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Yu lifted his tail high and flexed out his claws threateningly. His lips curled back exposing his razor sharp teeth, he walked slowly forward, leg muscles flexed to jump in for the kill. "Don't trust him, Littlefoot... This isn't the Rex you knew..." Rex only gave a knowing smile as the velociraptor prepared to attack him. He could hear the sickle claw tap against the ground, the clicking noise that would send chills up most creatures' spines, but not his.

Yu growled at Rex's calm composure. The dracovol didn't seem to care that Yu was threatening to rip out his threat, to dig his claws into his vulnerable belly, to make him bleed. Hissing like crazy, Yu broke out into a run, mouth wide open to deliver one ferocious bite. And all the while, Rex just stood there, smiling with that creepy grin on his face...

"Yu! Stop!" Littlefoot shouted angrily. As Yu skidding to a sudden stop, he continued, "This is Rex here! How can you accuse him of such treachery?"

Rex turned to Yu with a satisfied smile that told him he was in trouble. Yu scowled at this, and turned to Littlefoot. "You've got to trust me! It's not safe with him! He's...changed...Littlefoot. He's changed."

Littlefoot could not believe what he was hearing. Yu, accusing Rex of being a traitor! The longneck could very well remember what happened so long ago. He could recall the day that Kumo first appeared in their lives. He could remember how the raptors and his own friends thought Rex betrayed them. He remembered that it took Kumo himself to clear Rex's name. And now Yu was actually accusing Rex, once more, of traitory. Since the last time Rex was innocent, why couldn't he be this time around? Littlefoot knew the dracovol well. He knew that he would never really betray him!

"I'm sorry, Yu...but I just don't believe you." The velociraptor gasped. "I mean, how do I know this isn't some sort of mix-up? Maybe it was Kumo you saw."

Yu shook his head violently. "No! It was Rex, I swear!"

Rex shook his head, chuckling softly. "Such an imagination, young raptor. Such an imagination." He looked at Littlefoot, and smiled. "Ah, he probably ate something that's making him delirious. Don't worry about him."

"It's not my imagination! I saw you strike the deal with Chomper!" He pointed an accusing finger at Rex.

"That is enough Yu." Littlefoot spoke softly. "Why don't you go inside the cave and speak with Doc? Maybe he'll tell you why you're imagining things."

Yu snarled angrily as he walked away. "The one day I actually want to save someone who is supposed to be my prey, and he doesn't believe me! How typical. You longnecks were always so easy to trick!" He disappeared into the cave, leaving Littlefoot and Rex all alone.

The dracovol closed his eyes and leaned against the bark of a sturdy and strong tree. It seemed to rise for about a mile high. "That Yu...he's something, isn't he?"

"Yeah...I can't believe he would actually accuse you of joining the dark side! Heh, can you think of something more ridiculous?"

"No, I can't say I can." Rex replied, not opening his eyes once.

"So where you, actually?" Littlefoot pondered, walking up to his dracovol friend. "You've been gone for quite some time."

Rex looked at his longnecked friend, and gave a shrug. "Eh, out for a walk."

"Some walk..." Littlefoot smirked softly, raising an eyebrow. "You were gone half the day."

"So I wanted some alone time, okay?" The dracovol snapped, clawing into the bark of the tree with the nails on his right hand. "Is there a problem with that or something?"

The longneck backed away a little, surprised at the dracovol's sudden, if mild, anger. What happened to Rex? Could Yu have been right? No! No he can't be right! Rex is probably just stressed out because of the war and Chomper and such. Yeah, it must be the stress doing this to him. Littlefoot himself was feeling more bitter ever since this whole battle had started. The agony of war had pelted him with uncomfortable nightmares, making him more aggressive each day, though he tried to hide it from his friends.

"No..no problem." Littlefoot murmured softly. "I didn't want to make you angry..."

Rex turned to him, and softened his expression. He stopped leaning against the tree, and walked towards the plant eater with an almost creepy smile on his snout. "That's all right. I was just a little angry is all..." He faked a thinking pose. "Oh, say, why don't we go for a little walk? I'm sure the others won't mind if we were gone a few minutes." He grinned. "Just to chat."

Littlefoot shifted his gaze up towards the dark skies. "Hmm...I don't know..." He looked back at the cave. "If they noticed we were gone, wouldn't they come looking for us?"

"We'll be back before they even know we left." Rex said. "Trust me."

Littlefoot pondered this for a few minutes. If they would only be gone a few minutes, then the others could take care of themselves. Surely they wouldn't panic even if they did notice they were gone. Surely they'd realize he'd be back soon. And Littlefoot did want to talk to Rex about something. Yeah, a walk would do him some good. It would calm his nerves.

"All right, Rex. Let's go." He went by the flying sharptooth's side. "Just remember, we need to be back in a few minutes." He reminded his blue sharptooth pal.

Rex smiled maliciously, but Littlefoot didn't see it. "Oh I will. Don't you worry..."

Hiding among the trees stood Chomper. He watched as Rex started to lure Littlefoot away. As they left, Chomper couldn't help but stare at Rex and his form. "He does look good..." He shook himself, knowing he had to keep his mind on the mission. He couldn't be thinking about love right now! This was the worst time!

He looked in the direction where they had gone. He didn't know how far back the cave was. But he didn't need to worry about finding it. Once Littlefoot was taken care of, Rex would lead Chomper to the cave. Everything was going according to plan.

"He will be mine." Chomper whispered, and he started to follow Rex to make sure he didn't back down on his word.