Mikey knew he was in big trouble now, he went too far with his newest prank against Leo, and he didn't like the look on Leo's face at all, ``eep'' was all he could say right now. Leo had managed to corner Mikey fast inside his bedroom, and there was water everywhere and everything was on the floor, and Leo did not look happy about the new look for his bedroom.
Leo now understood why Raph would get so angry with Mikey, when he pulled a prank on him, because the only color Leo could see right now was red, but Leo knew that he would need Mikey later, so he tried to calm himself down a little. ``Come here Mikey'' Leo growled at him while slowly moving closer to him, Mikey's respond was a loud swallow.
With a solid grip on Mikey's arm, Leo pulled him down with him onto the floor, and sat down with Mikey over his lap, before Mikey knew it Leo started to spank him, hard and without a word. Mikey cried out loud and said he was sorry, but no matter what he did Leo didn't seem to stop. The cries from Mikey did not reach anybody, because they were home alone. Then Leo stopped and growled ``you are cleaning this mess up now'' a shaken ``yes'' was all Mikey could say, before getting up and started to clean everything up, while sniffing and crying.
Too far, he took it to far this time, he knew that now, therefor he made a deal with himself to only prank Raph from now on. Because pranking Leo hurt and Donnie would just get back at him just as strong, and Splinter was out of the question, because what he would do was just putting him through an entire day of none stop training. But Raph would just chase him and rumble with him, which was the easiest to handle, that was if he got caught.
Mikey was still cleaning up when the others came home, ``hallo anybody home?'' Donnie called out, ``you are not done'' Leo growled at him from his bedroom door, loud enough for them to hear, ``what happened Leonardo?'' Splinter asked with concern while moving towards him, ``Michelangelo here pulled a prank on me, and turned my room into a huge mess with water everywhere, so he is staying until he is done cleaning up'' Leo growled a little calmer, ``hmm I see'' Splinter said calmly before walking away towards the kitchen.
``Is he only cleaning up or did you punish him in another way too?'' Raph asked curiously while looking at Leo, ``I spanked him'' Leo answered almost growling, ``now you know how I feel, when he pulls a prank on me'' Raph said calmly before turning towards the kitchen. Donnie didn't say anything, he just went to the kitchen with the food and started to unpack.
Mikey was finally done with the cleaning up, and was then allowed by Leo to leave the room. Leo moved his hand and found out it hurt, so he went to Donnie's lab and found Donnie, ``do you have time to look at me?'' Leo asked calmly, ``sure, Leo'' Donnie said smiling, ``wow, you hit Mikey that hard, so you bruised your hand?'' Donnie said surprised, ``looks like it'' Leo said sadly, ``no wonder Mikey was crying when he came out of your room'' Donnie said worried.
Leo spend time in the dojo practicing alone, he couldn't go into his room until everything was dry again, so he had to get the time to go with something. While he was practicing, Leo thought of how to gain Mikey's trust again, just in case he had lost it, along with how to control his anger better the next time Mikey would prank him.
Mikey was lying on his bed crying from the pain, both physical and emotional. He didn't know if he would be able to bounce back after this. He decided to stay in his room until the pain stopped, and spend the time finding out if pranks were something he could live without for the rest of his life, along with how he felt about Leo.
After about seven days Mikey finally came out of his room, he went to the bathroom and took a shower, before going down toward the kitchen, but before he went into the kitchen, he took a deep breath to calm himself down, then he went in and said ``morning everybody'' and focused on getting breakfast for himself, he heard the different mornings from them, but the one from Leo almost made him jump out of his shell.
He tried to pretend it did nothing to him, but when he turned around, he saw the look in Splinter's eyes, and knew he would properly be paired with Leo in practice today, something he wasn't looking forward to right now. Mikey sat down and calmly started to eat his breakfast, normal, look normal he thought to himself nervously. When he was done eating, he cleaned his bowl and spoon up, before going to the dojo.
Once inside the dojo Mikey found out he was right, he got paired with Leo. He knew Leo wasn't the type to let him win, but that didn't scare him as much as getting touched by Leo did. Being touched by Leo right now was something Mikey did not want, but right now he had no choice, he had to fight Leo. Therefor Mikey decided to treat Leo as a familiar enemy during their fight, he chose not to say a word during the fight, he was afraid that his voice would break, and he would start to cry in front of them all.
Leo won the fight and offered his hand to Mikey, but Mikey did not take it, he got up and went over to sit down without a word. The others noticed it, he knew that but right now he didn't care, he just wanted practice to be over with as soon as possible, so he could get away from Leo again. Mikey answered Master Splinter when he said something to him, but other than that he did not say a word.
After practice was over, he went and took a shower, before going to his room and locked the door behind him. What am I going to do now? I can't keep this up. I need to find a way to get out of this, but how? Mikey thought to himself until a knock on the door made him jump, ``who is it?'' he asked surprised, while thinking please don't be Leo, ``it is me, your father, open up my son, let us talk'' Splinter calmly said, ``okay'' Mikey answered while opening the door.
Splinter came into the room and Mikey closed the door after him, before turning to face his dad. ``Do you want to tell me, what is going on with you?'' Splinter calmly asked, Mikey was unsure of how to answer his dad, so he just went to his bed and sat down and looked at him all confused, ``hmm I see, so you don't know yet, what is going on yourself'' Splinter said while looking concerned at him, ``do you want to tell me about that day, when Leonardo punished you? It might help you'' Splinter calmly said with concern. Mikey broke down and told him everything, that had happened and that he now did not know how to move forward.
``Every time I hear his voice, I almost jump out of my shell, and every time he touches me, I want to go into my shell. Its like I'm afraid of him, but I love Leo and respect him'' Mikey told his dad in a rush of words, ``hmm I understand, so you are afraid of him, meaning that you do not trust him right now, do you understand that my son?'' Splinter said calmly to him, Mikey thought about it for a moment before answering sadly ``yes dad, now I do'' ``good my son, then I will leave you to think this through'' Splinter calmly said with a small smile before leaving the room.
Alone in his room, Mikey knew he had to do something in order to trust Leo again, but what should he do, what could he do? He thought to himself. Mikey went through different scenarios in his head, like he always did, but no matter what he did, he could not find the answer. He stayed in his room for almost seven days to think, and only came out to go to the bathroom or take the plate of food, that had been left just outside his door.
Mikey had made up his mind, he was going to try and trust Leo with the small things to begin with. With that in mind he left his room, he wanted to start with just being in the same room as Leo for just five minutes, and then work his way up, but he knew he needed Leo to go along with it. Therefor he went looking for Leo, and he found him in the dojo practicing with Master Splinter, he went over and sat down by the wall, and just watched Leo practice.
He tried to stay calm and count the minutes, but seeing Leo move around like that made his butt start to hurt, like he was being spanked all over again. Mikey gave up when it became to much for him, after only two minutes, he ran into his room and closed and locked the door after him. Once inside his room, Mikey tried to calm his breathing down and stop shaking all over, but nothing seemed to work, he sat down on his bed and tried to slow down his breathing by force, this time it seemed to work, but he was still shaking.
Mikey tried everyday to just be in the same room as Leo for just five minutes, but failed each time and it didn't matter what Leo was doing. After the last fail, he waited to practice was over and his father went to his room to meditate, then Mikey went to his father's room and knocked on the door, ``come in Michelangelo'' Splinter calmly said, Mikey opened the door and went in and closed the door after him, before turning towards his father.
``I need to talk to you, dad. It is important'' Mikey said nervously while moving over to sit in front of him, ``I see and what do you want to tell me, my son?'' Splinter calmly asked, ``I can't stay here right now, I need to go, so I was thinking of going to see the ancient one, that is if you will let me go see him?'' Mikey said nervously, ``I understand and of course you can go see the ancient one, my son'' Splinter said with a little sad smile, ``thank you, dad. I will let you know when I have arrived'' Mikey said still nervous and still shaking all over. He got up and gave a small bow before leaving the room and closed the door behind him. Mikey went to his room and packed a small bag, before going towards the front door, where Splinter was waiting for him, the others saw them and heard Splinter say ``safe travel, my son'' ``thank you, dad'' Mikey said sadly, then they hugged and Mikey left.
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Mikey made it to the ancient one in Japan, ``hello Michelangelo'' the ancient one said with a smile, ``hello'' Mikey said sadly while giving a small bow, ``what is wrong since you are sad, my friend?'' the ancient one asked concerned, Mikey tried but he couldn't hold the tears back anymore, he fell to his knees crying loudly, the ancient one looked sadly at him, and knew this one was going to be a hard one, emotionally.
He cried for days and cried himself to sleep each night, until there were no more tears left to cry. Mikey finally got up and cleaned up, before joining the ancient one for breakfast, ``morning my friend, I told your sensei that you have arrived safely. Do you feel better today?'' the ancient one asked calmly, ``thank you for telling him and I feel a little better'' Mikey said sadly.
They eat their breakfast in silence, after the clean up, ``shall we get started on practice?'' the ancient one asked calmly, ``sure'' Mikey said while getting out on the floor to start, ``good, then let's begin'' the ancient one said. Then the rocks on the ground started to move into a formation of a turtle, but not just any turtle, it turned into a monster version of Leonardo without his katanas. Mikey froze in place he didn't know what to do, he looked at the ancient one with a mix of fear, surprised and confusion, ``I can't fight him'' Mikey said with a shaking voice, ``maybe, but he seems to be the root of your problem, and until you deal with him, the problem will not go away'' the ancient one calmly told him.
Mikey tried to fight the stone Leo monster, but to no end, the monster would hit him back, and Mikey would remember the pain from Leo, which would make him go into his shell. He tried not to think about Leo, but failed each day and night. At night Mikey's nightmares would be of Leo beating him black and blue, and in those dreams, it didn't matter what he did, Leo would beat him without a word.
The days turned to weeks and weeks became months, and Mikey still had not solved his monster Leo problem. One day Mikey was fighting monster Leo, and this time he broke down in the middle of the fight, he started to cry out all of the pain he had been keeping inside him. The stone monster disappeared, but Mikey was still crying even when he felt two hands gently holding him, and then two arms hugging him, ``I'm so sorry for hurting you, Mikey'' Leo said sadly, Mikey started to hit Leo in the chest and Leo let him without letting go of him.
When Mikey couldn't anymore and was still crying, Leo gently hugged him a little tighter and gently gave him a kiss on the top of his head, ``sorry, I'm so sorry, Mikey. Can you ever forgive me?'' Leo said sadly almost crying, ``you might have to earn my trust again and my love'' Mikey cried into Leo's chest, ``understood Mikey'' Leo answered with a small smile, ``wait why are you not mad at me?'' Mikey asked crying and confused, ``mad, about what?'' Leo answered confused, ``that I love you more than a brother'' Mikey told him sobbing, ``because I love you too, Mikey'' Leo said smiling before giving Mikey a tender kiss on the mouth.
Leo and Mikey stayed with the ancient one for about one month, where they were working on the trust part, the love part they would work on when they would be home again. When they were ready to leave, they said their goodbyes and gave a bow to the ancient one, before they turned and walked away hand in hand.
The end.
