Chapter 1
Raph woke up and leaned over and kissed the woman that laid next to him. He had to admit that he was a lucky turtle, he never thought that he would end up with this woman beside him. She rolled over to see him staring at her and she smiled.
"Good morning" she said as she sat up.
"Good morning" he replied.
"What is on the schedule for the day?" she asked him as she got out of bed.
"Well, Donny said he wanted me to help him work on the battle shell so I thought I would give him a hand" he replied.
"Okay, I have a few errands to run in the city and then I have to head to work. Make sure that Sasha has enough money for lunch at school" she told him as she got out of bed and got dressed.
"Okay, I am on it" Raph replied and then walked out of the room that he and his wife shared and then made his was down stairs and into the kitchen where he saw his youngest brother cooking and a couple of kids sitting at the table with Mikey's wife.
"Morning Raph" Mikey said as he looked back and seen his brother enter the kitchen.
"Morning Mike. Is Sasha up yet?" he asked.
"Yeah, I think she is in the dojo" Mike told him and raph nodded and then turned his attention to the two kids at the table and patted both of them on the head.
"Good morning you two runts" he told them in a teasing voice.
Morning, uncle Raph" both of them said.
"Hey Raph" the woman at the table said.
"Hey Becky, what you doing?" Raph replied.
"Just waiting a few minutes on Sasha so I can take her and the others to school" Becky replied.
"Well, I am fixing to go get Raph Jr. up but I am going to make sure that Sasha is ready to go" Raph said and walked out of the kitchen. As he walked through the living area of the lair he saw Donny over at his lab area with his wife, Mary. Their kid, John, was sitting on the sofa watching cartoons.
"Morning everyone" Raph said as he walked by them.
"Morning, where you off to?" Don asked.
"To the dojo, I got to make sure Sasha is ready to go to school" Raph told them and continue on to the dojo. When he got there he watched as his daughter went through her kata. She was getting very good and soon she would be able to start going on patrols with him and his brothers. She turned and saw her father standing in the doorway and stopped.
"How long have you been standing there?" she asked.
"Long enough to know that it is time to get ready for school" Raph told her.
"Why do I got to go, I hate going" Sasha told him.
"Well it is good for you to get an education. Just try to stay out of trouble. I don't need you getting sent home again for fighting" he todl her.
"Hey, the boy started it, I just finished it" Sasha replied.
Raph rolled his eyes. He was surely getting his payback for all his years of being the bull-headed one of the family. She was just as bad as he was when he was younger. She was getting in fights, no matter how many times he told her to walk away, she just wouldn't, reminded him of himself when he was younger. Now that he was older and more calm, he realized just how stupid we was being when he was younger.
"Sasha, listen, you are sixteen years old and you don't have much school time left, just promise me that you will not get sent home for fighting again, I know that you are wanting to come on patrol with me and your uncles" Raph told her.
"I do but you wont let me" Sasha said.
"I know, so here is my compromise, if you can stay out of trouble, I will start letting you come on patrol with us on the weekends" he told her and a large smile grew on her face.
"Really, you mean it?" Sasha said and ran up and hugged her father.
"Yes, now go and get ready for school" he replied.
"Thank you daddy" she saida nd gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran out of the dojo to get changed.
"I see that some things run in the family and some thing change" a voice said from behind Raph. He turned and seen Don standing in the doorway of the dojo.
"What does that supposed to mean?" Raph asked.
"You know what I am talking about. She is actng just like you did when you were younger. Now, you are acting like Leo used to, now you finally know how it feels to be him" Don replied.
"Yeah, I just hope she does not make the same mistakes I made. You know, not a day goes by that I don't think about Leo" Raph said.
"I know, I do to" Don said and then put a hand on Raph shoulder and then gave him a gentle squeeze and then walked away.
As Don walked away, Raph walked to the trunk that was in the corner of the dojo . it had a lock on it and he just looked at it. No one had opened that trunk in years and the thought of what was inside made a tear come to his eye. he wiped it away and then turned and walked out of the gym, he didn't want to relive that day ever again.
