How long it had been? A minute? An hour? A day? A week? You didn't know. Or even cared. You had cried all your tears long ago already, now only curled up in a fetal position and staring into the infinite blackness. Heart broken into million pieces, you were lost in the darkness. This time there wasn't a way out. You knew it, but didn't care. There was nothing for you anyways. You were one with the darkness now. You couldn't even draw your keyblade anymore, every corridor of darkness you opened didn't lead to anywhere. Only more and more pitch black darkness all around you.

Axel died. He saved you by cost of his own life. Saving your life he also took the reason for you to live.

"Take this away from me." You sobbed, pressing your arms tightly against your chest. "I don't want to have a heart if I need to feel this pain."

"...[f/n]..?"

You sprung up in merely a second, looking around you. Nothing.

"I'm losing my mind…" Burying your face into your hands, you fell down to your knees. It was his voice.

"...[f/n]!"

Was it really just your imagination? His voice echoed all around you in the darkness, not just in your head.

"[f/n]!"

There was it again! There was something else too, but you couldn't make out anything else except your name. Your heart was racing. Was this true? If it really was him… How?

"OK, concentrate… What he is saying?"

"... [f/n], where are you? Come back…"

"That's it! It's him!" You jumped up, pressing your hands on both sides of your head to help you concentrate. "Come on, come on… Concentrate!"

"I once promised… Geez! I'm trying here!"

"...What?" You glanced up, stoic frown on your face.

"Some privacy, please!"

Lea's POV

"What do you mean she disappeared?!" He flustered angrily.

"She… Uh…" Sora scratched back of his head. "After you… faded away… She opened the portal for me and then she…"

"And WHAT?!"

"Axel, calm down!" Riku commanded sternly.

"I told you, it's Lea..! Argh, whatever!" This was so nerve-racking. After his death as a nobody he had awakened in Ansem's lab as a full being, rushed to find [f/n]- But she was nowhere to be found. Now he was at the Yen Sid's study, trying to squeeze some information from Sora and others. "Don't tell me to calm down, damn it… I need to find her!"

"She just… vanished." Sora gave Lea an apologizing look, feeling sorry not being able to help. "It looked like… darkness swallowed her."

"This is what Master Yen Sid warned her about." King Mickey shook his head in despair. "She fell into the shadows."

"Then I'm going to go get her back from there!" Lea stated determinedly. "I can still control the darkness-"

"No, you are not going to do that." Deep, stern voice interrupted Lea's blustering.

"And what that is supposed to mean, old man?!" Lea scowled at Yen Sid.

"Lea, please! Some respect!" King Mickey tried to calm him down.

"She's too deep in the darkness. If you both end up there, neither of you is getting out." Yen Sid continued. "But, there is a way…"

Everyone in the room waited anxiously for him to continue.

"You are her way out." Yen Sid turned to look at Lea, stroking his beard.

"What..? How I can be her way out if I can't even go to get her back..?"

"You need to guide her back to us. Call for her." Room was silent, all eyes on Master Yen Sid and Lea. "Your hearts are connected- She will hear your call, find the light in her heart and the way back to us."

"Call for her..? How I'm going to do that?" There was hope. He would do anything what was needed to get her back to him.

"Close your eyes, concentrate. Call for her, not only with your voice but with your heart."

Slowly Lea closed his eyes. What exactly he needed to do? Call her with his heart? How that worked? He just needed to try- Try until she would hear him.

"[f/n]?" Lea called her name quietly. "Come on, can you hear me? [f/n]?" With a frustrated sigh, he continued trying. How he would know when it worked? "[f/n]! Please, [f/n], where are you? Come back to me. I… I once promised…"

Lea slightly opened his other eye, glancing around the room.

"Geez! I'm trying here! Some privacy, please! Scatter around, OK?!" He growled, feeling the heat on his cheeks.

Reader's POV

What was he talking about? You just assumed that wasn't meant for you, trying to keep concentrating.

"... I once promised that I will always come back to you."

That last sentence made your eyes fill up with tears you thought had already dried up.

"I promised to come back to you… And I did! But now I need you to come and meet me in the half way! Please! [f/n], come back to me..!"

But where he was? How you would get to him? Could you even escape from this darkness? You started to panic.

"[f/n], I love you..! Come back!"

When you opened your eyes, you startled- There was... a door in front of you? You couldn't believe your eyes, where did it came from..? Cautiously you approached the door. Peeking behind it, looked like it didn't lead to anywhere.

"Is this… the way out? Oh well. It's worth of a try." You mumbled. "Doors pretty rarely pop up at you without a reason."

You grabbed the handle and tugged. Nothing. Pushed? Nothing.

"Locked?!" You flustered. "What the hell I'm going to do with a locked door! I need a key…"

That's it. A key. Your heart began racing again as you raised your shaking hand.

"Please… Let it work!" You prayed in your mind. You hadn't been able to call out your keyblade after falling into the darkness- Now it was your only chance. "This door is my only way to him… I need it to work!" Taking a deep breath, you went for it.

"YES!" You cheered as a light flashed- Your keyblade was back. "Keyblade opens every lock, or so they say… Let's try it out."