The Amazing Colossal Yaoi
Around the time when Demyx was very young before he was nicknamed Number IX and the Melodious Nocturne and before the present storyline, he was the youngest one in the world of Organization XIII before he established membership. He was a small child too young to be a Nobody; not even a toddler when the Superior discovered the offspring in the Castle Oblivion hallway almost 19 years ago. He didn't know where he came from or why he showed up there in a baby hand carrier. The child had a full head of dirty blonde hair, its small chubby arms scrunched up, and little hands close to this chest in a peaceful rest. The Superior as a Nobody, the first Nobody himself, was not sure of what else to do with it. He didn't harbor any feelings for sympathy for a helpless infant. He had no time to handle children when he needed to collect hearts at that dire time. However, it was that one idea of "collecting hearts" to be a human that decided Demyx's faith.
Thinking the child would improve the search for hearts to fulfill a collection for Kingdom Hearts; he decided to keep the baby and named him Dyme, from his constant "Da me" cooing. His early research involved studying the reactions and behaviors of Dyme, his attention spans were also taken into account. He assigned Vexen, The Chilly Academic, to take various samples and was in charge of nutrition while Xaldin, the third member, was in charge of discipline when Dyme became older. Through the years, Dyme became the same age as Number VI, Zexion, who also never seemed to age after becoming a Nobody. The Superior was confused over how a Nobody could age as Dyme did, even though Vexen already claimed he was a normal human child. Only He and Numbers III and IV knew of his existence and hiding him away among various worlds.
By the time the Organization grew to eight members, Dyme was becoming of age and showed a promising gift of music. He learned to play the sitar when he learned to feed himself and practiced when he could with Vexen's constant complaint of him playing when he's researching. The Superior saw a strong potential in his gift and his spirit that he wanted Dyme to be a part of the Organization and given the chance not to be spoiled, to prove himself on their terms. Yet among one of the seaside worlds, the Heartless, dark beings with no hearts and detached from the person along with a Nobody, Dyme was their latest victim. He was rescued before the world was consumed in darkness, leaving behind his own Nobody. From then on, Dyme was renamed…Demyx.
But it seemed like eons ago when he became a Nobody. Demyx now commands the Dancer Nobodies, his sitar from childhood now a likeness of the Organization's symbol of an upside down heart with a crossed line at the top. With being number IX, he felt he wasn't appreciated enough and sent on missions he knew he couldn't do. The eighth Nobody, Axel, teased him and calls him "Dumyx", Vexen always yelled at him for something, Zexion didn't associate with anyone, and Lexaeus and Xaldin were too brutish and stern looking to even be near. Not even the Superior was available except to give orders. He was the shortest member, behind Larxene (Number XII) and Zexion (VI), from afar, all three stood about the same size. The only other Nobody he could turn to was the second top member, The Sharpshooter Xigbar.
Xigbar himself seemed like a scary and shady character, with a right eye patch and a long deep fleshy scar on his left cheek (and whenever he saw him naked, more various fleshy wounds along his torso). He treated him like a kid as they were some 30 years apart, but he really liked him. Xigbar showed him the ropes when he first came to the Town That Never Was, how to be a member to look for hearts for the mission, even how to use his beloved sitar as a weapon, despite his clumsiness and low fighting skills. Demyx also goes to Xigbar when he didn't do a mission right or if the other members ridicule him. They became so close, that Demyx usually calls him "Xiggy" in private, while Xigbar in turn refers to him as "kid", "Demy" for an especially good mood.
The only thing they shared despite a lack of knowledge of their pasts was the fact that they were in love.
Demyx knew something was there when he first saw him; the younger member respected him, the "coolest" of all the adults. While Xigbar recognized how "adorable" he was in a fragile, sympathetic way like a disabled kitten that wobbled in its walk. He never liked how everyone treated him, but it didn't surprise him either. Demyx wasn't the greatest fighter or absolutely intelligent, but he was quirky and when things don't go as planned, Demyx would remark in clever quips without making him look any worse than what he did.
They didn't reveal their love for each other just yet. It went back to a particular incident that happened after a little advice on practical jokes….