Always Room For One More! Now called "Reverse"



Baby Winter~ Allright people, I know the title may have changed, but it's still the same. I'm not exactly sure how the title fits, I just know that I put it on there for a reason and an idea; the reason was that I would swear that titles have something to do with catching an audience, the more interesting, the more readers, and that "Always Room For One More!" didn't necessarily catch an audience, nor fit the direction the plot is taking me. I realize that the old title DID hook YOU people, my faithful fans, who have continued reading and reviewing even in it's latest, er... um... Mary Sue-dom, mainly because Li just won't DIE!!!! *begins strangling Story Li*

Story Li~ Oh! I can't breathe! Like, omigosh! You broke a nail!!! *gets angry* *as angry as a prep can get* *NO OFFENSE TO PREPS* Die, bitch! *jumps on BW and begins strangling HER*

*Major cat fight and large anime-dust cloud*

Yami Li~ ... Oo;;

Story Yami Li~ Like, whatever! My hikari is SO going to win! *Puts up Annoying Prep Ignorance Hand of DOOM*

Yami Li~ .... YOU ARE AN-NOY-ING!!! DIE ALREADY!!! *punches her*

Story Yami Li~ Like, OMIGOSH!!! You TOTALLY messed up my make- up! I hate you! *starts freaking out* *Finally passes out*

Yami Li~ THANK YOU RE!!! *Ahem* Li?

Baby Winter~ *walks over from Random Corner* Yes?

Yami~ OO;;; *looks at dust cloud*

Story Li~ Like, die, bitch! You, like, screwed up my lip gloss! *wrestling herself on the carpet*

Baby Winter~ Yeah, it confused me too, but hey, just go with it.

Yami Li~ Oh, um... What about your idea?

Baby Winter~ Oh! That. See, I kind of thought of it like this: Li, when she comes into the story, she's beaten and abused, but makes through it because of her love for her friends. Typical Mary-Sue. Then, she thinks she finds love in Yami Yugi, who dumps her days later for HER yami. She gets depressed, and decides that she can't take it anymore. Basically, her world was turned around, REVERSED, from a nice, happy, warm-fuzzies-all-over type of place to an all- around hell. And she tried to commit suicide. And Ryou and Bakura saved her. -_________- She won't DIE!!!

Yami Li~ *pat pat* It's okay, aibou.. she'll die...

Baby Winter~ *chirrups* Reeeeeeally?

Yami Li~ Oo;;; *changes subject* Let's get started, shall we? ^^U

Baby Winter~ *reluctantly* All-rigggghhhtttt... *snap*





PREVIOUSLY: My eyes glazed over, and I thought of all the people I knew. My parents would be glad I did their work for them... My so-called yami and her... lover, now, would laugh at my wake, and my friends would be the only ones to mourn.

The last thing I can remember is Ryou's pale face over me. He said something like, "Hold on," and then disappeared from my view. His yami sat next to me while he was gone, but I couldn't really see his face, my vision was that badly blurred. He turned to me once, and said that Fioratkhi would die, and I needn't worry any longer. Of course I wouldn't... There's nothing to worry about in the complete bliss of death.

(If you don't like a lot of cursing, please leave. Thank you! Now buckle up and enjoy your ride, prepare for turbulence at times and please remain seated! ^^) /Yami to Hikari/

\Hikari to their Yami\

()()()()()(passing time)()()()()

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***dream***

'basic thought'

(Author's Note)

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'Dammit! DAMMIT, DAMMIT, DAMMIT! Why can't they let me die? All I want to do is slip away...' Li rolled onto her side and winced at the brightness of the red numbers of the hospital clock. Two-thirty am. She rolled back over to her side and immediately shouted out as a jolt of pain shot up her heavily bandaged arm. Holding it up closer to her face for closer inspection, she found the bandages to be worn and bloody.

"They won't let you slip away because they care, girl."

Li groaned. "What now, Shaadi?" As she rolled onto her reverse side, she faced not one, but three people. "And do your Items now possess telepathy?"

Shaadi frowned. "It was easy to guess what you were thinking. Now, may I have a word with you?"

"It's a free country."

"HEY! The sarcasm is reserved for me! Understand?!" Said the darker of the three. He looked almost identical to Shaadi, except his robes were much darker, his eyes slanted more, and had much of an evil aura around him. Tucked safely under his belt was the Millenium Scales.

"Do ALL the Items contain spirits, Shaadi? Even yours?" Li said, eyes widening.

Shaadi frowned again, aggravated this time. "Yes, yes... unfortunately. Introduce yourselves, you two."

The quieter spirit extended his hand to Li, who looked at it suspiciously. "Don't worry, I don't bite. I do quite the opposite; I heal. My name's Ankhare, but everyone calls me Ankh, which makes it obvious that I'm the spirit of the Millenium Ankh. Pleased to meet you, Li Mitome." His bright smile contrasted greatly with the dark and/or reserved expressions of the other two, making him seem out of place. Li, however, took his hand and shook it slowly.

Silence.

"Well?" Ankh and Shaadi said at the same time, indicating it was the darker one's turn.

"Allright, allright!" He returned the glare, and rather forcefully stuck his hand out at Li. "I'm Senui. The spirit of the Millenium Scale. These two dorks are unfortunately stuck with me. And I don't like you. Just call me Scale, everyone else does!" He said, mimicking Ankh with a falsetto voice. Shaadi and Ankh just glared menacingly at Scale, who shook Li's hand and pulled it back into the folds of his robes quickly and without another word.

"Yes, now." Shaadi said, clearing his throat and silencing the threats mentally being tossed between all three men, and... spirits. "Down to buisiness. What exactly did you do to yourself, that would inflict enough emotion to your Item to cause every other Item holder to feel what you felt?"

Li gawked. "What?"

"What did you do? Kill someone? Steal something that could pose a threat to many others?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

Shaadi impatiently pulled up a chair, sat down, and cradled his head in his hands. Scale, however, lost interest and began fiddling with the toilet in the restroom, having too much fun it seemed. Ankh sat on the very end of Li's bed, politely listening to every word mentioned.

"I'm talking about..." Shaadi said, raising his head, still bent over and resting on his knees, to meet Li's eyes. "Whatever you did a few hours ago that would make all the Items burn with strong emotion. Rage, hate, envy, ridicule, embarrassment, and depression all at once. Strong enough and frequent enough to supposedly drive the original carrier of those feelings insane."

"....................." Li's eyes remained distant and unrevealing, determined not to let on a single secret about the incident. Her face showed no less.

"I understand you feel alone. Let Ankh heal you, and we will talk about this in a few days, when you are, er... Emotionally stable." Shaadi stood up and put the chair in the correct place. With a final flush, Scale came out of the restroom in time to see Ankh move swiftly to Li's side.

"Heh heh... Can't contain yourself, my friend?" Scale said, amused, but his smile faded quite quickly at the faces of the others. "Just... trying to get in a joke... Jeez..."

"Li, this won't hurt. It might even tickle. Just give me a minute, and you'll fall right to sleep when it's over--" Ankh was rather rudely interrupted.

"No."

Everyone except the one who spoke looked baffled. "Wha... what?"

"No. I don't want to be healed. I enjoy the pain. My answer is no."

Shaadi immediately spoke up. "This is even more serious than I thought. We MUST get you healed so you can rest and sort things out--"

"Did you not hear me? I said no."

"The pain, it is obviously blurring your judgement, I--"

"No_."

"Look, Li, as a Millenium Item holder, it is your responsibility to maintain mental and physical sanity. You obviously need to work on the mental sanity, a little, considering the events in the last few days, but in about a week, we will come back to check you. If you are not better, well... " Shaadi gulped at his next words: "We will have to judge you as an Item holder. If you fail, you are sacrificed to Anubis, and a new Holder will be chosen. If you pass, you may continue to care for it." He shuddered involuntarily at the thought of having to destroy an Item holder, having hoped he would never have to, but it might just have to be done.

"Then judge me. I don't _want_ this stupid thing!" Li said, grabbing the armband and taking it off. She stood up from the bed, yanking the cord out of her arm that all patients have, and walked to the ceiling-to-floor sliding windows. She opened them as she talked. "You can have it back."

"....."

"Well? I am not fit to be a Holder, as you basically said, so go ahead and judge me now. I will not be any better, in weeks, months, years."

"It is up to Scale, I--"

With one sudden movement, Li grabbed the Scales, which were bound to the Scales spirit's waist, and chucked them out the window. Her room was four floors high. Turning back around, Li came nose-to-nose with Shaadi, his and her eyes narrowed, and muttered, "Judge me now."

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Baby Winter~ ... Allrighty then. I've got probably seven chapters to go, I think. This is going to be long. Oh yeah. Ankhare and Senui are owned by INDIGO TARTARIAN!!! Go read her story, Three-In-One Combo, a fave of mine, which is now finished. They became her muses, and I asked PERMISSION to borrow them! So you have to, too, if you want to borrow them! And I know this chapter was short, but Ankh and Scale will almost probably stay for the next chapter. I dunno, because I promised Indigo only one chapter. Anyways.. Read and review, people! ^.^