Ankh, meanwhile, isn't sure why they couldn't just leave the horde of monsters be and just tell everyone to leave it alone and not get themselves killed. But of course that's not a good enough answer and Eiji had to be stupid and check it out personally.

Now that they've gotten close, it's resulted in both of them having the unfriendly attention of the monsters... as if that wasn't predictable.

"Tch. Just don't overdo it." He gives Eiji the last medal needed to give him the full LaToraTah combo. The last thing he needs is Eiji running out of energy and passing out in the middle of this mess, but if nothing else, that combo is one of the easier ones for getting away if they need to get out fast.

He himself shifts to his fully armored Greeed form as a couple of the monsters close in on him. He's been making do with fire so far, but it's quickly becoming obvious he can't keep them at a distance much longer. Not with how many there are.

Ankh looks over in the direction Eiji's indicating. He can't see anything from where he is, and he's dealing with enough interference from monsters that he can't get over to him. In fact, trying to get anywhere on the ground is going to be pointless. He kicks a monster away, giving himself enough space to manifest his wings and take off into the air. From that angle, he can see what Eiji is talking about.

Unfortunately, that means she also has more reason to take notice of him and lashes out with a dress tendril that he only narrowly manages to avoid.

Grabbing her attention and everything else's in the area in the process, good job, Eiji. Though with everything focused on the reckless moron on the ground for the moment, that at least gives Ankh plenty of space to throw fireballs at anything and everything trying to get to Eiji.

He even feels a little pleased with himself when he manages to catch that strange dress on fire--up until he realises that it doesn't seem to bother the phantom at all, and just means that her weaponized dress now has flames along with it. That did not go as planned. But at least he's still succeeding in keeping the monsters off of Eiji for now.

Ankh notices the way the phantom directs her attention at him, and the way he seems to go a bit limp in response. That's already bad enough, but about the last thing he expects is Eiji cancelling his transformation.

"Eiji!" He calls, trying to get the moron's attention, even as he flies down closer. "What the hell are you doing?"

Of course he's not listening.

"EIJI!!!!" Ankh yells at him as if being louder might be all it takes to overpower the song. He tries to get closer, to grab him away from the phantom, but every time he does, a flaming tendil comes whipping at him.

As little faith as Ankh might have in people in general, that's not an answer he was expecting. He narrows his eyes slightly, making note of this person for future reference, because that response alone marks him as dangerous.

"Don't even try it," he warns, though if it's an actual answer to why Kamui wants, he can provide one. "He's been affected by a monster. It's not his own desire; that thing's just trying to make him come back." He suspects the logic of not helping the monsters is pretty universal, if nothing else.