Disclaimer: I do not own plus anima…… is that too hard for you……?
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Cooro opened his eyes to the blinding sun. Teresa was pounding a pan severely damaging her companions' eardrums. Cooro sat up irritably as did Senri, Rose and Pinion. Yes you heard right Rose and Pinion now traveled with them.
"What the hell Teresa?!" Rose shouted, Rose was not a morning person.
"You all have to get your butts out of bed!" Over the past nine years Teresa's Astarian had improved until it was fairly fluent. She still had a slight accent. She greatly detested Cooro and Rose for no real reason, she said they were noisy and yet she was the one banged pots at the crack of dawn. Teresa was the only one who had not given up the search for Husky and Nana.
"Come on Teresa you could wait until the sun is up to bang your pans, crazy idea." Rose hissed.
"Well we're already awake we might as well keep going." Chirped Cooro. Rose ruffled her hair and tiredly nodded. Senri helped her up on her feet; they shared a moment that was rudely interrupted by Teresa.
"Stop staring, we have to go." She picked up her backpack and walked off.
"You think she would have given up looking for Husky after nine years." Rose sighed, her lips lifting into a smile as Senri kissed her cheek. They all walked down the same road. Teresa utterly refused to stop traveling. The others kind of liked traveling but they wanted to settle down, particularly Rose for some reason. However Cooro and Senri promised themselves to look after Teresa.
"Hey! I think I found road we haven't used before!" Teresa shouted. They caught up and saw she was in fact, right. There was a road covered by the brush of trees. Teresa was bouncing excitedly. The others shrugged and followed her down the dirt road hidden by time.
They eventually arrived in a town full of people. They wondered how they could have missed this town all those times they had traveled. The people were running this way and that. It was a coastal town in a bay so they were an extensive harbor. The town was bustling with business and life, which meant jobs for travelers. They walked around a bit and Teresa bumped into a small child, a girl.
"Sorry Ma'am!" She chirped. Her eyes were blue-green and her hair was platinum blond. Her hair was tied into adorable pigtails and she was wearing the typical dress for a young girl.
"Marie!" Some children shouted. Marie bowed lightly and ran to rejoin her friends.
"Was it me or did she look really familiar." Mumbled Cooro as they continued to walk. The others mumbled in agreement.
"Where should we look for jobs?" Mumbled Teresa feeling overwhelmed, she wasn't used to city life, granted she had been in Astar for awhile but Husky was always with her which made her feel safe. She saw Senri and Rose kissing sometimes and all she could think about was her Majesty. To others, especially Nana she came off as a heartless bitch. She wasn't, she just loved Majesty and would do anything to be his and vice versa. She wanted Majesty, no one else, she was willing to destroy anyone in got in the way of their happiness. She wanted him, was that so wrong to love him so much?
Senri and Rose were walking by themselves. Rose was edgy and nervous. She kept glancing around. Suddenly she stopped watching a mother and her children. Rose seemed troubled she stared long after the mother had gone.
"Rose…."
"Hmm? I'm fine Senri, don't worry about me." He looked horribly unconvinced.
"Really I'm fine, come on." She told him hurriedly. She pulled on his sleeve through the town. They were walking down some street when shriek broke sound of bustling. They turned to see a child tottering on a pillar. Everyone was hollering for help. They saw Cooro fly up and scoop the child into his arms and land gracefully. The mother grabbed the child and thanked Cooro profusely.
"I guess we have to leave now." Rose sighed. But to their surprise he people cheered.
"You're a plus anima!" They all shouted. The woman with the child came up to the group.
"If you're a plus anima, you can stay at the Gem Inn for free."
"Really?"
"Yes, the couple that owns it adore plus anima. They can help you find jobs too."
"This is awesome let's check it out!" Cooro shouted.
"Wait a second Cooro we don't know if these people pose a threat." Rose said.
"Yeah remember there are people who like showcasing plus anima." Teresa stated.
"We should at least check it out." Cooro whined. Senri and Pinion nodded.
"Fine we'll check it out." Rose grumbled. They followed the woman to the Inn. There was a redheaded girl at the desk.
"Hello, Welcome to the Gem Inn. How may I help you?"
"Hi we're plus anima, are you the Innkeeper's wife?"
"Me? Oh no, they are so kind to me and the other workers here. The Innkeeper is sort of rough around the edges but he's very kind and so is his wife. Oh the Innkeeper is so handsome; and their two daughters are simply adorable. All of them are plus anima so they're fond of plus anima themselves. I'm a fox. What are all of you?"
"A crow."
"Bear."
"Wildcat."
"Fish."
"Goodness, so many of you. Nice to meet fellows."
"Samantha?! Are you out there?!" A voice called an oddly familiar voice.
"Yes Ma'am, we have four plus anima out here."
"Oh good, by the way, the girls ran off again, would you go track them down please. I'd do it myself but….."
"No worries Ma'am it's not good stress you out before the big day." She giggled, and went out the door.
"Thank you Samantha, I'll take the desk."
"Now then how many plus an……" The woman trialed off, their surprise was that she wasn't just any woman.
It was Nana.
"Nana!" She stood awestruck.
"You're huge!" The first words from Teresa's and Cooro's mouths were such. It wasn't an insult or a lie, Nana was pregnant and very much so. Her hair was woven into an elaborate plait. She was wearing a long green dress and apron. A gold ring shone on her ring finger. After pummeling Cooro and Teresa, Nana hugged Rose and Senri. Pinion felt a little left out.
"I can't believe it, I haven't seen you guys since the rock slide!"
"Nana we're so happy you're okay. And very healthy apparently." Rose chuckled.
"Yeah, I'm due any day now….." She looked nervous and slightly embarrassed.
"I heard first time can be scary." Rose chuckled.
"Actually this little one would be my third."
"Third?!"
"I have two girls already; they're the ones I wanted Samantha to find. Little hell-raisers those two. I'm going to be going grey in my twenties." She then muttered something along the lines of "damn bastard getting me pregnant again" rubbing her baby while doing so.
"So you're married?' Teresa asked cautiously.
"Yeah I am."
"Who?" Teresa pressed her worry evident in her eyes.
"Uh, he's-"
"Nana, I'm home and guess who I found running amuck in the shopping district." A beautiful yet cranky voice grumbled.
"Ah you're home." She smiled running to the door. It was Husky, an older Husky. He was tall and he grown out of his scrawniness and now lean, strong muscle. His eyes hadn't changed at all nor had his skin.
"Marien, Meho, what did you two think you were doing?" Nana's tone scared even Rose.
"Having fun Mama."
"Meaning wresting with the boys." Husky followed. The older girl was none other than the girl they had met earlier that day, the younger was a carbon copy of her namesake. Both of them peered at them curiously, their eyes were bight and intense like their father's.
"You're the nice people from earlier." The older said. Husky then looked at them. Teresa could no longer contain herself, she flung herself at him catching him in a tight embrace. Husky was severely alarmed and shoved her off.
"Husky?"
"Nana, who are these people?"
"EH!?" The group shouted, mainly Cooro, Teresa and Rose.
After Teresa fainting and waking up. Nana prepared some tea so they could discuss the matter. Husky however was wrapped up in managing his daughters. Nana sat down with some difficulty and looked at her friends with much insecurity.
"The day Husky and I got caught in the rockslide he hit his head trying to protect me. I managed to bring him to this village. He came to a few days later and when he did, he could remember nothing. He described it as a chunk missing from his life. He could remember his mother and his life with his family; he said he could remember everything in his early life up until the end of his life with Duchess. After that he says he can remember nothing. I filled him in the best I could but he simply does not remember, and I was afraid to tell him some things." She was referring to the circus animal tamer incident ad the incident with Windai.
"So basically you took advantage of him and tied to you in marriage." Teresa, of course.
"No, Teresa. I have loved him for a long time. After being in my presence for awhile his memories of me returned slowly but surely. He fell in love with me all over again; we were married when we were sixteen. Marien and Meho were born over the next two years. And now Marien is five and Meho is four. Now we have our third on the way." She sighed lightly.
"He'll remember all of you too, eventually." She watched a he played with Marien and Meho. Both had decided to name daughters after his mother and sister, those who had played a huge role in his life Nana had gotten him to agree to name a third daughter, if one came about, after her own mother. She felt that this on would be a boy, and would be named after Husky's father. His father was a good man; he broke tradition to save him after all.
"So these are the people you've been telling me about?" Husky asked keeping a tight grip on his younger daughter. She was trying to wiggle away.
"Yes, all of them."
"Who's the blond girl then?" Teresa's jaw dropped.
"Nana, you didn't tell me about a blond fish plus anima."
"What, I'm Teresa your future mate!"
"Excuse me? I'm married, I don't need a mate." He grumbled.
"Eh!" She felt her heart split in two, she loved him. Why would he do this to her?
"Husky she's Teresa; she's like you she lived in an underwater colony."
"Oh." Now Marien was tugging at his pant legs.
"Father I met them earlier."
"Did you?"
"Yes they're nice."
"Husky, how did you get the townspeople to accept you?"
"We helped them when a ship went far out to sea. I can swim and save those who fell and Nana could see in the dark. Thankfully they were grateful and now see plus anima as something to be celebrated not feared. Thanks to us this is now a haven for plus anima they love us here. As you have probably seen already. They worship us and even gave us our wedding bands as a town gift. The entire town attended and helped us pay for our wedding. They wanted to make sure it as a day to remember."
"And you should have seen them when Marien was born. The entire town came with gift for her." Nana chuckled.
"The town sees us as a sort of good luck omen, they do anything to make us happy, along with our children." Husky smiled wryly.
"Oh."
"Are your daughters plus anima?" Rose asked.
"Yes, two lovely fish plus anima."
"Wow, did you know what plus anima the child would be?" Rose pressed.
"No…."
"It's a bat." Cooro stated.
"Huh?"
"Your baby, it's a bat plus anima." He said as if it were obvious.
"Wow, how'd you know?" Teresa asked.
"I can sense it."
"Like how you sense plus anima?" He nodded. Teresa stood up.
"May I speak with you for a second" She whispered to Husky, she glanced to Nana for approval who nodded. She was his wife after all. She walked with him to an empty room and sat down. He followed suit.
"Husky, that's your name?"
"Yes."
"You don't remember me at all?" He shook his head, she couldn't help but notice the small scar running from the back of his neck to underneath his hair.
"I do love you but I'll give up on you." She sighed.
"Whatever, I don't even know who you are." She bit her lip.
"But, I remember a girl like you, younger sitting in a dark room by yourself. I don't know who you are but I did know you, don't I."
"Yes I was your….." She paused she could tell him they were lovers but then……
"Friend, I'm your close friend." She couldn't take his happiness away. He was in love with Nana not her. She tried to walk away but his voice stopped her.
"She's like how I was….." She looked at him.
"That's what I was thinking when I met you, you were wearing a white dress." His face was strained trying to remember more. Teresa smiled devilishly; maybe she wouldn't give up just yet…. After all the girls were young enough not to remember their own mother in a few years and perhaps would accept her. She had to admit when she thought something like that…..she was being a total bitch.
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Princess: Yeah first chapter, husky with amnesia…… Teresa is so going to be blown for her personality. She really loves him and not ready to let go yet…… So yeah those of you who read "ocean lullaby" the other fanfic I wrote Marien is mentioned in that. Her name is Marien but the village people call her Marie, which annoys her poor parents to no end. I'd say husky and nana got married at sixteen Marien was born later that year, sixteen-seventeen, then Meho was born a year later. So I'd say they're in their early twenties…. I did do some number juggling to make this realistic.