Akiha and Sion had moved farther and farther from the safe area, searching for people still unaccounted for and directing them back to where other teams were waiting. They had encountered a few kishin eggs along the way and disposed of them as quickly as they could. One of them was a bit tougher than the others and smarter, managing to pull the pair farther from the support of the others even as it started to realize it wasn't going to make it out alive.

So it was with a crash that Akiha sent the kishin egg through the wall of a building out into the streets where a familiar pair was resting. The Meister moved through the hole with alacrity, not slowed down at all, and buried the falcon end of the staff into the head of the kishin egg, permanently putting it down.

As the red soul emerged from the corpse, Akiha instinctively turned toward Cloud and Sephiroth at the ready having noted the presence of others, but not who or what they were. Seeing who it was, Akiha relaxed a bit and let go of her partner as Sion transformed back so she could collect the soul.

Pulling the band out of her hair, Akiha ran her fingers through it before replacing it. She nodded toward the other pair in greeting.