I tried to make this a one-shot, but I couldn't, the lure was too much. This is basically going to be fluff, with some typical family drama stuff. Big Bara Papa Raph that loves his little girl to pieces and has the ability to spoil the heck out of her because he can.

It had been a month since Raphael discovered that he was a father, and had spent that time trying to figure out how to approach the people who had taken her in. He still was shocked at the news that he was a father, and felt guilty that he hadn't been there for her. Donatello reassured Raph that even he didn't think that they had been capable of having children, and it had helped a little.

Donatello had found more videos in another hidden file that April had given him access to. It seemed at first that Oroku Saki had been ecstatic over the prospect of having one of the turtle's offspring, but when the little girl was born prematurely, weak and ill, he was inclined to throw her out. In one video, it showed April begging the nurse who had been April's primary caregiver during her pregnancy to take the girl and leave, and slipped something into the baby blanket before the nurse left. Afterwards, the Shedder was too interested in April to care about the infant.

As for the Shredder, Karai, and the rest of the Foot Clan, they had disappeared some months ago without a trace. The rumor the largest turtle heard on the street was that Karai had tried to start a coup against the Shredder, and it had ended badly for both parties, the rest of the clan dissipating quickly without any leadership. Not that any of the turtles really cared. With them out of the way, Raphael's focus was on finding his daughter.

After some search, they had figured out that the couple still lived in New York, and that the husband, Casey, freelanced as a vigilante for his neighborhood when he wasn't working at an Auto shop. Gabrielle was still nursing, working at a small free clinic not too far from the little brownstone house she had inherited from her grandmother. With the exception of a few disorderly conduct charges on Casey, they were both good, hardworking people who cared dearly for their adopted daughter.

Raphael scanned the rooftops, searching for his target. His hand brushed against the pouch on his belt as he resisted the urge to make sure the contents were still there, even though he had checked just moments earlier. One was April's necklace he had given her years ago, the other a picture of them together, which would hopefully could be used as some minor proof that he could be the father.

Then he saw the window that lead to a fire escape open up, and a figure with a golf bag on his back slip out of it. Raphael made his way to man, moving quietly along the rooftop, until he stood right where Casey would toss his bag before climbing onto the roof himself, just like every night Raph had watched him. The dark-haired vigilante froze as he saw the Red turtle's massive form against the light of the waning moon.

"Holy shit, yer real…" He whispered, dark eyes wide with shock. "An' I thought she was nutso..." He dropped the bag beside him and sat down on the ledge, and looked down at his feet.

Raph was shocked at his lack of reaction from the man in front of him, to say the least. He had expected something from the man by way of reaction, at least more then he got. Then Casey looked up again.

"Yer not takin' her" He growled softly. "She's MY lil' girl, I raised her, I ain't gonna jus' hand her over 'cause you showed up out of da blue." Raph put his hands up defensively.

"Easy buddy. I'm not takin' anyone." He said softly, trying to look non-threatening. "I just wanna talk to you." The man in front of Raph relaxed and motioned for the turtle to sit down next to him, and Raphael complied.

"So what do you want from us?" Casey asked, playing with a hockey mask he had pulled from his bag. Unicorn stickers danced around the edges, clearly the work of the little girl. Raphael swallowed hard, shut his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"I guess you know I'm here biological father, huh?" He began. Casey nodded beside him, and Raph pressed on. "Her mother was taken from me five years ago. I had no clue she was pregnant, I didn't even think I could get her pregnant. Then about four months ago I found her alive. She had been changed, the people who took her twisted her until she didn't even know who she truly was. There was a confrontation with the people who did it to her, and she-" He paused, shutting his eyes tightly, trying to keep the still-fresh pain away. "She didn't survive. She told about Hope as she died, but it wasn't until about a month ago that I found out she meant a kid." He paused again, looking at the human beside him, his gold eyes meeting Casey's without flinching. "As for what I want, I just to be a part of her life. I just want to be able to see my daughter."

Casey looked away for a few minutes and then finally turned back to the red ninja.

"Okay." He stated. "It ain't fair that I stop you from seein' her. Come back tomorrow at the same time. That will allow me to give Gabby and Hope some time to get ready, and Hope can stay up for a bit longer." He turned back to Raph. "But if you try anything, you'll never see her again, hear me?" Raphael nodded.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then."