Li~ Hey all! This is a new fic I came up with... what an hour ago? And I just decided to make a new story cuz I felt like trying to write something before supper. Anyways, please enjoy and tell me how I'm doing? This might turn out to be the prequel to my fic, 'Always Room For One More!'

Yami Li~ She don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! the characters, etc. She doesn't own Kat, cuz she's a real person, and decided to put her in here. She owns Li, her character, which is Li Mitome, blah blah blah... and Taylor's mad cuz he's not in here because he wasn't there when Li and Kat met the Yu-Gi-Oh! gang.

Taylor~ _ ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~

Third Person's POV

Today was the first Saturday in January that it hadn't snowed, and was the near-perfect time for two teenage girls to get out and do some much needed late-birthday shopping. Kat's birthday was a week ago, and this was the perfect time to bust a four-hundred gift certificate present, courtesy of her grandparents half-way around the world in Maine.

Li looked around at the dozens of stores. "Well, this IS the St. Matthews Mall. How many different ways can there be to break a four-hundred gift card?"

Kat just shrugged, then said, "I dunno. There's Hot Topic and JC Penny and Dillards and Lord and Taylor's, and FYE... God, there's so many places I want to go..." Kat eyed FYE longingly and glanced at Li. Li returned the look and pulled her winter coat around her before answering, "Fine. Let's go check out some CD's." Kat bounced up and down, stuffed the gift card in her jeans pocket and bounded toward FYE. She loved music, no matter what kind. Heck, the girl liked Reggae, and she was from Maine. *no offense to Reggae-lovers; I just haven't heard of many people born in Maine that like the music* (1) Li sighed and trotted after her. 'This is going to be a looong day,' she thought.

About an hour later, Kat walked out of FYE with a MOUND of cd's, and was very happy that the cute sales clerk had been flirting with them.

"He was pretty cute!" Kat said happily eyeing the other ten or so stores around them. She glanced toward the halls leading to other sections of the malls, picked one, and began heading that way.

"Not my type." Li said bluntly.

"What? Wait... you're into Taaaayyyyylorr!" Kat taunted. Li HATED being taunted. (2)

Li didn't respond, but just gave Kat a look that said plainly, 'Shut it or I wring your neck.' Kat definitely shut it.

Scanning the new stores they found theirselves among, Kat suggested they check out the food court. Li agreed, considering neither of them had had breakfast, and it was about two o' clock in the after noon. They eagerly went to subway, ordered their food, and sat down at a table next to the little indoor river. A half an hour later, when they had finished their subs and were just talking, a friend of Li's walked up to her at the table.

"Hey, Martin, what are you doing here?" Li said. Martin flashed Li a bright smiled and replied simply, "I'll give the winner a piece of those cookie- cakes if you two duel."

"Is that all?" Smiling mischeviously, Li knew Kat was up to something.

"Heck, I'll buy a WHOLE one! I just found a LARGE group of people who will bet money on a good duel. And whaddya know, the two best duelists in Louisville are sitting not so far away!" Martin placed his hands on the table and leaned on them. It was his little way of showing impatience. "Well... what do you say?"

Li and Kat stared at each other. Since they were kids, they were so close they could look into each other's eyes and know what the other was thinking. Quietly, they held a conversation of the minds and came to a conclusion. Without a word spoken, they both reply in unison: "Of course!"

Martin clapped his hands together. "Awesome! I'll go bring the people over here, advertise for about a half an hour, then you guys can begin at... three sound good?"

Both girs nodded their heads, and Martin ran off. This would be an interesting duel.

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Taylor~ How come your first chapters are always so short?

Li~ I don't know.

Taylor~ _

Li~ Still mad about not being in it?

Taylor~ GAAAH! RUB IT IN MY FACE WHY DONCHA?! *runs off screaming*

Li~ O_O









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(1) I like Reggae too (on certain days. _) and I'm not trying to downsize people who like that kind of music, just, like I said, I've never heard of someone born and raised in Maine who likes Reggae. :P

(2) Yes, I know Li (me) hates a lot of things. you should know that if you've read the sequel to this story. Anyway, yes, Li (me) DOES hate a lot of stuff. she's just like that.