Rated K

Reasons to Celebrate

Summary: Moving in and moving on.

"Hurry up, Yoshi!" Shinta ran past his older cousin into the once hotel, now home. Or at least it was going to be, once it was cleaned up. Yoshi grumbled, carrying at least three times as many boxes as Shinta had. He paused to look up at the building. So this was it? It didn't look like much from the outside. "Yoshi!" Shinta called from the door. He'd been here many times by now, but this was Yoshi's first time.

Kaz paused next to Yoshi with his arms just as full. "Wow, I'm not really sure If I should be scared or impressed."

"Definitely impressed." Ona gave them both a little shove from behind. "Now, come on or we'll be unloading all night."

The three moved up the walk and through the front door. The inside was still in a bit of shambles but was much better than it had been. The bedrooms had been worked on first, reinforcing walls and floors. Which was where Mira and K-three were coming from as they descended the stairs. "Is there much left guys?"

"Nah, maybe another dozen." Kaz replied setting his boxes down.

Mira smiled. "Good, hurry up. Mom said dinner's almost ready and Uncle Leo wants us to eat together."

K-three caught Shinta, wrapping an arm around his shoulders and turned towards the door. "I'll take mister energy here and get the rest."

"Hey!" Shinta protested as K-three gave him a playful nuggie.

Mira grinned, grabbing her two cousins and pulling them to the back. "You guys have got to see the dojo!" She pushed open the doors to the old ball room and stopped to let them take in the sight. The large room was now covered in a layer of mats, except for on the end closest to the kitchen where a large table now stood. They'd cut a door into the wall so food could be carried straight out into the room. At the other end Cat was standing with Raph, staring out the single window at the bones of the future garage jutting up out of the lot next to them. All the other windows along the wall had been taken out and a solid wall constructed. The lower floor could actually be sealed off from the outside by large metal shields they'd installed around the outside. This new lair was going to be a virtual fortress when it was done.

Katsu was rolling around on the mats, giggling. When he spotted his mother, he stopped and ran over to her. She scooped him up, hugging him. "Where are your sofu and sobo?"

"In the kitchen." He pouted. "They wouldn't let me play in there."

Mira nodded. "And you shouldn't. You could get hurt."

"It was more like hurt us." Mikey appeared from the kitchen carrying a tray of food, Kala trailing behind him. They'd banished the little squirt after he'd nearly tripped them several times. A few moments later, Sarah and Don appeared carrying their own trays.

Leo pushed open the door from the hall and smiled at his assembled family. "Look what I found." April appeared behind him with Jamie.

She grinned in greeting. "Hey, everyone! Welcome home!" She carried a brightly wrapped box in her arms.

K-three and Shinta reappeared making the group complete. As they all began to settle around the enormous table, they were each reminded of their last shared meal as one family, which had been many months ago now. It was strangely relieving to hear the familiar clink of plates and murmur of the large family.

Leo stood and everyone turned to look at him. "Before we eat, I think we should all consider just how lucky we are and how much we have to celebrate. Today our little Katsu is turning two and we are moving into our new home." He looked down at Jamie with gratitude and she squeezed his hand. "We are back together again one clan under one roof. And it just shows that we can accomplish anything as long as we work together and continue to protect one another." His gaze shifted to Shinta, remembering Amaya's warning. "Let tomorrow bring what it wants, we'll survive because we are family."

A/N: So, I realize this one-shot was super short. This is the last one of these too. But I needed to get going on the series finale. I hope Leo's optimism lasts, he's gonna need it...