It has now been two months since I came to New York. A LOT has happened in those two months. The worst thing that probably happened was when Bradford and Xever got mutated. I didn't really care about Xever, I mostly concerned about Bradford. I still remember that horrible night,

FLASHBACK

The Turtles have defeated Bradford and Xever. I was told to stay put so the Turtles wouldn't know my identity yet, like Karai. "You are worthy advisories, but the fight is ours. Lay down your weapons," Leonardo said. I only knew the name of the leader of the Turtles at the time. "Never!" Xever growled. "You don't have a choice, we beat you," Leonardo shot back. "If goin down," Bradford said, looking at a container with mutagen in it, "I'm takin you with me!" "Nooooo! Bradford!" I screamed. Bradford shoved his sword into the container, and to my horror, he (and Xever, but I still didn't care) was swept away by a wave of the mutagen. I felt tears roll down my cheeks. "No, this can't be happening. Bradford... no," I whispered. I began to sob. I thought I had lost the only person I have ever loved. "I will miss you... Father..." I whispered. Suddenly, I saw Shredder in the distance. He heading towards the Turtles, who were celebrating. I watched as he hopped down in front of the Turtles. I turned to leave, when I saw something move on the street below. "Bradford..." I decided to watch the fight between the Shredder and Turtles. The Turtles, of course were losing. Something flopped onto the roof at Shredder's feet, "Help me..." it said. Another creature reached to him as well. It groaned, "Xever? Bradford?" Shredder asked in disbelief. "Bradford?!" I nearly screamed. I felt as if I was filled with great light. "He's alive! I can't believe it!" I cried. I began to cry tears of joy. I just couldn't believe it. But he was a... Mutant dog?!

END FLASHBACK

I was sitting on top of my hideout, thinking about what I was about to do. Apparently Shredder had also had another fight with the Turtles, and got a Kraang brain thing in the process. Now he's after my friend April O'Neil. Just last week, Karai nearly captured her, but she got away. I've also been getting closer to my grandmother. She has been telling me more about my family, and she gave me an amulet. My mother's amulet. It's in the shape of a purple star with a music note in the middle. I never took it off.

Tonight was when I was going to make the hardest decision of my life. I was going to leave the Foot, and join the Turtles. The Shredder was after my best friend, April O'Neil, I knew the Turtles could help me protect her. I also think that the Shredder fights for the wrong reason. The reason, tryin to kill Splinter over a girl that the Shredder HIMSELF killed, because he loved her. I wanted to protect Splinter almost as much as the Turtles do. I already lost my father, and I didn't want them to go through the same thing.

I looked down at my phone, and looked up at the sky. The sky was pitch black, and it was about 9:30 p.m. It was time to find the Turtles. I put my katana on my back, and hopped onto the next rooftop. I ran across the rooftops, looking down at city below me. I stopped on top of an abandoned building, and looked to my right. Four shadows were leaping across rooftops a few buildings over. Bingo. I hopped to the ground, and silently ran across the street. I hopped up on the building. The Turtles were right in front of me. Now all I have to do is introduce myself, I thought. I silently followed a short distance behind the Turtles. Hmm... They seem to be going somewhere. I decided to follow them to see where they're heading.

They stopped in front of this abandoned building, and went inside. What on earth are they up to? I thought. A few minutes later, the Turtles busted out of a window, along with at least ten robots. I looked closer, and saw that these robots had aliens inside of them. Karai had told me about alien robots before. Alien robots... Alien robots... The Kraang! I thought. I looked back down to see the Turtles finishing their fight with the Kraang. I looked over, and saw the turtle in the purple bandanna holding a jar full of... mutagen! I had a jar just like this in my bag. Suddenly, the turtle in the red bandanna look up. Shoot, cover's been blown. I thought. I crawled on my hands and knees, praying that they hadn't seen me. When I was far enough, I began to run.

I heard footsteps behind me, and I picked up the pace. Suddenly, something grabbed my shoulder, and threw me to the ground. I tried to sit up, but something pinned me down. I looked up to see the turtle in the red bandanna glaring down at me. I glared back. This isn't Leonardo. He has a blue bandanna, I thought. I looked over at the other turtles. One had on a purple bandanna, and the other had on an orange mask. There was no Leonardo in sight. I grabbed the turtle's wrist, and flipped him over me. I looked directly at the other two, "Alright, where is Leonardo?" I asked. They just stared at me. What, cat got your tongue? I thought. My question was answered when I heard something behind me. I flipped over red clad turtle, and kicked whatever it was on top of him. I was looking at the fearless leader himself. "Ugh, Leo get offa me!" The turtle in red growled, "Sorry Raph," Leonardo said. So the one with the red bandanna is Raphael. That means there are only two more. Donatello and Michelangelo. I thought. I looked at the two other Turtles. Karai told me I could probably identify them by their personalities.

I heard Leonardo get up. I jumped back, and unsheathed my katana. Guess the only thing I have to do is fight them, I thought. Leonardo charged, but instead of attacking back, I dodged. I kept dodging attacks as Leonardo tried to slice me in half. Soon, our swords clashed, and we held like that for a minute to see who would slip up first. Leonardo's legs were open, and I took advantage of this little slip up. I swept his feet out from under him, and put my foot down on the front of his shell. "Will you stop attacking me?! I won't hurt you!" I shouted. Raphael tried to tackle me, but I jumped up and slammed down on both of them. "I don't believe you!" the red clad ninja shot back. I felt my self boil with rage. If only they knew why I was here, I thought. "Well, I won't hurt you! I don't care what you say," I growled. "Then why were you spying on us?!" Leonardo asked. I felt the rage come back. "What?! I wasn't spying on you! I wanted to talk to you! Those Kraang droids showed up, and I didn't want to get in your way!" I practically screamed. "Fine," Raphael said, "But who are you?" I took my foot off of him and Leonardo, and took a deep breath. "My name is Kayla. I'm an ex-member of the fo-" But before I could finish my sentence, Leonardo came charging at me again.

I dodged, but he managed to cut my arm. I ignored the sting, and continued the fight. We kept fighting until Leonardo cut my leg. I sank to the ground from the pain. It began to bleed, and I cringed and held it. Suddenly I felt strong arms pick me up. I looked up to see the turtle with the orange bandanna. He was glaring at his blue masked brother. "Leo chill!" he said, "She's said she's an ex-member of the Foot. She won't hurt us!" "You know what Master Splinter told us Mikey. Deception is the kunoichi's most powerful weapons!" Leonardo shot back. Hmm... If the one in the orange is Michelangelo. That must mean the one in the purple bandanna is Donatello. "D-Donatello," I whispered. Michelangelo smiled at me softly, "What was that Kayla?" he asked. "I-I want to talk to D-Donatello," I said nervously. He nodded, and set me down gently.

I looked up at Michelangelo, and smiled softly. When Leonardo took at step towards me, I took I huge scoot back. I bumped into something, and found myself looking up at Raphael. "Geez Leo, calm down. She's obviously not going to hurt us, so let her talk to Donnie," he said as he picked me up. That's when I realized that Raphael is kinda cute for a turtle. Raphael handed me to the other turtle who I already knew was Donatello. He instantly started to look at my wounds. "Leo must have cut you pretty badly," he said. I cast a glare at Leonardo, who shrank back in embarrassment. "But don't worry, attacking people is usually Raph's thing," Donatello said. He smiled, and I smiled back. He had the cutest gap in his teeth! I felt the sting in my leg and my arm come back, and I winced. I was starting to bleed heavily. Suddenly everything was starting to get blurry, "D-Donnie," I whispered. But before he could answer, I passed out.

I woke up on something soft. My first thought was that I must've fallen asleep at my hideout while watching a movie. But no such luck. I opened my eyes a tiny bit, and saw that I was in some sort of lair. Judging by my surroundings, I guessed I was in the sewers. I felt something, and found a remote. I turned on the T.V., and Space Heroes was on. I decided to watch it. I like Space Heroes, but not enough to fangirl about it. I was soon joined by someone on the couch. I looked up, and (to my freakin horror) I saw Leo was the one next to me. "You like this show too?" he asked, never taking his eyes off of the screen. "Yeah I guess it's one of my favorite shows," I replied.

I felt a twinge of pain in my arm, and I flinched. I pulled up my sleeve and found bandages wrapped around my arm. I discovered more on my leg, and suddenly remembered what Leo had done to me. I became very wary of Leo, completely forgetting about Space Heroes. I got up and tried to walk away, but the pain in my leg was to great. I fell over with a grunt. Leo saw me, and rushed over to help, "Kayla are you okay? What's wrong?" he asked my worried expression. I gestured to my arm and my leg, and gave him an are-you-serious look. "Oh," he said, turning pink, "I'm sorry I freaked out on you like that. I thought you were trying to trick us... You aren't evil, are you?" I laughed softly, and his expression went from concern to relief. "No! I'm not evil! If I was, I wouldn't be trying to protect my friend!" "Who's your friend?" Leo asked. "Her name is April. You know her, remember," I said.

Donnie burst out of what I guessed was his lab, and practically dragged me inside. "You know April?! Kayla, you have to tell me everything!" he practically screamed in face. I pushed him off of me, and I sat down on the table. I noticed my bag and my sword, and grabbed them. "Yeah April is my best friend," I answered, "But what EXACTLY do you want to know?" "Favorite color, favorite book, does she like science, favorite song, favorite movie, anything else you think I should know," he listed quickly. This is what my face looked like: O_O. Donnie must really like April, I thought. I looked at Donnie. He had a notepad in his hand, and I rolled my eyes. If I don't tell him he'll just pester me anyways, I thought, "Alright Donnie, you better get ready cause I'm only sayin this once. Um... Let's see. Yellow, I don't know, she likes science, I don't know, she LOVES chick flicks, and she nature almost as much as I do, so if you take her on a date, take her to like a park or something," I said. He scribbled it all down, and squeezed the life outta me, "Donnie.. Can't... Breath!" I gasped. "Oh sorry Kayla," he said as he set me down. "Raph is in the dojo if you want to see him," Donnie said with a wink. I began to blush, "Uh, how'd you know that?" I asked. "Let's just say that I know when someone has a crush," he said, "But how's your arm, and your leg?" I stood up carefully, and took a few steps. My leg didn't hurt anymore, and my arm seemed okay. "Well I can walk again, and my arm seems okay, but you could at least show me where the dojo is," I said with a smirk. Donnie nodded, and led me to the dojo.

The dojo wasn't as big as the one in my hideout, but it was still pretty big. I saw Raph sparring with Leo, and I instantly felt no pain anywhere. "I wanna face the winner," I said. Leo and Raph both stopped, and looked at me, "You wanna spar... with us?" Raph asked. I nodded and grabbed my sword, "Yeah, I need to train anyway. Just promise me that you won't go easy on me," I said, smirking. Raph and Leo got back into position, and began to fight again. About two minutes later, Leo was the ground, groaning. "Ready to lose Kayla?" Raph asked. "Not a chance tough guy," I shot back. Once we got into position, he charged at me. At the last minute, I flipped over him and unsheathed my katana.

This time, I charged. Raph turned around, and our weapons clashed. We held each other in that position to see who would give in first. But I refuse to lose. With a quick flick of the wrist, one of Raph's sais flew against the wall. But Raph didn't look worried at all. In fact, it looked as though he wanted for this to happen. He charged at me again, and as I flipped, I used my katana to pry the other sai out of Raph's hand. Now he looked worried, but I never underestimate my opponent. I sheathed my katana, and prepared for hand to hand combat.

Raph looked even more confident than before. "What are you, the King of combat," I said with a smirk. "Why don't you come and find out, princess," he replied. I felt myself boil with rage. I hated it when people called me things like that! With one swift kick, I had Raph on the ground. He tried to get up, but I pinned him to the ground. "Don't call me Princess," I growled. "Okay, okay! But could you get offa me!" Raph said. He tried to squrim away, but I refused to move. "Not till you say I win," I said. "What?! There's no way I'll admit defeat to a girl!" he yelled. "Fine," I said. But as soon as he got up, I tackled him and put him in a choke hold. "Say I win," I demanded. Raph tried to break free, but no such luck, "Can't... BREATH!" he gasped. "Say I win," I demanded again. "Never!" he yelled. I tightened my grip, "Say. I. WIN!" I screamed. Raph's face began to turn purple. "Okay... You...WIN!" he choked out. "Good job Raphie," I said as I let him go. He fell to the ground, sucking in huge breaths.

I heard cheering behind me, so I turned around. I saw Donnie and Mikey along with... April! "April!"I screamed. "Kayla!" she squealed. April ran at me full speed, and wrapped me up in a huge bear hug. "I saw you spar with Raph when I came in. That was amazing!" "Aww thanks April," I said, "But I think that I hurt Raphie's pride."I smirked as I walked over to where the hotheaded turtle still lay on the ground. "Hey Meathead, you okay?" I asked, chuckling. (Great, now I'm turning into Bradford) "Yeah, I'm alright. Why do you care?" he asked. I gave him an isn't-it-obvious look. "Well duh! I care because you're my friend," I said, "You are my friend, aren't you?" Raph actually looked concerned about my pouting face, "No! Of course your my friend! It's just that... Never mind, we are friends," he said, sticking out his hand. I took it, and he pulled down me down on top of him. I blushed, and got off of him. When he got up, I punched him playfully on the arm.

"Hey Kayla!" Mikey yelled, "I bet you can't beat me in a round of videogames!" "You're on!" I said. After beating Mikey in pretty much every videogame he had, I was getting hungry, "Hey Kayla, are you hungry? Because I could eat just about anything right now," Mikey said. You read me like a book, I thought. I nodded, and followed Mikey into the kitchen. He went to the fridge, and took out some pizza. April told me that they eat pizza almost every day. He gave me two slices, while had five. He must really like pizza, I thought.

As I sat down, I saw the cutest turtle I've ever seen (besides Raph). It was a non mutant turtle, and as it was crawling around on the table I picked him up, and petted his shell. "Hello there little guy, what's your name?" I asked. "Oh that's just Raph's pet turtle, Spike," Mikey replied. I saw some lettuce in the fridge that Mikey left open, and grabbed two leaves. I set them down in front of Spike, and sighed happily as he ate. I LOVE animals. Back in Japan, I would feed almost every stray I could find. I still do That here in New York.

I waited for Mikey to leave, and leaned in towards Spike. "Hey Spike?" I said, "Do you think you could keep a secret? Can you chew on your leaf if you can?" Spike chewed his leaf, and I almost squealed with joy. But instead I kissed Spike gently on his shell. "Thank you," I whispered, "Okay, so I'll tell you. I may have the tiniest crush on Raph. Now promise to never tell him right?" Spike chewed his leaf again, and I kissed his shell again. "Thanks!" I whisper shouted. "Well I see that you've met Spike," Raph said behind me. I nearly fell out of my chair. I hope that he didn't hear anything, I thought. "Yeah, I love animals. When I saw Spike, he was just soo cute," I said as I kissed Spike's shell again.

"You really like him, don't you," Raph asked. I nodded while we both watched Spike eat. Raph slid into the seat bedside me. "I love animals, but turtles have to be my favorite," I said, smiling at Raph. "He's the best turtle I've ever met... Aside from you and your brothers," I said. Raph smiled back, "You know," he said quietly, "Spike can be your pet too. If want, we could share him." My eyes widened to the size of golf balls. I hugged Raph and said an excited "Yes!" He stiffened, but Then hugged me back. "I would love to share Spike with you!" I said happily. I kissed Spike's shell, and kissed Raph on the cheek. He turned the color of his bandanna.

Before I knew it, it was nighttime. We were all watching a scary movie that April had brought. Donnie sat next to April on the floor, Leo and Mikey sat on the floor, while Raph and I sat together on the couch. The movie was pretty good. I hadn't seen it yet. At the scariest part, I grabbed Raph's arm, and he put it around me. We both hugged each other at another part. This movie was pretty terrifying.

During the second movie April had, everyone was getting kinda tired. Donnie and April were asleep on the floor, Donnie had arms protectively wrapped around April. Leo and Mikey had gone to there rooms at the end of the first movie, sothat just left me and Raph. He wanted to stay to the very end, while I wanted to sleep. I decided to let Raph finish the movie, while found someplace to sleep. I grabbed the first doorknob I could find. Luckily, there was no one in the bed. I crawled under the covers, and drifted off to sleep.

I was only asleep for what felt like 2 minutes, when someone started to shake my shoulder. I opened my eyes, and my vision was filled with a red mask, and incredible green eyes. "Ugh... Raph, I'm tryin to sleep," I groaned. "Well exuuuse me for trying to sleep in my own bed," he said. My eyes widened. Of course I had to fall asleep in Raph's bed, I thought.

Raph nudged me again, "Whaaaat?" I moaned. "Uh, aren't you going to get up?" Raph asked. I glared at him. Crush or not, I'm goin to sleep, and I'm not moving anytime soon. "I ain't budgin," I growled. I suddenly felt the weight on the bad shift. I knew that Raph had sat down. "Well, looks like we're going to be room mates until Donnie finishes your furniture," he said As he laid down. My eyes widened again. Me and RAPH in the same bed?! I felt my cheeks to warm. My thoughts right now weren't exactly rated PG.

I just decided to get over it and get some sleep. I was about to freak out when I felt something wrap gently around me, and pull me to the other side of the bed. I opened my eyes again. It was just Raph. Usually, I would push myself away from him, but he felt warm and... Comforting. I snuggled in closer and let Raph pull me towards him. I turned towards him and looked into his incredible green eyes. "Goodnight, Kayla," he whispered. "Goodnight Raph," I whispered back. I drifted off to sleep next tomy new crush.