Turtles Forever

The People's Choice

Several weeks have passed and everyone's wounds were finally starting to heal. Yuuki was in the bathroom, and she took the towel off and hopped into the shower to get some of the dried blood off and washed her hair. As she stepped out, Yuuki walked over to the mirror and pulled the towel down a little to reveal a scar that was starting to heal up. Two long slash marks started from her left shoulder, going across her chest, heading straight down to her right hip. She began to put on her clothes and tucked a short sleeved reddish-pink shirt over her head, slipping it on as she finished. As Yuuki looked back into the mirror again, she picked a strand of her long hair, pondering for a moment, before looking down at a pair of scissors, resting on the sink.

Snip! Snip! Snip!

One by one, her long, beautiful strands of hair fell into sink until there was a knock at the door.

"Yuuki! Please! I can't hold it anymore!" She heard Alopex call out. Yuuki placed the scissors down, admiring her work and opened the door, surprising Alopex. Alopex's dropped a little.

"Y-Your hair." Yuuki's hair was cut short just above her chin. She brushed it gently back with her hand over her ear.

"Does it look bad?" She asked. Alopex shook her head.

"No! It looks great, definitely a new change." She replied. "Now move." She quickly pushed Yuuki out of the way and slammed the door behind her. She's been doing that a lot lately. Yuuki hummed for a moment before she walked away. Mona and Venus were sitting on the couch, playing with Elizabeth. Leo, Mikey, Raph and Donnie were getting their packs ready for the camping trip. Venus' bag was sitting by the door already set to go as well as Yuuki's.

As the group was about to leave to explore, they saw Yuuki come into the living room and noticed her different look as well.

"Whoa, you cut your hair!" Mikey shouted.

"It's looks cute." April smiled.

"What made you want to do it?" Donnie asked.

"I just wanted a new look." Yuuki replied. She turned to Leo, who was silently staring at her. "What do you think, Leo?"

"It's looks nice." He told her, before glancing away from her. Yuuki frowned.

"Let's get going." Raph said.

"You guys have fun." April said and the group left the farmhouse, heading into the woods. After a while, the sun began to set as it was almost getting dark. They stopped at an abandoned sawmill near a lake. They set their bags down and started to put out their sleeping bags to camp for the night.

"Just look at this place. They don't build turn of the century sawmills like this anymore." Donnie said.

"Probably, because it's not the turn of the century anymore." Mikey replied.

"Let's stow our stuff so that we can go exploring." Raph said.

"You coming, Leo?" Mikey asked as he turned to Leo, who was still getting his gear out. Leo didn't answer him.

"Aw, leave him. If he doesn't want to play, he doesn't want to play." Raph said. Mikey,

"I'll catch up in a minute." Yuuki told them. Raph and Donnie and Venus walked away, leaving the two as they headed towards the mill. Yuuki turned back to Leo as he stood up.

"Leo, is something bothering you?" She asked him in concern.

"It's nothing." He told her dismissively. Her eyes drifted towards at the missing piece of his shell near his left shoulder, revealing a scar.