Chapter 12: The Wedding

The next day came and it was Leonardo's and Slash's wedding day. Raph sighed sadly as he sat alone at his dinning room table as he ate a bowl of cereal. He missed waking up to see either Leo's or Mikey's smiling faces.

All of a sudden the alarms in Raph's lair went off and the teenage mutant ninja turtle went to see what the problem was.

When he opened the front door he saw Mikey standing in the tunnel. "What are you doing here?" Raph growled, in truth he had missed Mikey very much but he was still hurting at what he had heard Leo and Mikey say at the camp site.

"I came here to tell you something." Mikey replied, his tone matching Raph's.

"You insult me, you never listen to me and you don't appreciate anything I do!" The orange masked turtle snapped as he followed Raph around the lair. "Yeah? Well if I treated you so bad why did you come back?!" Raph shouted and slammed his bedroom door shut

"There you go again! Refusing to let people say something, just like you did with Leo! When he did was like you, maybe love!"

"LOVE ME?! He said I was mean, aggressive and controlling!"

"He wasn't talking about you hothead he was talking about King Slash!"

Raph slowly opened his bedroom door to see if Mikey was lying, but the serious look on the younger turtle's face said he was telling the truth. "Well why didn't he tell me that yesterday!?" Raphael asked.

"Um let's see, you had already gone off on your own to fetch King Slash, when you did get back you wouldn't let Leo explain and when Leo and Slash were leaving you just stood there and did nothing." Mikey listed.

Raph's emerald eyes widened when he remembered what had happened yesterday morning.

"Mikey, I'm sorry alright. My temper just got out of control." Raph said calmly. Mikey smiled his usually goofy smile and gave his best friend a hug. "That's all I wanted to hear, and I'm sure Leo will be happy to here that as well."

Realisation hit Raphael like a bus.

"The wedding! We'll never get there in time!" He exclaimed in panic. "Don't worry dude, where there's a will there's a way and I have a way." Mikey smiled and led Raph to the surface.

When Raph made it to the surface he was very surprised to see a friendly Leatherhead waiting for them. "Mikey ya outdone yourself!" Raph laughed as they hopped onto LH's back and rode towards King Slash's kingdom.

They had a wedding to crash...


Leonardo sighed sadly as he stood at the alter with his future mate. They stood together in the biggest church in all of King Slash's kingdom and everyone in the kingdom were at the church as guest.

When they ran out of room in the church the remaining guest had wait outside for the newly married couple to arrive.

Suddenly the vicar began to speak. "Dearly Beloved, we are all gathered together here today to join together these to people in holy matrimony, which is commended to be honourable among all men and women."

As the vicar spoke Slash looked at Leo with a smile.

He couldn't see most of Leo's face due to the veil over it but he could tell Leo wasn't smiling happily like he should be. So Slash leaned over to him a whispered something into the blue masked turtle's ear.

"Smile Leonardo, your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life."

Those words only added to Leo's sadness, but he still put on a fake smile to please his future mate...


When Raph and Mikey arrived at the church were the ceremony was supposed to be happening all the guest who had to wait outside the church and two or three soldiers ran for their lives when the saw the giant mutant alligator.

"Go on buddy, you earned it." Mikey smiled when they got off LH's back.

LH roared happily and ran off to look for something to eat. Raph ran towards the church doors only to be blocked by Rockwell's men...


Before the vicar could say anything else a thunderous roar echoed through the church. "What was that?" Slash hissed at his best-man and captain of the guard Rockwell.

"I don't know my lord." Rockwell replied.

"Well find out." Rockwell bowed and quickly ran to see what the problem was. "Continue." Slash ordered and the vicar obeyed. "Therefore, is not by any, to be entered into inadvisedly or lightly but reverently, discreetly, advisedly and solemnly. Into this holy estate these two persons present now come to be joined."

Leo glanced at the giant church doors, wondering what was going on out there.

"If any person can show why these two may not be joined together let them speak now or forever hold their peace."...


"I have to get in there!" Raph snarled as he and Mikey began to beat up the guards. "Don't worry buddy we'll get you in there." Mikey reassured but they was greatly out numbered.

Even though Mikey had never been to a wedding he knew that vicars were quick at finishing vows.

"You will not be entering that church!" Rockwell snarled as he and Raphael battled. "Just watch me!" Raph said and flipped Rockwell over his head and into a wagon of melons.

"Go Raph Go!" Mikey cried and Raph saw a small opening in the crowd of angrily soldiers.

Raph quickly ran towards the door and kicked it down...


When no one said anything about not wanting Leo and Slash to marry the two mutants then turned to face each other and hold each other's hand as the vicar asked them the biggest question of their lives.

"Do you, King Slash, take Hamato Leonardo to be your mate, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death you do part?"

"I do." The king smiled happily.

"And do you, Hamato Leonardo, take King Slash to be your mate, to have and to hold from this day forward; for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death you do part?"

Leo looked at his and Slash's joined hands.

"I-"

Suddenly the church door was knocked clean off it's hinges and someone ran into the church, Leo's eyes widened when he saw who it was.

It was Raphael...


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