As soon as she thought of that name, her thoughts start to race with the name echoing throughout her head. She soon started to feel a stinging pain in her head. Axel looked back and gasped.

"ARIA!?"

Without hesitation, she brought out a large sword that was completely white. The handle, hilt and the blade itself was a whitish color, but as soon as sunlight hit it, a rainbow like color started to shine off the sword. Axel noticed the blade and remembered a fight he once had with Roxas. That blade was known as Oath keeper, a power blade that once evolved from the original weapon once owned by the Kyblade's chosen wielder, Keyblade.

'How did she get her hands on a keyblade?!'

She soon jumped off the dragon with Axel trying to reach her and bring her back up. She headed toward the man in midair. Axel, in shock, stopped reaching her, only watching her from the dragon.

"ARIA!"

Aria raised Oath keeper in the air and yelled out the name.

"REZENAR!"

The man on top of the dragon looked up and noticed Aria heading toward them, about to collide.

... . …

Meanwhile, Raven and Phoenix were walking through a dark alley, noticing strange shadows wandering around the ground. Phoenix stepped on one and it started to create a very high-pitched shriek. They covered their ears and backed away, with Phoenix finally taking her foot off the shadow.

"W-what was that?!"

"I have no idea Raven… but whatever that was… it must have been that strange monster we saw…"

Raven looked around, the shadows still roaming around on the ground.

"B-but I don't see anything…"

Within a few minutes, they were finally greeted with two large black monsters that came out from the ground. Their eyes were yellow and they were staring at Raven and Phoenix.

"Wha?! Those are the monsters Kenshin and Robin saw!"

"You're right! We need to capture one!"

Both nodded their heads and looked forward at the monsters. They clasped their hands together and started to chant.

"Asarath… Metrion…Zinthos!"

Black magic surrounded the black monsters, but it didn't seem like they were trying to wiggle free. Raven looked at them in confusion, but kept them in grasp.

"Will they let us take them?"

Phoenix shook her head.

"I don't know…"

They kept their grip just in case they would try to wiggle themselves out later. Soon enough, both Raven and Phoenix started to hear whispering voices from out of no where and the dark magic that was in grasp of the black monsters went toward them. Raven and Phoenix gasped, trying to stop the magic, but it soon grabbed onto them. The monsters started to come toward them slowly, keeping the black magic on Raven and Phoenix. The bond soon broke as soon as a man's voice was heard.

"Stop it!"

The monsters stopped and the black magic seized. A strange person came from a shadow that was wandering around the floor. The shadow flew up and transformed into a strange person, but he was covered in a black cloak and his head was covered with a hood. Raven tried to see his face, but it was impossible to even see a part of his hair.

"Who are you?"

The man turned his head toward Raven and Phoenix. Both of the girls soon braced themselves, just in case they were going to be attacked, but the man didn't make a move.

"…I should be asking you the same thing… who are you?"

Raven and Phoenix looked at each other, keeping their stance.

"Wait… you aren't going to attack us?"

The man shook his head and they both relaxed.

"Why waste our strength on two weaklings like you?"

Phoenix gasped, feeling offended.

"What's that suppose to mean?!"

The man laughed, turning his back toward them.

"…none of your business..."

Phoenix growled, wanting to attack but Raven stopped her and stepped forward.

"What are these things and what do they want with this city?"

The man turned around, hearing this question and he started to chuckle.

"No idea, eh? Then I bet the heartless didn't devour your hearts yet…"

Raven looks at him in confusion, Phoenix looked at Raven, a bit worried about what was going through her mind.

"… 'heartless'?"

The man nodded and walked slowly toward them.

"That's right… heartless… of which I'm one of them… well…"

He soon took off his hood, revealing a man around his twenties. He had an eye patch on his right eye and a scar on the left of his face. He had black hair, but bunches of strands were gray. He had a long ponytail coming from the back of his head.

"…not like them…"

Raven and Phoenix started to back away. The man only laughed.

"Ahahahaha… shy aren't we? I should have introduced myself earlier… how dumb of me… the names Xigbar…"

Phoenix looked at Xigbar curiously.

"…Xigbar?"

Xigbar nodded, his left eye closed.

"That's my name… don't wear it out…"

Raven and Phoenix growled.

"We don't care who you are… just make the heartless leave the city and we won't hurt you…"

Xigbar smirked, then put his hands behind his head, laughing in embarrassment.

"Eheheh… funny thing about that… I'm not the one controlling them…"

Raven and Phoenix stopped, but kept their stance.

"Then who is?"

Xigbar shrugged his shoulders.

"Even 'I' don't know who…"

Phoenix threw black magic at him, holding him down. Xigbar tried to struggle out of the black magic, but strangely couldn't free himself.

"What in the world?!"

Raven took out a communicator.

"Robin… we found someone, but he isn't controlling these monsters…"

Robin's voice could be heard from the little device.

"Good… take him back to the tower… we'll chase out the remaining monsters out of the city…"

Raven took Xigbar by the neck and looked at him.

"You're coming with us…"

Phoenix nodded in agreement.

"And we have some questions to ask you…"

Xigbar nodded, knowing he was finally captured.

"…fine…"

They somehow teleported to the tower without magic and when they arrived, Raven looked at Phoenix.

"Did you do that?"

Phoenix shook her head.

"…no…"

Xigbar just chuckled to himself.

"How odd…"

After he spoke to himself, a grey nobody came behind him. He turned his head and started to move his mouth, but no sounds came out of it. The nobody read his lips and nodded, leaving him and remembering what he 'said'… 'Tell Xemnas that the mission was a success…'

... . …

In the city, Robin and Kenshin were trapped in the middle of a circle of the black monsters, ready to pounce on them. Kenshin looked back at Robin, a bit curious of what he was about to do.

"…tell me something… what's gonna happen?"

Robin smirked, chuckling a bit as well.

"Something cool…"

Kenshin nodded.

"…I see…"