Well, here's the next chapter. It is shorter then the last, but I couldn't combine it with the next one because it wouldn't flow right.

Disclaimer: Though I do not own the turtles, I promise I will share them!

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The turtles' lair was usually quiet around this time of night. That is usually. However, this particular night inside the turtles' very own dojo, it was certainly not the least bit quiet.

"What were you doing, Raph?" Leo screamed. He was furious now, no beyond furious.

"Don't worry 'bout it, Leo. I didn't do nothing. It's not a big deal," Raph said, rolling his eyes.

"Nothing! That's what you consider nothing?"

Raph was starting to become a little ticked now, but compared with Leo, Raph seemed quite calm. Which was odd since it usually was the complete opposite. He was sure that he would see steam burst out of Leo's head soon. And was he actually grinding his teeth?

"God, Raphael! What if she woke up and saw a giant turtle above her? How well do you think that would have gone over? Do you ever think?" Leo paced back and forth before Raph, fuming. Then all of a sudden, his eyes grew wide as he considered something else. "Have you actually shown yourself to her? Do you think that this is some type of game? You were risking our family's safety. And you risked it all for some girl who wouldn't even care about you-"

"She's never seen me, oh Fearless One," Raph snapped back. She would care. He was sure of it. As far as Raph was concerned, Leo didn't know anything about this, but then he usually didn't know anything about anything.

"You're not going to go back there and see her. Got it, Raph?" Leo said in his commanding leader voice. "That would just put this family into more danger." Leo concluded in a matter of fact tone. "Got it?"

"Shut up, Leo! You're not the boss of me. If you really want to protect this family, Leonardo, why don't you stop seeing Karai?" Raph spat back, and he defiantly stomped out of the dojo. Leo continued to just stand there in the dojo, looking at his younger brother through cross eyes. As far as Leo was concerned, Raphael didn't know anything. This whole thing would just back fire on Raph, and Leo would just have to clean up after his younger brother. Raph didn't know anything about this girl.

"Stupid Leo," Raph muttered to himself. "He thinks he knows everthin', but he doesn't. He's wrong 'bout her. He's never right."

"Raph!"

Raphael ignored Mikey. Stupid Mike, how dare he call after him, and was he actually following him?

"Raphie!"

Raph rolled his eyes to himself.

Mikey caught up to him. "Raph, don't leave." His bright blue eyes were wide. "Leo's just angry. Don't listen to him! Pleeease stay." Mikey tried his puppy dog pout on him.

"Go away, Mike," Raph grunted. He heard his baby brother stop behind him, and he could almost feel Michelangelo's hurt look on his retreating shell.

Raph reached the lair's exit and stopped,darn those eyes. "Mike," Raph started, but before he could call his little brother, Mikey appeared by his side.

"Yes, bro?" He asked happily.

Raph rolled his eyes. He wondered what would happen to his eyes if he kept rolling them so often. "Look, I'm not mad at you. I'm just goin' ta go out. 'kay?"

Mike nodded so hard that his head resembled one of those bobble head dolls.

"See ya," Raph gruffly said and disappeared out the entrance. He decided to head over to Casey's. He honestly didn't care what Leo thought, but Mikey was just a different story. Deep down he had a soft spot for him. Mike may drive him insane sometimes, but he could be so…Mikey-ish, so innocent. It made him feel very guilty. Darn those baby blues.

"God, what are we going to do with him?" Leo asked no one in particular, and the no one happened to be Mikey in this case who was to be hovering around in search for something better to do.

"Well, Leo, maybe you were being a tad bit to harsh on him. I mean situations like this need to be handled delicately," Mikey replied, wisely.

"Yeah but-" Leo started but then ended up doing a double take at his baby brother. "Mikey, he should be respecting my leadership-" Leo stopped in the middle of his lecture when he saw his little brother's puppy dog pout. "Yeah, maybe you're right…" Mikey's right? That had to be a first. Leo couldn't help but think it. Darn those baby blues!

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