It was night time, though one would be justified in asking when it was ever [i]not[/i] night time in a place like this. An eternal night sky, lit up only by a handful of stars and a moon in the distance. On this night, however, the moon was not visible, in fact the whole of the night sky was blanketed by dark clouds. Some kind of storm was about to fall, according to the weather experts, and the sudden chill in the air was an indication of such. But the weather wasn't important, it was the incident taking place that was. Outside of Police Headquarters, a slew of Heartless dotted the streets. How convenient that they would be targeting the Police and not some mob hideout somewhere. In fact it was a little [i]too[/i] convenient.

Rei had not failed to notice the increased level of... organization the Heartless attacked with. Usually they were like packs of wild animals, but lately they were becoming more and more strategic with their attacks. It was like someone was pulling the strings, but how was that even possible? Heartless were basically a force of nature, not something someone could just control or command. Moogles often spoke of individuals who just jumped head first into the Darkness in the hopes of taking control of it, but Rei had always wrote those stories off as people being stupid. But what if they were on to something? What if there was something to gain by willfully submitting to the Darkness? An investigation for another time, Rei decided. For now, he had a Police HQ to rescue.

From his perch atop a nearby rooftop, Rei literally leaped into the fray. He dove from his spot and clung to the flag pole outside the HQ and let gravity slide him down it safely. Once at the bottom, he jumped clear over a line of police with riot shields to put himself between them and the Heartless. Without a second to lose, Rei silently charged into the oncoming Heartless with his Keyblade. His training was paying off, he could tell. He was able to cut them down with surprising efficiency, and was even getting better at sensing incoming strikes so that he could better counter them. Magic may have given people like the Police a viable weapon to use against the Heartless, but this little battle was proof enough that Rei's Keyblade was still the best suited weapon for destroying them. Rei's timely appearance seemed to give the Police more courage, as some of them began using the Magic they'd acquired from the Moogles to give Rei support from behind their defensive lines. In time, the Heartless were gone.

Rei heard a cheer from the police behind him, but he said nothing to them, because something else caught his eye. The ground in front of him darkened into a pitch black spot, and then the blackness began to take shape. It looked... it looked almost human, at least in shape anyway. It was still a pitch black creature with bright yellow eyes to serve as the dead give away that the thing was indeed a Heartless. But since when could Heartless take on such a human-looking shape? The Heartless was just as efficient as Rei himself, for the creature wasted no time and lunged at Rei with such speed and agility that it Rei was barely able to defend himself. He had to quickly pivot his body to avoid having his face clawed off by one of the Heartless's hands, and then he had to swing at the Heartless just to keep it at bay before it could make another move. This Heartless... it was different from the others. It was faster, stronger, and [i]smarter[/i]. But just as Rei was about fully engage it in battle, the Heartless suddenly decided to retreat, vanishing in a similar manner to how it appeared. In the distance behind where the Heartless once stood, there was an open portal of some kind, that appeared to just be oozing with Darkness. He'd heard of these, the Moogles mentioned them once before. Then someone stepped through, a kid of some kind, barely a teenager.

Rei's first instinct was normally to attack something or someone that came waltzing out of Darkness, but something about this kid caught Rei's eye and he stayed his own hand. The kid carried a Keyblade. The Moogles did say there were others, but Rei thought they were each confined to their own world, unable to travel between them like the Moogles could. The Kid tossed Rei a cloak, and announced that someone called Basileus wanted to see him. Rei had never heard of the person, but the kid did seem to know a thing or two, so maybe Rei could at least question him along way. He unfolded the coat and wrapped it around his shoulders like a cloak. Rei had no desire to lose his current white coat, as it used to belong to his grandfather and thus held sentimental value to the hunter.

"Good..." Rei finally said in response to the kid, "...because I've got some questions of my own."