Kingdom Hearts is owned by Disney and Square Enix. Ok, this is a combination of Aquamarine and the Little Mermaid, with the Kingdom Hearts characters.

Skittles

Chapter I: The Sea

"Demyx!" Panted a spiky-haired blonde. "Wait up!"

"You're supposed to be keeping up!" Chucked a mullet headed blonde.

"How can we? You're swimming faster than a dolphin!" The spiky-haired brunette said as he wrapped his arms around the mullet blonde. "Got cha!" The two of them laughed. The spiky-haired blonde caught up. He was panting hard.

"A little short of breath there, Roxas?" The mullet head grinned.

"A . . . little . . . short of . . . brains there. . . Demyx?"Roxas retorted. The brunette laughed as Demyx crossed this arms.

"Oh, ha ha. You're asking for it, Roxy." He turned to face the laughing brunette. "You two, Sora." Demyx grinned his mischievous little grin.

"What did I do?" Sora swam past them confused.

Demyx just chuckled. "Come on. We better get back. Xaldin will have my head if I miss lunch again."

"Well if you'd stick more to your princely duties, than goof off, you wouldn't have to worry." Sora said sarcastically.

"I know, but, the ocean's way too hard to resist. I can't help but goof off and explore." Demyx smiled. "Anyway, want to join for lunch?"

The other two stopped. Sora scratched his head. "Love to Dem, but we have other plans."

"Oh yeah. Right. Never mind then. See ya later." Demyx said turning around.

"Sorry Dem. Maybe another time."Roxas said.

"Ok." Demyx swam away. Trying not to kill his mood, Demyx took a deep breath and blew out bubbles. Bubbles always made him smile. The small smile he always had. Ever since he was kid, exploring, he always had it. And because he loved to explore, he found many things. That's how he came to be in the forgotten city of Mermaidia. He and his parents would always venture out and about and found numbers of caves, caverns, and reefs. But when Demyx was still small an accident took his parents away from him and left him to fend for himself. Fearing that the worst might happen, Xaldin took him in and claimed him as his own. People often didn't think of him as a true hair to the throne, seeing as how he really didn't have a passion for it.

After a while, Demyx reach the castle. To him, it looked just like a giant sand castle. The walls were covered in bright and colorful anemones, corals, and flowers. The floors were nothing but limestone and the ceiling made of a gold like rock that Demyx didn't know the name of. Pictures hung from the wall. Not just of royal, but of everyone who lived in the palace. There was even one of Demyx, only the painter got his eyes color wrong, and Xaldin nearly had the guy boiled, but Demyx spent the whole night trying to fix the error himself. His aqua-blue eyes were hard to mix. There could only be so much green in the blue. Every time Demyx passed the portrait, he'd laugh at how he spent that whole night trying to copy his eye color.

When Demyx entered the dining hall, he was greeted by Marten, Xaldin's advisor. Demyx never really liked Marten. He often got bad vibes from being around Marten. Demyx floated over to his usual seat and waited for Xaldin.

When Xaldin came through the door, he had a smile on his face. "You're actually here today Demyx. I'm impressed."

"Well, Sora and Roxas, and I were working up an appetite." Demyx smiled back.

"Then why didn't you invite them in?"

Demyx had that are-you-serious look. "I thought you said you wanted to speak with me in private."

"I did. I was just asking why you didn't invite them."

Demyx lowered his head. "They had other plans with their parents." Xaldin's smile faded. He knew how Demyx felt when it came to even thinking about parents. The memories of the accident that made Demyx lose his parents was too much for him to bear. One time it haunted him so badly; Demyx nearly starved himself asking for death. Xaldin's kept a close eye on him ever since. He'd sometimes even snuck into Demyx's room to watch him as he slept.

When Xaldin sat in his seat next to Demyx, they began eating. It was quiet and Demyx hated quiet. So when he noticed the jelly balls sitting in the bowl next to him, he got an idea. He put one on his plate and began to count: one . . . two . . . three!

By three, the ball was on his plate and after three, it had exploded, leaving goopy jelly dripping from his hair and face and Xaldin with a worried look. Demyx opened his eyes and took his finger to taste the jelly.

"Mmmm! Jelly. Want some?" Xaldin shook his head and chuckled.

"No thanks Dem. I think I'll pass." Xaldin handed Demyx a napkin so he could wipe his face off. The rest went by quickly. Xaldin talked a bit more to Demyx about his future inheritance and what he should expect. After lunch, Demyx swam up to the surface and into the sun. He pulled himself up onto his rock and stared into the sky. He closed his eyes watching the seagulls fly over head. As he laid there, he listened to the crashing waves and the birds. Stuff like this always made Demyx relax. To him, the world was perfect. . .

On a ship sailing the Mediterranean, a man was sitting on the bow looking out to the sea.

"See anything Xigbar?" A spiky red head asked the somewhat grumpy guy.

"No. I just can't see a damn thing with the sun in my eye." Xigbar said squinting. "Wanna switch Axel?"

"No thanks, I'm good. I know you don't want to swop the poopdeck, which is what I have to do next. . ." Axel sighed.

"You're right. I don't. I'd only serve what I find there to Luxord on a plate." Xigbar grinned. "So how's our newest mate liking the ride?"

"I'd say . . . He's not quite comfortable. But I don't see why we need Prince Bad Mouth to find those chests." Axel pointed his thumb at the captain's quarters. Not long ago they captured a silvery-blue haired prince from his home. Captain Luxord thought he could help them find the treasures they had been looking for.

"Because he may know where the treasures are."

"Xigbar, if he knows anything, it's apparent he's not going to talk. Luxord should see that." Axel said.

"Aye that I do mate." Xigbar's and Axel's head snapped in Luxord's direction. He was a short haired blond with a blond goatee. He had also been listening to their conversation. With him, he dragged behind him the silvery-blue haired boy, who was tied and gagged. "Xigbar, if he doesn't talk by midnight, tonight, take him for a swim. I'm getting tired of his stubbornness." Luxord practically threw the boy at Xigbar as he nodded. Xigbar just loved making people suffer.

When Luxord returned to his quarters, Xigbar looked down at the boy lying in front of him. He smirked up at Axel, who was chuckling.

"Well Zexion, you heard the captain. Why don't you just tell us what you know?" Xigbar removed the gag from Zexion's mouth.

"I'm telling you, I don't know anything!" Zexion screamed. His life on this ship, even though it had only been a few days, had been hell. He just wanted to go home. With his life on the line, he was more than willing to say anything.

"Then who in your kingdom would?" Xigbar was practically ripping Zexion's hair out. He even had tears running down his face.

"Vexen! My tutor Vexen. He's knows all about the ocean and everything in it. He might know about those chests."

"Now that's a good boy. That wasn't so hard now, was it? And now maybe the captain will let you live." Xigbar let go of Zexion. Axel smirked and grabbed a hold of the front of his shirt and looked up at Xigbar.

"I think I'll take him back to my room and get better acquainted with him. Feel free to join Xigbar." Axel basically dragged Zexion below deck to his small room. Xigbar just shook his head and walked back to Luxord's room. Once there, he knocked on the door.

"Captain, we have a lead." Luxord opened the door.

"Well that was quick. Come on in Xigbar." Xigbar walked in. "Where is he now?"

"He's getting better acquainted with Axel." Luxord handed Xigbar a bottle of rum.

"So what has our little mate told you?"

"He said if anyone would know, it'd be his tutor Vexen. We could use him as a bargaining tool." Xigbar suggested.

"Yes, yes we could. In fact, we will. I'm sure mate's father is worried about him." Luxord smiled. Xigbar took it as a sign that it was a good idea. "Now then, let's drink." The two of them did just that. And both of them went through more than four bottles of rum, and were completely drunk. "You know what Xigbar?" Luxord pulled Xigbar closer to him.

"What's that captain?" Xigbar closed the gap between them.

"You look . . . different in this light."

"Different how?"

"Different like this." Luxord placed his lips to Xigbar's, and in their drunken state, they started to remove each other's clothes. . .

Zexion laid on Axel's bed. He was naked and crying. His body was badly bruised and aching. He could barely lift head. Axel, on the other hand, just sat there leaning against the wall, with his pipe in his teeth. He examined Zexion closely.

"Perfect Zexion. That was perfect." Axel chuckled lightly as he got up and left the room, leaving Zexion on the bed to weep. . .

Demyx felt something tickle his nose. He rubbed his nose and felt something tickle it again. Then he opened his eyes. It was rain. He looked at the sky and saw that the clouds were getting very dark. Demyx didn't know how long he had been sleeping for, or how mad Xaldin would be for him not knowing if a human saw him or not. Demyx jumped into the water. It was cold, but he soon got over it. When Demyx got to the palace gates, he saw Marten. He wondered if Marten was looking for him. As Demyx watched quietly, he saw Marten swim in the direction of the Tyrthenium Basin. Demyx wondered why he was going off in the direction, he would have followed, but he didn't have time for that. He had yet to let Xaldin know he was ok.

Demyx entered the palace and was greeted by nonother than Xaldin. Demyx offered a smile, but Xaldin just kept his arms crossed over his chest with his angry father like stare.

"Demyx, where have you been?"

"My usual spot on the surface. I fell asleep and it started raining, so the birds weren't able to wake me up today." Demyx scratched the back of his head as Xaldin sighed.

"Demyx . . ."

"Xaldin, I'm sorry. It was just so-"

"Calm and peaceful. Demyx, you know I don't care that you go up there, but I care if a human sees you. You know how dangerous they can be."

"I know . . . I'm sorry." Demyx was on the verge of crying. He really hated being scolded, mainly because it made him feel that the person scolding him felt that he was worthless to them. Xaldin just sighed again and pulled Demyx up into a hug.

"Just be careful. But this time, promise me." Demyx looked up into Xaldin's eyes.

"I promise." Xaldin let go of Demyx, and Demyx swam off to his room. Even though Demyx just woke up from a nap, he swam to calm shell bed and soon fell into a deep sleep. Little did he know what tomorrow had in store for him.