YAY! Third story I've ever posted on this site! EXCITEMENT! Okay, so first off, this is an important note.

The cover art for this story was NOT DRAW BY ME! I repeated the NOT, part. The Cover was something I asked '10yrsy' from DeviantArt to draw for me. If you like the art I really suggest looking at the rest of the stuff they draw. They are AMAZING! So all rights to the cover go to 10yrsy, who allowed me to use it.

Anyway, super excited.

This is the first time I've written a story in Raph's POV, so I hope I did okay. Please review! Thank you!

This couldn't be happening. Something like this… it was happening too fast to completely comprehend!

If it wasn't for these stupid Foot Ninja's, or better yet, if it wasn't for the Shredder, none of this would be happening. It was his entire fault that all this stuff went down.

DANG IT!

It was the Shredder's fault that… that she had to get involved! That anyone of these people had to get involved!

I should have seen it coming. I should have been stronger.

Oh hey, you there. Yeah right there in the corner, thinking that I can't see you or something stupid like that. Well, I can see you. So get your butt over here before I drag it out.

I'm telling you a story. So sit down, shut up, and pay attention.

It all started about two weeks ago. Mikey and me were on our normal run, patrolling the city for the Foot, Purple Dragons, or the Kraang.

My name is Raphael, second oldest and strongest to my brothers.

Heh, I could take any of my brothers down easily. Mikey, heck, I did that everyday. Donnie was never much of a fighter to begin with. The only real problem was Leo. He was so smug; he thought he owned the place. When it came down to it though, I could beat him any day. Sure, he might be able to hold his anger in a bit better to me, and I wasn't as stealthy as he was, but that didn't change that I was stronger and faster than him.

Oh hey wait, what was I doing again? Oh yeah, patrolling the city.

Jumping towards the side of the building I was currently running across, I smirked wickedly as I stared down at the gleaming lights of the city below.

"Raph! Wait up!" Michelangelo, my youngest brother, called from behind, jumping up to join me.

"What's wrong Mikey? Too slow to keep up?"

I'll be honest, I didn't mind being put on patrol duty with my doofus brother. He was the baby to the family, and easily entertained. Granted, he was the most annoying pain I'd ever known, but he made things fun.

Till he chickened out and ran away.

My baby bro really was a 'baby'.

"No." Mikey straightened with a pout. Once he reached where I was standing, he hunched forward, resting his hands on his knees. "Come on Raph. Can't we go home yet? I'm so hungry!" he whined.

Rolling my eyes, I folded my arms at my youngest brother. "You're always hungry." I reminded him.

"Nu-huh!" he disagreed. "But right now, I'm super hungry! I'll die of starvation!"

"Right." I smirked. Looking back to the streets, I pointed to Mr. Murakami's restaurant. "How about we pick up some food?" I suggested.
"Yeah!" Mikey pumped his fist in the air. "Pizza sushi!"

With our plan decided, we moved across the street to enter the store, careful to make sure no one else was in there. Glad to see there weren't, we moved inside.

"Ah, could it be the turtles?" Mr. Murakami inquired, looking over his shoulder. I still couldn't understand how he could always tell it was us when he's blind.
Mikey gasped, "How did you know!?"

Chuckling, he moved to stand before the us. "Smell," he reminded, touching the side of his nose.

Mikey, pausing to smell his pits, grinned sheepishly. "Oh yeah."

"Moron." I grumbled at him.

Mikey pouted at me, his light blue eyes sparkling as he moved to the counter. "Pizza sushi!" he cheered. "A whole bag of it!"

"Might have to make that two bags." I announced, following. "Mikey here just might eat the whole bag before we get home." I shoved him a bit.

"Would not!" he argued.

"Would too." I stated simply, folding my arms.

"Would not!"

"Would too."

"Would not!"

"Would too, times ten." I concluded, ending as the victor to our argument.

Mikey opened his mouth, lifting a finger to say something 'oh so witty' in reply, but froze when nothing came to mind. Mouth hanging a gap, he looked to the floor, as if it would give him the answers he needed. Finding nothing to help him, he clamped his mouth shut, frowning.

"…Your face." He grumbled, pushing his lower lip out in a pout.

"Ohhh." I gasped sarcastically, lifted my hands up, too stunned that I would definitely need ice for that burn.

"Ready." Mr. Murakami announced, placing a large bag of Pizza sushi in front of us.

"Food!" my orange colored brother cheered, "Awesome! Thanks dude!" he grinned, reaching out to grab the bag. Snatching it before he could reach it, I placed the money on the counter.

"Hey!' Mikey reached for the bag, but I held it away.

"Like I'd let you carry it. It would be gone before I got any." I smirked.

"Raph! Give it!' my younger brother whined, leaping forward. Side stepping, I let him fall past me, hitting the ground. "Raph!"

Smirking smugly, I ran for the door.

"Good bye turtles." Murakami smiled, sensing that we were leaving.

"Bye!" we called back before we rushed back to our chase, Mikey looking determined to snatch the bag away from me so he could eat.

"I'm hungry Raph!" Mikey whimpered as he followed me up the side of a building through a fire escape.

"You want some?' I asked innocently, taunting him by wiggling the bag in front of him.

"Yes!"

It was too easy.

Pulling back before he could reach it, I smiled wickedly at him. "Beg."

"No!"

"Then I guess I'll eat these all by myself." Turning away, I ripped open the bag, letting out fresh steam, the smell of the Pizza sushi hitting my nose instantly. It made me realize just how hungry I really was. I might just eat this whole bag by myself.

"Raph!" Mikey opened his mouth to scream something else, but his eyes grew wide. Thinking he was staring at me, I frowned.
"What?" I grumbled.

Slowly, Mikey pointed behind me. "RAPH!"

Feeling an upcoming threat behind me, I ducked down just as a sword was swung. Only inches from the top of my skull, I kicked my legs out, taking out the balance who ever had worked up the nerves to attack me.

Falling on their back, I pulled out my Sai's, ready for a fight.

"Dude!" Mikey ran to me, looking me over.
"I'm fine." I grumbled, narrowing my eyes dangerously as a few dozen foot appeared from the roofs around us. Mikey quickly pulled out his nun chucks, staring at the enemies with shock.

If the foot were here, then that meant…

As if on cue, Dog Pound dropped down in front of us, grinning wickedly.

"You ran right into our traps." Dog Pound chuckled darkly.

"Dudes, how did you know where we were?" Mikey gawked at him, stupefied.

Dog Pound smirked, "It's well known around here, especially thanks to the Purple Dragons, that certain turtles like the sushi that comes from that shop. All we have to do is wait for them to come and they would run right to us."

"Yeah, only idiots would fall for that." Mikey laughed

With a groan of frustration, I smacked Mikey across the head. "We're the idiots, stupid."

"Oh…" Mikey twiddled his 3 fingers together nervously.

I was going to insult his intelligence more, but the Foot attack. Having surrounded us, they attacked from all angles.

They would have to do better than that though if they wanted one of us to go down. Leaping up, we jumped over the Foot Ninja's heads, landing on the ground a few feet away.

"You just got spanked!" Mikey cackled, wildly, jabbing his finger at them. Furious, they all charged at us again, Dog Pound joining in this time.

"You were saying?' I grumbled, rushing forward, throwing the bag of Pizza Sushi to the side.

Time for some fun. Especially a little game I like to call, "Beat up all the Foot ninja till they cry'.

It was never hard to beat Foot Ninja's. All of them were weak, despite their numbers. The only one we would have to worry about was Dog Pound.

"Hey, it's raining! I love rain!" Mikey cheered as he hit the back of his shell against mine, small beginning drops of rain hitting our faces. We stood back to back as the Foot surrounded us again.

"Great. How about we all have a tea party and chit chat about the rain Mikey?" I inquired, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"That sounds nice." Mikey smiled dreamily.

Kicking my foot back, smacking his heel, making him yelp in pain. "Hey!" he glared at me.

Mikey would never change. I should probably finish this quickly though, just in case our oh so fearless leader decided to call and demand if we needed back up.

And I did NOT need back up from Leo.

Charging forward, Mikey took the left side, while I took the right. Punching and Kicking wildly, I smacked down every Ninja that even looked at me. The fight was easily won when every time I hit one, they would fall down and not get up.

They were so weak!

"AHH!'

A cry for help caught my attention. Whirling around, my eyes widened to see Mikey being grabbed from behind by Dog Pound. The mutated man lifted Mikey up high, making him squirm.

"Let me go!"

"Mikey!" I heard myself say. No one messed with my Brothers but me!

"I would gladly let you go." Dog Pound chuckled wickedly, pulling his arm back. "HERE YOU GO!" he flung Michelangelo forward.

"Mikey!" I yelled as I watched Mikey fly across the roof, hitting the ground hard. Running to my baby bro, I rolled him over. Groaning in pain, he grabbed my arm, using it as support to help stand.

Okay… I admit it, this was bad. I had to get Mikey out here.

"I'm… good." He gave me a weak grin. His breathing was off, as if he had the wind knocked out of him, which was probably what happened.

"Don't worry man." I held him up by his arm. "I got ya."

"Aww, how cute." Dog Pound cooed, stepping forward, at least 20-foot ninja's at his side.

Seriously, where did he keep getting these guys?! Or a better question, where are they coming from? Do Foot Ninja's just grow off trees or something?

As a Foot ran forward, I ducked down, ramming straight into his gut so I could toss him over my back and shoulders. "Come on Mikey!" I snapped, yanking him forward. "We're getting out of here!"

Too out of it to argue, he followed quickly until we reached the side of the roof.

Shoving him forward, I looked back just in time to block a Foot's attack with my Sai. Kicking forward, I pushed him back.

"Mikey! Go!" I ordered, glaring at him over my shoulder.

"But-" I knew he didn't want to run. Heck, I felt the same way, but I have to be a good big brother some of the times, right?

"GO!" I bellowed, making him jump.

Even I knew when a fight couldn't be one.

Stumbling back, my little brother ran towards the edge of the building jumping over to the other roof as I held the Foot back long enough for him to get a head start. When I could no longer hold any of them at bay, I used my remaining strength to push them back.

Now…. I run.

Sprinting the way Mikey had fled, I jumped to the other roof, sensing that many of the Foot were following behind me.

What idiots. This was my city, and no one knew it better than me.

Ducking left, I slide underneath a pole and onto another roof.

These guys didn't know who they were dealing with. It didn't even take that long to lose them. A few sudden turns, a couple long jumps, and baam!

I could sense they weren't far, but I had least gotten out of their sight. I just had to keep running and then I-

Suddenly, my feet slipped underneath me just as I was about to jump towards another roof.

With only a bit of strength in my jump, I missed the ledge and fell.
"AH!" I screamed, hitting a few stairs steps from a fire escape on the way down before I landed into a dumpster. From the suddenly fall, the dumpster shifted, causing the top to fall, closing myself inside.

If my brothers ever asked, I meant to fall into the dumpster. Yeah, they would believe that.

...No, they would probably laugh.
Dang it.

I couldn't tell if it was from my own eyes or the dumpster, but everything went black, and I fell unconscious.

-000-

"Raph? Raph?" Mickey looked around wildly, wildly searching for his older brother. "Raphael bro, where are you?" he cried out, jumping to the next roof.

Within the rain, he had lost sight of not only the foot, but his older brother as well.

"Raphael!" Cupping his hands around his face, he screamed into the rain. Nothing but the sound of rain hitting the ground filled his ears.

A large lump of worry began to grow in Mikey's throat as he stumbled forward.

Please let his brother be okay. Maybe… maybe he should go back to the lair! Maybe Raph already headed there and is waiting for him.

And if he wasn't there?

Mikey froze at the thought. No… Raph was alright. This was Raph after all! His older brother that could move mountains if he wanted too! He wouldn't let a few Foot Ninja's take him down… right?

Biting his bottom lip, Mikey jumped towards the streets below, heading straight towards the nearest entrance to the sewers below.

Gasp! What is going to happen next?