Disclaimer: Although I dream about it, I don't own Princess Mononoke in any way.(Lawsuit shield activated!)

          Yeah, yeah ok this is my first fanfic (doesn't everyone say that?) so be a dear and read it and review with happy comments to fuel my writing career :).

          BTW: * = new paragraph

            *It was a nice warm afternoon, which forced San to take off her wolf headdress as she gazed longingly at Iron Town from the hill above. Its been almost a week now since the forest spirit died and so far, Ashitaka hasn't visited.

            " I wonder if he doesn't like me anymore…" she said to herself as she sat on a rock, " maybe he found a human girl down there and forgot about me…"

            " Don't you care about me?!" she stood up and yelled at the top of her lungs " why don't you keep your promise?!"

            " Why don't you go down there and meet him yourself?" came the cool voice of her brother from behind, " He's probably just busy or maybe even waiting for you. Humans are very clever."

            " You mean go into that place?! What if they still don't trust me and attack me?" she replied.

            " Well, it depends on how bad you want to see him"

          San paused for a moment to think. Does she trust the humans enough? What will she say to Ashitaka? Does she care about him that much? Why does this bother her so much?

          Suddenly, without warning her wolf brother ran in between her legs and propped her up on his back.

          " What are you doin--?!" San stifled but before she could finish, the wolf took off at full speed toward Iron Town carrying San on his back. When San opened her eyes, she saw Iron Town growing bigger and felt wind gushing past her head.

          " Stop!" she yelled in the wolf's ear, "What are doing?!"

          " You'll thank me later!" he growled back.

*Yuji, one of Iron Towns many sentries was suddenly jostled to attention by the sight of San riding her brother towards them.

" M'lady! The wolf girl is riding towards us at full speed!" he yelled to Lady Eboshi as his grip on his rifle tightened.

Eboshi, who was taking a break from the construction work glanced up at Yuji, "Hold your fire!"

She quickly stood up and almost toppled over due to the fact that she was still getting used to having one arm, and ran up the ramp onto the battlements.

" She's unarmed and not dressed for war," She said at first glance.

" Maybe she wants to apologize for everything in the past," Yuji said.

" Unlikely. She's too stubborn for that. My guess is she wants to talk to Ashitaka"

The wolf (and San) was now on the bridge connecting Iron Town to the mainland. When he was within ten meters of the gates, he jammed its paws into the dirt and came to a sudden stop sending San flying over his head and gracefully landing on her feet. She cautiously glanced up and saw Eboshi and Yuji looking down on her, then look behind her and saw her brother already running across the bridge back into the forest. Coward!

" What bring you here, princess mononoke?" Eboshi asked casually from on top of the battlements.

Hatred filled San. It was the same hatred she had whenever she heard that voice. She turned back around to face her rival.

" I wish to speak to Ashitaka!" San answered.

" Oh? And what makes you think he wants to speak with you?"

San bit her lip with anger.

" Oh come on now, I'm only playing with you!" Eboshi smiled "You should laugh more and show Ashitaka how beautiful you can be. Open the gate!"

San stood back as the gate to Iron Town slowly opened accompanied by the sound of grunts and strains of ten men. When the gate was fully up, San just stood there in a fixed gaze. This was her first time going in here with a non-violent intent. The men who opened the gate were surprised to see San but figured that Eboshi knew what she was doing. I'm actually going to see Ashitaka. And in enemy territory too, with that woman…

" Would you like to come inside, or are you going to stand there all day?" Eboshi asked a bit impatient.

San snapped to attention and hatred filled her once more. She hesitated at first but then sensed the uneasiness of the gate men as they stood aside. This gave her confidence, so she strutted, almost proudly, into Iron Town. She gave a quick glance back onto the hillside from where she came, but didn't see her brother anywhere. She could sense that he was laughing; could hear it in the back of her head. Oh! He's gonna pay for this!  

*The streets of Iron Town were quickly hushed as San walked by. Lady Eboshi came up next to her and gave a scornful look to everyone who was staring at them, and they immediately got back to work.

"So how do you like Iron Town so far, San?" Eboshi asked, knowing San couldn't care less.

"Where's Ashitaka," San coldly replied.

"Well, he's probably having lunch abou—"

"Where?!" San really disliked talking to this woman.

" He usually eats near the ox stable with—" San was already running in that direction. " –the other women" Eboshi finished.

San had no idea where the ox stable was, but quickly picked up the scent. Ashitaka, you'd better be there! The scent of oxen was getting stronger and she knew she was near. It wasn't too difficult to get around in Iron Town when everyone was jumping out of your way. She looked around and saw the stable but didn't see Ashitaka anywhere. All she saw was Eboshi standing there.

"Just how did you get here before me?!" San asked more out of frustration from not seeing Ashitaka than from seeing Eboshi.

" Took a shortcut," she coolly replied.

" So where is he?!"

" I think we should get back to work now," came a familiar voice from behind the stable.

" Ashitaka!" San yelled as she ran in that direction.

San turned the corner with a smile on her face, which quickly turned to a frown at the sight of Ashitaka sitting there with five other women who almost fell aver in shock.

"San?!" Ashitaka gasped, "is that you?!"

Tears were beginning to form in San's eyes as she turned and fled.

"San!" Ashitaka started running after her. " This isn't what it looks like!"

San continued to run.

"San stop!" he tried " please San!"

San could easily outrun Ashitaka and quickly disappeared behind a building. When Ashitaka finally got past that building, San was nowhere in sight.

" Hey, you lookin' for the wolf girl?" came Yuji from the battlements, "she came up here and hopped over the wall. She was really pissed, it scared the pants off of all of us!"

Ashitaka ran up onto the battlements and saw San's distant figure running into the forest. Oh San…

" Geez, what'd you do to her?"

" …Shut up Yuji,"

 

To Be Continued…

         

          Yeah, don't worry there'll be more, Mr. Madfaced reader. Plus the next chapters will actually have a plot and everything : ) So please review my masterpiece and add suggestions that will help me make it better. I wrote this all up in a day, so u wont have to wait too long for the next chapters because I have no life besides watching anime ; )