Drake leaves Halloween Town on route to home, when something catches his eye. A small item catches his attention, so he stops his car, gets out, and heads over to the item to look at it. He bends down to see what it is.
"Looks like a piece of a gummi ship, or a materia. I need to look at it closer," Drake thinks to himself as he reaches for the weird glinting object. He reaches into the bush, pulls it out, and notices it's a gummi piece to a ship.
"Hmm...looks like a piece to Sora's ship, but I can't say. Looks like he's headed towards the Neverland ship. I might want to go return this," Drake says to himself as he pockets it and gets back into his car. He turns the car on, turns around, and heads towards Neverland. On the way, he steers past Monstro and keeps driving towards the ship.
Upon arriving to the ship, Drake notices Sora's ship. He gets out and walks towards the ship, noticing a hole in the hull. He looks at the ship, then places the gummi where it would go. The gummi then gets applied into the ship, and then begins to sound better.
"While I'm here, I might as well go check on Sora," Drake says to himself. He grabs the anchor, climbs aboard, and is surrounded by Heartless. He looks around and notices a figure, standing amidst the Heartless.
"If you came to save Kairi or Sora, it's too late. I'll save Kairi, and sacrifice Sora's heart to do so!" yells the figure.
"But you were their friends, Riku. Why are you doing this?" asks Drake, grabbing for his sword.
"I am no longer Riku. I am the great lord Ansem, keeper of Darkness!" yells Riku, sending forth the Heartless.
Drake swings one mighty blow and cuts all the Heartless down where they stood. Drake then stood and walked towards Riku.
"I'll ask again...why are you doing this?" Drake asks.
"To save Kairi's heart. She's a chosen one, and she needs her heart, and I need another heart to sacrifice to get hers back!" yells Riku at Drake, drawing his sword as well.
"I cannot let you do that to Sora, Riku. I will fight you for it...winner choses Sora's fate, loser leaves this world," Drake says, pointing his sword at Riku.
"All right. A duel to see who choses one man's fate. You got it. Let's go," Riku says as he then surrounds both himself and Drake in an arena of darkness.
Drake stands, sword ready, waiting for RIku to move. Riku just stands there, sword held above his head, waiting for a good timing to strike. Then a loud bang sounds, scaring Drake, and Riku rushes, landing a blow in Drake's shoulder, knocking him to the wall. Drake stands there, kneeling at Riku's height, trying to get this sword out of his shoulder. He then sidesteps away from Riku, lands a blow on Riku's cheek, sending him spinning to the ground. Riku stands up, so the wound Drake made healing up.
"I have an advantage. Being one with darkness makes darkness heal me. You will not win this match," RIku says, drawing a swing at Drake's back.
Drake quickly rolls out of the way, swings, and lands another blow on Riku's stomach, sending him back to the other side of the arena, giving Drake time to rest. Riku stands up, shows the wound heal again, and charges Drake. This time, Drake is too late. Riku swings downward, causing Drake to sidestep, but Riku then turns his shot sideways, and hits Drake above the kidney, below the ribs. Drake lands on his knees and looks at Riku. Riku begins another charge, but then lands on Drake's blade, causing the sword to exit through his back. Riku steps back and looks at the wound, healing it up. Then Drake notices something. The darkness around them is getting sucked up by Riku every time he heals himself. This gave Drake an excellent plan. Drake stood up, leaned towards Riku, and disappears. Riku then looks around the field, trying to see Drake, but finds no sign.
After 2 minutes have passed, a swing nails Riku's side, then one on his back, then his left leg, then his right arm, then his stomach, then both cheeks, then his right leg, then his left arm, the his forehead, and then a couple stab wounds nail him in the chest. Drake then appears above Riku, holding his sword downward, and plunges it through Riku's back. Drake pulls his sword out, and steps back a bit. Riku stumbles to stand up. He begins to heal himself again, but this time the wounds are too much. He only heals the stab wounds and the wounds on his face and legs, but his arms are still bleeding. Riku looks at Drake, falls to his knees, and grabs the ground.
"You're too much for me, Drake. You win. What is Sora's fate?" Riku gasps.
"Sora lives throughout Neverland and even into Hollow Bastion. After he finds Kairi again, you have no hope to change his fate. I will not see you again, but his fate will carry out like that, you got me?" explains Drake.
Riku nods. Drake stands up, jumps overboard and lands on his feet. He looks at his clock. It's midnight of December 24th. He's got three more days till Haley can come home. He gets into his car and drives off, heading for home once again.