Chapter 1: Rubber Duckies and Tag

"Sweetie are you done? Can I come in now?" the sound of a young woman's soft voice was heard on the other side of the door.

Little Demyx was still playing in the bathtub with his little rubber duckie and had not heard what his mother had asked, still he had to say something so he distractedly replied, "Yes mommy."

There was a jiggle of the doorknob and Demyx's mother came into the bathroom. She was a petite, fragile looking woman who looked to be in her late twenty's. Her hair was blonde and was put into a messy ponytail, but what was truly magnificent about her was her light ocean blue eyes. She let out a startled gasp when she accidentally slipped on some soapy water. Lucky she caught herself before she could suffer from any injury.

"Demyx!" she pulled herself up and faced her son, "I thought you were done with your bath!"

Demyx let out a small squeak and ducked underwater while his little duckie stayed afloat in the bubble- filled tub. Demyx heard his mother sigh. "Dem just hurry up and get dressed okay?"

Demyx poked his head out of the water and nodded. "But.." he started.

"But what?" his mother asked. He giggled at that question, because for some reason the words "but" and "what" when said together just sounded funny to him.

"Well mommy first I gots to dry myself b'fore I get dressed."Demyx said as he started reaching for his towel.

His mother stared at him as if what he said was the most obvious thing she's ever heard. "Yes, that's true sweetie, you must first dry yourself before getting dressed."

Demyx had the towel wrapped around him and kept glancing at his little feet, then at the door. His mother finally catching on just smiled at her little boy. "Oh…. I'll just leave now so you can finish drying up."

"Demyx! We're going to be late!" his mother yelled at the bottom of the stairs.

Demyx made a dramatic (A/N: as dramatic as any 6-year-old can be) entrance and came down with a tye-dyed shirt, his Carebear boxers, duckie slippers, and his towel which he was wearing as a cape.

"Ta-Da! No need to fear, Duckie Boy is here!" he jumped off the last flight of stairs and started running around the living room making flying noises as he ran. His mother held in a giggle and said with a somewhat straight voice. "Dem sweetie you can't be Duckie Boy at the place where we're going."

Duckie Boy- I mean Demyx looked disappointed. "I can't be Duckie Boy no more?" he said with eyes that were starting to water.

Demyx's mother immediately hugged her son and re-assured him. "No, you can be Duckie Boy on Halloween or when we visit Grandma's."

Demyx was still feeling depressed. "What if somthin happens and Duckie Boy won't be there to save the day?"

His mother replied, "Dem what could go wrong at a Birthday party?" she was then bombarded with ridiculous ideas.

"Well..the candle could be a dynamite (A/N: Demyx has a creative way of thinking birthday parties) and it could blow up when lit, someone might get hurt during the piñata massacre, someone could trip, the cake could fall on the floor and ants would come and invade the party taking away all the food!!" Demyx said waving his hands around for emphasis.

"Dem I'm sure none of that will happen at the party."His mother said as she lead Demyx back up the stairs so he could change into something more "party" appropriate.

"Alrite but just in case, when they light the candle stay at a safe distance, and when you see any signs of ants grab all the food you can!" Demyx said as he watched his mother pick out clothes for him.

This time she let out a giggle and gave Demyx the clothes she picked out which was a white and blue stripped collared shirt and blue jeans. They both then headed down the stairs, grabbed the presents and everything else they needed, and were in the car in 10 minutes flat. They were then on their way to the party.

At the Party

The party was located in the park; kids were running around everywhere, balloons were floating up in the sky, the sun was out brightly, a perfect day for a birthday party. A car then stops at the parking lot, and two figures walk out.

"Dem I'm sure you'll make new friends here now why don't you go introduce yourself, while I give the presents to your Aunt Cathie." Demyx's mother said to her son as they walked to the party.

"Okies mommy," Demyx replied hastily. To be frank he really didn't want to go to the party he just wanted to stay at home.

A brown haired woman saw them immediately and went towards them. "Amy! I'm so glad you and your son could make it!" his Aunt Cathie said.

"I wouldn't miss your son's birthday Cathie, that and you called 13 times reminding me to come." Demyx's mother said laughing with her longtime friend Cathie.

"Oh! He is just adorable Amy!" Aunt Cathie gushed when she saw Demyx. "He has your eyes too!" When she tried to pick him up he let out a small squeak and hid behind his mom. "Aw..the little guy is shy?"

"Mom! Kairi accidentally let go of her balloon again," a brown haired boy said as he approached his mother.

"Again? Alright we'll get her another one, and Sora why don't you play with Demyx here too." She said pointing towards the boy who was hiding behind his mother. Amy nudged her son and tried to pry his grip off her legs.

"Now Demyx you go off and play with them while your Aunt Cathie and I catch up on things."

Cathie handed her son another balloon. "C'mon Demyx!" Demyx followed Sora to the playground where all the other kids were.

"So, how long will you and lil' Demyx stay here in San Francisco?" Cathie asked her friend as they sat down.

"Um..we'll see Cathie…" Cathie let out a sigh as she looked at her best friend.

"Amy you know you can't just keep moving, you'll have to settle down somewhere." Cathie was like an older sister to Amy.

"I know Cathie it's just everywhere I go it reminds me of him." Amy replied.

"Amy why can't you and David just get back together again?" Cathie suggested.

"It...just won't work…." Amy said in a soft whisper.

Sigh. "Alright, but you can't keep a father away from his son."

Amy just looked the other way with her head down.

"You mean you haven't told David that Demyx is his son?" Cathie paused, "Wait...does he even know he has a son?" Amy bit her lip and glanced at her son who was playing with the other kids and shook her head. "No..."

"Alrite guys this here is Demyx, and Demyx these are my friends Kairi and Riku." He said pointing to the girl in a pink dress and the silver-haired boy.

"Hi," Demyx said meekly.

"You wanna play tag with us Demyx? Sora's it' though." Kairi said with a giggle.

"Sure," Demyx replied and they took off running.

"Hey wait! Since when was I it'?" Sora yelled after them. "This is sooo not fair!!...Guys? Oh c'mon.." Sora whined.

"Come on Sora you have to run faster than that!" Riku said to Sora who was now in hot pursuit.

Sora stopped chasing Riku and went after Kairi, but she climbed up a tree out of Sora's reach. "Kairi that's cheating!"

"You never said we couldn't Sora." Sora tried climbing up the tree but when he almost tagged Kairi she just jumped down and ran off. Sora lost his grip and fell on his back. "Ouchie.." he said rubbing his now sore back.

He then heard a giggle behind the play structure, Demyx covered his mouth but it was too late.

"Aha! Found you Demyx!"

"Uh-oh," and Demyx took off running, out of his hiding spot.

"Can't catch me!!" Demyx taunted. Sora smiled that his new friend was finally getting comfortable around them. But his smile disappeared quickly as he saw something in front of Demyx.

"Demyx look out!"

But it was too late. Demyx had ran right into the person that was in front of him sending both of them to the ground.

"Owwie..mah nose.." Demyx said in pain as he clutched his nose.

Either Demyx ran into the person pretty hard, that or he hit the ground hard but either way he felt a trickle of something warm coming out of his nose.

"Jeez why don't you watch where you're going?!" The stern voice snapped Demyx's attention to the boy in front of him who was now getting back up.

Um..lol yea my first time writing a KH fic :D

Note: This is Italicized so this is a Flash back. Sorry if the beginning is kinda slow the story will pick up I promise! D:

And I left a hint to who is the b-day boy xD points for guessing who and what the clue is! And who is the mysterious character our poor wittle Demy ran into? Lulz I bet u ppl alrdy know xP

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Kingdom Heart characters. Read and Review plz x3

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