Promise 9

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The village was within his sights. He was on the outside edge of the jungle staring directly at the small village.

It was very different compared to the city.

The was no large skyscrapers, no graffiti, no sirens, and no trash.

The village looked to be very peaceful. The huts and shops were small, but held room. The only thing that had him scrunching his beak was the smell.

It wasn't pleasant.

"now how ta get inta the village with out bein' seen..." Raph whispered to himself.

Being green had great advantages when in the jungle, but in the village...not so much.

He would need a disguise. Maybe he should have brought Leo's cape- err cloak.

Shaking his head, Raph jumped from the tree branch to the ground below, hiding within the bushes, and ferns. The jungles edge went right up to a few of the huts. if he could sneak to one of the sides, he could grab some clothes before anyone even noticed.

Hopefully.

Crouching lower, Raph made his way towards the hut. It was small, but held many goods. Sneaking to the side Raph waited till the coast was clear, snuck around the edge and grabbed the first piece of cloth he could see.

Backing up so he was more in the bushes, Raph looked at the garment.

It was one lucky grab!

It was a cloak. A nice one at that.

The fabric was that of a T-shirt material, but a little thicker. The hood was deep making it so it would cover more of his face, then Leo's, and it was as long as he was tall.

Perfect.

The color was bad either. It was brown, yet had a more green tint to it like moss. It would blend well into his surrounding in the jungle, but also make it so he could go into the village, to get some food.

maybe find some paper too.

Swinging the cloak over his head, Raph let the material rest on his shoulders.

"sweet, perfect fit" Raph said quietly.

The material hugged his shoulders, and draped down his form. It covered his with great ease.

Throwing the hood up, Raph walked straight into town.

He held himself proud. The villagers watched him warily, but they didn't gawk at him, just stared in awe.

He must have looked fairly menacing. He was a tall dark stranger dressed in a well tailored cloak. Yet they showed him respect and moved out of his way.

"oh I could get used ta this" Raph mumbled to himself.

The smell of food caught his attention, and his stomach growled in response. Chuckling he continued on, following the smell.

People watched him wearily, but they never commented, only nodded and continued on their ways. There was children playing in the streets, and in between the huts, their mothers watched them with smiles.

Finally the hut with the food was in his sights, and he pushed on towards it.

There was a young boy working at the hut, he smiled when Raph came over.

"Hola" The boy said.

Raph looked at him. He was a scraggy looking boy, not much meat on his bones for someone who worked with food, but he did seem to be happy.

"...uhh, hola" Raph answered back his voice gruff, and a little uncertain. He didn't no much of the language, which meant getting food was going to be difficult.

"le gustaria un poco de comida?" The boy asked tilting his head to the side

Raph had no clue what the boy had said, at all.

"uhhh..." Raph didn't no what to say.

Raph tried to concentrate on what the boy had said. He knew some of the words, but that was just from tv shows.

The boy smiled then.

"would you like some food?" The boy repeated his question, only this time in English.

Raph sighed in relief.

"si" He answered, he knew that one. That one was easy.

The boy smiled again, reached out and started grabbing different food items and putting them into a small bag.

Money.

Crap! He needed money!

The boy went to give Raph the food but was stopped when Raph held up his hands shaking his head.

"sorry, uhh, no money" Raph said, but then stopped lowering his hands when he noticed that the boy was staring at him with wide eyes.

"el fantasma de la selva!" the boy whispered, he pushed the food at Raph.

"please, please take the food it is the least we can do" The boy pleaded, still pushing the bag into Raph's hands.

Raph looked at the boy. What had he done to make the boy act like this, and what did he call him?

" No kid, I aint got no money, I can't take your food." Raph said trying to give back the food, only the boy shook his head pushing the bag back with just as mush force.

"No! No! take it! you saved our village, you are the ghost of the jungle! el fantasma de la selva! you must take the food!" The boy was smiling like a fool.

"mama! come, come! el fantasma de la selva! the ghost has returned!" The boy was yelling for his mother, and other people were turning to see what was going on.

Raph looked around frantically. To many people. Slowly he started backing away with the food in his hands. The crowd was growing so he acted quickly and ran for the jungle, still hearing the yells from the young boy for him the come back.

Once past the jungles edge Raph kept running, he had to get away from all those people.

"bad idea, way bad idea!" Raph said, running at full force now trying to make distance between himself and the village filled with people.

Once he felt safe, Raph slowed. Placing his hands on his knees he tried to catch his breath.

Finally giving up on standing, Raph dropped to the ground, fishing into the bag of food.

Man, did it smell good.

Raph began to eat, quenching his hunger pains. He hadn't had the chance to look for paper, but at least he wasn't hungry anymore.

"what was that kid goin' on about? I aint a ghost" Raph mumbled, slowly finishing off his meal.

Ghost.

The ghost of the jungle...

" ahh hell! They think I'm Leo! Shit!" Raph cursed, roughly throwing down the rest of his meal.

There was no way he was living in the shadow of his big brother for the next 6 months. Things would need to change, he didn't need to live up to his brothers alter ego.

"ugh!" Raph yelled. His meal had hit the ground hard, scattering the contents.

"jus' great! Why not! lets screw me over more! stupid turtle luck! running true ta form! ugh! why does Leo have ta mess with everything! why do I always have ta live in his shadow!" Raph through his arms towards the sky.

" Screw this! there is no way! I'm bein' a ghost for 6 months, that was Leo- It aint me!" Raph growled, kick random plants.

Looking as if nothing could get worse, Raph packed up his things, roughly shoving them back into the bag, and started his trek towards his cave.

"ma luck it was Leo's stupid cave, his stupid fire, his stupid trainin' mission!" Raph pushed roughly through the plant life, really not caring about the damage just really wanting to break something, anything for that matter.

"ugh!" Raph yelled, yet again. His mantra of cursing, grunts and yells continued as he went on.

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Hey guys! Well what did you think! I wanna know, I wanna know! so ya better R&R ( plz) so I know what your thinkin'!

For those who are also reading 'Know you Now', 'Friends Forever' or have made requests~ all these stories are getting done, I swear! I've gotten more chappies started and request as well. So don't fret/freak out they are coming!

kk Luv ya! Ruth.