Author's Note:

Welp, now it's time to see what the other two bros have been up to

I don't know why Leo's so hard to write, but he is

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New Face, Same Man

A boy was thrown into the two standing trash bins, them hitting the ground with a loud crash. As he tried to get up, his eyes searched with fear at the shadows before him, searching for his attacker. A monstrous hand emerged from the darkness and grabbed him by the shirt to lift him in the air. The hot breath of his attacker was hitting against his face.

"The next time you try to rob me, I won't be so generous." He growled. "Understand?"

"Y-Yes, sir." The boy's voice quivered.

"Now, beat it, kid." Releasing his grip, the boy fell to the ground then scurried away. Adjusting the collar of his drench coat, the man turned to leave before the sound of one clearing their throat stopped him in his tracks.

"This all seems a little dark for you, huh, fearless?"

The man released a long aggravated sigh before turning his head in the direction of the voice. "What do you want?" His voice was rough and hoarse. The owner of the other voice jumped down from the ledge he was crouched on and landed into the same ally as him. "Can't I just say 'hi' to my older brother?"

"Knowing you, you're probably just here to cause trouble, Raphael."

"Nah, not this time, Leo," He smirked, leaning against the brick building. "Then what do you want?" Leo narrowed his gaze.

"Can't we just cut the crap and talk for a minute?" Raph asked taking a step forward. "I don't want to talk with you." Leo growled. "Well, I didn't ask what you wanted." Raph continued to walk forward so Leo unsheathed his sword, aiming it at Raph. Raph held up his hands in surrender, but Leo kept his narrowed gaze at the ground. "Leave me alone, Raph." He replied sternly

"No, I did not come back to this hell of a city to put up with your attitude." Raph snapped back.
"Then what did you come back for?" Leo asked him. "You were able to somehow by pass shredder's army and get past his indestructible wall and escape the city and yet you came back. Why?"

"Because I have a family here that needs me."

"I don't need you, Raph."

"I wasn't talking about you. You left our family, remember? You didn't need us." Raph insisted

"And you think they need you! I'm sure they're fine where they're at and they especially don't need you putting them in danger and filling their heads with false hope like you're so good at."

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Raph asked.

"You know what that's supposed to mean! I've never trusted you after your little fall out, but somehow you were able to convince everyone else that you were fine and look where that led us. Well, not this time. Everyone's better off without your sorry ass pulling them along." Leo protested.

"Oh, and you're any better? 'Oh woe was me!' 'Oh I've failed you father!' 'I'll never be the ninja master I was destined to be!' 'If only I was there instead of keeping my head in my ass I might've actually saved the day!' Well, news flash, oh great one, nobody's perfect! Man, you're so full of shit, Leo! And you're trying to protect me from them? Then tell me, Leonardo, where's Mikey at? Or April? Tell me how they're doing." Raph tilted his head as a waited for a response. Leo's eyes averted Raph's as he loosened his tight fist. "That's what I thought. At least I'm willing to risk my life to return to this hell hole and fix the damage I've caused. What do you have to show for twenty years of mistakes? A couple of new scars I see."

Leo sheathed his sword, his gaze still narrowed at Raph. "I don't need to stand here and listen to you bitch to me again, Raph." Leo finally responded. "And neither do they, so why don't you just go back to whatever hole you crawled out of and leave us alone."

"So, you're never going to try to forgive me, huh?" Raph asked, stuffing his hands in the pocket of his brown leather jacket. "Or even try to listen to what I was going to tell you?"

"I don't forgive people who decide to stoop as low as you did and whatever you came to tell me you should've known it would be a waste of your time." With that Leo turned his back to begin walking the opposite direction.

"Yeah, go ahead, Leo! Go ahead and turn your back! That's all you've been good at lately!" Raph shouted behind him. Leo continued to walk until he was outside of the towering bricks and into the trees. The forest just outside the city was contained with a barbed wire fence that was higher than Leo could jump and filled with dying trees and dead grass. Even though his eyes were failing him, he could walk this path blindfolded and backwards if needed. Seeing the tall pin oak tree with the single slash through its bark was a sign he was close to his destination. He stopped in front of the two stones that laid next to each other, a bunch of irises that had always mysteriously appeared had started to wither in front of one of them. He got down on his knees, bowing to them.

"Good morning, Sensei. Good morning, Brother."

The two stones before him were both engraved with different names and dates.
One Hamato Yoshi and the other Donatello.
Leo sat up straight and ran his fingers against the engravings of Donatello's dates.

'He was only 16' Leo thought, 'Only 16. He was too young to leave us. Too young to die'

Even though he couldn't prevent it, the guilt chewed him up and spit him back out every day since. The thought of not being there when Donnie toke his last breath still haunts him. If he was there could he have prevented it? When he was young and stronger could he have stopped Shredder?

Leo kept his hands tight in fists as stomped through the sewer tunnels, the sound of Mikey calling after them was a faint sound in the background. He didn't need Raph, he didn't need anybody. Almost everyone was dead now and it was their fault. Raph should've saved Donnie. Mikey should've made sure Splinter didn't go back in the dojo. No, it wasn't their fault. It was Shredders. He huffed a large amount of air from his nose before climbing up the nearest ladder to the surface, his rage boiling.

He climbed on top of the nearest building, keeping an eye out for his target. He needed to release this building up anger, and he knew exactly who knew would release it on.

Crouched on to a ledge, his eyes scanned over the streets below until he caught sight of him. The tall man dressed in armor was accompanied by several soldiers at each side of him as he strutted through the streets of his new empire. Leo unsheathed his swords and jumped down into the same street.

"Shredder!" Leo's voice was an anger roar behind him. His soldiers unsheathed their weapons, but Shredder only raised his hand, having them loosen their stances. "You killed my brother. You killed my father. And now, I'm going to kill you."

"Is that so?" Shredder asked, letting his black cape fall into the hands of a nearby soldier.

"This has been going on for long enough, Shredder. You reign of terror must end." Leo raised his swords. "And you are going to be the one who stops me? An army of one?" Shredder intimidated.

"I don't need an army in order to take you down." Leo threatened as he approached him.

"Very well." Shredder stood there as he let Leo make the first move. As Leo jumped to swing his sword down on him, Shredder lifted his arm, the blade hitting off the metal cuff across his wrist before he swung his arm, throwing Leo across the street. Leo skidded to a stop on his feet, his swords creating a skidding sound as the dragged along the concrete. Charging at him again, Shredder unsheathed his gauntlets to give his opponent the fight he desperately wanted.

The two enemy's parried their blades until Shredder toke a round object from his pocket. Throwing it at Leo, it exploded into a burst of black smoke and falling into Leo's face. Leo stumbled back as he retracted his hand against his face, furiously rubbing his burning eyes.

"You think fighting me will quench your vengeance?" Leo tried to open his eyes but all he could see in front of him was a blur of silver growing bigger as it approached him. Leo blinked furiously to try to clear his vision but nothing was helping. Taking a chance, Leo darted forward, swinging his swords at him. Shredder shoved aside one of Leo's blades before giving him a hard kick in the chest. Leo swung his other sword in the process, but Shredder caught it between the two blades from his gauntlets.

"Will fix the mistakes you've made?" With a twist of his wrist, the blade on Leo's sword snapped in half. Shredder landed a punch to Leo's face, which made him stumble back aagain. Leo was out of breath, breathing heavy as he kept his face to the sky to let the light sprinkle of rain wash into his eyes. Shredder began to circle around him, keeping his hands behind his back. "Unfortunately for you, Leonardo, killing me will not bring things back to the way they were. You have failed and there's nothing you can do to redeem yourself now."

Leo rubbed his eyes again, getting frustrated with this loss of sight.

"Tell me, Leonardo, where were you?" Shredder asked as his blade cut across Leo's arm. Leo's hand retracted to his wound, the deep cut burning under the heat of his hand.
"Where were you when I stuck my blades into your poor brother's chest?" Leo swung his sword with his other hand but Shredder deflected it, side stepping around him to put a cut in his other arm.
"Where were you when you brother was laying on the floor and beginning for his end?" While behind him, Shredder swung his blade down diagonally, leaving a cute down both of Leo's legs. Leo winced in pain as he dropped to his knees. He gritted his teeth as he tried to avoid the burning pain in his limbs as Shredder walked around to stand in front of him. He aimed his blade down at Leo, the tip just inches away from the space between his eyes. "Where were you when Donatello toke his last breath?"

The rain was now in a down pour mixing in with the blood that was running down Leo's limbs. Every lightning strike in the distance reflected off of Shredder's helmet and was followed by a loud rumble of thunder that made Leo's head ache.

"What are you waiting for?" Leo asked. "You've already won. Just kill me now."

Shredder kept his narrowed gaze at Leo as he retracted his blades. He straightened himself out of his stance leaving Leo starring at him confused and fearful.

"No." Shredder responded. "For as long as I have waited for this day to come I see now that it's not worth it. I now have control over all of New York City and my empire is expanding. You and your brothers are in no position to stop me anymore so what is the use of this petty fighting? Nothing but a waste of my time."

Leo's face fell.

"No, no please." His plead was quiet as Shredder turned to walk away. "No! Y-You can't!" Leo was in shock. His mortal enemy had the opportunity to kill him finally. A victory that he had been taunting him with for year and he let him go. He was a waste of his time now.

"Please!" Leo shrieked. "KILL ME!" Shredder only continued to walk away, his dark armor blending in with the dark stormy atmosphere. Leo let the tears mix with the rain drops that were running down his face as he let the handles of his swords fall from his hands. He fell backwards and on to his back, starring up at the storm clouds and letting the rain pour on to him as his wounds bled out.

Leo wiped his eyes from under his glasses, trying not to show the weakness that was consuming him. "Raphael was right, Don." He thought aloud. "I let you down- I let both of you down."
Letting his hand drop from the stone, he began to choke on his own sobs. Covering his face with his hands, he leaned over his knees. "I'm sorry I failed you." He sobbed. "I'm so sorry."