Hi hi hi! *waves to the desert* For some reason, Raph seems to think I'll like it here. O.o I already tried to tell him that I can't properly write the story from here, but he seems to think it's safer for me to be here. Oh well. *shrugs* Thanks to those who reviewed, favved, and added this story to their alerts, I... I PWN YOU ALL! *cricket chirp* Heh heh, you do know that wasn't what I meant to say right? ^^' Darn desert messing with my computer's ability to function... speaking of its ability to function, I won't be able to fix the paragraph problem for chapter two until I get on with my Mom's computer, which I should hopefully be able to do tomorrow. ^_^ Thanks to Ruth for reading this chapter for me (again), and to Puldoh for pointing out the paragraph problem (I would never have known about it otherwise). And an especially big thanks to Keiba Namid, who left me two stonkin' reviews (and sent me a PM) that were highly enthusiastic and left me feeling quite glowy for about five hours after reading them. :) So I followed your amazingly powerful command to update, I hope you are pleased with the results! End this ridiculously long author note (and stay tuned for the one at the bottom of the chapter! :D)
Raph had worked everything out with the new turtles (he'd tried to call the three absentees, but their shells cells wouldn't pick up for some reason). "I need ta go vent on some idiots," he said, trying to block out whatever Michael was saying.
"Count me in!" said Casey. Donato held up his hand to show he also wanted to come, and Radboud tackled Raph and started speaking gibberish that roughly translates into 'Don't make me stay here with Cheese Head or I'll die!' Only when he received assurances that he could come, did he realize he was squishing Raph. He helped the mutant up and dusted him off, then eagerly followed him out of the lair. April had left to go get dinner, and Michael grinned at Leofric and Mikey.
"We're gonna watch a movie!" he sang. Leofric covered his one normal eye and sighed. Michael was trouble.
Raph couldn't help it, he liked these guys. Radboud was like the ninja version of a charging bull, only, he reacted to black rather than red. Donato was cool and calculating, and used a bisento that Raph was sure he'd never seen in the lair, when they were momentarily back-to-back, he asked about it. "I knew we'd need weapons, so I grabbed some that our creator had made for us and later threw away. I never actually took my bisento before, but figured it would be a good idea in this case. I got a Kusarigama for Radboud, but he's a little busy right now." Raph chuckled, kicking a Foot ninja in the face.
"You're tellin' me." Casey used his hockey stick to knock a few ninjas off Radboud's back.
"Watch yer back, buddy!" Radboud blinked. Buddy?
"Hey Radboud!" called Donato. "The ninjas said you're ugly," he sang. Radboud's eyes glowed, and with an animalistic roar he became an enemy-ninja-targeting whirlwind.
Leofric covered Mikey's eyes, absolutely certain that Raph would kill them if he found out that Mikey had seen blood, extreme injuries, and death. 'Course, he didn't know that Raph had watched Enter the Dragon with Mikey, and Mikey had loved it. Michael cheered.
"Give 'im a punch to the face!" he told the guy on screen. After about ten more minutes, he grinned at Mikey and Leofric. "Isn't Ip Man awesome?"
"Yes, but Raph's gonna kill us."
"Oh come on, Mini-trucker can't do a thing to us."
"Are you forgetting that we've never beaten them in a fair fight?" he hissed after covering Mikey's ears (his hands actually ended up covering Mikey's whole head).
"Whatever, don't get your tongue in a twist," said Michael, picking up Mikey. "We're gonna play a game, okay?"
"Hide and seek!" Mikey said enthusiastically as Leofric took Ip Man out of the DVD player.
"Awesome idea! We'll hide, and you'll seek." He put his counterpart down, and the toddler ran over to the wall to start counting.
"Why are you letting him seek?"
"'Cause if he hides I might get a little carried away," muttered Michael. The two ran off and hid, forgetting that you really should keep an eye on kids like Mikey. Because for a start, Mikey might just discover someone's sharp weapons that they forgot to put away. Luckily for us and Mikey's temporary guardians, he knew enough as a kid to not go and press on the sharp edge. At least, not with his skin. Instead, he dragged it across the floor, and over a couple things teenage Mikey would know Don was gonna kill him for wrecking.
"Great work there Rad! Ya ain't half bad! Though ya could use a shower. You and ya brothers." Radboud and Donato exchanged a look.
"Well, um, you see..."
"We really don't like showers, we had some unpleasant experiences with them," said Donato, remembering Darius's 'prank' with the showers that almost killed them.
"We've got a bathtub too if ya want," said Raph.
"We'll try that," said Donato before Radboud could protest again "Thank you, Raphael."
"Please, it's just Raph."
"Alright, Raph."
When April came back, she found sparking equipment, Leofric with a headache, and Michael giving Mikey a telling off. "You know, it ain't nice to steal Leofric's babies and-"
"They're not my babies!"
"-break people's things. That Donatello dude is gonna get majorly mad at us!"
"Ahem. Perhaps you should leave such lectures to me." Leofric and Michael backed up, ready to bolt if April decided they were in need of a lecture too. But no, she only took half an hour to tell off Mikey, during which time Raph and the others got back, and joined in the silent observation. By the end of it, Mikey was solemnly swearing to never use a sharp object.
"Ya do know he ain't gonna keep that promise, right?" said Raph as soon as April finished and straightened her pink hair. She sighed in response, nodding.
"I'm just hoping he'll stick to it for as long as he's stuck like this." Raph laughed.
"Yeah, I suppose we can hope fer that much at least. Hey Mikey! I'm back!"
"Raph!" called Mikey, running over to Raphael and latching onto his leg. "Wanna watch Ip Man?"
"Sure!"
"Raphael!" said April, horrified. "That's no movie for a kid!"
"So? Mikey ain't really a kid. We already watched Enter the Dragon and Frankenstein."
"HAMATO RAPHAEL FIRENZE!" The Dark Turtles couldn't help but snicker as Raphael got a very stern lecture from April. Michael nudged Leofric.
"Shouldn't you be takin' notes on how a true master delivers lectures?" he teased.
"Why not? I'll practice on you."
"Er, on second thought, let's get something to eat instead. What did April bring again?"
"She brought Chinese takeout, judging by the smell," said Donato, sniffing.
"What's that?" asked Radboud, who'd mostly eaten scraps, seeing as he wasn't as skilled with swiping food from people.
"Very delicious," said Michael, his tongue waving in the air. "Come on!"
"Oh no you don't! We'll all be eating together!" Before Michael could say that April couldn't stop him, Casey put a hand on his arm.
"Trust me, ya don' wanna make her mad."
Okay okay, I'm sorry that this isn't as long as it could be, but hey! I was writing it on my iPod in bed when I SHOULD have been asleep! It looks much longer than it is when it's on the iPod! FORGIVE ME! *throws herself at the readers' feet, puppy eyes on in all their glory* You HAVE to forgive me! I can't write when I feel upset. :D
Disclaimer: If you don't forgive her, Raph's gonna find out that it was ME who did the prank about an hour ago, and not Mikey, and then Raph'll be after my BLOOD! Do you want Raph to turn into a vampire and suck out my BWOOD? Well, DO YOU?
Umm... o.O There there, Disclaimer. *pats Disclaimer on the head* "TMNT ain't owned by me!" Did you see what I did right thar? :D Next chapter shall feature... RAPH KICKING THE DARK TURTLES OUT FOR THE WEEKEND SO HE CAN SPEND IT WITH MIKEY! :D And there shall be bandaids. *waves the Hello Kitty bandaids* Wait, Mikey wouldn't use those... *tosses them away and pulls out a box of Spongebob bandaids to wave*