Me: yo, what's up? Thanks for reading this story, so I will now update. Presto read-o! (Acts like casting spell to make you read.) Oh, before I forget. I had a little mix up with labeling the chapters, that's why there are two chapter fours.

Chapter 9

Chloe's problem

It was getting late, Raph was asleep and Chloe was up on the rooftop of a building, looking down at Raph, still debating if she could trust him. It was a cloudy night, but the wind was moving them out of the way of the moon. Once she saw some of the moons light shining down on her she looked up fearfully.

The crescent moon shined down at her and she quickly jumped off the roof and down to the ally. She gasped in pain and fell on all fours. She crawled into the shadows as fast as she could.

Raph opened his brown eyes drowsily and looked around.

"…Chloe…?" he asked, sitting up. A mutant like creature crawled out of the shadows. The creature looked up at him. He recognized the tearstained face. It was Chloe. Her body somehow changed into a cat like creature. Her ears were pointed and her teeth were sharp. She had grown a long tail and she had hair covering her body, which was like her human hair, black with red streaks. Her hands and feet was more like paws with sharp claws.

Raph backed away slightly, but stopped when he noticed that she was in pain.

"Chloe…is that you?" he asked. She nodded and tried to say something but all that came out was a soft meow. Raph's eyes widened.

"y-you're like some sort of a were-cat!" Raph exclaimed. Chloe sat down and shook her head. She meowed again, and then smacked herself in the forehead with her paw. Her head turned when she heard a rat skitter in the back ally. She got on all fours and ran to it. Raph watched as she pounced on the small rat.

'Well, I guess if she helps me home, she can't meet Splinter.' He thought with a small smile. Chloe came back with a rat's tail hanging from her mouth. She slurped it up and sat next to him. She was acting like a house pet in Raph's eyes so he patted her head, sort of like a joke. She purred loudly, but when she realized what she did she quickly covered her mouth with a paw and turned bright red. Raph couldn't help but laugh. She tried to talk again but all that came out was a meow. Raph chuckled a little and quickly fell back asleep.

When he woke up the sun was up again, but Chloe was still a cat. She smiled at him.

"Good morning." She purred.

"Wait, you can talk now?" he asked. Chloe nodded.

"Yep. It's only at night when I can't. And no, I'm not a were-cat. It's kinda like a mutant curse. Um, I'm a shape shifter." She said. He stared at her.

"You know, that doesn't surprise me. Is that why you're family is dead?" he asked.

"Yes. The police see me and instantly try to kill me, thinking I'm going to kill innocent people or something. They saw my family trying to protect me and they ended up shooting my dad and older brother. My little sister was poisoned." She said.

"How? Did the cops try and shoot ya with a tranquilizer and missed or something?" he asked. Chloe shook her head sadly and he noticed that she was returning to her normal self.

"No. sometimes I cant control my animal self and one night I was a snake. My sister got in my way and I bit her. She…she was only six." Chloe whispered, tears forming. Raph didn't know what to say.

"My mother was murdered by some thugs. She was trying to protect me when they attacked and I couldn't help her. I lived on the streets by myself since that." Chloe said with a wet smile. She was back to her normal self by then and she fell to her side.

"You ok?" Raph asked. She nodded.

"I can't stay here much longer. Their going to find me someday, then I'm as good as gone. I just wish they could see that I'm not bad." she said, sitting up again. Raph thought for a moment.

"It's not really fair. I haven't lost control in five years." She mumbled.

"Hey, why don't ya live with me an' my bros in New York?" he asked cheerfully. Chloe looked at him, her eyes wide. She nodded and jumped into his arms, giving him a big hug.

"Ow! Hey, Chloe, you do know my arm is still broken, right?" he asked. She jumped off of him and blushed.

"Yeah…sorry." She mumbled.

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Me: can't you tell they like each other? Tee hee. X3

Chloe: you better take that back! (Her face is red but I can't tell if it's because she's blushing or just that angry.)

Me: then why are you blushing? (She really doesn't like being teased. I learned that the hard way.)

Raph: wow. I didn't know Chloe was that tough. (I have a black eye and a swollen lip)

Me: heh, heh, weeee. (Sarcasim.)