";s:4:"text";s:4659:" Looking up, Riku sees Mickey standing there, not merely an illusion but in the flesh. After a short fight (which serves as a tutorial for the player that shows how to use Riku), Ansem states that Riku seemed determined to resist the darkness, and tells him to see it for himself. The enigmatic man meets them where the road parts into three different paths, and Riku asks what he wants him to choose this time.
He is also seen conversing with DiZ next to the pod Sora sleeps in. As a bright light fills the room, Ansem curses Mickey for interfering again, and as the light fades, Riku falls down, while Mickey states that he was glad he made it in time, and that ought to keep Ansem busy for a while. He vows that he'll return someday before exploding, forcing Riku into another dark void. Enraged by Kairi's murder, Riku attacks Master Xehanort after Sora's attempt fails, but is easily repulsed, before being frozen in time with Mickey by Master Xehanort's Stopza, allowing him to use the reforged X-blade to open Kingdom Hearts. During their conversation, Terra sees a vision of a white-haired man who then transforms into R… Sora proposes that Riku comes with them, but Donald argues against it. The three spend their days constructing a raft and gathering supplies, so that they might one day set out and search for other worlds. He knows it won't be easy, but reminds him that even in the darkest darkness, there's still light, which they had both seen firsthand. Riku asks when he had been afraid, and Ansem replies that in the card-worlds, he grappled desperately with the darkness, and desperation was fear; he fought the darkness because it was what frightened him. Riku asks if he was going to learn something or meet someone there, and the voice replies that he would meet the people in his memories...ordinarily. The voice then reveals himself as none other than Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness. While considering this, Riku recalls the King, and asks where he is. When Riku arrives later with the others, Master Xehanort has been defeated, and the spirit of Eraqus appears to convince him to surrender peacefully. The Kingdom Hearts orignial characters are totally Disney Characters. Riku asks the voice to elaborate, but it goes silent, and after a few moments, Riku heads deeper into the castle.