I woke up to the feeling of something cold plop against my skin. It felt like... it couldn't be... rain? I opened my eyes. It was drizzling out. I sat up and looked at Riku, still sound asleep. I smiled.

"Riku," I whispered nudging him, "Riku, wake up." Riku's eyes slowly opened. He sat up.

"Good morning," he said, smiling sleepily.

"Look," I said, pointing to the sky. The sky seemed to go on forever. The litttle droplets splashed against the black rock.

"Rain?" He asked. I nodded.

"Rain." I stood up and soaked it in. The droplets seemed to get thicker with every passing minute. Then more droplets fell. I danced in the rain. It was so much fun. I felt so free. So alive. So real. Who knew rain could do something like that to you? I never really appreciated it before, but now, I welcomed it into my arms. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around.

"May I have this dance?" Riku asked. I laughed.

"Sure!" I answered. He grabbed my hands and lifted them. I didn't really know how to dance, I just followed his moves. We ran around on the rock, hands in each other's. It wasn't really running, it was more of a swift, fast motion. We spun around in circles. I smiled and laughed. We stopped dancing and stood there, catching our breath. I looked up, and it stopped raining. The sky was still black. It made me a little nervous, but I knew it would be all right, so long as Riku was by my side. So long as we were together, everything would be all right.

"Mikaila?" Riku asked.

"Yeah?"

"Promise me that we'll always be together like this. Always having fun, and always loving each other." I smiled at him. How could I notpromise that?

"I promise, Riku."

"Thanks," he told me, "Now, we have to get moving. We have to find a portal or something and get out. We can't just stay here forever." I nodded. We walked on. Slowly, but we were still going. Heartless after heartless appeared. We fought each and every one until they were gone. Each and every one. We were silent most of the way; we didn't have much to say.

Then there was a big one. And when I say big, I mean big. Triple the size of the last three big ones we fought. One swipe and I fell. I used my last potion to cure myself. I used magic mostly on this one, while Riku fought more up close. Like usual, we each had a position to attack. Mine was more upper body and head, while his was more lower body and feet. We attacked like this for about 20 minutes, and our tactics seemed to be useless. I was feeling weak.

"Riku," I whimpered. He looked at me. I fell to the ground. His eyes widened, and he ran over to me. The heartless swiped after him. He kept coming to me, not even bothering with the large heartless. He kneeled down next to me.

"Mikaila, what is it?" he asked.

"I, I feel... weak," I mumbled. My vision got a little bit blurrier, but I could still see pretty clearly. The heartless inched closer with every second.

"Oh, Mikaila," he whispered.

"Do you have any potions?" I asked. The heartless's footsteps grew louder. Riku shook his head.

"I ran out a while ago," he said quietly. The heartless's hand was inches away from Riku's head. It smacked him, and he flew across the rock floor about 7 feet.

"Riku!" I yelled. I didn't know what to do. My legs were too weak to walk. I tried to crawl, but all I could manage was to drag my legs along. I was next to him again. He could barely move. Sweat was dripping from his forehead.

"Mikaila," he whispered so quietly that I could barely hear him.

"Oh, Riku," I whispered back. I took his hand. The heartless tried to smack us one more time. I held on to Riku's hand, waiting for the attack. It swiped, and that was all I remembered of it.

Next thing I know, I was floating in gray. I couldn't even feel myself floating.