Blackfoot Forest a boy like me

"Sorry," he whispered, realizing he'd accidentally hurt his friend in the process, and relaxed greatly at the touch of his shoulder. Not once, but twice. Hide was almost immediately soothed - not fully, but he was no longer trapped, and Orochi was right there. Everything would be fine. 

He shook his head. "I can help now," he assured, voice still wobbly but getting stronger. "I was just... stuck." Didn't know what had grabbed him was more like it, but he didn't want to get into that right now. 

There was a flurry of noise to their right, wailing and crying, and two foxes tumbled out of the brush in a tangle of limbs. Fighting and making the same noises the monsters had made in the brush. Hide pressed against Orochi's side, fur rising where it wasn't tangled in the branches he'd brought with him. It sounded like it was close.