Raph's Heart

A New Friend

It was late and being the big apple there was hardly anyone out that night. The moon was full and it lit up central park. Yuki knew someone was following her. She picked up her walking pace and tried to get away from them. They noticed she had spotted them and took off after her. She began to run.

Raph was enjoying his night ride through the park when he spotted the Foot chasing after someone. "Foot goons? Good now I can blow off some steam."

The Foot cornered her. Raph jumped into the middle of the Foot. "Don't you jerks have anything better to do than chase little girls around?"

"Stay out of this turtle. This is none of your business."

"I'm making it my business." Raph took out the Foot with little work. Yuki stared at the shadow figure standing before her. "So kid what'd you do get those Foot jerks after you?"

"Uh…" Yuki looked away.

"Hey if you don't want to tell me…."

"Thank you for saving me." Yuki suddenly said. They went quiet. "Who…are you?"

"Raphael."

"Come….into the light."

"Um…I don't think that is a good idea."

"Why?"

"I'm not your normal guy."

"I'm not your normal girl." She looked at him.

"Alright but you have to promise…."

"Promise?"

"Not to scream, faint or run away."

"Ok. I promise." Yuki watched as Raph slowly stepped into the light. Yuki dropped back to the ground and stared at him. Even though the look on her face told him she wanted to run she held her promise and ground. Raph slowly stepped over to her and kneel down in front of her.

"Now….are you going to tell me why those Foot ninja was after you?" Raph could feel the tension after he asked her this again. She reached up and slowly pulled off her glasses.

"I'm not normal." Raph felt his heart skip a beat when he looked into her eyes. Her eyes were filled with so many emotions: love, hate, anger, frustration, and what got Raph the most was the loneliness he saw in her eyes. Then all of a sudden he felt calm and at ease. He couldn't help but reach up to touch her face. She jerked back from him, afraid he was going to hurt her. He was hurt and confused by this but continued to reach for her. She shut her eyes then opened them halfway when he gently caressed her face in his hand.

"I'm not….going to…hurt you. You can trust me." She stared into his soft eyes for what seemed the longest time before leaning into his hand and placing her hand over his.

"Again, my sons." Splinter said. They were in the middle of their afternoon training like always when suddenly a beeping sound went off.

"Huh?" Raph pulled back his wrist band. "Whoa! I gotta go!"

"Wait! Where are you going?" Leo asked a little too late as his bro ran out of the room. "Where is he always running off to these days?"

"Maybe he has a girlfriend." Mikey suggested.

"Him? Mr. Hothead?" Leo looked at his youngest brothers. "Yeah right."

"I think we should follow him." Don said.

"Why?" Leo asks.

"Don't tell me you're not the least bit curious about where he keeps running off to."

"He's been doing this for like the pass three months. It's time we find out what he's up too." Mikey said heading for the door. Leo just shrugged, bowed to Splinter then followed his brothers to the battle shell. Once inside the monster van Donny flipped on the tracking system and started to tail Raph.

"A school?" Mikey asks. "Raph decided to get an education?"

"Look!" Don pointed at a girl as she walked up to Raph. "Who's she?"

"Let's find out." Leo said as their biker bro took off with the mystery girl on the back of his bike. They followed him to an upscale section of the city. Raph pulled up to a large metal grate and punched in some button on the key pad.

"What is he doing?" Mikey asks.

"He must be crazy. Going into a strangers house like that. How many people have he let seen him." Don replied.

"Even Raph's not that stupid. He would just let anyone see him." Leo paused for a second. "Or would he?"

A few hours later….

"How long is he going to stay in there?" Mikey whined. "I'm starving."

"I've been doing some research on the people who live at this address." Don looks up from his computer.

"And?" Leo asks.

"You aren't going to believe who lives here."

"Who?" Mikey asks.

"Michael Jones White."

"Who?" Mikey asks clueless.

"MJ White is one of the richest guys in the world." Donny hit a button on his laptop and a picture of a good look man in his mid-thirties popped up. "He invented mechanical pets for people with allergies to animal fur. His house is totally run by a computer. Selling one of his house designs costs like one billion dollars."

"Whoa! Adopt me Daddy Warbucks!" Mikey chimed.

"Not likely, Mikey." Donny hit the button gain. "His soul heir to his vast fortune is his only daughter, Yuki White."

"She's pretty." Mikey claimed as he looked at the young girl on the computer. She had long black hair, they couldn't see her eyes because she was wearing sunglasses, but they saw her facial feature were delicate, in short she looks like she'd be the most popular girl in school.

"Yeah." Leo nodded. For some reason he go a weird feeling in the pit of his stomach about this girl.

"Why and how did Raph meet her?" Donny asks.

"We better get back to the lair. We can confront him there." Leo said.

"You're the boss." Don said as he got back into the driver seat and headed home.

A couple more hours later…

Raph came wandering into the lair. His brothers were waiting for him. Leo spoke first. "So, where have you been?"

"Oh no where. Just out riding my bike."

"Meet any interesting people?" Donny asks.

"No."

"Then why were you with Yuki White?" Mikey ask bluntly. Leo and Don glared at him. Mikey shrugged. "What?"

"Nice, Mikey." Don shook his head.

"Cut the innocent act, Raph. We saw you with that girl today." Leo said. "Just what is the deal with her?"

"Look I have no idea what you are talking about." Raph pushed his way through his brothers and went to his room. Splinter was meditating in his room, he heard the whole thing. He opened an eye when Raph walked by his room then smiled and went back to meditating.

"We need that girl! She is the key to getting the power our master needs." A foot solider says.

"How? When she's protected by that green freak all the time."

"That maybe true. But there is only one of him and many of us." The foot ninja looked at all of his buddies.

"Why are we following him again?" Mikey asked. "He's not going to answer us."

"Look I just have a feel that something is going to happen." Leo said. Mikey looked at Don.

"You know Leo." Don shrugged.

"Which means something is going to happen and we're going to get our shells shellacked." Mikey whined. The three, on the roof tops, followed the girl as she entered the alley with two ice cream sundaes in hand. She handed one to Raph.

"We're being watched." Yuki said.

"I figured that." Raph replied.

"You didn't…."

"Of course I didn't tell them. I gave you my word and I would never break that." Raph gave her a hurt look.

"Sorry I didn't mean….it's just….well I know how close you are with your family."

"You know, Yuki, they can be your family too. Anytime you're ready…"

"I know and I….." Yuki dropped her sundae as fear filled her eyes. Raph got the hint, ditched his ice cream and pulled out his sais to block a throwing star that was about to hit Yuki.

"I hate it when Leo's right." Mikey whined.

"Should we help?" Don asks.

"Not yet." Leo watched a about six foot ninja gathered around Raph and the girl. Raph beat them with no problem until about a hundred appeared and pinned Raph and the girl.

"Raph!" The girl cried.

"Don't you touch her!" Raph yelled and struggled against the ninja.

"I guess we better help." Leo said.

"About time. Then can we go eat?" Mikey asked.

"Let's go, goofball." Don said. The three jumped down and joined their brother. "Need a hand, Raphie boy?"

"Since you were in the neighborhood." Raph glared at them.

"How'd he know?" Mikey asked.

"Later!" Leo said and they began to battle the ninja.

"Raph!" Yuki cried as she was being dragged off.

"I said don't touch her!" Raph knocked them off her. Yuki through herself into his arms. "You ok?"

"Yes."

"Stay behind me."

"Right." With in a few minute the turtles beat those ninja that were there and more showed up and took them down. Yuki was behind held back by two ninja. The turtles were beat and were about to bite the big one. "No!"

"You green freaks have been a pain in the butt from the beginning." Hun said cracking his knuckles. "Now it's time to get rid of you."

"No….no….Raph!"

"Yuki?" Raph looked up at her. She was shaking uncontrollably. "Hold on. Don't loose control."

"I can't…."

"Yuki! Focus!"

"What the shell is going on?" Mikey asked when Yuki started glowing baby blue.

"Incredible." Don stared at the girl.

"Who is she?" Leo asked.

"Stop it! Leave them alone!" Yuki exploded and pushed the ninja and Hun away from the turtles. The light died down and Yuki stumbled. She dropped to the ground and passed out.

"Yuki!" Raph rushed to her side and picked her up. He sighed. "She's just sleeping."

"I think we better get out of here before the Foot wakes up." Leo suggested. Raph stood up and got on his bike with Yuki in front of him sleeping.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Ninja Turtles.