AN: Well, it certainly didn't seem to take too long before I updated this again, but then again, I guess you could blame this idea on the fact I had a certain theme song stuck in my head lately.

Ruby: Uh which version? The one from the classic 80s series, or one of the newer ones?

AN: The one for the series from the early 2000s.

Yang: Oh yeah, that is a good one!

Blake: What're you all talking about?

AN: You're about to find out with the rest of our regular readers and reviewers, Blake, right after Weiss gives us our little intro. That said, this Meeting would be for a story that, while it does technically take place during the events of Volume 7, it technically begins a short time before the beginning of the RWBY Series as a whole, and its an AU of the main series, where the visiting characters exist in the same universe and world as the RWBY characters. Take it away, Ice Queen!

Weiss: Hey! Ahem...Today, the heroes of RWBY meet the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

AN: Ah yeah! Can I get a cowabunga?!...No? How about booyakasha?...No, not that one either? Oh, just go ahead and start the meeting. Btw, for extra effect, you may want to have certain tracks from the TMNT 2001 series playing at certain points in the chapter. You'll know which ones it will be when you get to them. Trust me.

I do not own anything from any of the RWBY franchise or any other franchise mentioned in this story.


The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

It was a long time coming, with many obstacles and hardships to stand in their way, but after surviving the second train crash in their lives, escaping a farm filled with the most terrifying Grimm ever, a hard-fought battle against the most arrogant little old lady they had ever met, and helping to save Argus from a massive Grimm, the collective group of Team RWBY, Qrow, Maria, Oscar, and the remainder of Team JNPR had finally made it to Atlas. At first glance, the city in the sky was a beautiful sight to behold, but when they took notice of the Atlesian defense fleet hovering in the sky in a formation that seemed like they were expecting an attack at any second, the view and the overall good mood had quickly turned sour, so it came as no surprise that they decided to land down in Mantle instead. Not that they could really land in an Atlas harbor to begin with, seeing as technically, the airship was still stolen, but seeing the fleet set up like that, combined with all the rest of the things that seemed to be going on from their viewpoints, it just seemed like an even better idea to avoid going straight to Atlas at the moment.

Seeing Ironwood making announcements on various screens did not ease anyone's nerves, as most of the things he was saying almost sounded like he was trying to maintain order in a city that was under martial law. Weiss was not feeling all that much better about things either when she saw Winter appear in those same videos giving a voice of support for what the general seemed to be doing, but that went without saying. Thankfully, they were able to find someone that could give them some help and answers about what had been happening in Atlas during the time that Weiss had been gone from her home kingdom, and as it turned out, he provided a lot more than that too. The person they ran into was not only the man who made and helped to maintain Maria's mechanical eyes, but he was also the same scientist who helped with designing Yang's prosthetic arm. Even more surprising was that he was also the father of their old friend, Penny, who was soon revealed to be back and better than ever, much to everyone's joyous surprise.

Finding out that Penny was alive was especially good news for Ruby, even if it did come with an overexcited tackle-hug from the synthetic girl. There was no denying that the young reaper had not been the same since seeing Penny die at the Vytal Festival, so seeing her alive and well brought a smile to Ruby's face that most of the others had not seen the likes of in a long time. Then again, it was not like any of them were much different. Sure, Penny was a little strange, but they had all come to consider her a dear friend, and seeing her alive and well once more brought a good feeling to them all that could most accurately be described as strangely wholesome, as Blake had described it. Too bad Penny's new job as the official protector of Mantle had her taking off to help people with a Grimm attack in another part of the city, otherwise they likely would have spent a little more time talking and catching up with the excitable girl. In short, despite all the ill-feelings that most of them had about arriving in Atlas after seeing the fleet hovering around it, things did seem like they were taking a turn for the positive for their little group, as Qrow himself could not help but point out.

"You know in all honesty, I was expecting things to go a lot rougher," the professional huntsman admitted with a genuine smile.

Clearly Qrow had forgotten in the midst of their feel-good-moment that you never say things like that unless you want to be jinxed, and this time was no different, as some of their group soon realized. Right when they were about to follow Penny's father back into his shop to get some more answers, Blake and Ren both picked up on something heading their way thanks to each of their enhanced senses, but before either of them could say anything, Oscar and everyone in JNR were suddenly wrapped up in thick chains, and thrown to the ground. Luckily, Blake was able to deflect the next round of chains, even with her damaged sword, and Qrow and the rest of Team RWBY were all able to avoid being tied up as well.

"Now what," Yang growled in annoyance.

Her answer came quick enough, as several individuals appeared from the shadows around them, each of them clad in the same uniform consisting of all black outfits that covered them from head to toe, with grey vests, boots, and gloves, masks with yellow eyes, and a single, red emblem on the fronts of their shirts that held the appearance of a three-toed foot-print of some kind. The moment they appeared, each of these black-clad warriors drew some form of standard, conventional weapon, ranging from swords, to sais, to sickles, to whatever other type of basic weapon you could think of, and most of them did not look like they were much more advanced that Jaune's sword.

While the others were left confused and bewildered by their surprise attackers' appearance and choice of weapons, Weiss ended up going a little pale at the sight of them, even as she held her sword at the ready for any kind of attack that may come. "Why…What are these guys doing here," Weiss wondered aloud with a faint trace of worry in her voice. "I thought they would've scattered and split up after…"

"Weiss, do you know these guys," Yang asked.

"Unfortunately. They're old enemies of some good friends of mine," Weiss revealed, surprising everyone.

"Well don't keep us in suspense, Schnee. Fill us in already," Qrow prompted, only to regret asking a second later when Weiss fulfilled his request.

"They call themselves the Foot Clan."

Hearing that name drew more looks of confusion on the faces of their friends, along with at least one or two disbelieving look to showcase that they could not believe anyone would choose a name like that for their group. Only Qrow seemed to understand at least a little bit of the weight behind that name. "The Foot Clan? As in the ninja assassin secret organization," Qrow whispered. "I've heard stories about them even when Raven and I were kids growing up with the tribe, but I always thought they were just rumors and make-believe."

"Trust me; they're very real," Weiss insisted with a scowl. "I still have a few scars from the few times my friends let me help fight these guys to prove it."

"You," a new voice interrupted, turning everyone's attention to yet another newcomer. This one seemed to be a leader for the ninja surrounding them, as he was the only one to wear something other than the standard black and grey uniform the others had on. He wore a black pair of pants, along with a long flowing set of blue and gold robes, with the gold parts holding a pattern similar to that of scales, while his arms were adorned with red armbands. His long red hair was allowed to flow freely, and the most notable facial feature he possessed was the golden, dragon tattoo that circled around the left side of his face. At the moment though, his eyes were locked firmly on Weiss in a heated glare as he gripped the gold staff in his hands a little tighter out of anger. "But how? I ensured you would not be able to return myself!"

"How could you have had anything to do with any reason why I wouldn't be able to come back, Khan," Weiss demanded.

The man Weiss had called Khan merely laughed as he replied, "It would seem you have been away from our conflict for too long, Schnee. You've forgotten just how far reaching my master's influence truly is."

"And you clearly suffered some type of brain damage when you got that tattoo, otherwise you'd remember that your master is dead," Weiss retorted in kind, aiming her sword at Khan, while discreetly tapping at something on her Scroll. Her teammates just looked between the two for a few seconds before readying their own weapons for use against either the various ninjas surrounding them or this Khan person. They may not entirely understand what was going on or what the two were talking about, but they did get enough to know that this guy was not a friend, and the same could be said for Qrow.

Khan looked ready to attack them all for Weiss's words, only to stop short when he caught sight of something nearby, and smirked deviously before standing straight and saying, "Are you so sure of that, girl?"

Weiss looked a little stumped by this sudden surge of confidence, but she shook it off, thinking it was just an attempt to confuse them and said, "Of course I am. I was there to see it happen when the guys finished him off. If he really was still alive, then why isn't he here with you? I'd have thought he would rather finish his enemies in person as opposed to hiding from them like a coward."

Khan just grinned wider upon hearing that, and then led the Foot ninjas in a respectful bow to someone behind the group as he said, "Perhaps you should think again."

Now even Weiss was confused, both by Khan's words, and about whom these creeps could be bowing to like that, until she and the rest of her teammates all turned to see a figure standing on a rooftop above them, clad in silver and black armor that was covered in sharp blades. The armor alone was a frightening sight, but the aura that this individual gave off held such an intense amount of evil and darkness, that it almost made each of them think that Salem or another large pack of Grimm had just arrived. Even then, only Weiss seemed to be the most frightened of the group.

"No…No, it can't be…The guys took him down. I saw Leo deliver the final blow," Weiss insisted in little more than a whisper.

"It would seem you are the one who suffers from a poor memory, Miss Schnee, for you forget whom you are dealing with," the armored man stated in a dark, rumbling voice that sent shivers even Qrow's spine. "I am Ch'rell, Oroku Saki, Duke Acureds, a destroyer of worlds!" The man then leapt down from the building so that he now stood before right in the midst of the collective groups, allowing them all to see him in his full, bladed glory, along with the burning, evil red eyes that shone out from his helmet. "The one TRUE Shredder! And I FEAR NO ONE!"

Just hearing that last name seemed to cause everyone in Team RWBY to freeze where they stood, but Qrow still held fast to his courage, even if he was shaking a little despite himself. "Yeah, yeah. You're real hot stuff; we get it. Let us know when we're supposed to be impressed, metal-head," he quipped.

Shredder seemed to regard the huntsman for a moment, before he finally said, "Ah, as I live and breathe. The infamous Qrow Branwen. I've heard tales of you and your skills, but now that you stand before me…I'm left rather disappointed."

That got Qrow pretty irked as he converted Harbinger into scythe mode and charged in to attack. "Well let's see I can't change that!"

"Wait, don't," Weiss tried to caution, but it was too little, too late, as Qrow had already engaged Shredder in battle.

It was a very short battle, as Shredder seemed to easily deflect or block many if not all of Qrow's strikes before finally retaliating with an impressive show of martial arts moves. The only thing that dealt more damage to Qrow was the bladed gauntlets that Shredder wore, as he made it a point to slash the professional huntsman with them as many times as he could. You would think that Qrow would hold some advantage, given his status as a professional huntsman, but as fast as he was, Shredder proved to be faster, and ultimately left Qrow lying in a heap on the ground, with his scythe reverting into sword mode again when he dropped it.

"As I said…disappointing," Shredder openly mocked after kicking Harbinger away and stomping down on Qrow's hand to add further insult to injury, earning a pained cry from Qrow when he did.

"Uncle Qrow," Ruby shouted in panic, and before anyone could stop her, she had sped forward in burst of red rose petals. When she brought Crescent Rose down, Shredder surprised everyone yet again with his speed and strength by blocking the blade of Ruby's trusted scythe right when it was within inches of his helmet, and it did not seem like he was trying.

Ruby was sure that she was about to be dealt the same kind of punishment as Qrow, but to her surprise, Shredder just seemed to stare at her for a few moments, before he finally commented, "Well, isn't this interesting…"

Before anyone could contemplate his words, Shredder was back on the attack, and coming at Ruby with a speed and ferocity that she had not faced since her encounter with Tyrian. Ruby did her best to keep pace with this armored freak, but Shredder proved too fast for her, and once he had disarmed her, Ruby was went down that much faster. As if to ensure this, Shredder suddenly waved his arms in an elaborate manner before his fists suddenly began vibrating rapidly, and he struck the young leader with them both, right in her chest, sending Ruby flying across the street. When Ruby finally came to a halt in her flight, slamming against the side of a building when she did, her aura seemed to have completely broken, and much to the others' horror, they could see her coughing up blood.

"A shame that you will never have the chance to live up to your potential, girl," Shredder stated as he slowly closed in on Ruby, only to stop when someone started shooting at him, forcing him to block the blasts with his gauntlet.

Turning to the shooter, Shredder saw that Blake firing Gambol Shroud at him in pistol, but not just as a way to keep him from getting closer to Ruby. No, she was also providing covering fire for her partner, allowing a very furious Yang to close in and hit Shredder with everything she had. "Stay away from my sister, you freak," Yang shouted as she unloaded several rounds of Fire Dust with every punch she threw.

If Yang thought any of her attacks were so much as making a dent in Shredder's armor, she was soon proven wrong, but the more frightening thing was that Shredder actually caught one of her last attacks in his hands. The really scary thing was that even after firing another blast to make him let go, he still did not flinch, and was soon slamming a powerful fist into Yang's gut, knocking the wind right out of her long enough for him to kick her right into Blake. With Team RWBY's best tag-team out of the picture, only Weiss was left to combat this armored warrior, and she barely hesitated for more than a second, but that was all the time that Shredder needed to ready a defense for her.

Still, despite his readiness for her attack, Weiss proved to be at least a little bit of a match for Shredder, as she managed to deflect, parry, and even counter more of his blows than any of the others. A few quick glyphs also helped her to stay ahead of him a little better too, but in the end, regardless of how much longer she lasted than her friends, Weiss still found herself going down very quickly, and was left to stare up at Shredder as he loomed over her in preparation to finish her off.

"Your new friends are pathetic, Schnee, and your old ones aren't here to save you this time. But don't worry. I'll be sure to let them know you at least died fighting. It's the only thing about this whole encounter that I found enjoyable," Shredder stated to her. "Any last words, girl?"

Weiss was silent for several seconds, and even glanced around for any sign of something that could get her out of this, until she finally just looked at Shredder and replied, "Actually, one word does come to mind."

"Then I suggest you speak it now, while you still have the chance," Shredder informed her as he raised his gauntlet in preparation to strike.

Despite whatever fear she felt, Weiss managed to gain some semblance of composure and looked Shredder right in the eye as she proudly said, "Cowabunga."

Everyone was quiet after that, with the Foot and Khan all giving Weiss weird looks while the others just stared at her in amazement. "Uh…Did you guys hear that too," Nora eventually asked.

"I was about to ask you the same thing," Jaune admitted.

"Did…Did Weiss just say," Yang tried to ask, hardly able to form a sentence she was so stunned.

"Yeah. I think she did," Blake replied.

Apparently, Shredder was more stunned than anyone, as he actually lowered his guard a little as he looked at her incredulously. "What? Cowabunga? Why would you…?"

Shredder's answer came before he could finish the question, as something big and green suddenly came down from the rooftops and began taking out several Foot Ninja at a time, and from the sound of things, they were falling to several hard blows and slices. When Shredder turned to see what was attacking his forces, his view was soon met with the appearance of a two-toed, green foot as someone shouted, "In your stupid, metal face, Shred-Head!"

Shredder stumbled several feet away from Weiss before he turned to both the girl and his attacker, only to growl angrily once he saw who it was. There, standing over Weiss, were several, large turtles, each wielding a different weapon, and with the only distinction between them aside from their skin color being their different colored masks. One wearing a blue mask wielding twin katannas and holding a stance that made it clear he was the leader, one in a purple mask and holding a bo-staff at the ready as he analyzed his surroundings as quickly as possible, one in a red mask spinning a pair of sais in his fingers while glaring at Shredder and the Foot, and finally, one in an orange mask with a pair of nunchucks spinning rapidly in both hands as he grinned at all the bad guys in a way that said he was daring them to attack.

"Looks like you never learn, Shredder. We never leave our friends to stand alone," the blue masked turtle stated.

"Yeah, you'd have to be dumber than Mikey to think we won't kick the shell out of whoever tries to come after our pals," the red masked turtle growled.

"Hey! I'm right here, Raph," Orange complained.

"Believe me, we all know. Just like we know that this guy should've learned how to stay beaten after all the other times we kicked the shell out of him," Purple assured.

"Grrr! You will pay for your interference, Turtles! But I will admit, I'm glad you saved me the trouble of hunting you down. Now I can finish you off all the sooner," Shredder growled.

"Yeah, I don't think so," Blue stated. "Boys…"

"IT'S NINJA TIME!" All four turtles shouted as one, and with that, they leapt right into the thick of things.

What followed next was a brilliant display of skill and ability, as the four turtles took down several Foot Ninja, be it on their own, or by teaming up with each other. Not only that, but they even went after the Shredder and held their own far better than Weiss and the others seemed to when they were fighting him earlier. One could argue that they were only doing better because none of them were attacking on their own, and that they were all working together whenever they went after Shredder, as opposed to how the huntsmen had tried to attack him individually, but while most of the group was looking on in awe and surprise, assuming they were not nursing injuries like most of Team RWBY and Qrow were, Weiss just smiled in relief, almost as though she was happily reuniting with some old friends.


It was not until a few days later that Team RWBY was finally able to confront Weiss about their encounter with the Foot and the four strange turtles that had appeared to save them. They would have tried to at least talk with Weiss about it sooner, but between the suddenness of the attack's end, the subsequent arrival of the Ace Ops, who were more than happy to help get everyone medical attention before taking them to see Ironwood as opposed to acting like they were going to arrest the group like they had originally intended, the meeting with said general where he revealed his big plans on how to deal with Salem going forward, and of course, getting all new gear that they put to good use on a very important mission, they did not really have much time to really talk about many things in great detail. The fact that they had all been officially named huntsmen also might have made them forget about the incident for a brief time, but the matter still came up again when they next had some time between missions. When they questioned her about it though, Weiss merely said that it would be easier to hear it straight from the source, and then proceeded to lead her surrogate family to some secret location that only she seemed to know about.

Well, that may not be entirely accurate, because from what they could tell, Winter probably knew about it too. The reason they suspected this goes back to when they were meeting with Ironwood that first time in his office. He had asked them about the people who had attacked, and was subsequently left shocked when he heard that it was the Foot. Apparently, Ironwood had been trying to track the organization for a few years, more so recently ever since the Fall of Beacon, but when he asked them to explain why the Foot had left them alive, Weiss had interrupted and said that they had just left all of a sudden before anyone else could say anything. Ironwood had tried to press them for more information, even if it was mostly sounding like he was trying to get them to spill the beans on something he already suspected, but Weiss insisted that no one else had appeared. When Winter looked to Weiss for an explanation, the younger Schnee gave her sister a subtle look and wink that only Weiss's teammates and Qrow seemed to catch, and Winter's eyes widened just a fraction of a smidgen before she discreetly nodded back to Weiss and schooled her features once more.

Qrow probably would have taken some time to question Winter about what she knew, but he had been kept just as busy as the rest of them, if not more so given his status and skills, so Team RWBY found themselves settling for waiting until Weiss had the time to do this. They only had one problem with the whole thing, and it was a problem that they were surprised to find Weiss was not too bothered by.

"Remind me again why you're taking us down into Mantle's sewer system, Weiss," Blake asked for the third time they came here, her discomfort made just as clear by the look on her face as it was in the way that her cat ears were folding over. "I doubt I need to remind you that some of us have heightened senses that make this place far from ideal to be in, do I?"

"I'm sorry, Blake, but like I said, this is the quickest way to my friends' home," Weiss informed her.

"And you're okay with that? You, of all people," Yang questioned.

"What's that supposed to mean," Weiss questioned.

"Weiss, do you really need to ask? It may have been a while since we first met, but we all know that your attitude on certain locations has remained pretty constant," Ruby informed her partner with no hesitance or shame at all.

"Okay, fine. I'll give you that," Weiss conceded. "I do admit, I'm not fond of this place, but I have come to at least tolerate it a little. Plus, it helps knowing that we're in one of the cleaner parts of Mantle's sewers."

The other girls were about to ask what Weiss meant by that, but did not for two reasons. The first and most obvious one was that they were not sure that they wanted to know the answer, but the second reason, and more important one, was that they seemed to have finally arrived at their destination, and the sight of the place was actually pretty amazing. The location Weiss had led them to was a massive, circular chamber that looked like it was part of a huge, underground castle, with a small pond in the middle of the room that had a small red bridge going over it. In fact, one could be excused for thinking it was part of an underground castle, if they had not seen the large set-up of TVs on one side of the room, and the abandoned train car that looked to have been converted into a small lab of some kind. In another part of the room, they saw various kinds of training equipment from punching bags to training dummies, and there were a few rooms all around the circumference of the chamber, with one of them having a huge, screen door before it. They just glimpsed a relatively simple-sized kitchen through one of the doors, but they could not really see much into any of the other rooms from their current location.

Weiss allowed her friends to take in the sights for a few more seconds until she finally stepped forward and called out, "Hello? Anyone home? It's me, Weiss."

There was nothing but silence for a brief spell, until finally, an older, wise-sounding voice spoke up from somewhere close to them. "Hello Weiss. It has been far too long since you've paid us a visit."

Turning to the speaker, three quarters of Team RWBY went wide-eyed at the sight of a giant rat, standing upright and dressed in a brown robe with a walking cane in one hand approaching them with a small smile on his face. Blake especially seemed to have gone a little more tense, probably in an effort to keep her cat-like instincts in check, but while the others seemed to be surprised by this rat-man's appearance, Weiss lit up with brilliant smile as she turned and gave a respectful bow to him. "Master Splinter. It's good to see you again," Weiss greeted. "I've missed you and the others so much."

Master Splinter bowed in return as his smile grew a little and said, "And we have missed you, Little Huntress."

A faint snort of suppressed laughter suddenly broke the happy reunion's moment, as everyone turned to see Ruby covering her mouth to hide her smile, while Yang just grinned mischievously, and Blake smirked. "Little Huntress," Ruby teasingly asked.

Weiss merely rolled her eyes, knowing she was going to be hearing about this later on, but surprisingly, she gave no remark in return, as she simply turned back to Splinter. "I'm sorry for bringing outsiders with me, Master Splinter, but I wanted my friends…my family to meet you and the others. After all, family doesn't keep secrets from one another, right?"

"That they do not, my dear," Splinter agreed. "Truthfully though, I was expecting you to tell them about us sooner or later, after the encounter you all had with my sons and the Foot."

"You heard about that," Weiss asked in surprise.

"Naturally. You really think any true parent wouldn't find out about whatever mischief his children get into? Besides, you forget just how well I know my sons," Splinter replied with a knowing smirk, earning a faint giggle from Weiss.

Once her giggles had passed, Weiss decided to get right to the matter and asked, "Are the guys here right now?"

"Unless they have recently snuck out again, I do believe that they are," Splinter stated knowingly, and he then turned his attention out to the room at large as he called out four names. "Leonardo! Michelangelo! Donatello! Raphael!"

As Splinter called out the names, one by one, the four turtles from the other night appeared before them in various fashions, either by spinning onto the scene, jumping down from some unknown location, or in the case of Michelangelo, riding in on a skateboard. "You rang," Michelangelo asked once they had all gathered up.

"Yes I did, my sons, so that you could give a proper welcome home to an old friend," Splinter stated, waving to Weiss as he did.

Seeing the ex-heiress in questions, the four turtles all lit up with brilliant smiles on their faces, and the next thing anyone knew, they were all rushing over to give Weiss hugs, high-fives, and any other form of friendly greeting you could think of with brilliant smiles on their faces. Much to her teammates' surprise, Weiss actually returned all of that affection in kind, all the while beaming like no tomorrow. Sure, they knew Weiss had lightened up a lot during their time apart, but this was to a whole new level than they had seen from the Ice Queen up until now. Whoever these guys were, they were clearly very dear friends to Weiss, and seeing her reunite with them made the other girls smile happily.

"Well whaddya know. Miss High Society has finally come down to visit us lowly commoners," Raphael teased with a smirk.

"Nice to see you too, Neanderthal," Weiss teased back in kind.

"It better be nice to see us, considering how you never seemed to visit the last time you were here," Raphael pointed out.

"Sorry, but it was a little harder than usual to get away from home. I swear, my father was watching me like a hawk most of the time I was there until after a rather…unfortunate incident at one party," Weiss shrugged.

"You mean the one where you summoned a Boarbatusk to attack a rather stuck-up lady who was talking down on Beacon and Vale," Donatello asked.

Weiss started blushing a little out of embarrassment as she asked, "You heard about that?"

"Duh! Of course we did! It must've been so awesome finally pulling off a full summoning like that for the first time," Michelangelo praised.

"Circumstances aside, you really should be proud of that if nothing else, Weiss," Leonardo stated.

"Well…I suppose it was pretty exciting that I managed to do it, even if it was mainly on instinct," Weiss admitted.

"Yeah, that's our Snow Sis," Michelangelo cheered as he lightly punched Weiss's arm in additional praise.

Leonardo then finally took notice of the other humans that were in the room, and said, "Hey, weren't you three some of the ones we saw getting attacked by the Foot the other night?"

"Eh, we could've taken 'em if they hadn't caught us by surprise," Yang shrugged off. "Besides, it wasn't really much of a fair fight."

"And what do you mean by fair fight, young lady," Splinter asked.

"Well, there were a lot more of them, and they did just come out of nowhere after we had been fighting Grimm, so…" Yang was cut off in her explanation when something suddenly swept her feet out from under her. The next thing she knew, she was suddenly being pinned down by Splinter's cane, while the rat in question stood over her.

"Was that fair," Splinter asked.

"Wha…No!"

Splinter then smirked a little and asked, "Did I win?"

Yang was about to retort when she finally took note of everything that had just happened and finally conceded, "I see your point."

Splinter then stepped back and allowed Yang to stand again, as he said, "No one shares the same sense of honor and morality in battle, child, be it in competition or otherwise. As such, it is often unwise to seek fairness in battle. Only an honorable victory on your terms."

"Yeah, I've kinda taken notice of that," Yang stated, clenching her robotic hand when she did.

It was that action combined with her words that finally helped Raphael put a few pieces together, as he said, "Hey, yeah. Now I remember where I saw you before. You're that blonde chick from the Vytal Festival Tournament who got stronger with every hit she took, right?"

"Yep. That's me," Yang admitted, having a feeling she knew where this might be going. A lot of things may have happened since then, but she was still a bit worried about people recognizing her from what had happened after her match with Mercury.

Much to Yang's surprise, Raphael did not seem to really care about that. "Nice! Man, you knew how to really tear it up and kick some shell out there! Your matches had to be some of my favorites, and not just because most of them also had Weiss in 'em either."

"Really," Yang asked in surprise.

"Trust me, if anyone would like your fighting style, Yang, it would be Raph. He's a pretty huge hot head with anger problems on his own," Weiss stated.

"Hey, it's only a problem if you're the one who's pissed me off," Raphael disputed.

Yang gained a new smile on her face at hearing all of this, thinking that she was starting to like the turtle in red a good deal, but Blake ended up being the one to get things back on track. "Just who…or what are you guys? Because you're clearly not Faunus, or at least, not any that I've ever seen before."

"I can assure you, we're not Faunus, but there is a very real chance that we could be treated just as badly as you and other Faunus have been treated if we were ever discovered by the whole world," Donatello informed Blake. "Oh! No offense."

"None taken."

"Before we go into our story though, we would at least like to learn your names," Leonardo requested.

Ruby took this as her opportunity to step forward and said, "I'm Ruby Rose, team leader and Weiss's partner, and this is my older sister, Yang Xiao Long, and Blake Belladonna. Add in Weiss, and we're Team RWBY."

"You're called Team RWBY, and your name is Ruby," Raphael asked, beating his brothers to the punch on the question they were all wondering.

"Yeah, it does get pretty confusing sometimes," Ruby shrugged. "So, Master Splinter said your names were…uh…"

"Just call us Leo, Donnie, Raph, and Mikey if it would make things easier for you," Leo told her. "Weiss had a little trouble remembering our full names when we first met too."

"Oh, okay. Sure," Ruby sighed in relief. "But…that still doesn't explain what you all are, if you aren't Faunus. Are you like…some kind of aliens?"

"Nah, we're one hundred percent Remnant-born. But we do know a few aliens," Mikey revealed.

"You do," Blake asked, skeptically.

"Trust me, he's not kidding…for once," Weiss assured Blake. "It's a long story."

"That could be applied to a lot of things about us, actually," Donnie said.

"And you still haven't even answered our question on just what you are," Yang pointed out.

"Teenagers," Mikey stated.

"Mutants," Donnie continued.

"Ninjas," Raph added.

"Turtles," Leo finally finished.

Ruby, Yang, and Blake could only stare in bewilderment for a moment after that, until Splinter cleared his throat and said, "You may wish to sit down for the broader explanation."


After Splinter had advised Team RWBY to take a seat, the group had moved to the sitting area of the lair, and the girls were soon regaled with the story of the turtles and Splinter's origin. You all likely know the story by now: how one day, four baby turtles had fallen into strange, glowing ooze, were gathered up and brought to the home of a rat that was also covered in the same ooze, mutated into larger, more human-like versions of the animals they once were, and then spent the next few years hiding in the sewers as the rat known as Splinter trained the young turtles in the ways of ninjutsu for their protection. It may have been a tale as old as time, but it was still a fascinating story to Ruby, Yang, and Blake, who were hearing it for the first time. Ruby had even commented on how it seemed like an awesome superhero origin story, which got her into a brief run of excitement with Mikey over their shared love of comics, much to everyone's amusement and slight annoyance.

As fascinating as it all was, it still did not answer one thing for Team RWBY, and Yang was the first to prompt that question out. "How do you guys know Weiss anyway?"

"Now that's quite the story," Leo sighed fondly. "It was actually on the night when Master Splinter finally gave us permission to go topside, so long as we stayed out of sight and stuck to the shadows as we had always been told to."

"And it was the bomb," Mikey cheered. "So much fresh air, getting to see an actual city in person for the first time, and who could forget when we discovered the greatest thing to ever exist?"

"Dust," Ruby guessed.

"Nope."

"Beating down bad guys," Yang asked.

"Close, but not quite."

"Books," was Blake's guess.

"If by books you mean comic books, then still no. We'd known about them for years," Mikey waved off. When no one else offered up a guess, Mikey finally filled in the blanks for them. "Hello?! Pizza! What could be better than that?"

"…Seriously," all three of the girls who had been making guesses deadpanned.

"Hey, give us a break. We'd never tried pizza before that day, and most of the food we find down here ain't exactly the all that fresh," Raph shrugged.

"But pizza's not…" Yang started to say, only for Weiss to slap a hand over her mouth before she could finish.

"Not what," Mikey asked.

"Uh…Not as good as it is when you share it with friends," Weiss hurriedly finished for her blonde teammate. When Mikey appeared to be satisfied with the answer, Weiss turned to Yang again and whispered, "Yang, one of the first rules about Mikey is that you never, ever so much as suggest that something could be better than pizza. The guys all love it a lot, but Mikey is especially crazy about it, so don't even think of saying that again."

Yang looked between Weiss and the orange clad turtle for a brief spell before she finally nodded in understanding, allowing Weiss to return to her seat so that Leo may continue the story. "Anyways, after we had all finished our first pizza, and spent some time exploring the city from the rooftops and shadows, we were just about ready to call it a night."

"And by that Leo means he decided to be a buzz kill and drag us back home so we could meet Master Splinter's curfew," Raph clarified.

"When suddenly, Donnie caught sight of something on the street," Leo continued on with a brief look to his brother.

"More accurately, someone, or two in this case. A couple of very beautiful girls that were just hanging out and spending time together, two of the prettiest I'd ever seen," Donnie clarified for everyone.

"Correction: they were the first girls you had ever seen, or at least the first ones we had ever seen outside of pictures and videos," Mikey corrected. "And you're supposed to be the smart one."

While Donnie rolled his eyes at his brother, everyone else could not help but notice the faint blush that had appeared on Weiss's face, already giving her teammates a clue as to who the bo-staff wielding turtle was talking about and that she felt very flattered by such praise. "From where we were, it was pretty clear that the two girls were sisters," Leo carried on. "And they seemed to be having a fun time, at least until they were suddenly surrounded by what could only have been several ninjas, all clad in black."

"That was the first time we ever encountered the Foot Clan, and it was also the first time that Weiss had met them too, and from the look of things, they weren't there to make friendly conversation," Raph said. "The older sister, who we later learned was named Winter, tried to fight them off, but there were just too many for her to fight off on her own while trying to keep Weiss safe."

"Wait, Weiss, didn't you try to help Winter at all," Ruby asked, wondering why it sounded like her partner was not really doing anything in that fight.

"I had only just formally started my training to become a huntress at the time, and I had not really had too many lessons when the attack happened, so Winter felt it necessary to be a little more protective of me back then," Weiss explained.

"She wasn't the only one, either," Donnie said. "Sure, we knew Master Splinter's rules about being seen by others, be they humans or Faunus, but at the same time, we couldn't just ignore the fact that someone was in trouble when we felt we could do something to help."

"Not only would it have been dishonorable to just leave and act like we hadn't noticed, but it just didn't sit right with any of us, especially given that how often Master Splinter had insisted that we never use the skills he taught us to hurt others like the Foot were trying to at that moment, so we jumped in to help," Leo carried on.

"It didn't take too long to serve up an especially hard beat down to the Foot, and by the time it was over, we were ready to make like ninjas and vanish, but before we could, Winter caught us with one of her glyphs, and we were sure that we were in a lot more trouble than we probably would've been if Master Splinter found out we had exposed ourselves to someone," Raph then stated.

"She just tried to capture you, even after you guys saved her and Weiss," Yang gasped in surprise.

"To be fair, Winter had only just recently graduated and been inducted into the Atlesian military. That night was actually the last one that we were likely to have together, at least for a long time, before she shipped out on her first assignment, so she wanted to make it special for us. It was only natural that she was a bit more high-strung back then, especially given everything that had just happened," Weiss defended.

"Either way, we were shaken in our shells about what might happen, until Weiss stepped in and convinced her big sis to let us go," Mikey added. "The only downside was that we had to tell them everything about us, but after hearing our story, Winter and Weiss agreed to keep us a secret, but only on one condition."

"And what was that," Ruby asked.

"Winter asked that we would help Weiss in her training during her absence as best as we could. Granted the training to become a huntress is different from that to become a ninja in many aspects, but there were enough similarities that prevented it from being too unreasonable a request," Splinter answered on behalf of his sons and Weiss.

"And the rest is pretty much history. We helped Weiss improve her fighting skills, taught her a few ninja moves and important pieces of wisdom, while Winter handled most of the other stuff like Dust, Aura, and Semblances," Mikey finished. "Sure, she wasn't always that eager to come down here and hang with the coolest turtles ever, but we managed to get her out of that icy shell pretty quick with our patented variety of un-believe-able awesomeness!"

Weiss merely rolled her eyes at Mikey's comment while Raph looked to the other girls and said, "Lesson Number One: ignore most of what Mikey says. You're life will be that much better, especially in the case of his jokes."

"Don't worry. I've got one of my own, and trust me, it's a lot worse when they get it from one of your parents," Ruby assured him as she indicated her older sister.

This time, Yang was the one rolling her eyes, albeit with much more obvious humor than Weiss had, but before anyone could say anymore, Weiss decided to ask about something that had been bothering her for a while now. "How is it that the Shredder's back though, you guys? I thought you had finished him off during our last fight together."

"Yeah, how do ya think we feel? Made us feel a lot lousier whenever we thought about the victory party we threw afterwards for more reasons than we already had," Raph told her.

"Why? What could make a victory party feel so sad," Ruby asked.

"It ended up doubling as a Goodbye/Good-Luck-At-Beacon party for Weiss," Leo revealed. "We figured that it was only right that we send her off with some good memories of us that didn't include fighting for our lives."

"It was really sweet of you guys, too," Weiss told her friends. "I still kind of wish that you could've come with me when I left. It probably would've made a lot of things easier during our time at Beacon."

"Change can always be a challenging and scary thing, Weiss, but it is a natural part of both life and growing up that we must always face, and often times, the greatest rewards can come about when we face those challenges on our own," Splinter stated. "Though I will admit, a part of me did wish that we could have gone along as well, if for no other reason than out of an old rat's concern for one he has come to think of as his own daughter."

Weiss smiled a little more upon hearing that, and would have given Splinter a hug for the sentiment had it not been for the fact that they were getting a little off-topic. "Still, about the Shredder…"

"Right," Leo nodded. "Well, we only found out he was back a few months after you had left. With Shredder gone, the Foot was left in disarray, and a gang war had erupted all over Mantle with several people trying to get control of Shredder's old territory. We tried to do something to help keep it from getting out of control, but it wasn't until we got some unexpected help that it finally happened."

"Get this: turns out Shred-head actually had a kid of his own. A chick by the name of Karai, and she's good enough to go toe-to-toe with Leo, and you know how good he is," Raph revealed.

"Apparently, Karai had been overseeing the Foot's operations in Anima for a while, but when she heard that Shredder had been defeated, she came here to restore order to the Foot, and doing that would help bring the gang war to an end. To that end, she came to us and asked for help, with a promise that the Foot would leave us and our friends alone from that point forward if we agreed," Leo explained.

"She's done a pretty poor job of keeping that promise then," Weiss critiqued, her mind already going back to their encounter with Khan and the Foot.

"Believe me, no one's more disappointed that Karai could not keep her word than me, because I do sense that there's something different about her, and that she has a true sense of honor, unlike her father," Leo assured Weiss. "But we only really found out that Shredder was still alive when a squad of Foot-bots suddenly attacked us, and we decided to investigate why it appeared that Karai had broken that promise."

"Turned out old Shred-head had escaped by the skin of his teeth, somehow, and had decided to take a more subtle approach in how he does things. He's been hiding his operations behind acts of goodwill and 'legitimate businesses' for some time now, which has made it a lot harder for us to give him the beat down he deserves," Raph explained.

"Huh. Sounds like a classic comic book villain thing," Ruby noted.

"I know, right?! Like everyone knows the dude's a bad guy, but no one, not even the heroes can do anything to bust him because he's always covering his tracks so well," Mikey eagerly agreed.

"Which is why we've been doing whatever we can to at least cripple his operations, while keeping an eye out for evidence that we could hand over to the proper authorities without exposing ourselves," Leo carried on. "It hasn't really been easy, given just how good Shredder is at covering his tracks, and the way that Ironwood has beefed up security and surveillance all over Mantle has made it difficult for us to be able to just take a casual rooftop run without worrying about getting spotted."

The girls all nodded in understanding, given that they had seen just how bad the situation in Mantle appeared to be due to Ironwood's recent actions, and while they did agree with some of those choices, given that they knew the full, real reason behind them, they still found a few of them to be rather questionable at times. It did not help that their last conversation with Ozpin had left their entire team, including Ruby, hesitant to really trust anyone with very much, so it was not hard for them to understand why the turtles and their master would not want to risk exposing themselves right now. For all they knew, Ironwood could mistake them as some sort of abominations that Salem had created to send after them, and the last thing anyone needed right now was to be making enemies out of friends.

Realizing all of this, Ruby glanced to Weiss and the rest of their team, and asked, "Is there anything we could do to help?"

That surprised the five mutants quite a bit. They had been expecting Weiss to volunteer her aid once she learned about all of this, but they were not expecting Ruby or any of the other girls to offer to help just like that. "We appreciate the offer, Miss Rose, but we would rather not involve others in our problems more than necessary," Splinter attempted to refuse. "To be quite honest, if we could avoid it, we were hoping to leave Weiss out of this as well."

"I was involved in this the moment you guys were involved," Weiss insisted. "Family sticks together after all, and you guys are my family just as much as these three are."

"Besides, it's the duty of a huntress to help others wherever and whenever they can, and even then, we wouldn't turn our backs on someone in need if we can help them," Ruby added on.

"It's just not how any of us are built," Yang shrugged with a smile.

Blake merely smiled as she said, "Trust me, even if you guys said no, one of us, if not all four of us would still try to do something to help. Most likely Yang, Ruby, or both."

"What about Weiss," Donnie asked.

"I figured that it was obvious Weiss would help. Like she said, you guys are family to her," Blake pointed out.

The turtles and Splinter seemed to think this over for a few more minutes, silently discussing it with one another via an exchange of looks, until finally, the all smiled to the girls as Leo said, "Well, if you guys are sure…"

"Believe me, you'd have to go a long way to make us not want to help someone out if we can," Ruby assured the leader of the turtles.

Splinter then gave a thankful bow to the girls along with his sons and said, "You have our thanks then, Miss Rose." He then took another look at Ruby before he commented, "You know, I didn't realize this before but…You have silver eyes."

Hearing that comment gave Ruby quite a few flashbacks and she could not help but ask, "You wouldn't by any chance have known Professor Ozpin, would you?"

"No. I'm just very well read on the fairy tales and legends of the world," Splinter smiled in amusement.

Hearing that made Team RWBY exchange a few looks of their own between each other, silently debating whether it would be worth it or not to tell these guys about it, but it was only when Weiss gave them a hesitant nod that Ruby made the decision to tell them about the larger battle that they were fighting. Sure, it was probably not the best idea to tell these guys about that, but Ironwood was already planning on telling the world about Salem once Amity Tower was operational, so why not tell someone that could actually help them in the fight?

"Speaking of fairy tales and legends, what's your favorite one, because…there's something else that you guys should know," Ruby started off.

Just from the sound of her voice, the five could tell that this was a very serious matter, and were soon paying a very rapt amount of attention to the girls, even if they were a little skeptical of just how serious this could be. That would all change in very short order though, and by the time the girls had finished telling them everything, only Mikey was able to say anything to say in response.

"Ah shell…"

"This chick sounds like she's worse than Shredder," Raph noted.

"We know, which is why we need to find some way of stopping her, especially since the general's plan is so risky on its own," Weiss pointed out.

"Do not worry, Little Huntress. No matter what happens, neither you nor your friends will fight alone," Splinter assured her.

With that said, the turtles all put their hands in, prompting Team RWBY to do the same, as Leo stated, "From this day on, whether it's the Foot or this Salem we're facing, we've got each other's back, not just as friends and teammates. As family. As brothers and sisters."

That brought smiles to everyone's faces, because somehow, in that moment, they all knew that whatever came next, whoever they fought was going to get a taste of serious huntress and turtle power.


AN: Not bad, huh? Yeah, I'm sure we've all noticed by now how often a lot of these Meetings seemed to have had Ruby taking center of attention more than any other character, even when the cast of RWBY characters is especially long, so I thought it'd be nice to change things up and have Weiss be the extra important one this time. Makes sense though, seeing as the Turtles have made their home in Atlas.

Also to note is how this story could start before the main RWBY series. It would showcase the exact circumstances and events on how our favorite Schnee sisters met the Turtles and the subsequent adventures that Weiss and Winter shared with the Turtles, but given how many of the turtles' adventures would have taken place after Weiss left for Beacon, like learning of Shredder's return and their meeting Karai, I think you can see why I think it would be better to start it at the point you all saw here.

Weiss: Speaking of the Turtles, which version are we looking at here?

AN: The turtles and their allies and enemies design and characterizations is most heavily drawn from those of the ones from the 2001 series, aka one of the best Ninja Turtle series, which ended with the movie Turtles Forever. I'm sure you all know which one I'm talking about. I did my best to describe everything Turtle-related here, but I'm sure that you've all gotten the idea after I said that.

Ruby: So...what would happen after this?

AN: A few different things. There would be more encounters with the Foot, a moment of Team RWBY vs Karai as their first meeting with Shredder's daughter, everyone bonding with the turtles in one way or another, and all of it happening alongside the events of Volume 7, but with the latter would have a nice little Ninja Turtle change-up. Also, these turtles would have encountered the Utroms, the Tricertons, Professor Honeycut...well, you know about who the Turtles are friends and enemies with. The only difference here being that you should replace Bishop and his agency with Ironwood and the Ace Ops. Not gonna lie, I knew the Ace Ops were going to be trouble somewhere down the line from the moment they first appeared, so right back at ya...uh, Harriet, I think? Which ever one of them is the Wannabe-Flash/Reverse Flash.

Ruby: Seriously? Are you still bitter on what happened between us and them?

AN: Are you seriously telling me you aren't? Moving on...actually, that's about everything, aside from mentioning that this is just as much of a challenge for someone to take up as it is an idea that I had for a story, mainly because nearly all of the Ninja Turtle&RWBY crossovers that I've seen have all had the Turtles going on a little dimension hopping trip to get to the world of RWBY as opposed to the idea I've got here. I mean, I know the Turtles have had more than their fair share of trips through dimensions which makes the whole thing reasonable, but is there any chance we could mix it up a little bit with such a crossover?

Ruby: Yeah! I mean, we've got a theme song for it and everything!

AN: You do?

Ruby: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles~. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles~!

Yang: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles~!

Ruby: RWBY in a half shell! RWBY Power!

AN: Oh ha, ha, ha. Very funny. How about you come up with some new material for that little joke?

Ruby: Hmmm...Gladly.

AN: What?

Ruby: We've actually got a few lines for our own little parody of the 2001 series's theme song. Roll it!

AN: Wait, roll it? Who're you telling to...? Hey, HEY! No! Don't you dare...and he's already doing it...[sighs]

[play the 2001 Ninja Turtles theme]

Ruby: Huntresses count it off!

Yang: One!

Ruby: Ruby Rose is always in the lead~.

Yang: Two!

Ruby: The ice queen is...Weiss Schnee~.

Weiss: Hey!

Yang: Three!

Ruby: Blake Belladonna's the awesome Faunus of the bunch~.

Yang: Four!

Ruby: Count on Yang Xiao Long to throw the first punch~!

AN: Okay, that's enough of that now. [cue record scratch as Lyoko Prime stops the track] If we're all done being silly, I need to do the send off and let everyone know that we'll see them in the next Meeting. Until then...

Please read and review, and I'll see you again in the next colorful adventure!

Now then, which one of you wise guys keeps letting these girls into the music studio?