A/n: This is based on a fanart called 'Not Playing Fair' by 'fireworksinthenight'. Was originally posted on Deviantart but I decided to post it here too.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer : I don't own anything.

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Not Playing Fair

"Hey Leo, look what I found!"

The blue-masked ninja turned to see what Mikey wanted to show him, only to freeze at the sight of a tiny black kitten his baby brother was holding up. He stared at the filthy little furball with wide, incredulous eyes.

"Mikey! You can't just bring a stray animal to the lair!"

It seemed that the youngest didn't ever hear him, instead giving him a bright smile as he showed the sweet little feline to his brother.

"She's so adorable, isn't she? Can we keep her?!"

He gave his eldest brother a big, hopeful smile as he said that. Afterall, who would want to deny a home to a poor, lonely kitty?

Leonardo's opinion though, was the exact opposite of Michelangelo's. He crossed his arms, sending the orange-clad turtle a stern look.

"NO."

The leader's voice indicated the finality of his decision. This was his no-more-arguments-because-I-have-made-my-decision-and-you-can't-say-or-do-anything-to-change-my-mind voice. It was the same voice he had used when he was planning on rupturing the powercell to destroy the whole TCRI or when he was urging the others to leave as he held back Kraang-Prime or when he lured the Kraang bots away so Donnie, Mikey and April would escape or when he tried to take down the Triceraton mothership with a-

Alright, so he used it whenever he planned to pull a crazy, life-threatening stunt. The point is, whenever Leo uses this voice, it means finality of his words and no matter how much the others try to talk him out of it, it never works.

There was only one thing left for Mikey to do; pulling out the big guns, aka The Fearless Leader's greatest weakness.

Mikey's face contorted, his expressions morphing from hopeful to sorrowful and despairing. He trembled a little, giving the eldest his famous puppy-eyes and sniffing to add to the effect, a sad frown replacing the beaming smile.

The leader hesitated, uncrossing his arms and moving to reach out to the youngest, wanting desperately to soothe Mikey. A whimpered escaped the orange-masked turtle, further adding to Leo's desperation.

He had to comfort Michelangelo.

'No.'

He made Mikey upset.

'No. Snap out of it.'

He hurt his baby brother. How could he do this to him?

'C'mon Leonardo, he is manipulating you. Stop it!'

He was a terrible big brother.

'Don't cave in! You have to be stronger.'

Tears had collected in Mikey's sad baby blue orbs, threatening to fall. They were a perfect mixture of cuteness and rejectful sadness.

'Get a hold of yourself, Leo! You must resist!'

Those teary eyes, those heart-broken whimpers, that sad frown... combining together to give a perfect impression of a kicked out puppy who is sad and alone and shunned, having no place to go and has to wander around in the cold, cold rain, without a shelter.

Leonardo sighed, giving in to the manipulation skills of his younger brother. "Alright Mikey. You... can keep her." His voice was low when he said this, holding his head with one hand. He could practically feel Raph's amused grin as the red-masked turtle watched the whole thing, hiding behind a corner.

"Awww, did you hear that little kitty? Leo said we can keep you. We will have so much fun together! I'll show you around the whole lair and we will play games and I'll teach you many tricks and you will meet Ice Cream Kitty and become best friends and..."

Leonardo closed his eyes and tried to block out all of the plans Mikey was already coming up with. He dreaded what they would have to endure at an actual cat's arrival... like hairballs.

This wasn't fair! Why did Mikey keep using his baby-bro powers on him? They all knew he could never resist those puppy-eyes, they were his weakness and Mikey always used that to his adventage.

The orange-masked turtle was Not. Playing. Fair.

"Uhh... L-Leo?" Donnie's shy and hesitant voice floated down from around the other corner, halting his train of thoughts, "Did you say we can keep a stray animal?"

This inquiry was followed by a loud trumpet which sounded a lot like that of an elephant.

Leonardo's head snapped up at the noise, his eyes blown wide.

'Oh for mutagen's sake!'

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Meanwhile, Raphael couldn't stop snickering from behind his hiding spot as he watched the whole scene taking place.

Donnie was trying to stop the baby elephant from pulling out his staff while looking expectantly at the eldest with reddened cheeks.

Raph prayed for poor Leonardo who would have to deal with Donnie too. Maybe he should have told his elder brother that a handful of animals broke out of the zoo that night, which included the infamous lion too.

Poor Big bro...

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A/n: Madagascar reference? What Madagascar reference? I didn't use it! Nope! Totally did not! ...maybe?

Don't worry! Leo wouldn't have to deal with the rest because they were transported to Africa. But Dumbo's friend here was pretty stealthy so he escaped the watchful eyes of most cops and hid in an alley instead of waltzing into Central Park Station.

Luckily, he was found by Donatello who somehow, magically brought him to the lair.