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-Yesiamweird

May walked behind the mutant turtle sitting in his laboratory and sighed nervously. "Hey Donny?" She patted his green shoulder causing him to turn around in his chair.

"Hey May, what's up?"

She frowned not sure how to ask him the question and she shrugged, "Well…I…" She walked over and sat on the medical bench sighing once again. "So I have a test tomorrow and I haven't exactly well…paid attention." She squeaked the last part out.

Donny slumped his shoulders forwards and shook his head. "On what?" He stood rubbing his face.

"Um, chemistry. I know it's a lot to cram in, I just need to know basic concepts and things and-"

Donny placed a three fingered hand in front of her face. "Where's your notes and books? I'll help you but you have to promise me: no distractions!"

May smiled widely "Promise."

They began their 'mental training' as Donny called it when Leo became furious that the two were not going to practice with Splinter and the others. Just when May was starting to get the hang of things April called Don on his computer for a video phone call interrupting the two.

"Hey April, what's up?" He replied adjusting the screen. May waved her hand in the air, "Hi Aunt A!" She giggled.

"Hey sweetheart, anyways, Don remember all of that technology you and I were talking about from Neo Tech?"

Donny smiled and intertwined his fingers. "You mean the technology I see in my dreams?"

She nodded, "Yea well it seems like you're not the only one. Turn on the news!"

May stood up and yelled for Mikey to turn on the local news station.

"-With the equipment from Neo Tech being stolen last night in a daring sky jacking attack. Authorities are stumped by these thefts, this being the third one in two months."

Donny nodded and then hung up the video call as he, May, Casey and his brothers all walked over to the wall of tv screens.

"Gotta be Hun and the Purple Dragons." Leo growled using his scary voice making the hair on the back of May's neck and arms stand up.

"Hun! I hate that over grown muscle gorilla. I gotta a score to settle with him. I say we go in there and clip da Purple Dragon's wings!" Casey starting throwing a fit while he shouted, his arms swung around angry by the thought of the leader of the notorious gang.

May could feel her head getting hotter and hotter the more the turtles and Casey talked about going to stop Hun and the Dragon's from stealing more technology. It had been about three weeks since Kala had died from the hands of one of the members of the Dragon's. She never got a look at the creep with the gun that killed her friend and also caused her a scar on her leg.

Their voices didn't even comprehend in her head as they talked. She thought about Kala's dying wish. Her last breath, 'I like your friends.' Kala had smiled right before she died.

"May?" Mikey's orange headband flashed her back to reality. "Are you okay?" He whispered already knowing the reason for the horrified look on her pretty face.

She grunted pushing pass him, "You know I don't like that phrase." She crossed her arms and walked to Don's lab. "You guys have fun. I have a test so, whatever." She snapped at the boys.

"May, we don't have to go if you don't want us too." Mikey outreached an arm out to stop the girl but Raph pulled his little brother's arm down back at his side.

"No, go!" She snapped feeling like Leo's attitude had started to rub off on her. "If I have to come rescue you, or if anyone dies," She turned around facing the turtles and Casey intensely, "I'm going to kill someone."

May yawned closing her books and checking the time once again. "1:47…where the hell are the guys?" May sighed starting to get worried. She thought about calling one of them, but didn't want to give them away in case they were in a situation that the noise of a ringtone would threaten their safety.

She growled low and plugged her eardrums with the buds of her iPod headphones. She turned on a random playlist and walked over to Raph's punching bag cracking her knuckles. She was angry. Angry, because her friends left. Angry, for the fact they were out fighting the Purple Dragons. Angry, because the Purple Dragon's had murdered her friend.

She struck the bag releasing all of the tension in her hand onto the defenseless object. She kicked it next releasing the tension from her lower body. More and more she continued to strike the bag releasing all of her frustration out of her system.

She stopped for a moment while the song switched to an acoustic guitar solo. She held the bag still pressing her forehead on the stinky overused on the material as she closed her eyes listening to the song.

She hadn't heard this music for quite some time and the more and more she listened, the more the lyrics started to relate and make sense to her life and current state. She wiped away the tears forming in her eyes and punched the bag one final time before walking away to her bedroom.

As she entered her room, she closed the door leaning against the wood frame listening and singing to the next verse of the song.

"I wear this crown of thorns, upon my liar's chair.

Full of broken thoughts, I cannot repair.

Beneath the stains of time, the feelings disappear.

You are someone else, I am still right here.

What have I become, my sweetest friend.

Everyone I know, goes away… in the end.

And you could have it all, my empire of dirt.

I will let you down, I will make you hurt.

If I could start again, a million miles away.

I would keep myself, I would find…a way."

She wiped away all the tears running down her face. She thought about Kala, her family, Leo. This song really reminded her of him. Especially the part "You are someone else, I am still right here."

She hadn't even realized that she had been sitting on the floor hugging her knees to her chest while she cried and sang softly to herself. Slowly, she raised herself off the floor and shuffled her feet towards the bed pulling the covers off and jumping in. May hadn't even taken her uniform off as she slowly drifted to sleep. Just before her mind slipped into slumber she said a prayer hoping the turtles would make it home okay.

"Get. Up. May. Get. Up. May."

May groaned shutting off the alarm clock waking her up. She rolled over and smiled knowing she was already dress. Yes, it was disgusting that she was wearing the same outfit from yesterday, but it wasn't like anyone would notice. They all wore the same uniform every day. She would just mist some body spray to disguise the already used odor.

She walked out into the lair and sighed picking up her books from the lab. "Ugh, I hate tests…no! I got this. I can do it!" She nodded trying to stay positive for the day ahead. She threw her books into her new book bag since the other had been ruined when she was pushed into the Hudson River, then headed to the kitchen. Looking around and hearing no snores coming from the turtle's rooms, she became curious to if they even came home. She left her bag on the top of the kitchen table and headed up the stairs.

First she looked in Leo's room and he was absent. "Damn psycho, probably out training." She muttered and shut his door walking over to Don's room next. She twisted the door handle carefully and then pushed the door inwards poking her head in little by little. Nothing. She closed the door and felt her body starting to shake. "Mikey's gotta be here. It's not like he would run out in the middle of the night…" She ran pass Raph's room to Mikey's on the far right.

Not as soft or slowly as she did the others, she turned the door knob and opened the door inwards. Nothing.

Taking a step back, terrified that the turtles and Casey were caught and possibly killed by the Dragon's, her body shook even harder. "No, this can't be happening…" She ran to Raph's room and practically threw herself into his empty room.

"No!" She fell to her knees and burst into tears. "They are gone." She crouched into a ball cursing herself for giving the god above the opportunity to take them away from her. She was all alone now. Her friends, her best friends, were either dead or being tortured.

"Leo you bastard! You get home yet!"

May gasped picking her head up at the sound of Raphael's voice below. "Raph?" She called out running out from his room to the stairs.

"Um, what are you doing-?" Raph was about to yell at her but then saw the tears running down her face. She ran to him and practically threw herself on top of him. "Don't you ever do that to me again!" She let go of him and then smacked the top of his head. Casey and Mikey laughed from behind.

"What's wrong May?" Donny yawned and then grunted as she tackled him next.

"What's wrong? The fact that you all are out fighting the Dragon's then I wake up and none of you are in your rooms and no one called and-" She pushed him backwards and then covered her hand over her eyes as she cried once again. "I thought you all were dead…" She muttered softly trying to hide her sobs.

Mikey hugged her from her side and patted her shoulder. "We aren't dead, May! Promise." He pulled her hand away from her face and beamed happily at her. She sniffed now feeling completely and utterly embarrassed at the four standing in front of her. "Why isn't Leo…With…-"

Raph crossed his arms, "Mista Attitude ran off after we were done. We didn't finish our job and he got pissed and stormed off."

May nodded her head understanding his statement, "Doesn't- surprise me…" She gasped trying to catch up to her breath. With her tail between her legs, so to speak, she walked pass the others back to the kitchen retrieving her bag. "Bye guys." She waved still saddened from earlier and walked into the underground sewers of New York.

"May! May! May, wait up!" She heard Raph's voice echoing from behind her. She turned around wiping her eyes again. "What Raph?" She crossed her arms putting all of her weight into her right leg.

He walked in front of her and glared down at the girl. Leo and Raph were the tallest of the brother's. Even though they weren't as tall as Casey so to say, they were bigger than May and towered over her by at least three inches.

"Why would you think we would be killed, huh?" He placed a three fingered hand on her shoulder trying to understand her reasoning. She frowned and pushed his hand off of her continuing to walk on her path. "Nothing."

Raph shook his head and then reached for her wrist pulling her back to face him. "No, tell me!" He snapped.

May widened her eyes and opened her mouth to say something, anything to the turtle. But nothing came through. "I…" was the only thing she could say before she lowered her head trying to release her wrist from his grasp.

"You don't have to worry about us okay?" He leaned in closer whispering in his dark low voice.

May looked up frowning. "Don't have to worry about you? Raph. You're a mutant turtle! Of course I have to worry about you! Any freaky scientist or crazed person for that matter would do anything to get a hold on you guys!" She pulled her wrist away harder causing bruising as he finally released it.

"Not only are they after you all, but the Foot are too and the Purple Dragons! Anything that knows how to fight will come after you for the chance to finally rid of you guys!" she yelled as more tears formed in her eyes. "And to make matters even worse, Leonardo is being completely irrational and I just can't deal with his little tantrums anymore!" She growled and pushed him back and quickly started to storm off.

Raph growled back and ran behind her picking her up by waist and then throwing her over his shoulder. She punched his shell and kicked his front. "Raphael, you let me down, now!" She screamed but he paid her no attention. Instead he kept walking down the path that led to her school.

After a minute or so, May gave up and relaxed as he continued to carry her. "I'm sorry." She whispered not even knowing if her could hear her. "I don't want what happened to Kala to happen to you all."

Raph stopped and then pulled her off of his shoulder down in front of him once again. "I know. But May, you can't think like that. We are a lot stronger than ya think." He titled his head at her and pressed on forwards.

"What happened?" She asked walking along side of him now.

"Dragon's got a new Headquarters. Probably thanks to Kala's death. They are more high tech now, with all of this new technology that Don knows more about than he should. We tried to stop them, and failed. Leo got pissed at us and stormed off. I don't know where he could be since it's practically daylight now." He kept his head forwards as he talked.

May looked up into his face listening to the story and then sighed closing her eyes for a moment and then looked straight ahead.

"I see." She simply replied and the two remained in silence until they got to the man-hole cover that led her to the alley right behind her school. "Thanks for calming me down." She adjusted her bag now realizing his whole tactics. She felt calm, almost as if she had just meditated, since she had gotten the anger off of her chest by yelling at him.

"I figured." He grunted crossing his arms. "You know you're just as stubborn and me and Leo are." He looked down at her and she smiled. "Yea. I know." Suddenly, something pressed against her face pushing her back into the metal stairs that led to the surface. Her eyes were closed due to the intensity of the impact but what it felt like was what she prayed not to happen, ever. As the pressure on her face lessened, she opened her eyes at Raph staring at her with a concentrated look in his eyes.

May opened her mouth not knowing what to say or do. She continued to hold onto the strap of her bag with one hand and hold onto the ladder behind her with another. "Raph…" She closed her eyes and then opened them now knowing what to respond back. "Raph?" She looked around and he had disappeared. Her shoulders slumped forwards and she cursed herself for panicking in the heated moment. May sighed and climbed up the ladder.

Raph hadn't known what exactly had come over his body. In that moment, she looked perfect, like something from out of his dreams. He let his emotions take the steering wheel of his body and without another thought he had kissed his brother's girl. He slumped down holding his head in his hands while watching the sewer rain water drain right beside him.

All he wanted to do was release all of her anger out on him rather than at school, where she could get in trouble. His plan succeeded, but he just wanted her to know that he would always be there for her. Even when Leo couldn't be. Why he let himself kiss her, he'd never understand. Maybe it was the fact that after every walk they shared, she would leave him with a kiss on the cheek as a reward for getting up and traveling with her so early in the morning.

Was he just expecting her kiss as always? No. This was different; she would be the one to kiss him, always. This time, he had kissed her. He had let his walls down and charged for the prize a little prematurely. Brushing off the thoughts of fear and terror swarming around in his head, he stood up and punched the brick wall. "Damn." He muttered now looking at his bruised and bloody knuckles.

No matter how many times he told himself to stop thinking about her, the thoughts would only seem to be stronger. He loved the feeling of her holding onto his neck. Her natural body warmth was so inviting and calming. He remembered the feelings when she clung to his body so she wouldn't have drowned in the Hudson. He thought of the look in her eyes while she fought, she was one hell of a fighter even if she knew she was in over her head, she would still try to find a solution to the problem.

The night he was on a training run by himself trying to find Master Splinter, he ended up following her on a date that she almost ended up being raped by some asshole. Ever since that night after he saved her, he knew he- not necessarily loved her, but he felt something for her. He felt attracted to her. That attraction grew the more she stayed at the lair. The more she talked to him. The more she learned ninjistu and practiced fighting.

He thought about her visiting her parent's graves, he wanted to protect her, hold her in his arms and tell her he would go away to make her parents come back alive. He would do it in a heartbeat too, because he just wanted her to be happy.

He thought about that opera guy and how amazing she looked in the gypsy style outfit. At the time, he had been completely livid that he put her in such a revealing costume, but she was beautiful. Even as she fought against him lifelessly. When her soul was taken away, he thought he'd never know happiness again. She was his world, she filled him with the strength to fight and push through the pain he often felt some days.

The way she laughed, her dimples when she smiled, the cuteness she gave off whenever she would get upset over little things that annoyed her. It was only when she started crying did Raph become scared of her next move. She was almost unpredictable at that point.

If only he had been the one to tell her he loved her first.

Yes, he finally admitted it to himself. He loved the girl. But there was one thing holding him back completely. No matter what the circumstances were, he couldn't take his own brother's girlfriend. Yes, Leo was being a complete asshole recently, but before their fight with the Shredder, Leo and May were always with one another. He could tell his brother was happy and so was she.

Before the fight, he had been so caught up in their constant flirting that he had taken his anger out on both of the two. Not realizing at that time, he would be the one to watch Leo and May actually become a couple.

As Raph entered the lair, he noticed Casey walking over to him. "Hey man, Ima go. Catch ya later!" The two patted back and shell and then parted without another word.

"Leo came back while you were gone." Don simply replied as he walked over to his punching bag. "What did May say?"

Raph hit the bag as hard as he could until it popped off of its stand and crumbled to the side of him. "Nothin'"

May walked out onto the dojo floor wearing her black mid-calf length leggings and her usual black tank top complete with her hands wrapped and her feet bare. She sat down in front of Splinter and on the right side of Leo, mentally preparing herself for training while the rest of the turtle brothers joined the group.

"Today my students, we are going to conduct a little experiment as Donatello would call it. Or a challenge as Raphael would say." Splinter smiled standing up. "Please, place your weapons in front of you."

Everyone nodded and did as their Master commanded. "Good. Now, pass your weapon to the right. Raphael since you are on the far end, hand Miss Gibson your sais." Raph stood and placed his prized weapons in front of the girl and silently walked back to his spot. "In order for us to prepare for the unexpected and also so that you all can be well rounded ninja, we are going to train this afternoon using everyone's weapon but your own." The rat smiled mischievously.

May could handle Raph's sais and Don's Bo, but one: Mikey's numchucks were downright impossible and Leo's swords were a lot heavier than they appeared. She thanked that she had Raph's weapon of choice to start off with but then grew nervous that if they traded once again she would be handed Mikey's weapon. She sighed picking up the deadly weapons and stood to her bare feet following the others.

"Miss Gibson, I understand that you have not had this lesson before and my sons have…" Splinter started. 'Great now I'm really in over my shell- uh, head…' "But you will do fine. I foresee it."

May shook her head defeatedly, "Whatever you say, Sensei." She sighed puffing her cheeks and took a glance at Leo handling her weapon. Even though May had only possessed her Kusari for only a while, she had grown so attached to it. It protected her through so much so far and she had grown accustom to the way it felt in her hands. She looked down at the shiny sharp sais in her hands. They were a little heavier than she expected to be, but she figured that much already.

"You will fight the person that has your weapon with the other weapon now in your possession." Splinter stated the rules of their now full on fight.

May looked up at Leo and then back at Raph, "Okay, I bite, I'm confused." She held a sai in each hand as she spoke. "So if I fight Leo because he has mine, than Raph fights me because I have his." She stated pointing to each one. "Then Mikey fights Raph because he has his and Don fights Mikey…and then Leo fights Don, and I fight…Leo?" She shook her head and closed her eyes. "Then this just becomes a circle of one fighting the other?... what?"

Splinter chuckled, "You will be fine. Begin!"

May shook her head trying to adjust and get a feeling for the red handle weapons but before she even had time to think about her first attack on Leo, a small chain wrapped around her wrist and pulled her backwards losing her balance.

"Come on blondie, you can do better than that." Raph smirked and then chucked her softly in the back.

May growled and looked over at the turtle. Her fight wasn't with him, she was supposed to fight Leo- right? She shook her head and ran over to the turtle fighting with Don. Groaning because she didn't know what to do without stabbing Leo, she held the sharp needle of it and hit Leo's arm with the handle.

"Miss Gibson, that is not correct on how to use Raphael's sai." Splinter called out.

May groaned again, "Well I only see Raph stabbing people with it. And as much as I'd love to stab some sense into Mr. Sour Puss over here, I'm not gonna do that!" She crossed her arms and then quickly pulled them back out using one of the sais to block an incoming chuck.

"Ha, girl to my own true heart." Raph muttered and then whapped her other arm with another chuck. She rolled down to the floor and quickly ran to Leo attempting to use the sai to knock her precious Kusari out of his three fingered hand.

He spotted her coming after him and quickly threw the chain at her wrapping it around her wrist. May smiled evilly, "Worst possible thing you coulda done." She pulled the middle of the chain hard pulling him towards her, quickly she kneed Leo in his gut and then raised her leg even higher and kicked him across the face knocking him to the side.

May whipped the rest of her body in a circle trying to maintain her balance as she smirked at the turtle lying on the ground. She did it! For once she actually blocked and disarmed Leo by surprise. Her victory was short-lived though as she felt wood hit her back pushing her forwards. "Raph." She muttered and blocked another attack from him with the use of his technique of holding the sai with separated fingers.

She could see Mikey coming up from behind him winking at her and she smiled back. He raised Don's bo staff in the air and hit Raph in his shell causing him to fall forwards. May ran over to her loveable turtle friend giving him a big high five- three. "Hey look out!" Mikey called but a force wrapped around her waist pulled her to the ground along side of Raph. She looked up and screamed as Leo raised the Scythe blade in the air ready to crash it down in front of her.

"Leonardo! Enough." Master Splinter stopped everyone in their tracks. "The point of this exercise was to only attack the holder of your weapon. You must push aside your anger to fight the person fighting you." He nodded closing his eyes and knocking his walking stick on the ground. "Trade once again my students."

They continued their training for the rest of the time and like May had thought, she was horrible at Mikey's and could barely lift Leo's swords. Just about the only one she had been good at was Raph's. Don's bo staff was almost as heavy as Leo's but she at least didn't have to worry about trying to cut herself open with his.

"We are finished for the evening. You all have done well, especially you, May." Splinter bowed to her and by a surprise called her by her first name. "I understand that you have only used your Kusari-gama and to be able to adapt to other weapons is very useful. With time you will grow and blossom into a deadly weapon." He smiled.

May grinned back, bowing eagerly and then running and hugging the soft furry rat, "Thank you so much Splinter! That really means a lot to me!" He patted her back and chuckled at the giddiness of the girl since he had never really been around such happiness and affection with his sons. "You are welcome my child. Now you all are dismissed."

"Splinter, I was going to make some tea. Would you or anyone else like some?" May looked back at the turtles. Mikey raised his hand, along with a head nod from Raph, Don and Leo. She winked and then walked over to the kitchen humming to herself happily. 'I'm a nnnniiiijaaaaa a badass nnnniiiiijaaaaa! Oh yea uhhuh, I'm a nnnnnniiiiiiiijjaaaa!'

The song May sings is Hurt by Jonny Cash. If you listen to it, it really fits into all the emotions May would be feeling at this point in her life. She is hurt mentally, physically and she is realizing that people don't stay around forever. A bit depressing, I know but I felt a connection when I listened to the song. Working on the next chapter so hopefully it'll be out soon! Review!