Turtlefreak121: Merry Christmas, everyone! Winter's my favorite season, snow's my favorite kind of weather, sweat-shirts are my favorite type of clothing, Christmas is my favorite holiday, 25-Days of Christmas on ABC Family is my favorite TV special, and presents are my favorite gifts! No, but really - loving each other and the gift of giving is truly what lights up a person's soul. Still...it's nice receive, too - as my sister and I have come to an agreement. (gasp) Hold up! You mean Turtlefreak and her baby sister were able to agree on something!? ... ... ... We can't even agree on what to call our cat. That poor midget cat has like thirty different names - but I'll be darned if you don't call that cat by her true name! That's right - If I call my dog Johnny Cash you better believe the stupid cat is going to be called June Carter! And if you don't know who they are you have crushed my soul! Go watch Walk the Line! Right now! You think I'm joking but I'm telling you! GO!! And Merry Christmas from me and all the busy OCs here at Turtlefreak121 Productions (we're a factory of plot bunnies).

Yup. That was interesting... ... I should pick up Pokemon fanfics again... That would be interesting - I guarantee they'd be ten thousand times better than they were when I was...nine... ... ... (goes to look at the 'Failed Fictions' file on her computer)

Furriful

One-Shot

By Turtlefreak121

Disclaimer: I do not own the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, though you just watch, Mirage...I'm coming...and I WILL have my day!! As for The Jewel Series and the Original Characters (OCs) such as Nova Dane and Taku belong to me - Turtlefreak121 - and I will be VERY unhappy if anyone was to take them from me (glares around) Just thought I'd say that... ... ... ... ... But who cares how I'd feel - my OCs would probably feel worse! (Nova: No...) Shut up, you!

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Furriful

Michelangelo grinned largely as he walked with his brother through the sewers, both of them bundled up tightly in their large winter coats and both loaded down with large, brightly wrapped presents. Mikey had made Christmas runs at least three times a year ever since they were old enough to get out of the lair - it was his favorite holiday. This had been the holiday where he found Klunk and also the holiday where the most important thing of all happened - presents!

But this was the first time he had been able to go on a Christmas run with Raphael. Raph usually began shopping for presents on the twenty-third - not such a grand idea in Mikey's book, but whatever floated Raph's boat was fine with Mikey. This year was different, though. Raph wanted to make sure he had some special present he had ordered for a very special someone...

"So what's your girlfriend think of the holidays?" Mikey smirked mischievously, awaiting the answer he would receive.

Raph's cheeks became a vibrant red very quick and he couldn't help but let out a growl. "Nova...is not my girlfriend! N' I think it's about time all of ya get that lil' fact straight!" he snapped quickly.

The red-clad turtle could help but think back to all the reasons why he and the excitable gray-furred wolf furre were not boyfriend and girlfriend. For one, she was more hyper than Mikey. Raph also knew that despite how much they all loved Nova as a friend she was still known to be highly cowardly, as she had proven many times before.

"Nov' 'n I aren't anyt'ing alike, Mikey!" Raph defended. "She's a peppy lil' kid in a teenager's body 'n she's so annoying!"

"Yeah?" Mike questioned. "Well ya both like to act before you think, you're both stubborn, 'n you both have 'sacrificed' to save each other!" he reminded his brother. He then grinned. "AND you got very jealous when Nova met that other furre last month!"

"That was completely not what happened!" Raph snapped back. "I was concerned! That guy was actually a perverted maniac who was trying to kill us - he wasn't even a furre!"

"Yeah?" Mike asked.

"YES!" Raph growled.

"Okay... That could be true except for the fact that at the time we didn't know that he was the maniac!" Mikey grinned.

"Well - she's still not my girlfriend!" Raph snapped

"Whatever!" Mikey laughed with a roll of his eyes. "Well, does she like the holidays or not?"

"She seemed a bit confused about Christmas," Raph admitted.

"Confused? You get presents, you eat food, you give presents, you get candy, you get presents from Ol' Saint Nick, you lose the weight from the eating. What's so confusing?" Mikey questioned.

"I dunno - she's Nova, Mikey! Does there have to be a logical explanation besides that?" Raph demanded in a slightly agitated tone.

"So... What'd she say about it?" Mike asked curiously.

"I dunno... Somet'ing 'bout furres and food... Like I said - she's Nova for goodness sakes," Raph said with a gruff sigh.

"That's weird... Taku said the same thing..." Mike said out loud as he thought of the horse-sized black hawk-wolf's reaction to the holidays.

"Huh..." Raph said out loud before they reached the entrance to the lair and he pressed in the code to let them in and it opened up the brick 'wall' into their home.

Both of the turtles' jaws slackened as the looked into the lair and saw decorations hanging from every rafter, nook, and cranny. There were complex webs of paper snowflakes and the Christmas tree that had taken Raph forever to fix due to its size and Don and Mike even longer to decorate was complete covered in snow - real snow because Raph and Mike could see the puddle around it from where the snow had melted.

The two seemed hypnotized by the display as they laid their gifts on the ground and neared the tree some more and soon joined Don who was looking at the tree while sipping a cup of what looked like steaming hot chocolate.

"What the shell?" Raph asked as he put his hands on his sides and looked around and the masterpiece. "Who did this?"

"Your girlfriend," Don replied before taking another sip of his hot chocolate as he took another look at the decorations. He then swallowed and finished his statement. "And Taku."

"She's NOT my girlfriend!" he roared.

"Uh-huh..." Don said stiffly before taking another drink.

"Why'd they do that?" Mikey asked as his face was lit up by the warm spirit of the room.

"For Furriful," Don explained as he turned towards the living room to set his coffee down.

Mike and Raph looked at each other before following Don.

"Wait - what's Furriful?" Raph dared to ask.

Don placed his hot chocolate on a cup holder and turned to look at his brothers with an amused look. "You guys haven't heard the Furriful song yet?" he asked with a snicker in his voice.

"The what?" Mikey asked.

"No - I don't even know what Furriful is!" Raph growled. "I don't even know why Taku's puttin' up wid Nov'! They usually don't mess wid each other."

"Usually..." Don agreed. "But I suppose they found some common ground."

"What?" the other two demanded at the same time.

"Furriful," Don answered.

Mikey and Raph looked at each other again with dull expressions.

"And what is Furriful?" Raph asked with an annoyed tone.

"Ask your girlfriend," Don said simply.

"SHE is NOT my GIRLFRIEND!" Raph growled.

"But you guys have so much in common," Don said with a grin.

"We have nothing in common!"

"You let her call you Raphie," Don said with a smile of content in seeing he had his brother with that one.

"Shut up!" Raph snapped before turning to storm off.

As he turned he saw the short figure of a gray furred furre in a green sweater and blue jeans with her long silver hair in a ponytail.

"Hey, Raphie!"

"AGH!" Raph exclaimed in surprise of seeing her

"Here! Wear this!" Nova exclaimed before throwing something sharp and prickly around his neck.

"OW! NOVA! What is this!?" Raph demanded as he quickly pulled off the thing and dropped it as it stuck his hands with its sharp, green leaves.

"Silly, that's the Furriful wreath!" she said with a roll of her sapphire eyes as she reached down to pick the object up yet again. "And it's not that sharp!"

"Yeah?" Raph asked in an annoyed tone before he reached out and grabbed the furre's hand and turned it over to point out the black padding on her palm and fingers that rested just beneath the fur. "Maybe that's because you've got gloves on!" he hissed.

"Fine! You don't have to wear it, that just means you can't play the Furriful games, you silly red-masked turtle!" she giggled.

Raph looked at her dully before sagging his head and shaking it. "It's not worth getting upset over..." he reminded himself out loud. “She’s just stupid... No reason to get angry... She can't help that she's a moron."

Nova's eyes narrowed. "Hello! I'm right here, ya know?" she snapped before looking over to Don and Mikey. "I've got wreaths for you two, too!" she said excitedly.

Mikey and Don looked at each other before looking at Nova and shaking their heads.

"No thanks," Don said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Ugh... Already got one!" Mikey said with a forced laugh.

Nova looked at them with an annoyed expression and twitched her nose. "Okay... FINE! Be that way!" she said angrily before turning with the Furriful wreath in hand. "I'll just celebrate all by my lonesome!" she said to try to make them guilty.

It didn't work.

Once Nova seemed out of hearing range, Raph looked at Don expectantly. "What is Furriful!?" he demanded.

As soon as this was said, there was a gasp from the kitchen and Nova came running out towards them. "You don't know what Furriful is, Raph!?" she demanded as she finally reached the three and slid to a halt.

The three looked at each other and then back to Nova.

"No, Nov' - I dunno what Furriful is," he said with a hint of anger in his voice. "So, tell me."

Nova grinned happily. "I'll tell you in song!" she said happily.

"Song?" Mikey questioned as Don sighed and shook his head.

"It quite the dozy," Don said with a knowing grin.

"Nova, it is something we can understand, right?" Raph asked too late.

Nova began singing something to a tune almost like Jinglebells, but it was definitely nothing that Raph or any of the others had ever heard before...

"Furriful, oh Furriful - esh na estasha no-ru shanabra yesh hosana! Eshamas eca uta efuna wingane enaruto dama Furriful sway! Nowae ema eca uta carnae anaha eshama uta efuna. Shanabra dama sana yesh cuta anaha hanamo.

"Enu sana apa anya estasha, nowae trusha teshna youl remna, Futa Furriful oh Furriful teshna dama Furriful sway! Pahara futa dama enu sana, Phara futa dama emudo. Naharata na amuta Furriful U soma nowae amuta soya.

"Furriful, oh Furriful - esh na estasha no-ru shanabra yesh hosana! Eshamas eca uta efuna wingane enaruto dama Furriful sway! Nowae ema eca uta carnae anaha eshama uta efuna. Shanabra dama sana yesh cuta anaha hanamo--"

Raph quickly forced his hand over Nova's mouth to the young furre's surprise. She blinked at his angry face and arched an eyebrow instead of voicing her question.

"What. Was. That?" Raph demanded immediately before hesitantly removing his hand.

"The Furriful song!" Nova said with some confused blinks. "Furriful, oh Furri--"

"NO!" the three turtles all exclaimed at once.

"What's Furriful, Nova?" Mikey asked as he pushed himself up into a sitting position on the back of the sofa.

"I just said--"

"In English, Duf0s," Raph hissed at her.

"Oh," Nova said in yet another state of blissfulness. "It's the three day holiday of Furres before Christmas!" she said with a wide grin.

The Raph and Mikey looked at each other before looking back at the Furre.

"There's a holiday for Furres?" Raph asked skeptically.

"For three days!?" Mikey asked.

Don, who had already received his share of information from his Hawk-wolf friend, sighed and sat down on the couch with his hot chocolate close at hand.

"Sure!" Nova exclaimed happily. "Tomorrow's the first day which is why we have to get ready!"

The two looked at each other once again.

"We?" Raph voiced.

"Yeah - you guys wouldn't mind running to get some meat, would you?" she asked followed by the quick batting of her eyes.

"But we just came back from--" Raph caught himself before he released any information that would cause Nova to go prodding for presents.

"From where?" Nova asked curiously.

"From shop--"

Raphael quickly covered his younger brother's mouth and gave him a warning look. "From nowhere, Nov'. We were headin' back out anyways," Raph stated slowly as his mind raced to keep ahead of this game of cat and mouse.

Nova smirked happily before heading back towards the kitchen. "'Kay - don't forget to do your Furriful shopping!" she 'reminded' them.

"Furriful shop-- What!?" Raph demanded.

"Everyday you pick two people you care about and give one present to each of them and then pick two more people for the next day," Don explained as he made a grab for the remote and turned on the television. He then looked at his two brothers and smirked. "Hope you bought enough presents."

Raph thought back to the fact he had bought only one Christmas present per person and narrowed his eyes. "Nova!" he yelled.

"What?" she asked as she leaned her head back just enough to see around the door of the kitchen.

"This better not be a prank!" he growled.

"It's not!" she said with an angry look in her eyes. Raph could tell he offended her this time.

As she disappeared into the kitchen again, Raph smirked and folded his arms. "Right..."

"What, Raph?" Mike dared to ask.

"This is a prank to get me to go buy her something!" Raph grinned. "Well, I ain't fallin' for it, Nov'!"

"I dunno, Raph..." Mike said as he looked around to the advanced decor. "This seems pretty real to me..."

"That's what she wants it to look like!" he grinned as he reached up and plucked one of the hanging snowflakes from the ceiling. "This is juss another elaborate hoax of hers!"

"But Taku isn't a joker and he's been working on bringing snow in with Leo for a while now," Don informed his brother.

"Yeah, well maybe Taku grew a sense of humor!" Raph retorted as he crossed his arms stubbornly.

Don and Mike looked dully at him before Mikey couldn't help but crack a smile. "Yeah right, Raph! That's like sayin' Leo grew a sense of humor!"

"Speakin' of who - why would he be pushing snow inta the lair wit Taku anyway?" Raph asked as he looked at disgust at the melting slush that had been thrown over their perfect Christmas tree.

"I think he's still trying to make good with Taku," Don answered as he grabbed his mug. "Taku's still not warmed up to him."

"Don't blame 'im," Raph snorted as he thought to their prior contacts. "Still, I ain't fallin' for this! It's juss another hoax - I'm tellin' ya!"

"Okay..." Don sighed in defeat. "Just try to keep in mind that you're supposed to give the most important person the last gift," Don said warningly as he took a sip from his cooling drink.

"Heh - yeah..." Raph grumbled with a roll of his eyes before pulling off his coat and heading back to the entrance to pick up his presents - stepping on the dropped Furriful wreath on his way.

"Hey, Raph!" Mikey called out. "Aren't we getting the meat stuff?" he questioned.

"Bah Humbug!" Raph snapped back before grabbing his presents and heading towards Splinter's room where they always kept their presents.

"'Kay..." Mike said with a shrug of his shoulders before looking at Don who was smirking at Raph. "His funeral when Nova finds out!"

"I'm interested to see what happens when Nova finds out he's not getting her anything!" Don said with a shake of his head. "Guess we'll find out the answer to both of those tomorrow!"

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Dama Enu Sana (The First Day)

Raph felt his entire body being shaken as he attempted to sleep on his bed. He angrily tried to throw himself onto his side, but he found that from the chest down he couldn't move - something was on him.

Almost immediately after discovering this, Raph's eyes shot open and he let out a yell when he found Nova sitting on his chest with her legs hanging of the sides of the hammock as she shook his shoulders.

He blinked for a second at this and looked around to see anything else that could be classified as a nightmare. He then looked back at her.

"What? Did I have too much egg eggnog or summtin'?" he asked in disbelief.

"Raph! What did you do with the meat!?" Nova demanded angrily. "I woke up at three today to get the first feast ready and I couldn't find an ounce of beef or pork or chicken or venison! Venison, Raph! Venison!" she whined as she sat up straight and crossed her arms.

"What are you talking about!?" Raph demanded.

"The meat, Raph! The meat I told you and Mikey to go get last night!" she growled angrily before burying her face into her hands. "This is a disaster! How can I make a feast for Furriful without meat?"

"You still keepin' that up?" Raph asked surprised.

"What do you mean 'Keeping it up'?" Nova demanded angrily. "This is only Dama Enu Sana uta Furriful!"

"What?" Raph demanded.

"The First Day of Furriful, Raph!" she growled before letting out an angry huff of air.

"Fine, fine! I'll go get you some meat, Nov'!" Raph sighed in defeat.

Nova's entire face lit up and she happily clapped her hands. "Oh, thank you, thank, thank you! You rock, Raph! You're awesome! Thank you so much! You're great! You're--"

Raph grabbed her hands and sighed. "Enough, Nova!" he snapped. "I'm only doin' this so you won't be blubberin' 'bout it all day!" he groaned.

Nova smiled wildly before laying down on top of Raph to hug him. "You're the best friend I've ever had! Well... Besides you and your brothers I guess there were no other friends... But still! You're the best, Raph! Absolutely awesome!"

It took the red-clad turtle a second to recover from the fact that a female was hugging him, but just as he was about to say something back, there came the sound of someone clearing their throat at the door.

Nova sat up and they both looked over to the door where Leo was standing with the most curious look on his face. Nova's tail began wagging and she grinned happily as she looked at the turtle and Raph began blushing with the most terrible feeling beginning to form in his stomach.

"I promised to get her some meat..." Raph said quickly.

Leo blinked a few times but it didn't seem to hit home with the normally collected leader. He was still gawking at the two in complete shock.

After a few moment of receiving the same staring look of his older brother, Raph looked at Nova - who was scratching the back of her large ears in confusion - and quickly knocked her off of his chest. She let out a yell before the thump of her body against the floor masked it.

"Ow! Raph!" Nova groaned from the floor.

"I'm leavin' for a bit," Raph said to Leo.

The leader didn't seem to hear it. Instead, he just turned and walked very swiftly away from his brother's room - apparently attempting to erase everything that had just happened from his memory.

Nova sat up on the floor as Raph grabbed his coat and hat and her tail swayed back and forth - stirring some of the dust that had collected on the floor. "Don't forget to come back quick - as soon as Mikey wakes up we're giving out presents!" Nova warned.

"'Kay - what time is it?" Raph asked as he rubbed his eyes.

Nova yawned and leaned back as she thought to herself. "I guess it would be about five now..." she said as she placed her hand on her chin.

"WHAT!?" Raph demanded.

"It's about five--"

Just then, Raph slammed his door shut and angrily stormed downstairs as Nova let out a yell from behind the door.

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Raph hated to admit it, but Nova actually made a pretty decent meal. The food was positively delicious and even though at least two thirds of the food was pork in some form or fashion. Nova said it was Furriful tradition - to which Raph had snorted and scoffed at the idea of a holiday for furres. At least the food was good.

That was when Nova looked up at him as she hurried around the table and making sure each food product was perfect.

"Raph! Don't start with me on whether this holiday is real or not now! I'm stressed out enough trying to fix everything right now!" she snapped. "I'm sick of protecting my traditions - something I shouldn't have to do to begin with!"

"Fine. All ya have to do is prove this holiday is real!" Raph snapped back as he piled some more pork onto his plate.

"Raphael, do not mock others' traditions," Master Splinter warned as Nova finally sat down from another one of her random checks. Splinter smiled at her happily. "This feast is excellent, Noholana," Splinter complimented.

Nova grinned happily at hearing her full name. "Thank you, Master Splinter," she said before glaring across the table at Raph. "At least most of the people here have manners!" she hissed.

Raph looked at her and threw out his hands with a 'What?' look on his face.

Taku was sitting on the floor behind Leo and Don with a bowl larger his head sitting in front of him. The pork and berries in it was stacked up so large that it was nearly falling out. The wingless Hawk-wolf happily ate with his face directly in the pile. He rose up and smiled happily at Nova.

"Noholana, I must say this is probably the greatest Furriful meal I've ever had! And I've had over four thousand of them!" he reminded them.

"Well, I try," Nova replied happily as she twirled her silver bangs around her fingers.

"This is really good, Nova," Leo kept up the compliments as he reached for some pork and berries. "Especially the pork and berries - I've never had anything like this before."

"It's a family tradition," Nova admitted before glaring at Raph. "I must admit that venison and berries is ten times better, but someone didn't get that for us."

Raph glared at her. "What?"

"Oh, nothing," Nova said falsely before taking another small bite of her pork chops. "I just seemed to remember that venison was one of the meats that I specifically requested... Since the First Day of Furriful always begins with a feast of venison..."

"I couldn't find any, 'kay?" Raph griped. "I got the beef n' pork n' chicken - but the only other thing they had was deer meat. I asked for venison but they said they had deer meat."

Nova blinked a few times and looked at Raph in complete aw. The others at the table - including Taku - started laughing. Even Master Splinter could not suppress a chuckle.

"What?" Raph demanded as he looked around. "What's so freakin' funny?" he demanded.

"Raph..." Don coughed. "Venison is deer meat..."

Raph blinked for a second and then looked down to his pork in an attempt to conceal his reddening face. "Shuddup!" he hissed at his laughing brothers.

"Well, let's go ahead and give out presents," Nova sighed as she got up and walked over to the Christmas tree where there were there were twelve presents waiting. She grabbed the two with the metallic-looking blue wrapping paper and happily handed one to Leo and the other to Taku. "Happy Furriful!" she exclaimed.

"Hold up," Mikey exclaimed before sprinting over to the Christmas tree and grabbing the two presents with green wrapping paper and candy canes on them. He distributed one to Taku and one to Leo.

"Looks like I'm receiving all my presents today," Taku said cheerily despite the note of sarcasm in his voice.

"Sorry, Taku," Don smirked as he got two presents with gold wrapping paper that was dotted with silvery stars. "You're not getting one from me today," he admitted before handing one to Nova and the other to Raph.

Raph felt his stomach give a tight squeeze as he accepted his. "Ugh... Thanks..."

"I shall collect mine," Taku stated before prancing over to the Christmas tree and grabbing two rather ugly wrapped presents by their bows and handing one to Leonardo and the other to Raph. "Happy Furriful!"

"Thanks, Taku," Leo said softly before placing his present down and heading towards the tree to grab the two presents in plain green wrapping paper with red bows. He gave one to Nova and one to Taku. "Ugh... Happy Furriful..."

"I have some as well," Splinter smiled happily as he started to get up, but Mikey ran to the tree to grab the presents.

"I'll get 'em, Sensei!" he exclaimed greedily.

"Neither are for you, my son!" Splinter warned as he rolled his eyes. "There are still two more days for the holiday..."

"Ah... Okay..." Mikey sighed before returning with the two presents and handing one to Nova and one to Taku. "Happy Furriful! From Splinter..."

"We caught on, Mikey," Don laughed with a roll of his eyes.

Nova looked at Raph in confusion. "There aren't any other presents under the tree," she said as she, along with the noises of everyone else began ripping into their presents.

Raph slowly looked at her. "Yeah... I know..." he said with a sore feeling in his throat.

Nova frowned at him and shook her head. "Fine..." she grumbled as she tore into her present. “You can make up for it tomorrow!"

Raph smirked and pointed at her. "Ha! I knew this was all about the presents!" he laughed. "Nice try, Nova, but I don't trick that easily!" he grinned.

Everyone looked at him in confusion. Nova blinked.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"I knew you made this holiday all for the presents! You had me going for a moment, but I ain't fallin' for it!" he grinned.

Nova narrowed her eyes. "My ancestors created this holiday to have their own celebration for Peace on Earth and Good Will towards Furres!"

"Sure thing," Raph grinned before getting up and heading to his room with his two presents. "I'm goin' ta my room 'n waitin' for Christmas," he declared before heading off.

"What a Grinch!" Mikey said angrily before the sounds of talking and ripping paper continued.

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Dama Setu Sana (The Second Day)

Raph had never been happier to start practice. He knew - just knew - that this entire 'Furriful' thing was a trick of Nova's to get presents. What he couldn't believe was that his entire family was going along with it! Well, he knew better. He hadn't bought any presents for Furriful yet and the presents that he had placed under the tree were covered in 'Do Not Open 'Til Christmas' stickers with Christmas underlined by green and red sharpies.

What he hadn't accounted for, though, was Furriful following him into practice. It began when they were sparring...

Nova hated watching them practice because she consistently refused to accept training of her own, was bored very easily, but most importantly of all - Raph would always said something so low only her ears could pick it up and though everyone believed her, she couldn't prove he said it. When she quit trying to be a tattletale, Raph began throwing things at the padded ledge she sat on during their sparring session. It didn't matter where she sat; Raph threw anything he could get his hands on at her. She despised him for it, too!

Besides her usual reasons, Nova was too busy preparing for a feast and changing the decorations from snow to 'silver' because "Wolves are color blind, so Furres thought that it would be nice to have a holiday where they saw the same as their friends". Taku was helping as well, so Raph didn't have to hear about his great Furriful Spirit. Hearing Taku's "memories" of Furriful almost made Raph rethink his position on the holiday.

No, neither of them would be able to get to him or his family as he sparred with Mikey - and won, as usual.

Mikey began humming as he flipped backwards to dodge an attack. It sounded almost like the tune to Jingle bells. Then, as Mike fruitlessly made a quick jab at Raph, he opened his mouth and began singing!

"Furriful, oh Furriful - esh na estasha no-ru shanabra yesh hosana! Eshamas eca uta efuna wingane enaruto dama Furriful sway! Nowae ema eca uta carnae anaha eshama uta efuna. Shanabra dama sana yesh cuta anaha hanamo.

"Opatamu nowae masana pahara futa yesh, Furriful oh Furriful Nowae kanata eppa buna makata esh efuna. Funaru dama batunaru avida dama pahara oppa Peasra testara dama Furriful sway!

"Furriful, oh Furriful - esh na estasha no-ru shanabra yesh hosana! Eshamas eca uta efuna wingane enaruto dama Furriful sway! Nowae ema eca uta carnae anaha eshama uta efuna. Shanabra dama sana yesh cuta anaha hanamo--"

Raph stood straight and his eyes widened at the song. His jaw dropped in shock that any of his brothers - even Mikey could betray the tradition of Christmas like that! He sung the Furriful song!?

When Michelangelo saw his oppurtunity, the turtle lunged and punched Raph directly in the beak. The turtle stammered back and grabbed his beak before angrily glaring at Mikey.

"What the shell, Mikey!?" he demanded as he shook his head to try to relieve the pain.

"Hey! Master Splinter, I found a secret weapon!" Mike exclaimed cheerfully.

Raph looked over to his master to see the elderly rat had a raised eye brow at them and Leo and Don were watching Raph in surprise. He felt so embarrassed - the punch would have been so easy to block.

"What was your surprise weapon, Michelangelo?" Splinter asked curiously.

"He was singin'!!" Raph growled.

Mikey grinned and took a deep breath. He was so proud of his accomplishment.

"Very well, Michelangelo - interesting choice of weapon," Splinter said with a smirk at Raph.

Mikey bowed as Leo and Don laughed.

"But-but... That shouldn't be allowed!" Raph argued.

"Why is this, Raphael?" Splinter asked. "You never know when an enemy may surprise you by braking out into song," Splinter said with a tiny hint of sarcasm in his voice. "It is best you learn to fight under such conditions to never learn how to fight under them at all."

"But he was singin' that stupid Furriful song!" Raph growled. "We don't even know what it means!"

"I do!" Mikey grinned. "Nova 'n Taku taught me! They said my Furretongue was incredibly natural!"

"What's that stand for then?" Raph demanded.

"It's the Second Day of Furriful part of the song - along with two additions of the chorus," Mikey explained. "I could sing from the beginning if you want me to," he said with a mischievous grin.

"No! I want everyone to open their eyes 'n see dis is a stupid prank!" Raph growled as he looked at his whole family. "Nova juss wants more presents!"

"Then why would Taku play along?" Don demanded angrily - he obviously didn't like that Raph was questioning the intent of his new close friend.

"I dunno - maybe she has 'im thinkin' there's a Furriful or summtin'," Raph replied quickly. He wasn't about to come out and call his brother's new friend a liar to Don's face.

"Or maybe there is a holiday called Furriful and Nova and Taku are just trying to be polite by letting us be part of it," Leo voiced.

"Whatever - I just ain't gettin' played like you guys," Raph growled.

Splinter sighed and shook his head before looking to the clock and seeing the time. "We shall end practice now, it is nearly time for the feast Noholana has so beautifully prepared for us," Splinter said before the four boys lined up before him and they all bowed.

"Furriful, oh Furriful--" Mikey began again after standing up from his bow.

"I heard the Furriful song!" Nova exclaimed as she neared the edge of the center dojo. She looked excited and was glancing around to see who was singing it. "It's almost time for food and presents and I need someone to help me and Taku become a Trio!"

"Right here!" Mikey exclaimed happily.

Raph rolled his eyes before looking around. Seeing no one else was too close, Raph then pushed Michelangelo so hard he went flying into the padding just below where Nova was standing.

"OWE!!" Mikey exclaimed as Nova let out a scream of surprise.

As Raph laughed, the wolf furre glared at him and stuck out her tongue. "I bet you didn't even get presents again, did you?" she demanded angrily.

"Nope!" Raph grinned happily.

"Scrooge," Nova hissed. "Master Splinter already is giving all four of you his presents today!" Nova snapped at him before turning and heading to the kitchen. "Only a day left after this, Raph! Then you'd have to wait until next year until I talked to you!" Nova threatened before disappearing behind the kitchen door.

Raph rolled his eyes. "Oh, shocking!" Raph said before grumbling and heading to his room.

"Not eating?" Don questioned as his brother walked past him - going in the opposite direction of the kitchen.

"Not that food!" Raph retorted before going as quick as he could up the stairs to the bedrooms.

"Can I have his presents!?" Mikey could be heard exclaiming before Raph made it to his room and slammed the door shut.

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Dama Emudo Sana (The Last Day)

Raph sat as firmly as he could against the support beam of the lair as he watched everyone give out their final presents. Leo gave his most important gift to Splinter - as did Mikey. Don gave one to Splinter and the other to Taku and Taku gave his to Don. Everyone was happily opening their presents and thanking each other for the thoughtful gifts.

"Wonder where Nov' is..." he grumbled as he stiffly clutched his Sai. “Not like her to miss presents..." he thought out loud.

Then he frowned and sighed before scratching his head. "I hope she's talkin' to me..." he grouched. “Lord forbid I don't have an annoying furre botherin' me for all eternity..."

Slowly, he turned his head as he heard someone sit down beside him.

Nova didn't look pleased or angry or even anxious. She looked kind of blank. As she leaned back and tilted her head towards the ceiling, Raph noted that she wasn't going to make eye contact with him soon. He knew that despite her cool-looking disposition that she was angry - her thrashing tail gave him that much insight.

He looked away from his faced and looked up to the ceiling and held his hands behind his head. He was about to say something when he eyed the small mistletoe hanging down from the ceiling.

"When did that get there?" he questioned.

"Where do you think I just came from?" Nova snapped back.

Raph felt his heart racing - no...this couldn't, just couldn't be what he thought it to be. "So... That have something to do with Furriful?" he asked hopefully.

"No..." Nova sighed. "I figure if you can't beat them...join them..."

The red-clad turtle rubbed his hands together nervously and shook his head in attempt to clear it out. "So...ugh... You know what that does?" he questioned in a very strained voice.

"No," Nova stated to his relief. "Mikey and Don just told me to hang it up for me and you... I don't know why..."

Raph counted his lucky stars and looked at her. "So you droppin' the Furriful act yet?" he asked with an arch of his eye ridge.

Nova sighed. "You can't 'drop' hundreds of years of tradition, Raph. Am I giving up trying to prove my sincerity to you? That answer is 'yes'."

"Ah, Nov'," Raph sighed. "I never meant ta question ya," he lied. "'Tis juss that you... Well ya like presents a lot 'n it's not beneath you ta pull something like that."

For the first time, she looked at him. It was a very dry and disappointed look and she kept for a few seconds before rolling her eyes. "Whatever, Raph - just... here..." she grumbled before pulling a present from behind the pillar. It was wrapped in shiny red foil and topped with a lovely forest green bow.

"Happy Furriful, Raph..." she sighed as she handed it to him.

Raph swallowed and took the present with an empty feeling in his gut. He looked at her with a gapping mouth - he was speechless.

Nova rolled her eyes. "Well, go on, stupid! Open the gift!" she said with a shake of her head.

"Hold onta that thought for a sec', Nov'," Raph requested as he laid the present down and headed towards the 'Furriful' tree.

Nova crossed her arms and waited impatiently as Raph returned with a tiny box brightly wrapped in red paper with candy canes on it. He handed the gift to her and Nova arched a brow at the many 'Do Not Open 'Til Christmas' stickers covering it.

"What do you want me to do with this?" Nova asked as she looked at him oddly.

"Open it, stupid," Raph groaned as he grabbed his present and began opening it.

Nova smiled brightly and quickly used her claws to rip through the wrapping paper. Raph followed - minus the claws.

Nova's eyes shinned brightly as she lifted up the beautiful gold chain necklace that was in her box. "Oh, Raph!" she exclaimed as she placed a hand over her gasping mouth.

Raph's unwrapping revealed a white box which he opened carefully. His eyes widened in shock as he looked down at all the biker magazines, Metalica CDs, and Bruce Lee DVDs. He carefully moved his hand through the box and saw even the complete DVD sets for Orange County Choppers seasons 1, 2, and 3.

"Nova!" He smiled happily. "How much did 'ja spend on this?" he asked happily as he looked at her.

Nova shrugged. "Not sure... Probably not as much as you did on this necklace, though!" she smiled happily as she struggled to hang it around her neck.

"Here, ya need some help?" Raph asked as he reached behind her neck and hooked the back of the necklace together.

Nova blushed and smiled softly. "I knew you'd get into the Furriful spirit!" she said happily.

Raph looked around to see everyone else was still occupied with their own gifts and looked up at the mistletoe again. "Yeah..." Raph stated softly before grinning at Nova. "I'm in the Christmas spirit, too," he said before quickly bending over and giving Nova a quick peck on the cheek and then pulling away even quicker.

"No one saw that, I think... ... Nova? Nov'?"

Raph turned to see Nova with wide eyes and a grinning face stuck on her head. Raph raised an eye ridge at this as Mikey walked by and looked oddly at Nova.

"What's up with Miss Holiday?" Mike asked as they both watched Nova faint and fall to the ground with a thud.

"Don't ask me," Raph said quickly after regaining his tough guy composure and grabbing his box of gifts and heading to his room.

"Happy Freakin' Holidays!" he grumbled as he made his way to his room - making sure no one could see the content look on his face.

The End

Happy Furriful!

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Turtlefreak121: Man, this took FOREVER to write... Happy Furriful everyone and Merry Christmas! If you'd like to see the entire Furriful song and understand what it means I'll have it in my Author's Forum at Stealthy Stories!

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