Old Ones Return (V)

E"Whatever. Ice--"

D<YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I GOT RID OF IT FOR YA! YOU'RE WELCOME!>

E"--IceLeomon wants us to meet at the temple."

Azuma: "All right, lead the way."

*Cameron heads over there*

*Once everyone converges on the Temple.*

E"So what's up?"

IL<Hold on, we need to go meet Reg. I don't want to have to repeat this conversation.>

*Euryale folds her arms.*

E"So instead, we have to repeat waiting around for everyone to get to the meeting spot."

*IceLeomon folds his arms right back.*

IL<It can't be helped. And we may not be able to come back to the complex after this, so make sure you're ready.>

Kylie:<Why couldn't we come back?>

Azuma: "Won't be welcome back."

IL<In case you've forgotten, we have a mission. We are needed elsewhere, & we may be needed more there than we are here.>

E"Why? Do you know what Kurata's up to?"

IL<Unfortunately, I do not.>

T"Well...I might have a way to contact Mr. Yamaki. He might be able to update us on what Hypnos is doing."

Ts"A lot of mights & maybes in that statement."

D<Hey, you got a better idea?>

Azuma: "It's better than sitting around and waiting to see what'll happen."

Kylie:<Maybe we should contact him while we can.>

*Kylie looks down, looking a bit scared*

IL<Then, if you're ready, I'll be waiting on the other side of the stream.>

*And so he heads over.*

Azuma: "Why didn't he just have us meet on the other side of the stream?"

Cameron:<Who knows.>

E"So we wouldn't leave the safety of the sanctuary until we're all in a group."

Hideki: "Safety in numbers."

Lunamon:<They might be waiting to ambush us!>

*She jumps and holds on to Kylie's leg, causing her to stumble*

E"I really doubt that. Don't we have a lookout, or something?"

T"Yes. Mr. Regulumon is on the other side of the river & the other Leomons have been taking turns standing watch with him."

Hideki: "The few that aren't missing."

Kylie:<Missing?>

E"Yeah, what are you talking about?"

T"I think he is referring to the other Leomons."

E"Then why didn't he just say that?"

Ts"Besides, it doesn't even make sense. Just because we don't know where they are, that doesn't mean that they're missing."

G<Yeah, it's not like anybody asked IceLeomon, Regulumon, or MadLeomon where the others were.>

D<He's just a little slow. Or maybe I sucked too much of his bloooood!>

*She hops on Thiera's head & flaps her wings at Azuma.*

T"What? And don't stand on my head."

D<Nothing.>

*She hops back onto Thiera's shoulder. Agumon ignores this line of conversation & looks around.*

A<Hey, where's Renamon? Does she know that we're leaving soon?>

Taiyo: "I'm sure she's around here somewhere."

Azuma: "There have already been casualties amongst them."

Lunamon:<Uh, I'm so confused right now.>

A<Well, what if she's not? What if she doesn't know we're leaving? Don't you think you should make sure that she knows?>

Ts"Wait, we're actually going to move from this spot at some point? Could have fooled me."

Taiyo: "She'll know. She's never far away."

Hideki: "You could always lead by example."

*I guess everyone heads to the water*

A<Yeah, well, she's not answering, so maybe we should make SURE first.>

*Agumon begins sniffing.*