Time for the second chapter! I worked hard on the last chapter, so I'm glad you guys liked it!

You...two...guys! Rytailh...Rytailah...Ry...R-Rytalih...Err...

And Invader Izzy! You guys rock! *glomp*

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN ZATCH BELL, IT DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. It belongs to Makoto Raiku-sensei!

Title: Purpose
Rating: K+
Words (Without A/N): 1,263

Kiyo sighed, and looked at Dufort, he was sitting on the couch across from Kiyo, Kiyo was on one side of the couch while Dufort was on the other. Dufort seemed deep, deep, in thought. Like, more deep in thought than usual.

"Uhh...Dufort?"

"What."

"You doing okay?"

Dufort looked at him, the ripples of his eyes seemed to move.

"Fine." And he went back to his original position.

Zatch and Zeno were chasing each other around, laughing happily, Zatch's hands were outstretched as he tried to tag Zeno, but then, they suddenly stopped running aruptly, they looked at Kiyo with longing, and Zeno, demanding, and Zatch pleading. "Kiyo? Can we please go to the park? The house is too small." Zatch whined.

Kiyo narrowed his eyes, and looked at Dufort again, who didn't even seem to notice that Zatch and Zeno were there.

Kiyo smirked, just slightly. "Sure, Dufort, c'mon." The high-school student demanded this more than suggested.

Dufort huffed. "I don't want to go. Leave me here."

Kiyo lowered his eyebrows. "Nope, you're coming with us." He stomped over and hooked two fingers into Dufort's coat collar.

"Ugh, I don't wanna go!" Dufort growled, placing a slight bit of emotion on his face, which was rare.

Zatch and Zeno hugged each other and jumped up and down, well, more like Zatch bouncing Zeno up and down with him.

Dufort was trying to pull away softly, but Kiyo didn't let go. "Nope, you're coming."

When Kiyo, Dufort, Zatch, and Zeno reached the sidewalk close to the park, Dufort had already given up trying to pull away, even though he would sometimes tug a little bit, but it was futile.

Zatch and Zeno laughed happily once they ran into the park, getting their yips out. Kiyo pulled Dufort under a shady willow tree, the leaves hanging over, obscuring the sky, and only letting little blotches shine through.

Kiyo pulled Dufort down next to him. "Here, you've been cooped up in the house for days, get some air." Kiyo sighed, curling his arms behind his head and resting against the trunk of the tree.

Zatch slid down the slide, next to Zeno, and touched his back, and it startled the albino, he whirled around, and got ready to lunge, Zatch stood up swiftly, and ran out of the way before Zeno could touch him back.

Then, the horrid happened.

A certain, dreadfully faced girl drove into the playground Zatch and Zeno were playing in, Zatch was already hiding, so Naomi didn't see him, Zeno was in the middle of the park, looking around and smiling happily.

"Hello Zhatch~" Naomi yelled, driving towards Zeno slowly, and advancing faster and faster.

Zeno turned around, "Who the-GOOD LORD, WHAT ARE YOU?" Zeno stared at Naomi for about three seconds before saying, "damn, are you from hell?"

Naomi sped towards Zeno at full speed. "You'll pay for that!"

The albino rolled his eyes. "Wow, so funny, I forgot to laugh, wait here it comes...Haha." He folded his arms, and gave Naomi a look of annoyance, "Ugh, what an annoyance." His foot came in contact with Naomi's car, and he pushed forward, letting the car fly off the playground and into the unknown.

Zeno shielded his eyes from the sun as he was the horrid thing disappear from sight.

"Uhh, okay. Now that we're done with that thing, or whatever it is...Zaaaa-aatch, where are yooou~?" He laughed, looking around again.

Zatch popped out, right when Zeno was about to pass him, and lomped him. "Ha ha ha ha ha haa haha!"

"Hey, Zatch, did you wanna play something else?" Zeno asked, his eyes glinting with happiness and his everlasting mischevious shine.

"Yeah! Let's get Kiyo and Dufort to join the laughing game!"

Kiyo sweatdropped when he saw the two mamodo running towards them, he looked at Dufort, who looked at him.

"Kiyo! Dufort! Play the laughing game with us!" Zatch yelled, bouncing like a rabbit.

Zeno did his signature smirk. "Yeah, and if you laugh, you lose, all of us have to tickle one person for ten seconds, if they don't laugh, they win, if they do, they lose. Got it? Questions? No? Good!" Zeno didn't even give the chance for anybody to ask questions.

"Can I go first?" Zatch asked, raising his hand in the air.

Zeno turned his purple amethysts towards his brother. "Sure, ready?" He looked at Kiyomaro. "Set." Then at Dufort. "GO!"

Zeno was instantly all over his brother, and Kiyo reluctantly joined, Dufort sat there, not even looking at them.

Zatch had started cracking up as soon as Kiyo's and Zeno's fingertips touched his ribs. He had begged them to stop, and evantually, they lifted themselves off him.

"Now it's Kiyo's turn!"

Kiyo, failed miserably, actually this time, Dufort joined in a little too, and Zeno was partaking in it fully, enjoying the torture. And he didn't stop until Zatch tugged him off.

"Zeno's turn!"

This, was by far, the most chaotic one, he laughed once Zatch had touched him, and then when Kiyo joined in-payback-Zeno had began laughing so hard his back would arch, it amused Kiyo that Zeno was almost completely defenseless this way, then, Kiyo started giggling himself when Zeno started turning blue, Zatch had already stopped, and was trying to yank Kiyo off, but the six year old couldn't pull Kiyo off.

Then, Zeno began to wheeze, Kiyo was very amused by this, so he tickled faster and with more intensity, then, in one final gasp, Zeno stopped laughing, and his eyes were spinning around in circles.

Zatch screamed. "ZENO! AAAAHH! Are you okay? ZENO!"

Kiyo pulled the toddler of Zeno. "He just passed out from lack of oxygen. Calm down."

"You're the one who MADE him pass out!"

Kiyo let down Zatch. "Er...Good point."

Zatch then picked up Zeno on his feet, who was starting to recover, his face turning back to it's paleness.

Then, in one bound, Zatch and Zeno were all over Dufort, they dug their fingertips into his ribs, and Dufort didn't flinch.

Kiyo was kind of disappointed, then, something hit him, he realized something. He really wanted to see Dufort laugh, for a long time, just a chuckle, he's never seen Dufort laugh, so, he joined in, which seemed to set Dufort off his edge.

Dufort began to chuckle just a little bit, and then, he fell off the trunk of the tree. It was a funny sight, seeing Dufort laugh, Kiyo doubted that Dufort had ever laughed in his life.

The purpose of Kiyo's question that flitted around in his head for so long, bothering him, pestering him, finally seemed clear.

All Kiyo wanted to hear from Dufort...

Was laughter.