"Amaya, Amaya wake up," Amaya woke up to a quiet voice calling her.
"Go away Matt…" Amaya grumbled, rolling over. Wait…she froze, that wasn't Matt's voice. It sounded female! She sat up quickly, and found herself face to face with what appeared to be some sort of small, blue fox with opal eyes. The fox's undercoat appeared to be a pale, icy blue while its overcoat was a much darker blue.
"I'm not Matt silly. My name is Kitsunemon, and I'm your friend." Amaya stared at the fox, was it talking?! She must have hit her head as she fell or something.
"Hey," the fox was talking again "are you ok? Amaya?"
"Y-you're a fox…" Amaya stuttered "foxes don't talk. And you're blue…"
"I'm not a fox silly, I'm Kitsunemon and I'm a digimon." Amaya nodded slowly
"Riiight…Kitsunemon…great…" Amaya wasn't sure what to make of this. She stood up slowly, testing herself for injuries while keeping a close eye on the talking blue fox that called itself Kitsunemon. She felt a bit sore, but that was it. She took a moment to check and make sure that everything was still in her bag, it was, and nothing appeared to be damaged. She also attached the strange gadget that had fallen from the sky to the inside of her bag.
Suddenly Amaya realized something and looked around. Nothing around her looked familiar at all! Plus, where were the others? She would have thought that maybe the wave had simply carried her a ways down the river, but the trees weren't even a kind she had ever seen before. She looked back at the fo- no, at Kitsunemon, whose tail was thumping happily against the ground, right now she was the only clue that Amaya had to where she was and how to find the others.
"Ok," Amaya said slowly "So you're Kitsunemon and you're not a fox you're a, what do you call it? A digimon?"
"Yeah," Kitsunemon barked happily "and you're my partner!" Amaya stared at her for a while.
"I'm your partner? What do you mean?"
"What I said, silly. You're my partner and I have been waiting for you for a very long time."
"You've been waiting…? For me?" This was a very foreign concept for Amaya and it scared her more than a little "Look, I think you've got the wrong girl. Why would you be waiting for me?!"
"Nope, you're the one." Kitsunemon hesitated before continuing much quieter "Unless, you don't want me…" She looked so sad with her ears pulled down and her shoulders hunched that Amaya felt her heart go out to the little creature. She crouched down and hurried to reassure her.
"No, that's not it. I-I'm just not used to this kind of thing you see. I'm usually on my own." Amaya's voice got quieter as she finished. She kind of liked the little critter and didn't want her to leave. She wasn't sure what, but something about the small fox digimon called to her on a deep level. Kitsunemon's ears perked up and she moved closer to Amaya, laying her head on Amaya's legs.
"Well not anymore! Now you have me and I'm not going anywhere!" Kitsunemon's voice was so full of conviction that Amaya couldn't bring herself to disagree. Amaya petted Kitsunemon's head gently before standing up.
"Ok then, now we need to find the others…" Amaya hesitated "would you mind if I…picked you up? It might be easier…"
"Sure," Kitsunemon replied. So Amaya reached down and scooped her up into her arms, adjusting her so she rested comfortably. She had to pause for a moment to adjust to the influx of information that was coming from the skin to skin contact with Kitsunemon. She could feel the little creature's unwavering loyalty and devotion to her as well as the fairly recent loneliness and feeling of waiting. Amaya felt a smile tug at her lips, Kitsunemon really had been waiting for her. Once she had regained her senses she reached out her senses to search for the other children, especially her sixth one, the one she never told anyone about, except for the members of her family with similar senses. She was quickly able to lock on to Matt and T.K., soon followed by the others. Each of the other children appeared to be with another creature that Amaya didn't recognize, but felt rather similar to Kitsunemon. They all seemed to be heading towards a central place, though Izzy and Tai were moving much faster, and they felt afraid. That worried Amaya greatly.
"Let's go," Amaya told Kitsunemon "it's this way." She set off at a jog towards where the others were headed; it was a little while away, but due to her training in her younger years Amaya could easily jog for miles.