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Family
Yoshi felt the burning liquid morph with his skin. He screamed as the agonizing pain got worse and he started to transform. First came the long nose and whiskers. While his ears moved to the top of his head and grew pointed, a long tail slithered out and extended up until it reached his head. His clothes were torn as he grew in size. He was covered in think brown/black fur. He had become a giant rat.
Crying echoed throughout the alley and Yoshi glanced down with his new eyes at the four small turtles he had just purchased at the pet store. They we're now the size of an infant child.
Yoshi felt sorrowful for them. He scooped each one up; using his master ninja stealth, he went to the one place he could think of that would keep him and the four infants safe from interacting with a human.
The sewers.
He carefully held each child as he walked quietly in the sewers. He was already adjusting to his new body. Sure it had caused him panic and grief; but as soon as he had seen the crying turtles, he quickly pushed it in the back of his mind so he could focus on helping them. His tail was hardest to get used to as it swished back and forth behind him; not knowing what else to do.
Yoshi had finally found a safe place to hide for the night until they could go and find a real home. The small turtles were restless and didn't want to sleep; but as the hours past, they all did and Yoshi stayed up and kept watch; renaming himself with his new body; Splinter.
A couple of days had past and Splinter had grown attached to the four mutant turtles; each of them growing and showing their own personalities. He scavenged for food and supplies they would need to have to live. He then found an abandoned subway station to which he could call home.
Night came very soon that day and Splinter had to hurry home with his new supplies he had gotten from the junk yard. He pulled an old wagon he had found. Four small turtles and some supplies were sitting in it as he carefully pulled it through the sewers until he had gotten home.
The mutant turtles quickly got out when they arrived home and either crawled or tried to walk away; while Splinter gathered the materials and placed them on the floor.
He sat in lotus position as he examined his findings. He had found some old blankets; which was amazing considering that snow had started to fall, he had a little bit of food; but not too much, he wasn't willing to take in anything rotten for fear of disease or other obvious reasons. He had also found an old Kimono; which, in the proper care, would be looking a lot better than it did now.
Splinter slid the kimono onto his body and then went to find the four small turtles.
The sound of crying perked Splinter's ears and visions of his small daughter Miwa filled his mind. Splinter began to panic and he ran to the source of the crying. Three of the turtles were gathered around the smallest, who had obviously fallen and gotten hurt. Splinter picked up the turtle and rocked him for a moment. Visions of times he rocked Miwa filled his mind. A tear rolled down Splinter's furry face as he watched the young turtle fall asleep.
He took it over to the next room, where they all had been sleeping and laid it down on the small bed he had built them. It was really just a type of container with padding; but it fit the four perfectly.
He picked up the other three that had followed him into the room and placed each of them into the bed also. He leaned down and picked up the blankets he had been able to scavenge and placed them over the turtles.
He sang to them; just as he would with Miwa, and watched as they all soon fell asleep. He smiled and placed a small kiss on each of their foreheads.
"Goodnight my sons." It had felt good saying those words.
Splinter had a new reason to live. The four sound asleep turtles would be able to convince him he did. He had something worth fighting for; something worth living for; something worth protecting and loving.
He had a family; once again.