Chapter 1

Edited 9.3.2016

Dearest

The sun beamed right through her eyelids, waking her from her slumber. Kagome yawned widely and tried to turn around, but something was pinning her down. She looked down at the object to find that it was an arm. Muscular, lean, toned and… green?

'Leo must have sneaked in again.' the girl thought and smiled, snuggling deeper into the firm embrace.

As usual, Leos tights were over her legs, carefully set between her wings. Pinning her there securely and stealing her warmth.

'I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore, after the latest Shredder attack, he has pretty much been my shadow.' Kagome thought and tried to move her wings to get the feeling back in them.

Now, how could she free herself? Even her arms were pinned so tight she could hardly feel them. Seriously, sometimes Leonardo could be a little over paranoid. It's not like she flew off that often in the mornings.

It was just that the morning air felt so good on her face when she could fly over the still sleeping New York City, spreading her wings and soaring thought the sky.

'There goes that idea.' she thought sourly. If she could have crossed her arms and pouted, she would have. The pouting would have to do for now.

"Hmnn, awake my dearest?" Leo whispered and kissed her neck.

"Aww, I guess that means no morning flight for me." the Miko sighed and turned around, now that Leos death grip had loosened.

"No morning flights for you." Leo confirmed and pressed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Sometimes you can be a real joy killer! When was the last time I got some Leo-Time-Off? It has been at least three weeks since you last even left my side! And that was only because Papa Splinter told you to give me some time of my own!" Kagome whined and tried to squirm out of Leos arms, unsuccessfully of course.

Leo let out a puff of air and pinned the angel -for him, she was- beneath him and looked at her.

Her midnight blue hair was fanned out around her peach shaped face, giving her an otherworldly glow, thanks to the morning sun pouring through her windows.

Her apartment was at the top floor, for easy access to those flights she so enjoyed -or used to- before he banned them. In his opinion, they were way too dangerous when Shredder was still running around with his Foot soldiers, no matter how quiet they have been lately.

Her naturally pouty lips were set in a cute frown, probably because of him and his over protective tendencies.

And those beautiful, expressive eyes of hers were shining all the shades of blue and grey.

Man, has he fallen deep.

…

He was doing it again, staring at her like she was the most perfect thing in the world. Most perfect yes, but also the most fragile.

Like seriously, all she wanted was a quick morning fly! 'That wasn't too much to ask, right?' She thought and sighed.

"Leonardo, I'm not going anywhere, you can stop the Mother-Hen-Act now." Kagome said and reached up to kiss his cheek softly.

That seemed to snap him out of his thoughts and he hummed softly.

"What did I ever do to deserve you?" He asked and smiled down at her.

She smirked and tried to push him off of her. When Leo finally stood up, she spread her wings and started to comb her finger through the smaller feathers to smooth them back into place.

When she was pleased enough she got up to stretch out her back. Damn, those wings could give you back pains from hell. After hearing a satisfying crack, she walked to her closet and reached in for something to wear.

Leonardo watched her this whole time, smiling at her antics. His smile disappeared when he saw what she was going to wear. He could honestly say that he hated that small, red piece of fabric with passion.

It was supposed to be a Haori, without the sleeves. It had an open back because of her wings and slits on both sides, even though the thing hardly even reached her knees. Something had to be done; she was not going to walk out of this room in that thing!

"You are not wearing that." there, problem solved.

Kagome hardly even looked at him while she dressed. After pulling the Haori and some black leggings on she started to bandage her wrists.

"Kagome, I am serious. That thing is in no way decent." Leo tried again but hardly got a look in his way. He frowned and crossed his muscular arms while Kagome sat back into the bed to bandage her ankles.

"You know Leo, your arms look so big and strong from this angle," Kagome said sweetly and stretched her leg towards Leo. "Would you do me?" She half moaned.

Leonardo swallowed hard and took a gentle hold of her ankle. The Miko threw him the bandages and he started to roll them on her smooth legs.

"Just like that honey." she said, smirking up at him and wiggling her toes.

"You are not playing fair, dearest." he said and smoothly switched to her other leg. After finishing that too, he gave a quick tickle to her ever wiggling toes.

"Who said ninjas ever play fair?" She said smartly and jerked her leg away from those tickling fingers.

"Besides, Papa Splinter says 'A ninja must always come prepared'." Kagome said, imitating their sensei quite well. This got a smile from Leo.

"Being prepared is not the same as not playing fair." Leo countered wisely and helped her up from the bed. That earned him a kiss as a 'thank you'.

Kagome hummed and walked towards the door. "Hmnn, were you alone on your nightly patrol? I thought it was Raphs turn to pair up with you?" she asked while walking into the kitchen area.

Leo shook his head, even though she couldn't see it and said:

"Raphael wanted to go straight home after we were ready. He said something about 'not wanting to see you two cuddle' and told me to come by in the morning after 'you two are done'. Whatever he meant." he said while following the woman before him into the small kitchen. He looked as Kagome pulled out two cups and started to boil the water for tea.

"Aah, I see. Raph's a bit on the rough side, as always." she said smiling and started to hum while leaning against the kitchen counter. She closed her eyes and waited for the water to start boiling.

"A bit is an understatement." he said laughing while reaching up to grab the tea bags from the upper cabinet, just when the water started to boil.

After Kagome got the cups and the now boiling water, they went to sit to the small Chinese table. The quiet atmosphere never bothered either of them so they sat silently and enjoyed their tea.

"You are still wearing that thing…" Leo said after a while, frowning at her.

Kagome burst out laughing.

…

After they drank their tea and got over the clothing issue -of course she won by pointing out that he was practically running around shell naked all the time, so she could wear what she so pleased- the duo got ready to head to underground.

It was already 7 am; the brothers and Papa Splinter were probably already waiting for them to show up. Mikey would look at them and be his adorable, oblivious self. Donnie would look at their way but quickly avert his gaze somewhere else, embarrassed. And Raph, he would look at their way and glare at Leo, then turn his gaze to her, searching her eyes for something or another. Papa Splinter would just about then come out of his room to greet them and say something about ninjas and how they-

"Kagome? I have been calling your name for a while now. Do you feel ok?" Leonardo asked, worried that she was coming down with something.

"Hn? Sorry Leo, I'm okay. Just miss the guys, that's all." Kagome said, smiling at Leo who was lifting the lid of a nearest sewer.

"Hmn, good to hear. I'm sure my brothers will be elated to see you once again." the turtle said and waited till the girl jumped in the sewer before him. After she was in, he jumped as well, closing the lid after him. They landed softly, she with her wings slowing her decent.

"Not to mention Master Splinter. He is always going on and on about you." Leo finished, taking hold of her hand to keep her from flying ahead without him. Kagome noticed this and shot him a sour look. Leo smirked and squeezed her smaller hand.

"You know, they would see me a lot more often if you weren't so over protective." she said and tucked in her wings as they continued to walk towards home.

"Besides! I would be a lot safer at the lair than in our apartment, you know this." the Miko tried to reason, even though she already knew Leos answer.

'It's either this *the air there is too humid for you and your wings* or that *I do not want you getting sick from the colder environment'. No matter what she wore, Leo thought it was always too little.' she thought sourly and gave Leo another dry look, betting with herself what would be todays excuse.

"Kagome, you know that the air in the sewers doesn't fit well with you. You always end up short of breath," Leo tried to reason and pulled her down the last tunnel before they reached the lair.

'Ding ding ding! We got a winner!' Kagome thought and shook her head with a small smile. At the end of the tunnel she could see light and hear the boys, no doubt betting when they would arrive.

And so they stepped through the double doors.

…

April was having a very bad day. And not your original bad either where you hit your toe or spill your coffee!

No, this was Bad with a capital B and a whole new meaning. Like three green giant turtles were keeping her hostage kind of bad. And they were talking about their brother and how he was coming home soon, so that lead her into believing that there were four of them in all.

So, four giant mutant turtles, with three fingers might she add, were keeping her hostage.

How is that not a bad day?

Well, that and her boss- 'Ex now.' she thought- Baxter Stockman just tried to terminate her, after she found out his real operation with the Mousers.

And did she mention the talking rat? The one that the turtles kept calling Sensei?

Oh joy!

April had a feeling she was going to faint again, when one of the turtles -the purple masked one- started talking.

"Raph, you know Leo doesn't like it when Kagome gets human contact, and for a reason too!" he said and crossed his arms across his platform.

"Yeah man! After we rescued her from that Stockman guys lab, he has been shadowing her 24/7, duuude." the orange masked one commented from the couch and waved his comic book around.

So there were 5 of them now?! This was getting to be a real-

'Wait, Stockman guys lab? As in Baxter Stockmans lab?' she thought frantically.

"Excuse me, erm, Raph was it? Did you mean my ex-boss? The one that just tried to kill me?" April asked carefully, noticing that the subject was a little sore for them. The turtles looked at each other, seeming to communicate with each other silently.

"Did you… Have any part in Kagome case?" Raph asked slowly, trying not to jump in their girls defense.

"No! I didn't even know he had a lab for those kinds of things!" she yelled, alarmed that they were going to attack her.

"Cos' so help me if you had any part in my gir-" Raph never got to finish his threat because master Splinter whacked him on the head with his walking stick.

"My sons! Please calm your selves." he said and looked at April.

"I believe that we should wait for Leonardo and Kagome to arrive before finishing this conversation." he said calmly and sat back onto the couch.

Raph was going to say something more when they heard the double doors opening.

…

Leonardo and the Miko walked in to find everyone staring at them. They looked at each other and then back at the crowd.

"Okaay, this is creepy." Kagome whispered and flexed her wings open to stretch them after the long walk. She kissed Leos cheek and pulled her hand form Leos grip gently.

"Would you make tea for me, with honey please, my throat is feeling a little sore?" she asked sweetly. Leo nodded and with a final look in her way he walked towards the kitchen.

After getting rid of her ever-present-shadow, she walked towards the others, at the same time tucking in her wings.

"Hey guys! I though you would be training by now. What giv-" she asked, but stiffened as she saw April.

"-es... Well, that explains it." she finished and stopped next to Raph, who immediately threw an arm over her shoulders to pull her tightly to his side, being mindful of her wings.

"Hi you." Raphael whispered gently and kissed her forehead. This made Kagome smile and lean into him. Sometimes his gruff nature reminded her of Inuyasha.

"Hi yourself." she said, never taking her eyes off the new girl.

"So, a sore throat, eh? Couldn't come up with a better plan to get rid of Mr. Shadow?" Mikey asked and nodded towards the kitchen, making Donnie and Raph give out a laugh.

Kagome rolled her eyes. "Oh please! He has been breathing into my neck for three weeks. That would make anyone go a tad bit crazy," She said, checking to see if Leo was still in the kitchen.

"He even banned my morning flights…" she said grumpily and started to pout.

Raphael laughed at that. "If it makes you feel better, I will take you out later today to stretch out your wings." he whispered, right as they heard Leo walking their way with tea in hand.

Splinter sighed at their antics, but stayed quiet for now. He would have his chance to talk with his daughter later on.

…

Her eyes must be messing with her, it wouldn't really surprise her. It has been a really stressful day for her after all.

But seriously…

Did that girl really have wings? And they looked so soft as well!

And what was more shocking was the fact that the red masked turtle -Who has been a complete ass this whole time- was actually kissing that girl, gently too.

And apparently she could fly as well, as the red turtle just promised to take the girl out for a fly.

'Okay, I have seen it all now.' she thought and almost jumped out of her pants when she noticed that the girl was almost nose to nose with her. Her black hair was flying around her from the fast movement.

"Hi! I'm Kagome! What is your name?" Kagome, apparently, asked energetically and flapped her wings excitedly.

'So, those things really do work.' she thought and longed to try out how soft they were. She lifted her hand, mesmerized, and reached out to touch those appendages that seemed to call her name.

She was almost touching those wings when her fingers hit a wall. She snapped out of her thoughts to notice a yellow platform in her line of vision.

She looked up to find this Leo guy staring her to death.

"Do. Not. Touch her." he hissed quietly and turned his head to look at the girl behind him.

"Are you fine?" Leo asked while still holding the tea in his hand. This earned him an eye roll.

"You are impossible! I was just asking what her name was!" Kagome exclaimed and took the tea from Leo.

"She was going to tou-" Leo started but got cut short.

"Touch me, what is wrong with that?" Kagome asked and crossed her arms and tapped her foot, tea in hand. Leo sighed and stepped next to her. "I do not like the idea of people touching you." he murmured and pulled Kagome into his side.

The Miko looked back at April.

"I'm sorry about him. He can be a bit paranoid. As I was saying! My name is Kagome and this is The-Mother-Hen, also known as Leonardo. I didn't catch your name?" Kagome said kindly and took a sip from her tea.

April let out a breath, relieved that she still had her fingers.

"My name is April O'Neil. I kind of ran into Raphael and the others last night when my ex-boss tried to kill me." April said awkwardly while trying to rub some warmth into her biceps. This made Kagome gasp.

"Oh, you poor girl, you must be exhausted! Here, let me take you to my old room and get you warmed up!" Kagome fussed and went to grab her arms, tossing the half empty teacup at Leo, who caught it without spilling a drop.

"I have this really warm sweater that I cannot wear anymore cos' of my wings. But I'm sure it'll fit you nicely!" She explained and started to pull April towards her own rooms, the one she stored her old stuff.

Leo and she had a common room now days, but she only stored clothes that actually still fit her in there. She still used her old room, especially when Leo was being his annoying self, so it was in a clean condition. And since the room was at the ceiling, it was pretty peaceful place too.

"See! It's that one in there, near the roof!" Kagome pointed towards the ceiling and kept pulling April towards the stairs.

'How the hell am I going to get up there?' April thought frantically and gulped while looking up. The stairs clearly went only halfway up.

"Umn, Kagome. How am I going to climb there? There aren't even ladders to use…" April mumbled while being pulled up the stairs.

Kagome looked back at her and laughed.

"I'm going to fly you there silly!" She said smiling and kept on walking towards the next set of stairs.

This was it; she really had seen it all now.

…

Thank you for reading the 1st chapter of Dearest! Let me know what is your favorite pairing. Do you like Kag/Leo, Kag/Raph or some other?

R&R

TY

-Hana