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A/N: Honestly didn't realize that I hadn't actually updated the story for the last chapter so… (I added the file to FF, but I forgot that I had to 'add new chapter' to get it into the story. Can't tell it has been forever since I've updated my stories, can you?)

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He leaned over the edge of a small bakery. Below were two people. One was obviously a druggie while the other was a dealer. Leo shook his head. He couldn't understand people sometimes. Letting out a breathless sigh he dropped down onto the pavement between the two. The men were surprised, a given considering a shadow just appeared before them. Curses almost flew from their lips. Leo snapped his leg out, shoving the addict into some trashcans and the wall behind before he crumbled on top of a bag of something. At the same time he jabbed out with his right, breaking the dealer's nose and laying him out flat on the concrete. Neither man moved.

Leo carefully picked the dealer's pockets, wary of any needles. He found a total of twelve baggies, each with roughly a gram of something white inside. Tsking, he dumped them all out on the concrete and drowning them with some water from a canteen.

"Having fun, Fearless?" Raph called down to him.

"Not really, I'm already done here. Since letting the police know about druggies doesn't seem to help I guess Donnie's plan of just destroying everything will have to do." With little to no effort he climbed back up to the roof, shimmying up a useless lamppost. "Have you gotten anything done tonight?"

"Nah, just an unarmed mugging. That guy down there is probably the most we're gonna get out of this part of town for now. Wanna head down to the docks or something?"

" No, Mikey and I went there last night and we didn't even find any teenagers trying to spray paint anything." Leo sighed as he and Raph continued on their mapped route of this part of the city.

"The hell is going on man? This is New York, shouldn't there be more to do around this town?"

"That's what I've been thinking." Leo jumped over a large gap, coming down still running. "But there have been so many arrest in the past couple of weeks, I think even the idiots know better than to try something right now."

"Wanna go home then?" Raph asked. Leo paused, skidded to a halt and looked around. Raph stopped as well, looking from Leo to everything around them. "Did you just ask to go home?" Leo teased. Raph, realizing that he hadn't missed some threat, sneered at Leo. "Just making sure you weren't getting too bored." Raph excused. "Anyway, aren't we getting close to Tabitha and Sophia's place?"

Leo looked away from his brother. It was true. This part of town had always been on their patrol. Yet now, whenever they came through, they always checked on them. "Let's go make sure they're still okay." Leo volunteered.

Raph stayed silent as they hopped the next dozen roofs over to Tabitha's street. Leo was glad for the silence his brother displayed. He grew nervous as he neared the same spot that he'd once spied on her from. It was late and all the lights were out already. No big surprise there. It was normal for most people to be asleep right now. A flash of disappointment went through his mind before he shoved it away. He wasn't supposed to want to see her. She wasn't anything to him. Just a risk.

"Leo." Raph's voice next to him was soft. It was odd. Raph was never soft. "You like her, don't you." There was an edge to his voice now which made Leo look over at his younger brother to make sure he was okay. They were hidden in the shadows, and even for Leo it was hard to make out the familiar shapes of his brother's face. Even still he couldn't place what any of the features meant. "No, she's a liability. That's all." He reassured Raph. At the same time he was reassuring himself.

He couldn't say he wasn't attracted at least a little. Romantically inclined to act upon those feelings? No, not him. He had his family. He had to put them first, always. It was his duty as their leader and older brother. Now he had a niece and nephews who would look to him as well. Not to meantion that she seemed to share Bea's views on them. They were people, but not people that other humans should date.

"Then I'm going to try my luck with her." Raph's tone and face gave clear warnings now. This is how he'd get when Leo challenged him on things. This time, though, all Leo could do was shake his head. "She's like Bea, Raph. She'll never date any of us."

"Either of us, and I'm going to try." Raph grunted. Leo pinched the space between his eyes. What in the world was wrong with his brothers? "Fine, but if she says no you have to back off."

"Just don't get in my way."