Me- Heheh. Sorry it took so long. Last week was chaos at school so I didn't get anything done.

Bob- 'ello.

Kieo- Potato!

Me- -sighs- Rieme's elsewhere now, so it's only us three.

Bob- Yay!!

Kieo- Wolfblitz owns Kieza, Myaki, Kika, Myaki and Kika's mother, and Kieza's Father.

Bob- And the dove!

Kieo- yes, and the dove.

Me- I do not own any of the other characters or Princess Mononoke it's self.

Bob- -pops up- I found the DVD in here!

Kieo- Enjoy!

Chapter 5

Myaki-

The palace walls stood high ahead of the small traveling group. Out of one of the many decorated windows a small girl watched the distant horizon. Her black hair was loosely tied behind her head in a braid. A small blue ribbon was woven into her hair. She wore a small lavender kimono with gold embroidered sides. Her dark blue eyes sparkled with excitement. She was about six.

When the group entered her vision she squealed, "Mommy! Mommy! Daddy's home!" She ran around the room, her black hair tumbling out of the royal braid that held it.

She hopped over to her brother who was looking out the opposite window towards the west. His hair was shorter than his sisters, hardly past his neck. His hair was pulled up into a short braid. He wore a dark blue tunic embroidered with purple strings. His dark blue eyes were cool. He was about twelve.

"Mya-san Mya-san! Daddy's home!" The young boy merely gazed quietly at his excited sister.

"Kika! You make such a racket I could hear you downstairs!" Their mother entered slowly, her robin blue kimono was traced with silver threads. Her hair was in the royal braid like Kika's, except hers' ran down to her waist. A dark blue streak ran through her hair symbolizing her families' color.

"Come on Kika." The woman said quietly as she held out her hand to the young girl, "You too Myaki-don't you want to see your father?" The boy grumbled slightly and pushed out of the seat. The Emperor's wife frowned, "Myaki-san?" Myaki glared at the window and stomped out of the room.

The woman sighed as she watched her stepson and took Kika's hand, "Let's go." Kika looked up at her mother with sad eyes. "Where has Mya-san gone?" Her mother looked towards the door with furrowed brows. Then shaking her head slightly she ignored her daughter's question. With as much cheer as she could muster she said, "Let's go greet Daddy, shall we?"

Kieza-

The clearing was peaceful. The bushes ruffled lightly as a pure white dove landed in them. After preening her feathers the dove peered down below at the stream.

Beside the stream a young girl kneeled on the moss, silent tears rolled down sown her cheeks. Her dirty brown hair hung into her face. Her worn linen shift sported many tears and stains. The dove turned her head again as she watched silently. A rustling came from behind the trees and the dove flew off, becoming a white dot above the trees. The young girl looked up, fear sparkled in her stormy-gray eyes.

A rough man stepped from the undergrowth. He wore a well-made violet tunic embroidered with gold string and his hair was cut well. All the man did was glare at the girl before reaching into his tunic and pulled out a ruby hilted dagger. He reached over to the nearest tree branch, breaking it from the tree before growling at the girl.

"Girl, get back to the wagon before I turn and get the whip again."

The girl nodded quietly with her eyes trained on the ground. She pushed herself off the ground and walked past her father who cuffed her in the ears as she passed him. When the girl was out of his range of seeing or hearing her she ran.

Crashing through the underbrush she finally came across the road. Two horses stood in the center. The first, a tall black stallion stood proud in front of the wagon. The colorful wagon was connected to his harness. The other one was a small gray mare. Kieza ran over to the mare and buried her face into the dirty mane.

As she cried the dove flew back overhead watching the scene before changing course and heading off into the distance.

Ashitaka-

Jigo gazed at the ground in front of him. He was seated on the grass-covered ground in front of Lady Eboshi. His servant sat on his right side and Ashitaka on his left. Jigo studied the ground for another minute before speaking.

"So.... you want to be closer to the forest?" Lady Eboshi nodded quietly her eyes trained on Jigo. "Like the Enmesh?" Jigo threw in slyly. Lady Eboshi nodded again, not noticing how Ashitaka stiffened and glared at Jigo. When Jigo didn't continue she spoke. "Yes, like the Enmesh."

A few of the people in the back shifted and whispered to each other. Few people knew anything about the Emeshi besides what the Ancient Emperor who had driven them away had said. Lady Eboshi gazed quietly over the group until the people quieted the she turned her eyes onto Jigo again. "How much do you know of the Emeshi? The emperor had many of the scrolls burned long ago..." She trailed off into silence. Jigo smiled and laid one of his hands behind hi head. "I know a few bits of pieces here and there but I'm no real expert like Ashitaka here!" Jigo grinned as Lady Eboshi turned her head and acknowledged for the first time that Ashitaka was sitting there glaring at Jigo as if he could put holes through his head. She then spoke, "Tell us Ashitaka. What do you know?"

Ashitaka fixed his gaze on the ground. "I can not tell you." He then pushed himself off of the ground and walked through the group to where Yakkul was. After touching his muzzle lightly the two walked off into the houses.

Jigo watched him go before turning back towards Lady Eboshi. "Well, He's slightly touchy on the subject now isn't he." Lady Eboshi turned her head towards Jigo, her eyes soft. "I understand." Jigo eyed her suspiciously. "Well, I at least know about the houses." Jigo stood up.

Lady Eboshi watched him. "Half of our group go with Jigo and collect what we need to start. The other half will stay here with me and we will begin to clear this place up." Jigo nodded and walked off. A few people stood and followed. Lady Eboshi then turned to the rest of the group. "Well, Shall we get started?"

San-

Kaeyo trotted through the forest, which had grown at an extraordinary rate over the night. The trees were already reaching up to Kaeyo's shoulder blades. Their green leaves beginning to spread off of the thin trunks. San smiled down at them from her perch on Kaeyo's back.

A small squirrel sat on the ground searching for some lost store of food. At the sight of the wolf, he chattered away at them before dashing off among the growing trees. The looking up, San looked ahead. Through the trees she could see the waving grass that surrounded the previous Iron Town. Kaeyo trotted out into the broad sunlight and Taka trotted over.

Taka was panting lightly. He turned off to the side where San could see a small group of dots moving. Holding one hand up, she shaded her eyes. Still unable to see she squinted into the sun, and gazed down at the people. "Who are they?" She questioned turning to Taka. Both wolves were gazing at the group as well. "I'm guessing that they are the Tatara Clan." He answered his voice low. San nodded slightly still looking at them- what were they doing out here?

Kaeyo suddenly shifted his head so that he looked out across the mountains. A small white dot flew towards them. It threw forth its call as it descended towards them. Kaeyo's ears shot up and twitched. San leaned forwards against her brother. "What did he say?" San questioned as she watched a small dove land on Taka's back. Kaeyo's light blue eyes sparkled dangerously.

"First of all, the doves a girl. Second, she claims she has seen something that we should see." The dove sent its call out again. Taka growled lightly. "She can lead us there." Both of the wolves and the dove turned their heads towards San. "Do we go?" Taka's dark eyes questioned.

San shrugged. "We probably should." Both wolves nodded and the dove took to the skies a little above where they were. San sighed to herself and thought. Off again... The four began to move.

Me- -groan- I don't want to every type again. I got annoyed by spell check so a few things are mis-spelled. It actually wasn't that long. It wasn't to good but at least San and Ashitaka are in the same times.sorta.kinda.Kieza's off though.

Kieo- And now Answer Time!!

Me- Yes, Now Answer Time.

Buterfly9999- Can you make more paragraphs, like me?

Me- Like this. –Points to chapter- I have problems with paragraphs for some reason.

Kieo- -hands freshly baked sugar cookie-

Lil-timmy2- Can you make the chapters longer? You always stop right when I want to keep reading!

Me- Well, That's the whole point of cliffys! So that you'll want to read the next chapter! Lol. Actually, I barely get each chapter out every weekend-

Bob- Excluding last weekend!

Me- What he said. I'll do my best to make them longer though.

Kieo- -gives cookie-

Bob- R and R!

Me- Hopefully see you next weekend!