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TMNT: Raphael's Shame

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It was another day of training in the dojo. Leonardo was to spar against Donatello and Michelangelo was to spar against Raphael.

Leo and Donnie had fought and Donnie actually won for once.

Now it was Raph vs. Mikey.

Raph was already angry because everything went wrong for him.  First when he woke up, he spilled his cereal then he found that Spike was sick so April had to take him to the vet and they still haven’t returned. Later, they lost a fight against the Kraang so Splinter gave them an extra hour of training that night. Basically, Raph was having a bad day.

Raph and Mikey kneeled then got up and started fighting. Raph tried to attack Mikey, but Mikey kept dodging his attacks and insulting Raph.  Raph went to do Seoi Nage on Mikey, but Mikey back flipped away as he did with Donnie before.

“Come on, Raph” Mikey teased. “You call that an attack?”

Raph growled then charged Mikey yelling and stabbed his side with his Sai. Mikey leaned forward holding his side.

“MIKEY!” Donnie exclaimed. Both he and Leo ran over to Mikey to help him. Leo glared at Raph who just stood there in shock at what he had done.

Splinter came out of his room. “What is going on in here?” He saw Mikey and gasped. He rushed to Mikey’s side. Mikey looked up and pointed to Raph.

“H-he…stabbed…m-m-me” Mikey said as he passed out.

Leo glared at Raph again. “Look what you did! You stabbed our baby brother!”

“I…I’m sorry” Raph said sadly. “I-I didn’t mean to…it-it was an accident.”

“I know you’ve had a bad day,” Leo started “but that doesn’t mean you can take it out on Mikey!”

Raph looked at Mikey then his hands, then everyone. He then ran out of the lair in shame.

“Raph, get back here!” Leo exclaimed. Splinter put his hand on Leo’s shoulder.

“Let him go” Splinter said firmly. “He needs to figure this out on his own. All we can do right now is help Michelangelo.”

Leo looked at Splinter then sighed. “Hai, sensei.” They both went to Mikey to help him.



Raph was hopping from roof to roof in the pouring rain. As he ran, he tripped on a wire and fell to his face. At that point he started crying and yelling.

“Why?!” he shouted to the sky. “Why did I have to have this cursed temper?!” For a while, he sat there crying and hitting his fists against the roof till they hurt.

“Hello?” a small voice came. Raph looked over the edge of the roof and saw that he was at April’s apartment. April saw him. “Raph, come here!” April shouted through the rain. Raph hopped to the fire escape and went through the window trying not to drip on April’s bed.

“What’re you doing here, Raph?” April asked. “I thought you had an extra hour of training.”

“We did…but I wanted to check on Spike” Raph said hesitatingly. He didn’t want to tell April the truth. “So, how is he?”

“He’s okay” April assured Raph. “He just needs to eat and drink plenty of water.”

“Oh, that’s good” Raph said. “That’s one less thing I need to be angry about” he muttered under his breath.

“Okay, what’s wrong?” April asked.

Raph knew he couldn’t keep anything from April so he sighed and started explaining. “We were training and we had to spar against each other. I got stuck sparring against Mikey. He kept dodging my attacks and insulting me and I was already in a bad mood, so…” he choked a little “I accidentally stabbed his side with my Sai…” his voice trailed off.

“Oh, no!” April exclaimed. “Is he okay?”

“I don’t know” Raph said. “I ran out before they started taking care of him.” He looked down at his feet. “I was having a bad day today and Mikey wasn’t really helping, but…I didn’t mean to do what I did. I just…lost control.”

“Don’t worry” April said. “Mikey knew it was an accident. I’m sure he’ll forgive you.”

“I doubt it” Raph said. “That kind of injury could…” he didn’t want to think about it.

“Well, how about we go back to the lair to see how he’s doing?”

Raph looked at her then nodded.



In Mikey’s room, Mikey was laying on his bed asleep. Donnie had taken care of his wound and Splinter had given him some herbal tea to help with the pain. Leo was sitting with Mikey to make sure nothing happened like a responsible leader would.

April came into the lair with Raph and Spike to find Donnie and Splinter in the pit talking.

“April!” Donnie exclaimed happily. He went over to her and they hugged.

“How is Spike?” Splinter asked.

“He’s okay” April explained. “He just needs to eat and drink more water.”

Splinter leaned down to April’s ear. “And how is Raphael?” he whispered to her.

“He wants to apologize to Mikey” April explained. “He knows what he did was wrong and he wants to ask Mikey’s forgiveness.”

Splinter looked at Raph who was sitting on the couch looking at Spike sadly. Raph looked up at Splinter with sad eyes then bowed his head in shame.

“Thank you” Splinter whispered to April.

“You’re welcome” April replied. “Thanks for telling me.” They smiled at each other.

“Raphael” Splinter started “I believe you owe an apology to Michelangelo.” Raph looked at Splinter and nodded.

“Hai, sensei” he said simply.

They all walked to Mikey’s room.

“So…how is Mikey?” Raph asked concerned.

“He’s doing better” Donnie said. “The damage wasn’t too major so I was able to fix it.”

“Good” Raph said.

They approached Mikey’s room. Raph knocked on the open door and Leo looked back. Leo got up and approached Raph.

“He’s been asking for you” Leo explained. “He’s asleep right now, but you can be the first one he sees when he wakes up.” He smiled at Raph.

Raph smiled back. “Thanks, Leo.” He walked over to Mikey’s side and sat on the stool next to Mikey’s bed. The others left and closed the door.

Raph just sat there in silence while watching Mikey sleep.

“Hey, buddy, it’s Raph” he started. “Listen, I know you’re asleep and you probably can’t hear me…but…” tears started forming in his eyes “I just wanted to say that I was sorry and I didn’t mean to take out all of my anger out on you like that.” He sobbed on Mikey’s plastron. “I am so ashamed of what I’ve done and I hope you’ll forgive me.” He sat there crying for a few seconds before he heard a small voice.

“I already forgave you, Raph.” Raph looked up to see Mikey awake and smiling. Raph smiled a little and his crying stopped. “I know it was an accident and it was somewhat my fault for insulting you during practice.”

“No, it was all my fault, Mikey” Raph explained. “If I had better control of my temper, then I wouldn’t have stabbed you.” Tears formed in his eyes again. Mikey took Raph’s hand.

“Listen, Raph” Mikey began “no matter what happens, you’re still gonna be my big brother. My big, hot-headed brother.” Raph smiled at this and they hugged, Raph being careful not to hurt Mikey’s wound.

“So does this mean I can insult you more?” Mikey asked.

Raph smiled at Mikey. “Heck no” Raph replied laughing.

“Aww” Mikey groaned smiling.
Okay, we were singing a song in worship and some of the words reminded me of "What I've Done" by Linkin Park and that led me to write this fanfic. I started writing it during the sermon and I finished it when I got home. Hope you all like!

Based on the 2012 series.
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I wish the show had some sort of connection between Raph and Mikey like they did in the comics and the first show. But wonderful job!! :)