Raphael sat and listened as Donatello spoke directly to Momorin, something they had learned that omegas don’t normally do. She told them, that in ancient times, the Kame were once a part of society as a whole, but their ways had brought them much criticism from the other clans. A female would take several mates and have several children, each clutch of eggs having more than one father. Society had shamed them into taking just one mate and laying only one clutch.
As time passed the males began competing for the dwindling number females and the omegas didn’t stand a chance against the alphas so it was determined that only alphas would be taken as mates. Even fewer girls were hatched as a result and the alphas became more aggressive.
Society still shamed them when it was discovered that the alphas had sexual relations with the omegas. The alphas refused change their ways, saying that they needed the sexual release and females were just not enough to meet it. As a result the clan closed its boarders sending out the occasional tradesman to handle the rest of society. It had been that way for over one hundred years.
The fewer girls being hatched every year caused the clan to shrink and the alphas to reach a level of aggression that was previously unheard of. Their kind was slowly dying off all on account of pride and the shame thrust on them by society’s standards.
“It seems that you must go back to your old ways,” Donatello stated.
“It is not that easy,” Haru replied. “Alphas have become very possessive of their mates.”
“But, you also love your omegas,” Mikey interjected. “Just be with her together.”
Momorin shook her head, “The females will also have a problem with this. It has been ingrained in us to be… aloft form the males and mate only for the production of children.”
“If you cannot go back,” Donny sighed, “then your clan will die off in just a few more generations.” Donatello was stern but not abrasive, “You need to set the example for the rest of them. Mate with Haru’s omegas and produce a few more clutches, if you are still young enough to do so, and encourage your daughter to do the same.” Donatello looked down at the baby in his arms, “This is not acceptable. These children set out to die.”
“There will still be eggs abandoned during this time of change,” Momorin’s voice was sorrowful. “Males will be abandoned in favor of the females.”
“Then in time you will have a surplus of females and not enough males,” Donny pointed out, “which would be equally devastating.”
“I have an idea,” Leo said standing up, “but I need a minute to… ah… talk to a few people first.” He headed toward their room, “I’ll be back.”
With Leo gone the topic of conversation shifted to Michelangelo. Haru asked several questions about how their relationships developed, “So Leonardo is your favored?”
“Yes he is,” Mikey smiled.
“So you went to him first?”
“No,” Mikey shrugged. “I had Donny go to him first. To be honest I didn’t even know I was the alpha. I thought Leo and Raph were. The only place I wanted to dominate was the bedroom.”
As they went on discussing the four Turtle’s relationship and compared it to the way the Kame males were, Raph started realize something, “You never came to me.” The conversation stopped and they all looked at Raph. Raph stared at the floor, “You went to Leo and Don when we were twelve, but not me. I went to you when we were fourteen and every time after that,” he felt his heart pounding in his chest as he finally looked over to his shocked brother, “until after you saw the video.”
“Raph,” Mikey reached out for him, but Raph pulled away.
“You didn’t want me,” he accused. “Until, what, you saw why I was the way I am and challenged yourself to get me to finally submit? Did it drive you crazy that I let Don and Leo in first?”
“No, that’s not it,” Mikey reached out again.
Raph stood up to avoid his touch, “Who’s idea was it to keep me out of the group?”
Tears filled Mikey’s eyes, “I didn’t want you to hurt them. You were violent.”
“So… I see it was my fault,” Raph snapped.
Leo came back into the room, “I have great news….” He looked around the room, “What’s going on?”
Raph turned to look at him, “Mikey never wanted me did he, Leo?”
Leo stammered unsure how to answer, “What?”
Raph looked back down at Mikey, “Was it a game, to see if you could do it, Mikey?” He was finding it hard to breathe, “Did you just tolerate me ‘cause I was there? Was that all it was…a…a…? Did you just use me too?” He couldn’t think. He wanted to get out of there. He turned to go, but Mikey was on him taking him to the floor. They wrestled as Raph tried to get away. He didn’t want to hear it, that Mikey never really wanted him and only saw him as a conquest.
“I’m sorry,” Mikey whispered before rumbling deep and long sending Raph into a partial trance.
“You promised,” Raph sobbed.
Mikey moved so that he had Raph pinned down on his carapace, “I had to get you to stop and shut up and that was the only way I could think of. You’re not giving me a chance to speak.” He nuzzled Raph’s cheek, “I wanted you Raph. But, I was so small and you were so mean. I tried but you pushed me away,” he explained. “Anytime I tried you got violent, don’t you remember? So, I stopped trying and told Leo and Don not to go near you because I was afraid you would hurt them too, especially Donny.”
Raph searched his memory and tried to recall a time where Mikey tried to approach him. Remembering once when Mikey touched his inner thing and he hit him so hard that the smallest turtle had a bruise for a week. Raph closed his eyes and nodded, “I’m sorry. I was confused.”
“Left it up to you to come to me, because I thought that was what you wanted,” Mikey continued. “Yes, once I knew why you were the way you are, I changed my tactics. All I wanted was to have you enjoy it. I know I’m not a good alpha. That I’m pathetic, but I did the best I could with you.”
“I couldn’t protect you,” he sobbed. “You had to do it yourself. What good am I if I can’t protect you? You’re stronger than me. I want you to be mine, but you don’t want to be. I want you to need me, but you don’t.”
“You’re right, Mikey,” Raph tried his best to hold back the tears. “I don’t need you.”
Mikey nodded and moved to get up off Raph, “I understand.”
Raph grabbed hold of him and held tight, “I want you.” Mikey looked down at him and blinked. Raph looked back up in those sapphire eyes and could still see the little runt that he once was. “You are the best alpha for me. Any other alpha would have given up on me a long time ago.” He brought a hand up and thumbed a tear away from Mikey’s cheek, “How many would willingly submit to their omegas? Especially messed up ones like me?”
“You wouldn’t prefer another alpha?” Mikey fought to keep from crying.
Raph shook his head, “I’m yours.”
Mikey broke down in tears, “You have no idea how long I have waited to hear you say that.”
Leo helped Mikey and Raph stand and they got themselves settled back down to sit in front of Momorin and Haru. “Sorry about that,” Raph bowed. “I get emotional sometimes.”
“What happened to you,” Momorin asked, “that left you so… emotional?”
“I was… abused,” Raph confessed looking at the ground. It was still hard to admit. Just thinking about saying it made his heart pound and his throat close. “Sexually,” he added feeling sick to his stomach.
“How old?” Haru asked.
“Seven.”
“I see, I am sorry,” Momorin turned her attention back to Leo, “You said that you had good news.”
Leo bowed, “I spoke with Master Splinter, who in turn spoke to the Daimyo, and I also spoke with Bishop. When we are finished here I would like to train some of your people so that you will not be so easily defeated in the future. Also, I would like to take all of the unwanted eggs each year. The Daimyo has agreed to set up a permanent portal for us and Bishop has agreed to fund us so long as some agree to stay in our dimension to serve under him.”
“We are a pacifist people,” Momorin shook her head.
“No offence,” Mikey said holding up a finger, “but your pacifism is was made you fall so easily.”
The whole time they talked, Haru watched Raph and he was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable. Raph stood, “You really don’t need me for this. I’m going.”
He walked the halls of the estate lost in thought. He felt foolish for his outburst earlier and fought back the urge to scream at himself. A grunt of pain followed by a soothing voice pulled him from his thoughts. He followed the sound until he reached the infirmary.
Ookin lay on a bed and it was apparent that he was still in a great deal of pain. He was covered in sweat and his muscles twitched as he gasped and writhed. A small omega spoke softly to him and mopped his forehead with a damp cloth. The omega glanced up and spotted Raph. He leaned in close to Ookin and whispered something in his ear before standing and heading towards Raph.
“I am Kino, Ookin’s omega,” he bowed.
Raph crossed his arms over his plastron, “What are you doing with a brute like that?”
Kino looked hurt, “I… I love him.”
“Like to be abused, huh?” Raph sneered.
Shaking his head, Kino wiped away a tear, “He is not abusive,” he said a bit forcefully. “He is good to me and he worshiped Yuki. One bad choice ruined his life and he became angry and bitter because of it, but I wouldn’t expect you to understand that.”
“More than you know,” Raph sighed. “What happened?”
Kino told Raph how he and Ookin met when they were eleven and decided then to be together. Ookin was once a good humored alpha, much like Haru. Later they met May and she desired Ookin for her mate. But one day Ookin lost his temper and pushed Momorin to the ground. That simple act had his own father mark him, at the young age of fourteen. Yuri forbid May to choose Ookin for her mate after that.
That did not stop Ookin from challenging any alpha who dared to court May. Even after May’s accident Ookin was still willing to be her mate, but Yuri turned him down. Ookin’s anger grew to the point that he shattered the shell of an alpha who dared to agree to mate with May.
Despite his anger, Ookin had a strong bond with Yuki and protected him against the other alphas. Yuki’s sexual release was done by Ookin’s omegas, no alpha was allowed near him. Yuki even slept in Ookin’s bed, protected by his beloved uncle. When they were invaded Ookin fought hard to protect the albino, using his own body to shield Yuki, but the Kitsune had magic that seemed to burn without scarring and Yuki was ripped screaming from Ookin’s arms. Ookin fell into a deep depression after that.
When the Turtles came to ‘save the clan’ Ookin saw this as an insult, especially do to the fact that three of them were omegas. He had let go of that anger, for Yuki’s sake, but later became enraged when he heard about May laying eggs, and that’s when he attacked. The four other alphas were easily persuaded to help.
“The five other omegas that claimed to love Ookin have abandoned him,” Kino wiped away a tear. “I am all he has left. He cannot eat due to the pain and the medics could not get the right arm back in its socket. He will be crippled, if he lives.”
Raph clenched his jaw. He knew that injuries like the ones he inflicted on Ookin would be easily mended back on Third Earth, but here they could be life threatening. “I’ll be back.” He headed to his room and rummaged through Donny’s bag until he found what he was looking for, then headed back to the infirmary.
Kino had moved back to Ookin’s side and looked up when Raph entered the room. Raph walked over to Ookin and placed the field medical kit on the bedside table. Donny had taught each of them how to use basic emergency medicine just in case he was the one injured, on top of that basic field medicine and knowing how the body works is all part of ninja training.
Raph carefully read each label in the kit and selected a few prefilled syringes and a small pouch of powder. “I need something for him to drink,” Raph said to Kino as he took the protective cover off the needle tip.
Raph could tell that Ookin was aware of his presents, but the large alpha didn’t look over at him until Raph stuck him with the needle. His dilated eyes shot up to glare at Raph, “Haven’t you done enough to me?” As quickly as the anger flared it faded and Ookin grunted a sigh of relief, “What did you do?”
“Morphine,” Raph answered simply.
“Magic?”
“Medicine,” Raph smiled then grabbed the still dislocated shoulder. He felt the joint and socket and was relieved to feel that they were both still intact. He waited for the muscle to relax under the effects of the drug then grabbed Ookin’s arm and with a twist and sharp pull, popped it back in place.
Ookin howled in agony that even the morphine couldn’t prevent and shuttered at the pain. Kino returned with a cup of water and handed it to Raph who mixed in the powder. “You need to drink this,” he told Ookin. “It will help with the fever.” He helped Ookin sit up and drink.
“That tastes awful,” Ookin complained.
“All the best medicine does,” Raph chuckled then started to feel the damage in Ookin’s muscles. Most of the damage was in the back, but it wasn’t as bad a Raph had originally thought. “I don’t think you’ll ever get back to being capable of crushing another’s shell, but you’ll recover.”
With the exception of a few involuntary muscle twitches, that Raph actually hoped would not be permanent, Ookin had settled down. Ookin glared at Raph and he could see the uncertainty in the alpha’s eyes, “Why?”
“I’m not a monster,” Raph replied. “I don’t like to see others suffer.” He looked Ookin in the eyes and half smiled, “It’s been brought to my attention that we have a lot more in common than I would like to admit.”
“Thank you,” Ookin choked out.
“Try to get some sleep,” Raph instructed.
Ookin looked up at Raph with glazed over eyes, “You’re so pretty. You look like May. If we had met under different circumstances I would have courted you.” He tried to raise a hand to touch Raph’s face, but didn’t get very far before the pain had him lowering it again.
“That’s just the sedative talking,” Raph chuckled. “I’m good looking, but I wouldn’t classify me a pretty.”
Struggling to keep his eyes open, Ookin raised an eye ridge, “What sedative?”
“The one I had you drink.”
“You said that it would help me with my fever,” Ookin slurred.
“Did I forget to say that it would help you sleep too?” Raph teased. “Woops.”
The large alpha mumbled something that Raph couldn’t quite make out and fell asleep. Raph turned to Kino and instructed him in how to use the morphine and sedative. The omega nodded his understanding and accepted the medicine. Raph started to get up to leave but ended up deciding to stay and keep Kino company for a while longer instead.
Hours passed and the sun began to set. Kino got up, “I have household chores to tend to,” and left.
Ookin’s eyes opened a little, but they were still glazed over. Placing a hand on Ookin’s head Raph leaned down close to his ear, “I forgive you,” he whispered, “and I’m sorry.” He reached down and grabbed Ookin’s hand, “From what Kino tells me, we have a lot in common and could actually be friends, if we can get passed what happened this morning.” Ookin’s hand squeezed Raph’s briefly, but Raph wasn’t sure if it was a sign of understanding or involuntary. “Leo said that once this is done we are going to train some of you. I want to train you, so that you can better protect the ones you love.”
Raph moved to pull his hand away, but Ookin held tight, “I’d like that,” he choked out. “Tell me what we have in common?”
Raph hesitated for a moment, but soon found himself telling Ookin everything.
