Riku (Kingdom Hearts)

"Will you take the road to light- or the road to darkness?"

- DiZ

"Neither. I'm taking the middle road."

- Riku

Riku is one of the main characters from the Kingdom Hearts series, and is one of Sora's best friends. Kairi is his other best friend.

=Kingdom Hearts= Riku is one of the main inhabitants of Destiny Islands. Maleficrnt gifted him and took him in with Darkness. Ansem the seeker of Darkness took control and Sora eventually freed him and defeated Ansem. To seal the Door to Darkness he stayed with King Mickey.

=Chain of Memories= Riku travels the basement area of Castle Oblivion and confronted two Organization members and then met The King and DiZ. He then defeated Ansem and began his quest to control his Darkness and help Sora awaken. =Kingdom Hearts II= Riku in his Ansem form keep track of Roxas, Sora, and the Nobodies in the Simulated Twilight Town. He meets the Emporer and battles Sora in the Land of Dragons. He becomes his old form and works with Sora, Donald, and Goofy to defeat Xemnas and return home with his friends. =358/2 Days= Riku teams up with Diz to help Sora awaken. He defeats Xion and calls her Keyblade a sham. He has Xion decide what to do. Eventually Diz is fed up with the delays, and has Riku capture Roxas and sends Roxas to the Simulated Twight Town and he waits for Sora to awaken.