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Installment 12: Double Date
Kagome softly hummed as she flipped to another page in her manga, enjoying as close as what she can get to solitude for the time being. She reclined against Michelangelo's plastron as the two of them comfortably lounged in the hammock strung up in the living room of the Turtle's lair. Michelangelo entertained himself while Kagome read by holding her around her middle with his face nuzzled against the back of her neck, perfectly content to remain where he was.
Fortunately for the turtle mutant, Kagome didn't mind the closeness now that she understood the reasoning behind it. The teenaged terrapins were experiencing their first breeding season, and, for whatever reason, they decided to focus their amorous attentions on her. Much to her surprise, they showed absolutely no signs of changing their interest even when April appeared during one of her routine visits. In fact, if Kagome didn't bring it up, she was certain the redhead would not have noticed the Turtles were acting differently. It struck her as odd, but Kagome ultimately decided she wouldn't think about it too much and chalk it up to hormones. Besides, although she would never admit it aloud, a part of her really liked the attention the showered her with. Having a cuddly turtle by her side from most of the day was no great inconvenience.
Kagome's reading briefly halted when she felt Michelangelo abruptly shift behind her. She grinned and continued reading, assuming the turtle was trying to find a more comfortable position in the hammock. When compared to his three older brothers, Mikey always found a way to stay by her side and required more attention. She still didn't know if this was a good or bad thing.
"Go-chan," he whined, "I'm sleepy."
Kagome playfully shook her head and cheekily suggested, "Then sleep."
"Don't wanna!" Michelangelo cried as he pulled her closer, burying his face into Kagome's back, "Raph and Leo will take you from me."
"Oh good grief," Kagome muttered skeptically, "I highly doubt that will happen."
"It absolutely can happen!" the terrapin protested, "Those two teamed up against me! They're just waiting for the right moment to catch me off guard and strike."
Kagome snorted, still in complete disbelief. There was no way the two elder turtles would work together even if it was to compete against Michelangelo.
"Sorry, Mikey, but I'm not buying it."
"Fine! Then can we at least go to my room?" Michelangelo asked, "I promise I really cleaned it this time! Pretty, pretty please!"
"Okay," Kagome relented without much prodding, "but, if I see just one leftover pizza box or pair of undies on the floor, I'm out."
Michelangelo grinned excitedly before he swung himself and Kagome out of the hammock. Kagome yelped as Mikey caught her before she fell onto the floor and trotted to his bedroom, linking her arms behind his neck to stabilize herself. When they reached his bedroom, Mikey kicked the door open and stepped toward his bed to set Kagome down. After falling onto the mattress with a small squeak, Kagome looked around and noted Michelangelo's room was completely void of its usual clutter like he said. However, she suspected most of it was pushed under the bed.
Michelangelo hurriedly limbed into bed next to Kagome then pulled her close to his chest.
"G'night, Go-chan," he whispered into Kagome's hair.
"Night, Mikey," she replied as she closed her eyes and drifted into sleep with her mutant bedmate.
-O0o0O-
Kagome was startled awake when she heard a particularly loud snore right next to her car. Within several seconds, her sleep induced haze cleared, and she quickly realized where she was and why she couldn't distance herself from the constant noise.
Well, there's no going back to sleep now, she decided then slowly slid from Mikey's tight grip. Once she was free, Kagome pulled the covers up to the turtle's chin and kissed his forehead before she left. Michelangelo was unlikely to wake up anytime soon, so she didn't put any extra effort into sneaking out quietly. Still, when she reached the door, Kagome carefully eased it open then closed it just as softly. When she turned around, she was surprised to see Leonardo and Raphael leaning against the opposite wall.
"Took you long enough, princess," Raphael quipped with a smirk.
Kagome huffed and folded her arms over her chest and became even more agitated when Raph's devious grin widened. He knew how much she hated that nickname and never failed to use that fact to get under her skin. What's worse, Leonardo sported a similar, amused look
"Didn't know you were waiting," she hotly remarked and turned around to walk away from the two turtles. Raphael moved quickly to block her path and scoop her up, slinging her over his shoulder with ease.
"What the hell are you doing?" Kagome shrieked, flailing her arms and legs to free herself from his hold.
"Language, princess," Raphael remarked, "You took so long that we have to make up for lost time. Just enjoy the ride."
"The ride to where exactly?" she inquired.
"Relax," Leonardo said, walking behind Raphael to playfully ruffle Kagome's hair, "We have something we wanna show you."
"And that would be?" Kagome continued to press.
"You just have to wait and see," Leonardo insisted, "I promise it'll all be worth it."
Kagome snorted and continued to struggle. "Then put me down. I can walk there on my own!"
She squeaked when Raphael swatted her wriggling backside.
"You better quit squirming like that, princess, or I might just learn to like it," he warned.
Kagome blushed and ducked her head to hide her face, embarrassed by both Raphael's suggestive tone and the hand gripping her thigh as it slowly traveled toward her bottom. By now, the trio made it out of the sewers to the surface with Leonardo taking the lead as Raphael trailed close behind with Kagome as his precious cargo.
"I told you not to call me 'princess' anymore!" the miko hissed, "And get your hand off my ass!"
"Raphael!" Leonardo called out over his shoulder, "We still have a long way to go, so stop teasing her."
"I'm just trying to have a little fun," he replied, "Lighten up Leo."
"Well, I'm not having fun!" Kagome interjected, "Can you at least carry me another way? Your shell is digging into my stomach." She paused as a conniving grin stretched across her face. Raphael wasn't the only one who knew how to push someone's buttons.
"Or, better yet, why don't you hand me off to Leonardo instead? I prefer it when he carries me."
Raphael snorted. "And why is that?"
"For starters, I know he doesn't try to feel me up every chance he gets."
"Oh really?" Raphael countered as he quickly stopped and allowed Kagome to slide down his front before he picked her up again in princess hold.
"That's because, while I'm an ass man, he'd rather drool over your cleavage," he informed her, delighting when she began to blush and stutter. He gave Kagome a quick squeeze, making sure his gaze was obviously directed at her chest.
"Then again, I can see why he enjoys the view."
"Enough, Raph!" Leonardo yelled, "Stay focused!" During the brief moment he turned to speak, Kagome was sure a guilty hint of red highlighted his cheeks.
Kagome sighed and got as comfortable as she could while leaning against Raphael's plastron. As the trio continued traveling, it began to drizzle and the temperature started to drop. Kagome shivered, realizing her V-neck top and dark denim skinny jeans were not enough to fend off the cold. Raphael immediately noticed and shifted her in his grip in an effort to shield her from the cold.
"We're almost there," he whispered. Kagome nodded and closed her eyes, idly tracing the grooves of his shell.
Just as Raphael said, it wasn't much longer before both turtles came to a stop.
"Kagome," Leonardo softly called out to her, "We're here."
The miko lazily opened her eyes as Raphael carefully placed her on her feet. Leonardo then took Kagome's hand and led her forward. It didn't take long to realize where they brought her.
"Why are we at a pier?" she asked and shivered again. The night air felt cooler as they stood so close the water.
The worn wooden path they walked on creaked loudly with each step they took. On their right was a dirt and gravel boat launch in much worse condition than pier, and a long line of unkempt brush was located on the left. This clearly was an obscure and remote location, more or less a place that guaranteed privacy.
Leonardo turned to her and grinned. "You'll see."
Kagome huffed and continued walking with Leonardo and Raphael until they reached the edge of the pier, and Leonardo released her hand.
"Wait right here," he instructed, "We'll jump down first then you go after us."
"So we're going for a swim?" Kagome guessed, confused, "I'm not exactly dressed for that, ya know."
"It'll be fine, princess," Raphael insisted, "We have a boat. Don't you trust us?"
"Of course I do," Kagome replied, "But are you absolutely sure it's safe?"
"Absolutely," Leonardo remarked, "We'll jump first then stabilize the boat before you jump, and I'll catch you. I promise I won't let you fall."
"Alright," Kagome answered, still understandably wary. She waited where she stood with her arms folder over her chest and watched Raphael and Leonardo jump off the dock without produce a large splash of water from the river. After about two minutes, Raphael called out to Kagome from below.
"Hey, princess, we're ready for you!"
Kagome approached the edge of the pier and looked down to see Raphael seated at the stern of a canoe with two oars in hand. Leonardo was standing in the middle of the vessel, holding out his arms in front of him to catch her.
"Come on," he said encouragingly, "I've got you."
Without any further provocation, Kagome jumped off the dock, rocking the boat as Leonardo caught her. Once the canoe was stabilized, he set her down so she could sit in the middle of the canoe. He then took the remaining seat at the bow and grabbed a second set of oars before he and Raphael began to row away from the pier. As the slowly began to move away from the dock, Kagome clutched the edge of the canoe as she leaned over and peered out into their darkened surroundings. She attempted to spot any landmarks or features in the distance that could help her determine exactly where the Turtles were taking her, but, although the full moon lit up the night sky overhead, she couldn't see a thing.
"Are you guys completely sure it's okay for us to be out here so late?" she repeated.
Raphael huffed, indignant. "How many times do I gotta tell you to trust us? It's beginning to get a little insulting."
"Sorry," she replied, wearing a sheepish grin, "but I can't help it. It is pretty late, and I'm not as good a swimmer as you guys especially after dark."
"Seriously, princess? The safest place to be on the water is with a turtle," he quipped. Then his tone became more sincere before he spoke to her again. "You know I would never let anything happen to you."
Raphael shrugged and casually added, "Can't vouch for Leo though."
"Raph!" Leonardo shouted in protest.
Kagome laughed softly to herself and immediately felt much better. As goofy as the two turtles could be, she knew they would protect her and trusted her life in their hands.
Still, a life jacket would make me feel a hell of a lot better!
After rowing for about ten to fifteen minutes, Leonardo announced they arrived at their destination, a small, narrow island that appeared to be completely uninhabited. Both turtles hopped out of the boat and pulled it onto a sandy shore with Kagome still seated inside until they were sure it wouldn't be pulled back into the water. When they successfully beached it, Leonardo held out his hand to Kagome. She took it, awkwardly lacing her five slender digits with his three larger ones, and let him help her out of the boat and stand on the sandy beach. He then let go of her hand and jogged further inland, telling Raphael and Kagome to wait on the shore. Already anticipating that he wouldn't give her a meaningful answer, Kagome didn't ask Raphael why his brother left and simply waited for him to return.
Several minutes after Leonardo left, Raphael stood in front of Kagome and held out his hand as he said while wearing a smirk, "Ready, princess?"
Kagome rolled her eyes but took Raphael's hand and walked with him through the sandy terrain densely covered in dry grass and brittle bushes. The duo continued walking until they reached a small, enclosed area where Leonardo stood expecting their arrival. Kagome blinked, puzzled at what she saw arranged in the clearing: a quilt spread out on the ground, a small fire pit encircled with large flat stones, a small cooler, and a metal bucket.
"What is all this?" she asked
Leonardo smiled as Raphael gently coaxed Kagome into the clearing with his hands placed on her shoulders until she stood between the two brothers on top of the blanket.
"You told us before how much you miss seeing the stars from your family's shrine in Tokyo, so we brought you to this place," he explained.
Kagome immediately looked up, marveling at the night sky without the excess light pollution of the city. She was so focused on analyzing her surroundings during the boat ride earlier that she didn't notice it before now. It wasn't as clear as the view she was accustomed to in Japan—both in the past and the present—but she still looked on with silent admiration.
"Granted, you can't see a lot of it them out here," Leonardo continued to speak, breaking Kagome from her reverie, "but you can see the moon. That's better than nothing, right?"
"It's perfect," Kagome exclaimed in an awed whisper. She lowered her gaze and wrapped her arms around Leonardo's neck. She held him tight and pressed a tender kiss to his beak.
"Thank you, Leonardo," she said softly, "Thank you."
"No problem, Kagome," he whispered in return.
"Hey!" Raphael yelled behind them, "He's not the only one who made this happen, ya know!"
Kagome giggled as she separated from Leo and turned around to Raphael. She embraced him and pecked him on the cheek much to his displeasure.
"Thank you too, Raph," she said.
Raphael grinned before he placed his hand on Kagome's bottom and pulled her close to pick her up.
"Anything for you princess," he said, giving her posterior a squeeze.
"Why you—! Let go of me, you pervert!" she demanded, her face burning crimson with embarrassment.
Raphael chuckled and sat down on the blanket, bringing Kagome with him to sit in his lap despite her protests.
"No, I don't think I will," he retorted, "Maybe, if you give me a real kiss, I'll think about it."
Kagome huffed and tried to turn away only to find that Leonardo joined them on the blanket, and she was sandwiched between the two turtle brothers.
"Raph does have a point," Leonardo remarked, "You should give him more credit. This was partly his idea."
Kagome snorted and said in reference to the compromising position she was in, "Maybe this part was."
She squeaked when she felt a three-fingered hand on her thigh that definitely did not belong to Raphael.
"Not just me, princess," Raphael quipped as he winked at Leonardo over Kagome's shoulder, and he chuckled in return.
Kagome playfully shook her head and relaxed, focusing on the closeness she now shared with the two brothers and the secluded place they showed her. Eventually, one of the two mutant turtles moved away and retrieved the cooler. Inside were a few bottles of Coke and a cold—but still very delicious—pizza. After they ate, the trio ended up lying side-by-side on their backs covered by another blanket as they watched the sky overhead with the dimming fire in the background.
"Hey, Kagome?" Raphael asked.
The human girl hummed in response and shifted her gaze to him.
"Why did you decide to come to New York?"
Kagome stiffened instantly, her mind instantly going blank. Raphael, Leonardo, and the others only knew she moved to the United States to attend high school with a foreign exchange program before the Kraang became interested in her, but she had no family, no friends, and no other ties to the city. Her host family was quick to wash their hands of her and accept whatever excuse she made to drop out of the program and, unbeknownst to them, go into hiding. The reason she actually moved so far away from home was something she avoided discussing with the turtles.
"Raph!" Leonardo scolded, before raising himself up on his elbows to look at Kagome reassuringly. "It's alright. You don't need to answer that."
"No," Kagome quickly said, "it's not that I don't want to tell you. It's just something I'm not ready to talk about. Sorry."
Raphael, visibly disturbed by Kagome's reaction, raised himself up like Leonardo, reached out, and cupped her cheek. "Don't worry about it. If ever you get ready to talk, we'll be here for you."
"He's right," Leonardo added, placing his arm lower on Kagome's hip, "You have to know that we trust you just like you can trust us."
Kagome nodded and leaned closer to Raphael, dropping her hooded gaze to his mouth. Behind her, Leonardo scooted closer to her, so close that she could feel his hot breath tickle her neck. For the first time, Kagome's body began to tremble, and it wasn't due to the cold.
"I know," she whispered.
Then, all of a sudden, before what was undoubtedly inevitable could occur, both Leonardo and Raphael became rigid and simultaneously started to pull away from her.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked, fearing that she somehow made an unknown mistake.
"I think I hear something," Leonardo stated then immediately went silent again. He cringed when the muffled sounds he and Raphael heard grew loud enough for Kagome to also hear, and there were faint beams of light coming from the direction of the shore.
"Shit!" Leonardo hissed, startling Kagome with his uncharacteristically vulgar word choice, "We gotta go."
He, Raphael, and Kagome were hurriedly on their feet and began moving in the opposite direction, only pausing to dowse the smoldering embers that remained from the fire and leaving everything else behind.
"What's going on?" Kagome implored.
"The cops are here," Raphael quickly explained.
"What!?" Kagome yelped.
"Keep your voice down or we'll get caught!" he hushed her.
"Why are the police here?" she asked in a lower, but still frightened, voice.
"Well, this island is some kind of animal sanctuary for birds, so we're technically trespassing on government property," Leonardo explained, panicked.
"Are you serious?" Kagome quietly shrieked. Ahead of her, she could see they were closing in on the other side of the island. Unlike the sandy beach they landed on, the shore ended abruptly at a small, sharp cliff lined by jagged rocks.
"What the hell are we gonna do? The boat is on the other side."
"Don't worry! We have a plan to get out of here before they find us. Just be ready to hold your breath!"
-O0o0O-
Donatello frowned when he saw Kagome violently sneeze, nearly spitting out the thermometer in he placed in her mouth.
"Sorry, Donnie," she apologized in a nasally voice.
"Don't worry about it, K," he gently told her, wearing a kind smile as he removed the thermometer from her lips, "It's not your fault you got sick." He then turned and glared at Leonardo and Raphael over his shoulder.
"They were the ones who thought it was a good idea to bring you out in the cold in the middle of the night for a dunk in the Hudson River and brought you home completely soaked."
"We didn't do it on purpose!" Raphael countered, "Besides, don't you always tell us getting wet doesn't make us sick?"
Donatello snorted. "Yes, that is true, but, one, prolonged exposure to the elements in that condition will weaken your immune system and make you more susceptible to contracting an infection from all of the pathogens you're exposed to, and, two, we are turtles!"
"Please don't fight," Kagome meekly requested from her place in bed, "All of this shouting is giving me a headache."
Donatello quickly dropped the argument and returned to Kagome's side.
"Sorry, K," he said, smoothing a cold compress over her forehead, "Are you alright? Do you need anything?"
"I'm fine for now," she answered with a weak smile, "I just want to take a nap and get some rest."
"Okay. Try to go to sleep and I'll be back in a minute to check on you," Donatello replied. He bent over to kiss Kagome on the forehead before he stood and left his room with Raphael and Leonardo behind him, softly closing the door once they were all in the hall.
"Way to go, guy," Donnie said with a pointed smirk, "Great teamwork."
"Shut up!" Leonardo snapped, "We made more progress than you ever will!"
"Really? That must be why Kagome's sleeping in my bed while you two are getting the cold shoulder," he remarked, smug.
Raphael growled, "Not for long, poindexter."
He pushed passed Donatello and tried to open the door to his bedroom only to find it was locked.
"Damn it, Donnie!" he explained, still pulling on the knob, "Open the door!"
"What are you talking about?" Donatello said and stepped forward to turn the knob, "I didn't loc—" He stopped speaking when the door didn't open.
"What in the—? I swear I didn't lock it," he muttered to himself.
"Then why the hell is it locked?" Raphael asked, obviously not believing him.
"I swear I didn't!"
"Wait a minute! Did anyone see Mikey?" Leonardo interjected, and all three turtles came to the same conclusion.
"Mikey!"
The youngest turtle grinned on the other side of the door before he approached Donatello's bed ready to crawl in next to his one and only naptime buddy who was already in a deep sleep despite the commotion outside. He knew they would to take her from him but knew wouldn't last long.
"Revenge is sweet."
-O0o0O-
punkish furball – That's a wrap! Of course, Mikey managed to come back on top in the end. Once again, any feedback (positive, negative, inquisitive, informative, or otherwise) will be appreciated. Also, all my InuYasha/TMNT fans, check out my latest update to Perfect Blue, another such crossover with yandere themes. Until next time, TCB! XD
(edited 3.20.2017)