[hider=♪ ♪ ♪] ♪ ♪ ♪ shinanai shinanai boku wa nande shinanai? yume no hitotsu mo mirenai kuse ni daremo shiranai otogibanashi wa yuuyake no naka ni suikomarete kietetta ♪ ♪ ♪ [/hider] Violet found herself humming along to the music blaring through her headphones, closing her eyes as she translated in her head. She'd barely gotten to hear the second verse when she felt herself being knocked to the ground. [hr] In truth, Violet hadn't chosen the pathway she had of her own volition. Subconsciously, she was following the onibi that could barely be seen down the path. Of course, once she had closed her eyes she broke from the spell, and it was at that moment that the giant green beast decided to attack her. [i][color=f7941d]Unacceptable.[/color][/i] Kyubimon broke through the foliage and slammed into the scarf-wearing human, a matching red one wrapped many times tightly around its front right leg. The tackle sent Violet falling to the ground several feet away but mostly uninjured, knocking her headphones off of her head. [hider=♪ ♪ ♪] ♪ ♪ ♪ hakidasu you na bouryoku to sagesunda me no mainichi ni kimi wa itsushika soko ni tatteta ♪ ♪ ♪ [/hider] The yellow fox digimon had managed to save the human girl from the dragon, like a knight in shining armor saving their princess, but in doing so took the attack meant for the girl. The Groundramon's fangs bit through Kyubimon's neck and left leg in one singular crunch before twisting its neck and throwing the fox digimon to the ground on top of Violet. [hr] It had been a tough week for Kyubimon. She had once again found herself in a world other than the one she called home, and in unfamiliar territory. She had taken shelter in the forest near where she arrived and observed what happened nearby. There were more of those strange creatures here, not unlike the one that had given the fox her lucky fabric, going about to observe avian creatures and stone monuments on the edge of the tree line. But despite her fascination with these creatures she was losing hope of finding her way back to where she called home, and her hunger was slowly building. It was just as she was getting too hungry to move that a disturbance in the area appeared, bashing down trees and revealing itself to be a digimon. Kyubimon was about to challenge it when she noticed a human nearby, a suspiciously familiar one at that, who clearly was not aware of the larger monster's presence. So she did what she could to get the human out of harm's way. She made an onibi to draw the girl towards her, towards safety... But it was too late. The dragon digimon had noticed the girl, and now Kyubimon found herself in a familiar situation. Without even thinking, she leapt towards the human and pushed her aside. [hr] Violet didn't have time to open her eyes before she was struck with a large weight falling on top of her and winced heavily from the impact. She rolled over and out from underneath the weight. She was dreaming, right? There was the dog from several months ago, back in the shrine. Only it was clearly not a dog. It was some form of giant fox with many tails. A kitsune? But nine-tailed foxes were just a myth... This couldn't be real. But there was something different, some of its skin and fur had been torn away to reveal a sort of wireframe, and the sight of it shocked her back to her senses. The fox was hurt, badly, and standing a short ways away was what appeared to be some form of dragon. It must have done this. [hider=♪ ♪ ♪] ♪ ♪ ♪ hanashikakecha dame nano ni kimi no namae ga shiritai na」 gomen ne namae mo shita mo nain da ♪ ♪ ♪ [/hider] She reached down to the fox, finding it wearing her scarf around its leg. She carefully tried to pet it, to reassure it that things would be okay, but it spoke! [color=f7941d]"You need to get away! Now!"[/color] the kitsune shouted at Violet. What? How could she just run away? Especially considering... [color=ed1c24]"I-... I can't."[/color] Violet stood up and reached into her pocket, retrieving her knife and holding it shakily in front of her. This was the creature that saved her life that day, and now it saved her again. The least she could do is fight for it. She slowly placed herself between the two digimon, shivering and shaking from fear as she did. Just as she was about to lunge forwards, there was a bright flash from behind her. When she looked back over her shoulder, the kitsune had changed. It was now much more humanoid, and had only a single tail. The damage that had been done to its neck had shrunk to a smaller portion of its body, but its left shoulder was still heavily injured. [color=f7941d]"You're just going to get yourself killed if you fight it. Please, run away. I'll hold it off."[/color] Kyubimon, or rather Renamon now, had managed to save herself from death by degenerating, but not she had even less power to fight the enemy with. Still, she'd protect this human. She had to.