Readers, viewers, it saddens me to say it, but this will be the final chapter in this story. It's been a ton of fun for me and I'll miss it. BUT! I'm going to be continuing it soon, so yep! Please enjoy!

Chapter 41

Donnie walked into the lair and saw that everyone was back. Leo and Mikey were sitting in beanbags, Bernie was in the kitchen with April, and Raph was on the couch.

"Where have you been Donnie?" Leo asked.

"There was an assault. I took care of it."

Mikey exclaimed, "I need to know the details! Who did it? Who was assaulted?"

"Okay, well it was a purple dragon attempt to rape a girl. I don't know who she was because I left before she said anything." At least, that's how it was supposed to go. He'd decided not to tell anyone, unless he could get April by herself.

April and Bernie then walked in. April said, "Who wants to go to Morikami san's?"

"Wait, I thought you two were making dinner." Leo said.

"Well, unless you want burnt chicken nuggets and mac and cheese with no milk, we need to eat out." Bernie said.

"How do you screw up chicken nuggets?" Mikey asked.

"Do you wanna make dinner?"

"No."

"Then stop complaining."

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April and Bernie walked on the street while the guys jumped from roof to roof.

"So what's Morikami san like?" Bernie asked.

Leo answered, "Well, for starters he's blind and he didn't scream when he found out we were turtles."

"He sounds like a pretty cool guy."

Mikey said, "He is! He makes these awesome little pizza-fritter things…"

"Pizza fritters?"

"Yeah, they're the best!" Mikey exclaimed before April opened the door to the noodle shop.

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Morikami san greeted them.

"Hello my turtle friends! Who is your new friend?"

Raph said, "Morikami san, this is Bernie."

He held his hand out for her to shake, and she took it warmly. "Hi, it's nice to meet you."

"Ah, she is a girl! Which one of you turtles are in a relationship with her?"

Bernie felt her cheeks heat up. This was the first time she'd really been in contact with anyone other than the guys, Casey, April, Splinter, and her dad in a while, and here he was asking about who she's dating.

Raph said, "Bernie's my girlfriend, Morikami san."

"Ah, Raphael, this girl is strong. You are very lucky to have her." He turned to Bernie, "And you are lucky to be able to put up with him."

Raph huffed in annoyance and Bernie nudged him with her shoulder. "It's not as bad as you may think." He put his arm around her and the old blind man didn't even have to ask their order. He made the pizza gyoza in a flash.

"What is it?" Bernie asked.

"It is a pizza gyoza." Morikami san answered.

"Um, I'll just have an order of..."

Raph interrupted, "Come on, Bernie, how do you know you won't like it if you don't try it?" He held up a fritter with his chopsticks by her nose. She had to admit, it did smell pretty good.

She groaned and opened her mouth. He put the gyoza in her mouth and she chewed it up.

"This is good, Morikami san."

"Hey! I'm the one who got you to try it." Raph said.

Bernie took another one of his and ate it before eating her own plate. "Hey!" Raph whined.

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I'd wanted them to eat out for a while, but fear not, the chapter is not over! :P

Donnie

Donnie was sitting on the rooftop, listening to his phone ring. He hoped she would pick up.

"Hello?" A voice asked.

"Hey, Ivy, it's me, Donnie."

"Oh, hey. I was beginning to think you were a figment of my imagination."

He smiled and said, "No, I'm real. So, whatcha doing?" He asked in a friendly tone.

"Stargazing, the constellations tonight are…sorry, you probably don't want to hear me ramble on about the stars."

To be honest, he liked how she talked about stars.

"No, um, I love the stars, bright balls of gas, heh, heh. So, are you at your house?"

"Yeah, I'm alone tonight. What about you?"

"Do you think I could come over?"

"Sure, I mean, I dunno what we'd do, but sure."

Donnie felt his heart leap and he said, "I'll be over in a few minutes."

Ivy smiled as he hung up. She had to be dreaming. She was going to be talking to a mutated ninja turtle, and hopefully get to learn where he came from and how he was created and if there are more of them!

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The lair was silent, mostly. April was at the park with Casey. Bernie was reading a magazine. Mikey was listening to music on the T Pod, humming along softly, and reading a comic book. Donnie was on the top world, doing something no one knew. Raph and Leo were training with Master Splinter in the dojo. Bernie's mind wandered to Slash. Raph had told her about Spike, the cute little turtle who was his best friend ever since he was seven years old, but who had been twisted into a real monster.

Suddenly, Bernie and Mikey both heard two voices yelling at each other. Bernie sat up from her lying position and Mikey just took out on of his earbuds.

"Did you hear something?" He asked.

Bernie nodded and asked, "What's going on in there?"

The two walked into the dojo to see Raph and Leo sparring. But Bernie knew it was more than just a spar…they were yelling at each other.

"You think you could lead this team!?" Leo yelled and Raph charged into him.

"Better than you could, oh fearless leader." As Leo rolled him off of him.

Leo yelled, "And how do you think you would be able to lead this team better?"

"I have-."

Leo interrupted, "Don't even say strength. Strength isn't everything. And I'm just better than you."

The two clashed and Bernie winced. Leo drew his swords and Raph spun his sai. Bernie shot a glance to Splinter, but he let the fight continue…until it got too real. She hated when the two fought. Leo should know better, though. Leo sliced Raph's arm but Raph came bake with a right hook with his sai. Mikey had to come between them to stop them.

Splinter yelled, "Yamae!"

The two boys stopped. Raph held his arm and Leo covered his lip. Their weapons clattered on the ground as their spar ended. Splinter gave them a disappointed look and said, "My sons, you are a team, not enemies." Raph and Leo both bowed their heads before Raph took off running.

"Damn…" Bernie whispered. She gave Splinter a look for approval, who gave her a slight nod in return. It took her a good twenty minutes, but she finally caught up to the angry turtle in one of the sewer tunnels. He was sitting on a ledge where he could see the subway pass by, but no one could see him.

"Hey." Bernie said, out of breath. His head didn't move. He was extremely interested in the wall behind where the subway would pass.

"Hey." He said.

"Are you ok?"

"I thought you were gonna leave."

"What?"

"Last time we fought like that, we, you and me, fought afterwards and you left. I don't know how I made the same mistake twice." His eyes never left the amazing wall of wonders.

"Raph, I am not gonna leave you." She sat next to him. "I thought that you were doing that on purpose, but you can't help it."

"But I should be able to control it, Bernie!" He snapped, turning to look at her. He calmed down and said, "Sorry."

She didn't say anything, but then said, "You're hurt." He looked at his arm. It was where Leo had sliced him.

"I'm fine." He said, fixing his gaze on a passing subway.

"Raph." She simply said.

He turned to her and gave her a crooked smile. "You're so annoying." He said in a teasing voice.

"And you're the most irritating guy I know." He kissed her passionately and could feel her smiling.

"Do you want to go back to the lair?" She asked.

"Not yet." He kissed her again. Maybe things would get a little better from now on…

Bye, I'll see you in the sequel! :P