I don't own Princess Mononoke. I only own this story and characters not in the movie.
In the beginning of time, the forests stretched on forever. These ancient forests, where protected by giant beasts, who owed their elegance to the great Forest Spirit. Time passed and now the last of the ancient forests remain. The last of the giant beast fiercely protect the forest from intruders.
Two wolves stalked through the forest undergrowth. These wolves stood over eight feet tall and where over twenty feet long. One was a silver furred male with gold eyes, and the other was a pure white female with pink eyes.
The names of the wolves were, Ookami and the female his mate, Moro.
The two life mates had been out on the hunt. It had become harder to find food, since the humans came and started to build that town, of theirs. Ookami and Moro both hated the humans, for what they had done to them.
The humans had killed Ookami's pack, and destroyed the forest he had grown up in. He would have been killed to, if he hadn't found his way to the realm of the great Forest Spirit, and was saved by Moro. For Moro, they had slayed her parents and littermates.
They were the last of the wolf gods, they and their two pups.
Ookami and Moro, stalked after the scent of two humans. They had been fallowing the scent for over two hours. Finally they spotted the humans.
It was a human male and his mate. The male had begun to cut down a young tree, and his mate looked at a bundle in her arms.
Moro could hear the young tree cry in pain. There was nothing she could do to save the young tree. The kindest thing that could be done was to let the human cut it down, before attacking.
With one final swing of his axe, the tree fell. The female wolf god could hear the tree, scream out until it died.
When the tree fell silent, Moro and her mate jumped out of hiding. The two filthy humans backed away in fear, of the two wolf gods.
"Filthy humans. How dare you defile this forest." growled Ookami.
The human male took a step forward.
"Oh, great gods of the forest, we have done nothing wrong. Take this as a sacrifice." insisted the human.
The human grabbed the bundle from his mate's arms, and threw it at Moro's feet. He grabbed his mate's wrist, and began to run. The human's mate was crying and screaming as her mate dragged her behind him.
Ookami ran after the humans, sworn to kill them. When her mate was out of sight, Moro looked at the bundle the humans had gotten rid of.
Suddenly, the bundle began to move. Moro growled and bared her dagger like fangs.
Out of the cloth emerged, a baby human. Moro was no longer mad at the humans, she was furious. How could they have abandoned their pup? This was not done, in the realm of the Forest Spirit. A parent would give its own life to save its young, but these humans had just abandoned their pup, to save themselves.
This sickened Moro. The humans were even worse that she had thought. If the humans were so carless as to abandon their young, in the face of danger, what else were they capable of?
Moro had no more time to dwindle on the subject, before Ookami came dashing through the bushes, blood dripping from his fangs. Moro recoiled at the scent of the human blood.
Ookami looked to his mate, then to the young human at her feet.
"Why have you not killed that human yet, Moro. Do you wish for me to kill it?" asked Ookami.
Moro growled and snapped her jaws at her mate.
"This pup was abandoned by the humans, you killed. Look at it, it's helpless. Without its parents, there's no way for it to survive. I won't let the honor of the Wolf Tribe be tainted, by killing a defenceless creature. We are wolves, not mindless killing beasts, like the humans." snapped Moro.
"Then what are we to do with the pup? We can't give it back to the humans. It will only become another enemy for us to fight. So what do you propose we do, Moro?" questioned Ookami.
Moro knew what she would do.
"I will keep the pup, and raise it to be a wolf. It will become a guardian of the forest like our sons. It will know the difference between right and wrong. And if we fail, we can always kill it, and never speak of it again." suggested Moro.
"Very well then. The pup is now you responsibility, Moro. What ever fate has destined for her, it will be your duty to guide her. What ever the consequences she brings, may they be good, or may they be bad, it will forever rest on your shoulders." warned Ookami.
Ookami turned and bashed back into the forest. Moro grabbed the cloth surrounding the pup, and fallowed after her mate, to their den. Soon the two mates stopped at the foot of their den.
The den was a large cave, with a stone large enough for Moro, or her mate to lie on, and a ledge overlooking the forest, located on top of a hill surrounded by tree. It was the safest spot in the Wolf Tribe's territory. The trees and hill made it hard for enemies (humans) to climb up, and harm their pups.
In a short run, the two wolves reached their den. Moro entered the den, while Ookami stood guard outside.
Two three-moon-old wolf pups ran to Moro. Moro put down the human, and nuzzled her sons. They had grown very much in their short lives. The two wolf pups stood over two feet at the shoulder.
Moro knew she was very lucky. She was lucky to have survived her family's slaughter, lucky to have found a mate, and lucky to have had two healthy sons. And now her luck had increased by having adopted this human pup.
The small human pup began to cry. Moro thought it must have been hungry.
Carefully, Moro guided the pup to her warm bell, so it could nurse. Her pups had the same idea.
The two male pups fought for who got to eat first. Moro snapped her jaws, and instantly the two wolf pups fell silent.
"That is enough. There is enough for everyone. Now stop the fighting. You are gods and the last of the Wolf Tribe. You must act in a searten way." scolded Moro.
The two pups ignored their mother, and began to nurse. Moro shook her head. She knew her sons where you, but they had to learn to behave and uphold the honor of the Wolf Tribe.
The leader of the Wolf Tribe then turned her attention back to the human pup. Until her sons, who fought to get something to eat, this 'human' pup remained quiet as it ate. Moro smiled.
This was a good sign. If the pup could be quiet while it ate, that it could possible stay quiet while it would hunt. That's when something hit Moro.
"I have adopted you, but I do not know what to call you or even if you are male or female." said Moro.
Moro looked over the pup closely. She noticed the pup had short brown fur, and blue eyes. Moro wondered if the pup's eyes would change colour, like her two sons when they got older. Finally the leader of the Wolf Tribe inhaled her newest pups scent. The scent was female.
This made Moro pleased. She had always wanted a daughter, and instantly knew what to call her.
"I will call you, San, which means true warrior, in the wolf language. That is what you shall be. You will become a warrior of the Wolf Tribe and a guardian of the forest." proclaimed Moro.
Soon, San fell asleep with Moro's own two birth pups. San was so small; she nearly vanished under the fur of her new brothers.
Moro looked at the differences between her sons and her new daughter.
While her sons had white fur that was tipped silver (a trait they inherited from their father), San had no fur, besides the light brown fuzz on her head. Moro's sons were three-moons-old, but San couldn't be more than a single moon old.
Ookami walked into the den. He nuzzled his mate, then looked at his sleeping pups.
"I see the human pup gets along with Feng and Xin." said Ookami.
Feng was the oldest of the wolf twins, and Xin was the youngest and now the middle pup.
"The girls name is San, and she is now my daughter." told Moro.
Ookami nuzzled his mate.
"You always wanted a daughter, named San. If you are going to be this pup's mother, then I shall be her father. I swear this, in the name of the Forest Spirit." swore Ookami.
Moro looked at her mate.
"Thank you, Ookami." whispered Moro.
The two mates slept side by side, their pups safely between them.
So this is the first chapter. I'm going to continue writing this story. Each chapter will be one year of San's life. I chose they names for Moro's mate and sons, off a list Japanese names. Comment if you like it.
