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Leo woke up once again with an awful headache. "Ownnn..."

Raph, whom Leo hadn't noticed, chuckled sheepishly from where he sat on the arm of the couch. "Uh, prob'ly shoulda put my beer away. Er at leas' said 'Don't Touch' on it'r somethin'..."

Leo rubbed his head. "No," he drawled sarcastically. "What time is it?"

"Mmm, 'bout 7 in da mornin'. Ya slept though yer whole werewolf t'ing. I ain't sure, but I t'ink ya woulda turned into a puppy. But I dunno."

Leo raised an eye-ridge. "A puppy? Why?"

"Well, ya did before Don tried ta give ya da cure an' gave ya amnesia even though i' was yer fault but whateva."

Leo forced his claws to grow and looked at them curiously, knowing (somehow) and not caring that all of his brothers knew that he was a werewolf. Raph spotted them and scooted away a little, but nearly fell. "W-Whoa!"

Leo shot up and caught him before he fell. As he helped him up, he retracted his claws. "Don't lose your head, now. Take it easy."

Raph smiled at his brother. "Thanks, bro! And sorry again about the whole beer thing."

Leo spit his tongue out at the thought. "Damn. I can still taste it!" he spat, yanking his blanket off and making his way to the bathroom.

Raph chucked to himself and turned on the TV. "Hmmm, wha's on? Ooh! Da Flintstones're good! No, Tom & Jerry."

April sighed nervously and twisted her sweater sleeve as she and Casey rode down the elevator to the Lair. "I really hope I was wrong about the sure not working. Wolf Leo is scary!" she said, creeping closer to Casey.

The tan human smiled reassuringly as the door opened.

"Hey, guys!" the redhead exclaimed, gaining the attention of everyone (even Leo, momentarily, as he was in the shower).

Splinter came from his room and bowed to the humans. "Welcome back, Miss O'Neil and Mister Jones."

Casey waved and April bowed back.

Just then, Leo came out of the bathroom, shaking the last of the water from his arms. "Hey, guys," he said distractedly. He was concentrating more now on getting his gear back on.

April took the smallest of steps towards Casey, but no one noticed. Leo looked up at them right after that, but no one said anything and there was just this awkward silence in the air.

Finally, from the doorway of his lab, Don came over and pushed Leo toward the dojo, slapping a hand over his brother's protests. "I'm gonna try to get him back into training," he explained quickly, then drew his hand back in disgust as Leo licked it. "Leo!" he moaned.

"Get. Off. Me. I can walk om my own!" Leo snarled at him, doing just that. He stormed to the dojo, letting out a feral growl.

April quietly whimpered, something Leo heard but ignored, and leaned her head on Casey's waiting shoulder as Splinter went back to his room. They both sat on the couch, as Raphael had moved to the beanbag to make room for them.

April glanced at the cat and mouse on the screen, then turned her attention to Raph. "Um, what's wrong with Leo?" she asked nervously.

Raph sighed. "Da cure didn't work," he answered blatantly.

April sighed exasperatedly, leaning her head on the couch in despair. "Did Donnie tell you why?"

"'Cuz when Don was makin' da t'ing Leo knocked somethin' inta it dat wasn't supposed ta be dere and it fused da wolf's DNA wit' his an' dere basically ain't a way ta fix it. Or somethin'. I kinda tuned out Don's geek talk."

April nodded guiltily. This was her fault.

Leo sat himself down on the dojo floor, scowl on his face. His fangs made themselves known.

Don noticed. "C'mon, Leo. I'm trying to help you remember at least some of your 10 straight years of training!"

Leo glanced at him, scowl turning into a confused frown. "I thought we were 15."

"Well, we are. But we started training when we 5 and you were 6. You're 16."

"I'm older? Cool," Leo smiled, his fangs disappearing as his attention turned away from his anger and towards the conversation.

"Well, I don't exactly know for sure if you're older. But A, your chosen birthday is before ours, and B, you are the most mature. Mikey's youngest, then me, Raph, and you."

Leo nodded, standing up and grabbing his katanas that his brothers had brought after he'd passed out. Don took out his bō staff, and Leo lost his serious stance.

"You-You're gonna fight me... *wheeze* with a stick?!" he asked between laughs, trying to breathe.

Don sighed exasperatedly, leaning on the weapon. "Would you like me to demonstrate?"

Leo nodded as his eyes turned a bright teal from mirth. Don noticed and face-palmed. "I thought I understood," he muttered as Leo's laughter died down to watch him.

Don put his weapon into a defensive position, and then started a difficult kata with it.

As it progressed, Leo's bored look never left his face as he watched carefully.

Don panted from exertion when he was done with his 5-minute kata. Leo snatched the bō away from him and got in the same position Don had. He smirked at his younger brother, who sat himself on the floor, then did the same exact kata in half the time.

He smiled smugly at the dumbstruck turtle and handed the staff back to him. "Easy as cake," he said, and Don's expression turned to a smile immediately as he burst out laughing.

"It's easy as pie, Leo! Not cake!"

Leo blushed. "OK. Piece of pie!"

Don laughed harder. "That's piece of cake!"

"Pie? Cake? Make up your freaking mind!" Leo said, though he couldn't help but smile all the same.

Don doubled over as he laughed even harder, tears streaming down his face. Leo noticed this and immediately became concerned. "Are you OK?! Why are you crying?! Did I do something wrong?!"

Don wiped his face of tears as his laughter died down. "I'm fine, Leo. When someone laughs too hard, they start to tear up. I'm fine."

Leo let out a breath of relief. "Well, that's good. Can we actually get to training now?"

Don nodded and stood up. "Let's try some sparring."

Leo nodded, too. "OK. What's sparring?"

Don smiled. "We basically attack each other but, like, not with killing intent, and whoever falls first loses."

Leo nodded again and took out his katanas. They stood across from each other, and Don took the fight.

Leo immediately charged, katanas raised and ready to strike. Don blocked the attack and retaliated with a sweep kick; Leo jumped. Don got a lucky shot and knocked Leo's sword out of his hand. Leo growled, his red eyes showing for a second as he snatched Don's bō again. He sheathed his katana and knocked down with the staff. The genius smiled gently and put up his hands in surrender. Leo sighed and gave him the weapon back.

"I guess I didn't forget that much... Actually, that just came to me. I don't know how or why, but it did."

Don smiled to himself. "I knew i! You just need a little trigger is all!"

Yes, I know that in captured I said that this would be up, like, 16 hours ago, but part of it got deleted right after I posted that chapter. Sorry! As an apology, I'll have my next chapter of Hamato or Oroku up in a few seconds! Sorry again! The contest in Captured is still up for about a day? Depends on how much I want to type it and not get distracted. :/ Review, rant, flame, give requests, check out my community, and vote on my poll! BYE!

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