Authors Note: this is the second installment of the Ninja Turtles Meet The Huntress series. If you haven't read TNTMTH then you should probably go read it or this won't make much sense.

Becoming More

It was the end of August. The days were still hot but the four huge mutant turtles didn't have much time to enjoy it, or anything else for that matter. Even their new forms had to remain mostly unexplored because even though their pack was secure and Aiden the Tyrant was dead, there was just too much to be done. Raph, the Alpha of the pack and now the turtles, was traveling with Gabby, his She-Alpha and future mate. It wasn't going to be a long trip. Just a couple of weeks to establish some type of stability in the Were world on the east coast. He had acquired a huge and nearly unmanageable pack when he had killed Aiden. It was too big for him and he was gathering people into smaller packs and allowing other alphas to claim them. While they did that, Gabby was using her advanced telepathic abilities to weed through any who might still be supporting Aiden's old ideals. They were immediately exiled, snapping the bond to the Alpha and leaving them Alphaless which could cause insanity in lesser ranks. Many of them had to be put down when they went crazy and tried attacking other packs.

With Raph and Gabby gone, the responsibility of running the pack fell on Leo and Saffron, who had taken up the mantle of She-Alpha's second after Gabby's sister and former second Gracie had died. Leo, a normally solid and resolute leader, was having trouble keeping up with everything. It had been a couple weeks since the Great One, who was the great wolf spirit of the werewolves people and father to the triplets, had gifted them with an animal form so they could be one with the pack. The trouble was, Leo was the only one out of all of his brothers who couldn't change. He knew he had the ability, felt the power within him to do so, but he couldn't make it happen. The normally calm and collected Leo huffed and tossed the papers in front of him away, unable to comprehend the information about building permits with his mind so preoccupied.

As if being the only one unable to shift wasn't enough, Riley, the uncrowned queen of the werewolves, was almost constantly at him, trying to make him lose control. He had handled it well at first but as the days wore on and she was always picking at him, it began to wear down his practiced control and he found himself getting irritable with her. It was a shame really. She was really tall. At 6'1" she was actually a hair taller than Mikey, which the young terrapin just could not get over. She also had these unique silvery eyes. It was a shade that no wolf or human had ever had and they stayed the same color even when she shifted which was actually really rare for any shifter, though the Werecougar Melody had the same phenomenon with her cat green eyes. Leo thought that Riley's tall and well muscled form was appealing, especially combined with her wavy platinum hair. It was almost white, even lighter than Raph's first girlfriends had been. He couldn't help but wonder if it was as silky and thick as it looked.

Leo couldn't help but scowl. That damn annoying, half mythological, powerful, and sometimes downright scary woman wouldn't leave him alone, even when she wasn't present! Sighing, he walked out of the makeshift trailer they were using as a little home while they built a new compound back in Minnesota. He had been born and raised in New York but this was the Pack's home and he would do anything to give the girls some peace after the years they spent being tormented and oppressed by the False Alpha.

They had only been at it a week but with their now large pack scattered in different professions they had gotten the property, the builders, and the permits in a ridiculously fast amount of time. The first shipment of materials had come in yesterday morning and from the top of the steps Leo watched Saffron pointing something out on the blueprints to the head contractor and then gesturing to the Alpha house.

The Alpha house. It was the first thing Saffron had wanted up. Being from a younger generation, and now very wealthy with the reclaiming of their pack, the Alphas had been tossing ideas back and forth for changing up the layout of the traditional compound which was usually more like an apartment complex. Saffron and Gabby had come up with building a lodge-like main house, the Alpha House, surrounded by a lot of nice, mostly rustic outer buildings. The project would cover just over one hundred acres when complete, housing a medical center and a rec building that would house the entertainment room, gym, pool, cafeteria, and training facilities. As the Alphas hadn't even been back to Minnesota yet, saffron was bound and determined that the Alpha house be ready by the time they returned in two weeks. Leo had seen how the wolves worked with their much greater speed and strength. He didn't doubt they would be done well before the Alphas returned.

As Leo stood in the hot afternoon sun, supervising, he saw movement across the lawn. He frowned as irritation invaded his moment of peace. Riley was walking his way.

"Hey Leo." She called brightly but the mischievous glint in her eye was anything but innocent. He stood tense, his arms crossed across his chest, as she came and stood next to him at the top of the steps, surveying the progress. "They work fast." She commented as the multitude of wolves scurried here and there, constructing as they went.

"Yeah." Leo answered shortly. She just stood next to him, her bright silver eyes taking in the activity. After a few moments of silence, he began to relax. He shifted his weight to one foot and then she struck, pushing him over the railing and off of the stairs. He managed to twist as he fell so he didn't break his neck. He leapt up, his eyes blazing with anger and an honest to goodness, angry, rumbling, impossible for him to make unless he was a shifter growl was rolling deep in his chest. One look at the smug face of his tormentor caused the noise to cease as he recomposed himself.

"Leo, if you don't quit doing that you'll never get to know him well enough to change into him." She chided as he reasserted his iron control. She, of course, was talking about his beast. The animal inside of him that he was born with had been subjected to his absolute control since for as long as he could remember. He didn't like it. It was too wild, too unpredictable, for his lifestyle. For him, control was paramount.

"Whatever." He said, his jaw tight. He really wished she would just go away. His two brothers walked around the building and the woman next to him flitted away, much to his relief. He watched as her brothers greeted the woman like family and rolled his eyes, heading back to his work in the trailer.

"Hey Girl! What's good?" Mikey asked as Riley strode over.

"I made him growl today." She replied, her silver eyes dancing.

"Good job, Riley." Donnie said smiling. "Is that the first time you got him to do something like that?"

"Yeah. He's been tough. He just won't listen to me. I don't know why he can't just let go. It's not like the animal is new to you guys. You've lived your whole lives with a part of that in you."

"Leo likes control." Donnie said. "I really honestly don't know what it'll take to make him loosen up but maybe you could lay off the angry part. He's getting kinda hard to be around."

She sighed. "I guess I'll have to be okay with the little bit of progress we've made. Are we hanging out tonight? I think Margie has the pendants ready. You guys could come over and get those and we could chill."

"Sounds great." Mikey replied.

And bring mister crabby pants. He could use some down time." She walked away, heading back to the car she had driven over.

Riley wasn't usually one to ruffle feathers. While she was playful, she usually had a calm and serene demeanor. She had only been so annoying towards Leo because she was trying anything she could to reintroduce his animal nature. How would she do it? Two weeks of nonstop torment had earned her one little measly growl… and a brief one at that. No. It wasn't working and it wasn't worth all of the unpleasantness. She would lay off of Leo, show him she could be nice and hopefully they could be friends. She liked the energy that came off of him anyway. It was always so soothing, except when he was growling. She couldn't help but feel just a little satisfied that she had drawn that from him. Still, there was no use in badgering him if everyone was going to be miserable. With a sigh she turned for home.

Even though Riley had been back in Minnesota for months now, not including her little hiatus as she and her two brothers went to help beat down the Tyrant, it still felt like it had been years since she had wandered the halls of their old mansion an hour north of Minneapolis. They had grown up there with no pack. Only Margie, a witch, Oliver, their MMA trainer, and The Warden had been with them. They hadn't even known other weres existed until the restlessness of Riley's first heat had driven her from their property and into the cities where she found Gabby. She owed a lot to her honorary She-Alpha. Without her, they never would have discovered their people or their plight and they never would have stayed out of Aiden's reach. They hadn't known their powers then. Aside from the fact that Aiden could have never controlled Riley's mind because of her connection to the spirit world, he could have used them for terrible effect if he had been able to control her brothers and force her cooperation as he had been prone to do.

Riley entered the building and headed for the kitchen for some nice cold lemonade. It was hot out that was for sure. Her brother Wayne was sitting there, mowing down some cookies and reading something on his tablet.

"What's up, big brotha?" She asked as she walked in. She noticed Frankie sitting at the table eating a sandwich as she rounded the corner. "And bigger brotha." She added. Her eldest brother grunted, acknowledging her greeting but he didn't reply.

"Just reading up on the news." Wayne replied. She knew he was talking about the Were news. It was an online blog written by Weres and it had millions of viewers. The humans who saw it thought it was some sci-fi bullshit that Were fans cooked up. They knew better.

"Anything good?" She asked.

"Not particularly." He frowned. "Looks like the people are loving Raph and Gabby up in the northern half of the states. Haven't had much information from the south. Sounds like the Alphaless are banding together though. God damned maniacs."

"They know they need an Alpha to stay sane. It makes sense they'd get together and figure out who was most dominant and go from there. We'll have to keep an eye on them. They could become a big problem." Riley said.

"After they're mated we should visit the allied packs in the south." Frankie spoke up from the table. "They need a presence down there in case anything ever happens. They were spared the worst of Aiden's destruction so they might not be as cautious. They might not be prepared if the Alphaless attack."

"Attack the south cuz is unprepared." Riley nodded. "Makes sense. They'll need a territory and a compound if they want to build off of Aiden's ideals."

"Gabby and Raph should have just put them all down." Frankie said.

"They didn't want to be like that. They didn't want to become executioners. Not yet. Someday they might be able to stomach it again but they lost so much, and killed so many. You weren't in it as long as they were. You saw one battle and one skirmish and they saw months of that. I could feel it. Their souls need to heal before they can become the type of people to dole out severe punishment." Riley said. She had wished the other Alphas were capable of what needed to be done right now too, but she understood. She knew they wouldn't balk at this responsibility in the future but now was not the time for them. They would do what they needed to heal and go from there.

"I invited the Storms over tonight if you guys don't mind." She said and her brothers perked up. They loved the pack. They had never had one of their own so they really got along with the turtles who struggled with the same things they did. It was nice to be with people who didn't really expect anything out of them, especially now that they were back on the map. They had exposed themselves before and were considered royalty because of their unusual stature and the powers they were gifted with but it had taken many years to acquire their reputation and sometimes Riley wished they hadn't. It made their kind look at them differently, just the same way the turtles were looked at differently. That's why they loved the Storm pack so much. With them, they were just people.

"When?" Wayne asked and she could have laughed. If Donnie didn't already have Saffron, she would have sworn he and Wayne were in love. Their souls gave off a warm glow when they were together. Was there a such thing as soulfriends? She would have to look into it. She wondered if Jayden would show up. The large, attractive blond was usually attached at the hip with Raph but the Alpha was gone and she hadn't seen the beta in a few days. She knew he was cool with pretty much everyone though and wondered if he'd turn down the chance to socialize.

"After sunset. The construction crew wants to get as much done as possible before the Alphas come back. They'll finished the Alpha house first and then get going on the rec center. With the sheer amount of people there, I wouldn't be surprised if they finished it. You guys should go check it out sometime. It's a nice spread." Riley said.

"I'll go when it's done." Frankie said. "I like to be able to tour more than just the shell. Plus I think Raph and Gabby would prefer the chance to give a grand tour don't you think?"

Riley considered what he had said. She supposed he was right. If she had her own home she would want to give tours personally. Just then, a plump woman with grey streaked black hair came in, her grey eyes twinkling.

"I'm so happy you're all home." She sighed as she put the kettle on. It didn't matter how hot the day was, Margie had to have her black tea.

"Are the pendants ready?" Riley asked.

"Yes, dear. I finished them up this morning. I made them specially colored for those fool turtles." She smiled affectionately at the mention of the brothers. "Can you guess who gets which?"

"I could guess." Riley replied. "They're coming over tonight so we can hand them out then."

"All of them are coming?"she asked, her brows raised. Riley knew what she meant.

"If they can manage it, the other two will drag Leo here." She replied.

"Lucky you." She replied with a knowing smile. See, here's the thing. Part of Riley's powers was her capability to read souls or spirits. Some people called them auras. She could feel them and the energy they put out made sense to her. She had found that Leo's soul drew her and she knew that if she could win him that he would be her mate. Their inner flame matched, like Gabby and Raph's did. Like Donnie and Saffron's did, like Mikey and Melody's did. They still hadn't gotten together. Mikey was clueless, the dummy. Melody wasn't any better, letting distractions keep her away from him all the time. She knew better than to interfere though. Mates had to find their way to each other naturally. That's why she hadn't pounced on Leo the first time she had felt the warming rays of his souls energy. That, and the fact that he couldn't learn to become one with the animal in him. He couldn't be a good mate until he had balance. Not just emotional balance as he had now, but spiritual balance. She eyed Margie suspiciously. The witch was also blessed with access to the spiritual plane and she wondered how much she really knew sometimes.

"I got a growl from him today." Riley blurted. Margie's smirk deepened.

"How did you manage that?" She asked.

"I pushed I'm off of a railing." She confessed.

"There are better ways to bring his beast out." She said sternly.

"Please, oh wise one, grace me with this knowledge." Riley said sarcastically.

"Take him to bed." Margie said simply. Riley heard sputtering and turned to see Wayne choking on his cookie. Margie wasn't a normal parental figure by any means but she had never openly encouraged any of her children to have sex before.

"I think not." Riley blushed.

"Mating is a very primal act, prone to aggravating any Were's beast. I'm sure you would get more than a growl. I bet you could make his eyes fleck." She answered, referring to the way a were's animal eye color blended through to their human eyes, putting flecks of color that were usually not there.

"Moving on." Frankie said loudly from the table. Margie tutted and tended to her pot. They all went about their own business until the sun went down and their guests arrived. As she had suspected, they had Jayden in tow and to her surprise, Leo stood at the back of the group, looking a little grumpy until Frankie greeted him warmly. They all meandered into the huge den and settled in around a coffee table filled with liquor.

"First up, never have I ever." Wayne said, putting shots full of vodka in front of everyone and setting the full bottle on the table. "Tapping out makes you lose, vomiting makes you lose, getting called out by your friends and siblings when we know you've done the thing and still haven't taken the shot makes you lose. Last one standing wins."

Everyone laughed. Since none of the people in the room had any party years, they had taken to doing drinking games and getting rip roaring drunk when they hung out which was actually fairly rare seeing as they just had so much damn work to do.

"Me first, me first!" Saffron called.

"Shoot." Said Wayne.

"Never have I ever had sex with a girl." She grinned mischievously, blue eyes piercing into Donnie. He chuckled as everyone but her drank.

The move went clockwise so Donnie was next. "Never have I ever eaten raw meat." He said. He was surprised to see Mikey shoot along with all of the wolves.

"Really?" Donnie asked.

"I went hunting with Raph and Gabby once. The blood smelled good so I tried it. Looks like we got more wolf in us than expected." Mikey replied.

Donnie could attest to that and he was sure Raph could too. Every time he had sex, he formed a knot now. It had weirded him out at first but when Saffron had screamed her release when he tied her in her hybrid form, he figured it was a good thing.

Next up was Mikey. "Never ever have I had sex." He grinned, knowing most of the people in the room would have to shoot. He was surprised to see that Riley and Leo both didn't shoot, though the rest of them did.

Leo couldn't believe the pale haired beauty across from him had never done it before. Especially seeing as her brothers had. They went everywhere together so he knew she had been exposed to the possibility of it. He eyed her hulking brother sitting next to her. At a full seven feet, he was even bigger and scarier than Raph. Maybe it wasn't so unusual that she han' t been approached. Risking the wrath of her brothers would take a special kind of courage.

Jayden's turn. "Never have I ever had sex with a mutant turtle." His blue eyes sparkled with laughter as Saffron took her shot and then stuck her tongue out at him.

Leo's turn. "Never have I ever shifted in this plane."

Everyone took shots.

"Never have I ever lived in the sewers." Wayne grinned next. The turtles swallowed their alcohol as well as Saffron, seeing as she'd lived with them there the first month after Raph had bonded them.

"Never have I ever performed surgery." Frankie said. Shots from Saffron and Donnie.

"Never have I ever been in a relationship." Again, Saffron and Donnie had to shoot, along with Jayden.

"This feels kinda one sided." Donnie commented as his body warmed as a hard buzz set in. Saffron was right there with him.

The game went on and ever since Donnie's comment, most of them picked stuff they would have to drink to until they tapped out.

"Assholes." Donnie muttered as they downed their last shot and flipped their glasses over to show they were out. Saffron giggle and sneezed and then giggled more.

"let's run." She said to her boyfriend.

He kissed her hard. "You're so smart." He said through half closed eyes.

He stood and started untying his shorts to get naked when Riley laughed. "Wait." She said. "Let me grab your amulet." She stumbled a little when she stood, the copious amount of alcohol making her coordination a bit shaky but she stabilized and hurried off only to return moments later with the pendants. Each glowed faintly, waiting to be united with its owner. She tossed one to Mikey and then Donnie who put it on and quickly shifted, relieved when he didn't tear apart his shorts and instead they were magically absorbed. Then Riley held the blue glowing one out to Leo.

"I don't know why you bothered." He said looking down. "I'm never going to need it."

Riley bent down, supporting her weight with a hand on his thigh until he looked up at her.

"Yes you will." She said with a quiet conviction that made him believe her. She straightened but he could still feel the warmth of her hand where it had rested on his shorts. She was so confusing. Annoying for two weeks and then suddenly warm and sweet. What the actual fuck was going on here? A small cough brought him out of his reverie. In the entrance to the room stood a very familiar and well liked face.

"Mind if I join in?" Melody asked, her cat green eyes tracking over each face. Her eyes stopped at Donnie and Saffron who were trying to stumble their way out of the room but failing because they kept hitting the furniture.

"You have a lot of catching up to do." Wayne said cheekily.

"I see that." She said as she stepped aside for the finally coordinated Donnie and Saffron. They passed her and headed for the front door. She headed in and sat next to Mikey instead he place the two love birds had just vacated.

"Hey Mikey." She said.

"Hey." He replied, his penchant for calling every single female he came across by one pet name or another was halted by his nerves. He had always liked Melody and he hadn't even been able to explain why. He hardly knew her on a personal level.

"How many shots." She asked.

"Better start with ten." Wayne said. "And that's going easy on you."

She slammed ten back no problem and settled in next to Mikey to continue the game.

"Never have I ever had retractable claws." Riley said. Eyebrows quirking in a challenge. The Werecougar took another shot.

Finally, Mikey tapped out, followed by Wayne, then Riley, then Jayden vomited, expelling him and Frankie called Melody out on coughing up a hair ball when she was in cat form. He'd seen her do it the day after Aiden's death. That made Frankie the winner but by then everyone was too drunk to care.

"Run with me angel face." Mikey said to Melody. He stood and headed for the door and to his complete surprise, the lioness followed. They went out into the cool night air and shifted. She was glorious as a cougar, her green eyes rimmed in black and her big body rippling with muscle. His dragon form, as they called it since discovering they could roar, was just a hint larger than hers and it made him happy for some reason. She began to trot away and he followed easily. He swiped and knocked her back foot as it came up, causing her to jump and spin, facing him curiously. He swatted again, playfully. Nervous as he was, playing was the only thing he could think to do. Melody swatted back but missed as he danced away. A purr emanated from deep in her chest as he bounded back and tried to nip her flank with his beak. She dodged and swatted his hind leg, causing him to stumble but he was up and pouncing on her like a playful puppy in an instant. They rolled around, jaws snapping playfully and showy growls rumbling until Melody managed to disengage herself and took off running. Now there was something that drew out the predator in him. With a roar, he gave chase.

Donnie and Saffron hadn't made it far. He had chased her into the woods and those long legs of his allowed him to catch her quickly. He waisted no time in burying his face in her swollen pussy. His reptilian tongue stroked through her folds, tasting her essence. His cock started protruding from his sheath and when her tail flagged to the side, he covered her. His tapered cock dipped in and out of her aching pussy until she gave a sharp growl and he thrust into her completely, hammering into her ready and willing body. Saffron yipped her pleasure beneath him and as her walls began to contract, his knot began to grow until he was locked inside of her with barely two inched to give sharp hard thrusts but just as he locked with her her body spasmed and she howled her release. His body jerked inside of her releasing a torrent of cum and just like a real wolf, he turned so he was off of her back and his knot was wedged snugly against her opening. It was what her wolf wanted, and his dragon as well. His cock jumped inside of her every time her walls contracted, drawing more seed from his shaft. This one was going to take a while to go down, he could tell. She wasn't holding still and every movement against his sensitive cock brought a low churr from him. He didn't mind though. He could stay like this forever.

When Melody saw Saffron and Donnie she stopped dead. Mikey barreled into her sending her ass over teakettle, landing with him standing over her. It was obvious that he saw seeing what she had seen moments before, especially as Saffron had been howling her release as they had tumbled. Her sideways position under him allowed her a good look as his cock began to protrude slightly. His scent became richer, and for a minute she wondered what it would be like to mix his scent with her own. With a wicked inner smile, she rose underneath him, making sure her back brushed hard against his exposed tip. His hips jerked but then she was off again, the scent of his arousal smeared down her back where his moist cock had dampened her fur. She inhaled deeply, enjoying the mix of his lubricating fluids and her own fur. She quickly climbed a tree and settled in to wait. What was she doing?

She shouldn't be encouraging Mikey. While she had always found him attractive, she had a duty to her family. She had been promised to a rival pride's leader as a peace offering, a way to bring the prides together. She didn't really want to breed with the other lion, but she could do worse and it served a good purpose, her family's safety. Yet here she was, playing hide and seek with a were-turtle-wolf and getting turned on by the though of him driving his cock into her. Her tail flicked in agitation as she thought. She wasn't due to be sent to the other pride until the next summer, the summer of her twentieth birthday. She's just had her first heat before meeting with the Storm pack. The triplets had saved her from a band that had stolen her away and were planing on using her as their personal sex slave. They got her out, fed her, and took her on as a sister before sending her back to her pride for no more than a couple weeks, when they asked her to seek out the Storm pack. Then, and now, she found it difficult to return home to her pride. She felt she belonged in the storm pack. Still, duty was what her family had drilled into her since childhood. She watched as Mikey walked through the trees toward her. Her tail flicked and her eyes narrowed. Maybe it would be alright to have a little fling before she was forced to settle down.