heeey people's! so, i finally cranked out one more chapter of loneliness, it's a little longer than the others, so yeah. this one is a fearless leader chapter, well mostly just fearless cuz he isn't doing much leading right now, the next one will probably be about Leo too, just to hold y'all in suspense about the others, hehe. anyway, thanks for all the amazing reviews and thanks for sticking with me!

Leo scanned the horizon from his perch in the tree, nothing, just blue ocean as far as he can see, this is weird, being so...alone. He'd been alone for years, he knew, it just still boggled his mind that places could be so remote. Of course, he had grown up in New York city, there were probably a lot of remote places like this left, he had just never seen them. With a sigh the turtle in a blue bandanna jumped down to the sand, landing softly. He grabbed his katana and started in a kata, just because he had exiled himself didn't mean he had to become a horrible ninja...after a few moments he shook his head, disgusted. What had he been thinking? He had left Donnie and Splinter completely alone in New York, without even looking for Raphael, his heart plummeted. Raph, why had they always argued?

That was the cause of all this. Mikey had left because Leo practically called him useless to his face, Leo wasn't an idiot. He'd had three years to think about what he'd done, that's a pretty big 'time out'. But he couldn't go home. It was also his fault Raph left, because if Leo had just been the peacemaker he was supposed to be, he wouldn't have yelled at his brother, provoking him into attacking. And that's why he had left, and now it was his fault Donatello was alone. Leo snorted in disgust at himself and threw his katana down on the sand. He was such an idiot!

With a sigh Leo retrieved his katana and sheathed it before walking up the slope to a higher vantage point, maybe something was out there, and he just hadn't seen it yet. Why did he even want to look for anything? He could never go home, he knew that, right? Leo shook his head and started to climb another palm tree, it was actually pretty easy, but that might be because of his ninja training. He scanned the horizon once more...but this time he saw a small dot. It appeared to be a ship of some kind, Leo hoped they didn't come near enough to his island to see any trace of him, or they might come close on purpose. The blue clad turtle jumped out of his tree and sat down, taking his katana out to sharpen it.

When Leonardo awoke the next day he frowned, in his small hut in the center of the island, he should be far away from any passing ships, so why did he hear voices?

"Owowow it hurts!" Leo scowled, it sounded like a young person.

"I know, i know, but you're going to be OK." that one was older, a mother most likely. Leo got to his feet and went into ninja mode, following the voices, when he got to the edge of the trees his eyes widened. It looked like a lifeboat had been shipwrecked on the sand, a family of three, probably a family Leo assumed, because they all had a resemblance. There was an older man, the mother, and the child, who was holding her elbow. As Leonardo peered across the waves he saw many other lifeboats floating, none were near enough the island to help their shipwreck-mates and might not have seen them. Leo wondered how these three ended up here, the currents pulled a certain way by the island, keeping most things from washing up, the exception being Leo, and these humans.

"Clair…" the man said, peering into the bushes, "do you see something?" Leo cursed himself and hid deeper in the shadows, these must be people from the ship he spotted yesterday, during the night they had gotten wrecked.

"What?" the woman asked, standing next to him, "What is it?"

"I don't know." he said, i wonder if it's another human." Leo felt a spark of inspiration.

"Well, call to it then," Clair said, "don't be rude Jack!"

"Sorry." the man, jack, answered before raising his raspy voice. "Hello? Anyone there?" Leo took a breath before answering.

"Hello."

"It is a human!" Claire gasped, "who are you?" she called.

"Call me Leo." Leo replied, "you're probably all thirsty, there is a small river around the bend of the island to your right."

"Where are you?" Jack asked as the child walked over, all thoughts of her injured arm forgotten, "can't you show yourself?"

"No, i can't." leo said, "i'm sorry, but i don't look...normal."

"nonsense!"Claire exclaimed, "we're not prejudiced!"

"I promise you won't like me if you saw me!" Leo insisted, "but none of you speak again until you get a drink! You're parched and probably have heatstroke." Jack sighed.

"Alright, thank you Leo, come Jane." they took the child, Jane, and Leo sighed in relief before quickly scaling a tree, he took his katana and sliced down a few coconuts, he'd lived off these for three years, they would be fine if they ate them. Once sure the humans couldn't see him, he ran to their makeshift camp and set the coconuts down before leaving back into the trees. A few moments later, the humans returned.

"Well i'll be." jack said, "it looks like this boy Leo is kind."

"He is just a boy isn't he." Claire marveled, "such a young voice." Leo frowned.

"I'm turning twenty three soon." he calculated quickly, surprising them, "sorry i'm sticking around, i don't get much company these days."

"It's no problem at all." Claire said, "you don't happen to know first aid do you? Jane seems to have hurt herself in the wreck and i'm no doctor."

"I know first aid." Leo agreed, "what does it look like?" Claire described the arm, it sounded like a small fracture. "You will need to find two straight pieces of wood and as many cloths or bandannas as you can find." he suggested, splint it so she can't injure herself more, and then make a sling."

"Oh, thank you." Jack said, digging through their lifeboat, "you seem to know a lot Leo, are you a doctor?"

"No." Leo replied, getting comfortable on the ground where he could see them. "I don't have any career."

"How did you get here?" Jane asked suddenly "you weren't on our boat." the two adults seemed to realize this as well and frowned, looking at each other.

"I've lived here for a while." Leo said truthfully, "It doesn't matter though, i'm fine."

"You've lived here alone?" Claire said in surprise, "why, Leo that's horrible, being alone all the time." Leo frowned.

"It's fine, really, i live being alone, it helps me think."

"Come out here boy, let me look at you." Jack said softly, walking towards Leo.

"No." leo replied shortly, "i know what you're reaction will be and i don't feel like getting called a freak thank you very much."

"Are you deformed?" Claire asked, "why would we call you a freak?"

"Because, in a way, i am a freak." Leo replied softly, "i'm a mutant."

"A what?" Jack asked, "i don't know what you mean by that, we've always enjoyed helping those who feel inadequate, come out Leo." Leo sighed.

"Would you believe me if i said i'm a giant walking talking turtle?" he asked, peering at them through the bushes, "i'm a freak i promise you."

"A turtle." Jane said, "i like turtles, please come out." Leo frowned, thinking, he could, they'd get rescued and no one would believe them when they told people they saw him, he sighed in defeat.

"Alright, but don't scream too loudly," he decided. With that the turtle stood and walked slowly out so they could just see his outline, then hesitated before stepping out of the treeline. The three humans stared at him.

"You weren't kidding." Jack said finally, "you are a turtle."

so...what do you think? i literally just got this idea today and cranked out the chapter, what do you think will happen? any guesses on what Raph has been up to? please review and sorry if the next chapter takes a while!