Author's Note- Hey everyone! Ready for chapter 2? This one is more of Raphael's perspective during the events that were displayed in the episodes. Enjoy!

True Feelings

The first time he met Y'Gythgba, he felt something odd inside him. Something he had never felt before. It swarmed his stomach and made him feel...overcome with emotions.

After going head to head with her that day on that icy planet, she had beaten him, leaving him starstruck. "I've never been hit like that before...it was kinda, nice," Raph had said to himself as he watched her on the battlefield the moments soon after.

That day on that foreign planet they had crashed on, they were looking for that Irrillium to fix their ship, he just couldn't stop thinking about that lizard girl. No matter how hard he tried to focus on the problem they were facing, he couldnt get her out of his head.

As he thought about their situation, well trying too at least, a thought popped in his head, 'Why don't they work with us! They are looking for the same material as we are!'

He told his idea to the others, which they laughed and made fun of him for. But miraculously, he left without them noticing.

He was going to do it. He was determined to, after all.

He found the two Salamandrians after he managed to climb the tall icy mountain, but it didn't go the way he planned when which the girl blasted the snow in front of him, making him fall down the tall cliff he just went up, along with all of the snow falling underneath his feet like an avalanche.

Well, Raphael didn't give up without a fight. He climbed right up again, unscratched by the ninety-degree drop somehow, just to see the strong warrior lizard girl surrounded by those vial ice dragons, and the male Salamandrian frozen in his stance.

He went to the rescue yet again, gaining the respect at the end from the lizard girl he found attractive.

"Stranger…" She aimed her shooting arm at him as he tried to duck in response, but as she fired, it went for the ice dragon behind him.

She had walked up to him with her eyelids down a bit, looking straight at the mysterious turtle warrior who had just saved her life.

Raph started to get nervous right then as she got closer to him. "My names, uh, Raphael."

"I am called Y'Gythgba," She told him in a response.

Raph tried to repeat her name but failed on doing so, but he made it up to her with something else.

"I have an idea! Back on Earth, there's this painting of, like, the most beautiful woman in art and stuff? Um, so how about if I call you Mona Lisa?"

She agreed with him, quite pleased as well. Usually she did not like when someone called her other than what she was, but in this case, it was different. Not only did he compliment her beauty, but he also compared her to the most beautiful piece of art on his planet. She liked that.

"As you please, Raphael."

Later that day in the ship, the two shared an embrace, Raph's first one ever. Now he really felt like he was walking on air.

Unfortunately, he had to say goodbye to her for the first time.

He had thought about her a lot during the times in space, never forgetting about her, and he never planned too.

His luck changed when he came across her again in Dimension X.

All of his feelings came back to him again, but they were...stronger now.

After they had to part ways again, Raphael knew there was something different inside of him. He felt it.

He had an idea of what it was.

Love.

He felt it everywhere and he didn't deny it.

He had a problem though. He didn't know if Mona felt the same way that he did. Yes, he knew that the two had feelings for the other, but the only thing he had been certain about was, that he loved her.

Raphael had always been brave, and he still was. He had no fear to jump into a fight or to do anything, but this was different.

Other than his little petty fear of roaches and bugs, nothing compared to what his feeling was.

No matter how much he had contacted her on their 'intergalactic love mail' he never mustered up enough courage to tell her that he loved her.

Fears occur to all of us, but most are easily faced if you are open to it. But sometimes the most powerful fear is admitting your feelings to someone else.

Over time, his feelings only grew more powerful.

Then just to his luck again, Mona called them. Asked for help. Her commander was trapped and held captive by Lord Dregg. And they, she, needed the help of their closest allies.

He was happy to reunite with her again. But as usual, every time he saw her his feeling grew stronger towards the Salamandrian.

Raphael, Fugitoid, Casey, April, and the rest of the turtles headed towards Dregg's planet, led by Mona.

Little did Raph know that that was the day that he would be betrayed by her. He never saw it coming, especially not from her.

By the time they had gotten trapped, everyone knew that they had been betrayed, but nobody hurt as much as Raphael.

At that second he knew, and so it came. His heart ached and filled with sorrow.

He lost all sense of everything, while sadness consumed him. He had been easily defeated and thrown into the disgusting hole that was the home of the Scorpionoid.

Making it out not that much later, Mona realized that they had been tricked too. They were going to attack her homeland anyways even if they did what they were told or not. She rushed to help Raphael out, but he rejected her offer.

He was now full of rage on the outside, but on the inside, he was hurt.

"No. I trusted you more than anyone else in the galaxy! And you betrayed me!" Raphael growled at her and ran to his brothers.

The fairly large group ran out to their ship, fighting off bugs along the way.

Off behind him, Raphael heard a voice directed at his group, from Mona. "Turtle's Go! Get to your ship!" Raph looked back to see her and Sal Commander in a fighting stance, weapons ready.

"We'll hold them off-Rokka Rokka!" Sal Commander added.

"And Raphael...I will always love you," Was all she said before she took off running towards the danger.

Raph had heard her say that, and suddenly everything had changed. His past feeling of hurt and sorrow disappeared as he now knew that the two of them both felt the same thing: love. He realized that she really did. After all, she was going off and risking her life, just to protect him!

Because she loved him.

"She loves me?... Huh...She loves me!" Raph started to smile.

"Uh-oh, I know that look," Mikey said.

The four ran to help the Salamandrians and all of the creatures made it back to the Ulixies a while later.

And now, they were gone. Again.

Raphael watched as the two Salamandrians left the Ulixies and boarded onto their own battleship that all the Salamandrians had, bluish turquoise in color.

That late hour, the four turtles and the others in their group had to say goodbye to the two of their Salamandrian allies.

One being Sal Commander, which Mikey renamed that day the group met.

The other was no other than Mona Lisa.

As the Salamandrian ship lifted up, it stayed for a moment or two. Raph stood right behind the large window of the Ulixies as he looked up to it, seeing Mona Lisa as clear as a crystal through the window of her lower section of the odd-looking Salamandrian ship.

He had risen his hand up to wave at the one he loved dearly and for a split second before they took off in a flash he had seen her raise her hand up a little to wave back to him. And during that split second, he saw her open her mouth to say something.

What she said was unknown to him, and neither did it matter.

As the ship shot off, Raphael put the hand he had wove at Mona and laid it against the window of the giant ship.

He tilted his head down, laying it on the window before him, and looked to his feet before looking back up to where the ship once was a second ago and whispered something to himself.

"Goodbye...Mona Lisa."

He had said it quietly in a very light and breathy soft tone, that nobody but him and his conscious would know he said it.

Raph stood there for a moment as he took in the thought of her leaving...again.

After all they had been through, the least Raphael wanted was more time with her. And now she was gone, and he never knew when he would see her again.

Raphael stood by the window thinking about everything that had happened.

As Raph was standing at the window for who knows how long, he heard one of the voices of one of his brothers. The voice belonged to Mikey.

"Raph, are you okay?"

Raphael turned his head to face them and nodded his head. "Yes. Of course, I'm fine."

He walked over to the little controls compartment that he shared with Mikey and sat down in the seat right next to his little brother.

"Okay everyone," Leo started as he was standing in front of them all. "We need to start making a plan on how to retrieve the last black hole generator piece. What do you think Fugitoid?"

"Yes, Leonardo." The robot held a metal finger up in the air out of intelligence. "The last piece is located on the planet of Magdomar, which translates to Ever-Burning Fire."

"Oh man, why can't we just go to the planet of comfy pillows and endless free pizza?" Mikey pleaded to Fugitoid.

Fugitoid faced Mikey. "It's also the home of Tokka, one of the Six Great Cosmic Monsters of the Universe. I think that we should try to get that piece as fast as we can. Approximately in a day or two."

Raphael turned his head to look at the robot and questioned, "Fugitoid?"

"Yes, Raphael?"

"What about Mona and her planet? Dregg is still planning to invade their planet...I think that we should help them," Raphael said his idea out loud proudly.

"After what they just did to us?! Are you cra-" Casey questioned but was cut off by April jabbing him with her arm which earned an 'ouch' from him.

Raphael did not respond to Casey's rude comment, only with a very nasty and angry look which made Casey unnoticeably take half a step back, although he was already far away from his red-clad friend.

"Yes. Indeed we should Raphael," Fugitoid agreed. "Although, I am afraid that it may take some time to get there, considering that we are stopping at Magdomar to try and retrieve the piece."

"Well, then let's get this planned already!"

Authors Note-Okay, this chapter was kinda a filler before going back to the view of the Salamandrians, so sorry that it was very repetitive. But did you guys like it? Please rev...NO! Screw it! BUY OUR TOY'S!

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