I saw it, I swear!

Kitsune watched as Iho investigated the area. He had a keen nose for these sorts of things, and if anyone could find her ghost, it would be him. Kitsune’s ears were pricked, and she was weary watching the area around them. She didn’t like how the fireflies seemed to have followed them. Dancing aerily in the sky above. She gave them a suspicious glare, drawing her attention away from Iho that she missed exactly what happened in that moment.

All she knew was that Iho had yelped. She turned her head so fast she heard it click, frantically looking for him. She saw a glimmer of a flailing paw falling over the other side of the mound. She darted forward, even as Iho was calling out for her. Did she see a glimmer of white? It was that damn coyote, it had to be! She let out a furious snarl and ran up the mound. Prepared to fight off the coyote, even if it was a ghost. Iho was her subject, her friend. No ghost was going to take him from her!

But when she appeared above him, snarling and snapping her jaws, there was nothing there. The coyote was gone. She could only conclude she had frightened it away with her furious charge.

She shook thoughts of ghosts away, and turned her attention to Iho. “You're bleeding!” she exclaimed, placing a paw over the wound to apply pressure. “Come on, let's get you to the stream so we can wash it, and find something to bind it” she said, moving to help him to his paws.


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