I hope you all had a good Halloween. Well, here's the final chapter. Enjoy!

(Leo's POV)

"BooyakaSHA!" Mikey says as he jukes me out and then passed the ball to Donnie on the 3 point line and Donnie sunk the ball in all too easily, even with Raph trying to block.

"That's right! Owned you!" Mikey taunts and high fives Donnie.

Why Raph and I agree to play basketball against Mikey and Donnie, I will never know. This was one of the few things that the oldest vs youngest thing doesn't work in Raph and I's favor.

Mikey and Donnie were like a dream team in basketball.

Mikey got into basketball, and the rest of us, since he started watching it with Irma's dad and he's really, really good at it. Mikey's the shortest out of all of us, but he's fast and he's really good at ball handling.

Donnie's also really good at it. One he's the tallest out of all of us and two he has the best shot out of all of us by far. I've seen him make 5 consecutive shots from half court at the park court we were at now one time. He can't really push his run too fast due to his leg still not being entirely 100%... but, it was a way for him to start rebuilding up his physicality after months of being out of commission.

"So make it take it? Or… should we be nice and give you guys the ball since it's 34-2?" Donnie says with a teasing smirk. Raph and I were both fuming in frustration.

I smirk and say, "I have a better idea, let's reshuffle the teams. This isn't fun when you guys just kill us every time." "I disagree, because I am having a lot of fun right now." Donnie says smirking and tossing the ball back and forth between his hands. "You know it!" Mikey says and he and Donnie high five again and laugh.

"Will you just do it?!" Raph says, frustrated. "Fine, fine, whatever." Donnie says with a shrug. "Okay, me and Donnie vs you and Mikey." I offer. We smirk at each other and Raph taunts, "Thanks for giving the best player to me." I just smirk and walk over to Donnie. "Whatever you say, Raph." I say back a little slyly.

Then Donnie and I start to come up with a game plan.

(Karai's POV)

I always feel amused watching Leonardo and his brothers play stupid games from a rooftop around the park.

Especially playing basketball. It was kind of funny watching Leo get frustrated when Donatello and Michelangelo totally creme him and Raphael every time. Leo actually isn't that bad at it per say… he's just not as good as his two youngest brothers.

Recently, I've noticed that Donatello was back, all Leo told me was he was out of commission for a while so I took that as he was injured.

But anyhow, I really enjoy watching this, another good pastime for me. I especially like it when… oh yes, that. I saw Leo take off his shirt and wipe off his face with it before tossing it aside, causing me to smirk on reflex.

It was a simple pleasure.

But it was also a double edged sword because the girls in the park that are supposed to be babysitting also like to look at Leo. The only thing that helped was that the attention wasn't always drawn to Leo. The rest of his brothers get looks too.

Raphael seems to me to probably come in at second for glances behind Leo. To be honest, even though Leo is by far the best looking of his brothers in my opinion, all of them had their certain qualities.

Raphael wasn't bad looking either and had the attitude thing going on.

Also, I may not like Raphael's girlfriend, Mona if I remember correctly. But I do somehow respect her. She was one of the few people I've ever encountered to actually not be intimidated by me and threaten me.

As for Donatello, he has some handsome/nerdy vibe to him that some girls, i.e. April O'Neil, find attractive.

Then there's Michelangelo. I just get confused beyond comprehension when I see girls looking at him. I mean, he's not necessarily bad looking. He had that cute/naive factor to him. He probably would have a more attractive aspect if he wasn't completely immature or a total spaz.

But I think part of the reason he gets looks is because he is kind of entertaining to watch. I see girls laughing a little at his overly enthusiastic responses to nearly everything.

I just couldn't believe he was actually has a thing going on with April's nerdy looking friend. I just didn't understand. I mean, I guess some girls are into crazy, immature spazzes like Michelangelo… eh, whatever? I don't really care.

I just kept looking at Leo. The more I looked at him; however, the more I would smirk at the thoughts crossing my mind.

Let's just say… I've been thinking about a new idea for something I've had in mind for a while.

(Mikey's POV)

I got to Irma's kind of late.

We couldn't hang out earlier because Kraang blah blah, something annoying, blah blah happened and I had to take off. So I just came in through her window and we were just watching a movie in her room, sitting on the floor next to her bed.

I was roasting right now.

Ever since I became human, I swear I can never stay cool ever. I always feel like I'm sweating or something constantly. But hey, it worked out well during the winter.

UGH, I can't take it anymore!

I have to cool off. So, I just started taking off my shirt. I do this at home all the time. It's no big deal.

I took off my shirt and threw it to the floor.

(Irma's POV)

"Ah, that's soooooo much better." I hear Mikey sigh in relief.

I didn't know what was going on. What was he… but then my eyes went wide as I glanced in his direction and noticed that… he was… I turned my head away to hide the embarrassment.

Then I felt like I was going to have a meltdown when he casually put his arm around my shoulders.

I bit my lip as I glanced at him and saw his facial expression looked so nonchalant with his usual smile on his face, watching the TV. I could tell he didn't get that what he just did had an effect on me.

His eyes were still fixated on my TV and I couldn't stop myself as I let my line of sight drift.

Surprisingly, I've never seen him like... this... until now. I was just looking at his athletic… defined… chiseled… I shook my head a little. Okay, I know I blurted it out that night when he came over here to apologize, but I really meant it when I said that I thought he was hot.

I know; Mikey's kind of immature, clueless, and not entirely perceptive about a lot of things… but I really like Mikey. He's a really sweet and genuinely nice guy. He was one of the first guys to ever be nice to me and the first to like me. He always knows just what to do and say to make me laugh. He also tries to help me break out of my comfort zone when I need a push. It was something I always admired about him.

Mikey's just an all around fun and good guy.

As I looked at him though, the gravity of the situation was really hitting me more and more. We've been dating for about 6 and a half months now and there was something that has not happened with us that I kind of… okay I really wanted it.

Look, Mikey and I have kissed but never for more than 10 seconds. It's like he freaks out about it if it goes longer than that. I really wanted him to just… well, I kind of wanted a little more than just a 10 second stint.

In all actuality, he was the first guy I've ever kissed and I really liked the feeling I get from it. It was... nice.

I was finally able to get myself to stop looking at his torso, which was really difficult, and look up at his face. He really is cute. Everything from his freckles to his smile to his bright blue eyes to his slightly wavy, short blonde hair…

"Um, Mikey?" I ask hesitantly. He looked at me with that smile still on his face. "Yeah, what's up?" He asks. "Um…" I start and I couldn't take the TV being on so I just shut it off. He looked at me perplexed. "Irma, are you okay?" He asks, still in the dark.

I sigh and then start again, "Mikey…" But then I felt like I was unable to voice what I wanted to say. I had the words in my head, but I just couldn't get them out. Then I glanced at his body before looking at his face again. His expression was still totally confused.

I decided to just go for it.

I moved closer to him and his eyes widen at me as I lean in closer and kiss him. I could feel his body tense up just from this but then he relaxed and started to pull away but I kept him there. "Ir...ma…" He gets out between kisses and pulls away from me. I let out an annoyed sigh.

"Mikey, it's okay." I assure and try to kiss him again and he stops me. I was confused and I felt a little hurt to be honest. I think he caught it because he immediately started shaking his head and saying, "No Irma, it's not you… um, it's kinda me." He admits, blushing and looking away from him. "You?" I question confused.

"Yeah, I… I like this a lot, but I get really nervous and I really like you and I think I'm gonna screw up and…" "Mikey, it's okay. I'm new to this too. Just… relax." I assure and I took off my glasses and put them on my nightstand, continuing to look at him. My vision totally sucks right now, but I was hoping I'd have some sort of effect on him if I took them off.

"O-oh-okay." He stutters and then it was silent.

We both leaned in at the same time but we both ended up awkwardly bumping heads and then laughed a little from nerves and embarrassment.

Okay, let's try this again.

I just waited for him to lean in.

I felt a familiar warmth run through me when his lips touched mine again. As the kiss went on, we kept moving our lips more. I wanted to be closer. I sat between his legs facing him with my hands on his shoulders as our session continued. Then as time went on I gained the courage to let my hands wander.

I slowly moved my hands down his torso and I felt him tense up under me and sharply suck in air once I reached his stomach. I pulled away and took my hands off him. I felt embarassed, was I not supposed to do that? Ugh, I'm an idiot.

"Mikey, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you…" But then he just kissed me again and I was shocked then I felt him put my hands back on him. I smiled internally and shrugged.

Okay, I guess I didn't do anything wrong.

I moved my arms around his neck and I felt like I was having heart palpitations when I felt him hesitantly wrap his arms around my back.

Mikey just left to go home and I was still in a haze from what just happened.

I was proud of myself that I finally the the courage to approach him about this. It wasn't even anything to worry about now. Actually it seems stupid now.

I really can't wait for prom now. I still couldn't believe that I actually had a date, my boyfriend no less. That's really weird to think about but really, really nice that I actually had a boyfriend. Sure our relationship got off to a weird start but I literally regret nothing. I'm totally content with the way it all turned out.

Also, hopefully, I can see a repeat of tonight recur in the future.

(Raph's POV)

That was it. After Mikey laughing at me for wearing pink again, I just jabbed him in the gut before walking out. I don't know why he's laughing at me, at least I'm not the weirdo that chose to wear an orange tux.

I mean seriously, I saw other guys getting stuff to match their date's dresses and I saw other guys getting pink. Also, whatever, I can suck it up and wear this stuff one night for my girlfriend. Besides, I actually look pretty good, considering I'm wearing a pink vest and tie.

I didn't want to screw up the suit since I had to return it, so I actually had to take a bus to Mona's apartment. This is totally awkward. People gave me weird looks as I got on the bus.

Okay, I know this is for Mona... but I feel like a total fruit right now.

I'm wearing pink and I'm holding a pink corsage; sitting on a public bus with a bunch of people giving me weird or amused looks… never in my whole life would I have guessed this would actually be happening to me.

When I got to Mona's building, I practically dove out the door to get out as fast as possible.

I still felt weird but then I started to get nervous as I got in the elevator.

I remembered Homecoming… how she looked in that dress and that time I saw her dancing… this time I didn't have to sit out and let Leo take her instead of me. This time, I'm finally going to take her to a dance.

But I was also nervous about seeing her parents again. I had dinner with them a couple times and they're nice and stuff and they seemed like they liked me. But I still feel like I want to throw myself out the window when they're around.

I like her dad though. When I met him, I thought he was going to be this short, dorky Scottish scientist guy. But her dad is as tall as a freaking tree. He has to be at least 6'5''. It made me confused when I noticed that because Mona's pretty short, but then I saw her mom and it made more sense. But shortness and brown eyes were all she got from her mom. She actually did look more similar to her dad.

They had the same effect. Like Mona, other than wearing glasses, he didn't look like the nerdy, dweeby world renowned physicist that I pictured.

Her parents were also older than I expected when I met them. Her parents are like 60. But Mona told me that they met later and had trouble having kids because of their age. She said it was amazing that they even had her. But, am I happy about that working out.

I knocked on her door and then I felt like I was going to cough up my heart when I saw the door knob turning. Then the door flew open, it was her dad.

"Raphael, nice to see you again, lad." He says smiling at me and practically tearing off my arm as he was shaking my hand. He calls me 'lad', a lot. I was looking up at him and made my grip tighter but I think I made it too tight cuz I saw him wince.

"Oh sorry sir, I mean Mister, I mean Doctor Lisa." I felt like stepping out of my body and beating the living crap out of myself for acting like such an incompetent moron. "No, don't apologize. Got to like a man who can give a good handshake. Come in." He says and I step inside.

It still felt entirely weird. Her dad really likes me... which is completely insane to me. If I were him and I had a daughter like Mona, and she was my only kid, I'd probably hold that guy by his ankles over the edge of the Empire State building for even looking at her. But then again, her dad is just a really nice guy. Also, I wasn't gonna argue if he likes me and is totally cool with letting me date Mona.

Definitely a huge plus.

Her mom walked in and immediately smiled at me. "Raphael, nice to see you again. Mona should be out in a minute." She says.

Unlike her dad, her mom was American and that was kind of disappointing to me because I was expecting both of her parents to have cool accents, but that wasn't the case… by this standard her mom sounded totally normal for here.

It was awkward as I sat in her living room with her parents. I didn't know what to say without sounding like a total idiot. Her parents are these genius, world renowned scientists and compared to them I'm about as smart as a tree stump.

Not to mention, Mona and I kissed that one time where their feet are right now… definitely awkward to think about.

Then I heard a familiar clicking sound coming down hardwood floor of the hallway and then I felt like I needed my heart restarted when I saw her in front of me.

She looked… so hot.

This was the first time I saw her prom dress and her in it. It had a strap over one of her shoulders like her other dress I saw her in did and it was the same color pink as my vest and tie. The way it looked on her… I was seriously questioning if I was dead or alive right now.

She blushed a little and smiled at me. "Hey." She said, looking at me shyly. I gulped. "Hey." I say, somehow normally, and smirk at her.

I couldn't get over it. She looked… I couldn't even think anymore.

Her parents wanted to take pictures, but I didn't really mind. I didn't really know much about stuff like this with Prom so I was really confused when I saw her pull a red rose out of a box and then she pinned it to my jacket. Then I remembered she told me that this was like the guy version of a corsage. I forgot what it was called but it was some weird word that sounded French or something... I don't really know or care.

Man, she looks totally amazing.

People can say all they like about her. But she knows style and is probably the main reason why me and my brothers give her total control over what clothes we get and why we let her give us haircuts. That's another one of her weird talents. She told me that if she wasn't college material, she probably would've become a hairdresser or something like it.

"Wait." She says, straightening my tie and jacket, before smirking at me and I smirk right back at her.

Hey, my girl keeps me looking good.

After her parents were done taking pictures. Her parents gave us money to take a picture once we actually got to prom. I felt her grab onto my arm and smirk at me as we walked to the elevator.

"You know what, Raph? I think pink's your color." She says, messing with me. I just gave her a look before we both laughed as we stepped into the elevator.

The music started, so I took off my jacket. It was still not really big enough for my shoulders and I've had it on long enough. Besides, we already took pictures so I saw no other reason to keep it on.

I was about to get up when Mona put her hand on my shoulder and leaned closer to me. "Wait, I have something for you." She says and I looked at her confused and then I saw her reach down to this slit in the side of her dress. I saw her hand pulling something down. My mind went blank as I just stared.

What's she doing? Do I care why she's doing whatever this is? Yes and no.

Then she pulled out this dark pink band off from around her ankle. Then she smirked at me and laughed a little at the expression on my face. Then she put it in my hand. I just looked at her, totally confused.

"Uh babe, what's this?" I ask her and I gulp a little. This, whatever this is, was on her leg and she gave it to me. She smiled at me and explained, "It's a prom garter. Girl's give it to their dates as a keepsake."

My mind did a double take. Wait, I get to keep this? Again, this was touching Mona's leg...

Oh yeah, I am keeping this forever. I don't even care if it's pink.

I didn't know what to do with it. There was no way I was just leaving it on the table. "Here." She says and takes it back but then slips it on my arm. I looked at her and smirked as I got up and I helped her up on her feet.

She wanted me to come here to dance with her… then that's what she's going to get.

(Donnie's POV)

Prom was seriously awesome!

We were all walking back to the lair since Irma, Mona, and April were all spending the night at Mona's so we were kind forced to go home due to a strict no boys sleeping over policy from Mona's mom.

But I didn't care, I was going to hang out with April all day tomorrow.

Also, what were we going to say? What's the point because all of us actually hang out with them, in their rooms, at night; without them even knowing. We're not stupid.

I kept looking next to me at Raph, who had his jacket tossed over his shoulder and smirking at the garter Mona gave him on his arm… I got one too from April and I had a similar feeling toward it.

April told me Mona talked her into getting one when they went dress shopping together and I was so glad she did. I was still wearing it on my arm under my jacket. This is something I can look at and always think of her and tonight. I'm putting this somewhere so I can always look at it. Maybe I'll put it on my cork board near my desk in the lab.

Eh, I'll work on where I want to put it later.

We were just kind of winding down in the main room, watching a movie when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.

I turned my head and looked to find Leo who was doing what I can only describe as dazed strut from the tunnel into the lair. This only happens for one reason and one reason only, Karai.

It wasn't surprising when this happened anymore, but Leo looked a little more dazed than previous times on his return. His mask looked completely skewed and off center on his face, but his hair was in its usual messed up state after one of their… meetings. His usual facial expression though seemed even more far gone than usual as he stumbled toward his room with a grin plastered to his face, almost running into a couple walls on his way.

I knew Mikey and Raph were catching all of this too and wondering the same as me most likely.

Leo, I really hope you know what you're doing.

But mostly… and I'm saying this as Leo's brother… I just hope Karai doesn't break him beyond repair in the end.

I know Leo, and though he's never straight out said it… Leo's beyond the point of return when it comes to Karai; it's obvious that he's completely in love with her. He'd do almost anything for her and that is a dangerous thing to even think about.

Karai's manipulative and sly and has control over Leo's entire existence like a puppet master clutching at his heart strings. As I kept thinking though, I came to one internal, silent conclusion.

If I can't hope for Leo to get over Karai... then I'm just really hoping that Karai won't break my brother's heart.

Thank you all so much for all the support you have given to this story. Also, I'm in the process of making the sequel. I'm probably going to give it an M-rating due to the plot structure I have in mind. I'm sorry I ended this on a cliffhanger, but don't worry. All will be explained in the next portion. Sequel "Further Complications" is now available.