Data-Riku: Difference between revisions

|journalCOD=An entity that looks just like Sora's friend Riku. He is, however, not the real deal. Data-Riku was chosen as a sort of ark to keep all the collective data within Jiminy's journal safe from bugs; in a way, he IS the journal now. But even he could not explain the cause of the bugs, so, after adopting Riku's appearance, he "imported" Mickey and friends to help solve the mystery.

{{Q|Memories used to fill Jiminy's journal. But when they were pulled apart and stitched back together, Bugs appeared. The full set of memories was transferred into me, to shield them from corruption. Of all the possible vessels, I was chosen from the journal's pages. So, in a way, what I really am is Jiminy's journal.|Data-Riku}}

Data-Sora encounters a [[Black Coat|black-coated]] figure on the digital [[Destiny Islands]], who gives him cryptic clues and leads him to a [[Keyhole]]. The figure reappears in the data versions of [[Traverse Town]] and [[Wonderland]], giving more cryptic messages and occasionally lending Data-Sora assistance as he works to destroy the bugs and corruption in the worlds' data. After debugging the data for Wonderland, Data-Sora follows the figure to Disney Castle, where he meets Mickey, Donald, and Goofy.

[[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|200x|right|thumb|Jiminy's Journal taking the form of fifteen-year-old Riku.]]

At this time, the black-coated man reveals himself to be Data-Riku. He explains that he has been given possession of the memories contained in Jiminy's Journal, and that he brought Mickey, Donald, and Goofy into the data world in order to solve the mysterious message, "We must return to free them from their torment", that appeared in the journal.

As Data-Sora continues visiting the worlds in the journal, Data-Riku stays in Disney Castle, guiding Sora through the monitor. When Data-Sora reaches the digital [[Olympus Coliseum]], Riku tells him that the reason he did not reveal himself to Sora earlier is because he wanted Sora to become stronger. He discusses with Sora whether they are data or artificial, and Riku says that it does not matter as long as they can make an impact to the world and help their friends.

Data-Riku reveals that the reason the monitor kept showing things Jiminy never wrote about is because it shows the journal's sleeping memories, but that even he does not know the reasons for the mysterious messages appearing in the journal, the Bug Blox corruption that appears in the Data Worlds, or what is happening to the Data World.

[[File:What Friends Are For 01 KHREC.png|thumb|left|150px|After his battle with Data-Sora in Hollow Bastion, Data-Riku becomes consumed by Bug Blox.]]

As the data in the journal finishes debugging and collecting, it begins resetting the Data World to its original form. However, Sora's Heartless interferes, and the world begins deleting itself. Riku tells Sora about the nature of his Heartless and rescues Pete and Maleficent. After Data-Sora defeats his Heartless, the Data World is reset. However, as the vessel of memories contained in the Journal, Data-Riku was spared from having his memory erased. With the Journal back in order, he finds more data from [[Castle Oblivion]] and promptly informs Mickey. As Data-Sora lacks the memories of the recent events, Data-Riku allows Mickey back inside the [[Datascape]] to serve as his guide.

Data-Riku makes one more appearance, in the first White Room in Castle Oblivion. He shows Data-Sora a memory of the real Riku with Kairi on the [[Clock Tower]] during the time Riku was lost in darkness, and Kairi had lost her heat. Data-Riku tells Sora that he managed to save them, and encourages Sora to push forward, even if he finds himself in torment. However, all his words were soon forgotten, as part of [[Data-Roxas]] and [[Data-Naminé]]'s plan to teach Sora how to deal with pain.

==Appearance==

The bugged version of Data-Riku is completely black version of him in his Dark Mode, resembling a silhouette, and wields a dark versions of Soul Eater. Data-Riku's body and Soul Eater are covered in and surrounded by bugged browser windows, which vary in color depending on what form of bugs currently make up this Data-Riku.

File:Data-Riku (Battle).png|Data-Riku infected by bugs.

*Data-Riku is the first character affiliated with the song ''Organization XIII'' (which plays when Data-Riku first enters Disney Castle) to not be a member of the Organization itself. He is also the first character to share another's main theme, since the song ''Riku'' plays during the battles with Data-Riku.