#donnie- IT WAS LEO-hamato is the younger twin in my eyes because only the younger sibling snitches like that

[explodingstarlight]

weaponizing your newfound "youngest" child status

everyone go read @snailsnaps fic "Alpha Stage"-- de-aged Donnie is giving me LIFE

👉 something of a sequel to this

[normal-internet-user]

shaking at a frequency that could shatter glass I know I've been here not too long ago, but. please.

h—headcanons..,, maybe...?? f-for.

Peepaw/Dad!Leo with an adopted child!reader...,, please...,... i-i need some Dad fluff with this tortuga. this overgrown hard-shell melon. this- this. (gestures vaguely) y'get me?

he's so Dad shaped. he's so fond and just radiates safety and warmth and affection and ugghhhghhh i just KNOW he'd be the best dad EVER. nay, he IS the best dad. (pseudo) sibling Casey attests to it.

(⁠ ⁠ꈨຶ⁠ ⁠˙̫̮⁠ ⁠ꈨຶ⁠ ⁠) i think i'm actually going to lose my mind . the Clan as uncles/godparents/aunties. grandpa splinter. sweet brother Casey. it takes a village to raise a kid, they say.

do you see my vision here mate? as always, only if you want to ☜⁠ ⁠(⁠↼⁠_⁠↼⁠) & if you do? just .. go ham. if anything strikes you, PUT IT IN THERE. I NEED TO HEAR IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE TOO . (/lh)

This seems appropriate to celebrate me finishing the Rise movie (I am still emotionally unwell this is me coping) I shall grant you headcanons my dearest darling /p

PEEPAW LEO AS AN ADOPTIVE FATHER

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Let me start this off by saying that this man-

This man is best dad.

He finds a lost child?

'Tis his child now.

You are his child now.

Casey?

He's ecstatic.

NEW SIBLING LES GO

Especially since you're younger than him,

(Not by much, maybe afew months)

Casey makes it his life mission to protect you at all costs.

His favorite thing to do is hold your hand and lead you around.

Leo is so so good at being a dad.

I mean look as CJ,

He's got this ok?

Feeling clingy?

He'll hold you until you want him to put you down.

Nightmares?

That's ok kiddo, come curl up next to Papa, he'll keep all those monsters away.

When you get older, you are not going anywhere without him, Casey, or anyone else.

It's not safe, and the same rule applies to CJ.

So you guys go on lots of scouting missions together.

You two may as well be twins, you never go anywhere without the other.

Sometimes, you and Casey will be sent to scout really last minute,

And Leo won't be notified until you two are gone.

Whenever this happens he gets super pissed off and worried because those are his kids,

He should be the one to give them clearence to leave,

Not some random officer who decided to send you two out.

If one of you ever comes back hurt,

God speed to whomever sent the two of you out.

Leo is mad.

Like, mad-mad.

So are April, Mikey, and Donnie.

Leo would literally fall apart if he lost you or Casey.

He swore to Cass that he'd protect Casey, and he promised himself he would keep you safe.

If he lost either of you he just might completely fall apart.

Leo's busy, he's running a resistance afterall,

So he can't keep eyes on you all the time.

That's why the Hamato's take turns.

Leo's in a meeting?

Let's meditate with Master Michelangelo.

Oh he's busy too?

Time to visit Uncle Tello's lab.

Can't find him?

Well where's Commander O'neil?

Can't find her either?

Welp, enjoy the meeting, cause you're stuck there now.

Play rock paper scissors or somethin idk.

If you're around before Splinter passes, he spends alot of time around you.

He's always wanted grandchildren, and he's going to cherish you,

Especially with the world in anarchy.

When you start losing people, it get's hard.

First it was Grandpa Splints,

Then it was Uncle Tello,

Then Auntie April...

Through it all Leo made sure you were ok.

You're just a kid, and you have to grow up in this hellscape?

You've never seen the blue sky, or normal rain,

And everyone you hold close is being ripped away.

That's not fair.

So he does everything he can to make sure you grow up safe and happy.

One of his favorite things to do was tell you and Casey stories of what the world used to be like.

Your favorite is when he describes the stars.

It sounds so amazingly beautiful, shimming lights like glitter sitting up in a blackish blue abyss.

Wow...

After the events of the movie, (you knew it was coming goddammit)

Your first request is to see the stars.

Which is pretty hard since New York is really bright like all the time.

So they took you and Casey to the docks where you would be able to see them best.

You looked up at the sky in absolute awe,

Papa's words would never do the stars justice.

After a minute, you broke down in tears.

It hurt, he promised to be the one to point out the constellations and his younger self doing it just wasn't the same.

Griefing is going to be a really big thing post movie.

In the future, you never really had the chance.

Everything happened so quickly and anytime wasted on griefing could have been a death sentence.

But now, you don't have to watch every corner, you don't have to wake up in fear you'll be alone.

So you grief.

You grief your family, and Casey does too.

Sure, technically they're right outside your room.

But it's not them.

They didn't raise you.

When Leo sends you and Casey back in time,

You took it much worse than Casey, who was focused on completeing the mission.

Sure, you wanted to stop the Kraang too,

But you missed your dad...

So when you find your family's past selves,

And Leo is being so...

Reckless,

You're angry.

Really angry.

Never in your life had your father acted this way, and Casey needlessly boosting his ego 30 seconds into knowing him wasn't helping.

Through out the movie, Casey needs to remind himself that this Leo isn't your Leo.

You have absolutely no trouble with that.

You come across as cold and angry, which worries your brother since you've never been like this before.

The others just assume you're always that way.

But you're not,

And acting like this makes you hate yourself.

You're grappling with the loss of your dad, and the fact that you might fail to do what you were sent here to in the first place.

Casey pulls you aside and gives you a talk.

He understands that your hurting,

He is too,

But this isn't about the two of you.

This is about saving the world and stopping the Kraang.

After that, you can hurt all you want.

That talk ended with you sobbing into Casey's shoulder, practically collapsing to the ground while you clinged to him and begged him not to leave you too.

Aight imma hit ya with the sandwich technique.

Fluff, angst, fluff.

Boom.

When you were a kid,

You had a habit of collecting anything shiny.

Old coins, jewelry, even just shiny rocks.

If it glimmered, you wanted it.

So whenever Leo had to leave the base, he always came back with something shiny for you to add to your hoarde.

He liked to compare you to a crow, and you asked what a crow was.

Right, raised in the apocolypse.

Sure there were plenty of birds around,

But they weren't.... normal.

So Leo explained what a crow was, and that they liked to collect shiny things.

You understood, but you wanted to know what one looked like,

So you went to Uncle Tello and asked if he could show you what a crow looks like.

He showed you, and immediatly you took to the comparison proudly.

You were like a crow!

Mikey liked to put on little shows for you and all the other children that lived in the base.

Making animals and such out of his ninpo.

Your favorite were the birds, the rabbits too.

But the best was the butterflies, which he also used to help you and Casey fall asleep.

They'd flutter around you room kinda like a nightlight.

I also like to imagine that when you and Casey start scouting, you get in trouble for fucking around.

Mostly making stupid bets for your shiny things.

Casey would collect shiny things just to make these bets.

Usually it was simple stuff, like who can throw a rock the farthest,

But even stuff like that could get both of you killed.

Neither of you really listened until one day,

You're making your bet like usual,

And the building you were scouting out wasn't as empty as you thought.

The two of you nearly fell to your deaths, luckily Casey managed to grapple the two of you to safety.

But after that, you had a major fear of heights, and Leo didn't let the two of you out of his sight for a while.

He made sure to scold the two of you when you returned that day,

Before hugging you and telling you how scared he was for a second.

Leo has no problem with you and Casey being included in meetings,

Honestly he prefers it.

If you two are gonna go running around scouting, you should know what's going on.

You'll have the occasional adult who thinks you and Casey are incompitent because of your age,

And that you shouldn't participate in meetings.

But Leo puts that to rest pretty quickly.

"If they can go out, and risk their lives on missions, they can attend the meetings." He'd say.

Leo loves you with his heart and soul.

If anything happened to you, he'd fall apart.

Sometimes he just needs you to have little sleepovers with him, that way he knows you're safe and sound.

He just wants to protect you.

You're his kid,

And he loves you

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I wrote this while listening to anarchy by egg, and damn that song fits.

This one is LONG that's my bad, I got alittle carried away :^

[asummersday]

Share some more ROTTMNT headcanons?

the hamatos have movie nights and board game nights. there’s no schedule for them, sometimes someone will go “movie night tonight?” or will text the gc “board games? i’m feeling some murder mystery tonight” and that’s how it goes. everyone participates. even splinter, and he complains but only to put on a show. he enjoys it. they play uno, clue, game of life, they play new and old games, play the ones they like more often, and throw out ones that suck. donnie has a spreadsheet for it (of course he does). mikey and splinter, surprisingly, are fucking RUTHLESS during monopoly. the wins are always tied between the two and that one time leo won by complete accident (thats what he says. donnie doesn't believe him ONE BIT because his twin is a lying liar who lies). everyone loves monopoly just because the chaos and the backstabbing is the most entertaining part.

mikey had a “copy everything donnie does/eat/likes” phase and leo had a “copy everything raph does/eat/likes” phase. (i am a firm ‘leo is the younger twin’ truther)

april an leo are face mask and skin care routine besties. she’s the reason he even KNOWS what both of these things are. she’s also the reason he even makes his dumb puns, because SHE makes them (and 9y/r leo was smack in the middle of his ‘copying his big bro’ phase. it extended to april, who basically became his big sister). donnie constantly tells her he still has not forgiven her for that (jokingly)

Lou Jitsu was ABSOLUTELY Sexiest Man Alive at one point i'll tell you that

donnie’s eye starts twitching when he’s annoyed (mostly when leo annoys him). it happens so often that it starts twitching when leo isn't even in the same room and donnie will go “leo's doing something stupid again”

leo doesn't fall asleep easily but when hes a sleep my mans ASLEEP. nothing can wake him up. hes usually a light sleeper but when he hasn't slept in 3+ days and passes out at 12:30pm on the couch? he's literally dead to the world. his brothers take FULL advantage of this. stacking food/objects? yes. drawing on his face/arms/legs etc? for sure. mikey paints his shell sometimes. he once painted all of starry night without leo waking up once.

raph is wary of cass when she first joins, but when they find how many interests they share, they become almost instant best friends. they're inseparable and hang out all the time its amazing. everyone is terrified of them because they've seen how violent their sparring sessions get.

mikey watched lilo and stitch when he was like 5 and instantly zeroed in on the whole ‘voodoo spoon’ thing and tries to do the same thing. his dad and raph are extremely concerned (and slightly off-put. mikey was a weird child)

when he was younger, he had a terrible case of separation anxiety. it gets better as he grows older, and then comes slamming back full force after the krang. if his brothers aren’t in his immediate sights, he will just. panic. it takes… too long for him to stop having panic attacks when he wakes up and one or two of his brothers aren’t present (especially leo. he latches onto leo the longest after. it takes nearly as long as leo’s recovery does for mikey to be able to sleep without leo in the same room)

splinter, the old sap, actually has hundreds of pictures of his boys growing up. so much that he has dozens of photo albums spanning the years. you can tell exactly when april shows up in their lives because one day she’s not there at all and the next its like he got a fifth kid. he loves leafing through them on occasion, reminiscing and definitely not crying. not all the albums survived the shredder, but enough did to still recount the years. after the invasion, splinter moves the albums from his room and into a shelf in the living room. (hes caught his kids more than once poring over the books, either alone or huddled together on the floor. he always leaves, allowing them this moment alone.)

[tmnt-obsessed-ace]

When The World Crumbles: Chapter 2, Panic in the Sawmill

"So…" The blue clad turtle started, ignoring the unamused look on Donnie's face. "You're probably wondering how this happened." He said, sitting cross legged inside of a large claw machine filled with stuffed animals. And one very stupid turtle.

"Oh yes dear brother do tell why you are inside of a god damn claw machine after I left you alone for two minutes." Donnie stated, absentmindedly fiddling with the drawstrings of his violet hoodie before shooting his twin a glare. Leo only chuckled nervously.

"This." He held up an octopus plushie wearing a little top hat, monocle, and mustache.

"Seriously Nardo? Seriously?" Donnie asked. He pulled out his T-phone and opened the camera app.

"It's a fancy octopus! A fancypus!" People were starting to stare at the trapped turtle in the claw machine as they passed by.

"Oh my god, never say that again. Wait, how did you end up inside a claw machine anyway?"

Leo held his plushie in his lap, whistling away to avoid answering the question. It would be embarrassing to admit that he climbed through the prize hole. Although it was obvious based on how cracked and stretched the plastic prize hole was.

After a minute of Leo refusing to answer the question, Donnie groaned and quickly snapped a photo with his T-phone. For blackmail purposes.

"Hamato Leonardo you are an absolute fool and I will only let you out if you get me that Atomic Lass plush!" Donnie pointed to a large Atomic Lass plush sitting on Leo's right.

Leo smirked and nodded, grabbing the plushie which prompted his twin to unlock the glass casing on the claw machine. Leo hopped out and handed the Atomic Lass plushie to Donnie.

With the red eared slider free, the duo went back to wandering around the mall, plushies in hand. April had brought them here, mostly because her mom was going shopping at one of the furniture stores. However that is so incredibly boring so the turtles are in disguise and hanging out with April instead.

It was mostly an excuse to goof around and relax. No fighting mutants and or yokāi, no training, just a normal day to be teeangers.

The twins entered the food court, eyes darting to Raph and Mikey who were sitting at one of the booths.

"If it isn't my two favorite brothers!" Leo said, stumbling a bit when Donnie oh so rudely shoved him. After shooting a glare at the softshell he looked back at his older and younger brother.

"And where have you been? You were supposed to meet us here fifteen minutes ago." Raph asked while Mikey was unwrapping several chili dogs from one of the restaurants.

Before Leo could come up with a genius answer, Raph and Mikey's T-phones buzzed. The red clad turtle looked at his T-phone before snickering under his breath.

"How did you get stuck inside a claw machine?" Raph asked, trying not to laugh. Leo faked a gasp.

"Donnie, how dare you! My own brother! Betrayal!" Leo exclaimed, flopping down dramatically on the seat next to Mikey. The purple clad turtle rolled his eyes, hugging his Atomic Lass plushie tightly. Leo smirked, he will probably regret this idea but it is too funny to resist.

He quickly yanked the plush from his twin's arms and threw it across the food court. Donnie shrieked and chased after his prize, yelling about how dirty the floors were. The plush didn't go that far though so it wasn't that big of a deal.

"Hey guys!" April called out as she came over, a bag from Claires hanging from her arm.

"Hey April, your mom still in the furniture store?" Raph asked as she sat down next to him and Donnie, who just sat down as well.

April groaned and nodded. "She's still deciding which vase to give to my aunt for Christmas."

"But it's September." Mikey said, six piping hot chili dogs lined up in a row.

"Exactly." April added before turning to Donnie to show him what she bought. Meanwhile Leo looked at the chili dog line questioningly.

"So Mikey, what's with the chili dogs?"

The box turtle cracked his knuckles before saying "I'm gonna set the world record for most chili dogs eaten at once!"

"That's a thing?" Raoh asked, giving Mikey his full attention.

"If not, I'm gonna make it a thing!" He rubbed his hands together, preparing himself.

"Alright Miguel, you are about to eat six chili dogs in one go, if you succeed this might be one of the coolest things you've ever done in your life." Leo said, gripling Mikey's shoulders as he gave his younger brother a pep talk.

Mikey took a breath and somehow managed to grab all six chili dogs at once with his mouth. Now the hard part, eating the chili dogs.

"Chew! Chew! Chew! Chew!" Raph and Leo chanted in sync, meanwhile Leo noticed that Donnie April was sitting on the other side of Raph, a headband in her hands. Does it have cat ears?

Leo decided to ignore it, continuing the chant as Mikey started to chew up the chili dogs, despite how hot they were. April and Donnie both stood on their knees on either side of Raph and together they lowered the cat eared headband onto his big green head.

Deciding to cause chaos Leo stopped chanting as Mikey was still rapidly chewing the large amount of chili dogs.

"Hey Raph,"

"What?"

Leo said nothing and opened the camera on his T-phone, front facing camera on. He turned the device towards the snapper and watched the look of horror spread across his face like a wildfire at the sight of the cat ear headband on his head.

The high pitched scream that Raph let out was god damn priceless, everyone at the table was laughing. Mikey started to choke on the half chewed food in his mouth while he was laughing so hard.

All in all it was a good day, but that was about to change.

It was much later, the sky filled with the brilliant hues of late sunset. Leo was going to get a few pizzas from Señor Hueso while his brothers and April were at the lair. And of course it had been Leo to lose that stupid bet of "who can drink the most hot sauce."

Curse his low spice tolerance.

The fallen leaves crunched under his feet while the air carried the familiar chill of an incoming winter.

"Whatever, just grab some pies so I can go home and beat Raph at Mario Kart again." The slider muttered under his breath. He unsheathed his katanas and sliced through the air, creating a glowing blue portal straight to Señor Hueso's restaurant.

Although, something was a bit off about this portal. Instead of solid teal like it usually is, it had small flecks of a bright pink sparkling inside of it.

"Huh, that's probably nothing to worry about." He said before jumping in. The portal shut behind him.

When Leo hopped out of the portal, he knew something was wrong. He wasn't at the restaurant. He was outside of an old abandoned sawmill.

"Oh what the fuck! Did I get portal jacked or something?" He wondered out loud before loud bangs from inside the sawmill caught his attention.

The bangs were accompanied by flashes of pink light, the same shade that was inside his portal. Obviously he had to investigate.

Although it was probably a bad idea to investigate alone, maybe he should call the others. At least to let them know where he was. The blue clad turtle's subconscious obce that battle, much to his annoyance.

Just as he pulled out his T-phone, something crashed through one of the sawmill's windows and landed in the street with a ridiculously loud clang. Leo put his T-phone away and carefully approached the strange…thing.

It was some kind of robot, definitely wouldn't be out of place in a Jupiter Jim movie. Its legs and one arm were cut off, causing it to sputter around like it was in pain before it shut off.

In the lower abdomen was a big pink blob, a kinda wrinkly looking thing. Leo gently poked it, grimacing at how slimy it was. Suddenly the blob's eyes opened, bright green too.

"What the hell are you?" The blob growled and pounced on Leo, attaching to his face. Leo screamed, trying to pry the slimy, squirming blob with god damn tentacles off his face.

"Get off!" He yelled, chucking the blob, which looks a disturbing amount like a brain, into a pile of nearby trash. The blob hissed, revealing sharp teeth in its maw before it scampered away, making all kinds of weird noises.

Leo sat on the ground, panting like a dog while wiping the awful slime off his face.

"Gross, so gross!" He whined, turning his attention back to the sawmill. The sounds of a battle continued to rage inside. The slider stood up, katanas gripped tightly in his hands. Forget calling his brothers, he was going to investigate.

When Leo entered the sawmill, his first thought was simple.

What. The. Fuck.

There were dozens more of the weird robots, all firing strange blasters. There was a big blue ape looking thing, with one of the brain blobs as a pilot, trying to smash something into dirt with its massive fists.

And there were god damn laser cannons? Actual laser cannons firing actual lasers. Donnie would go fucking nuts for that kind of technology.

Of course this might not come as a shock for a boy who's fought mutants and a giant suit of evil armor. In fact that might seem a little normal in comparison. No, it was what the strange things were firing at that shocked Leo.

From the looks of it, mutant ninja turtles.

Granted he was also a mutant ninja turtle but he didnt think there were more!

He was awoken from his stupor when a blast of pink grazed his arm, leaving a tiny patch of burnt flesh in its wake.

"Ow! What the hell?" He yelled, unfortunately gaining the attention of the robots. Several turned to him, crap.

"Destroy the ones known as the turtles!" The robots said in a monotone voice, firing their blasters at Leo. He barely dodged the blasts, falling over as he tried not to get turned into burnt swiss cheese.

"BOOYAKASHA!" One of the strange turtles yelled, a Kusarigama chain zipping across the room. The blade lodged in one of the canons.

That distracted the robots on Leo, giving him a chance to stand up and cut them down with his katanas.

The brain blobs popped out, scampering away screeching. Serves the little slimeballs right.

Leo didn't have time to focus on his small win when the big blue ape thing started charging towards him.

"Woah! Woah! This is all a big misunderstanding!"

"Destroy the turtles!" The thing screamed, the dirty floor shaking with each one of its steps.

"B-But I'm not a turtle!" Leo yelled, reaching into his shell. He pulled out the cat ear headband. He put it on his head, already cringing down to his soul. "I'm a cat! Meow Meow! You know, nya!" He said, even adding the little limp wrist thing for effect.

The ape stopped, actually taking a moment to process this.

"Dude! What the actual fuck?" One of the turtles yelled at him in pure disbelief, smashing another robot with what looked like the Sais Raph used to use.

Leo gulped, suddenly feeling extremely stupid.

"...nya?" He did it again. The ape straightened up a bit. That actually worked?

In a flash, the ape's massive fist sent Leo flying through the wall. He crashed into a table, groaning at the pain blooming in his torso. That fucking hurt, but he deserved it after that stupid, stupid idea.

The ape thing stormed over to him, but it was muffled in his ears. Nothing felt broken, he knew what broken bones felt like and it hurt so much more than this.

Leo tried to grab for his katanas as his senses refocused. His katanas weren't close to him. Oh no, oh fucking no.

Before he could craft new ones with his ninpo, the ape thing grabbed him but the throat, slamming him down onto the table. A buzzsaw inches away from his face.

With the flick of a switch the ancient buzzsaw roared to life, Leo was suddenly very afraid. He squirmed under the ape's hand as it pushed his head closer to the spinning blade of death.

"No! No! No! Look I know I was cringy but this feels a bit excessive don't cha think?" He tried to reason with the ape, but to no avail. The blade started to cut into Leo's cheek, making him scream and squirm harder, eyes wide with pain and fear.

Before the blade was pushed in deeper, something screamed and jumped onto the ape's shoulders. Twin katanas repeatedly stabbing into the apparently robotic ape and brain thing. The beast staggered backwards, the blob jumping out and deciding to book it. The now headless ape fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Leo sat up, staring wide eyed at his savior. Another mutant turtle. The turtle offered him a hand, which Leo took after a moment of hesitation.

The hooded turtle pulled him off the saw table before carefully examining his now bloody cheek. The cut wasn't too deep, the blood made it look worse than it was, and it should heal fine without stitches.

"Thank you." Leo managed to get out while his heart continued to race in his chest. The turtle nodded, glancing back at the still ongoing battle. Although it was not as loud now, probably because all the robots were being trashed. More robots started piling into the room.

"Oh crap." Leo mumbled before the turtle turned back to look at him, solid white eyes bearing into his soul. The turtle took one katana and stabbed it into the wooden floor in front of Leo. He sheathed the other and pulled out a bow and arrows, firing at the robots' heads. All headshots. The turtle raced back into the main room, but not before sparing a glance at Leo.

The message was clear: pick up the katana and join the battle. Leo nodded and grabbed the katana. It was a bit heavier than his own and it was filthy but the blade was sharp.

"COWABUNGA!" Leo yelled, slicing several robots into pieces while the hooded turtle fired arrows at them. It quickly became a system. The turtle would hit the heads and Leo would slice up the bodies.

Soon the last robots were all dead, with their brains running for their lives.the five turtles all were panting.

The hooded turtle quickly gathered up his arrows, stuffing then and the bow back into the quiver on his shell. The four turtles, that were all wearing hoods for some reason, gathered together, getting ready to leave.

"Wait! Hold on, I have so many questions!" Leo yelled but he was too late. One of the turtles chucked something to the ground, sending an explosion of dark purple smoke throughout the sawmill. When the smoke cleared the four turtles were gone.

Leo collapsed to his knees, still holding the katana that strange turtle had given him. Did he not want it back? Or was he so desperate to leave that he didnt remember to take it back from Leo.

All he could do was pull out his T-phone and dial a number.

"Donnie…you aren't going to believe this."

[idiotic21]

Mr and Mrs Hamato

Chapter 1 - Denial

Previous All Stories

Timestamp - 2 years after Shredder's defeat, 6 months after the Krangg were defeated

"So..let me get this straight," 

Casey Jr facepalmed himself, once again being held by the custody of his friend/future uncle. Casey pinched his forehead together and waited for the turtle to continue.

"I, have a 'w-wife', in the future?"

"Yes, for the thousand time yes,"

"Thousandth, time. With 'th', kay," Donnie pointed out, ".. and also, me, a wife?"

Casey tiredly nodded. 

"My genius bad boy image.... didn't do a thing?" the genius rambles further, tensing himself up.

"Pfft... for one, I believe in Leon Jr, and I think your bad boy image would crack under the pressure of a beautiful damsel in distress, Don Tron" 

Donnie slammed his head in his hands. Leo now had the upper hand with new teasing material to mess with his twin. "For the record, Leon... his name is Casey. The spawn of our very own Cassandra Jones. Second, I WILL NOT have my bad-boy image get spalt in twain by some... some-"

"-Beautiful queen?" 

As if the genius' day couldn't get any worse, Mikey decided to join in storytime. Raph was leaning against the door of the medbay with a smug look. 

"So, Donnie is the one to carry the Hamato name? Looks like Dad will get grandkids after all," Raph entered the room and noogied the younger Hamato twin. 

Donnie stomped his foot, face blushing at Raphael's insinuation, "Knock it off, Raph. Technically, I haven't met this, Dianne-" 

"AWWWW.... and he already knows her name before even meeting her," Mikey cried out with hearts in his eyes, "Guys, it's a match made in heaven," Leo, Casey, and Raph all nodded in agreement. Leaving Donnie even more flustered, or angered? He couldn't really pinpoint the feeling. 

Wait... did he just register an 'un-sure feeling'?

Donnie blinked himself back to the hooligans who dared insinuate such lies! "-AND!, I am a turtle, guys. I don't think we would be even physically compatible with a human. Scientifically speaking. Also, falling in 'love' would require emotional availability which, if you guys do realize, I don't express nor practice much."

Casey just shook his head, reminiscing how the future version of his Uncle Don reacted the same way when a younger Casey asked about his uncle's love life. Future Donnie still kept his bad boy image around. 

"Come on, Dee. Just because you're a turtle, doesn't mean you won't find love. Love is a beautiful thing, just ask Doctor Feelings." Donnie slapped a hand on Mickey's mouth, "Silence, sweet Angelo. I know you mean well, but this brother of yours is 100 percent sure that I could live a long and prosperous life without the invasion of space from a 'significant other'."

Donnie thought he had won the argument, but Leo identified the loophole. "Sure, bro. Whatever makes you happy, but you said, and I quote the word, "could", in other words it means you 'could' also find yourself sharing your life with a significant other, eh?"

Leo shot his brows up twice and smirked. "Nardo, that's not how it works.."

"I don't know Dee, Leo does have a point. Right, Casey?" Raph turned to the Jones Jr, who now became the main focus of Donnie's sharp and intimidating eyes.

"Uhh... I think I will leave Master Donatello's love life discussion to you guys," Casey replied shyly and scratched the back of his neck. 

The brothers began to squabble again only to meet a high-pitched squeal... or high-pitched squealing.

"Ancestors, are my rat ears deceiving me? Or did I not hear the word 'love-life' being associated with my 'genius cinnamon roll of a son' Purple?"Hamato Yoshi (Splinter a.k.a Lou-Jitsu) struck a pose by the door and then fell dramatically into the waiting hands of April O'Neil. "No, Splints. I think your ears worked just fine," she confirmed and proceeded to unceremoniously drop the rat man to the floor and marched up to Donnie.

On the other note, Donnie was horrified. His father and sister have been officially dragged into his future-wife mess. Could things get any worse? Donnie ground his teeth, seething lost patience.

Shoving her finger up to his face threateningly, she declared with anger, "Have you been holding out on me, D? Are you dating someone? Where'd you meet her? What's her background? Is she involved in the Illuminati?" 

"CAN IT APRIL! There is no wife, I said!" 

The brothers and Casey were losing their cool, laughing and slapping each other's backs.

The word 'wife' echoed once again. Donnie cringed so bad when he heard the deafening hum of Splinter's 'Lou-Jitsu Love Advice Persona' beaming to life. Think Doctor Feelings, but 10 times amplified. Now you see where Mickey gets it.

"Hmm... Donatello?" all the children in the room (except Donnie) were in awe. The rat man is about to give one of his famous Lou-Jitsu love-tackling advice.

"Yes, Dad?" Donnie replied bluntly.

"Did or did I not hear the word 'wife'?" The room shook. Every atom vibrates at the deep octave of Splinter's advising voice.

Donnie rolled his eyes in annoyance and nodded. Soon, he found Splinter directly in the line of his peripheral vision. Splinter yanked Donnie's shoulder, "Love, is a beautiful thing. When it comes your way, be mindful and do not let go. It creates a part of you that you would never have known to have existed. When you find the one, you will not just know love, but you will live by love."

Everyone in the room had their eyes glistening with tears, mouths pouting and hearts heeding the great wisdom poured by the old man. All except Donnie of course who just maintained his bored and empty, cold and calculated look. 

"Sure, Dad"

Suddenly, a gust of wind picked up from behind Splinter, making his grey fur move majestically, swept in glittering *dust*. Donnie could hear the ridiculous awe of the rest of his family. He mentally resisted face-palming himself for who knows how many times that day. 

"ALRIGHT! Let's get this over with and-"

"Why are we talking about Donatello and a possible future with a wife?" 

"OH MI GOSH, Draxiball you heard it too?!" Mickey jumped into Draxum's hands and began to rant about Donnie's possible love life.

He facepalmed. Donnie finally facepalmed again.

"So, in the future, you will have a wife? Interesting. I didn't know humans would think turtle-human yokai to be .... urhm, attractive?" the baron was intrigued, to say the least. Another variable to add to his growing study of his new... sons.

"You steppin' on Don or sometin', Draxum?" April stepped to him for stepping to Donnie.

Leo gasped in faux hurt, "Draxum, are you implying that we are not handsome and chivalrous turtlemen? I get it if Donnie is less attractive than I am. I am the face man but no doubt we are more than just attractive."

"Yeah, we got Lou-Jitsu blood burnin' in our veins!" Raph dabbed and Michelangelo razzmatazed with Splinter raised on his shoulders. 

"For the record, this is just another variable for me to put into the study of human-yokai relations alright." Draxum eye rolled. "On the other hand, you boys do hold human DNA, which might make you compatible with a human being so-"

"HAH! Don, please, eateth thy words" Leo clawed his way up the medical bed to headlock Donnie. The latter had already given up, but his face was red like Raph's mask.

While the rest of the family began to throw around possible ideas of Donnie can find his future wife in the present time, Donnie himself began to think. 

'Why in the world would he need love?'

'How needs love with all the mystic tech power he had'

'I'm a genius, I'm married to my work'

Before he entered classic-Donnie overthink, Dee decided to put his foot down. "ENOUGH love talk today!"

His voice rang with finality that all the members of his family knew not to go against. He wasn't mad at them, they knew it, but Donnie's bad-boy persona was crumbling when a specific thought suddenly entered his brain. 

He patted Leo's head before yanking himself away, "Dear fam, I am pleased to hear that you are all invested completely in a part of my life that has only a less than 1 percent chance of happening."

"Which is still a high percent chance in Leon's book, but carry on,"

"Wipe the smug off your face Nardo. Anyways, Donnie and love life have no semblance at all because I am a brilliant scientist who is too busy for dumdum things, getting in my way. You are welcome and thank you,"

The room was silent, Leo hating that Donnie decided to deny something that has not happened. Then a loud "BOO! LOSER BOO!" was heard from the corner of the room.

"CASSANDRA?!" "MOM?!" 

At the corner of the room, Cassandra Jones sat with an empty bowl of popcorn and a half cup full of soda. "Oh, hey guys.Son. Also, I think the tech whiz just jinxed himself by saying he may never find love. Usually, it's people who reject the insinuation of being in love with someone, who would find love earlier than anticipated."

April nodded gleefully, "I agree. Also, how long have you been there?"

"NO ONE NEEDS TO KNOW!" 

The whole group just remained awkward. "Anywho, who want's to watch a Lou-Jitsu marathon? Draxum, you gotta join us this time. You promised,"

The baron sighed, he could never say no to Mickey. "Fine.."

"I will join you guys later. I have some tech to fix. Also, Nardo needs to stay on the drips." Donnie ordered and gave Leo a frightening look, daring his twin to try to retaliate. Leo was still recovering from the injuries he acquired from the fight with the Krang.

Leo gulped and nodded, "Until you give me the clear sign, Dee, I will live by the drips."

Donnie kept his hard look before it finally broke into a gentle smile. The others shuffled out to the hall to watch Lou-Jitsu on the new flat screen tv Donnie built. 

---

Hamato Donatello sank into his bed. Sheldon was charging at his corner, displaying a row of 'Z's' to show that he is sleeping. Donny laughed to himself. "Imagine if he was a living and breathing child. The trouble I would have."

"Then again, Splinter would finally have a grandchild. Technically he has one but..." a frown made its way to his face.

"GAH! Why am I suddenly thinking of children?" He began classic Donnie rambling. The turtle began to pace around the room, "I am a turtle for crying out loud. A yokai. Wait, no not a yokai, I AM A MUTANT!" 

"Great Gallileo, why did I even have to think that finding love would be a nice change of pace?" 

You see, that was the one thought that bugged him earlier. The one thought that stood out from the rest. One that bled in desperate need of longing and comfort. For one second, Donatello was curious about love and the idea of sharing his love with another.

"Damn it!" Donnie released his battle shell and fell face down into his plush bed, groaning.

Everything was quiet for a while until he felt a familiar hand land gently on his soft-shell. 

"I thought you were enjoying the movie marathon..." Purple whispered quietly. Splinter chuckled, "I was. I went to get popcorn but when I passed your room I saw my son ranting about his love life."

Donnie peeked out a little to find his dad smiling at him softly. He grew flustered and buried his face deeper into the pillows. "Please don't tell the others about this, Papa." 

Splinter frowned a little but agreed. "Can I at least ask you a question, my son?"

The purple turtle was quiet for a while, then he sat up to face Splinter, nodding. "Why are you so disturbed by the fact that you may find love? Do you not want to love someone and have a family of your own in the future?"

"It's, well... it's complicated. I really don't know what to feel," Donnie paused, allowing Splinter to take in the information. "I just... aside from loving my family, you, April, the guys, I don't know if I can love or have the ability to love some random stranger. How can I even think to find love? Look at me! I'm a mutant! A freak of nature"

Splinter grimaced but decided to poke some fun, "So, I am guessing I am one as well,eh?"

"Wha- Dad no I didn't mean it that way."

Splinter chuckled and told his son to calm down, "I'm joking, Purple. I will tell you this. Love is hard to explain, even for someone with my experience."

Donnie listens on quietly. "I didn't think I would learn to love Big Mama, you know. Obviously, I was a handsome young superstar back in the day, and getting the girls was easy, but finding someone to confide in was a challenge. I never knew if I would find someone who would genuinely love me for who I am. Not what I am."

"Didn't Big Mama lure you only to kidnap you as a fighter for the BattleNexus-"

Donnie's logical rambling was cut short by Splinter's finger pushed to his face, "Shus! Your Papa is talking."

"Anyways, what I am trying to say is that loving someone else is not a bad thing. It helps you discover things you never knew about yourself and makes you a greater person in return. It changes you for the better. Yes, Big Mama was a thieving 8-legged, beautiful, cute, smart, cunning, and uh... did I mention beautiful-"

"Dad, stop gushing over your ex, please?"

"Oh, ho ho, yes. Before the kidnapping me days, I had fallen head over heels for her and she forever holds a place in my heart. She is the one for me and will always be. Big Mama, is just... herself. She does have room for sympathy and love in her heart."

Donnie chuckled, watching his father gush about his previous flame. He realized how happy Splinter was that it made him seem to have aged back a few years. "You really loved her, huh?"

Splinter nodded, "And I still do." The father-son duo basked in the comforting silence until Splinter decided to leave Purple to his thoughts. " I will let you think it over, son. If you need love advice, I will spill Lou-Jitsu's Top 5, How To Get The Girl, tips to you."

"Just five?" Donnie grinned.

"Just five. See you later, Donatello." 

As Splinter left the room, he saw how contently Sheldon was resting, in a futuristically designed charging port, fitted with a Sheldon-sized movie and gaming console for the young AI turtle to play. He was truly the spoiled brainchild of Donnie. 

"If it means anything to you, Purple, I think you are a wonderful father too. My AI grandson seems to be living his life with you as his parental figure," Splinter chuckled as Donnie's face grew red in fluster. 

Donnie watched Splinter shuffle to the kitchen and let out a heavy sigh. "Maybe..."

"...nah...but possibly? You know what, I don't have time to think about this."

The purple tech whiz scooped up a blanket and switched off the neon purple lighting of his room. Before leaving for the movie marathon however, he caught the glimpse of Sheldon snoozing away, purring mechanically. A tiny but genuine smile graced his lips and Donnie clapped himself on his shoulder. "I am a great dad,".

---

Little did Donnie know, that in a few day's time, he would meet the love of his life.

The future, Mrs. Hamato. ❤

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April Rise Challenge 10: Reckless

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!TW! Talk of Self Sacrifice/Death Of Loved Ones. No Actual Death/Sacrifice !TW!

Mikey whoops as he leaps straight up, the air rushing past him. There’s one glorious moment when he can’t go any higher, but before gravity pulls him back down, where he just hovers. Then he falls back to the ground.  The turtle curls into a ball and leans forward into a rolling tumble in the air.

Wait.

Not yet.  

NOW!

Mikey stretches out his arms and catches a rung of a fire escape, swinging all the way around before letting go and flinging himself to the next building.

“COWABUNGA!”

He tucked into another roll and leapt to his feet to keep running.  

This was a perfect night! The moon was full, the city was alive, and Mikey was razzing his tazz! Nothing was going to spoil tonight!

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Raph was completely ruining his night! When Mikey had snuck back into his room, the runners high and excitement making him feel bubbly and buzzy, he hadn’t even glanced at the dark shadows in the corner.

“Hamato Michelangelo!” Mikey yelped, jumped, and curled into his shell in surprise. Dang it!

Before he could uncurl and relax, the box turtle felt his shell be picked up and turned over so he could peer out into one very angry snapper’s eyes. Yeah.... He’s going to stay in here for a minute.

“Hey, Raph.” He called trying for his most innocent smile, even his older brother couldn’t see it.  

“Where were you?” Raph asked with narrowed eyes. Oh no, not good.

“With April?” He tried.

“I called her already.” Double dang it. That was his only hope. Mikey popped his head out.

“Can you put me down first?” The snapper did so, and Mikey let his legs pop out so he could stand as tall as he could to appear confident. Not that it helped with the older brother.  

“I wasn’t doing anything bad.” The box turtle started.

“Then why didn’t you take anyone with you?” Raph crossed his arms.

“Because I wanted to be by myself for a little!”  

“You should have at least told someone.”  

“Then you would have made someone go with me!”

“I would not!”

“YES! YOU WOULD!” Mike threw up his arms in frustration. He knew this would happen. He tried to slow his breathing and lower his voice. He did not want the twins to take part in this.

“Well, I would have been better than you going topside alone!  I was worried sick! What if something happened?”

“I had my phone.”

“Really? Cause you didn’t pick up my calls.” Mikey winced at that. He had put his phone on silent for that very reason, he just didn’t want to be dealing with a call from Raph every 20 minutes. But... yeah, that wasn’t the best move.  

“Ok, I’m sorry. I’ll be better next time.”

“NEXT TIME? No, Mikey, there is no ‘next time!’ You can’t just disappear like that! Do you not realize how much stress you put me under when I don’t know where you are? How can you be so reckless?”

“Quit being such a hypocrite!” Mikey shot back. Because, ok, no. That is where Mikey draws the line. Because, yeah, he snuck out, turned his phone off, and worried Raph. And he will say that he’s wrong for doing that.  But Raph does not get to talk to him about being reckless.  “You wanna talk about being reckless, how about that time tackled Meatsweats, even though I would have been fine and we had a plan?”

“You were going to get hit! I had to-”

“Or when you dropped off a cliff so that the rest of us could unlock our Ninpō?”

“You guys-  

“Or what about with the Shredder, when you covered Donnie with your own body?”

“His shell-”

“Or when you almost killed yourself to save Leo from the Krang?!”

“HE WAS GOING TO DIE!”

“YOU WERE TOO!”

Both of the brothers froze at the words. Triple dang it, Mikey shouldn’t have said that.

The younger tried to take a deep breath and calm down. He knows that it wasn’t the same. That Raph did that to save them, not to go do parkour, and the idea of any of the others dying made him feel sick. But he couldn’t hear his brother talk about taking risks without having his mind go white with images of him running to save someone’s life at the cost of his own. But still...

Great now he felt guilty.

“Mikey...”  

“I’m sorry. I should have said that. You’re right, I won’t do that again. I mean it.” Mikey looked down and wrapped his arms around himself.  

It wasn’t too surprising when Raph hugged him. They both clearly need it. Mikey just hugged back.

“Thanks for apologizing.” Raph said after a moment. “I forgive you, and I’m sorry too. I shouldn’t have been so mad. You should be able to be alone sometimes. We can talk about that later, and I promise that I’ll try to be less overprotective.”

“Thanks,” Mikey said, tightening the hug.

He wasn’t going to ask for Raph to be less reckless. If any of them were in danger, Raph would do anything to save them. I wasn’t fair to have him make a promise that he could never keep. But they could talk about that later, when they were less tired and more reasonable. For right now they just hugged.

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ROTTMNT Theory - The Original Hamato Family

Back when the Shredder first came to be, we all know of the woman who finally defeated him. 

But what if she didn't do it alone?

My theory is that all those 500 years ago when the Shredder was defeated, the lady we see defeat Shreddy was the head of the Hamato Clan. She had 4 children like Splinter, but not 4 sons (or daughters because that'd be too stereotypical). She had an two sons and twin daughters, living in a world alongside yokai in peace (I know the whole controversy with Leo and Don being twins is intense, but with this, it works). And if the episode synopsises stay true to form for E-Turtle Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Shreddy Or Not, we'll see these five in the past, training and maybe the original battle with the Shredder. Or, and this is one of my biggest hopes, connect and talk with the current Hamato-Jitsu family as spirits. It doesn't even have to be in battle, just in hanging out in the lair together and chatting. (However with the gif on Friday of the sewers being destroyed, that may not happen. 😢) But with the new gif of the boys with the glowing Hamato symbols on their plastrons (HUGE NINJA TRIBUNAL VIBES, THANK YOU), the "connecting with the spirits of their ancient family" part could still be plausible. 

Now onto the actual bios I have for the original Hamato family I have in my mind:

The head of the Hamato Clan, Miwa, is more of a serious sensei than Splinter when it comes to training, but she does have her moments of chill and playfulness as her teenage children and next generation Hamato ninjas. She never lets anything get in the way of her enjoying her tea, even the sometimes destructive antics of her children. Know how people compare Splinter to Uncle Iroh from Avatar the Last Airbender, minus the great love for tea? Well Miwa is like Uncle Iroh with the tea, and obviously a woman. 😂 

Next up is Shouta, the eldest child and son at 15. Strong and buff, but his heart is soft like a marshmallow, just like Raph. When he's not training or being total goofs with one of his sisters and his younger brother, he's often out in the nearby fields and woods. He's either being completely in-tune with nature or caring for any injured woodland creatures he may come across. There's rarely ever a day that goes by he doesn't try to bring home a bird or bunny to keep as a pet, only to either be denied no or fail to keep it a secret. While he's big and strong, he can be somewhat of a crybaby. He can't stand scary things or stories. But you lay one finger or hurt the feelings of anyone in his family or clan, be prepared to suffer his wrath in one good punch. His weapon of choice are steel tekkō, the medieval Japanese version of brass knuckles. 

Then there's the Leo of the group, one of the 14 year-old twin girls, Yuki. She's somewhat cocky, very talkative, and plays the occasional harmless prank. She finds the ability to make jokes while in battle with either cause her enemies to laugh themselves into letting their guard down, or underestimate her fighting abilities. It's usually the second theory because her jokes are more often than not only funny to her. Because while there are times she can't stop making snarky battle remarks, that doesn't mean she isn't a master-in-the-making with her twin katana. She never leaves home without her trusty navy blue scarf, even trains with it. It's the only way to tell her apart from her twin sister, other than how she wears her hair, in high twin ponytails. She's lightning quick with her blades and how her siblings wished it wasn't her mouth as well. 

Yuko, the genius and prodigy weapon smith, is the girl that Donnie would want to hang around with if they were alive at the same period of time. They're both incredibly book smart and create inventions, like armor or weapons. She wears her hair in a single high ponytail. While she loves and cares for her sister and would help out with a twin prank once or five times, she hates being compared to Yuki. They look alike, even sound alike. Yuko considers herself a cultured and poised individual, not like her usually-not-so serious twin, or even her brothers. But she would go to the ends of the universe before she let anything happen to her crazy siblings. She outfitted a chigiriki staff in metal instead of wood and made the chain longer with a lighter weighted end. She employs highly-thought out strategy in her fighting. Being a distance, she can calculate for variables that can be missed when fighting directly in the face with an enemy. Using the environment, figuring out any potential weaknesses, anything that can prove useful. She never lets anything go unchecked in anything in her life, in and outside of battle. 

Lastly is Minato. Nicknamed Mi-chan, this artistic ninja loves to paint scenery and sew. When he was younger, he would often be teased for things that usually girls did or learned, even wore his hair like how his sisters did sometimes. Not to mention be called Minako, a girl's name that sounded incredibly similar to his. But his family helped him ignore them and keep being who he liked to be. Don't let anyone put out your optimism like water to fire, keep burning bright how you want to. He may give off the vibe that he's too cheerful and carefree, but he's not unintelligent and his siblings will defend that honor against any bully who dares oppose it. He definitely doesn't skimp out on any of his training either. He's fast, flexible, and 13 just like Mikey and even has a similar weapon to his. He could easily sweep any enemy of their feet or disarm them of any weapons with his kusurigama. His favorite battle strategy is using the enemy's size and strength(s) against them. He loves to see the good in people first, but if you denounce that chance, say bye-bye. If he and Mikey ever met, he would happily exclaim, "Yay, we have another Mi-chan in the family!" 

Now this is where it gets angsty. This part won't happen for sure in the show if something even remotely like this theoretical family happens, too bloody and dark. Each of the teens got an injury from the Shredder when facing off against him. Shouta got slashed on his right eye and side of his face. Yuko got slashed on her back, to the point of near paralyzation. Mi-chan lost his left arm from the elbow down. And Yuki...had her throat slashed; she lived but she couldn't speak again. That is when her scarf became more relevant than ever. Each of them survived this battle, including Miwa, who received the most fatal injury...but it wasn't physical. That will be revealed later! When they all eventually died, their injuries were healed but became eternal scars on their spirits. Yuki, however, wasn't as lucky as Shouta regaining eyesight in his right eye, Mi-chan getting his left arm back, and Yuko walking properly again. She can't speak normally, only telepathically. You can tell when she's speaking her voice into someone's mind because her eyes glow when does, and stop glowing when she stops talking. 

Oh if only this could happen, or something similar to it with not all of these details, I would be the happiest fan. Maybe I'll draw them, if I have the motivation...and the talent. Hope you all enjoyed my theories and OCs!

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Venus de Milo (TMNT AU Profile)

A/N: English is not my native language. Therefore, any advice on any grammatical errors is very welcome! Thank you and enjoy your reading <3

Warnings: None

The TMNT AU summary: This is an alternate universe of teenage mutant ninja turtles (mostly inspired by the 2003 series and Bayverse movies) that was inspired by the structure of a "coming-of-age" novel. After losing their beloved father and incomparable master and defeating Shreder, the enemy they have been chasing since the age of 15, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo must learn to accept the grief and move on with their lives. None of it will be easy, now that the transition from adolescence to adulthood will be strongly impacted by an unexpected reunion with two women from their past and the new friends who have joined them.

Introducing Venus de Milo

You can see Venus aparence HERE

In this universe the boys met Venus because she spent 9 months being trained by Mestre Splinter when they were only 10 years old. It is a consensus among them that they share the same mutation, but all the genetic tests that Donatello made were inconclusive (yes, that does strasses him out).

During this period when Venus spent 9 months in New York studying the old history and secrets of the biggest and most famous ninja clans with Mestre Splinter (Hamato Yoshi's only living heir) her relationship with the turtle brothers was somewhat troubled. At the time, they were all children and the tension of having a girl in the group made it very difficult for them to interact normally. Raphael and Michelangelo used to exclude her from the games and playdates with the excuse that it was "for boys only!" and Leonardo felt very jealous of his master (and father), who seemed to pay special attention to this lost konuichi. Of all of them, however, the one who made the most hell of Venus's life was (who knew!) Donatello. Even with his gentle and pacifist spirit, Donnie did not like this new guest who claimed to be (ABSURD!) high priestest of a lost lineage of magical Konuichi. They were doomed to disagreement: after all, a little prodigy of science and a child with magical powers are two existences that contradict each other. But as soon as she came, Venus left, after finishing her intensive course with "Master Hamato" (which is how she referred to Splinter) she returned to Japan and spent the next 11 years training extensively every day to be able to become the best guardian of the Secret of Kunoichi Magic that had ever existed. Without the distraction of other brothers or  any friends close by, Venus became the most dangerous and disciplined warrior who had ever set foot on this Earth.

Now a young woman, Venus reencounters her former hashi colleagues. What does the future await?

Name: Venus de Milo

Age: 21

Species: Mutant Tortoise

Favorite color: Blue

Moral alingment: Lawfull Good

Sign: Libra

Sexual orientation: Demisexual

Characteristics:

Because of her disciplined and restricted upbringing, Venus has a very difficult time socializing with other people (or mutants!) her age. She doesn't know what a "meme" is, how twitter works, what's the fun of a 6-second video with a cat sppining to the sound of "sweet dreams are made of this". Having grown up in a temple and spent her entire life studying, she has a different concept of what "fun" is.

Her favorite hobbies include reading, meditating, studying ancient history documents, doing push-ups, kneading healing herbs, studying new types of incense and their calming propreities, etc ... All things that she also does as part of her daily work as the Keeper of the Kunochi Secret, so... The boundaries between fun and work are very thin.

She is an excellent reader and can read fluently in three languages: English, Japanese and Cantonese. She loves to read, it's her favorite activity, especially out loud, as she considers herself an excellent announcer.

She can defeat any of the Hamato brothers in combat (including Leonardo). Although neither bigger nor stronger, Venus uses the weight of the enemy's and their strength against them. In addition, her physical speed and strategic ability together makes her literally unbeatable.

Despite her advanced combat skills, Venus is extremely shy and anything makes her blush. Especially conversations that involve sexual pleasure and explicit language. Unfortunately for her, Michelangelo will discover this very quickly and will be able to defeat her in a fight whispering "What's up, hot stuff?" during combat. None of the other brothers will understand how he did it and he will never tell.

Despite being aware that her appearance isn't considered neither normal nor attractive to humans, Venus has no problems with self-esteem. She is very proud of her origins and to be the heir to a lineage of magical warriors is enough to make her one of the most beautiful people in the world in her mind.

Despite having a limited social skill, she is a very valuable friend and after she becomes attached to you, she will do everything to guarantee your safety and comfort.

She is very elegant and graceful. She was taught during her upbringing that each movement must be calculated and rehearsed strictly, what makes some of her very commom and daily actions, such as putting on a shoe or pouring tea look like choreography of a soft dance.

Venus believes deeply in soul mates. So she never worried much about learning the art of seduction or how to flirt with other people, since she always knew that one day the right person would cross her path and she wouldn't have to change who she is to win their heart (spoiler: she was right!)

It might not look like it, but she is very easily irritated. The fact is that she can disguise her stress and impatience just as easily. Never loses her temper.

Even with all these characteristics, she is not the leader of the group. This role was given to Mona Lisa (you will be able to read about Mona Lisa from this alternative universe very soon) through an election between the four friends (description of the twins May and June coming soon!). Venus has no grudge against her friend, as she knows that despite her physical abilities, herself lacks the charisma that a leader needs.

She is not very good at comforting others, nor is she a big fan of physical contact.

She was educated to never feel hatred towards anything but despite this she cannot control her contempt for lies. Trust is the most important thing in the world.

Summary of relationship with each of the turtles:

Leonardo: Venus and Leo are kindred spirits. They have, all jokes aside, everything in common. Therefore, when they met each other for the second time, they developed a friendship that made them absolutely inseparable. She likes how he doesn't underestimate her and how he respects her discipline and life doctrine and he likes having a partner to meditate and train. Their union allowed Leonardo to finally have someone with the same dedication (and obsession, honestly) as he, someone with whom he could complain about the neglect of his brothers and someone to train his japanese with, which also guaranteed them a certain privacy and intimacy that Leonardo had not yet experienced with anyone.

Raphael: If asked, Raph will say that he thinks Venus "is ok". Deep down, meeting her for a second time left a bitter taste in his mouth. He is very jealous of his brother and wonders if Venus would not be the true sister that Leo always wanted - besides (of course) the fact that her discipline and posture are literally the combination of all the things he doesn't like in Leonardo multiplied by 10. Despite all this, the thing that he hates the most is her absence of anger: there are few things in the world that Raphael likes more than stressing his perfect big brother and watching him lose his temper, but it seems IMPOSSIBLE to get the same reaction with Venus . No matter how much he teases her, ridicules her or bullies her ... she never breaks! And THAT is unforgivable. (As they will get to know each other better, Raphael will be able to see Venus for what she is: not the incarnation of perfection on Earth, but a very shy young woman with very basics communication skills )

Donatello: Donnie, now a 21-year-old man, is ashamed to face the ghosts of his childhood that Venus brings with her. He remembers very well how he treated her when they were young and is very ashamed of how bad he was to her. Age made him realize that despite not sharing the same beliefs he didn't had the right to mistreat her. Because of this, upon their reunion, Donatello can't even look her in the eye... The situation gets so much worse when he realizes that she is kind, peaceful and strategic and that the obsession and discipline she exercises in her spiritual rituals are equivalent to those himself repets with his inventions, experiments and research. In silence, he starts to admire her more and more, and the more he admires her the more shame he feels for how he treated her. For a long time, he fantasies with the day when he will be forgiven and accepted, who knows, maybe she will admire him in the same way ... Poor Donnie, he doesn't even imagine that Venus does not hold a single drop of resentment and that she ends up interpreting him distancing himself of her as a form of showing contempt. (Agsnt is my fucking life)

Michelangelo: Mikey finds Venus so.fucking.intimidating. He remmembered her as a very small and shy crybaby, but now? Now she is the greatest warrior he have ever seen. If Leonardo tries to be the authority figure and ends up rejected by his younger brother, Venus does not have the same intention, but ends up winning the respect and trust of the youngest of the group. She ends up being the only figure that Michelangelo really respects and obeys blindly after Master Splinter. He adores her  just as a troubled student adores the patient and empathetic vice director. Their friendship ends up becoming so sincere and pure that he starts playing video games on mute just to hear the stories she reads aloud.

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Well.. That’s it for Venus BIO! Please tell me what do you think! Every comment and opinion is welcome. My ask box is also open for any questions about this AU! Thank you so much for reading till the end.