A/N: More angst angst angst. I was listening to my Rock of Ages CD in the car today and started thinking of my next chapter. Then it occured to me, what if Shiho was some chick who loved to rock out in her pajamas and sing into her hairbrush without any shame? So, this chapter :)

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Previously:"Good girl. I'll take extra special care of you when we get home. You will go straight to my room, do you understand?" Why did it turn her on so much when he ordered her around like that?! Shiho couldn't stand it. When he had first come into her life he was this compassionate, strong-willed leader with a focus that made her dizzy. He was still that leader, but damn when he was aroused with no way out? He was something completely different. Something so masculine that it made her head spin.

Leo noticed her ear flick backwards and open a second before she jumped down to her feet and ducked away from the wall, pulling her skirt back around her thighs and clearing her throat. Donnie reappeared at the top of the stairs, unaware of what had happened not 3 seconds before.

"Shiho, you comin'?"

"Be right there, Don," She said without looking back, her eyes glued to Leo. He gave her that wink that detonated an explosion of nerves and tingles in her belly. The turtle watched her scurry up the stairs for Donnie to have his fun with her wounds once again; he had to take the time to recompose. Damn that fox was, as Mikey so colorfully put it, an absolute babe. He'd have her soon, and when he did, he'd make sure she wasn't walking right on his own accord.

"Far out," He whispered, following the flick of her tail.

Waiting. More waiting. Leonardo was always a turtle of patience when it came to his missions and handling his brothers. But now, he had to wait for Shiho to heal another week before he could, at last, get his hands on her. All over her, in fact. Oh the places he'd put his hands. The sheer notion that his vixen wasn't even home in the lair while she recuperated was making him just as antsy. She was still at April's and but thankfully started answering his calls even after he and Donnie had come to check up on her two days ago.

Day one of five left and April was on the couch having her toenails painted by Shiho who sat on the other end of the sofa. They giggled and exchanged funny stories of the boys and Casey, talking smack on all of them. Painting a coat of silver on April's right foot, Shiho sat with her left leg tucked under her right thigh while dangling it over the couch with the red-head stretched out with a taco in her hand; Shiho's treat.

"So, Leo...is he hung?"

"APRIL!" The fur on Shiho's tail stood on end as she almost painted the red-heads foot in silver polish. April fell back onto her cushion holding her stomach and laughing.

"Oh come ON, Shiho! I told you about, Casey," An ear twitched.

"Yeah you did that on your own. I didn't ask. Why would you ask that? I'm already desperate enough not thinking about him," April sat up and hugged her knees. Shiho was cute when she blushed and flattened her ears out.

"Well?" Shiho focused on those damn toes. "SHIHO!"

"Like a horse," She mumbled and winced. What they didn't know, was they were, in fact, being watched by none other than the ninja in the blue mask. It took everything in his power to not reach through the window and pull that fox's tail as hard as he could for talking about something that personal.

"Really?! Well, well, well. And?" Shiho hated when April got like this. But she was letting her stay at the apartment guilt free, so, Shiho went along.

"And it. Is. Amazing. Though, we haven't had the chance since the night before I got kidnapped. So, it's been somewhat of a dry spell," April snickered.

"Sorry I asked," The fox gave her look as if to say, 'Yeah you better be,'

They fell into a comfortable silence for a little while as Shiho moved on to the other foot to let her right toes dry.

"Hey Shiho?"

"Hm?" She hummed, not looking up from her meticulous work. She didn't want to mess up and have to start all over. April took the last bite of her taco and washed it down with the rest of her Dr. Pepper before starting again.

"Think you'll ever wanna have kids?" Shiho froze on the last toe. A few seconds past by in silence before she finished and screwed the nail polish closed and set it on the coffee table. April instantly wished she hadn't said anything, it looked like she hit a rough nerve. Leo leaned in a little closer on the balcony outside, trying to be as quiet as possible.

"No, no I don't think I ever will. I mean, look at me," She said, tugging on one of her ears for emphasis. But April knew that wasn't the real reason she hadn't considered it. Tucking her wet toes away onto the coffee table, April scooted closer and wrapped an arm around Shiho' narrow shoulders.

"Right, I guess I'm so used to the guys I forget that they're…" The red-head fell silent before finishing.

"Turtles. Yeah. I guess falling in love with Leo was fate's way of saying I'm not meant to have kids. Because well, I can't see how that would even work. It doesn't bother me really, I think about it sometimes. What it'd be like to be a mom, but, it's just not in the cards for me. Besides, there's enough of my kind out there as it is." The girls sat in silence for a minute or two before Shiho's left ear opened in the direction of the window. She heard a sigh and the clang of the fire escape. Instantly, she jumped over the back of the couch and nearly threw herself out the open window.

"Leo wait!" But she wasn't fast enough to catch a ninja like Leonardo. "Shit, he was checking on me,"

"Oh man, I'm sorry! Had I known-"

"It's okay. He isn't unaware that he and I can't…he'll be fine," Shiho said it more to convince herself than her friend on the couch. Leo didn't call her that night before she went to sleep, she imagined he was running rooftops to clear his head after what he'd heard. If he was, she didn't blame him.

It was no mystery or secret that Leo would never be able to give Shiho what Casey could give to April. They'd never talked about it, or mentioned it at all, but a part of him knew she secretly wanted something normal. But yet she stayed with him. He'd never understand why, maybe because she felt obligated to after he'd saved her that night at the docks? No, she didn't seem that shallow. Or, maybe she just really did love him and he was over thinking again. Whatever it was, hearing that she thought of wanting any offspring period was enough to hurt.

Day two of five left, Leo had given himself time to think. He meditated and concentrated long and hard before coming to the conclusion that Shiho wasn't going anywhere. She was headstrong about staying together despite the things she might be sacrificing even if she'd never admit to it. So until she decided to bring it up again, Leo filed that issue away for a later date. The boys all wanted to go topside tonight and Splinter was desperate to have a night free of his sons.

Donnie refused to stop bugging everyone about his studies of Shiho and countless other things. Mikey well…Mikey was Mikey and he always made Splinter nuts. Raphael was just stir crazy. Tonight Leo was going to lead them on an exercise run and maybe drop in on the girls and Casey.

Swift like the wind and silent as shadows, the turtles bolted from one rooftop to the next. Jumping off each other's shells and grinding down phone lines, the brothers moved as one unit. Like a single being moving along in a simple stroll with one foot in front of the other. Diving off the tallest buildings and rolling to a landing was always their favorite thing to do with a powerful burst of their signature "Cowabunga!"

They'd run uptown towards April and Casey's when they came to rest about 5 blocks away. Exchanging compliments and slurs back and forth, the brothers acted like they did in the old days. They really needed to get back into doing this more often, even if they were only able to go out at night. Being a creature who always had to run with the shadows, they didn't seem to mind because it always gave them the best views of New York at night. Like a giant black blanket rolled out with glittering lights and sounds and smells everywhere.

"Hey, Donnie! I bet you my first Superman comic that I can jump from this building onto that street lamp down there," Mikey said, hanging upside down from the ladder of the building's water tower. Donnie just crossed his arms and laughed.

"Hah! I understand everything about the laws of physics, Mikey. And I can tell you, for certain, that you will not be able to make that," Raph and Leo stood on the ledge and tuned their brothers out. A skill they'd mastered years ago.

"So, you okay about what you heard last night?" Raph said, nudging his brother's arm with his elbow. Leo just shrugged.

"Yeah, I guess. I mean, if she really wanted to have kids, she'd have left me for someone else already," Behind them, they heard the crashing of Michelangelo's shell landing into the dumpster just behind the lamppost and Donnie busting at the seams laughing.

"That was easy. Thanks for the comic book, Mikey!"

"I'm okay…" There goes that wager. Raph dropped his face into his palm and sighed heavily.

"I can't believe I'm related to that knucklehead," Looking up, Raph caught a glimpse of a figure crouching on the corner edge of another building just a block away. It was hiding away beside one of the many stone gargoyles. "Leo…is that..Shiho?"

"What?" Looking in the direction the Raphael was pointing, Leo couldn't believe it. It looked like Shiho was out for a run of her own, but why wouldn't she call him? Shiho never did anything without at least letting him know. In the wind, the tail waved silently at its side as its hands grasped the ledge between bent legs. "Wait…I don't think that's Shiho,"

"Why? I don't know anyone else other than her creepy clone with a tail and ears like that," Raph said. But the seriousness in Leo's face made him nervous.

"Because neither of them have green eyes," Taking anther look, Raph couldn't believe it. The glow on this creature's eyes was a pale, but bright green. Calling down to Mikey to get up, Leo gave the signal to find out who or what that thing was and catch it.

With silent feet and swift legs, the brothers used the aid of the shadows to get closer to the figure on the distant roof. They were at last across the street and about to climb down when Michelangelo sneezed from dust that Donnie had accidentally kicked up. Instantly before any of them could move, that green-eyed creature scurried away with the speed of their own fox.

"Nice goin', Mr. Stealth," Raph smacked his younger brother upside the head.

"Ow! Hey! It isn't my fault, Donnie kicked up the gravel and dust! Why do you guys always gotta hit ME?"

"Why not?" Raph chuckled. Donnie nervously hunched his shoulders with an apologetic grin. Leo ignored his brothers as they jumped into a three-turtle dog pile to beat on each other, instead he focused on that figure. What was Shiho not telling him? He grit his teeth, annoyed that she continued to keep secrets from him. There had to be a reason for this reason, something bad must have been behind this mysterious new creature.

"Come on, let's just get to April's. Whatever that thing was, it has to know who Shiho is and I don't want them lft alone," He said at last after pulling his eyes away from the spot where the creature had vanished. Leo just wanted to see Shiho and relax for a little while before getting back to the lair, maybe sneak in a kiss or two. He'd forget about this for now, he'd wait until she was home.

In the apartment, April and Shiho were standing in front of the television in their shorts and t-shirts with their hairbrushes clenched in their hands. Casey had stayed downstairs in the shop cleaning up yet another pile of plates that he had broken. The girls were watching Shiho's movie, 'Rock of Ages' and belting out the lyrics to all the songs as they came on, dancing around and singing to each other.

"Oh, oh! I love this song, April!" Shiho giggled as the slow beats of 'Jukebox Hero' started and she watched Diego Boneta start to sing. The red head gave the fox center stage and turned the volume up to drown out the city noise. So loud in fact, they didn't hear their turtle boys land on the fire escape just outside the window.

Shiho stuck her free hand into her hair and mussed it up to cover her eyes as she started rocking her hips. Prowling over to April on the couch, Shiho brought the brush to her mouth like a microphone and started to sing. Leo contemplated sneaking in and surprising her, but he wanted to watch where this went. He'd never heard Shiho sing after all.

Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
Didn't know how to play it but I knew for sure
That one guitar felt good in my hands.
Didn't take long to understand.

To their surprise, the fox had a voice of silver and didn't miss a note. They held their mouths shut as April jumped up from the couch when the character on the screen slammed a chord on the guitar and took the next verse.

"Hey dude, your girlfriend has got some mad skills," Mikey whispered. Leo shushed him with an elbow to the side.

Just one guitar slung way down low
Was a one-way ticket only one way to go.
So I started rockin' ain't never gonna stop
Gotta keep on rockin'
Someday I'm gonna make it to the top and sing

The girls joined voices for the chorus sung by Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand's character.

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

The ninja's silently moved into the apartment and hid away out of sight to keep watching. Shiho swayed her hips back and forth and kept her make-shift microphone up in her fist. Her thighs pressed together and her chest slowly shimmied, Leo gulped.

"You're so bad, Shiho!" April yelled, Shiho smiled.

In a town without a name in a heavy downpour
Thought I passed my own shadow by the backstage door.
Like a trip through the past to that day in the rain
And that one guitar made my whole life change.

Together again, Shiho was joined by April. Leo found himself insanely attracted to Shiho like he had been night they'd found her at the strip club. Watching her luscious curves move back and forth like a seductive snake made him tight in the shell. Worries of the shadowed fox were stuffed under his attraction.

An' we'll be movin' on an' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'

Now, the girls both acted like they were playing the air guitar and stood facing each other as they played power chords getting low in their knees and making faces. They switched off, Shiho was Jukebox and April was Rock n' Roll.

(I'm a Juke Box Hero)
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
(I'm a Juke Box Hero)
So come an' take your time an' dance with me
(Juke Box Hero)
(Got stars in my eyes)
(I'm just a Juke Box Hero)

Mikey snickered and broke cover and jumped in to join the silly pair. He knew the words just as much as they did. His brothers quietly groaned and watched him dance with the girls and they didn't have a care that he'd been watching.

(Juke Box Hero)
I love rock n' roll
(Juke Box Hero)
So come an' take your time an' dance with me
(Juke Box Hero)
I love rock n' roll
(Juke Box Hero)
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

The last part was sung only by Shiho as she ran her hands through her long hair and jumped into Mikey's arms.

(Stars in my eyes)
I love rock n' roll

"Haha, bravo fair dudettes. You sing almost as pretty as me. Almost." Shiho giggled and tugged on his cheek. Leo jumped out of his hiding spot and quickly snatched his vixen away from Mikey with a grunt. Giggling, Shiho hugged him tightly around his neck and openly kissed him as the others came out to join April on the couch. And again, the couple was getting carried away.

"Alright! Stop sucking face and get outta the way, Leo!" Laughing, the fox pulled back as he sat in the recliner with her still tightly held. He could taste liquor on her breath, like sour apple. Must have been a martini. He oddly liked it.

"Been drinking?" He whispered to her, quiet enough so the others wouldn't be bothered while watching the movie. Her violet bangs fell in front her eyes as she nodded dramatically.

"Yup, super yummy martinis. Want some?" She was talking between barely contained giggles while she pet the sides of his face over and over again. Leo had never seen her when she was tipsy, Splinter never allowed alcohol in the lair. But that never stopped Leo from sneaking a few drinks here and there with Shiho on their favorite rooftop.

"Gimme some," He said, watching her reach over to the coffee table and pick up her half empty martini glass and take a sip. After making sure everyone else was glued to the screen, Shiho slowly opened Leo's lips with her tongue and he sucked the liquor right out of her mouth. It seemed the brothers and April were completely engrossed in the film to not noticed the turtle and fox playing Tonsil Hockey in the lazy boy.

"Mmm you're right, that was pretty tasty. You know, we could sneak out of here and go home early," His hand settled on her hips as her legs draped over the arm of the chair. Her tailed flicked slowly against the floor as his hand travelled up her closed thighs to her knees and back down.

"But…the movie," Leo chuckled.

"Come on, I'm better than any movie," He growled against her neck and made her sober up real quick. Glancing over at the turtles and April, Leo was fast on his feet and heading towards the window.

"I sure hope you aren't planning on leaving before I get the chance to make sure she's healed," Caught.

"Donniiiie, I'm fine!" Shiho whined. Donatello flipped over the couch to Shiho and her bandit hanging halfway out the window. Repeatedly, Leo smacked his head against the window sill.

"Shiho, do you want to re-crack your pelvis?" Shiho jumped on the genius and grabbed his purple mask to stuff in his mouth and drag him outside to the fire escape. The last thing they wanted was for his brothers to catch on and crash the party, probably with a video camera. Donnie gave her the dirtiest glare he could muster and was no doubt cursing at her through the mask that came out only as angry muffles and grunts. Leo was beside himself on one of the iron steps.

"Donnie, seriously. I'm. Fine. I am leaving with Leonardo and you are not following us," He reached for his mask and she firmly grabbed him by the wrist. "No, Donnie,"

The genius suddenly wore an expression that looked like he knew something they didn't. Suddenly, she hesitated and loosened her grip for just a second. Donatello saw his opening and reached out and tugged her ear to make her yelp and let go.

"Donnie!" Leo barked as his brother readjusted his mask and crossed his arms. Shiho glared, jackass.

"What are you gonna do about Master Splinter?"

Silence.

"Thought so. He isn't expecting you home for another three days. And when that happens, he's going with us to come over here. You think he doesn't know that his son grew up and got himself a girlfriend? You're being given the chance of privacy. I nthree days. So, I suggest you two keep it in your pants until then," Leo collapsed dramatically against the iron steps with a very frustrated growl. Shiho contemplated tossing Donatello over the railing and being done with it, but he was right. No one could sneak around when the sensei was home.

Defeated, Shiho and the irritated turtle crawled back through the window to their previous spot in the recliner to watch the rest of the movie. Donnie just snickered, the leer from the fox could crack his shell but he laughed at her anyway. They couldn't get a damn break it seemed. But Leo resisted every urge in his body to whisk off to the bedroom, he couldn't do that in April's apartment. It would be too awkward, like the walls were watching. So instead, he settled for whispering things in her ear that would make Splinter cringe and April slap him. But the things he was saying so quietl and seductively made her squeeze and rubs her thighs together to stay composed.

"How is this a good movie?! All they're doin' is singin' songs from the 80's and catering to this Stacee Jaxx guy,"

"Dude Raph, relax, bro! It's awesome! These are classics, no one knows it better than Shiho and April. Right dudettes?" Mikey lay on his stomach with his chin in hands in front of the television kicking his legs up in the air like some child. April and Shiho just laughed and agreed.

Near the end of the film, the scene in particular where Sherri and Drew are singing 'Every Rose Has It's Thorn,' Leo couldn't help but nuzzle Shiho a little tighter. Call him a pathetic romantic, but he didn't like being reminded of what the thorn was to Shiho's rose. The tender snuggle brought his arms tighter around her and he inhaled her delicious scent. Vanilla and brown sugar. He rested his head against hers, listening to her hum along with the chorus. Her voice alone was soft and serene.

"OH MY GOSH! You didn't tell me 'Don't Stop Believing' was in this movie!" Mikey screamed as the movie was drawing to an end. He jumped to his feet and opened his mouth to sing.

"Just a small town girl! Livin in a lonely wor-OW! Hey who threw that?!" A book collided with Mikey's head making his solo stop short, the song on the movie still continuing behind him. After discovering it was Raphael, the younger brother pounced on the hothead and tossed him over the back of his couch. Leo and Shiho just chuckled as she went along with the words for Leo to hear.

Leo stopped paying attention to the movie a long time ago, Julianne Hough was hot and had a bitchin' voice, but he just couldn't compare the blonde to the fox in his lap. Damn, he couldn't imagine or figure out just what he'd done to make her love him like she did. She was singing to him. Not for everyone else to hear, but him. True, it had to be the cheesiest 80's song in existence, but she looked gorgeous and sounds just as lovely singing it.

In the darkness of the room, with only the glow of the television as the light, Leo's focus on the serenading vixen broke and he glanced outside.

There it was again. They were being watched.

Perched like it was on the rooftop a few blocks away, the dark creature with the ears and tail sat on the rail of the fire escape across the street. The bright green glow of its eyes bothered something deep in Leo that made him stand all of sudden and drop Shiho on the floor with a scream.

"Ayee!" She landed with a loud thump as he ran to the window. Leo hadn't noticed the vixen he tossed and winced as he slowly turned around when everyone screamed his name.

"LEO!"

"Leo! Ah…what's your problem?" Shiho grunted and was helped to her feet by Donnie and Raph. April and Mikey had jumped to their feet when she almost fell forward.

"I thought I saw…something," When he glanced back, the figure was gone. Sighing in defeat, Leo went to check her out. Already, he knew he was going to be ripped a new one by Shiho by the razor sharp glare she gave him.

"Shiho, you landed on your hip. You might have re-cracked your pelvis. Let me take you back to the lab and get it xrayed," Shiho sighed and straightened her shirt and shorts.

"No, I'm okay. You have some explaining to do, Prince Charming,"

"Hahaha, Prince Charming. That's a good one, sis," Mikey slapped hands with the fox as Leo fiddled with his fingers. "What exactly did you think you were seeing?"

Leo exchanged glances with Raphael and told him through just a stare. Shiho hated when they did that, it made the conversation so difficult to understand. Raphael was the first one on the window sill as he made a signal for his brothers to follow him and start for home. Shiho knew he was leaving now and made a face that made Leo smile.

"Hey don't give me that look, I'll be back. Tomorrow night, okay," April went downstairs to close up shop and give them a moment. She could already see Shiho's lip quivering and could tell she was going to be upset once he vanished into the night. Granted, the decision had been her own to stay away from Leo while she healed but it had been for the best. She just hated when he left.

"Yeah, okay," Those arms that she loved so much came around her tightly as he lifted her lovely chin.

"I need to take care of something, don't go out tomorrow. I'm serious. I'll explain when I stop by. Now give me a kiss," When she looked away with a pout, Leo forced her to look at him. With a look of power, he grinned. "Now,"

Ohh, when he did that…Like a good little fox, she melted and let him bend her back and kiss her hard. She squealed at the sudden change, he'd always wanted to try it after seeing it in a movie once. Kissing the girl of his dreams in the powerful embrace of his arms.

"There we go, now be good. I'll call you," Back up, Shiho blinked and he was gone. Damn he was good, she was weak in the knees and positively swooning. She'd make him pay.

But, what did he mean?

'I need to take care of something,'

A/N: DON'T STOP! BELIIIIEVIN! Hahaha, ahhh I'm in a Rock of Ages mood and not TMNT for once. e-e. Anyway! Who dat figure!? The mystery continues. Will Leo EVER get laid again?! Stay tuned, duckies. Thank youuu. Read and Review!