Sora headed straight for the dock he noticed that Riku's boat was gone so he jumped down into his own and started to row across the ocean. Meanwhile riku was on the island that was connected by a bridge to the main part of the island stood staring out to sea. "How nice" the voice in Riku's head sneered riku just kept on looking out to sea "you cant ignore me boy" the voice said with disdain in his voice "I can if I try hard enough" riku replied "its worked until now it'll work again" he thought to himself hope dripping of off every thought. "Hahaha that's what you think. Since you've come back you've relaxed and calmed yourself so much that it allowed me to escape the confines in your heart and make myself known, there is nothing you can do to stop me, I'm already powerful enough to speak to you and I keep growing stronger soon this body will be mine again HAHAHA" Riku stood up straight and shouted out "NO YOU WILL NEVER CONTROL ME AGAIN I WONT LET YOU" the sounds echoed out across the sea "you have no choice it has already begun half of your heart is mine already the other, putting up a good fight though it Is, will fail it is small and weak trying to keep hold of what little light it has left pitiful" Ansem mocked him. Out on the ocean sora heard the last echoes of Riku's shout and doubled his speed to reach the island. "I WILL FIGHT YOU WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE I WONT LET YOUHURTME OR MY FRIENDS AGAIN YOU WILL NOT USE ME" riku completely enraged shouting at the voice in his head "yes that's it hate me, loathe me let the darkness in your heart take over the feelings of anger and hate give me power you will not last long" he sniggered "this body will be mine before you leave this island and your friends wont even know it, then they will die, I wont turn them into heartless or nobodies I will wipe them from existence" riku gazing at his hands in front of his face realised that by getting angry he was giving ansem all the strength he needed he took a few deep breathes to calm himself down wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, he hadn't realised he was sweating, "you wont win" he said "and I don't hate you neither am I angry anymore you are trapped inside my heart surrounded by the light and nowhere to escape to, if the least I suffer for having betrayed my friends is having to listen to you then so be it I accept it as my punishment and will live with it, you are my darkness I accept that but you will not control me anymore" there was no reply he couldn't feel him anymore but riku knew it wasn't going to be that easy he knew that he would be back and for now he would appreciate the peace. He looked towards the dock and saw sora running towards him.
Sora had docked his boat and tied it of, he ran towards the island jumped onto the bridge from the beach and headed towards riku, he called ahead of himself "hey Riku" he stopped a few feet in front of him "are you alright" he asked "you've been acting a bit strange why were you shouting." Riku looked at sora deciding what to say, in the end he went with, the truth. "When I left you two alone earlier I rowed out about halfway between the two islands and relaxed just letting the waves rock the boat I was peaceful and content it was nice" sora was nodding he had done that himself, just relaxed in roll of the waves "I was in that state just before you fall asleep when you can feel everything that's going on all around you but you cant at the same time" riku took a long pause and sora was a bit confused, okay totally confused, "he's back" that made sense to Sora, Riku and Sora had talked a few times about the possibility but sora never really thought it could happen he was about to say something when riku carried on "he said he would take over my body again and destroy the islands and ki…kill everyone I love and there would be nothing I could do about it" sora looked shocked to say the least "I've managed to beat him back for now but I don't know if I'll be able to every time who knows when he will strike again" riku looked at sora and he was smiling at him "what are you smiling at" sora let a little chuckle escape he went and sat on the paopu tree "what" riku said again, sora looked at him and said "he wont win he never will not again" riku looked at him in disbelief "How… how do you know that he's done it before he could do it again" he was leaning against the tree sora spun himself towards riku leg either side of the tree trunk and put a hand on his best friends shoulder, riku turned to look at him "easy" he said with a smile on his face "your not alone this time you've got me, kairi, Mickey, Donald, goofy and friends from all over the universe who are with you now and in your heart if he wants you he'll have to go through all of us first" sora took his hand of Riku's sora and relaxed back on the tree riku saw just how lucky he was to have a friend like sora. "And anyway if he does take you over then I'll just have to beat him… again" they both laughed. Riku felt a rumble in his chest in his heart "I think he heard you and I don't think he liked it" he continued to laugh. The chatted for a while until sora sat bolt upright riku stared around wondering what could of made him jump sora shook it of and said "oh I just remembered Lars said to not be late for your tea" riku rolled his eyes at this "and he asked if we could fight" that got Riku's interest "one when did you start calling my dad by his first name and two your gonna fight him" sora looked back at him "well when I was looking for you I obviously went to your house and its really the first time I've spoken to him since we got back without anyone around he thanked me and that's when he told me to call him Lars, its still weird though" riku nodded with a chuckle that made sense then said "and the fight" "yeah that threw me I know your dad coaches at the school and everything but… an actual fight" sora said, "whatever you do don't underestimate him he's stronger then even I knew he was, when we got back I told him everything about me helping the darkness grow searching for the keyhole kidnapping the princesses of heart, capturing your nobody Roxas, and turning to the darkness once again to do it, we fought and even using my dark powers that I kept I couldn't beat him and I was at full strength but he couldn't beat me either it was a stalemate, and I've never seen him smile so wide, after that he said it was the best challenge he'd had in a long time and he's been fighting for over 25 yrs since he was our age" riku paused letting sora absorb it all in "and after that fight I told him that you had beaten me a few times in our travels and that just lit a fire under him he said that he had to challenge you just to see but then he went quite and was lost in his own thoughts, anyway its my fault I'm sorry" sora turned to him and said "what are you sorry for its gonna be great" riku stared at him for a moment then shook his head and they carried on talking.
