Hello everyone! Hope things are going well for you because they are getting much better for me (since I don't have summer classes to worry about this time)! And I'm so happy to have more time to write. Writing is such a passion of mine :) Anyways...

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To RiseoftheSoulGuardians: I'm glad you could. I wanted to write the scene how I pictured it in my mind. I can only imagine how it must of felt, literally. It made me really happy to see that you said you loved this story! Thanks! I can't wait to see any of your other thoughts! :)

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HAPPY READING! :3 (sorry for any typos)

Michelangelo's Point of View:

This was a complete and utter nightmare! We were being taken away from Sensei and as far as we knew there was nothing anyone could do about it.

That didn't stop Leo from blessing out our "Father" right there in front of everyone. Even Raph was shocked and Sensei was so blown away he didn't even get on to Leo about it. Our...Father...or Nakano...whatever we should call him, looked especially surprised at Leo's foul language.

But in the end it didn't change anything. In fact...it made Sensei look worse because he never got on to Leo for his language and actions. The court officials said that tomorrow morning our Father could come get us and take us to our new home and that we should pack tonight.

I felt sick throughout the ride home. No one said a word. It wasn't until we got home that Leo began to hit at random objects and scream. I was shocked and grabbed Donnie's arm so hard that it began to bruise, but he didn't seem to mind as much because he was so pale that he looked ready to be hospitalized.

Sensei was yelling, trying to get through to Leo to calm him down, and Raph actually was the one to try and stop Leo from hurting himself any further. Instead Leo turned sharply and his elbow connected with Raph's jaw.

"Raphie, you okay?!" I yelled as I nearly fell on my knees beside him where he had fallen on the floor in his shock. His jaw was already turning red from the earlier treatment and for once in my life I felt scared of Leo. My superman-like big brother, Leo.

"'M fine, Mike," Raph declared as he never broke eye contact with a now distraught Leo. I flinched when Leo bent down and looked horrified, "It's okay, Fearless, don't worry about it."

"It's not okay..." He cringed and looked away in shame. It also looked like his head was hurting him from all the ruckus he made, "I'm sorry...I just...how can...this is-"

Donnie seemed to have appeared from no where as Leo began to actually cry in front of us. Mine and Raph's eyes widened and I felt mine burn as Donnie simply hugged our leader-like brother. Raph wrapped one arm around me and pulled me close as I sniveled and shook hard, trying to fight against the tears.

"It...can't be true," Raph said quietly, "He can't be our real Father, no matter what they say! He can't just come outta the blue and try to claim us!"

"I will work hard with my lawyer on this, my sons," Sensei spoke up and we all looked up at him. He was obviously still very upset yet he was studying some papers intently, "But it appears as though Nakano-san is, in fact, your biological father."

"Then where has he been all this time?!" Leo shouted in distress as he looked away, "He's the reason we ever knew each other growing up! He's the reason we've all suffered through horrible foster home experiences!"

We all flinched, each remembering horrible memories we'd rather forget. Donnie turned rather pale and I felt my body shaking as I curled closer to Raph as I could get. Sensei sighed after a moment, "You all must remain calm, Leonardo. I will figure tihs all out. I'm afraid these are questions for your father."

"I refuse to call him that," Leo glared at nothing in particular, "You've always been my father, Sensei. This man can't take your place."

Sensei's eyes widened and they misted before he turned his head and nodded, "I feel hte same way about you four. I will figure this out. I promise."

"What if this guy is mean to us...?" I asked hesitantly, feeling my cheeks wet with silent tears. I wiped at my face and was surprised when Donnie's hoarse voice spoke up.

"We should trust that he won't. I think it's a good idea to at least meet and know him," Donnie muttered and we all looked at him in shock, "I-I mean...we can get answers this way! We should just be peaceful about this until Sensei figures this out. Let's not cause any unnecessary trouble."

There was something about the way he said this that sounded desperate, like it had to be this way or else something bad would happen. Leo's face straightened while Raph and I blanched at Donnie's unusual behavior. It must be that thing that he seems so worry about...that thing he won't share with us. I frowned and twisted my hands nervously.

I love Donnie...and trust him...so I'll go along with whatever he says, "Donnie's right...if we make this harder then things will be worse...just like before." Leo flinched and Raph sighed, rubbing his face with both hands. Sensei smiled a little to encourage us as he also nodded. Donnie's eyes widened at me and I smiled when I saw his eyes light up just the slightest.

"Now my sons...you start getting packed and I will make us some dinner," Sensei smiled but his demeanor was no where near what it usually was. He was still devastated but at the same time I saw a determined light to his eyes, "You may want to inform your friends of this...temporary change."

We all shared a look and groaned. Our friends would not like this one bit! My mom and Leatherhead would do everything they could to help Sensei! I smiled a bit at this thought as my brothers and I struggled to stand up while Sensei walked towards the kitchen to make dinner.

Leo, Raph, Donnie, and I all decided to go to our rooms and gather our things quietly while we made our calls. I naturally called my Mom first and I cried on the phone with her as she started to get really upset and shed her own tears. I was surprised when her voice suddenly changed into one of rare anger...the type of anger I had never ever heard from her before. She declared she thought she knew a way to help Sensei and I just told her not to stress too much.

I was on the verge of finishing with packing my clothes when Leatherhead took the phone away from Mom (not before I got to say goodbye and I loved her very much) before he began growling threats about Nakano and Saki. It should have been funny, but it wasn't, because Leatherhead has a serious anger and PTSD problem and I knew he meant very threat he presented. It took awhile and I was finished with packing everything but my bedding by the time I calmed him down enough to have a good conversation.

He promised to take care of my Mom as always and that he'd also do anything to help her and Sensei. He even offered to go to jail for me, if that's what it took, and he managed to get a few smiles out of me before we hung up. I called Mondo next, because I'm 100% sure that Donnie will call April, Raph will call Casey and Slash, and Leo will call Karai, so he was the only other one left to know.

"Dude, what the hell?! This guy is your Father?!" He shouted in my ear, causing me to flinch and move the phone away from my ear, "That same werido that gave you funny looks down the street a few days ago?"

I sighed and dramatically let myself fall on my bed, staring up at the ceiling, "Yeah...that's the one. Now I bet he looked at me funny because he knew who I was already. But still...I can't help but think there was more to it than even that."

"Why else would he look at you funny?" Mondo questioned, sounding a bit freaked out and angry. I sighed again and bit at my lip.

"Well, maybe I'm just imagining it but...it seemed at though he looked at Raph, Leo, and Donnie more than me. It's like he doesn't like looking at me. That's why I'm not sure if he really wants us or if he's just Saki's pawn or something," I explained nervously. I haven't even told the guys what I thought yet.

"I have no idea, Mikester...just be careful around this guy!" He warned and I smiled a moment before it disappeared, "I would totally kick this guy's butt for you, ya know? But he's your dad and stuff...I'm just so lost! Where has he been?!"

"We'd like to know as well," I muttered, feeling annoyed and hurt, "He left us, Mondo...and I think our Mom died during childbirth...or something like that."

"Yeah, I can imagine! Giving birth to four babies sounds like hell, dude," Mondo said with a cringing tone to his voice. I winced also at the thought, "I'm so sorry this is happening to you, Mikey. I'm here if you ever need a place to go or anyone to talk to."

My heart warmed at that and I smiled, "You are one of the best, Mondo. Thanks! There's a lot of people trying to figure this out and maybe we'll get answers form Nakano tomorrow..."

"Yes, make him tell!" Mondo replied eagerly and I laughed a little until I heard my door creak. I saw Donnie standing there, looking like a wounded puppy. My eyes widened and I nearly spluttered on the phone, "Mikey? You okay?"

"Yeah, but hey- I gotta go...I'll call you when I can!" I promised and I heard him sigh.

"Okay, yeah, do that! Be careful Mikey!" He said and we quickly ended the call. I sat up on my bed and looked at Donnie. He wordlessly walked over to my bed and sat on it, crossing his legs and looking ready to cry.

"D-Donnie...what's wrong?" I asked worriedly as I frowned and leaned forward. He sighed and rubbed at his forehead.

"I, um, told April and she...well she got really mad until I explained there was nothing she could do really. I told her everything I could to comfort her but she ended up...crying," Donnie explained while looking upset. I knew Donnie really loved April and hated when she was sad.

"Aww, its going to be okay somehow, D," I said, trying for a cheerful smile. Donnie shrugged before looking over at me, "And hey, at least we can finally learn about our past, right?"

Donnie smiled only slightly, "Yeah...thats true. I'm kinda curious about this Nakano guy and what he knows..."

"Same here."

We both startled and looked to where a stressed looking Leo and Raph were standing in my doorway. I blinked stupidly as they entered and fussed with Donnie over spots on my bed. I laughed a little as Raph pushed me away to get more room on the bed beside me. It was silent as everyone tried to get comfortable.

And Raph was the first to break the silence, "So Slash is beyond tha word pissed."

My eyes widened, "Really? He isn't going to try and do anything stupid is he?" I felt worried about Slash doing that. I didn't want him to get hurt or in trouble...I liked Slash, he was cool and promised to get me a leather jacket to match his!

"He won't. I made him promise me ta keep his research easy and not dangerous. He wants ta help somehow..." Raph looked a little pleased but it vanished the next moment, "This is all bullshit."

"Language," Donnie scolded lightly and Raph snorted, rolling his eyes as I giggled. We turned to Leo, who was staring at the wall silently. He didn't look as angry...he just looked bland, "W...What did Karai say?"

Leo hesitated before looking over at us, "She's...she sounded scary...she was angry when I told her. Then she started cussing out loud and blessing out one of her maids," Raph snorted in amusement and I smirked a bit, "Then she told me that she had been following up on her Father and told me about that website she found that time...it was an article about our real Mom and Dad."

Our eyes widened and Donnie gasped, "So Saki did research and found out who our Dad was? So Nakano is somehow a pawn for Saki?"

"Pfff...we knew that," Raph rolled his eyes and Donne shot him a look, "But what does he have on Nakano ta make him suddenly want us back?"

"And he must of blackmailed some court officials or someone...this just can't be right," Leo argued, staring at the wall in anger. Donnie and Raph nodded while I hummed in thought.

"Oh well...we can figure this all out soon enough," Donnie shrugged as his eyes dimmed again, "It just doesn't feel real."

We all nodded in agreement and I twiddled with my thumbs nervously before looking at them, "W...What do we do if this guy, our Father, tries to hurt us?"

"Then we take pictures of evidence though I doubt he'll get away with it. I won't let him do anything," Leo replied immediately, his eyes doing that cold dark thing that was scary. Raph smirked and nodded as he turned and patted my shoulder.

"Yeah, don't worry Mikey," He said and I relaxed a little, "We won't let anythin' happen. We don't have to do anythin' that guy tells us."

A knock at my door had all our heads whirling and Sensei looked a little bit calmer as he opened my door, "Ah, there you boys are. Finished packing?"

"Except for our bed stuff, yes," Leo answered seriously and Sensei smiled a bit before a sad look entered his eyes, "Is dinner ready?"

"Yes it is..." He replied as he opened the door for us. We all jumped off my bed and before I followed my brothers out I looked at my cleaned out room to the bags piled near my bed on the floor. I frowned before sighing and following my brothers out.

I still didn't feel any better about this.

The Next Morning:

"Mikey...Mikey wake up..."

"MIKEY!"

I gasped awake and ended up hitting my head when I jolted backwards. A dull throb made me groan and wince in pain before I glared at Donnie and Raph. Donnie looked a bit empty and no better than he did last night while Raph was crossing his arms over his chest and scowling at me impatiently. I noticed he was also dressed in a long sleeved red shirt, his black sleeveless jean jacket, black pants and red vans, "Get up and pack ya bed stuff, Bonehead!"

"Fine..." I pouted as I yawned sleepily. They watched as I through the blankets off myself before I rolled out of the bed and gathered the blankets in one pile before ripping off my sheets. I became annoyed when one end didn't work with me but Raph groaned and helped me pack everything, "Where's Leo?"

"With Sensei..." Donnie spoke up and I turned to him, my eyes widening when I saw the dark circles under his eyes and the pale complexion of his face. He was wearing black jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, black slip ons, and a purple scarf that Sensei bought him a couple days ago. I saw Raph look at me and in that one look I could tell he was agreeing with me. Donnie looked terrible and we were worried. I'm sure that if Raph was worried then Leo was too.

Last night after dinner Sensei seemed determined to give us a good night so he offered to watch some movies and camp out in the living room with us. That didn't work as well as we'd hoped. Don't get me wrong, hanging out with Sensei and watching movies with him was amazing! But it was afterwards, when we tried to sleep, when it wasn't so amazing. It was our last night together before we had to go move in with our estranged Father so it was difficult for any of us to fall asleep...but we eventually did around 3:49 a.m.

And it was around 6:14 a.m that Donnie woke up screaming. I remembered that all of us were startled so bad that I actually bumped heads with Leo and then proceeded to freak out when he groaned in pain. But that didn't last long because Sensei and Raph were already comforting a particularly depressed Donnie, who was sobbing his heart out and dishing out apologies like nobodies business. One apology kinda disturbed me though.

'Don't hate me for it. Please don't hate me for it.' and, 'I had no choice.'

What did he mean when he said that?

"Mikey?" I jumped a few inches in the air when said brother touched my shoulder. I turned to him with wide eyes and saw that he looked concerned, "Raph's...been talking to you this whole time..did you hear him?"

"H-Huh? No, I-I haven't," I smiled nervously, hoping they wouldn't get mad. I turned to Raph politely but he was frowning as he stared at me, "What?"

"What were ya thinkin' about just now? Ya looked pretty...spooked," Raph asked quietly, staring at me intently. Donnie was behind me and because of his pale and shaky form I knew I couldn't refuse if he decided to ask me.

"I...I was just kinda freaking out, ya know? Today is the day we leave...to that guy...Nakano seemed mysterious," I swallowed, actually making myself nervous at the string of thoughts. I winced when Raph gently bumped a fist against my head.

"Knucklehead," He said with a small smirk that didn't reach his eyes, "Ya don't have ta worry about anythin', okay?"

I knew he was just trying to make me feel better and was warmed at his efforts, "Okay, Raphie."

"Don't call me that," Raph groaned and I even heard a snicker from Donnie as I rolled my eyes. I shooed them out so that I could get dressed and decided on some white pants, black converse, my white boggin hat (its one of my favorites), and finally my white and black 'Thousand Foot Krutch' tee.

I called Raph and Don back in and they helped me grab all my bags and take them out to set beside theirs, which I noted was in the pit. We ended up following the sound of Leo's hushed voice before walking into the kitchen area. Both Sensei and Leo were seated at the island table and we quickly joined them. I was surprised how Leo was dressed. He just wore his blue plaid jacket, white t-shirt like Donnie, and some faded blue jeans with navy blue Nike shoes.

And I didn't fail to notice the fake smile Sensei plastered on his face as he spoke to us, "Good morning, Michelangelo. Are you all packed and ready to go?"

"Yes," Raph nodded as he put his chin in his palm. Donnie just nodded and I smiled, "We put all our things together."

"That is...good, Raphael," Sensei lost his smile a bit and stared at the table, "The court official called...Nakano-san and some child service agents are coming to collect you all and your things to help transport you to your new home."

"It won't be a home, Sensei," Leo denied as he continued to glare at the table. I gulped because I was sitting next to him and didn't want to be close if he had another "Raphie-episode" as I have dubbed it. Raph hasn't even blown up the way Leo has!

"Even so...remember our agreement? Donatello was right in saying that we should go along with this smoothly for now," Sensei explained as Donnie looked startled at his name. We all frowned again at his pale complexion before Sensei continued, "At least until I can sort everything out. Do not worry, my sons. Just behave as normal and stick close to one another. That is most important. Do you understand?"

"Hai, Sensei," We all nodded in agreement in that way we had grown accustomed to doing. Sensei smiled at all of us before he began to stand and go to the stove, where I had not even noticed he had breakfast waiting. Just simple scrambled eggs and pancakes...but it was enough to make me misty-eyed throughout the whole thing. I would really miss this.

As we ate, Leo began to ask Sensei about our training and what we could do. Sensei told us that Leo could train us to catch us up to his level, something that Raph grouched about, and then Donnie brought up that maybe Nakano would be kind enough to let us still see him after school for training or something. Everyone else doubted this but didn't want to bring any of Donnie's hopes down.

We hadn't really finished our dinner when the doorbell rang and I wasn't alone in feeling my blood run cold. It felt like a stone hit my stomach and I paled as I looked up at my brothers. Sensei sighed and went to go answer the door while the rest of us hurried along after him.

"Welcome..." Sensei greeted politely and we all stood silent, close to one another, by the hall near the pit. A couple of women and a man followed Nakano, who nodded at Sensei before staring at all of us. I was surprised when he put on a little smile and told the man to carry our stuff to the car. The two women were speaking with Master Splinter in low tones so I couldn't hear.

I tensed when our Father walked towards us slowly. I was surprised that Donnie edged closer to me in an anxious fashion instead of the other way around while Raph and Leo took a tiny step forward, as if challenging him to do something. But it didn't phase him. He kept going until he was standing in front of us, but enough distance between us. He looked at Raph and Leo then smiled just a little. It looked a bit awkward, "Hello boys...all your stuff is packed right? If not the man outside can help you take everything."

I bit my lip when Raph and Leo both narrowed their eyes at him before Raph spoke up in a harsh tone, "We packed everythin' already. It's all we have."

Despite Raph's tone our Father just nodded, that awkward smile never leaving his face as he straightened and looked at Sensei. I moved closer to Donnie and held his sleeve, afraid that somehow something would happen. It was weird to notice that our Father looked a lot like Leo today because his hair was styled like Leo's only that it was longer in the back. He was wearing a white button up shirt that was tucked into some black pants. His green eyes roamed over Sensei before he smiled politely, "Hello Mr. Hamato. I will be taking the boys as soon as my man packs everything up in my car. I'm assuming that the social service ladies have spoken to you about the boys' situation now?"

Sensei's face looked calm but his eyes looked very upset, "Yes indeed, Nakano-san."

"I hope there are no hard feelings between us," Our Father spoke sort of kindly to Sensei, which threw me off guard but my brothers kept glaring, or in Donnie and my case staring, at him. It felt as though he was speaking as if he meant what he was saying but he didn't really feel that way inside. I had a hard time reading him and that's kinda a first for me.

"No hard feelings at all. I hope you'll treat the boys right," Sensei nodded as he stared at our father. He nodded as he turned towards us and I noticed that the two women carried the last two bags outside.

"Time to say goodbye, boys," Our father said as a more serious smile took his place, "Say goodbye to Hamato-san and I will then show you to my car. The social service women will be riding with us to make sure you settle in nicely."

Leo and Raph full on glared at the man before looking sadly at Sensei. Donnie was shaking like a leaf as he rushed up and hugged him first before we all took turns. I gripped him tightly as I felt my eyes burn and wet his yukata. I blinked them back so our father didn't see them and turned around, noticing how quickly our father turned away from me when I looked at him. I rose an eyebrow in confusion before joining my brothers at the door. Each of us looked anywhere but at the home we loved or Sensei. It really hurt.

"By the way, Nakano-san," Sensei cleared his throat and all eyes turned on him as our father stopped just at the front door, "Leonardo has been attacked a few days ago and required serious medical treatment, as I'm sure you already know, and he is still healing. The social services should already have relinquished all of his, along with his brothers', personal documents to you. Please keep an eye on him and his injuries."

Our father looked shocked for a moment before nodded politely and going out the door, "Come along now, boys."

Raph scoffed and couldn't look at Sensei, same as Donnie, but Leo and I stayed behind a little to give Sensei one last encouraging smile. My heart shattered into tiny pieces when I saw the forlorn broken look on his face as he stared after us. Then the pieces throbbed in my chest when he returned the encouraging smile that didn't reach his eyes. Saki...no, no, Shredder will pay for this!

Leo ushered me to go fast and we caught up with Donnie and Raph, who both stopped short when we saw the women and man getting in a black car. Our father pointed to a white car that had Donnie gasping. Leo frowned worriedly and poked him before whispering, "You alright? What's wrong?"

"N-Nothing...just surprised is all," He replied but I knew he was lying. Raph and Leo shared a unconvinced look. But none of us called him out on it as our father told us to get in the car and to buckle up tight. His fatherly act felt strained. Like he didn't know exactly what he was doing.

We were silent the whole way there.

I actually felt shocked when we arrived at the house we'd be staying at for the time being. It was roughly 40 minutes away from Sensei's and 45 minutes away from school. We'd be waking up way earlier now for school and that had me wilting. But the house was on the end of a neighborhood street. The outside was a dirty white color and the window shutters were dark red. The roof looked like black bricks, which was sorta cool, and a bit spacious. The yard was small though, smaller than Sensei's and not a lot of trees or anything like that.

I looked around in awe until he led us to a white door and fumbled with the keys before pushing the door open with a creak. Looking around I saw a big ceiling fan and the living room had two faded light brown couches, a black coffee table that supported a 32 inch TV, and a desk with a HP laptop on it.

"On the left is the kitchen connected with a very small dining room," Our father began explaining, startling my brothers and I out of our thoughts, "That door in the kitchen leads to my room. This hall to our right has only two rooms and a bathroom. You'll all have to share the bathroom and you will have to pair up for the two bedrooms. Ill let you decide who you want to bunk with."

We all looked quietly down the white hall and I observed briefly that the doors were all white too and the carpet was red throughout the hall and living room. The kitchen had a black white patterned floor from what I could see. I gasped when I felt someone shift behind me and Raph moved me out of the way when the man from before started bringing bags into the living room. The two women shuffled in with blank faces, like they really didn't care to be here.

"Okay, I am going to make a call real quick. These people are here to help you settle in. I'll come check on you later," Our father spoke, his voice serious but not mean. I drew my eyebrows together in irritated confusion. I am having an increasingly hard time figuring out if he actually wants us or not.

Leo turned to us slightly and sighed, glaring at our father's back when he stepped into his room. I looked around at all the white walls with wide eyes and felt Raph's hands leave my arms. He's been grabbing me the whole time? I also noticed one of my hands still had a hold of Donnie's sleeve.

"So, whose stuff is going in what room?" One of the women asked blankly as she stared at us. Leo narrowed his eyes at her and Raph ground his teeth together.

"Why don't I take a room with Mikey and Raph take a room with Donnie?" Leo suggested as he ignored the lady, who pursed her lips in annoyance. We all blinked in surprise at his suggestion but I brightened a little. Sharing a room with Leo might be fun! "I figured that with our personalities we might not kill each other this way."

We all smirked a little at his joke and I nodded, feeling a tiny bit more excited. Leo turned and glared at the others, "We can take our own bags if you will just help us take them. All our bags have our names on the tags."

The man and women nodded as we proceeded to grab all the bags we could and have the agents take the others. Raphie and Donnie claimed the room in the back as if it were the biggest. I rolled my eyes and followed Leo into the first room down the hall. The carpet was still red and connected with carpet in the hall. The walls were white and that was starting to bother me. Did he not bother painting at all since he lived here?

Two beds were on both sides of the room facing the door with a window in between them. A desk was beside the bed on the right and there was a closet on the left. A medium sized dresser just barely fit in the beside the desk. Leo turned to me with a blank look that I shared with him before he sighed, "Choose whichever bed you want. I don't care."

I shrugged and grunted as I moved my stuff to the bed on the left so that I could be near the closet. Leo silently moved his stuff to the right bed and we dumped our stuff on it before helping the agents move the last of our things. The agents immediately left the room to go help Donnie and Raph but I sat on my bed.

"I guess we can start putting stuff up starting with our bedding," Leo suggested silently and I nodded before we both grabbed our bags with our bedding stuff. I started to grin more when I put on my marvel superheroes sheet then adding my marvel comic book patterned comforter and pillow cases. I spread everything out lazily and added the stuffed bear that I couldn't leave behind. My mother bought me this a couple of days after she adopted me.

"Mikey...what's wrong?" Leo asked, his voice strained with stress and concern. I turned to him in surprise from where I had been slowly smoothing out my pillows. His dark blue comforter and pillows were laid out perfectly and I could see a hint of sword patterned sheets under the neatly folded blankets. I rolled my eyes inwardly...Leo was such a perfectionist, "Why are you crying?"

I blinked and felt the tears roll down my cheeks, "H-Huh?! I was crying?! I didn't know that!" I wiped at my eyes furiously and Leo sighed as he wrapped his arms around me in a hug. I sniffed and hugged him back really hard because I never refused a brother hug!

We parted and Leo looked down at our stuff, "We might be able to fit both our stuff in teh closet and dresser."

I stared at thr dresser, noting that it had two small drawers on top then had four more draws after, "Um, okay. One small drawer for each then two larger ones for each?"

Leo actually smiled, prompting a small smile out of me, "Sounds good to me, Little Brother. And I can have the left side of the closet if you take the right?"

"Sure," I agreed and I could tell I wasn't the only one relieved that there was no arguing over space or anything like that. I hope its the same way with Donnie and Raph too. Leo and I were just unpacking everything onto our beds when one of the women came in to try and help us.

With her help we managed to get most of our clothes put up and I noticed I had way more of variety of clothes than Leo did despite my past...living situations. We discovered that our closet had a top shelf with a bar that we could hang clothes on. And it was already filled with hangers so that made our lives much easier. We finished piling our shoes separately when Leo stretched while staring at the desk. Obviously he had some plan in mind for that. I don't care as long as I can draw my stuff on it.

"We can put our personal things away later. Let's go see how Raph and Donnie are doing," Leo half ordered and I nodded, smiling after him as I thanked the woman for helping us. She actually smiled back at me and Leo pulled me away from the room. The door was already opened so we walked in and I blinked in awe. Raph and Donnie's rooms were a bit bigger and they had three windows spread evenly on the one wall to the right. Also on the right was a closet exactly like ours. Their carpet was red, of course, but their walls were a tan brown. It didn't match at all!

They had two dressers, those meanies, and a desk in the middle of the windows. The windows had white curtains on them and when I looked, I noticed that Donnie and Raph's beds were both on parallel but facing each other. I whistled as Leo looked around. Donnie was shoving things in the drawers of his desk (lucky, their desk has more drawers!) and Raph was shoving things in the closet.

"How're things?" Leo asked casually as I looked behind me. The man and other woman came out of the bathroom and walked into the living room, I think.

"It's spacier than I imagined," Donnie spoke up, his tone a bit lighter. I smiled at that.

"It's a bunch of crap," Raph denied as he growled and pulled away, "I'm finished in tha closet Donnie."

"Thanks Raph," Donnie nodded as he stepped forth. Leo rolled his eyes as Raph skulked about the room and I took the time to notice that Raph's bed was obviously the one with black and white dragon printed comforter while Donnie's was neat and a cool looking dark pastel purple color. I remembered suddenly when Sensei came home with our new bedroom stuff, but I could hardly remember theirs because mine had been so awesome.

I wilted a bit at the reminder of Sensei and only looked up when I heard a noise in the background. Our father was leaned against the door frame with one of the women social agents at his side. I heard Raph scoff and Leo sigh but our father paid it no mind.

"Are you boys comfortable?" The woman asked as our father continued to look around the room. We all shrugged and or nodded respectively and she smiled, "We checked out everything. It all looks really good. We will be leaving now but we left a number for the social work agency on the fridge if you boys ever need anything."

I could tell that Leo was a bit relieved at this but masked it quickly. I nodded again at the woman and she smiled widely at me in return, "Okay. We will taking our leave since our job here is done. Bye boys."

"Bye.." I waved and she giggled as she walked away. I shuffled my feet and felt Donnie at my side when he calmly left the closet, refusing to look at our father too long. Our father smiled a bit at us.

"What...what do you boys want for dinner tonight?" He asked and I felt my stomach churn at the thought of eating right now.

"We're...not hungry," Leo murmured immediately because he just knew we all felt the same. Donnie nodded and our father looked displeased at first but he nodded none the less.

"Okay. Well food is in there when you do get hungry. I get groceries every Thursday night after work but if any of you want to do it that's okay with me," He shrugged and I blinked at what he said, "I will go ahead and say this...I'm not used to dealing with children, let alone teenagers...but I think it's important tat I lay down some rules."

"Of course," Leo replied in that fake sweet tone as he walked past me to be in front of all of us. Raph rolled his eyes as he also moved to be at my other side.

"One, you will not disrespect me in my own home. I understand that you have been taught manners, or at least I hope so. Two, make sure all lights and electronics are shut off before you go to bed. Three, you are allowed to go out of course, but at least let me know where. My phone number is on the fridge and we have a home phone number written on there too. The home phone is on my desk in the living room. Four, curfew on school nights is at 10 pm and any other day at midnight, no more than that and no exceptions. If there is an emergency just call and let me know. But if you break any of my rules you won't be allowed to go out much," He explained seriously.

My eyes widened because most of his rules were just like Sensei's and they were pretty reasonable. He didn't make a rule about not going to see Sensei! I looked at my brothers and saw that their eyes were also wide. I guess we expected something different.

"And if you want to stay the night somewhere else than you have to get permission. Last rule is...if I say no...then that means no and nothing you say can change it," He said and we all tensed at this new tone of voice. It wasn't mean or threatening but rather...slightly warning and condescending. I could practically feel Raph and Leo's auras spike from here!

"Sounds fair," Donnie shrugged and we whirled on his in shock. Raph stared at Donnie in disbelief and I watched Don's eyes shift to the floor uneasily. I frowned. Our father looked at him and nodded, smiling the whole time.

"Alright, I will leave you to yourselves. If you need me I am in the living room," He spoke and went to turn around to leave.

"W-Wait!" I called while my brothers looked at me in surprise. Our father turned to us and looked down at me. I gulped when I noticed his face was not like any of the other times. It looked blank...just how he always looks when he looks at me, "Um, what do you want us to call you...?"

He was silent for a moment before answered without looking at me, "Whatever you want." My brothers looked relieved but my heart did a flip flop because it seemed only I noticed that his tone of voice seemed a tad colder when he talked to me. Why was that? Did I do something wrong? He also seemed to do this with Raph a little, but not much at all.

We said nothing and he left while Leo quickly shut the door after him and sighed, "That was...weird. I expected him to be a...a..."

"Jackass? Asshole?" Raph supplied while Leo glared and Donnie rolled his eyes, "What? We were all thinkin' it!"

"Whatever. Our doors have locks...wonder if he'll get mad if we lock them tonight?" Leo pondered aloud.

"Don't care...doin' it anyway," Raph crossed his arms with a glare from hell on his face. I moved away a little, "He may be putting on an act for us ta see." Leo nodded in agreement but Donnie sighed.

"Just don't start anything willing guys," He said while Leo and Raph turned on him. I rubbed my arms and felt a bit put off because I had no idea what to say for once.

"Why are ya always tryin' ta...defend him or somethin'?" Raph asked with a glare and Donnie glared right back at him, which looked really scary with those dark circles under his eyes.

"Maybe because Mikey and I actually want to know a little about our real father. We shouldn't be causing anything on purpose because as I've said before, it makes it worse on Sensei," Donnie retorted angrily and I watched as Leo stepped in quickly, putting his hands on both of their chests.

"Stop guys...Raph, Donnie's right," Leo sighed and Raph grumbled under his breath as he backed away, "At least don't do anything unless its speaking up for yourself or defending yourself."

"Agreed," Raph sighed out as he rubbed at his hair. Donnie nodded and they all turned to me. I blinked in surprise and also nodded my head in agreement.

"You okay, Mikey? You haven't really said anything since he left," Leo questioned as he tilted his head at me curiously and in concern. I just shrugged.

"I'm just tired...it's been stressful and it's only the morning," I said quietly and looked down at the floor. Donnie came up and ruffled my hair just to get my boggin off my head. I whined and glared up at him as he smirked a bit. Was he trying to make me feel better? I fixed my hat and pouted.

"Quit moaning about, Mikey. Why don't we all finish unpacking everything and we can figure out what we want to do from there?" Donnie suggested, sounding a bit more fresh than he has in awhile. Raph just gave a thumbs up from where he was laying lazily on his bed and Leo smiled while nodding. I nodded too and allowed Leo to pull me out of their room to go back to mine.

I slowed when I saw our father looknig at the wall. I was confused until I noticed he was staring at a picture and he looked a bit sad too. what was he looking at? I froze when he looked over at the hall until he noticed me. His look quickly turned from annoyance and his eyes darkened as he looked at me. I felt fear wash over me and rushed into my room, nearly plowing into Leo in my fear to get away.

What have I ever done to be looked at so...so coldly?

Aww poor Mikey! I will give you a hug! Is their Father bipolar or something? I guess we'll find out soon enough! It was fun writing this chapter! :D

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