A/N:Sorry it's been so long!!! I'm doing this story as I go along as you probably can tell. Anyway, I never seem to have the time or I just don't feel like writing, sorry! Anyway, here is the next chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or story or movie of Princess Mononoke so don't sue, please. Thank you!
Chapter 5
San's ears pricked at the sudden scream from the West. She knew that voice. That scream.
San raced from the quite clearing to the forest. Trees passed in a green haze. She wasn't thinking about where she was going, just towards the screaming. San ran for hours it seemed, although it was only for a few moments.
A rustle from the bushes at the right. A shadow looming from the left. Twigs snapping, shadows appearing before San. San ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Something brushed the back of her legs and San carried them faster. When the noises stopped, San noticed that the screaming had stopped also. San hesitantly slowed down and quietly leapt behind a dark, large tree trunk. There, at a clearing, laid Ashitaka.
"Ashitaka!" whispered San as she ran to his side.
He was on the ground, blood seeping from somewhere on his body to the ground. San quickly put her ear to his mouth. Breath. He was alive. San laid Ashitaka's head under her arms. San looked down at him and saw his arm. She gasped. San looked at where the bone could be seen, the radius sticking out of the flesh, it was a horrible site. No wonder Ashitaka fell unconscious.
Ashitaka stirred uncomfortably and muttered a few incoherent words.
The man creature will die if you no help us.
San turned viscously towards the speaker. It was the Gorilla God. What did they want from Ashitaka or herself?
"What the hell do you want? You can't kill him, he's mine!" screamed San, not really thinking about what she was saying.
We will if you no help us, girl.
"Get away from here, or I'll make you pay," said San in a whisper. She was infuriated. How dare these apes hurt Ashitaka like this?
We be back. You will help us. Ashitaka dead with no help. Said the Gorilla God walking back into the shadows.
"Get away!" screamed San as she hovered over Ashitaka's limp body. She won't loss any more beings that she loved. Wait.
San blinked a few times at the new thought that came to her mind. Loved? Did she really love Ashitaka?
San didn't think about it for too long as she picked the man up into her arms. He was heavy, but she was strong. She slowly carried Ashitaka as far as to the base of the mountain upon which her family lived. San made a swift bird-like noise with her tongue and she watched as her two brothers ran rapidly down the mountainside. They stopped abruptly when they saw the human in her arms.
What is he doing here? Asked one of the wolves.
"Can't you see him? He's really hurt, I need you to help me bring him up to the cave," said San hoisting Ashitaka's other arm around her shoulders.
The wolves growled but obliged and the wolf that spoke brought Ashitaka up the mountainside. When they got to the cave, San gathered same hide and things for Ashitaka's arm and set them beside him. The wolves had set him down on her bed of furs and he settled into the furs comfortably.
San sent her brothers outside and she looked down upon the man that lay beside her. Did she love him?
San shook her head, not to be thinking of these things now, and set to work to tend Ashitaka's arm.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or story or movie of Princess Mononoke so don't sue, please. Thank you!
Chapter 5
San's ears pricked at the sudden scream from the West. She knew that voice. That scream.
San raced from the quite clearing to the forest. Trees passed in a green haze. She wasn't thinking about where she was going, just towards the screaming. San ran for hours it seemed, although it was only for a few moments.
A rustle from the bushes at the right. A shadow looming from the left. Twigs snapping, shadows appearing before San. San ran as fast as her legs would carry her. Something brushed the back of her legs and San carried them faster. When the noises stopped, San noticed that the screaming had stopped also. San hesitantly slowed down and quietly leapt behind a dark, large tree trunk. There, at a clearing, laid Ashitaka.
"Ashitaka!" whispered San as she ran to his side.
He was on the ground, blood seeping from somewhere on his body to the ground. San quickly put her ear to his mouth. Breath. He was alive. San laid Ashitaka's head under her arms. San looked down at him and saw his arm. She gasped. San looked at where the bone could be seen, the radius sticking out of the flesh, it was a horrible site. No wonder Ashitaka fell unconscious.
Ashitaka stirred uncomfortably and muttered a few incoherent words.
The man creature will die if you no help us.
San turned viscously towards the speaker. It was the Gorilla God. What did they want from Ashitaka or herself?
"What the hell do you want? You can't kill him, he's mine!" screamed San, not really thinking about what she was saying.
We will if you no help us, girl.
"Get away from here, or I'll make you pay," said San in a whisper. She was infuriated. How dare these apes hurt Ashitaka like this?
We be back. You will help us. Ashitaka dead with no help. Said the Gorilla God walking back into the shadows.
"Get away!" screamed San as she hovered over Ashitaka's limp body. She won't loss any more beings that she loved. Wait.
San blinked a few times at the new thought that came to her mind. Loved? Did she really love Ashitaka?
San didn't think about it for too long as she picked the man up into her arms. He was heavy, but she was strong. She slowly carried Ashitaka as far as to the base of the mountain upon which her family lived. San made a swift bird-like noise with her tongue and she watched as her two brothers ran rapidly down the mountainside. They stopped abruptly when they saw the human in her arms.
What is he doing here? Asked one of the wolves.
"Can't you see him? He's really hurt, I need you to help me bring him up to the cave," said San hoisting Ashitaka's other arm around her shoulders.
The wolves growled but obliged and the wolf that spoke brought Ashitaka up the mountainside. When they got to the cave, San gathered same hide and things for Ashitaka's arm and set them beside him. The wolves had set him down on her bed of furs and he settled into the furs comfortably.
San sent her brothers outside and she looked down upon the man that lay beside her. Did she love him?
San shook her head, not to be thinking of these things now, and set to work to tend Ashitaka's arm.