Those weren't normal Heartless. Riku adjusted his grip on his keyblade, turning slightly to narrow his stance. The size of a shadow, but looked nothing like them. Was it something from deeper in the darkness? Riku had never seen them when he traveled here before with Mickey.

He slashed through them as they lunged, striking two down but having to step aside of a couple others. They were faster than Shadows. Sharper and more focused in its strikes.

He'd need to take mental notes. Any changes in the darkness needed to be reported back to Yen Sid and the King.

He had been forced to turn when the Unversed struck at him and he raises his keyblade towards the new figure. Humanoid figures that could harbor some stronger intelligence than what seemed to just be a spikey Shadow would be the more important danger to focus on.

"Who are you?"