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[yo-kaiwatchkillyourfamily]

who is winning?

[yo-kaiwatchkillyourfamily]

Though you may have the whisper slot machine, I have

Whisper orb

No but I saw this at a secondhand store for 5$ so here’s me being extremely entertained by a children toy

[berylcups]

SDC x Reader + Dios Minions : Learning their Language

CW: Beryls Limited understanding of languages, Eclipse Mention, disability mention

Notes: FINALLY! I finished it! 😩 this took me literally months to do. Well…not really but personal stuff came up in between and I also had to get a new car and that was a nerve wracking experience so yeah… I’m still alive. I really hope you enjoy because I really took my time on this and did plenty of research for each one. Please enjoy! 💜 Beryl

Joseph - Standard American English & British English

You wanna learn English??? Oh boy! He’s gonna learn ya’ a thing or two about English. For starters, “learn ya a thing or two” isn’t proper English. This man isn’t proper either.

He's not the best teacher but if you don’t already know the Alphabet it might be worth memorizing beforehand. Because he’s going to show you the difference between American and UK English spelling. Which spelling is the correct way you ask?

“Don’t worry about it! Spell it anyway you want! If we can read it then it’s fine!”

Also don’t be discouraged by all the silent letters you come across in the English language. It’s tricky but once you pick up on the patterns in writing, it gets a little easier. And remember-Native English speakers struggle with reading too so don’t feel bad! You got this! Joseph believes in you! (& Beryl does too 💜)

His favorite way of integrating you into his language is by snuggling up with you and watching his favorite movies with subtitles so you can read along. Just don’t get too frustrated if he falls asleep when you try watching Lawrence of Arabia with him. It’s one of his favorites but he watched it a million times already!

Jotaro - Japanese

Yare yare daze. You want him to teach you Japanese? Do you know how much of pain in the ass that’s going to be? First you have to learn hiragana and then katakana…and don’t get him started on kanji. He’s flattered really, but he thinks this is going to be too much effort than it’s worth.

Don’t worry, that’s where Holly pops in! She’s going to give Jotaro an earful about how she learned Japanese from his father and that’s how they got closer and eventually married. She’s going to give you her (probably outdated) workbooks and translation guides, and dictionaries for you to learn from. (Isn’t she so sweet???🥹)

Ok—he finally gives in and help you learn Nihongo. He’s not gonna talk to you in your preferred language anymore. You’re going to have to decode and guess what he’s trying to say from now on. (So mean 😭) but he's not a complete ass. He will speak slowly and clearly to you so you can keep up.

He’ll point to things and tell want he wants through simple sentences: “I want you to give me… I want to drink … I want to eat … I want to read …”

Once you get a hang of the language a bit, he’ll want to go to the aquarium and have you interact with other Japanese speakers a bit. Don’t worry if you can’t figure out what you want to say, he’ll translate when you get a brain fart.

“Wakarimasu ka? (Do you understand?)”

Kakyoin- Japanese

You want to learn his language? He’s so flattered, he can’t help but blush! He’d love to teach you Japanese!

He’s not sure where to start first…of course you need to learn how to read. But he’s wondering if teaching through video games, manga, or anime would work the best. You should pick for him to help him not overthink it. 😅

He’ll try to teach you through a mix of genres like horror, comedy, drama, fantasy, etc. He wants to teach you about the specific humor Japan has that might go over your head, jokes, tongue twisters, and double entendres.

If you’re brave he’ll teach you about all the different yurei, oni, and yokai Japan has to offer.

You might want to have him slow down because he’s going to info dump on you so hard.

“Hold on a minute Y/N! You’re reading that manga backwards! You’re going to spoil the ending for yourself!”

Avdol- Masri(Egyptian Arabic) & Standard Arabic

You can see the fire in his eyes from excitement when he hears you say you want to learn Arabic. Now…you better be serious about learning this because he’s not going to let you back out just because you get a little intimidated by its difficulty level. He says if he can learn English, than he has no doubt in his heart that you can learn Arabic!

What he didn’t tell you though was… you’re actually learning 2 dialects at once. It’s very important for you to know Egyptian Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic. Egyptian Arabic is needed because that is what most people in Cairo speak. This form of Arabic will help you get to know the locals on a more personal level and get more used to the culture and customs. Modern Standard Arabic is used for formal settings and when you are writing. Speaking of writing…they read and write from right to left! But if you have a good understanding of Arabic writing, you probably already know that.

He’s going to really focus hard on your reading and writing. Al-abjadiyah is the Arabic alphabet and each letter changes form depending on where in the word it is! Don’t worry, he knows this is going to take a while. He’s going to take his time with you. Unlike Polnareff, he is patient.

“Pfft! Ahem, Remember: write right to left, Habibi/ti.”

Once you get used to the language a bit he’ll sit with you and read to you to help you understand the spelling of words and see the patterns of the letters in the different forms taking place in each word. …They’re definitely books for little children but you’ll be making it to more complicated wordy books soon enough!

Polnareff - French

You want to learn the language of love? There’s no better man to learn it from than this pervert romanticist! At least…that’s what he says. The guy is good at teaching but he’s impatient and fussy as hell! 😩 it’s almost as if learning a 2nd or 3rd language is hard! Who would have thought???

“Non non non! Parler français comme un vache espagnole!(your French is very broken!) Come on! You’re using the wrong gendered noun! No..I’m sorry but there’s no gender neutral version for house. Please don’t despair! You can use iel/yel but it might cause some confusion and you might have to use some explanation if someone doesn’t understand… or you could use flip flop between male and female nouns if that doesn’t cause you distress! If anyone has a problem, I’ll tell them “Je vais lui sonner les cloches!”(tell them to mind their own business!)”

Now as an English speaker, you are going to have to rewire your brain on how the Alphabet works because nearly half of the letters in French sound like they’re silent in English! 😰 But that’s okay! You have an enthusiastic but impatient teacher, Polnareff to guide you along the way! The best way to get you involved into the language is through the culture. And that’s through a wine and cheese tasting and then a visit to the very famous Louvre Museum. (This feels more like a date than an educational opportunity…)

Looking at the names of the bottles and how he pronounces the names will help you pick up on the consonants sound and hearing other civilians will help fine tune your own accent and pronunciation.

“Blanc Sauvignon? Did I say that right?”

“Haha—magnifique! you’re getting closer! Say it more with less emphasis on the V.”

Hol Horse- American English (southern)

You wanna learn American English? Well hold your horses, I’m fixin’ to teach you. Just give me a cotton pickin second! English is already a complicated language and we in the south like to make it even more complicated. What’s the most difficult southern saying? It’s “well bless your heart!” It’s usually used to be sassy, but it’s also used to show sympathy…so bless your hearts wisely.

It’s going to be best if you already have grasp of the bare basics of the English language if you ever want to understand whatever the hell Hol Horse is saying. But for you, he’ll take his sweet time and explain everything he means. ❤️

“Don’t take anything I say in English to heart baby girl/boy. You don’t understand something’ you let me know, ya hear?”

For starters, we don’t use proper grammar. Ain’t got no time for that. The best way to understand southern American English is through your stomach…at a family BBQ.

Don’t worry, he’ll make your plate. You might wanna tell him to take it easy, I don’t think that paper plate can handle all that food. 😅 you’re gonna be fuller than a tick! Also if someone offers you a coke, they’re gonna ask which one. Coke doesn’t mean just cola, just soda in general.

“It’s safe to eat funeral potatoes I swear! It has nothin to do with no funeral. It’s just hash brown casserole. It’s good! …I mean, it CAN be served at a funeral but you can have it at any time!”

Devo- Diné Bizaad(Navajo language)

You want to learn his language??? You’re going to melt this cold blooded killers heart!❤️ It’s a sad fact that his language is a dying one. No thanks to the European settlers, but that’s a story for another time. He wants to share all of the goodness of his culture with you and the language of his people-Diné Bizaad which means “people’s language”.

I hope you are serious about his language because it is the hardest language in the world to learn.

In all honesty, he doesn’t really expect you to be a fast learner. You are going to have 33 consonants and 12 vowels to memorize and make your mouth replicate.

He doesn’t want to scare you off so he’s going to start you off easy with simple words that are important to his culture. You’ll learn about the four sacred colors, native symbols, traditions, food, and artwork.

“It’s forbidden to look at a solar eclipse. We stay inside our hogans and sit in contemplation about the sun and moon. We believe the sun and moon are interacting with each other.”

Rubber Soul- Singlish (Singaporean English)

Shiok! Lucky for you in Singapore, there’s a medley of languages spoken there! This man is a complete dumbass but he knows Mandarin, Malay, and English. Singlish IS English but the only catch is, it features a beautiful but complex patchwork of languages featuring Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil, and Teochew… So even if you are already an English speaker, you are in for an adventure!

He’s going to take you to hawker center and show you how to live like a true Singaporean! And first thing first is chope-ing. That’s probably the most important Singlish word you are ever going to hear. To chope is reserving a seat by setting your personal belongings down, like a handkerchief, a pack of tissues, or something bigger like a backpack. Low crime don’t mean no crime so don’t leave anything super important behind. Don’t worry about theft…Rubber Soul will be eager to give a back breaker to anyone who dares to try to steal your wallet. 😬

“Why does everyone talk like they’ve been google translated??? Pfft—don’t talk cock lah! That’s exactly what Singlish is. I told you that you weren’t going to understand it off the bat!”

Don’t try and argue with him on it. He’ll speak in complete Singlish and then not ask—but demand to repeat back what he just said in English. Only for him to laugh in your face. 😭

“Wah piang! So crowded! Where you want to makan? Chop chop—going to rain already! You go chope that table. Here have Indian, Thai, Sichuan, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Japanese. You want kopi ah? I SMS when ready. Ok—what did I just say?”

…

“Wah Lao eh?! I literally gave you the EASIEST Singlish phrases to translate! Man you are dumb—still love ya though!”

Steely Dan- Urdu

You wanna learn Urdu? Well of course you do! You might want to have an understanding of basic conversation in Urdu because he isn’t the best teacher despite how much boasts being otherwise. But he’s all smug and secretly giddy that you want to learn Urdu. If you know Arabic, you’re off to a good start! But you are going to have to rewire your brain to pronounce each letter differently and learn a few new ones.

“Of course you should learn my language! Do you know how much I go out of my way to communicate my love for you? Luckily for you I got top grades in writing and grammar in school so you have the best-most-handsome teacher ever.”

Oh boy, you have done it. You stroked his ego and now he’s going to non stop complimenting himself.

He’s going to expect lots of love letters in Urdu from you to him and vice versa. He’s going to have you read them aloud to him so he can hear his own flowery cheesy declarations of love for you. But tread carefully… he’s a grammar authoritarian and human spell checker! He’ll poke fun at your very hard attempts of writing this challenging language. (Just pretend to cry a bit or cry for real, he can’t stand crying and he’ll immediately start being much nicer)

“You call that Urdu?! Where’s your penmanship??? Those look like squiggly little worms!”

“Okay okay—don’t cry! I’m sorry ok?! I love you baby! I really mean it too! No more tears! I’ll help you rewrite your misspellings.”

N’Doul- Masri (Egyptian Arabic) and Arabic Braille*

He’s very flattered. He’d love to teach you, but due to his eyesight, he won’t be able to help you read but with his heightened sense of hearing he can really help you to pronounce everything correctly and get the accent right.

“Good effort, love. But you aren’t using your throat. You need to use your throat to pronounce the Al-Ahruf Al-Halqiyyah (6 throat letters). Try again. I know you can do it.”

Don’t worry about struggling. He understands what it’s like to struggle in life. He won’t baby you just like he expects you not to baby him because of his visual impairment. He’ll gently correct you each time you make a mistake.

—

Now if you’re blind too, or curious about a new way of reading, he’ll teach you Arabic Braille.

*Theres many different types of blindness and it doesn’t explicitly say what N’Doul has. But based off of his eyes and age he probably has congenital cataracts. This is just a HC. It’s all up to you!*

Now he can see just barely enough to guide your hand across the page to teach you each letter in braille. Braille in general is becoming used less and less so he is really intent on teaching you this important life skill as a visually impaired person. Interestingly enough, Arabic Braille is read left to right!

“I vaguely remember what Arabic script looked like before my sickness took away my vision. It used to feel strange reading from right to left and then left to right when I started learning Braille. It was a vast difference and took me a long time to learn. So please don’t worry if you struggle or make mistakes.”

With having you, Geb, and his heightened senses, he doesn’t really miss his vision. He just enjoys each passing moment with you, teaching you his language and sharing his culture

[citruswriter]

Body Shots

Listen with me! ↠ⁿᵉˣᵗ ˢᵒⁿᵍ ↺ ʳᵉᵖᵉᵃᵗ ⊜ ᵖᵃᵘˢᵉ

Warnings: Tcest (you have been warned!), dead dove do not eat, polyamory, Reader is AFAB, fem terms, a brief April x Reader moment, voyeurism, exhibitionism, alcoholplay? alcoholplay, slight degradation, nipple play, choking, no cloaca stuff, sadism (if you squint).

A/N: This fic is brought to you by Red's server and their begging for me to write this fic as soon as I mentioned it.

Lights flashed as you danced your way through the crowd. The alcohol in your system had given you a light buzz, enough to get you tipsy but not enough to get you drunk. You finally reached the makeshift bar that Leo had set up for the house party and eagerly took a seat, ready to get off your wobbly legs. "Hey tiny. Need anything?" Leo's voice came, cutting through the music and straight into your ears. You turned your chair to face him with a playful glare. "First of all, I'm not tiny, you're just huge!" You snipped at him, causing the giant slider turtle to laugh at your exasperation. "Second of all, yes I do need something. Something fruity." Was all you said with a wave of your hand, silently giving Leo permission to make you whatever the fuck he wanted as long as it tasted fruity.

Seconds later Leo approached you once more, cocktail in hand. You reached up to grab it but Leo kept it just out of reach. "What do we say, pretty girl?" He taunted and you huffed. "Give me!" You demanded, sitting on the stool with your knees so you could reach higher. Leo laughed softly and shook his head, leaning in so he was in your face, noses only an inch apart. "Try again, amor". He purred and you felt your face heat up. "P-Please?" You ask, holding your hand out and Leo smirked down at you, handing you your drink. "Good girl. See that wasn't so hard, was it?" He teased and you groaned, settling back into your chair properly. "I hate you". You hissed but Leo could see the grin you were fighting. "Bitch please. You love me". He said smugly and you chuckled, making a hand motion as if to say "yea I guess you're right".

You bring the glass to your lips, sampling a taste of your mystery cocktail. Leo watched you with a smug smirk as he saw you brighten at the taste, licking the corners of your mouth, and smacking your lips. "Wow this is really good, Leo". You praised and Leo gave a dramatic bow. "Only the finest for the lady". He said and the two for you giggled together. You continued to sip at your drink, enjoying the taste of pomegranate and orange dancing on your tongue. You closed your eyes and let the dizzying feeling of the alcohol wash over you.

"Just a green tea shot, Leo". Said another voice, causing your eyes to crack open and peer at your new bar mate. Michelangelo Hamato. The turtle terrapin in orange. "Hey Mikey". You spoke up, smile beginning to grace your features. Mikey looked over, smiling back as he moved his locs out of his face. "Hey angel". He said back and you couldn't help but giggle as your face heated up from the nickname. Leo slid Mikey's green tea shot over and Mikey leaned over the bar to give the slider a thank you kiss. Your eyes darted between the two of them as Leo leaned in to deepen the kiss more and soon the two of them were French kissing in front of you. Leo parted first, needing to tend to some other yokai that had approached the bar. Mikey hummed but his eyes soon found yours again. "Just casually watching my mate and I make out in front of you?" He asked, tone teasing. You smiled softly and sipped your drink once more. "What can I say. I'm a bit of a voyeur". You said with a shrug, tone mischievous. Mikey chuckled, taking his shot and leaning forward to be able to hear you better. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were flirting". He purred out and you couldn't help but swallow thickly as he got into your personal space. "Maybe I am". You breathed back, tongue darting out to nervously lick your lips.

A cheer broke the tension and you and Mikey turned to see the yokai that had pulled Leo away pouring alcohol on each other and drinking. You tilted your head in confusion. "What are you guys doing?" You called and one of the yokai, a bunny, perked up at the sound of your voice. "Body shots! Come do them with us!" He shouted and you slid out of your chair, making your way to them as they began to explain body shots and how to do them. Mikey stood next to you, and you were suddenly aware of his body heat radiating off of him. "Shit let's do it". Mikey said, turning to you and holding up his green tea shot. The yokai around you cheered and you stared up at Mikey, cheeks heating up once more that night. You smirk, trying not to appear flustered and shrugged your shoulders. "Sure. Where you want your alcohol?" You asked, expecting him to say something like your belly button. Instead the box turtle grinned at you and glanced down to your breasts, which were very much perky thanks to your push up bra.

Taking a shaky breath, you steeled your nerves and brushed your hair back, and presented your chest to him. Mikey couldn't help but chuckle at your attempt to fake confidence. You gathered your breasts in your arms to help create more of a "cup" with your cleavage. Mikey poured the liquid onto your chest and let it collect in your cleavage. You gasped as the cold liquid collided with you heated flesh, but you barely had a moment to process anything beyond that as Mikey dipped his head down to drink the shot from your breasts. His lips sucked the liquid from your chest and you had to steady yourself, lest your breath give away just how much this was turning you on. You felt a drop or two of the liquid slip in between your breasts, drawing a soft groan from you. "Goddammit Mikey. Some of the liquid slipped and now my body's gonna be all sticky". You whined and Mikey looked up at you. "My bad, let me clean that up for you". He rumbled softly, hands going to grope at your chest. You squeaked out as you felt his tongue slide between your breasts and down to the flesh that was still hidden by your dress. His hands gripped your chest and you squirmed in his grip, trying your damnedest not to moan.

Not that it mattered, the other yokai had already wandered off again, too drunk to stay in one place for long. "M-Mikey! F-Fucking hell". Was all you could groan out as Mikey detached his face from your chest, chuckling darkly at your reaction. "Sorry, darling. Did I fluster you?" He teased and you swore you could smack him with how smug he looked. "Not at all". You said as evenly as you could. Mikey let out a few clicks, a noise that seemed to vibrate his plastron as he leaned in. "You're lying". He growled out, making your whole body shudder. "There's no point in lying to me when I can smell you". He taunted, a finger reaching up to slip under a bra strap. He fiddled with it before pulling it back and letting it snap against your skin. You jumped slightly, eyes still on his as he seemed to draw closer into your space. Fingers trailed up your inner thigh, causing your breath to hitch. "Brother," another voice came and your head snapped to Leo, "You know better than to hog new playthings". He scolded softly and Mikey grinned wickedly.

"Like you have any room talking". Mikey shot back playfully, fingers reaching up and under your dress to rub at your clothed core. You gasped out, hands shooting up to grip his arm. "April won't be happy". Leo tried to reason, but his eyes glanced down to where Mikey's hand had disappeared under your dress. "But I can't help it". Mikey purred, eyes drinking in your expressions. You whined softly, eyes darting around nervously. "Relax pretty girl". Mikey cooed softly as he removed his hand briefly. You let out a sigh of relief but it was short lived as his hand dived into your panties, a finger sinking into your sopping wet cunt. "Fuck Leo. You should feel how wet she is". He said, casting him a taunting gaze. Leo swallowed thickly. "You must really want April to punish you. And you know how Donnie always joins in when she punishes one of us". Leo said with a shake of his head but a grin graced his face none the less.

Mikey hummed softly and he gazed down at you, soft keening moans being pulled from your pretty throat as his finger seemed to hit all sorts of pleasure spots inside your walls. Your eyes pricked with tears as pleasure rolled throughout your body and you tried your damnedest to keep yourself from being loud. You cried out as Mikey hit your g-spot, earning you a smack to your thigh with Mikey's spare hand. "Quiet, slut". He growled. "Leo, my love. Can you do me a favor and get me another shot?" Mikey asked, causing Leo to snap out of his growingly horny haze. Leo quickly nodded, getting to work on making Mikey another green tea shot before sliding it over. Mikey jerked Leo forward by his collar, smashing his lips to Leo's and puppy licking the roof of his mate's mouth. "Good boy". He purred out, causing Leo to whine softly. Your eyes hazily drift from Mikey to Leo then back to Mikey, tongue darting out to lick your lips as you wondered what Mikey's lips would feel on yours.

Mikey noticed your drifting eyes and pulled his fingers out, causing you to whine at the loss. "So needy". He teased, taking the shot and pouring it onto your chest. You gasped cold liquid met hot flesh once more. You quickly drew your arms up to create a cup with your cleavage like you had before but you could already feel a few drops slipping onto your stomach. Mikey wasted no time pressing his mouth to your breasts, slurping the liquid up before, diving between your valley with his tongue. You squeaked as he full on just pulled a titty out the top of your dress and began to suck on a nipple. "Mikey! Mikey there are people!" You hissed out in panic, cursing as your body reacted to his touch despite your say so, spine arching into his touch. Mikey grumbled and pulled away, stuffing your breast back into your dress. "Please. Most of these people are too drunk to realize what's going on". He murmured, tongue licking up your chest and neck. "April is gonna punish the fuck outta you for this". Leo grumbled, thumbs typing away on his phone screen.

"There's no way you're snitching on me". Mikey gasped in fake offense and Leo smirked up at the orange banded terrapin. They bickered playfully while your world span around you, body buzzing from Mikey's touch and the alcohol. "Well since I'm already in trouble, might as well finalize my funeral". You heard Mikey's voice, his hands grabbing you by the back of your thighs and bringing him into your lap. You shook as he firmly gripped your thighs and made you grind down on his hard on. You whined out once more and pawed at his waistband, too drunk off his essence to care about the others around you. Mikey shot a smirk towards Leo, as if to taunt the man. Leo growled and went to text April once more. "If you're gonna tease me like this, least you can do is finish the job Michaelangelo". You purred, relishing in the way his body shuddered when you said his full name. "Voyeur and an exhibitionist? Pinch me, I must be dreaming". Mikey said in a teasing tone as he undid his belt to pull his cock out.

You did your best to keep silent as you slid down on his length, taking deep breaths as you adjusted to feeling so damn full. "Tch. You say that as if I'm not either of those things". Leo said, tone slightly salty. "Sounds like somebody's jealous". You sing song out, tilting your head back to smirk at him. Leo growled lowly. "Careful, sweetheart. Might just use you to let out all my frustrations. Being a bartender is hard work". Your breathy laughter turned into moaning as Mikey began to pump into your core. "P-Promise?" You stutter out, batting your eyelashes at him. Leo ran his tongue over his canines. "If I wasn't behind the counter, I'd be fucking that pretty throat of yours right now". He mused, feeling his previous saltiness give way to the utter urge to devour you. You shuddered at his words, keening as Mikey gripped your hips and angled them to reach deeper into you. Leo made his way from behind the bar to by your side as casually as possible. "Sluts. Both of you are". Leo chided before wrapping a hand around your throat and crashing his mouth against yours. You moaned into Leo's mouth, a noise he gladly ate up. With Leo's mouth over yours, you allowed some slightly louder noises to slip out, the noises muffled by Leo's own hungry mouth.

"As if you are any better". Mikey rumbled, groaning lowly as you clenched around him. Leo pulled his mouth away from yours, relishing in the fucked out look you have him with bruised lips. "Yeah you're right. But you're also, just as bad. Really? Fucking our long time friend?" Leo taunted and Mikey huffed a laugh. "Says the one making out with her". Mikey shot back and Leo couldn't help but chuckle. "Can't help myself when she's just so good". He breathed, pushing his thumb into your mouth. Mikey watched as you instantly wrapped your lips around it, sucking and staring up at Leo through your lashes. Mikey brought a hand to your clit, rubbing at your pearl and smiling gleefully as your hips jerked and you let your head drop back to cry out. Leo growled softly, glancing over his shoulder to see a few individuals eyeing the bar curiously. Luckily, thanks to his and Mikey's shells, they really couldn't see anything.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck. M close. Close Mikey". You slurred out, the knot in your gut so close to snapping. Leo leaned in to take advantage of your exposed neck, licking and biting at the flesh, causing you to wrap a hand around his neck and gasp out. It was all too much and not enough at the same time. "You wanna cum, pretty girl?" Mikey cooed out and you nodded frantically. "I don't know, Leo. Should we let her cum?" Mikey asked and your eyes snapped to Leo's. "I don't know". He drawled out and you whined. "Maybe if she begs for it". Leo said with a smirk and if you weren't already on cloud nine with Mikey's dick in your pussy, you would have strangled him right then and there. "Please Leo?" You whined out, causing the two men to exchange a smirk. "Please, please, please. Let me cum. Please, I need it so bad. Needa cum on your brother's cock so badly". Tears began streaking down your cheeks and you watched as Leo's pupils dilated at the sight. "Please? Promise I'll do whatever you want to me after. Pretty please?" Your voice was high pitched and breathy as you just barely managed to keep yourself from tumbling over the edge.

Leo let out a "fuck" and nodded, cradling the back of your head as Mikey sped up. "Yeah you can cum, pretty thing. Such a good girl". He purred out, nuzzling into your neck and nipping at your flesh. You smacked a hand over your mouth, moaning as you finally came, pleasure coursing through your veins. Mikey moaned as he fucked you through your orgasm, spilling his seed into you not too long after your own orgasm. Leo watched as the two of you climbed down from your orgasms before gently grabbing your waist and helping you off. Mikey stuffed his cock back into his pants before leaning back into the chair and taking a deep breath. Leo leaned you up against the bar, a hand dipping down to fix your panties, but not before he plunged a finger straight into your core. You whined out, legs shaking at the feeling of Leo's finger pushing Mikey's cum into you as much as possible. You almost whined again when Leo's finger finally left you, briefly lingering to finish its original task of fixing your panties before stepping back.

"Water anybody?" Leo asked and both you and Mikey nodded. A few minutes later and you were sitting on a stool next to Mikey with an empty water bottle. "So..." A voice came, and you hummed softly in delight as you felt soft fingers trail down your neck. You tilted your head back into the person behind you, cracking your eyes open to see the one and only April. "I hear we're hogging new playthings". Her tone was low, dangerous and your body shuddered as you gazed up at her. She noticed and couldn't help but grin down at you. "And despite you snitching, I very clearly saw you joining in on the fun Leonardo". Another voice came. Deeper. Donatello. You saw him slide behind the bar to grip at his twin's waist and Leo gave a guilty smile. "Looks like two boys are about to be in a lot of trouble". A third voice and this time Raph came into view, towering over his orange brother, who sank into his chair with a nervous giggle. "Don't worry, sweet thing, you're not in trouble". April's voice washed over your ears once more and you hummed as she drew patterns up your throat with her finger tips, whining softly when she pressed them into a bruise Leo had left on your neck.

"Time to shut the party down?" Casey's voice spoke up and you watched as April gazed down with a smirk, pressing down on the bruise once more to make you whine and squirm once more. "Shut the party down".

Rahhhhhh! I finally finished this! Ngl I have so many fic ideas bouncing around in my noggin. Sorry if this is bad, not the best at writing spicey things. Much to my dismay. 😭

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𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗜𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 |ROTTMNT| (Male OC)

~𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙨~

Be sure to read the tags on my Ao3 so you guys know what you’re getting yourselves into.

Art above is done by me. PLEASE feel free to make your own art and idk tag me in it or something—

Warnings: None really, implied mention of past abuse/torture, brief mentioned of being choked, typical canon violence though the rest of the time

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It had been over a week since the encounter at Draxum‘s lab that was now in complete ruins because of the unfortunate explosion that occurred.

Three spent most of his time sitting inside the hotel room that he and Draxum had to use for the time being. It was smaller, but at least Three was fortunate enough to get his own room and not have to share with the yokai.

Draxum trusted him enough to not wander off so suddenly without permission first anyway, and Three found no need to leave the hotel.

….

….

Well, until today that is. Three hardly slept the week, too focused on the fact that those other turtles that he was told all his life were dead. Biologically they were his brothers, given they all shared the same blood of the human Draxum combined them with.

One of the turtles, the red eared slider was his actual biological brother. His twin brother since before they were mutated. Three clicked his tongue at this, was he happy for the fact he had brothers? No. Absolutely not. They were weak, childish and immature. Had no intense training, can’t even wield their weapons properly, and despite all of that. Draxum still wished for them to join his side? As though Three wasn’t enough? It ticked him off, and when he tried to explain to Draxum about the logic of it all, he was hit, silenced by his Master. And Three knew better than to continue to piss off his creator. So, sue him for wanting to leave the hotel tonight, he needed some fresh air anyway. Sneaking away was easy, especially when Draxum wasn’t even in the building to be watching him. That made things way easier for him to sneak around without getting caught. The last time he did something like leaving a place that Draxum specifically told him not to do…well, let’s just say Three had aching pains all over for a week after that of being punished.

Three sat crouched down in a frog-like position on a rooftop, observing the mindless citizens of the Hidden City going about their day, unaware that Three was watching them from above. Without really anywhere to go, Three took his time to just watch people, see what happens from a high point of view.

His eyes narrowed curiously when he spotted a couple of yokai exit the Hidden City through one of the many doorways that led topside. To the human realm. Three has actually never explored the city above, the most he’d seen was the Nexus Hotel and even then Draxum didn’t like taking him there unless it was for business or punishment.

Three didn’t like the Nexus hotel either, or more specifically who ran it.

“There you are! Boss ain’t gonna be happy when he hears you ran off!” The chippy voice of Huginn flew into his inner ear, Muninn flapping his wings on the other side of Three who didn’t even spare them much a glance. He knew he was being followed the moment he left the hotel; the two gargoyles weren’t all that stealthy after all.

“Then it’s a good thing he won’t know, will he?” He firmly states, gaze hard and serious as the two gargoyles gulp and nervously sit down on the ground.

“Draxum told us to keep an eye on you. If he finds out that you left and we didn’t see you, he’ll have our heads!”

Three scoffs, standing up and walking away from the ledge of the roof, “I don’t need a babysitter. I’m capable of handling myself.” He assured the two, not bothering to wait for them to catch up as they flew after him.

“Oh, we know you can! But once Draxum gives the order, we have to, like, not tick him off. Ya know?” Muninn smiled awkwardly, rubbing the back of his nape as Three shakes his head and jumps off the roof, landing down on a different rooftop below before strolling along like it was a walk in the park.

“What are you even doing out anyway?” Huginn curiously inquired, catching up as Three stopped and crouched down once more. “It’s not any of your business to know. Now go back and leave me alone.” He huffs, glaring back at them. Muninn opens his mouth to retort, only to be cut off when Three quips in.

“I’ll tell Draxum that you two were the ones who first destroyed the lab. After years of his work wasted.”

The two flinch and frown, Muninn hitting his fellow gargoyle upside the head. “I told you we shouldn’t have told him that.” He scolds, crossing his arms as Huginn grumbled and rubbed at the spot his head throbbed. “He was 6! How was I supposed to know he would remember what we told him?” He argued back, the two breaking into an argument about the past.

Muninn had glanced over to Three, only to freeze and point towards where he last saw the turtle.

“And he’s gone—“

“Oh, that’s great…he’s so good at disappearing.”

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Paper thieves. Ugh, the worst kind of criminals there were. Or at least, according to Leo when he gave that big speech earlier today for his brothers to go along and initiate on stopping this nonsense.

To be honest, Leo only chose this kind of crime to stop because it sounded way too easy, and he knew deep down that he and his brothers were simply not ready to go after the big guns like the ‘Spine Breaking Bandit’. It literally has spine breaking in their name.

No thanks.

Leo also chose this as a way to forget and focus on something else that wasn’t the fact that he had a twin brother who he had never heard of before suddenly showed up a week ago.

Leo remembers how everyone felt upon returning home, Raph was insistent on asking Splinter about what he knew but their dad would always be asleep and eventually Leo somehow managed to convince them to just…let it go and ask another time.

In truth, Leo was just as curious as his brothers but was the most hesitant on learning the truth. From what he noticed, his twin brother was raised by that Baron Draxum guy, who did not seem like the kind and fatherly type. He wondered what kind of life his brother had, how he was raised and what he had done. He seemed like an expert in fighting too, given the armor and sword Leo spotted.

What was his name again? Three? That…that was quite a weird name to have. He actually felt a little sorry for his brother for having such a horrible name like a simple number to be called all your life.

“Yo, Leo! Quit spacing out. This was your idea.” Raph called out, clicking his fingers twice in Leo’s face as the slider blinked and returned to reality. He and his brothers were out on the rooftops, tracking down the paper thieves before stopping to observe the empty street.

Donnie hums, pulling down his goggles.

“What kind of weirdo steals paper?” Raph ponders, tilting his head as Mikey chuckles and comes up behind him, “A dreamer. You look at a blank sheet and see nothing. They see possibilities—“ Mikey wisely spoke out only to be nudged back and fall.

Leo shook his head slightly with an amused look before leaning against Donnie, “So, what’s the sitch?” He grins calmly, watching as Donnie hums and focuses his gaze on a store.

“There’s only one paper store they haven’t hit, and for our utter convenience, it’s right over there.”

He points over to the store, Raph chuckling cockily. “How ‘bout we go stealth and make ‘em wish they stole toilet paper?” He jokes, hopping off the roof as his brothers follow his lead.

Leo for a moment falters on catching up, almost losing his footing as he lets out a small ‘huh?’ and turns around. He saw no one around but a tickling sense of being watched was eating away at his head.

Thinking he was paranoid he caught up with his brothers, who all brace themselves while being suspended above the street between two buildings, in the distance they saw two figures loading up a van of paper. 

The thieves!

Mikey had landed on Raph’s shell but unfortunately he lost his grip and fell, letting out a startled ‘whoa!’ and collapsing in the alleyway, a cat shrieking and running away from the noise. 

“Eugh boy….” Leo muttered, jumping down with Donnie and Raph. The thieves who had obviously heard the commotion were quick to leave the scene, splitting up as the turtle brothers approached the van.

“You two go left. Mikey, go right. I’ll take the roof and swoop down like a boss!" Raph instructs, watching Leo and Donnie go left and Mikey to the right. Leo pants softly as he and Donnie chase down their target who turned a corner.

Leo grumbled at how fast the thief was before he got that strange feeling of being watched again, making him trip and look around. Donnie rolls his eyes at Leo and continues the advancement of the chase, turning the corner.

Leo groans and stands up on his feet, body remaining on alert as he gulps and spun in a circle to check all his surroundings. “Hello?” He called out with hesitance, only to jump back when a loud crash was heard, followed by the groans of his brothers. He quickly raced over, skidding to halt to see that his three brothers were piled on each other.

He opens his mouth to ask what happened but stopped when a van of the stolen paper drove by and off into the distance. “Uh, quick question. Did we seriously just get schooled by paper thieves?" Donnie eventually asked, as he and the other two separated from the pile, rolling his shoulders and rubbing their necks.

"I don’t swoop like a boss. I swoop like a noob." Raph pouted, slumping his shoulders while Mikey somberly sighs, “Man, this seemed like a really cool idea until we didn’t succeed at it." He stated the obvious, clearly they were unmotivated to try again.

Leo narrowed his eyes, clearing his throat and comfortably putting his mystic sword on his shoulder. “Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Where’d my brothers go?” He starts off, flinging his sword off and pointing it at Mikey. “Mikey, where’s your…legendary optimism?” He grins, only to receive a groan from his younger brother.

He looks to Raph and walks over to him. “Raph, where’s your, ya know, your go-getter attitude?” He inquired, grabbing his shoulders and shaking him, not bothering to wait for a response before strolling confidently to Donnie. 

“And Donnie, where’s your…your thing, your – emotionless passion?"

Donnie didn’t look up, but at least he responded with a very quiet and monotoned ‘here’.

Oh boy…

Leo rubs his neck, looking around before brightening up at an idea. "We can still catch these lame old paper crooks and be heroes!" He assured, hands on hips heroically, "Yeah, that’s gonna be hard. This was the last paper store in town." Donnie noted, blankly staring as Leo placed a hand under his chin. 

"Hmm…or was it?"

“Yeah, I…I literally just said that."

Leo opens his mouth to explain his plan, only to jump back with a startled yelp when someone lands behind him, speaking up with a sarcastic and unimpressed tone.

“That was just pathetic.”

Leo stumbled forward and hid slightly behind Raph who had already stood up, hand out protectively in front of his younger brothers as he narrowed his eyes.

“Who’re you?!”

The stranger in the shadows didn’t respond right away, but they did reveal themselves, stepping into the light from the streetlamps. They stiffen and widen their eyes at the familiar sight. Leo felt as though his mouth suddenly became dry.

Three.

“It’s you! The one who works for that Draxum guy!” Raph announces, taking out his tonfas in case Three tried to attack, Donnie did the same, pointing his tech bō staff towards the enemy, “What? Came here alone? It’s four against one.” He scoffs, eyes squinting whereas Three just crosses his arms, unthreatened by the group.

“As I said. Pathetic.” He muttered, rolling his eyes slightly, when he looked back at them his eyelids momentarily froze at Leo who also recoiled when they their eyes met.

The two both observe the other, scanning each other and watching their every move.

How freaky…

Is what Leo thought, even though Three was covering his face and body with that armor outfit of his and black mask where only the bottom part of his mouth was visible, he still looked like Leonardo, the body build was practically identical.

“What?” Three hissed, his hands coming down to his sides as Leo chuckled nervously. Was he staring for too long? Whoops.

“Wait a second…did you come here to hang out with us?! Ohmigosh! Brother bonding!” Mikey happily announces, skipping over and placing his arm around Three’s shoulder, the latter widely blinking.

Three growls at the sudden touch from Mikey, snatching his arm and throwing him over his shoulder. Mikey winded and coughing as Raph charges, swinging his fist to punch Three, but he made no contact, Three simply stepped back away on time.

“Sloppy.”

“What?! Who are you calling sloppy?!” Raph makes an offended squawk as he pulls Mikey back to safety. The box turtle mutant smiling tiredly. “I’m okay. My fault for touching without asking first.” Mikey explained that it was him and not Three.

Donnie sighs, placing one hand on his hip. “What is it that you want? Cause we’re busy over here trying to catch some paper thieves.” He explains, but Three only raised a non-existent brow at his comment. “Paper thieves? That’s just…sad.” He muttered, shaking his head and turning away.

“I wasn’t planning on even running into you. And I have no intention of wasting any more of my time on you.”

He goes to leave but was stopped when Leo finally said something. “W-wait! Um…we could use your skills.” He gulps, never had he been so nervous before, but who could blame when a twin brother you’d never known about until recently who looks like he could easily maim someone was standing in front of you?

“My skills? Being wasted on paper thieves?” Three narrowed his eyes in distaste for such a suggestion. Offended that they wanted to use him for such a thing.

“Leo, what are you doing? We don’t need him!” Donnie scolded, but Leo clears his throat, taking in a deep breath as he takes a few steps forward, ignoring the look from Donnie. “Listen, um…Three right? We may have gotten off on the wrong foot here.” He smiles as charmingly as he could to hopefully ease Three into listening.

When he didn’t move, Leo took it as a sign to continue.

“Look, we’re newbies in this whole hero shtick. But we’ve had some training to at least know how to defend ourselves and whatnot.” He smiles and finally stops, standing in front of his long-lost twin who eyed him curiously.

“But you…you’re way ahead of us in the fighting department. I can tell. If you help us with taking these criminals down, maybe we can learn something from you? Like, visually?” 

Leo with much debate and hesitance, gently reached out and placed a hand on Three’s shoulder.

“Plus, aren’t you curious about us? We are bros after all. You and I are twins. Don’t you want to see what we’re capable of?” Leo smirks, waiting for Three’s response who only quietly watched him with calculating eyes. Three didn’t want to admit it, but he was curious. But he also had no intention of wanting to get to know these tools. However, a thought occurred to him.

Draxum seemed to desperately want these guys on their side of his plans for the future of yokai kind. If Three can watch to see how they work together in a team, see what skills they can provide…then maybe, he wouldn’t rethink the choice of letting them join.

And if they were horrible nonetheless, Three can report what he saw to Draxum and get him to change his mind on recruiting these four, leaving only Three to be at his side.

He was, after all, the perfect soldier.

Making his decision, Three slapped Leo’s hand off him. “Fine. I’ll join in for tonight.” He says, earning baffled stares and eager looks from the brothers.

“Great! Welcome to the team!” Leo exclaims proudly, clapping his hands together and turning around. “Now, I have a plan. Don, do you know where we can get a whole bunch of cardboard and salami?” He asks, which spreads earned a puzzled and regretful look from Three.

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Leo instructs everyone to work together, grabbing cardboard to make a hut and salami as a replacement for paper. Three of course didn’t lift a finger to help, watching from the sidelines with judgement.

This was Leo’s master plan? Making a horribly fake paper shop in an alleyway?

Three, from his time of watching and listening had already learnt their names, able to identify who was who based on their colour scheme and species of turtle. Once ‘Leo’s Paper Hut’ was completed, they went inside, with Mikey sighing out dreamily, something about it looked so beautiful. Three didn’t understand and frankly did not care as he grimaced at the amount of salami that they were using string to tie it up with.

“This is not going to work.” He briefly advised, standing to the side and leaning against a wall that was stable enough to be leaned against. Donnie rolls his eyes and crosses his arms, “I am in agreement with number Three here.” He starts off, ignoring the glare sent his way by Three.

Number Three…maybe Three should introduce Donnie to one and two, that were his fists and punch the daylights out of him.

“Come on, Leo. Do you really think that this is going to hook the thieves? The only paper we have is made from salami which is round. Paper is not round." Donnie cringes when he accidentally steps on a piece of salami, shuddering as Leo nods with a playful roll of his eyes.

"Yes, it’ll work. Trust me guys.”

Three looked over to Raph, deadpanning at the sight. “Did you guys already have dinner?” He questions rhetorically, making Leo whip his head to see Raph eating the stacks of salami. 

“Raph, stop eating the plan!"

Raph grunts as he chews off a chunk of salami, frowning and grumbling, prying himself away from the food. Three turns away and let his eyes wander out to the makeshift window of the cardboard store. He blinks when he sees a human approaching, making him automatically reach behind him to his holster and unsheathe his sword.

Draxum taught him that humans were the enemies, the reason for driving our yokai and forcing them to hide. Humans were bad. And Three had to get rid of them.

The human girl who he recognised from the lab that was with the brothers walks in, smiling. “Hi, I’m here for the job interview—“ She began, only to yelp in fright when Three pounced in front of her, raising his sword to deliver the killing blow.

“Wait, stop!” Mikey got in front, arms out wide to protect April who stumbled down and landed on the ground in shock. Three was mere inches away from stabbing Mikey in the face until he successfully stopped himself.

“Get out of the way.”

Donnie quickly ran over, using his tech bō to drive a wedge between Mikey and Three. “Hold on. April is with us. On our side.” He defended, annoyance clear on his face and tone. April shakily stood up, staring owlishly at Three.

“Ain’t you the guy who tried to kill us before?!”

Three simply glared before stepping back, deciding to let this one go for tonight. “Fine. But I’m not stopping next time if a human comes in front of me again.” He hissed, walking away as Mikey let out a sigh of relief.

“And you—“ Three points to Mikey who yelps at the sudden attention on him. “—get in my way again, and I won’t be holding back where I strike.” He warns, watching the young box turtle chuckle nervously as stiffly nod.

Three walks away to the back, leaning against the wall as April looks between Donnie and Leo, the slider smiling nervously. “Uh, we’ll fill you in later.” He assured while he was then cut off by Mikey popping up in front of April wearing a fake nose and moustache. 

“Miss O’Neil—“  He greets, before perking up at the sound of a car approaching, its lights flashing across them. “Ah, customers!" He squeaks out, ducking behind the makeshift counter and the sounds of tire brakes screeched against the pavement. Raph picked up his brothers to drag them out of sight with Three narrowing his eyelids and walking backwards to hide in the shadows.

Mikey swiftly pops back out from under the counter and startles April, handing her a script 

“April, you’re hired! Just follow the sales script and remember the customer is always right unless they’re a psychotic paper thief."

“Ah, okay."

Mikey dove back under a large box marked ‘security’ with his brothers.

“We’ll be in the back."

Three easily sneaks around in the shadows, watching as the makeshift cardboard door opens to reveal the culprits. One large and one small human-like being. Three wasn’t exactly sure what they were, with their bodies resembling much like a human would, but with flames dancing around on their head, and red footprints imprinted on their faces.

Yokai?

"Welcome to Leo’s Paper Hut. Can I interest you in our…ah! Mm-mm-mm!" April shouts out when the culprits tied her up and had her hanging from the ceiling. They then went ahead to grab all the salami and store it into their van.

Three cones out of hiding once the salami was all gone, narrowing his eyes in curiosity at the strange sight of those two thieves. April tried to grab his attention, her mouth closed with tape. Three glanced up at her, only to look away and run out the store, leaving her hanging.

Three snuck inside their van, closing the doors as the vehicle drove off. Three winced when he lost his footing at the sudden movement, falling down and shaking his head in annoyance when a stack of salami slammed into him.

Ugh…huh?

He noticed a blinking light pulsing from one of the salami stacks. A tracker of sorts. 

Interesting…they managed to come up with a plan to track them down this way?

He admits it was clever. For a bunch of amateurs that is.

He suddenly felt buzzing in his pocket, making him flinch and reach out, grabbing his phone as a familiar number popped up on the screen.

Draxum was calling him.

Shit…

He decided to ignore it, letting it go to the automatic voicemail as he sweats. He’ll just have to make it up to Draxum some other way.

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They found them placed tracking the thieves to a shipyard, they had left April behind due to the fact she wanted to go home and sleep away this strange night.

“I can’t believe Three left us behind like that.” Raph huffs, annoyed as he and his brothers look around in case they spot any potential threats. “I’m sure he had a good reason.” Mikey assured optimistically as Leo and Donnie exchanged unsure glances. “He’s not trustworthy. I, for one, am just surprised it took this long to leave.” Donnie deadpans only to yelp in shock when someone spoke up from behind.

“Took you all long enough.”

Three steps out the shadows, ignorant to the mutants clutching at their chest. “Are you trying to give us a heart attack?” Leo scolded but was ignored when Three walked over as points over to a ship.

“Those thieves you’re after are located there. Saw them head in earlier with mountains of paper.”

Leo comes up next to him, taking out some binoculars from his pouch and looking through them. “Okay guys, this is our moment. They may have given us the slip before—“ He began only for Mikey to interject.

“—Twice before!"

“—Thank you, Mikey. Twice before, but now we’ve got them cornered and there’s nothing that can stop us." Leo smirks confidently, putting away the binoculars as Three rolls his eyes at their optimistic expressions. Three was first to run ahead, the others following his lead as Three pressed himself up against the ship, noticing the hatch door wide open.

He walks in, his feet light as a feather and sneaking around. But he recoils briefly when Raph rolls inside, loud and clumsily. The slider twitched his eye at the larger turtle mutant.

“Unbelievable…” He grumbles, walking ahead to not get caught as the four brothers chase after him, not wanting to get separated in a large ship.

The turtles arrive in a different room, where below on the first level they stare down through an open hatch into the hull of the ship. Below them, the two thieves stand amongst piles and piles of stolen paper. Leo leaps into the hull first, the others following as Three remained where he was, calculating the best approach.

"Okay, twerp and…” Leo blinks when the two turn to face them, the larger of the two catching him off guard. “…surprisingly big man. It’s five against two, so what say we just call it a day, right?" Leo declares out confidently while Mikey points out the obvious of their appearance.

“Whoa! They’ve got footprints on their faces!"

Raph also noticed whither obvious appearance from them.

"Uh, are those flames on their heads?"

"Feels like a real hazard for a paper thief." Donnie sarcastically jokes, pausing when the larger of the two thieves spoke up. "You! I’m gonna grind your bones with my fists." He threatens, cracking his knuckles together as the little one perked up, impressed.

“Ooh, that’s inspired. We’re both gonna grind your bones."

Raph scoffs at the threat, shaking his head, “Right. Listen, bubs. Before we put our footprints on your faces, we gotta ask, what’s with all the paper?" He inquired only to be caught off guard when the little thief grabs a sheet of paper and quickly begins folding it.

Once finished he holds it up to reveal a paper ninja origami.

“Yay, arts and crafts!" Mikey cheers, clapping excitedly before he yelps in bewilderment when the paper ninja was thrown at them, transforming in mid for it to become large as Raph and alive.

The ninja rushes at them, taking their shocked state as a chance to get them. But before either of them could do anything, Three jumps down, using his katana to slice off the ninja’s makeshift head.

The brothers let out an automated ‘whoa’ at the scene as Three narrowed his eyes slab at the fallen opponent, kicking at it as it collapsed into confetti. He hums, ignoring the four brothers and glaring at the two thieves who blink before growling and cresting more ninja warriors made of paper.

That’s their mystic ability, huh? 

Three notes down mentally, watching as multiple ninjas ran at them, “What are you standing there for? Eliminate them!” He shouted, groaning in utter annoyance at their incompetence before charging ahead.

Thankfully they didn’t argue with and split off to take out the paper ninjas. Raph leaps at them, jumping and kicking and destroying them. Mikey standing on a balcony swings his weapon and destroys some, doing well until one of the ninjas grabs the cord and yanks Mikey towards it.

"Whoa!” Mikey hits the ground with a groan, blinking in surprise when two paper ninjas come barreling at him, but he is quick to think on the spot, swinging the Kusari-fundo upwards as it wraps around a pipe and lifts him. He spins around and shreds them, then shoots an okay symbol with his hand.

Leo runs past him, slicing his sword swiftly with energy, chuckling in eagerness as he takes out some more paper ninjas. Three jumps up, using Leo as a steppingstone, which had the slider groan and rub his head, looking up curiously to see Three landing on the balcony above him, going backwards as he slices the ninjas coming at him.

Once he was done, he hops back down and lands on top of a stack of papers, a katana held tightly in one hand.

So cool.

Leo shakes his head  finding this not to be the right time to take in what his biological twin can do. Instead he points towards the two thieves.

“We’re getting nowhere fighting these guys. We gotta take out the source."

Three gazed at him, nodding quietly in agreement as he ran in, leaving Leo behind who was taken aback before leaping after him.

Three reached the two first, clashing his sword with the larger thief who also had a sword with him. Their blades colliding, Three grunting at the strength he felt from the brute. He growls, being pushed back as Leo gets in front of him, smirking. “Heh, you think you’re pretty good, huh?" He taunted, as the brute chuckled lowly, rolling his shoulders.

“Indeed.”

Leo swings his foot out, hoping to kick the enemy in the face but his ankle is caught and shoved down, where the brute then decides to copy Leo’s attack, kicking him against the plastron which sent him flying back.

Three who was behind Leo were unfortunately caught in the crossfire, letting a brief grunt of pain as they smacked into a wall, sliding down and groaning.

“You are good." Leo coughs out, while Three shoves him off him. Wincing as his head throbbed, before he glared down at Leo, “Idiot…!” He hissed out, bitter and angry. Leo ticked off the brute because of his smack talk. Three never saw the point of bantering in a fight, it wasted time and energy.

Before he could tell more at Leo he stops himself when paper begins whirling in a cyclone around the two foot printed faced thieves.

“…What?"

Paper forms into a huge ninja that growls down at them, causing Three to stumble back and hold his katana up in defence. The large paper ninja reaches down and scoops up Leo and Three, the two straining themselves but can’t get out of the grip.

Three had been too out of it to properly get out of the way, leaving him stuck in the hands of this giant. "Leo! Donnie, it’s piñata time!" Raph called out, concerned over his brother. He didn’t quite know how to feel about Three just yet.

He, Mikey and Donnie charge at the ninja, as it hits the floor with its free hand, doing what it could to try and punch them, but they dodge. When the fist that’s holding Leo and Three comes down, Donnie and Mikey pounce on it, they strain to hold on while the paper ninja snarls and grabs them in its other hand.

Raph gasps, noticing he was left to fend for himself, he scans the area, his eyes landing on the two thieves as the smaller villain laughs, smashing his fists together, which the paper ninja copies. 

Raph huffs, taking in a deep breath as he charges ahead. "Hero town! Population, me!"

The brute jumps in front of his partner but Raph plows into them, activating his force field that Three managed to spot.

Surprised and baffled that Raph could use mysticism.

Raph grabs both of the opponents, swinging them around several times before releasing them as the two fly screaming across the ship and hitting a wall, knocking them both out cold.

Raph who was now back to his normal self looks down with surprise at his tonfa, then looks up recoiling out of shock when the huge paper ninja starts to fall, releasing the turtles.

It crashes and paper goes whooshing in all directions, much of it spilling off the ship.

Three groans, crawling out of the pile of papers as he looked around, his eyes focusing on Raph as the mystic he saw earlier was still processing in his mind. He took his attention away from the brother when he heard the enemies grunting as they pushed up through the paper pile. The Brute quickly forms an origami swan, but realizes his mistake, and begins manipulating the paper again.

Three needed to get out of here, having enough of this.

“Hm. Mikey, the sprinklers!" Leo exclaims, pointing upwards as his baby brother nods eagerly, flinging his weapon at a sprinkler head. The flames on the weapon activate and cause the sprinkler to react.

Alarms blare out and water rains down on the paper and turtles, soaking them.

The paper itself becomes soggy and unusable. “You may have shredded our plans for now. But next time, you will feel the fury of a thousand feet!" The Brute growls out, slamming his fist down in anger.

“Ooh, you’re on fire today!"

The smaller thief chuckles before grabbing a salami nearby and makes a form with the food, tossing it at the turtles as the salami transforms into a dripping, sloppy figure stalking towards them.

“Ew! That’s nightmare fuel, man!"

Suddenly it splats to the ground into hundreds of individual salami slices. "Okay, salami origami doesn’t work." Donnie voiced out, relieved as Raph looked up and sharply gasped. “Hey, look. They vanished." He announces, tilting his head when he noticed the two were now out of sight.

"Then what are we looking at?" Donnie sarcastically spoke up, leaning against his palm. Leo let out an amused chuckle before he did a quick scan, only to realise that they were down a turtle.

“Hm? Hey, Three’s gone as well.”

“Good riddance. He gave me the creeps.” Donnie perks up, unaware that Leo slightly pouted. He was hoping to get a chance to talk to him…know more about him.

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Three made it back to the safety of the hotel, dry from being soaked in the water of the sprinklers. He was swift on leaving, disappearing when they were distracted by that salami monster that was created.

He was ticked off. At them and at himself.

That was pathetic on his part. Getting wrapped in their mess, being flung into a wall and grabbed and slammed down like he was nothing. He could’ve easily done something if he hadn’t been so distracted by the brothers' uselessness. There was no way in hell he was going to allow Draxum to recruit them, he had to convince him that Three was all he needed.

Upon finding his hotel room, he opens the door, exhaling out in exhaustion, the moment he shuts the door behind and takes a step forward, he is immediately greeted by vines wrapping around his neck and choking him out.

He coughs, clawing aimlessly at the vines as he chokes and gasps, looking down to see Draxum blankly looking at him. 

“Welcome back, Three. Had a nice trip to the human city?”

He glares, eyes cold and heartless as the vines around Three tighten their grip. “M-Master—“ Three choked out, trying to take in greedy breaths of air to stay awake.

“You disappear from the hotel, roam the hidden city and then head to the human world? You disappoint me.”

Draxum raises him higher and brings him in, dragging Three’s legs against the floor.

“Tell me what you were doing out there. Now!”

Three flinched at the order, his tone vicious as Three tried to not tremble under his gaze. “I…r-an into your turtles.” He wheezed out, which seemed to have bewildered the Yokai scientist who stills before dropping Three, the mutant coughing and rubbing at his throat, learning how to breathe again as he ignored the pain when taking a breath in.

“You were with them? Why?”

Draxum waits while Three manages to not look as pathetic at his feet. “I had no intention of conversing with them. I suppose I let my curiosity get the better of me and I went up to them.” He informs, narrowing his eyes down at his fists.

 “They roped me into helping them stop some thieves stealing paper—“

“Paper thieves?”

Three stiffens and robotically nods, biting his lip when he could practically feel the scowl of Draxum trained onto him.

“Go on.”

“I…I helped them, that's all.”

Draxum hums, placing a hand under his chin in thought. Three panicked as he realised that Draxum was probably thinking about them being recruited. “But Master, they would be useless to us. They can barely fight. Completely untrained and immature. They would be of no use to you.” He tried to inform, only for Draxum to glare down at him harshly.

“I will decide what they are to me. Not you.”

“…yes, Master.”

Draxum turns away, pacing around while humming in deep thought, “So…you teamed up with them tonight, is that right?” He inquired, while Three steadily stood up to his feet, sweating nervously.

“I merely provided some assistance.”

Draxum scoffs, but doesn't say anything right away, instead he grins and looks out the window. “Interesting…this gives me an idea.” He noted out to himself, turning back to face Three who awkwardly watched him like a hawk.

Draxum walks over, his body towering over Three as he places a firm grip on his shoulder, ignoring the wince of brief agony that flashed across Three’s face.

Three gulps, staring back at Draxum in confusion, fear and curiosity.

What was it that he had planned?

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6k words out for this y’all! Told you I’d eventually make it!

APOLOGISE FOR ANY GRAMMAR MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE, I TYPE PRETTY FAST AND OFTEN DON’T SEE THEM UNTIL I ACTUALLY PUBLISH THE CHAPTER. THEN I’D TRY AND FIX ANY MISTAKES WHEN I SEE ONE.

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Family Dinner

Splinter barging into the living room where Leo, Donnie, Frida, and Miwa are watching Lou Jitsu Movie.

Splinter: Kids, get ready!! We’re invited to meet April’s parents. So you guys better dress in business casual!

Splinter: Oh, I can even make my famous green bean casserole.

Splinter walked away from the room to make his dish.

Miwa: Wait you guys haven’t meet April’s parents?

Donnie: Sadly no, April was afraid they’ll freak and may forbid her from seeing us.

Miwa: oh make sense.

Leo: But you and mom were totally fine when you first meet us.

Miwa: Well, that’s because I was a weird kid being able to sense a yokai in their human disguise. Well mom just got used to it.

Leo: You’re still a weird kid, big sis.

Miwa: Shut Leon! *shoving Leo off the bean bag*

Donnie: That’s odd, April would have given us a heads up if she was going to finally talk to her parents about us?

Leo: I bet you this has to do with Mikey wanting to give Draxum a second chance.

Donnie and Miwa: *looks at each other* You’re on!

Miwa: *clapped hands* Alright ladies, let get ready or else dad gets mad. Leo can you be a dear and open a portal to my room.

Miwa looked at Frida.

Miwa: Hey Frida, do you have anything nice to wear? If not you can borrow some of my clothes.

Frida: I’m not going if this is to redeem Draxum.

Leo: Is it because of Mona?

Frida: Yes, he’s the reason for her mutation and her family abandoning her. So he doesn’t deserve a second chance.

Miwa: I understand, I’m not going to force you.

Donnie: The issue is Mikey, we known him longer than you guys but he won’t really understand. He’s an optimistic, he sometimes see the good in things.

Leo: So you not being there will crush him. Even if you don’t like his ideal, Mikey would rather you be there for moral support.

Leo: Another thing, I don’t want to be alone with these two nerds and dad dealing with Mikey’s “I can change them.” I need my favorite sister and triplet.

Miwa: You’re dead to me, Leon.

Donnie: I’ll remember that, Nardo.

Frida giggles

Leo: If Draxum try to act up just guilty trip him. Mona may have adjusted to her new life, but from what I heard from Leatherhead and Olivier, she still miss the life she was forced to leave behind.

Frida: Okay, I’ll go but just for moral support to our baby brother. *whisper* maybe make Draxum life miserable too.

Frida: Miwa, can borrow some clothes? I don’t have anything nice to wear.

Miwa: You got it little sis.

Splinter appearing out of blue, while Leo open a portal to Miwa room.

Splinter: Miwa, you’re heading home.

Miwa: Why?

Splinter: If orange hasn’t invited Tang Shen yet, please don’t tell your mother. I don’t want to make the dinner table awkward with divorce parents.

Miwa looking at her dad and siblings: oh yeah that’s totally the least of our worries.

Splinter: I knew you’ll understand. You guys better be dress and ready by the time my green bean casserole is ready.

*Artist note*

Miwa is Lou Jitsu and Tang Shen illegitimate daughter. Lou and Tang eloped and after 2yrs they divorced because of Big Mama. Shen found out she was pregnant with Lou daughter after he disappeared. Tang Shen made sure Miwa kept the Hamato surname and this makes her the oldest sibling. Tang Shen is currently still alive.

Frida is Miwa and the boys long lost sister and Olivier’s assistant. In my version, the assistant we see in the serie is actually Big Mama’s adoptive daughter, Olivier’s, assistant. I also made Donnie, Leo, and Frida to be triplets.

Mona Lisa and Leatherhead also work for Olivier.

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And Then There Were Five.

Wip #1

This is not one of the chapters- this is a wip- this is not tied to the "ATTWF." world that we have been following. Anyway, this is what I have of an alternate world of the "ATTWF." where Kai ended up killing Draxum before the first episode of ROTTMNT. I was going to continue this, but I don't even know where to go from here, so you guys can have this as it is.

He panted heavily as blood dripped from his beak. Drip, Drip, Drip. He watched as the blood dripped from his beak onto the body that now lays there, lifeless. His growling slowly turned into giggles– he did it. He finally did it– ehehehe– after all these years of torture, of abuse, of training, his creator was finally Dead. Baron Draxum is finally dead!

“I did it.” His voice was raspy as he spoke, but years without talking and the chains and muzzles that restricted his airways would do that– the dehydration and malnutrition probably didn’t help either.

“You thought you had control, but look at you now. You lay here dead. I used your training against you– you helped me achieve this.” He giggled once more. “I guess I should thank you for that.”

A clatter made him whip his head up from Draxum, to the origin of the sound. Two gargoyles filled his vision. They shook with fear, clinging onto each other like their lives depended on it. He stepped over the dead body and walked over to them– like a predator stalking its prey.

“P-p-please! S-subj-ject-5, d-don’t h-h-hurt u-us!”

They were so full of fear that they couldn’t even speak properly. As Draxum would say– “Truly a pathetic sight.” Subject-5 sat down in front of them, growling softly. “Tell you what, I’ll let you two live, but you listen to me now.”

They looked at each other before nodding quickly. “Y-you got yourself a d-deal… b-b-boss.”

“Good. Then let’s go.” The two gargoyles were stuck, frozen in fear for a moment longer before they moved from their spot in the corner onto Subject-5’s shell.

S-5 looked at Draxum’s body one last time– giggling– before walking off– he couldn’t stay here, not anymore, but that was fine; he didn’t want to stay in this God-forsaken Hellscape anyway. He limped slightly as he started to walk. He stopped momentarily to look at his leg– tsk– guess he broke his leg in the fight. No matter, it will heal. Though he should look for some medical supplies– they would be useful. S-5 continued his walk, hiding the limping so well, that you would have to be looking for it to notice.

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“Where are we heading, boss?”

S-5 gave off a low growl. “I don’t know yet.”

He had been walking for hours. He was hungry, thirsty, and his wounds were starting to really hurt– not that he showed any of this. He still hasn’t taken care of his wounds, and if he continues on like this, he’ll probably get an infection. But he has to keep going– he has to get as far away as possible from the castle, and Draxum’s lifeless body– ehehehe– that thought alone makes him giggle. S-5 sighed as he watched more and more stuff cling onto the blood that covered his body– a mix of his and Draxum’s blood from the battle– the battle he came out victorious in.

“You should really take care of your injuries and rest.”

“I know!” He growled loudly, snapping at Muninn. He couldn’t see them from their position on his shell, but he felt them shift to be closer together. They were probably clinging onto one another again. S-5 sighed once more. “I am aware of my condition, and I am aware of what I need to do. But right now, we need to get as far away from the castle as possible. We can’t risk being anywhere near there when they find the lifeless body of the ‘Great’ Baron Draxum– ehehehe.” He went quiet for a moment before speaking once more. “We’ll keep going for another few hours, then I’ll patch myself up, and we’ll rest. Then we’ll head to the surface; we’ll stay away from any humans– but that will give us cover from any yokai who are going to be looking for whoever killed Draxum.”

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Subject-5 finally came to a stop in an area in the middle of nowhere. As he looked around, his eyes landed on the creek that was in front of him– water– then to the nearby cave. “Huginn, scope out that cave over there.”

“Right away, boss.” S-5 felt Hugin leave his perch on his back in favor of checking out the cave.

Good, now he can finally have some water. When was the last time Subject-5 had water? Two days ago, he’s sure of it. He walked over to the creek, dipping his head in and finally taking a drink. The blood that resided on his beak started to wash off– tainting the water slightly, but he didn’t care. He drank the water greedily, not even lifting his head out of the water to breathe. It wasn’t until he heard Huginn making his way back to him that he finally lifted his head from the creek.

“The cave is empty, S-5.”

“Good. Then we have shelter and water for tonight.” S-5 licked the water that dripped from his beak. “Muninn, take the medical kit to the cave; Huginn, head back to the cave with him. I’m going to clean myself off in the creek; wait for me in the cave.”

“Yes, boss.”

“You got it.”

He felt the weight of Muninn leave his shell just before he saw the two gargoyles head to the cave. S-5 walked into the creek– the creek was big, just not quite big enough to be considered a river. He swam to the middle, starting to scrub off all the blood and everything that stuck to it, letting the gentle current of the creek whisk away the red-tinted, blood-stained water. Once he was done with that, he took a deep breath and let himself sink to the bottom.

He stayed at the bottom of the creek for well over two hours. As an aquatic turtle, Subject-5 could hold his breath for a long time. On top of that, Draxum had him doing breathing exercises, so that allowed him to hold his breath for even longer. He stayed at the bottom– relishing in the feeling of being submerged in water– until his lungs burned– begging for air– reminding him that he does actually need air to survive. S-5 surfaced and made his way back to land. He hissed in pain as he dragged himself out of the water, quickly reminded of his injuries. He shook himself dry before walking to the cave. When he entered, he saw Huginn and Muninn using rocks to play games of tic-tac-toe on the cave floor.

S-5 huffed, drawing the attention of the gargoyles momentarily before he grabbed the medical kit– that he took before they left the last town– and started to actually take care of his wounds. “Remember, we’re not sticking around; we’ll leave tomorrow,”

“Are you sure you don’t want to stick around until your wounds are healed?”

“No. That would take too long.” He hissed in pain as he tightened the gauze around the splints on his broken leg. “Right now, we’re ahead, and I plan to keep it that way. Draxum’s own training lessons allowed me to kill him, but I would be a fool to try and fight the police in my condition.” Once S-5 took care of his injuries, he laid down, closing his eyes. “Do what you want– but stay near the cave. Though I suggest you sleep.” He listened to the sound of the rocks the gargoyles had scrapping against the stone floor of the cave. Guess they decided to continue playing tic-tac-toe with each other.

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Subject-5 opened his eyes, looking around; right, he was in a cave– he killed Draxum. He smiled before pushing himself off the ground. “Huginn, Muninn.” S-5 looked over to the sleeping gargoyles when he didn’t get a response from them. He sighed before stalking up to them; he growled loudly, snapping at them. They yelped as they woke up in a panic; they clung onto one another for a moment before looking to S-5. “Oh, I’m sorry, did I wake you up?” He snarled at them before huffing. “Come on, we need to get going.” He felt the two gargoyles land on his shell as he began walking out of the cave. Walking on all fours had its benefits; he was lower to the ground and harder to see as a result; plus, he didn’t put as much weight on his broken leg walking like this compared to just walking on his feet.

“So we’re heading to the surface, right?”

“Yes. The humans are dangerous, but we can keep hidden. And it will make things easier by heading up there. I doubt anyone would be looking on the surface for Draxum’s killer– especially not me. Draxum was well known for his hatred of humans, so why would his subject flee to the one place he despises most?”

“But they will be looking for you– and us probably. We’re associated with him.”

“Yeah, they’ll probably be wondering what happened to us.”

“All the more reason to flee. We’re not there for them to find us when they find Draxum, which means they’ll start drawing conclusions. One, we were taken by the murderer; two, the murderer killed us as well but hid our bodies– less likely, but if they do go with that option, then why? Could they not hide Draxum’s body before the police arrived? Or did they leave Draxum’s body to make a point?– three, we’re the murderers; or four, we witnessed the murder and fled because of fear.” S-5 looked around his surroundings before he sighed; it was going to be a while until they reached the next town. All they had to do was make it to the next down– they didn’t even need to head very deep into it; they just needed to get access to the nearest portal to the surface, then, they will be home free.

Subject-5 listened to the gargoyles as they talked about this and that, occasionally speaking up when they asked him questions, but otherwise, he remained quiet as he walked to the next town.

“Look! That must be the next town in the distance!”

S-5 huffed. “Good– it only took five hours.”

“Look at the bright side, Subject-5; once we make it, you’ll finally be able to rest so you can heal.”

“Let’s worry about getting to the surface first, okay?”

S-5 walked for another 45 minutes before they finally made it to the edge of the town. Once there, he walked up to the first yokai he saw. “Excuse me, sir, where might I find the nearest portal to the surface?”

“Portal?” The yokai asked, looking down on Subject-5. “I don’t know anything about any portals to the surface. However, maybe an offering will jog my memory.” He smirked, clearly oh so full of himself.

It was the edge of town, so a lot of shady yokai resided around there– and shady yokai often want something in return when giving away anything. Well then, if it’s an offering he wants, it’s an offering he’ll get. S-5 giggled as he stood up to his full height on his back legs– the gargoyles shifted with him, moving to now rest on his shoulders like they used to do with Draxum. “Forgive me, sir; I must have forgotten my manners.”

“That’s what I thought.”

In seconds, S-5 grabbed his scythe and sliced the yokai’s hand clean off. He wiped that smirk off their face quicker than they put it on. The yokai screamed in pain as he finally registered his hand being cut off. S-5 licked the blood off the blade of his scythe before snarling at the yokai and putting his blade to their throat. “What I offer is your life! Now, tell me where the portal is, or you won’t live much longer to receive any more offerings! So what do you say, do you accept my offering?”

“O-of course! You can find the nearest portal to the surface one mile n-noth! Near the docks!”

S-5 smirked as he moved his scythe away from the yokai’s throat, putting it back where it belonged. “Now then, that wasn’t so hard, now was it?” He giggled once more. “Thank you for your cooperation, ‘good sir.’” He watched the yokai grasp their bleeding wrist where their hand once was, running off. S-5 huffed as he got back on all fours to continue his journey to the surface.

“Do you think he’ll ever do that again?”

“Maybe. But I bet he’s going to be a lot more careful the next time he asks for an offering after what S-5 just did to them.”

He growled quietly. “Quiet, both of you. We don’t need to attract any more attention to ourselves than we already have.”

He made his way to the location where the yokai had told him the portal would be– for the sake of his own life, the yokai had better have been telling the truth. Lucky for the yokai, he was telling the truth; the portal activated, and S-5 jumped through– guess the yokai will live another day.

Subject-5’s senses were overwhelmed as he entered the city on the surface. It was much brighter than he expected even though the sky was dark; it was incredibly loud, and there were so many new smells that it was throwing him off. It took him a moment to process what was going on. He looked to the building next to him and started to scale it. His injuries– and most importantly, his broken leg– made it hard to climb up the bricks; he kept slipping. Thankfully, Huginn and Muninn helped him climb to the top of the building. “Thank you.” He panted as he sat down on the edge of the roof, looking over this new city. As S-5 looked around, he spotted something interesting– a turtle– but not just any turtle; it was a yokai. Turtle yokai were incredibly rare, yet one was right there. He seemed young, too. S-5 watched the Yokai with interest, chirping quietly. Not too long after, three more revealed themselves. It wasn’t just the one– it was a bale of yokai. He mildly wondered if he would be able to join the bale– probably not, though. He could feel the gargoyles moving and shifting around his shell nervously as he followed after the bale of yokai– stalking them– but he was much too enticed by the bale to pay the gargoyles any mind.

 The bale of yokai jumped across the roofs of the buildings across the road– he kept up with them no matter how much it hurt to leap from one building to the next. They finally came to a stop and hopped down into the alleyway. Once they were down there, S-5 opened a portal. He watched as the black portal moved and shifted– how pieces of the portal would break off into some more, smaller portals before shifting to join back up with the primary portal, over and over again. He walked through the portal and ended up on the building that the bale were just on. He peered over the edge of the building’s rooftop, chittering softly.

“Come on, guys, we need to get home.”

“Chill, Raph, it’s fine.”

The biggest turtle grabbed the metal plate from the ground, moved it over, and revealed a ladder that went down.

“Uhhh, guys?”

“What is it, Mikey?”

“We're not alone.”

The four turtles looked at the roof as the smaller turtle pointed at S-5. He hissed– he was so distracted that he didn’t even realize that the smallest turtle had noticed him. He hopped down to the alleyway, making sure to keep his distance just in case the bale were hostile.

“Is that… another turtle?”

“Ohmigosh!”

The smallest turtle quickly went to him. He shot up to his full height, standing on his legs, grabbing his scythe and pointing it toward the turtle– box turtle, red-eared slider, alligator snapping turtle, and he couldn’t tell what the fourth one was.

“S-5…” He growled softly as Huginn flew closer to the other three.

“Woah! Hey, you better point your weapon away from my little brother, or we’re going to have a problem!” The slider demanded as he pulled out a katana, pointing it toward S-5.

“Hey, it’s okay, I won’t hurt you; I just got a little excited– I didn’t mean to scare you.”

He looked at the box turtle before slowly lowering his scythe but keeping it in his grasp.

“Hey, Muninn, do you think it’s them?”

“You know, I think they might be, Huggin.”

“What are you two talking about?” He kept his eyes on the bale even as he asked the gargoyles the question. He snarled when they didn’t answer fast enough. “Answer me!”

“Hey buddy, you need to calm down!” The snapper said in warning as he grabbed a pair of sais.

“Do you remember the files? You’re not the only one!” Muninn finally answered S-5’s question.

The fourth turtle followed his lead, grabbing what S-5 believes is supposed to be a bo staff. “Files? What files?”

“Hey, are we going to have a problem?” The slider asked, going a few steps closer to him.

He giggled– maybe a little too violently since his body began to shake with the force.

“What’s so funny, buddy-o?”

“You–” S-5 managed to stifle his giggling as the gargoyles returned to their spot on his shoulders. “They survived?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You’re the other Subjects! You’re all alive!” He chirped softly, looking surprised to the box turtle when he chirped back. “Well then, this is quite the surprise. Let’s see: the alligator snapping turtle, the red-eared slider, the box turtle– which means you must be a spiny softshell.” They watched S-5, obviously very confused about what he was talking about. “What’s it like?”

“What is what like?”

“Living freely… You do live freely, right? You don’t have to train every day; you can eat and drink water every day; you’re not tortured every time you make a mistake; no muzzles or chains, right?”

Their expressions all turned to shock, then to horror. They all slowly put their weapons up, and S-5 put his up as they did.

“Ohmigosh.” The box turtle looked S-5 over with new understanding. His eyes landed on S-5’s leg, which was wrapped up with some sticks, making a splint for his broken leg. “Guys, he’s hurt.”

“No. Are you crazy, Miguel? This guy is insane!”

Tears filled the box turtle’s eyes, and he gave off a sad, pleading chirp as the slender started to make his way closer to the box turtle. S-5 reacted without thinking. He grabbed the box turtle, holding onto him tightly, hissing at the slider.

The slider grabbed his katanas, and S-5 snarled, giving off a warning growl. But before the slider could come any closer, the snapper put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him in his tracks.

“Leo, wait; look at how he’s holding Mikey.”

Subject-5 hissed, shielding the box turtle from the slider.

“He has him in a protective hold… He’s holding him like Raph holds us when he’s trying to protect us from something– He’s trying to protect Mikey from Leo.”

“But why?” The box turtle chirped to S-5, and he chirped back to the box turtle.

“Raph’s not sure…”

“Uhhhh, S-5?” One of the gargoyles poked S-5’s face– that was a mistake. He snarled at him, snapping at the gargoyle. With a yelp, he quickly flew off S-5’s shoulder; the second one was quick to follow.

“Well, that’s not good.”

“What do you mean? What’s not good? What is he doing?” The snapper asked, worry lacing his tone. S-5 chirped to the snapper, chittering softly to him.

“Raph… he picked up on the worried tone you used. And he didn’t start acting like that until Mikey gave off that sad chirp. I don’t think he’s all there right now…”

“You would be correct on that.”

“Yeah, looks like Subject-5 is having an episode.”

The two gargoyles landed on the softshell’s shoulder; he looked at them, confused. “What do you mean, ‘having an episode’? What is an ‘episode’?”

“His mind essentially shuts off, leaving only natural instincts.”

“How long do these episodes last? How do we get him out of this state?”

The gargoyles looked at each other before looking at the softshell. “You can’t… not without Draxum.”

“Great, where do we find this Draxum?”

“You don’t. Draxum was killed not too long ago.”

The slider put his weapons away before carefully moving closer to S-5. He hissed at the slider, moving the box turtle away.

“Leo, what are you doing?”

“I have an idea.” Leo gave off a scared chirp, slowly coming closer to S-5. “Mikey, do a chirp call.”

He nodded, chirping to the slider, calling for him; the slider chirped back. S-5 chittered to the box turtle, watching the slider; after another calling chirp from the box turtle, S-5 started to slowly let him go so he could go to the slider.

“It worked; he let him go.”

“Thanks, Leo.”

“No problem, Mikey.”

S-5 went back to standing on his hands and feet; soon, he limped over to the softshell.

“Nervous chuckle. Uh, Hi, Subject-5, was it?” S-5 gave off a click as he looked at the gargoyles perched on the softshell’s shoulder. The gargoyles left the softshell’s shoulders and returned to S-5’s shell.

“Guys, please, we have to help him.” The box turtle gave off a calling chirp toward S-5. He looked at him before limping his way over to the box turtle, chirping back.

“Raph’s not so sure. What if he flips out again.”

“If it makes you feel better, S-5 shouldn’t become hostile unless he feels like there’s a threat.”

The snapper looked to the gargoyle before sighing in defeat. “Alright.”

“Raph?”

“Are we sure this is a good idea?”

“No, Raph’s not sure this is a good idea, but Mikey is right; he does need help.” The snapper crouched down, chirp calling for S-5. He watched the snapper for a moment before going to him. “Alright, now don’t freak out, cuz Raph is gonna pick you up, okay?”

Subject-5 tilted his head in confusion. He couldn’t understand the snapper. He kept hearing the bale and gargoyles making these foreign sounds– he couldn’t understand any of it; but they were also making sounds that he could understand. The snapper reached over and gently picked S-5 up, lifting him off the ground– he hissed, trying to escape. He heard a reassuring chirp from the box turtle, then another one from the snapper; he calmed down slightly, chittering softly. The gargoyles migrated off of S-5’s shell onto the snapper's shoulders.

“Come on, let’s get home.”

S-5 looked around as the snapper brought him down into the dark tunnel. The bale walked through the dark tunnels for a while before they came to a stop in a large area that was well-lit.

“Put him in the medbay; I’ll take care of him.” The slider walked ahead and the snapper and box turtle followed after.

They entered a room that was brighter than the room they had just come from, and it smelled of chemicals. The snapper put S-5 down on a bed. He chirped, confused, looking to the slider as he started to make his way over to him, holding a needle. He hissed at the slider. The box turtle came closer to him, giving off another reassuring chirp.

“It’s okay; he’s going to help with the pain.”

“Raph’s got this.” The snapper started to churr, drawing the attention of S-5.

Subject-5 chirped softly as he started to relax as he listened to the snapper’s churring. The snapper’s deep rumbling churr filled the room, telling S-5 that it was okay, that he was safe. He was so focused on the snapper’s churring, that he barely registered the fact that the slider had just injected something into him. He hissed, swiping his claws at the slider.

The slider backed away, putting his hands in the air. “Okay, okay. I’m done; I’m sorry.”

He growled a warning to the slider, hissing. He looked around the room, and soon, his eyelids became increasingly heavy. He did his best to fight this newfound sleepiness, but he was fighting a losing battle.

…

….

……

When S-5 woke up, he quickly realized that his surroundings were different. His mind was foggy, and thinking was difficult, so he didn’t think when he tried to get up. He hissed in pain as he crashed to the floor. When he looked up, he saw a gargoyle in front of him. He huffed before trying and failing to push himself off the floor– it was like his limbs were made of jelly. His response time is low, too. He sighed. “Where’s Huginn?”

“Right, here, boss.”

He looked over to see Huginn perched on the shoulder of the slider. He thought for a moment; where were they? And how did they get here? “Where are we?”

“Well, it’s nice to see you can talk again. You’re in the medbay– in our lair.” 

‘Nice to see you can talk again.’? What was the slider talking about? “How did we get here?”

“You don’t remember? … I guess that makes sense.” The slider picked S-5 up off the ground and placed him back on the bed. “Wow. You are way too light for size.”

S-5 glared at the slider. “You didn’t answer the question.”

“He brought us here.”

“Well, actually, the snapper did that.”

S-5 looked between the gargoyles. “Then why don’t I-...” He fell silent as something in his mind finally clicked. He growled quietly. “I had an episode, didn’t I?” He asked the gargoyles quietly.

“Yeah, you did.”

“You know that you wouldn’t have had one if Draxum was here.”

He snarled loudly, throwing a dagger at Huginn– he missed both the slider and the gargoyle, and the dagger hit the wall. “Don’t you dare bring him up!” 

“Woah! Calm down! Don’t make me have to sedate you.”

“I don’t listen to you, slider! I listened to Draxum for 13 years before I finally killed him.”

The slider’s expression turned to horror as he heard the words that fell from S-5’s mouth. He quickly sobered up his expression, however. “You killed someone?”

“I have killed so many times it’s hard to count. Draxum was my creator– our creator. I Have my reasons for killing him.”

“And your other kills?”

“Training.”

“Leo?” The box turtle made his way into the room. “Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, Mikey, everything’s fine.”

The box turtle looked at S-5. “Oh, he’s awake.” He chirped to S-5

He sighed. “Munnin, grab my dagger.”

“Oh, he can talk again.”

“Yeah.”

Muninn grabbed the dagger and returned it to S-5. “Thanks…”

“So, how do you feel?”

S-5 looked at the box turtle. “I hurt, but I will get over that.” He looked at the gargoyles. “Whatever’s in my system has lowered my response time.”

“That would be the anesthetics.” The slider pointed next to the bed that S-5 was in.

He followed it to see the IV bag, realizing that he was attached to it. He pulled the IV out of his scales.

“Hey! One, that’s helping with the pain, and two, you have severe malnutrition and dehydration. That’s helping with those.”

“I’m aware of my condition, slider. But it’s already dangerous here; I don’t need my response time down.”

“Your response time is fine. You're fine.”

“Yeah, except I can barely move right now. Which means I’m not fast enough if someone comes after me. Everything should be out of my system by tomorrow– we leave tomorrow.”

“What?” the box turtle yelled. “You can’t leave! You’re hurt!”

“An inconvenience, yes. But we have to keep moving.”

“Why? We’re out of the Hidden City.”

“Yeah, and surely we’re far enough away from our town, so it couldn’t hurt to stay here, at least until your injuries are healed, boss.”

He glared at the gargoyles before he huffed. “Fine, we’ll stay for now.”

“Well, with that settled, let me just–” The slider put S-5’s IV back in. “There. Now, do me a favor and keep it in this time, K?”

“Why are you helping me?”

“Because you’re hurt?”

“Yet I saw that look on your face. So why continue to help me?”

“What is he talking about, Leo?”

“The fact that I’m a murderer.”

“What? You’re joking, right?”

“I don’t joke. Draxum got what he deserved. For 13 years, I’ve been abused and tortured. Weeks without food, days without water. I’ve had to continue on with my training with injuries worse than what I have now. Tell me, box turtle, Have you ever had to fight a failed subject that’s three times bigger than you? What about when you just got your shell cracked the day prior? Do you know why a failed subject is considered failed? Because they’re animalistic.”

“Then are you considered a failed subject? I’m going to guess no since your name is ‘Subject-5’ and not ‘failed subject-5’. Or am I missing something?” The slider looked at S-5.

“Hehehe. Because I’m not animalistic.”

“Yet that ‘episode’ of yours says otherwise.”

“But they are just that, episodes.”

“Yeah, and Draxum had ways to stop the episode.”

“Oh, Huginn, he did have a way around them, but when did they start?”

“When you were five.”

“Oh look, Muninn answered for you~. Ehehehe~. Draxum had a way around the episodes, but he was the reason I started having them in the first place!” S-5 growled at the gargoyles. “It doesn’t matter now. He trained me to kill, so I killed.” He sighed, looking to the slider. “You wanna know why I wasn’t considered a failed subject? Because I could be trained. The failures aren’t trainable– too aggressive, too idiotic. I’m also a different breed of subjects. I’m one of five.”

“And we’re the other four?” The box turtle spoke up for the first time in a while.

“Yeah, it sure seems that way. Five subjects, all of different species. Subject-1: Alligator snapping turtle– deceased. Subject-2: Spiny softshell– deceased. Subject-3: Red-eared slider– deceased. Subject-4: Ornate box turtle– deceased. Subject-5: Northern red-bellied cooter– survived. The first four subjects were thought to have perished in the explosion– I was thought to be the only survivor.”

“You said that you were a different breed of subjects. What is that supposed to mean?”

“It means, slider, that we were made with something the rest were not– human DNA.”

“Alright– we have names, you know. My name isn’t ‘slider’, it’s Leo. And his name isn’t ‘box turtle’, it’s Mikey.”

“Hey, guys, pizza’s here.” The snapper walked into the room holding a box. He looked at S-5. “Want some?”

S-5 just watched the snapper for a moment before looking away. “No. I’m not hungry.” He soon heard the sound of choking.

“What do you mean you’re not hungry!? You literally just told us how you’ve gone weeks without food! And you’re malnourished and underweight!”

“I’ve learned to survive with little food, slider. I was allowed to eat three days ago.”

“Uhh, actually, by now, it’s been four days since your last feeding, boss.”

How long has he been out of commission for? “Huh. Either way, I’ll live.”

“Mikey, as the chef of the family, I’m going to need you to make some food that’s high in protein and high in calories so that S-5 here can gain some weight and not be malnourished.”

“Okey-dokey!” The box turtle gave the slider a thumbs-up before hopping out of the room.

“You sure ya don’t want any pizza?” The snapper asked once more.

“Yes, snapper, I’m sure. Besides, that’s not even remotely close to what my diet looks like.”

“And what does your diet look like– when you eat of course.”

“Draxum usually has Subject-5 eat the opponent he just killed.” Huginn answered the slider’s question for him.

“I’m sorry, you eat your kills!? Ohmigosh…” The slider looked in horror to S-5– he’s been doing that a lot– before his expression sobered once more. “Right, well, starting now, you won't be doing that, and you’ll be eating real food.”

He huffed before he yawned.

The slider sighed, looking at S-5. “We’ll get on that tomorrow; you should get some rest for now. Come on, Raph, let’s go.”

He watched as the slider and snapper walked out of the room before looking to the gargoyles that had just landed on the foot of the bed that he was on. “If it weren’t for the fact that my reaction time is down, we would be leaving now.”

…

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[maguro13-2]

Shattered Hero ~ Origins of the Ink Demon : Episode Maka Pt.13 ~

[Chun-Nan (Day) - Kenichi Tokoi]

Ashley : Hey, Two of dumplings please!

Mona : Here you go. It's on the house.

Young Cricket : Hey, Ashley. Thank you for saving my life back there. If I haven't been defending myself from those strange masked guys, I would have easily defended ourselves from danger.

Ashley : My pleasure, cricket. You can count on me anytime. So do you wanna help spend time fixing up the dojo? Kat and Ana are worried that the dojo has left a huge mess after their fight with a demon.

Young Cricket : Oh that's weird, I took the demon child back to it's father so that the Dojo can be safe and sound. Speaking of which, I wonder if Mona ever on her part time job on giving these tasty dumplings. I'm going to create a work of masterpiece that will ever complete me in the science fair and also Penny is working a new invention that will give Wario a new bike.

Master Mantis : So I got a word from Princess Peach. Here look at the newspaper.

[Newspaper : LEADER OF THE KOOPA TRIBE BURNED TO DEATH BY FALLING OFF INTO THE LAVA PIT]

Mario : What!? Me, a murderer who mad that bowser fell into a ridiculous death. It happened on that Crocomire creature who was cooked to death by Samus!

Luigi : Yeah I don't like the sound of it, Mario. Buring a Koopa alive is kinda murder as in that result. You literally cooked a turtle to death and watch his skin getting melt except for his spiny shell!

Mario : Well, I'm sorry that he finally got what he deserved! Told you, cooking someone alive is the result of death and carnage, roasting some turtles is a kind of murder.

Luigi : But you didn't remember that Bowser Jr has a magical pot that has the ability to revive anyone from the dead after being cooked alive! Is that how video game logic works?

Mario : You tell me. Anyways, we're sigining up for the new Samsh Bros game titled "brawl" after Melee since the Space Colony Ark and I was in an incident too after I got framed by his son that makes them coconut heads force me to clean up crap all over on the island! And I just wanted a vacation, this is why I hate 2002 because of that incident! I wished went on a real vacation in Hawaii.

[radio buzzing]

Mario : Luigi! Can you turn off the radio! It's going on with the buzzes!

Luigi : I don't think that's me doing it, Mario! I'm not doing it with the radio.

Mario : Then what are...

Seto : (via radio) Hello! This is Seto the deathless from Needless! I just discovered a shocking truth and it's quite possible to spread it for you! It is just revealed that the Mabuki known as Demon Weapons were all part of an Alchemical research by Shotaro the Dokeshi, the boy who has unleashed an ultimate taboo for creating the demon weapons and it is also stated the Death the Kid that everyone know and love is Dracula's servant Death, a black wolf in sheep's clothing! He ordered Shotaro and the heroes of Soul World into taking down the Kasugatani family tree and I cannot believe that he would do such a thing! This was all a stage to make Witchkind's greatest downfall and will be on the verge of extinction! Tell Maka Albarn that everything she entrusted is a lie from Shinra! A lie to the devil himself! Please, understand the truth and let Truth win!

Mario : What!? Dracula's servant and Castlevania boss character death has been ordering all that!?

Luigi : Damn! So the actual Death the Kid was captured by King Boo! Konami is real smooth for showing their tricks up in their sleeves! I guess the Shinigami from Soul Eater was just a kid that is the human form of a Yokai called Kyokotsu! Lucky bastard! I don't know why the crazy story of Soul Eater was really false and to think that Maka Albarn is the hero of that world! This is the real world and we need to wake ourselves the hell up!

(suddenly lights went out)

Mario : Hey! The lights went out! What's going on here!?

Luigi : This could be a real messed up move!

Daisy : Guys! It's happening! Someone has broken into Nintendo and a recolored Shadow is heading this way!

Mario : Recolored Shadow? I don't know of this recolored Shadow!

Daisy : You gotta believe me! He is an acutal recolor of Shadow and he has the purpose of manipulating a hedgehog from the future and killing the blue blur himself! They say that he'll make the planet fall into darkness along with Real World AU itself!

Mario : Oh yeah!? Well who is this bozo that is attempting to drown the planet in darkness?

Mephiles : Simple question you may ask. But it shall be the living things that shall rejoice their selves to darkness! You'll just be lucky that you will be in your nightmares and all that frustration will easily hurt a heart and soul!

Mario : Ahh, sh**! I knew it! I knew someone in the building is going to get us! Hey, what do you think you're doing!? No! Stop! DON'T TOUCH ME!!!

(Mephiles laughs evilly)

Mario : Luigi! Guys! HEEEEELP!!!

(the lights were suddenly turned back on as Mario is missing)

Luigi : (gasped in shock) MARIO!!! NOOOOO!!! NOT MY BRO! ANYTHING BUT MY SWEET BRO-O-O-O-O-OOOO!!!

Mona : What's going on here!? Mario's missing!

Luigi : Yes! A recolor came by and took Mario hostage! Who could've done this!

Mona : Yeah, as a result of in that, Wario is missing too! and I haven't getting a direct call from him!

Waluigi : And who am I going to play tennis for what!? Now I don't have someone to play Tennis or Golf! And there will no be kart racing for tomorrow!

Luigi : (looks up into the sky, yelling) MARIOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

"Meanwhile..."

Mizune : [whistling a tune] Hey, dad. Long time no see. Do you remember who I am now? It's me, Mizune, your beloved daughter. (sees a photo frame of Mouser) I know that you haven't seen your daughter in years and I haven't seen you in years.

[Sadness - Seirou Okamoto]

Mizune : I promised you that I would able to reunite with you for a long time. But I haven't realized that I was the not only person that I ever get to see you again.

*flashback*

Mouser : Listen here, Mizune. You'll grow to be a strong girl just like your old man and when you do, you'll be just like me someday when you get older! How does that sound!

Young Mizune : Sounds great! I want to be the greatest being that I ever wanted to be the icon of my own! I will become the world's greatest treasure hunter there is!

Mouser : That's my girl!

*flashback ends*

Mizune : So now I understand that you wanted to see your own daughter again, dad. But now that you're gone dead, it's like that I never get to see you again...and I never felt this alone because I wanted to become the strong girl that I dreamed of! I dreamed that I would become the world's greatest treasure that there is and no one will ever take it away!

Blair : Long time no see, Treasure hunter!

Mizune : My rival from the same school, Blair?!

Blair : What are you doing here at Mouser's grave? What's the matter, Mizune? Cat got your tongue?

Mizune : You know why I came to daddy's graveyard, I came to mourn his loss of him after he died, he vanished from existence. I didn't know why I wanted to be the villain that is a part of a story. Believe it or not, I will never be a villain like this. Eruka was right about this, Medusa is not the friendly person that I expected to work with. No wonder why the author would make me the villain of the story. But...(grabs Blair by neck) If anything happens to Free or Eruka in the country, you'll pay. (Blair backs off)

Blair : So what!? That's how that I was such in an influence since we know each other at High school. I come to the church in Maryland everyday. You're begging that you planned on reviving Shinra's grandson to wipeout the planet, would ya? That's genocide!

Mizune : I didn't say that we of Ashley's kind were supposed to destroy the planet, that would be the heartless that is their doing! Here's something that I needed to tell you something, I didn't wanted to become a stupid villain! I wanted to become a hero of another story! I am sick and tired of the heartless' crap! That stupid Medusa and her dumb sisters would eventually get their asses kicked by the force! I could never trust a cold-blooded son of a b*tch that has us ever done to our kind. Thanks to unknown circumstances, Medusa and her sisters would be gone missing to confess their crimes against humanity. If only they were here to destroy the planet that easily.

Daroach : Still thinking about Mouser's loss, would you? I'm so sorry to hear that your father has passed on!

[Dark Samus Appears - Kenji Yamamoto]

Mizune : Daroach? Is that you? What happened to yourself? What did you go a little blue? Wait a sec, (her visions show Dark Nebula who is currently possessing him) Dark Nebula! How did you--?!

Daroach : (possessed by Dark Nebula) Escaped from imprisonment? Yes that's right. It was all thanks to this mice who freed me from that horrible prison that I lay dormant for all eternity. I have needed time for such lovely reunion to your master's body.

Blair : Hold the phone. Are you saying that Daroach is Mizune's master?

Mizune : And my adoptive grandfather as well. Enough fun and games, Dark Nebula! You come right out that body of his! I mean it now! You'll never cover the planet in darkness, not even the king of all Ink Demons would able to bring humanity into despair!

Daroach : (possessed by Dark Nebula) Fat chance, Mice girl! Once I reclaim my right position as ruler of the Underworld, I shall get rid of Earth's underworld rulers Hades and pluto, so does Yama himself to bring the darkness and despair for the rest of your lives! Both Humankind and Witchkind shall forever be in their miserable fates.

Mizune : Dark Nebula!

Daroach : Here! Have a present from your late father!

Mizune : What the-!?

*DBZ SFX : LOUD EXPLOSION*

Blair and Mizune : (coughing out)

Mizune : Dark Nebula! (realizing that Daroach disappeared) Damn it! He's got Daroach and now they're both gone!

Blair : Oh no! He must've went into space! Along with...the Squeakers!

Mizune : Daroach, no! (falls down on the ground) ...No! (whimpering) It's should've been me, not him! It's not fair! Why couldn't Dark Nebula just take me instead and be it's own puppet? I will never forgive for this Nebula! I'll make sure that you'll die with a terrible fate! A fate that you'll never forget just like what you did to daddy! I'll kill you for this!

(Dark Nebula laughs sinisterly)

~ Act 13 : Personification of Darkness ~

[fairladybellaphram]

I’m excited for the new Professor Layton game (I really need to get around to replaying Azran Legacy. Miracle Mask was such a slog though) but I don’t have much to say because like. Of course I’m excited for it it’s a new Professor Layton game! I like the steampunk setting because I like steampunk settings and I think it fits in alright with the previous Layton games. The 3D looks a lot better than on the 3DS games, the models aren’t lumpy so yay! But idk I’d be more excited if we got a release date. I am bummed about the loss of animated cutscenes but I’ll live lol.

Also excited for the new Fantasy Life game, don’t love that it’s trying a little too hard to be New Horizons? I don’t need to terraform and be able to completely design an island again. I didn’t really want it in the first place. Also I never love open world games so that’s a little concerning. Give me smaller areas that are intentionally designed please. Not vast open fields with nothing in them. *Cough Scarlet/Violet cough* I am excited for the new farming and painter lives though. Also the island is shaped like a dragon and that’s cool. Oh and the quick change, thank goodness I won’t have to trek my ass back to the guild office every 5 minutes.

The only other thing I thought was interesting was the last game, Ghost Craft RPG? I can’t decide if it looks fun or if it’s going to be obnoxious lol. I’ve tried to get into Yokai watch a few times and I just don’t enjoy the first game lol. Idk if they get better later but the gameplay and the sense of humor don’t quite do it for me lol. This one looks like it’ll be completely different gameplay wise which is definitely a plus! Also a lot of the monster designs they showed in the trailer were cute! (Another issue I had with yokai watch lol) I’ll wait before we have more information on it to decide if I’m interested or not.

[saga-project]

He'd only taken his eyes off of her for a minute.

They'd made a day trip of it. Venus had rather surprisingly agreed to the terms Bee had helped him to put in place, never straying overly far from him and being quick to come back to his side if prompted, and they had gone out into the city and seen a few of the sites. For as much of a sensory nightmare as it was for them, they'd taken her to Times Square and let her ogle at the brightly lit billboards. They'd ventured to the aquarium, where she'd stared in awe at the sharks swimming around in their tanks and giggled at the antics of the sea lions in the Aquatheatre. He even had a handful of cute pictures to show for the day.

It was only when they'd stopped to get ice cream from a stand in the nearby park on the way home that the day had gone south.

He shouldn't have taken his eyes off of her. Saga knew that, instinctively, but there had been some extravagant flowering bush next to their location, and.....well. He'd turned his gaze to look at it, pondering what species it was and whether it would grow well in the garden space in the lair, and when he turned back Venus was gone.

Okay. Not to panic. She'd probably just gotten distracted by something in turn and wandered off a bit. Not to worry. He paced away from his current position, turning this way and that. "Venus? Sunspot? You know you're not supposed to go very far without me. If you saw something interesting that's fine, but you need to tell me."

A minute passed. Then two. Then three. Panic began to spike in their chest as they wandered, bringing up a display on their wrist pad, trying to track her through the bracelet that she had on. "Sunspot? This isn't funny. Come out now or you shall be grounded for the rest of the week. That means no bedtime stories, no ice cream after dinner, no--"

And then their blood curdled, as they heard a shrill scream from the bushes nearby.

"DADDY! HEL-"

The whole world narrowed down to a pinprick in that moment. His heart started thundering in his ears.

His child was in danger.

His daughter was in danger.

He didn't waste any time. Baring his teeth in a snarl, he practically thundered through the bushes, letting out a deep rumble that would have given Raph's a run for its money as he burst into the clearing. "Let her--"

Saga pulled up short as a command rang out, as the hefty lynx yokai holding Venus pressed a knife to her throat. "Stop right there, Cain. Or your precious little girl gets her head removed from her shoulders."

He skidded to a halt, heartbeat almost drumming, teeth bared in a wild snarl as his eyes darted towards whoever it was. How did they know his name. How did--

A rinkhal yokai was watching him, flaring her hood out, eyes glimmering with hatred in the half-light as she slithered forward. "Remember me? I know you always used to lord how useful you were compared to the rest of us over our heads, surely you must know."

"....Vrasha." It came to them in a rush as they relaxed by the smallest of degrees, trying to analyze the situation. "What is this. What are you doing?"

"Oh, come now. Use that brain of yours. I know you're not as dense as you look." Vrasha bared her impressive fangs then, moving closer, her scales scraping sinisterly against the ground. "I'm taking my revenge. For everything you took from me. Remember them? My brothers? The ones you cut down without even a second thought?"

"Vrasha. It wasn't up to me. You know that." He held his hands up in a placating gesture then, trying against all odds to try and placate the furious snake in front of him. "I was being controlled. We all were. We were in that situation together. I had to fight or die. It doesn't excuse what I did, I know it doesn't. But please. Leave Venus out of this. I'm the one you want to take revenge on. She didn't do anything to you."

Vrasha cocked her head slightly, giving the impression that she was listening before her face warped into an ugly sneer. "Mmm. No. I don't think that I will. You got special treatment just because you were Rakshan's favorite, and the rest of us got tossed to the side. The rest of us had everything taken from us. Well, now it's time to take something from you."

A madwoman. They were dealing with a madwoman. She wasn't going to listen to sense, and they knew that. But they had to buy time. Had to give Venus enough time to squirm free, or get that lynx to put his knife down--

"Have you even told her? How much blood her precious little father has on his hands? How, if she was an opponent in the Nexus, he would have sliced her pretty little face to ribbons?" A hysterical laugh. "Maybe we'll give her the same treatment you tried to give to all of us. Maybe we'll dump her limp carcass at Big Mama's door, while we're at it, just to pay that arachnid bitch back too."

The rhino and wolf at her side faltered, and even the lynx's knife seemed to dip away from Venus's throat for a split second. The wolf stepped forward, voice grim. "Vrash. This wasn't part of the plan. Roughing the kid up a little, yeah, but not killing her--"

"Shut your idiotic mouth and do what you're told," Vrasha hissed, whirling on the wolf and baring her fangs. "You're not getting paid to have a moral code. You're getting paid to help me get my revenge."

"Not like this. If we piss him off again--" "If you're too much of a coward to do it, then I'll find someone else." Vrasha whirled towards the lynx next, flaring her hood. "Gut the little brat. The rest of you, hold him. I want to make him watch."

They seemed to step forward all at once. The wolf and the rhino stepped forward to try and hold him back, and the lynx pressed the knife back against Venus's throat even as she wriggled and bit, and she let out a frightened squeal as Vrasha's cackles filled the air--

--and Saga felt his ninpo rising rising rising--

--the air started crackling with energy--

"GET AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER."

It was a blur from there. A purple shockwave of energy radiating out, knocking all of them back--

Venus scurrying away as fast as her tiny legs would carry her, only to shriek as one of them grabbed at her again--

Magical energy and ninpo alike whirling around him as he summoned his bo--

The wolf running towards them, and they conjured a mystic hammer and slammed it into the other predator's muzzle, the wolf letting out a strangled yelp as his broken muzzle filled with his own blood--

Whirling and slashing with his scythe, hissing, snarling, hurling every attack and every single spell that he could conjure at all of them--

Protect bale protect bale PROTECT BALE.

Pained exclamations filling his ears, the roar of the crowd pulsating all around him--

FIRST KILL! FIRST KILL! FIRST KILL!

Very good, Cain. Now finish it--

--the fog cleared. He was snarling, breathing heavily, crouched over a body that was now heavily mutilated, and--

Oh god there was blood everywhere--

The wolf and the lynx laid dead at his feet, and the rhino probably wasn't long for this world either judging by the depth of his slash wounds--

And Vrasha was nowhere to be seen--

And Venus was peeking out from the bushes, voice shaky, eyes wide with fear. "D-daddy?"

.....oh, fuck. She'd seen all of that.

Now he didn't need to tell her how much blood he had on his hands, because she knew now, she knew that he was nothing more than a dog on a leash just waiting for the chance to lash out and bite again, she knew that he was a monster--

Saga lurched away from her in that moment, a whine building in their throat, and they slammed the distress button on their gauntlet to alert Maias to the situation even as they spun on their heel and ran, even as they heard childish shouting in their ears--

He was a monster. A monster. One that had fooled itself into thinking it could be a father. And now he'd ruined her. Just like he always feared he would.

[yo-kaiwatchkillyourfamily]

tumbler meter A cat that can give you cancer by Griddying his name is Griddyinyon yes he was made like in 2022 to 2023 not entirely sure

It was the first time I was using a new set of alcohol markers so sorry for messing up the colours on the face. I thought that red was a lot more pink.

[under-the-cherrytree]

Heya! Thank you for answering my request! Now, can I get yandere big bro. Not an incest obviously l. teru, kou and tsukasa and hanako with little sis/bro gn s/o?

Now the thing is s/o usually got a mistreat at school due to people jealous of them (kou,teru) on tsukasa & hanako case (a yokai seems to wanting tsukasa & hanako beloved dead)

However s/o seems to not mind it at all. Btw, s/o is student at the school. And seems to be reincarnated after they die, and seems to believed hanako & tsukasa after they said they were s/o ghost brother and s/o reincarnated.

Now what would be the scenario when they find s/o is sitting on the floor. Wet around their hair and their clothes seems to be been damaged. When they Ask what happen s/o said.

"oh, big brother, I'm sorry...i'm really is...today is your birthday...but..." S/o keep cry and then said this while sobbing so hard "today, there's a girl who want me to introduce her to you. But I want to give you the gift and reject her, the girl obviously didn't take it well and...she make her group do this" "i-i...keep...trying to saving money to buy you this caused i want it to be secret...but-i..guess..there's nothing to give to you" while showing a blue (blue sky) (blue light) kou.

Tsukasa & Hanako Case

"big brother...since this is your both birthday I thought it would be better to get you both a gift. But there's a girl who hate me. I didn't even knew why?" And then s/o just said while sobbing "I..know big brother hanako love donut, and and I'm sure big brother tsukasa loves it too...so I baked a homemade donut, but that girl destroy it...she...she said my cook is the worst and people who eat it will puked and not even a ghost want it" "also she steal the necklace that I buy for you two since she say I did not deserved that"

Green (hanako) red (tsukasa)

Headcannon and oneshot again please!

The Minamoto brothers and the Yugi twins with a bullied younger sibling❣︎

Warings: Hinting to murder?, bullying, abuse, slight cursing

A/n: Hey! Of course of course, I try to answer requests to the best of my ability!

I did this with the siblings combined so hope you don’t mind shshjsh

Heehee hope you enjoy, my love~

Teru was your older brother and he made that known to the school

You loved the fact that you were known as Teru’s younger sibling

You loved your brother

But you knew you would be used for it

People would fake being your friend just to get close to Teru

Then once they got rejected, they always blamed you

You didn’t mind, you still wanted to be Teru’s younger sibling

Teru slowly picked up on this

He knew something was up so he told Kou

Those two tried to keep a close eye on you

But while they were there, it look like you had lots of friends

But when they left the bullying begun again

But sooner or later, the other girls true colors will start to show

Teru and Kou are protective brothers

The girls in your class should have known to not get on your brothers bad side

“Teru-nii! Looks like you got a lot of presents!” Kou called out, running to his older brother who was standing at the entrance of the school. Teru chuckled and looked back at his backpack which was full with presents from fangirls.

“Well, I guess I do...” Teru patted his younger brother on the head, making him smile brightly. “Where’s Y/n? Aren’t they supposed to be with you after cleaning the bathroom?”

“They are…” Kou's expression turned into a slightly worried one “but they said they had to go early. They told me something about wanting to get something prepared to give to you for your birthday…”

Teru sighed, he was worried. He already had suspicions that you were getting mistreated in your class but he didn’t know for sure so he never confronted you about it. He has confronted Kou about this and he had the same suspictions as well.

“Well let's go get them!” Teru clapped his hands and made his way towards the building.

“Do you think it's…” Kou didn’t want to finish the sentence.

“Let's hope not.” Teru’s carefree expression lowered at the thought. “Do you know where they went?”

Kou thought for a moment.

“No, but I know they aren’t in the old school building…”

Teru and Kou walked around the school for a while, looking for you in no avail. Kou pointed out little droplets of water that slowly got bigger reaching to the school's lockers. The boys froze when they heard sounds of sobbing. They turned the corner to see you facing your lockers drenched in water. You leaned onto your locker, closing it.

“Y/n..!” Kou called out, making you turn to him. “What happened?!”

“Who the hell did this to you…?” Teru asked, examining your ripped close and abused appearance. You looked at him and only cried more.

“I’m sorry big brother Teru…”

“Y/n, you don't need to be sorry, this isn’t your fault..!” Teru hugged you “What happened..?”

“I-its your birthday today… but there was this girl who wanted me to introduce you to her... but I said no, she didn’t take it too well and did this…” You sobbed into his shoulder. Teru’s grip on you tightened thinking about how this only happened while he was outside with Kou.

“I-I saved my money… to buy you a nice sky blue necklace… and I even got big brother Kou light blue one as well… b-but she destroyed it and I don’t have anything to g-give you…”

“Y/n that’s so sweet! We are extremely thankful!” Kou tried to lighten the mood a bit, giving you a gracious smile. You could see tears pricking the corner of his eyes. Teru was still angry that his suspicions were true, he was praying they weren’t.

“Who did this?” Teru sternly asked.

“I-it’s fine Teru…” You kneeled to the ground picking up pieces from the necklace she destroyed “She already left… there is nothing I can do now…”

“Y/n… please…” Kou kneeled down next to you and put his hand on yours.

“Guys, what would make me feel better is if we got home… can we please go home?” Your voice was begging. You just wanted to be in a warm blanket watching T.V. with your siblings.

That's all you wanted right now.

“Okay… I’m sorry Y/n, let's go home okay!” Teru gave you his jacket which you happily accepted.

“Even though I couldn’t get the gift, it meant the world to me!”

----

You sighed walking to your classroom. It was early and you were tired. You were happy your brothers didn’t ask you about it for the rest of the night, you didn’t want them to worry. You thought you would get a load from the girls who did this to you yesterday but you were shocked when she bowed in front of you instead.

“Y/n! I am so sorry! Please forgive me for what I did to you yesterday! It was very rude of me and I am very sorry!” She was shaking.

“Oh, uh, it’s alright..! No need to bow, I forgive you…” You put your hands in front of your chest, genuinely confused. Once she stood straight up you saw a big red mark on her cheek. She had tears in her eyes but ran to her desk before you could get a better look at her. You looked to Tsuchigomori who only nodded with an apologetic look on his face.

‘What happened this morning…?’

----

“Teru? You still look down?” Kou faced his brother as they both walked to class.

“Sorry Kou… just a little upset by the person who did this to Y/n…” Teru apologetically smiled.

“Well you slapped her, that taught her a lesson!” Kou encouraged.

“Trust me Kou,” Teru’s smile turned into a frown

“If a teacher wasn’t there, I would have kicked her ass.”

Amane found it unforunate you were caught in the crossfire of him and his brothers conflic causing you too kill yourself as well

Tsukasa thought it was great that his younger sibling was now dead too

Gosh Tsukasa-

But what they didn’t expect was for you to get resurrected

You were able to see supernaturals yourself and you couldn’t age from the day you died but you weren’t a ghost like your brothers

Tsuchigamori helped you establish a somewhat normal school life

It was all good for the most part, you were back in school, Hanako was the leader of the 7 mysteries, and Tsukasa was just crazy happy

The fact you are getting mistreated is mostly Tsukasa’s fault

Like he can make a lot of enemies so when the fish yokai (that he killed) saw how close you and Tsukasa were, of course they wanted to kill you

It was also a perk that you were Hanako’s sibling since they wanted to get back at him as well for stealing their princess Yashiro away from them

You were weak and had a human body, you were perfect

Amane had no idea about this, Tsukasa didn’t know you were being abused but he did know he pissed off those fish AND HE PISSED EM OFF GOOD-

You figured you would be a target for yokai since your older brothers are powerful

Of course, you didn’t mind this

You knew this would happen so it’s alright!

But the thing was, it wasn’t so alright with your older brothers

Hanako watched the cherry blossoms fall from the tree that he sat under. It was November 25, his birthday, and you said you wanted to have a talk with the two boys. Normally you would talk to them separately because you knew how Amane felt towards his twin brother, but today you wanted to talk to them together. Hanako cancelled his normal cleaning duty and waited where you said to meet up.

“Amane!!” He heard a scream from behind him but before he could turn around he felt someone hug him, wrapping their legs around his waist.

“Oh, Tsukasa…” Hanako said softly, personally finding this kind of awkward.

“Where’s Y/n?? It’s been so long since I’ve seen them!” Tsukasa removed his head from Amane’s neck looking around for you.

“Oh, they aren’t here yet, and I remember them saying they saw you two days ago…”

“So long ago!” Tsukasa whined and Amane sighed at his childish behavior. It went silent but thankfully Tsukasa quickly broke it.

“Didn’t Y/n say to meet them here 15 minutes ago??”

“Yeah they did…” Amane started to get worried.

“They're late!” Tsukasa pouted.

“You’re late as well Tsukasa… And we should go look for them.”

“I’ll lead the way! I know where their last class is!” He stood up and started marching, Hanako closely behind him.

They walked around the school for a while, watching students run across the halls to their clubs, laughing and gossiping with one another. Tsukasa continued to march, not losing the bounce in his step. They came closer to the sound of someone crying, sobs getting louder as they approached a classroom. The twins looked at each other before Tsukasa opened the door.

You jumped slightly, removing your head from between your legs to look at who came in. You only began to cry more realizing it was your two brothers.

“Y/n…?” Tsukasa slightly whispered to himself, staying at the door's entrance.

“Y/n! What happened?!” Amane ran to you, fearing you were hurt in any way. He put his arm on your wet shoulder, looking around to see if there were any visible bloody wounds. He looked at your uniform which was damaged and had a few cuts in it. Your hair was also wet like if someone poured water on you. Tsukasa slowly made his way over to you, examining you up and down. You couldn’t make out the expression on his face but you knew anger was there.

“I-I’m sorry…” You said a little above a whisper.

“You’re sorry for what..?” Amane asked, moving the wet hair out of your face to get a better look at your soaked, tear-stained face.

“Big brothers...since this is both your birthdays... I thought it would be better to get you both a gift. But there are these fish yokai who don’t like me..!” You picked up a couple red and green gems from the floor. Hanako’s eyes widened.

“I... know big brother Amane liked donuts and I assume big brother Tsukasa likes them as well… but they took the donuts I made you saying my cooking was t-the worst and you wouldn’t want it..!” You continued “And they took the necklace I bought for you guys saying I don’t deserve it…”

“Were they talking fish..?” Tsukasa's voice was cold, eyes wide with rage. You only nodded your head.

“Amane, will you stay with y/n? I have something I need to do.” Tsukasa turned to Amane. Hanako already knew what he was going to do.

He was going to go after the mermaid and her fish. There was nothing he could say to stop him.

“O-okay… do what you have to do…” Amane nodded and Tsukasa left the room.

“W-wait… where is he going..?” You started to get up but Amane sat you back down.

“Hey, don’t worry Y/n… older brother Tsukasa is going to take care of this okay?” Amane hugged you.

“But I don’t mind the fish… it’s fine-”

“No. It’s not.” Amane’s aura grew darker before his loving brotherly smile appeared again.

“And hopefully by tomorrow, you won’t have to deal with those disgusting fish!”

----

“Y/n! Amane!” Tsukasa called out as he walked down the halls. When he approached the door he opened it revealing you and Amane laughing. You were somewhat dry and you stopped crying.

“Tsukasa!” You got up and gave him a hug.

“What happened to those fish…?” Worryness in your voice.

“Don’t worry about it Y/n! You don’t need to worry about them anymore!” He childishly smiled, bringing ease to you.

“Amane approached you two, smiling. He looked to see Tsukasa’s hand that was behind his back covered in blood. Hanako's smile dropped and he went silent. He quickly regained his composure and turned to you.

“Yeah, Y/n you don’t need to worry about those fish. Your big brothers will kill any other supernatural that dares hurt you!”

[theaverewrites]

Yokai and Yaksha - Playlist & Note

𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩

i'll die anyway. - girl in red

✧.* I reach for me, but I'm not there

It's so lonely, but who cares

It's fine, it's okay

I'll die anyway

Juliet - Cavetown

✧.* Sometimes I act like I know

But I'm really just a kid

With two corks in his eyes

And a bully in his head

Exhale - Laureli Amadeus

✧.* Show yourself to me someday

I will be speechless

But for now let me

Lay it all down

As It Was - Harry Styles

✧.* In this world, it's just us

You know it's not the same as it was

In this world, it's just us

You know it's not the same as it was

Million Years Ago - Adele

✧.* I know I'm not the only one

Who regrets the things they've done

Sometimes I just feel it's only me

Who can't stand the reflection that they see

Cat And Mouse - Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

✧.* Am I supposed to be happy?

With all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.

Am I supposed to be happy?

With all I ever wanted, it comes with a price.

Hole In The Heart - Rachie

✧.* That’s why a hole had opened up where my heart is

Pounding, my heartbeat tried to fill up the nothing

But when i tried to say it loud, the words that left my mouth

Were nothing more than excuses

Hawk In The Night - Madds Buckley

✧.* Sharpen your talons and fight

Claw at the world as it claws out your eyes

We raised you right

Hawk in the night

Overfly - Amalee

✧.* Hands up high

Raise them high

And cast your worries to the sky

If you can't stand, then take my hand

Recently, - Liana Flores

✧.* But recently

Everyone says they are seeing less of me

I could do better if I had energy

Be like I used to be

Old Friend - Mitski

✧.* You'll meet me at Blue Diner

I'll take coffee and talk about nothing, baby

At Blue Diner,

I'll take anything you want to give me, baby

Should've Been Me - Mitski

✧.* Cause, I haven't given you what you need

You wanted me but couldn't reach me

So you went into your memory

Relive all the ways you still want me

listen before i go - Billie Eilish

✧.* If you need me

Wanna see me

Better hurry

'Cause I'm leaving soon

brutal - Olivia Rodrigo

✧.* All I did was try my best,

this the kind of thanks I get?

Unrelentless upset

They say these are the golden years

Crossing Fields - Amalee

✧.* I know your strength is what I lack

You've got my back and now that I've got yours

I have you to thank for lighting up the dark

Because you're here with me, our dreams will soar free forever

Meteor Shower - Cavetown

✧.* Missing pieces of my skull

I'll sew on patches of my own soul

There's nothing you or I can do so let the stars fall

'Cause from up here the sky's my thoughts and we're all so small

A Burning Hill - Mitski

✧.* And I am the fire and I am the forest

And I am a witness watching it

I stand in a valley watching it

And you are not there at all

Fourth of July - Sufjan Stevens

✧.* Did you get enough love, my little dove

Why do you cry?

And I'm sorry I left, but it was for the best

Though it never felt right

Line Without a Hook - Ricky Montgomery

✧.* Baby, I am a wreck when I'm without you

I need you here to stay

I broke all my bones that day I found you

Crying at the lake

Cloud 9 - Beach Bunny

✧.* But when he loves me I feel like I'm floating

When he calls me pretty I feel like somebody

Even when we fade eventually to nothing

You will always be my favorite form of loving

rises the moon - Liana Flores

✧.* Oh-oh, close your weary eyes

I promise you that soon the autumn comes

To darken fading summer skies

Breathe, breathe, breathe

Thought Crime - Rachie

✧.* The birds cry out their song in the sunset!

The empty ache I feel starts to sing a swan song too

And yet you linger still in the shadows, standing on your toes, sky a flaming red hue

Slipping off my tongue was my goodbye to you

1. Constructive criticism is okay as long as it is legitimate feedback and not just hate.

2. There are a lot of musical references in this story, particularly in reference to the songs listed in the earlier chapter.

3. Please refrain from overly sexual comments.

4. The Xiao that I write is more akin to his Chinese portrayal than his English one. In other words, he's going to be more apathetic than angry.

5. The reader is based on a Japanese mythological creature. It's not a completely accurate representation, as they're only based on that creature, but quite a few of their characteristics have been adapted.

6. The reader is referred to using they/them pronouns, but may present as mostly feminine.

7. This takes place in the canon universe, and thus has canon level violence.

8. This story has topics that are not suitable for everyone, such as themes of grief and trauma, abandonment, and minor s/a. If any of these topics make you uncomfortable, I suggest you click away now.

9. This story will be posted on wattpad (@-AEONSTYX), Ao3 (@aeonstyx), and tumblr (@theaverewrites). Any and all updates about this story and others will be posted on wattpad, so I suggest you follow me there to keep up with changes.

10. Genshin Impact is owned by Hoyoverse. Please support the official release, and enjoy this fan-made story.

[mefiman]

Hamato Family’s First Visit to the Hidden City

Story request by @rottmntrulesall. Hope you enjoy the story, bud! ^^

"C'mon, everyone! Hurry up!" Michelangelo's impatience was obvious in his excitement. He and his siblings were finally going to show their dad's relatives for the first time to the Hidden City for two reasons; one: to view the many wonders of the other world and two: to have a formal, proper meeting with Draxum's parents. The latter part had instilled some unease into the Hamato siblings, especially Saki who was wary about stepping foot into a mysterious world and was about to see for himself the father and mother of the "monster" who altered his younger brother many years ago.

"Are you sure this place is safe?" Hamato Kenji asked. Raphael glanced at his uncle, understanding his uncle's concerns. "We've been there a lot, Uncle Kenji! We did encounter a few dangers there before but other than that, the people there don't usually attack humans unless provoked." Raph assured his uncle.

"There are a lot of places to visit like the many resorts and spas if you want to have a massage and ooh, Señor Hueso's Run of the Mill Pizza where they make one of the best pizzas! I know the manager of that place, we're amigos~" Leonardo took the chance to quip in.

"I can't wait to see Grandpa Mons again! Wait till you guys meet him yourselves, he's the nicest, sweetest grandpa you'll ever meet! He's still as strong as he's gentle!" Mikey said happily.

"I wonder if Grandma Chemia has some wicked new inventions to show me!" Donatello exclaimed.

"This would be my first time seeing my grandparents, Arachne..." Ariadne whispered to her best friend, Arachne.

"You've never seen them before?" Her friend asked.

"Once when I was a baby... I haven't seen them for years." The yokai femme told Arachne.

"Alright, kids, you've shown us all that you're excited to bring us to visit the Hidden City, Mikey, can you open the portal now?" Splinter asked.

"Sure, Dad!" Mikey got to work quickly.

Draxum felt a tinge of anxiety inside himself. He could not recall the last time he visited his creators ever since he moved out of home to pursue his alchemy researching, away from his parents' constant arguments, half of which is about their preferred methods of raising him. It was a surprise how those two still manage to live under the same roof despite their obvious clashing personalities. He guessed that they tolerated each other just for his sake. His parents had never produced any more offspring after him and one of Arachne’s parents...

"Hey, are you okay, Dad?" A female voice asked him. Draxum jolted from his pondering to find that his daughter, Poison Ivy asking him out of concern. He just gave a small smile as he ran his clawed hands over her helmet. "Am fine, just thinking about your grandparents." He assured her. He marveled how Ivy much had grown from the last time he scientifically created her with his and Lou Jitsu's DNAs; she being so tiny as a developed newborn infant growing in a liquid chamber to a young lady around the boys' ages. From what he knew later on, Splinter raised her along with the Turtles. Ivy had lived her life at first as a normal human teenager until her yokai genes started appearing. The initial discovery of her origins did shake her world but over time, she had learnt to accept and use them to assist her brothers in their adventures. She was intelligent like Draxum and his mother with his father's gentle, mature nature as well as Splinter/Lou's sassiness. She loved to study on botany and coincidently, her powers involved using vines and summoning plant like monsters at will. She recently revealed her sexuality preference as a lesbian and had a girlfriend who is a fellow classmate and witch trainee/apprentice in disguise. Both her creators and siblings were happy for her. As of now, she was cradling her younger sister, Venus de Milo was giggling and squealing as April, Ariadne and Arachne cooed and tickled her belly.

The group watched Mikey draw a symbol on the wall at an alley. Once the symbol was drawn, an open portal revealed. The Hamato siblings' mouths went ajar, not believing what they just saw. "if you think that's mind blowing, you haven't seen nothing yet!" Mikey grinned. His three other brothers and the three girls each took hold of one of their Hamato uncles and aunts's hands. The moment they all jumped into that portal, they found themselves staring at a massive part of a what seemed to be a huge city. The sky above was unlike Earth's skies; instead it was orange with some brown. The architecture of the buildings there were monster shaped with some tall, castle like structures far away from the city. There were a lot of people of all shapes, sizes, colors and appearances walking, running, passing by each other, buying their needs or doing their usual business trades. The Turtle family allowed their Hamato relatives to take in their first view around them. Saki's eyes were bulging out of his sockets, he could not believe for his life what he was seeing. Anthropomorphic, mostly consisting of animal, everyday objects, monstrous and supernatural like individuals roamed every part of the streets around him, he felt as if he was having a strange dream that defied logic! Nori on the other hand, looked right and left, taking in interesting sights that captured her attention. Underneath a calm façade, Kenji was freaking out internally at the new, foreign view. Hiroki was squealing in delight similar to a child had just discovered a world made of toys and sweets. Her twin, Hikari was a bit calmer than his sister, feeling a thrill of danger running through his veins. Last but not least, the youngest Hamato sibling, Mei's stance looked poker face yet she looked around to see if there were any Gothic like people that she can interact with. The Turtles and the girls grinned, seeing the reactions of the others.

"What do you think? Surreal, huh?" They ask.

"Amazing.."

"Fascinating..."

"I can't believe what I'm seeing..."

"Someone please tell me that I'm dreaming..." Saki mumbled, still not believing.

"No, you're not," Draxum replied, going straight to the point with an indifferent expression. "May we please hurry to my parents' house, I bet they're waiting for our arrival..."

"Oh yeah!" Mikey clapped both his hands once. "Lead the way, Draxy!"

Draxum sighed as he took the lead of the group. Along the way, there were a few whispers around and behind Draxum coming from the city people but Splinter and Ivy took hold of both his hands and gave a comforting, assuring squeeze, making him feel better. Ariadne gave her uncle a comforting hand on to his shoulder. They were soon out of the main city square to a further distance into the woods. They had to climb up a hill for a while until they reached a big mansion residing there.

"We are here at last. My childhood home..." Draxum said, looking at the grassy, serene valley below, reminiscing the times where he as a little one ran galloping around the field, cartwheeling with glee among the flowers and his sire teaching him the basics on how to defend himself the predator way. Both father and son spend their days in the early years, sparring with each other...

"Draxum, my son!" The former alchemist warrior villain snapped out of his memories to find himself being engulfed into the arms of none other than his dear, loving old father, Monsrage who brought his only son into a crushing bear hug which knocked the wind out of his lungs. "How have you been, my little baby boy? It's rare that you visit us but it's so wonderful to see you bring your family along! How delightful!" the older yokai gushed, his bushy tail wagging with unlimited enthusiasm like an excited puppy. Monsrage was rather huge and muscular with perked up, pointy ears, silky straight black hair unchanged through time and a fairly long beard to match. Like Draxum before, he wore a battle mask. He had a significant dark upperlip. His body had different shades of blue just like his son, Draxum when he was armored. Monsrage's eyes were the same like Draxum's. His feet in particular, was a noticeable difference. Unlike his wife and son, his feet were shaped like a lion's paws, fitting for him coming from a predator species.

"Father, it's great to see you... but can you please let go now? I can't breathe..." Draxum choked out, being smothered by his sire's busty chest. Monsrage immediately loosened his grip, apologizing profusely while checking to see if he had accidently broken any of his son's bones. Draxum shook his head, smiling a little. His sire had never changed all these years, still a concerned worrywart. And he bet his mother had not either...

Chemia on the other hand, was greeting the rest of the visitors with feverish energy. She was a redhead with shades of pink for her skin colour and her ears, long and drooped. Her eyes had a little twinkle in them, a part of her eccentric personality and plump, red lips. Like her husband, she wore a mask. Donnie, April, Arachne and Ivy were given a whirlwind hug the moment they came in front of her. Monsrage went back to the mansion with his son to give the new visitors, the Hamatos, April, and Arachne a warm greeting as well as welcome his beloved grandchildren with his signature bear hug and proceed to pepper their faces with smooches which they were delighted to have especially Mikey, Ariadne, Ivy and Venus. Monsrage and Chemia ushered them all into their humble abode. The Hamatos were initially skeptical about meeting Draxum's family but they were soon warmed up to them. Later on, the mansion was filled with guffaws of laughter as Monsrage showed them all baby pictures of his son which embarrased the poor warrior scientist. Donnie, April and Ivy were treated to Grandma Chemia's latest creations. Monsrage himself had a blast, playing with Venus and sparring with the Turtles and the girls. Arachne was delighted to meet her grandparents as a young adolescent, telling them about her achievements, adventures and that her own parents are doing well. The Hamatos became comfortable talking with Draxum's parents over some snack delicacies. Overall, everyone had a wonderful time at the Hidden City.

I had fun writing this! Was tiring but oh so worth it.

The Hamato siblings (minus Lou/Splinter) and Venus de Milo belong to @rottmntrulesall while Ariadne and Arachne are the OCs of @mikeykawaii/@mikey-ho. Monsrage, Chemia and Poison Ivy along with the mention of the witch girlfriend belong to me, @mefiman. I hope you don’t mind me incorporating your girls into this story, @mikeykawaii but I’ve been dying to add them in, especially Ari meeting her grandparents! ^^ 

[generalexcuse]

Alright. I am beating a dead horse here but taking time off of this show and fandom did not work. This will be the last time I ever say something about it but it’s upsetting to me so I need to vent. And to everyone saying “You are an adult man and this is fiction, why are you so obsessed? Weirdo. Learn to differentiate between fiction and reality.” I am going to address these notions as well as other problems I am having here. But really, Inuyasha was one of my first Anime, I have many dear memories and especially Rin was one of my all time favourite characters. Seeing her being mistreated like this upsets me. Ofc it does because if you watch something in formative years it’s not just fiction like a boring sitcom you watch now. Shows and characters are important to people and to simply dismiss it like that even if they would have been equally upset if it wouldnt have become canon, is infuriating. Really this is just therapeutic for me because even after weeks it’s still so baffling to me. Also please excuse the grammar and spelling mistakes. I am not a native speaker.

So the problem is obviously Sessrin and how it’s done because while I absolutely dont agree with this pairing, it would have been fine if it wasnt like it is. 

In the original show, Rin is an 8 yo child and her entire character reflects just that. She behaves like a child and depends on others. She has also been traumatized, doesnt speak at the beginning of the show and dies twice. Both times she is saved by or because of Sesshomaru. In many ways, while she has survival skills on her own, she depends on his presence alone to keep danger away. He also leaves her with trustworthy humans at the end but stays in her life as a protector. Now I like the original dynamic. It’s sweet, innocent and both characters grow because of it. Rin can work through her traumatic experiences, learns to trust others and Sesshomaru becomes a better person.  What happens afterwards only happens offscreen right until Rin gives birth to his children at the crippling old age of 15. 15. My lil sis is 16 now and couldnt consent to something like that. And she is mature af. It’s ridiculous. My blood boils just typing that shit out. And if you give me the ‘it’s legal in Japan’ excuse. In Germany a 14 yo can be with a 20 yo sexually. Still not okay in societies eyes and on tv it’s never shown as something positive. It’s even explicitly forbidden for authority figures like teachers or protectors to be with their protégé before the age of 18 because the chances of even unintentional grooming are too high. 

Now lets take a quick break and discuss how this kind of relationship usually plays out in other fictional pieces. A minor with an adult is something that is being portrayed at times and I dont have a problem with that. The problem is how it’s being done in Yashahime. And I dont mean the nonexisting character development but the fact that even in adult fiction this type of relationship isnt depicted positively. And this show is for young adults and teens that will exist way after all the discourse as the official sequel to Inuyasha. A cult anime. Meaning that in the future young people will watch it. Just like many still watch Inuyasha to this day. It’s on Netflix for fucks sake. Just to preface what comes next.   Some people say, “But cant you differentiate between reality and fiction?!?!?!” Adults can but younger people havent developed this ability to the same extent.   What happened to Rin was statutory r*pe in the USA, illegal even in Germany and should have been depicted as such unless the showrunners and fandom are okay with watching it without criticism or deconstruction. At best it was done with the intention to please the fanbase but really it’s neglectful to anyother part of the present and future audience. Not even most Animes do that. And I get that Sessriners arent into that shit in real life and an adult show could have gone this route because the viewers understand and add the criticism in their heads. Not ideal but whatever to me. But a YA show to go this route is so wrong on so many levels. The younger viewer who will watch this show in the following years might subconsciously internalize that this is acceptable under certain conditions when it’s not criticized properly on the show. That lowers their alertness when an adult actually starts to groom them. How dense do you have to be to assume that the lack of criticism on this YA show is a good thing?? Not everyone who will ever watch this show is an adult or capable of the same reasoning.

But another thing: for the same reason r*pe isnt depicted in a positive light, these types of relationships arent either. Because it’s not a positive thing and most people and showrunners dont want to see or create it as positive. Even in adult fiction, even in other anime, the media critizes and deconstructs what it’s showing because normally the showmakers dont approve but show it for realisitc or dramatic reasons. the same sessrin storyline would fit a fucking horror or thriller series. Just change the music and show it all. No showmakers in their right mind would go “Aye we got a r*pe scene coming up, lets put romantic music and have a pink filter over it.” “But it’s a different time and culture!” People will say and I agree but to have the audacity to assume that back then it was okay or that in todays Japan it’s okay, is fucked up. Think about it for a second. That’s so fucked up to think. Even if the society back then or in Japan thinks it’s okay, does it make it okay? 15 yo girls werent able to consent to adults and bear their children back then. They had to. They were raised with the expectations and they simply grew up thinking that it was the normal thing. But that doesnt make it right. That’s just societal grooming which did not prepare them in any way or allowed them the human dignity that they would have deserved. To now act like it’s all cool to just show the “positive” aspects or to twist it into something positive is so fucked up. Child Brides are a fucked up concept and to portray it as anything else is fucked up and also undermines the experience many girls still have to make. period.

I heard people say that it’s okay to portray it in this way because “Sesshomaru is not human!!!1″ and that’s correct. He is not. BUT, it’s not about being human but about maturity, consens, and independency. Him being a yokai makes it worse imo because there is an obvious power discrepancy. But in this particular fiction a good relationship could have been established (Kagome and Inuyasha for example) on those foundations but they did not because I can only assume they wanted Sesshomaru to smash and the show to pick up at a point where the other characters arent too old to be cool.

“What’s with Sango and Miroku, Kagome and Inuyasha?? It’s the same!” No it’s not. Rin was 8 at the beginning of the show. Kagome was 15 and Sango was 16-17 when they met their significant others. If you now tell me that you think 8 to be comparable to 15-17, I must ask you to get a reality check. Kagome’s and Sango’s relationships were slowburns starting when they already were able to have sexual and romantical feelings. Rin was a child. And Kagome did not kiss Inuyasha until they knew each other for a long ass period of time and bonded as friends and maybe more. Sesshomaru and Rin never were friends in the same way that Kagome and Inuyasha were because the maturity levels are way off. No adult is friends with a little child in the same way they are friends with their adult friends. And normally you dont grow into such a friendship but in the rare case you do, it’s not when she is 15 but maybe 20 or 25. 

Last but not least, Rin is not a character to the audience the same way Kagome or Sango are. Why? Because she was never shown as an adult or 3 Dimensional character to the audience. We know her as a child who wants to be with her trusted group. She is naive, but tough and doesnt have any motivation or drive on her own outside her group. Like every child she clung to the adults around her and her world outside of this group was nonexisting. Kagome wanted to be successful in school, Sango was a demon hunter and wanted to find her brother. Those are motivations and traits that dont circle around the love interest. Rin never had those because she was not developed to that point. Because she was a child and her entire existence was to develop Sesshomaru and to perhaps give the viewer a character to simply adore. What we see is of her: Mistreated child, -> Dead child -> Child being looked after and healing, -> Child not being homeless anymore -> ????? -> Teenager getting knocked up, pumping out main characters and then getting yeeted into a tree. 

This is not the way you treat a beloved character. There is no dignity to her character. “But she is fictional!!1″ Yes she is. But please show me a show that treats its child characters like this without criticizing it. 

I would have loved to see her grow as her own person. Go on her own adventures or learning a craft or developing meaningful bonds with other characters her age. Forming ideas that dont revolve around Sesshomaru alone. You know her being 3 Dimentional and not just there to pump out main characters. And if she then with 20 or 25 met Sesshomaru again and thought he was the hottest shit, I would have been fine with it. Not happy but fine. But in the little time we saw her as ‘not a child’, she still behaved the way she did before. 

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Beyond the Bay Chapter 12 - Hidden City

Summary: The turtles go off in search of a new rift in the Hidden City

Tags: @brightlotusmoon @selfindulgenz @digitl-art-monstr @ilo-artistry

Leo hated every part of this. The sun was up, so they should be down, and out of sight. He had known his counterparts long enough to know how loose they often played with the rules his family followed so diligently, but to take to the streets under the danger of daylight for something that could easily wait for the blanket of night was absurd! In his two decades of life, Leo could count the amount of daylight explorations he had taken on two hands; the risk was hardly ever worth it. Despite the prickling insecurities inside him, Leo pushed himself onward to follow Raphael’s lead. This city was so familiar, yet so foreign at the same time. So easy to get lost in. Leo found himself picking out familiar buildings to assure that this place was still New York, even in this toony world so colorful that he could almost believe a pallet of paint had been spilled over it. This was New York and New York would always be home, even if home was a whole dimension away.

Raphael’s guidance brought the group of anxious turtles to an alleyway. They dropped down from above; Leo felt a shutter go through his body, a cold chill seizing his senses and stealing away his breath as he passed through something that seemed almost… green. The sudden shock made him stutter, his balance unsteady enough to knock over a trash can upon landing. With a clutter and a clang the silver bin fell and rolled, several more loud crashes sounding off each time it hit something. The eyes of Donnie and Raph turned to the shock-stricken Leo, who could only stare with his wide, cerulean eyes. The people walking past in the streets to either side, just feet away from what they’d see as monsters, didn’t stopped. Leo let himself breathe and the three brothers, muscles still tensed and ready to hide at the slightest sign of trouble, moved back into a tight formation around their younger counterparts.

“What are we doing here?” Leo couldn’t contain it anymore and he had to ask. His voice was a low whisper. “We could be seen!”

“Relax.” Leonardo laughed, and his voice wasn’t at all soft. He was met with three sets of shhhhh from the Splintersons, but laughed each of them off, “This alleyway has a mystic shimmer. We can see them.” He cleared his throat, “BUT THEY CAN’T SEE OR HEAR US!”

True to his word, the people in the street kept on their way as if the turtles didn't even exist. So that was what Leo felt! What had made him stumble!  The cautious tension in Donnie was immediately replaced by heart-fluttering curiosity. He couldn’t resist a high-pitched whistle, striding away from the group before Leo could say a word to stop him; he went as close as he dared to the end of the alleyway, waving and laughing and calling out to the streets with, to his utter joy, no response.

“This is so cool this is so cool this is so cool!” Donnie’s voice got higher with each repeat, flapping his wrists, “W-what is it, some type of four-lensed blind spot? O-or something using metamaterials or—?”

“Noooo, it’s mystic.” Leonardo said, and with a snap of his fingers Michelangelo perked up. He removed a small item that had been hidden in the rainbow pouch around his neck, the artifact attached to him by a slim golden collar; it was almost like a keychain he hung around his neck. “And so is this.”

Leo eyed the little trinket curiously; in shape, it was similar to Donatello’s gift, except with greens and golds instead of orange and reds. He could have mistaken it for an oddly colored compass with kanji if he hadn’t seen that familiar, lop-sided M in the middle. The compass itself was pointing directly at the wall, glowing the most vibrant neon and pulsing slightly. Leo could feel the energy radiating.

With a hand as steady as a seasoned artist, Michelangelo traced the trinket across the wall using the M as a guiding map. Before the astonished eyes of the Splinterson brothers, the compass left what looked almost like a trail of paint in its wake, except it didn't drip, and when Michelangelo had completed his work it began to glow. It was green at first, then shifted into a soft baby blue, and then into white as the faux paint finally started to drip and melt into a doorway. Leo felt an immediate draw toward it, like the force that would try to lasso them into Leonardo’s rift except not as strong. Raph gave a simple hiss in response, pulling back and shaking his head while Donnie did the exact opposite, reaching for the rift as if it were the most precious treasure. 

“I thought only your Leo could make rifts…” Leo said.

“Pretty cool, huh?” Leonardo asked, dancing over to stand proud at Leo’s side, “Portals are the only way into the Hidden City!”

“Hidden City?” Raph breathed through his teeth, eyes still fixed on the rift.

“Yeah!” Raphael said unhelpfully, “You three should stay close to us; the mystic types can be pretty jarring for first timers.”

Raph started to say, “I think I can handle them” before he felt a gentle tug at his hand. Raph looked to see Michelangelo holding his hand, resting his full weight against Raphael’s arm without the older mutant so much as flinching. Michelangelo’s eyes were wide, the colors flowing in them like a warm sunset as he beamed up at his friend.

“Don’t be scared, Raphie! You can hold my hand if you want to!”

“Uh…” Looking down at this tiny, vibrant young shinobi that barely came up to his stomach in height, Raph couldn’t say anything except, “Y-yeah, sure. Thanks kid…”

Michelangelo have a happy giggle and wiggled his joy. He snatched Donnie with his other hand before the tallest box turtle could get very far.

“You can hold my hand too, Donna!”

“Donna?” Raph breathed through his nose, then laughed, “Hell yeah. Down with the patriarchy.”

Donnie, upon being grabbed by Michelangelo, had much the same reaction as Raph. He didn't know what to do, and then he fell to soft adoration as he realized he would do anything for this kid.

“Thanks Mike.”

“Can I hold your hand too?” Leo asked brightly

Michelangelo’s expression flattened. “Only got two hands, Leon.”

Donatello cleared his throat and stepped forward to motion the first group through the rift. “Please keep your hands and feet inside the mystic rift until the ride has ended, keep all personals close as we will not be liable for any limbs or items that may turn up missing. Keep your shells on, your heads low, and watch out for portal jackers as we take this small voyage to Run-Of-The-Mill pizza.”

With that, Michelangelo and the two other box turtles that had to crouch to be able to hold his hand went through the rift without fear. Leo, his mouth still hanging open, turned to look at Raphael, who could only shrug before going through the rift himself. 

“Lady’s first~” Leonardo gave what could have resembled a polite bow if not for the mocking tone, motioning Leo through first.

Leo sucked in a breath, shaking the nervous jitters like water off a duck's back before he stepped through. The pull was very much so like the rift he and his family had taken to wind up in this world to begin with, except less painful. When he opened his eyes again he was standing in… a restaurant?

The smell of cumin and Chili filled the air. The feeling of the polished floor under Leo’s feet was unlike anything he had ever felt before. Like ice, except not cold; soft, but hard at the same time if that was possible. His eyes adjusted to the darkness of the building and more details were quick to come to him; wooden booths with dark brown cushions and tables clean enough to shine under the candlelight that filled the restaurant; the candles, it seemed, were held up by nothing at all! They were shaped almost like they were living; Leo thought it nothing more than a cool design before he realized they actually were living! Living candles with curves and form almost like human women, their hair the flaming candle wicks and the bottom of their shafts flowing out like a ball gown! Closer still and Leo could even begin to make out tiny, detailed faces!

“You want your normal seats I presume?” 

Leo blinked and shook his head as the familiar voice brought him back down to earth. Though he hadn’t seen Hueso in just over two years, the skeleton man had hardly changed at all. The calaca’s white pupils danced across the group with a curious hum.

“And shall I double your usual then?” Hueso queried.

“Bone man!” Leonardo explained, scooping Hueso up in a hug before the older yokai could make his escape. “Good to see ya!”

“Wish I could say the same.” Hueso grumbled, then added bitterly, “Problem child…”

“And that’s why you love me!” Leonardo blew a kiss, “Now Hueso, you remember the other us’s, right?”

“Unfortunately, it’s a pleasure to remake your acquaintance.”

Hueso was met with three half-hearted mutters of greeting; none of the Splintersons were even looking at him! Why would they when there were so many different creatures to see? In most every booth and table and barstool were mutants out of a fantasy book; beings even Donnie couldn’t single out as anything familiar! Some of them had characteristics that could have been compared to more natural animals— tentacles and fangs and frills. Creatures as big as an elephant or small as a shrew, with varying table sizes to accommodate all in between.

“Hey, listen bone man.” Leonardo tried to whisk Hueso away for a private conversation, but Hueso ducked to avoid the fate. His eyes and Leonardo’s were locked until Leonardo backed down, “We need a favor.”

“Don’t you always?” Hueso asked, “Seems every time you come to pay a visit it is for your own gain.”

“What? Noooo! Me? Noo!” Leonardo scoffed, waving a dismissive hand and laughing before quickly giving up the ruse, “It’s important this time. We need to find a yokai who sells decent rifts at an affordable price, and we need it like yesterday if we want to get these boys home.”

Hueso hummed, bringing his fingers to his mouth as he considered. “Define affordable.”

“Somewhere in the price range of… eight hundred US dollars or nine thousand Japanese yen.” Donatello said.

Hueso hissed through his teeth. “You won’t get any that cheap. Cheapest I know of would be Monroe, but quality rifters at his place run upward to three million pesos.”

Donatello took out his phone and ran some quick calculations. “Okay guess we’re not eating this month.”

“Wish I could be of more help pepino.” Hueso said, turning to leave while he was still talking, “I’ll go get you directions to Monroe.”

~~~

“This looks like the place…” Donatello said, and he indicated a small sliver of alleyway squeezed between two tall buildings.

“Doesn’t look like much.” Raph huffed; Michelangelo still had a tight hold on his and Donnie’s hands for support.

“But it is discrete though.” Donnie pointed out; his mind was still wandering, trying its best to soak up the tangled stimuli from the buildings and the mutants that looked almost like something out of a cartoon! Like a child had drawn these characters and these structures and planted them together in a bright, yet disorienting, array of flashing colors. “I’d hate to be an epileptic in this place…”

“Are we… gonna be able to fit through there?” Leo asked, his question directed toward Leonardo.

Leonardo flashed Leo a warning glare before saying, “Raph, are you and the guys gonna be able to fit?”

Raphael gave a low whine. His beak crinkled in concentration as his first idea was to simply walk forward, which proved him too wide. Then he huffed and turned sideways, but was still too bulky. It seemed Raphael ran out of ideas, so Donatello cleared his throat.

“If I could direct everyone’s attention slightly upwaaaard~”

Following his motion, they found what could have resembled a bell hanging above the alleyway. It looked as if it were made of slime with little chunks of something floating inside. Raph cringed at the sight of it, but Raphael gave a far too curious ooo and reached to touch it. Leonardo quickly stepped between Raphael and the slime-bell.

“No no no no, no no. No.” Leonardo said, forcing Raphael back, “Bad Raph.”

“I wasn’t gonna eat it.” Raphael pouted.

Leonardo narrowed his eyes. Raphael stuck out his bottom lip and tapped his fingers. 

“Okay I was gonna eat it. You can ring it.”

“Eh… not sure if I want to…” Despite his words, Leonardo reached up and took the slimy rope of the bell, a texture not unlike a worm, and yanked on it. Instead of ringing, it gave off a sound like a foghorn blowing that made every turtle cover their ears, though Leonardo removed his hands from his head just as quickly when he realized it was still covered in slime. “Ew ew ew ew—“

There was a pop and they were swallowed by a slimy, green bubble. What followed was mixed reactions of terror and disgust as they moved into a tighter group, shell to shell with the bigger ones surrounding the smaller. The bubble lifted then off their feet and through the wall like they had no matter at all, carried past the narrow door and lowered to the ground on the other side before the slime bubble popped and left them confused and disgruntled.

“What is this place?” Donnie was the first to separate from the group to look around. The space around them was not unlike an auction house, filled with all sorts of items on display. They filled shelf after shelf after shelf, placed around with no true order. Looking up would reveal several more floors, all just as filled with artifacts and creatures for purchase, with a convenient opening through the middle of each floor.

“Looks like some sort of witchy auction place…” Raph commented. Not to be outdone by his younger brother, Raph separated and started to investigate the place for himself, “How does a grimy grifter get a place like this?”

“Wait a minute…” Leonardo frowned as he looked around, “Wait— I know this place.”

Raph picked up a gem-encrusted chalice, turning it around curiously. “Huh. Fancy.”

“Raph, don’t touch anything.” Leo groaned.

“What?” Raph scoffed, “Guess you don’t want me to do this either, huh?”

He began to juggle the chalice with surprising style.

“Raph, stop that!” Leo tried to intervene, but that only seemed to egg Raph on. He danced out of Leo’s reach, laughing as he pretended to drop the decor before catching it at the last second, “I’m serious!”

Raph only laughed. At least, he was laughing until he actually did drop it— right on the head of a small, purple yokai who had been observing the scene, as still as one of his statues. Raph swore, trying to recover the drop but it was too late. It sank into the yokai’s head as if he were made of pure gelatin, and they could still see the gold through the flesh and skin. The purple yokai blinked, and Raph screamed.

The purple yokai’s skin shifted into flowing rings of yellow and orange that forced the chalice up and out of his head, into his hand. He didn't look like much— something akin to a slug if anything— with a soft beak and a snaggle tooth like Raphael’s only smaller. He breathed onto the chalice and wiped it off with his sleeve before placing it back on the shelf.

“Please don’t touch.”

“YOU!” Leonardo pointed accusingly, “You’re that slug guy who sold me wallet-stealing hair! You’re Monroe?!”

“That’s a talking slug—” Raph withdrew back into the crowd of his brothers, eyes wide. 

Donnie gasped, pulling his goggles down over his eyes and advancing as quickly as Raph had retreated. The slug drew into himself, his entire body constricting like a squeezed stress ball. Leo visibly cringed, while Raphael and his brothers didn't seem all that bothered beyond a few yawns or comforting pats for Raph.

“This is incredible— there’s compounds in him that fail to be isolated or traced!” Donnie picked up one of the slugs arms to investigate every inch of him. “He doesn’t even seem to be carbon based at all; there’s elements I can’t even identify— what…?” Donnie pulled up his goggles as the astonishment gave way to a confused frown, “Is— is he a mutant?”

“No.” Donatello scoffed.

That was met with three very confused box turtles casting side glances. 

“Are… are any of them mutants?” Leo asked.

Leonardo laughed, “What? You though every yokai in the Hidden City was mutated by Draxum and his army of mutant mosquitoes? Ha! W-what dumb idiots would think that?” Leonardo was visibly sweating.

“Not these dumb idiots, that’s for sure.” Donatello tried to brush past, scratching his neck.

“W-wait, so none’a them guys we passed were mutants?” Raph asked, pointing back at the door.

“Well, some of them might have been, but the majority? No; they’re yokai and cryptids.”

“Yokai…” Donnie breathed, and that astonished look returned to his face as he continued to circle Monroe, “They exist in your world? Oh my kama this just keeps getting better—“

“Don.” Raph whistled as if Donnie was a dog, “Buy first, geek later.”

Monroe’s eyes lit up at that and he pulled himself away from Donnie to give a polite bow to the rest of the group. “If sales you wants, sales I’s gots! I gots artifacts from all around the world, from the tombs of Giza to the ancient Amazons. If you needs it, I gots it!”

“Great!” Raphael clapped. “Cause we need a high quality rifter.”

Monroe sank into himself. “Not that’s I don’t gots…”

A visible vein twitched in Leo. “What?”

“I solds out…” He frowned, tapping his nubby hands together.

“WHEN?”

“Like ten minutes ago, don’t yell at me.” The slug quivered, his eyes like saucers.

Leonardo sucked in a slow, deep breath, “Who bought them, Monroe?”

“Oh, an andoroido with a nice voice ands such manners. He’s having buying all my rifters. He’s very rich.”

“All of them?” Raphael whimpered, “Y-you don’t even got a… a small busted one in the back?”

Monroe shook his head. “Not one! He was be very insistent he gets alls of them. But I do has a very special hover pod with your name witten all over it if you—“

“Not interested.” Leonardo quickly dismissed, pulling on his face in his frustration, “Great. We— we’ll find somewhere else to look.”

“But I is to be assuring you that no other shop has rifters worth your while…” Monroe said.

“That's what every illegal rifter peddler would say!”

“Not this illegal rifter peddler, I swearing it to you!”

“And I swear I’ll bust your teeth in if you’re lying…” Leonardo seized Monroe by the collar and lifted him up.

“Leo.” Raphael was quick to correct. His eyes met Leonardo’s for just a moment. That was all it took for Leonardo to relent and release the Yokai. Raphael made a quick point to help Monroe fix his shirt. “Sorry ‘bout that. If you happen to find a rifter you missed, could you give us a call?”

Without having to be asked, Donatello had already written up his phone number and placed it in Monroe’s hand.

“You wouldn’t happen to have any more contacts, do you Don?”

Donatello took a long, slow breath. “I’ll see what I can find.”