Violet Hill

A TMNT nanshoku fanfiction
TMNT (c) Laird and Mirage
No money being made with this work
Soundtrack:
Violet Hill by Coldplay- of course!!!!
Turn Around, Beyond the Invisible, Gravity of Love, Sadness and Goodbye, Milky Way by Enigma
Chasing Pavements by Adele
Take The Box by Amy Winehouse
Show Me Love by t.A.t.U.
and several other songs I can't count here

Pairing: Leo/Mikey for the most part of the story
Rating: PG- 13 >> NC- 17
Summary: Even if we don't admit all of our feelings, they are still there....

Prologue: How long is now?

He laid on the couch, humming that song. A song Leonardo hadn't heard
since years. But still, this song made him feel a special kind of warmth on
his skin, like a protecting shield that could wipe away all bad thoughts
and memories.

But what surprised the young mutant turtle most about this scenery was the
fact that it was his youngest brother Michelangelo humming that song.
Normally, Leo was the only one to do that from time to time. Raphael thought
it was too childish, clinging onto the memories of the past, Donatello simply
didn't remember these songs anymore. And Mikey? Mikey was much too deep
in the loud world of video games, comics and action movies. He was the first
one getting bored during the meditation, and he was the one who stayed on
the couch till late at night.

Sometimes, Leo found his youngest brother, sleeping in an uncomfortable
position. Knowing that the next day, one of Michelangelo's limbs would
probably hurt terribly, the oldest of the four brothers always took his
youngest sibling, carrying him into his room- to lay him down onto that
comfortable bed.

In that room, Leo felt the past come alive. While the rest of them had begun
to act more mature, to change their lifestyle as far as their situation allowed
it, Mikey had always held onto his lovely world of unconcern.

At least it was what Leo had thought the whole time- until he had opened the
door to Mikey's room once more, merely a week ago. At first, he had just
been confused about the fact that he had missed something important going
on with his youngest brother. And then, he had wondered how all these things
could happen without him noticing it.

No comics, no leftovers from last dinner, no dirt in every corner of the room.
Candles, the little, Japanese paper lantern, one of those that Master Splinter
had given to each of his sons a few years ago. A light to guide his sons through
every dark hour in their life. A light for all of them, so they would always find
back to each other....and where once, there was a mess of old toys, towels and
other things, he now found nothing but the little desk, a chair, a chest and the
wardrobe. The air was filled with the scent of incense.....

What Leo didn't know was that the light in the Japanese lamp had already
burned after their last battle, when Don had been seriously wounded. The
youngest turtle had taken care to keep the candle inside the lantern lightened
up all day and night. And in the night Don almost died, he had sung this little
melody for the first time in years.

"How do you remember this song, Mikey?" Leo asked when his younger brother
openend his eyes slowly. Unlike in the past, Michelangelo didn't jump onto his
feet, making some little jokes and ignoring Leonardo's question.

"It calmed me when we were kids, and I was afraid at night. Remember when
we had to start sleeping in seperate rooms? Sometimes, I was so afraid, I couldn't
even leave my room, to run to one of you guys. So I kept singing this melody.
I don't remember the whole text anymore, but the melody itself is enough to
make me feel better."

With amazement, Leonardo realized how soft Michelangelo's voice sounded.
Was this still the youngest brother of the family? Was this the little goofball,
the one to play tricks on eveyone?

"Mikey, is there something bothering you?" Leo was serious with that question.

"How long is "now", Leo?"

This confused the eldest turtle. He wasn't used to hear such a "wise"
question coming from his orange masked sibling.

"I'm not sure if I can follow you on that that, Mikey."

"Well, if I say "Now I know what it means", is it the same like "Now we
have to leave this place"? And is it only now, or is it forever?"

Leo's confusion grew bigger.

"That depends on the situatio you're in, Mikey. If you talk about a special
situation, the word "now" only describes a temporary state. But in other
situations, it more is like "from now on", that means the state will be
permanently. But....Mikey, why do you ask me such a question?"

The inscrutable look in Mikey's eyes made Leo shiver. Fortunately, it
didn't look like the younger mutant had noticed it.

"Where do we come from, Leo? And where do we belong to? If this
world is so big, isn't there another place for us to live, a better one,
maybe? Have you ever thought how it would be like if we could go
to Japan? After all, this is where sensei comes from. Maybe, this is
our real home. Or Europe, Africa. Couldn't those be better places for
us to live?"

Leo opened his mouth to speak, but his voice failed to work. These
were questions he had asked himself countless times already. But he
surely hadn't expected that Mikey would be the one sharing these
thoughts with him...

"I want to know if probably there is another place for us to be.
Maybe we would be accepted in another culture, one that sees
things simply like they are, without being too sceptical about
everything they don't know."

"You know what, Mikey? If you really want to know about these
things, we could just go and find it out." Leo whispered- before
he took a seat next to his baby brother, and pulled him close for
a comforting embrace....