Princess Mononoke Page #5

humans here, Moro?

Humans are everywhere

these days.

Go back to your own mountain.

Kill them there.

The girl is San, my daughter.

We will kill them here.

We will save this forest.

What is that other human

doing here?

He was shot, and then the Great Spirit

healed his wound.

This man is not our enemy!

The Forest Spirit saved him?

Saved the life

of that loathsome runt?

Why didn't he save Nago?

Is he not the guardian

of the forest? Why?

The Forest Spirit gives life

and takes life away.

Life and death are his alone,

or have you boars forgotten that?

You lie! You must have begged

the Forest Spirit to spare his life!

But you did not beg

for Nago, did you?

Nago was afraid to die.

Now I, too, carry within my breast

a poisoned human bullet.

Nago fled,

and the darkness took him.

I remain and contemplate my death.

Mother! Please ask

the Forest Spirit to save you.

I have lived long enough, San.

Soon the Forest Spirit

will let me rest forever.

All these years you defended the

Forest Spirit! He must save you!

You are not fooling us.

Nago was beautiful and strong.

He would not have run from anything.

You wolves must have eaten him!

Quiet! Watch what you say,

you filthy pig!

Gods of the mountain,

please listen to me.

Nago died far from here,

and I was the one who killed him.

He had become

some kind of demon.

One day he attacked

our village.

If you want proof,

look at my hand where he touched me.

I came here to beg the Forest Spirit

to lift Nago's curse from me.

He healed the bullet wound in my side,

but the demon mark remains.

First it will tear my soul apart,

and then it will kill me.

Okkoto, finally,

a boar who will listen to reason.

No, Lord Okkoto, wait!

Please, you mustn't eat him.

Ah, you are Moro's

human child, aren't you?

I have heard of you.

You're blind.

Stand back.

I will not eat him.

It's all right, San.

My Lord Okkoto, what I said about

Nago's death was the truth.

I believe you,

and I thank you for it, young one.

I am only grieved and ashamed that such

a demon has come from our tribe.

O mighty lord, is there a way

to lift Nago's curse from me?

Leave this forest...

for the next time we meet

I will have to kill you.

You cannot win against the humans.

Their guns will destroy you all.

Look on my tribe, Moro.

We grow small,

and we grow stupid.

We will soon be nothing

but squealing game...

that the humans

hunt for their meat.

You'd risk everything

on one last battle?

That's just

what the humans want.

I do not ask for the help

of the wolf tribe.

Even if every one of us dies,

it will be a battle

the humans will never forget.

The Forest Spirit.

Hyah! Hyah!

Come on! Keep your oxen together!

Hurry!

Get ready now.

Little bit closer. Fire!

Reload! Fire!

Attack-

Ready-

Well, I see somebody is going to

have to go play the peacemaker.

Take our riflemen

and hide behind the cliffs.

Yes, sir.

- Let's go.

- And stay there till I send for you.

Come on! Let's keep the oxen moving!

We have to get back to Irontown!

- There they are!

- Where?

Coming around the pass.

The hunters are ready, sir.

Excellent.

Well done, my boy.

Go and spread the word.

We'll be moving out presently.

Yes, sir.

Greetings,Jigo.

Well, I've got the Emperor

breathing down my neck,

and you're busy playing war

with Lord Asano.

And you would have nothing to do with

Lord Asano being here, now, would you?

Of course not.

Whatever made you think that?

He'll call a truce

if I give him half my iron.

Is that right?

Well, he's a greedy bastard, isn't he?

But all the same, you might as well

let him have his iron.

Listen, Eboshi, the boars are gathering

for battle. And you know what that means.

You made me a promise. Now, once you

get me the head of the Forest Spirit,

then we can come back

and destroy Lord Asano together, huh?

Watch out, milady!

There's a horseman coming! Get in!

Well, speak of the devil,

a messenger from Lord Asano.

- We have guests. Mind your manners, ladies.

- Yes, ma'am.

Welcome back, milady!

Whoa! Wait!

Won't you even talk to the man?

Lady Eboshi,

mistress of Irontown!

I bring a message to you

from my Lord Asano.

You have fought valiantly and well. Now,

open your gates that we may speak with you.

Hmph! We can hear you

just fine from down there.

Milady took this mountain away

from the gods, the boars and beasts!

And now that it's worth

something, you want it!

- Well,you won't get it!

- The brazen impudence!

You ladies need to be

taught some respect!

Respect? What's that?

We haven't had any respect

since the day we were born!

You want some of our iron?

Here ya go!

They are really something.

They'll fight forest gods or samurai.

It doesn't matter to them.

They're an amazing bunch, your girls.

They were wasted in the brothels.

Impressive for

a piece of paper.

Well, you know, it's gotten me all

the best hunters and trappers around.

Remember, my dear lady,

we're after a god, not just a beast.

Girls, come here.

Yes, milady, what is it?

Do you have any idea who this paper

has come from? From the Emperor himself.

- That's nice. Who's he?

- Is he supposed to be important?

- I'm serious. Who's he? Should we know?

- Yes! They're really something.

Thank you.

Yes, milady.

Every day that we cut trees and dig for iron,

the forest and its creatures grow weaker.

My way, there is

no loss of life,Jigo.

Listen, you owe me

and I've come to collect.

When you needed riflemen, I sent them, and

without those riflemen, you lose Irontown.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Did that sound like a threat?

Don't tell me

the Emperor believes...

that wives' tale about the Great

Spirit's head granting immortality.

I'm sure I don't know

what the Emperor believes.

I'm just a humble monk.

I'm just trying to get by.

I keep my promises.

Anyway, we have fought the boars before.

They're much easier to kill

than Moro and her wolf cubs,

So you can call out that shady bunch

you've got hidden under the cliff,Jigo.

So I've been found out.

Oh,just one more thing, milady.

Did a stranger come through here,

by any chance?

He's a young man

riding a great big red elk.

Came and went.

A bad-looking bunch,

if you ask me.

Those men are

no ordinary hunters.

- They're killers.

- Killers?

Milady, at least let

some of us go with you.

Yes, you can't trust these men.

They're strangers.

What if something goes wrong and

we're stuck here? We can't help you.

You said yourself we're better shots

than the men are.

That's precisely why I want

you all here in Irontown.

I can deal with forest gods.

It's humans I'm worried about.

Once the Forest Spirit is dead,

we don't know what will happen.

WillJigo be satisfied

with the creature's head...

or will he be after

my ironworks as well?

Jigo's riflemen

may turn on us.

If that happens, I'll need

every one of you here to fight them.

Remember,

you can't trust men.

Don't worry

about her ladyship.

I'll be right at her side,

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