A/N: Another early chapter… yay. Warning! This one is looooooooooooooooong. Even longer then the last chapter! Not bad, considering I wrote it all in one day after about three hours sleep. It took a whole lot of chocolate Easter Eggs to get this done…Seriously. It's the day after my birthday, (As I write this) I had some friends sleep over last night and, naturally, I was awake till five in the morning then I was up at half eight. Well, three and a half hours. But was a great night. We ate junk food, and we watched TV. What did we watch? Well, a bit of something called '10th Kingdom' which I didn't really like, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and part of YGO series one! I'm feeling all nostalgic now… Episodes from back when we first realised that Pokémon cards just wouldn't cut it anymore, when Yami and Yugi sounded exactly the same, when you didn't have to tribute summon and when Feral Imp was a powerful card… ahem.

Willowwind: Um… remind me not to respond to reviews via. E-mail… Thanks for the reviews anyway, You're my only reader…

Disclaimer: If I owned YGO I would have enough money to hire someone to write these disclaimers for me. (Also 9E rip-off… go read the comic and help get it published on paper!)

Now, without further ado…

Chapter Eleven: All's Fair in Love and War… I think.

Posted By: AngelAuthor

At: 10:22 AM JST

Subject: And I'm back!

Well, after an almost two week delay, I'm finally back and with a comic to boot! THE COMIC SHALL CONTINUE! And long may it live, eh? But before I explain where I've been all this time, there's a few things I want to say…

First of all, I'd like to thank all you lovely readers for the supporting/threatening e-mails and for sticking with me all this time. You people rock.

I also want to say thanks to the dude that keeps this site running. Webby, whoever you are, I couldn't do this without you sending me angry E-mails telling me to update before the internet becomes obsolete or fixing the site when it's broke. Without you, I wouldn't even have hyperlinks!

Anyhoo, the reason I went… Well, a slump. Writer's Block. Sure, I've had it before, but never as bad as it was this time. It's like the characters had died… I couldn't make them come alive anymore.

But! Someone must've used a Phoenix Down, cause they are BACK, baby! Let's just say I found my muse…

Maybe the bumper issue (Double size- took me the best part of three days to get it up to scratch!) and the impulsive introduction of a new character will make up for it…. No? Oh well… Apologies, and enjoy, my faithful fans!

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"You're back, then."
"Correct, ape boy."

"Oh, what a relief. And I thought I'd lost you for ever."

"Oh, shut up. I'm very important, you know, so I don't need none of your lip!"

"Double negative."

"…What!"

"…"

"What did you say!"

"Nothing important."

"If I say it's important, then it is! What did you call me?"

"I didn't call you anything."

"Yes you did! You so obviously did! So don't tell me you didn't when you did!"

"Oh, fine, you win. I should have known that I was no match for your superior intelligence."

"Hmmph. You think you're so great, don't you?"

"Not in comparison to you."

"Yeah? Well, it seems Azreal thought so to."

"What?"

"Azreal kissed me, dumbass. Or tried to, right before she came down here."

"…That's none of concern. There's no reason for you to tell me."

"Oh, but I want to. I want you to hear every single word, and I want you to remember it when you're awake and when you're sleeping, and I want it to burn away at you till the day you die."

"Not likely. I'm getting mind-wiped, remember?"

"Stop interrupting! I had been going out with one of her sisters, Ruby, was an entire year. It was our anniversary of my asking her out, and coincidently, her birthday, so Ruby was having a party."

"Whoop-de-do…Big deal."

"Oh, it was. I told Ruby not to invite Azreal, that she would ruin things, but Ruby wouldn't listen. She insisted that Azreal wasn't a… bad egg. So, when I ended up in a room with the girl, I was prepared for trouble."

"Like a good little boy scout."

"Shut up! Azreal had never liked me, always accusing me of speed-inspiring- As if I'd do something like that! I think the girl is a little mad…I blame it on the human blood. Our people shouldn't mix.

"Human blood?"

"That's right. Oh, didn't she tell you? How naughty of her. Azreal's daddy was a human."

Seto said nothing, much to Lira's disappointment. Seto was beginning to guess about exactly what Azreal had meant on the day of the meeting with the Americans…

" Anyway, when we were alone together, she suddenly admitted she was jealous and kissed me!"

"Bet you loved that."

"No, actually, I didn't. Thank goodness Ruby came in when she did, or I may never have got her off me!"

"…So, then what happened?"
"Interested now?"

"…"

"Well, Azreal tried to blame the whole thing on me. Ruby didn't believe her, of course, but she forgave the girl. Ruby… She's just far too nice for her own good."

"So, what was the point in that little trip down memory lane?"

"…"

"Hello? I said: 'What was-"

"I heard you! But if you don't know already, I guess you'll never know."

"How do you suggest I know 'already' when you haven't told me in the first place?"

"Arrgh! Just shut up, already!"

"Whatever you say…"

"That's right, ape boy. Whatever I say. You're treading a mighty thin line, so watch out… I'm not as nice as Azreal, and I always carry out my threats."

"What threats would these be?"

Lira's response was long, graphic and rather unpleasant, so I think I'll just neglect to mention it.

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"Urrghmmph…" Azreal groaned, returning to consciousness slowly. It felt as there had been some wild party in her head and she had just killed everyone in it so now she had to tidy up all on her own.

"She's awake." Someone said.

"About time." A second commented.

"She must've been real sick to sleep that long." A third said.

"What do you expect?" The second replied "She kissed that boyfriend of yours. I may not agree with all Az's accusations, but it's plain to see he's a jerk."

"Can we talk about this later, guys?" The first one pleaded. "This is Az's time now…"

The voices were so similar that many would not recognise that they were three people instead of one. But Azreal knew them well, and she instantly recognised Emerald, Opal and Ruby the second they opened their mouths. What were they doing down here? Azreal sat up unsteadily to look round the room. And failed. So she decided to stay lying down.

"Easy there, lil' sis." Emerald said, concerned.

"You're still very weak." Opal added scornfully. "Don't rush it, idiot."

"What are you guys doing here?" Azreal asked, confused looking up at her sisters, perfectness manifested into flesh and split into three.

"Duh." Ruby said. "We came to see you."

"Are you aloud to do that?" Azreal's slow brain couldn't handle this kind of thing at the moment.

"Why wouldn't we be aloud to see our own sister?" Ruby asked, now her turn to be confused.

"I thought it took ages to get permission to come down to Earth…" Azreal trailed off, sitting up again but succeeding this time. "Even with our mom running the Muses…" In her current position, she was high enough to see the slightly concerned look pass between Ruby and Emerald. Opal, however, who by now had returned to her book in the corner of the room just rolled her eyes.

"Look around, moron." She said "You're in a hospital room." Azreal did look around, and her brain began to comprehend what it's eyes were seeing.

"So…I'm not on Earth anymore?"

"Correct, genius." Opal replied. Many people would be fooled by Opal's abrasiveness, but after all the years Azreal had come to know that behind the smart mouth was a heart of gold, and Opal had come to her aid just as many times as her other half-sisters. Opal preferred theory to actual practise of Musing, but she, like her two siblings, excelled in the field. It was once said in a paper that ran an article on the family that if it had ever been done before, Opal would have done it again only better, and if it hadn't have been done before Opal would have invented it. Which, in many cases was true.

The same article had branded Ruby as the unspoken leader of the Kiyoko girls, the best at public speaking and other things. She was a breath of fresh air to those she inspired, and was both informed, radical and streetwise in her approach to things. She was defiantly something new and fresh, going with whatever worked rather then something that suited her. It was obvious who was going to be the next President of the Musing company, and the people liked the idea of it being run on common sense rather then on a particular political viewpoint. Many would be happy to see her run the government as well, but that was another matter entirely.

Emerald was the caring one, who came to understand what problem her charges had before she inspired them. She was the kind of girl who worked extra shifts at night or on national holidays just to help as many people as possible. She was more then a little fanatical about helping people; she even had a large banner over her bed that read 'If you cannot hear a plea for help, how can you hear a song or a laugh? How can you feel emotion when you can't learn from those around you? Help others to live, then you are truly alive'. You may think this is a little long for a personal motto, but Emerald generally shortened it to just the last sentence, and she said it often. She was so gung-ho about helping everyone- not just humans, but plants, animals and even inanimate objects- that Azreal often wondered if she would be better off as a nurse then a muse.

Azreal's section was small, just a few sentences written as far away from the others as possible so that she wouldn't come under the heading of 'The Kiyoko Girls- Which one is your fave?'. This is what the paper had to say about her:

Azreal Kiyoko- The Black sheep of the family. A constant burden and blemish on her mother and her sisters. Always trying to show off, so the less said about her the better! Let's just hope the half-human gets herself killed one of these days, eh?

Azreal clenched her fists. That article had been one of the worse, no frills added or no regard of tact, just blatant hostility. She was so sick of all these peop-

"Azreal! Wakey wakey!" Ruby bellowed down her ear. "What, are you in a coma or something." Azreal looked at her blankly. She had completely missed everything Ruby had said to her.

"You got pulled out." Ruby explained. "Because you were sick. They were going to pull you out anyway, but…"

"Why!" Azreal yelled "Why were they gonna pull me out anyway!"

"Calm down, Az…" Emerald said. "You're still ill."

"Answer the question!"

"You screwed up." Opal said bluntly. "All those little stunts you pulled. Quite frankly, it's embarrassing. All those extra mind wipes, your dad, that whole thing with setting up the friends… You've really done it this time, Az."

"Ryou and Téa!" Azreal retaliated. "That was totally legitimate! You're supposed to help love grow!"

"Grow, not plant it. And you seem to be doing quite a bit of that…"

"Huh?"

"Never mind."

"What are they going to do?" Azreal said, fearful now.

"You're going to have a case review…" Ruby said. "To see if you keep your job, and… oh, there's no easy way to say this…"

"Then say it the hard way!"

"Azreal…"

"Tell me!"

"You've been charged with trying to sabotage the musing operation on Earth."

"What!" Azreal screamed "But that's absurd! Musing is my life!"

"We know…" Emerald said, trying to calm her down. "Don't worry, it'll be okay. No-one believes that accusation."

"Yes they do." Opal shrugged. Her other two-thirds glared at her. "Face it, Az. Given your track record, it would look suspicious to an outsider. Especially with your parentage thrown in."

"What about my parentage?" Azreal asked dangerously, standing up.

"Calm down there, kiddo." Ruby said, passing her something. "Here, mom left a card. She was here, honestly, but then she had to go-"

"Work." Azreal completed bitterly. "Work, again. She's never here."

"Oh, c'mon…" Emerald said in a vain attempt to kill the tension. "It's a great card."

"A great card. Wonderful." Azreal said sarcastically. "Now all I really want is a mom that gives a shift if I live or die!"

"Azreal, that's not true and you know it!" Ruby said sternly "Mom does her best for us, so be a little grateful you brat!"

"It'd be better to starve and have love then have plenty but be unloved!" Azreal screamed back. Emerald watched the argument progress in horror. Opal just carried on reading. Azreal was still shouting. "I haven't seen her for six months! And we supposedly live in the same house! Why don't I ever see her, then, Ruby, if she loves me so much!"

"You'll see her soon enough." Opal interrupted coolly before Ruby could retort. "She's the one doing your case."

"Opal!" Ruby yelled. They had agreed not to tell Azreal that until the last possible second!

"Oh, this just gets better and better!" Azreal yelled. "The next time I see my mother will be in court!"

"You won't get any favouritism, I'm afraid." Emerald said. "The case is to take place as soon as you're fully recovered, so you'll be ready for it and they'll probably take your illness into account…"

"What illness?" Azreal asked, no longer angry but confused.

Her sisters exchanged looks.

"What illness!" Azreal demanded.

"Your human blood." Ruby said, as though it was obvious.

"I don't know why they let someone like Azreal go down to Earth in the first place…" Emerald said as though Azreal wasn't there. "It's dangerous enough for the best of us down there, when we become too human, but in Azreal's condition-"

"It's not a condition!" Azreal yelled suddenly. "You always said that the papers were liars but you're all the same! Just because I'm different doesn't necessarily mean I'm bad! You treat me as though I have some sort of disability, like I'm a mental patient! You're always saying it's not my fault, that it's no-one's fault, that I was born just the way I was supposed to be- but that's not true! We all know who's fault it is, don't we!"

"Azreal…" Emerald said. "Don't."

"Let her talk." Ruby sneered, folding her arms. "She's beyond any reason."

"You know!" Azreal screeched. "It's mom's fault! Because she couldn't keep her mind on the job and her legs closed! And you have to wonder, how many other men has there been? Are human men just easier to get because no right-minded Muse would look at her-"

Ruby slapped her round the face with such force that Azreal fell back on the bed. Opal and Emerald exchanged worried looks. Ruby and Az had squabbled before, even had Richter-scale rows, but they had never resorted to violence. Never. Not even when they were kids…

"Don't you ever, Ever, talk about our mom that way." Ruby said quietly. "She loved your father- she left for our benefit- and she hasn't had another man since!"

Azreal stood up again, resisting the urge to rub her stinging cheek. She was ready to send some serious abuse Ruby's way, but then suddenly she felt her anger ebbing into grief.

"If that's true, then why can't I be me!" She cried, holding back tears. "Why doesn't anyone ever think that having human blood could be a good thing! We've been Inspiring humans for years, we need each other! They need us to create and we need them to create to survive! So why can't they know who we are? Why do they have to forget! Why do the races have to be separated! What's so wrong with humans!"

"If they knew about us, they'd wouldn't want our help." Ruby said coolly. "The humans are proud, they want to do everything themselves, and even when they see that they can't do it alone, they try anyway. Besides, if they can't even get along with their own race, how are you expecting them to get on with ours?"

"You're wrong." Azreal said. "I'm proof of that. You're wrong! You're all wrong! You think all humans are the same, but you don't know anything! Sometimes you think that they're something and then they're something else entirely! You inspire them Ruby, but do you ever get to know them? They may just surprise you. You say that it wouldn't work if they knew about us… well, of course it's not going to work if you don't give it a chance! It's not the humans that are the problem, it's you and people like you! Everyone and everything needs a chance, including peace and including me!" She ran out of the room, slamming the door behind her. Silence fell.

"She's feeling better." Ruby said wryly after a while. Emerald nodded in agreement.

"Don't pay her any heed, Rubs. She didn't mean it. I bet that was just all the bitterness that's built up over the years about the way she's treated finally being expressed."

"Yeah." Opal agreed, resuming her reading after real life became boring again. "She must really love the guy."

Emerald and Ruby looked at her in confusion. Opal looked back indcredously, then laughed.

"You know, considering how mush you've been spying on Azreal, you're really not very perceptive…" She giggled. And, no matter how much they asked, Opal maintained a stony silence.

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"Today," Duke declared, raising an arm in the air "Is a day for celebration! Fun and food for all!"

"Does that mean you're going to buy the ice cream for us?" Mai teased, pocking him in the side. There was four of them travelling down the road- Herself, Joey, Tristan and Duke- to the park, where they'd meet the other three (Yugi, Téa, Ryou) and, well, enjoy the preliminary day of the holidays.

"Okay, I didn't see that one coming." Duke laughed good naturedly. "But hey, I'm in a good mood and I'm rich. Why not?"

"What are we celebrating again?" Tristan asked sarcastically "You've only told us a thousand and one times."

"My new deal to see DDM in America!" Duke shouted happily. "Make that one thousand and two, Tristan."

"You know, there's something else to celebrate!" Joey added. "I finally updated my comic!" After enthusiastic congratulations from his friends, Mai looked thoughtful as they passed through the park gates.

"That's you two." She said. "What are we celebrating, Tristan…? Oh, wait, the new Debbie Morgan line comes out in shops tomorrow! That's me happy!"

"Tristan?" Duke asked.

"Hmm…" He thought fir a moment "I know! I'll celebrate the day that we get freebies off Duke!" They laughed, then Joey saw something.

"Hey, isn't that the others up there?" He asked, squinting in the sun.

"Yeah." Tristan agreed. "But what's going on?"

Tristan was right, it really did seem like something was going on. They could see Téa and Yugi standing together, looking horrified, and Ryou standing oppisite them looking…hurt. Betrayed.

Yugi was saying something now, but Ryou was shaking his head. Suddenly, he turned and began to run away from Yugi and Téa, towards them, though he didn't seem to know that.

Téa reached out and grabbed his arm, trying to turn him round. Now close enough to hear them, they clearly heard Téa call out.

"Ryou! Please, wait! Let us explain!" Ryou pulled his arm away.

"Explain what Téa!" He yelled. "Explain what! Even after all those friendship speeches, it means nothing to you! Admit it! It's all a load of crap, isn't it!"

Tristan and the others exchanged looks. This looked bad.

"Ryou, that's just not true!" Téa insisted. "I didn't mean to…" Ryou just raised his eyebrows.

"Ryou…" Yugi said, speaking for the first time now that Téa was fixated on the ground. "We… we didn't mean to hurt you…that's why we didn't tell you…we still want to be your friend…" It sounded pathetic, even from a distance.

"Well, you did, Yugi!" Ryou yelled. He looked like he was about to cry. "How am I supposed to be friends if I can't even trust you!" He continued in this fashion for some while, his speech deteriorating from Japanese until eventually he was just yelling at Yugi in English, apparently not noticing.

Duke and the others decided not to go any closer.

Yugi just stood and took it. He didn't try to argue with anything Ryou said. Eventually, Ryou stopped, breathing hard, gave Yugi and Téa a last dirty look and turned to walk out of the park.

As he walked past, Tristan said in a falsely cheerful voice: "Hey Ryou! Want some ice-cream? Duke's buying…"

"No thanks." Ryou said, fists clenched and not slowing in pace. "I'm not hungry.

"Wait!" Tristan called after him. "Where are you going!"

"Sorry guys." Ryou said over his shoulder. "I have to go before I… Look, you must've heard. I've already said stuff I'll probably regret. I don't want to do it to."

They watched Ryou leave the park, but who knows where he'd go after that.

"Poor guy…" Mai muttered in sympathy. They'd all guessed what had happened, of course. For whatever reason, Téa and Yugi had evidently been secretly going out. And Ryou had just caught them at it.

Their two friends approached, looking shame-faced.

"I guess you heard all that." Téa said quietly. They nodded, still slightly disbelieving. "Look… I know it sounds terrible- well, it is terrible, but we honestly didn't tell him because we knew… knew that…"

"This would happen?" Mai asked, disapprovingly. "But it's not us you should be explaining to…"

"I can't believe you'd do something like that Yugi!" Joey said finally.

"Neither can I…" Yugi sighed. "I feel terrible. And I deserve it." They stood for a moment, then suddenly Yugi ran off.

"Where are you going!" Duke called after him. Yugi spun round and ran backwards for a few steps to reply.

"To grovel! Where'd you think!"

"Me to!" Téa said, running after him. Duke, Joey, Tristan and Mai watched them go.

"Don't they know they're just going to make things worse!" Mai screamed in frustration. "We've gotta stop them!"

"Right!" Tristan agreed, and those two ran off as well.

Duke looked at Joey. Joey looked at Duke.

"Well, some celebration this is." Duke huffed, folding his arms.

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Téa and Yugi found Ryou sitting on a low wall a few streets away from the park. He smiled as he saw them coming, and when they sat down, they all looked at each other and burst out laughing.

"That was great!" Téa whopped "I have no idea how you came up with that, Yugi, but I loved it!"

"It wasn't that great." Yugi said modestly "It wouldn't have worked if it wasn't for Ryou's superb acting."

"I wasn't that good." Ryou shrugged. "You and Téa were the real stars, you looked so guilty!"

Téa looked back and forth between the boys. "Fine!" She yelled, "I'll be the non-modest one! We rocked!"

Ryou and Yugi were expressing their wholehearted agreement, when Ryou stopped and stared at something over Yugi's and Téa's heads. They turned round to see a rather annoyed Mai and a confused looking Tristan.

"Uh-oh…" Yugi sighed.

They explained themselves, starting with Téa and Ryou, and then Yugi when he came into it. Mai and Tristan found it rather funny, after the initial annoyance had passed. Well, it had been a rather well played out joke. Plus they had deserved it.

"I can't wait to see Joey's face when we tell him!"

"Oh, don't tell him yet…" Ryou said. They all looked at him. "It's my turn to decide what we do, no?"

"Does that mean… you have an idea? Mai asked suspiciously.

"It does." Ryou confirmed. "Now, stop me if you've heard it before… Or if you think this is going a little too far… Especially you, Yugi…"

Tristan and Yugi exchanged glances. Ryou made them nervous when he was sneaky.

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The doorbell went, and once again Seto had to open the door. He really should fire that Butler. But then, anything to get away from Lira's fascinating conversation. Thank goodness he was leaving soon. Excepting to find a journalist or a salesman, Seto was surprised to see Azreal, her human self, standing on the doorstep. But he quickly regained composure.

"Azreal." He said coolly. Just then, Lira appeared behind him.

"Az!" He drawled. "And here was me thinking you left a challenge for me. I mean, you were here for a week and a half and only succeeded in being landed in hospital; I spend a day here and it's done!" He laughed in an irritating way. Azreal glared at him.

"Hello, Lira." She said through gritted teeth. Seto noticed she was holding some sort of instrument. "There's a portal back to Wherever over there for you. Why don't you go jump in it?"

"Ha ha ha." But none the less, Lira started to walk out of the door and towards the vortex.

"They replaced me with him?" Azreal asked, wrinkling her nose in distaste. "Bet you guys got on really well."

"What are you doing here, Azreal?" Seto asked bluntly. "The Case is over. Wheeler updated the comic.

"Oh, I…" Azreal fumbled for words and to activate the little gadget she was holding. "The review for the case is coming up soon and I hafta get copies of your memories for evidence so-"

"I know." Seto interrupted. "Lira already told me. And copied my memories."

"Oh."

"Glad to see you're better, by the way."

"Thanks."

A long, awkward silence fell between them.

"Is there any reason for your still being here?" Seto said.

"He told you, didn't he." Azreal sighed. "About my parents."
"Yes."

"I'm so sorry! I was going to tell you but I didn't see the… well, I didn't mean to offend-"

"And about that kiss of yours."

"Huh?"

"Trying to steal your sister's boyfriend. I'm beginning to wonder just what kind of person you are."

"…Wonder no longer." Azreal nodded towards the vortex, where a few people were climbing out with strange looking equipment. "Here comes the mind wipe team. Looks like they've already done Yugi and the others."

"Then I guess this is goodbye."

"Yeah." Azreal reluctantly started to walk towards the vortex as the mind-wipe people came closer to Seto and herself. "See ya, Seto. It's been real."

"Goodbye, Azreal."

Azreal watched as Seto had the process explained to him and had the pads attached to his forehead. She knew she should keep walking, but there was something she had to say first.

"Seto!" She yelled across the ground. He looked up. So did the mind-wipe team, looking irritated. They were already going to have to work late because of Azreal. "He kissed me!"

"What…?" Seto asked.

"He wanted to break up the family! I just wanted you to know!" Azreal yelled, though to herself she added: "Looks like he did a pretty good job, to…" She continued to walk to the vortex, determined not to look back. She was just about to step through, when she heard Seto calling her.

"Azreal!" She turned. The Mind-wipe squad, who had just been about to inject Seto with the drug to knock him out for a while became even more annoyed. "Azreal! Joey updated the comic before Lira got here!"

"Huh?"

"It said on the post that he'd been drawing for three days- before Lira got here!"

Azreal stared. Maybe, just maybe it was possible… and if it was, Seto had just saved her job. She saw one of the people jab a needle in his arm, saw him fall back as he went unconscious in preparation for the wipe, and only then did she manage to speak.

"Thankyou!" She shouted, knowing it was too late. "Thanks… for everything." She stepped through the vortex back to Wherever, and this time she did not look back.

But Seto had heard, and the last thing he saw before his eyes were consumed by blackness was Azreal stepping back to Wherever. He was glad.

"Good luck…" He muttered blearily.

He would not see her again.

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"Seto…? Seto!" Seto awoke to the sound of Mokuba calling him frantically. He sat up.

"What's up with you?" He asked. The boy was almost in tears.

"What do you mean, what's up!" Mokuba yelled, hugging him. "I found you lying in the middle of the hall! And you weren't moving or anything… What happened!"

Seto looked around him in confusion. They were indeed in the hall. But he had no idea how he'd got there. The last thing he could remember, he had been reading AngelAuthor new comic. Maybe he had fallen down the stairs or something… Just who was AngelAuthor anyway? He'd like to meet him sometime… But what did that have to do with him lying down by the front door?

"Seto?" Mokuba asked anxiously. His brother was looking confused, and his eyes were all glazed over as he thought. Seto looked down in surprise, as though he had forgotten Mokuba was there.

"I…don't know…" He said slowly. Mokuba was really worried now. He'd never seen Seto so… unsure.

"Do you need to see a doctor?" He asked. Seto shook, his head, as much to attempt to clear his head as to decline.

"I'll be alright." He said, climbing to his feet. "Maybe I've just been working to much…Don't worry."

Mokuba said nothing, but his face was as clear as letters on a page.

There was something weird going on here. And he just knew that it had something to do with that Mitsan girl. There was a reason- that Seto had refused to explain, probably because it was dangerous.

But, for Seto's sake, Mokuba had to try and find out what had happened.

He'd do his best. He wouldn't let him down.

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A/N: Noooo… Sugar fading…Zzzzzzz….

Wha? Oh, yeah, Last chapter on Wednesday, followed by an epilogue next Saturday. Unless I put them up early, again… You know, I've already written the epilogue, so I'll put chapter 12 up when I've done it and the Epilogue the day after. Okay? Okay. And the ? before most ofthe ! seem to have disapperared in Mokie's dialouge.Don't ask me why. And words fuse together. And the underslash between Angel and Authour has also fallen up a hole. But what're you gonna do?

Now, where was I…? Zzzzzzz….