Guest: How did Raph crack his shell?

Raphael:

Well, it happened when we were little. It was the first fight I had gotten into that wasn't with one of my brothers.

It was our first trip to the surface. Of course, it took us forever just to get the manhole cover off and when we did Leo started having second thoughts about being up there against Master Splinter's orders.

~Flash back! ~

"Come on 'eo, he'll never know!" Mikey pleaded.

"Well….." Leo started.

"Or you could go home and be a big stick in the mud!" Raph retorted.

At that Leo climbed out of the sewer and glared at Raph, then looked around.

"So what are we supposed to do up here?" he asked

"Explore!" Donnie said eagerly. "There's stuff up here that none of us have seen, and that master Splinter probably hasn't even mentioned!"

"Guys, I'm hungry!" Mikey complained.

"We told you to eat before we got up here, shell for brains!" Raph said hitting his little brother's head.

"I did! I'm just hungry again!" Mikey moaned

Raph groaned

"Well, let's go home then." Leo said happily turning back to the manhole cover.

"Not so fast! There's some food over there!" Raph said grabbing his brother's shell and turning him around.

He pointed to a hotdog kart. "Well, at least it looks like food."

"Guys, we don't have any money!" Don said "Plus Master Splinter said we can't make any contact with a human!"

Mikey's stomach growled. "Guys!"

"You'll have to live without food for a little bit. Either that or go home." Raph said

"I don't want to go yet! I want to go look around!" Don said eagerly.

Mikey thought about it for a minute. "Ok, but if I die, I'm gonna haunt you guys for forever!"

Raph and Don cheered while Leo groaned. "Let's get this over with," he said under his breath.

"K guys we have to be stealthy ninja, just like Maste….." Leo was interrupted by a woman's scream.

"I think we were doing it wrong." Raph said

"Monster's! Tiny little creeps!" She screamed waving her purse trying to hit one of them.

"Monsters!?" Raph said glaring at her

"Not now Raphael, RUN!" Don said grabbing his brother and half dragging him.

A couple blocks later they had lost sight of the terrified woman and were breathing hard.

"Ok, let's try to stay in the shadows this time." Leo said trying to catch his breath.

"It's broad daylight, there are no shadows!" Mikey cried

Don looked up, "Let's go to the roof then." His brothers looked up with him then all nodded in agreement.

They climbed the fire escape until they reached the top of the building.

They all looked out over the edge and gasped. New York City was beautiful, well at least to the eyes of four mutant turtle totes that have lived in the grimy sewers their whole lives.

Raph looked around then laid his eyes on a bunch of kids. He pointed down to them, "Guys, look"

They all looked down and saw a small child getting beaten to a pulp.

"We have to help him!" Raph cried.

"It's not our fight! Plus we can't let them see us!" Leo said grabbing Raph's shoulder.

Raph glared at Leo. "I don't care, I'm going to help." Raph started to climb down the fire escape.

Leo sighed then realized his other brothers were following Raph's lead. "What are you guys doing?"

"Raph's right, Leo, we have to help." Said Don before disappearing onto the ground. Leo looked over the edge just in time to see his little brothers all charging into the fight.

"Hey! You better leave him alone!" Raph called.

Leo sighed, his brother was stubborn, but had a heart. He turned and went to go join the fight.

"What the heck is that thing?" One of the kids asked.

"Name's Raphael" Raph grinned.

"Whatever you guys are, you gonna learn not to mess with us!" Said another

"Booyakasha!" Screamed Mikey as the four mutant turtles ran into combat.

"This is fun! We should do this all the time!" Raph said

Leo rolled his eyes, but he had to admit, this was pretty fun. Leo eyes widen

"RAPH! Look out!" Leo screamed. Raph turned around, just as one of the kids brought a baseball bat and knocked him to a wall. There was a sickening crack and a load moan from Raphael.

"Raph!" screamed Mikey, taking out his opponent then running to his injured brother.

"You ok, Raphie?" Mikey asked, tears filling his eyes. Raph laid unconscious, but watching his brother's chest go up and down made Mikey feel better.

The bullies started to flee and Leo and Don ran up to Raphael too.

"Let's get him home and quickly!" Donnie said starting to pick up his older brother.

They ran for the manhole with their brother in their arms, quickly forgetting about the shaking kid who had just witnessed everything.

"Master Spwinter!" Leo called out

Splinter emerged from his room only to see his injured son. "What happened, my sons?" He asked taking Raph from them.

"We got into a fight." Leo said slowly. Splinter's eyes widened.

"Where was this fight, Leonardo?" He asked concerned.

Leo rubbed the back of his neck, "Up top…"

Splinter glared down at his son's "How dare you disobey my orders!"

Raph moaned and he put his attention back on his injured son.

Raph's eyes slowly opened. "What happened?" He asked sitting up in Splinter's arms and rubbing his head.

"Raphie! Your ok!" Screamed Mikey

"Yeah, but what happened?" he asked getting a little irritated.

"You got hurt, in our fight." Donnie stated.

Raph froze then slowly looking up at his Father. He put on a sly grin.

Then looked down at his hands. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a lightning bolt shaped crack on his plastron. His eyes widened and he looked back up at his father.

"I'm sorry, my Raphael, but you will have a scar there, for forever." He sighed.

Raph traced his finger over his new scar. He smiled. "Awesome" Everyone looked at him in surprise.

"Awesome?" asked Leo

"Yeah! I have a battle scar and you guys don't!" he said grinning down at his brothers.

"Whelp, there you have it, that's where the crack in my shell came from! Hope you enjoyed the story cause I'm not telling it again!

-Raphael

Hope you guys enjoyed this first story I had, Thanks for asking questions guys! I'll have the next up really soon! Keep asking and I'll keep writing! :D