That's right, after abandoning this story for a long time I have returned
to finish it, after all, theres nothing worse then an unfinished story TT
plus I kept getting reviews from people telling me to update, hehe thanks
everyone! If not for you I probably would have just deleted the story... so
anyway, the next chapter!
Click click click click
"..."
Click click click click
Eboshi sat quietly in the old straw hut, staring anxiously around the room. She never believed she would ever resort to such things as this, but right now she was as desperate as Moro to find the children, and willing to try anything.
In front of her, was a weary old woman, with her gray hair tied in a bun, exactly identical those of the long line of men. Starting from the oldest man, who seemed to have far too much hair to be truly ties back, to a young looking boy who resembled Ashitika greatly. In front of the old woman was a small circle of pebbles, and a few odd looking stones and shells inside it, Eboshi guessed it was some form of witchcraft.
Click, click click... click click
She picked up a black marble, tossed it at an old shell, picked up a stone, threw it at the marble, picked up some more pebbles, tossed them into the circle, rearranged a few things, picked up another stone...
Click click click click
"Hmm... It appears..." The old woman began, before picking up another stone, click click click
"It appears that your son is missing." click click.... Click "he has run away with a wild young girl from the forest" click click click
"Yes yes, you've already told me that" Eboshi said impatiently, she had been in this hut for three whole hours now. Moro had already left, deciding to question some of the village folk, but Eboshi was going to sty here, why she was putting her trust into some old witch from this crazy village she didn't know. But as mentioned before, she was desperate.
The woman again fell silent. Click...click click "the forest of the ancient Shishigami..." she began again "is a mystical place"
"Yes I know," Eboshi sighed, "please, do you know ANYTHING else about my sons whereabouts?!"
"..."
Click click click...
Moro meanwhile, wasn't having much luck either, the townsfolk hadn't been much help, she had spoken with several young girls who seemed to remind her of that princess Kaya, all thay had to say on the matter was "I'snt prince Ashitika that guy who looks like Kari?"
"Ouuh Kari is sooo handsome!"
"I wish I could marry him!"
Moro supposed "Kari" was the young boy back in the Witchdoctor's hut, true, he DID look remarkably like prince Ashitika, he even seemed to act like him, the only real differences where his clothes, and that odd looking bun in his hair.
After another five minutes of listening to mindless babble from the girls, Moro decided to look elsewhere, seeing as they weren't exactly being very helpful. Perhaps the boar clans of the forest would know something...
"... And Mother and Queen Moro have gone off to some weird village in the west to seek the help of an old lady" Kaya finished her report with a smile "they still have NO idea you're here"
"Well that's good" San muttered as she sharpened her spear on a rock absently, "if mother found out about this place I would NEVER have ANY privacy" she scowled at the thought.
There were a few minutes of silence after Kaya left, San continued to sharpen her spear, although it looked sharp enough as it was. While Ashitika, as usual, sat in wordless thought.
What would happen after this was all over? Would they simply go back to war? Or could they find some other way of keeping the peace? San must have been thinking the same thing, after a moment of hesitation she asked "hey, after all this... ya know... is over... what d'you think will happen?" after a moment to think it over, he replied "Out Mothers will most likely continue trying to get us together"
It seemed all they could do really, after all, once his mother got her hands on what she thought was a brilliant idea, she wouldn't let go of it until it had succeeded. San scowled again, "If they do, ill run away," she said stubbornly. Ashitika looked up at her skeptically, "to where?"
San considered for a moment, then a triumphant sort of look crossed her face. "To another forest. I'll become its princess, and find myself a REAL prince to marry" she smirked at him. That girl has some strange ideas sometimes. She had told him just a few days ago that she had originally planned on marrying the Shishigami, explaining that becoming the wife of a god would make their forest invincible. But her Mother had said the idea was crazy, and that she would do better marrying one of the boar clan chiefs.
And just a few days before that, she had told him of a curse that Yakkuru had told her of. A curse that came from the Iron orb that was mined for at Tatabara. The curse was supposed to eat slowly at your flesh, eventually killing you. That was, of course, if you didn't go crazy from the pain and 'transform' into a 'tataragami' first. Definitely a strange girl, she was.
Meanwhile...
Click click click
"..."
Click click... click click "hmm... I see..." she looked up at Eboshi seriously, her mouth set to a grim line. "Your Son has three months to live"
"WHAT?!?!?!" Eboshi leapt to her feet "what's wrong with him?!?! Where is he?!?! I have to find him! I have to..."
"Calm down Majesty" the Woman, said sternly, Eboshi fell quiet and dropped back into a kneeling position. Anxious to learn more so that she could save her son.
Click click click "yes... I see it... a terrible curse..."
"MY SON IS CURSED?!?!"
"Please calm down!!"
"..."
"..."
Click click click click... "a curse..." the woman continued, "of great evil... If he cannot find the cure in time, then he shall die... or worse... become a tataragami"
Lady Eboshi had no idea what a 'tataragami' was, but by the horrified murmurs spreading through the men in the room, she guessed it was a very bad thing.
"Of course..." the woman said quietly "he hasn't been inflicted with the curse yet" Eboshi jumped, "is there any way to prevent this from happening?!" she asked nervously.
Click click click click... "in a month's time, a Tataragami shall come raging through the Mononoke forest, It shall find San and your son. If you can find them until that happens, then perhaps his fate shall be different"
Eboshi was so shocked she didn't know what to say. The Woman now had her head down again, she was playing with those stones.
After a few more minutes of playing with stones, the woman looked up at her.
"I'll send my son with you, he knows the Forests better then his own villiage, he'll be able to help you" she glanced fondly at the youngest of the men in the room "Kari!" At the sound of his name, the boy's attention snapped from who-knows-what-he-was-thinking to the woman.
"I want you to go with queen Eboshi and help her to find her son" she told him, he nodded silently, then did something strange, he pulled out a small knife, and cut the bun in his hair. Then the eldest man started to make some speech about how the people of the villiage was a dying culture, and some other things she didn't bother listening to. A strange people indeed.
Well... there we go! I have some great new ides for this story now grins perhaps it wont be ending as soon as I had thought... REVIEW!!!
Click click click click
"..."
Click click click click
Eboshi sat quietly in the old straw hut, staring anxiously around the room. She never believed she would ever resort to such things as this, but right now she was as desperate as Moro to find the children, and willing to try anything.
In front of her, was a weary old woman, with her gray hair tied in a bun, exactly identical those of the long line of men. Starting from the oldest man, who seemed to have far too much hair to be truly ties back, to a young looking boy who resembled Ashitika greatly. In front of the old woman was a small circle of pebbles, and a few odd looking stones and shells inside it, Eboshi guessed it was some form of witchcraft.
Click, click click... click click
She picked up a black marble, tossed it at an old shell, picked up a stone, threw it at the marble, picked up some more pebbles, tossed them into the circle, rearranged a few things, picked up another stone...
Click click click click
"Hmm... It appears..." The old woman began, before picking up another stone, click click click
"It appears that your son is missing." click click.... Click "he has run away with a wild young girl from the forest" click click click
"Yes yes, you've already told me that" Eboshi said impatiently, she had been in this hut for three whole hours now. Moro had already left, deciding to question some of the village folk, but Eboshi was going to sty here, why she was putting her trust into some old witch from this crazy village she didn't know. But as mentioned before, she was desperate.
The woman again fell silent. Click...click click "the forest of the ancient Shishigami..." she began again "is a mystical place"
"Yes I know," Eboshi sighed, "please, do you know ANYTHING else about my sons whereabouts?!"
"..."
Click click click...
Moro meanwhile, wasn't having much luck either, the townsfolk hadn't been much help, she had spoken with several young girls who seemed to remind her of that princess Kaya, all thay had to say on the matter was "I'snt prince Ashitika that guy who looks like Kari?"
"Ouuh Kari is sooo handsome!"
"I wish I could marry him!"
Moro supposed "Kari" was the young boy back in the Witchdoctor's hut, true, he DID look remarkably like prince Ashitika, he even seemed to act like him, the only real differences where his clothes, and that odd looking bun in his hair.
After another five minutes of listening to mindless babble from the girls, Moro decided to look elsewhere, seeing as they weren't exactly being very helpful. Perhaps the boar clans of the forest would know something...
"... And Mother and Queen Moro have gone off to some weird village in the west to seek the help of an old lady" Kaya finished her report with a smile "they still have NO idea you're here"
"Well that's good" San muttered as she sharpened her spear on a rock absently, "if mother found out about this place I would NEVER have ANY privacy" she scowled at the thought.
There were a few minutes of silence after Kaya left, San continued to sharpen her spear, although it looked sharp enough as it was. While Ashitika, as usual, sat in wordless thought.
What would happen after this was all over? Would they simply go back to war? Or could they find some other way of keeping the peace? San must have been thinking the same thing, after a moment of hesitation she asked "hey, after all this... ya know... is over... what d'you think will happen?" after a moment to think it over, he replied "Out Mothers will most likely continue trying to get us together"
It seemed all they could do really, after all, once his mother got her hands on what she thought was a brilliant idea, she wouldn't let go of it until it had succeeded. San scowled again, "If they do, ill run away," she said stubbornly. Ashitika looked up at her skeptically, "to where?"
San considered for a moment, then a triumphant sort of look crossed her face. "To another forest. I'll become its princess, and find myself a REAL prince to marry" she smirked at him. That girl has some strange ideas sometimes. She had told him just a few days ago that she had originally planned on marrying the Shishigami, explaining that becoming the wife of a god would make their forest invincible. But her Mother had said the idea was crazy, and that she would do better marrying one of the boar clan chiefs.
And just a few days before that, she had told him of a curse that Yakkuru had told her of. A curse that came from the Iron orb that was mined for at Tatabara. The curse was supposed to eat slowly at your flesh, eventually killing you. That was, of course, if you didn't go crazy from the pain and 'transform' into a 'tataragami' first. Definitely a strange girl, she was.
Meanwhile...
Click click click
"..."
Click click... click click "hmm... I see..." she looked up at Eboshi seriously, her mouth set to a grim line. "Your Son has three months to live"
"WHAT?!?!?!" Eboshi leapt to her feet "what's wrong with him?!?! Where is he?!?! I have to find him! I have to..."
"Calm down Majesty" the Woman, said sternly, Eboshi fell quiet and dropped back into a kneeling position. Anxious to learn more so that she could save her son.
Click click click "yes... I see it... a terrible curse..."
"MY SON IS CURSED?!?!"
"Please calm down!!"
"..."
"..."
Click click click click... "a curse..." the woman continued, "of great evil... If he cannot find the cure in time, then he shall die... or worse... become a tataragami"
Lady Eboshi had no idea what a 'tataragami' was, but by the horrified murmurs spreading through the men in the room, she guessed it was a very bad thing.
"Of course..." the woman said quietly "he hasn't been inflicted with the curse yet" Eboshi jumped, "is there any way to prevent this from happening?!" she asked nervously.
Click click click click... "in a month's time, a Tataragami shall come raging through the Mononoke forest, It shall find San and your son. If you can find them until that happens, then perhaps his fate shall be different"
Eboshi was so shocked she didn't know what to say. The Woman now had her head down again, she was playing with those stones.
After a few more minutes of playing with stones, the woman looked up at her.
"I'll send my son with you, he knows the Forests better then his own villiage, he'll be able to help you" she glanced fondly at the youngest of the men in the room "Kari!" At the sound of his name, the boy's attention snapped from who-knows-what-he-was-thinking to the woman.
"I want you to go with queen Eboshi and help her to find her son" she told him, he nodded silently, then did something strange, he pulled out a small knife, and cut the bun in his hair. Then the eldest man started to make some speech about how the people of the villiage was a dying culture, and some other things she didn't bother listening to. A strange people indeed.
Well... there we go! I have some great new ides for this story now grins perhaps it wont be ending as soon as I had thought... REVIEW!!!