Raph stood behind the couch and took a deep breath to steady his nerves. "Ladies." He said with a hint of sarcasm to the four turtles on the couch. Leo and Mickey piffted, while Mona and Venus looked over their shoulder at him. "you guys have been here for five months with no intent of leaving. I was waiting until one of the 'other gentlemen' were going to do it, but it would appear I'm the only one with a sense of respect."

Leo and Mickey gave a guffaw until Raph hit both of them in the head. "Anyways," he seethed. "If you guys want it, you can have my room."

Mona gave an excited breath while Venus gave a skeptical look. "Why?"

"Who cares!" Mona eagerly stood up and grabbed her sister by the wrist. "Lets take it. Thanks Raphael." Mona dragged Venus behind her to their new room. With a smirk, Raph followed behind slower. Leo and Mickey shared a skeptical look at their hot headed brother who was usually selfish when it came to his own solitude.

Mona was the first one in and looked around. The room was bare except for a bed, Raphael's drum set, and a few boxes. Mona spun in the room a few times with a joyous smile.

Raph joined Venus at the door frame and watched Mona look over the room. Venus gave him a sideways glance as he looked like he just lost the lottery. His arms covered his plastron and he kept his eyes to the floor. "Where will you sleep?" Venus said quietly so only he would hear it.

Raph shrugged. "Donnie spends most of his nights in the lab. His room's usually vacant."

Venus smirked and arched an eye ridge. "Is he aware of this arrangement?"

"He'll get over it." Raphael responded quickly as Mona was looking around the room trying to find a new way to decorate. "His room wasn't big enough for the drums or the bed. I hope you don't mind only the one."

Venus crossed her arms and shrugged. "It's fine."

Mona heard the comment. "Venus, I want you to have the bed."

Venus smiled and shook her head. "No. You can't sleep with your shell on. I'll take the floor."

"But-"

"But nothing." Venus said sterner. "I'll survive. Take the bed."

Mona frowned. "Fine. But this is my half of the room. Just kidding. I always wanted a sister to say that to." Mona turned again and tried to finish redecorating in her head.

Venus looked at Raph who had a soft smile on his face as he watched Mona in his room. Venus lowered her brows in thought until she came to the conclusion. She waited until Mona had her shell turned before pushing Raphael further down the hall.

Raph gave a confused look. "What?"

"Why are you doing this?"

He threw his hands up in frustration. "Just tryin to be nice."

Venus put her hands on her hips and gave a knowing look. With a sigh, she stepped closer. "Look, I'm sure you're a- competent and thorough lover," Raph pulled his head back in confusion, "but Mona is innocent. Okay? She doesn't need,-" Venus opened her palm to him and made a large circle to indicate all of him. "So, give Mickey a chance. A fighting chance. And while I'm sure you don't want sloppy seconds, but-"

Raph shook his head quickly. "What?"

"I'm just saying, you are a lot of turtle. A lot. And, maybe, she needs something sweet and cute, before, ya know, you."

Raphael was at a loss of words. He struggled to say something but only chocking sounds were coming out. He finally focused on anger he growled, "You think I'm doing this for her?"

Venus paused. "Well, I did, until you said that. Like that." She dropped her arms. "Did Master Splinter tell you to do this? Because, the couch is kind of comfortable, actually. I don't mind it."

Raph held his hands out like he was going to choke her. Venus took a step back and held her hands up defensively. He kept moving his arms and hand in frustration but never said anything to her. He finally pointed a finger at her and gave a look of rage. "You can be such a bitch." He quietly seethed to her.

Venus threw her hands up in confusion. "What?!" She spat with the same anger he just showed her.

With a growl, he shoulder checked her as he stormed away. Mona popped her head out to see an angered Raphael walking out of the hall and ducked back into the room for safety. When he passed, Mona looked back at him to see his shell walking down the stairs into the living room. She turned to the other end of the hall and saw Venus looking just as angered as he was. Mona scowled at her sister and pointed to Raphael.

Venus crossed her arms and shook her head. Mona grunted and stomped to her sister. "I don't know what you did, but you need to apologize to him." Venus scoffed. "Now." Venus looked away from her sister and kept her chin up. "Venus, go or so help me-"

"What are you gonna do?"

Mona grabbed Venus by the thumb to twist her arm and hit a pressure point that Master Mitizuki taught them earlier that week. Venus gave a look of extreme pain at her sister. "Alright, alright." Mona released her and pointed at the direction that Raph just exited. Venus rotated her shoulder and shot her a death look. "You owe me." She said with a pointed finger.

"You'll owe me a thank you when you're done." Mona countered as she crossed her own arms over her plastron.

With a grunt, Venus shook her head and followed Raphael. He was in the garage on his weight set, bench pressing close to three hundred pounds. With a cleansing breath, Venus took a courageous step closer to him. Raph saw her and grunted as he lifted the bar.

Venus stood over him with her arms crossed. "Sorry." She muttered.

Raph arched a brow and put the bar on the rest. "What was that?"

"I said I was sorry."

Raphael sat up on the bench and smirked. "For?" the sound of victory rang in his voice.

Venus exhaled. "For angering you. Even though I'm right." Raphael rolled his eyes and laid back down on the bench. He lifted the bar in silence with only the metal clang of the weights as he lifted them. "I just worry about her." Venus said softly. Raph held the bar above his chest to listen to her. "I just want her to be safe. And until you can control your temper, the safest person is Mickey."

Raph put the bar on the rest. "So I have a shot?" he smirked with mirth.

"If you can control your temper." She warned. She gave another groan and sat down beside the bench near his knees but kept her shell to him. "I know you probably see something beautiful and delicate, but that's the thing: she is delicate. I just want her to be happy before you-" Venus looked over her shoulder at him then away in shame. "before you destroy it."

Raph threw his hands up. "Seriously, such a bitch."

"Raphael-"

"Did it ever occur to you that maybe I'm a nice guy who occasionally does things without an ulterior motive?"

Venus paused. "No. You're kind of selfish and egotistical." Raph gave a death look. "I said kind of." Venus argued.

Raph grunted. "Either way," he took the bar from the rest and pressed it again, "Mona's not the one who does it for me. So drop it."

Raphael became aware of his phrasing and felt the fear creep into his heart if she would ask who did. Instead, Venus took it at face value. "Then, thank you." She looked at him again as he conturied to press the weights with a scowl. "For graciously, and selflessly giving Mona and I your bed room. I know you prefer your solitude so it does mean a lot to us that you would give it up." Venus looked at him again. "Thank you." She offered a small smile that made him faultier on the bar. She instantly stood to help him with it. She put both hands under the bar and tried to help lift if off of him. "Damn, soft shell, how much is on here?"

Raph did most of the lifting to put it back on the rest. "350."

Venus rested her elbows on the bar and looked down at his face. "So, what's the point of this?" She looked at the weights then him again.

"Get stronger." She gave a confused look then shrugged. "If you're not too scared, we can start puttin you on some weight training."

Venus smiled but it was cut short when Donnie spotted them and called for Venus. "You didn't take your medicine this morning."

Venus gave a pained look at Donnie then looked down at Raph. "Maybe next time." She gently tapped his plastron as she strutted to the door with Donnie. "Do I have to?" she whined.

"Yes." Don sternly ordered. She dropped her head and entered the lab with him.

Raphael waited until he couldn't see either of them. He put his head on the bench and covered the spot where she touched him. A small smile crept onto his face. She smiled at me.

Master Mitizuki stood before the two female turtles. "Haken-no-kami is a hand to hand combat technique that will teach you how to defend against your opponents by using their joints against themselves and using your opponents weight to your advantage. The system is easy and effective. Venus. Attack me."

Venus ran at the master and threw a punch. Mituziki side stepped and grabbed her by the wrist, using the same arm, stepped towards the turtle, overlapping their arms, and pushed her arm down so the masters elbow as locking Venus arm straight. Venus dropped to a knee. "From here, I can either break your arm or force you to the ground. Mona, are you paying attention?"

Mona had her eyes wide while looking at her tphone. "The boys just texted me." She breathed. "They were ambushed and are hurt badly. They're on their way back."

Mituziki released Venus. "Prepare the first aid kits, gather ice packs, and warm some tea. I will inform Master Splinter of their arrival and status." She announced without hesitation.

The two girls stood, "Hai." Both ran from the dojo to prepare the liar for the incoming injuries.

Master Mitizuki kneeled outside of Splinters door and knocked gently. "I heard" he announced from inside.

"Hai, Lord Master."

The door opened quickly and he stood ready to face what the teen ninja's may bring. Mitizuki stood slowly at his side. Their eyes met for only instant, but even then, the two masters knew what the other was thinking and feared.

Venus stood in the kitchen and opened the freezer. Ice Crème Kitty always freaked her out. "Ice packs please." With a 'meower' the cat tossed her three ice packs. Venus looked at her arms. "I'm gonna need more than this." The cat hissed and started to throw out innumerous ice packs at the female turtle. Few hit her in head. Venus slammed the freezer door closed and used one the ice packs to soothe the pain caused by the angered kitty.

"Master Splinter" Raphael called from the turn style. He was carrying Donatello over his shoulders. The other five teens filed in, each leaning on one another for support. The teens all fell on the couch. Master Splinter, Master Mitizuki, and Mona were all ready to deal with the wounds.

Splinter looked over Leonardo. "What happened?"

Leo gave a pained groan as he moved on the couch to a more comfortable position. "The Foot ambushed us. We thought the Purple Dragons were just doing their thing and they lead us to a warehouse where they were waiting for us." Splinter gave him some tea and told him to relax.

Mituzuki was looking over Donnie. She opened a break pack and held it under his nose. Donnie instantly woke up in a frenzy. The woman put a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Relax. You are home, safe." Donnie nodded and relaxed against the couch. "Some of your healing balms are home made. I will need you to instruct me on how to use them." Donnie nodded.

Mona started to open band-aids and started to apply them on Mickey.

Venus left the kitchen with bowls of water, ice packs, and rags. She passed them out the conscious ones and was ready to help Casey when she noticed that Raphael was using his teeth to tie a bandage around his arm. She gave a patient smile as she sat down next to him. He pulled his arm away from her and grumbled, "I got it."

Venus arched a brow and touched his wound. He gave a hiss of pain. "Let me help." He tried to pull away again and she poked the wound on his leg.

"Stop that."

"Stop squirming." Her tone was hard as were her eyes. Raphael looked away and did as instructed. "The sooner I can help you, the sooner you can help me with your brothers."

Raphael gave a gruff groan as she removed the bandage he tried to wrap and cleaned his wound. He hissed again. She just smiled. "Don't be such a soft shell." He gave another annoyed groan and let her work. She sprayed an anit-biotic on his arm that stung. Raph filched involuntarily. Venus met his eyes for a moment and sighed. Licking her beak, she leaned down and blew on his arm to lessen the sting.

Raphael watched as she offered some relief from his pain. He felt his heart beat in his throat as she had to touch him to wrap his arm. When his arm was bandaged, she moved from next to him, to sitting on the floor. She had a bowl of water and a rag to remove the dirt from his leg. She cleaned the wound more gently than she had his arm. Her hand was resting on the inside of his thigh as she cleaned the scratches from Razar. He kept his face neutral hopping she couldn't hear the hammering of his heart through his plastron. She applied the anti-biotic again, and again, blew on it to lessen the pain. Her hands gently touched the inside of his thigh as she applied the bandage and knotted it on the wound. Her fingers were cold due to the water and ice. All he could think of what how it created an amazing trail against his feverish skin.

Venus looked up into his eyes when she was finished. It took him a moment to blink away the softness to only show annoyance. He swallowed hard as she stood up, never removing her gaze from his. She lifted a hand to his bandana. All of the annoyance he tried to show was lost when she touched it. What he didn't expect, was for her to remove the red cloth. She pulled it down to his throat and moved in closer to him. His breath grew shorter and his core grew warmer with every inch she got closer.

Venus put her thumb to his brow and checked it. "You're going to need stitches. I'll be right back."

She turned her shell to him and walked to get the needle. Raphael exhaled hard, happy to have dodged whatever his mind was thinking. When she returned, she was needling the thread and stood above him. "This is going to hurt. You might need something to bite down on." Raphael humphed and she smirked. She took the newly wet rag and cleaned the wound. She stood again and placed one knee between his legs on the edge of the couch and leaned in to him. His breath hitched in his throat. "Turn your head." He turned his head only to be staring at the chest piece of her plastron. Standing above him, with her body so close to Raph, he was having a hard time breathing without inhaling her scent. The needle pierced his skin and he reached out and grabbed whatever he could to anchor himself.

Venus looked down to see that he had grabbed her hips, but didn't say anything as she continued to work on his brow. Each piercing, she could feel the full strength of his hands as they dug into her skin. Having his hands there actually helped her with her balance. "There." She finally said. "Six stitches. Wasn't so bad." Raphael was still trying to breathe through the pain, his fingers digging into her scales. She smirked. She leaned into his ear slit and whispered, "You better make me scream, Raph."

Raphael's eyes instantly went wide and he ripped his hands off her. She gave a bit of a smirk as she moved to get the bandages. She placed two thin adhesive strips on his brow to secure the stitches. Venus wet the rag again and finished wiping off his face revealing a bruise on his left jaw, and a busted lower lip. She handed him an ice pack. "You'll need to alternate."

She continued to look him over and saw a small gash on his right shoulder. "Shriuken?" she asked as she wiped it of blood and dirt. Raph nodded. She sprayed the anti-biotic and bandaged it. She leaned him forward to inspect his carapace. It seemed intact. She wiped a bit of his skin from the back of arms. "You're shedding." She commented as she removed the residual skin. "Probably from too many bench presses." She offered him a few pain killers and a cup of tea.

Venus turned to start working on Casey. "Alright, where does it hurt?"

"All over, baby." Casey said with a smile.

Venus arched a brow. "Well, that's beyond my skills." She stood to leave.

"Alright, alright. I just twisted my ankle. Will you kiss it and make it better?"

"I can break it and make it worse."

Casey paused awkwardly. "Always an option."

Venus smiled at him and took a seat on the floor. She removed his shoe and felt his ankle. When the boy hissed at the pain, she arched a brow. There was defiantly fluid. She reached for a bandage and an ice pack and started to wrap his foot. "You're getting pretty good at this." Casey commented.

Venus shrugged. "Donnie's willing to teach. And these guys" she jutted her chin at Raphael, "come home like this more often than not." When she finished, he looked up at him, "Where else?"

Casey covered his heart with his hand. "I've got his shooting pain in my chest. Like an arrow." He smirked at the girl.

"You need a psychiatrist." She commented as she stood, 'accidently' kicking his foot as she walked past. Casey's hiss of pain caused Raph to laugh.

Mona was wrapping up Mickey's head. "If you knew it was a trap, you should have called us." She seethed as she tied the bandage tighter than she should have.

Mickey gave a hiss. "We didn't want to get you two hurt."

Mona shot him an angered look. "I know we're not the best right now, but we could've helped." She ran a hand down his plastron and noticed a small crack. She reached for a small plastic canister and opened it to reveal a yellow gel. She put a large glop on her fingers and spread it on the crack.

Mickey had a look of fear. "You don't need that much."

"If you would have called us, I wouldn't." She gave an angered scowl as she placed a bandage over the goop and pressed.

"Okay, okay, next time, we'll call you, just be gentle, okay?"

Mona arched a brow. "We're the Foot gentle when they did this to you?" she ripped the bandage off quickly and removed the excess gel that wasn't in the crack.

Mickey took an immediate intake of breath at the pain of ripped bandage and put his hands up defensively. "Okay, I'm sorry, I'm an idiot." His voice was screeched as he spoke while taking in air. "I'll call you next time, I promise, I promise. Just don't do it again." He took a deeper breath to ease the pain. "Why are you so mean to me?" He cried and gave a fake sniffle.

Her eyes softened as she smiled. Mona leaned in and kissed on him on the cheek. She rubbed her forehead against his cheek bone. "I scares me when you come home like this." She whispered to him.

Mickey turned his head to see the pain on her face. He smiled. "The fact we're even coming home-"

"Stop." Her voice hardened as she looked at him. With an exhale, she put her head on his shoulder and intertwined their fingers as best she could with her five digits to his three. "Just, call us next time, okay?"

Mickey looked down at her. He could hear her worry raw in her voice. He rubbed his cheek against her hair. "Promise." He said softly to her as he kissed the top of her head.

Mona looked up and saw the light in his eyes and the crooked smile on his face. She couldn't help but smile back. "I should, uh, I should help April." She gave an awkward smile as she stood to help her sister.

Mickey leaned back against the couch and grabbed his side that had the newly mended crack. "Why does this hurt so bad?" he asked himself.

"Mickey?" Leo asked beside him.

"What up, bro?" he groaned with his usual bubble tone.

Leo lowered his brows. "Are you and Mona-" he let the question hang.

Michelangelo smirked. "Totally."

Leo gave a confused expression. "What's that like?"

Mickey gave a sigh that sounded of bliss. "Awesome. Like, totally awesome."

"I'm gonna need a few more verbs."

Mickey turned on the couch to look at his brother. "So, it's like-" a plastron gel hit the couch between them with such force that it bounced off and landed a few feet from the couch. Both of the brothers had wide eyes as they looked at the one who threw it. Master Mitizuki has a look of brewing anger focused at Michelangelo.

Leonardo scooted away from his brother. "Never mind, curiosity satiated."

Mitizuki returned her attentions to Karai's broken arm. Karai arched a brow. "What was that about?"

Mitizuki arched a brow without looking at the girl. "An inappropriate conversation that needed to end." Karai didn't press further and allowed the master to finish her wrappings. "You will need time to heal. You should see this as an opportunity to become a better fighter with your left."

Karai scoffed. "I'm good with my left."

"But not great." Mitizuki countered. She looked over the girl. "Interesting that this is your only wound."

Karai heard the accusation that the Master didn't produce and scowled. "You still don't trust me." She stated defiantly.

Mitizuki gave a knowing look. "At my age, in my line of business, you tend to abandon the idea." The master gave a single head nod and walked to Donatello who was being looked over by Master Splinter.

Something tickled Raphael's hand while he slept. It was like a feather dusting over his knuckles. He awoke quickly to see a figure standing over him. "Shh." It said softly. "Relax." After a few blinks, he realized it was Venus. She had a blanket in her hands covering him up. Her long yellow braid had fallen over her shoulder. It barely touched his skin in a way that felt as gentle as her skin against his fingertips. "I'm just checking your wounds." She whispered to him. He took a deep breath and looked around the room. Everyone else had fallen asleep on the couch and was sleeping silently. He noticed that each was covered in their own comforter that was usually in their rooms. Mona was snuggled next to Mickey. He gave a pained grunt when she barely touched his brow. "Sorry." He turned to look at her. Her eyes were grazing over him, focusing on the wounds he had sustained earlier that night. She took a step back and kneeled down the ground. The cold air hit his leg when she lifted the blanket to inspect the wound. She would gently touch it to make sure it wasn't bleeding through. "Does it hurt?"

"Of course it hurts." He snapped back the whisper.

She gave an annoyed look and covered him with the blanket again. She retrieved a cup and a pill from the center of the room and handed them to him. Raphael took the pain killer and swallowed it with the cup of tea. He handed her back the cup and she gently touched his shoulder. "I know it's your responsibility to look over your brothers when they're hurt, but you're wounded too. You need your sleep. I'll watch over them tonight." She gave a soft smile at him as she stood.

Raphael watched as she checked each of his brothers and sisters wounds. She would check bandages, stitches, and apply fresh ice packs where needed. Those who woke up were given another pain killer and a cup of tea. Venus would smile kindly to each of them as she readjusted their blankets and whisper to go back to sleep. She seemed the most concerned for Leonardo. She felt his forehead. He must have a fever. An infection. Venus gave him a large cup of water and a few crackers for his stomach.

Raphael could hear them whispering but couldn't make it out. Venus gave a silent laugh at whatever he said as she applied an ice pack to his arm. Raphael could taste the bile in his throat. He wanted to blame it on the medicine. The loss of the fight. But he knew what it really was.

Venus lifted the blanket to check his leg and knee. Leonardo whispered something else warranting a playful look from the girl. She dropped the blanket to the ground covering him up again. He whispered something else to her that warranted another smile. She rubbed the top of his head. "Go to sleep, Nerd." Leo smiled at the comment and moved to get comfortable on the couch again.

Venus finished checking over the others and sat a few feet from Raphael, covering herself in her own blanket. She moved to get comfortable and rested her head on an arm.

Raphael arched a brow and smirked. He blamed the pain killer. "Yo, Venus." He whispered to her and she opened an eye to him. He lifted his black comforter that had the constellations on it. "Care to join me for a night under the stars?" He had a huge smile on his face.

Venus rolled her eyes and whispered "wow" but couldn't fight the smile on her face. She pulled her blanket over her shoulder and snuggled further into the couch.

Raph sighed and lowered the blanket. "Why you gotta be such a tease?"

She gave him an amused look then scoffed. "Raphael, you wouldn't know what to do with me if you had me." She whispered to him with a smirk.

"I don't know" he sucked his teeth, "RedTube's pretty informational." He kept his victorious smirk on his face.

Venus looked confused. "What is RedTube?"

Raphael copied her own expression by rolling his eyes and exaggerated the whispered "wow."

"What?"

Raph laughed to himself. "It's porn." Venus still looked confused. "Wow." He said more shocked.

"What is porn?" she whispered with a bit more anger.

He just smiled. "Aww, you're so innocent." Venus scowled. Her anger just caused him to smile more. "Good night." He kept smiling to himself as he put his head back. Venus gave an annoyed grunt as she pulled the blanket around herself tighter. His smile grew at her aggravation.