Honestly, this chapter has to be my personal favorite so far! I hope everyone is enjoying it!

Tammiya- thanks!

Intricate simplicity- Thanks and I will write more about the card, but it doesn't come into play until later (I made a pun...I better stop doing English homework)

Iluvurstories- Thanks, I'm glad you think some parts are funny! (I love ur pename)

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh...and I never will...unless my master plan works...oh wait nobody's supposed to know...shutting up now...

Sweat was dropping off of Yugi's face. His friends were shouting out words of encouragement, but nothing was helping. There is only one person you can depend on in a duel and that is yourself. Many people have told Yugi that, and he always disagreed. Lately he's felt that way. Yami was gone and poor Yugi was alone.

"Your turn Yugi!" Kaiba yelled. He had assembled the Ultimate Blue Eyes White Dragon. They were tied with 500 lifepoints each. Yugi's Dark Magician had been destroyed quite a while ago, and Yugi was running out of options. He drew a card.

"I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Yugi shouted as he placed the card on his duel disk. The swords inclosed Kaiba's dragon. Kaiba's smile had been turned into a smirk. He didn't care what Yugi played, he was only delaying his defeat.

'I wish Joey was here.' Yugi thought to himself. He had no idea where his friend had gone.

"Turn here!" Joey yelled. He was now leading Mai. They ran into a deserted building. They saw the man that chased them run past the building. They both were quiet. The only sound that could be heard was their breathing. They were leaning on the wall. Mai was still weak.

"We've got ta find Yugi!" Joey said. Mai just nodded. Joey sat down beside her.

"Are you feeling any better?" Joey asked. She was having a hard time moving.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me...worry about yourself." Mai replied. Silence had crept between the two. The awkwardness had been unleashed. Mai didn't know what to say to Joey. She didn't want to be here with him.

"How long have you known?" Joey asked. He just had to break the silence.

"A while. Honestly, I thought it was all a bad dream. I have so many, it's like I can't tell what's real and what's not. I know it sounds crazy. They followed me, I mean they know everything about me." Mai whispered. She was slightly embarrassed. He probably thought she was crazy. Joey was the only person Mai ever confided in.

"I don't think your crazy." Joey replied. Mai smiled. Joey stood up first, and pulled Mai up.

"Joey, listen." Mai whispered.

"Huh?" Joey asked. Mai put her hand over his mouth.

"Yugi, there's no way you can win!" a voice yelled. Joey now heard it.

"We've got to go upstairs!" Mai yelled.

"That's Kaiba's voice. Mai duck someone is coming." Joey yelled. He pushed her down. They hid in the corner of the building. It was old and the floor was pure dirt. The ceiling was caved in, and it looked very capable of caving in at any given moment. A man carrying in a young boy had entered.

"Yeah, I'm bringing him to Kaiba. Then I'll take his soul." the man spoke into his cellphone. Before Mai knew what Joey was doing, he jumped up and punched the man. Mai got up and grabbed the young boy. She took him to hide behind some boxed. The man Joey attacked was unconscious.

"Mai!" Joey yelled. She had disappeared. Joey's instant thought was that something bad had happened to her. She arose from her hiding place. She also brought the boy.

"Are you okay?" Joey asked. He grabbed her shoulders, and was shaking her.

"What? Yeah...I'm fine, I'm just a little lightheaded, but I told you not to worry about me! I can take care of myself!" Mai replied. She pushed Joey's arms away. Joey smiled, she seemed to be acting like her old self. They hadn't noticed who the boy was. There was a broken window where a little bit of light was pouring in. There must have been a street light nearby.

"Mokuba?" Mai asked.

"Yeah...have you seen my brother?" Mokuba asked.

"He's upstairs, were pretty sure that he was dueling Yugi." Joey replied.

"Then why are you two down here?" Mokuba asked. He raised an eyebrow and gave them a very suspicious look.

"We were just fearing for our lives, ya know the normal stuff we do.."Joey replied. Mokuba just shrugged. They began to walk up the stairs. Mokuba went first. Mai followed him. Joey went behind Mai, so if she fell, he could catch her. Mai still felt very weak, and all she wanted to do was sit down.

"What do you think Mokuba thought we were doin?" Joey whispered in Mai's ears.

"Honestly Joey..." Mai sighed. She rolled her eyes. Joey laughed. Mokuba looked behind him. Mai didn't look too good. They finally arrived at the top.

"Guys!" Tea yelled. Tea was surprised to see Mai, Joey and Mokuba together. She was also surprised to see them all covered in dirt.

"Mokuba!" Kaiba yelled. He almost ran over to see him, but he was in a duel.

"Big brother!" Mokuba yelled back. He was suddenly happy.

"Joey!" Yugi said happily. Joey waved back. They went to go stand with the group.

"Did you find out anything?" Bakura asked. Joey looked down at the ground.

"Mai, your awake!" Tristan yelled. Mai nodded.

"So you weren't sent to the shadow realm. That's great news!" Tea exclaimed. She was practically jumping up and down.

"I wouldn't say that hon." Mai replied. She became very quiet. Tristan looked over at her.

"You don't look to good." Tristan told her.

"Thanks, I'll benefit from that so much. Now if any of you don't mind I have to go sit down." Mai snapped. She leaned against the pole of the stairway. It was more like a little wall.

"I didn't mean anything by it!" Tristan said. She did seem to be acting like her old self and that comforted Tristan.

"Neither did she, we just found out some umm very bad stuff...like there's an unconscious guy downstairs who was going to take Mokuba's soul. There is also another of those weird guys that was chasing us. Oh, and um there boss can read the future of anybody who was trapped in the shadow realm and he can see our every move!" Joey explained.

"Yeah, that might upset me too." Bakura added. Joey put all his attention towards the duel. None of them noticed Mai slowly going down the steps. She gave them one last look, she wasn't going to be their downfall.

Yugi just played the Dark Magician Girl. She was powered up from the magician in his graveyard. Joey smiled at his friend.

"Joey, did you find out anything else?" Serenity asked. Joey stopped smiling.

"Nothing that would help us." Joey fibbed.

"Well, you should tell us everything you know!" Tea said. Joey looked at her. He didn't know what to do.

"You can do it big brother!" Mokuba yelled. His yelling brought Joey out of his thoughts. Yugi had just played Mystical Hats. Now Kaiba had to pick a hat. Kaiba was becoming nervous. Joey smiled, he had a feeling that Yugi would win.

"Attack the hat on the left!" Kaiba yelled. The dragon did, and Yugi smiled.

"Relieve trap card!" Yugi commanded. Kaiba flashed. Yugi couldn't even announce the card. Kaiba's monster dissolved into a million pieces. He dropped to the ground, ashamed of losing again. Mokuba ran up and hugged him.

"Well Yugi that makes like 50 you 0 Kaiba!" Tristan said. Yugi smiled. He glanced at Joey, he seemed nervous. The group briefly celebrated Yugi's victory.

Sorry, as you can see I just skip around the duels...I don't really know much about the cards! Oh well! Ya know review if you want...if you don't that's okay.