19 Works by clairakitty
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The Brothers Hamato by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
10 Feb 2026
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The smart lock on his front door trilled, and Raph’s rant instantly cut off, the room falling deadly silent. Leo locked eyes with his brother, and it was clear that Raph hadn’t been expecting anyone else; a quick glance at Takeshi confirmed the same. Like a well-oiled machine, they prepared for an attack—Raph slipped on his brass knuckles, Tiger Claw drew his gun from its holster, and Leo deeply regretted not getting one of his guns from the bedroom when he had a chance. Leo watched, unbreathing, unblinking, as the front door swung open.
Not an enemy.
Hamato Saki. Head of the Hamato family, a subsidiary of the Tatsuo clan. Second in command of the Tatsuo clan, just under the kumichō. Both Leo’s blood father and his oath father.
In a world where the Hamato clan is a yakuza family and the turtles are human, Saki succeeds in killing Hamato Yoshi. Hamato Shen leaves for New York with Donnie and Mikey—leaving Leo and Raph behind. Over 15 years they became the Hamato family's most deadly members, until an assassination attempt sends them out of the country to protect a barely-remembered mother and brothers.
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- Part 2 of TMNT Brothers Sun AU
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Little Raph finds a baby pigeon!
That's it lmao. Based on a writing prompt from discord.
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AMERICA PARTY 🦅 by clairakitty, MelonPalooza
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
03 Jan 2026
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Yoshi meets someone who lives in a completely different world than his own. Not many people catch his interest—it's rare for him to meet anyone outside the clan at all—but he's especially drawn to the magnetizing Tang Shen. Which is probably why it was a little too easy for him to accept the invitation to a party that is completely out of his comfort zone. There's loud music, lukewarm beer, and too many people.
Also, his brother is there.
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- Part 11 of Melon's TMNT Oneshots 🐢
- Part 10 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
- Part 2 of Splinter Appreciation Week 2024
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“I need you to walk Rose home tonight.”
It wasn't common for Dad to specifically call on one of them to handle stuff like that—negotiations, transactions, politics—but it wasn't uncommon, either. More uncommon was the time.
Midnight. The same time Rose got off work.
Which wouldn't matter to most people, because most people didn't walk their girlfriend's home every single night like some sort of lost duckling. But Leo wasn't most people, in more ways than one.
Raph eats takoyaki with his nee-san(-to-be) and definitely nothing else happens.
Recommended that you read this after Chapter 8 of the main fic, DEFINITELY read after "A Rose by any other name."
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- Part 4 of TMNT Brothers Sun AU
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For the Family by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
08 Jun 2025
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Hamato Leonardo. Eldest son of Hamato Saki, the current oyabun. At 17, he already had more kills to his name than most yakuza grunts, and a reputation to match.
Vicious.
Monstrous.
Fearless.
Inhuman.
Three years his mother had been gone. Three years since she gathered up his two youngest brothers—Donatello and Michelangelo—and disappeared to the states. Leaving him and Raphael behind.
A human, separated, yakuza TMNT 2012 AU, based on the Brothers Sun (2024) Netflix show. Just a one-shot before the events of the eventual long fic, focused around a very pivotal moment in Leo and Raph's lives.
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- Part 1 of TMNT Brothers Sun AU
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Noose Loosely Wound by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
05 Jan 2025
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Her experience must be different from his. Shredder was a fucked-up, evil bastard, but he had at least fooled himself into thinking he loved her. He’s probably over there playing house, pretending everything is normal, and that’s an experience so different from Raph’s that they were barely even comparable.
He wondered if that was maybe even worse, in a way. To be turned into a thing by someone who you thought cared about you, someone who raised you, rather than someone who you had known as nothing but an enemy.
Sequel to Puppet Tightly Strung!
Starts at around The Deadly Venom and continues from there. How is Raph coping with being de-brainwormed? How does he feel about Karai's situation? What happens when Karai breaks free?
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- Part 6 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
- Part 2 of PTS - Main Canon
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“Do not lie to me, Yoshi!” Saki can feel his face twisting into something ugly, something hateful, and he can’t bring himself to care as he jabs a finger towards them like a naginata. “Did you know?!”
The moment Hamato Saki becomes Oroku Saki. AKA I've connected the dots between the sparse details Splinter gives us, and had to write that moment of confrontation.
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- Part 9 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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I am my father's daughter by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
15 Jul 2024
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He was her father.
He was her uncle.
He was nothing.Snapshots throughout Karai's life, about her relationship with her father and herself.
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- Part 8 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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“What brings four kappa to our home in particular, then?”
An excellent question. Warning Shen had gone… less than ideal. She thought Saki a good man, and though she was kind, she seemed hesitant to believe their claims. Yoshi knew him better; perhaps he had already noticed the darkness within him, and so would be more open to what they had to say? Leo glanced back at his brothers to find them all looking back at him. Awaiting his decision.
Leo sighed, meeting Yoshi’s gaze evenly. “We’ve come to warn you about Oroku Saki.”
Day 2 of Splinter Appreciation Week!!! Just a little "what-if" for Yoshi/Protect: what if the turtles had interacted with Yoshi during Tale of the Yokai?
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- Part 1 of Splinter Appreciation Week 2024
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Oroku Karai was a daddy's girl. She loved her father, and her father loved her, back. She had never been afraid of him.
Until she was.
A short story about the first time Karai was ever scared of her dad
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- Part 7 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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Years ago, Oroku Saki, as Shredder was called then, had been my friend.
Just a short little one-shot about Splinter's relationship with the Shredder, and more specifically what he told his sons about it. Takes place over season 1. What can I say? I think they're very tragic.
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- Part 5 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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A short "what if" scenario from Puppet Tightly Strung: what if Annihilation: Earth! still happened, but Raph was still under Shredder's control? Not necessary to read PTS, important info is just that Clash of the Mutanimals did not wrap up as quickly as it did in canon.
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- Part 4 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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Puppet Tightly Strung by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
31 Dec 2023
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“In fact, I bet you like doing what he tells you to do.” Their weapons clashed and Leo leaned forward, beak-to-beak with his brother. “You probably love it.”
Raph’s breaths came harsh and ragged, the snarl on his face making him look more like the impulsive, emotional brother Leo knew. For the first time since the turtles broke into Shredder’s lair and laid eyes on him, he looked like Raph again. Leo could feel the way his brother’s arms quivered through his grip on his katanas, and he fought to hide the optimism-relief on his face behind a cocky raise of an eye ridge.
Then Donnie cried out behind him, followed by a crash, and it all fell apart again.
AKA I thought the "mind-controlled Raph" concept in Clash of the Mutanimals was CRIMINALLY underutilized and should've lasted at LEAST a few episodes.
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- Part 1 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
- Part 1 of PTS - Main Canon
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The boys grow. They become little people, with their own thoughts and personalities and habits.
Yoshi is surrounded by ghosts.
A character study of Splinter, and him seeing Saki in the turtles as they grow. Inspired by a moment in my other fic, Puppet Tightly Strung, but in no way dependent on having read that one. I'm just really feral over Splinter and the Shredder, okay? They were BROTHERS
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- Part 3 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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Lone Rat, No Cubs by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)
03 Oct 2023
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Splinter wakes up on the sewer floor, and his sons are gone.
Whumptober 2023, prompt:
Day 3: “Like crying out in empty rooms, with no one there except the moon.” / Solitary Confinement (loosely)Series
- Part 2 of Whumptober 2023
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Aegis by clairakitty
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
03 Oct 2023
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Raphael is the protector. When his brothers are in danger, he would rather take the blow than the alternative.
Leo doesn't like it.
Whumptober 2023! Prompt:
Day 2: “I’ll call out your name, but you won’t call back.” / “They don’t care about you”
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2023
- Part 2 of Puppet Tightly Strung+
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Larry, though he was focused on his art, would glance at Sal every so often. Despite the fact his face was, quite literally, unreadable, Larry had become pretty efficient in reading the language of Sal. The way his eyes (or maybe eye? Larry hadn’t asked, but he was pretty sure there was something wrong with the one) would flick to and from Larry’s face. The way his fingers clutched at the frays of his jeans.
Sal wanted to talk about something.
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"See you on the other side," Larry said. What happens when they actually do? I'm bad at summaries but it's Sal and Larry getting to see each other again.
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So who else wanted to cry seeing the picture of Sal and Larry at their parents' wedding? Because I did. And then I decided to dust off my fiction-writing skills and take a crack at it, because I've been obsessed with Sally Face ever since I binged the whole game in sixish hours without leaving my couch. I hope you guys enjoy! This'll be short, but I may end up writing other Sally Face things :)
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