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Ishizu sighed and pushed her chair back from her desk at school. She looked down at her paper quickly before picking her pencil back up and erasing furiously. Soon, there were huge ugly smudges, all of the eraser in tiny pieces, and a huge hole.

She cried, getting out a new piece of paper.

The teacher exclaimed. I'm surprised at you! Ms. Ishtar, you know as well as I do that there is absolutely no swearing at school!

But Mrs. McGraffey! They say, Ishizu replied cooly, starting to stand up, that in America, she continued, standing on her chair, that everyone is created equal, with all the same rights. They also say, Ishizu was beginning to get louder, that in America, we have freedom of speech. And if everyone is equal and everyone has the freedom to say what they want, then why can I not say that word?

Mrs. McGraffey sputtered for a moment, not knowing what to say. By then the whole class had stopped what they were working on to come and watch them argue. Ms. Ishtar! You can't say that word because it's not school appropriate!

Ishizu was on top of her chair facing the audience and seeming to be loving every minute of the attention. I demand my rights! I demand them! Freedom of speech! She chanted, motioning with her hands to get her audience going. Freedom of speech! Freedom of speech!

The teacher shrieked before running off to call the principal. Get down off your chair, RIGHT NOW!

Two armed security guards came into the room. Together, they slowly moved towards Ishizu. She gave a little squeak as her chair fell out from under her. The guards grabbed the still-kicking and screaming Ishizu girl and dragged her to the principal's office.

Freedom of speech! Was the last thing the students heard of her for the rest of the day.


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***Somewhere in the Shadow Realm***

Bakura sat staring at his beloved Gwendolyn after they, or rather, he, had finished dinner. He noticed how she wasn't looking at him anymore.

Gwenni, my love, what's wrong? He asked gently. When she didn't answer, he continued. It's another man, isn't it? When she didn't answer again, he threw her as hard as he could away from him. Before bursting into tears, he screamed, Fine! I can see that you obviously don't love me anymore! Then Bakura cried himself to sleep.


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***Back at school***

Ishizu sat in the chair, half of her angry and still wanting to scream, half of her as scared as a little, tiny mouse. She looked to her left to see a girl in baggy jeans, a grey sweatshirt, and sporting long brown, red, and purple corn rows, slumped in her seat.

Who are you? Ishizu demanded.

The girl just raised an eyebrow at her before continuing to stare at the floor.

Hey, you! I just asked you who you are! Ishizu cried indignantly.

Why the hell do you care? The girl said. Before Ishizu had a moment to speak, she added, Hey, I've heard about you. You're Ishizu Ishtar, right? Freedom speaker?

Yes, that's me, Ishizu answered, flattered.

I'm Serenity Wheeler. You might know my brother... Serenity trailed off.

It's nice to meet you, Serenity. If you don't mind my asking, why are you here?

Serenity gave a choked laugh and said, I was busted for being in a gang. You see, my brother hates me, and so do both my parents. I had nowhere to turn, except to a gang.

It was Ishizu's turn to raise an eyebrow. Who's gang was it?

Mokuba Kaiba's, Serenity said simply. Why are you here?

Well, it's a long story, Ishizu started, then didn't say anymore. Instead, she just stared at Serenity for the next 15 minutes they were both in the office.

Damn this girl's weird, they both thought in unison, but also cool.


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Dalene: Yay! Another chapter finished! Just to let you guys know, I'm pretty sure that this story has a plot, but I could be wrong.
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Dalene: Grr! You have to come over here more, you know that?! Anyway, thanks to nag/froggy/king shnalin (nag nag!/froggy/king shnalin and nag nag/shnalin: PLEASE JUST PICK ONE NAME), Taskemus who isn't logging in because she has lots of homework (thiscrazythingwon'tletmesubmitareviewwithoutanemailaddress@...com), and Angel Wolf for your reviews! Oh yeah, Taskemus, you've gone insane. Too much homeword to log in! Phff!