Disclaimer: This is a blanket disclaimer for the whole story, they are not mine.

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It's been a month since Leo's return to his family. Two weeks since the defeat of the stone generals and Winters mortality returning.

Three of the four had come either forgiven or reached a new understanding, but one remained apart from his brothers.

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Donatello could do little more than stare at the brother standing in his doorway.

"Donatello, you will answer the question," Leo demanded as he stepped further in the room.

Don shook his head, trying to make sense of the current situation. Not five minutes ago, he had been sitting here trying to repair Mikey's broken, yet again, shell cell when Leo stormed in.

Now Don's own anger was beginning to rise. 'Who the hell does Leo think he is?' Don thought to himself, 'he disappears into the jungles of South America, doesn't write, doesn't let us know he still alive and then he comes back and acts like nothings happened! Now he's demeaning to know why I let Raph become the Nightwatcher?! As if I had any control over Raph what so ever.'

"Do you honestly think if would've listen to me if I told him to stop or that I knew he was Nightwatcher. Just what the hell do you think he would have done!" He couldn't keep the hint of anger out of his voice as he responded to Leo before turning back to the broken shell cell.

"That's exactly what I mean. Why didn't you know about it?"

Donatello stiffened at the tone of Leo's voice. He turned ever so slowly to face his brother again. His eyes narrowed, his fists clenched as he spoke softly,

"Maybe it was because I was too busy doing everything else around here! Not only did I have to do my job of maintenance of the lair, the security system, the vehicles, fix every little thing that breaks, be a doctor, work my IT Tech job to pay for food and medicine but I also had to try and keep Mikey and Raph from killing one another, play nursemaid to Splinter, and do YOUR JOB AS LEADER!" he was yelling at this point, "DO FORGIVE ME FOR MISSING THAT ONE LITTLE DETAIL, FEARLESS LEADER!"

Those last two words were said with such malice that Leo almost thought he was speaking to Raph.

Before he could speak, Don continued. He had let his anger free and was not about to stop until all of it was out,

"YOU disappeared. YOU didn't write, YOU didn't even let us know if YOU were ok or if YOU were even alive. But you don't care about those facts do you. The only facts you care about are the ones prove I failed as Leader."

Leo waited a beat to see if Don had finished his little rant before speaking, "Don I'm not saying you failed as a leader. All I'm saying is that any good leader would've known what was going on with Raph."

By now Don was standing, his normally calm brown eyes were almost coal black. His body was quivering it was so tense. His fists were so clenched so tight, they were white.

"Get out." Don spoke softy.

"Don, I…" Leo suddenly realized what he had just said and implied.

"Just leave Leo"

"Not until…"

".LEONARDO!"

"Don…" he didn't get a chance as he suddenly found himself flying backwards.

Leo crashed to the floor as the door to Donatello's room slammed shut.

"Dude" Leo heard Mikey say as he raised himself into a sitting position. He couldn't believe what just happened.

"Leo, you ok bro?" Mikey asked.

Leo remained as he was staring at Don's door.

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"Dude Raph, you missed it." Mikey said as he saw Raph leap down from his room, "Donnie kicked Leo out of his room"

"So?"

"No, you don't get it, Donnie 'kicked" Leo out of his room, literally."

"You expected me to believe that brainiac just kicked 'ninja master' Leonardo out of his room literally."

"Yeah dude. Ask Leo if you don't believe me. He's still sitting where he landed on the floor." Mike said as he turned back to his movie.

Shaking his head at Mikey, he turned to go to the kitchen, only to see Leo sitting on the floor a good 15-feet from Don's door.

"Yo, Leo. Ya ok?" he asked coming up behind his brother.

Leo remained mute and still as though not comprehending what just happened.

"Leo?"

Raph snapped his fingers in front of Leo trying to get his attention.

Leo turned to Raph as if seeing him for the first time.

"He…he…"Leo stuttered.

"Leo, snap outta it"

"He kicked me. Don just literally kicked me out of his room."

Raph stood, wondering what in the hell was going on Don.