This is my first fanfic so I don't know if I'll be wasting your time by reading this, but here we go.
Five years have passed since the Great Forest Spirit died and Iron Town was reduced to nothing but rubble. But in those five years, everything has changed and the people of Iron Town now live in harmony with the forest, although the wolf clan still keeps a close watch on any human that walks through it. The Lady Eboshi decided to make Iron Town a fishing port, but kept the name because the women wouldn't want it any other way. And San…
"San…"
A body shifted its weight around beside me under a blanket and popped a head of tangled black hair out.
"Ashitaka?"
"It's nothing… go back to sleep."
"You still think about her, don't you?"
I looked down into the face of Eboshi with a forced smile on my face, "It's nothing."
"I'm sorry Ashitaka… but I couldn't… couldn't help myself. I didn't think she would see. I shouldn't have seduced you, Ashitaka, I'm sorry," she said lowering her head in shame.
"I shouldn't have fallen in… but…but why did she have to run away?"
Eboshi smiled and sat up and faced me with tearful eyes, "You love her… not me. Go, Ashitaka, find her."
"I don't know where to start though…"
"…Just go"
"Eboshi...?"
"Don't come back to Iron Town until you find her. You taught me five years ago to not only think about myself and about what I want, even if you didn't know it. That's why I love you," Eboshi flushed.
I leaned over and lightly kissed her warm cheek and rolled off of the mattress to my clothes that laid in a lump on the floor and looked down at the glimmer of the crystal dagger my sister gave to me before I left our village.
The moon cast its light over the wooden houses where the voices of people and laughter could be heard coming through candle-lit windows.
I walked over to the stable Yakul was kept in and lifted the bar, letting him out. He nuzzled my neck as if to assure everything would be alright as we walked to the gate. Both of the guards had a surprised expression on their faces, but shook off their confusion with a smile.
"Where are you heading to at this hour Ashitaka," asked one of the men.
"Moonlit stroll, but where's Lady Eboshi," said the other with a grin.
"I'm going to find San, I don't know when I'll be back."
"Princess Mononoke?! But... what about Lady Eboshi?"
"She knows. Please, let me pass."
They signaled men to open the gate from a small cabin near the gate and the gate was opened.
I grimaced as I ran San's last words to me in my head as I walked beside Yakul towards the forest, "I hate all humans Ashitaka, even you…"
End of the first chapter. Woo hoo! I'm not really satisfied with it, but it'll work.
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