A/N: Sorry for the little layoff...life's been a blur for me lately. Well, to those who reviewed:

LadyPhoenix99: Yep, Marik is slowly but surely changing his views about people. I wonder how long that's going to last...Thanks for reading.

ang31-blue: Marik/Tea/Seto?...It's possible. Thanks for reading!

Sanguine Dreams: Glad you liked it. I hope you try out some of my other fics, they may surprise you. Anyway, thanks for reading.

Cat in the web: Yeah. It's kinda sad, but things like this can happen and have happened. Not only just Arabs or Black people (just two examples), but to a lot of people in a lot of different races. Thanks for reading.

ObsessedwithDepp: Hmmm...I wonder who your favorite actor is? Thanks for reading. I'm happy you liked it.

Mariks1andonly: You will see more chapters and I think you will like them just as much as you've liked these. I hope so, anyway. Thanks for reading.

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Well, mailbox empty. I'm so sorry it has taken so long for me to update, but as I've already said, life is a blur. Enjoy people.

Warning: Coarse language and references of rape ahead. You've been warned.

Angry People

Chapter Seven

Joey, Tristan, and Yugi were standing in front of the school, waiting on their good friend Tea. When she finally appeared through the wooden double doors, they looked over at her with a mix of worry and anticipation.

"Well? How did it go?"

Tea had a bit of a frown on her face, and everyone braced themselves for the worst news possible. Then, she smiled.

"WE GOT AN A!"

She came down the stairs as everyone congratulated her on a job well done.

Marik was riding his motorcycle down the highway, hurrying home to his sister after a long school day. Things had been surprisinglyquiet as of late, and Marik was hopeful that the ordeal that he and his sister were going through would end.

When he finally arrived, he noticed that his sister's car was still there.

That's odd, Ishizu isn't usually home this early.

He went to unlock the door and found that it was open. He looked around for Ishizu and could not find her. Despite the damage that had been done to their apartment, between the two of them and Odieon they were able to fix it rather quickly.

"Ishizu?"

He checked the kitchen and the living room, nothing came up.

"Ishizu?"

He went to the bathroom next. No sign of her.

"Ishizu?"

He opened her bedroom door, and what he saw horrified him.

"Dear God..."

Yugi, Tea, and the rest of the gang were sitting at Ryou's house, watching some television when they were actually supposed to be studying.

"Hey! Gimme dat piece of pizza! You had tha last piece last time!"

"No I didn't! You made me give it to Serenity!"

The rest of the gang braced themselves as Joey and Tristan had another of their trademark scuffles.

"Can you guys cut it out? The news is on!" Tea threw a pillow at the two buddies, who replied by tossing it back to her.

"Who watches da news anyways?" Joey said as he grabbed Tristan and started wrestling with him once again.

Our top story this evening, 23 year old Ishizu Ishtar was found raped in her apartment by her younger brother. She's in stable condition at the city hospital, as of now no suspects have been named...

Tea had heard the broadcaster over the commotion and prompted everyone to be quiet.

"That's terrible. Who would do such a thing?" Ryou asked as they continued to watch the newscast.

"I don't know, but I have some ideas of what they should do with em!" Tristan said, his anger rising.

"I would start with castration."

Everyone looked over at Yugi with a great bit of shock on their faces. He was very rarely this angry. So rare that they heard him swear only twice since they've known him.

"Those goddamn losers shouldn't be allowed to have genitals after such a crime."

Make that three times.

Marik sat in the waiting lobby, waiting for any news concerning his sister.

The police may not know who did this to my sister, but I do.

"Mr. Ishtar? You're her brother, correct?"

Marik looked up and saw a doctor who appeared to be in his mid-30s standing in front of him. He had on a labcoat and wore thin reading glasses on his slightly greying temples.

"Yes, I'm her brother."

"Doctor Lancaster. Your sister...she's suffered a great deal."

"How is she? Will everything be alright?" Marik's voice was a mix of frustration, anger, and worry.

"She'll recover...at least physically. Not only did she have forced sexual intercourse, but she was orally and anally sodomized. We're running some tests to make sure she didn't contract any sexually transmitted diseases, but we expect her to make a full recovery."

"When can I see her?"

"She's sleeping right now, but I'll let you see her when she awakens. OK?"

Marik was silent.

"You look as if you need some sleep. Go home. I'll call you when it's OK to see her."

Somewhat satisfied with the doctor's proprosal, Marik left the hospital. Hurt and worry for his sister were replaced with something else. Anger.

Once I know for sure who did this...they'll pay with their lives! They robbed my sister of her innocence and humiliated her. I'll make sure that they never do anything like this to anyone again...

Tea sat in her room, drawing on a piece of paper as she thought on the news she had heard.

Poor Ishizu...She went through something that I was lucky enough to avoid. I think I may need to talk to her. And Marik? What will happen with him now? I hope he doesn't go back to being so cold and distant. I mean, he still prefers to be alone, but when I come and talk to him he doesn't seem to mind anymore. Heh, I think he maybe even likes me a little. That's okay...I like him too.

Next Chapter: Marik explodes with furious anger as he attempts to find out who brutally raped his sister. Will Tea help him through the pain he feels, or we she become a victim of his wrath?

Sorry for the short chapter again. I'll have more time to type and work on my fics so maybe the next one will be a bit longer. Hope you enjoyed it.

BDB...out.