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<Chapter seventeen>
|𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐲|

You sat quietly above the ramp staring at pictures from a magazine while Leo was skateboarding, Donnie on his phone, and Micheal ready to join Leo.

*CRASH*

"WHAT THE—" You caught Leo from falling again.

"Wha—?" Donnie got up confused.

"Boom shakalaka!" Mikey exclaimed. "Did that come from the Tank garage?"

"No, no, no, no." Donnie denied. "No, there's definitely nothing wrong with the tank because it for sure doesn't backfire for no reason sometimes."

*BOOM*

You set Leo down. You all walk towards the garage, only to find it closed. Leo decided to knock softly.

"Who—hoo! That's the stuff!" You heard Raph exclaim.

"Raph! Is that you?" Mikey questioned.

"NO!— I MEAN— yes...why would I speak and then it not be me?" He chuckled nervously. "One sec!"

You all stand in front of the garage, waiting for him to open the doors. You hear crashing and clattering noises coming from the other side.

"Raph, you good?" You asked concerned.

He open the door slightly from below. "Hey, it my brothers and (Y/N)...what brings you all to the lair?"

"We all literally live here—" You were interrupted by the others opening the doors fully. They leap inside getting it a protective stance.

"What was all that noise?" Leo asked suspiciously.

"What noise?" He asked.

"Was that just you setting up our next sparring session?" Leo asked.

"—sure, yeah. It was that and nothing else."

Liar you thought to yourself. It was way to easy to figure out. Any idiot could figure it out.

Leo for example.

"Sweet! I could go for a game 'Capture the Bandanna!" Mikey grinned.

"Usual rules, first to capture a bandanna other than his own color is the winner." Donnie explained.

You back away slowly, not wanting to interrupt their game, but still watch to see who wins this game. Since you don't have a bandanna, you can't play.

"Uhhh— I'm not really in the mood to play a game." Raph scratched his neck nervously.

"But...you set up it up." You stated.

He blinked before panicking again. "OH, THATS RIGHT! I—I am in the mood."

"Dude, what is with you?" Donnie questioned.

*HONK*

"Donnie versus Raph!" Mikey announced. "Go!"

Donnie pulled out his staff, sprinting towards his older brother. "Taste my bandanna fury!"

"Ah." He weakly hit him.

...you thought to yourself...What the fu—

"...whoa! Donnie, you are so strong!" Raph fell down.

"A quadruple threat, my friend. Strong, funny, amusing, and hilarious." Donnie grinned, taking Raph's bandanna.

"...Kinda looked like he took a dive." Leo noticed, sipping on some coffee.

"Please, Leo. You forget Einstein's Law of Brains over Brawn." Donnie defended. (Denial)

Raph pushed out all his brothers away from the garage. "Right. That's uh— ok, good game, then."

He slammed the door shut once they were out. He must've forgotten you were there...You hid behind the tank to see what he was up to.

"Einstein's Law of BrAiNs oVer BrAwN." He mocked. "Of course I took a dive, so I can get to my real bandanna game with my favorite sparring partner!"

You watch as a Foot soldier steps out the closet. It laughs sweetly once it came out. You found it cute, he's like a child.

"Piercing the paper ninja back together was genius—"

"So this is what you've been up to." You appeared next to him.

He yelped suprised. He didn't even hear you coming. "HoW— wHeN!?"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anybody. You don't mind if I watch you play, right?" You asked.

"...promise me you won't tell my brothers.." he whispered.

Your eyes soften. "I promise."

You go back to where you sat and watched Raph and 'Buddy' as he calls him play, having the time of their lives. Sure, Buddy lost a leg or two but you and Raph fixed him up with some tape.

꧁꧂

"Come on, Raph, aren't you skating?" Leo called. "WaIT— where is (Y/N)!?"

"Right here! Be there in a sec. Raph, hide Buddy now, we've got to go."

Raph turned back to Buddy. "Great game, but I got to go, bye—bye. We'll tussle again tomorrow."

"Buddy!" Buddy exclaimed.

"Sorry, Buddy, you can't come." Raph stated.

Buddy frowns. You walk up to him and pat his head gently. "Don't worry, we'll come back tomorrow. Promise."

"Yeah. Promise." Raph agreed. "I'll miss you too. And remember, keep it down. If my brothers find you, you'll be confetti before you can say....uGHh."

"uGHh."

"Exactly." He slammed the door shut.

You both walk away to join the other brothers.

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"You know what I just remembered?" Mikey shared his thoughts. "How much I hate paper ninjas."

You almost choked on air. Not what you thought you'd hear from Mikey...

"I must suddenly remember I hate those guys like twenty times a day!" He added.

"Oh indeed." Donnie agreed. "I've been working on a shredding attachment for the the next time we cross paths."

He pulled out his staff as a mini chainsaw popped out the end, laughing maniacally. You and Raph start to panic remembering you both are hiding one right here, in the lair.

"...Sure glad none of our close personal friends are made out of paper." Raph squeaked

"Oh—ho—ho! Yeah!" Leo shouted, sliding down the ramp. You watched his skateboard get stuck on some glue cussing him to trip. You dashed towards him quickly, catching him.

"You know, I'm not always gonna be there to catch you." You snicker.

"...how are you so fast?" Leo wondered.

"Lots of training, my friend." You sigh, setting him on the ground.

You glance at Raph to see him even more panicked as he looked up the ceiling. You followed his eyes to see what he found only to see Buddy walking around pouring glue on his arm.

"Huh. Appears to be some gunk on the ramp." Donnie inspected the glue on the floor. Mikey and Leo kneeled besides him. "Perhaps we crane our necks upward to see from whence it came."

They start looking up, hoping to find answers. Raph comes quickly and forces them to look down. "I looked. It must've come from down here. Definitely not from anyplace above!"

You noticed Buddy's arm fell of. You caught it quickly without anyone noticing. You hid it inside your hoodie, reminding yourself to fix him up later.

"What is with you? Why are you so crazy!?" Mikey questioned his older brother.

"I'm not crazy, you're crazy—AH!" He shrieked as he saw the hand moving in your pocket. "Say, how about we all hang out in our rooms alone— for ThREe to FivE minUtEs!"

"Come on!"

"Dude, We are skating."

You got bored and left to your room. Some sleep sounds nice.

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*SLAM*

"WHAT THE—"

"(Y/N)! Buddy ran away!" Raph cried.

"...what." You muttered to yourself. "But why!? Why would he run away?"

"...A—About that—"

꧁꧂

"Buddy! Buddy!" You called out.

You were currently outside the lair on top of a building looking for Buddy with Raph. Both of you were worried.

"Buddy!" Raph shouted.

"I still can't believe you said those things to him." You turn to him.

"My brothers were there! They can't know about him, they'll shred him!" His low quivered.

That's true. Buddy exited the garage and entered the room where they were all present. Raph trapped his brothers in an embrace to hide Buddy, then proceeds to tell them he wants to shred paper ninjas because he hates them so much, right in front of poor Buddy.

"Hey! Where did you go!? Buddy!"

"There you are."  You and Raph turn around to see Leo, Donnie and Mikey standing there confused.

"What's up with all the secrecy?" Leo asked, hoping it's not what he thinks it is.

"Brothers, what are you guys doing?" Raph's voice quivered.

"Hold that thought." Donnie shut him up. "We've got a little situation going on." He glanced down the building, locating the paper ninja you and Raph were looking for."

Buddy ran around crying as he snatched red bandannas from people, dogs, literally anything he could find. He looked so heartbroken.

"A paper ninja!?" Mikey exclaimed.

"And he's only attacking people in red bandannas." Leo noticed. Raph's eyes dilated for a second as he stared at his brother. "Huh, it's like someone who wears a red bandanna really hurt this guys feelings once. Strange..."

Raph cried quietly to himself. You held his hand, hoping it will help comfort him in a way. He squeezed your hand gently.

"Dibs on shredding him!" Mikey jumped off the building.

"What!? No! We only call dibs on pizza, skate ramps and Donnie's stuff! And (Y/N)." Leo complained, muttering the last part, following his younger brother.

"Hey." Donnie furrowed his eyebrows.

You and Raph glance at each other before nodding, agreeing you both won't let them hurt Buddy. Following them, Raph tried convincing them.

"Maybe we shouldn't shred him at all, you know?" He chuckled nervously. "That seems fair right?"

"Raph's out!" Mikey jumped on top of Raph. "Dibs on his share of the confetti, and dibs on Donnie's!"

"Hey!"

"Can't we just let him go? I don't see him doing anything wrong." You stated.

You all landed on top of a place called 'Joes Bandannas', right where Buddy entered. Leo, Donnie and Mikey leap down to see him shredding all the red bandannas.

"Confetti—abunga!"

You laugh quietly to yourself. "Mikey, that's not even a word." You leaped down landing next to him.

The three of them were about to engage battle. You back away quickly, feeling someone coming your way. You were proven correct as Raph threw himself towards his brothers.

"What are you doing!?"

"Come on, what is happening!?"

"Uh—I—uh, change my mind!" Raph stuttered. "Uh, I'm calling dibs!" He left quickly running up to Buddy. You follow behind making sure thing go ok.

"Buddy, you've got to get out of here." He whispered to him.

"NOoo, not Buddy..."

"Please Buddy, I don't want you getting hurt. You have got to go—" You pleaded, giving his arm back.

"YOU!"

You all turn to see Lieutenant standing outside a broken window. "You all really need to find a hobby."

"Oh, We got one. Kicking butt and taking names." Leo smirked. "And you are?"

*CRASH*

"Don't make us pulverize your guts into gut bits!" Cassandra threatened. "Give is back our origami man!"

"Of course, he was yours—" Raph recalled.

"Although, now he seems more like a free agent." You added. "He doesn't belong to you anymore, so go home. I warn you child. If I lose my temper, you lose your head. Understand?"

"(Y/N), no fighting." Raph pat your back. He turned to Cassandra nervously. "You can just go home, thanks though."

"We will do NOTHING of the sort!" She yelled. "You are so not reading our tone!"

"He's ours and he's coming with us." Lieutenant glared.

"Certainly." Donnie complied. "How many pieces would you like him in?" He leaped towards Buddy ready to shred him. "Arrivederci, paper punk!"

You and Raph stood in front of Buddy. Raph used his mystic powers to shield the three of you. "No! Not my Buddy!"

Donnie flew back. The three brothers grew even more confused than before.

"Okay, it's official, Raph's gone cuckoo!" Leo concluded.

You and Raph ignored him. Raph turned to Buddy with a frown. "Look, you're not the jerk, I'm the jerk. I didn't mean that stuff, I just didn't want them to shred you. Our weeks of sparring and playing Capture the Bandanna have been the best fights of my life. When I fight my brothers, I just think of fighting you and get rid of them so I can fight you again."

"Wha—" Mikey and Donnie grew confused.

"You did let Donnie beat you!" Leo exclaimed.

"We will never know..." Donnie denied the truth.

"No Donnie, He did." You broke it to him.

Donnie stood behind you, gripping your shoulders. "We will never know."

Raph chuckled as he pats Buddy's head. "He's my new best friend. And if anyone wants to take away my buddy, their got to come through me."

"And me." You stepped up.

Buddy started crying quietly and hugged you from behind. "MamAa..."

"..." you smile softly as you give him a head pat.

"Touching." Cassandra crossed her arms. "And in case you couldn't tell, that was SARCASM!"

"We could never let you keep him! Shred him, Recruit!" Lieutenant ordered

"My extreme pleasure."

Cassandra sprinted towards Raph kicking him away. She threw three kunais towards Buddy before Leo blocked the attack.

"Back off, he's ours." Leo glared at her. "A—Apparently."

"A new best friend? Don't need this—" Mikey rubbed of the foot paint off Buddy's face, and drew their turtle sign instead. "You're a mad dog now, baby!"

"Buddy!" He giggled.

"That's right! You're on our team." Raph explained. "But this fight isn't about grabbing our bandannas. It's about kicking Foot faces! Are you with me?"

"Yeah!"

"Get him!" Lieutenant demanded. He threw paper origami towards all of you. The paper turned into living Foot ninjas. You've seen this before, but where?

"Gut bits!" Cassandra attacked Leo. He used his odachi to block her attack.

You sigh before bringing Leo back. "Let me handle this one, go help your brothers."

He obeyed immediately and went to help his brothers fight the paper ninjas. You turn to Cassandra with a raised brow. "You."

"Do you SERIOUSLY not remember me!?"

"..." there was a brief moment of silence. "Of course I do, Cassandra."

It took you a while to figure out who she was...but you finally got it. She's—

"HAH!" She punched you in the stomach. You stumble back a bit, before you kick her chest m. You swing your knife at her, only for her to dodge it. You find some wrapping paper close by, choosing to use it as a distraction. You in rolled the paper, blocking her view completely.

"stop it!" She yelled.

You didn't stop. She grew even more irritated and grabbed the paper as she trapped you in it. "HAHA!" She threw you towards the turtles, somehow trapping them as well.

...you shouldn't have gone easy on her.

"Buddy." Buddy frowned.

"Finish them. And shred the traitor." Lieutenant ordered. "...grab the girl though."

"HolD Up—"

"Back off, you—." Mikey shouted.

"Mikey!" Raph scolded, not even letting him finish that sentence.

You all turn to Mikey shocked by the sudden outburst. You felt someone glaring at you. Youturn to Raph quickly. "I swear it wasn't me..." you shook your head. "It wasn't me—"

You hear Buddy growling and turn to him to see his arm glowing. He punches a paper ninja, turning it into confetti. He uses all the scraps of paper on the floor to make an enormous arm.

Lieutenant looked at him in awe. "They grow up and turn against you so fast—"

Buddy crushed the ground, creating a gust of wind strong enough to send the Foot Clan flying far away....

"Team Rocket is blasting off again!" You laugh, breaking out the paper.

"I'm calling it boys. Our Buddy's the winner." Raph celebrated. Him and Leo lift his arms up, accidentally ripping them off.

"I got this." You sigh, grabbing the tape to fix him up.

"Aw, man. I owe you guys one." Raph rubbed his neck.

"We owe you one too." Leo admitted. "For throwing your fights."

"That could be neither be confirmed or denied." Donnie muttered.

"What do you say, Buddy." Leo grinned. "First one to grab the red bandanna wins?"

You all jump on top of Raph, laughing together as you had the time of your lives. You got up and thought of something.

You can't live with the turtles for ever...you're gonna have to go someday.

Why don't you try getting a job again. I mean, what could go wrong?

|Bonus|

"Hey (Y/N)...I think I hit my head or something." Donnie avoided your gaze. You nodded and kissed his forehead softly.

"..." the rest of the brothers were thinking the same thing.

"Me too!"

"Oh! Me, me, me!"

"I think I got a few bruises too—"

"MamAa..." Buddy hugged you. You smiled widely as you pecked Buddy's cheeks over and over again, ignoring the brothers.

"...lucky." Leo muttered.

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AUTHOR—CHAN SECRETS

▷Michelangelo isn't innocent like Raphael thinks. Michelangelo will cuss whenever his older brother isn't around. (Doctor Delicate Touch)

▷ Leonardo and Donatello tend to fake their injuries or pain to get a kiss from you. Ever since Raphael and Michelangelo found out they would sometimes do the same.

▷You have successfully gotten a job at a restaurant. You thought maybe you could use the money to finally move out the turtles lair and move to your own apartment someday.

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