Riku

"Now, open your heart! Surrender it to the darkness! Become darkness itself!"

-Riku

Riku is a villain from the Kingdom Hearts Video game series.

=Kingdom Hearts=

In the first Kingdom Hearts game, Riku lived on the Destiny Islands, and his nest friends were Sora and Kairi. Riku was very curious of what was beyond the Destiny Islands, and suggested that they built a boat and sail out to see what other worlds may be out there. The day they would have left, the Heartless attacked the Island, and Riku disappeared. Riku sees Sora later in the game, and Maleficent convinced him that Sora had left him, and Kairi, for new friends. This is all it takes her to get Riku to join her, and to start collecting the 7 Princesses of Heart for her. As the game goes on, Riku becomes more and more evil, and his voice seems to have a second, darker one talking with it. In the final battle against Riku, Sora discovers that Ansem had possessed him. Riku, along with King Mikey, lock Ansem behind the door of darkness from the inside.

=KH: Chain of Memories=

Sora's Story
Sora encounters Riku in Castle Oblivion, but Riku acts like he had in the first, and tells Sora to leave. Later on in the game, Sora said that he had promised to protect Naminé, while Riku believes that it was not Sora, but himself who made this promise. In the end, Riku discovers that he is infact not the real Riku at all, just a copy made by Vexen. After learning this, he goes with Sora to fight Marluxia, and protects Naminé throughout the fight. Once Marluxia is defeated, the Riku Replica stays in Castle Oblivion.

Riku's Story
In Riku's story, Riku starts out in a dark void. A voice tells him to rest, but Riku refuses, and ends up in Castle Oblivion. The levels Riku goes into are mostly the same as his, however, because he rejected his friends, he can only see people who are filled with darkness. Riku can still use his dark powers, though he tries not to for most of the game. Riku fights his Replica several times, before his memories are reset and he is sent to fight Sora. Throughout the game Ansem tries to get Riku to once again embrace the darkness. Riku does embrace the darkness, however, he does not accept Ansem, and fights him. Afterwards Riku does not go back to the Destiny Islands, but instead serves DiZ.

=Kingdom Hearts II=

In Kingdom Hearts II, Riku wanders the Worlds, and his appearance has changed to look like Ansem. Riku saves Kairi in the world that never was, and Sora is very happy to see him again. Riku is able to return to his original body, and Sora asks him why he wears a blindfold, and Riku replies that he is hiding from himself. Riku discovers that his dark powers are mostly gone before the final battle. Only Sora and Riku fight Xemnas, and by working together they are able to beat him. But by doing so they trap themselves in a void, which they escape from, only to end up in a world of complete darkness. However, Riku finds a bottle, with a message from Kairi on the dark beach, and this transports them back to the Destiny Islands, where Riku is welcomed back.

=358/2 Days=