At first I didn't believe it. Did that mean Spade or I should've been the leader of the Orange-Splinters? Why was it called the Orange-Splinters?

As if Spade could read my mind he said."I bet you're thinking why it's named after Splinter?"

"Yeah." I really didn't care though.

"Because, a long time ago, it was called, the Burning-Plasma. I always adored that name." He looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with a longing."And then everything went downhill." He spat.

"How come I was never told this?"

"We decided not to mention it to you."

"Did it ever cross you mind I wanted to know?"

"Yes."

I closed my eyes and only said."I'm really tired." I laughed subconsciously.

"Yeah. Okay." He said.

. . .

The next morning I got dressed and almost walked to the door when a thought crossed my mind 'What if everybody found out what happened?'

I shook my head, trying to clear out the thought. It stuck there until I passed an alleyway and heard a yelp and what followed, laughing. I stopped and backed up, there stood three boys about my age, kicking a black puppy of some sort.

Now, knowing I hated Animal Cruelty. I raced over there and yelled at the boys.

"What are you doing?!" I shrieked, pushing past them and grabbed the skinny black puppy.

"Killing a helpless creature?"

The boy with gold/brown hair elbowed him."We're very sorry." He laughed nervously."I'm, Shizuoka, this is Tatsuo, and this is Hotaru."

"Well." I said, blushing at the fact I didn't have to beat them up."Nice to meet you three." I started walking away, the puppy squirming in my arms.

"Hey!" Called Shizuoka."What's you're name?"

"Crystal."

I heard startled gasps behind me. I finally figured out that I was on the news, they somehow managed to catch the whole battle between the Orange-Splinters and I.

When I got to school, most of the people were staring at me, whispers followed me everywhere.

I hid the puppy in my backpack, I cleaned it out and at lunch I grabbed an extra bowl of noodles and a empty bowl and snuck outside to let him run around and I have him food and water.

"Crystal!" Called Takeshi.

"Quick!" I whispered to the puppy and leaded him into my backpack with the rest of the noodles.

"Crystal?" He said walking around the corner.

"I'm here!" I said, smiling.

"We've been given extra time to hang around because the English teacher had to leave early, because of a family emergency.

"Aww, I love her class though."

"Me too." He agreed, sitting next to me and lying down."You know, I've been thinking about what you said to us earlier."

"I barely said anything." I rolled my eyes."When did I say something important?"

"You always say something important." Takeshi said quietly.

"Get to the point!" I snapped.

I heard a whine from my backpack.

"Well, it's about starting a Color Gang."

"Now you think it's a good idea?"

"Now that I've seen what you can do, yeah."

A flash of blood flooded into my mind and disappeared in a red memory."I have the perfect name."

Takeshi sat up."What is it?"

I looked at him, a evil grin on my face."How about, Red-Blood?"