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TMNT: Unexpected Friendship

Chapter 8 – Bianca the Psychologist?

It was just another Saturday, the sun was just setting over the Hudson River into the night and the sky was filled with all sorts of colors, but Bianca didn't seem to notice because she was below ground in the sewer hanging out with a bunch of teenage mutant ninja turtles.

In the lair, Master Splinter was working with Leonardo on perfecting his katas while Donatello was working in his lab on his latest gadget. And what were Michelangelo and Raphael you ask? Well what those two do best of course, fight each other. And through the midst of all of this, Bianca was sitting on the couch turned out to the open part of the lair with a bowl of popcorn in the middle of her lap, having a good time enjoying the show Raph and Mikey were putting on. All of a sudden Raph was caught unguarded and went flying into a big mountain of boxes left over from moving into the lair with a large thud following after.

"Ooooo, that's gotta hurt…" Bianca said to no one in particular as she stuffed a handful of popcorn into her big mouth.

"Hah, nice fall Raphael, just come on back if you want some more of that." Mikey teased as Raph tried his best to move the boxes off of him. Once finally removing the box that was placed over his head, he yelled.

"You've had it, Mikey." In response to Raph's remark, Mikey spit shined his fist and then rubbed it into his chest. "Bro in know you got to go." Raph said as he was leaped forward into an attack. Mikey dodged and said

"Ooooo, good reverse punch." Raph then tried again except trying to kick Mikey. "Nice round house kick too Raph." He then tried to punch him yet again but Mikey swiftly flipped over Raph. "Whoa, not a bad dragon punch either but you're just a little," Raph punches "too slow!" Mikey finishes as he slaps Raph away and sends him towards the wall. "Actually, much too slow." Now if Raph wasn't fuming before, he was definitely now. He turned around and gave a hard punch sending Mikey on his butt then the momentum colliding with the wall.

"Ooooo, Mikey's in for it now…" Bianca said as Don came out of his lab and over to where Bianca was on the couch.

"He sure is…" Don said as he came over, taking a break from hunching over his desk to take some of Bianca's popcorn and plopped himself down on the couch next to her.

Mikey got up as Raph then made his way over to where he was. He started to go full on attack mode on Mikey, but Mikey seemed to be perfectly fine, as he just kept moving quickly out of Raph's way. He does a flip creating some distance between him and his hotheaded older brother.

"You think you're better than me?" Raph asks annoyed. "DO YOU?!" Now sounding furious as he charged straight for Mikey. They were now each other at equal distance grabbing each other, both equal in strength.

"No," Mikey says as he eases on the weight causing Raph to trip and Mikey then sends him flying behind him. "You're just too cocky Raph." As Raph then lands on one of Don's work tables and many pieces of wood go flying in all different directions. Mikey now satisfied beating his brother turns around and puts his hands up in the air and starts shaking them saying

"Winner and still champion, Michelangelo!" He says as he makes his way over to where Don, Bianca, and now Master Splinter and Leonardo joining them shortly at the end of the fight. While everyone was enjoying Mikey's excitement and laughing along with him, Bianca could see from the corner of her eye Raph getting up looking totally dead evil, as he got up she noticed that he was holding something, and that got her worried. He was holding a metal pipe saying

"No, no…you…YOU!" And that's when he started to make his move towards Mikey. Bianca's eyes completely widened as she stared in fright. Not even realizing consciously what she was doing, she quickly got up from the couch, in the process making the popcorn that was in her lap spill all over, and got behind Raph who already had Mikey pinned to the ground ready to end it. She took both of his arms and held him while he tried to struggle.

"Raph! Stop!" Bianca ordered him. Raph snapped his head back at her and growled, which freaked Bianca out a bit. Leo took a hold of the arm with the bar in his hand and guarded Bianca with his other arm.

"Raphael have you lost your mind?" Leo questioned sternly.

"You okay Mikey?" Don said rushing over and kneeling next to Mikey who still was frozen on the ground with his hands in the air. "What were you thinking, Raph?" Raph was taking heavy breaths and his eyes widening a bit as his anger was being washed over with exhaustion.

"I…Leo…Mikey…I…" Raph rasped out as he dropped the bar out of his still restrained hand and it clanked to the ground. Leo let go of Raph at this point and Don helped Mikey up to the ground. Raph put a hand to his head as he tried to think.

"My son…so angry. Rage is a monster that will destroy you from within." Master Splinter spoke calmly as he placed a hand on Raph's shoulder. "Raphael, a true warrior finds balance in all things.

"Master Splinter…I…I-I, I gotta get some air…" Raph sputtered as he ran away from the group without looking back. Mikey was walking towards the direction Raph went but Master Splinter put a hand on his chest stopping him in place.

"Thank you, Miss Bianca…for assisting." Master Splinter spoke softly as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "I am sorry you had to see that."

"It's okay…" Bianca said sadly as she looked the other way.

"What troubles you?" Master Splinter asked curiously as he tried to read the expression on her face.

"I just…I wanna help him…can I go talk to him, please? What good will it be if he gets into another fight out there?" Bianca pointed out.

"If you feel you will be able to help him, you may go." Master Splinter answered after a moment of contemplation.

"Thank you, Master Splinter." Bianca said bowing.

"Wait, you're going to let her go?" Don asked nervously, voicing Leo's worries, as he showed them on his face but never aloud.

"Yeah, why not me? He should know I'm not mad at him." Mikey questioned.

"Because Miss Bianca may have a point and maybe have a way to get through to him than family." Master Splinter said.

"But it's not safe for her if he's in that same temper." Leo tried to argue but Bianca put a hand on his shoulder and got his attention before he could continue.

"He won't be…he'll be fine Leo." She said with a small smile, which got Leo to sigh but he gave a small smile as well. "I'll be back soon. I think I know where he's headed." Bianca said as she thought about what she'd do when she was upset.

"You can use the T-cell to track him." Don said as Bianca handed over her T-cell so he could show her how to get the navigating screen up. Bianca thanked Don when he finished and was about to head out when an hand grabbed her quickly. Bianca thought it would be Leo trying to convince her not to go,

"Leo it's-"

"It's me." Mikey said as Bianca faced him now. Bianca blinked at him surprisingly, she wasn't expecting Mikey to stop her from leaving, or to look so sad. "Make sure Raph gets that I'm not mad at him okay? And make sure he's okay."

"I will, Mikey. I'll bring him back." Bianca said giving him a quick hug to cheer him up slightly, seeing the usually peppy turtle reminded her more how important it was to make sure Raph is going to be okay. She hurried out of the lair and up a manhole and could still see Raph dragging himself up a fire escape ladder. She quickly followed him up, happy that the rain from previous days didn't make it hard for her to follow. He jumped over the rooftops of closely standing buildings and then finally stopped his jumping as he perched himself on the ledge of a building. Bianca quietly jumped after him and hid in the shadows, waiting to see what would happen next.

"UGH! What is wrong with me?!" Raph roared out to the empty building out in front of him. Bianca smiled sadly to herself as she got a flashback of her doing the very same thing not too long ago.

"Nothing's wrong with you." She said quietly, making herself known.

"Wha?" Raph gasped almost as he spun around carefully not to fall off the ledge and stare at Bianca.

"Unless you count the 'screaming out to no one on an abandoned building' wrong, then you're golden." Bianca said smirking up at Raph as she stood a few feet away from the ledge.

"Whaddaya doing out here?" He asked as he jumped down.

"I wanted to make sure you were okay…" Bianca mused as she took a cautious step forward and folded her arms behind her back.

"Well I'm not…" Raph grumbled and turned his shell on her.

"Yeah, you didn't have to tell me that," Bianca sighed. "But admitting something hard is the first step to recovery." Bianca pointed out on a brighter note.

"Wha' are ya? A shrink?" Raph asked her, looking at her oddly from the side.

"I took psychology, believe it or not I picked up a thing or two…" She replied as she rested her forearms on the ledge of the roof and looked out at the brightly light city.

"Great, so I'm your latest project." He grumbled yet again.

"Hardly…" She laughed as he rolled her eyes. They stood there in silence, every so often Raph would sneak a side-glance over at Bianca who didn't seem to notice.

"Why aren't cha afraid of me?" He asked suddenly.

"Hm?" She mused curiously. It was a sudden question and not something Bianca was thinking he would ask. "Why would I be?"

"I attacked Mikey, my own brother. And you comin' out here and talking to me like nothing happened. What happens if you got hurt next, huh? What if Leo didn't step in?" He said as he turned his back to her and stepped away slightly. Bianca observed him for a second and then got off the ledge and walked over to him.

"Raph…" She sighed as she grabbed his hand and turned him around, though he didn't meet her eyes. "You're a worry wart."

"Say what?" He asked wide eyed as he stared at her like she was crazy.

"You worry too much, don't think about the what if's. It didn't happen, you got control of yourself by that point." Bianca explained simply. "I'm fine, and Mikey's fine too. No one get hurt, that's what matters." She said.

"But I could have…" Raph sighed guiltily as he tried turning around again but Bianca's hand in his.

"I know…and I was worried so I stepped in, along with everyone else, and that's what you should be focusing on." Bianca stated.

"Huh?"

"You have people around you that care about you and that won't let you go that far as to hurt someone you care about, even though you were close." Bianca soothed. "You can count on your brothers to be by your side, and Master Splinter, and April, and me too."

"Why you? Why do ya care? You barely know meh."

"But I'm getting to…" Bianca said as she then turned around and looked out over the ledge again. "And I can tell that you get what you did was wrong and you feel awful about it still. But it would help if you opened up more…and I'm saying you to have to open up to me, though I wouldn't mind, but open up to your brothers, and your sensei too. It helps."

"How do ya know?"

"I was the same way, I used to always get angry over little things, I've broken more things than I can count. And James would have to be there to hug me and tell me it's okay and I started to loosen up and talk about why I was angry, and I got better…and my parents were happier I stopped breaking things."

"And it works…?" He asked warily.

"Yeah, I mean I still get angry, but I talk it through and think before I act out."

"Hm…I might be too far gone for it to be dat simple." He sighed as he crossed his arms over his plastron and stood back near the ledge. He then heard something, over to the next building and got his sais ready.

"What is it?" Bianca asked apprehensively.

"Trouble…" He growled.

"Great…" Bianca sighed as she ran her fingers through her hair

"I gotta see what it is…" He said defiantly.

"Are you going to be smart about your actions this time?" Bianca asked as she crossed her arms and leaned on one foot.

"Yeah, yeah don't lecture me yet squirt." He said smirking as he jumped to the next building with ease. He turned around and waited. "Ya comin?"

"Yeah…" Bianca said uneasily, getting slightly nervous over the distance, but nonetheless she backed up and ran and jumped across the gap and landed on her two feet in a squat.

"You're getting better at this."

"You think?" She asked as she beamed at him. He laughed and nodded, pushing her forward so she would go first down the fire escape. He followed her down silently and looked down as a few thugs cornering a woman.

"Man…these guys picked the wrong night to tick me off…"

"Purple Dragons…" A man sang in the distance ominously. Raph and Bianca looked over and saw a muscular man in a red muscle top and jeans with a hockey mask and bag. "Come out and play…" He said in the same singsong voice and banged his hockey stick on a garbage lid.

"Who's the jock?" Bianca asked curiously as she stared at the newcomer.

"Dunno…" Raph whispered back as he stared too.

"It's that whacko in the hockey mask." Said one of the Purple Dragons. "Let's get 'im." He said sneering at the masked man.

"Looks like this is gonna be good…" Raph mused as he smirked.

"Don't enjoy it too much…" Bianca sighed as she observed the man give a good beating to the Purple Dragons.

"No mercy, scum. I'm putting you punks out of business, permanently."

"That guy's outta control." Raph said as he suddenly got onto the railing and jumped down to the ground.

"Huh, guess he'll learn his lesson quicker than I thought, and with a demonstration…let's see how this plays out." Bianca mused to herself as she watched Raph land with ease and held the guy in the hockey mask back.

"Whoa." Raph said as he locked the man's arms in his own.

"Hey!" He yelled.

"Easy there cowboy. They're down. You stopped them, you did good." Raph reasoned with the guy as the masked man ripped his arm out of Raph's grasp. "Now take it easy…"

"I'm outta here." Said one of the Purple Dragon thugs.

"Yeah, let's get outta here!" Came another cry from another one.

"Aw man, they're getting away!" The masked man complained. "Stay outta my business, freak!" He said as he punched Raph right in the beak and was sent flying back, obviously not expecting him to retaliate.

"Oo…that was uncalled for…and totally not helping." Bianca sighed as she face-palmed herself deciding it'd be best to climb down the fire escape now.

"You can run, but you can't hide from Casey Jones!" Called out the man as he ran after the thugs.

"What's the point of wearing a mask if you're going to scream your name out in public?" Bianca asked herself as she ridged a brow. She hopped down to the ground once she was close enough and went over to Raph to make sure he was okay.

"Sorry about all this…here's your purse ma'am." He said kindly.

"K-Keep away from me! You, lizard thing! Keep away!" She stumbled to say as she ran away ungratefully.

"Ugh…" Raph growled at the woman's reaction.

"Ma'am…really?" Bianca asked as she crossed her arms and leaned on her right leg.

"I was trying to be nice." Raph sighed angrily.

"And you did a great job," Bianca said trying to keep her laughing to herself. "She's just ungrateful."

"Tell me about it…now c'mon, that hockey head needs a therapy session of his own." Raph said as the two turned a corner to see a shadow of the muscle head from before beating his stick down on flailing arms.

"We give up!" A Purple Dragon member whined as he got pummeled.

"You've stolen your last purse, dog breath!" The guy named Casey yelled as he picked up a guy with spiky hair by the collar and lifted him off the ground.

"Unbelievable…this guy just won't quit!" Raph complained as he stepped out of hiding. Raph jumped into the air and side kicked the guy to the ground, and once again the Purple Dragons ran away, again.

"Cowards…" Bianca huffed.

"I told you to cool it, pal." Raph growled.

"Yeah? And I told you to stay outta my way, but since your ears don't seem to be working," He said as he took a swing at Raph's head with his hockey stick. "I'm gonna have to get my point across a whole other way."

"Listen, I'm trying to tell you something here, but you're really workin' up my last nerve." Raph warned.

"Is that right?" The guy asked, not caring.

"Look, I think you're trying to do the right thing but you're goin' about it all wrong…you gotta get control of yourself." Raph tried to reason calmly. Bianca was really impressed that Raph was really trying to help someone change as he was going through the same thing. Great character development, she thought

"Look freak boy!" The guy yelled, fed up with Raph's reasoning. "If you're protectin' these Purple Dragon scum then you're in my way and you're going down too!" He smashed the hockey stick into Raph's chest and sent him to the ground a few feet away. Raph was almost physically steaming by this point, worrying Bianca slightly.

"Hockey season's over…" Raph growled as he got up to his feet again and twirled his sais around.

"Yeah? Well, baseball's in season! And so are you, you freaky, freakin', weirdo! Batter up!"

"Wow…that was a horrible comeback…" Bianca sighed as she stared at the muscle man like he was wearing a dunce hat.

"Fine…play ball!" Raph challenged.

"I swear they could be twins…" Bianca said a she hit her head slightly against the brick wall in annoyance. The two meatheads continued to throw punches until they finally were at a stand still.

"Hey you gotta listen to me." Raph tried again. "You're angry…I can understand that, believe me." Raph admitted. "But what if you grab the wrong guy? What if you go too far, get yourself in real trouble?"

"I got my reasons for doing what I do. And they got nothing to do with you." The guy said slamming his bats down. Thankfully Raph blocked the strike with his Sais.

"Fine…all you wanna do is fight?" Raph growled as he pushed the bats away from him and kicked the guy in the chest and stood back up. "Let's fight!" Raph was charging towards the guy as he got out last weapon, a golf club. He managed to get a good swing at Raph and knocked him across to alley to some garbage cans, and that got Raph real ticked off.

"Uhm, I don't think this is what we talked about Raph…" Bianca tried reasoning with Raph but he didn't hear her as he got into a fit of rage and kicked the guy in the chest, knocking him against the wall. Raph walked over, steaming, and he pulled off the guys mask, revealing a scowl on his face and his dark blue eyes looked like they could shoot beams out of them he was so angry.

"Wha…what am I doin'?" Raph asked himself as he took a breath to realize he was going to go too far again. "We're on the same side. We shouldn't be fighting." Raph bent down to help the guy up, what he didn't notice was that the guy also grabbed his gold club too. "We both just need to get a hold of ourselves, take it easy…chill."

"You know? You're right." The guy said as he took his mask back from Raph. "You have shown me the error of my ways…not! Four!" He nailed Raph with the golf club and managed to send him packing. The guy laughed at his accomplishment. "I can't believe you fell for that!" He continued to laugh as he ran away. Raph growled and got off the ground.

"C'mon, we needa go after him." Bianca said as she ran past Raph and tapped his shoulder so he would follow her.

"I thought you were against fighting outta anger?" He called after her.

"Well I'm angry at him too," She said as she turned around and jogged in place. "And besides, this is a great way for you to really learn your lesson."

"Whatever floats your boat…" Raph laughed as he and Bianca ran down the alleyway and turned a few corners, still not finding where the hockey head went.

"I'm pretty sure we lost him." Bianca sighed as they rounded yet another corner with no signs of him.

"I know that big dope is around here somewhere…" Raph said as he continued to scan the dark alley. There was the sound of a motor charging up from the distance and a blinding light shined down the alley, blinding them both.

"What's that?" Bianca yelled over the motor as the light started coming closer to them.

"Move it!" Raph said as he pushed Bianca towards the wall, and stopped herself with her hands before she collided with it head on. Raph stayed out in the center of the alley to make sure Bianca was safe but then got a hockey stick snaked at his ankles and he flipped over in the air onto his butt. Bianca realized when it passed the hockey stick guy was riding a motorcycle. He turned the cycle slightly so he would stop and called back,

"I've got more where that came from, freak boy! You want a rematch? Check me out Friday night at Central Park. Adios loser!" He revved up the motor again and drove off quickly.

"Ugh, come back here you…uh nuts." Raph struggled to yell as he got back up to his feet but he was exhausted and decided it wasn't worth trying to stop him.

"Raph…" Bianca gasped as she ran to his side and hooked his arm around his shoulder, in hope to help him stand up.

"I'm fine…got a bit of a bruised ego now but I'm fine…"

"Okay good, well I think we had enough fun for today. Let's get you back to the lair, okay?"

"Yeah…it's about time I get back and explain myself."

"You got that right, glad to see I wasn't going to have to force you, I wouldn't really know how to do that…" She admittd laughing and Raph managed to laugh too, though he groaned when he realized it kinda hurt to do that. so they wobbled to a manhole, obviously the closest one they could find, and they both managed to crawl down the manhole well, but slowly. Raph led the way back to the lair from where they were and Raph opened the door. He managed to walk in by himself this time, saying he didn't need to look weak in front of his brothers. Of course Bianca nodded, completely getting what he meant, but made sure to stay near just in case he collapsed suddenly.

"Welcome home Raph!" Raph and Bianca heard Mikey's voice ring throughout the lair as he spotted the duo first. "Man, you looked like you got the shell kicked outta you." Mikey admitted then looked accusingly at Bianca, who looked perfectly fine. "Bianca…!"

"I didn't do anything, promise! It was all that whacko's fault." Bianca admitted quickly, wanting to defend herself.

"Whacko?" Leo asked warily.

"Yeah, it's a long story, but, but first…" Raph started to say slowly then decided to take a breath. "I wanted to apologize. Mikey, I'm sorry I got so out of control earlier. Guys I'm really sorry." Raph sighed as he looked down at himself.

"Hey, don't sweat it bro." Mikey said putting a comforting hand on his older brother's shoulder.

"All right…who are you and what have you done with our brother Raphael?" Leo asked jokingly as he stared almost in a proud manner at his slightly younger brother.

"Let's just say I had a chance to think about the way I've been acting, and got myself my own therapist to thank for that…" Raph said as he glanced my way and winked, which Bianca returned with a smile.

"All in a day's work." Bianca said. "Should I charge you now or put it on your tab?" Bianca asked jokingly.

"We can discuss it over dinner." He said as he messed up her hair again.

"Dinner? Now you're talking my language!" Mikey cheered happily.

"What language is that? Nitwit?" Raph said slapping his brother's shell jokingly.

"Ha, ha, listen to the funny mutant." Mikey retorted sarcastically. The gang went into the lair and heated up some cold pizza they kept in the freezer. They ate plentifully and Bianca let the guys relax and reconnect after a long night and cleaned up the mess in the kitchen. She smiled as she heard the boys laughing in the other room, glad to hear that things were going back to the way they were before the fight.

"I don't know what you did to Raph," came a voice from the door of the kitchen. Bianca turned around and it was Leo. "But thanks for bringing him back. Master Splinter was getting worried."

"No biggie," Bianca said waving her arm after she wiped the soap off with a towel. "And now I finally had a heart to heart with someone more hot headed than me."

"Oh come on, you're not anywhere near Raph's level." Leo laughed.

"Trust me, if I'm provoked, I can be…" Bianca warned and Leo still laughed, though when he looked at her again, he made a mental note to keep that in mind.

Not long after finishing up in the kitchen and failing to find something on the TV for everyone to watch, Bianca decided to head home since it was Sunday and she had school the next day. Plus it would be better not to rattle James' head as it was.

Bianca went back to school and found it awfully boring with no action with the guys. She still received pounds of homework from the days she missed when she encountered the Shredder, a memory that was still too fresh in Bianca's head. Her friends kept asking her questions about her new life and they've been coming over more recently to make sure their usually bubbly friend was okay. They were worried she's changed for good, that the events that happened only a few weeks ago were still burdening her mind. In truth Bianca did have that on her mind when she didn't have anything to do, aka deciding to call it quits on the homework, but luckily a few nights later she received word from her favorite mutants from her T-cell. They wanted to see if she could get a hold of some supplies for them, they needed help on a new project that would hopefully help take care of the vigilante known as Casey.

"Hello…" Bianca called out to the front of the empty warehouse. She pulled out the T-cell again to make sure she got the address right, there weren't many other abandoned warehouses on the street so she decided this was the place, she walked towards the garage door, the only entrance, and pushed it open. She tried to slowly let the garage door close silently but it landed with a bang that startled Bianca a bit. She looked around in the dark a bit and didn't hear anything. "I'm here…alone…in a creepy warehouse…" Bianca said in a sing-song voice, sort of trying to make sure the guys knew she didn't want to be scared without saying so. "I don't like this…" She finally admitted after a long and silent moment. Then the ground started to vibrate and the sound of an elevator coming up from the ground started to come closer, she didn't think this place would have an elevator and scanned the walls for an elevator. She didn't look there long when the ground unfolded and out popped a egg shaped carrier with glowing blue carvings on the side. The door opened like a spacecraft and folded out so the guys could step on the door to walk out.

"Whoa…" Bianca gasped as she stumbled back in shock.

"Hi yah!" Mikey waved cheerfully as he and his other brother stepped out of the carrier like it was natural.

"Uh…hi…" Bianca mused as she stared at the turtles and then back at the elevator. The guys didn't say anything and just stared back at Bianca like it was no big deal. "Do I have to ask…?" They stood silent, meaning yes she did. "What the heck is that?" Bianca asked exasperated.

"Just something we found in the lair." Leo answered simply as the door finally decided to close but still remained on the surface.

"And you're just okay with using it…?" Bianca asked warily.

"Eh, why not? It's easier than going through the tunnels." Raph shrugged.

"I guess…" Bianca complied as she scratched her head and stared at the elevator still in curiosity.

"Alright, enough chit chat, we got until Friday night to get this bad boy turtle ready." Raph announced to the group.

"Did you bring the supplies?" Donatello asked.

"Yup, borrowed everything from my brother's junk he keeps locked up in the basement." Bianca said picking up the bags she brought by the drawstring and dragging them over to the guys and opening them up for expectation.

"Good," Donatello said examining the new 'toys'. "Let's get to work."

"Oh and try not to use too much of the metal, I said I'd take some of it and bring stuff back, my only excuse for taking it was for a science project…" Bianca asked nicely, she still had a headache from the lecture James gave her about that metal being very malleable and expensive.

"Yeah, yeah whatever. Let's get to jacking this baby up!" Mikey cheered as he grabbed a wrench. The gang took the rest of the week to prepare the Battle Shell, the guys finally gave in to Mikey's constant pleading, and it had a nice ring to it. Occasionally Bianca would come over and help out with designs and even some wiring, but with school still kicking her butt, she only came later in the evening, not much to James' approval. He was still not liking the idea of how vague Bianca would be about her plans as of late, but decided not to push her, besides Bianca was his sister, she wasn't going to tell him everything like she would her parents. Finally Friday night had arrived and the Battle Shell was now complete.

"Now this is a ride…" Raph said satisfied as he dusted his hands off.

"You ain't seen nothing yet." Don said excitedly. "Let's roll!" Donny shouted out excitedly as everyone jam packed their way into the Battle Shell with some pushing and shoving. Donny was designated driver and Mikey sat next to him in shotgun. Leo, Raph, and Bianca took the back and kept watch out the windows as they neared their destination.

"And on your left is Central Park. 843 acres of landscaped beauty in the center of the city." Don announced to the car as finally the park came into view. Raph glued himself to the outside window in seconds and shouted,

"Wait there he is!" The rest of the guys looked out the window and saw a man in a hockey mask with a bag strapped to his back riding a motorcycle. "Floor it, Don! Keep up with him!"

"You go get him Raph," Don said calmly as he kept his speed. "I whipped up something special for you, it's in the back." Raph looked at him curiously, not knowing what his brother meant, but turned around nonetheless and checked out what was in the back. He stood there stunned as he stared at the red beauty.

"Careful, don't drool over the paint job." Bianca said as she turned her chair around to face a dumbstruck Raph.

"Like it? I call it the Shell Cycle!" Don announced to Raph who grinned at the name.

"Donatello you are the turtle!" Raph complimented as he grabbed the helmet excitedly and put it on his head. Bianca pushed a button on the side of the Battle Shell and the back doors sprung open as Raph revved up his sweet ride and busted out of the Battle Shell to catch up with crazy sparring buddy.

"Keep up with Raph, Don. If this guy is as bad as Raph and Bianca said he was, he most likely is attracting unwanted attention."

"You mean Purple Scum attention." Bianca confirmed as Leo nodded.

"Those bozos won't know what hit 'em." Mikey snickered as he got comfy in his chair. Raph and Casey took a small path into the park that the Battle Shell couldn't follow so they had to go around and when they finally managed to find where Raph stopped the vigilante, they were in a tighter spot than they imagined.

"Aw look, they added more members to their little group session." Bianca mused sarcastically as Casey and Raph could be seen up ahead, right when they were about to face off what looked like an army of idiots.

"It's shell kicking time?" Mikey asked hopefully.

"Oh yeah." Bianca said as she punched her fist into her palm.

"You're sure you're up for this, we've never really seen you fight in a real match before…" Leo pointed out warily as he stared at his human friend.

"Hey, don't underestimate me, I've faced them before, I won't be surprised if they recognize me…" Bianca said hopefully as Donny slowed the Battle Shell into park and Bianca opened the back door again and she let the brothers hop out before her.

"Friends of yours?" The unmasked hockey puck asked.

"Brothers actually." Raph said smirking as they all joined him.

"I can see the family resemblance." Casey said as he observed the rest of the turtles.

"I'm the pretty one." Mickey grinned as he swung his nun chucks around. Bianca was last to hop out and joined up next to Donny.

"And you got yourself a cheerleader too?" He gaped as he stared at Bianca. "Do you have more for me that I can have?" Casey pleaded.

"Excuse me?" Bianca asked as she got out of her fighting stance and placed her hands on her hips and narrowed her eyes.

"What can I say, I can't help what I say around a pretty lady." He said as he threw his arms up in the air casually and then flexed and leaning in closer to look smoother.

"Don't touch." Raph grumbled as he stepped in between Bianca and Casey.

"One: I'm sixteen. Second: if you try that again," She didn't even turn around as the Purple Dragons wanted to start a fight and she kicked one hard in the chest and sent him back. "You'll end up like that." She said pointing with her thumb behind her.

"Noted." Casey gulped.

"Hey! You're the Henderson's brat!" Said the guy she knew as Dragon Face.

"And you're the creepy guy with the messed up face," She retorted as she turned around with a smug look on her face. "I'm touched you remember me."

"It looks like you're hanging out with better company, these freaks are a step up from your lame bro." He smirked. He knew exactly how to get her mad.

"Oh, you're gonna regret that…" She charged forward towards the leader but three guys were blocking her way. She sighed as she got ready anyway to take them on. She dodged a right hook with her arm from one guy and tripped him with her foot, then stayed down there to high kick a guy in the face and send him out of the way. The third one had a crow bar and Raph got his sais in an X shape and stopped the oncoming attack.

"I got cha back." He said without looking at her.

"Actually, that's my front." She pointed out as she tilted her head to one side and stared at the back of Raph's head.

"Whateva. Teach dat thug a lesson." Raph said as he pushed the guy he was holding off back.

"Got it. Thanks Raphie." She said as she ran past him.

"Raphie?" He repeated questionably.

"Yeah, that's what I'm gonna call you from now on." She said grinning as she charged ahead but heard him try to argue with her but was too preoccupied to continue. Bianca scanned the crowd of people fighting and locked onto Dragon Face, who was distracted trying to take on Mikey by himself.

"Mind if I tap in?" Bianca said running over to Mikey and holding out her hand.

"Not a problem, have fun with this guy, he's crazed." Mikey pointed out.

"Oh, I know…" She said as she stared Dragon Face down menacingly. Mikey got slightly scared but slapped her hand and wished her luck and she stood there in her fighting stance in front of Dragon Face.

"Good, I get to take you down by myself, this will be fun." He snickered.

"Yeah, good luck with that." Bianca growled. He charged at her with a fist flying first but she ducked and went up behind him.

"This one's for my bro…" She said kicking him in the center of his back, causing him to stumble forward in pain. He turned around looking pissed off. "And this one's an added bonus from me," Bianca said as she charged and dragon kicked him in the face and he went down (appropriate because he's a dragon). "'Cuz you're just that special." She smirked.

"Now I see what you meant by your temper…" Leo said as he landed from another split kick.

"Yeah, especially when I'm compared to a cheerleader…" She said walking up to him, but then went right past him and kicked a guy away and said, "They're good, for nothing," saw another guy and punched him square in the face, "snobs!" She said and shook her hand out since it kind of hurt coming into contact with that guy's thick skull.

"No one crosses the Purple Dragons!" Dragon Face called out as he got back up, this time with a pole in his hand.

"Man, he just doesn't quit." Bianca said rolling up her sleeve.

"Allow me…" Leo said as he held up a sword so Bianca wouldn't pass him. before she could argue he jumped and was face to face with him. Dragon Face tried striking Leo with the pole but Leo slashed at it and cut the pole down to size.

"Uh oh…" Dragon Face muttered but he was too late to recover when Leo was already in the air and side kicked him to the ground, joining a small pile of freshly beaten Purple Dragon lackeys.

"Now he'll finally shut up…" Bianca said as she walked up to the pile and leaned over, to make sure he was out for the count.

"I know I'm gonna regret saying this, but I'm glad I met you crazy man." Raph admitted as he stared up at Casey.

"Me too green dude, and say you know something? I'm starting to see what you're all about." He said as if something just bonked him on the head.

"Oh, you mean about balance, self-control." Raph said thankfully.

"Nah, I mean that you're a green mutant freak!" Casey laughed as he punched Raph in the shoulder. "But I like ya!" Raph laughed along with Casey and punched him back, slightly harder. Casey took that as a challenge and punched him back harder, and the went on until both Casey and Raph were tussling on the ground. The rest of the brothers and Bianca just gathered around and watched the two in amusement for a while.

"I'm going to be giving a lot of therapy." Bianca sighed as she crossed her arms. "Who's going to take responsibility for them?" She asked nodding her head towards the duo on the ground but looking at her mutant friends.

"He's your brother." Don said looking to Mikey who was next to him.

"Oh no, he's your bro." Mikey argued, trying to put the blame on Leo.

"Absolutely, your brother." Leo said matter-of-factly.

okay...so hi...sorry i haven't been here for a while...i had to do a lot of thinking about who i am as a person and what i want to be...and also not to mention my school didn't stop with the piling of work but now that my classes are done and i'm graduating high school soon i decided to go look at some old work of mine..and then i had a good talk with some people that really encouraged me to keep writing and i thank them so much for pushing me to write, i really liked writing this and hopefully it sorta sounds the same as it did before..this one was a doosey to write..

i have no idea when i'm going to put up the next chapter but hopefully soon and hopefully i'll get all my ideas down on paper, i'm following the 2003 episode list as you may remember and so i'm on to episode 5 now, nano, not a great episode but it's when april and casey first meet and i'm kinda obsessed with the way they meet... teehee

hopefully see you guys soon...and also please review and fave so i know there are still people out there thinking about my story and who would like to me to write more.

~thank you