Artemis's POV

The training session ends up being easy. Splinter says we can do whatever we like after meditation and some stretching.

"Sensei, I've been meaning to ask, a split kick. Is that like a cheer jump?" I ask curiously.

"Let's see this cheer jump." Splinter says slowly. I take a step back and give myself a little bounce before jumping, doing a middle split in the air and touching my hands to my toes. He chuckles as I land. "Not quite."

"How do you do one then?" I frown.

"Don't touch your toes," Splinter smiles. "And more power, you are kicking someone."

I nod and try again. It's better but apparently it's still too 'cheer' like. Leo comes over to help and soon I've got it down. Huh... What else can I do? Raph is doing pushups so I ever so sweetly put my hands on his shell and do a handstand on him. He grunts but keeps going as I hold myself there. When I can't hold myself up any longer, I kind of crumple onto his shell, before sitting cross legged on it. Though, he keeps going.

I kind of just sit on his shell as he goes, watching the other turtles work on their own skills. In the back of my mind I'm worried Splinter will yell at me for sitting here doing nothing. But at the moment I just wanted to observe. Suddenly Raph drops, jolting me into falling off his back.

"Hey," I whine, standing up and rubbing my butt. "That kind of hurt."

Raph rolls his eyes as he stands.

"Can we spar?" I ask. Like that the whole room quiets. The turtles all looking at Raph with strange gazes that I couldn't really put an emotion to. Surprise? Curiosity? Anticipation? I don't know.

"Sure," Raph says, oblivious to his brothers stares. "I'll go easy on ya." He smirks.

"No need," I reply, spinning and kicking him hard in the stomach. He stumbles, which to me is pretty good. But now my element of surprise is gone. Okay Artemis, think fast. His fist is coming for your face! Duck you idiot! At the last second I move out of the way. Raph won't be used to fighting such small opponents, I mean aliens and the Foot Clan? I'm different from them, much different. I have to outsmart him, I can't beat him by brute force.

"AH! I sound like Don up here!" I tap my head.

"Is that an insult?" Don asks as I jump to do a back handspring, kicking Raph in the chin as I do.

"No," I grunt as I come back up and Raph knocks me off my feet. I roll to avoid being stomped on and get back up as fast as I can. I need to use something to get to his height... the tree! I run over to it and hop onto the branches. I did love the tree in the back of the dojo, always wondering how it grew here. But it did and I love it even more now. When Raph starts his way over I wait until he's at just the right angle and... I launch myself out of the tree and straight at him. I wrap my arms around his neck as I make contact and he falls back onto his shell.

I straddle his body and start for punches at his face, I was in no way heavy enough to hold him down so I had to act quick. At two weaker punches he's already lifting his arms up to block his face. I slip and arm back around his neck and as he starts to try pushing me off him, I spin around to his back, keeping him in a choke hold I pull out one of his sais and put the tip to his neck.

Instead of being really awesome and badass like a normal woman would I get all giddy and half yell, "I WIN!" With a giggle. I stand up and do a little happy dance as the rest of the turtles are more or less shocked. Even Raph.

"How did you..." Mikey trails off. "Raph is like, the best Arty, how did you just do that!?"

I shrug. "Brute force against one of you guys, aha, not happening. I used my resources."

"Artemis," comes Splinter's stern voice. I turn to him and bow my head a little.

"Yes Sensei?" I ask.

"I am very proud of you." He says softly and I beam up at him.

"Thank you Sensei." I glance at Raph and frown. "I didn't hurt you did I!?" I panic.

"No, no." He shakes his head. "I'm just surprised."

"You're okay?" I walk over and stand on my tippy toes, looking at where I hit him.

"I'm fine Arty, I mean, my pride is now damaged but I'm fine." Raph smiles ever so slightly.

"Good." I giggle.

"May I spar with you?" Don asks me and I grin.

"Of course." I reply.

And so we start. This time it's much more difficult. Don had watched me once he knew how I moved and how I threw my punches. He probably calculated all the possible ways to beat me and where all my weak points are. We spar for much longer than Raph's as I do everything in my power to beat him. But then Mikey makes a mistake. He must have been talking to Raph and he pushed Raph playfully, which caused him to stumble into me. I wobble almost straight into Don, in the middle of spinning with full force hits me completely accidentally. But one turtle blow to a girl like me...

The pain that erupts in my chest and back and head sends black spots into my vision. I don't move from where I had fallen. I close my eyes tight, don't cry Artemis. You're strong. But the pain was close to the worst pain I've ever felt. I couldn't move.

"Michelangelo!" Splinter scolds in such a scary tone. Then Splinter is right next to me. Though I don't dare open my eyes. "Artemis?" He says softly. I take a deep breath which hurts even more. I can't... Everything hurts. I know Raph is trying to lift me but as soon as he moves my body I let out a cry in pain.

"No! Please stop!" I whimper. The hands leave and I open my eyes.

Raph and Splinter are on either side of me while Don looks guilty sitting beside Raph. "Can you tell me where it hurts? Besides your wrist." Don asks, his voice soft like talking to a child.

"Mikey look what ya did ta her!" Raph exclaims angrily.

"What do you mean my wrist? It's my chest..." I say confused, pain laced in my voice, but looking at my wrist I scream. I full out scream and then I can't look at myself anymore. I close my eyes again though the picture is burned in my brain. My hand looked like some crazy Lady GaGa accessory the way it had broken. What did I do...

*V*

Raphael's POV

I watch the Don and Artemis fight. They both seemed to be assessing one another. Calculating things in their heads. Mikey makes a stupid comment on how Leo is observing them and I retort with how he looks worse. Mikey pushes me with more force then necessary, causing me to stumble into their fight. I hit Artemis into a spinning Don and we all watch as his foot connects with her lower chest and she flies back onto the ground.

For a moment we all freeze as we hear the crack of her wrist and how it breaks and the way her eyes cloud with a pain I doubt any of us could relate to. Well, maybe Leo could. But then she closes her eyes, real tight and a single tear slips out the corner of one. Within a moment I kneel beside her broken limp body.

"Michelangelo!" Splinter's hard voice says in this scary father tone and then he's kneeling on the other side of Arty across from me. "Artemis?" He asks softly. I start to slip my hands under her back and legs to take her to Don's lab but the cry of agony she lets out has me freezing in my spot.

"No! Please stop!" She whimpers weakly, making my heart break. As carefully as I can, I remove my hands. She opens her eyes and the beautiful blue eyes hold so much pain that it hurts me.

"Can you tell me where it hurts? Besides your wrist?" Don asks from beside me.

"Mikey look what ya did ta her!" I half growl, how could he!? How could Don!? How could I...

"What do you mean my wrist? It's my chest..." She trails off, confusion and pain laced in her voice and face. Then she lifts her arms, a scream, an earsplitting scream escapes her lips and then she shuts her eyes again, turning her head away.

"It's okay." Don says. "It'll be okay." He starts ordering Mikey and Leo to get stuff as he takes her broken wrist.

"Splinter, Raph, don't let her move." Don warns sternly and we both move to hold her upper body down which makes tears flow down her cheeks in pain. And then Don moves her wrist. Her scream is worse than the first and her whole body jerks, desperately trying to get away from Don. It hurt me so much, seeing the pain this caused her.

"Two more times Artemis. Two more times." Don says, I know he was trying to be encouraging but for her it was two more moments of terrible pain. Again Don moves her wrist and she screams again, and she jerks again and now she was sobbing. Don does it one last time, putting the bone completely back in place, she screams and jerks and sobs. Finally we let our grip on her go and she cradles her wrist to her chest.

"Artemis..." I say hesitantly. Her eyes remain closed. "You said it was your chest..." Now I felt bad, Splinter and I had to hold her chest down. Did we just cause her more pain than she was already in.

"I can't breathe!" She gasps, taking in these quick breaths. "It hurts to breathe! I can't breathe!"

"You can breathe Artemis, you can breathe." Don says as he puts a hand below her left breast and pushes. Slowly he moves down. All the while Artemis is panicking, her good hand clutching her shirt so her knuckles turn white. Then he goes under her right breast and does the same thing until Artemis cries out in this scream kind of shriek that makes all the others seem like nothing. I take her hand and she squeezes my hand with all this strength I didn't realize she had.

"Arty..." I whisper, pained to see her like this. "We're gonna help ya. I promise the pain will be gone soon."

But it's soon after I say that that her eyes roll back and she falls completely limp.

"One of us will have to sacrifice our beds for her. Once we get a spot for her, she won't be moving for two days." Don says. "I don't mind giving up my bed..." He says, guilt crossing his face.

And then all of us, even Splinter, say she can have our bed.

Splinter sighs. "Raphael, I believe she is most comfortable in your room. If you do not mind, I think it is best we put her in your bed."

"We can't risk taking her back to her house, can we?" Mikey asks, the guilt in his voice is thick.

"I would, but I'm afraid she may also have a concussion. And it will be much easier if I keep her here." Don replies with a sigh.

"My room it is then." I say, picking her up as gently as I can and taking her to my room. I put her on the bed before walking out for further instruction.

"I'm going to go to her house and get the things she'll need." Leo says, the first time he really speaks.

"I'll make her something to eat..." Mikey says, looking rather ashamed.

"Splinter, Raph, I'm going to need some help wrapping her chest." Don says, coming out of his lab with a bunch of things.

We go back into my room to find Artemis is woken up. She hadn't started crying, she was simply just breathing in different ways I guess. My assumption was she's trying to figure out the most comfortable way to breathe.

"Hey, I have to wrap your chest, okay? And give your wrist a cast." Don explains softly. "We're gonna wrap your chest first. I'm gonna get someone to hold you up okay? So you don't have to." He nods at me and I walk over, helping her sit upright.

Don and Splinter get straight to work, wrapping her chest. When they're done, I lay her back down and Leo comes in with a bag full of things. Don starts on her cast and Arty sits through it all.

After Arty is all wrapped up, they leave her with me.

"Can you help me change?" Artemis asks awkwardly, the first words she spoke in a while.

"Of course," I walk over to the back and pull out a pair of pajama pants. As well as a black tank top. I knew this would be awkward for her, and I can imagine once upon a time I'd be blushing mad while doing this. But now, I'd do anything for her.

(*NUDITY DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT*)

I start by pulling off her work out leggings, working on not moving her too much. Then I slip on the soft pajama pants. Arty is good through that, not showing too many signs of pain and her cheeks didn't even tint red with a blush. Then I as gently as I can, sit her upright. She winces as she lifts her arms a bit and as smoothly as I can I pull her sports bra off. It's now that she gets shy. Refusing to look at me. I don't say anything, though I do take a moment to look her over before pulling the loose tank top on her. Artemis is beautiful, and I just couldn't help myself.

(*NUDITY SCENE OVER*)

"Thanks." Arty sighs as I lean her back.

Mikey knocks on the door as I put her clothes in the bag. I let him in and he brings Arty a plate of pasta on a breakfast in bed type tray.

"I'm really sorry Arty." He says in this soft tone. "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay Mikey. I was expecting a hit from one of you turtles sooner or later." She smiles. "Thanks for the food."

"It's the least I could do," he sighs, setting the tray down in front of her. I help her prop herself up with lots of pillows so she can eat. Mikey leaving us alone soon after he had gotten the many pillows from all around the lair.

"After you eat, what would you like to do? You are confined to where you are for the rest of the day." I explain.

Her face contorts with disgust. "This is going to be so boring."

Okay my darlings I am so very sorry! I hope this chapter makes up for the long, very long, wait! I promise you this story won't ever stop in the middle of it, just school has me stressed. These past few weekends I always have homework in English so it takes up a lot of my time on Sundays and then Saturdays I always seem to be out somewhere. Next weekend will be the same thing, out most of Saturday and working on English most of Sunday. I'm really sorry but my education comes first. But I promise this book will be finished! And I hope long lovely chapters like this one rip your heart into pieces with feels and make you cry for Artys pain and the cuteness between Raph and Arty! 3 Haha, thanks for being supportive and sorry for the long note! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and don't forget to leave a review, I love reading them!