A/N) The romance is going to be SLOW, just to let you know that, and the action starts in this chapter

Disclaimer: I won't, and sadly never will own princess mononoke

P.S. Sorry for all the time jumps :(

The power of the East

3 years later

All San could hear were the trees screaming as Hato raced through the woods with San on his back.

"Hurry Hato, we must ask the Great Forest Spirit for help!" yelled San, then thought, "Konmo is protecting mother from those damned humans who live in 'that town', we must hurry, before the forest is destroyed!"

Then something sharp hit San's mask and she fell.

"Shit, what happened just now?" asked San angrily.

"Don't move or you and the wolf are dead." said a voice, very quietly from behind. And that's when San noticed the Arrow pointed at her heart and another pointed at Hato's.

"Who are you, what do you want?" said San, trying very hard to not sound scared.

"Speak another word and your dead!" said the voice angrily, and then said "I want you to follow me."

That's when he appeared. The man wore a red hood and mask, and a straw cloth cloak. He wore blue cloth and leather under the cloak. His eyes were stern and on his right arm was a black and purple mark. The man whistled and a large red elk appeared and he got on it. He gestured her to get on Hato and follow.

"Grr, what does he want, I wonder?" Thought San angry with the situation.

"If you attack me, I will kill you, got that?" said the man, seemingly amused.

San didn't believe him, but the mark on his arm worried her so she just followed him and the elk on Hato.

"Are you ok sis?" asked Hato, worried.

"I'm fine, but I feel like I know this guy." said San smiling slightly.

After a few minutes of silence, the man said, "We're here."

As San looked around, she saw that they were at the pool of the Forest Spirit.

Then San thought of what she had said earlier and thought, "Could it really be him? I have not seen him since the day he became a god. I thought he died. Could it really be you, Ashitaka?"

"Father, I have brought them to you!" yelled the man.

"I have noticed, now remove that hood and cloak. I'm afraid she found it out on her own, Ashitaka." said the Forest Spirit coming out from behind a tree.

"So it was you after all!" said San as Ashitaka took off his 'disguise'.

" Oh my god, it's master Ashitaka!" yelped Hato, looking grateful towards Ashitaka.

"Master, how is he a master? I watched him a lot when I was a pup but how is he now a master?" asked San.

" He is a master because he has the power of healing and immortality! He can heal almost any injury and not only that, he is immortal! He also can make any god immortal." said Hato quietly, apparently awed by Ashitaka.

"That is true, although, you can die if you turn into a demon and get killed, or if you get killed by a demon or demon's curse." said Ashitaka appearing somewhat smug. "I have made every god in this forest immortal, your brothers, Hato and Konmo, your mother, Moro, the boars, and my father. Only you are not immortal San. Now do you wish to be an undying god, if you do, I can grant you that wish." said Ashitaka, acting so kind all of a sudden, which made San surprised that he could be like this. After all, she had only watched him from afar, so she didn't know what he was actually like.

"Ashitaka is also known for being the most gentle of all the gods, but when need be he is is known as the devil god, the most mean and dangerous god of all, almost like a demon." said Hato quietly.

"Really, wha- hold on! I just remembered Hato, we came looking for the Forest Spirit's help because our territory was being attacked and burned from that damned Eboshi women from the town. Now, Forest Spirit, will you help us, the wolf clan?"

San said that all in one breath and Ashitaka was impressed and thought, "She must really love her mother."

'sigh', "Of course, Ashitaka, go take care of those 'humans', they are defiling my forest and hurting the wolf clan." said the Forest Spirit slowly.

"Of course Father." said Ashitaka and prepared to leave but then the Forest Spirit said very quietly,

"Don't let it activate, ok Ashitaka?"

"I will try Father, I will try." said Ashitaka in the same quiet tone. "Alright, time to get going, Yakul, come!" said Ashitaka in a louder voice.

"Are you ready yet, San and Hato?" asked Yakul.

" Yes, we are, fellow god. said Hato quietly.

"Alright, let's go now." said Ashitaka, and then sped through the forest with San towards the sound of swords and the smell of smoke.

In the Emishi village to the East

"Did you hear Ryouichi and Kaya, the prince and princess, are looking for Ashitaka, the child from 15 years ago who supposedly died, who was supposed to be our king and lead us back to the West and recreate the Emishi people." said an Emishi woman quietly.

"Yes I did, I also heard they are taking some of our warriors to help." said another woman.

"Ashitaka, I haven't heard the name of my nephew in a long time, not since the day he was born." said the youngest woman there.

"Kaya, are you ready with the warriors yet?" said Ryouichi, his green eyes shining.

"They are ready, and so am I." said Kaya happily.

"All right, now let's go to the West, where Onii-sama lives. We must find him at all costs!" said Ryouichi, then sighed as he felt his cut light brown hair thinking, "What ever happens, I'm not allowed to come back, neither is Ashitaka, so the Emishi, will just have to come to us instead."

"Now let's go!" yelled Ryouichi as their whole group rode towards the West, into the sunset.

A/N) How do you like the new character? I even brought Kaya into the story

P.S) Kaya is Ashitaka's cousin in this story and Ryouichi acts like Ashitaka is his elder brother.

P.S.S)Just saying, I can barely write when I don't have reviews so, please review, for the story, just review, PLEASE?