Modern '87 Verse
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One Unusual Day by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
12 Feb 2023
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April’s life has certainly gotten more exciting since she met the turtles, but at this point getting abducted by a bounty hunter hired by Krang to find her friends feels more like an inconvenience than anything. Being rescued by Shredder, however? That’s certainty not something that happens every day…
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- Part 1 of Modern '87 Verse
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Date Night by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
05 Mar 2023
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Since reconnecting with one of her college friends, April has been reassessing some aspects of her life - including her love life, or lack thereof. She decides to start dating again, but since the City is a weird place even without the mutants and threats of alien invasion, everyone she knows expresses concern both for her safety and about the guy she starts seeing. Absolutely everyone.
Follow-up to "One Unusual Day."
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- Part 2 of Modern '87 Verse
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A Day in the Limelight by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
30 Apr 2023
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Irma is tired of being the klutzy nobody everyone forgets about. After an embarrassing incident shooting a piece for Channel 6, she admits to wishing she could be someone else. You should always be careful what you wish for. When a trickster god is the one granting your wishes, things are bound to get a bit chaotic.
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- Part 3 of Modern '87 Verse
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For One Brief Moment by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
18 Jun 2023
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April and Shredder are keeping secrets from their friends and allies, secrets that are slowly drawing the two of them closer together. But as the latest plot to bring the Technodrome back to Earth unfolds, they’ll have to decide if a villain and a damsel can ever really be friends.
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- Part 4 of Modern '87 Verse
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Save You Save Me by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
06 Aug 2023
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April gets called on to cover a story at City Hall after Vernon is sidelined by an injury. What should be an easy assignment becomes a nightmare when Krang crashes the event, believing she can provide answers about secrets he suspects Shredder has been keeping. April will have to tread carefully to protect both herself and Shredder from Krang’s wrath. The turtles, meanwhile, start to question how well they actually know their archenemy.
Follow-up to "For One Brief Moment"
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- Part 5 of Modern '87 Verse
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Vulnerabilities by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
09 Aug 2023
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Shredder has a crush. And it has a greater influence on him than he’s willing to admit.
A supplemental scene for the end of "Save You Save Me."
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- Part 6 of Modern '87 Verse
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Night Off by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
20 Aug 2023
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April is looking forward to having a quiet evening at home. Dealing with a swarm of malfunctioning foot soldiers invading her apartment was not something she planned on. She especially wasn’t expecting to join the turtles in helping a stranded Shredder get back to Dimension X.
Set before "One Unusual Day."
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- Part 7 of Modern '87 Verse
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Spotlight by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
22 Oct 2023
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The mayor announces an ambitious new initiative to improve public safety in the City, made possible by generous funding from a mysterious donor. The turtles and April are immediately suspicious when they discover the donor is Shredder using an alias. Time will tell if this is all part of some new scheme, or a genuine attempt by Shredder to leave villainy behind.
Follows from "Save You Save Me"
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- Part 8 of Modern '87 Verse
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Routine by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
19 Nov 2023
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A day in the life of April O’Neil: get up, go for a run, have coffee and breakfast, sit through a news meeting, get captured by Rocksteady and Bebop. There’s just one problem. Shredder doesn’t actually want, or need, a hostage for his latest scheme. He and April will have to come up with some kind of plan to free her without the two minions getting suspicious. Or even worse, Krang.
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- Part 9 of Modern '87 Verse
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Walk a Mile in My Paws by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
14 Jan 2024
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A freak accident during a routine assignment causes April to switch bodies with a lost house cat. While Irma wrangles the cat in April’s body, Donatello searches for a way to switch them back, and Krang wonders why Shredder is showing a sudden interest in adopting a pet.
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- Part 10 of Modern '87 Verse
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Tell Me A Truth by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
21 Apr 2024
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Another day, another confrontation between the turtles and Shredder. Except this time, Shredder is left badly injured and with no memory of who he is. The question of what to do with their now amnesic enemy divides the turtles. Meanwhile, Irma sets April up on a blind date and she ends up faced with some questions she never thought she’d have to answer.
Continues from "Walk a Mile in My Paws."
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- Part 11 of Modern '87 Verse
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Price of Opportunity by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
22 Sep 2024
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While trying to stop Bebop and Rocksteady from stealing a rare chemical, the turtles are exposed to a mix of substances that turn them into human teenagers. Alarmed by their new forms at first, they soon come to see it as a chance to experience life in the City in a whole new way. When Shredder learns about their transformation, however, it'll be up to April and Splinter to step up and protect them.
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- Part 12 of Modern '87 Verse
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A Chance At . . . by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
15 Feb 2026
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April’s boss convinces her to participate in a charity dating event to raise money for a children’s hospital. Shredder uses it as an opportunity for the two of them to spend a romantic evening together.
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- Part 13 of Modern '87 Verse