I own my OC's ( Artemis Jaelyn Roberts and Thomas Roberts. As well as Max Brown ) but I DO NOT own any of the TMNT characters. (Leo, Raph, Donnie, Mikey, Splinter, April, Casey, Shredder and any other TMNT world characters that may be mentioned.)

Artemis's POV

Christmas is coming up and I'm already on Christmas holidays. School has been a bit of a tough thing to fit into my schedule, but I manage. Ever since I had the single training session with the turtles, I've done so much better on my own private ones. I've come farther along faster than Splinter expected. He said I need a weapon.

I pull my hair into a bun before bundling up to go down to the lair. I just found it so cold. I take my bag with me as I head down for training.

I start pulling my stuff off and hanging it on the hooks Don decided to put up for all my stuff. I head into the dojo and tilt my head, surprised to see the guys there with their weapons laid out.

"Artemis, it is high time you choose a weapon... I am hoping one of my sons weapons will be of your choosing too, so that they may help train you." Splinter explains.

"How do I know if it's the right one?" I ask hesitantly.

"Oh," Splinter chuckles. "You'll know."

I look over their weapons and glance at Mikey's, I pick them up and scrunch up my nose, they were just... they had too much mobility and I wouldn't be able to control them. I gently set them down and glance over the others. I like sharp things if I'm being completely honest, I'd love to have throwing knives but Splinter said I needed a close range weapon bigger than that. I pick up Leo's swords and move them around, but something is just off. Too light and too thin and too long for both hands. I sigh and set them down. I pick up Raph's sais, doing the same thing. I wouldn't mind them if they were just knives. I huff and move to Donnie's staff. I pick it up and something kind of clicks. It felt right and wrong, something was off about it. I twirl it around in my hands and glance at Leo's swords... Hey!

"Don do you have masking tape?" I ask excitedly.

"Uh... Yeah?" He replies hesitantly.

"Can I borrow it?" I smile.

He gets up and leaves the room, I bounce on my heels excitedly. I can feel the curious gazes of the turtles on me. When Don returns with the tape I grab it and drop to my knees, starting to tape Leo's katana together by the handles so the two blades stuck out in opposite directions. No one says anything as I finish and pick up the newly made weapon.

"This is so it." I murmur as I twirl it around. It still wasn't quite right because the blades were still the katana but it was perfect. "But the blades have to be bigger but shorter... Like a machete."

"You are quite creative Artemis." Splinter chuckles, looking over the new weapon. "Do you think you could construct such a weapon Donatello?" Splinter asks.

"Of course." Don nods, smiling at me.

I squeal happily before the turtles are ushered out so I can train. I have a weapon! Now all I need is a mask.

*V*

Michelangelo's POV

Arty is bouncing her head to her music as she studies, sitting on the floor, books spread across. I'm not exactly sure what all that stuff is but she explained she had to learn the levels of dancing and blah blah blah because she decided to do a double major. Dancing and writing.

"I just found out that I'm fuckin' with a bad dog, but the beast in me, she know how to train a bad dog." Everyone's head snaps up to look over at Arty, she never swore. The odd time maybe she'd say 'shit.' That was it. "Woof! Like a bad dog. Sit! And be a good dog. Or imma' put you down Bang! Bang! like a bad dog."

"What is she singing?" Leo asks.

"I have no idea, but I don't think she realizes she's singing." Donnie chuckles.

"Your just an animal that I caught, you know I'm yours, so rip my clothes off." Arty sings, clearly not noticing she is singing aloud.

"Do ya think she even realizes the song is about sex?" Raph asks, looking rather amused.

"Nope." We all reply in unison, laughing to ourselves at the answer.

She gets up and walks to the kitchen, bouncing along to a new beat.

"I say hey, I'll be gone today, but I'll be back all around the way. It seems like everywhere I go, the more I see, the less I know. But I know one thing, that I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you." Arty starts singing, moving her hips along to the beat we could hear through her headphones. I laugh, she did that a lot, bouncing to the beat of her song, never realizing what she's doing. I stand up and walk over as she starts going back to her work. I take her hands and dance with her playfully, a smile breaking out on her face.

I sing along with her, knowing the song quite well. My brothers aren't joining, but I know they're watching. We have to get them to dance too, and I know Arty can do that. I glance at them and she smirks. She plugs her phone into the stereo and blasts music.

"No way!" I laugh at her song choice.

"Someone has to sing this with me!" Arty exclaims.

"I will but I think we should get them into it first." I chuckle.

Artemis runs over to Leo and pulls him up, bouncing along to the song. "Dance before I start scream singing." Arty says warningly, pulling up the others.

"Arty." Raph groans.

"You just jump along to the beat!" Arty grabs Raph's hands, pulling him further away from the wall he was previously leaning against. I watch curiously as she spins in a circle under his arm before jumping along to the beat, sometimes twisting her body, but Raph does nothing. She pouts, letting her eyes water. I know fake crying when I see it, I myself am quite a good fake crier.

"Oh goodness, don't cry Arty! I'll dance." He bounces along to the beat with her and she smiles, hugging him. Raph's eyes widen, as do ours. Looking rather awkward, he rubs her back.

Raph is willing giving her a hug, or, kind of. Wow. This is a moment to remember.

*V*

Artemis's POV

I head down to the lair for training, it's been two days since I chose my weapon, it's kinda awesome! Don says it should be finished today. I walk into the dojo and start my training like always.

When we're done, I'm too excited to meditate. I just want to see my weapon!

"Artemis," Splinter starts. "Because you have a weapon, I decided you should also have a mask."

I can feel my eyes widen. "Really!?"

Splinter nods. "Donatello!" He calls and the boys walk in. Donnie holding the most gorgeous double blade ever and Leo holding a black cloth.

"It will come apart so you can sheathe them." He explains, holding a sheathe that goes around my waist, the two machete blades having two separate sheathes on either side of my waist. He hands me both and I smile happily.

"Now, Artemis, I must admit, deciding on a colour for your mask was hard." Splinter says. "Because I doubt you would have liked pink." I laugh at that. "So I asked for the help of the boys."

"It's got all our colours!" Mikey exclaims happily. Leo holds the black mask up. On each end there were four bands. One blue, one red, one purple and one orange.

"This is amazing guys." I smile, taking the mask from Leo.

"We also got ya this." Raph says, handing me a black outfit.

"I'll be right back!" I exclaim, running into the bathroom.

Everything fit perfect. I had leather tights on with combat boots. A black shirt that was sort of like a cardiagan until you tied it around yourself. The sheathe sat perfectly too. I put the machete blades in their sheathe and french braid my hair. Two curls staying at the front of my face, refusing to go back into the braid. I tie the mask on and look over myself. I looked like a ninja.

I run out and back over to them, spinning in a circle.

"How do I look?" I ask excitedly.

"Amazing..." Raph murmurs.

"Artemis," Splinter says. I look over. "You look like a true ninja." He chuckles. I grin and run over, hugging him tightly.

"Thanks Sensei." I say pulling away.

"You're welcome Artemis." Splinter smiles. "But I expect you to train with the turtles now."

"Hai Sensei." I nod. I knew now, I could do it. And if I couldn't, I didn't have to be afraid to say. Splinter had told me that it was not showing weakness if I could not do it.

"Now go, try out your new weapon. Your excitement is contagious." Splinter chuckles.

I grin and pull out the machete blades, spinning them before putting them together. Oh you poor dummy.

So, kinda short, but the other two chappies were looooooong. Any way, whatcha think?