The presence of the other target, not to mention the gun in her hand, was not even noticed. The Heartless was focused on one thing and one thing only, and that was the heart caged in this girl's chest.

Maybe, if he was successful with this one, he'd move onto the other. But for now, it was best to take them on one at a time.

The element of surprise meant that he was successful in knocking Tsubaki to the floor. Before long he was on top of her, straddling her as he started to make frantic efforts to claw through all that skin and bone to get at what he wanted.