Well, it turned out this chapter was longer than I expected, so I'm going to split it up. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, that makes my day! Hope you enjoy.

Characters may or may not be OOC. Sorry if they are; I'm trying to use different characters that I haven't really tried writing before, especially April.

By the way, I don't own the Ninja Turtles. I just spend way to much of my life writing about it.

Chapter 3

"Do you know all these kids?!" Raph gaped in wonder. "There must be thousands!"

April chuckled at his childish wonder. "It's only like 300 kids, Raph. My school isn't very big, to be honest."

"Why isn't it? It seems big enough." Raph questioned over his shoulder, eyes trained on a petite girl in a mummy costume. When he reached out to touch the wrap trailing down her back, she whipped around and slapped him across the cheek.

"Don't you DARE touch me, you creep!" She howled, shooting a death glare towards both of the turtles. Raph growled and reached for his Sai, determined to teach this girl a lesson. April noticed this and grabbed his arm.

"No, Raph!" April jerked him backwards, away from the mummy, who was still scowling at the both of them. "Sorry about that, Angel. I think he just wanted to see your costume; it's pretty neat!"

Angel's black and purple pigtails bounced as she turned her head to look at April. "Whatever, April isn't it?" April nodded, and Angel turned back to her friends, who were both ogling the turtles over her shoulders. The girls began chatting again, all three of them still throwing suspicious glances at Raph.

"Raph, you can't go around threatening people! We're at a SCHOOL party!" April groaned. "Besides, Angel is in the Purple Dragons!" Raph gave her a disbelieving look. "Oh, don't give me that look! When she slapped you, some of the wrap slid down her shoulder, and you could see some sort of dragon tattoo."

"She's in the Purple Dragons?!" Raph snarled; April tightened her hold on his arm as he struggled to get back to her. "Let me at her!"

"Raph, no!" April protested, giving him one last harsh tug on his arm. "Let's go; we can go find someone else to talk to." As she tugged him away, Angel fell from sight, and Raph sighed and gave in, standing up straight again.

"What were you saying about your school again, Ape?" Raph grunted, eyes roaming the bunched up groups of kids.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me that?!" She seethed, rolling her eyes. "But as I was saying, it's a very prestigious school; you have to have friends in pretty high places to get in. And since my father's a scientist, he was able to pull some strings to get me in. You-"

"Wait a second... Is that Karai?!" Raph interrupted, grabbing April's chin and swiveling it in the girl's direction. "That IS Karai!" He released April's chin and glared at her. "Why the shell did you not tell us that Karai, of all people, went to your school!"

April chuckled weakly. "Oh, it's not THAT bad. I ignore her; she ignores me. It's really big deal..."

"Yes, it is!" Raph hissed in her ear, green eyes flashing angrily. "She could attack you at any time!"

"No she won't." April waved a hand around casually. "There's always adult supervision."

"She could take them down, too. She's a highly trained Kunoichi. It wouldn't be a challenge for her."

"Raph, that may not even be her! All we can see is the back of her head; she's not even facing us.

"How many people do you know with that ugly haircut?" Raph said, looking at April with a smug expression on his beak. Two tall girls strutted by, with short, cropped hair that matched Karai's exactly. Raph's smug look faded into a pout, and April smirked. "Point taken."

"At least wait for her to turn around," April protested weakly, willing herself not to look at his face; when Raph pouted, it was like looking at a kicked puppy dog. Raph grunted, grabbing April's wrist and dragging her to get closer to the unknown girl. The turtles ducked behind a group of arguing boys and peeked around. "I wonder what Leo'd have done if he were here..." April said absently, drumming her fingers on Raph's arm.

"Speak of the devil..." Raph's and April's jaws dropped.

"Oh my God... Is she...?"

"Oh, yes!" Raph roared with laughter. "Oh, this is good. This is TOO good!" He snickered again, plastron heaving with laughter.

Karai stiffened up. That sounded like... No, they wouldn't be here, would they? After all, they don't go to this school, or school at all, to put that way. She willed herself to turn around, excusing herself politely from the boy who was drooling over her and looking behind her. Her eyes grew wide.

Oh, shit.

Karai was decked out in all green, but the front and back of her shirt had a huge brown circle and rectangle. Across her face was a blue mask, and through it, amber eyes widened. Two - they had to be foam... right? - katanas were strapped in an X shape on her back.

Both Karai and April didn't know what to do; here they were, each dressed up as their - Shh... favorite - turtle! They met awkward eye contact, and Karai nodded stiffly. Both girls looked away, trying to sneak peeks of the other's costume when they thought the other wasn't looking.

"Come on!" Raph giggled, grabbing April's wrist again. She winced; she was so going to have a bruise there by tomorrow! He began weaving his way through the crowd, dragging April behind him. Karai looked around in a panic for a way to get out. Kids swarmed everywhere; she was stuck.

Karai braced herself as the red and purple clad turtles approached. This is gonna be interesting, she thought.

"So," Raph had managed to compose himself somewhat on their short journey to the Kunoichi. "Fancy seeing YOU here, Leonardo!" His composure cracked, and the turtle was left cackling to himself again.

April and Karai exchanged another look. "You won't tell him, will you?" Karai whispered, and April was a little surprise at how nervous she sounded.

April smirked. "Nah. Donnie doesn't know I dressed up as him, either." Karai barked out a short laugh, and April offered the enemy a tentative smile.

"Hey," the girls' laughter was interrupted by a black haired boy in a hockey uniform. "Do you ladies want me to take your picture?" He winked. "Your costumes look great!" He flirted lamely.

"Yeah, no thanks, we don't need-"

"YES!" Raph stopped laughing long enough to whip out his T-Phone and switch it on. "Take their picture with my phone!" He handed the hockey player the cell and pointed to one of the buttons. "Just press this button." Raph wore a sadistic smile and leered at the girls as the boy fumbled with the camera.

"Oh, no." Karai groaned. "That won't be necessary..." She began backing away from the other turtles.

April frowned. "If I'm getting forced to take a picture," April growled out, and Karai's eyes lit up in understanding. "Then YOU'RE going to be in it!" It was Raph's turn to back away from the turtle girls as they closed the gap between them with devilish grins.

"No way!" Raph complained, fumbling for his Sai, or anything, to use to defend himself. Karai, within a flash, snatched both Sai and held them behind her back.

"Come on, Raphael," she purred, dangling his precious weapon in front of his beak. "Don't you want your Sai back?" With several mumbled curses about what Karai could go do and several exchanged death glares later, the red clad turtle joined the two girls.

The three stood in an awkward line, each one shifting as far away from the others as they could without actually touching either one. The kid rolled his eyes. "I can practically feel the awkward rolling off the three of you. It's not like she bites!"

Karai smirked. "I do." The boy blanched and held up the camera to hide his startled expression.

"Uh... 3... 2... 1..." A flash went off, and the picture was taken. The boy practically threw Raph back his phone and ran off, disappearing in the crowds of people.

"That wasn't that bad, right?" April tugged the phone out of Raph's hand and turned it over to look at the picture. She was the only one smiling.

"Hey! Where'd she go?!" Raph's outburst jarred the redhead back to the present. He was fiddling with both his Sai in astonishment.

April shrugged. "How am I supposed to know? I guess she's gone." The corners of her lips twitched upwards. "All I do know is that Karai is a little closer to Leo than we thought." She and Raph exchanged knowing smirks. "How precious."

"It would be such a shame if we didn't show this to our favorite Leonardo, now wouldn't it?" Raph played along, snatching his phone back and quickly sending it. He pocketed it and smirked. "This oughta be interesting."

April rolled her eyes. Brothers. "Hey, do you want a drink? I'm getting kinda thirsty, and I think there's some punch over there." April suggested, motioning in the direction of the food and drink tables. Raph shrugged.

"Fine by me. I could do with a good fight." April narrowed her eyes and looked closely at him to see if he was kidding.

He wasn't.

"You do know what punch is, right, Raph?"

Raph looked at her like she was crazy. "Of course. That was one of the first things Master Splinter taught us. It's a quick hit or blow to someone or something."

April's jaw dropped. "Raph, not that type of punch! You will NOT be hitting anyone tonight!" Ignoring the small 'awww' she continued. "Punch is a type of fruity drink."

"A drink? Why is a drink named after hitting somebody?" Raph screwed up his beak. "That's stupid."

"I'm pretty sure the drink was invented long before hitting someone." April retorted, sighing deeply and leading her friend towards the punch table.

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

Raph pondered this as they finally approached the table. "I think you're wrong."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yeah!"

"Then let's ask Donnie. I'm sure he'd know!"

Raph snorted. "That's because all Don knows is a bunch of useless trivia." He looked the food with disgust. "Hey, where's all the pizza?"

April rolled her eyes in irritation. "All of you underestimate Donnie all the time. Donnie's smarter than you actually think. And it's a fancyish party. I don't think they'll have pizza."

Raph scowled. "Well, not having pizza is stupid." He picked up one of the cups with the green frothy liquid inside. April picked one up and held it out towards him, clinking hers with his. "Cheers."

"Cheers." Raph took a nice long chug of his drink, and April watched his expression closely.

"Well? How is it?"

Raph made a face. "Not bad. All it needs is some-" Raph choked on the remaining liquid in his mouth, and his eyes bugged wide. His cup fell to the ground, splattering green all over everyone's feet. April let out a noise of protest and looked up, getting ready to chew out her friend, but stopped when she saw his expression.

"Raph? RAPH!"

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