TURTLES NOT MINE!!!

"RAPH, WILL YOU PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!" shouted Mikey.

"NO ONE ASKED YOU TO FOLLOW ME MIKEY!" Raph exclaimed.

"WELL WE ARE WORRIED!" Mikey replied. Raph finally stopped running and waited for Mike to catch up.

"Why were you worried? I'm fine needed some air that's all." Said Raph.

"Well, lets see you were sick and then you go off without telling us where you were going. I think that gives us cause to worry bro." Mikey replied with a sigh.

"I don't need you to look after me. I wanted some air that's all I don't need my little brother running after me to hold my hand. Go back to Donnie and tell him I'm fine." Raph said angrily.

"Nope sorry, I have to bring you back so you can talk to Leo. You two have to talk bad." Mikey grinned at Raph and put his hand on Raph's shoulder.

"I don't want to talk to Leo right now. I'm not ready. I don't know what to say to him." Raph stated quietly.

"Well you can start with saying sorry. DUH!" Mikey giggled.

"This isn't a joke Mikey. I nearly killed Leo. And for what? Because I was mad because he was doing his Kata's a million times. I can't talk to him." Raph pushed Mikey's hand off his shoulder and walked to the wall and sat down. "I just need to be alone and think."

"Sorry bro, the last thing you need to do is be alone." Mikey sat down next to Raph and waited.

"God Mikey! Why'd I do it? I mean yeah I was sick, but I hurt him I hurt him bad. If he didn't get me down who knows what I could of done. Do I hate Leo so much?" Raph looked down at his hands and realized they were clenched into fists. "You see just talking about him gets me so mad. He always has to be perfect he has to be the favorite. Nothing he does is wrong, teacher's pet."

"Raph, he's still Leo. Yeah he's mostly perfect and he's the favorite and the teacher's pet, but he is still our brother, still Leo." Said Mikey.

"Don't you see Mikey? I should have been the leader I should have been the favorite. I'm great at fighting, I'm strongest, I'm great at telling people what to do, but NO right off the bat Splinter liked Leo better. Splinter's pet, Splinter's star pupil, well I'm sick of Leo. He sticks his nose in my business, he bugs me, always has to know where I am or been. Well I hate it I hate not being trusted and you know what he don't trust me he doesn't even understand me!" Raph got up and started pacing. "He can't cut me slack he can't keep his big brother nose out of my business he always has to be perfect make me look like SHIT well I am tired of it. I am tired of always being looked down on."

"Raph, first you have to calm down. Look Leo looks after all of us. That's what the leader and the big brother in him tell him to do. He got us out of some tuff spots he also makes mistakes. Leo ain't that perfect, Leo has his faults and one of them is caring WAY too much about us. I think if you really look at Leo you will realize he is not always so perfect or sure of himself." Mikey said knowingly.

"Oh, really Mikey? When did you stop and take a look at Leo? You don't know anything you're so stuck on T.V. and comics I would be surprised if you know what day it is." accused Raph.

"That hurts, Raph. I pay more attention then you realize. You are just being stupid. You feel so sorry for yourself because you're not like Leo that in the process you hate him. You don't hate Leo you hate yourself. I think you should really look deep inside you because until you do all you will see is hatred!" Mikey pushed himself up off the wall and walked away.

"WAIT, MIKEY PLEASE." Cried Raph as he ran over to Mikey.

"WHAT!" Mikey screamed but didn't turn around.

Raph took a hold of Mikey's arm and turned him to face him. "Mikey, I don't want you hating me. I'm sorry. I don't know what to say to Leo to make it better. I don't want Leo hurt or mad, but no matter what I say it won't change the fact that Leo thinks I hate him, and I don't know if I do or not. At times I just want to deck him, but other times I am so grateful he is around. I just don't know what to do."

"Talk to him Raph, please. If you talk to him and make him understand it might be better for both of you." Said Mikey.

"I don't know Mikey. What if Leo doesn't want to listen? You know how Leo gets."

"That's a laugh Raph your usually the one who don't listen" Mikey laughed.

"Shut it Mikey, I'm serious. I...I'm worried. What if Leo don't want to listen, what if he just doesn't care?" asked Raph. Mikey realized that Raph was really worried so he quit being silly and looked at Raph.

"Leo cares too much, and you won't know until you talk to him. Maybe if you and Leo actually sat down and talked about what was bothering you it wouldn't of come to this. It's a crappy wake up call, but it is one. Talk to him Raph. Please?" Mikey looked at Raph with innocent eyes and Raph couldn't deny his little brother anything.

"Fine, but I don't have to like it." Said Raph grumpily.