Enraged, Raphael went in search of Karai. The bitch had to play for making puppy dog eyes and trying to seduce his Leo. He'd bring her back to Leo, kill her in front of him, place her head on a stick for a while and Leo would then finally get the message that he was Raphael's and his alone. Raphael's nostrils flared, as he sniffed the air and smelled a familiar aroma. Perfume. Chanel no 5 or some fancy shit like that. Karai's scent. Bitch, he thought, his eyes blazing. I'm gonna get ya good.

He stuck to the shadows, following her, as she leapt across the rooftops, laughing and enjoying the crisp air. It was December 23 and snow blanketed the ground, turning it into a winter wonderland. Any other day, Raphael would have gazed upon it in awe. He loved snow and when he'd been younger, his brothers had snuck out after Splinter had gone to bed and had had snow ball fights and made snow men or snow turtles. Fantastic memories, but now wasn't the time to reminisce. He was on a mission and it wouldn't fail.

He waited until Karai had stopped and was gazing out at the city, her back turned to him.

How he loathed the vixen. She was nothing but trouble and a huge obstacle between him and his mate. It would be a pleasure eliminating her. He planned on making her death a drawn out and painful one. The bitch deserved it. He'd start with… No. He was getting distracted. He had to act now.

Then suddenly, she turned around, her dark eyes staring at him in curiosity, a light smile playing upon her red lips. "I thought I sensed someone following me. What do you want Raphael?"

Raphael's green eyes bore into hers, his teeth clenched, his shoulders shaking in rage.

"You look vexed, Raphael? Something troubling you? Is it Leo? You guys really need to work out your problems. Or maybe it's because you're sexually frustrated? There are whores down there that would gladly suck you off for a few bucks. Why don't you go there? This silent treatment's rather creepy."

Raphael continued to stare at her, his nostrils flaring, incensed that she'd suggest he fornicate with whores.

"Don't like that idea, huh? I could do you if you want. It's nearly Christmas and I can be gracious and give you that. After all, it's not like you have any other options, apart from whores, given your atrocious look and behavior. Yes. I know Leo's a mutant turtle, but he's attractive and has a personality."

Raphael rolled his shoulders, cracked his knuckles and glowered. How dare she offer to fuck him. As if he wanted her skanky ass. Leo might have liked her, but he didn't. He knew what she really was and not what she pretended to be. Offering herself to him as if she were a great gift and not the trash she was. Fuck. Now he was going to enjoy offing her even more.

"Still no answer, huh? Well, whatever. Die a virgin then, Raphael. I don't care. But can you stop acting so weird? You're starting to creep me out big time."

"Yer a filthy, common whore!" Raphael spat. "I don't know what Leo saw in ya."

Karai rolled her eyes and said, "See, Raphael. That's why you'll never have a girlfriend. You don't know how to treat women."

"Ya ain't no lady and I bet ya've been 'round the block. I wouldn't touch ya if ya were the last thing alive, especially as I got a mate now."

Karai laughed. "Yeah? In your head maybe. No one would want you. Anyway, I'm done talking to you. I'm busy. Go find something else to do, like maybe getting a personality perhaps."

"Leo loves me."

"He has to, because he's your brother, but if you'd been mine, I can honestly say you wouldn't have lived long. Now go away. "

Karai turned her back on him, no longer deeming him worthy of conversation.

Raphael's nostrils flared and he charged at her, knocking her to the ground. "What the hell, Raphael?" Karai said. "If you want to fuck, there are other ways of telling me."

Raphael growled, as they wrestled. Then finding himself on top of her, he pinned her down and said, "I fuckin' wouldn't poke my dick in ya. I might catch somethin'."

"As eloquent as ever," Karai said sarcastically. "If you don't want to fuck…"

Her words were cut of as Raphael applied a pressure point to her and she found herself unable to move, her limbs paralyzed.

"What the hell, Raphael?" she said, trying not to sound panicked. "What do you want?"

"Your head," Raphael said, before he wrapped his arms around her neck and squeezed until she'd passed out. Then he lifted her up and headed back to his place.

XXX

Raphael arrived back at his place a while later and said to a shocked Leo, "Look what I got." He unceremoniously dumped her on the ground and chained her to a wall.

"Let her go!" Leo said, his eyes wide in panic. "Karai's innocent, Raph."

"The fuckin' hell she is. That bitch that supposedly loves ya propositioned me!"

"Karai would never…"

"She did. Open yer damn eyes. She's a fuckin' skank and has never been worthy of ya, but now yer gonna see the truth. That she ain't worthy and I am. I love ya, Leo. I'd never fuck anyone else or offer ta fuck anyone else. I'm always gonna be true and I'm gonna be the best mate and daddy," Raphael said, tracing Leo's jaw with his hand.

Leo's insides churned, he turned his head away and said, "If you really love me, Raph, you'll let her go. You don't want to do anything, Raph."

Raphael forcibly turned Leo's head and said coldly, "I do. I can't wait ta watch the light die out in her eyes and best of all yer gonna see it. I'll first get some confessions from her and listen ta her beggin'. She'll think I'll be worn down by them and will release her, but no. She's an obstacle ta our love and she has ta be annihilated!"

"Do you realize how insane you sound, Raph? This isn't you! Let her go and…"

"Now her paralysis will wear off soon and then the fun can begin," Raphael said and gleefully rubbed his hands. "This is gonna be epic! Do watch, Leo. I'd hate for ya ta miss the show."

"It's not a show, Raph! You're talking about snuffing out someone's life!"

"Not just anyone, Leo, but the worthless bitch, whose only ever caused shit. Why should I care?"

"You're acting like an animal, Raph!"

"Maybe," Raphael said with a shrug. "But so what? She fuckin' deserves it and it has ta be done, so that ya can see that ya belong ta me only," Raphael said and tugged at Leo's tail, making him mewl. "Stop tryin' ta talk me outta it. My mind's made up."

"You'll regret this, Raph, and won't be able to forgive yourself."

"My only regret is that I didn't kill her months ago, but oh well, better late than never."

A groan was heard and Leo saw Karai opening her eyes and glancing around the room.

"Well, well," Raphael said, noticing her waking too. "Sleepin' Beauty's finally woken. Welcome ta yer hell, bitch. I hope ya don't die too quickly. It would be a shame, because I know Leo wants a drawn out show too, ain't that right, sweetheart?"

Karai studied Leo chained to the bed and said fearfully, "Leo, what's going on? What is your lunatic brother talking about? And why are you chained up?"

"I think Raph was injected with something that made him think he loves me and he kidnapped me."

"Don't talk 'bout me, like I ain't here, blossom," Raphael said crossly. "Bitch, I love Leo and yer the obstacle ta our love, so yer gonna die. That's all yer gonna know."

"The obstacle to your love?" Karai said incredulously, her eyes wide. "Raphael, you're crazy. Leo and you are brothers. Mere brothers. He doesn't love you that way. You don't either!"

"But I do and what's more, Leo loves me too. He's just pretendin' he don't, because yer here and he don't wanna hurt yer feelings, but I don't give a fuck 'bout them. Me and Leo fuck, ya know, and he tells me he loves me. Really loves me. He always has. We lost our virginity with one another. It was real special," Raphael said and nuzzled his beak against a nauseated looking Leo's.

"So special that Leo looks like he wants to throw up," Karai said sardonically, trying to break free, but unable. "I can do the math, Raphael. You raped him and he's terrified of you. You're a revolting beast and you should be ashamed of yourself."

"It wasn't rape, because he enjoyed it!" Raphael screamed, shoving a finger into her face. "Tell her that, Leo?"

"I…"

"He can't, because he doesn't and will never like you that way, Raphael," Karai said. "Even if you murder me, he won't and if you kill me, he'll loathe you forever. He has my heart and I have his. You're a psycho, Raphael, and nothing you can do or say will eradicate Leo's love for me. Nothing."

Raphael's eyes went white, as he digested all she'd said, a clear sign that his temper had reached boiling point. Leo had only ever seen that in battle and when their enemies were near.

Seeing his brother reach into his obi, Leo emitted a strangled cry.

Raphael threw his sai and in abject horror, Leo screamed, as the sai neatly severed Karai's head from her body, the head rolling, Karai's dark eyes now vacant, her lips twisted into a grisly smile, the one she'd had just before she died.

Ta give her credit, Raphael thought, she hadn't flinched and had stoically accepted her fate.

Raphael picked up the head, placed it on a spike by Leo's bed and said to a trembling Leo, "That's that then. I'm gonna get some champagne, baby. It's celebration time. I love ya. From now on, I promise things are gonna be amazin'. Don't cry, sweetheart. She doesn't deserve the tears."

Raphael kissed a blubbering Leo and left.

"HELP ME!" Leo shouted, as he took in Karai's lifeless face. "SOMEONE FIND ME!"

Leo screamed for a long time until he could no more. Then, emotionally drained and scarred, he fell asleep, wakened a while later by a bright light. He opened his eyes, saw it was a torch and sighed in relief, as two familiar figures loomed over him.

They unshackled him and hugged him tightly, their tears mingled with his.

Then they lifted him and carried him through the tunnels to safety.

A/N So looks like Leo is safe now, but what about Raphael? How will he react to his mate being gone?

Thanks for all the support.