April had started gathering her things, packing up whatever she had brought with her to live in the sewers. She was moving back out with her dad now that the Kraang were gone. Donnie was helping her by carrying all the heavier things for her. Not that there was too much to carry. Kira helped Mikey make lunch for everyone, deciding they were going to eat something other than pizza for once. They made macaroni and cheese, and hamburgers. Kira finished stirring the ingredients together as Mikey put the burgers on the buns. Everyone took a seat ready to eat.
"Wow, this smells amazing." April complimented.
"Yeah Mikey, you did a great job." Kira agreed.
"Kira, you helped, you should be complimenting yourself." Mikey told her.
"Ha, I just made mac n' cheese. It's not like it's hard, even for me."
"Kira for as little as you seem to remember, you're doing a good job at learning." Donnie said.
"Well, she doesn't know how to read." Raph blurted.
"What!? I never said that!" She yelled.
"You said you couldn't spell our names...I take that as not being able to read."
"Well I can't spell your names, but I can spell other things."
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"Well, I can spell Kraang." She sassed.
"Oh wooow, that's impressive." He said sarcastically. "Anything else?"
"Mmm, I can spell mutagen, War Machine, technodrome, power cell, Kraang Prime, and April O'Neil." Everyone stopped and stared at her for a moment. "I only know how to spell Kraang words..." She sighed.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Raph pointed and laughed at her.
"Enough Raphael!" Master Splinter yelled.
"It's ok Master Splinter. It is kinda funny. And really disappointing." She admitted.
"So you know the alphabet at least." Leo tried to help.
"What's the alphabet?" She asked.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Raph started again. "Oh come on! It's funny!"
"It's mean." Leo said in defense.
"That's ok Leo, I'll just laugh at him when I take him down later." She taunted.
"Ohh is that a threat?" Raph asked with intense eyes.
"No, that's just what'll happen." She smirked.
"How many times do I have to beat you, for you to understand you won't win?"
"I let you win, don't you remember?"
"I don't believe that for a second."
"Raph Vs. Kira after lunch!" Mikey stood up and yelled.
"April, you gunna stay and watch?" Donnie asked.
"I think I'll pass, I can't wait to get home." Donnie gave her a sad look. "Not that your place is bad or anything! Really I can't thank you guys enough for being there for me, it's just, there's no place like home."
"I'll text you who won, I mean if you want." He offered.
"That'd be nice." April smiled as she took another bite.
"You guys done yet? I am so ready for this fight!" Mikey exclaimed.
"Almost, Raph, you ready to lose to a girl?" Kira asked.
"Are you ready to eat those words with that sandwich?" Raph taunted back.
"Woow, you are really gunna get it." Kira stood up and put her dishes in the sink.
"Enough talk! Let's do this!" Raph said putting his away and heading for the dojo.
"I'm gunna head out. I'll see you guys later!" April said as her and her father grabbed her stuff.
"Uhh, April, I just wanted to say, I, uh, I'm glad you're ok, and I hope to see you soon, and-"
"Thanks Donnie, I appreciate everything you've done for me." April stops him, and gives him a hug before leaving.
"Hey! Donnie! You coming? They're about to start." Leo yelled from the other side of the room.
"Yeah just a sec!" He yelled back. "Bye April."
"Bye Donnie."
Back in the dojo Raph and Kira were deciding how they should fight.
"Hand to hand or weapons?" Kira asked.
"Doesn't matter to me." He said back.
"Hand to hand." She decided. "I don't wanna accidentally kill you."
"Fine by me, but you're the one that would've gotten hurt." She rolled her eyes at his trash talk.
"So how do we decide who wins?" Mikey asked.
"How about first one to be pinned down for more than 3 seconds loses." Leo suggests.
"Sounds good to me." Kira prepares, taking her stance. "You ready to lose?"
"Oh bring it on sweet heart." He takes his stance as well.
Donnie quickly walks in and takes a seat next to his brothers.
"Begin!" Leo yells.
Raph runs at her, then leaps and throws a kick toward her head. She ducks and sweeps his legs as he lands, but he just hand springs back up. She throws a punch at his chest after he lands, but he blocks it grabbing her arm and throws her against the wall. He lunges for her trying to trap her against the wall again, but this time she does the splits just before his hands land on her and she twirls slightly and kicks upward into his chest sending him flying. He lands against the opposite wall and runs after her again, growling. He throws a punch at her, but she jumps over him, pushing off of his shoulders as he hits the wall and lands behind him. He pulls his hand out of the wall and turns around swinging a fist. She grabs it, and jumps, swinger her legs around his head, using her body to pull him down by his neck. As he falls she lands just behind him.
"Gah! That's it!" He says getting up. He runs at her and slides at the last moment. She fell to the ground not expecting that. He jumps at her landing on top of her pinning her arms down, but she isn't finished. She swings her legs around his chest and uses leverage to pull him off her. She's now on him, her knees on the ground on each side of his body, arms on his shoulders. She smirks at him as he can't believe what just happened.
"Three! Raph you lose!" Leo yelled.
"What! No fair!" Raph said practically throwing her off him. "I coulda done that at any time!"
"Doesn't matter, that was three seconds that she had you down." Leo said back.
"I told you I'd win." She smiled at him.
"That was not winning! You just...surprised me." He admitted.
"That was kinda the idea." She told him. "I knew you'd think you could pin me, and I knew you'd think you'd be too heavy for me to throw you off, but I've learned a few things since the last time."
"But at the water treatment center, you couldn't move me then!"
"I told you I let you win. You shoulda believed me." She bragged.
"You brought her to the water treatment center?" Leo laughed.
"I uhh..." He looked at Leo wide eyed, not knowing what to say. "Forget this." He stormed out of the room.
"Oh come on Raph. That's the whole point of being a ninja. Deceiving your enemy." Kira chased after him.
"Yeah, but I'm not your enemy." He said plopping down on the couch.
"Just admit it, I'm too much for you to handle." She sat down next to him.
"Well at least I can spell."
"Ohh, so next time we should spell our way out of a fight?" She put a finger to her mouth.
"Dang Raph, she's as bad of a trash talker as you are." Leo commented as the other three sit down too.
"Oh! I almost forgot! HAHAHAHA!" She stood up pointed and laughed at Raph. "You lost to a lady." She winked.
"You're anything but a lady." He laughed as she sat back down.
"So what am I then?"
"You're...special." He laughed. Almost hinting that he's impressed by her.
"So you're saying I'm one of a kind." She twisted his words.
"Not-like...that..." He turned his head in embarrassment, he could feel his cheeks get warm.
"Is anyone going to bring up the fact that Raph brought Kira to the water treatment thingy?" Mikey asked.
"Yeah Raph, who're you trying to impress?" Leo asked.
"Is this place like special or something?" Kira asked not getting it.
"Donnie brought April there for their first date." Mikey informed.
"It was NOT a DATE!" Donnie demanded.
"Sure, sure." Mikey antagonized. "We all know what goes on there."
"Like what?" Raph barked. Mikey just made kissy faces until Raph hit him. "It just doesn't stink there, that's all."
"Is that all?" Kira winked.
"Ughh do that again and you'll get it." He threatened.
"What are you gunna spell at me?" Kira smirked.
"That's it!" Raph got up.
"Raph calm down, she's just messing with you." Leo put a hand on his brother's shoulder.
"I know that. People just shouldn't mess with me or they'll wish they hadn't."
"So Kira. What did happen at the water treatment center?" Leo asked.
Raph saw the smirk on Kira's face, making him gasp slightly. He glared at her.
"Oh nothing too much, I just pushed him into the water and he got all mad about it. That's why he pinned me against the wall. Of course I let him so he would stop being mad. But you'll never guess what happened after that. He-"
"Kira I-!" Raph interrupted.
"Tripped. And fell. On his face." She laughed.
He sighed a heavy sigh in relief. "Yeah I was clumsy." He muttered.
"Raph tripped? Seriously!" Mikey laughed.
"Yeah, I tripped, whatever." He sat back down.
"It's a shame I couldn't help him up, I was too busy laughing." She drilled into his ego.
"Kira you are something else." He knew exactly what she was doing.
"Guy's, I miss April." Donnie said randomly.
"What? She's been gone for like an hour." Leo laughed.
"Aww, that's so sweet Donnie." Kira commented.
"I feel pathetic." He said realizing April probably hasn't thought about him once since she left.
"It's ok Donnie, you should never be ashamed of your emotions. You can't help who you like." Kira tried to cheer him up.
"Yeah I know, I just wish I wasn't so...different. Maybe April would like me if I was human."
"You never know, she could like you for who you are, turtle or not."
"Stop being ridiculous. There will never be a girl out there that will like us for who we are." Raph let out.
"That is not true. I think there's someone out there for everyone." Kira told him.
"Yeah then why are there so many people out there that never find love?" Raph tried to prove wrong.
"Because that person out there is just too far away and they never actually meet." She explained.
"Pfff so you think all of us have someone out there waiting for us?"
"Yup. Even you Raph. You just won't know it, until it hits you. You'll find yourself thinking about this person all day and night. While you lay in bed all you'll want to do is see her. Wishing she was there with you, so you could tell her how much your heart desires her. Or him." She said darkly.
"Him? What do you take me for?"
"Haha, I don't know, I'm just saying it could happen. But then you'll know the torture Donnie goes through." She explained.
"Well, I'll admit, that does sound rough. Good thing I don't feel that way about anyone."
"Yeah rub it in." Leo said crossing his arms.
"Do you have a crush too?" Kira asked.
"N-no."
"It's Karai!" Mikey blurted.
"Mikey! That's not true. She's...just...very...impressive." Leo stuttered.
"Karai? Wow. That sucks. See, she might be your soul mate, but you'll never know because she's your enemy."
"You're really into this soul mate stuff aren't you?" Raph asked.
"I've might have watched a little too many romance movies. I think being in love is so magical. I wish I was."
"It is not magical. It's torture." Donnie sighed.
"I'm never gunna fall in love either, but if I ever did, she'd be like the coolest girl ever. She would have magic powers, and she'd be super pretty, and she would think I am the most amazing thing in the world." Mikey imagined.
"So who's your dream girl Raph?" Leo asked.
"No girl will ever be good enough for me." He said.
"Oh come on there's gotta be something that you like." Leo pressured.
"Fine. She'd have to be strong, and rough, and be able to match my love of fighting. Never afraid to get dirty, and take anyone down that stands in her way. And she'd have to like spike. Not to mention she would be way better looking than any of the girls you fools like, short, toned body, brown hair, dark eyes. Also she'd have to know how to drive a motorcycle, and she'd be smart, and I don't mean Donnie smart."
"That seems like you're asking for too much." Donnie pointed out.
"Yeah well it's all or nothing."
"What's your dream guy Kira?" Donnie asked since they were on the topic.
"Hmm, he would have to be strong, like lift me over his head without breaking a sweat strong. And he would have to be sweet to me, but only me, I get jealous. I would be his world, and he would want to see me every day. And even if we got mad at each other he would still love me, fighting to save our relationship because he knows in the end it's not worth losing me. And he'd always comfort me when I'm sad or upset, even if he doesn't care, because he never wants to see me unhappy. And he would love fighting the bad guys out there to keep innocent people safe. Trying to help the world, weather it deserves it or not, because he believes in justice." Kira swooned.
"Wow, you have been watching too many romance movies." Leo comments.
"Hah, now that's asking for too much." Raph laughs.
"What about his looks Kira?" Donnie inquired.
"Mmm, honestly, I don't think I'd particularly care about his looks. He could be ugly or bald or scrawny, as long as he's the kinda bad boy that's soft on me, I don't care."
"Bad boy, I thought you said he'd have to believe in justice." Raph poked a hole in her description.
"I mean like the vigilantying type. Those are what get me. Like batman. He's a bad boy." Kira yawned.
"I think its bed time." Leo said yawning too.
They all got up to go to bed, but before Raph went into his room he stopped Kira just outside her door.
"Hey, uh, thanks for covering for me." Raph said.
"For what?" She asked as though she had no idea.
"You know what." He furrowed his brow.
"I don't see why it's such a big deal."
"My brothers would never leave me alone about it. It was a mistake."
She leaned in closer to him and kissed his cheek. "Good night Raphael." She whispered in his ear before turning and closing her door.