The next few days went by terribly slow.
Being infused with chameleon DNA, plus a few other animals, I am able to shape-shift into anything.
The catch, if I come into skin-on-skin contact with anything with skin, or fur, or whatever, my skin would ripple and I'd change back to my original form.
And after that, I couldn't camouflage myself, or shape-shift, unless I was away from them.
That didn't count if I was shape-shifted into an inanimate thing, though.
But I couldn't do that all the time. It wouldn't be safe being a ninja-teapot or something.
How would a teapot even be a ninja.
Wait, that's besides the point. Anyway, I didn't show up at school. But, I watched over my friends. I even risked being captured, by turning into wind and knocking over a FootClan soldier that was about to shoot Leo.
I sometimes patrol the streets. I saw a girl about to get attacked by the purple dragons, and I shape-shifted into an actual ninja, beating them to a pulp, sending them to jail, and escorting the girl home.
I really needed to change. And shower. I felt terrible.
I needed a place to stay. But obviously, going back to the lair, or my apartment was out of the question.
Maybe I could find another trustable outcast.
Tessa, April, and the turtles were constantly searching for me.
I remember watching Raph, alone, at night.
Wait.
There he was.
The moon behind him, his mask blowing in the wind.
He was looking, with his green eyes, into the stars.
" Where are you, Celeste." He whispered.
I edged closer, still invisible.
" I miss you so much. I just wish, I got to talk to you, before you left. I don't even know if you're still in New York, but I'll keep looking. It could be years, it could be minuets. But I won't rest, until I've found you." Raph whispered.
I decided to speak.
" Raph. I'm not going to be gone forever."
He turned, wide eyed, at me.
" Celest?"
" Yes?" I became visible.
Raph smiled. " H-How much of that did you hear?"
" Enough." I smiled. " You need not worry about me leaving New York. I won't."
" But... Will you come back to us?" Raph asked.
" No. Not yet." I said.
" Okay... I'm not going to pressure you into doing anything you don't want to." Raph said, putting his head down. " But we miss you." He looked at me. " I, miss you."
" I didn't leave because of anything you guys did. Heck, I miss you guys so much. But... I'm really unstable." I said.
" What do you mean?" He sat down, and motioned for me to sit next to him.
I did.
" I... I just don't know the extent of my powers, and I... I don't want to hurt any of you. Maybe... When I gain more control over my powers... I might come back." I turned, and looked at him. Our eyes met. Green on blue.
" I understand." Raph said, after a long pause. " But, if I let you go... Without stopping you... Can you promise me something?"
I raised an eyebrow. " Depends on the promise."
" That I'll see you again." Raph said. He instantly coughed. " I mean... That we'll see you again."
" I don't need to promise that." I said, standing up. " Because I will see you... guys again."
" I... I just want to know you're safe." Raph said.
" Raph... Can you promise me something?"
" What?"
" That you won't tell anybody that I said I'd see you guys again. I want to go under the radar for a bit. Shredder has been looking for me." I said.
" That, I can do." Raph smiled.
" Until next time." I said, saluting him.
" Till next time, Celeste." Raph said, smiling. But he folded his arms, and frowned a second later.
" Please." I said, turning around. My hair was billowing in the breeze. My skin rippled, and I was dressed as a ninja, completely in black.
My mask was a dark, sleek purple, with silver and black outline. I turned to face him, my bright blue eyes peeking from behind the mask.
" Call me, NightWind." I said, and dropped off the side of the building. I flipped around a bit, and came up on the other side.
" Till next time, NightWind." Raph said, saluting me back.
I dissipated into black smoke, and re-appeared at the docks.
" Till next time, Raphael." My voice carried in the wind, straight to his ears.
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Tough Luck ( Raphael X Reader )
FanfictionYou decided to follow your best friend April O'Neil, one day, after school. And your whole life was changed!!! ( I do not own Ninja Turtles )