Moonlight

by Zaru-san

Rating: M

Summary: BuffyxTMNT crossover. The slayer's group becomes watchful over the New York City Hellmouth. But what happens when they encounter those who could be of help in the future?

Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy characters. They belong to Joss Whedon. TMNT characters belong to Peter Laird. I own Zaru, the villains and others.

A/N: Chapter 3 out already? Wow! I'm lovin' it! :D Oh, uh, yeah, and I changed a couple of small things… No activation of slayers and Willow is bisexual. That is all, thank you.

Chapter 3

Michelangelo was ahead of the others as they jumped from rooftop to rooftop. The darkness above shielded them from the wandering eyes of below in the city streets, allowing them freedom to move wildly across the city buildings. The nun-chucking turtle stopped abruptly as he heard several voices down in an alleyway below. Curious as ever, he peeked over the side to see several Purple Dragons and Foot Ninja ready to clash weapons. It made him wonder if him and his brothers should stop the fight before it started, but it seemed something had already did. His eyes widened when he saw what was happening.

"Hey, bros! Come and check this out, dudes!" He motioned with his hand for his brothers to join him. "Check it! Looks like someone else crashed this party before we did!"

Leonardo set his hands on the ledge of the roof, peering down at the several humans below. They were trash-talking with someone on the fire escape. And it was a woman, too. "It does look like someone else has decided to take this into their own hands." The leader of the turtles narrowed his white eyes, waiting to see what would happen next.

The conversations continued in the alley until the leader got a surprise of throwing knives at his feet. He cursed and set to motion of getting rid of the nuisance which was the woman below.

"Damn! That's girl's in the trouble, Leo!" Michelangelo was ready to jump over the side, but his brother stopped him. "Wait, dude, wha-"

"Cool it, Mikey. It's fine."

"But-" The youngest turtle just looked down in worry. "She's gonna get hurt, Leo!"

Raphael glanced over the side as well and snickered. "Not from where I'm standing. Look." He pointed down as they saw a Purple Dragon with a red Mohawk hanging from the chain he threw. "That chick with the green hair is givin' that Purple Dragon a good lesson."

As they continued watching, not even a moment later, another couple of voices were heard from the beginning of the alley.

Donatello's eye ridges flew up. "Wow. Look at them."

The brothers eyed the new females that joined the first one. "Dudes, that chick in the black leather is hot!" Michelangelo rested his cheek in the palm of his hand.

"NINJAS?" They heard the young woman shout. "Damn you, New York City! Why ninjas?"

All of the brothers saw the three women get into fighting positions.

"Um, Leo, this doesn't look good." Donatello stated. "We better help them."

Leonardo sighed heavily, closing his eyes. I guess we have no choice. "Come on. Let's go." Him and his brothers followed suit as he jumped down to the fire escape.

Faith blocked a punch from one of the Purple Dragons, and demonstrated her power with one of her own. He flew back into a couple of the Foot Ninja, all groaning in pain. Another one came from behind her wielding nun-chucks. The vampire slayer only smirked. "Bring it on." She lashed out with her foot, greeting his stomach to send him flying back toward Buffy. "B, watch out!"

Buffy dodged a sword from a Foot soldier, and sidestepped to move away from Faith's newly downed opponent. "Thanks for the heads up!" The blonde lunged at two ninja ahead of her, clothes lining them to the ground.

Zaru roundhouse kicked a ninja, then front-snap kicked a Purple Dragon. "Oh, come on. You guys seriously need to learn how to play this game better than that." She grabbed another opponent's arm, twisting it behind his back, making him drop his knife to the ground.

"Zaru, behind you!" Buffy shouted and jumped onto a ninja's back, pulling him to the ground and flipping him behind her.

The green-haired female shook her head. "I tell ya, they have no honor fighting this way." She dodged an oncoming sword wielded by another punk. "Coming from behind like that." The woman grabbed the sword by the blade and punched the brown-haired Purple Dragon, but not before he pulled and sliced her hand with it. "You son of a bitch!" Her hand opened to reveal a deep wound in her palm. "You'll pay for that!" She turned around, seeing a lone piece of broken wood. Grabbing it, the demon slayer threw it like a spear, knocking him down to the ground unconscious.

"Any time you wanna make a break for it, Zaru!" Buffy called as she continued fighting against her opponents. "I don't know how much more I can take of this!"

"Come on, Buffy! Don't tell me you're tired already?" Her friend shouted back.

The 22-year-old slayer whirled around, blonde hair whipping in her face. "Do you have any idea how long I've been driving to get here? I'm hurting from sitting around all night and day!"

Zaru scoffed. "Fine!" Looking around through the mass of fighting figures, she saw the innocent people still huddled near the dumpster. She almost forgot about them. How distracted she was. "Get out of here now, you guys!"

The trio crawled quickly around their saviors, thanking them before running for it.

Faith kneed her newly recovered opponent in the face and hoped that was the last of them. "Damn, I'm pooped. I need to go to sleep soon."

"Oh yes, Faith! Your energy is down because you've been so busy sitting in the car all day listening to music and sleeping! Yeah, right!" Buffy replied sarcastically.

The three slayers huddled together, seeing that most of the gang was down for the count.

"Let's go. We're done here." Buffy turned to head out, but not before stopping. Her emerald eyes bugged. "Shit." She muttered.

"Huh?"

Both of the friends twisted to see several more figures in the beginning of the alley.

"Awe, man!" Faith grouched and stared into the heavens. "Having a humorous night, aren't ya?"

"Zaru…" Buffy swallowed hard, moving backward. "Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea to get in the middle of this war thing."

"You're telling me." Her blue eyes closed. "We really need help right now. Where's Willow? She can help with her magic or something to help us out of here!"

"No go."

"What?"

Faith bit her lower lip. "Red's in the car staying with bite size. She's of no help to us right now."

"Well, where's the car?" Zaru wondered.

Buffy shook her head. "It's no use. I parked about a block up. She won't hear us."

"Any bright ideas then, B? 'Cause I'm ready to make a break for it." The leather-clad slayer continued moving her back until the three of them were close together in defense positions, ready to continue the fight if necessary. "Either that, or some more help would be nice."

Zaru licked her now dry lips. We're toast! She thought before a punch to the face forced her to hit the brick wall of the building.

"COWABUNGA!" Was all the three females heard before blurs of green and other colors took down the enemy with ease.

Raphael twirled his sai. "Hey, pal, don't you know it's not nice to hit a lady?" He didn't give the Purple Dragon a chance to move before he sent him flying into the same brick wall, sliding down next to Zaru.

Blue eyes met white instantly and she became entranced by him. "What? Huh?" No other words could describe what she was seeing before her.

He smirked. "What? Never seen a giant turtle fight before?" Raphael grabbed the left arm of a Foot ninja and threw him away from them.

Zaru stood up, using the wall as support. She could sense from the giant turtle that he wasn't any form of demon. So what exactly was he? "Shit. I've thought I've seen strange things already. But this?"

"Heh, well, we're one of a kind, lady. Well, four of a kind actually." His eyes narrowed, craning his neck to the right. "But no time for that now!" He charged another ninja.

Buffy and Faith moved to help their friend, not believing what they were seeing either.

"Um, should we help them?" Faith wondered.

"No. I think we can take a break for now." Buffy said as she watched with fascination. The other two agreed.

Within moments, both gangs dispersed leaving the four turtles and three slayers to watch them leave.

Raphael grinned. "That'll teach'em." A little worried, the red-bandana wearing turtle turned back and strode over to the three women. "Are you okay?" He asked, but mostly to Zaru who was now sporting a very faint, but still seeable bruise on her right jaw.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine." She finally spoke. "Thanks for helping us."

"You chicks fight totally awesome!" Michelangelo spoke up, a smile on his somewhat rounded face.

Buffy rubbed her eyes. "Are we seriously seeing this?" She asked unsure.

Leonardo nodded as he bowed. "I am sorry you got involved in this fight."

She smiled at the blue-bandanna turtle. "Oh that's all right. We were in the neighborhood and thought we'd help share the love."

A ghost of a smile appeared. "Well thank you for stopping this battle before it began. If it wasn't for you girls, those innocent people would have been in very big trouble."

Faith folded her arms across her chest, strolling over to the turtle closest to her. "Hmm. Quite a weapon you got there..." She trailed off hoping he would provide a name of some sort.

Michelangelo blushed a little. "I'm Michelangelo, dudette. And they're nun-chucks." He held them out for her to see better. She grinned. "Hey, B, these things are made of wood. Good use against vamps, maybe, right?"

The blonde slayer shook her head. "Perhaps, but we don't have time to talk weapons, Faith. Dawn and Will are in the car so we need to -"

"Oh. My. Goddess."

All seven turned to see Willow and Dawn in front of the alleyway.

"Damn! More people!" Raphael growled ready to blend into the shadows.

"Guys, it's all right!" Zaru's hands set themselves on Raphael's arm. "They're our friends Willow and Dawn. Don't worry. They're cool with things like this."

"Um, what things like this, Zi? I'm pretty straight with my demons, but I don't think I've ever heard of turtle demons before."

"Especially ones that help slayers out." Buffy added.

"Well, why aren't you afraid of us?" Michelangelo asked. That was a good question. Nobody ever had a regular conversation after being saved by mutant turtles. "Usually people see us and they freak out or faint."

"Like I said earlier to this big guy," Zaru motioned to Raphael, "I've seen a lot of strange things. But this takes the cake."

"Are they demons?" Dawn asked meekly as she moved as back up to Willow toward her older sister.

Donatello offered his own words. "No. We're petshop turtles who were mutated almost 20 years ago." Then Buffy's words sank in from a moment before. "Slayer? What's a slayer?"

"I think it's best to save for later. Right now, I'm craving some fries with lots of cheese and bacon, B." Faith rubbed her bare stomach.

"I thought you were tired." Buffy asked tiredly. "And I've driven for hours without sleep. And having to fight after sitting so long, really doesn't work too well with me."

Zaru nodded. "Buffy's right. You should get some rest after your long trip." Her stomach growled. "In the meantime, I think I'm actually craving something that's round and has the gooiest cheese ever!"

"If you're talkin' pizza, dudette, I'm in!" Michelangelo exclaimed.

Leonardo stopped his brother. "That's enough, Mikey. You're ready to run off with somebody you just met for pizza?" His brother in orange shrugged. "Without even knowing her name?" He asked.

Michelangelo got it. "Oooh! That's right! We don't know who you dudettes are! Well, I'm Michelangelo!" He chuckled, twirling one nun-chuck around.

"The name's Raphael." The one in red stated spinning his sai with ease.

Donatello smiled at the female group. "I'm Donatello. It's nice to meet you."

"Please forgive my rudeness for not introducing myself sooner. I am Leonardo." He bowed respectfully.

"I'm Buffy and this is my sister Dawn." She wrapped an arm around her younger sister's shoulders. "Say hi, Dawn."

"Hi." She quietly replied with a wave and smile.

"Oh. My name's Willow. Really cool to meet you, guys." She bobbed her head a little, a grin on her face.

"That's a very pretty name, Willow." Donatello complimented.

The redhead blushed. "Oh, well, thank you, Donnie. Er, Donatello."

"It's okay. You can call me Donnie. My brothers and sensei do." Willow nodded.

"I'm Faith." She smirked lustfully as she looked at Michelangelo's arms and legs ripple with muscle. "Got great muscle work going for ya, huh, Mikey?" The reformed slayer circled him, stalking like he was prey. Her hand rested on his arm and squeezed. "Wow. What I wouldn't give to have those muscles in bed right now."

Michelangelo gulped a little. "Uh, thanks?" He didn't know how to respond to something like that. A woman had never taken interest in him before to even talk with yet alone want to hop in the sack with him.

"Pffft. Faith, I know you've hadn't had a decent lay since you got out, but please refrain from hopping into bed with the first guy you meet here, okay?" Zaru sighed heavily. "I don't even know how she managed to go that long without a man." Clearing her throat, she averted her eyes back to Raphael. "I'm Zaru, by the way. It's really nice to meet you guys."

"So, do you guys do this quite often? Going around and saving people?" Willow had decided to ask trying to make some conversation.

Leonardo supplied some information. "Yes. We have been patrolling the city for along the lines of five years, give or take a few months."

Buffy was getting really tired now, barely keeping her eyes open. "As interesting as all this is, I'm pooped." Her eyes drooped. "I'm sorry that we have to leave so suddenly. But maybe we can talk again sometime soon?"

Leonardo was a little shocked. That was three things weird happening to them in under an hour. First, they didn't run. Second, they were able to hold a conversation without screaming in fear. Third, they wanted to see them again. Perhaps humans might be more understanding these days than before.

"Well, if you're sure you wish to associate yourselves with us. We have many enemies on hand and if they think you are allied with us…"

"Don't worry, Leonardo. We were born to fight. Not humans specifically. But we were born to fight against evil things like demons." Zaru's hands now rested on her jean-clad hips. "So, if they think we're allies, we're allies. Either way we would like to talk with you more sometime later."

"Yeah. I mean, it's not everyday you get the 4-1-1 on talking turtles." Willow smiled a little and leaned over to Buffy. "And they might have some information about the Hellmouth here." She whispered as quietly as she could.

"Sure. Okay. Well, what do you say about meeting up again tomorrow night? Back here in this alley, say around 11 o'clock?" Buffy asked, hoping they'd agree.

"Great, dudette! And we'll take a drive around the city. Going from rooftop to rooftop kind of tires me out."

"You drive?" Now Willow was amazed.

"Of course! We'll show you tomorrow!" Michelangelo jumped with joy when the girls all agreed. "Great!"

"Okay. We can hang out after our patrol then." Leonardo finally said.

"Awesome! We'll see you chicks tomorrow night!"

"It's a date then!" Zaru grinned.

"Hey, did you hear that bros? It's a date!" He sounded out the word to make a point.

Raphael groaned and smacked his little brother upside the head. "Quiet! Adults are talking."

All the females let out a few laughs and giggles as Faith rubbed the back of his head.

"Awe. You must take the brunt of the hurt from them, huh, stud?"

"You're telling me. I wouldn't be surprised if my brain was bruised."

"Your whole body's gonna be bruised when I'm done with ya!" Raphael threatened, slamming his fists together.

"Okay, children. Let's not fight here." Donatello tried to calm his older brother down. "Ladies, it was nice to meet you. We'll let you go now."

Nodding, the three slayers, witch and Dawn waved goodbye and headed out of the alleyway, looking back momentarily only to see they had vanished into thin air.

TBC…

A/n2: Yay! Chapter 3 is up and running! I'm thrilled about it! Aren't you? Well, hope you enjoyed and let me know what you think!

Turtle Power!

Zaru