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Just a short little speculatory fic about the lies Riku told himself. Fairly dark.
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Riku hated Ansem. Riku would have cut the darkness from his own heart with Soul Eater and taken himself out last, if Ansem would vanish too.
Yet, to restore Sora, Riku would have Ansem replace him. Ansem could do what Riku could not.
Ansem could overpower the Nobody who looked so much like Sora – Ansem could ignore Roxas' futile struggles, could squeeze him until he stopped moving, could deny him any semblance of a fair fight.
Ansem could stand aside (however uncomfortably) while DiZ replaced Roxas' entire life with lies – Ansem could watch the boy who had, with Sora's own words, refused to give in be twisted into someone who would no longer fight his fate.
Ansem could deny Roxas the truth – Ansem could allow Roxas to fade into Sora without ever knowing what he was or why he was sacrificed. (Ansem could, if Namine hadn't done the right thing in his place).
But when the light from Kingdom Hearts finally erased the shadow of Ansem from his heart, Riku knew only by his friends' reactions. Riku had not – had never – changed.
“Riku, you gonna take that off?”
Riku pulled the blindfold from his eyes and opened them at last.
***
Riku hated Ansem. Riku would have cut the darkness from his own heart with Soul Eater and taken himself out last, if Ansem would vanish too.
Yet, to restore Sora, Riku would have Ansem replace him. Ansem could do what Riku could not.
Ansem could overpower the Nobody who looked so much like Sora – Ansem could ignore Roxas' futile struggles, could squeeze him until he stopped moving, could deny him any semblance of a fair fight.
Ansem could stand aside (however uncomfortably) while DiZ replaced Roxas' entire life with lies – Ansem could watch the boy who had, with Sora's own words, refused to give in be twisted into someone who would no longer fight his fate.
Ansem could deny Roxas the truth – Ansem could allow Roxas to fade into Sora without ever knowing what he was or why he was sacrificed. (Ansem could, if Namine hadn't done the right thing in his place).
But when the light from Kingdom Hearts finally erased the shadow of Ansem from his heart, Riku knew only by his friends' reactions. Riku had not – had never – changed.
“Riku, you gonna take that off?”
Riku pulled the blindfold from his eyes and opened them at last.