Always Room For One More!


Hey all! How are you guys? Good, good..... anyways, I finally decided to put another chapter up... considering how short the first one was... it was just to really get you aqcuainted with my character, and all... yassa yadda. And no, I'm not abused in real life..... :P

Yami Li~ Nope! ^_^

BW~ ^_^

Yugi~ ^_^

BW~ YUGI!!!!! *cuddles Yugi* so cute!

Everyone else~ *BIIIIIG SWEATDROP*

Yugi~ *fidgets*

BW~ *still cuddling Yugi* Who wants to say the disclaimer?

*Joey runs into the room with eggs on his face* ME!! I DO I DO!

BW~ Joey...... *throws Joey a napkin*

Joey~ Hey, what? DONTCHA KNOW DIS IS DA NEW STYLE?!

Everyone~ *sweatdrop*

Joey~ *ignores everyone* Mistress Winter don't own YGO or da cast... she owns Li, though, and if ya sue her Yami Li, Yami Yugi, and I'll give ya a heck of a poundin!!!!

BW~ ^_^ Enjoy!

/Yami to Hikari/
\Hikari to Yami\
'basic thoughts'

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Still my POV-

It's sixth period and I'm bored as heck... the only thing really keeping me going is having a conversation with my Yami in my head.... sounds crazy, huh?

\I'm getting sick and tired of the morning beatings.... it's getting really old\ I said. Yami was disapproving of the way I kept it a secret.

/I still hold my previous position; TELL THE OTHERS!!! Or call the Abuse Hotline whatever thing... they can help!/ Yami faced me in her Soul Room. We had this little pact about not invading each other's Soul Rooms but hey, she was the one who dragged me in there when I started spacing out.

\No, dangit. Look, what happens if my parents find out that I called or hear me calling and do something before I can get help?! What if they punish me very hard for it?! WHAT IF THE LOCK ME IN THE BASEMENT AGAIN?!\ I mentally shuddered. \That stupid basement! I SWEAR I hate it down there!!!\

My Yami sighed. /Li..../

\Don't 'Li' me! Every time I'm down there, I end up falling asleep and wake up with very bloody marks on my necks and arms, how do you explain that?\

No response.

\Yami?\

Still no response.

\Figures. I shouldn't have yelled at her. But every time I'm down there, I feel a presence... something kinda like when I felt a presence in the Millenium Armband when I first touched it... But evil...\ I shook myself mentally. \Yeah, whatever.\

/Aibou?/

\Yes, Yami?\

/Your teacher is staring at you...../

\Oh...... CRAP!!!\

Joey shook me and I was immediately pulled out of the trance I had been in. Every time a person has a conversation in their head with their Yami, their eyes go blank and they look like they're in a trance... and others always have this habit of staring at you or shaking you really hard then asking if you're ok... "Huh? I'm sorry....."

The teacher glared at me. "Miss Mitome, if you are sick, please report to the nurse! In the meantime, answer the question!" She smacked the board with her pointer and the sound reverberated in the classroom, which I realized was dead quiet.

"Um... yeah... I think I am feeling a bit sick..." I tried to put on my little acting voice as best I could. I even faked a cough...

"Very well. Pack up your things and leave, so I may get on with my class!"

'Li, you rule!' I mentally praised myself. I hate old Miz Corithers math class. She was such a...... oooohhhhhh...... I shouldn't get myself started.

As I lay in the nurses office, I closed my eyes and begin pondering to myself. 'If only I can figure out how to get outta the beatings after school, too... No. I think I should stand up to it. Maybe...'

My thoughts were interrupted by the bell. 'Was I really in here that long?' I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling, deciding to finally get up. As I walked out the door, I ran right into Seto Kaiba, the richest guy in school, and also the most cold-hearted. He didn't like anyone. But he would be a LOT cuter if he smiled a bit...

"Watch it, girl!" He spat, and took some papers from a counselor. As he was heading out the door, he looked back at me for a moment then turned around the corner.

'Did I just see him smile...?' All of a sudden, Joey's face popped up right at the place I had been staring at, about three inches away from my face. "Holy crap Joey! Don't do that!!!"

"Sorry, Li, but we just came down to see if ya were allright. Hey, friends gotta worry a bit!" Another one of those grins. I hate those grins. They make me smile. I smile too much. 'And I think too much, too' I thought.

"Ah, I wasn't really sick. I just hate Miz Corithers class." I suddenly spied an interested counselor keeping an ear towards us, listening and practically glaring at the files she had in her hand. If gazes could burn, the would have only cinders in her hands. "Um... let's go." And I shoved Yugi, Tea, Joey and Tristan out the door. Bakura was sitting on the bench outside the office, waiting for us.

"So tell us, Li..." He said without looking up. "Exactly when were you going to tell us you're parents were beating you?"

"What...?" I just stood there, probably looking really stupid because Joey tried to hold back a laugh. "Whatdya mean, beating me?"

Bakura stood up and got veeeeeerrrryyyy close to my face. Too close. And something was wrong... his eyes were... different, and his voice was deeper. It didn't have that British accent like always. And his smile... was evil... "C'mon, this ring helped me see riiiiiight into that little head of yours! And I found out all too easily about it! So when were you going to tell us, hmm? Or were you going to tell us at all?"

I looked down. I couldn't look my friends straight in the eyes. "I... I... was going to tell... eventually..." I gulped. I HATE it even more than Miz Corithers to lie to my friends. I hate betraying them. But I also hate it when they worry over me... I hate a lot of stuff, don't I?

Yugi looked very concerned. "Li, is that what I saw this morning? Was that a bruise from being beaten?" His amythest eyes looked at me with fear. For MY safety.

'Stop it, Yugi. Don't look at me like that!' I said to myself. 'No! Don't!' That little puppy-dog look kills me every time. "Yeah... it was."

"Hello, children. Li, ready to go home?" Said a gruff voice behind me.

'God no... God, please, no...' I didn't want to look behind me. I wanted to run. Away. Where no one could reach me. I turned around. Stupid me.

And there was Dad.

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BW~ Good Lord-O Friday, what a place to leave you guys at!

Yami~ JEEZ MAKE ME LOOK LIKE DA BAD GUY

BW~ Actually, the bad guy right now is about 6'2"... black hair.... and smells like a drunk...

Yami~ -_-'

Yugi~ Li... you could really *gag* let go...

BW~ OMIGOSH! I forgot I was still holding you! Sorry Yugi!!!

Yugi~ *finally can breathe* Thank God!!!

BW~ ^_^''' Sry, Yug... So, who wants to preview the next chapter?

*dead silence*

BW~ Anyone?

*silence*

BW~ Fine then I'll do it myself! Next Chapter, I get abused! Go figure! Dad tries to get ahold of my friends and tries to hurt them! SHOULD I SPOIL IT ANYMORE?! NO! READ ON YOURSELVES!

Yami~ Oh, and please review! That would be nice!!! ^_^

Yugi~... Where's Dark Magician?

BW~ Right over there! *points to corner* *Dark Magician eating Li's last candy canes*

BW~ NOOOOO!!!! NOT MY CANDY CANES!!!!!!!! *chases Dark Magician around with a mallet* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Yami & Yugi~ *sweatdrops* Well uh.... cya... and please review and it wouldn't hurt to send a few more candy canes, would it?