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Becoming Human part 2
Authors Note: HEY GUYS! I know ive been gone a while, college has been hell, ive actually been working on my next several postings since August, bit by bit as inspiration hits. it may not be written the best, just give me a chance to get back into the swing of things. Thanks for reading -Jazz
My two most recent digital art pieces! Cheshire cat Aizawa and Mikey with his S/O Alex Novo as a frog.
I DID IT!!! My first full from scratch piece of digital art, no references. Not a bad Toshinori Yagi portrait if i do say so my self!! Can’t wait to see how i improve from here.
“Well, I mean, he’s got a point — Raph is the most hippo-like”
RAPH IS A FURRY!!!!!!!
Sorry I've been inactive but Lookie what I made! It's so awesome!!! The Sai come out and the shell part doubles as a comfy travel pillow! The other folks at college in the fall are gonna be so jealous of my new, shell-sational new backpack!
Headcanon: Hobbies
LEONARDO:
Puzzles. Leo loves puzzles. Logic puzzles, physical puzzles, video game puzzles, riddles – he’ll jump on any of them in a heartbeat. And don’t get me started on the prideful high he gets when he tackles them; he’s incorrigible, this butthead. In fact, any pursuit of the mind is enough to get him going, becoming borderline obsessed until he’s figured it out.
Practicing/sparring is high on his list of favorite hobbies, both because he feels it’s good to keep your skills sharp and because it keeps the brothers working as a team. The more they spar, he says, the more they learn to instinctively understand one another’s moves, and the more they fit together on the battlefield. There’s simply no downside.
Meditation is also high on his list of activities; any time he needs to focus before a task, you can usually find him meditating on it. Sometimes he does this entirely for the enjoyment of it, though, just taking a seat somewhere quiet and pondering on life, his place in it, and his goals.
He also greatly enjoys reading and collects books. He prefers intellectual/philosophy genres over others, but he’ll read just about anything you put in front of him. He also enjoys rereading his favorites, most of which are classics like War and Peace and To Kill A Mockingbird and Moby Dick.
Lastly, he loves Japanese culture as a whole. He has his favorites and his least favorites, of course, but he soaks up every tidbit he encounters. It helps that Splinter is so rigidly Japanese, too; Leo sometimes just goes to Dad with questions about how to properly do this or that.
RAPHAEL:
We all know he loves to work out, but tbh Raph will do just about anything that involves his hands. Building, destroying, tweaking, even decorating; he has a surprising amount of patience when he’s got a project to complete. Whenever the guys need a renovation to the Lair, Raph is first in line to get it started and the last one still working on it at the end of the night. In a way, it’s similar to meditation for him.
He also paints. Since this is a hobby, the quality of his works varies from piece to piece; sometimes it’s amazing, sometimes it’s crap, and you can bet his brothers let him know the truth every time. His skill in this arena is more with coloring and shading than anything else, so the anatomy of his subjects is sometimes dubious at best, but the vibrant colors he uses tends to make up for it. On the whole, he’s best when using a base sketch to get the angles and sizes right.
Also something of a metalworker, Raph can also craft weaponry they might need. He’s great at correctly judging things like the heat of a flame and keeping count of how many times he’s folded the metals for a new sword. He’s made sets of shuriken before, and each one is perfectly balanced. This is more rare, though, as they don’t have an actual forge; more often than not, they just find weapons and he makes sure they’re in usable condition.
Raph is also the resident collector and pack-rat. Anytime you see themes of objects in the Lair, it was likely Raph who found and organized them. Shoes, hats, bikes, signs, even ribbons; anytime his eye spots an object that fits with one of his collections, he has to take it back home. Thanks to his ability to balance things well, he can even make them into mobiles and the like. Someday he hopes to find big, heavy objects to turn into a giant mobile, just to see if he can…
Along with Leo, Raph also keeps bonsai trees. This wasn’t his idea, but rather Splinter’s; his father felt it was good for the hothead to have a calming hobby, something that requires patience and time. To his surprise, Raph found he actually likes it, from keeping a mental timetable for when to water the plants to carefully tending his miniature trees.
DONATELLO:
The builder. Where Raph does construction work, Donnie does more accessory-type crafting. If they need new lights, a new table, a new bed, etc; Donnie’s on it. He’ll even (helpfully?) write notes on the new object if it’s interactable…or just has enough open space. Ever see the writing on the chairs in the Lair?
That was Donnie.
The resident coder, he also makes, plays, and masters video games. He can recover an old arcade machine, bring it home, re-code it as something else, then utterly defeat it – and everyone else who plays it. This is usually done alongside Mikey – both because Mikey is a gamer and because he can repaint the arcade machine to reflect the new game Donnie designed for it.
Also a big reader, but Donnie never forgets something he’s read, so he rarely revisits books he’s already finished. The only exception to this is poetry; Donnie loves poetry and the symbolism and metaphors therein, so he very easily rereads old poems. One of his all-time favorites is The Raven because of its incredible story.
He also writes his own poems, but he tends to keep them hidden away, embarrassed of them. Aside from this, he also makes a lot of nerd jokes in the form of equations; the two can cross, becoming mathematical limericks. The most famous one is this:
– but he’s made quite a few of his own.
Art-wise, Donnie sometimes doodles, but in very precise, usually symmetrical abstract designs. He does the tattooing for his brothers, since he’s best with these designs and has the steadiest hands. This is also why he doesn’t have tattoos, himself – he doesn’t trust his brothers to do it the way he wants it done. Also, he doesn’t like pain.
MICHELANGELO:
Aside from his obsession with skateboarding, Mikey loves to decorate things any way he possibly can. Usually this is done with graffiti/spray paints, as Raph kind of hogs all the acrylics, but he’s gotten really good with it and enjoys tagging stuff, so he doesn’t mind.
Art-wise, he’s mostly a doodler; the things he draws are very cartoonish with vague shapes (circles, ovals, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, etc) and strong lines. He’s better at sharp angles than smooth ones, so you tend to see more of this than anything else.
A huge gamer, as well, he collects just about everything he can. He plays mostly with or against Donnie, his fellow gamer brother, but he’s managed to badger Leo and Raph into playing with him before. For the most part he’s the best gamer in the family, but Donnie beats him easily at certain types – mostly arcade games with decipherable patterns that Mikey just doesn’t get.
He was also the first to find and play hentai games, though he laments how often there are rape themes in these games. He’s the first to try out a new game – and the first to destroy the copy of it, if it portrays something at odds with his moral code.
Lastly, he’s something of a fashionista; he enjoys accessorizing and even critiques his brothers. There are times he’s been sought out if someone isn’t sure if this or that looks better on them, and Mikey is always willing to give his thoughts on the matter.
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RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D FUCK A NINJA TURTLE
Turtle dick gOttA be big
Raises her hand “I have no shame”
Hold on to your shells! It’s the OFFICIAL Rise of the TMNT show open & theme song!
YES!!! Definitely one of the better theme songs in my opinion! Can't wait for the series it's really growing on me.
Clearer with Distance (2014 fic)
rating: G summary: Donatello is almost eight before they finally find a pair of glasses with his correct prescription. Before that, the severely farsighted turtle just has to make do. His brothers do what they can to help out, even if it means reading all his boring stereo instructions to him for the millionth time. notes: 2k fluffy turtle tot fic with just a touch of angst. read at ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/15006035
The box is slick underneath Donnie’s fingers, glossy cardboard unwarped by water, the corners crisp and unworn. New, or at least freshly thrown out, which for a mutated turtle scavenging the sewers of New York is basically the same thing.
His chest swells with excitement, expert fingers feeling at the seams until he finds the opening flap. The box is bulky but light—a promising combination—and rattles faintly when shaken. Definitely some twist ties loose in there. He gropes greedily inside, worming his skinny arm in between the broken pieces of protective Styrofoam until his fist closes on his prize: a thin paper booklet with staples along the binding.
“Oh no,” groans Mikey, somewhere off to his left. “He found another one.”
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So well written absolutely love This! As I glasses wearer I understand the pain, Now I'm crying thanks!!!
Rapheesi: Mother Of Mutations
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Summary: The ridiculous idea of what if the Squirrelanoid that was reproduced inside Raphael stuck around and thought Raph was it’s mom.
Notes: The title is a play on the game of thrones character Khaleesi Mother of Dragons and Raph’s line in the episode “Mother of Mutation!” because I like to pretend i’m funny.
:Rapheesi: Mother of Mutations:
“Welp, that whole mess is probably gonna haunt me the rest of my life. ”
Raphael cringed as he plucked yet another squirrel hair from his mouth, a wholly alien experience for the hairless turtle and a disturbing reminder of his earlier intestinal companions.
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Such a cool idea, really well executed!
The World on a Turtle’s Back Chapter 9 (Finale)
The next day I woke to the smell of summer rain. Sending a quick message to the barn aid I decided to take a morning for myself before fixing breakfast for the guys. I pulled on my training leathers and using the side door onto the uncovered patio I jumped up onto the roof of the house. The wind was whipping in from the west, it would be more than strong enough.
Before I could act though I heard a light scraping on the edge of the shingles, a 2 fingered hand having grabbed onto the edge of the roof. Raphael was pulling himself up, his eyes looking over at me curiously.
“Thought I’d help ya with the animals again and I find ya up here. Whaddaya up to?”
“Watch.”
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Reposting the last chapter of "The World on a Turtle's Back" because it is today that the chapter is set. On the night of Lithia Elasia and Raphael struck their bond, and the elemental guardian of fire woke finishing the circle and starting the Elemental turtles AU. Happy Lithia and may you find your love by firelight!!!!
painting practice
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R#14 Grooming Troubles (Slight NSFW)
“You know what Leo, leave me the fuck alone for a bloody minute! I feel like shit. Do i look like i need you ta shove yer pox fuckin, smug gobshite face at me, bitchin about missin trainin right now!?”
His eyes widened and his jaw hung open mid lecture as i shoved a hand in his chest and stormed passed. Mikey and Don just watched me as i pulled a whole pack of raw meat from the freezer and jumped up onto the landing outside my room. My wings couldn't stop rubbing against each other and nearly got caught in the door as i slammed it shut. God why does nature hate me, i had to go into molt now? I'm so itchy and my back is burning, And I feel like I've been run over by a truck.
“I'm just going to bury myself in my nest and eat while i watch the dragon heart series. Where’s my rice bag and my wing comb. God my back is chafed all to hell.”
A little while later i heard the door creak open and i swear i literally hissed, nothing visible under the blankets but my gold veiled eyes and talons.
“Myojo are you alright babe?”
I've never seen Raph move more cautiously as he eased the door shut and edged closer to the bed.
“I’m just fine, just cursed by my female and avian biology.”
The mattress dipped under his weight as he sat on the edge of the bed, reaching for the only part of me he could get to, which happened to be the top of my head. I'm glad he’s getting more comfortable with touching and loving on me, i think he’s finally realized i'm not so breakable.
“MMMMMMMM cshcshcshcshcshcshcshcsh.”
“Not feeling well?”
“Nooooo i haven't slept in three days, my back is burning, i feel like I've been whipped raw with a cat of nine tails, and then run over.
“Are you sick babe? I can get Don to….”
“NO! I mean i'm not sick. Its just molt and end of season, i just have to suffer through.”
“.................”
“You have no clue do you, figures i'm dating a reptile.”
“Don't have to bite my head off Babe, just let me know what's going on. Maybe i can help ya out?”
“Molt is when avians grow new feathers, they grow in covered with a thick wax that is extremely irritating, usually flocks will help each other groom the wax off but… yeah. It itches like crazy and my back is burning and galded from wing rubbing.”
I lifted my wings to show my naked and blistered back, the hissing sound raph made through his teeth made me feel better, at least he was sympathetic.
“Can't you heal it?”
“No all my energy is taken up by other matters and the new feather growth, thats why i've been gorging myself on steaks and guzzling coconut water.”
“Coconut water?”
“Donnie found out it's a viable replacement for blood, i'm trying it because the blood bags make the guys uncomfortable.”
“Got it…….. Would you like me to get you a cool towel for your back?”
“Nice move changing the subject, but yeah, that would be really nice...Neh”
Hearing my little affectionate sound he leaned down and pressed his forehead to my own before leaving to fetch the compress. When he returned he gently smoothed it over my aching back, the weight of his hands and the cool towel feeling good against my sore and heated flesh.
“haaaaa, god mmmmmm, thank you Raphie….. cheeeeechschschs.”
He was chuckling under his breath, i bet i looked pretty silly, wings and arms spread eagle with my face buried in the fluffy knit blankets moaning and making satisfied bird sounds.
“Anything else babe?”
It was then that my body decided to remind me of my other miseries.
“Ssssssssss. Kill me now, how do humans do this shit every damn month, I can hardly handle every 3.”
“Babybird, its ok. Just tell me how i can help ya.”
God he just used babybird, he must really be worried.”
“It's just hormonal female mammal bullshit, I'll be fine. I'm just crampy and a bit emotional.”
“So that's why you bit leo’s head off.”
“Jackass deserved it.”
“I don't disagree with you there babe, here, i think i can help ya.”
He moved to prop himself up against the headboard of the bed grabbing a pillow for his head before coaxing me to climb up onto his plastron. Ooooooh! He was nice and warm…
“Heh guess i'll have to be your personal heatin pad more often. You're pretty damn cute curled up on me, chirpin and makin all those cute little sounds. There you go, just get comfy babe, let ol Raph take care’a ya.”
As i lay there pressed firmly to the heat of his plastron i felt his fingers start picking gently through my feathers, rubbing the wax from my covets and preening the new feathers until they lay nicely amongst their peers. I couldn't keep the satisfied sounds behind my lips, moaning and chirping at his care. To be groomed by the person I cared so much about, I wanted to kick and squeal but my aching body just told me to lie still and enjoy it.
“Any reason you’re nibbling my shoulder babe….”
“Hm?-(i hadn't even realized i was doing that)-groomin my love bird i guess.”
“You are God damn adorable, you know that babe?”
I was starting to doze off, the sound of Raph's breath and heartbeat behind his plastron soothing me the last bit I needed to fall asleep.
“Yer lucky I like this movie, looks like I'm gonna be here a while………………..”
“i know ya can't hear me but, Love ya babe.”
...
A few days later when we had the lair to ourselves I caught Raph furiously rubbing his shell against the jagged concrete wall in his weight room. When he saw me he tried to play it off.
“You ok Big Red?”
“Hm, yeah. Yeah I'm fine E. Just doin a bit of a pre workout stretch.”
“Raphael… I can tell something is bothering you, turn around.”
His shell looked dusty and dull, and in many places the scutes were visibly flaking away from the new shell underneath.
“Come on Raph, let's go get you in a shower. the water will help those old scutes come right off.”
“Babe you don't have ta…”
I put my hand on my hip and gave him my best “mom stare” as Mikey calls it.
“You helped me with my molt, the least I can do is help you shed. Plus it's not like you haven't seen me in the shower, Mr just waltz right in without knocking.”
God if turtles could blush Raph would have been as red as his mask, stuttering and tripping over the same explanation I'd been hearing for a week. He even carved a special occupied sign for the entrance to the shower with 4 different colored turtle shapes and a little black bird that could be hung on a peg. His way of apologising though I hadn't minded in the least. If it had been one of the guys though… I'm happy he made the sign.
“Raph get your scaly ass in the shower before I drag you in there myself.
…
He didn't even look at me when I came in, his face was turned to the shower wall as the water streamed over his ragged shell. I payed it no mind, he would come around.
“You ready to start feeling better raphie?”
I knew he absolutely hated that nickname but the combination of thoughts of being in the shower with me and the feeling of the light scratching on his itchy irritated shell turned his growl of displeasure into a choked churr. I tried easing one of the smaller plates off only for him to jerk away.
“Careful! ya tryin ta peel off the good ones too?”
He shot me a dirty look over his carapace when I chuckled.
“Not quite ready yet Red? Give me that shower head, I'll get you all loosened up.”
He couldn't help but peek over his shoulder at me a bit more as I took the shower hose down from the wall. As soon as he caught sight of my bare breasts pressed up against his shell those acidic peridot eyes got so wide it was comical. I couldn't not laugh as he hid his face in his hands with a groan.
“Not like it's the first time you've seen me topless babe.”
“this is a, (swallow) bit different babe.”
“How is it any different?”
“Well for one yer completely naked, two it's not an accident this time, and (shaky exhale) yer tits are in my face.”
“They aren't in your face, they're pressed up against your shell.”
Just to tease him I leaned in real close to whisper that to his ear, making sure the full length of my body was laid over the generous curve of his carapace. I felt him shiver beneath me and ran my fingers over his slider stripes for good measure before working his loose scutes with the hose. The hot water was doing wonders to loosen up the scales as well as the turtle that grew them, and soon Raph was little more than putty in my hands. Between peeling the old scutes free I would gently scrub each new scale with a soft brush, moving it just right to graze over the edge of his shell and around his sensitive ribs before moving to the next one. Raph was practically melting under my touch, a low constant rumble shaking through him the entire time I worked.
“Shit Elasia… how are you making that feel so fucking good.”
“Better than the wall huh?”
“Helluva lot better, oooooooh right there.”
There goes the wiggling, he was absolutely loving this soft brush.
“Well after you helped me out the other day i did a little research so i would be prepared when you went through shed. Gotta show my big strong male a little TLC, be a good girlfriend.”
“God you're too good to me babe, what did i do in a past life ta get a dame like you?”
“You didn't have to do a thing Raph, just being the sweetheart you are was enough. Hold still, one left and its not wanting to come loose.”
This one was a little thicker than the rest and was marred with obvious scaring, the crack had run deep and the old shell had fuzed with the new during healing, the super glue probably didn't help. I dug into my bathroom bag on a shelf nearby and found my talon clippers and a big file, this would work.
“I'm going to try something Red, tell me if this hurts.”
I took the pliers and started slowly clipping away at the loose scale, until only the raised edge of the healed crack remained.
“You still cool hun?”
“Yeah, what the hell are you doing back there?”
“One sec.”
I moved the file in a slow rocking motion, working the sharp edges of the scar until it was smooth and level with the shell around it. The change in pattern looked like a little river when the water washed the dust away. His new shell was so smooth and shiny, each scute catching the light like the facets on a cut sand jasper or polished petrified wood.
“Done, feel better?”
He nodded, checking out his shell in the mirror.
“Yeah, how did ya get it all shiny? Furniture polish?”
“Nope, just the brush and a little toothpaste, we use it to clean and polish everything from silver to headlights back home, figured it would work wonders on keratin scales with a bit of buffing. Here let me help you towel buff it so you don't get water spots.”
His shell dried up really nice and the last patches of shed hide sloughed off with the towel, my Raphael looked like a new man, all shiny and clean. I couldn't help a low whistle as i leaned back and enjoyed the view.
“Damn, lookin good babe, you clean up nice.”
“Ya did a good job babe, i feel great and i didn't have to spend a damn week trying to rub em off myself”
When he was getting re-dressed i noticed something i hadn't before, a relatively small pointed limb tucked against his lower back, just under the edge of his shell, right above his dare i say nicely sculpted tush. I got a wicked idea and gave it a tweak between my fingers.
“Why didn't you tell me you had a tail babe?”
He jumped like he had been goosed, hand flying back to protect the blunt little appendage, his face and neck turning a bit more crimson than usual.
“Don't do that.”
Oh he was going to get it now. I put on my best innocent expression, letting my eyes get big as i gazed up at him through my lashes.
“Why not Raphy bear?- my grin grew wicked- Is it sensitive? Can i see????”
His eyes rolled, he wasn’t falling for my act, but he totally was.
“Just be careful ok, and leave my ass alone.”
He sat back down on the shower bench, shorts riding low on his hips so he could wiggle his tail free from its hiding place. It was almost a foot long, about as thick as the end of a baseball bat at the base of his spine and ending in a blunt point as thick as a silver dollar, on top it was the same shade of olive green as the rest of his hide but underneath it was almost cream colored and smooth like the underbelly of a snake. There was no cloacal opening like on a regular turtle so i wondered why he even still had a tail at all, maybe it was purely vestigial, the result of his mutation trying to mesh human and turtle physiology?
What i did know is that his breath got heavy and uneven from me simply holding it, and when i ran my closed hand over the entire length he fought to hold back a moan before jumping up and tucking it back away.
“Ok! Alright that's enough, petting zoo closed.”
“Awww come on Raphy, please? You seem like you were enjoying it.”
When he saw me wink, teasing him by slowly dragging my sharp teeth over my lower lip he ran his hands over his face with a groan.
“We can't go doin this Myojo, the guys are all home, and we just can't ok?”
‘All right Raph, are you ok? You seem a bit more upset about this than, My brothers are home so we can't go feelin eachother up.”
There he went with his hands over his face again, this time they ran over the back of his neck as his shoulders rolled tensely, there was something more going on for sure.
“Lets just...not in here ok, let's talk about this in my room.”
RAPHAEL’S POV
I was still all antsy from her gettin handsy with my tail, i needed to touch her so bad i just kept balling my fists over and over. I had to control myself, but she sure hadn't been making it easy had she? When we got back to my room she jumped up on the bed like she owned the place, the flatbed truck struts not even making the littlest squeak under her weight. She patted the mattress and just looked at me, being so damn patient as she waited for me to sit down across from her. She looked like a kid at a sleepover, slender legs crossed as she bounced in place. I was half expectin her to grab a pillow and hug it to her chest like a little kid waitin for their bedtime story. She just watched me, those big forest green and blue eyes taking in every detail, hell she could read me so well she probably already knew what was wrong.
“Babe we can't keep doin this.”
“Yeah i know, you're brothers could hear, don't think i forgot what happened last time, leo still gets a weird look on his face whenever he sees a bug. But what’s this really about Raph? Talk to me.”
When i sat down on the bed the shocks squalled, my shadow completely covered her.
“We can't go and keep rilin each other up like this someone is gonna get hurt.”
“What are you worried about my teeth, my claws? I can file them, and if anything were to happen you know i would have you healed up before a drop of blood could hit the ground.”
“That’s not what i'm talkin bout babe, but thanks for the extra nightmares.”
She crept closer and tucked herself in her comfy place on my lap, set on my thighs the top of her head barely reached the underside of my chin. Her hands looked like doll’s hands against mine.
“Babe, look at my hand. Now look at yours. They’re different right?”
“Yeah you have three digits and i have five, but that's not a problem. Your hands are rough but they can also be gentle and precise, weilding a sai as effectively as they can carve intricate details into balsa wood.”
“Well you see my shadow right?”
“Yeah, you have a shell, it protects you from all the danger you throw your big reckless ass in front of, i have wings, they carry me away from danger and allow me the viewpoint to plan the most strategic and stealthy attack, they keep me hidden in the shadows.”
“Elasia you're not getting it.”
She jumped off my lap and looked up at me, her eyes burning with frustration.
“Well stop beating around the bush and just tell me whats wrong!!”
“We’re too damn different ok! No amount of love and patience is going to change that.”
Her face dropped, eyes falling to the floor and she started picking at her fingers.
“So that’s it huh, i'm a bird, you're a turtle. I should have seen it coming. To think you actually cared, that you wouldn't mind the species thing, i mean its 2018, this kind of stuff happens all the time now. I guess ill just pack my stuff, school starts in a week anyway.”
NO! Fuck fuck, I FUCKED UP!!! FIX THIS YOU JACKASS!!
Before she could get out the door i lunged, grabbing her waist and hauling her up to my level. I put everything into that kiss, she couldn't think i didn't want to be with her, that i didn't already love her so badly. When i backed away it was only because we needed to, panting and light headed from the lack of oxygen. I pulled her forehead against mine and just breathed with her, eyes never leaving eachother.
“Don't EVER think i don't love ya just the way you are, you’re goddamn perfect.”
She was crying now, couldn't hold it back any longer.
“Then just tell me what’s wrong!!”
“Babe, your feet barely reach my knees when i hold ya like this. You’re as big around as one of my arms for christ’s sake. You're a doll and i'm a beast, if we keep at this… i'm gonna end up breaking you.”
She got real quiet, her face turnin pink. And then she started laughing.
“That’s it, that’s all you're worried about?”
“Its a pretty big somethin Elasia, i'm twice your size at least! The biggest part of my body might as well be stone! And i'm not exactly a small fry, i’d probably rip ya in half if i didn't crush you!!!!”
God she was looking me over like she was picking a piece of fried fish off the dinner table, it was almost worse than the laughing.
“Guess its a good thing i like you big, i can handle it.”
I was speechless, she’s absolutely tiny, how in the hell.
“Raph babe, you're a size kink and a half, its really fuckin hot. Plus if it makes you feel better there are always compatibility spells we can use, cross species couples use them all the time. There is literally nothing to worry about.”
“Ok its official, yer fuckin crazy, out of your mind.”
I mean she had to signal for me to crouch down to cup my face in her hands.
“Raphael, we’ll get through this together, it'll take a lot of work and patience from both of us, but we Can make this work. No matter how big you are.”
She fuckin winked, and bit that sweet plump lip, god she was insane. This woman would be the death of me i swear.
How do you think the boys would react to a s/o with short hair? like an 80's Molly Ringwald mop of curls? Or a pixie cut?
Leo:
pet pet pet
the guy loves smoothing down the short hair and twirling the short ends about his fingers
he loves how practical it is
they’re never complaining about being too hot or styling it for hours
also loves how when he trains with them and it bounces
like he’s almost LOST, because he’s distracted by the movement
it kinda lifts and floats for a second and then flops down around their eyes
it’s fun and easy and he loves it
bonus: loves how it’s off their neck, cuz he can access that area better to kiss
Raph:
ruffle ruffle ruffle
he can’t resist, because it can’t get tangled really
so he loves getting behind em, putting his fingers at the nape of their neck, and then sliding it allllll the way up toward their forehead
he gets a kick out of it cuz the static makes it look like a mane
he always help them smooth it down while he kisses them in apology
before doing it again ten minutes later
he likes burying his nose in it
cuz it smells like their shampoo and it’s short enough that he doesn’t get it in his eyes or mouth
bonus: he absolutely loves grabbing them and then holding them upside down because their hair flops down and they look like a lil lion
Donnie:
scritch scratch scritch
the boy gives the best scalp massages
and because there’s not any updos or styles to really worry about, he can have at it
LOVES sneaking up on them studying and just sliding his fingers beneath their curls
adores their little groan while they lean back and let him scratch gently and massage their scalp
and because of his height it’s even better
he leans all the way over them while he rubs and kisses their nose
so precious and he always leaves them relaxed and blushing
Bonus: loves if they ever let him wash it. it’s like scalp massaging, but 10 times better and with lovely soap that smells JUST LIKE THEM
Mikey:
play style play
just like any hair length, he’ll find a way to spice up their styles
starts scavenging for barrettes, hairbands, tiny ties and ribbons
he tried using gel and they came out of his room looking like they’d just been electrocuted
as you can probably guess that didn’t happen twice
but overtime they visit the lair they leave with a cute little boho ribbon or a neon headband or a punk ass braid
they always giggle while he places the accessories which just makes his heart SOAR
Bonus: they’ve come to the lair with accessories of their own, and Mikey sported his newly braided and accessorized mask for about three day
YASSS!!! Totally see them all doing stuff like this with Elasia’s short spikes, especially once the family bond solidifies between her and the brothers. imagine all the cool stuff Mikey could do with her long bangs!
Group Training
Ever since the guys had their awakenings last June Wednesday night has become elemental night. After daily training with splinter the guys would take a short break and then, they were mine.
Training started with meditation, linking with the spirit of the elements. When linkage had occurred each of the Turtle’s elemental marks would glow in the corresponding color. Yellow for the eastern winds, Green for the northern earth, Blue for the western waters, and Red for the southern flame. Once all four elements had been called a ring of silver cordoned off the sacred circle. Once my own energy, deep Purple for the spirit of the self, was called the silver circle was sealed in gold and practice could begin.
Placed at the four cardinal directions were items dedicated to each specific energy for the guys to practice manipulation on a small scale.
Mikey had feathers of various shapes and sizes, he was tasked with manipulating the wind to move them in specific ways. building his sense of control by reigning in his boundless energy.
Donnie was given a small sand garden with buried crystals. His task was to manipulate the sand to reveal the crystals without manipulating the crystals themselves or scattering the sand. Focusing on releasing energy gradually instead of in extreme bursts built by bottling his energy. This was intended to help him find balance instead of bouncing between extremes.
Leo had a simple bowl of water. To help him learn to relinquish control I tasked him with dipping his hands in the bowl and letting the water flow where it wanted, allowing the element to bind with his energy without him being in direct control. To feel and learn the natural flow.
Raph had his penny candles. Controlling his more volatile emotions to direct the flame to burn the target object hanging above without burning the others surrounding it. or melting his candle into a useless puddle of wax as he had many times already.
As they worked I stood guard, ready to act should anything go wrong. My hold on each colored soul loose yet ready to pull it from the form of its vessel and break the connection to the element should things get out of hand. The disconnect between body and soul acting as an emergency shutoff switch. Luckily I hadn't had to use it yet.
Mikey had been the first to crack the secret of control on the second practice session at that.
“I've got it! I've got it look!”
He had picked up a single feather with a breeze, making it flip end over end. His arms moving as if he were hitting the feather with his nunchaku instead of performing with visualization alone as I had instructed. We all learn control in our own way I suppose. And if you think about it the fluid yet rapid motion of nunchaku isn't much different from the motion of wind.
From there he had been tasked with learning to further manipulate the element, performing different “Tricks" with the feathers before moving to less and less aerodynamic objects.
Soon after Donnie followed suit. Learning to use his voice to manipulate the sand as it would behave if it were placed in a subwoofer. From there he experimented with other methods of sound making, relying on his sense of touch to feel the vibrations he couldn't differentiate by ear. He even used tools such as his bow staff to produce the specific vibrations needed to control his element, keeping the flow of energy steady and constant to manipulate the material. Soon we will be ready to experiment with large stones and begin work with the more organic aspects of the element such as plants.
“After Beethoven lost his hearing he cut the legs off his piano so he could feel the vibrations to differentiate between notes. Though I'm only tone deaf I figured a similar technique would help me pin down the resonant frequencies of the stone.”
Raph was the most recent, just last week he managed to lift the tip of the flame to its target and the smile on his face was just as bright as the fire. All week he had been sparking little flames along his fingers and making them roll and jump across his skin. After splinter got after him and sent him to the hashi for accidentally torching his new altarcloth we finally convinced Raph that keeping a fire extinguisher of some sort around was probably a good idea, And to not practice around flammable objects. Let's just say I've started tying my braid into a bun at the base of my neck, just in case.
The only brother yet to manage his task was Leonardo. Every week he would sit with his bowl and meditate with his opal only to get increasingly frustrated. He was trying to coax the water to flow across his skin and would often times get a small rivulet to run up his arm, only for it to burst and send water across the dojo floor. It was like watching a child try to tame a skittish pet by repeatedly picking it up and wondering why it struggled to get away.
Well I was going to get him properly bonded to his element before I left for school if it killed me.
That’s where we were now, the guys clustered behind leo as he focused on the calm pool.
“Water is an extremely dynamic element, often displaying much of its own will. You have to learn that you do not control the mischievous nature of the creature, you simply learn to utilize it as it is. You can dig a new bank for a river but its course will always shift in its own way.”
His hands dipped into the pool causing slight ripples across the surface and not much else before stilling again. Time passed in silence leo’s eyes never leaving the surface as he kept his breath calm and meditative. After a while though the eldest became impatient, the glow of his element mark growing in intensity as he urged the water to begin to flow up his arms. When it reached his elbows however it burst from his control and splattered over the dojo floor. In his frustration Leo flung the bowl and began pacing around the room muttering under his breath and rubbing at his face with his still damp hands. Drops of rampant fluid drained down the razor edge of his katana to gather unnaturally at the tips, giving me an idea.
“LEONARDO.”
He stopped in his tracks, instinct telling him to pay attention to his teacher.
“I have an alternative plan. Would you entertain me to attempt it?”
The defeated look on his face softened and he nodded, eyes still glued to the spilled water on the floor.
“Come on...hey Donnie?”
“Yeah E?”
“Grab one of the overhead sprinklers from the greenhouse and bring it to the main room for me?”
“Yeah sure thing, Come on Mikey, ill need another set of hands to keep it from getting banged up on the tunnel walls.”
“What do you have up your sleeve this time Myojo?
“Just watch Red, you'll see.”
…
Once everything was gathered i set my plans in motion.
“Allright Leo, i want you to stand in the pool at the bottom of the entrance slide, ready your katana and close your eyes. Ok Donnie, start up the sprinkler. Now leo i want you to go through your katas, don't pay any attention to the water beyond keeping your connection strong.”
With a steadying sigh Leo started going through the familiar motions, his feet planted securely in the flowing chanel as the pricking of falling water kept his mind scattered from focusing on any one source of his element. After a few minutes the water at his feet inexplicably stilled, retaining a glassy smooth surface despite the movements of the katana wielding kappa or the raining droplets coming from above.
“Well i'll be damned, the son of a bitch actually managed it.”
“Quiet Raph, OK Leo, keep doing that but slow down, focus only on keeping your motions as smooth and calm as possible, as you would if you were doing tai chi.”
As his speed decreased and his breath evened out to the point of being nearly undetectable in his chest the water at his feet began to gather, lifting above the surface proper in a smooth mound. A thick rivulet about as big around and as long as a human arm started to form, flowing up one of his legs to slither over his shell and his left shoulder. The falling droplets helped give the creature form, long spikes supporting flowing fins sprouting from the writhing curling mass of its body as its tail thinned out to a trickle of a point and the squarish face took shape and sprouted its own fins. The creature looked like a mixture of a fancy koi and an eastern dragon, twirling along Leo’s arms and down the length of his blades with its translucent and wavering body.
“What is that?”
“Uisce, the spirit of water. A mischievous trickster of a creature who does not take to rigid orders, the ancient japanese called her mizu.”
Mizu continued to follow the motions of her host for a while before losing form and becoming a strong torrent that followed the tips of Leo’s katana like a set of divining rods.
“Leonardo continue your motion but do not open your eyes until i tell you, when you do you will not stop, you will not hitch or falter in your breath, you will remain calm and finish whatever motion you are currently in before reacting. Do you understand.”
I did not wait to be given an answer signaling for him to do as i had instructed. When his eyes opened he was greeted with the sight of twin torrents, dancing from the ends of his blades like a gymnast’s ribbons.
“Good focus only on suggesting the path, do not force your element. Speed up, let's see if you can hold it.”
His nod was slight, sharp eyes trained on the swirling and crashing water. I picked up an apple from the table and threw it at him so that he would be unable to block it with his blades. The water moved against it's flow to sweep up the fruit, rolling and bobbing it amongst itself.
“Don cut the sprinkler.”
The rain stopped and the water fell back to settle in the pool but the apple still bobbed as if being played with by a cat. Leo looked at me and I gestured to the now partially eaten fruit.
“Try and take it.”
When he pulled the apple away the water burst forward to follow it, taking the form of the water spirit again as it attempted to snatch it from Leo’s hands.
“No, it's mine now. You've had enough.”
It perched on his arm and just sat there looking at him for a moment before spitting a jet of water into his face.
“Ah! Ppphhhhh! You little…”
The creature disappeared again but not before Leo managed to knock the apple away to roll across the floor and rest at Raph’s feet. A spark jumped from his fingers as a wavering canine form fell on the fruit in a spreading bloom of flame before taking a more solid shape to gnaw.
“Lasair, that isn't yours… oh no Leo stop her!”
The water spirit jumped on her brother and a burst of hot steam filled the room, revealing a third competitor for the prize. It had a body like a serpent with three sets of wings and a razor beak.
“great now Goath is after it too, Mikey, Leo, Raph get ahold of them before i do.”
“....”
“....”
“WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE THINGS!!”
Really thought they’d be used to this by now, really didn't want to have to do this today but with three fighting chaos beasts threatening to destroy the lair i'll have to.
Raph’s POV
What in the hell? When you think you’ve finally seen it all you see three supposed elemental spirits battling it out for a half eaten apple in the middle of your goddamn living room. I can't even be surprised anymore, i didn't know what to even start doing about this and on top of it Elasia just up and disappeared. She was the one who knew how to deal with all this shit.
Great now there’s another one, this one was so dark it looked like it was just a hole in reality with sharp gold eyes and wide wings. When it landed one three toed foot grabbed the apple and stared the others down. This one was bigger than the others, and not as weird lookin. It was just a shadow shaped like…. Really? A damn raven, she was behind this.
The raven took the apple in its beak and broke it into four chunks, dropping one piece in front of Me, Mikey, and Leo. the creatures followed and started crunching at the bait. Now they were well behaved, figures. The raven took the fourth piece and hopped to the couch, it dropped the piece and nudged it behind and a thin vine wrapped around it and pulled it into its hiding hole. The raven fluffed itself all self satisfied and cawed like it was bitchin at us before it took off for the shadows of the tunnels.
Elasia’s POV
“What are you waiting for get a handle on your spirits! Do i have to do everything?”
“What if it bites me?”
“Mikey, Goath isn't going to bite you. If anyone should have control of their element its you. Now just grab the thunderbird.”
The smokey bird serpent slithered right up his arm and wrapped itself around his neck where it promptly fell asleep.
“Awwww, he’s so fluffy! Who's a good bird.”
“See, now get a hold of the others before they act out again.”
Leo’s jumped back in the water and crawled up on the retaining wall to sit next to her master. Otherwise ignoring him until he came to her, sitting on the wall next to the Koi dragon and reaching out to stroke its fins. Raph’s just looked up at him with the same look of fed up confusion as his master.
“What did you say his name was again?”
“The celts call him lasair, it literally means flame so whatever tongue you want to use.”
“Kaen, here.”
The hellhound looked at the floor in shame as he shifted closer to his master. He looked like a doberman with way too many teeth but he was acting absolutely pathetic as he gazed up longingly at Raph. it didn't take long for the big softie to break.
“Don't give me that face….fine, up! Good boy. Ah don't, gah! God what’s with dogs and lickin my damn face!”
“It won't come out.”
Donnie was tugging on one of the vines trying to dislodge his spirit from its hiding place.
“That’s because she doesn't understand. Crann is shy so you have to be gentle. You know how to handle your element, its part of you.”
Donnie got down on all fours and peered behind the couch, taking a minute to breath and try and get a good look at the creature. He made a low rumbling sound almost too low to hear and held out his hand, waiting for the creature to make the first step. A thin vine edged out of the darkness, soon followed by an eldritch abomination of various plant parts that wound itself around his arm.
“See, she’s a sweetheart.”
Donnie looked like he was expecting her to bite his limb off.
“What is...she.”
“She’s a yateveo, a devil tree.”
It looked at Donnie with what could only be described as it's face, a single purple orchid about the size of a tennis ball. The blossom tilted this way and that before slowly moving to rest on his shoulder, the mass of vines following and wrapping to get a hold on most of his upper body.
“I think she likes me? Hey hey heyheyhey! watch the vines Ki! And give those back I need those….”
Ki dropped Don’s glasses back on his face and started in on some other method of curiously exploring her new master.
“So what are these things.”
“Mizu was laid back over Leo’s lap, every once in a while trying to snap at the long tails of his mask.
“They are the spirits of the elements.”
“But I thought you said we were the elements?”
“No I said you were the Guardians of the elements. You are mortal, the elements have to be around even if you’re between lives so they take the forms of elemental spirit beasts. When you are alive they are bound to your souls by nature and that is why you can control them. There are five, one for each of the elements air, earth, fire, water, and spirit. When you figured out how to control your element you in turn tamed your beast and by building your skills you work to train it.”
Like a Pokemon?!”
“Yes, I never quite thought of it like that but the process could be considered similar.”
Mikey looked down at his elemental and gently ran it's long smoke tail through his fingers.
“I was going to name you Kaze, but now I have to call you zapdos.”
“Do they go away or are they permanent, like pets?”
“They do go away, they can only manifest when you are connected to your element. When you break the connection they are released back into the aether. They won't come every time, usually only when they're called, but Mizu drew them out this time and just had to start a fight.”
The water dragon cowered behind her master’s arm.
“I think you're leaving one little question unanswered babe…”
Raph was looking at me through squinted suspicious eyes, still petting kaen so he obviously wasn't too upset yet.
“I don't know what you're talking about?...”
“Elasia, do you think I'm a fucking idiot. The thing was a black hole in the shape of a raven.”
“I've told you that before.”
He crossed his arms in front of his chest and rolled his toothpick between his teeth.
“Well delight me with a re-telling then.”
Great, I would have to word this just right. I spun my ring around my finger to center my train of thought and spoke to the open air, not really looking at anyone in particular.
“Do you guys remember how I said in our mythology Elasia is the guardian of stars, which in turn are the spirits of our people? Well it's more than mythology, my mother is the angel Lunis and I'm literally the guardian of the firmament, the resting place for souls out of circulation. The Black hole raven as you put it is what I look like when my mortal form is between lives. I'm the spirit and the guardian in one package where you are the Guardians to your individual elemental spirits, connected but not one.”
“Which means, come on I'm sick and tired of not getting the whole damn story. Kick the mystery shit. Explain how that relates to us, and these.”
He gestured a bit too roughly toward Kaen and the poor thing whimpered. Raph immediately started to scratch behind its ears in silent apology to the innocent beast.
“The four earthly elements were born when the earth was formed, first in earth and fire, then water, and finally air. Spirit however came much later when the earth and the heavens met and formed the firmament around the time of the start of intelligent life. When spirit was born into a mortal body and the 200 year cycle of souls began the elements became a problem, a threat to life. Their first forms were those of monstrous beasts who carried the full power of their element within themselves, you would know them as titans. They fought constantly and brought chaos to the earth so the highest power separated them into two forms, mortal guardian and immortal elemental. one to perform the duty of the element and hold the majority of the power and the other to hold the living mind, the connection between the conscious world and the natural order. The element of spirit because of the direct tie to the soul couldn't be separated from her body completely so she was tasked with watching over all intelligent life and maintaining the cycle of souls in her firmament along a cycle congruent to her own life. To do so her form was split into one mortal and one of her mother’s ether connected by the soul of spirit. The mortal form was tasked with guiding and teaching the guardians of the elements. The five are supposed to act as a governing force, being reborn every 200 years to guide the realm of intelligent life, which once included humans, to balance and prosperity with the planet. It is my duty to make sure you can handle your elements or you could lose control and harm someone, or worse expose us all and ruin any chance of restoring the balance.”
Leo spoke first, making the connection I feared my friends would make.
“So is that why you're here? some sense of duty, you feel obligated.”
“I didn't say that Leo.”
“Elasia wouldn't do that shit bro, She’s our friend. Look at all the stuff she's done, she showed us we weren't alone, we don't wear patchwork scraps from the junkyard anymore. We have real jobs, we aren't freeloading off April and Casey. We have people like us. Elasia gave us dignity, showed us we didn't have to grow up loner street rats!”
“Grow up Mikey and stop with the rose colored glasses shit. It's obvious she’s been manipulating us, anything for her precious people. She couldn't even tell us what she was, let alone what she did to us to make us even bigger freaks!”
“Raph…..”
He looked at me like he didn't even know me, like I had stabbed him in the back, and then he wouldn't even look at me. I felt heartbroken, was he that mad at me? Over this?
“Raphael, just listen please. This means nothing, you're still my best friend, my sparring partner, my bonded. I wanted to be all those things long before I knew what you were, screw prophecy, screw mythology.”
At least he stopped, he was listening.
“I love you Raphael Hamato. Me, Jazz the 21 year old girl, not the star loving the flame. I. love. you! Leo, Mikey, Donnie, you brothers are my closest friends!! I give you my word by my soul. You feel that at least right? You know that? Guys?”
Donnie stood up first
“I believe her, you wouldn't do half of what you do if you only felt obligated by your nature. You treat us like family E.”
“Donnie…. I promise I'll always be your family.”
I felt Mikey’s hand grab mine and I looked behind with tears in my eyes at his smiling face.
“Super awesome gaming buddies?”
“The best gaming buddies. Thanks Mikey.”
He gripped my hand in our special handshake, eyes sparking with loyalty and friendship. I was blubbering like a baby but my grin was nearly exploding.
“Ah stop that, you know I love ya like a big sis Jazzycakes.”
Leo was next, his eyes stayed on the floor.
“I apologize for doubting you Elasia, don't cry due to my insensitivity. I should have known better than to think you regarded us as any less than friends.”
“I'm crying because I'm happy Leo, you guys are my best friends. I always wanted friends, don't ever think I don't care, that I think you guys are an obligation.”
Mikey wrapped me up in a hug and Leo went far enough out of his comfort zone to squeeze my hand real quick.
“Mikey you're squishing me….”
“feel the all mighty power of my friendship!!!”
“gah! I'm going to have plastron shaped bruises for an hour! Noooo let go!!!”
Mikey had licked all up my face before dropping me, gasping for air, for Don to catch.
“Gross little ass.”
“You already said you love us can't take it back!!”
“Get ready E, he’s never going to stop, You're family.”
“Great…..Thanks for the lift Don but can I get down now?”
He put me down and went to pet my head. I grabbed his neck and pulled him down to my height and tapped his cheek to my own.
“That's how family shows affection where I'm from, it's like a hug.”
He tapped me back, whispering as he gestured over his shoulder.
“I think there's still someone you have to speak to.”
Raph was staring at the wall across the room, Kaen mirroring him. None of the elementals had left, choosing to stay and comfort their masters.
“I think that's been enough training for today.”
“What do we do about the elementals?”
“Keep them around and get to know them or send them back to the ether to do their jobs, it's up to you. Just keep them out of trouble.”
The guys took the hint to disperse leaving me alone with Raphael, who was still staring at the wall.
“Raph, Big Red please just talk to me. We both know you stewing in this will only make it worse.”
Before I could touch his arm he pulled away, sulking his over to the edge of the pool where he sat heavilly on the cement retaining wall. I wasn't giving up, instead I followed him, jumping up on the wall and balancing on my toes as I made a show of creeping up beside him. When I plopped down beside him he didn't get up so that was a good sign.
“Raphie, please talk to me.”
Nothing, but he didn't pull away when I took his hand. He was still wearing my studded choker necklace on his wrist, I lined up our hands by the matching bands, two of my clawed fingers to each of his. His hands were always so cool, absorbing energy like a sponge. Their smooth calloused texture was addicting to run my fingers over, I always enjoyed playing with his hands.
“There's just one more thing that I need to know. If this is love, why does it scare me so? Well, it must be somethin that only you can see? 'Cause I can feel it, baby, when you look at me.
So tonight I'll ask, the stars above How did I ever win your love? What did I do, what did I say To turn your angel eyes my way?”
We just sat there for a while, him staring off in thought letting me lean against his arm, humming our song with his big hand clutched in both my own.
“Why didn't you just tell me?”
“Because I knew you would react exactly how you are now. You would doubt the fact that you even meant anything to me and think of yourself as just a mission or an obligation. And I was afraid, afraid that when you found out about my lineage that you would turn me away, treat me like a goddess above your station like everyone else. I was afraid you would force yourself to forget how much I care about you under some delusion that you aren't good enough for me.”
He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me up onto his lap, burying his chin against the base of my neck and pressing his face into my wings and hair.
“Nothing since we met you has been normal. I just feel like I'm being swept down a river with no way of seein the rocks on the bottom or where I'm going. I don't even know what to do or think anymore because every damn day it seems like another off the wall thing happens. Last night I was a mutant turtle with fire powers and shit and you were my bird human hybrid girlfriend that could work with souls, I can deal with that easy. Today I discover that my brothers and I are titans of creation reincarnated and you're literally a goddess of death and the afterlife. Apparently it's our job to lead a whole race of people across the world and we barely manage to keep New york from some major apocalyptic tragedy every other year! I'm scratching the ears of a hellhound made of fire for Christ's sake! It's a little much to take in at 10:00 in the goddamn morning!!!”
I laid back against him, wrapping him in my feathers and tucking my head up under his chin. Maybe a little teasing would help.
“If it makes you feel any better Mr.Titan, the term is demi-angel, reaper works too, I'm far from being a goddess…..And Raph, you don't have to worry about this all on your own, you've got your brothers, and you've got me. Between the five of us what can't we manage?”
He was looking at me again, sizing me up as he thought things over, the edge of his lip jumping with a smile that didn't know if it wanted to form.
“What the hell am I going to do with you?”
“Why don't we just start with the understanding that we aren't hiding things from each other anymore and go for a nice drive to the dog park. I bet Andromeda would love a nice run with her new brother, we can pick her up from April and Casey’s on the way.”
“Sounds damn good to me.”
I jumped up off his lap and shook out my misplaced feathers, beaming at him over my shoulder.
“Well come on you big pain in the ass, we’re wasting moonlight!”
There was that smile, he knocked me out of the way with a playful shove as he tried to get a head start to the garage. But he didn't notice the shadow that flew past his head until he found me waiting for him, laid over the back of his bike like a showgirl with my wings spread and fluffed.
“What took you so long loverboy…”
“Get on your own bike and we’ll see who can ride harder. Oh and Myojo?”
He grabbed my wrist and pulled me roughly against his plastron as he kissed me so roughly I saw supernovas behind my eyes.
“I love you too.”
It took me a few moments to work through what had happened, until I heard his engine roaring away from the shop.
“You cheating motherfucker! Get back here Raphael!!!”
...
BACK AT THE LAIR
“BOYS! WHAT HAPPENED IN HERE? IT LOOKS LIKE A TORNADO CAME THROUGH MY LIVING ROOM!!!!!! IT HAD BETTER BE CLEANED IN FIVE MINUTES OR YOU'LL SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE HASHI!”
“How much do you want to bet Jazzy knew dad would find out about the mess and that's why she and Raph took off.”
“Oh I know that's exactly what happened mikey.”
“Come on guys, just let the two have their fun. Help me fix this table Leo.”
“Still not fair they get to go have fun and we’re stuck cleaning. I was going to the skate park with Mondo and Alley Cat tonight!”
“Just help Mikey!”
Realized I never really drew a good pic of my OC Elasia Aquila.