If he claims the leadership then i think youll just need to say it out loud. But the other issue is that Cid and company belive you own the new chocobos. Since koji and kevess are shadow runners (quick on their feet) everyone has a chocobo to ride. 

Badger man - provided.
Caelumite - provided.
Blade dancer - provided.
Geomancer - provided.
Mysterious person 1 & 2 - provided x2 combob.
Rinn - has the majestic bird of speed.
Katakura - running.
Kevess - shadow running 
Greg (Such a fitting name). - passenger.

Then theres the two new people.. One of which im pming with and happy is um. Missing. So i counted the chocobo to characters wrong since 6 are taken and one is left. So i guess the new guy will be using it. 

This chocobo conundrum is happening because why not?