Loving Myself And Purple

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Leonardo tossed the teenager into the portal that his youngest brother sacrificed himself to make. He turned around to finish the fight, he knows that it's a lost cause but he had to. A red light engulfed him and he knew that it was the end for himself. A blue portal manifested in front of himself and he took a breath before diving into it. He could feel the heat from the laser as it hit the ground.

His eyes remained closed until his body hit something hard. Bright light assaulted his retinas, he took steady breaths as he slowly sat up. His head was pounding, he groaned as he pushed down his nausea down. He tried to stand but that proved to be too much of a chore. He finally decided to stop fighting against his body and just lost consciousness.

...

Leonardo woke up on a rather plush bed. He slowly sat up and opened his eyes. He looked around and his mouth felt dry.

"No... This can't be." He muttered

He looked at his arm and yup it's still gone. He pulled the sheets back and grabbed his sword that was at the foot of the bed. He grabbed it and left the room he was in. He heard hushed voices and whispers. He followed them and saw his family from long ago.

He gasped seeing them standing there talking like old times. For a moment he thought he was dead. They turned to look at him with soft eyes. He couldn't hold back anymore as tears fell from his tired eyes. He walked to his father, Splinter and knelt down in front of him.

"Father... I'm so sorry." He sobbed, "I'm so sorry that I never listened, that I disobeyed... I never ment to get you killed."

Splinter did what only felt right, he wrapped his arms around the old terrapin's neck and hugged him, "I forgive you."

He wiped his eyes free from tears, Leonardo got up slowly and turned to Raphael and hugged him. He was a bit taller then the snapping turtle.

"I'm so glad that you're okay. I know you were only protecting me... I know..."

Raphael didn't know what to do or who this strange turtle was. He turned to Donnie and held the softshell's face in his scarred hands.

"Thank for everything you did for me, my love."

"My love?! Okay slow down there! Who the hell are you?" Donnie demands backing away

"Isn't it obvious... He's me." Leo said standing there with his arms crossed

"What happened to your arm?" Mikey asked him

"Mikey!" Raph scolded him

Leonardo laughed, "No it's okay. I had to cut it off."

"Why does it look like Raph's arm?" Mikey asked touching it softly

"Raph made sure that I was safe and died protecting me. So when Donnie was building it I told him to make it look like Raph's arm." He explained

"So older me... How old are you?" Leo asked

"Ooh I'm 27."

"So... Where are older Donnie and Mikey?"

Leonardo looked at his sword's handle at the two bandanas that were wrapped around it, "Donnie died after one of our camps were raided unexpectedly. And Mikey recently died using his powers."

The room fell silent until Leonardo panicked, "What's today's date?"

"Uh, August 10th." Donnie told him, "Why?"

He sighed realizing that it was five days after the Kraang invaded the world.

"Did you meet a kid, a boy with black shaggy hair named Casey Jones?" He asked them

"Oh yeah, we did. He helped us defeat these alien guys called the Kraang." Raph told him

"Thank god. You see I'm from his timeline. I just threw him through the portal that brought him here. I thought I was going to die when a portal opened up in front of me." Leonardo explained, "To be honest I thought that I had died myself... I'm supposed to be dead."

"That's not way to talk. You're alive and that's all that matters in the end." Splinter told him

"But... I've cheated death so many times. Everyone in this room besides me is dead. Dad died making sure that we were safe, Draxum too. Raph died protecting me, Donnie died as well because I was negligent, April died fighting the Kraang in what was suppose to be the last stand along with Cassandra, and Mikey died to ensure that the Kraang invasion never happened." Leonardo told them practically falling into hysterics

"You have seen so much death, I can see how tired you are." Splinter had Leonardo knelt down and placed a hand on his cheek, "Now you can rest, youre job is done. The war is over."

"I know it is, but I have a gut sinking feeling that it isn't over at all." he muttered standing up

"Well we have the key thingy to the prison dimension so we don't have to worry about the Kraang anymore." Mikey told him with a smile

Leo nods as he struggled a bit to get off of the couch he was sitting on, "I made sure of it."

Leonardo looked at his youger self and all of the injuries that he had received from his battle with those infernal creatures from hell.

"What?" Leo asked as he steadied himself

"How did this happen?" He asked himself looking at all of the bruises, abrasions, cuts, and small cracks along his shell and plasteron

"I got beat up that's all." He started to limp away, "I'm going to my room."

Raph walked over to Leonardo and placed a hand on his shoulder, "Leo nearly sacrificed himself for us. The leader of the Kraang nearly killed him in the prison dimension. Mikey used his new found powers to save Leo."

Leonardo sighed, "Those physical injuries will heal, but the mental ones won't."

"Leo won't talk about what happened or what he saw in there. All he says is that he almost got killed for the stunt he pulled." Donnie joined the two

"Do you have something that can help him?" Mikey asked the older terrapin

"Maybe... It's not the best choice and it can cause an addiction, but it can calm him and get him to open up... If his body can handle it. And since he's me and I know that my anxiety was at an all time high it might bit go well."

"We'll try anything at this point." Raph told him

"Alright, get April on the phone. We'll need her help to get the supplies." Leonardo gave the three a small smile as he looked in the direction of his old room