Chapter 8 – Fucking Cunt

Tha three of us were still sittin' around Mikey's kitchen table, deep into conversation about Leo. Since Sensei died, Leo had been overwhelming, easily unbearable and his whole outlook on life was twisted. His sense of honor was no longer what we had come ta understand. Leo was on a power trip, a personal vendetta. What tha three of us didn't understand was why Leo decided to undermine us, criticizing Donnie for making money, Mikey for taking care of an orphaned human girl and me, for becoming human and protecting Elmira.

Tha three of us new that Leo had beef with Elmira, that what she did was unforgettable towards all of us but she never did it under her own control. Leo was taking opportunities ta hate us three, distancing himself from us in a bad way.

"What are we gonna do about him, he can't keep pullin' us down for his own selfish reasons."

Mikey nodded his head, pointing at me.

"Yeah! What he said!"

Donnie nodded as well, getting up out of his seat.

"Just brush off Leo as easily as possible. The less you wind him up, the less criticism you'll receive."

I sighed loudly, exchanging eye contact with Mikey.

Donnie opened up Mikey's fridge, taking out a can of Coke for each of us. As Donnie closed the fridge door, the front door opened unexpectedly.

"Speak of the devil, dude…"

Mikey whispered, Donnie and I couldn't have agreed more.

In walked Leo, uninvited and as smug as evah.

"Hey Leo, what's new?"

Donnie greeted, already testing out his wise words of advice.

Leo simply ignored Donnie's welcome; he came right up to where I was sittin'.

"What's up Leo?"

"Raphael, we need to talk."

"Yeah? About what?"

"That backstabbing bitch you call your girlfriend."

I got up from my seat, the chair falling behind me with a crash. My anger didn't even have time to grow, I was already livid.

"What tha fuck did you just say about Elmira, you fucking cunt?"

"We can't trust her Raphael. Do you remember what she did to me, to you? To us?"

I walked up ta Leo, starin' at him in tha face. Donnie and Mikey were both standing, ready to jump in between us if this discussion gets outta hand.

Too bad for Leo, it did.

I lunged at him, knocking him down to tha ground. I kept punching, repeated blows to tha face and neck. Leo tried to cover his face, his hands flailing. I didn't even realize that Mikey and Donnie had come up behind me, tryin' ta pull me off of Leo.

Tha house filled with tha four of us yelling, swearing and promisin' ta kill one anotha, ta take it easy and ta not hurt one anotha anymore. At one point, Amelia came out of her room, her ears covered with her hands and tears rolling down her face.

So much for not giving into Leo's new anger issues.