Hey everyone! I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter! Here's the next one! Also, my summer vacation starts this week but I don't know if I will be updating more often. But, most likely, I will! Yay! Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh GX. I do not own the gang part of this plot.

Claimer: I own everything not gang, except a few things, about this plot. I own my OCs and the title.

Jaden's POV

Jim, Jesse, Mel, Chris, Emmy, and I walked into the game room after I calmed down a bit more. The gang was watching the dueling channel. Jess looked over at us. She jumped from the couch and ran over to us. She jumped up into my arms. I held her for a minute then set her down.

"What's going on?" Aster asked. I sighed and leaned against the wall; I folded my arms across my chest.

"The Cribs are planning something big and they defiantly have the upper hand," I explained. Blair looked at me confused.

"How do they have the upper hand?" Blair asked. I frowned.

"They have Ethan Cartage," Jesse said. The gang gasped.

"Has he made them guns?" Alexis asked. We stayed silent. Alexis lowered her head. "I guess that answers my question."

"Don't worry Sheila, we can handle it," Jim assured. We nodded. Alexis looked up at him.

"Won't there be…casualties?" Alexis asked. We once again stayed silent. Alexis looked away again. "I thought so."

"That's just the price we pay for being in a gang," I said in an emotionless tone. Hassleberry jumped to his feet.

"Don't say that Sarge!" Hassleberry yelled. I blinked.

"Say what?" I asked. Hassleberry pointed at me.

"That! Never say that dying is just a price you pay!" Hassleberry yelled. I smiled a small, sad smile.

"But it's the truth Hassleberry and when the Cribs make their move, death is coming to collect," I replied emotionlessly. Jess threw her arms around my waist. She looked up at me with tears streaming down her face. The site broke my heart.

"You're not going to let any of that happen to anyone, are you Onii-chan?" Jess asked me in a broken voice. I swallowed the lump in my throat.

"As long as it is in my power to do so," I replied. Jess nodded glumly. She buried her face in my shirt to cover her tears. I patted the top of her head.

"I wish there was a way we could help," Syrus said. I whipped my head up quickly and looked at him.

"Well there isn't!" I said quickly. Everyone looked at me in confusion. Hassleberry, who was sitting back down, placed his hand on his chin in a thinking manner.

"Well, actually, I was thinking that there is a way for us to help," Hassleberry said. I ground my teeth together.

"Whatever you're thinking, you're wrong," I said through my teeth. Hassleberry shook his head, not noticing the tone my voice had.

"No, I'm pretty sure that my idea will work," Hassleberry assured. I growled low in my chest. Jess looked up at me curiously.

"What are you thinking Hassleberry?" Syrus asked. He seemed happy that there might be a way to help. The growl in my chest increased in volume slightly. Jesse, who was standing right next to me, looked at me. He seemed slightly surprised by my growl. Mel, who Jesse had his left arm around, also looked at me surprised.

"Well," Hassleberry began, "I understand why the girls and Crowler can't help but I don't see any reason why the rest of us can't be trained to help ou-"I cut him off right there.

"ABSOLUTLEY NOT!" I snarled, finally losing my temper. Everyone looked at me in utter shock.

"What do you mean Jay?" Syrus asked, "Are you saying that we can't help?"

"YES! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM SAYING!" I yelled. Syrus shrank back from me and looked as if he was terrified of me. I instantly felt guilty for yelling at him. I sighed, closed my eyes, and took deep breaths.

"What do you mean that you understand why us girls can't help out!" Blair demanded, "I bet we'd be way more help than you guys!" I snapped my eyes open and glared at Blair.

"It doesn't matter what Hassleberry meant Blair!" I hissed, "NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO HELP!" Jesse looked at me.

"Jaden, calm down," Jesse ordered. I turned my glare to him.

"I…can't…calm…DOWN!" I said through gritted teeth. I could feel my eyes changing color. Jesse's widening eyes only confirmed it. Jesse immediately shifted Mel behind him. Emmy, who was behind me, grabbed Jess and pulled her to herself.

"Jaden, relax," Jesse held up his hands in the way you would as you approached a dangerous animal, "If you don't, you'll do something you'll regret in the morning."

"I would be relaxed had Hassleberry not brought up his idea!" I hissed. I felt my mind begin to cloud over in rage. Jesse pushed Mel farther behind himself. His eyes were serious and fixated on me.

"Jaden…you're losing control. Calm down," Jesse said. I growled at Jesse. I knew he was right but I just couldn't bring myself down from my enraged high. "Besides, they weren't doing anything wrong. They were just spurting off ideas."

"STUPID IDEAS!" I snarled. The fog of my mind got thicker.

"True, but still, relax before I have to restrain you!" Jesse yelled. I growled.

"You don't understand anything!" I shoved past Jesse and bolted out the door and down the hall. I had enough control over myself to realize that I was getting in way to deep and I had to get out of there. I ran right out of the Blood base and toward the only place that could calm me down.

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Jesse's POV

"Jesse! Are you okay?" Mel exclaimed. I rubbed my jaw where Jaden punched me on his way out. I bet he didn't even realize that he punched me.

"I'm fine," I assured her. Mel scowled at me. She knelled down next to me and removed my hand from my jaw. She examined it closely.

"I think that's gonna bruise," Mel mumbled. I smirked.

"He punches hard," I said. Mel smiled. Mark walked into the room and looked down at me curiously.

"What happened in here?" Mark asked.

"Jaden got pissed at me, punched me, and ran out," I said as if it happened every day. Mark knitted his eyebrows together in confusion.

"Why was he pissed?" Mark asked. I indicated with my head toward Jaden's Duel Academy friends.

"Hassleberry thought they could be trained to help out," I explained. The confusion lifted from Mark's face.

"Ahh," He replied simply. Mark reached into his pocket and pulled out his cigarettes. He placed one in his mouth and lit it. Mark took a long drag on his cigarette and then pulled it from his mouth. It rested between his middle and index finger. He blew the smoke out of his mouth. "I haven't seen him that pissed since you guys became Bloods," Mark noted. We fell silent, remembering.

"How do you become a Blood?" Bastion asked curiously. We all turned to look at them. They all seemed a bit shaken up by Jaden's behavior, but also curious by what Mark meant.

"Well, Mark doesn't wanna just take anyone into the Blood gang," Emmy began. Jess had her head hanging and she was staring at the ground. Chris nodded next to Emmy.

"Yeah, Mark wants people who can handle themselves. He wants people who won't throw their lives away in the blink of an eye," Chris said. Aster glared at him.

"That doesn't explain anything," Aster said. Mel looked at him.

"To become a Blood, you have to kill a Crib," Mel said with a shrug. Everyone stared at us in shock.

"So…you guys…" Syrus began to say, but he couldn't bring himself to say what he meant.

"Yeah, we've killed," I said. I gave them a sad smile. "And Jaden wasn't pleased by that fact." Alexis looked at me confused.

"Did Jaden kill a Crib?" Alexis asked. I could tell she thought she knew the answer, and she wasn't happy by it.

"Well Sheila, that's why Jaden is so special, as well as why he was so pissed at the fact that we became full Bloods," Jim said.

"Full Bloods?" Atticus said. Chris nodded.

"Yeah, you see guys," Chris wrapped his arms around Emmy's waist," We were already under the Blood protection when we became Bloods, thanks to Jaden." Everyone looked utterly confused.

"Allow me to explain," Mark said. He threw the butt of his cigarette to the ground and ground it with the heel of his foot. The gang waited. Mark looked up at them.

"I started the Blood gang as a way to protect people living on the streets, and those not even living on the streets, from the Cribs. I did this after I had a little run in with a few Cribs," Mark explained. Everyone stayed silent. Mark smirked, glad they did.

"Anyway, it was about…oh," Mark looked at the ceiling thinking, "five years ago. Jaden would be twelve. Anyway, I was walking around town alone. Some Cribs got the jump on me and I couldn't take them all by myself." Mark looked at the gang, "Jaden showed up and beat all of the Cribs." Everyone was awe-struck.

"Jaden beat all the Cribs that you couldn't take!" Syrus exclaimed. Mark nodded.

"Amazing, isn't it?" Mark asked. The gang nodded. Mark chuckled, "Well, Jaden isn't the best fighter amongst the Bloods for nothing. But, back to where I was going. I offered Jaden a position in the Bloods, as number two, just as gratitude. He told me that he would accept on only one condition."

"What was his condition?" Mindy asked. Mark smirked.

"That all of his friends and his sister would be under the Blood protection, but not be in the Bloods," Mark said.

"Then why would they actually join the Bloods?" Jasmine asked. Mark shrugged.

"Each of them had their own reasons," Mark said.

"The main reason is that though we loved the fact that we had this protection, we wanted to do more," I said. Mel nodded.

"We wanted to feel…useful," Mel said. The gang pondered this a moment.

"That makes sense, I suppose," Bastion said. I chuckled.

"So Jaden didn't take a Crib's life?" Alexis restated. Jim smiled at her.

"No Sheila, he is the only one that didn't have to."

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