AJ Jones

Kirby O'Neil (Grandfather)

Ninja Turtles (Honorary Uncles)

**Arnold Jamison "AJ" Jones** is the son of Casey Jones and April O'Neil. He is the best friend and love interest of Nia Butterfly.

## Background

Because of his mother and uncle Donatello creating O’Neil Tech, AJ grew up in a very wealthy family. However, not wanting him to become spoiled, his parents made sure to teach him the value of hard work. Growing up around alien tech and mutant creatures, AJ was no stranger to odd events or danger. So when his family moved to Townsville, the constant creature attacks and villainy was nothing new.

What was difficult however was trying to start his social life over. AJ wasn’t very popular in school, and found himself on his own more often than not. He spent most of his time either getting into trouble or hanging out with his uncles whenever they were in town. That was until he met Nia, who he quickly grew close to and began spending time with. Eventually he developed a bit of a crush on the girl, and now follows her on nearly all of her rather insane adventures along with Jia.

## Personality

AJ can be rather confident and cocky. He acts a lot like his father did when he was younger. Though he comes from money he doesn’t act like a typical rich kid. He doesn’t like flaunting his money and doesn’t have any taste of ‘high class’ things. Her prefers spending his time doing typical things boys his age do, including playing video games, skateboarding, and showing off.

He particularly enjoys showing off, and loves when people acknowledge him for just about anything. He can be sort of a troublemaker at times, especially when his mother isn’t on him to keep him in check. He’s very street smart, and also a smart mouth. As confident as he acts most times, he can be very self conscious about his abilities, particularly when comparing himself to Nia and Jia.

Since discovering his powers, he’s been focused on trying to learn and master them with help from his mother. His powers have caused a bit of stress since they can turn on and off without any real rhyme or reason. He's intent on getting control on them so he doesn't 'get left behind' by the others.

## Appearance

AJ is a young boy of twelve with brown eyes and short black hair. He wears a red bandanna around his head, a red tank top, blue torn jeans, a pair of brown finger-less gloves, and brown boots. He also wears a bandage over his nose which hides a tiny scar he got as a kid.

## Relationships

### Parents

He gets along well with his parents, particularly his father. They joke around and he’s where he picked up his street smarts from. He gets along with his mother as well, though she tends to be a bit more strict with him when it comes to his trouble making antics. Since his powers have appeared, he spends much more time training with her. Both parents often tease him about his obvious crush on Nia.

### Turtles

His honorary uncles. They’ve very close and used to babysit and watch after him all the time. He would tag along on their adventures occasionally. Though they tried to teach him martial arts, he never really had the patience for it. Though Raph, who he is closest to, taught him a few moves to use in street fights. He got his love of Italian food from hanging out with his uncles, though didn’t take to some of their more sewer inspired tastes.

### Nia Butterfly

He is very close to Nia, and considers her his best friend. Nia quickly impressed him with both her abilities and personality, and it didn’t take him long to grow a not so small crush on her. He tries to act cool whenever he’s around her, and is happiest whenever she’s impressed with something he does. He tends to cave whenever she asks him for a favor, and will follow her without hesitation no matter what crazy danger she jumps into. Part of the reason he wants to master his power if so he doesn’t feel like he’s holding her back.

### Jia

He sees Jia as a rival for Nia’s attention, and since she has joined and formed their trio, he’s realized he can’t be so timid about how he feels about the princess. Though he was reluctant to hang around with her at first, he’s somewhat come around and does consider her a friend, and will stick his neck out to help or defend her.

### Astro

He is very weary around Astro since, like everyone else, he picked up on his feelings towards Nia. Unlike most other boys however, he isn’t intimidated enough to be scared off by the prince. He is also weary around Sear, who Astro will send to watch the two when he isn’t around. The two only really are on the same page whenever Nia is involved.

### Mariposa

After being turned down by Margo, she sent him to Mariposa, who she thought was better suited to teach him. He has a sibling-like relationship with her. They spar together, and sometimes he will go to her for advice on numerous problems.

## Powers and Abilities

### **Abilities**

**Esper Abilities**: AJ inherited a number of physic abilities from his mother. He's unsure just how many he has as of now, and his abilities are still untrained. He's not quite as strong or experienced as his mother, though ensures him he will grow stronger with time and training.

**Close Combat**: He is decent when it comes to close combat. Though he never had a knack for martial arts, he's gotten into quite a few street scraps, and isn't below using dirty tactics in a fight. Like his father, he liked using a bat or hockey stick as his weapon of choice.

Nia, AJ and Jia with Sol
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