Well -- that's part of it. But with what's happening right now, I have to, whether I'd have chose that or not. We -- there's a guy who's trying to... what he wants to do is force the conditions of a prophecy to come together.

[Xehanort... the smile on that old man's face is burned into Riku's memory. It's just like the one his Heartless wore, and the one Xemnas had, too. It was obvious they were all related. But Xehanort's obsession with Kingdom Hearts is more than just a problem. Riku flaps the wings distractedly, just to let her get a feel of their range of motion, as he speaks.]

He needs thirteen on his side, and there are seven on ours -- but we don't have all seven. Sora and I -- our friend Kairi can use the Keyblade, too. She's not at our level, but... we have no choice but to put her on the team, even though I'd like to keep her out of that. So I'm supposed to help train her.