Title: How It All Begins

Author: NT aka Aku-chan

Pairing(s): Max/Kai

Disclaimer: No, I do not own! I, however, own Kai's shirt!

Kai: No you don't!

Aku: I can dream... you shirtless... *daydreams*

Kai: -.-;;;; *walks far away from Aku*

Warning(s): Your mom!! Haha, just kidding, okay, sugar = bad. Errr... shonen ai, an attempt at cross dressing (read and you'll understand or be more confused than before ^^;;;), uuhhh... hint at murder... I think, and FLUFF! PURE KAWAII FLUFF WARNIING! ^^;;;;

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The child smiled, as he held his mother's hand, giggling from the breeze that tickled against his neck. He blinked as soft laughter reached his ears, looking over to two boys, one with strange blue hair and another with soft brown hair.

His smile brightened, the prospect of making new friends widening. His baby blue eyes looked up at the hand, then to the owner of the hand. Tugging gently, the woman smiled down at her precious.

"Can I go play over there?" His small finger pointed out the two boys playing in the sand. "Pleeeeassse mommy?"

The woman laughed softly, refusing to say no to her son's puppy eyes. She knew he always had his way, but her smile didn't falter any. Kissing her son on the forehead, she looked into the blue eyes he had inherited from her.

"Of course you can, Maxie. I'll be right over there on the bench. Don't go too far."

The genki boy smiled, as his mother ruffled his blonde locks. Running off as fast as his small legs could take him, he took off to meet the other children.

"ELO!" He shouted out once he reached the edge of the sandbox. The sudden outburst surprised the two already present, as they fell over, face in the sand. "Ah, gomen!!" Max quickly hopped in the sandbox and helped the two boys up.

"It's okay," The smaller one said soflty, obviously shy, while dusting the sand off his toy laptop.

"Hi! I'm Takao!!" The bluenette stated, while striking a rather silly pose. The blonde giggled and took the offered hand from Takao.

"I'm Max!" He giggled again as sand came out of Takao's hat. Blue eyes quickly scanned over the shorter boy, as he fixed his glasses. "What's your name?" Max poked the other boy on the nose, as the said boy's cheeks reddened.

"Kenny."

"He's the chief! He's the smartest 5 year old around!" Takao yelled out, not caring for how loud he was. This caused Kenny to blush again, muttering a humble response.

"Maxie?"

"Yeah?"

"You sound funny." And Kenny and Max fell over at the rather random and blunt statement that came from Takao's mouth.

"Hai, I lived in 'Merica."

"Oooooooh!" Takao said, feeling enlightened, which Kenny rolled his eyes (if you could see them that is). "Well, Maxie, you can hang out with me and the chief! We'll be like the three musk trees!!!"

"That's musketeers, Takao." Kenny sighed, corrected his friend.

For the rest of the afternoon, the three played together, becoming closer friends. They played tag and hide-and-seek, and pretended to be knights and animals and ninjas. After a while, Kenny and Takao were called by their mother's to leave the park.

"Bye Maxie!!!" Takao shouted, waving to his newest friend, as his mother's hand wrapped gently around his.

"See you again, Max." Kenny said politely as he walked off with his mother.

"Bye!!!" Max waved, saddened that his friends had to leave. He was about to run over to his mother, until he stopped and heard a sniffling sound. Curious, the boy walked closer to where the sound was coming from. He crept past the jungle gym and near the bushes.

Once past the obstacle, his eyes widened, reflecting off the placid lake just a few steps in front of him. He gazed at the shimmering water, his eyes brightening as he found the scenery magical.

Then the sniffling came again, breaking Max out of his trance. His curiosity once again dragging him around, he looked near the edge of the lake to see a small boy, sitting with his legs curled in, as he rest his arms and head on them.

The blonde slowly walked up, trying to look at the face of the crying boy. He looked over the strange hair; the front a silverish blue while the back was a darker blue with a hint of violet.

"Are you okay?" Max whispered softly, trying to sound comforting.

As he said the words, the mysterious boy's head shot up, eyes staring straight at the stranger. "What do you want?!" The boy snapped, his eyes narrowing.

The blonde stepped back a few paces, looking into the strange eyes of the boy. It was the color red. Out of everyone Max had met, not one of them had red eyes. He looked over at the tears staining the cheek, thinking it looked wrong on the boy's face. Then the next thing to catch his attention was the blue triangles that rested on those pale cheeks. It was... odd.

It wasn't like he didn't like them. In fact, he liked them. It made the red eyes stand out more. He looked over the boy's clothing, finding them strange. And finally he took one full look over, and strangely, he thought everything was perfect about the other.

"What are you staring at?!" The harsh child yelled again, wanting to scare away the blonde. But he didn't move.

"I was wondering why you were crying."

"It's none of your business!"

Max's chibi face scrunched in thought. There had to be a way to get the other talking. A light bulb seemed to appear above his little blond head, which would explain his face brightening up. With a determined look etched across his kawaii face, Max crouched down and leapt at the other.

The bluenette, not expecting the tackle, yelled out with surprise, his face covered in confusion and shock. But that soon faded, as he definitely did not like being on the bottom. (Aku: Seme anyone? Hehe)

Max smiled in triumph, as he looked down at the stunned boy beneath him. But those pink lips curved into a smirk, being his only warning.

With a growl, the bluenette flipped the two over, grinning victoriously as he sat on top of the blonde. Max laughed and found it fun, as the two continued to wrestle to be on top. And rolling over and over and over and...

After about twenty - give or take ten - rolls, both boys were laughing, innocence radiating from the pair. On their backs, light blue ones and crimson ones scanned the clear sky, the clouds slowly passing overhead.

"Look!" The blonde pointed his finger to the eyes, two sets of eyes staring at the spot.

"What?" The other boy said softly, wondering what caught the other's attention. It all looked the same to him.

"It's a bunny!" Being a kid who lacked certain imagination, looked over at the blonde incredulity, thinking he was looking at some crazy alien.

"Bunnies can't fly, so there's no way they can be in the sky."

Giggling, Max shook his head, turning his head for his bright blue eyes to meet the others. "I meant the cloud. It looks like one."

Blushing, the bluenette looked away embarrassed. "Oh."

"Why don't you try?"

"Try what?"

"To find something in the clouds."

Crimson eyes scanned the sky, over the few clouds in the mass of blue. He sighed. "I... I can't see anything. Just clouds."

His head bent down, saddened that he wasn't able to be like the others. That is, until he felt a hand rest over his own pale one. The other was slightly darker than his, but still a pale shade. The bluenette looked up, shock written over his face, as the blonde had come up close to him, smiling as always.

"It's okay. I still like you." The blonde smiled, and gently placed his lips over the bluenette's, a sweet innocent kiss shared between the two. Pulling back, he smiled even more brightly.

Too stunned, the bluenette couldn't say anything, just placed his fingers over his lips, wondering if that truly had happened. And the two sat, watching the clouds, hands still touching.

Both, this time, smiling.

"So why were you crying before?" The previous curiosity returning.

"I can't find my mommy." The bluenette said, as tears started to cloud his vision.

"Hmm..." Max took on a thoughtful look. "I got it! I'll be your mom for now!!!"

The taller of the two's face faulted, looking at the other as if he was declaring he had just turned into a froggie. "Eh?"

"I'll be your mommy for now!"

"But mommies are girls!" The crimson-eyed boy said, his eyes wide as he looked over Max, seeing as how he is a boy.

"I can look like a girl. How hard can it be?" The blonde said, as he thought over how he could change the way he looked. "I know! Be right back!" The small child ran off, leaving crimson eyes blinking in wonder.

After ten minutes, Max returned, but his hair was brushed down, which was actually kind of long, now that it was down and straight and most of all, tamed. He had a large hat and a sweater, most likely borrowed from his mom. The sweater, he had tied around his waist, to make it look like an apron/dress thing.

The other could only stare, and tried to run away from the 'mom'. But Max grabbed onto his arm first. "Where do you think you're going baby?"

"I am not a baby!" The 'baby' pouted.

"Well, if I'm the mom, you're the baby."

"This is so girly!"

"Just get over here and give mommy a hug!"

"Wahh?!?!"

"Listen to your mommy!!"

"You're a BOY!"

"Mommy's hurt." Max faked teary eyes.

"Fine, fine." The bluenette sighed, and hopped onto the bench Max or 'Mommy' was sitting on, and he wrapped his arms around 'her'.

"That's better, now lay down on my lap."

"Why?!"

"To check if you have bugs in your ear!"

"Why would I have bugs in my ears?!"

"Why else do doctors check your ears?!"

"I thought you were a mom!"

"I am! I'm a mom AND a doctor!"

"This is stupid!" The bluenette hopped off the bench.

"Wait!"

"What now?!"

"Can you... can you help me down?" The blonde said shyly.

The other raised his eyebrow, wondering why the blonde needed his help. Until he noticed that he was afraid, his legs barely off the edge of the bench. He didn't actually notice that the other was that much shorter than him.

Walking over, the bluenette opened his arms to the blonde. "Come down now, I'll catch you."

"You promise?"

"Promise."

Slowly getting off the bench, Max let his legs dangle, as his fear of heights got to him. That is, until he felt the two warm arms wrap around his waist. With that, he let go off the bench, as the bluenette carried him away, putting him gently down on the grass.

"Thank you."

The other merely nodded and sat down on the grass, staring out at the lake in front of him. Max followed, seating beside his newest friend. He looked down, and slowly entwined his hand with the other, liking the warmth it gave him.

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"Max!!! Max, time to go home!!!" A blonde woman called, looking around for her child, worried that she couldn't see him. Walking across a bridge, she looked over to the side of the lake, relief spreading across her face. "Max!"

The blonde blinked, lifting his head from the other's shoulder, rubbing at his eyes sleepily. He looked over, gazing straight into the familiar eyes.

"I have to go now." The other looked down sadly, his silver-blue locks flowing over his face. "We can play again!"

With that said, the bluenette's face brightened, as he smiled and gently kissed the blonde. "Promise?" He whispered, looking down as he blushed.

"Promise!" The genki child said, his cheeks also stain in a soft pink. He began running over to his mother, watching as the waving bluenette got smaller in his view.

"Wait!" Max suddenly stopped, and turned around. "What's your name?"

"Kai..." The bluenette said softly and then more loudly, as the other was far away now. "Kai!"

Smiling, Max waved once again, but was soon snapped out of his thoughts, as his mother called him again. "Max!!"

"Bye Kai!!"

"Bye... Max..." Kai said, smiling as the face was burned into his mind.

Max would keep his promise. That is, not until many years later.

"KAI!" A harsh voice screamed, a gunshot rang loose. The blonde looked back at the park he just left. His face was filled with concern as he swore he heard a scream.

And it began to rain.

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Owari?

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Aku: Errrr... yeah...

Max: O.O What happened?!?!

Aku: ^^;;;;;;

Max: -.-;;;

Aku: Hehe, well, did you like it, hate it, love it, want to burn it?

Max: o.o

Aku: What? Anyways, I might add a second part... but I'm, not sure.