Forgiving Smiles & Gooey Food

"Talking"

'Thought'

"YELLING"

'YELLING IN MY HEAD'

*Flashback*

Quote about Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong…by Mahatma Gandhi, All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections.

Disclaimer: Nickelodeon own TMNT 2012.

Note: I would very much like to say thank you all so very much for your support, compliments, and favoring my story. Because of you guys, my story has come to an end but they'll be more TMNT fic with Mikey as a girl and if you guys have some idea for the next story, please, by all means, tell me, now, onward with the final chapter.

What a night it had been.

It was one intense night of their lives. No, intense doesn't begin to cover it. It was like a crackling thunderstruck to their soul breaking them slowly to the point it becomes unbearably painful.

A member of the Hamato Clan had been endangering and tricked by a devious man with no heart, he manipulated Michelangela's feelings to gain information but he took drastic measure by holding her hostage till her family come to rescue her but in exchange for their Splinter's location.

It was by pure skill and with luck that the turtle brothers have rescued their sister and flushed Shredder's elite men into the sewer pipes.

Splinter is so utterly grateful that all of his children are safe and unharmed, but Shredder knows that he is alive and the turtle's existence, and there is no doubt in his whiskers that Shredder will send his best men to kill him and his children again. This is the moment he dreaded and now his sons and daughter are forcible going to war.

Splinter's worst nightmare has come true, and this is only the beginning.

It really stung the turtles and it pains Splinter to see them this way, this is what Splinter was trying to prevent, why he wanted to keep his children hidden here in the sewers but what happened in the past is already in the past, what's more important that they need to prepare for the inevitable.

As they all sat with a heavy silence and eating their pizza slowly there is something missing here. Michelangela is not here with them eating pizza with them, Raph is one who noticed it and got up from his seat to find his sister.

He found Mikey in the kitchen and then his heart sank when he saw her state. She drowned with sorrow and guilt as she is looking Donnie's laptop she borrowed from him, from where he stands he can see the website that April showed to Mikey something about making friends online, learning what they know or where they come from, and talk about their interests. He can't figure it out the name of the website but he found it completely pointless if you ask him.

And another thing Raph can see is a picture profile of Chris Bradford, just by looking at this guy made him want to punch his face so hard and painful that his fan won't able to recognize him for what he did to his sister.

But, despite this is all Chris's fault for breaking his sister's heart, Raph is the blame of it all. He should've never let his anger get the best of him but it did and it forced Mikey to prove to Raph that not all humans are bad and she did so by befriending Chris Bradford, only he turned out to be a psycho killing machine and was plotting an immoral to take down Splinter and his turtles.

Raph needs to stop thinking the bad stuff and should focus on something important, his sister. He took a deep breath and then he walks up to her till he sits next to her and she didn't even react to his presence. This got Raph very worried he never seen her quite like this before, she is always happy and bubbly and making sure that everyone gets to be as happy and bubbly as she is so they won't be reminded of the battle or the Shredder whose out to kill them all and now seeing her quiet and depressed has tugged his heart.

Raph needs to fix this.

"…Hey…" Well, that was a lame way to start a conversation. Why can't his stupid brain work for words!? Because his brain keeps reminding him how she is in the wrong and it's her own fault for not only got almost killed but she had jeopardized the safety of her family, in which, Master Splinter spent most of his life protecting them and hiding them from the eyes of the Shredder.

No, it may be Raph's logical angry thoughts but his emotional side tells him that if he hadn't pushed her too far maybe things could've been prevented it. But like Splinter always say "You cannot change the past, only move forward." Raph will help move forward by helping his distressed sister. He opens his mouth to try again but Mikey suddenly beat him to it.

"I know what you are going to say, Raph!" Her tune is shockingly cold that froze Raph, for a short moment till he regains his voice.

"Huh?"

"I'm not stupid, you know, so why don't you just say it already."

"What are you talking about?" It confuses Raph that his head hurts everywhere. Mikey snapped her head to Raph and she starts snarling like Raph, baring her teeth with furious blue eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about. Stop stalling, says it to my face, and be done with it." Her senseless words are making Raph confused…and angry.

"YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE AND FURTHERMORE, WHY ARE YOU MAD AT ME!?"

"Because!"

"THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER!"

"I'M MAD AT YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE RIGHT!"

"WELL YEAH, I'M…!Wait, what?!" Raph's anger has apparently been disconnected from his body but he is now more confused than before. He looks at Mikey again and his heart made another painful tug when he saw her crying.

"You were right all along. You were right about Bradford and now because of me, I have single-handedly endangered my entire family all because of my stupid crush. But I thought I…" She sobs on every word she could utter and trying to wipe away the tears but they are still coming down like a waterfall. Mikey feels so ashamed of herself and most of all stupid and defeated under the gaze of her big brother.

"I thought I could…I just…I have hope that things will be different and better because I, we, can make friends like April and I like Chris because he was the first person I liked since I could remember, and if Chris became my friend then we can make friends with anyone…I know it's sounded lame but it's what I always wanted to have, a friend." After she was done she hung her head low feeling it's heavy with shame and regret of her action and she doesn't want to see the look of disappointed on Raph's face.

Raph is, firstly, shocked then it melts to self-guilt and upset with himself for allowing his anger to hurt his only sister and allowing that man to hurt his sister like that. If he could turn back the clock he would've properly introduced Chris to his buddies, his green knuckles of breaking faces.

But now, he must focus on the present namely his sister who she is crying, she tries to wipe the tears and stop them from flowing but the salty tears continue to from her eyes as it stings her cheeks and they are becoming red from the salty tears. Raph cannot take it anymore he has to say something. He, first, looks around to see if Leo or Donnie is around but they're not, which is good.

"Mikey, look at me." He softly spoke to her and it came as a surprise to her as she looks up to him in surprise and her tears, immediately, stopped.

"What I'm about to say I can only say it once because if Leo and Donnie are nearby, Lord have mercy I will never hear the end of it for as long as I live…But, Mikey, you are…an awesome gal." Man, he wants to smack himself, how is that cheering her up. But Mikey is surprised what Raph had just said but then she didn't smile but she turned to look at Chris's avatar.

"Bradford didn't think so." Raph glares at Bradford; if he ever sees that hairy bastard again he will break his perfect teeth.

"Well, he's a psychotic killing machine and you know what else, this guy has no idea what he had but it's his loss and Mikey," he, then, places his hand on her shoulder and said.

"You deserve way better friends than him…or boyfriend, whatever rows your boat." Hearing him said those words had lifted all her guilt and shame off of her shoulders and she feels instantly better.

"However, if any guy wants to date you he has to go through me and my fists before he can go out with you…" Then, Raph looks like he's rethinking it and then he said.

"Or throwing him into darkest and deepest part of the sewer crawling with football-sized rats and all you can eat sticky slime on the wall," Raph concluded this with a wicked grin and loving his idea so much that he is chuckling lowly and evilly.

"RAPH!" Mikey shouted in his ear that snapped out of Raph's evilness and he turns his head to look at his sister with a surprise expression, Mikey is giving him an annoyed deadpan face and had her hands placed on her hips.

'Honestly, first, he's considerate then he turns into an evil psycho killer in less than two seconds.' And then, she snorts and then she laughs. Raph looked surprised but then he thinks back the whole back and he starts to laugh too. Both of them laugh for what seems like minutes and then both calm down and all that is left are small giggles, and looking at each other with a soft expression a smile.

A smile is very small but signifies a big meaning of it all, forgiveness forged by a sibling love and no amount of hate could tear them apart.

"C'mon, Mikey, let's go make some popcorn and watch some anime shows." Said Raph and he's giving her a one-sided hug and Mikey just smiled liking the idea very much.

"So, you don't mind to befriend humans…even mutants friend too?" Mikey suddenly inquires while they wait for the popcorn to pop in the microwave.

"Humans maybe, mutants unlikely." The usual Raph response.

"C'mon Raphie, who knows maybe we will have more friends than we thought and who knows maybe you'll get a human as a friend."

"Ha! If I get a human friend I'll eat an entire pot of algae and worms without leaving a single trace of it."

"Really?" Raph failed to sense a sly tone from as she is imprinting every word from Raph and waiting for the word to seal his fate.

"You bet your clean shell!" He had said it.

Mikey smirked, she may not see the future but she knows her hotheaded brother better than anybody that he won't back out from anything, and she can't for that day to come.

6 month later.

A big pot full of algae and worms had been placed right before Raph with a loud clank by Mikey.

Raph has a confused expression on his face and he tilted his face up to stare at his sister with a questionable face.

"Bon apatite." She said as she handed him a wooden spoon.

"What?"

"You said six months ago and I quote "If I get a human friend I'll eat an entire pot of algae and worms without leaving a single trace of it." End quote." She memorized every word as if he said it yesterday.

Raph was stupefied and embarrassed that he recalled it and not mention shocked that his sister remembers after all these months, must be her Photographic Memory of hers. He cursed when he takes a good look at the algae and worms and quite honestly he completely forgot what was like eating it, let alone looking at the stuff. He can see the worms are moving around the algae and the green algae are even greener than normal and he can feel his stomach is turning at 360 degrees angle.

"You can't be seriously thinking I can eat ALL of this?!"

"Oh, I believe you can! I know you, Raphie and that you can never back away from the challenge even it means you're going to suffer from bad indigestion for a week." She smiles so sweetly yet so evilly.

'Man, she's right.' Raph thought grimly. Ever since he met Casey Jones he was actually thrilled that there's someone who shares the same passion and thrill to bash someone's skulls and punching bones as him and it made him happy and not alone like he found someone who can understand him, but his new friendship has led him into this predicament.

He sighs loudly and then he grabs the wooden spoon from Mikey and then when he looks at the pot he grimaces the look of algae and worms and starts to think the hours he'll spend in the bathroom. He gulped before he scoops the first spoonful of algae and worms and just when he about to put in his mouth when he notices Donnie and Leo are here along with Master Splinter!?

"What the!? What are you guys doing here?"

"Well, we don't want to miss an opportunity that you going all the way to the bottom of the pot till it's spotless," Leonardo replied with an amused grin and he is showing the look of anticipation to see Raph going through this.

"WHAT?!" Then Raph looks at Mikey with a betrayed look.

"You told them?"

"Yep."

"Why?"

"I don't like keeping secrets…I learned that the hard way." Then the memory of Master Splinter punishing them from lying to him after being grounded and forbid them from going out and accidentally dropped a very high tech what's it name for Professor Stockmen to turn into a super evolving killer robot.

Let's just say, she'll never lie to Master Splinter again.

"Wait! Donnie, are you recording it?" Donnie is holding his T-Phone up and at Raph recording from the start.

"April will not believe me unless I present her with real proof."

'Could this make any worse?' Raph thought grumbly.

"Remember Raphael, a true man never back away from a challenge no matter the cost." Said Splinter and he made it worse. Raph hates bystanders but he hates giving up even more.

"Stomach doesn't let me down!" once he said it he took a spoonful of algae and worm into his mouth and gulped all at once without chewing it and he repeated the process.

And to say, at the end, Raph's gain extra weight and never ate another algae and worms EVER again.

IT IS DONE! My first completed story and I hope you guys had fun reading it.