Mikey; Named Michelangelo!
LC; That turtle's name was Leonardo.
Leo; You hate me, why?
LC; Cause you are too cool for school!
Raph; Donnie did you bring the vid cam?
Don; Right here Raphie boy! *Begins tormenting older brother.*
Leo; Get back here you two! *Begins chasing younger brothers.*
LC; What am I? Chopped liver?
Disclaimer; Do not own. At all. Sad now.
Chapter 1; How we met.
Leo didn't know why Raph never failed to get under his skin but he was sick of it. Thoroughly sick of it! As he hopped from roof top to roof top, he couldn't help but relive their last argument.
Flashback
"None of us like you showing us up all the time!" Raph roared at her. "So stop being mr. perfect and get the shell off your high horse! I hate you!"
The three words of taboo had been spoken.
Flashback over now...AW! I like flashbacks!
Leo crushed another sob before it could leave his throat and continued running until he collapsed to his knees and began to cough and splutter in an attempt to figure out what those organs in his chest were for.
When he finally got up and began walking, he felt somewhat better for succesfully finding an outlet for his pain without embarrasing himself too much.
He was lost in his own little ninja world when he dropped down into the alley by instinct and began searching for a manhole.
When he found one, he began to wonder if he even wanted to go home yet.
As he stood there, he came to the startling realization. He didn't want to go back. He was afraid of what would happen if he did.
Maybe Raph had meant what he said. Maybe the others felt the same way. Maybe Splinter was dissappointed that he didn't stay to face his problems, that he'd run away instead.
He replaced the covering and stood up before starting to climb up a fire escape to get back up to the sky.
Once on the roof, he sat down on the ledge and tried to confront his hurt emotions. He was angry. Angry at who though? Raph for saying what he did? Or himself for losing control? He decided he was angry at himself.
He was sad. Sad because Raph had said those things, that was easy enough.
He sighed tiredly, before realizing someone was watching him from somewhere. His first thought was that it was some foot ninja, but it was too easy to pinpoint, even the foot weren't so sloppy.
Slowly, he turned until he saw the open door that led up to the roof, and the woman standing in it, staring at him. His thoughts at the time?
Shell.
What to do, what to do, what to do, what to- ah shell with this! He was just about to jump from the ledge and hope she thought she'd been hallucinating when the woman grabbed his arm.
"Stop you'll get hurt jumping from this height!" She pleaded. And in her eyes, all he saw was worry and compassion, no judgemment or fear.
"I-It's a-alright, I'm different incase you hadn't realized." He mumbled, unable to look away from her eyes.
She blinked. She just looked at him and blinked. "You can talk." She stated.
"Do all humans do that or is it just you?" He asked sarcastically. "You know, the whole state the obvious thing?"
"Most of us, yeah." She answered, staring at his mask, or maybe his eyes?
He had no idea how it happened, but before he knew it he was in her kitchen drinking coffee and having a civil conversation with the woman.
How weird was that anyway? This coming from a giant talking teenage mutant ninja turtle.
"So you left because your brother's and you got in a real big fight?" It wasn't a question really, since that was what he had just said. "Raph and me always grated on eachother's nerves, but never once has something like this happened." Leo sighed, looking into his cup and silently wishing it was tea, coffee made him too talkative.
Something to keep from his enemies, otherwise they would make him drink it during torture.
"Those damned three words were tabboo." He continued, despite the fact he shouldn't be telling anyone this. "We're all the other has, and by losing just one of us, the whole thing falls apart. We insulted eachother lots of times, but never has anyone even thought to say those three words."
Her name was Rachel, and she was beautiful. Her long flowing black hair and her dazzling blue eyes that reminded him so much of the night sky, right down to the little star in the corner.
Her clothes were modest, simple yet elegant. Her blouse was white, and her dark blue jeans matched it perfectly.
He was different, that much she had known from the first glance. And at the same time, he was bold, elegant and graceful. His sinewy muscles rippled with each slight movement.
His eyes, they were a gorgeous hazle, and his mask made him so mysterious. His shell, it had the most beautiful design she'd ever seen, and had a wide assortment of greens on it. The only flaw was the missing section off to one side in a top corner, it appeared to be some old battle scar.
But that only made him look stronger in her eyes.
Without either noticing, they subtly drew closer until their faces were a mere inch apart. All it would take was for one to incline their head and their lips would-
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.
Leo jumped about a mile and fumbled around until he found his shell cell. He cleared his throat and cast an apologetic glance to Rachel before answering.
"Hello?" He waited for a response. And he got one, unfortuneatly.
"WHERE THE SHELL ARE YOU BEEP BEEP STUPID FEARLESS BEEP LEADER GET YOUR SHELL BACK TO THE LAIR BEFORE I BEEPING LOSE IT AND BRING YOUR STUPID BEEPING BEEP BACK MYSELF!" Anyone wanna guess who that was? Come on, I'll give you three guesses first two don't count!
"I'm sorry Rachel, for earlier and for having to leave now." He sighed sadly. He did want to stay and talk with her some more, but his brother's, at least Raph, would no doubt make good on their promise to kick his sorry shell back home.
Even if that wasn't the percise wording.
"It's alright, but if you can ever get away again, or if you just need something to get off your chest, stop by." She said happily.
Leo made it home just as Raph and the others were heading out. He was serious! He had just opened the door to see Don about to do the same thing from the other side!
"Sorry." He murmured before going up to his room.
Mikey gaped. Usually it was Raph who ran off after a fight. But then again, Leo had been on the recieving end of the greatest turtle taboo, so who could blame him?
Don was worried for his big brother. His eyes hadn't even seemed a little sad though. In fact, they looked ecstatic! He silently wondered what Leo had been doing up top.
Raph was just plain confused. A civil sorry? When it was really Raph himself who was at fault? What the shell was going on with the world!
He had an almost overwhelming urge to go topside and make sure the sky wasn't falling, but he resisted.
Splinter himself was curious. 'It seems my son has found a way to relieve his stress, but why is he so happy about it?' He pondered absently, more focused on his stories.
Leo practically flew into bed as he went over the meeting in his head. At dinner that night, he chose to prod his food rather than moving it onto the fork and from the fork to his mouth.
"My son, are you feeling alright?" Splinter asked suddenly.
Leo started and realized he hadn't eaten anything...at all. "I'm fine sensei." He said dissmisively.
"Come on, I made your favorite tonight!" Mikey whined. He thought maybe he had done something wrong and messed up his bro's favorite dish. And this supper was supposed to cheer him up after what Raph did!
"Sorry Mikey, I guess I'm not hungry." Leo sighed, before taking a couple bites just so Mikey would smile at him.
"Your stomach is full on the thoughts within your mind, my son." Splinter commented.
"Probably." Leo muttered, before going to the dojo to meditate and train.
It was three more days until he could slip away to see her again. To see Rachel again. He landed on the roof of her apartment and knocked on the door.
Rachel had been hoping Leonardo would come back again but after three days she was starting to wonder if he wanted to come back. She almost jumped out of her skin when she heard knocking on the door leading to the roof.
She let him in and said to wait a minute while she made some coffee.
"Your family and friends sound so interesting." She decided after another long story session where she had heard about them making so many human and non friends.
"Yeah but sometimes it's nice to have a moment to myself." Leo sighed. "When you've grown up in a close knit family of five, privacy is a rare thing."
"Don't you have your own room now?" She asked. "Why not go there for privacy?"
"I usually do." He told her. "Problem is that I'm hardly in there for five minutes before my brother's start banging on the door telling me to come out and do something with or for them."
Rachel paused for a moment before opening her freezer door and taking out the ice cream.
"No one has deserved this more than you my friend." She said coyly.
Leo learned to hide his new found relationship from his family. He learned to rely on his acting abilities to get him through the day until the Sun set so he could see her again.
Meditation was the hardest for him now though, because everytime he tried emptying his mind, Rachel popped up, or some thought about her.
Splinter's earlier suspicions began to fade and he thought perhaps he had only been feeling ill.
It seemed his secret was safe for a time at least.
He only pondered two things. When would they find out? And what would be their reaction?
LINE LINE LINE I LIVE IN A LINE!
LC; YAY! First chappie done!
Don; What?
LC; No not Don, DONE!