Thanx sooooooooooo much for the reviews guys! It really made my day . And thanx 'arashi wolf princess' for pointing out my mistakes, Sooo there u go, the new chapter….

Chapter 4 : The New Target

"I can't take this anymore!", shouted Mai, as she stormed towards Joey and his gang. She kept on moving towards them and stopped excactly between Yugi and Joey. Pointing her finger in Joey's direction, she demanded,"How could you, how DARE you do this? This is your classmate, how could you be sooooooo heartless!" cried Mai.

Joey was shocked, every one could see that but the real shock was when he started laughing, "what do you think you can do? Throw your hair clips at me? Look im frightened" then suddenly his mocking voice vanished and he lowered his head, glaring at Mai."didn't I tell you not to bother me Barbie, I can do whatever I want and no one can stop me" at his words, Mai's head dropped, then she said in a whisper barely audiable, "let's see about that".

Quickly, Mai moved her right hand, slamming it hard against Joey's left cheek causing the skin beneath it to turn slightly pink, and causing the students to draw in a sharp, fearful breaths.

Mai moved her hand and turned around slowly, looking down at Yugi who was just as shocked as the others. She leaned down abit and looked at Yugi's face, it was filled with big, ugly, purple brusies and at the side of his lips a dark, red, liquid stared spilling from the cut that has been opened there.

Behind her, Joey was looking at her back intantly, his hand never left his cheeks, his expression hard to read, the students kept sharing glances filled with worry and fear but none of them dared to speak.

However, Mai didn't notice anything, all she cared about at this moment, was to help her friend,"come on, let's go" she whispered slowly to Yugi, starting to stand up. Unfortunatly she couldn't go far, because suddenly, out of no where Joey made his move.

He reached down quickly with his hand, and grapped a handfull of her golden, silky hair and pulled it back hard, causing Mai to stumble backwards, a yalp of pain escaping her lips. Joey pulled her back abit more, until her ear was at the same level as his lips, then whispered,"I warned ya, but ya didn't listen Barbie, so you wanted to protect that dwarf so badly, right?" then he smirked, Mai could feel his breath on her neck, which caused her to shiver, it was just as cold as him,"now let's see who is gonna step up and save ya" with that he pushed her head hard, causing it to bumb against the floor next to Yugi's feet.

Joey let out a dry laugh and then signalled his friends to follow him. As soon as Joey left the room, everyone ran towards Yugi and Mai. When they were a few inches away the stopped. Yugi had his eyes locked on Mai, who was still sitting on her knees (the position she was forced into) her head turned to the floor, her thick hair layers covering her eyes, making it impossible to read her expression.

Tea started moving slowly towards Mai then laid a hand on her shoulder, which caused Mai to back away and then she rose up, her expression still hard to read then and then she did something that surprised everyone, she smiled, not a happy smile but rather a sad one.

Tea's expression softened and reached her hands towards Mai but, she just turned around, facing the canteen's door then she said in a low voice,"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just need to go to the bathroom" then she started walking towards the door, and right out of the room. 'she looks fine', thought Tea, turning her head towards Yugi,'let's check out Yugi for the time being'.

Out side the canteen door, Mai stood silent for a while alone, then suddenly a tear cascaded down her smooth cheek, taking her by shock, and instantly more followed, Mai covered her mouth as she ran fast towards the bathroom, fightening the rest of the tears that were threatening to fall.

What Mai didn't know was that at the corner of the corridor stood a person watching her in the shadows. "do we wait for that brat to come out of the canteen and then show him what he's made from?", said a thick, strong voice behind the figure. "no, I think I found us a more interesting target", whispered the figure as it emerged into the corridor's light.

I'm sure all of you guessed who the figure is, it's Joey. *tadaaaaaaaa*

So here's chapter 4, plz R&R :D