A/N thank you all for the wonderful reviews for ch 5. Here's ch 6 for you and as always see ch 1 for disclaimer

Ch 6 Feelings of Guilt

"Mikey!" Leo and Raph cried out, their eyes huge as they watched their youngest brother hit the ground hard.

"Move!" Donnie shouted, shoving his two older brothers out of the way as he knelt beside his younger brother. But as soon as he lowered his head a wave of dizziness hit him and he sat back and closed his eyes tight. "Ow my head," the purple masked turtle groaned, putting his hand to his head.

"You need to rest Donatello," Splinter said, kneeling beside his second youngest son. "I will make sure Michelangelo is alright." With that Splinter gently picked up the still knocked out Mikey, and carried him out of the room.

"C'mon Donnie I'll help ya," Raph said, reaching for his brother.

"Don't touch me!" Donnie snarled, surprising his brother.

"Donnie," Leo began.

"No I'm serious Leo!" Donnie shouted, springing to his feet. He staggared on his feet for a few seconds but quickly steadied himself. "Mikey is hurt because of you two! You know that don't you?! He got hurt because you two can't seam to stop fighting!"

"Donnie we didn't mean to hurt Mikey," Raph said, the guilt creeping into his voice.

"But you did!" Donnie shouted, causing both of his brothers to jump slightly. It was very rare for Donnie to get this angry. But the combanation of being hurt and his younger brother getting hurt had pushed the gap toothed turtle over the edge.

"Donnie you know the last thing we'd do is hurt Mikey," Leo tried again.

"Stop!" Donnie shouted. "Just stop Leo! This whole things is mostly your fault anyway! If you had just listened to Raph ealier then we wouldn't even be in this position! Or you could've listened to me or Mikey when we said we didn't want to split apart. But no you had to have things your way! Just becasue you're the leader doesn't mean you can't take other people's ideas into considertion. And now Mikey's hurt thanks to you!"

"Donatello that is enough!" Splinter said sharply, coming into the room. Donnie instantly stopped talking. "It is not fair for you all to put the blame entirely on Leonardo. There is plenty of blame to go around. Is that not right Raphael?" Splinter turned to his red masked son when he said this part. Raph opened his mouth to speak but Leo beat him to it.

"No," the leader in blue said softly. "This is all my fault. I should've listened to Raph. He had a good idea and I didn't want to hear it. I..I was just so damn mad at him. Still am actually. That's why we were fighting. I should've know better than that. And now with Mikey...I...I'm sorry guys." Leo lowered his head as the tears threatened to come. "Oh God I'm so sorry," he whispered.

"Leo," Raph began, shocked that his older brother was reacting like this.

"You were right Raph," Leo said, raising his head and wiping away the tears. "I..I don't deserve to be leader."

"Leo that's not..." Donnie began.

"I'm sorry," Leo said, his voice shaking as he took a step backwards. "I let you all down. I...I need some air." Without waiting for a response Leo ran out the lair, slamming the door shut.

"Leo wait!" Raph cried out. The red masked turtle began to go after his older brother but Splinter put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him.

"Leonardo just needs some time to sort things out Raphael," the wise old rat said. "And I suggest that you and Donatello do some thinking as well."

"How's Mikey doin'?" Raph asked.

"Michelangelo will be fine," Splinter said with a smile. "In fact he is awake and would like to see you all."

"Here Donnie I'll help ya," Raph said, putting his arm around his purple masked brother.

"Thanks Raph," Donnie said with a smile. With that the family went in to see Mikey.

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A few minutes later the family was in Mikey's room. When the orange masked turtle saw his two brothers and father he smile big at them. "Hey guys," Mikey said.

"Glad to see you ain't to banged up little brother," Raph said with a smile as he sat on the edge of Mikey's bed. But his smile quickly vanished when he saw a large bruise on Mikey' head and a small crack in his plastron. "Mikey I'm real sorry," Raph said softly. "I didn't mean to hurt ya."

"Its ok Raph," Mikey said, trying to sound as cheerful as possible. "Its all good bro. I know you and Leo didn't mean to hurt me. But like where is Leo anyway?"

"He uh left," Raph said quickly.

"Yeah I think his feelings got hurt," Donnie said with a sigh as he slowly sat down beside Mikey. "We were pretty harsh on him. Then when you got hurt..."

"He took off," Mikey finished. Donnie nodded and the freckled faced turtle let out a sigh. "Man poor Leo," he said softly. "I feel bad."

"Well ya shouldn't," Raph said, a little rougher than he meant to. "Leo'll get over it."

"Raph don't you even feel a little bad about what happened?" Donnie asked, giving his slightly older brother a look.

"Well yeah," Raph admitted. "I do. I feel bad that Mikey got hurt. And yeah maybe I lost my cool. I admit it alright? But Leo ain't totally blameless in this."

"I think," Splinter chimed in, not wanting another argument to break out. "That putting blame on one person does not solve anything. The best thing to do for now is for Michelangelo and Donatello to get some rest. And Raphael I suggest you do the same."

"I'm fine Sensei," Raph said. Just then he felt a painful tugging at his cracked shell and he winced in spite of himself.

"You were saying Raph?" Mikey said with a grin.

"Alright fine I'll get some rest," Raph said, rolling his green eyes as he stood. Splinter helped Donnie do the same and after bidding Mikey goodnight the family went to get some rest and await Leo's return.

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Leo ran until he felt like his lungs were going to explode. Stopping to catch his breath the oldest turtle saw decided to go top side to do some thinking. After jumping from roof to roof the oldest turtle decided to stop and look out at the city. After a few minutes Leo let out a heavy sigh. "What am I doing?" he muttered. "Running away from my problems isn't going to solve anything. I need to go back and face the music." With the Leo began to turn back when suddenly he found himself surrounded by thug dressed in all blue. Quickly grabbing his katanas Leo quickly disposed of the thugs. But to his shock he found that the were robots. "What.." Leo muttered as he began to examine the robots. Picking up one of the robot's heads the oldest turtle's blue eyes went wide when he saw the Foot symbol of it. "No," he whispered, dropping the head. "It can't be." But before he could continue the thought suddenly he was knocked off his feet by a masked figure. But Leo soon recovered and got to his feet, grabbing his katanas. His attacker was in front of him, sword drawn.

"So we meet again freak," the figure said, glaring at Leo.

"You were at the docks," Leo growled, glaring back at his foe.

"And you're about to find out what happens when you interfere with my business," the figure snarled as she raised her sword and raced towards Leo. Leo tightened his grip of his katanas and charged towards his foe and the two connected. As good as Leo was with the katanas his opponent was just as good with her sword. But Leo soon got an edge and he managed to kick his attacker hard to the ground but she soon got to her feet and came swooping in to deliver a kick of her own. But Leo was ready and grabbed her ankles and dropped her to the ground.

"Give up," Leo growled, putting his foot on his foe's chest and pointing his katana at her.

"You're good," the figure said. "But not as good as me." With that she grabbed Leo's foot and threw him hard to the ground. Getting to her feet the girl went towards the fallen turtle, who hadn't gotten up. "Pathetic," she muttered as she raised her sword to strike. But suddenly Leo's eyes flew open and he grabbed the girl's wrist and flung her to the ground. Her mask came flying off and she glared back at Leo with furious brown eyes. Leo stared at the girl, taken aback at how young and beautiful she was.

"Who are you?" Leo demanded, after the initial shock wore off.

"Your worst nightmare," Karai snarled, raising her fist and punching Leo hard in the face, sending him to the ground. "Its really a shame," Karai said as she hit Leo hard in his chest, winding him. "You really do have potential. Too bad I have to kill you."

"Who..who are you?" Leo panted, wiping the blood away from him mouth.

"Like I said before," Karai hissed, spinning around and kicking Leo in the head once again. "I'm your worst nightmare. But you can call me Karai." With that Karai hit Leo hard with the butt of her sword, sending him into a world of black.