I am so happy!!!! I just finished the + Anima story like, twenty minutes ago, and wrote this.

Three chapters to go!!!! WOOT!

Disclaimer: I may be a comic book write/artist girl who is writing a comic, but i do not write + Anima. I'm serious.


Upas stood on a rock, watching a flock of birds. He raised his bow and arrow, took aim, and-

"HEY UPAS!"

He let go and his arrow zipped off into the woods with a dull thunk as it struck a tree. He turned mumbling a curse and look down to see a grinning, gray-haired child, with blue beads in his hair.

"Senri…"

"Upas, look at what I found! Isn't it such a pretty flower?"

"Senri…"

"See, its leaves are fuzzy, and soft, and I really like this blue!"

"Senri…"

"Do you think my mom would like it?"

"SENRI. "

Senri paused, smile fading, being quickly replaced with a quizzical look. "What?"

Upas sighed. Senri was a good child, enthusiastic, quiet at sometimes, but recently had been developing into an almost constant chatterbox. He also had a tendency to get lost occasionally, following hunters into the woods. There was that time when he almost got hit with an arrow, and his father forbade him to go out alone. Which was why Upas was stuck with him. Joy.

"I have an idea. Why don't you go sit on that log, and maybe if you're really quiet, and don't move a muscle, an animal will come to eat." He poured some grain into Senri's hand. Senri smiled, and ran over to the log. Upas aimed, fired, and brought down a duck.

Four ducks, and twenty minutes later, Upas was interrupted again.

"Hey Upas. I was bored, and hungry, and found some berries, but now I don't feel good. Are these poisonous?"

Upas whipped around. "YES! Did you eat any?"

Senri whispered. "A couple. Am I gonna die?" Upas thought quickly, but his mind drew a blank. What to do? He called on his + Anima, grabbed Senri, and leaving everything behind, raced toward the village. He skidded into the village, and a couple people looked up.

"What is it, Upas? Was it Amurui?" Panting, Upas gasped out " Senri ate some berries. I think they're poisonous." Within minutes, they were in the healer's tent, she had made Senri throw up, and was mixing up some medicine. Senri's father, Riiya was standing there, worried. He kneeled down next to Senri, who look dizzy and sick.

"Senri, when you are feeling better, I want you to go to your mother You are going to help her with the cooking until I see fit too end your punishment, or until you have learned about every plant and berry and whether they are poisonous. Got it?"

Senri nodded. Riiya left the tent. Upas hurried after him. "Don't you think that's a bit harsh?"

Riiya shook his head. "Senri is a bit too wild and energetic. He needs to learn." Upas shook his head, and sighed. Senri was a bit too hyper, but still, one day soon he would be getting his + Anima, and he needed to learn some discipline. After all, it could be worse…

"SENRI!!!!!"

Senri, startled, turned to look at Nana.

"You've been standing here for like, ten minutes, Husky tried to shake you, but you snarled at him. Cooro's kind of freaked out, and we had to push him in the lake to get him calmed down. Then we threw water on you, but you still didn't move!!"

Senri looked down. Oh. That's why he was dripping wet. He blinked a couple of times. He could have sworn he was somewhere else. Funny…