I do not own TMNT.
A/N: This is my first story here, so I'm still kind of new to this. My stories might not be very good, but I'll try.
Tears reached Raphael's eyes as he remembered what had happened.
(Flashback)
Leonardo, Raph's older brother, lay on the couch. He had been in a coma for a long time now.
Leo's family members, Donatello, Raph, Michelangelo, and Master Splinter had all told the unconscious Leo stories about his childhood days, but Leo didn't stir at all.
Then Donnie checked Leo's pulse. His family looked at him with hope, but all Donnie did was start crying. "H-he d-didn't make it," he sobbed.
The whole family grieved, especially Raph. He had been the closest to Leo. Raph checked Leo's pulse for himself, but what Donnie said was true.
Leo was gone.
(End of Flashback)
The whole family had changed. Mikey now longer smiled; Donnie stopped making new inventions; Master Splinter rarely came out of his room anymore; and Raph's temper had vanished. April and Casey tried to cheer them up, but nothing worked.
No one would replace Leonardo, the eldest and most skilled teenage mutant ninja turtle.
Raph punched his practice dummy. Why Leo? he thought, more tears forming in his eyes. Why not me?
Tears trickled down Raph's cheek. Nothing had gone right after Leo's death.
There was no leader to help the trio win fights. There was no big brother to comfort them in the hardest of times. And there was no Leo, not Leo at all. Leo was gone, but trio sometimes forgot this, and when they remembered, they'd immediately break down.
I miss you Leo, Raph thought as he cried.
"Raph?"
Raph quickly wiped his tears and turned around. "Mikey?"
"Raph, I- I miss him," Mikey said, crying into Raph's shoulder.
Raph tried to comfort his little brother and before he knew it, he was crying, too. "I know Mike," he said. "I miss him too."