Disclaimer: only my OCs and the plot, not the cannon characters.
Chapter 20: Rememberance
Raph's POV
I buried my brother this morning, said good-bye and poured the dirt over him. April and Casey let us bury him out at the farm. He liked it out here, a lot. I read his journal the other day, he liked being able to see the stars, walk in the woods, it reminined him a little of Latin America. I'm kneeling by his grave right now, saying my final farewell, I'll be back I know we all will. We'll leave the white roses he mentioned in his journal, never knew Leo like flowers, heh...I would've made fun of him for that...not anymore...he liked to take care of plants...April said she'll get a rose bush and plant it beside Leo's grave...I'll have to remind her to get white roses...
I put my hand on the dirt below me and look at the gravestone. Its a simple black headstone, April bought it for him, carved into it is.
Hamato Leonardo "Leo" Johnson
"Fearless Leader"
Beloved brother, son, and friend.
May your path be straight and true, may you find peace...
1989-2010
Heroes are discovered often in death, when they give theirs lives to protect, the memory they leave behind never fades out...they follow us in shadow, always watching over us.
I fight tears, Leo died three days before his twenty-first birthday, we had something big planned for him this year, we got caught up in planning it last year that we forgot his birthday then, I guess that's when he started to fall apart...Sarah wept when I brought Leo home, Anna was rushed to the hospital, nothing serious by some miracle, the other kids were really shook when they found out that Leo wasn't going to wake up, the younger ones didn't get it at first...Anna kept asking for him even as we buried him, I...I had to tell her Leo was gone, he wasn't coming back...it broke my heart, Sarah had already tried to tell her, she didn't want to believe me...it wasn't untill she saw me and Don lower Leo's casket into the ground that she realized Leo wasn't coming back. Mikey just hugged her and held on. They cried together...Usagi came to say good-bye...so did Traximus...I swear there wasn't a single dry eye in the place. It was closed casket, due to the damage to Leo's body...I remember Don sobbing as he cleaned Leo's body the night before...we wanted him to look like himself as much as possible before we buried him. I look up and see the stars above me.
We buried Leo in his favorite clearing...I guess he'd come out here when we were asleep...he'd just sit and listen to the forest...just watch the stars...I feel a breeze brush against me and my eyes widen...I smell the insense Leo burned when he meditated...I look around...I don't see anything...but the sent remains...Leo's still looking out for us...
"I promise I'll take care of them bro," I whisper and stand up. I feel the breeze brush against me and then the air grows still, the sent fades and I let the tears fall.
"Good-bye Bro," I whisper. I turn and head back to the farm house, I have a few new family members to look after...
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"sob" Ok....please review...this is the last chapter...