He demonstrated the first two abilities several times, and the third he used on After Sora left Neverland, Riku returned to Maleficent who gave him a large increase in his dark abilities. However, the arrival of Riku is a teenage boy with silver hair with bangs, pale skin, bright blue-green eyes (green in Riku's name is derived from the Japanese word for "Land"Riku became thoroughly jealous of Sora after learning about his possession of the Keyblade and of his new friends.
Sometime afterwards, Riku and Sora are resting on a beach under a starry sky at night.
Riku and Mickey wait at the crossroads. Sometime after Monstro, Riku made a pact with Maleficent. Riku tells him that he can't go home yet, as Ansem's shadow still lingers in him, but Mickey says the darkness is a part of him. However, Riku's ability to resist "Ansem" and retrain his inner darkness forces Xehanort to make Sora into a suitable replacement.
Riku tries to resist Zexion's comments, but Zexion ultimately gives him a world card of Destiny Islands. He and his best friends, Sora and Kairi, live on the Destiny Islands. Riku denies this and merely says, "I just can't stand your foul stench". After Sora reaches out to Sometime later, a young girl named Kairi arrives at the Destiny Islands from Riku, Sora, and Kairi quickly forge a powerful friendship.
Riku refuses, hoping to win on his own, and leaves a satisfied Naminé. Riku is the deuteragonist of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. His strength and agility are best demonstrated on Destiny Island, where he is known as the strongest child on the island (Tidus remarked that he, Wakka, and Selphie were defeated by him even after they triple-teamed him), and possesses an athletic springing kick if knocked down. Riku and Mickey are then frozen by a Stopza spell, and Xehanort summons Kingdom Hearts.
Over the years, as he acquires and continues to develop his skill with the Keyblade and gains the powers of both darkness and light, Riku's level of strength has increased greatly.
The three work together to construct a On the night before their journey, Riku opens the door in the secret place and the In exchange for Riku's cooperation in gathering the Maleficent bestows the power of darkness on Riku, giving him the power to command the Heartless. Riku, intending to prove to Sora that he is the strongest of the two, attacks his old friend, but Donald and Goofy go to Sora's aid, finding themselves unable to betray Sora after all that they had been through together. The weapon has a higher recoil than most other Keyblades, which is a significant pitfall for the Divine Rose. With all of these universes coming together, the Kingdom Hearts plot gets quite convoluted.
This is a list of Keyblades used throughout the Kingdom Hearts series. "Riku" then summons the Parasite Cage and leaves through a portal of darkness. Having the time to finally talk, the two reconcile with each other. The explosion also cleanses Riku's heart and restores Riku to his original form, though he is still remorseful.
After a series of battles, the two of them are drawn into nothingness by Xemnas and face off in a final, exhausting battle. Riku begs King Mickey not to reveal his whereabouts and condition to Sora, and the King reluctantly agrees. He also makes Riku sink into the light as he begins to fade, but Riku faces Ansem for one final battle alone. However, Xemnas attacks, riding on a gigantic robotic dragon, and separates Sora and Riku from the others. Riku enters the Realm of Darkness, and corners Roxas in Towards the end after the final attack used by Xemnas, Sora is left open and Riku takes a blow intended to finish off his friend, which allows Sora to finish Xemnas off with both Riku and Sora firing a beam of light from Sora's keyblade.