Hello I guess. Wow I didn't actually expect people to read my story let alone favorite and review it! This was just a little idea I had that I wanted to try and write out so people could read it. Thanks for liking it! Well, on with the story.
Disclaimer: Oops, forgot this on the first chapter. No, none of the characters from TMNT 2012 are mine. Thanks for making me remember that.
Also one more thing. The first chapter was kind of a prologue and was also in Leo's POV. The remaining chapters, however many there are, will be in no one's POV unless specified.
It had been a few day since the incident in Donnie's lab and Donnie was still thinking about it. He knew it wasn't extremely unusual, but he just couldn't get it out of his head. He ended up watched Leo over the next few day, observing and making observations and conclusions like the scientist he was. His first guess was that Leo was colorblind. He didn't know how exactly that could be possible considering that colorblindness was a genetic disease, but he supposed it was possible. He was satisfied with his answer, until he noticed one other detail about his older brother. Leo never did anything that involved his eyes. Donnie was astounded that he hadn't noticed it before. He just figured that it was just Leo's normal behavior to always train or meditate. He never noticed that Leo seemed to purposely avoid anything like reading or watching TV, and he never saw Leo look at a mirror.
As Donnie's mind ran through all the other strange incidents that had occurred over the years, he started to put the puzzle together piece by piece. That is, until a certain red banded turtle interrupted his train of thought.
"Yo Donnie, what are ya doin' over here? Ya look like you're about to fry your brain." Raph chuckled lightly as he leaned on the table in the kitchen. Donnie had been sitting there, lost in thought when Raph saw him. He had noticed Donnie's watchful eye over Leo all week and had been wanting to talk to him about it. If something was up with Leo, Raph wanted to know.
Donnie sighed and looked at Raph. "It's, um" Donnie wasn't sure if he should tell Raph now or wait until he had a better understanding of the issue.
"Don't tell me it's nothin' Donnie. I've noticed you've been watchin' Leo. What's wrong with him? Is he sick or somethin'?" Raph gave Donnie a stern glance over.
Donnie sighed, figuring he should tell Raph, because there was no way he was lying. He was an awful liar. "Raph, have you ever noticed anything, off, about Leo? Something to do with his sight?"
Raph gave his brother a puzzled look "Whadaya mean?"
Donnie sighed "I mean have you ever noticed how Leo, Leo, hmm how do I put this, um, Leo, well he, he never uses his eyes almost." Donnie cringed a little at his answer, but he figured that was the best way to explain it.
Raph looked at his brother in slight shock. 'Leo never uses his eyes? What does he mean by that?' He thought. As he thought more on what Donnie said, he realized he was right. Every time Mikey, Donnie, or even Raph himself had asked Leo to watch a movie, or read a story to them when they were younger, Leo would always refuse. That trend had continued and grown worse as they became older. Raph had always assumed Leo thought that he was better than them because he was leader and that he didn't have time for their games. He never considered that Leo might have something wrong with his eyes. "Yah, yah actually now that you say it, I have noticed. What do ya think is wrong with him?"
Donnie sighed and shook his head "I don't know, maybe we could talk to Sensei after training today or something? He might know something, or at least give us some advise."
"Yah, ok. speaking of training we better go or we'll be late."
Donnie nodded and both boys headed toward the dojo.
In the dojo, Splinter had prepared a different lesson then their normal training. He had wanted to practice on this particular skill ever since his fight with The Rat King. Once all four of his sons arrived and had kneeled he placed a blindfold in front of each of them. "Good evening my sons, today we will work on the art of fighting without your eyes."
Leo had to hold back a laugh. 'Oh the irony.' He thought to himself as he did his best at tying his blindfold. That was one thing he hadn't been able to do with his abilities, he had never been able to map out his own face. True he had some idea what he looked like but, he never had as clear of an image as he did with his brothers and Sensei.
Once all four of his sons had tied their blindfolds on he gave them their instructions. "For this lesson, we will do a sparring session with the blindfolds. You will have to use your other senses in order to defeat your opponent. Donatello with Raphael. Michelangelo with Leonardo." The boys tried to get in position. Leo easily found where Mikey was, for him this would just be a normal fight.
Once Master Splinter gave the beginning command the boys started their match. Mikey ended up hitting himself with nun chucks a few times before he got the hang of it, but by then Leo had already pinned him to the floor. Master Splinter was quite impressed with his oldest son's skills. Donnie and Raph's fight had also proved short, but only because Donnie had had a lucky shot and bashed Raph right on his head by accident which had caused Raph almost black out. Raph and Mikey both sat next to their father, after taking off their blindfolds, while Leo moved over toward Donnie, who was facing the wrong way.
Leo chuckled slightly "Um, Donnie, you might want to turn around. You're facing the wrong way."
Donnie now had a confused look on his face "Um, how would you know that Leo?" He said as he turned around, still a little off center from his older brother.
"Um, lucky guess." Leo shrugged and then charged a Donnie, immediately knocking him down and pinning him.
Master Splinter stroked his beard "Leonardo, you seem to be a master in this skill already. I must ask where you learned."
Leo shrugged "I practice this sometimes on my own time Sensei"
Splinter hummed in thought "Then you wouldn't mind going up against me?"
Mikey smiled and whispered to Raph "ohhhh man this is gonna be good!"
Raph smacked him on the back of his head "shut up shell for brains"
Mikey rubbed the back of his head and Donnie rolled his eyes as he sat down next to his brothers.
Leo looked at Master Splinter, slightly nervous. "Of course not Sensei." he said as he moved in front of Master Splinter who moved in front of his son and put a blindfold on. They started by circling each other. Splinter waited for his son to make the first move, but after a while decided to strike first himself. Leo easily dodged and tried to strike his Sensei from behind, which Splinter dodged. They fought for a while, neither gaining an advantage on the other. While Master Splinter was a better fighter Leo had more skill in fighting without seeing, making them evenly matched. Eventually Splinter called off the fight. "My son, you are definitely skilled in your blind fighting. I am very impressed."
Leo bowed. "Thank you Sensei." He smiled to himself.
Master Splinter ended training for the day and Leo and Mikey both exited the dojo. Master Splinter was about to enter his room, when Raph and Donnie came up to him.
Donnie spoke first "Sensei, can we talk to you? It's about-"
"My son, though I do enjoy our time together, my fight with your brother has left me tired and I wish to rest. We may talk another time." He said as he walked into his room.
"But Masta Splinter-" protested Raph
"Not today, Raphael." He said sternly as he closed his door.
Donnie and Raph both looked at each other and sighed in defeat, leaving the dojo.
