Chapter 3

"Juliet...Juliet it's time to wake up." I groaned and slowly opened my eyes, seeing the familiar face of the family butler. "Breakfast is almost ready, then you must get ready and attend a conference with your parents."

I moaned and as our butler left the room, I slipped on my dressing gown and headed downstairs to the dining room, where my parents were drinking coffee. Father noticed me first, "Good morning my princess. Breakfast is all on the table so help yourself. We have a big day ahead of us."

I sighed, "Why do I have to come with you? I mean I'm not going to be doing anything apart from listening."

My mother nodded, "Which is exactly why we want you to come with us. Listen, we won't be around forever, once we have retired you will need to take our place and assume responsibility. It is best if you start learning now instead of later."

Deep down I knew this, I knew I would take over and assume all the responsibilities and hardships of this role. However...it was just so boring. I ate as much as I could, my larger than life appetite taking control of me before getting ready for the conference. Oh joy...

Turtle POV

Breakfast was lively as ever, the boys scoffing down leftover pizza from last night, cereal and toast. "Morning guys" April said, walking into the lair with Casey.

"Hey guys, want some breakfast?" Donnie offered politely.

April shook her head but Casey jumped into the spare seat, "Hell yeah I'm starvin'!"

April rolled her eyes and sat down on the seat next to Casey, "Did you guys watch the news last night? I can't believe a family like that exists. They could really help with the problems our world has."

Mikey nodded in joy, "Uh-huh and we met one of them! That Juliet girl was on the rooftops last night."

Casey did a spit take of his juice, spraying it all over Raph's face. "Dude are ya serious?!"

Before he could continue Raph tackled Casey down to the floor, planning on getting revenge on Casey Jones. Ignoring the fight on the floor, Mikey nodded "Yeah! She is so awesome! She likes games bro!"

"My sons, you did not inform me of this."

The turtles suddenly froze at their father's words. Master Splinter shook his head and sighed, "How many times must I tell you that you must not reveal yourselves so easily to humans."

Raph got up from his fight with Casey and shrugged, "We know Master Splinter but she seems alright. "

"Besides, she said she wanted to meet with us tonight." Donnie commented to try and prove a point.

Master Splinter sighed once again, "My sons, you must learn about mysterious ninja called Kunoichi. These are female ninjas trained in the art of grace, seduction and espionage."

Leo finally understood what his father and master was saying, "What if she's working for the foot? Pretending to be this princess to gain our trust and then eliminate us when we least expect it?"

Raph growled then and twirled his sais in his hands, "I say we go take her out before she gets to us!"

Mikey, not liking what he was hearing, interrupted "I dunno dudes, I don't think she's that kind of person. Besides, she said she wanted to see us again."

"Then we will go see her tonight...and find out what her intentions are." Leo stated.

First Person POV

"That conference took way too long! You hardly even spoke about anything important to the press." I grumbled, unhappy of the outcomes of the conference.

"Juliet you must understand, most of the press do not care about politics...all they want is a good juicy story to entertain their readers." My mum stated, also slightly upset that it was all rather pointless.

The questions mainly consisted of any family feuds that we had and if I was to be engaged to a suitor any time soon. Well at least I get to see those weird turtles tonight, they will keep me entertained.

It was 7pm when we got in, dinner was already prepared for us to eat. "Oh my God, toad in a hole! My favourite!" I smiled in glee, seeing a traditional British dinner in front of me covered in gravy.

I quickly sat down and started scoffing my food down. My mum looked at me in shock, "Come on now dear. Surely you can act like a lady..."

I looked up at her, with a look which said that it was a stupid thing to think about and then carried on eating. I am no lady, at least not in my house anyway.

Finally, it was 9:45 as I got myself ready to meet these turtles. "I think I'll wear my ninja outfit this time."

It wasn't anything spectacular, dark navy blue, loose trousers, dark navy blue boots, a dark navy blue long-sleeved shirt tucked in to the trousers and a dark navy blue mask, which only showed my eyes. I grabbed a few throwing stars, tucked 3 throwing knifes into my boots and grabbed my main weapons; two Tessen fans which are folding fans with outer spikes made of heavy plates of iron which are designed to look like normal, harmless folding fans. When opened and used in battle it has sharp, curved edges which could cut through almost anything like it was paper.

I climbed out of the window and made my way to the rooftop, "Oh man I sure hope I didn't dream last night, those guys seem cool."

As soon as I arrived the 4 turtles surrounded me, "Oh hi guys, thanks for coming..."

"Who are you working for Kunoichi?!" Raphael growled at me, seemingly pissed off.

"Woah there what's with that attitude? I haven't done anything wrong." I took of my mask and smiled, "It's me Juliet."

"How do we know you can be trusted?" Leonardo stated, swords drawn out defensively.

"Guys, what the hell? Last night you seemed more than happy to talk to me and now you wanna kill me? What's your deal I don't wanna fight you."

"But aren't you a Kunoichi?" Donatello asked.

I sighed in realisation, "Look, let me explain. Yes I am a Kunoichi but I am not here to seduce you and kill you as you can see my weapons aren't drawn...unlike you guys."

Slightly embarrassed, they all put their weapons away. "Sorry dudette, I tried to tell them you were cool but my bros get all defensive."

I laughed, "You're telling me! I thought you were gonna kill me for a second there! Is that how you welcome all your new friends?"

Raphael smirked, "No...just the suspicious female ninjas."

"Well Raphael, you have a lot to learn in how to treat a lady." I teased, winking at him in the process.

Michelangelo put his arm around my shoulders, "Dudette you don't need to go by our long names. You can call me Mikey, there's Leo, Donnie and Raph. Will you sign my comics now?"

I laughed, "Of course. Do you have them on you?"

"Errrr...no but I have them in the lair! Come on!"

Before Mikey could drag me off Leo stopped him, "I don't think that's a good idea Mikey. Master Splinter was the one who warned us about Kunoichi's."

I nodded, "I understand. I don't want to put you guys at risk. However...I would like to clear the air with Master Splinter and assure him I don't want to hurt him or you guys."

The turtles looked at each other, as if silently conforming the idea. "Alright, follow us." Leo stated. I smiled and followed the turtles down to the sewers.

"Ugh how do you guys live down here? It stinks."

"Ooooo sorry princess!" Raph teased, smirking at me.

"Ooooo I'll get you for that later when you least expect it."

"Lady, I'm a ninja nothin' gets past me."

"Oh yeah? Where's your headband genius?" Raph suddenly felt his head, not feeling the bandana he always wears.

He looked over to me and saw his bandana in my hand. I smirked "In case you haven't noticed...I'm a ninja too."

I threw his mask back to him and Mikey laughed, "Dude you just got owned!"

Raph growled and started chasing his brother down the sewers. "What a hothead." Leo sighed.

I laughed, "There's never a dull moment with you guys is there?"

Before I had even realised it we had arrived in the lair. Ignoring Mikey's screams and Raph's cussing I looked around the open space. A blue, ragged sofa sat in front of what looked like to be around 10 different sized TV's. A kitchen and dining room was straight ahead of me. 5 bedrooms resonated on the bottom and top floors.

"Your place is amazing! I can totally imagining hanging out down here."

"My sons who is this?" I suddenly turned around to the unfamiliar voice and saw a 4 foot something rat wearing a brown robe and carrying a stick.

All four turtles suddenly appeared in front of their father and Leo spoke. "Father, this is the girl we told you about. She isn't working for the foot...I can feel her honesty."

The rat, who I presumed is master Splinter, walked up to me and looked into my eyes, "You are the princess aren't you?"

"I am, but you can call me Juliet. I'm not too fond on the whole princess thing."

Splinter looked at me for one second and nodded, "I sense honesty in your words. I welcome you to our home."

I bowed, "Thank you very much. By the way, I heard Leo say something about a foot?"

Mikey laughed, "The Foot dudette, not A foot. They're, like, this ninja clan who are trying to kill us."

"Why do they wanna do that? What did you do to piss them off?"

"Honestly, I wish we knew ourselves. They came out of nowhere." Leo stated, seemingly confused as well.

I could see that they all feared this group, each concerned for their family's safety. "Well, if you like I can look into this group. I have the resources to do so."

Leo looked at me for a second in shock before bowing his head, "I would be truly grateful, thank you."

"It's no trouble. It may take me a few days but I should produce something soon. I better get going now though, it's getting late my parents will kill me."

I started running to the door when I heard Donnie shout, "You want us to take you home?"

I smiled and stopped at the door, "No thank you I should be fine. I've memorised the way back. I come back in a few days when I have something. See you later boys."

After giving them one last wink I made my way back out of the sewers and onto the rooftops.

Looks like I have some homework to do, I wonder who The Foot are?

A/N: Hey guys, I hope you're liking this story so far. It may take me a while to update stories as my job keeps me very busy. Anyway please R&R!