Riku: Difference between revisions

===''Kingdom Hearts III''===

In order to gather the seven guardians of light, Riku and King Mickey enter the Dark World in search of Aqua. They follow her trail to the Dark Margin, but when they arrive, they find no trace of her, her trail having gone cold deeper into darkness. A group of Shadows appear and form a [[Demon Tower]], which quickly overwhelms them. Riku finds himself consumed by the darkness, nearly drowning in it, until he is saved by his replica's disembodied heart. He blacks out and wakes on the beach, finding his Keyblade destroyed from the battle. Though Riku insists on staying to save Aqua from the same fear and loneliness he once felt in the Dark World, Mickey convinces him to retreat back to Yen Sid to regroup and resupply. Before leaving, Riku plants his broken Keyblade on the beach for the Riku Replica to collect.

At the Mysterious Tower, Yen Sid suggests that as Aqua visited many worlds during her own journey, it may be prudent for Riku and Mickey to follow her footsteps to gain clues to her current whereabouts. He provides new garments for Kairi and Lea, and requests that Riku and Mickey deliver them when they visit Merlin to gain new Keyblades. Now armed with the [[Braveheart]], Riku travels with Mickey to Radiant Garden, the last place Aqua was seen in the Realm of Light. They discuss the path of Xehanort's heart through time and vessels, and the realization that the Xehanort that served Ansem the Wise was in fact a possessed Terra. After a phone call from Sora, they head into the castle to discuss the replica project with [[Ienzo]].

Without any new leads to her location, Riku and Mickey travel back to the Dark Margin to pick up Aqua's trail. Again they are assaulted by the Demon Tower, and again are overwhelmed by it. This time, however, Mickey is disarmed and trapped within it, and [[Anti-Aqua]] reveals herself from its depths. She claims Mickey's Keyblade, planning to use it to return to the Realm of Light, leaving Riku and Mickey trapped behind as she was. Riku connects with his replica's heart and uses their combined strength to confront Aqua and the Demon Tower. The fight takes its toll on Riku and, faltering, he speaks Sora's name. This connection allows Sora to enter the realm of darkness, where he defends Riku and defeats Aqua, freeing her from the Darkness. Riku is by her side as she awakens in the Realm of Light.

With all seven guardians finally assembled, they meet at the Mysterious Tower, where Riku thanks Aqua for saving him during his first visit to the Realm of Darkness. Yen Sid tells them all to spend the day recuperating before meeting at the Keyblade Graveyard. Riku accompanies Sora and Kairi to the Destiny Islands, but spends the evening on the beach alone so he may speak to the replica in his heart. The replica admits he would rather exist within Riku's heart than fade into darkness, and states he has "one last thing to do".

The next day, Riku joins the other guardians in the Keyblade Graveyard, where he helps battle the horde of Heartless, Nobodies, and Unversed summoned by the real Organization XIII and passes through the fissure ahead of Sora. On the other side, Terra-Xehanort appears and attacks the guardians, incapacitating Ventus and Lea before being ejected from the battlefield. In his wake, a massive Demon Tide appears, and though Riku tries to rally Sora and Aqua to fight it, it quickly devours them all except for himself and Sora. As Sora breaks down in tears, Riku steps forward with a simple statement of faith in him, and faces down the Demon Tide alone.

Unable to stem the tide, Riku and Sora are both swallowed by darkness. However, Sora is able to recover himself in [[the Final World]] and track down his friends hearts using the power of waking. Riku's heart makes its way to Olympus, where it is captured by a [[Lich]]. Sora manages to catch the Lich and free Riku's heart, sending it back to the Keyblade Graveyard. When Sora frees all of his friends' hearts, they reappear together, moments before Terra-Xehanort first appeared.

This time, they are rescued from Terra-Xehanort's attack by the [[Lingering Will]], allowing Riku and the others to fight off the incoming Heartless while Sora, Donald, and Goofy defeat the Demon Tide. Finally, they advance to face the organization within the Skein of Severance. Riku battles Dark Riku, Xigbar, and Ansem alone until Sora arrives. Ansem flees the battle, but Sora and Riku manage to defeat the others. The Riku Replica's heart exits Riku's body, and reveals that Dark Riku is, in fact, his own heart from the past. He pulls Dark Riku's heart from the replica body and leaves the vessel behind for Naminé.

With one key left to forge, Xehanort reveals the kidnapped Kairi and slays her in front of them. Sora and Riku both attempt to attack Xehanort, but are easily repelled. Riku and Mickey are then frozen by a Stopza spell, and Xehanort summons Kingdom Hearts. The other guardians arrive as the spell wears off, and Riku presents the idea of using Xehanort as a portal and trapping him in it long enough to finish him. Though Riku, Mickey, and Aqua plan to go into the final battle, Sora, Donald, and Goofy volunteer to go instead, so that the other Keyblade wielders could remain to hold back the power of Kingdom Hearts.

Once Xehanort is defeated, Riku and the others follow their hearts to Sora. They lend their power to Sora as he uses the χ-blade to seal Kingdom Hearts away. Returning to the Keyblade Graveyard, Sora decides to use the power of waking to rescue Kairi. Though Mickey tries to argue, Riku convinces him to let Sora follow his heart.

Some time later, Riku takes Sora's gummi ship to Radiant Garden to collect Naminé, and returns with her to Destiny Islands along with all the guardians and their friends. He runs a race with Terra and Roxas before looking toward the paopu tree where Kairi sits with the fading image of Sora.

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==Other appearances==

===''Yozora''===