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Princess Mononoke was one of my favorite movies of Hayao Miyazaki. I've been meaning to write a fanfiction of it but didn't know where to start so I sat down and thought real hard about how to start. I guess it wouldn't take place during the movie because it would just be copying Hayao Miyazaki's story. I want to see Ashitaka and San's relationship after the movie. I hope they don't make a sequel in the film franchise otherwise this fanfiction will be useless. Please read, review, and be awesome.

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The Forest Spirit lost its head and the world was almost consumed by its body looking for that head. A young Emishi prince named Ashitaka and the feral but beautiful wolf girl of the forest San gave the Forest Spirit back it's head. The Forest Spirit got rid of it's evil water stopping it from destroying the land and gave everyone a field of grass. The smog lifted, the iron was destroyed, the lakes were restored, but the trees wouldn't grow back. The Kodama, who showed up in peaceful and protected forests were gone. Only a few remained. One day they would return after Ashitaka rebuilds Iron Town.

Ashitaka talked to Lady Eboshi. It was amazing how happy she was to see him after he foiled her plans and lost her arm. She wasn't at war anymore with the Moro Clan, Boar Clan, and any human clan that were rude and opposed her. She lost many of her cohorts when the Great Forest Spirit attacked Iron Town. Her henchmen Gonzo lost his position as her number one henchman after the battle and gave that position to Ashitaka. Ashitaka didn't like everyone thinking of him as one of Lady Eboshi's henchman. He only agreed to this position so he could help the villagers rebuild.

The curse that almost killed Ashitaka he was starting to miss. He missed the strength the curse gave him. He could lift anything big in this village, push a door that required ten men to open, and survive wounds he couldn't have if he was an ordinary man. Yukal was glad his cursed body was healed. Yukal was a red elk Ashitaka used instead of a horse. Yukal was Ashitaka's only friend when he left his village for a cure. Finding friends on his journey was hard. There was Jiko-bō a wandering monk and mercenary he met who was close to Ashitaka, but he was responsible for the Forest Spirit's beheading. He didn't act alone but he was the leader. Ashitaka would make sure the forest got justice for what Jiko-bō did, but if it wasn't for Jiko-bō he wouldn't be cured.

"Ashitaka, can you help us?"

Toki with four other ladies who worked the bellows and her husband Kohroku were riding on top of a cart. The cart contained pieces of wood longer than a six foot tree branch. The five ladies were waving to Ashitaka. As Toki described him, Ashitaka was cute at first but turned out to be gorgeous. An anonymous boy who works hard was a glowing chance for each of the woman. They flaunt their joy every time saw him. They even let him do work in the bellow, holding onto their kimono's and laughing. So far the relationship between him and San, as they hear it, isn't official so there's still a chance one of these former prostitutes would take Ashitaka to their bed, and the only bed they had now was the grass. Ashitaka finally walked up to the cart and picked up the wood.

" Looking good," Toki said giggling as Ashitaka carried the wood to a spot a village said was his home before he left it to the Forest Spirit and stuck the wood in the dirt. " Now all we need is iron and we'll have real homes."

" We can't use iron anymore, honey cake," Kohroku said making all the five woman even his wife glare at him. " Hey, I'm not saying Lady Eboshi caused all of this. I'm just saying if the forest creatures weren't happy from the start why did we persist on using something other than...you know...iron."

" You were an ox driver!" Toki accused pointing her finger at Kohroku. He shuddered every time his wife gave him that look. " If you don't like it than you can sleep outside."

" Come on, sweet'em. You wouldn't let me sleep in the cold ground, would you?" Toki raised her eyebrow and crossed her arms, and everyone else including Ashitaka laughed. " Would you?"

This is where Ashitaka wanted to stay for his new home. He was no longer a prince, but he had a good control of his destiny. Strange to think of this as his new home. It wasn't like he could just forget about his village, his sister Kaya, and everyone he knew being raised. He never thanked them for their help. What he didn't know was one of them found him.

" Prince Ashitaka." He recognized that voice. It was hoarse and sick like he had a cold. He was someone Ashitaka knew growing up and was his mentor. Toki saw him and wondered how he could even ride a horse with his body the way it was. Ashitaka turned and froze.

" Ji-san." Ji-san was an old bearded man in red robes with a turnip hat. He bowed to his prince Ashitaka. " It's good to see you...completely cured. He was right. The boar Nago's curse is gone."

" Ji-san...I don't want you to think it's rude, but why are you here? I thought I wasn't allowed to go back to the village."

" Wait, you know this guy?" Toki asked pointing at Ji-san and then at Ashitaka. " You're a prince and he banishes you? You should be banishing him!"

" It's alright, Toki. The village was doing what was right."

" The village is no more. It needs you, Ashitaka. Your sister is gone."

I know having two author is kind of strange but I wanted to clear a few things after reading this. I know this story has unnecessary information and I used wikia to get the names of these characters, Princess Mononoke Characters, but I didn't use the information in the sheets or give a description of what they look like in there so it's okay, right. Now that I have finally written a Princess Mononoke story, not really a story you want to read, I guess I'm going to be moving on to stories everyone might want to read. Thanks for reading this story, cool dudes and girls. I try to get one hundred views everyday and you helped reading this chapter.