So here I bring up a few more facts about Turtle Health with Don and Belladonna's segment also been reading the fanfic 'The ABCs of Leo' and while I'm still struggling to get past the second chapter I do find it an excellent character study and why I really want to bring Chanchalla into the Neozoic Tales Universe as a love interest for Leo, also hopefully in this chapter I begin what I've planned as the character arc for Caesar the Mutant Chimp child born from a portal opening and chrashing into a zoo nursrey splashing ordinary baby animals with mutagen revealing the First Earth for the first time there were other ways to uplift animals besides the crystal meteroite been really wanting to get this story started because for the most part the five cubs have kind of been acting as a unit always together which has really hampered their character growth, this Arc for Caesar really made him the most developed cub before they become teenagers but anyway

As Don was stretching and looking at himself in the mirror, he realized he had put on weight in other places than his sides, his legs were getting pretty chunky and he turned around and...Oof! Looked like his butt was bursting out of his shell...Seems he had gained a little too much weight...

'Think it's time to begin reducing my fat intake...' Don thought to himself '...And I better do it soon or else I'm really in danger of pyramiding!' And at that moment he began feeling the scutes on his shell just to make sure they weren't beginning to pyramid, while all the Turtles had some dark irregular patches on their shells which were the result of bouts of shell rot they had experienced early in their youth, pyramiding was far more dangerous as it is irreverable and can cause serious health damage.

"Um...Bell-Bell..." Don said "...Think for breakfast I'll just have a bagel and cream cheese..."

'OK Don...' Don thought to himself '...Just one last bagel and cream cheese than time to begin the diet!'

At the table, Don had his breakfast, Belladonna had a typical Dragon's breakfast, an enormous chunk of raw beef that had been marinating in a special kind of brine, as Dragons are such large creatures and carnivorous to boot it's really hard for them to find them to find places that serve food in portions that can satify them, one of the consquenses they must deal with in living in a world designed for smaller people...That marinade is kind of like a Dragon 'Energy Drink' to give them enough energy to last the day despite having a smaller amount of food.

Don realized he had already finished his bagel while watching Belladona devour her hunk of raw meat.

"Thinking about how you were there for me last night..." Don sighed "...And I just realized, I really wish Leo could find true love...I think about how much my life has improved since I found you and I feel like I just realized Leo needs a wife even more...Ever since he became the leader Splinter was extra hard on him no excuses or emotional breaks, it's taken its toll on him..." Don shuddered remembering angry paranoid Leo "I realized what he can't get from his family...He would be able to get from a wife...That's the reason the relationship between a husand and wife isn't like the relationship a man has with his blood family...I mean we're not blood relatives but you get what I'm saying..."

"I do." Belladonna said with a nod "But of course the relationship should form on it's own...I don't think Leo would take kindly to being set up on a blind date."

Don burst out laughing "No I don't think he would!"

Later that day, and Jonathan and Gus came out of the grove of trees, Ichabod and Marzipan looked hopeful.

Gus only sighed "Ichabod..." He said "...I see you are trustworthy, you I like...Despite being the child of two criminals who turned out like...Like a flower that grew out a pot of dirt."

"Uncle Gus..." Marzipan said "...Don't you remember that Simpsons episode, where Lisa said that's a horrible thing to say!"

"The point is," Gus said "While you might be trustworthy I'm still not sure about your parents, your father told me quite a bit..." And Gus turned and looked at Jonathan "...But I get the feeling there are some things he's still not telling me! Anyway we've had a long day..." He began to walk away

"Where are you going to stay?" Marzipan asked

"I'll find a motel." Gus said "I was given some space bucks before I left."

Jonathan sighed "I'm sorry...I tried..."

"You did your best Jonathan..." Marzipan said soothingly "...We just need to not give up..."

They began to slowly walk...To nowhere in particular, just walking while they all thought about the conundrum at hand.

As they walked who should they come across but the three female Mutant Cubs, mutated by the same ooze that created the Turtles, but they were all animals born on First Earth's soil so they were physically Mutants but culturally Humanimals they had the ability to sing like any Tuniverse Denizen because they were born in a Musical Universe proving in this case Nurture is the key not Nature.

"So...What do you think is the better snacking flower?" Zeb the Zebra Filly asked her Mutation Sister "Dandilions, or clover?"

"Well..." said Taylor the Flamingo chick "...I much prefer the color of clover, but this is about flavor not looks...Hmmm I think because I'm not a grazer they taste similar to me."

"Really?" Asked Julia the Spotted Hyena Cub, "I'm a carnivore and I think the clover tastes much better...Oh hey Ichabod! Hey Marzipan!"

After discovering their Mutation the Cincinatti Zoo called the Fellowship Crew to ask what to do about these creatures who were becoming intelligent like Humanimals but also seemed different ffrom Humanimals, long story short, Ichabod and Marzipan ended up fostering them for the winter...And this was before Marzipan learned she was a mage, she didn't realize magic was oozing off her like B.O. And in lving the Cubs she accidentially transferred a some of her's and Ichabod's wisdom making them 'wise beyond their years' like really wise, they weren't even old enough to begin preschool and they had the intellect of someone thrice that age, so even though they had all been adopeted by local families of their own species they all realized to let the cubs play with each other every day because they had become like blood siblings and it was clear because of the magic that Ichabod and Marzipan were in a sense their true mother and father and the cubs knew them as such, after Jonathan had reformed, they came to see him as 'Grandpa'

"Hey Girls!" Ichabod said as the tree cubs ran up to them "Where are your brothers?"

"Rye's family took him to a regatta today." Zeb said referring to the Giant Anteater cub "And Caesar...He didn't feel like playing today."

Ichabod and Marzipan looked at each other "Care to explain?"

The three girls looked at each other apprihensivly their Chimp Brother was clearly the smartest cub among them. (Although Zeb had better leadership skills hence why she was the self appointed leader of their group) and he was the most willful of the group, all the cubs remembered, before they learned how to speak, when Ichabod was out leaving Marzipan alone, Caesar was just out of control litteraly bouncing off the walls and Marzipan finally lost her temper activating her feline instincts, reminding them in every housecat beats the heart of a tiger, Marzipan finally pinned Caesar to the bed, her claws not piercing his skin but reminding Caesar of his place as prey to felines, Marzipan felt deeply ashamed for having to resort to that, and she never told Ichabod what happened when he came home.

"Caesar..." Zeb struggled how to say this "...He's been feeling very, very bored..."

"He keeps talking about how he's tired of playing the same old games, with the same old toys..." Julia said

Think I'll leave it on that ominous note