HI PEOPLES! Well, Story 1 has finished and I hope you all enjoyed it. Here's the second! And please, if you read the not at the beginning of the last chapter on that story, I REALLY need to know whether or not to make Nao come from the Utram home world or somehow know them.

No intros for this story, sorry

ENJOY!

Argument

Laughter rang through the air as well as playful insults. Cold air whirled through the castle halls and Main Room as the two men tackled each other inside. It was the middle of November and the nights were getting colder as well as the days. Right now it was a few hours after nightfall.

Rachel had asked Donatello if she could borrow his lab. With only a nod to tell her that she had permission, she was now in front of what she would call a Chem. lab and was making a refill on some of her poisons as well as a few antidotes. Her face covered with a cloth mask, for she knew that sometimes the scent was more dangerous than the real thing.

Casey got up from the tackle and brushed the snow off of him. He teasingly glared at Raphael. "I was just saying, you were looking at the actress quite as if you would date her. As hot as she is." He smirked, "Either that or you were wondering if your girlfriend would look good in the dress she was wearing."

"Ha, ha," Raphael glared teasingly at Casey, "So what about you? Commenting ever five minutes?"

"Commenting what exactly?" Casey asked looking a bit shocked.

"Oh let's see… 'April could do that within five minutes. What the hell is she twirling? Nice dress, it fits her figure. Ouch burn to the ego.' Want me to continue?" Raphael asked.

Casey rolled his eyes, "At least I was commenting. What were you doing? Going off in some daydream? I'm sure you were, don't lie."

Raphael rolled his eyes at him. "How can I daydream when a movie is playing and sound is blasting through the whole room? Geez, I never thought sound could be that loud."

"That's why the doors are sound proof. Just so next door movies that are playing won't have to pause and yell down the hallway." Casey grinned.

Nao actually piped in then, startling both of them in the process. She was a master a stealth only second to Master Splinter, so they hardly even noticed her there in the first place, "You're the one who wanted to start trying Human things, Raph," she chuckled.

"I see you two had a snowball fight on your way here," Nao smiled as she helped Casey take his coat off and shook it out before going over to Raph and doing the same.

"Yeah." Casey grinned at Nao. "It was an interesting movie. Did you know that if you did that on a daily basis, one of us is going to get a heart attack? Mainly me?"

Nao giggled, "Sorry, Casey, I don't mean to scare you, though you were hardly affected," she nodded to Raph. She walked to the coat rack and hung the coats up, "On a random note…What was the movie?"

"Dragon Blade," Casey said with a grin on his face, "It's really good."

Nao's blue eyes lit up, "Ooooh, I've seen a couple trailers on Donny-Don's computer! Tell me about it."

Casey just smirked, "Really good special effects, awesome lines, although if your trying to pick up a girl do not use pick up lines. I tried that."

Nao simply burst out laughing.

Raphael shook his head highly amused. He easily slipped away as Casey did a demonstration and repeated some commenting he had done back at the theater. He weaved on through and noticed a faint yet strong smell coming from Donatello's lab. Curious, he peeked inside.

He walked into the room to see Rachel bent over one of her projects. She was being cautious, very cautious as she poured it into the vile, "What are you doin'?"

"Refilling my poison collection."

"Why do you use poisons and wires to fight with? You were doing well with martial arts and the Bo."

"Thank you, but poisons are more……agreeable and flexible. Same with wires."

"I can't see how that is agreeable."

Rachel looked at him. She went back to her work silently as if she was ignoring the question. She screwed the cap on and placed it as far away as she could from the chem. lab and went to the large sink to wash out the chemicals. "They're easier to manage," she responded.

"Doesn't seem like it," Raphael watched as she scrubbed the glasses as well as she could before putting them away to dry. She looked at him and then said, "Well, think of it like this. My poisons and wires are like your Twin Sai. I need them to fight with. However, why you insist on using both is beyond me. Most would use one until it's knocked out of their hands, and then use the second to save their life."

"Wires are easy to cut through. Poisons are easy to cure," Raphael looked at her wearily, "With Sai, at least you know when their dead or not."

"I can give you the exact time, symptoms, and measure of poison to even begin to explain if you'd die or not." Rachel snapped. She turned around to face him, her work finished. "They maybe be the most weakest way of doing things, but trust me, it's for the best."

"Sort of like honor from Leo's teachings, huh?" Raphael asked, "They were right when they said you were a bit of a girly girl." He looked at her, "Not all things can be solved by keeping someone alive."

"At least I'd never, ever kill someone randomly like you would," Rachel replied tersely. Almost immediately, she could see that she had crossed a dangerous, very thin line.

Raph's chocolate brown eyes darkened swiftly. He tightened his hands into fists and gritted his teeth, "More than a year you've been here as a part of my family. Out of all the times we've trained together, why in the hell would you make that kind of conclusion?" He growled, "I may be the most prone to bursts of rage during a battle, but there's no god damn way I wouldn't do it without a reason!" He fought the urge to even punch a wall, "I've killed only to protect, never randomly, Rachel."

Rachel's eyes just narrowed, "Killing to protect is the same as killing randomly. You know that just as well as I do."

"What's going on?" Casey asked as he poked his head in, "Hello Rachel."

"Hi Casey… Nothing really, just an argument," She turned back to Raphael with a slight glare.

"…Looks more like a lover's quarrel. Anyway, I was thinking that we should do a race. I mean, the night's still young."

Raph made a mental note to thank his best friend later, "Alright." he said swiftly before turning on his heel and storming out of the lab room.

Casey looked over at Rachel who was placing the vile in her pocket. "Do you mind if I race against him?" Rachel asked as she looked at him.

Casey blinked, "Okay…something happened between you and Raph." It was a statement, not a question.

"That's why I wanna race him." Rachel looked at him, "Do you mind?"

"Not at all," Casey said, "I'm sure Raph isn't going to like the idea though."

"Sue me," Rachel replied before also leaving the lab.

Casey had a feeling that he just made a big mistake.