AN: Newest chapter out! This ones is mostly from the view of dark in Riku (Haven't made a name for him yet… but I'm going to use dark for now until I do). In this chapter, we get to finally see how he thinks.

Inverted Perspective

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Dark grinned as he moved away from the conscious part of Riku's mind. It was so much fun chipping away at his host's sanity.

Riku, the original key blade wielder, host of the heartless form of the one they called "Ansem", person who "Willingly" fell into the darkness to save his friend, and ended up believing he had defeated his dark side. Now, Riku thought he was safe from the darkness. He chuckled at the irony of it all.

Oh, how wrong Riku was. Riku never truly faced the darkness inside himself. The only darkness he ever really faced was the one they called "Ansem". He defeated the darkness that being had brought into his heart. It had absolutely nothing to do with his own darkness. "Ansem" had sealed Dark away before he took over Riku. His reawakening was all thanks to Riku's friend Sora. That foolish boy thought he had saved Riku from his darkness. All he had done was set it free. Dark grinned, he would have to personally thank him for what he had done.

A prickle in the back of Dark's mind brought him from his current train of thought. He couldn't stop the sense of curiosity he felt at this sensation. Only one being was able to send this kind of feeling down his spine. He looked through Riku's sight to see that he had stumbled into heartless patrolling the swamp. Dark grimaced as Riku hastily summoned his key blade and tried to slay them before they gave them away. What a fool his host was… to actually stumbled into heartless. He wouldn't even be alive today if it wasn't for the very darkness that inhabited him today.

He split from Riku's mind and settled onto a dark platform. Oh, he hadn't helped Riku find the keyhole out of the kindness of his heart or even the reason of having him in his dept. All the plans he had and motives began when he had first awaken.

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:Flashback:

When he had first gained awareness, he was an incomplete being awash in a sea of darkness. Just the memory of how… weak he was made him only more hungry for his time to rule this body. Never again would he be a disembodied soul floating in the forgotten part of Riku's being. Soon he would be the one in control.

He was given the key to his take over of Riku when he had come into contact with the darkness that surrounded the very heartless he fought. All that dark energy pulsating in the air had only hastened his ascent to freedom.

When Sora had tried to seal the keyhole, he had met resistance from the swirling darkness. The glorious destructive surge of exploding and imploding darkness that was triggered had been devoured by Dark. After their little "victory", Riku had fainted from the shock of his birth of the true form of his darkness. They had simply thought he was exhausted. How wrong they were. He was able to make first contact with him as he slept and had partially introduced himself. The nightmare, strangely, wasn't his doing.

During his little recovery, meeting with the king, the sick display of their so called "friendship", and his trip to Spira, Dark had been forced to stand on a platform bathed in light with a picture of Riku and his little "friends" around him. It sickened him and he relished the thought of when he would wipe away all that was light.

He didn't have to wait long, as Riku had made his first stop on a heartless invested planet. The very world itself had darkness pulsing through it. Humans didn't seem to able to feel or see it, but he could. He began immediately and channeled that darkness to do his bidding. The very first step Riku had taken in Spira… was the day darkness truly spread its roots through his soul.

Dark had taken great delight in watching as the darkness slowly consumed the platform he stood on. First, there was just a small drop in the center of the platform, but it had slowly began to grow outwards. The puddle covered the center of the platform when Riku had been so helpful as to actually jump into the middle of thousandths of heartless and the swirling water contaminated by darkness. Then the fool had actually set off the same swirling destruction of darkness that had come from the first clash of the key and that dark barrier.

The dark puddle that had be creeping along had become a torrent of dark energy that began to consume the platform. It hungrily devour the light until nothing but the soft glow of dark energy pulsated from everywhere. Dark had begun laughing at the sight. Dare he say that it was one of the… happiest times of his life? Immediately, he had tried and control Riku by telling him to kill the woman before him. That act alone would make it to where Riku would ceased to exist and he would began to truly rule. However, his "happy" moment was soon destroyed when Riku wretched control from him.

'Why?' Was the first thought that had come to his socked mind. Next, came a wave of rage that consumed him. The platform shook as he last out with his powers.

'How is he able to keep control! I should be the one ruling this body now! It is my darkness that fills this world!' His mindless rant was disrupted when he saw a ray of light briefly flash before disappearing. He stood in confusion, 'Light?' he searched the part of the platform that he believed it originated from. Now that he looked carefully, there was many flashes of light coming through cracks he hadn't noticed before. He kneeled down on the platform and peered through one of the cracks that was letting light through.

He stared at the sight before him and began to chuckle. 'I see' He fell back and landed on his but with relief. There was nothing wrong with his darkness. He just hadn't fully destroyed the light that was Riku. While it was true that darkness covered the platform and swirled around it, beneath it laid a pool of light that had survived.

'I shouldn't be surprised' he thought 'Light is just as hard to destroy as darkness is. Neither have been known to be easily destroyed.' Suddenly, he felt the Riku's consciousness disappear. He began to frantically search for the reason behind this disturbing change. He growled when he found the problem. The stupid fool had gotten himself injured and had almost killed the both of them! 'He must not rule this world much longer.'

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Over the next two weeks, he had balanced the task of healing his body and slowly eroded away at the pool of light. At the end of the second week, no more light could be seen through his layer of darkness. It was still there, but weaker than before. The problem was, it was taking to long! He growled in irritation and paced back and forth trying to think of an idea. He paused when he felt Riku awaken. Seems that I have healed enough of his wounds for him to finally recover enough to be conscious… lets see just serious it really was.

He merged into Riku's mind to see what damaged had been done to his "body". The sight he saw made him want to tear "someone" into tiny bits. His "body" was covered in bandages with signs of dried blood. He did not know that the wounds were this serious! He had only used the bare minimum of his power in healing Riku. Of course he couldn't really blame himself. He had yet to gain enough control to fully control the body to awaken it from sleep. So there was no way he could have known it was this serious. 'Although, I was starting to wonder why it was taking him so long to wake up.' He could almost feel the sweat drop a person got from doing something or seeing something stupid he had seen in Riku's books. Not that he was reading them or anything… .

The next four days, he had put most of his energy into healing his body and barely even fiddled with destroying the light. He could always finish it later, his body however couldn't be so easily put aside.

Riku's attitude throughout the healing processed infuriated the Dark. How dare he complain about boredom when he was pampered with food, clothes, medicine, books, and an occasional companion. Did he know that he was only alive because of the darkness he feared so much. That the very thing he thought destroyed was working overtime to save them. No! He simply took everything for granted and complained how long it took for him to heal. The idiot didn't even realize that he would have died if he was a normal human. 'I'm going to enjoy destroying you later.' Dark couldn't help but smile at the thought. Yes, he would definitely enjoy it.

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With Riku's full recovery, Dark was surprised to find himself tired. 'It seems that I am not as strong as I originally thought'. He frowned at this new revelation 'dam'.

So once again his takeover was put on hold as he recovered from his time of healing Riku. He had nothing better to do then watch as Riku went through his whole faze of should I go or should I stay. 'Boring' was his most prominent thought during those two days. He was, dare he say,… ecstatic when Riku actually made up his dam mind to go. 'Finally, I don't have to listen to him arguing with himself.'

Halfway through the festival, Dark was going to go insane if he had to watch one more love sick couple walk by or see a happy family eating together. The final push was when Riku began to daydream about having a "peaceful" time when he returned to destiny island. 'He needs to get a dose of reality.' He grinned at the thought. 'Finally something fun to do.'

Dark broke into Riku's thoughts. "Is that really true Riku? Have you really ever felt peace at that place you call home?" The denials that resulted from his simply sentence had turned the conversation into a battle of who's right and who's wrong. Soon, Dark tired of Riku. "The only one you are betraying is yourself. By all my means return to your friends. They should make it much easier in dealing with you." He then retreated from Riku's thoughts, ignoring Riku as he asked Dark what he meant. 'Blind Fool'

The only good thing that had come from their argument was Riku deciding to leave earlier than planned. 'Fine with me' thought Dark 'This world can no longer help with my awakening. I need more darkness to feed on if I'm to truly rule this body.'

:End Flashback:

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Now he was here on this glorious planet! The longer it took Riku to close the path, the more control he gained. They were now equals in his body. No longer could Riku keep Dark locked away in the back of his mind. Now all he needed was one more dose of the dark key holes reaction with Riku's key blade. Then he would crush Riku's very being.

Dark's walk down memory lane and future planning was interrupted when he felt pain shoot through Riku's mind. 'Are we under attack?' Dark quickly reconnected with Riku's mind and was amused at the sight before him. It seemed that Lulu had repaid Riku for sticking her with babysitting duty.

Riku was rubbing his head where a bump could be seen rising. He was apologizing profusely to Lulu in hopes she wouldn't hit him again. Luckily Lulu seemed to accept his apologies and began to ask about what he found out. Dark watched as Riku began to explain to Lulu about where the keyhole was.

Dark gave a sad sigh as he watched the images before him. 'Riku do you even realize how much you are enjoying yourself. It's been so long since I have felt such happiness and satisfaction in your life.' He turned away from the image and returned back to his resting place atop the platform. 'You have what you wished for. How long have you wished to see others places besides your island. Now your are fulfilling your wish through your own power but your to afraid to accept that. I will not go back to the way things were before!'

Dark laid back and raised his arm towards the swirling darkness above him. 'You will not go back to the way you were. Always daydreaming about leaving. Spending hours on end looking out to sea and wishing for new sights. Sure you wished was twisted and your soul bent towards evil of another. Yet, you still wished for freedom. Now after all that hard work to survive, you are to afraid to grasp that dream once again! Your thoughts about finding peace on the islands is unforgivable. I will not waste away while I watch you live a pathetic life!"

The darkness surrounding the platform began to twist and turn in furious waves. Dark rose with his arm still reaching towards the sky of darkness above. 'Soon, it will be I who will see the blue sky above. Soon, it will be me who will control this body. Soon, I will live the dream you are to afraid to live.' Dark grinned with anticipation, 'Soon…'

AN: Hoped you liked Dark. I really don't know how I'm going to continue this story. I guess ill just think on it.

Review if you have problems with it, have questions, or just like it a lot.