A/N: Okay, I don't know quite where this came from, except that it's a slightly rewritten form of a fic I wrote a long time ago for my friend Scooby… the story of origins is too long for an A/N. See my bio if you like to know that kinda thing… Anyhoo, I only have to tweak the dialogue between Seto and Azreal (Yes, I know it's not spelt that way) so updates should be fairly frequent as long as I have the back logged chapters. Only warnings: Lameness and slight Seto OOC-ness. Disclaimer: The OCs and plot are mine… but otherwise, nada.

Important: I don't know what pairings we'll end up with… I have so many in mind it's not true… but I can promise NO boy/boy or girl/girl, and DEFINATLY no Ryou/Téa! He deserves better! XD

Chapter One

"Seto Kaiba?"

"What's it to you?"

"It is you, then. I heard you were rude git."

"'Git'? What are you, British? You sound like a Harry Potter novel."

"Not exactly… Now, c'mon!"

"I'm not going anywhere."

"But it's your turn! You have to!"

"What? Do what? Go where? Just who do you think you are, coming here insulting people and giving half-formed explanations!"

"Didn't I introduce myself? Opps. I'm a Muse, 3rd class. Name of Azreal. Currently assigned to an artist with a lack of ideas. And you're my on-site help. Everyone has to do at some point… Think jury duty. Anyhoo, I'll explain better later! We hafta get goin'! Sorry, I'm running a little late…"

"A muse. Sure. Whatever. I'm outta here."

"…Now, turn around."

"What the… What kinda trick is this?"

"I'm a muse. I told ya. Please don't tell me you're one of these people who have no belief in anything slightly 'supernatural'…"

"…" A glare, that would kill anything living.

"You are. Crap… Fine. Look, ya can't get out of it, or the big-shots'll screw up everything for ya. I don't care if you accept it or not, just c'mon! We were meant to have got the ball rolling for the Wheeler guy half an hour ago!"

"Wheeler? No way. I wouldn't help him, even if you were a muse. What are you, insane? Leave me alone."

"And now you hate the charge. Great. Bloody brilliant. He's not going to like it you know…Is that enough of an incentive?"

"No. Quit following me."

"If you don't…" Whispering.

Eyes narrowed. "You wouldn't, even if you could."

"Take a look at me. Are you willing to risk it?"

"…"

"Well? Are ya, Mr CEO?"

"No. Fine. What would I have to do?"

"I'm under strict instructions to do everything by The Book… this time. Ahem. So, phase one is very, very simple. Here's what we have to do…"

-

"Ryou." Ryou turned round to see Téa smiling at him. Oh great…he thought What have I done now? She only smiles like that when someone's about to get it in the neck. Where are the others when you need them? The answer was at home, sick from the meat pie the school had given them yesterday. Téa had just had salad, and Ryou had rather gone off school lunches since an incident a few years ago involving a casserole and a rather vicious unwashed fork. Needless to say, he now brought his own food.

"Good Morning Téa!" He said, trying to sound cheerful and not nervous. "What's the matter? I didn't think you had this class first period…"

"I don't." She said, still with the same smile on her face.

"Then what are you…" Téa held up a hand to stop him.

"I just wanted to thank you." She said, looking at the floor. Was she blushing? It was hard to tell, her hair was falling round her face.

"What for?" He wondered "I haven't done anything for you to thank me for."

"That's what I like about you." Téa said quietly. "But I want to thank you anyway. But listen Ryou, I think we should just sit and think about this…you can imagine what it would do to Yugi." Ryou was, naturally, completely confused.

"What? I don't understand. What are you-"

"Shh…" Téa commanded "Hear me out. We're friends Ryou, you know that. And we always will be."

"Well, naturally, but I-"

"Just think about it Ryou." She continued quietly. "I'm here for you- we all are, and we'll support you no matter what."

"Errm…Téa, I really don't see…" Téa ploughed on regardless.

"We'll always be here to help you Ryou- you don't- we don't need to be anything more- you understand that, don't you?" She looked up at him.

"Well, yes." Ryou said, bewildered. Téa smiled.

"Great! Well, see you later Ryou- and remember what we talked about!" She headed toward the classroom door, looking back at him expectantly.

"I won't…" Ryou began "Though I still don't-"

"Morning Téa!" Joey ambled past Téa, who was still in the doorway. "You don't have this class, do you?"

"No." She replied "I'll see you later guys." She shot Joey a look full of contempt. "You could eat nuclear waste and survive." She left, and Joey wandered over to where Ryou was sitting, stunned.

"What's up with you?" He asked "You look like you've just watched all three Matrix Films in a row."

"Huh?" Ryou asked, his brain too busy trying to figure out Téa to work out Joey as well.

"Yeah, they can do that to you." Joey nodded knowingly "I tried once- completely blew my mind with all that philosophical stuff. So…What did Téa want?"

Ryou was looking at him, wondering whether to tell him when the teacher entered. As the lesson begun, he shook his head indicating that he would tell him later.

However, Ryou wasn't the only one to get unexpected happenings that morning. Téa had got one through the Post.

-

"How poetic."

"I nicked half of it off films. Now all you have to do is drop it in her door."

"I still don't see why you need me."

"Because I need a scapegoat if we get found out. Using this method… Well, no-one else is supposed to know I'm here. I'm even going to have to take your memories afterwards...You won't remember me at all. "

"Good."

"Ha ha ha. Still, looks like you believe me now…Finally figured out that my excuse is the only explanation as to why only you can see me, Seto?"

"…I never said that. I'm working on it. I don't believe any of it."

"Then why are you here to help me, eh?"

"Shut up."

"Just shove it through the letter box, Seto."

"Oh, giving me orders, now?"

"You betcha! I'm in charge of this lil' shindiggy MR!"

"…What?"

"Just do it."

-

In the absence of nearly 98 percentof her usual friendship group, Téa sat with some girls from her form at lunch- it was nice to have some female company for a change. But then the conversation got a little boring…she liked make-up as much as the next three people- but how much could you possibly do with it? At least the conversations she had with the boys were somewhat more entertaining…

She smiled in reminisce, remembering some of the more obscure ones. Joey and Tristan arguing over weather grapes could be pointy and round at the same time- and she, Yugi, Duke and Ryou had just sat there, wondering how long it would take them to figure out how pointless it was. And when they did, Ryou calmly announced that it had taken them ten minutes- and added 'Oh, by the way, they're grape shaped. And it took you two ten minutes to figure that out…" If anyone else had said it, it wouldn't have been half as funny. It just seemed so out of character…

Téa's mind continued to wander. That was the thing with Ryou. He was so shy, polite and serious at first- but then once you got to know him, you found out he was actually quite smart, sensitive and funny to. Téa's grin widened as she remembered a story Ryou had told them after someone asked why he always brought his own food to school- It involved a casserole and a rather vicious unwashed fork, she thought. And she had never laughed quite as much as that…Strange how someone as quiet as Ryou had such a way with words that could make anything sound- Téa realised what she was thinking about again, and groaned.

Why won't you just get out of my head! Honestly Téa, one letter and you're all over him! Snap out of it- it's pathetic!

"Téa?" One of the girls was looking at her curiously. "Are you okay?" Téa gave a weary smile.

"Fine. Just got something on my mind, is all…"

"What's the matter? You know you can always talk to us…" The other girls nodded, exaggerated looks of concern.

Yeah, like I'd just open up to you guys…She sighed, knowing, even as she thought it, that she would.

-

When Seto returned that day,Azreal was waiting for him.

"Hey. How'd it go?"

"She thinks it's off Bakura."

"Ryou! She was meant to think Joey sent it!"

"Well, she doesn't. Like the mutt could come up with that kind of thing anyway."

"…"

"So? What now, Einstein?"

"I…I guess we go for plan B!"

"Which is…?"
"It's much the same as Plan A actually. We just make it up as we go along!"

A groan.

"Errm…Improvise…um…hmm…Got it!"

"Enlighten me."

"We set Téa and Ryou up instead! They look they could use it… besides, they're Joey's friends, right? He'll get inspiration from them!"

"Hmmph. Actually, I meant to ask you about that. Why do you want to set Wheeler up in the first place?"

A shrug. "That's what the book says. But we may as well just go with it and see where we end up now. Humans are weird…inspiration comes from anywhere…And letting love flourish will certainly get me bonus points!"

"Bonus points?"

"Yup. Points make prizes, remember?"

"Exploiting us? You know…For an angel, you sure don't act like one."

A giggling, girlish laugh. "Who said anything about angels? I've said so many times now, I'm a muse!"

"Even though you look like one?"

"Uh-huh. I'm no Angel, I promise."

"Says the stereotypical winged entity…who's named after an Angel…"

A raised eyebrow. "Says the stereotypical scientist. How'd you know that?"

"I…"

A/N: So, what do ya all think? It's a little weird, I know… Oh well! Like? Hate? Confused? Think the explanation was as bad as I thought it was? Please tell me, I'll only update if you people like! If even one person likes, I'll put the next chapter up on Saturday… It'll only take half an hour to rewrite. In fact, I'm going to do that once I upload this. In the meantime, I'm going to start on another chapter… I have maybe 4 or 5 chapters worth, and I want to keep updates regular! So please, please, please, review! AND PLEASE GIVE ME TITLE IDEAS! Thankyou in advance!