Ya know tha drill it's a Leo/Raph story so dun like dun read and NO flamers! It's my first story about them two.

Oh and the chars aint mine but we all knew that T.T

Necessary mistake

(Raph)

Ok. I have don a lot of stupid shit in ma life, usually cuz I defy orders an let ma 'temper' get tha better o me, say things I dun mean, aaaaan so on!

But this time it was supposed ta be a good decision! I mean wasn't it natural to ask for help when ya have a problem? Ya know confide in someone an stuff…

I mean I was only askin Sensei for som advice cuz I've been livin with this 'feelin' and it's only been gettin worse specially tha last few days an I just can't take it anymore! I needed ta get this off ma chest! Ta get some advice, some pointers as ta what Imma supposed to do! And I knew there were a lot of reactions I coulda expect from this kind a confession, but… ta think my own fatha would go this far… did not even enter ma mind… an when it did, it had already been too late.

(Leo)

Today has been a fairly normal day, well as far as you can consider us normal.

We had our morning training, cleaned up, ate breakfast, goofed around and had gone on our nightly patrol. So with nothing left to do we just went about what was left of our day doing whatever we felt like doing.

For me that meant siting under the tree in our dojo Meditating and rethinking what happened on our patrol today. Raph has been acting very odd lately, even more than usual I mean. He has been spacing off more than Mikey does, he even tripped on his own two feet! Twice! He even managed to walk straight into an antenna while we were running arcos the rooftops. Talk about being clumsy! That's, well, Aprils job!

"I've got ya now Donny! Hiya!" Oh that's right Mike and Don were sparring in here, well I would not really call it sparring when they're make the loser do the others chore for what? One day? I think Mikey just wants to get out of dojo cleaning tomorrow.

"I don't think you will Mikey, I am pretty sure you will be the one to do my chore tomorrow!"

Really? I don't think Don realises he only has kitchen clean-up, and believe me that's a lot less work then dojo cleaning, especially considering Mikey thinks that wasting food is a sin, or something like that.

My eyes snap open as I move my head to the side as Don's bow flies closely past my cheek, hitting the tree behind me and clatter to the floor against my knee. All three of us blinked both eyes on me as I looked at the bow and back at them. I didn't even get the chance to open my mouth as-

"Woah, Don you nearly killed him!" And before I knew what was happening Mikey had my head cradled in his arms, rubbing a hand against my cheek as if I were dying.

"Did not! A bow can't do that kind of damage Mikey, it's a blunt object! Besides there was not enough force to do any real damage." Don sighed, clearly irritated before looking at me and rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment.

He mumbled a quick 'sorry! His fault' While pointing at the orange turtle in question who had already jumped up and over to Don, pointing a finger at his face, pouting.

"Yeah it can! Your bow totally has a knife thingy in there!" The youngest blinked and looked over the bow that had yet to be picked up, looking at it thoughtfully before turning back to the purple banded genius. He blinked again, frowning. "...right?!"

Don looked surprised for a second before slamming his hand against his own forehead in clear amazement at Mikey's stupidity. My eye twitched for a second, I mean seriously?! They almost managed to hit me while I was meditating!

My hand fell from its place on my knee as I reached down to grab Don's forgotten bow.

"A knife thingy? Really Mikey? It's a-"

TWAK!

I didn't move from my spot, hadn't even gotten up as I threw Don's bow across the room, managing to hit the both of them across the cheek nearly knocking them both over as the bow helplessly fell back onto the floor.

Frozen shock and their eyes a big as dinner plate, they slowly looked down at the bow clattering against the floor blinking owlishly.

"Looks like your right Donny, it really didn't do much damage I should have used more force." I shrugged my shoulders and smirked as the two of them finally realised what just happened.

"LEO!" I only had a second to jump up and into the tree as my brothers ran up to tackle me, only to end up slamming face first into the tree I had been sitting before.

I couldn't help but laugh as they rubbed there now sore foreheads. Mikey giggled before laughing as well, Don following soon after.

Jumping down from my perch when the laughter started to die down, I offered to help my brothers back up and earned a light punch to the shoulder from a still giggling Mikey.

Too bad Raph missed this; he would have loved to have seen that.

It was then that we heard it. The sound of someone getting hit, the sound of something breaking and the sound of something hitting the ground with a loud smack, but then-

"You are a Disgrace to this family Raphael!"

The sound of our Sensei's voice had all three of us out in the living room in a matter of seconds, only to see our brother Raph on the floor, a few feet away from our sensei looking up at him in complete terror.

Splinter was looking down at him with Rage and disgust, but why? What was going on here?

The Shoij that had once blocked sensei's room from sight, now had a large hole through it, bits and pieces littered the floor making it very clear that something or someone has been thrown through it. I heard my brothers gasp as they no doubt came to the same conclusion.

Looking back towards my brother I could see a large bruise forming on his cheek as well as his hand laying over his stomach protectively. That must have been one hell of a punch if it managed to throw him that farm from the room. He was shaking and using his free arm to somehow keep himself upright enough to look at Master Splinter.

Sensei has never looked as frightening as he did now. His breathing was forced coming out in harsh exhales, his shoulders shaking in repressed anger, hands balled so tightly the knuckles had probably turned white, but what was worse was the look he was still giving Raph. Such anger!

It didn't make any sense! What could Raph have done to earn such anger?!

"You have been nothing but trouble for years now and we have forgiven you too many times! This disgusting secret you have bestowed upon me is where I will draw the line once and for all!" There was no mercy as he lifted his arm and pointed to the entrance of the lair. "Raphael, I will give you no more than 10 minutes to collect your belongings and leave this family, before I will throw you out myself!"

The turtle in question stared at him In horror as realisation sunk in like a bucket of ice cold water and he scrambled to his feet before making a run for his room. I could hear my brothers gasp in shock and no doubt look at sensei as if he has lost his mind. I decided to make our presence known and stepped forward.

"What the hell is going on here?!" My voice was harsh as Sensei's attention turned towards me, obviously shocked at my outburst.

"Do not interfere Leonardo. This is not your battle." His words were meant to be final, but I was having none of it.

"It is when one of my brothers in involved!" That was all I got to say as Mikey jumped in.

"Yeah! we deserve to know what you meant by 'throw him out'!" Mikey was doing everything he could to keep himself together, but his fears were getting the better of him. Donnie placed a hand on his shoulder as a sign of comfort but Mikey did not seem to notice it.

"It means, Michelangelo, that your brother has been disowned and banished from this family" Our eyes widened at his blunt statement.

"WHAT?!" We had all but screamed at the same time. Sensei did not seem to care as he looked over at the clock.

"You can't just do that! He is our Brother!" I have never seen Donnie lose his cool as badly as he did when he just screamed that. He looked as if Sensei lost his mind, but then again I think we all did.

Splinter looked over at us glaring sternly at Don.

"I am the head of this clan Donatello. My orders are not to be doubted." His glare did not waver even as Don flinched and took a step back.

"That still doesn't give you the authority to kick him out like this!" Sensei's glare did not affect me the

Same way as my brothers, I was practically immune to them now.

"What could he have done to deserve this anyway?!" Tears were now streaming down my Baby brothers cheeks as he shook slightly.

"Mikey is right. If you are really going to make him leave then we have the right to know why!" Don, in a moment of toughness stepped in front of Mikey pointing at sensei accusingly.

"your brother has asked me for guidance and permission to court another male! A sin that cannot be excused." My eyes widened and I am pretty sure we all looked towards Raph's room in surprise, before realisation dawned on me.

"Are you KIDDING me?! You are kicking Raph out because he's gay? That's ridiculous!"

"So uncool Dude." I was shocked to say the least; I had no idea what I was supposed to do here!

"you cannot punish him for falling in love! Did you not once tell us that love is a blessing?" Good thing Don knows how to back me up!

"Or that it happens in mysterious ways, or something?" And Mikey too, of course.

"Yes I have, however that does not stop the fact that homosexuality is very wrong!" I couldn't believe it! Our family was going to be pulled apart because of this? Alright that does it! I stepped up and stood in front of Splinter, my Fearless leader mask firmly in place as I took a deep breath.

"It isn't wrong at all! We live in secret Sensei and we do not know many people, so finding someone; anyone; to love is hard. So punishing someone when they do find someone is just plain wrong."

Sensei looked at me as if I had grown a second head, but didn't have to chance to lecture me as Raph ran back into the living room, a bag in tow, and ran towards the exit without as much as looking up. He looked really frightened and I don't blame him, but I had to stop him before he reached the exit!

"Raphael! Don't you dare leave this room! You are not going anywhere you hear me!" That stopped him in his tracks, looking up at me in surprise. His beak opened and closed like goldfish as he tried to pull himself together so he could give me some sort of response.

"I-I Can't Leo, I'm sorry, but I…" It pained me to hear the desperation is his voice, the look of anguish on his face and the glimmer in his eyes told me that the thought of leaving us behind was breaking him.

I could NEVER let Splinter kick him out, he is part of this family, of our team and no matter what anyone thinks about him, WE NEED HIM, I need him!

He didn't listen though. This whole thing has placed him in panic mode and his instincts told him that the only way to escape this situation was to follow Father's order. So with a pained expression, he turned and bolted to the door.

"Mikey!" I called out to the youngest and did not need to say another word as he ran forward and grabbed his Kusarigama, using its chain to capture Raph and keep him from running off. Though it successfully kept Raph within the lair it did nothing help his panicked mind.

"I told you not to interfere Leonardo, do not make this any harder than it had to be." The rat turned away from me as he set his attention on my red banded brother who was currently fighting against the tightly wrapped chains.

I don't know what he was planning but I had to stop it before there was any more damage to my brother's mental state and stepped back in front of him to block him from moving any further.

"He is not leaving splinter! Raph is staying right here where he belongs. He is our brother and we love him." He looked shocked at my actions and I could feel both Don and Mikey step up behind me as to prove my point. It was silent for a minute as the old rat's thought ran though his mind and I could vaguely hear Raph's stop struggling against the chains.

The silence however was broken as Splinter once again spoke up. "You will not feel that way once you know who it is that Disgrace is crushing on! Falling in love with a male is one thing, but to-"

Disgrace?!

Okay, that's where my resolve snapped!

"STOP IT! You do not have the RIGHT to call him out for something as stupid at this, let alone to spill whoever it is that he has fallen in love with and to call him a disgrace on top of that?! Raph is by no means a disgrace! The fact that he would even ask anyone for help; on his own; shows that he truly cares for the guy." I was aware of the fact that I was really yelling, but you know me being overprotective and all. "And if anyone is going to tell us who he is, it'll be Raphael himself when he is good and ready to do so!" It felt as if a bomb would explode any second now, but I had to stand my ground before it could get even more out of hand.

"How dare you defy your SENSEI! I should-" I wasn't going to let him finish. I didn't even care about anything he had to say. I just needed this to end, NOW!

"You are not our sensei anymore, Splinter. A true sensei does not disrespect his students like this, nor would he care whether his students are gay or not. So unless Raphael is planning on confessing his undying love to the Shredder, I'd have to say that it is not any of our concern what he does with his personal life!" The venom in my voice kept Splinter from replying and I turned my back to him as I looked towards my brothers.

Both Don and Mike were in defence mode, steeled emotions graced their expression as they guarded Raphael in case Splinter would start lashing out. Their eyes landed on me awaiting instructions, but I paused as green eyes locked onto mine.

Raph's expression wasn't as frightened as before, he had calmed down a bit throughout the whole ordeal and it showed as a flash of relief and hope showed within the guys tear streaked eyes. I gave him a small reassuring smile as I turned my attention back to my two other brothers, still awaiting my next orders.

"Donatello, get Raph to the kitchen and help him calm down. Michelangelo please put his belongings back where they belong and join them in the kitchen after you're done." The both of them nodded and Mikey grabbed the bag Raph had been carrying before running off to his destination while Don took a couple of steps backwards until he reached his brother and removed him from the chains, eyes never leaving Splinters.

"They will do no such thing!" He was yelling in a final attempt to regain control of the situation, anger flashing once more as he moved forward. "Your 10 minutes are long since over Raphael, leave at once!" His outburst caused both Don and Raph to freeze up. This wasn't good!

"Donny!" It was pure luck when Don jumped back into action at the mention of his name and pulled Raph toward the kitchen as fast as he could.

The old rat cried out, but before he had the chance to move I had already thrown one of my katana at his feet. He stopped in his tracks and looked at me in complete shock, and... to be honest… I had shocked myself! I mean… did I just throw my KATANA?! OMG!

"I cannot believe my greatest student has defied my orders, Leonardo-"

"But I can." I turned my head away from him. I just couldn't stand to look at him anymore, it was too much. "You were a great sensei, Splinter. However my brother's wellbeing will always stand before your orders." I closed my eyes and awaited his response, one I knew was coming.

"You have disappointed me greatly my son." For some reason hearing him call me his son angered me… as if he was trying to regain my loyalty or something.

"Do not call me your son!" I showed no emotions as I looked him straight in the eye and drew my second katana from its sheath. "If you can't accept us for whom we are, then it should be you that has to leave"

And that was it; just like that Splinter stepped back and walked towards the exit, not even looking over his shoulder as he addressed me.

"As you wish Leonardo. However, do not forget that you will now all pay for Raphael's sin." I watched him walk away and I was left standing there, horrified as our sensei, Our FATHER walked away as if he didn't even care about leaving us behind.

It took me a few minutes to regain myself and turn around to make my way towards the kitchen as I muttered the one response I had failed to give before Splinter left.

"Love is not and will never be a sin."