I'm back! Sorry for the long wait, but this chapter will make up for it FYI: this is going to be the second to last chapter.

"Raph!" Don and Mikey shouted and ran up to Raph and gave his a huge bear hug. "Dude why are you crying?" Mikey asked Raph a little confused.

"Sorry guys…but this is going to be the last time I see you for about 3 years. That's why I'm crying,' Raph explained and everyone's mouth's dropped.

"What in the world are you talking about?" Don asked very, very confused.

"It's a long story and I can't explain it too you right now, but all I can say right now is I really love you guys and I will miss you. I need to talk to Leo for a minute if you don't mind," Raph explained.

"Well that's not really the best idea," Mikey said trying to get Raph to trust him on this.

"I don't care I am going to talk to him now!" Raph practically shouted, and soon he started toward Leo's room. Ralph wasn't really sure what he was going to say to Leo to even get him to trust him again, but he knew that he had to try. Soon Raph was in front of Leo's room.

"Hey bro can I come in for a minute?" Raph asked at the door.

"Yeah I guess," came a sad, bitter reply.

" How ya feelin' bro?" Raph asked trying to break the ice between the two of them.

"Not great…thanks to you," came the very bitter unlike Leo reply Raph had ever heard.

"I-I can explain…" Raph tried to tell Leo but he cut him off.

"No Raph don't try to explain, I know why you did it," replied Leo.

"Y-you do?" Raph asked amazed that his brother knew all along about his problems and did blame him…but that wasn't the case.

"Yes id because you are jealous of every person I know, everything, about and even the littlest details about me as well! You just can't stand not being leader so you go and take me out to get that position! Raph I really thought our relationship as brothers was getting better not worse! I don't even think I can call you brother anymore! Get out of here and don't come back!" Leo finished and Raph was now in tears wanting more than anything to get his brother back. He ran out of the room sobbing and ran out of the lair. He went back to the rooftop to got to his "new job" for about 3 years.

"Well I see that you reencounter with your brother didn't go well," said the masked man.

"Yeah well who needs them" Raph said putting on his tough act on even though on the inside he was broken for he knew his brother or should I say used to be brother didn't love him anymore.

"Leo what did you say to him?" Mikey asked Leo when he saw Raph run out of the lair he knew it didn't go right!

"I just told him what was needed to be said," Leo said confidently.

"My son I believe you have made a grave mistake," Master Splinter said shaking his head sadly.

"What do you mean Master?" Leo asked

"Raphael was being used by a mad man to get all of us to hate him. Unfortunately, he succeed in one of us hating him… you Leonardo. I am sorry to say this but Raph will not be returning to us for 3 years for he traded his freedom so you would not be killed." As soon as Master Splinter explained this Leo's face when white as a ghost.

"I-I didn't know he tried to tell me, but I wouldn't listen…" Leo realized and silent tears started to roll down his face. "What have I done?"