A.N: Chapter, uh, five! Yeah, five! 'Kay, this one is obviously about crushes. Hope ya like it, thanks for reading!
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It was dark.
Then there was a light. I went towards it even though I always knew it was bad to go towards the light, and suddenly found myself watching.
Myself?
I was young, probably around nine or ten. I was shorter of course, my hair was also quite long. If someone saw her at that moment, they would think the younger me was strange.
Because she was playing with her dad's small knife, she was twirling it in her hand and striking at the tree like she was fighting someone. She was smiling at the small cuts she had made in the tree, it was fall and the tree's leaves had changed to orange, yellow, red, and some were still a light green.
Then she had tried throwing the knife at the tree, it hit it sometimes, and other times it was hit with the blunt end.
Then, my father came out, I gasped. He had silver hair like her but he had blue eyes. He smiled at her.
"You have good aim." He commented, the young me chuckled. "Nope, it's jus' a big tree." She said, though the tree wasn't that big. He went over to her. "You have good stance." He said, she had already started my training in ninjutsu.
She loved it or more ways then one, mostly because she could get my aggression out with it. The young me hugged my father.
I was on the verge of tears watching myself and that forgotten memory that seemed to be out of a story book page. Then my vision blurred and I was at another memory, in this one I was about twelve.
Actually, it was my twelfth birthday. The twelve year old was ripping up her very last present, it was dark and there was a fire burning. It wasn't exactly a girl's model twelfth birthday.
The theme was ninjas and there wasn't any other kids her age, no one at the school liked her enough to come. But her family was there, she had saved her parent's present for last. It was a large box, about the size of a large dog. She opened the lid, and another box was inside. She opened it again, and again, and again.
Finally she got to the smallest box she had ever seen, it was small and was striped with her favorite colors. Maroon and bright red. She opened it up and saw paper, she grabbed it and read it her purple eyes darting back and forth.
She smiled and ran out of the house, she headed for the tree. There, by the roots, was a pair of dark knives. She sat down and her eyes widened as she saw them clearly in the light of the house, they were pure black metal.
There were three points instead of just one, black cord wrapped around the handle to make a death like grip. There were little dragon heads on the very end of the handle, she picked them up her fingers slipping into the right places.
She stood up and started attacking the tree. She stopped soon when her father came out, and observed her. "Those are the weapons I have chosen for you, Criss-cross." He said using the nickname he had given to, me. The young girl smirked and hugged her father.
I closed my eyes trying to block out the tears, but they made their way down my face.
When I opened my eyes I was lying down on a firm bed.
Wait, what?
I blinked and looked around myself, I was in the turtle's lair but in a room I
hadn't seen before. I had things connecting me to different machines, I freaked out a bit at the IV. I calmed myself though thinking. [It's jus' a needle, jus' a needle.] Then I got a bit annoyed. Nobody was there when I had woken up, probably from a long time judging from the needles and things in me.
"Hello? Anybody home?" I called out towards the door, the next thing I knew I was on the bed with someone on top of me in a death grip. It was Mikey, now, why am I not surprised? He seemed just like Jessie with his amazingly face splitting grin.
I pushed him away gently. "I'm not one fer hugs." I muttered with a tired face. "But you've been down for, like, three weeks!" Mikey shouted his baby blue eyes wide, and so was his mouth. All the turtles were there, they all looked happy to see I was awake.
My eyebrow raised curiously. "Three weeks? Hmm, funny." I said emotionless, but slightly musing it over.
"Can I get these, needles. Out of me?" I asked Don who was to my left, he nodded and took them out, I winced. "Don't like needles?" He asked setting them aside, I shook my head almost violently. "Never have, never will." I said as I swung my legs off the side of the bed.
"Oh, and Criss" Don started, a bit unsure. "Yeah?" I asked. "You're blood's black now." He said with a shy smile. I shrugged somehow uncaringly. "'Kay." I replied, it didn't really matter wether my blood was red, or black. I went straight for the water.
I loved the feeling of the cool water slipping down my throat. The turtles had gone to their own rooms and I watched them out of the corner of my eyes while I was gulping down the water. I smiled and then remembered something, my weapons.
I growled darkly. "What's wrong?" Raph asked behind me, I turned around. "My weapons, they're all back at Shred-head's place." I said and still growled it, he only smirked. "Actually, while ya were sleepin.' We sorta, stole 'em back." Raph said handing me my sais which he had on his belt, I grinned and took them. I swung them around in my hands and smirked at him, he must like them since they were in his belt.
"Ya like 'em?" I asked, we were in the training dojo and I was fighting at nothing while Raph punched a red punching bag. "Huh?" He asked raising his none existent eyebrow. "My sais, do ya like 'em?" I asked again, he nodded absentmindedly. "They're cool." He said, though I could tell he envied them. "Dey were a gift from my parents fer my twelfth birthday" I said smiling down at them, he nodded understanding.
"Do ya wanna spare with 'em?" I asked putting out my sais the handles facing him, he seemed surprised but put his own in his belt and took them, he got used to the feel of them.
I went forward while he was observing them more closely and grabbed his own sais from his own belt, he let me though I noticed his cheeks got slightly darker in shade. I took a couple steps back and got in a fighting stance, I smirked. "Bring it, turtle boy." I growled, he blinked at the nickname and then took his own stance.
I let him take the first move, it was a fast front step and jab, I easily dodged it and tried to sweep step his back foot. But he turned on his front foot bringing his back foot around and tried to lock sais with me, it seemed that he favored it because he thought I would be weaker.
I locked sais with him but only for a moment, I twisted them to the side but my intension wasn't to knock them out of his hand, he could still go after me. I also didn't want to scratch my sais.
I twisted the sais both in different directions, he held onto the sais as a reaction and his stubbornness but I knew his wrists were hurting. He gritted his teeth and I smirked.
"C'mon, I know ya can do better." I said purposely making him annoyed, I made sure I had a good grip and then loosened my feet, then I slid on the floor right between Raph's legs and flipping him over in the process.
I unlocked our sais and then got on my feet quicker then him, I spun to his side and put my foot on his plastron. He looked up at me with a shocked expression, I smiled a small smile.
"Jus' a small trick my dad taught me, ya should try it sometime." I said like I was teaching him a different step in ninjutsu. He blinked a couple of times and I grabbed my sais, I put his back in his belt and then walked out of the room.
I headed for up topside. "Hey, where ya goin'?" Raph asked behind me, I turned around. "Goin' ta da tat shop." I said as if it was obvious, he chuckled. "In da middle of da night?" He asked, I felt a blush creeping up my face. "Oh, uh, right." I said with a nervous smile, I didn't even know what time it was.
"So, everyone's asleep?" I asked, he nodded. I couldn't help it, I laughed. Raph seemed a bit confused. "Um, why are ya laughin'?" He asked, I smiled at him. "Who knew I would wake up at my favorite time." I said pointing at the clock, it was exactly two o'clock in the morning.
I remember waiting until it was two in the morning and then going into the kitchen, I used to get marshmallows. Because if anyone caught me I could just swallow them whole or stuff them in a pocket and no one would know. He raised an eyebrow ridge at me.
"What?" I asked a little defensively. "Nothin' I jus' didn't know ya had a funny side." He said shrugging, I crossed my arms over my chest wearing a stone hard expression. "Well, I haven't been fer 'bout around two or three years now. I guess I'll jus' go back ta being my ol' stubborn, hotheaded, guarded self." I said a bit dramatically but in a serious tone, his eyes widened.
"No, I didn't mean it like dat. I jus' don't really know ya, dat's all." He said, scared that I would shut down and lock myself in. I nodded. "Well, I guess I could tell ya 'bout me." I said rolling my eyes halfway almost in thought. He shrugged. "If ya wanna." He said, I nodded and went to the living room.
I sat down and he sat down next to me. I didn't usually like telling people about my past, because, well. It was the past, and it was behind me. But I told it anyway, since even though it was behind me, it was good to think about it every once and a while. I took a deep breath and started.
"I always liked fire. I liked staring at it, I liked burning things with it. It was my friend, only friend I should say. My mother always bought me candles, I would set all of dem out an' light dem. But one night, my mother had bought me a lighter fer my fourteenth birthday, I had been asking fer one dat had a dragon on it. She had been filling it when she had ta go do something else, she jus' forgot 'bout it. Well, I don't really know da details but I found out 'bout the lighter dat night before my birthday, I would wait until my birthday ta get it an' be all shocked. But den da next thing I knew, I woke up with smoke coming from under my door." I paused a bit and let that part sink in.
"I grabbed everything dat I could dat I needed or was jus' too important ta me ta leave behind, an' I went through my house which was by den a raging inferno. I tried ta go ta da closest bathroom ta flood da house, but it didn't work. Den I tried going into my parent's room, but when I got there. . . I ran out of da house after dat an' stared at it in da street. I heard sirens. I ran. I ended up on da streets, begging, performing, trying to sell my art. den I found Vamp's tat shop, I wanted ta get another tattoo so I went in with my own design. It was so good she offered me a job on da spot. Dey were pretty annoying at first, but I tolerate them an' they're company. An' now I got you guys, I'm sure we'll all have fun beating each other up."
I said trying not to go into deep detail, but if there was one thing I haven't told anyone before it was the beginning. I blamed myself for the fire, they had gotten the lighter for me. If they hadn't, they would've been alive right now.
"Ya should go ta sleep, I'm sure yer tired of my life story. I'm gonna go up top ta see if I can kick some guy's butt." I said getting up and heading for the top, Raph didn't follow me, but I knew he would follow me soon.
I climbed up into a dark street and then once I found where I was went to Jessie's apartment, I opened the door and was completely surprised when I found the girls there.
The apartment was decorated with my favorite colors, maroon and bright red. There was a banner that said: "Welcome Back Crystal!" Also in red, everyone shouted; "Surprise!" When I came through the door, my jaw literately dropped.
"What's dis?" I asked looking around, but I wasn't annoyed, I was just shocked. They were all grinning back at me. "It's a party for you not dying!" Sparks cried out enthusiastically, I rolled my eyes and then grabbed one of my sais. I knew it would scare them but I cut my arm, black blood ran down my skin.
They all rushed over to me with shocked, concerned, and confused expressions. "What the hell, Criss!" Vamp yelled at me, I just smirked. "Ya see, da jerk who held me prisoner did something ta me. An' now." The cut quickly repaired itself. "My immune system, is pretty immune." I said jokingly, they all stared at where the cut had been.
"C'mon, lets get this party started!" Sparks shouted getting over that I was now sort of a, mutant. Then music started, I recognized it instantly, it was the first song on one of my mixed CDs that were in my bag that I had grabbed from the fire. It was called Bleeding Love, I had always liked it since it reminded me of my favorite childhood movie, Beauty and the Beast. Well, sort of.
I looked over at Sparks, she saw me and smiled innocently. "Sorry, I sorta went through your CDs." She said hoping I wasn't mad at her, I sighed. "It's fine. Jus' don't do it again, please." I said and then Smarts came up to me.
"Did Don do tests on you?" She asked referring to my mutant immune system, I nodded. "Nearly had a panic attack when I woke up ta needles in my arms." I hissed, more to my uncontrollable phobia. She giggled. "Well, needles aren't the best thing to wake up to." She muttered, I nodded in agreement, just then Sparks came out of a room with three A&W bottles.
I smirked. [How'd dey know I liked A&W?] I wondered, my dad and me always loved putting vanilla ice cream in our cups. I smiled as we all gulped down the fizzy drink, the song changed, it was now Nobody's Home.
For a second it made me think of the hard times that I spent on the street, and what I did just to get by.
It made me smile when people's faces invaded my mind, most of them amazed, some of them perverted, and only one that was envious. I had mostly danced, which was actually some ninja training moves that I had perfected, but without the obvious fighting stances and offense jabs. It seemed just like dancing.
Then Sparks came up to me. "C'mon, we're all gettin' in a girl circle. And talk about girl stuff!" She said joyfully, I was a bit unsure about this "girl circle." But I went in it anyway, I haven't shown my fun side in a while, and it was overdue.
Sparky was grinning almost evilly when I sat down. "I think all of us know, except Shadow. That we all have crushes on one of da turtles." She started, my head started spinning. [What da hell!] I shouted in my mind, they had crushes on the turtles!
"Uh, I'm sorry. What?" I asked doubting that I had actually heard right. "We all have a crush on a mutant turtle." Sparks said, I blinked three times. "Okay." I said slowly processing this information.
"I have a crush on Mikey." Sparky said grinning like an idiot.
"I have a crush on Donny." Smarts said shyly and quietly.
"And I have a crush on Leo." Vamp said almost proudly, I could see it all. All of them had big similarities, though they weren't exact copies of themselves.
"Now, all we gotta do is set you two up together." Sparky said directing it at me. "Uh, again, what?" I asked not understanding what she had just said. "You and Raph, we're gonna set you up two together." She said grinning, I raised an eyebrow doubtful.
Sure Raph was a great guy from what she could tell, but she didn't really think they could actually be together. I chuckled dryly. "Well, I don't really know if I wanna boyfriend." I said honestly, Sparky's mouth dropped in disbelief. "When was da last time a boy kissed you?" She asked, I avoided the other's eyes. "Five years." I confessed quietly, Sparks faked a faint.
"Okay! Maybe I haven't ever had an official boyfriend, but does it matter? I get along fine jus' by my own. An' I've seen what guys can do, it ain't pretty." I shouted standing up on my feet, all these things, boys and crushes. I hadn't experienced it since I was fourteen, it was all so new and pretty scary. Sparks got up faking being dazed and shocked.
"I'm goin' out, thank you fer da party. It was great." I said earnestly, it was probably the first thing that anyone did for me since the fire.
Before I went out though I grabbed my ninja disguise and then from my bag, grabbed the one thing I had grabbed that wasn't in my room that night.
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A.N: Did you like it? Hope ya did! Please review, and thanks for reading!