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Another Path

Chapter Eleven: Choice

It had been days since Ashitaka awoke. From then, San had been staying at his side, helping him all the way she could.

Finally one day as Ashitaka slept, she entered carrying a bucket of water and a towel, since for the last few days, Ashitaka was having a fever.

After doing what she was suppose to do, she silently sat there next to him and watched him.

"Ashitaka, please get well." That was the only few words San said, since there was so much on her mind. Months before, she had almost lost him from her heart, when she decided to run away instead of waiting for him to rescue her. Weeks ago, she almost lost him to a war. Now, she was afraid that she would loose him to this fever.

"Please don't ever leave me again, I will be yours alone, I promise." Then she broke into tears as she embraced the unconscious Ashitaka.

While outside, the pair of eyes which had spied on Ashitaka for the past weeks finally turned away, as its owners could no longer bottle the jealousy inside the heart.

At the same time, an angry wolf growled at the man as the man tried to leave.

"What are you doing, here Mitsu? Spying on my sister?" Kagi said angrily as he lunged and pinned Mitsu to the ground.

Hearing the fighting outside, San quickly recovered her pose and went outside, since she didn't want anyone to disturb Ashitaka's rest, but when she walked out of the door and saw who it was, she was surprised.

"Kagi, what are you doing?" San shouted as she ran towards to her brother to stop him from doing anything to Mitsu.

"Sister, the boy was spying on you." The wolf said as he turned to inform San and using this chance, Mitsu was able to get out of the grasp of the white dire wolf.

Hearing what happened, San was shocked, but on her face she had the emotionless mask she had always worn before she met Ashitaka.

"Why are you doing this, Mitsu?" San asked trying to remain as calm as possible.

"Because after that raid, you stayed by his side and never came to talk to me." The boy shouted with an anger filled with jealousy.

"Mitsu, you two are different to me." San shouted back as fast as he finished.

"He is the man I love and you are a friend." Hearing what she said, made Mitsu more angry.

"So I am just a friend, huh?" Hearing those words, they boy laughed, Kagi knew that this boy had entered into one of the human emotions, greed and jealousy, and that the tone of laughing is one of those laughing humans would have before loosing their sanity.

"I will get you in my arms and then you will love me with all your heart and saying sorry that you loved this other man." Finishing that, the boy ran away, while his voice echoed down the alley.

Hearing his threat, San went back to Ashitaka's side, afraid that Mitsu would kill Ashitaka, but then when she returned, she found Ashitaka still laying there peacefully.

Seeing this San, sighed in relief.

"Thank goodness." San said quietly as she sat down again next to Ashiaka. She could not bear the thought of loosing him, therefore she remained there as long as long as it took, guarding him as if a wolf guarding its mate.

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