He back away a bit, looking at her with a determined stare, "now isn't the time for jokes nee-chan...." he couldn't shake this feeling no matter what he tried to do. He had been trying to ignore it when he was in the Digital World, he tried to just keep going as if it were nothing but- now he knew that he was feeling this way since it was her that needed help.... if only she knew how to ask for help this would be a lot easier. They were both fools, both refusing to reach out for people but never wanting to be fully alone.

They were two of a kind, that was for sure.

Kouji waited, still refusing to leave until he saw that Soul Gem of hers. He wanted to see... she said something about her using up too much power was bad- right? Maybe.... he could purify it somehow...

"....If you need someone to get Grief Seeds for you I can help. I'll go fight the witches and you can stay here and wait for me," he was willing to risk it all, when there was someone in danger in front of him he can't just turn his back on them.