The heroes with the toys track him down at Galaxy Toys where he admits the fraudulent nature of this world to the heroes before leaving them with some Heartless possessed toys within the store for the heroes to battle. He does this to learn about the relationship between hearts and bonds. He first appears in the Toy Box world where he spilts the world into two with Andy and some of the toys ( Jessie, Bullseye, Slinky and the Potato Heads) in the real one and Woody, Buzz, Hamm, Rex, the green aliens and the green soldiers in the version that the heroes visit. Young Xehanort returns in Kingdom Hearts III. After failing to possess Sora, the real Organization XIII's members, including Young Xehanort, return to their original timelines. After their battle Master Xehanort appears and explains the machinations of his plans. Mickey then appears and uses a Stopza spell to freeze him, however he gets possessed by his elderly self and fights Riku. Young Xehanort later appears before Riku when the latter attempts to retrieve Sora. After Sora's battle with Xemnas, Young Xehanort appears and explains that Sora's heart has already begun to sink into the darkness and his own origins, ending with stating that since Sora's first encounter with Ansem during the original Kingdom Hearts everything that had happened was unavoidable. His purpose during this time is to monitor Sora and ensure he follows a path where he can be controlled. Young Xehanort travels to the present and has several interactions with Sora and Riku. Braig, knowing that the weapon is tied to the Keyblade War, decides to proceed with his own plans. During the conversation, Young Xehanort recalls the legends of Keyblade inheritance and notes the importance of his future self's Keyblade. Young Xehanort travels to Radiant Garden, where he converses with a newly revived Braig about Master Xehanort's plans. After an arduous battle, he disappears without a trace. Ansem gave him the power to control time and sent him to gather all of his incarnations.Īt an unknown point before Dream Drop Distance, Young Xehanort travels to the Land of Departure after his future self had destroyed it and confronts Terra, Ventus, and Aqua separately. Xehanort lived on the Destiny Islands until his future Heartless, Ansem, time traveled back in time to meet him. He is voiced by Takanori Okuda in Japanese and by David Gallagher (who also voiced Riku and his replica) in Birth By Sleep and Ben Diskin in Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts III, (who also voiced Sig from Puyo Puyo, Nooroo) in English. He is the original Xehanort and was given the power to travel through and manipulate time itself, to help Master Xehanort accomplish his goal of containing his essence in thirteen different vessels. He first appeared in the North American, PAL, and Final Mix versions of Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, in which he is fought as a super-boss and is the main antagonist in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and one of the secondary antagonists in Kingdom Hearts III. Young Xehanort (also known as the Unknown and the Mysterious Figure) is a mysterious character, the identity of whom is actually Master Xehanort (albeit at a younger age).
~ Young Xehanort revealing his true identity. My future self gave me a task- to visit the splintered versions of myself in many worlds, and ensure they gathered here today. I am Xehanort from the most distant past.