Sorry for being away so long!

Die in a hole asked for a oneshot that had Splinter comparing Raphael's actions to that of Shredder's when he was young. The turtles are ten years old in this.

Enjoy xx

Past into Present

Donnie and Mikey were sitting in the living room feeling troubled, just a few minutes ago their father had once again been punishing Raphael for his hot-headedness. Raph had been arguing with Leo and had raised his fist to punch is brother when Splinter came in and grabbed his wrist, Raphael had apologised profusely only to be told that one day his anger could end up killing his brothers.

Raphael had promptly ran to his room in horror with Leonardo hot on his tail.

Now Donnie and Mikey were waiting for Leo to come out of Raph's room. Enough was enough.

They heard a sigh and looked up to see Leonardo heading towards them.

''How is he?'' Mikey asked sadly.

''Freaked out'' Leo replied with a small shake of the head, ''He truly believes that one day he'll kill us''

''But he wouldn't do that!'' Mikey insisted as he leapt to his feet, ''This is so unfair''

Donnie stood up softly and kept his eyes glued to the floor.

''Let's go talk to Master Splinter'' Leo nodded, ''This has gone too far''

''What will we say?'' Don finally made eye contact with his brothers, they could see he was worried and dreading talking to Splinter. ''We don't wanna cause more conflict''

''Just follow my lead'' Leo smirked before leading his brothers to the dojo.

Splinter looked up as his three sons marched into the dojo and lined up in front of him, he was surprised they didn't kneel.

''Please kneel'' He asked calmly.

''No'' Leo frowned, Splinter looked surprise. ''We don't want to show you respect when you've been hurting our brother''

Donnie and Mikey stared at Leo in shock before leaning back and sharing a look between them.

''well… Uh…'' Mikey stuttered as he tried to back Leo up.

''What Leo means is'' Donnie coughed as his father looked over at him. ''Is… uh… w-we feel that y-you've been treating Raph rather… uh… unfairly?''

''Very unfairly'' Leo corrected.

''Super meanly!'' Mikey nodded before shying away from his father's gaze.

''How so?'' Splinter cocked his head to the side.

''H-How so?'' Donnie looked at his father with wide eyes.

''Oh no'' Mikey cringed as he looked over at Leo.

''How so? You've been treating him like an enemy!'' Leo spat before taking a deep breath to calm down. ''Sorry Master, it's just… Every time Raph gets angry or really does anything you yell at him or try to discipline him when really he's doing no harm. A few minutes ago you told him he would end up killing us and now he's all afraid to come out of his room''

Master Splinter bowed his head and sighed.

''I know''

The brothers looked at one another before looking back at their father.

''It's just… your brother's actions scare me, he is much like Shredder when he was young''

The brothers frowned, they didn't really know who Shredder was except that he had hurt their father and killed his family. They knew he was a bad guy and that he was someone to be feared.

''My brother is not like Shredder'' Leo crossed his arms, ''he will never be a murderer''

''Raphie's a big softy!'' Mikey quickly added.

''Raph wouldn't hurt us'' Donnie said quietly. ''I mean… not seriously… sure he hits us and calls us mean names but he never means any real harm, he loves us too much''

''I know that'' Their father stands up and clasps his hands in front of him. ''I just worry, if he continues on like this who knows what he could end up doing in one of his rages''

''Being mean isn't a way to help him'' Mikey steps forward and places a comforting hand on his father's arm. ''You've scared him''

''I know that now'' Splinter smiles kindly at his children, ''I must go make amends… thank you my sons''

The brothers watch as Splinter leaves the dojo and heads towards Raph's room, it never occurs to them that it didn't take much to make Splinter realise that he was doing wrong because Splinter already knew.

They had no idea that their father regretted his actions from day one but was too afraid of his past becoming his sons' futures to stop.

And Raphael never knew what his brothers did for him that day when they were only ten years old.

I know this is short but this was the first one I did and I was feeling a little rusty! One more to go and i promise it's much longer!