?" she asked in a matter of fact tone. "Gah! I don't know!" I sighed, "I guess it is." Then Von proceeded to sit down beside me. "I know it's hard to deal with having older brothers that everyone thinks are better than you, I have all four of you guys," she spoke, "But you know what…" "No what?" I asked. "I can see how the Viper and Orange Venoms appealed to you. They were your way of escaping their shadows, of proving that you were better than they could ever imagine," Vonica continued, "You used stealth to get out of the lair and you must have practised your fighting styles in order to get so good."

"Thanks Von-Von," I said to her. "No problemo," she said rising to her back paws, "I've said enough… you should get back to your game." As my little wolf sister left the room, I turned on my game and put on my headset. I joined a game that was waiting for only one more player.

"Turtle Titan?" I heard a female voice over the headset, "Is your name Michelangelo?" "Yes it is," I replied. "Good," she said, "This is Penny."

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