It all happened so fast. First Akane, then Tear and finally the dashing of various faces he knew off the platform into apparent oblivion, as if they were nothing but skittles to be knocked down. It was too much to really process happening, in the midst of the battle that Sephiroth had dashed into but in those two or three seconds afterwards, reality did threaten to slam home.

They'd just lost...he didn't even have the time to take a proper headcount, much less allow it to jar his focus now. But Akane...that was a whole new level of brutality...

Between Yuri and Jade, and a few others he heard shouting as if they were in another room, Sephiroth managed to recover his resolve and spread his stance yet again and root his concentration back on the fight at hand. They have a job to finish first and taking those few moments to observe others actions had given Sephiroth a potential change of tactic to follow.

He Dashes back into melee range and opens with Mental Break, to reduce Chaos' magic defenses further; it would help those others who were throwing spells or summoning have more of an edge on their attacks. But Sephiroth didn't stop there, a few slashes later he charged an Ice Brand into his sword before it connects.