[And see that? The smile on Takeru's face quickly turned somber before he took a bite out of an apple. Yup, the boy shouldn't have said anything about that should he?

For a moment or two, the boy just listened to what Ishtar had to say. He wasn't sure what else he could say back to cheer Zero up but...]

Ishtar-san is right, no one can ever replace your family. I know Oniichan wasn't happy because my friend, Taichi-san, was hanging around me all the time! And he thought Taichi-san was going to replace him!

But that's not true, I would never think that way! My brother is my brother no matter what!

But I'm really sorry too, Zero, I didn't mean to make you sad.