Editing Data-Riku

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|journalCOD='''Character File'''<br>An entity that looks just like Sora's friend Riku. He is, however, not the real deal. Data-Riku was chosen as a sort of ark to keep all the collective data within Jiminy's journal safe from bugs; in a way, he IS the journal now. But even he could not explain the cause of the bugs, so, after adopting Riku's appearance, he "imported" Mickey and friends to help solve the mystery.<br><br>'''Enemy Profile'''<br>A digital representation of Riku who went rogue under Pete's control. He is fast, adept at combos, and boasts both high Strength and Defense. Beware his Dark Aura, which will immediately put you in serious danger if you fail to dodge.

Data-Riku was selected by [[Naminé]] to keep the untainted memories of [[Kingdom Hearts (game)|the first journey]] from being corrupted by the "hurt" she added to the journal. Data-Sora encounters a [[Black Coat|black-coated]] figure on the digital [[Destiny Islands]], who gives him cryptic clues and leads him to a [[Keyhole]]. At that moment, Data-Riku decided that reinforcements would likely be needed to debug the [[Datascape]], so he used the connection to the real world to bring Mickey, Donald and Goofy inside; however, he kept this from them as he needed to have Sora get stronger alone first.

Data-Riku reappears in the data versions of [[Traverse Town]] and [[Wonderland]], giving more cryptic messages and occasionally lending Data-Sora assistance as he works to destroy the bugs and corruption in the worlds' data. Each time a world in the journal was fixed, Data-Riku was able to access the data deeper; each time a vision appeared in his mind and found its way back to the monitor Mickey and the others were watching. Believing Data-Sora had developed a more open mind to the impossible, Data-Riku decided to it was time to reveal the truth about their existence. Data-Riku opened a [[corridor of darkness]] to lead him to the Datascape version of [[Disney Castle]].

[[File:Beneath the Hood 04 KHREC.png|200x|thumb|Jiminy's Journal taking the form of fifteen-year-old Riku.]]

Data-Riku appeared before them and revealed that he was not the real Riku, just like how Data-Sora was not the real Sora. After giving them the long-winded version of what he is, Data-Riku simplifies his existence as the personification of the journal itself. He revealed that he brought them all into the Datascape to uncover the mysterious message that appeared in the journal. However, before they could discuss this further, a someone broke into the Datascape from the outside and severed the connection to the real world, leaving Mickey, Donald, and Goofy trapped until the bugs are completely removed.

As Data-Sora continues visiting the worlds in the journal, Data-Riku stays in Disney Castle, guiding Sora through the monitor. When Data-Sora reaches the digital [[Olympus Coliseum]], Riku tells him that the reason he did not reveal himself to Sora earlier is because he wanted Sora to become stronger. He discusses with Sora whether they are data or artificial, and Riku says that it does not matter as long as they can make an impact to the world and help their friends. They discover the intruder is none other than [[Pete]] (as the journal has no record of Pete, there cannot be a copy of him in the Datascape). As Pete is not bright enough to act on his own, Data-Riku suspects the real [[Maleficent]] is not too far behind.

When Maleficent destroys Data-Sora's Keyblade in [[Agrabah]], Data-Riku and Mickey come to help. However, Maleficent and Pete capture Riku and take him to [[Hollow Bastion]], where they infect him with bugs, unaware that this could destroy the Datascape as all the data was inside Data-Riku. Later, when Data-Sora defeats Pete in Hollow Bastion, he summons the bug-controlled Data-Riku to fight Sora. After Sora defeats Riku, Riku collapses, with Bug Blox fused with his body. Mickey arrives and tells Sora that unless all the bugs in his body are destroyed, Data-Riku will never wake up.

[[File:What Friends Are For 01 KHREC.png|thumb|left|After his battle with Data-Sora in Hollow Bastion, Data-Riku becomes consumed by Bug Blox.]]

As the data in the journal finishes debugging and collecting, it begins resetting the Data World to its original form. However, Sora's Heartless interferes, and the world begins deleting itself. Riku tells Sora about the nature of his Heartless and rescues Pete and Maleficent. After Data-Sora defeats his Heartless, the Data World is reset. However, as the vessel of memories contained in the Journal, Data-Riku was spared from having his memory erased. With the Journal back in order, he finds the data from [[Castle Oblivion]] that had been left behind by [[Naminé]] in the form of [[Data-Naminé]] and [[Data-Roxas]], and promptly informs Mickey. As Data-Sora lacks the memories of the recent events, Data-Riku allows Mickey back inside the [[Datascape]] to serve as his guide.

 

The bugged version of Data-Riku is completely black version of him in his Dark Mode, resembling a silhouette, and wields a dark version of Soul Eater. Data-Riku's body and Soul Eater are covered in and surrounded by bugged browser windows, which vary in color depending on what form of bugs currently make up this Data-Riku.

File:Data-Riku (Battle) KHREC.png|Data-Riku infected by bugs.

*Data-Riku is the first character affiliated with the song ''Organization XIII'' (which plays when Data-Riku first enters Disney Castle) to not be a member of the Organization itself.