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Aqua also had the intention of performing the ritual with [[Sora]] when she met him in [[Destiny Islands]], but she noticed that Terra had already made it with [[Riku]]. Not wanting them to fight like she and Terra would, she refrained,<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "In Aqua's chapter, on the Destiny Islands, was Aqua originally intending to perform the Keyblade rite for Sora or Riku?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Yes. When Aqua met Sora and Riku, she was on the point of realizing that she may end up having to fight Terra. At that point, she was going to perform the rite of succession for Sora, but realized that Terra had already performed the rite for Riku. Not wanting Sora and Riku to end up fighting like she and Terra in the future, she didn't perform the rite for Sora." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Birth-by-Sleep-Plot-Mysteries-Interview-1364 Translation via krexia].</ref> although Sora and Riku would inevitably clash with each other several times ten years later. | Aqua also had the intention of performing the ritual with [[Sora]] when she met him in [[Destiny Islands]], but she noticed that Terra had already made it with [[Riku]]. Not wanting them to fight like she and Terra would, she refrained,<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "In Aqua's chapter, on the Destiny Islands, was Aqua originally intending to perform the Keyblade rite for Sora or Riku?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Yes. When Aqua met Sora and Riku, she was on the point of realizing that she may end up having to fight Terra. At that point, she was going to perform the rite of succession for Sora, but realized that Terra had already performed the rite for Riku. Not wanting Sora and Riku to end up fighting like she and Terra in the future, she didn't perform the rite for Sora." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/Birth-by-Sleep-Plot-Mysteries-Interview-1364 Translation via krexia].</ref> although Sora and Riku would inevitably clash with each other several times ten years later. | ||
The Bequeathing is intentionally and correctly performed by Terra when he meets a young Riku on the Destiny Islands. Seeing himself through the boy, someone who would do anything to protect his friends, Terra proceeds to select Riku as an inheritor. Many years later, this showed that Sora was not originally the [[Kingdom Key]]'s original chosen wielder when he received it, and that it was actually the Keyblade that chose Riku due to the Bequeathing that Terra performed on him.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Why was Riku chosen as the original wielder of the Keyblade?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "To use a Keyblade you must have been chosen to inherit as well as been chosen by the Keyblade itself. In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', you could see that Terra performed the ceremony with Riku, and that is why Riku was able to take the Keyblade that Sora used." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref> However, due to Riku being weak and falling to darkness in ''Kingdom Hearts'', Kingdom Key jumped over to Sora instead. This was able to occur since Sora reached out and touched Riku's heart during that moment.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "Even though Riku was the rightful owner of the Keyblade, then why did Sora obtain the Keyblade in the beginning?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Even though I would like to keep that obscure, there is a scene in Destiny islands where Riku is being swallowed by darkness, a light appears, and Sora first obtains the Keyblade. With the setting I created, the darkness that surrounds them is Riku's heart's darkness. At that moment, Sora enters the darkness, and the light he sees inside is Riku's heart's light. Sora, who was squirming in the darkness to save Riku, touched the light and temporarily obtained the Keyblade from Riku." [https://kh-ultimania.livejournal.com/3508.html Translation via rasenth].</ref> Riku would not gain another Keyblade until one year later on his path to return to the light. | The Bequeathing is intentionally and correctly performed by Terra when he meets a young Riku on the Destiny Islands. Seeing himself through the boy, someone who would do anything to protect his friends, Terra proceeds to select Riku as an inheritor. Many years later, this showed that Sora was not originally the [[Kingdom Key]]'s original chosen wielder when he received it, and that it was actually the Keyblade that chose Riku due to the Bequeathing that Terra performed on him.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer''': "Why was Riku chosen as the original wielder of the Keyblade?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura''': "To use a Keyblade you must have been chosen to inherit as well as been chosen by the Keyblade itself. In ''Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep'', you could see that Terra performed the ceremony with Riku, and that is why Riku was able to take the Keyblade that Sora used." [https://www.khinsider.com/news/BBS-Ultimania-20-Mysteries-Solved-2546 Translation via Lissar].</ref> However, due to Riku being weak and falling to darkness in ''Kingdom Hearts'', the Kingdom Key jumped over to Sora instead. This was able to occur since Sora reached out and touched Riku's heart during that moment.<ref>'''''[[Kingdom Hearts Ultimania]]''''', '''Interviewer:''' "Even though Riku was the rightful owner of the Keyblade, then why did Sora obtain the Keyblade in the beginning?" / '''Tetsuya Nomura:''' "Even though I would like to keep that obscure, there is a scene in Destiny islands where Riku is being swallowed by darkness, a light appears, and Sora first obtains the Keyblade. With the setting I created, the darkness that surrounds them is Riku's heart's darkness. At that moment, Sora enters the darkness, and the light he sees inside is Riku's heart's light. Sora, who was squirming in the darkness to save Riku, touched the light and temporarily obtained the Keyblade from Riku." [https://kh-ultimania.livejournal.com/3508.html Translation via rasenth].</ref> Riku would not gain another Keyblade until one year later on his path to return to the light. | ||
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