Chapter 3

Silence creep over everyone remembering the tale of the seals holding down the fallen king Yoake, the destruction and death he led during his time before he was forced away into an eternal slumber.

"How did this happen?" Mikey asked.

"Both sides have been at war with each other over something that happened the day Shabriri was brought to us and now the seals have weaken to the point Yoake has let out some of his power onto the demons. Controlling their minds and having them attack other demons and go to the heavens to kill angels. It's contained now but soon the barrier separating both worlds will break and the earth will be caught in the middle." Kage explained.

"What does this have to do with the boy Leonardo?" Raph asked.

"The boy is the key. The key to end this fight for both sides and the kings of each side will do anything and everything in their power to get him." Kei said.

"How? He's just a normal kid. Yes he reminds us of Leo but we haven't seen him since he left us. It could just be a case of mistaken identity." Mikey said.

Kage and Kei shook their heads.

"No the boy is strong and apart of everything that is about it happen. You would see this if you open your eyes to the possibilities. Remember the boy was born the day Leonardo Hamato died and was reborn as Shabriri what does that tell you?" Kei asked.

Raph, Donnie, and Mikey looked at each other but none of them understood what to do or say.

"Let put this in simpler terms then." Kage sighed. "Leonardo Hamato gave up his humanity to become the next king meaning his soul is in Hell but what if we were to tell you that only half the soul was used and the other half was brought to heaven?" Kage stated.

"You don't mean-"

"Yes Donatello. True to our word the soul of Leonardo was broken in half in the very beginning because of a deal the kings made with Heaven. The soul was too powerful for both sides to have so it was broken into two. One reborn into the shadows and other given a life in the light." Kage explained.

"Get it now? The boy is your brother." Kei stated in an annoyed tone.

"It can't be." Raph muttered.

"It can be and it is. Best news ever right?" Kei asked.

"No!" Raph yelled slamming his fist on the ground.

"It was better knowing he was gone from our lives now you're telling me he's alive and except me to be happy? Wrong!" Raph yelled.

Donnie and Mikey both silent to their brother's rant left him alone with to think about everything being told to them.

"Fine let the blood of the boy fall onto your hands then." Kage said standing up. "Come sister we are wasting our time here."

"Stop! Say that again!" Mikey yelled.

"What about my sister and-"

"Stop joking, Leo the kid tells us what is happening to him?" Donnie asked.

"Fine but you're not going to like it." Kei said.

"Don't care just tell us what is happening to him." Mikey demanded.

"Guys just stop and leave the kid alone if something happens to him then let it happen." Raph said.

Donnie and Mikey looked at Raph with wide eyes.

"How could you say that Raph?" Donnie asked.

"You're telling us that you don't care what happens to him. Even if he wasn't our brother he's just a kid nothing more than someone innocent in all of this." Mikey stated.

But Raph wanted nothing to do with him.

"Tell us." Mikey pleaded.

"Fine but like we said you won't like it." Kei said.

Kage and Kei used their powers to show them the images of two people, Lilith and Zac.

"Both of them are watching over the boy. Lilith is a demon from Hell and Zac is an angel. They are both heavily intertwined into the boy's life and are about to make a move against him. Lilith just got an order to get the boy to our side and we can already guess Zac got the same order." Kage said.

"He is not safe on either side." Kei said.

"Who gave the order?" Mikey asked.

"We don't know who ordered Zac but it's a pretty obvious on who placed the order in Hell." Kei stated.

"Your father?" Mikey asked.

Both twins chuckled a bit and shook their heads.

"Nope guess again." Kage said smiling.

Thinking threw what each of the kings the only one they could think have devastated them.

"No. It can't be." Donnie muttered.

"Yes Shabriri ordered Lilith to get him. Father wants the boy to help stop the war but to do so the boy must die." Kage explained.

"Why? Why would Leo…Shabriri do that." Mikey asked in a low voice.

"Because of Yoake. The boy must fuse with Shabriri to give him the power to seal Yoake. Shabriri will return since he is just darkness and shadows but the boy will be lost for good." Kei said.

"It's for the greater good but it must be done." Kage said.

"We must go and you must decide if you are really going to stop and leave the boy to be fought by both sides until one wins." Kei said standing up.

"Wait, what about Heaven what do they want with him?" Donnie asked.

Kage grabbed his sister's hand as both of their hands glowed together.

"Ask Zachriel he would know." The twins said together as they disappeared in a cloud of darkness.

The three turtles now released from the twins hold, the younger siblings cornered the oldest.

"Why did you say that Raph? We have to stop them before Leo is hurt." Mikey said.

"Forget it. It's a problem with them so leave it alone." Raph said not wanting to look his brother's in the eye.

"How could you Raph? You are telling us to leave Leo to die at the hands of Hell or Heaven. He has been given a life away from us and it looks fine. Now it ends at the same age and time he was taken away from us. How could you live with this knowledge and do nothing to stop it?" Donnie demanded.

"Like this. I'm going to my room and you two better be here still when I get out." Raph shouted.

Raph started talking away from his brothers with Mikey saying the last word.

"Run away Raph that's what your best at anyway."

Raph, when he was younger would have attacked Mikey and gave him a beating but now he was really just tired and left Mikey alone with Donnie to return to his room.

Inside Raph was conflicted with the desire to find the boy and find him away from the evils of the world but on the other hand he knew he had to let him go just like he let his Leo go. Hell was going through a war and the thing responsible was only to get stronger and stronger until he broke out. The twins never said what would happen if he broke out but it was not going to be good. Raph thought about what Leo would have done but if he started thinking like that he would tell his brother to help save the boy and figure out another way to end the war.

But on the other hand the wall he built and the ones he's brothers so carefully built could crumble the moment they interacted with the boy. But what his brothers asked him was valid. Why did he throw the boy the shell cell in the first place and have a meet up to see him. If he didn't anything to do with him he would have just ignored him and left the kid alone after that. Maybe somewhere deep inside of him he really does want to see the boy again and repair everything he wronged his Leo.

Raph smashed his fist into the wall.

Thinking about replacing his brother with a kid was wrong. Why would even thought of replacing him pass his mind? He loved his brother and would have given his life for him, but in the end no matter what he did Leo choose to leave them for another life. Now one of the most powerful souls has been broken in half and he was given a chance to live on earth as a normal kid only for it to be taken away just because of who he is. And if he was really his brother then that meant he would do anything to end this.

To find courage and strength from nothing, to give up his life to save others without knowing who they are was who his brother was and if this boy really did have his soul even if it was half then either side could pull him into doing what they need him to do.

Raph walked outside and called for his brothers hoping they stayed because he was more determined than ever to cheat faith.

"Donnie, Mikey lets go we're getting Leo back."

Raph listened and hoped that his brothers remained home only to get nothing but the usual sounds of water dripping and moving through the pipes.

"Crap" Raph muttered under his breath.

Raph knew his brothers went to the boy's side and he had to stop them from doing something stupid. Their emotions and determinations to stop the boy from dying were too high and they could end up being the ones that died. No longer will Raph be trapped in his mind waiting for doors that would never open to open again. Or the sound of his brother practicing in the dojo with his swords in the early morning. Raph had to stop living in the past and look towards the future because for once in his life he was going to care for his brother even if it was only a namesake, the boy would live.

"I swear on my honor and life that I will save the boy even if I have to go to hell, heaven, and where in his place but he will live a full life." Raph vowed.

Raph bowed his head and left the lair. The framed picture of the family together and the brothers together hung high for everyone to see in the lair near the living room. The one place everyone would be at for long periods of time.