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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
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Once Upon a Winter Fairy Tale by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
21 Dec 2025
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It’s Christmas time again in the City, and April has been chosen for a prominent role in a holiday show at the annual Winter Holiday Market. Shredder has come to the market as well in search of a valuable item critical for his latest scheme. To get what he wants, he’ll insert himself into the production.
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Cat and Mouse by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
12 Oct 2025
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April spots Shredder among the guests at event celebrating the opening of a new exhibit at the City Heritage Museum. When she goes to confront him, he admits he's there to steal something from the museum and dares her to figure out what it is. With no way to contact the turtles, she poses as his date to give herself an excuse to stick close to him and unravel his clues to what it is he's after.
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A "Friendly" Wager by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
17 Aug 2025
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Fed up with Krang constantly berating him for his failures, Shredder dares him to concoct a plan to eliminate the turtles himself. Krang eagerly accepts the challenge, but didn’t count on how much an uncooperative hostage and the Technodrome's long list of repair needs the would divide his attention. The malfunctioning robot running loose doesn’t help matters, either. Elsewhere, the turtles have an unexpected encounter at a convention visiting the City for the weekend.
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Blind Date by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
30 Mar 2025
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April’s first foray into the world of online dating seems headed for disaster when her date stands her up. The night takes a turn, however, when a familiar (and totally unexpected) figure sits down at the bar beside her.
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First Date by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
16 Feb 2025
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Donatello invites Irma to go with him to the grand opening of a brand new exhibit at the art museum - an event that just happens to be taking place on Valentine's Day. Like the other turtles, Donatello hasn't had any experience with dating, and very little interest in giving it a try. But there's always a first time for everything.
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Ripple Effect by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
26 Jan 2025
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Movie night gets interrupted when the turtles arrive at April's apartment to find her passed out on the floor. Believing she's been poisoned by Shredder, they set out to confront their archenemy. Shredder maintains his innocence and agrees to help them find the cause of her illness. When April's health suddenly worsens, he'll have to make a decision that could have lasting consequences.
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Christmas Gift by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
25 Dec 2024
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April returns home one night to find a gift box left at her apartment door. There's no tag on it, but it doesn't take long for her to figure out who it's from. From there, it becomes a question of whether she can, or should, keep it.
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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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Safest Place by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
09 Jun 2024
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April finds herself in the Technodrome with no warning and no explanation. She’s determined to find a way out, but even with Shredder’s help it proves a more complicated task than expected.
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A Normal Evening by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
28 Apr 2024
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April dares Shredder to ask her out on a date. To her immense surprise, he does; to his surprise she accepts. The evening does not play out quite the way either of them imagined.
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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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For Want of a Valentine by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
11 Feb 2024
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It’s Valentine’s Day, and as the only person at Channel 6 without a date April gets roped into covering an event at the City Art Museum. Her evening takes an interesting turn when she runs into Shredder who claims he’s only there to hear the speaker's presentation. Things get even weirder when an equipment malfunction causes the two of them to be trapped in the museum alone together.
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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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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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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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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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Don't Wake Up; Don't Fall Asleep by Sakura5
Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 1987), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types
13 Aug 2023
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April wakes up trapped in a collapsed building with no memory of how she got there. She quickly discovers she’s not alone - Shredder was also caught up in whatever accident caused the building to fall. Disoriented and badly injured, she’ll have to rely on him to see them through until they can be rescued.
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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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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