Littlespace/Agere Oneshots

I will Care For You, Little One (TMNT 2012)

I am so so so so so very sorry for how late this is- I recently started working on updates more!

For @Ninjaqueen_121!

Summary: During a training session with Splinter, April unintentionally slips into littlespace and Splinter takes care of her!

April's little age is 4!

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Splinter was in the dojo with April. The pair were doing a training session together. Splinter had been training her for a few weeks by teaching her ninjutsu for self defense, much like how he taught his sons. He was also helping April channel her Kraang powers better.

In a way, Splinter was a second father to the girl. Especially after her real father had been taken. Splinter had invited her to stay with him and the turtles as long as she needed to so that she would have a safe place to stay until her father had been found.

Now, everything was alright. But, April still loved training with Splinter. He had to admit that he thought of her as a second daughter. He cared about her very much and vowed to do anything to protect her and keep her safe whenever she was with him.

"Alright, April, ready?" Splinter spoke smoothly, scanning his reddish-brown eyes across the room. "Hi, sensei!" April responded as she closed her eyes. Splinter than vanished. April took a deep breath and tried using her powers to find out where he was. It was a part of her telekinesis training.

Once identifying her teacher's location, April snuck up on him. "Found ya!" Splinter smiled and faced her. "Well done, child. You did very well for your first try. Your powers appear to be very strong." April beamed happily. "Thanks, sensei!" She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shall we try combat now?" Splinter asked. "Yes!" April jumped up. They would be doing hand-to-hand combat for now. "Hijame!" Splinter shouted as they began sparring. Splinter thrust out his hand, and April blocked it with her palm.

This went on for several minutes until April tried to do a backflip. something she often saw Mikey do. But as she flipped, April accidently landed on the edge of the rug.

She tripped over the rug and fell forward, scratching her hand on the hard dojo floor when she used her palms to brace herself so she wouldn't get too hurt.

April winced in pain and looked at her hand. It was a small scratch, barely anything. But suddenly, it seemed to hurt a lot more than it was supposed to.

April began to suddenly feel...smaller. Younger. She whimpered, rubbed her injured hand, and started to cry. Splinter instantly was at her side. "April?" He had seen her fall and was very concerned.

She had never gotten injured during a training session before, and he had never heard her cry this much. "Where does it hurt, child?" He checked her over, assuming she had a broken bone from how hard the girl was sobbing.

April, still crying, showed him her hand. Her palm had a small scratch on it. Splinter was confused. "Are you hurt anywhere else?" He placed his hand on her back in an attempt to calm her down. She shook her head in response. "My hand..."

Splinter checked her hand and found nothing but the scratch. It wasn't broken or sprained, so why was she in such distress over a tiny cut? It wasn't even bleeding. He was about to ask another question when April whimpered. "I-It hwuwts...!"

Suddenly, it clicked. April had slipped into littlespace. He already knew about it since his sons were littles, but didn't know that April was one too. "April...are you a little?" He spoke softly, rubbing her back. She was still crying. Not as bad, but tears still flowed. "Y-Yeah..." She whimpered.