Chapter 6: Family Feud

Donny and I agreed to keep our relationship on the down low around his brothers just before we left the room. It was going to be hard, but we knew we could do it. After all, there was enough going on to cause drama in this place, what with Raph practically hating me and all. I sometimes wished I wouldn't have been so hard on him, telling him all of the awful things about his love life my my world, but at the same time, I knew it was for his own good, just as Leo had agreed.

I sighed, placing my hand on the knob to open the door, "Well..here's to the time I have left, right?" I looked down.

Donny frowned, placing hand on my shoulder, "Please don't think of it like that..it will only make things worse..I told you, we don't know if it's the truth yet.."

I nodded, "Yeah..but it can't stop me from being scared of what might actually happen.."

Suddenly, as I pulled the door back, Raph, Leo, and Mikey tumbled backwards onto the floor. I stood, dumbstruck, "What the.."

Mikey scratched his head, "Uh-oh..looks like we've been caught!"

I looked slowly to Donny, my face turning a bright shade of red. Looking back to the three of them, I raised my hand slowly, pointing at them, "Were you all..here the whole time?"

They stood as Leo put a hand behind his head, "Well..we heard the yelling.."

Raph followed after, "And well, we couldn't help it."

Mikey was the last to speak, "We heard everything!"

Raph smacked the back of Mikey's head and angry scowl on his face, "Great! I thought we told you to keep your trap shut num-nuts!"

I put my hand over my face, feeling extremely, extremely embarrassed as they all looked at me, sheepish grins on their faces, "I-I.." I grumbled, looking at Leo, "Okay, I know you know better.."

Raph let out a chuckle, "Yeah, Leo, this is technically your fault. You're the one who's supposed to be the leader, remember?"

Leo shot him a bored look, "Yeah, like you ever listen to me, anyway. Nice try hot-head."

I sighed heavily, waving my hands in the air, trying to forget what was going on, "Okay, okay, can we just, try to be grown ups about this? So, let's just get it all out there, okay? Yes, Donny and I kissed! Big deal! It happened so whatever!"

The three of them exchanged glances, staying silent for a long moment. I felt Donny tap me on the shoulder before turning around to see a look of panic on his face, "Um...I don't think they knew that part..."

My eyes widened as I turned back to see all of them grinning and nodding. Mikey was even giving Donny a thumbs up, "Oh dear god..

Mikey jumped over to Donny, patting his shell obnoxiously with his hand, "Good job, bro! Scorin' a fine lady such as Anocari here must've been quite the work! So, how'd you do it? Did you use your smooth moves to lure her in?" he accentuated the length of the word smooth, letting out a chuckle as Donny stood, stiff as a light post.

Leo finally let out a sigh, "Come on, Mikey, let's leave them alone. This is probably embarrassing enough for them." he turned to walk away, pulling Mikey by the arm to make sure he left us alone.

Donny walked back into his room, sitting on his bed in complete shock as I stalled in the hallway, unable to comprehend what had just happened. Raph had been leaning against the railing, staring at me with intense eyes. Leaning forward, he pushed himself towards me, his face just inches from mine, "What you're doing here, I don't like it."

I frowned at him, turning my head, "This is none of your business, Raph.."

He growled at me, moving his face to look me in the eyes, "I'm his brother. I think it is my business." he reached around me to shut the door to Donny's room, "You're nothing but a nuisance to me, and right now, you're starting to seem a little bit like a whore, throwin' yourself on Don just because you're married to him in some other 'dimension'."

I shot him a dirty look, "Who do you think you are, talking to me like that?"

He slammed his hand against the wall, his face still close to mine, "I'm the only one who has the balls to stick up for this family, that's who." He paused for a moment, keeping his hand on the wall, his arm stretched right next to my face, "You had better watch yourself. I know what you're doing. You think you can come in here and have him fall in love with you so you won't be miserable in this world, so you'll have a toy to play with while you don't have your own to keep you satisfied? Well, you know what, I'll make sure you're miserable if you do anything to him that I don't like. So keep your whore hands off of-"

Quickly, I pushed him off of me, raising my arm to slap him across the face. The cracking sound echoed through the walls of the lair as he stood in shock, "Don't you dare think that I would just use him like that!" I shoved him against the railing, "Don't you fucking dare say that! You goddamn idiot! How dare you!"

Raph let out another growl as he grabbed my arms, holding me tightly by the wrists, "Oh, so you wanna fight, now, do you? You wanna beat me up cause I said somethin' you can't handle? Come on then! Hit me!"

I struggled to get my wrists free of his burning grip, which was leaving red marks on my skin, "Get off of me!"

Quickly, Leo came bounding up the stairs, pulling out his katanas, "Raph, what the hell are you doing!?"

Raph gave him a piercing look as the door to Donny's room flung open. Donny stood with shock on his face as he saw the scene in front of him, Raph's grip around my wrists only getting tighter.

I let out a small cry of pain, "Raph! Stop! You're hurting me!"

Leo threw his katanas to the ground, running over to grab Raph's arms, trying to pull them off of me, "Raph! Look at what you're doing! You're hurting her! You're going to break her wrists!"

Raph tried to elbow Leo off of his arm, "I don't care! She's trying to break this fam-"

"Raph, get the hell off of her." Donny stood with his fists clenched hard, anger and disappointment on his face.

Raph scoffed arrogantly at him, "Yeah, like I'd listen to you! Can't you see what she's doing to you?"

Donny stepped closer, looking him in the face from just a couple feet away, "Look at her, Raph. Look into her eyes and you tell me that's the look of someone who just wants to break apart this family. She's scared, Raph, she's scared and alone and she's lost everything she holds dear to her.." he was silent for a moment, "Raph..she could be dying as we speak..she may never get to see her real family ever again..if that's true..then I want to be there for her until the end..I'll be her family for her..I'll love her just as her Donatello did..I just want her to be happy in what could be her final hours..So you tell me Raph..if you were lost from your family..wouldn't you want someone to make it feel alright for you?"

Raph turned his head slowly to look me in the eyes. I saw his pupils enlarge as his grip finally began to loosen, then, realizing he had pulled me up on my toes as my feet fell back on the ground. Letting go of my arms, he stepped back, dropping his hands to his side. His breaths were deep as he grabbed the railing behind him, "I-I.." he looked frantically around the room, all three of his brothers around him, now, "Guys, I.."

I rubbed the skin around my wrists, "Raph..It's okay.."

He looked at me for a moment, seeing the fear and pain in my blue eyes, "Anocari..I'm so..I didn't know you were.."

I shook my head, "Don't worry about it..You've got your own problems.."

Suddenly, Raph stood tall, letting his arms fall from the railing, "...If what Don says is true..that you really just..need someone to accept you..then.." he looked to the side, taking a deep breath, "Then, yeah...you are my problem. If you were my sister in your world..then I guess it's time for me to start acting like you are in this world, too..I'm sorry..for being an ass, that is.."

I smiled weakly at him, feeling relieved that he was finally warming up to me. Raph and I fought all the time back in my own world, but I knew he never hated me, "Raph, I promise you that I have no intent to hurt this family..if anything..I just want to be part of it.." I took in a deep breath, reaching my hand out to him, "So, are you my bro?" I gave him a warm smile.

He hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself. Finally, he extended his arm to grab my hand, shaking it firmly, "Yeah, I guess I'm your bro."

Mikey clapped his hands to applaud our bonding moment, "Yay! Now everyone loves my Anocari! Er-well..I guess Don's Anocari." he snickered, giving Donny a suggestive glance.

Donny rolled his eyes, trying not to look embarrassed. In a way I felt a little sorry for him. I knew how his brothers were. Even after they had already seen Leo get in a serious relationship in my world, the still teased him when he brought me home for the first time. Although..the jokes were a little more crude than now..heh..

Leo let out a sigh, his shoulders relaxing a bit, "So, does this mean we can all be together in peace now?" he looked to Raph for a moment.

Raph put his hands on his sides, "Yeah, I guess that's what it means."

I smiled to myself, happy that everything was finally coming together in this awful world, even if it wasn't so awful anymore. When I first arrived..I didn't know what to do, what to think..I was completely and totally afraid they would never believe me..let alone accept me into their family..I was just so happy in that moment, knowing that, no matter what, I would always have a place to call my home..

But somehow, I knew something wasn't right.