"Raphael I need to speak with you." Splinter said calmly from the doorway of Raphs room.
"Yeah? What's it this time-." He changed his tone realizing he was being too disrespectful. "Uh...Master Splinter."
"You know that you can tell me anything, yes."
"Uh...yeah why?"
"I'm just saying that you can."
"What are you geting at Master Splinter? Are you trying to get me to confess to somethin cause chances are Mikey did it."
"Do not be so quick to throw your brother under the bus my son. This has nothing to do with being in trouble."
"Then what?" Raph asked skeptically.
"I found this in your room." Master Spinter said holding up a pink bandana.
"What were you doin in there?" Raph said sounding a bit shocked.
"You worry me very much Raphael. Sneaking out at odd hours. I wanted to be certin that you are okay."Splinter scratched the back of his neck. "If you would rather wear a pink bandana I would...support you."
Raph silently thanked the world that he was green and couldn't blush. "Is that what you think? No it's not that there's actually this girl...Uh maybe it's about time you guys met her."
"Met who?" A voice said a little too loudly from beyond the door.
Raph jumped up furious. He drew his sai's and knocked the door off it's hinges. The turtle behind the door was knocked back against the wall. Raph threw a sai pinning his brothers bandana strings to the wall.
"You gotta lotta splaining to do Mikey." Raph said angrily.
His brother coughed. Wall debrise soon cleared from the air reveling the flinching brother to be not Mikey, but Donnatello wearing some sort of strange headset.
Despite his shock Raphael was still on his brother without hesitation. "Donnie I swear I'm gonna-."
"M-master Splinter Raph is trying to kill me!"
At the end of the hall Mikey stopped. "Dude what's going on?" He asked almost unfazed at the sight of Raph about to kill one of his own brothers.
"Stay outta this Mikey!" Raph yelled.
"Raphael!" Spinter and Leo said at the same time.
"Raphael!" Splinter continued. "We have not yet finnished our conversation." He put his staff of Raphs flank and pryed him off his brother. The he turned to Donnie. "Donnatello if you are so curious you may join us."
Donnie looked up at him wairily. "Really?"
"Yes my son."
"Hey can I listen too?" Mikey asked. "Whatever it is you're talking about."
"Yes, and I think we should all be enlightened. Leonardo. You may listen as well."
"Hey wait a second! Since when is easedroppin a good thing?" Raph demanded.
"Donnatello will be punished, but since this concearns all of us we shall discuss it together."
Donnie groaned knowing it would be a grueling punishment likely starting after their talk. He pulled the sai out of the wood and tossed it from hand to hand anxiously. He leaned against the wall spinning the sai.
Raph grabbed the spinning sai by the blade pulling Donnie's head close to his. He growled at his brother who chuckled nervously let the sai go and stepped back.
"We don't all gotta talk about this. In fact you and I don't need to talk bout this no more." Raph began to walk away.
Splinter turned him around and looked the angry teen in the eye undetered. "Raphael it is important your family know what is going on. You cannot be sneaking out to-."
"Don't worry about it nothing too serious's going on."
"No Raphael you cannot be sneaking out to-."
"Just trust me Master Splinter most a the time I just ride my bike, or head over to Casseys, or somthin. It's no big deal."
"No Raph it is a big deal-." Leonardo started.
"Do not interupt me again! Now what I am saying is you cannot be sneaking out at all! For our saftey and ours."
Apparently not senseing the tension Mikey opened his mouth. "Master Splinter is this another 'no sneaking out lecture' cause I'd kinda like to pass."
Splinter gave him a pained look. "No Michelangelo you cannot 'pass'. This is very important Raphael has been sneaking out and seeing a girl."
"Who?" Leo asked.
"Raphael has not told me yet. Raphael will you tell us her name?" Splinter then realized his son was gone. "Raphael?"
The loud screeching of a speeding motorcycle could be heard not far away.
"Should we follow him Master Splinter?" Leo asked hurridly.
"You may go,but I shall not." Splinter began to walk away then he stopped and turned to his remaining children. "If you teach your children to be secretive they will never tell you of their problems and you will never learn of them."