Seto's POV.

You've been walking with the new girl to biology. You looked down at her right hand *She has some strength. I have to admit that it was a nice punch she gave that Connors girl.* you thought *and she's not that stupid as I thought when I first saw her. But what was with that riot and gang thing Connors was talking about?*

"What is it?" you were tore away from your thoughts when she spoke. You looked at her confused. She didn't have much emotion in her face, she was very calm. "What's wrong? You've been looking in my hand for quite some time now. Is there something you want?" You didn't answer her just kept walking towards the class. *For someone who knows how to throw such a punch she surely is observant. And her name. Wolson. Where have I heard it before?* you couldn't remember it. Finally you reached the classroom door and knocked on it. The teacher opened the door and you gave her your late note while going inside.

Your POV.

You watched as Kaiba made his way to his seat and the teacher was looking suspiciously at you. "Oh, you're the new girl." She said and you nodded. She showed you where to sit and you took your place. "Alright, students. Today we will talk about CNS (central nervous system). This system represents the largest part of the nervous system, including..?" she asked. *Oh great. CNS. The lesson that I don't know at all.* you thought as you opened your biology book. You started scattering through the pages when the teacher said "Miss Wolson, could answer us?" *Just my luck.* you sighed and saw that you opened the page with CNS's explanation. You quickly looked at it and said "Including the brain and the spinal cord."

"Thank you." The teacher said and started talking. You didn't pay much attention to her, because you didn't like biology. *That was close. But the answer was so obvious, I can't believe I didn't know it.* you scolded yourself in your head. You got lucky because you are right handed and since your right hand was bandaged you couldn't write anything. When the lesson was almost over you heard the teacher say "Next time I will assign you in groups and you will have to do a project. And no, Mr. Kaiba there will be no 'groups' that will contain one person." You giggled *It looks like the best duelist likes to work alone.* Now was the lunch brake and you followed everyone to the cafeteria. You bought yourself lunch and looked where you could sit. You saw Joey waving for you, motioning to come and sit with them. You went to the table and sit near the others. Tea saw your face and she gasped "Min, what happened?" You saw that she was staring at your face.

"Oh this?" you asked "That girl Sarah did this to me."

"When?" Tristan asked shocked.

"When I was on my way to biology."

"And the hand?" asked Yugi.

"Well, when she grazed my face again I thought it would be wise to teach her a lesson, so I just… well…"

"Don't tell me that you're the one who punched her in the face." Joey said with shock.

"Well, yes." You watched as your words sank in them. After a few moments they were thanking you and congratulating for doing such a good job. All you did was smile.

"Hey, Min?" Yugi asked. You turned to him waiting for his question. "If you don't want then don't answer, but… well, students are talking that you are a gang girl and about some sort of riots. Why are they talking such things?" You lowered your head. You knew that this moment would come sooner or later. "If you don't want to answer you don't have to. I'm not forcing you." Yugi said quickly.

"No, it's nothing. I knew that this moment would have come. Well I'll just say this: have you ever heard the government's decision about bringing corporal punishments to schools?" they nodded. "This decision was made about 6 years ago. But do you know why this decision about corporal punishment was made?" they shook their heads. "As the number of delinquents who were rejected from their schools increased, so did the number of juvenile gangs and youth crimes. Then the government decided to put these students back to school and they planned on having control of them through corporal punishment. Unfortunately the teachers who were in charge of these kids got a bit too excited of punishing the students and the students started causing riots in their schools. Every year there were made strict evaluations for such schools and if any school didn't pass, it was closed down and the students were transferred in other schools. Did you hear about school 1368?" "Students from this school made the biggest riot in town." Duke said.

"Yes. It happened because this school was one of the last ones that had corporal punishments and was still standing. So, when 3 years passed after the decision about corporal punishment school 1368 was closed down, because it didn't pass the evaluations. By that time, this school contained the largest gangs in the city. But the newspapers wrote about only one gang. About the largest and most feared gang in the city."

"So what does it have to do with you being called the gang girl?" Joey asked scratching the back of his head. "Joey, I was the leader of that gang."

"You WHAT?" he yelled. It seemed that he was the only one who didn't get it so far.

"Joey, sometimes you're so clueless." Said Tea.

"So, you're the one who caused the biggest riot in town?" asked Yugi. *If it wasn't for Ghai* you thought but shook your head getting rid of that thought and said "You can say that I did." Now you were waiting when they will turn their backs on you. But instead you felt someone gripping your hand. You turned your head and saw Duke holding your hand near his face saying "So what if my princess did something bad? People change." Then he tried to kiss your hand but you pulled it away looking confused at him.

"Yeah, Min. People change and we know it." Said Joey smiling.

"You mean you're not afraid of me?" you asked shocked.

"Why should we?" asked Tristan "Oh yeah, you beat up Sarah, but she was asking for it."

"Why should you be afraid? Maybe because I caused the biggest riot and was the head of the most feared gang?" You said still shocked that they weren't judging you.

"So what?" said Yugi.

"Yeah. We know that you're not in that thing anymore, right?" asked Tea and you nodded.

"So that's it. Don't dwell on your past." Said Joey smiling. You smiled back at them and thought *Maybe being here won't be so bad after all.* Then you heard the bell and went to class.

FF after school

You were walking home with your new friends and you were thinking about the excuse you'll tell your brother about your hand and face. *I'll tell him that I fell on my hand during gym. And my face? Maybe he'll believe if I say that tree branches scratched it? Or maybe* "MIN!" you were brought back from your thoughts by Joey yelling your name.

"What?" you asked.

"Finally you answered me. I asked if you wanted to hang out tomorrow with us?"

"Tomorrow?" you asked.

"Yeah, tomorrow. It's Saturday." Said Tea.

"Ummm, I don't know yet. Why don't you call me today and I'll say it then?" you offered. They agreed and you wrote down your phone number on a piece of paper and gave it to Tea. You all turned different directions and now you were walking alone. *OK. So what will I tell Rick about my face? It's too stupid to say that I got scratched by a branch.* you thought all your way home for an excuse. You knew that Rick wouldn't be very mad but still you didn't want to listen to his lecture. You reached you front door without an excuse. *Oh well, I'll think of something.* you thought and entered your house. "Rick! I'm home!" No one answered. *He's probably still at work. OK. Now I have time to think of something.* you thought as you entered the kitchen. There you saw none other than your brother who was drinking his coffee (again) and reading a book. He looked up.

"Hi, how was your… WHAT THE HELL?" he shouted as he saw your face. "What happened to you?" He came closer and you showed him your bandaged arm.

"Tripped over in gym." You explained.

"And this?" he asked pointing to your face.

"Ummm… When I ran a tree branch scratched my face."

"A tree branch?" he asked looking at you as if you were an idiot. He unwrapped your arm and looked at your blue knuckles. "Tripped over in gym? You know, Min. You're a terrible liar." You sighed in frustration and told him what happened with Sarah. When you finished he was holding his stomach as he laughed. "What's so funny?" you asked angry.

"You were hit by some kind…" he couldn't finish because he was laughing very hard. You waited a bit and then he continued. "Sorry, it's just funny that you cause the biggest riot in town and you survive it without a scratch on you and when you go to school some stupid snobby girl makes four scratches on your face. It's just ridiculous."

"Rick, you know very well that Ghai caused that riot not me. I just got the 'credit' because I was the leader." "OK, that's enough." He said still amused. He gave you a compress. "Put it on your hand. It will make the swelling go away and ease the pain." You did as he told you. "Hey, want to compete tomorrow in the race?" "What kind?"

"Just some simple race. Nothing difficult. No dangerous turns or anything. You'll just have to ride down a few streets, that's it. It'll be a kid's play to someone who's experienced as you."

"Sure, why not." Then the phone rang and Rick answered it.

"Yes? Yes. Can I ask who this is? OK." He extended the phone to you "Some Joey wants to talk to you." You grabbed the phone as your brother eyed you suspiciously.

"Yes? Hi, Joey."

"Hey, Min. We thought maybe you wanted to hang out with us tomorrow?" Joey asked. You could hear others pleading in the background. You giggled.

"Sorry guys. I have a race tomorrow."

"What race?"

"The motorcycle race, it's tomorrow."

"You didn't say that you ride a motorcycle."

"Well, you didn't ask."

"When does it start?" you looked over to your brother and asked him. "At 1p.m." you told Joey when Rick informed you.

"OK, we'll be there."

"What?"

"We'll come to cheer for you."

"You will?"

"Sure, see you tomorrow."

"Bye." You hung up the phone a bit shocked.

"Who is this Joey?" Rick asked suspiciously.

"He's one of the friends I made in school. Funny guy." Rick looked at you then smiled.

"You know, Min, it was your first day in school, but you changed."

"Probably. I do feel nice around them. It's as if they all are something I didn't have for almost 6 years. OK, I'm going to do my homework." You said as you went up stairs and to your room.

Rick's POV.

You watched as your sister went to her room. *You're right, Min. They are something you didn't have 6 years. Real friends. Your changing little sister and I hope that you'll be the way you were 6 years ago.* you thought.