This is The Day

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It had been days since anyone had seen Raphael, the first day they had thought he went to see Casey, so they weren't worried until the next morning when Casey and April came over for some fun. Ever since then everyone was in tears, and very quiet. It was weired not having the sounds of Raphael groaning and growling. They had since then been looking for him everynight. Casey and April looking for him in the daytime.

Leo sighed as he tapped the table impatiently. This was all his fault. If he hadn't said anything, none of the would have happened.

"Leo why don't you rest? We're going to be leaving for patrol soon..."

"I'm fine Don." Leo looked at his brother with a sigh, "Why don't you go check on Mikey?"

Don only sighed and walked away, going to check on his little brother.

Leo had noticed Mikey was the one who seemed to be the most upset, sure Don and himself were upset about his missing brother, but Mikey seemed to be the closest to Raph. The brother who was always laughing and smiling was now the brother who was always crying and frowning.

The eldest turtle watched as Mikey came downstairs with Don, he watched him sit on the couch and stare blankly at the wall.

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Raphael sighed softly. Rubbing the sweat off hos forehead, he could tell that he had a fever. His arm hurt and he could barely move it. As for his hand, the wound had been wrapped up carelessly with his mask. It hurt. Though the hot-head could deal with it. It was a cold night, and he was seeking a warm place to rest. He finally decided April's house would be best. She wouldn't be home for the next week because of a family reunion. No one would be there. It was daylight outside so he took the back alley, unlocked the door and going upstairs to April's room.

Raph knew that it would still be a little chilly inside because all the electric was off. He sighed and sat in the kitchen where he found half a pizza that he was quick to eat.

Turns out coming to April's apartment has been a good idea. His brothers wouldn't find him here since he would be gone by nightfall just to be safe/ He carefully when into her bedroom and plopped down on the bed. That's when the turtle realized how tired he was...Nightmares had plagued him for night. So he only got small amounts of sleep.

He closed his eyes and slowly drift off to sleep...

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Leo sighed softly as he ran across the rooftops with his two brothers. Yet another silent night, since Raph had left the jokes and competition had stopped. It wasn't home without Raph. "Don, Mikey! April wasnted me to do a double check and make sure everything is locked and turned off."

Don and Mikey nodded, folliwing their older brother into April's house. When Leo turned the light on, they weren't expecting to see a sleeping Raphael in her bed.

"R-Raphie!" Mikey grinned, looking at his sleeping brother.

Leo was happy to see Raph, but as his brother jumped up it was obvious he wasn't okay. He was covered in a thin layer of sweat and his left arm was limp at his side. The wasy he held his sai proved that Raphael's red mask was covering a hand injury.

Leo watched as the hot-headed turtle swayed and tried to get his bearings. He was sick. Raph rarily got sick, but when he did it would last weeks.

"Raph...It's time to come home." He slowly walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder, only to have it slapped away.

"Get away from me!" Raphael snarled.

"Raph I-"

"I don't want to hurt anyone else! Not get away!" Leo couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Raphael, the strongest, the protector of the family was crumbling to his feet. Right infront of him. "Leo I'm a monster. I don't want to hurt anyone else. Just go away."

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"Raphie!" Raph hear his brother's voice in his head as the lights came on. It took him a few seconfs to realize what was going on in his sleepy and sick state. Once the red masked ninha realized it though, he shot up alloting his right arm to hang limply by his side as he used his other hand to pull his sai out.

Blinking away the blurriness he tried to see straight, but the room was spinning. He closed his eyes tightly and grunted.

"Get away from me!" he snarled, but it came out like a croak. He hadn't talked to anyone for awhile and his voice was hoarse.

Leo sighed, "Raph I-"

"I don't want to hurt anyone else! Now get away!" Raphael put a hand over his face, everything was moving infront of him, everything was getting black.

"Leo I'm a monster. I don't want to hurt anyone else."

The last thing he saw was his brothers crowding around him and shouting...

Then he was left in blackness.

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I've decided I'm going to add author's notes at the end of fanfictions, although most won't read these I'll give hints as to what will happen in newer chapters. If you've read this story already on my old account, you'll already know what happens in the next chapter, but for those of you that are just now reading,

The next chapters is one of my favourites. It took really long to write, well all of these did. I made this story out of boredom on my phone months ago. None of the chapters were ever done on my laptop. xD

ANYWHO!

In the next chapter, will the boys be able to help Raphie-boy? Or will he run again? I'll tell you that it's gonna mess wit yo feels though. Haha.