[PRIVATE: DGFone & Thewhistlerify]

[DGFone]

Moto saw that Muroki was losing it, and placed a paw on his shoulder. "Muroki, listen to me. That will not happen. It I will get the sense that they will be doing that, I know what to do. We're going to get Delano out, whether they want to free him or not." He smiled at Muroki. "In two day's time, Delano will be back with us."

Patting Muroki's shoulder, Moto got back up to his feet. "Let's go back to the others. I bet they are anxious to know as well."

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki sighed, knowing that it wouldn't help if he lost his temper while they tried defending Delano during the trial, even if the very thought of them convicting. "Alright." he smiled at the thought of having Delano back in two days from now. "I know that this is pretty much your fault, but thanks to you I'll have my brother back. Lina will have him back. And it's not like you knew that what you said to them would get them to go after Delano, so I guess that everything's fine."

[DGFone]

Moto nodded at Muroki and walked back with him back to the others. He sat down next to Lina, who looked up at him, clearly wanting to know what he had just told Muroki. While Moto wasn't going to say everything, she did deserve to hear the good news.

"We will be able to get Delano back in two days," Moto told his daughter, smiling at her, "don't worry, we have everything sorted all out. Delano will be fine." He gently nuzzled his daughter to reassure her.

[TheWhistlerify]

While Moto and Muroki headed back in their direction, the main thing on Lina's mind was what could be the reason for Moto wanting to speak to Muroki alone. However, that was out of her mind as soon as Moto told them that Delano will be back in two days. Sure, two days without him was going to look like an eternity, but at least now she knew that she was going to have Delano back. She smiled and gave her father a huge hug while returning his nuzzle. For the first time since Delano got arrested she was feeling truly happy.

[DGFone]

Seeing that Lina took the news better than he expected, Moto smiled at her again before returning to Fadhili's side. "Soon, our family's gong to be whole again," he said, "now we just have to wait." He knew that there would still be some trouble, but he also now felt like the worst was behind them.

Umeme was grateful when Muroki sat down next to her again. And when she heard what Moto told Lina, by how her sister reacted, Umeme felt much better in that her optimism was not in vain. She only had words to offer, but now she felt like they even had something to back them up. Umeme nuzzled Muroki, purring with contentment as he returned it.

[TheWhistlerify]

Muroki smiled at Umeme upon sitting down next to her, smiling an even wider smile when she nuzzled him. He returned the gesture, feeling that for once in a long time he could finally relax. Even though Moto was somehow responsible for this whole thing, Muroki trusted him to fix it. The biggest relief for this particular moment though was that Lina finally had a genuine smile on her face. This time when she went into the den it wasn't in order to go cry in the corner.

[DGFone]

Umeme watched Lina get up and walk into the den, seeing the smile on her sister's face, so she knew that Lina was alright. Getting up, she gave Muroki a quick nuzzle and said, "I'm going to talk to Lina. See you afterwards?" She licked him and made her way down into the den, spotting Lina. Sure enough, unlike the past days, she wasn't crying in the corner.

"Hey Lina," Umeme said, "we're going to get Delano back in two days!" She sat down next to her sister, smiling broadly. "It's great to see you happy again. I would love to see you when Delano comes back."

Back outside, Moto saw Umeme walk into the den, leaving Muroki alone. He moved over to his son-in-law and sat down next to him. "You know, Umeme really loves you," he said. It felt rather nice to be able to talk to him not about bad things now.

[TheWhistlerify]

Lina smiled when Umeme came over to her. It was nice to know that she was coming to check on her even when she was feeling alright. "I know, I'm very excited to see him again." up until now she had many doubts about whether she would see him again or not, but after hearing her father say that they'll get him back, all the worries vanished from her mind. If up until now some lion thought that it was impossible to get her away from Delano for too long, now she wouldn't be leaving his side for a long time.

Muroki smiled at Umeme as she walked off, looking over to his father-in-law when he came over and sat down next to him. It wasn't that he doubted whether Umeme loved him or not, but it felt really nice to hear someone else say it, especially if that someone was one of his parents-in-law. "I would hope so." he said with a chuckle. "To be honest, I was kind of upset when you two arrived... I didn't know what you'll say upon seeing the two of us together..." Surely to be gone and suddenly return home to have a new son-in-law was probably something surprising, so he was kind of apprehensive at first about how they were going to react.

[DGFone]

Umeme grinned at Lina. "I do wonder though," she said, "once Delano comes back. How long will it be until you finally allow him to leave your lie of sight? How many days?" Umeme grinned again when she saw Lina smiled at her questions. She was just teasing her sister, but also knew that it would take a long time for Lina to leave Delano once he come back.

Moto was quite surprised to hear Muroki tell him how he was nervous when they had first came back. "You thought we might be disappointed?" He asked, watching Muroki nod sheepishly. Moto just smiled and placed a paw on Muroki's shoulder. "Why would we be disappointed? We were delighted to learn that Umeme had found someone, Lina too. Sure we were surprised, but disappointed? No, never." He patted Muroki before dropping his paw back on the ground.

Seeing three lions approach them, Moto squinted to try and identify them. "Well look who's here," he muttered. It was Kasi and his parents, coming back.

[TheWhistlerify]

Lina thought about the question for a short amount of time even though she already knew the answer. "Like never." it was only one second after Delano was taken away from her that she began to miss him terribly. She already wanted to jump at him, wrap her legs around him and never let go. Now there was the problem of how she was going to pass the next two days.

Muroki really did feel kind of stupid after hearing Moto's explanation. It really did make him feel like he's been overreacting about meeting Umeme's parents. "Well, I dunno... I guess I was worried that you two might get too overprotective of Umeme or something..." he was more than happy that they did not, because he would not be able to handle being forced away from her. He couldn't help but wonder where were Kasi and his parents until now, since he hasn't seen them since Delano was arrested.