Chapter two:

Okay. Let's see, there's a bit more explained, but ultimately more that's in the dark. Um...well, I guess that's it. oh, and sorry if some of the characters aren't them selves. Sry, Diethyl's name looks like it should sound like Dithel, bu it's more like dee-a-thel.

Diethyl and Lydian

Lydian was the first of the two awake. Which he considered a good thing. He had washed the blood out of his hair, and had also washed out the dye. Half of his lie was to keep Diethyl in the dark. So grabbing his bag, and re-dyeing his hair, he changed from what was left of his previous clothes. He came out when Diethyl woke up.

"What were you doing?"

"I didn't get all of the blood out of my hair."

"Alright."

Lydian almost felt sorry for the poor sucker. Lydian had been told by his mother that Diethyl sometimes got 'confused'. which left him an opportunity. Of course, the whole thing may have never happened. Oh well.

"We should go." Diethyl suggested. "Why did we leave again?"

Unlike Lydian, Diethyl didn't have to worry much on money. His father had left him enough to last a long time. Diethyl had covered their expanses, he hadn't bothered using a fake name. Besides, the idiotic staff at the confinement center, or what-ever-it-was, would be looking for Lydian, not Diethyl. Diethyl was harmless from their examination. There simply wasn't anyone in his family left alive to take care of him, not who could handle him...well, not an adult anyway.

" To see our cousin." Another half truth.

"Right." Diethyl took that answer like he always took the others, for being so damn smart, he was awfully dumb.

Lyserg

Lyserg knew that had they really broken out it would be Lydian's idea. Diethyl for the most part, followed rules, so long as they didn't manage to confuse him. Lyserg shook his head, looking at the path he was walking down. Morphine was floating near by, but she was looking around, rather then look at Lyserg. Lyserg also knew that Lydian would be up to old tricks...like murdering people.

"I've got to find them, morphine. Before Lydian gets Diethyl doing something he'll regret." Lyserg said to the fairy.

It was as difficult now as it had been then, knowing that Lydian was lying to Diethyl...only now without a voice to block them. Lyserg picked up his pace. He had to help Diethyl, then get Lydian locked back up. Even if it meant shattering Diethyl's world for the second time…no, third time. Lyserg briefly wondered if Diethyl could handle that.

Lyserg was so preoccupied that he didn't noticed a few of his friends happened to be in the area.

"HEY!"

Of course, being so lost in thought, he didn't hear them either. As such, he ignored it. It was probably for the worst.

"What's wrong with him?" Horo Horo asked looking after the British boy. "Has he gone deaf?"

"No. But he probably doesn't want to listen to your annoying voice."

"Why are you always so nasty."

"Because i can."

The other two people merely ignored Ren and Horo Horo's bickering. It was an everyday occurrence.

"Should we follow them?" The voice was cold, calm, and bored. " It might be fun."

"I don't know...maybe."

Yoh remembered the last time Lyserg had been preoccupied enough to ignore his friends, he had joined the X-laws not long after that. He was worried Lyserg may do something like that again. Yoh shook his head. Whatever he was doing, he would trust Lyserg...sometimes the best way to learn from a mistake was to live it.

"Well, I think I will." Hao replied looking at his younger brother. "It's just too boring around here."

"Will what?" Horo Horo asked just coming back into the conversation.

"Follow Lyserg."

"YEAH." Horo Horo agreed. "He may be hanging out with those X-law goons again..."

"The X-laws are dead." Hao reminded the blue-haired boy.

"No." Ren stopped the train of Yoh's thoughts, stopped and killed it, along with the conversation. "It's none of our business."

"Well, do what you want." Hao replied and walked off.

Yoh blinked and gave up on trying to figure out what he'd been thinking about, and followed his brother. "I've got to keep an eye on him, besides, as long as we're not seen what can it do?"

"Get us into something we have no business in!" Ren hissed but deciding he didn't trust Hao, followed.

Diethyl and Lyserg

Diethyl was looking over the city from the hill he had found. Lydian had wandered off again. Diethyl really was in no mood to look for him.

Why did I leave? Diethyl was getting a headache trying to figure it out. They weren't mean to me, I was kind of happy...why did i let Lydian talk me out of staying...? I do want to see Lyserg again...but...

"Diethyl?"

Diethyl noticeably brightened. Diethyl stood up and turned toward Lyserg. "Hi."

Standing not more then a few feet away from each other, they did look alot like. Both had emerald eyes and hair, but Diethyl's was styled to frame one side of his face, and he had thin square shaped glasses. Diethyl was dress much like Lyserg, without the Sherlock cape, and the bow. Diethyl seemed a bit more fragile, if it were possible, then Lyserg. When he stood it was always with one arm wrapped around his waist. Unless he was holding something else.

"Where's Lydian?"

"Off. I don't feel much like looking for him. Why?"

"Has he done anything he shouldn't be...like hurting people."

Diethyl tilted his head with that ever present grin. "You know Lydian just as well as I do, Lyserg, of course he's been hurting people, there' s hardly anything i can do about that, try as I might."

Lyserg sighed. I know Lydian better then you do. " Well, if he comes back tell me okay? He should be back were people can watch him."

"Your going to turn us in?"

"No, just Lydian."

"Why?"

This is where explaining things to Diethyl gets a little difficult. Diethyl didn't know that hurting other people was widely considered wrong. where this belief had sprouted from, Lyserg didn't know. Luckily, Lyserg was used to explaining things like this to Diethyl.

"That's not right. People, decent people don't hurt others for fun. You don't, and I don't...Is it okay to know that Lydian is doing this? doing things like that."

Diethyl frowned for a moment. "But don't prisoners get punished, don't the guards enjoy that?"

Oh, boy. "Yes. But that's not right either."

"Why?"

Okay, think...don't lose your temper. "Because, those prisoners are people too. Lydian's not hurting criminals, is he?" Lyserg changed subjects knowing that he thought those criminals got just what they had comeing.

"No." Diethyl looked down.

"Then how is that okay?"

"It's not...but..."

"It's okay, we just have to find him?" Lyserg didn't want Diethyl to get hurt from this. "If you see him, you'll tell me, right?...Where's Itany?"

"Itany?" Diethyl blinked. "Oh, over there."

The tiny dragon spirit was laying on a branch. Lyserg was relieved to know Diethyl had not left her were ever they were staying. Lydian had turned on Diethyl once...He had been alone, of course, Diethyl had gotten Lydian back, as soon as he could walk again, Lydian had lied his way back to having Diethyl's trust.

"Be careful, okay?"

"Lyserg?"

"Yeah?" Lyserg turned toward is cousin.

"I think i know why Lydian wanted to leave..." Diethyl wasn't looking at his cousins face, he felt bad about even thinking of betraying his brother.

"Why did you?"

"To see you again." Diethyl looked back up at Lyserg, wishing he could figure out just what he wanted to do.

The next piece. I know, it's a little confusing, but it will make sense later. Hao's alive in this one. You probably won't see the girl chars. Well, until the next chapter.

Thanks to zeke yoh asakura: I hope it starts making some sense, soon.

Zevy.