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Another Path

Chapter Five: Trapped Emotions

The fight came to an end as Ashitaka entered the cave while Mitsu walked to San's side, ready to protect her with his life.

While San was confused by Ashitaka's appearance, since she thought she remembered seeing him in her dream.

"Who is this human? Why is he with my brothers? Why was he in my dreams?" San questioned speechlessly as Ashitaka approached him.

"San, I missed you so much." Ashitaka finally spoke as he came to an arms length with San and was about to embrace her.

"Who are you?" Those words came slowly out of San's mouth just as Ashitaka almost hugged her, they're very clear, which made everyone San knew confused.

"What are you talking about, San? Isn't this the man you love?" The younger of the wolves asked as he took a step closer to San.

"How can this be?" Mitsu said angrily. "I am the only one she loved."

"Silence, Mitsu, of the Cat's clan." San's older wolf brother said after an angry growl and asked, "what have you done to our sister?"

"Quiet." Ashitaka called out and the entire cave was silent.

"San, do you really not remember me, Ashitaka?" Ashitaka proceeded to ask a completely confused San.

San was only able to shake her head as a reply, even though that name seemed to ring a bell.

Seeing this, Ashitaka knew the source of the problems.

"I think I know why she doesn't remember me." Ashitaka said after finished questioning San.

"She lost part of her memory due to injury." Ashitaka pointed out as San's feet collapsed due to the shock.

"What should we do?' The younger wolf, named Mune, asked as his brother, Kagi waited for an answer, while Mitsu remained there.

"We should talk to her and let her remember slowly." Ashitaka gave a suggestion after a brief moment of thought.

They immediately agreed to the idea and Mitsu knowing that he would stand no chance against two wolves and a strong human warrior with his siblings away, agreed as well.

Minutes later, San was alone in the cave with Ashitaka.

"What am I suppose to do?" San and Ashitaka both asked themselves as they waited for a chance to speak. Then it came.

"Ashitaka, who am I and who are you in my life?" San asked with the tone of voice of being lost.

Knowing that he had to get this right, he went ahead and prayed to the single God that's all powerful and almighty, who he had heard about in a story.

"Please, Creator, let me get this right." That was his prayer as he slowly begun the retelling of the things they had been through together.

Moments later outside the cave, the elk, the wolves and the cat boy stood outside the cave. Suddenly, the cat boy made his move.

"It's been too long." Mitsu said as he decided to head back. "I am going to see if anything happened to San."

Hearing what he was about to do, the two wolves immediately jumped to the entrance of the cave, blocking who would enter, and stood into a battle readied stance.

"Back off, cat, or you will regret it." Kagi said as he readied himself for anything.

"What is so special about that human anyway?" Mitsu knowing that he would not succeed, asked wanting to know more about this Ashitaka boy and why were Moro's two sons obeying him.

"He was approved by our late mother as San's mate." Mune explained as his claws were ready to shrewd anything.

While in the cave, Ashitaka had finished his story.

"So, we are mates?" San asked after a brief moment of silence.

"We are not yet." Ashitaka replied.

"But we are almost at that stage, right?" San said as Ashitaka sat down next to her.

"San, you don't have to be with me, as long as you are happy, I will be happy." Ashitaka answered as his right hand took hold of San's shoulder gently.

"I finally see why I loved him so much in the past." San thought to herself as she leaned on his shoulder for support.

Then as if something in her heart came out. It was different than the feeling when she was with Mitsu, but still all those things seemed so far away from her.

"Maybe, maybe I will remember everything again." With that thought San drifted into asleep on Ashitaka's shoulder.

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