Yeah here is another chapter to liven your day up with! Thanks for the wonderful reviews!

Any spelling errors or grammatical errors are not my fault more the fault of my evil pet puppy so tell him.

"I'm sorry Joey, truly I am sorry."

"Sometimes sorry doesn't cut it."

Mai grew furious with him. With a shaking finger she pointed at him and said " Joey I wish this wasn't you but it is and I can't change that so I'm going Mr. Kaiba." After saying this she knew she touched a nerve for just now Joeys face grew a great shade of a hot chili pepper.

"I WILL NEVER SINK LOW TO KAIBA'S STANDARDS!"

"Well then Joey stop acting like it then because you are getting pretty good at it" and with that she left storming out of the door….

It was week ago to this day which she has yelled at him. She has seen the man she has missed only to be looking into the eyes of a scornful man who she could see was a lost little boy with nowhere to go.

Mai Valentine stretched and looked out her window to see the Eiffel Tower. She sighed. After visiting Joey that week, she received an urgent call to fly to Paris for a fashion show which she must look over because her boss became sick. All the while flying, Mai thought about her meeting with Joey which made her look like some pathetic soul who seemed so cold on the plane. She did however apologize to the man in the business suit next to her.

While in Paris Mai never picked up a paper because she was always on the go so she never found out about Joey. She never knew what was going on in little Japan( or United States, doesn't matter you pick) She was always preoccupied with work trying to think of other things besides him.

During another boring meeting there was break scheduled as always and this time Mai sipped her coffee and munched on her croissant while listening to of her coworkers. Their names happened to be Mystique and Jasmine and adored Mai's work. They were a couple years younger, Mystique lived in Paris and Jasmine held the firm in England. Mai's ears perked up when she heard a couple of Japanese offices. She decided it was about time to investigate. She walked over which kind of made the ladies jump.

"Ms. Valentine, how do you do?" asked Mystique

"Fine, call me Mai remember Mystique. I heard chatting about a couple of the Japanese offices. May I ask why?"

"Umm Mai said Jasmine when was the last time you have checked the papers."

"A week ago I figure, it's too hard some times so I just listen to gossip". As she said this she waved her fingers back and forth with a I don't care wave of the hand.

"Sooo Mai, I guess you didn't hear about Kaiba Corp." with the look on Mai's face, the girls guessed not so Jasmine continued. "The young CEO who took over for Seto Kaiba had a terrible accident a week ago. Poor man won't wake up so that dear King of Games whom I think was king of Duel Monsters well I think sooo so anyway the guy has been looking after the company which isn't doing to hot. Maybe its time that Kaiba Corp shut down."

Mai put one and one together. A week ago… a young CEO…. The King of Games…. Joey…. My dear friend…

"Mai are you all right? We know you come from Japan and work there so we are surprised this a shock to you. Mai, how come you didn't know?"

"I…I.. was friends to the king of Games and the young CEO, Mr. Joseph Wheeler and a week ago I visited him for the first time in 5 years and we got into a fight. Oh, its all my fault. What have I done?"

Jasmine and Mystique looked up, quite shocked. "You know him, the head of Kaiba corp and you think youdid this?"

"I don't know but I made him very angry when I left his office and then I refused to pick up the paper and then I was asked to come over to Paris and I forgot all about the paper but I didn't expect this.. never in a million years."

Suddenly Mai picked up her things and said screaming out the door to her shocked co workers that she had someplace to go, a very important place.

As soon as Mai walked out the door, she searched the busy street for a newspaper stand. She found the closest paper which was quiet easy to comprehend. She skimmed the paper, biting nervously on her manicured nail. Sports, local news, ahh business. She skimmed the section looking for world wide information then she found Kaiba corp and saw its stock was dropping drastically over the week. She paid for the paper, stuffed it into her bag and asked a man close by if he knew of the CEO's accident. The man answered a little unsure, shrugged and said just to check the television.

She walked back to her hotel room and turned on the television. She flipped each channel impatiently till she reached the business world. She tapped her finger impatiently to hear an update and lo and behold, little Yugi Mutou was giving an update.(good timing) He said the Joey was still unconscious and the doctors were still unsure of what will happen.( bummer)

Mai wanted to cry but she didn't. Mai Valentine doesn't cry, no matter what but it was her friend. She called room service for a strong coffee. She drank the coffee on her balcony and knew what she has to do. She had to go see Joey, no matter what. She had to tell Joey about that awful fight and maybe he will understand. She would never forgive herself if Joey fell from this planet and she couldn't apologize for all the wrong she has done. She couldn't live with that.

YAY, another chapter done!

P.S. I posted a new story What has happened? and I would be much obliged if you took a quick peek and told me what you thought.

Jen