I don't own Princess Mononoke or any of the characters. I only own this story and the characters not in the movie.
A new human had come to the forest. She was known as Lady Eboshi. And all the gods of the forest hated her.
Eboshi had brought new weapons called guns to the forest and gave them to the people of Iron Town. More humans, especially women and children, had been coming to the forest. This annoyed all the gods especially the Wolf Tribe.
Moro had planned to attack the humans when they were driving their oxen threw the forest. The five members of the Wolf Tribe slowly stalked the humans. They could see all the humans driving the ox and easily singled out Eboshi, she was the only female in the entire group.
At Moro's signal the Wolf Tribe attacked. Eboshi raised her hand and had her gunmen form a line.
"Fire!" yelled Eboshi.
The ancient guns fired at Ookami and Moro. The two adult wolves dodged the metal balls fired by the guns. Feng and Xin attacked the humans from behind.
Eboshi soon noticed and had her gunmen turn around. Ookami and Moro managed to sneak up on the gunmen and kill seven of the gunmen. Eboshi noticed the death of her gunmen.
At that moment San ran into the clearing. As her parents and brothers attacked the humans and scattered the oxen, San was to fight Eboshi. The leader of Iron Town looked over her shoulder and saw a ten year old girl approaching her.
The girl wore a knee length purple dress, a white tunic, deer skin shoes, a dark blue headband held back brown chin length hair and dark blue armbands were on her arms. Silver disk earrings and a dagger point necklace were also worn by the girl. A white bladed spear and dagger with two red triangles was in the girl's hands. When Eboshi saw the three red triangles on the girls face she knew she was looking at the Princess Mononoke, the spirit princess of the forest.
"Hold of the wolves and get the oxen out of here. I'll handle the girl." shouted Eboshi.
Eboshi dropped her black cloak exposing her red and yellow kimono shirt and blue kimono pants. She drew the katana at her side and a small knife from within her clothes.
San held up her weapons as Eboshi made the first move. The two clashed blade against blade, sword against spear. Eboshi was about to cut off San's head when Ookami rushed at them. Ookami knocked San to the ground behind him.
"You leave my daughter alone!" growled Ookami.
The remaining gunmen shot their guns and flairs at Ookami. Some who carried a bow or spear joined in the fight and attacked Ookami. Ookami tried to escape but he was surrounded. One of the gunmen aimed at Ookami's heart and all hell broke lose.
"Ookami no! Fight it don't let yourself become a demon!" howled Moro.
Black worms began to emerge from Ookami's body. The ancient wolf god gave out a howl of pain. Moro looked at her sons and daughter.
"Feng, Xin, San distract the humans so I can get Ookami out of here. Hurry before he completely turns into a demon." panicked Moro.
This was the first time in San's life she had seen her mother scared or worried. San's brothers were just as nervous as she seeing their mother not being in control of a situation.
The three siblings distracted the human. Moro ran into the scattered human circle and dragged her mate out of it. Moro hurried to bring her mate to the lake of the Forest Spirit. San mounted Feng and the three siblings ran after their parents.
The family had arrived at the Forest Spirit's pond. Moro and her pups sat at the pond edge. Ookami lied on the ground no longer turning into a demon, but could still change at any moment.
The Forest Spirit came into sight. The Forest Spirit walked across his lake and stopped near the Wolf Tribe. Moro raised her head.
"Hear me Forest Spirit god of life and death. My mate, Ookami, is in great pain and is turning into a demon. I ask you to heal him and bring him back to life." desperately said Moro.
Gathering up all his strength Ookami spoke.
"It is too late for me Moro. The metal ball in my chest is beginning to shatter my bones and tear my flesh apart. It will soon destroy my very soul. Forest Spirit I ask of you to take my life. End my horrendous suffering and grant me eternal peace." requested Ookami.
At that moment San didn't care the Forest Spirit was watching she stood up, stomped her food against the ground and began to scream.
"You can't do this father. You are unable to feel pain. The Forest Spirit could heal you and all can go back to the way it was." desperately said San.
Ookami weakly smiled at his daughter.
"I can still feel pain, San, and right now I am in terrible pain. I will be unable to live more than a few years if the Forest Spirit healed me. And even then I would only be an empty shell for my soul would have been damaged beyond repair. This way I will still be myself when I die." explained Ookami.
San fell to the ground crying. She buried her head in her father's soft silver fur. Feng and Xin let out howls of pain and sorrow. Moro even allowed herself to shed a few tears.
Ookami looked at his family then back to the Forest Spirit for the last time. He weakly lifted his head and stared into the blank eyes of the Forest Spirits emotionless red human like face.
"I ask of you, the Forest Spirit, to grant my last request. Give my daughter away to still be close to me, even in my death. That is all I ask of you in exchange for giving you my life." weakly panted Ookami.
The Forest Spirit extended his long neck and kissed Ookami's forehead. Ookami's head fell to the ground, a weak smile upon his lips. Instantly Moro and her children knew he had left them.
The Forest Spirit reached over and touched Ookami's body. Suddenly the wind began to blow and the clicking sound of kodama could be heard for miles. The wind blew over Ookami's body turning it into ash and carrying it away. In place of Ookami's body was a white wolf fur cloak with a tail and white wolf fur headdress with wolf ears and a bright red face mask.
Something came over San and she gently picked up the cloak and headdress. She tied the two ended of the cloak to her necklace leaving four points exposed, the rest were covered by the cloak. San put on the headdress, the mask resting on the crown of her head.
San touched the fur cloak. It felt just like her father's fur and if she looked close enough the white hairs would shine silver in the sunlight.
Moro thanked the Forest Spirit for ending her mates suffering and walked back home. Feng and Xin followed after their mother after thanking the Forest Spirit. San thanked the Forest Spirit, grabbed her weapons, put on the mask and followed after her family on foot.
A stray clicking kodama caught San's attention. As San looked in the direction of the sound she looked at the sky. A large wolf shaped cloud was slowly drifting by and San thought the cloud looked like it was smiling. San smiled from under her mask and hurried to catch up with her family.
Ookami has died and left his family behind. Now San and Moro have a good reason for wanting to kill Eboshi. Her guns killed Moro's mate and San's father. Comment if you like the story.