"Yeah, well-!" DemiVeemon tried to yell at his friends but was quickly silenced. "Oh..." DemiVeemon's voice was low. "I actually expected an argument over whether we would be able to go or not." As Leon set down Ranamon the little blue digimon began explaining. "This ugly thing here is a human! His name is Leon, and he is my pet. Quite a handful, but full of love!" Clutching Leon's head protectively, he pointed one of his hands at Ranamon. "You can't have him!"

After a moment of struggling Leon was able to pull DemiVeemon off of his head. "Jesus! Do you have to do that?" he said, rubbing his chain from DemiVeemon's pinching hand. A lengthy amount of stubble was on his face now. "Hm. Probably means I should shave a bit. Too bad, I think Elle liked it... I can't believe I'll have a reason to wear a suit!" Leon said with a bit of excitement. The last time he wore one was at his brother's funeral.

Hearing Ranamon asking to tag along Leon thought about the logic behind that. She wasn't very easy to hide by comparison with the In-Training forms of Leomon and Veemon. Even in a good disguise a digimon would stand out in a building of people that actually knew about them. Plus, their task was very different from what she seemed to be thinking. "As this little oaf said, I'm Leon. Ranamon, I don't know if you coming is a good idea. We won't be trying to steal anything really. There's a digimon project there that is fusing different ones together to make stronger slaves for them to use. The last time we faced this monster... It didn't go great for us. And they've had plenty of time to amp up the juice on it since then. If it isn't surpassing an average mega level digimon by the time we get back, I would be surprised."

"You can still come back with us though!" DemiVeemon said happily. "The human world is a lot of fun! "
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If Emperorgreymon could smile, he would have right then and there at Guilmon's response. Sombering his expression, Emperorgreymon squared his shoulders and gave Guilmon a look over once more. With a closed fist inside an open palm the larger Red Knight gave a bow to the Rookie. "It's nice to have you back on our side again, Master Gallantmon. I'm sure it was an impressive battle to make you use all your strength." Straightening his back from the bow Emperorgreymon felt another presence nearby right before it appear right next to them, giving Emperorgreymon a quick start. "Ygg damn it, Steelhead. You really need to give some warning!"

Noticing the second small Rookie the Red Knight lowered his hand to pick up the digimon and let him rest on his palm. "I know a little girl who will probably be missing this guy. I bet their all together where those power levels keep shifting. I'll bring him back over. Patamon, you wanna come see your... um... trainer? tamer? The little squishy thing? You wanna see her again? We're heading that way now. Or, at least, I am."