Oh wow I remember this story. A real classic tmnt romance

Cool I just think you could of put a sex scene on the story and end it with a happier moment there ever had

Aww this was such a very good and I interesting story and I love it so much aww can't wait to read the others

Come one. I can not velieve Mikey couldn't get away from shuch an idiot in such a long time. Martial arts include desarming moves! And his captor (i refuse to call him owner) is idiot! you can talk to him! tell him a tale!
Mikey is smart enough to shot the tranquilicer at him or at least to fool around the guy once he is down!
you did it: i am depressed

Five seed Apple is my sister and got me to read this and just so you know im normally one to read all the sappy sweet fluff, thank you for sending her the order of your fanfics I will be utilizing them as well. Oh and by the way eeeeeeeeeep! Raphs phrase in the epilogue made me giggle XD. KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC FANFICTIONS!

Gaw! I stayed up an extra hour to finish this... *picks up frying pan an smacks each character over the hard at least once- besides master splinter- and an extra one for raph* I was extremely aggravated with all of you at some point in time during this story. Loved it, yep, mikell you're stuck with this crazy fan.

Wow this story was just beautiful!
I love it!

This was a beautiful story. I'm glad I found it.

This whole story kept making me think of the following exchange from the most recent turtles series:
Leo: I met this girl ... She's really cool, she's also a marital artist, and ah... shesinthefootclan.
April: -slaps Leo- Are you crazy!?
Leo: April, she's different. She's-
April: In the foot clan.
Leo: Yeah, but she's-
April: In the foot clan!
Leo: Look, I know I shouldn't be hanging out with her-
April: Ya got that right. Ya know why? BECAUSE SHE'S IN THE FOOT CLAN!

Anyway, I realize this was written awhile ago, and I...have kinda already finished Donatello Lost and I need to do this before I put it off any longer so I'm going to be brief.

The one thing, aside the above quote, that stuck out at me was that no one should have expected Austin's information on The Foot's security to be accurate after a year.
Also, from what you said about her history...she doesn't seem like she was with The Foot long enough to...be with The Foot. Ya know? I mean, she fought against the guys ONCE.

I was kinda disappointed she never showed the guys the scar Leo gave her. It could have made for a great, "The enemy are people" moment. Ya know? Remind them the faceless mooks aren't really faceless.

As for Raph...I gotta admit, I can understand it to a certain degree. Everyone else is embracing her, and he might have even wanted to himself, but by intentionally not trusting her, if she ever did betray them(say, by drugging their food) Raph would be alert to it. Might have been an interesting moment if you'd had that intention and have Raph specifically say he was doing that.

Their constant game of tag. Or relays rather. Was extremely frustrating, btw.

The romance part...could have done with some more romance. The fact they'd already been seeing each other for six months helped, but I still actually like Raph's relationship with Ann better. It's more realistic that, unlike Don and Beverly, they're only dating and didn't jump into marriage.

Hope this was helpful.

Makokam out.

Ya know, I gotta say, thi chapter really made me start wondering how these two ended up together in the first place.

Makokam out.

Well, as long as I don't learn any more about mutant turtle anatomy than I did in this chapter I think I'll be fine. lol

*claps in appreciation*Let me just say again that I am so happy I stumbled upon this series. It is truly a work of art.
Where do I start? Huh. Well. Um. Austin. Yeah, I'll start there. Lol. :) Austin is a great OC and she is truly perfect for Mike. Not Mary-Sue-ish at all, unlike some of the other fics I find in this fandom. I commend you on making her 3 dimensional and having us feel her pain. I love the idea that she is an ex-Foot ninja, I would've never thought of that.
Mikey is a total romantic in this one, although he was a bit of a shell head at times.
Karai. That chick is freaking EVIL, and Barre and Aducci are certifiable lunatics. I want to lock them all up in an insane asylum and feed them what Aducci tried to feed Mike. *coughs* And maybe I'm getting a bit ahead of myself here...Lol.
Oy, vey. The ending was awesome and I immediately wanted to read more in this series! Still do, of course.
You are an awesome writer, Mary. Wonderful job on this fic and I'm off to review for Raph&Ann!
-Boa :)

Just finished this one! Another gem! Now onto the next!

I would like some clarification for a part of this chapter.

Mikey's thoughts are, "It's not like I've never… with other girls… But she's different…I don't want it to be like this with her. I want the first time to be special."

I'm assuming he is saying he has had sex with other girls before Austin. How does that work without a bunch of girls running around knowing about the existence of turtles?

They must have known each other for a long while and grew very close to each other. Mikey is so sweet and caring because he would wait for the right moment to get intimate with the woman of his dreams. He really loves her.
She loves him for not just about appearances but for his heart and charming personality...now thats deep love!:)

I loves the term 'Cuddly-turtle' for Mikey, like a giant teddy-bear!...love it.