(AN: I know you ppl might be a lil confused. Ok. Um.. The forest spirit is still alive but has healed Ashitaka of his curse. Ashitaka has this sort of power, from the curse, to sense things. He still has his god like strenghth. There's kind of a truce btwen the forest and iron town. Ashitaka lives in iron town but visits San frequently. Lady Eboshi is still trying to kill The forest spirit but not as aggressively. San and Ashitaka are still in love thought...Sry 4 the long AN I just wanted to clear that up 4 evry1.^_^) (AN2: I really don't like spelling Sango's cat friend KIRARA. I spell it KILALA, because they other way makes me feel like I'm making fun of the Japanese ppl. So plz just deal with it.)

Part 3

"San, I'll head back to Iron Town. I know you sensed that presence as well as I did..." Ashitaka said quietly as to not disturb the wolves.

"But not all of them are human...be careful Ashitaka..." San warned.

Ashitaka called Yakul, and hoped on his back and they road off to Iron Town. Soon enough they were at the gate waiting to be greeted. The Large gate was soon opened and they entered. The new visitors were easy to find, due to there strange clothing. They were sitting on the side talking to the leader of the fortress, known as, Lady Eboshi. Askitaka went to go put Yakul in the pens, and then walked over to see what was going on.

He introduced himself, "Hey. I'm Ashitaka. I live here. My I ask your names?

They all went in a circle,

"I'm Inuyasha."

"Hi, I'm Kagome!"

"Name's Miroku. *Points to Sango* and this is my wife."

"*Smacks Miroku off his feet* I'm Sango,*Points to Kilala* that's Kilala, and I am NOT his wife!"

"Hey there, I'm Shippo"

"Oh, well, would you all mind if I joined your conversation?" Ashitaka asked.

They all said in unison, "Nope."

They talked about their quest for the shards, and where they had come from, and the many amazing stories about their adventures. And Ashitaka told them about his past, and his life in Iron Town. The subject came around, about what they had sensed in the forest. Eboshi told them about San and her wolves, the other many beast that lived there, and of course the Forest Spirit. Ashitaka was uncomfortable talking about these sorts of things with Lady Eboshi around. So volunteered to show them the rest of Iron Town.

Part 4

Ashitaka finally finished the tour, and showed the new comers where they would be staying for the night. His mood suddenly turned very serious. He pulled them all into his Large hut.

"Hey, I know the wolf girl. You're not here to kill the forest spirit are you?" He said in a low voice so only they could hear.

"I dunno, is there a reason we should kill it?" Inuyasha questioned sarcastically.

"Well I don't know if Moro will let you into her forest or not. Wait here for tonight, and I'll let you know in the next day or so." He promised.

That night, Ashitaka went back to the forest. He met up with San and the two smaller wolves at the river, where he first saw San. This was always their meeting spot. They went back to the wolf den where Ashitaka filled San in on the details about the visitors.

"There are six of them. One is half demon, half human. There are three humans, one small fox demon, and one cat beast which seems to be tame. San, they are demons not like the ones here. They actually have personalities and feelings. They're not just an animal god that has been corrupted by rage or hate. Humans and demons live together in their world." He explained

"Ashitaka, what are they here for? If they try to hurt anything in this forest, I will slay them, like I wish to do with that gun woman!" She warned.

"San, they're looking for fragments of an ancient jewel. They're trying to stop these jewel shard fragments from falling into the hands of evil. They aren't trouble, San. Trust me. Just grant them permission to search the forest and find what they need. The sooner they do that they can continue on there way and find more of what they're searching for and further help man kind." He explained further.

"Oh fine. But if they do any damage to anything, especially the forest spirit, they will die under my hands." agreed.