(A/N: Things get a little violent at the end of this chapter. Nothing really bad, but I just thought that I would give you all a warning. Hope you like it.)

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Chapter 14: Uncontrollable

"Teralis, I need to speak with you." Asano told his bodyguard.

The assassin's bottle green eyes shifted over to the warlord. "As you wish." he said emotionlessly.

Asano's eyes narrowed. He was being very serious right now. "In the past several days, you have killed a few of my men."

The assassin's expression remained the same. "They were bothering me." Teralis replied. "Besides, you didn't seem to care."

Asano sighed. No, he didn't care about his samurai's lives, but he did need men. "Yes, but I need my men in order to fight. If you want to kill someone, go find one of Eboshi's people. No more killing my men, understand?"

Teralis stared at him for a moment, his face an emotionless mask. "I will kill who I want, when I want."

Asano's anger flared up. Teralis had never been defiant of him before. "Now you listen to me! The only reason you aren't in the emperor's prison is because I'm keeping you out."

Teralis actually turned to face him. "And the only reason you are alive is because I am here to protect you."

"Now see here-"

"Do you honestly think any prison can hold me?" Teralis asked coldly and calmly, speaking in almost a whisper. "Your protection is a luxury for me, not a necessity. I don't need you. You need me. Had it not been for me, the Princess Mononoke would have killed you."

"You will listen to me!" Asano ordered, poking the assassin in the chest.

Faster than lightning, Teralis' hand grabbed Asano's. The warlord gasped as Teralis held him in a powerful iron grip from which there was no escape. He cried out as Teralis crushed his hand, inflicting pain on him strong enough to bring him to his knees.

"Don't think I am one of your samurai that will do anything you say." Teralis told him, still speaking in a cold whisper while keeping a strong grip on the warlord's hand. "The only reason I have obeyed you thus far is because it has worked in my favor." He released him, and Asano pulled his hand back, breathing heavily. "You need me much more than I need you."

Still panting, Asano glared up at the assassin. "You insolent little pest."

Once again displaying incredible speed and strength, Teralis grabbed Asano by the throat and lifted him off the ground, slamming him against the wall. The warlord's feet weren't even touching the ground.

"No one orders me." The assassin hissed. "I decide what I want to do. And if that just happens to be what you say, then it works in your favor." He was less than an inch from Asano's face, looking deep into his eyes, causing fear to fill the warlord. "I could kill you right now, very easily. A flick of my wrist, and I'll snap your neck." He brought his face even closer so he could whisper in Asano's ear. "Don't attempt to tell me what I can or cannot do ever again, or else I will kill you. That's a promise."

He backed away and dropped the warlord, then turned around and calmly walked away, his metal boots thumping loudly on the floor. Asano watched the assassin leave. His heart was racing. He had never been so afraid in his life. He knew then that Teralis was someone that could not be tamed. He'd be better off controlling a demon, a rabid demon even. But not Teralis. Teralis was in a league of his own. And he knew that when the assassin had threatened to kill him, he had been dead serious.

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"How could mother ask such a thing?" Isamu growled, as he and his brother bathed in the pool of the Forest Spirit.

Ashitaka shrugged. "You two are hurt. So neither of you can't do it. And San…" He looked at the Princess Mononoke. "It's better this way."

"You'll get yourself killed!" Kenji growled. "Even with your demon strength, it'll be unlikely that you can kill him."

"Then what should I do?" he asked. "Just let your father suffer until his own rage kills him?"

Isamu growled. "When Kenji and I are back to full strength, we will deal with Father."

"He's right." The younger wolf replied. "We'll help fight Asano while we heal, then focus on Father."

"So you're going to fight after all?"

They all turned and found Kaiju limping out of the forest over to them.

"You're not giving us much of a choice." San told the boar.

Kaiju submerged himself in the pool of the Forest Spirit, sighing as the healing powers began to work their magic. "I'm glad you've decided to help us. We're going into battle tomorrow, and we'll need all the help we can get. These humans are not like the others. They're bad, really bad."

"Speaking of the other humans," Kenji growled, "they're going to help in the fight."

Kaiju made a sound of protest and ended up swallowing a bunch of water. "We do not need nor want those humans' help."

"Really?" San muttered. "Because you were just saying how you could use all the help you could get."

"Not from humans!" Kaiju bellowed. "I don't trust them."

"They're in this too." Ashitaka told the boar. "Just like you, they are defending their home. And even if you don't trust them, I do."

Kaiju narrowed his eyes. "I'm not entirely sure that I completely trust you yet either."

San angrily got to her feet. "Do you trust me?" she asked.

The boar gave her a disapproving look. "Yes."

"Well I trust Ashitaka!" she declared. "And if you trust me, you trust him."

"Ha! You're blinded." Kaiju declared. "You're letting your love cloud your judgment. Don't deny it! I know you love him. You've been blinded by love."

The two wolves burst up from the water and surrounded Kaiju. "How dare you!" Isamu snarled. "How dare you make such a claim! You have no right saying such things! Our sister is not blinded!"

"You will show both our sister and her mate respect!" Kenji added, causing both San and Ashitaka to blush. "If that is really how you see things, then you are the one who is blind!"

"He's right." San said. "You're letting you're hatred for the humans cloud your judgment. Believe me, I am not any happier about joining forces with the humans than you are. Especially with that Eboshi woman. Don't forget, she killed my mother. But I can tell that our former enemies are our allies in this case. It is our best interest, as well as theirs, that we fight together."

Kaiju snorted in disapproval, but didn't object further. Instead he rose out of the water and got back on dry land. "Well it seems as if you've made your decision. Fine, let the humans fight. They just better make it clear whose side they're on during the fight or there may be some… accidents."

With that he stormed off, leaving the four of them to work out what to do.

"Tomorrow." Ashitaka said. "They're going to fight tomorrow."

"It's too soon." San said, looking at her brothers. "You guys are too injured to enter a battle. So is Kaiju. What's he thinking, planning a battle so soon?"

"Stubborn boar." Isamu growled. "Their damn pride will get them killed."

"If the battle is going to be tomorrow, we'll have to tell Eboshi." Ashitaka said. "It may take some time to prepare everyone."

Kenji growled as he got out of the water. "Humans, always doing things the hard way."

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"Tomorrow?" Eboshi cried. "You have got to be kidding me!"

Ashitaka shook his head. "I wish I was, but they want to save as much of the forest as possible."

Eboshi sighed. "The fools. And they're dragging us into it."

"No one said you had to fight." Kenji pointed out.

Eboshi glared at him. "We have an alliance. And I don't abandoned those I align myself with."

"How noble of you." Isamu growled.

Eboshi ignored his sarcasm. "Then it's agreed." she stated. She turned to her bodyguard. "Gonza, tell everyone the news. Tomorrow we're going to war. And we're going to fight side by side with the gods of the forest."

Gonza gulped nervously but nodded. "Yes, milady."

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Although no one would be able to tell based upon the expressionless look on his face, Teralis was getting very impatient. Lord Asano had annoyed him to no end. How dare that worthless warlord attempt to order him around. No one ordered him! And how dare he deny him the right to kill the wolf-girl. No one denied him a kill.

Teralis' hand twitched, wanting to feel his sword in his hand as he sliced through living flesh. He needed to kill. After he had let the Princess Mononoke go, he had killed one of the samurai to feed his hunger. It hadn't worked though. One kill was not as good as the other. He needed something more. He wanted the wolf-girl. Her and that boy with the demon strength. He wanted to kill someone worth his while.

Teralis got up from his sitting position. He glanced at the door from which the warlord slept in. He was very tempted to go in there and kill his so-called master. But no, he still needed him. Teralis was a wanted man, dead or alive. He may not need Asano, but the man did have his uses. But it was during times like these that Teralis thought he would be better off on his own. And the thing that really annoyed him was that Asano thought he was the boss of him. Oh how wrong he was. Teralis answered to no one, whether human, god, or demon. And he had to remind the warlord of that.

He made his way outside. The moment he did, his eyes drifted over several samurai. His hand twitched wanting to grab his sword and kill one, or two, or all of them. But what would be the point. It had nothing to do with Asano ordering him to stop killing his men. No, the only reason he wasn't killing each and every one of these miserable weaklings was because none of them were worth his time or effort.

That was when his gaze drifted to the forest. Teralis curiously cocked his head to the side. Perhaps he could find some descent prey in there. A god, or the demon, maybe, if he was lucky, he would even find the wolf-girl or the super strong boy.

He made his way to the gate, getting many fearful looks from the samurai. When he approached the guards by the gate, they literally shook with fear.

'As they should.' Teralis thought.

"S-Sir, sh-shouldn't you b-b-be guarding Lor-Lord-d Asano?" one of the guards asked.

Teralis' eyes darted over to him, causing the guard to jump. Once again, he had to resist the urge to kill. "Open the gate." He said emotionlessly.

The guard gulped. "But, sir…"

Teralis whipped out his sword and held it eyelevel with the guard. "Open the gate, now."

The guard slowly backed away. "Y-Yes s-sir."

Several samurai gathered around, each one terrified to be near the assassin, and opened the gate. Teralis calmly walked through it. The samurai were relieved when the gate shut behind him, glad to have the madman gone for now.

"Where do you think he's going?" one of the guards asked.

"Don't know." another guard replied. "But hopefully the gods of the forest will kill him."

The first guard shook his head. "I don't think he can be killed."

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Kaiju made his way to Iron Town. He wanted to take a look at how much the humans had repaired the wall. As it turned out, they had completely torn the old wall down and were building a new one. It wasn't finished yet, which was good, but what was done looked stronger than the original one. And of course it was made out of the trees that they had destroyed.

Anger surged through the boar. Not even the former citizens of Iron Town had been this destructive when they were destroying the forest. And they were also destroying the town. When the first war had ended, the town folk had made a much better town. No pollution, no destruction. Kaiju, along with the other gods of the forest, had been satisfied with the way things had been.

But then these humans came. They were far worse than the others ever were. And this leader of theirs, what had the wolf tribe called him, Lord Asano, was ten times worse than Eboshi had ever been.

And then there was the matter of Asano's assassin. Kaiju hadn't seen him, but what the wolf tribe had told him let him know that that particular human was dangerous, although Kaiju couldn't see why. If he saw this Teralis, he would kill him just as easily as any other human.

The sound of someone loudly storming through the forest caught the boar's attention. He limped in the direction the noise was coming in and saw the very human he had just been thinking about.

'Speak of the devil.' He thought.

That had to be Teralis. He fit the description the wolf tribe gave to him. Bottle green eyes and red hair, clad in black armor from the waist down and wearing a blood red cape, and an emotionless expression on his face.

'So, this is the big bad assassin.' Kaiju thought. 'Perfect. I'll take him down now and that will be one less problem.'

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Teralis was deliberately being noisy. He wanted to attract attention. If he had wanted to be quiet and sneak up on someone, he could do so very easily. But right now he was trying to draw attention to himself, hoping that one of the gods would come after him. Hopefully they would put up more of a fight than that fox god and that ape god.

The minute Kaiju arrived, Teralis knew, though he pretended he didn't. He knew the boar was watching him. He could feel it. He knew exactly where he was. He knew the god was wounded too, which frustrated the assassin. That wouldn't make it much of a challenge, but it was better than nothing, and it would certainly be a better challenge than those worthless samurai of Asano's.

The moment Kaiju burst out of his hiding, Teralis unsheathed his sword. The boar was coming at him from behind. By the sound of Kaiju approaching, Teralis was able to time his movements exactly. He jumped in the air, swinging his sword as the boar ran by underneath him. His blade cut cleanly through, but he did not make a killing blow.

Kaiju squealed as he turned back to Teralis, now only with one ear and a half. Teralis gave the boar a smug look.

"So, you were the one foolish enough to try and come after me." He said tonelessly.

Kaiju glared at him. "Disgusting human! You and all of your friends down there will meet the same sticky end."

"They are not my friends." Teralis replied. "I don't care about any of them. I don't care about the town, the iron, or this forest. I don't care about any of it. What I do care about, is finding someone worthy of my blade." His eyes narrowed. "But it's not you."

He charged forward. Kaiju was surprised by his speed. The next thing he knew, he had a large cut across his snout and Teralis was on his back. Kaiju automatically rolled over. But Teralis had anticipated this and jumped off.

As Kaiju rolled back onto his stomach and attempted to get to his feet, Teralis struck again. Kaiju lost a leg and went down again squealing.

Teralis calmly turned back to the boar and breathed in the scent of blood, enjoying it. "Such a shame. I thought that I would actually find something that would provide me with some amusement in here. Instead I get you."

Kaiju started laughing. It hurt to do so, but it was worth it.

Teralis was as expressionless as ever. "Is something funny? Most people don't laugh when they're about to die."

Kaiju continued laughing. "If you want a challenge, just wait until tomorrow when the gods attack. Then you'll be sorry."

If the boar was expecting any reaction from Teralis, he got none. "Good." The assassin replied. "Asano and I have been looking forward to this battle." He raised his sword. "Your friends will join you in the land of the dead."

He stabbed forward, and Kaiju was no longer among the living.

(A/N: Poor Kaiju, looks like he won't be in the final battle. And speaking of the final battle, it's getting very close. How will it turn out? And what of Kahn? Can Ashitaka kill him? And to make matters worse, Asano has lost control of Teralis. There's a lot more excitement and danger to come. I'll be sure to do a good job.)