A/N- Guys I'm super dooper excited that I have so many story alerts/favorites and reviews. I'm just happy that I get at least one per chapter. I'm hoping (obviously some people are) that a lot of you are liking this story; I myself am having a great joy writing it. This story has been on my mind for about two years now and I'm glad that I'm finally writing it out. To answer one of my reviewers Killi Ross: "Is Raph going to have a romance in this story?" It is a possibility. If I do I probably won't go into depth, UNLESS my mind and fingers decide to do that Onward with the story.

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Disclaimer: I do not own TMNT. I do however own this story and my original characters. I'm just borrowing the characters to make a plot of my own :)

Unforgettable

It's been a couple of months since the incident in the alleyway changed the lives of Leolani and Leonardo. They both keep going back to that night wondering two different thoughts. Leonardo was trying to sort out his feelings, which he's never done in his life. He always knew what to do at any given moment because he would follow his heart and mind. These days both his heart and mind have been disagreeing with each other.

He tosses and turns for the millionth time that night, dreaming about the beautiful girl before him. He doesn't want to, but his hand always seems to want to try and touch her creamy soft skin. In his dream he hears her call out to him, asking him to step out into the shadows. He obeys. Before he has time to touch the girl, she quickly staggers backwards, a horrific expression in her eyes. She yells at him, telling him to keep away from her, but that just makes matters worse for him. He tries to comfort her, but that only makes matters more worse. Between the screaming and arguing from the girl, he wakes up horrified. The same dream has been happening every night for two months now and Leonardo doesn't understand why.

He hates himself for getting too attached to this girl that he didn't even know. Was it fate? He asks himself constantly. His mind answers with a no, but his heart is tugging on him to say yes. He doesn't tell his brothers or his father about his predicament, they wouldn't understand anyway.

He looks at the clock by his nightstand. He reads in bright red numbers that it just turned 6:30 (in the morning of course). "Practice will be starting in thirty minutes." Leonardo said sleepily. He rubs his eyes and gives a big yawn.

Obviously Leonardo hasn't been getting enough sleep these days. His normal morning routine would be to wake up at 5:30 and meditate, eat breakfast, and get ready for practice. Clearly he hasn't been keeping up with his routine lately.

Leonardo climbed out of his bed and stretched. He knew Master Splinter would be up at this time and certainly knew that Mikey would still be sleeping right now. Raph and Donnie were questionable.

"Well here goes another disorganized day." Leonardo huffed to himself.

He made his way towards the bathroom. Brushed his teeth, washed his face with cold water to try and wake him up. He looked into the mirror and he saw a purple masked turtle staring back at him.

Leonardo gave a half yell and flinched. He put his hand on his head feeling slightly embarrassed. Donnie on the other hand was enjoying the moment. He never snuck up on Leo, but for some reason this morning was different.

"Geez Donnie, you scared the shell out of me. At least warn me next time or something." Leonardo spat at the pacifist turtle.

Donnie couldn't help but chuckle to himself. "I'm sorry Leo, you hardly ever get scared so I figured this time wouldn't be any different."

Leonardo grabbed a towel from the cabinet and waved him off. "It's cool I guess." He gestured for Donnie to get out, but he didn't obey.

Once the towel was away from Leo's face, Donnie could tell that he didn't get a good night's rest. Leo's eyes were almost bloodshot and he had bags under his eyes. Donnie never noticed it before because Leo has his mask on the majority of the time. The leader of the turtles didn't look too good.

"Umm Leo?" Donnie asked hesitantly.

Leonardo turned to Donatello, who was still standing in the doorway "Yeah?"

Donatello scrunched his eye ridges together "You don't look so good. Maybe you should skip practice for today. I'll go inform Master Splinter if you want to go ahead and get back in bed."

Leonardo shook his head violently, "No don't do that. I'm okay really. I just couldn't sleep last night." Or for the past two months for that matter.

The curious turtle raised an eye ridge. Donatello never recalls when his oldest brother had sleeping issues. Something was very out of the ordinary.

Leonardo continued to stand there, hoping that his intelligent brother wouldn't see past his poker face. Leo wasn't a very good liar to begin with, but technically he wasn't lying about not being able to sleep last night. He just didn't tell Donnie that he hasn't been able to sleep ever since he saved "her".

He knew he couldn't keep this charade going on any longer, but what could he do? If Leo told Donnie, what could Donnie do? He couldn't make things better. He couldn't possibly take the nightmares away and he certainly couldn't make Leo not remember her.

Donnie didn't buy Leo's excuse, but he decided that when his oldest brother wanted to come and tell him what's wrong then he'll talk about it. As for now, Donnie let the matter rest.

"Okay just making sure everything is okay with you." Donnie replied as he stepped out of the doorway so Leo could get through.

Leo walked out of the bathroom and handed Donnie the towel. "Thanks, but I really am okay." Leo said reassuringly. He decided to change the subject "Is Raph and Mikey awake yet?"

Donnie grabbed the towel and walked in the bathroom "I heard Raph get up and of course you already know the answer to Mikey's question."

Leonardo nodded "I'll go wake him up." He walked away from Donnie as fast as he could.

Donatello shook his head slowly "When the time comes, he'll tell us what's on his mind."

*TMNT*

Leolani was having similar thoughts about the person that saved her life. The only thing she knew about the person was that he was a guy. At least he sounded like a guy. For the past two months she would fantasize about the guy that saved her life. She would picture him strong, muscular with very sharp features, just like any kind of superhero. It bothered her that she didn't get a good look at him that night. What was really killing her inside was what the guy said to her "You wouldn't like what you see." That part bothered her the most.

She wanted to find out what that meant, but she didn't know how since she hasn't seen him since that night. What are the chances of meeting that guy again? It was about slim to none. She felt guilty though, thinking of another guy since she already had a boyfriend.

His name is Charles; tall, blonde, and every girl's perfect boyfriend. He would take your breath away with his piercing green eyes, dirty blonde hair, and his lean, tone body. His parents make thousands of dollars every month with their business jobs. They give him anything he wants since he is the only child they ever had. Some people are jealous of his social status, but what can you do? People would define him as a "pretty boy" and every pretty boy would need a "pretty girl".

Leolani considered herself average compared to her dazzling boyfriend. She knew she wasn't ugly per say, but she wasn't a top model either. Her long black hair went down to her waist, while her very pale soft skin would bring out the color of her ocean blue eyes. Leolani would look in the mirror and make a list in her mind what she thought was wrong with her. Her lips weren't evenly portioned. Her bottom one was slightly plumper than the top. It seemed like her nose was too little for her face and her ears were too small for her head. She was slim, but not stick skinny, but aside from all that stuff, she was confident about herself and that was a girl's biggest feature.

She sat up in bed because she had all these thoughts bundled up inside her head. She was glad that today was Saturday, but then again, she wasn't all that too excited. The reason why she wasn't too excited was because today was Charles' birthday party. She knew that everybody was going to be there with their stuck up selves and flashing money around. She didn't like that kind of lifestyle.

It wasn't like any regular high school party. This party was perfectly created for the rich and snob people to come out. You have to dress formal and talk to obnoxious, drunk rich people who think they're too good for anybody else. That is why Leolani didn't like going to parties like these.

She hated pretending to be somebody that she wasn't. Her parents always make her attend similar occasions against her will. Her parents will always tell her it was "good publicity" for their family. Leolani didn't care, but her mother was the more forceful one. She would make Leolani dress in high fashion clothes and make her wear brand names. Leolani didn't mind wearing brand names as long as they weren't too flashy and oh….dresses. Leolani hates dresses.

Even though it's against Leolani's wishes, today was a special day. Since it was her boyfriend's party and it's 'formal' she was going to wear one of her mother's choice of dresses from her closet.

Leolani put her hands over her face and massaged it. "Charles is lucky I tolerate him" What Leolani meant by that was herself and her boyfriend weren't getting along well these days. She would see him flirt with other girls without her knowing, but she didn't do anything about it. Why? Because she is in love with him, at least that's what she thinks.

The raven haired girl got up out of bed and walked over to her closet. She opened the two doors and swung them open. Bright, flashy colors filled the closet all at once with matching shoes to go with almost every outfit.

Leolani looked over dress after dress trying to decide which one to wear. She did not want to look flashy, but she didn't want to look like she didn't want to be there either (even though she didn't).

"Come on Lani, there must be a dress in here that I want to wear." Leolani said aloud as she went through her racks of clothing. She finally spotted something sparkly, but a dark color. She pulled it off the rack and held it out at arm's length.

Leolani smiled to herself "I think we found ourselves a winner."

~*TMNT*~

"And I win again! I am so awesome! Go me go me, it's my birthday it's my birthday!" A very happy Michelangelo chanted as he beat his oldest brother in a duel the third time that day. He had lost every battle against his brothers and it was getting pathetic.

"Mikey, get off of me!" Leonardo shouted, trying to get up, but failed to due to his youngest brother's weight on him.

Mikey chuckled loudly "Sorry dude, I'm just so happy. Maybe my skills are improving after all." Mikey hopped off of the blue-masked turtle and gave him a hand. Leonardo gladly took it and stood up on his feet. He looked around and noticed his two other brothers and his Sensei were watching him.

"You idiot, your skills are not improving. Leo is just off his game." Raphael spat at the cheerful turtle. Mikey stuck his tongue out and went to go find the nunchuck that he had lost in the duel.

"Raphael" Master Splinter said forcefully "Do not discourage your brother. There is no excuse why Leonardo was defeated and he is well aware of that. Aren't you Leonardo?"

Leonardo was dozing off until he heard his father's voice. "Umm yes Master. You are correct."

"Kiss up" Raphael grunted under his breath and a purple-masked turtle nudged him in the shoulder. Raph looked at Donnie, who was watching Master Splinter's answer.

The old rat raised an eyebrow at his oldest son, who wasn't paying any attention to them. Master Splinter could tell that something was troubling his oldest son, but he didn't know what.

"What did I miss?" Mikey asked almost shouting.

Hushed sounds came from Raph and Donnie as Mikey stood next to them. The three of them waited patiently and intensely as their Master approached their oldest brother.

"Leonardo" Master Splinter said gently as he touched the dazed turtle's shoulder.

Leo looked at his father with tiring eyes, but only he knew that his eyes were tired. Master Splinter couldn't tell because his blue bandana was hiding it.

"Yes Master Splinter?"

"What is troubling you My Son? You are not acting like yourself. Is there something you would like to talk about?" Master Splinter encouraged.

Yes! I want to tell you about the girl I saved. How I can't get her out of my head. How I keep having nightmares about her. How beautiful she looked that night when I saved her from that monster. Her piercing eyes bearing into my soul and her creamy white skin that doesn't exist on anybody else. I have such strong feelings for this girl and I want to know why! Why father? Why?!

Leonardo shook his head. "No father. I'm alright. It's just that I haven't been able to get a good night's rest. I have a lot on my mind." He didn't dare look into his father's eyes because he was lying and he never lied to his father.

Master Splinter didn't buy the answer. He knew when one of his sons was lying, and it saddened him that his oldest wasn't telling the truth. He reminded himself that when the time was right, Leonardo would tell him what is wrong.

Master Splinter shook his head. "Perhaps you need to get your mind organized. Very well then. You should do it tonight." The old rat turned around to face the other brothers who were interested in the conversation. "Boys, you have a free night tonight. Your brother has a lot of thinking to do, so he will patrol on his own. You all are free to do what you wish. All of you are dismissed"

"Awesome! I kicked Leo's butt in dueling and now I get the night off? Is this too good to be true? Somebody pinch me!" Michelangelo said dreamily. "Ouch!" He shouted while rubbing his arm and gave daggers at the turtle to his left

"You asked for it." Donnie responded.

"Whatever, I'm going to go watch TV." Mikey casually said, heading towards the living room door.

"No way! The TV is mine!" Raphael yelled as he ran after Mikey. You could hear furniture being tipped over and yells and screams coming from the other room.

Master Splinter rubbed his head. "Donatello, can you please go and control your brothers. I'll be there shortly."

Donnie bowed "Yes Sensei" And he headed off to the living room.

"Umm Master Splinter, I don't want to question your decision, but are you sure this is a good idea. What about the guys? They need to patrol and train more and….." Leonardo was cut off by his father.

"My dear Leonardo. Do not over think so much. Trust me and do as I say. Your brothers will be fine, everything will be fine. You need this time for yourself. Now when you are alone, meditate and let your mind solve the conflicts itself."

Leonardo shook his head "Yes Master"

Bang! Crash! Glass being broken. "I am not fixing that!" Donnie shouted from the living room.

I shouldn't have gave them the night off, Master Splinter thought as he rushed to the living room, leaving a smiling Leonardo behind him.

A/N- I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I really didn't like this chapter too much. The next chapter is where the action happens. I hope everybody likes that chapter instead Again, thank you guys for the wonderful reviews and alerts/favorites. It really means a lot to me. I'll probably post the next chapter this week (hopefully). See you guys soon. Ta Ta! Happy Reading!