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2012 Splinterâs actions make much more sense if you consider that he probably knew he was on borrowed time.
Like, this wasnât just a âOne day I will leave this world when Iâm old and wrinkly and my sons will have to bury meâ kinda way.
More like, âa man who hates my mere existence is searching to the ends of the earth to find me to kill me, and he will find me eventually. So my sons need to be prepared for my death soon rather than laterâ kinda way.
writing is hard! your job is HARD. not a lot of people can string together words as well as you! and it is not TALENT that got you here, it was your hard work. please dont compare yourself to other fields of art. painting, drawing and visual art is beautiful in its own right, it is wonderful and it is a feast for the eyes but writing is a feast for the heart. your writing, of which you pour the same passion and emotion as any artist towards their work bleeds your emotions onto pages. just because your writing doesnât produce the same reaction as one would have towards a painting, doesnât mean that itâs worth any less. art is art. writing is writing. while art pours emotions, dreams and thoughts into paint for the eyes to enjoy, writing pours out demons, emotions and thoughts into ink on paper that, when executed correctly goes right through the heart in a completely different way.
so just because your words on paper are different from the paint or things physically created by others, doesnât mean that it is worth any less. art is art and beauty is beauty. <3
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they warned me about those stairs bro...
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I really enjoyed drawing this. I really love this dynamic (father/son), and I can't help but think that Leo is sometimes protective of Casey Jr. (he's his little boy).
Poor Leo. He really did just wanna make Splinter proud and keep his brothers safe. I think of this in context of Splinter losing to the Shredder to save the turtles.
For those wondering about the fox. Grace has a subtle motif with this animal throughout the movie, but especially this shot where they pack this toy fox with his belongings on the Hail Mary. The pose of it looked a little haunting to me, thus prompting this illustration.
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(Small/large prints are also available on my etsy â¤ď¸)
â 2007 â Tech: Donnie Night: Raph Blue-Katana: Leo
Batman: Arkham Knight video game released in 2015
Gojo Satoruâs famous domain expansion hand signal : Infinite Void
Song used: Kobayashi Yusuke (Subaruâs voice actor) Cover of Re:Zero opening theme âRealizeâ by Konomi Suzuki https://youtu.be/J92xAYzi00I?si=b6V2IJ66xCBR1gC7
Home by Chris Daughtry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnYOF15F5bc&t=2s
âNow you tell me that the 03 gang actually has pupils? And thatâs another thing I missed in the two weeks weâve been here!â 07 Raph threw his hands up as he was exiting the Gameroom with his brothers. From 03 Leoâs outfit, they had been able to see his eyes because he wasn't wearing his blue bandanna.Â
Which means their mask coverings were so THICK, that the 03 gang was able to obscure their pupils to make the crowd guess where they were looking in the Concerto Games. Exactly the same case with the IDW turtles.Â
And itâs impossible to find out for every new version of the turtles entering the expo hall, because no way they were gonna force everyone to take off their masks one by one for this.Â
Mask coverings were a trivial detail, but MM Donnie knew that even the slightest of misunderstandings had the potential to set off whole domino effects. Leading up to crises and various issues that would endanger TMNT multiverses. Yet, that fragile and unreliable mechanism was the same force that had given the Concerto multiverse its resolute spiritual arsenal.Â
Maybe it was because of the Spiderverse movies. Maybe it was due to the fact that MM Donnie and his brothers made use of human media so much more explicitly than the copies of themselves in other universes.Â
Or maybe it was because of their storytelling habits. Messing around casually with whatâs real and whatâs fake, blurring the lines of fiction and realityâŚthat they caused so many things to go wrong with the other MM gangs in other multiverses.
MM Donnie had his eye on Tim Drake for a while. Ever since MM Mikey had come to sit beside his bespectacled brother in that DnD session prior and passed him something. It was a ghostly page of Ronin Mikeyâs notebook. A message was scrawled on that page, reading âShr________r. Many Worlds Interpretation Theory. Op-rbd. Red Robin knows. Look into DC COMICS.â
Red Robin was very obviously Tim Drake, as MM Leo had prattled about the bat family members to the MM Gang countless times in their lives. âOp-rbdâ was their ongoing operation rebound, but as for why the word âShredderâ was censoredâŚMM Donnie already knew it. In fact, the rest of the management team did. And all their other guests too.Â
Yet there was no conflict about the supposedly missing and yet-to-arrive nemesis in the Concerto MM dimension.Â
Where was the training? Where were the ted talks and lectures and strict special training the Concerto MM Gang was supposed to receive from their other counterparts, considering that all those versions already had a âShredderâ? Did that mean the other versions didnât care about what horrors awaited the Concerto MM Gang?
MM Mikey was subtle about that message because he didnât want to scare the crowd and make them panic about what a member of the bat family was doing. So, MM Donnie decided he was going to have to approach Tim Drake about all those keywords. And also finally bring another important point into discussionâŚthe bat family of the batman turtles were technically part of a multiverse too.Â
And DC Comics was the producer of those stories about the other existing batman universes. If you count fanfiction on human social media platforms (Ao3, Wattpad etc) too, then yes. There IS other batman multiverses too. The Batfamily could technically access all this multi-multiverse information from MMâs dimension. Just like what Batgirl did already. Not sure how they're going to feel about the full scale of âinfinite earthsâ comic stories that DC does regularly, though.Â
Batgirl might have brought the Robins a tad too late, which is whatâs causing Red Robin to be so suspicious of the link between the media of MMâs dimension and the stories about other TMNT Multiverses.
The other Concerto turtles had the freedom to check out many other stories and fictional characters that were popular in the Concerto MM dimension, but MM Donnie wasnât sure how many knew as much about DC trivia as the MM gang.
The only way Tim and Damien are going to solve whatever was on that big board in the host tent, was if they came to the hosts themselves first. Theyâre not going to be able to get their answers from other Concerto turtles.
MM Donnie took in the scene of Damien and Tim pulling out various Batman comics. And other comics from DC. On the hostsâ phones, Rise Donnie had installed an application to access the surveillance system camera footage collected from every place capturable in the expo hall. He was watching the two Robins live, in 4K.
MM Donnie kept his expression neutral while the cogs were turning in his head, processing what Tim and Damien were doing with the ABSOLUTE DC universe comics. The origin of the absolute DC universe was actually Darkseidâs fault. That villain had his surviving dark essence unconsciously merge with a universe that was supposed to be another obscured reality in a previous comic. And thatâs how a grittier, darker, more brutal universe where the superheroes were underdogs emerged.Â
In real-life context, MM Donnie would also add that it was because of writer Scott Snyderâs idea to do so for the DC All In initiative in 2024. That wasn't what concerned him though. Not the fact that the Absolute Batman universe is to the batman turtlesâ Batfamily what Rise is to the rest of the Concerto. Nope.
It was the fact that he thinks heâs figured out what was the reason for the other versions not bringing up Shredder. Or more precisely, why they canât.Â
Thatâs what Absolute Joker felt, huh? Knowing that the Absolute universe was just one big joke created by chance from Darkseid, that they werenât even the prime DC universe in the first place.
And for the Concerto turtles, what even is âreal life contextâ anymore? They could be fictional in another universe too. The Concerto multiverse, as a story, a story where the TMNT multiverse is united at the cost of sacrificing their control over interfering inâŚfuture events of certain turtle gangs.Â
MM Donnieâs glasses shined from the stagelights as he watched the 87 turtles perform live. For the first time, surprisingly. He glanced at his brothers on his right, all screaming the lyrics to cheer on their âreading cornerâ turtles.Â
87 Raphâs words that day didnât leave MM Donnieâs mind. They were heavy, thrown right in the middle of a mundane conversation.
âYou know, itâs infuriating how other turtles act all stuck up and mean when they see us goofing off. They act as if we canât fight or defend ourselves at all!â 87 Raph rolled his eyes as he was sipping on a drink. From the Hidden City menu.
âYouâre referring to other multiverses, right?â MM Donnie had asked as he was oiling Metalheadâs joints.
â......hmm, as expected of the turtles that used the power of âanimeâ to defeat Superfly.â 87 Raph eyed MM Donnie for a long while, before speaking again.Â
âSo, with your META SENSE, you guys probably already guessed whatâs stopping us from talking about Shrâ-----, right?â That one word was buzzed out. Or rather, there was an empty space between words, where a certain word starting with âsâ was supposed to be.
MM Donnie put down the oiling tools. He hunched over his work bench, trying to control the underlying panic and thoughts whirling in his head. The panic was both like alarms and a distant voice. So urgent and frantic, yet MM Donnie feels like he canât grasp onto it.Â
â...................we would never have known about this Shredder guy if it wasnât for Rise, Bay and 07 talking about him. The moment we said we didnât have him, they triedâŚthey tried to help us. The Leos were all ready to start issuing commands for a plan, the Mikeys were ready for emotional support and the Donnies and Raphs were doing their usual stuffâŚlike confirming if we were ready to face the âjokerâ to our âbatmanâ.â
MM Donnie had stared unblinkingly at his hands.Â
â... alright kid, don't get your mask tails tangled over this. Ain't worth it to be on constant watch for the supposed 'writer' that exists for your dimension. Just keep moving forward, no matter what. Got it?" 87 Raph switched topics and passed MM Donnie his hidden city menu drink.
MM Donnie took the drink half-heartedly, but still sipped it and went back to work to take his mind off ShReDdEr.
Now in the present, MM Donnie held out his hand in front of him. He could almost see what had wrapped around the other management teamâs turtles that day.Â
The management team briefing day, before the guests were welcomed.
The invisible, dimensionally warped limbs that were both intangible and tangible, light and dark, real and fakeâŚ.silenced them each time they tried to talk about MMâs Shredder. They had felt an overwhelming presence over Rise, Bay and 07, almost like telling them to âMIND YOUR OWN BUSINESSâ.Â
The other three management team versions were stunned and confused at first, which made the MM Gang panic. They immediately attempted to consult MM Splinter about it.Â
Another problem. It was as if MM Splinter always misheard anything to do with MM Shredder as something else.Â
There was no issue for MM Splinter and the MM turtles in reading about other versionsâ encounters and battles with their Shredders. So, why was MM Shredderâs presence forcefully erased by the MM dimension? Why did it allow the other versions to come here and party, but refuse to give leeway for lasting warnings and attempts to find MMâs Shredder, let alone talk about him?
About the attempts, MM Leo had tried to go with MM April to investigate more on their Shredder. They were held back by some invisible force until they let go of the thought of pursuing the subject matter further. That was the scariest experience, because by then the other management turtles had already come to a conclusion from a meeting they had about this.
âNothing can prepare them for Sh_-__âr. BecauseâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ. nothing prepared us, either. You canât fight fate, even with all the stories you guys read. Itâs just like those movies you showed us, amirite amigos?â Rise Leo had looked to the rest of the management team turtles nervously, as all of them were anxious about what the MM turtles were probably feeling at that time.
MM Leo was deep in thought, his slightly worried expression frozen on his face. MM Raph was holding MM Mikeyâs hand as both of them were pondering. â...yeah, letâs just say you guys are purposely choosing not to talk about him. Because, he canât be that bad right, Donnie? At worst, heâll just be a generic villain or be ten times more evil than Superfly!â MM Raph had said in an attempt to diffuse laughter. MM Donnie could only give a weak chuckle and try to assure the other concerned management turtles.
"Don't sweat it, guys. If itâs something we canât talk about with all the random invisible forces stopping us, then maybe you guys just need toâŚkeep going with the fact that in the future, weâll change too. And you guys may not be able to directly help us, but itâs the same for everyone here. We werenât around. You guys didn't know each other. Everyone still conquered their Shredders and Kraangs.â MM Donnie turned to look at MM Leo.
MM Leo was still staring at the floor. Before he caught MM Donnieâs look and stuttered. âR-r-right! Sorry if this sounds a little crude, but the conclusion is just for you guys toâŚignore it.â He rubbed the back of his head with one hand, before turning to look at the management team turtles in front of him. The Raphs especially, looked like they had a million words and punches to let loose in frustration.Â
â......Iâm sorry. I think somethingâsâŚâŚÂ wrong with us. We enjoyed a story where Mikey was left behind alone, we created a story where WE all die and leave dad behindâŚand now you guys canât even help us even though youâre RIGHT HERE. I just wish you guys didnât have to face this dilemma. Because weâreâŚa burden for not having any experience with him-â MM Leoâs words were interrupted by a hand on his shoulder.
âYou know, kid? I may be a vigilante that almost killed his older brother on a roof top. I may be a cynical asshole at times. But now that you say it like that, I get it. I hate it too, butâŚWE arenât the judges of your story. Y'all gotta do this on your own.â 07 Raph gazed up knowingly at MM Leo, before turning to Rise Raph and Bay Raph. Those two looked at each other and shrugged, before sighing in great defeat.
"God damn it, the ONE multiverse where we can have peace and we canât do sh*t to help the kids?â
âRaph wishes there was a way to bypass this stupid dimensional stuff and look at their future too.â
All three of them pulled up their shellphones and turned to their Donnies.
âSo, what do we tell the rest? The other Raphs and Leos are gonna be the hardest to break the news to⌠â 07 Raph asked 07 Donnie.
âThe same thing. Itâs the final and secret condition all guests shall follow, before they can come and have fun.â 07 Donnie hardly missed a beat in providing his own concrete solution.Â
Yet, his eyes were averted from making direct contact with MM Donnie. Almost as if 07 Donnie was feeling ashamed that they, as more experienced turtles couldnât do a thing to prepare MM for their Shredder.
âWould they really understand? You think if I give all the Donnies an offer to create the most secure and private communication network across the dimensions, theyâll stop worrying about it?â Bay Donnie spoke as he was scrolling through multiple holographic screens, with the contact details of multiple other Donnies already on display.
â...Iâm positively certain that every infinitesimally small detail will fall in place for our fellow hosts! Even when we arenât around to see itâŚâŚdestiny calls, junior genius Von Ryan.â Rise Donnie typed rapidly with his four robotic arms plus mystic arms, before offering a small smile to MM Donnie. Like always, Rise Donnie maintained his iconic deadpan gaze. It was hard to tell if Rise Donnie was just as worried as the rest of his brothers, but all of them mustered up their own smiles.
âOkay! Time for Lesson Fifteen: Donât worry about the things you canât control! Doctor Feelings is going to carry us all through this difficult and incomprehensible time, so letâs go RAZZ OUR MA-TAZZES!â With a POOF, Rise Mikey transformed into his therapist persona once more and made his brothers usher the rest out of the host tent.
MM Leo looked up at his other three brothers, who were now the only ones left in the tent. â...so, thatâs that huh.â He stood up and walked over to a huge board. The board that he and April had made to investigate the mysterious and still-in-the-dark organization, TCRI.Â
MM Leo put his hands on his hips, before lowering his head to the side. âDo you think Iâll mess it up again? Like that time withâŚCammy?â
Their eyes widened in surprise. âLeo, you know we donât blame you for what happened to her! Besides, she might not actually be gone because we never found her body-â MM Raph put up his hand, which made MM Mikey stop his rant.
â......of course we trust you, Nardo. Youâll probably still mess up like the dork you areâŚbut brothers stand together. ĺĺżĺĺďźĺŻšĺ?â MM Donnie and MM Mikey couldnât help but crack up at MM Raphâs use of Chinese to cheer MM Leo up. MM Leoâs spirits appeared to be thoroughly lifted, because he wasnât bothered by being called that nickname this time.
âYeah, weâre with you bro. Though, if they knew we know Chinese and Cantonese, all of our guests are NOT going to see us as actual ninjas.â MM Donnie added before MM Raph shot back: âéĺ´ďźäšŚĺĺâ and MM Mikey just blurted a Chinese pun ďźâI guess thatâs why we love Pizza. Pizza only has ĺ ç and ĺ Ťçďźthatâs why it will never 揺éŞďźä¸çďźć䝏ďźâďźBefore the four MM brothers all walked out of the tent, huddling and joking to cope with their absurd reality.
 Thus, it was sealed in stone from the start. The agreement that MM, Rise, Bay and 07 wouldnât meddle in the affairs of each otherâs home dimensions and neither would they do so for their guests âŚ...hence their guests also secretly promised to not bring it up. Maybe (mostly) because of the excuse 07 Donnie told the other Donnies to tell their Raphs and Leos that as long as they donât bring Shredder up, MM will have less of a chance to meet him. At first at least.Â
Eventually, they still had to tell the rest the truth.
He was surprised the other multiverses never asked about Concerto MM Shredder. Especially the other MM gangs.
For FNO and B.E.A.S.T he could understand, but what about the TMT MM Gang? Didnât Night ask Bacon about whether they had faced Shredder and had warned him?
Or maybe itâs because the chaos of this many turtles makes Shredder the last thing anyone thinks aboutâŚ
âIf SENIORITIS ever falls in here, we swear on our worn and torn turtle shells that we won't judge them for how they turned out. RightâŚâŚ?â MM Mikey suddenly asked the rest of his brothers, but they paused and looked at MM Mikey as if they got offended. The other three seemed like they didnât want to talk about them.Â
The copies of the MM Gang that ALREADY got put through the wringer by Shredder.Â
They found the comic just right after the FNO turtles left, and the content went against everything MM Raph had said. (Because, he canât be that bad right, Donnie? At worst, heâll just be a generic villain or be ten times more evil than Superfly!)
 Seeing their reactions, MM Mikey shrugged in resignation and continued watching the performance.
â........I get it. After all; itâs sad that I became like Rod as a coping mechanism, Hun is dead in that universe, Donnie is working a job and sleep deprived even more than he already is now, Raph lost his passion for fighting andâŚâŚLeo and dadâs relationship is in a million pieces thereâŚâ
MM Leo suddenly passed MM Mikey a candy. Mint flavoured. âRefresh your mind, Mikey. We need to focus on everyone here. They all trust us to be here in the now. âŚIâve already moved on from what senioritis me had turned into.â MM Mikey nodded resolutely at his big brotherâs advice and turned back to face the stage.
âAhem. Before we leave the stage, we have one final number. Special thanks to the 12 turtles, who made us TURTLE-LY TUBULAR in Japanese just for this!â 87 Mikey announced, as his lame joke made a few audience members groan. (âClassic.â Rise Leo commented to BootyClapper9000 beside him. âWe both can make a better joke than that, fellow face man.â BootyClapper9000 pulled out a small book with his one arm. It was titled âJokes On You: Updated and Updatingâ.)
*Electric guitar riffs ensue, as the drum beat picks up. The Manhattan gang was providing the instrumental, with Mhn Donnie on drums, Mhn Raph on bass, Mhn Mikey on electric guitar, Mhn Leo on keytar and Mhn April onâŚviolin?*
87 Leo:Â
Aruki tsuzuketa ima wo keshite wa
(Erasing the ânowâ, weâve kept walking)
Minai you ni fusaida kakoÂ
(Blocking the past we donât want to see)
87 Donnie:
Kirisuterarete shimatta kanousei
(The possibilities that were discarded)
Fukagyaku de saisei wa nido to kanawanaiÂ
(Irreversible, the playback will never come again)
Re:zero? The 87 gang really picked such a dark isekai anime theme for their farewell song towards the TMT multiverse eh? Now that MM Donnie thinks about it, the upcoming lyrics were way too fitting for the TMNT as a whole.Â
87 Mikey:
Nando mo fukaku kizutsuita kanashimi no hate!
(At the end of the sadness that has deeply wounded us many times!)
(From here, together with you, we will overcome it!)
And indeed, they had overcome the âsadnessâ with every Concerto multiverse dweller here.
87 Raph:Â
Mezashita mirai e, Subete no kimi wo seotte
(Carrying you all towards the future we aimed for)
Tadoritsuite miseru kara!
(I will show you all that weâve made it!)
87 Donnie:
Takusareta negai wo owarasete
(Letâs finish the entrusted wishes)
87 Mikey:
Kondo koso wa subete mamoru yoâŚâŚ!
(This time, I will protect everything!)
87 Leo:Â
Saigo no unmei wo, tsukame Realize!
(Seize the final destiny, Realize!)
The Manhattan gang was going so hard for their first time acting as the band on stage, to the point where you could see waves of aura flowing off them, as their eyes flashed with color.
MM Donnie remembers how his brothers and him were nervous to get on stage to provide instrumental for their first time. Despite this,it was extremely rewarding to be able to act as the âdriving forceâ for every performance around here.
MM Donnie didnât think his brothers and him had that much musical acumen, but Rise Donnieâs modifications to the instruments made it possible for them to play complex melodies even with only three fingers. Well, even if it hinged on mechanics of stuff like Guitar Hero instead. The drum playing really was all on them though, just requiring a good sense of rhythm and some transferral of ninja training skills to the drum set.
After defeating Jigsaw and tapping into the full potential of their multiverseâs spiritual realm, MM Donnie witnessed a trend so ridiculous that he thinks other multiverses might hate them for it.Â
The power to turn their OWN weapons into instruments. Plus, all their weapon proficiency magically transfers over as musical proficiency (donât ask him how itâs possible, itâs not science but Rise Donnie had tried to insist it as such).
Another set of turtles then appeared on stage. The only ones who were dead at least. And to every other turtle that was alive, they reacted intensely to the implications of their manifestation on stage.
Ronin Mikey:
Aragai tsuzuketa saki ni kasanaru mienai kizuatoÂ
(In the midst of the continued resistance, overlapping invisible scars)
Yakeochisou na tamashii no koe gaÂ
(The voice of a soul that seems to burn away)
âItai yoâ to kurikaeshi kesshitĐľ hanasanai
(âIâm in painâ it repeats, never letting go)
Nando moâŚÂ
(No matter whatâŚ..)
*Actual scenes were beginning to pop up like they usually did, including Ronin Mikeyâs countless experiences of pain and misery throughout those sixteen years. The 87 turtles were bopping to the music, but they seemed to sober up a little from Ronin Mikeyâs memories, which resonated deeply with the song lyrics. As he sings the last two words, his brothers hug him. And start singing out their feelings too.*
Ronin Leo:
Tachimukatte
(Confronting it)   [87 Gang: Woah oh ohâŚ]                                Â
Osorenaide
(Without fear)         [Manhattan gang: Woah oh ohâŚ]
ZĐľtsubou ni obiezu ni, ima
(Without being afraid of despair, now)
Ronin Raph:
Furueru kono te ga oboeteru
(Remember these trembling hands)
*Takes and holds each of his brotherâs hands one by one, stopping in front of Ronin Mikey.*
Atatakai namida wo nakusou ni mamoru tame da toÂ
(Tracing the warm tears, itâs to protect)
*Hands reach out to touch Ronin Mikeyâs cheek, making the old Mikey smile. A genuine one, with no trace of the blame he would have directed towards the one that started it all, fifteen years ago.*
Ronin Donnie:
Egaita kotae ni, Dareka ga machigai to iu darou
(Some might say, thereâs a mistake in the drawn answer)
Demo kimeta no wa kokoro nan da!
(But whatâs decided is the heart)
Concerto crowd:
Hai!!!!!!Â
(YEAH!!!!!)
Ronin Leo:
Mae ni susumu koto wo yamenaideÂ
(Donât EVER stop moving forward)
Ronin Raph:
Kondo koso wa subete mamoru yoâŚâŚ!
(This time, WE will protect everythingâŚ...!)
Ronin Mikey:Â
Saigo no unmei no saki e yukouÂ
(Letâs go beyond the final fate!)
Something tapped MM Donnieâs shoulder just as there was a break between lyrics. He spun around to see Tim and Damien, hands on hips and arms folded respectively and glaring at the MM Gang.
(87 Donnie:Tachimukatte [Confront it!] )
âYou guys have a lot to explain. Including you, host Donnie, for spying on us.â Tim held up the tiny micro camera he had found hidden in the host tentâs ceiling.
(Ronin Leo: Osorenaide [Without fear!] )
âOkay, we will. Just after those guys are sent home. We wouldn't want theâŚomnipotent dimensional forces to scare them and the audience if I told you about HIM right now.â MM Donnie stated calmly, with hands in his jacket pockets and purple hood still over his head. The word âHIMâ activated their danger senses instantly, but Damien and Tim didn't know why. Yet.
(87 Raph: Zetsubou ni obiezu ni ima [Without being afraid of despair, nowâŚ] )
MM Leo, MM Mikey and MM Raph stopped singing and turned to stare at the two Robins. Their red pupils felt like they were boring holes into Timâs skin, as he suddenly realized how much taller the MM Gang were compared to the average ninja turtle. Ironic, for being the youngest here.
Ronin Mikey:
*Turns to 87 Raph and sings softly*
Eranda mirai ni, boku wa kimi to irun da yo
(In the future weâve chosen, Iâll be with you)
Atatakai hi ga sashikomuÂ
(The warm sunlight streams in)
87 Raph:
*Responds with a soothing smile*
Yuki wa itsuka tokete hana ga saku you ni
(Like the snow will eventually melt and the flowers will bloom)
Kesshite kawaranai ai wo shinjiteru yoâŚÂ
(I believe in an unchanging loveâŚâŚ)
âI hope youâre ready for everything weâre gonna tell you guys later. And itâs not just about HIM. Itâs also gonna be what our multiverse contains about YOUR multiverses too.â MM Mikey wagged his finger before jabbing a finger at Tim and Damien, who both seemed to have their calm composures marginally broken. Â
Ronin Mikey and 87 Leo:
Saa, mezashita mirai e
(Now, towards the âfutureâ weâve aimed for)
Subete no toki wo seotte!
(Carrying all the time)
Ronin Leo and 87 Donnie:
Tadoritsuite miseru kara!Â
(We will show you that weâve reached it!)
Ronin Raph and 87 Mikey:
Takusareta negai wo owaraseteÂ
(Letâs finish the entrusted wishes)
Ronin Donnie and 87 Raph:
Koko de narasou hajimari no kane woÂ
(Here, let's ring the bell of the beginning)
Ronin and 87 Gangs:
SAIGO NO UNMEI WO, TSUKAME REALIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Seize the final destiny, Realize!)
âHeh, this whole song is totally accurate to what the 87 gang does and feels about their reading corner roles here. But man, those ghosts can SING!â MM Raph commented. He then mouthed to the two Robins who looked kind of impatient for their questions to be answered: âOne more song, guys.â
The MM Gang grabbed the two Robins hands and pulled out dart ropes. They used those dart ropes to swing themselves to the very front of the stage, amidst the crowdâs applause and the stage going dark. Tim and Damien were confused, but they silently held on to MM Raph and MM Donnie as they swung to the front. They dropped off Damien and Tim discreetly in the front row before they disappeared into the darkness of the stage.
As the lights came on, Damien and Tim gazed up from the front row at the sight of the Concerto MM gang holding their instruments once more. Seated on the stage were the 28 TMT turtles, each huddled with their brothers. All of them were holding their own color coded microphones. Â
*Steady rock tune starts playing, the crowd pulls out lightsticks or their phones to sway to the beat*
MC-MIKEY:Â
Iâm staring out into the night
Trying to hide the pain
Blue-Katana:
Weâre right here in the place where loveâŚ
*gestures to all around him and points to 07 Leo in the front row*
And feeling good donât ever cost a thingâŚ
*smiles just a little sadly at 07 Leo, who mouthed âyouâll be fineâ back to his copy*
WantsTheBrainCell:
And the pain you feelâs a different kind of painâŚ
*touches his shell scar in tandem with 03 Leo in the crowd, but 03 Leo shook his head, as if to say that the pain they both experienced shouldnât be put up for comparison*
Steroids:
Well, Iâm going home!
Back to the place where I belong!
*Bay Raph was staring right at Steroids from the front row audience, arms crossed. The expression on both their faces was the one thing that matched. A raring-to-go grin.*
And where your love has always been enough for meâŚ
~~Electro~~:
Iâm not running from
No, I think you got me all wrong
*winks at 12 Mikey in the crowd, who winked back*
I donât regret this life I chose for me
Bread:
But these places and these faces are getting oldâŚ
*Turns around to look at MM Leo plaintively, to which the blue host turtle/drummer widened his eyes a little in surprise, before softening in reluctance at the fact that the TMT turtles would have to leave too*
So Iâm going homeâŚâŚ
Well, weâre going home
âHell, Iâm starting to miss Gotham a little too.â Tim and Drake whipped their heads to the side to see the oldest Robin standing right next to them. Alongside Red Hood, Batgirl, Batman and Alfred himself.
âWell, then just come back more often, DICK. Who said you couldnât just pop on by from Bludhaven?â Jason Todd (Red Hood) jabbed his elbow into Dick Graysonâs right shoulder.Â
âWhy are you all here? This is OUR duty to investigate, father and other company. We found it first, after all.â Damian interjected.
âMaster Damian, Master Bruce has come to the knowledge that you have been consuming the âforbidden mediaâ of your other selves from our hostsâ dimension. Injustice in particularâŚâŚâ Alfred held up the DC Injustice Comics as the expressions on the other bat family members turned stony. Tim seemed to recall what nightmares were encased within that story and stared at Damian in disbelief.
If Damian was affected by the Injustice comics, he wasnât going to let it show that easily. Still, he turned away from the other bat family members. âIâm one of father's proteges. Trained by the great Talia Al Ghul herself. You think Iâd let what a COPY of me did distract me from my true identity?âÂ
The Bay and 07 gangs leaned their heads out to the side to peek at the batfamily. They were also positioned in the front row, two metres away. Bay Mikey mouthed "Didn't that copy of Damian Wayne MURDER Dick Grayson?â.Â
And 07 Mikey mouthed back âYep. Seems like we turtles aren't the only masochists around here.â Before their other six brothers each put a finger to their lips and shook their heads. The Mikeys turned back to the performance, receiving the signal that this was something for the bat family to sort out themselves.
Correction. The âVSâ batfamily. What the Batman gangâs dimension was labelled as when the hosts first contacted Batman Donnie.
Donatello:
The miles are getting longer it seems
The closer I get to you
*Turns subtly to glance at the 87 gang off stage, in which they just responded by holding up a sign saying âSorry, authorâs decision!â *
Leerless-Feeder:
Iâve not always been the best turtle or friend to youÂ
But your love remains trueâŚ
*Walks to the edge of the stage and squats to face Bay Leo, who just laughed and leaned over the gate keeping the audience from getting too close to the stage. Two copies, face to face.*
Bonk:
And I donât know why
You always seem to give us another try
*Takes Leerlessâs side and sings, just as the Bay gang was getting a little sappy at this compliment through song.*
RabidChihuahua/Fuck:
So weâre going home! Back to the place where we belong!
And where your love has always been enough for meâŚ
*Stands up resolutely and sings, before turning to face 12 Splinterâs ghost in the crowd. The 12 gang could see the saddened expression on RabidChihuahuaâs face, so they knew one thing in their hearts. The TMT 12 Gang really missed the times when their father was still around to love them too. 12 Mikey made himself bawl at the last second due to these thoughts.*
Mikey:
Iâm not running fromâŚ
~MagicMike~:
No, I think you got us all wrong
LostTheBrainCell:
We donât regret the times weâve spent with thee!
Michaelangelo:
But your places and your faces are getting oldâŚ
TMT Mikeys:
So, weâre going homeâŚ
The TMT Mikeys really just implied that they got BORED of the Concerto. Well, tell that to the next set of turtles dropped in when MM Donnie pulls up the full list of fresh events planned for the next few days. Not like he was actually being serious. More turtles dropped in means more risk of other multiverses getting hurt again.
Bacon:
*spotlight shines on him and MM Raph. He sat shell-to-shell with the red host turtle strumming the bass like no tomorrow, as he held up his own red microphone to sing.*
Be careful what you wish for!
Cause you just might get it allâŚ
You just might get it all!
MM Raph:
And then some you donât wantâŚ
CaptainLeo:
Be careful what you wish for!
Cause you might just get it all
You just might get it alllllllâŚ..yeah
*Salutes and the other TMT turtles do so. Every Concerto audience member salutes back at them.*
MM Leo and TMT 87 and 03 turtles:
Ohhhhh, Iâm going home!
To the place where I belong!
Where your love has always been enough for meâŚ
*crowd exclaims in reluctance as they see the TMT turtles start to disintegrate into light particles*
MM Donnie and TMT 07 turtles:
Iâm not running from
No, I think youâve got me all wrong!
I donât regret this life I chose for me
MM Raph and TMT 12 and Bay turtles:
But these places and these faces are getting old
*Light particles around TMT turtles growing brighter, as all of them were reaching off stage to high five their copies one last time*
I said, these places and these faces are getting old
MM Mikey and TMT MM and Rise turtles:
So Iâm going home
Well, Iâm going home
Iâm going home
*final guitar chord resounds and the TMT turtles all vanished in a fading burst of white light*
Bowing to the crowd, MM Donnie could see all of the audience members wiping away tears and sniffles. The management team turtles were the most emotional at the rather abrupt exit of the chatfic multiverse group of turtles.Â
The harsh truth that MM Donnie had to tell himself every time another multiverse left their expo hall, was that they were considered fictional here. Getting too attached to storybook copies was never a long term thing. Nor recommended for mental health purposes.
Which brings him to the main breakthrough and theory that he had concocted to answer Operation Rebound.Â
To start, letâs begin with a question. MM Donnie knows everyone else probably dreads it. The type of existential-crisis inducing question. If you know multiverses and universes like those in DC keep spawning up just because they want moreâŚprofit, whoâs to say that the existence of all the TMNT multiverses isn't because of certain companies wanting to write more stories?Â
MM Donnie already knew what this theory implies. Yes, it would mean that the âstorybook dimensionâ accessed by the 87 gang is a universe where all of the versions of turtles here exist under oneâŚfranchise. Extremely mind-boggling and completely out of his capacity to confront, because MM Donnie hasnât even faced S&*$&R*(&$*r with his brothers yet. So why bother with the truth of the ⌠creation of universes? Creators? Creator-verse?
The answer was right in front of him. Batman. The worldâs greatest detective, at least thatâs what EVERY version of Batman in all kinds of realms and worlds was labelled as by their respective worlds. Batman, of the âVS dimensionâ connected to the Concerto multiverse, would be asking the MM Gang this sort of question considering he would have been secretly analysing DCâs comics. That was already granting him his own META state, reading comics and playing video games of himself as Batman. Like Batman: Arkham Knight.Â
If it wasnât assuring that the VS Batfamily didnât care about reliving their past experiences through all these other versions of themselves, then MM Donnie still had the thoughts about their other crossover turtles to thank. The power rangers of the MMPR gang didnât get affected from the franchise material of power rangers existing in the MM Dimension and neither did the Naruto turtles.
However, the Naruto gang hadn't brought Naruto here yet. In fact, when the Naruto gang first returned to their dimension to take a break, they couldnât contact Naruto or Sasuke or Sakura in their dimension, and Naruto Donnie had reported that the Hidden Leaf Village hadâŚâŚvanished. That was shortly after the implementation of the Hamato green barrier.Â
âHOSTS! THE HIDDEN LEAF VILLAGE IS GONE! IT WAS RIGHT HERE WHEN WE CAME TO YOUR DIMENSION SO WHERE IS IT?! NARUTO, SASUKE, SAKURA, EVERYONE THEY CANâT BE GONE-â
MM Mikey came into view of the purple screen. They answered a video call from Naruto Donnie through a device Rise Donnie had implanted in all the Donniesâ tech to maintain communication across the multiverse. âNARUTO MIKEY, MY GUY BREATHE! Just calm down and explain to us what you guys see, is it really gone or are you sure you guys came to the wrong spot?âÂ
Naruto Raph pushed Naruto Mikey out of the way to look at the projected purple screen held up by Naruto Donnie. He had looked genuinely pissed off since the time he came to the Concerto. âTHEY AINâT HERE AT ALL! WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE BUT ALL THATâS LEFT IS STUPID TREES!â He stormed off further away from the screen before kicking at the dirt in the ground.Â
âKUSOOOOOO! (F*CCCCCK) Just when we wanted to show them everything you guys were hosting over there!âÂ
MM Raph had remained eerily quiet as he sat pondering about something. Before he made a âGojo Satoru infinity domain expansionâ hand sign to signal to the others. The thing is, he didn't even try to hide this action from the Naruto gang. So, they instantly knew something was off. And also made the other management team turtles briefly freak out.
âYou guys know something, donât you? Come clean with us, hosts. WHY. CANâT WE. SEE. THEM. AGAIN?â Naruto Leoâs voice rang firm and hard through the video call, which MM Raph responded casually to.Â
âYeah yeah, Shinobi Blue. Looks like we canât hide the dimensional stuff anymore.â MM Raph looked to the other versions to ask them for permission.Â
To talk about HIM. It was clear MM Raph had already set up that hand signal to reveal the truth to their first gang of guests.
The management team was obviously worried but slowly expressed agreement one by one. Hiding stuff from their guests was only going to increase the chances of trust being fractured beyond repair later.
MM Raph smiled with silent appreciation and then turned back to the screen. âIâm gonna be very frank with yall: your dimension is probably actively preventing you guys from meeting Naruto and the others, because you guys KNOW about their future. Everything about him being a Hokage and having a son called Boruto? Your Naruto hasnât gone through that yet. Or who knows? That was in a reality where YOU GUYS weren't there.âÂ
The Naruto Gang was utterly baffled and bamboozled. Only Naruto Donnie could somewhat keep his wits about him. âSo that meansâŚour knowledge from the Naruto and Boruto Manga in your dimension has made OUR dimension somehow actively hinder us from making any contact with him exclusively? Because it wonât even accept even the tiniest of interference in our friendâs story? And that our dimension is SENTIENT?â MM Leo nodded, as Rise Leo spoke up afterwards.
âSay, as the Portal Chopper of all Leos, I got something that might help! Remember Spiderverse? The two movies we made y'all watch before you came here?â The Naruto gang all nodded at the purple screen.
"Remember what Miguel Oâ Hara did? He tried to impersonate a DEAD version of himself in another dimension. And what did that dimension do?âÂ
Naruto Aprilâs face paled as she answered: âIt disintegrated into non-existence."
âSi! Now, since weâve been in the MM Dimension, we havenât experienced the same glitches and âcells threatening to assimilateâ like how the spidermen did in the first Spiderverse movie. Thereâs one inference we can all make from this.â He opened a portal and let a marker fall out. On cue, Bay Mikey and Bay Leo wheeled a whiteboard over.
âOur dimensions are sentient enough to take measures of their own to prevent their fated timelines from being disrupted or unfolding in such a way that it cannot exist. Your dimension stopped you from meeting Naruto because a reality where you tell Naruto about the future of his clan DIDNâT happen. Or else, why would his manga end the way that it did?â Rise Leo drew out a diagram of the Naruto dimension and drew a long line to a box titled âNaruto franchiseâ. Before his hand paused on the center of the board, covered by a blank piece of canvas.
âThatâs what prevents our universes from being so susceptible to being annihilated, all these âdimensional forcesâ, heh. And thatâs also why weâŚweâŚâ Rise Leo seemed to have trouble getting out the last words as his expression turned conflicted. The Rise brothers were worried for their blue brother, knowing his tendency of bottling up all his true emotions to take up greater burdens.Â
â...canât help MM with their Shâ---r.â Bay Leo finished, for his best friend. He also put a comforting hand on Rise Leoâs shoulder. The word was buzzed out to the rest of the turtles, so the Naruto gang had even more questions they wanted to ask. They spent the next five minutes responding to each of their frantic queries one by one, with the Naruto gang ending up almost as desolate as the management team were when they first realized they wouldn't be able to help MM at all.
âIf this is the limit of our abilities, perhaps you all should tell the other guests. Our Hamato ninja clan has a saying: Fear not the unknown, but not knowing of the fear. You may be worried about how others like us would react to this factâŚbut Iâd say itâs worth a shot. Naruto would always go forward without hesitation and without losing spirit. I hope all of my sons and their counterparts may find this same strength within them.â Naruto Splinterâs words were like a tonic for the soul, and helped to give the hosts a new found confidence in themselves.
âOkay, but what do we do about our missing friends?" Naruto Mikey pouted.
âIâm sure theyâre still in your dimension, just that no matter what thereâs going to be an invisible barrier between you guys and them. âŚâŚSo long as you possess the knowledge of what happens to them. Maybe we can solve it one day, with our brilliant Othello Von Ryanâs helpâŚâ Bay Donnie smirked as he pointed a thumb at Rise Donnie, who beamed at the praise.Â
The Naruto gang knew they would have to accept their current situation for now, because what choice did they have against invisible dimensional forces?
âWell, if we canât tell dad, the least we could do is tell our co-workersâ dads right?â MM Donnie had snarked as he looked the other three gangs up and down. Bay, 07 and Rise had either freaked out, were hyperventilating or trying to talk themselves out of the dilemma of it being a bad idea. In the end, they got the Hamato ancestors and the Ronin ghosts to talk Bay and 07 Splinter through this. Apparently, the ghosts had already known this truth, so Rise Splinter wasnât caught off guard.
And neither was Ronin Mikey and his brothers.
MM Donnie hoped Batman wouldn't be caught off guard by this. Itâs a stupid thought though, because Batman is always prepared for everything.
âFactory reset. Every participant of the Concerto may also have their memories wiped to reset everything back to zero. No repercussions."Â Dick and Jason spat out their Hidden City Menu drinks.
OkayâŚ..maybe Bruce Wayne was a little TOO prepared. âA-a-are you sure thatâs your best-proposed-totally-not-gonna-go-wrong optimal solution, Batman sir?â MM Leo asked him nervously.
Behind the cowl Batman sported, his eyes were narrowed like all the times he stared his villains down. He raised his hands and the MM Gang tried to prepare themselves for Batmanâs attempt to incapacitate them.
He didnât. Bruce Wayne spun around in place, covering himself with his cape just like when he made dramatic exits. And somehow got a complete outfit switch in that split second. Jason, Dick, Tim and Barbara could only stammer out their disbelief as Bruce Wayne, dressed in full winter clothes in different shades of black, pointed to a bespectacled rat in the distance.
âI want your father to give us a tour outside.âÂ
Wait, what? âŚâŚgoing OUTSIDE of the expo hall? And bringing Dad along to give their guests a tour of their New York?
MM Donnie felt himself freeze up as he thought of the implications and thrill of bringing one of their guests outside of the Concerto location. Because it was supposed to be a secret that they were hosting their entire multiverse here. If that secret got out, who knows whatâs going to happen to their dimension?
Bruce was already on his phone as he breezed past the stunlocked MM gang. âIâm bringing my turtles along too.â
friend whos always planning everything: hey guys lets do something this week!! when are you all available?
friend whos always available: i can do whenever
friend whos constantly busy: im sorry i have work and then school and then the labyrinth and then more work :( i can do tuesday at 3:00 am for five minutes tho
friend with the randomly generated sleep schedule: (no response)
friend who went missing in the woods behind their house 12 years ago and hasn't been heard from since: (no response)
friend whos really into genshin impact: does anyone want to play genshin impact
Please read this because it is EXTREMELY important me (a transgender man) and to other trans individuals.
The US Government is currently trying to pass an incredibly dangerous national law for trans youth called HR 2616.
This bill would ban all Federally funded schools from teaching about gender identity or sexual orientation, prevent teachers from using the correct pronouns and names for trans students, remove books with any trans representation in them, and even go as far as to prevent teachers from acknowledging trans identity AT ALL.
Any school that does not follow this will lose all federal funding. This bill would also require teachers to forcibly out trans students to their families, which would be fatal to any trans student with a transphobic Family or just hateful family in general. Trans people are already a group that already has some of the highest rates of being victim to suicide, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
This bill actively makes teachers put those innocent children at such a big risk. This bill has rapidly passed the house this week with support from all 209 republicans, as well as 8 democrats. But, it's still being voted on in the senate, which means there is still time to help stop this.
To help stop this, you can visit 5calls.org (look up 2616 in the search bar), one of the most top issues filed Oppose Attacks on LGBTQ+ Students. Once you put in your general location, it will pull-up contact information for your senator, and give you a script for calling them.
If you are a minor and/or do not feel comfortable doing this, PLEASE repost this on here, or any other platform you are on/can find! This needs to be heard and fought against.
Iâm so scared guys. Actually no joke. I remember hearing about this and just kinda crumpling.
I was going to socially transition this school year, if this passes my hopes are crushed. Iâve been waiting for this forever.
itâs not over yet though. We can all still do something. Weâve got a lot more power than we think.
to any queer child in the USA or heck anywhere, if we donât have anything we at least have hope. Spread the word. HR 2616.
TMNT CHRISTMAS EXPO CONCERTO Chapter Twenty-Two: Chatfics [More under Klaus_p0tat0 on ao3!]
Notes:
Credits to the amazing TMNT fics and their writers below:
Too Many Turtles by @dysfunctional-doodle
The Last Ronin becomes a Discord Admin by melonpalooza on Ao3!
Songs mentioned/used:
Back to the sewers intro from TMNT 2003 season 7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme from TMNT: Out of the Shadows movie (aka Bay Turtles sequel)
He knows what youâre all thinking. âOh Raph, you started this Concerto with your brothers because another version of you guys asked first. Plus, you just wanted to fight someone else that could FINALLY give you a good fight. But howâs it like, looking at other multiverses, knowing youâll NEVER be this happy out there? Like ElâŚ.â MM Raphâs response?Â
Totally chill, haters. What? Were you expecting him to be hotheaded 24/7 like some Raphs here? That he was gonna act like a one dimensional angry character for the whole Concerto and just run away from situations when he canât handle emotions?
Thatâd be lame. Besides, he needs to be around. So his brothers donât get mind controlled again. Because of him at least.
And also, swap any other âMM Raphsâ in other multiverses with him. Theyâd all still want the same thing in the end. For him to enjoy the shell out of this event when he still had the chance.Â
He finished polishing the surface of the RAPHSâ ROUGH RUMBLING RING floor and decided to go check out the most interesting place in the expo hall. The reading corner.Â
Funny how this event was called a Concerto, yet the MAIN thing responsible for bringing every turtle closer to each other is a place where you read instead of sing. MM Raph still preferred violence and nature documentaries, but reading about other universes ainât so bad.
Honestly, itâs like reading manga. Everythingâs so exaggerated, itâs ridiculous enough for MM Raph to disassociate from whatever is happening to the turtles in the stories. He remembered Bay Leo wanting to add something newâŚbut what exactly was it? Catfics-no. SHATfics?
âBehold, readers. The NEWEST addition to the bunch of stories! âTOO MANY TURTLESâ !!!!!!! â Bay Leo pulled off a cloth covering an entire stack of books, each book covering ten chapters of the story. His announcement was so dramatic, MM Raph would have mistaken it as a wrestling match commentary.
MM Raph saw Bay Raph, who was seated on the floor cross-legged, raise his hand as if he were in a classroom. Before he said, âWe get it, Splinter Junior. Now, skip to the real good stuffâŚâ He sounded annoyed at first, before a smirk appeared on his face, matching that of Bay Leoâs.
Oh, theyâre sharing that look again. Whenever the Bay gang were planning something they seemed to share the same glint in their eyes.
They really seemed like the one version that just adored messing with the versions of themselves in other multiversesâ stories. And MM Raph had no clue why.
âWhy you getting that entire box of pop tarts, Bay Donnie?â MM Raph had asked the tallest turtle in the Concerto when he was grabbing a snack from the kitchen yesterday. âUmm, no reason. Just a ⌠farewell gift for Genius.âÂ
MM Raph remembered glancing up and down at Bay Donnie cynically. The last time he said anything with âjustâ in front, it involved âjustâ traumatising the whole crowd with the machine he built to win the villain masquerade, âjustâ grabbing random turtles to go through the Hashi in the Concerto Games, âjustâ making a movie device that made other turtles permanently scared of the Final Destination series and âjustâ pulling out the blackmail of the Bay gangâs villains (a lot of them were just knockoffs of the MM dimensionâs celebrities).Â
There was no way he wasnât planning anything that time. So when MM Raph got the selfie of Bay Donnie posing on top of a knocked out Genius, with a whole box of poptarts smushed against his faceâŚ. Anyways, if the Bay gang wasnât an unofficial âfeeling devious and will cause chaos at any timeâ version before, they are now.
 MM Raph swore it was the storiesâ fault. ALL OF THE BAY TURTLES, including Bay Leo had simultaneously agreed to stop bickering for most of the time and lock in for trouble. And it was only in THIS MULTIVERSE. Never in any other multiverse for the stories they read.Â
âOh, yeah. Another thing my brother wants me to bring up is the fact that this is a âŚâŚCHATFIC!â Bay Leo pressed a button on one of the hardcover books, which projected the content inside in the form of a purple holographic screen. The turtles seated in the reading corner were in awe at the sight of the format of a story that they had never seen before.
âWaitâŚisnât this just like reading a conversation on Discord? And whatâs with all the usernames?â MM Raph crossed his arms as he asked Bay Leo.Â
âWell, my dear host, sir, youâll find out once you read the synopsis! Though, for some versions of us, we only appear in the story until later. So far, only Rise, 2012, and 2003 have been there from the start. Remember your character keys everyone, and letâs get reading!â Bay Raph cleared his throat loudly.Â
That made Bay Leo roll his eyes in response. âOh yeah, one last thing, I swear. Please read the labels on top of the hardcover books before you actually start to read the story. If you feel like the story content will make you uncomfortable, you can have your brothersâ read it to you or another version to help you read the story beforehand and warn you of the parts that might trigger you. You can also call this numberâŚâ He pointed to a piece of paper plastered on a bookshelf , labelled â1-900-860-9000â.
â...anytime something goes wrong. Happy reading!â As he said this, Bay Leo bowed and the turtles in the reading corner applauded for the presentation.
MM Raph joined one of the many reading circles formed by different turtles and sat on the ground with them. He held up his character key.Â
â 2007 â
Tech: Donnie
Night: Raph
Blue-Katana: Leo
Mikey: Mikey (shows up later)
Okay, dang. Thatâs a lot of usernames to remember. He was still trying to process the character key when the turtle next to him suddenly shouted.
âOH MY GOD! Dudes, I remember that âBACON EGG AND CHEESEâ riff you did with your brothers after hunting down all the gangsters! Totally kakkoi  by the way!â MM Raph had thankfully watched enough anime to know that word meant âawesomeâ in Japanese. But that wasnât what surprised him.
âYOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THAT!?â MM Raph blushed and exclaimed as he grabbed Naruto Mikey by the shoulders and shook him back and forth.
Naruto Mikey was unfazed and just held up a finger. âObviously, host! Everyoneâs been replaying the management teamâs videos on your booth books, and that scene really brought the spirit of the Big Apple Village in any dimension! Watch! YO OCK! LET ME GET AâŚ.â
âBACON EGG AND CHEESE! BACON EGG AND CHEESEEEEEEEE!â 2012 Donnie said as he popped his head in from behind MM Raph and started riffing. MM Raph flinched from the sudden engagement of 12 Donnie as he could feel himself getting redder and redder by the second.Â
âWITH THE BEV! WITH THE BEEEEEV! YURRRRRRRRRR!â Oh god, now the Mikeys of 2003, 2007 and 1987 were joining in too.
âWE OUTSIDE! WE OUTSIDE! YUR, YUR, YURRRRRRR!â All the turtles at the reading corner chanted in sync with insane coordination, as MM Raph was cringing a little in embarrassment.
What he couldn't believe was the fact that even 12 Raph and 12 Leo were joining in. The chaos really has spread too far.
He was still glad though. Even after everything the other Raphs, Donnies and Leos went through, any of them could still goof off like their Mikeys here.
âOkay, seriously whatâs wrong with these usernames? Who the fuck decided to call me a RabidChihuahua!?â 12 Raph asked heatedly as he was examining the character key.
âIâm sorry for breaking the bad news to you, but it looks like there is a LITERAL council of Donnies acting as the admins in the story, and one of them gave you that username. Possibly the storyâs version of 03 DonnieâŚAlso, I canât believe how much beef Iâm having with you in the story, LMAO!â MM Donnie leaned over and cupped one hand beside his mouth to speak to 12 Raph.
That just made 12 Raph snort in disbelief at the existence of a council of Donnies. Plus, he immediately started poking fun at MM Donnie for having the username âEggâ in this story. Hey, at least it isnât as weird as what his brotherâs current username was, aot_is_BO_nkers.
âWow. 07, Bay, you guys are kindaâŚâŚcompletely different in this one. AlsoâŚâŚdid the thing with Kitsune reallyâŚâ The atmosphere suddenly became so thick you could cut it with a knife. Everyone turned their heads to look at 07 Mikey.
The turtles around him gasped in horror when they saw that he was currently reading the chapter about the version of him in the story at his lowest moments.Â
Meanwhile, MM Raph had just skipped to the chapters where the Bay gang and the 07 gang were introduced, trying to hold in his laughter at the entire narration of the Bay Leo and Bay Raph in the story actively squabbling over usernames. It was also hilarious to see the fact that Rise Leo and Bay Leo were so estranged in this story. It was almost as if the vision of them being best friends was impossible in the first place.
Unfortunately, MM Raph should have remembered that he sucked at reading the room. He didnât even notice 07 Mikeyâs increasingly darkening gaze as he laughed out loud:Â
â>>Fuck Windows<<, >> Who needs two arms, theyâre overrated <<, Pfft! Could you imagine if we started groupchats with these names? Also, I canât believe 07 Raphâs this angry here! BWAHAHAHAâŚ..hahaâŚ.guys?â
Every one of the turtles were giving him questioning looks, with some turtles using their eyes to direct MM Raph to the turtle that was currently having a solemn moment. MM Raph saw 07 Mikey looking deep in thought, as if he was far away. He couldn't help but feel like he messed up.
âUmmm, 07 Mikey? Whatâs wrong? Is itâŚsomething that happened in the story?âÂ
07 Mikey didn't speak for a few seconds. He just casually flipped over to the next page before chuckling. âItâs okay, guys. The storyâs 12 Raph, or RabidChihuahua (Or Fuck in some chapters), spent this chapter comforting me aboutâŚthe mind control incident. The 07 gang in the story is on their way to recovery, so Cowabunga, right?âÂ
That tone. For the first time, MM Raph could FEEL 07 Mikeyâs age, remembering that he was one of the older Mikeys here. Who knows what kind of adventures or experiences the 07 gang had gone through past MM Raphâs age?
âHey, are you sure youâre fine with the mention of this sensitive topic? IâŚdonât really know if what you experienced after the stone general saga was anything like this in the story. But Iâm here to listen. Just like that version of me, HasTheBraincell, offered to continue running the group chat in the story for all of them to talk.â 07 Mikey looked up to see that 03 Donnie had come over to his side, and had put a hand on his shoulder.
âYeah, other me! You can totally rely on the VERY FIRST READERS to come to our reading corner, the 03 gang! Also, for the record, this story is FAKE NEWS. Iâm not that dumb. Why would I ever forget that I can look up at the sky? â MM Mikey also plopped down next to 07 Mikey to cheer him up.
07 Mikey smiled, but it was a smaller smile, less bright than his usual demeanor. âIâm okay guys. Itâs just thatâŚitâs a reminder that thereâs a LOT of stories where weâre a dysfunctional version of everyone else. We kindaâŚare, even here. And the fact that the idea of us being this close to Bay and MM and Rise feels not possible at allâŚâ
âOkaaaaay. Gonna need you to put those thoughts away, Cowabunga Carl.â 12 Leo spoke up, smiling reassuringly at 07 Mikey.
âYour big brother helped me get over my fear of the stories. Now, Iâm here to return the favor. Everyone you love is here, your brothers, your human friends, us, weâre all within the expo hall. Whatever happens, everything out there is out of our control. So donât worry, no one thinks you guys are worse or inferior because of these stories.â Hearing this, 07 Mikey finally breathed a sigh to release his tension and regained his smile.
12 Leoâs expression then morphed into a perplexed one as he turned his attention back to the pages of the story. âBesides, did you guys catch all the insane shenanigans the âToo Many Turtlesâ (TMT) turtles are pulling with thatâŚmultiversal mail system?
 12 Leo opened several books at once and tossed them to the other versions, who were starting to engage in intense conversation about what was going on in the chatfic.Â
âWoah! That version of me lost an arm, and so did the Rise Leo in this story! No wonder that chatgroup name was so perfect! HAHA!â 03 Mikey was losing it reading through the chapter portraying the TMT 03 Mikey and Rise Leo as the best friends pair instead. Certainly an interesting difference.Â
MM Raph also noticed the fact that the timeline in this story was delayed. The version of the MM Gang in TMT had just gotten themselves landed in jail. For MM Raph at the concerto, that just happened six months ago. Is this what itâs like to have foresight? He felt like Doctor Strange now.
âDamn, I really am boring in this story.â MM Raph looked up to see Bay Leo settling himself down beside MM Raph, holding his own book to read. Along withâŚa pamphlet? âWhatâs that about?â MM Raph pointed to the pamphlet and asked.
âItâs the preview for the next chatfic to be added. I think itâs calledâŚThe Last Ronin becomes a Discord Admin.â Stunlocked, MM Raph could only blink back at Bay Leo.
âUhh, who becomes a what now?â
âDonât worry about it, host.â Bay Leo said as he continued reading Too Many Turtles. After reading a few lines, he suddenly grunted in exasperation. âI canât even handle technology in this story?! If 12 and 07 face problems with their family dynamics in stories, I think thereâs something odd about me. I donât seemâŚchatty, or close with Rise Leo in any of the other multiverses. In fact, I feel likeâŚother Bay Leos just seemâŚstuck in the older brother role a little too much. â He opened the book to a page.
Leerless-Feeder:
@HasTheBraincell youâre right
I apologise for my hasty actions
Itâs hard hearing about a Leonardo that has lost his brothers like that
Itâs like you said
And Iâm sure my Raphael knows this too.
âUmm, it seems perfectly fine to me, Big Blue. I mean, itâs not like that version of you actually met everyone else in person here, and even learned how to pick up a sense of humor from Leon!â MM Raph raised an eyebrow as he looked at Bay Leo again.Â
Bay Leo chuckled a little, before directing his blue eyes to gaze warmly at MM Raph. âYep, I know. I also find it a little funny that other stories baby you guys and have the other versions protect you so much just because the MM gang is the youngest. I mean, would it still be like that if those versions of you could do everything Iâve seen you guys do here?âÂ
He leaned in and whispered into MM Raphâs ear. âAnd what I meant was, I just seemâŚtoo formal in this story. TooâŚ.uptight. Also, Iâm getting the strong urge to actually join in on roasting Leerless-Feeder here if we ever get to meet this multiverse of us.â
MM Raph laughed out loud again. âToo formal? I NEVER thought I would hear that coming from a Leo that says he takes his ninja training seriously!â Bay Leo just smirked back and put one arm around MM Raphâs shoulders, while using his other hand to nudge him in the right arm. âPerks of being Rise Leoâs best friend.âÂ
MM Raph burst into even louder laughter as he proceeded to banter away with the bigger version of his blue brother. Bay Leo felt so much like the big brother everyone depends on, and not even the boring type. No, he was witty, playful, while still being serious at the right times. How could any turtle not want to approach him?Â
The other turtles in the reading corner were also having great fun reading the story, and the hours seemed to fly by as they finally reached the latest chapter. MM Raph assumed this story featured a multiverse that also had its own timeline, so it technically wasnât The End yet.
It was more of a ⌠secret way to spy on them⌠but they were also readers, not spiesâŚ? Ouch, his head hurts from all this thinking!Â
MM Raph decided he would just let his Donnie explain the details later. He stood up to go put the book back from where he took it from. Until it suddenly started glowing. And it was vibrating. Faster and faster by the second.Â
âGUYS! GET OUT OF HERE! SOMETHINGâS WRONG WITH MY BOOK!â MM Raph shouted at all the other turtles in the reading corner to get as far away as possible from the blast radius ofâŚthe explosion that he thought the book was going to cause.
MM Raph himself ran out of the tent frantically, catching the attention of 07 Raph and Bay Mikey, who were currently on their duties near the reading corner area. MM Raph drew his arm back and threw the book into the air. As it sailed through the air, the book was engulfed in a white light and that light grew so much to engulf the entire expo hall, making MM Raph shield his eyes.
*THUMP!*
Oh no. It canât be. NOT AGAIN!
MM Raph peeked open his eyes to findâŚseven times four = TWENTY EIGHT turtles in a pile on the floor below where the book was thrown. The book landed right on top of TMT 87 Leo or Leonardo, per his username.  All of them looked disoriented, like the other storiesâ turtles that had also got teleported to the Concerto multiverse.
MM Raphâs gut feeling already confirmed that these were the seven versions of the four turtle brothers from Too Many Turtles (TMT), so now the Concerto had YET AGAIN another case of copies on their hands. They really are becoming multiverse collectors at this point.
âWHAT THE FUCK?! DONNIE, IS THIS ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR VR GAMES-GUYS, SOMEONE'S PRETENDING TO BE ME! IâM GONNA BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!â Oh, BROTHER, you have got to be kidding me!
MM Raph let out the most done sigh and turned to face TMT MM Raph, or Bacon as his copyâs username was. Bacon was already sprinting towards MM Raph with his fist raised, but MM Raph just sidestepped Bacon and pulled out his phone.
âIT'S NINJA TIME! IN THE CITY, ON THE STREET, UNDERGROUND AND IN BETWEENâŚ.â Music blared from MM Raphâs phone at maximum volume as electric guitar riffs manifested shockwaves that blasted Bacon into the arms of Bay Mikey, who swiftly knocked him out with a chop to the neck. âWhyâd you knock me out?âÂ
Bay Mikey just shrugged. âSo he wouldnât bite me, brah. This guyâs somehow louder than you, host! Also, I need to listen to the 03 gangâs new single, Back to the Sewers, on your phone later, ASAP.â MM Raph was appalled. âI donât BITE people!â
âThen I might have been TORTOISE SUPLEXED. Also, Bacon over here typed âBITE BITE BITEâ in chapter 63 of TMT. I saw the way YOU eat KFC too, so you canât fool me yo!â Bay Mikey then proceeded to lay Bacon down on the floor and run over to the pile of still disoriented TMT turtles.Â
âThis keeps happening out of nowhere dudez! I donât think we can avoid it at this point.â Bay Mikey said as he pulled his copy, MC-MIKEY out from the huge pile of TMT turtles. 07 Raph had brought the rest of his brothers as well as the whole management team over to look at this.Â
âOh, for the love of Einstein, why does this keep HAPPENING?! Thereâs no curse this time and nothing was wrong with those books, I.DONâT.UNDERSTAND! Oh, gone are the ever perfect calculations of Donatello Von Ryan!â Rise Donnie put a hand to his forehead and pretended to pass out.
He was caught by a Rise Leo who was staring in fascination at his copy amongst the turtle pile. âWow, so BootyClapper9000 really DID lose an arm! Also itâs fine, Dontron. Talking to almost exact copies of yourself from another multiverse is never not exciting!âÂ
The Bay turtles continued to pull the turtles out of the pile, as some were KNOCKED OUT completely. The others that were awake though, were growing apprehensive under the gazes of countless Concerto turtles around them.
âRise Donnie! Get Shelldon to explain everything to them now! Also, I got to tell you, their voice chats are INSANE! I think their 87 gang breaks the fourth wall more often than ours does!â MM Mikey yelled as he ran over to get closer to his copy, Cheese.Â
The TMT versions of the MM Gang lookedâŚoff. Why were they soâŚTHIN? âW-w-w-what the hell are you?! Why do you sound exactly like Mikey?âÂ
Poor TMT MM Leo, or Bread, looked so anxious he could barely speak. Bread was taking in how different MM Mikey looked from Cheese. Apart from the orange sweater and hat, MM Mikeyâs head was much more rounded, and his eyes wereâŚred.
Unlike Cheese and the rest of the TMT MM Turtles, with only visible black pupils. They also had their ninja gear on and their limbs were much more streamlined. Also all their head shapes looked the same. It was to the point the Concerto MM turtles might as well have been created in another medium from the TMT MM turtles.Â
MM Mikey put his hand to his chin as he tilted his head left and right, trying to figure out why the TMT MM gang looked that different. Before his hands flew to his head in shock, like his mind just got blown.
âLEO! Donât they look exactly like how you draw us in your sketchbook?! That means these versions of us are from a multiverse where all our tales were ONE HUNDRED PERCENT true! Because thereâs no way Iâve ever seen you that nervous, except for when we describe your anxiety in our stories!âÂ
âAre you serious?! That means these guys didnât even get to go throughâŚwell, everything leading up to this yearâs Christmas yet!â MM Leo pulled out his phone and sketchbook to check the dates and details of everything they could think was connected to the TMT MM turtles.Â
âHOLD UP!â Every turtle from both the Concerto and TMT pile turned their heads in the direction of the one that had shouted. It was Night, or TMT 07 Raph. âSEND US BACK. NOW!â
He looked genuinely pissed off and MM Raph could feel the killing intent radiating off him. MM Raph held nothing against him, because he understood the TMT 07 gang were just starting to heal from their Mikey's experience with Kitsune.Â
âWeâre sorry for dragging you guys into this, but we donât know how this happened either. The frickinâ book I was holding just started glowing and exploded, and then you guys fell in here when the light faded. Sorry that I wasn'tâŚâŚbeing very nice to Bacon over there just now. Iâm MM Raph, stands for Mutant Mayhem, and Iâm the copy of Bacon in another multiverse you guys were dropped into. Which isâŚhere I guess. Our multiverse had been getting turtles from the stories we read dropped here and the previous two times were because of Rise Kraang⌠â The mention of that name made the TMT Rise gang visibly horrified. â...but this time, it only happened after we read the latest chapter of your story.â
âThen, who's been getting these so-called stories that has allowed you to know every, single, thing about us?â Night scoffed and asked.Â
âThe Concerto 87 gang of course.â 07 Raph skated over, making Night recoil in shock at the sight of himself wearing rollerskates and holding pizza boxes in one hand. 07 Raph set down the pizza boxes and mirrored Nightâs crossed arms stance, except he had a mischievous smile towards his copy.Â
âAlso, hello there. Iâm just your friendly pizza delivery man, the Pizzawatcher.â That made the rest of the Concerto 07 gang snort out loud in laughter, confusing and stunning the TMT turtles even more.
MM Raph observed the slight envy the TMT 07 gang had on their faces at how happy the 07 gang in the Concerto multiverse seemed. Compared to them.
âHow the fuck are you Baconâs LOOKALIKE? That feral chaos gremlin? Thereâs no way he could sound this polite!â He saw TMT Bay Raph, Steroids, ask him. Steroids was promptly given a slap on the back by Bay Raph.
âOh, youâll know why later. I had the time of my life ragebaiting WrathâŚnow I get to pull random shit on ANOTHER copy of me that canât seem to stop fighting with Leo!â Before Steroids could respond or even punch him, Bay Raph had pulled out his notorious red mini speaker and started singing.
The song sung materialised so much spiritual energy that it started to make all the TMT turtles levitate against their will. Bay Raph started to do a start-up run while singing, which made the TMT turtles all float after him, as he progressively ran faster.
MM Raph wanted to call this a turtle roller coaster. The speed he felt himself moving with his brothers and the rest of the Concerto turtles that had TMT copies was literally SPORTS CAR speed.
They were only able to move this fast because of the music playing, but as for the TMT turtles, they wouldn't know that. About the combined chaos of a multiverse where every existing version of themselves comes together.Â
*Teenage mutant ninja turtles!*
*Teenage mutant ninja turtles!*
*Teenage mutant ninja turtles!*
Bay Raph: Heroes in a half-shell, TURTLE POWER!
They're the worldâs most fearsome (throws a jab)
Fighting (uppercuts as he dashes forward)
Team!Â
(Other bay bros and 07 gang: Teenage mutant ninja turtles!)
(87 Raph: Weâre really hip!)
Bay Raph: Theyâre heroes in a half-shell and they're green!
(Rise and MM gang: Teenage Mutant ninja turtles!)
Bay Donnie: When the evil shredder attacks!Â
Bay Mikey: These turtle boys, don't cut him no slack!
  âHey! You can't just use a rock rendition of our theme song, author!â Raphael (TMT 87 Raph) called out and pointed to nowhere in particular, but was promptly smashed in the face with pizza by 87 Raph.Â
  In fact, the Bay Bros were actively encouraging the rest of the Concerto turtles to join in on the fun of hi-fiving the utterly flabbergasted TMT turtles or backing up their impromptu sing-along. The rock instrumental coming from Bay Raphâs speaker was so loud, the air seemed to vibrate as they led the speeding floating line to the medical tent.Â
  âI want off this rideâARGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!â Rise Leo and 03 Mikey giggled at the sight of BootyClapper9000 and LostTheBraincell, their one-armed copies holding on to each other for dear life with their existing arms.
  âHi, Leerless-Feeder.â TMT Bay Leo was speechless at the sight of a smirking Bay Leo dashing like the Flash with the floating line of turtles, coming face to face with him. Bay Leo was wearing sunglasses, and hearing another copy of their big brother calling himself by that username only made Steroids, Bonk (TMT Bay Donnie)and MC-MIKEY guffaw. Bay Leo then pulled out his own shell phone and started FILMING himself rapping with Leerless in the video frame.
Bay Leo: (ignoring the look his copy was giving him)
Donnie, Mikey, Raph, Leo, ready!
Straight from the sewer, be bop, and rock steady
That's a front plan under attack, it gets heavy
When a brotherhood of ninja warriors drop levy
  âWHEN IS THIS SHIT GONNA END, FOR FUCKâS SAKEEEEEE!!!!â RabidChihuahua or Fuck, (TMT 12 Raph) screamed as they turned the corner around a booth rapidly, with the Concerto turtles dashing right alongside the floating turtles line.
In the expo hall, the other versions that watched the chaos unfold were abuzz with chatter all around them. MM Raph was starting to think that they had seriously made their entire multiverse of turtles into honorary Mikeys.
