Riku's song takes place in...either 358/2 Days or KH2...I'm not certain which one. I do not own the characters, but I own the lyrics!


Riku crept forward through the dark corridor, peering out from underneath the hood of his black cloak. He stepped out of the swirling portal into the open square in Twilight Town. It was night, or course. He didn't move when several Heartless popped out of the ground: he knew they wouldn't attack him.

But he almost wished they would. Why was he becoming more like them: a being of darkness? He stood there for a moment, lost in thought, but then, naturally, he began to sing.

Riku: Darkness, darkness, in my soul

Darkness, darkness, I control

Why is darkness the only place

Where I seem to belong

I thought that I could somehow escape it

Why must I be wrong?

The Heartless around him began to sing too, in thin, scratchy voices.

Riku + Heartless: Darkness, darkness all around me

Darkness, darkness, hold and ground me

Darkness is my ruling master

Riku: To run away, I must be faster

Riku + Heartless: Darkness, darkness, is all I see

Darkness, Darkness, set me free

Darkness wind and darkness bind

The dark is all I know!

Riku fell silent, and the Heartless drifted away until only he was left, still alone, in the dark.