"Zack?" Terra muttered in question, uncertain of whether his eyes were playing tricks on him after the soldier and a group of others appeared through the portals, Leon from Radiant Garden having been the one to pull the trigger and let his bullet fly.

"Hey, Terra!" still stunned by the ravenette, he watched with wide eyes as he jogged between the rows of creatures, swinging his blade as they returned from their stupor and continued their attack. He didn't seem the least bit bothered as they launched between them, only striking the shadow to remove it from the straight path he made towards the brunette.

"Yen-Sid said that he'd felt a disturbance and informed us of what he'd seen," he heard the King explain as he joined the fray, the rest of the Restoration Committee including themselves as well, weapons being drawn, magic being used. Relief blanketed his tension, easing it fast.

"It sounded like you needed some help," Leon assumed correctly from somewhere in the shadows, Terra faintly hearing Sora reply with an excited nuance, also invisible due to the dark monsters flailing and attacking.

"Aerith! Axel needs help!" Roxas called from where he stood guard over the redhead, using both Keyblades to keep the creatures at bay while protecting the man from any further injury. Terra could see the leader of the Committee as well as Cloud heading towards the two, Aerith safely sprinting between the two.

"Lemme kiss it better," Zack drew his attention, the brunette unable to get a word in before he was drawn into a quick embrace with lips pressing against his own, Terra stuck between pushing him away due to them being in the middle of a fight and just letting it happen s they hadn't had the chance in almost a week. But then they were really risking getting hurt like this.

"Zack, not the time," he muttered into the kiss, lips brushing warmly. He pressed a hand against the mans' chest, putting next to no effort behind it as he saw the smile gracing the others' lips. He was incredibly whipped…

"We're in the middle of battle!" he heard Aqua call from directly beside them, Terra flicking his gaze to her in time to see the woman take out a shadow that had been about to attack them, the creature exploding into black smoke as it had lost against her blade. Though the fact that they hadn't seen the monster coming told him that they really needed to rejoin reality.

"We'll continue this later," the soldier mentioned, Terra turning back towards him just as the other leaned in, having predicted the brunettes' movements. He pecked his lips, a grin stretching across the mans' face as a warmth spread across Terra's, his cheeks heating up just slightly.

"You'd think they'd take this seriously with the fight goin' on," she heard Riku chuckle drily as he swung and protected her from another shadow, Sarafina taking out a few of the ones in front of her at the time.

"It's Zack, he doesn't take anything seriously," she replied with a deadpanned tone, a flat expression being flickered towards the two that continued fighting, Zack seemingly refusing to leave his side, "He likes to fight while having fun, even if his life is at risk," not that she'd seen it, she was going on Terra's regular exasperation towards the trait, though he found it to be admirable. She knew that from the fondness in his tone every time.

"He needs to sort out his priorities," the silverette replied, grunting as another was struck down, "What d'you want me to call you, anyway? Sarafina? Xaila?" he asked with a pause here and there as he blocked and swung his blade, she and Riku still back to back while gravitating between the creatures.

"Can we talk about this some other time?" she huffed exasperatedly, having had enough of her past being brought up within the last hour or so. Enough had been explained that she wasn't even sure that there was more to tell after that. They practically had her life story.

"I'm sorry about your homeworld," Sarafina mentioned after a lingering moment of silence between them, the battle still raging, but less so as Shadows were taken out with more fluidity now that there were more people there.

"It wasn't your fault," Riku replied almost immediately, Sarafina feeling his broad back press against hers for a moment he spun them again, this time, the silverette forcing them to face each other for a lingering few seconds before he threw a blast over his shoulder to the shadow creatures behind her.

"Yes, it was. The heartless wouldn't have existed and you wouldn't have gone through what you did," her voice cracked slightly, faltering as she remembered Sora's thoughtless babbling about what had happened to their islands after she'd asked, having not expected it at all that her creatures had had a hand in the horrible act.

"You didn't make them like that, Xander did!" he argued firmly, a stern glare on his face, but not a glare directed at her. It was for the man that led to their current situation, though she still blamed herself for it getting as far as it did, "He's at fault, not you or me!" wait…

"Where IS Xander?!" she asked with widened eyes, swiftly glancing around and over the fewer shadows, able to see the others now that most of the creatures had been taken care of.

She suddenly felt a heavy pressure against her body as if a blanket had been tightly wrapped around her, her form gradually being lifted with panic rushing through her and instantly, Sarafina started squirming and struggling kicking out after she was far above Riku's reach, the boy jumping and shouting for her.

Her shock blasted through her as she saw a ball of darkness strike the silverette, sending him flying through what shadows were left at that point, almost barrelling into Cloud if not for the blonde seeing him coming and managing to stop him.

"Riku!" Sarafina thrashed in the invisible hold, fighting whatever had her in its grasp. Through her struggling, she saw her black coated father rising up from the creatures, gradually making his way closer with a dark and twisted smirk creasing his features.

"Let me go!" she snapped, attempting to kick out at him once he was within kicking distance, the man avoiding it frustratingly, Sara trying again and again while thrashing against her unseen restraints.

"Quite unlikely to happen, my dear," he replied calmly, angering her more that he had regained his composure after her initial escape thanks to the rest of the group and the Committee and the King appearing out of nowhere through the portals she'd seen that boy use to bring his creatures to the Graveyard-… the boy… Valon.

"Give her back!" she heard Riku snap from below, his voice strained. Glancing down, she saw more of the group gathering below, a few of the Committee members still fighting what was left of the monsters, and from her perspective, there weren't many left.

"Afraid not, pests," her father retorted snappishly, his expression returning to a flat, unimpressed stare as he let his gaze gall to her friends.