I am happy too see that there are some people that are still interested in Anima+ you guys have made me happy :D

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Kerowe: Well it was the first chapter. I can guarantee you she will. And yes. Senri will have somewhat of a role in her timeline

Nipple chops: Your name made me laugh my ass off. Yes he will meet Panne and Nowi. Thank you for reading :D

Jokah: Well you just answered your own question. But I'm happy you read this fic :)

ARSLOTHES: I can guarantee he will do that…. Eventually.

doctor3027: I'm sorry. I often get impatient when I write. I know. But I'll try to be better. And thank you for your opinion :D and I hope his meeting with Panne will be worth the wait when it happens.

I'm very surprised most of you seem eager for Senri to meet Panne. But yet I'm pleased that you guys are excited about something :)

Though one thing that's strange to me is that this appears to be the first updated fic since 2018 that genuinely has an involvement with +Anima.

And as a heads up. This chapter may be more of a setup for the next.

Unto da story

Play: Woods Of Yperes – You Are Here With Me (In This Sequence of Dreams)

Flashback Dreamscape

Senri sees himself…..In a forest. He looks at his reflection in the water to see he is still a small child…. He tried to remember what this meant as he walked through the forest all alone.

"I think the kid went in here!" said a voice

Senri felt a bit of panic rise in him as two man holding chains and rope suddenly came put of the bush and started chasing after him

Senri ran as fast he could further into the forest. But then he trips on a rock making him fall over. Be desperately tries to crawl away but to no avail as the two men catch up and pin him down

The two men then tie his legs so he couldn't run.. he then gets carried by the men into a slave cart full of people… anima+ people….. the cart then gets pulled by a couple horses as they read into a city.

When the cart reached it's destination. Then one by one everyone in the cart gets dragged out and each have a chain rock to their leg….. then each one along with Senri is forced to carry a box…

Eventually Senri couldn't take it anymore and drops one of the boxes.

"Aw what's the matter cyclops? Don't you have the strength to pull your own weight!?" said a man kicking down Senri as all the other slaves watched. "Will this made you change your mind you filthy Anima!?" cracking a whip

Senri's eyes widened as he remembers this all too well. Even if his memory is bad

The man then whips Senri once in the back. And another in his face. Making all the slaves gasp at his cruelty.

Senri then unsteadily gets up and tries to get the box.

"You know what. I got a better idea" said the man cracking a cruel grin as he grabs Senri and brings him into the shed.

Later

"Alright. Any takers one this kid right here. He never says anything and is pretty weak. All for 490 gillah (This is actually very cheap)

"I'll take him" said a feminine voice

Senri then sees a beautiful woman he recognizes. The very person who had saved him from slavery….. Crystala but at the time this has happened. He has no idea who she was.

Senri then takes a few steps back in fear of what she may do to him as a chain leash gets put around his neck and given to the lady

"Don't worry young one. You'll have a better life" said Crystala as she holds out her hand to him as he reluctantly takes it.

Dreamscape end

Senri wakes up to see that he is still on the couch. He then gets up and stretches. He looks around to see no one is around. He the gets his journal he keeps and begins writing on a new page about everything he has gone through so far from the day he arrived here to the night he just slept through.

"*Yawn* Morning" said a voice

Senri looked at the direction the voice came from and saw that it was Robin

"…" said Senri sitting up on the couch.

"You get a good night's sleep?" said Robin sitting down next to him

"…" said Senri as he nods

"That's always good." Said Robin as she takes notice of his journal "Whatcha reading?"

"…" said Senri putting his journal away

"Oh yeah I forgot. Man of few words" thought Robin realizing he probably will only respond to one sided questions with nods due to his stoicness

Robin then gets up and looks in the pantry and sees what is inside see some bread. She then gets a few slices and starts eating them.

"Man I wonder what else they got here" thought Robin

Senri takes a glance at Robin for a moment before getting up and walks towards a drawer and looks what's inside to find nothing.

"Looking for something to eat?" said Robin noticing that he looking through the drawers

Senri nods in response and walks over to her

"Well in the pantry right there. It has some bread in it" said Robin pointing to the pantry

Senri then looks into the pantry and grabs a couple pieces of bread from it. It made him wonder if they have any honey or jelly to go with it as he starts to eat one of the pieces.

"Hey you guys. How's your morning?" said Lissa entering the room as Senri and Robin turned their attention towards her. However Kellam also entered the room but Senri noticed that neither Lissa not Robin have taken notice of him.

"Its going fine so far" said Robin as Senri nods as he finishes his last piece of bread and then getting up to walk over to Kellam

"That's good" said Lissa

"Oh hello Senri. I take it you had a good night's sleep?" said Kellam

Senri shrugs his shoulder

"I see" said Kellam

"Hey Senri what are you looking at?" said Lissa as she and Robin see Senri seemingly conversing with nothing

"Um.. I'm right here" said Kellam

"!" said both Robin and Lissa

"What? I've been standing here from a while" said Kellam

"Goodness Kellam! Must you appear out if nowhere?!" said Lissa

"*Sigh* why do I even bother" said Kellam taking a seat on the couch

Robin sees Kellam and when she blinked he was gone while Sending still stood there

"Where'd he go?" thought Robin looking around for Kellam for a moment

"Hey Uh. Senri do you know where Kellam went?" Said Lissa making Senri point to Kellam on the couch

However neither she nor Robin could see him. Making them think that Senri might be delusional making Senri roll his eye

Then Chrom and Frederick walked in

"Alright everyone we have a long day ahead of us." Said Chrom

"Long day huh? Where will we be going?" said Robin

"There is reports of barbarian attacks. And they all happened to be up North. So we will be dealing with them" said Chrom

"Chrom it's morning" said Lissa "Can't we snooze longer?"

"If we go later that would give the barbarians time to prepare" said Chrom

"..True…" said Lissa

Later

Senri along with Chrom and his group marched up north of Ylisse when Chrom became aware of lots of 'barbarians'

"Ugh. Chrom how much longer do we have to march?" said Lissa

"As long as we have too" said Chrom

"Ugh!. Chrom! You know I hate it when you answer like that!" said Lissa

This gave Senri some vibes of when Husky and/or Nana would occasionally scold Cooro about how he does not think things through very much

"Ah siblings. Isn't it beautiful?" said Kellam as Senri begins to think of a few times in the good days when he was still with Nana, Husky, and Cooro. Making him nod in response

"Hey guys! Wait for me!" said a person who wears similar armor to Frederick

Robin and Senri looked at him curiously for a moment

"Stahl?" said Chrom

"Why am I the last person to hear about this expedition?" said the man now named Stahl

"Probably woke up late" thought Senri

"I even missed all the breakfast muffins!" said Stahl

This felt like an emotional rock fall both in Robin and Senri when they realized the missed opportunity for a potentially delicious muffin

"Aw man…. Well at least we know that there are muffins now. Right Senri?" said Robin as Senri nodded as Robin then goes up to talk to Chrom and Stahl

"Hey Senri" said Kellam

"?" said Senri

"Do you remember seeing any…. Armored warriors over at the bridge earlier?" Said Kellam

Senri shook his head. It still got him to wonder why Kellam hasn't been acknowledged at all so far as they traveled this far. But looking where Kellam was gesturing to he sees it was the same monsters that he fought earlier last night.

Senri then rushed to Chrom and taps his shoulder

"Yes Senri?" said Chrom as Senri points towards the warriors "Dear God's! Everyone get ready! The risen are up ahead!"

"Risen?" said Robin

"We needed a name for them. So the council decided on calling them that" said Chrom as he draws his sword

Senri grabbed his machete while Kellam grabbed his spear as Senri then ran straight towards the two risen on the bridge

"Senri wait up!" said Robin

Senri then ducks under a swing from a risen's sword. He then drives his machete into the chest if the risen killing it.

Senri then pulls our his machete out of the risen and blocks an attack from an axe. He then punches the face of the risen. It did putting a dent in the helmet. But it hurt like hell. It made Senri wonder just what is this armor made of? He steps back to activate a slug from the risen giving him a chance to stab it with his machete

Right when Senri took a step back from it he nearly gets hit by an arrow

Then he sees that there are two Risen pointing arrows at him. This caused him to tense since at any moment they will shoot and he won't have much time to dodge.

Then Robin shoots a fireball at one of them causing the other to turn it's attention to her. When it did it noticed that Chrom and the others have caught up. This gave Senri a chance to slash the risen taking it down.

Chrom then clashes swords with a very large risen. Senri was just at about to help Chrom until he sees Robin was about to get hit with a sword. Senri then rushes over in front her and uses his machete to block the attack.

"!" said Robin seeing Senri save her from the attack. Senri then moves his machete causing the risen to lose balance as he then drives it into it's chest.

Right when Senri pulls his machete out. A bunch of more arrows were flying right at him. Senri then takes a bunch if steps back to avoid them

"Be more careful Senri. You wouldn't want any arrows on you don't you?" said Robin

"…" said Senri as he shakes his head.

"Frederick! Senri! Aid me!" said Chrom

"At once Lord Chrom. Let's go Senri" said Frederick gesturing for Senri to follow.

Chrom and Senri then followed Frederick s he runs straight through the arrow fire shield first

"Robin! Virion! Sully! Take out the risen in the corners!" Said Chrom "Vaike! Stahl! Protect Lissa!"

"Very well my good sir!" said Virion

"You got it Chrom!" said Vaike

"Am I always the forgotten one?" said Kellam realizing that Chrom has mentioned everyone except him.

"Lady Lissa look out!" said Sully blocking an arrow that was another to hit Lissa

"*Sigh* I guess I always will be" said Kellam as not even the risen seem to notice him.

Senri then slashes a risen's chest with his machete and moves out of the way from another slash. Senri then uses his machete to stab through the neck of the risen. Then he could hear….. paws? He then then looks at some sort of risen creature that was standing on four legs. This took him off guard as it then painfully clamps down on his arm causing him to grunt in pain

Senri then uses his machete to block it's powerful claws from scraping him. As this continued for a moment as suddenly Kellam uses his spear to stab that risen thing and drawed it off Senri.

"Senri are you ok?" said Kellam as everyone but Senri seems to take notice of him. Senri nods to Kellam in approval.

Senri gets up and attacks a very large risen. The risen tries to smash Sending with it's giant club. Senri then rushes past the club and slices it's arm off causing it to stumble and fall down as Senri then stabs right through it's head making it fall down dead. As he looks behind him his eye widens as he nearly didn't have enough to dodge.

Then suddenly the risen that he didn't notice behind him hits him in the side causing him to not only grunt in pain. But also sent him flying

"I really wish the others were here" thought Senri referring to Cooro, Husky, and Nana as he lands upon the ground and steadily gets up. Senri then runs over to slash another risen "I wonder how many more there are of them"

Senri then ducks to avoid more arrows as he then Robin disposes if them with her fireball. However it got Senri to wonder. Since magic seems to exist whatever these risen things are… what else could exist?

He then runs over Chrom and Frederick as they appear to be able to handle themselves. He then uses his machete sword to slash the back of one of the risen in the back

"Thanks Senri" said Chrom as he strikes the other risen down. They both look around to see that Frederick has taken down the last two of them. After that Senri looks at his arm to see how bad his injury is. He then wipes off the remaining saliva and begins to lick his injury.

This earned him a weird look from Chrom

"Uh Senri what are you doing?" said Chrom

Senri only stopped for a moment to catch a glimpse of Chrom's curious look before continuing on licking his injury in order to get the sweet taste of his blood

Chrom then chooses to nevermind it as everyone else catches up to him. They then see a horse with wings….. a Pegasus. Senri never thought he would see a Pegasus in his damn life. All this time he only thought he would see them in dreams, fairytales, and drawings. But not an actual Pegasus in real life….

First magic. Them these risen things. Now pegasuses. This made Senri curious to what else is on this place. Because he knows damn well that there is no flying horses back home. And that his gang would probably like to come here.

Chris them trues to approach it

"Bad idea" thought Senri out of instinct as the Pegasus seems to be driven with paranoia. As it stands on it's back legs making Chrom stop and take a few steps back.

"Chrom wait! Let me handle this!" said Sumia as age then gently walks over to the Pegasus

Senri then begins to walk over to Kellam as Sumia tames the Pegasus much to Chrom's worry.

"Hey Senri. So.. have a difficult time?" said Kellam

Senri makes the 'eh' hand gesture as Kellam walks up to him

"Man. Can you believe it. The battles are only truly beginning and yet we see stuff.. stuff like that" said Kellam pointing to the decaying bodies of the risen.

"…" said Senri as he shrugs his shoulders. He then could hear Robin and Lissa walking over to him

"Hey Senri are you talking to anyone?" said Robin

Senri then points to Kellam

"I don't see anyone" said Lissa "Senri are you just seeing this?"

At first Senti thought the two if them were being jerks for a moment… but they both have a very large and strange sincerity of those questions. It got him to wonder. Is something wrong with Kellam?

Robin then blinks and suddenly sees Kellam standing right Senri

"Oh! Kellam I didn't see you" said Robin as she and Lissa now notice Kellam making him sweatdrop

"I've been standing here the whole time" said Kellam

"How do you it?" said Lissa. Senri then begins to notice the strange amount of sincerity that people don't seem to notice Kellam

"You guys!" said Sully as she and Virion run over to them "Chrom says we got to head back"

"Is that all for this mission?" said Robin

"But what about the horse?" said Lissa

"Sumia will be watching over it and catch up with us later" said Sully

"Then… when will we go now?" Said Robin

"Where we always will go silly" said Lissa

"You mean back at the headquarters?" said Robin

"Yeah" said Lissa as Chrom starts to lead them all back.

As they all walked back. Senri then began to ponder what other creatures that we're deemed supernatural and non-existent well… exists in this world. He also began to wonder. What other kind of magic is used in this world. Other than fire magic of course.

Seeing all this happen so far got Senri to secretly hope for another adventure like this. To see all the possibilities of those creatures and magic. And sure back in his own place there are very strange creatures… but they tended to be giant versions of otherwise normal creatures. Like that giant octopus.

Senri then began to notice something…. Robin has pure white long hair for a woman as young as her. His guess would be either late teens or early 20s…. But that's not everything… Sully has a very strange red hair… and Virion has blue hair and so did Chrom.. albeit a darker blue... This began to make him wonder what other strange hair colors people have.

Because those colors are not something he is used to seeing as colors on people's heads. But hey. What other new things are there?

Senri then began to look at the injury on his arm. He sees that it has somewhat healed up. Maybe give it an hour or two.

"Senri" said Lissa gaining his attention

"?.." said Senri

"You did a great job out there" said Lissa

"…Thanks… You too" said Senri. However the latter was said out of instinct.

"Can you believe these creatures coming out of nowhere?" said Lissa "After all the adventuring I've done and heard people do. No one's ever said anything about fighting or seeing those things until that… purple eye thingy"

Senri shook his head either. Maybe these risen things aren't so normal as he thought they were. And get as hell knows that earthquake was t normal either. As they all began to continue walking back. Senri then notices a bunch of beautiful white flowers.. out if instinct he rushes over to them.

"Hey Senri when are you going?" said Lissa

Senri plucks one of the strange looking white flowers… well. Strange to him. He then grabs his journal and begins to star writing in it before plucking a white flower, putting it in the journal. And slamming it shut.

Lissa was a bit curious to why Senri slammed that book on the flower. But she decided not to pursue it further as Chrom gestures them all to follow him

"Lets go guys. We mustn't dilly dally" said Chrom as everyone follows him "I'm glad we all pulled through even if it was a pain"

Later

Play – Cube Creator OST – New Morning

"Uhh.. That was along walk." Said Robin as Senri plops onto the couch

"Just wait. For the next trip. That may take even longer." Said Chrom

"Hey Senri. You surviving?" said Robin slightly nudging Senri

"…" said Senri as he continues to lay down face first on the couch feeling tired

"Does he even say anything?" said Sully raising her eyebrow

"So far he barely said anything. He just grunts and nods." Said Robin taking a seat on a chair

"Wow. Even after all this time?" said Sully

"Yep" said Robin as she begins checking through her fire tomb book

"Hey guys there's honey flavored muffins downstairs" said Stahl coming in the room for a moment

As soon as Stahl said 'Honey Flavored' Senri got straight up off the couch surprising them both and rushed over to Stahl with a very look on his face.

"Whoah dude. Calm down" said Stahl as he walks downstairs making Senri follow him. This made Robin and Sully.

When the four of them reached the downstairs they see a plate of muffin. Senri looks at them with stars in his eyes and he takes one and starts chomping down on it

"I guess someone's hungry" thought Stahl judging by Senri's shift in attitude. Not that he had one.

To Sending the muffin's honey flavor has a really exotic taste to it. Though the thing is. The honey tastes different that the beehive that he destroyed a day ago. This got him to wonder… how many more types of bee honey ate there here? He certainly had no idea how many in his own country.

Though he will miss the taste of his home honey… all of it. He begins to accept that there are some things he will never get to taste again. But. He decided he will make due. As he decided to grab one last one

"Is this all the muffins?" said Sully

"No. these are the leftovers. Just wait until you try the others" said Stahl

Upon hearing this. Senri felt like a mental anvil hit his head. He felt like he missed out on possibly good/better tasting muffins.. even if the types weren't specified.

Senri then walks back upstairs.

Meanwhile

"…I don't get it. If he first showed up around that time…then where was he before?" thought the masked 'man' Referring to Senri "Oh father… I hope you are doing fine now" referring to someone else "She is very dangerous" referring to another person.

(Just in case anyone is confused. Senri is not 'his' father nor related in any way)

Back to Senri

Play: Fight The Fade – Lying To Myself (Confessional of Lies)

Senri continues to lay in the couch… but as he lays. He begins to think of what could be happening back home… Did Nana and Husky ever go on that adventure they wanted to go? Did Cooro impulsively got into trouble again?... Is Crystala still saving other anima….

All the questions to himself started to somewhat bother him.. he is in a new place and cannot return…. So far….

He can't even tell if he is simply in a new place or very far from home…. Because the conditions everyone lives in is pretty much identical to the living conditions of his own home….. but it appears to be missing Animas…. And giant monsters….. ok maybe somewhat slightly different than home.. though it uses the same literature style he writes in…. So it's in the realm of possibility to him that he's just "Somewhere else"

Senri then began to get his journal and begins to read through everything he has written inside it. Reading through everything he has written…. Seeing each flower he has slammed the book on. Reminded him of his past better than his own memories could ever do.

As he continues to read his own journal. The fading memories of his adventures with Cooro, Nana, and Husky begin to return for each turning page. Even the memories of the people he has met only once start to return. Ranging from the girl and her teddy bear to the orphans who nearly stole the very journal he is reading now. However he still wondered how those kids even got those miner hats. (Readers of the manga will possibly know what I'm talking about)

Hell even that Anima sheriff of the town. Got him curious to who else is really an Anima in disguise.

Reading his journal feels like a growing stab wound that keeps on getting bigger. Knowing that his memory is really bad without it. And that he truly is to cope with not being there for his gang when they need him.

It begs the question to him…. Is able to return at all?

This lurching continues to bother him for every page he turns as at one point he couldn't handle this feelings and right when he was about to close the journal. Robin then walks in

"Whatcha reading there?" said Robin. Hoping she would get some form of response that Senri barely gives at all

"…" said Senri as he puts his journal away.

"A story book?" said Robin

Senri shakes his head

"…A journal?" said Robin

Senri nods. This immediately gave Robin some sort of idea on who Senri is.

"Do you write… memories?" said Robin

Senri immediately nods at that. Maybe Robin may understand his situation somewhat

"You know. I think your lucky your even able to remember who you are at all." Said Robin

This got Senri a little curious

"I wish I could remember what things in my past with something like a journal. Other than hints from my fire tome book" said Robin

It then hits Senri like a brick wall. Amnesia. This woman may have faced trauma like he has… but maybe it's a stretch.

"…" said Senri

"Welp. I'll see you tomorrow. I'm glad I have another person to tell" said Robin

Senri nods as she walks up the stairs. He strangely liked it when he was being talked to her. Because they both want a better grip of their own past. Or a past that they can handle

Senri then begins to think himself. After everything that has happened… it gets him to wonder once again. How dd he get here… first he was nearly dying in a burning cave. Then suddenly he was on a floating island.. then here.

To Senri this is not normal at all. Like. Supernatural levels of normal. Sure he has seen not normal creatures during his adventures with his gang and seeing other people with Anima powers. But he has strange things. … Like where did the professor go? That light certainly wasn't the sun. (Readers of the final book of +Anima will understand)

As he begins to fall asleep. He still can't wonder about what is going on with his home and friends while he is gone. They mean so much to him. He begins to stress himself thinking about it. What if they are more vulnerable to bad situations without him? What if they are in danger right now as he starts to fall asleep. These things will begin to forever to haunt Senri. Even if it's to his grave.

Dreamscape

Senri finds himself in a place full of apple trees…. This is all starting to get familiar. Especially seeing a lot of eaten apples on the ground

Senri hears sounds of eating. He then begins to walk towards the sound…

He walks past more trees and see what appears to be a happy home which has the smell of pie to it…. Then it hit him.

This is something Cooro would dream of. He then looks to his left and sees Cooro looking the same as he always has. As he happily eats an apple he doesn't appear to notice Senri at first. Senri then begins to approach him. As he did he accidentally steps on a twig.

This caused Cooro to be slightly tense for a moment. Before turning around to see Senri. His eyes widen upon seeing Senri.

"S-Senri?..." said Cooro dropping all the apples he has in his hands. He stood there for a moment staring at Senri. Before flying right to him into a hug

Senri didn't know how to react. But he is happy he is seeing Cooro…. Though it got him to wonder where is Husky and Nana?...

"Oh Senri. I still miss you…" said Cooro holding onto Senri as a few tears start to drip down his face.

Senri…. Felt like something was off… as he embraces Cooro…

"I wish this dream will never end" said Cooro as he continues to hold onto Senri….

Senri's eye widened upon hearing that. Now he knew something was off…. If this was his dream. He would be the one bringing attention to the dream. Not anyone or anything else…. But the fact Cooro of all people would point this out is definitely an indication that something is off…

"Dream?..." said Senri

"Oh right I forgot… Oh Senri.. I wish we never went to the cave… and if we did you'd still be there…." Said Cooro

.

.

Something's definitely wrong… why is Cooro referring to this as a dream…. Unless…

Senri that puts his arms on Cooro's shoulders making Cooro let go. Senri then bends down to meets Cooro face to face

"Cooro….. tell them… I was here… tell them.. I miss them…." Said Senri

Cooro didn't know what to do. He thought he is going crazy

"….Can you…. Do that for me?" said Senri

"Huh?" said Cooro

"…Can you remember for me?" said Senri

"I-I guess I could" said Cooro

"…" said Senri as he begins to smile "…I know you won't let's me down… I miss you all. I hope you know that" then. Senri's legs start to slowly disappear into nothingness. Cooro upon seeing then began hold onto to Senri

"Please don't go" said Cooro

"…It's ok. Maybe I'll see you all again someday." Said Senri.

This is the first time in a while where Senri spoke like this… but yet every word he said came out of instinct

"Y-You really mean it?" said Cooro

"…Yes" said Senri "…. Remember what I ask"

"I will" said Cooro as Senri stats to fully disappear with a wave. When he fully disappear out of Cooro's dream… Cooro then began to fall on his knees and start to slowly sob.. it seemed like he genuinely met Senri again…. A friend he couldn't save.

Then he heard Senri's voice one last time

"let's depart again without crying. Ok?" said Senri as Cooro begins to wipe his tears away

"Ok" said Cooro looking up in his dreamscape sky and sees what appears to be a silhouette of Senri

Dreamscape end

Senri wakes up it was very early on the morning… So far no one has woken up.

This dream he just had… it kind of bothered him… was that really Cooro? Senri knows that most dreams are just stupid. But this dream has a disturbing amount of sincerity to it.

Senri gets up from the couch and begins to walk downstairs. When he did he sees Sully sitting at the table eating a muffin

"?- Oh hey Senri. I've been looking for you" said Sully

"…?" Said Senri

"Oh right you don't really talk" thought Sully

"I wanted to ask if you wanted to spar later" said Sully

Senri shrugs his shoulders in response

"Well I'm not hearing a no" said Sully

Senri then points to her muffin

"Oh this? Look in the pantry" said Sully pointing to the pantry

Senri then looks into it and smells the delicious scent of muffins… in a bag. He then grabs the bag and takes one muffin out and walks to the table with it.

"…thanks" said Senri

Sully did not expect a voice that deep to come from him. But since he is a strong and silent. She had to expect one trait that those types of guys tended to have.

"No problem." Said Sully as Senri starts eating the muffin

As Senri eats his muffins. He begins to think what kind of things he will go through today. Other than a spar with Sully. So far seeing what is of this new place he is in drove him to be more curious of what is here….

But thinking of his own home.. things he wanted to do back there … but now it seems that those dreams will slowly die. From traveling with his three friends from place to place turning around any town or city whether it be for the better or for worse. And eventually meet up with his own people again. (A bear +Anima tribe) and even go on adventures with them, and see what's beyond the horizon to which he has heard stories of…..

But now. He isn't sure if he is able to do any of that… After a moment of thinking. He decides to see if there is still any hope for any of them. Even if it's unlikely.

"Hey uh.. Senri?" said Sully

"..?" said Senri as he breaks out of his concentration

"You've been staring at the table for a while. Are you ok?" said Sully

"….sorry" said Senri getting up as Chrom and Frederick enter the room

"Hey you guys. We got another place to go." Said Chrom

"Ae we going to fight the risen again?" said Sullyas she sees to be hoping for Chrom to say yes

"No. We are heading to Longfort" said Chrom this kind of grabbed Senri's interest… However it looks like something he can do to take his kind of the fact that he is far away from home. Traveling to new places. It's always something he likes to do.

"Ugh.. Not that place again" said Sully face palming

"Oh come on. It's for that bad" said Chrom

"Yeah? Well I'd rather not get that cold feeling" said Sully

"*sigh*fine. Be that way." Said Chrom as he and Frederick go upstairs. Presumably to get Robin. Then Senri immediately notices Kellam enter the room. But Sully doesn't seem to notice the 6'10 Titan enter.

"Hey Senri. Am I late for the mission" said Kellam

Senri shakes his head

"Oh thank the Gods" said Kellam

"…" said Senri as Chrom, Frederick, and Robin all come downstairs

"You ready Senri?" said Chrom

"Already?" Thought Senri as he doesn't know how to respond to that as the three of them start to walk out.

"C'mon. Lissa and Stahl are waiting" said Chrom as Senri then began to follow them along with Kellam.

Later

"No wonder why Sully didn't want to come" thought Senri. The path they were going is very snowy and cold. This made him wonder of agreeing to come was even a good idea in the first place. However one thing that surprised him was that Kellam was able to hold his own in the snow. Despite wearing that armor. Same goes for Frederick

He is surprised that Kellam isn't even blue. Damn. He wants to know their secrets on how they do that.

"Br-r-r.. it's so cold. Fr-Fr-Frederick I-I'm F-F-Freebing" said Lissa

"Stand by my horse milady. She'll keep you warm" said Frederick

Senri began to ponder….. how much of a pain will this mission be? As they all seem to be heading towards a fortress. He really hasn't really gotten this cold since that time he went into the mountains where his own people lived. Remembering this made him strangely eager to what comes next.

"So this is the fortress?" said Robin

"Yes. The Longfort. It stretches among Ylisse and Regna Ferox" said Chrom

"The Kahn's that ruled the place grow weary of foreigners" said Frederick

"What's a Khan?" thought Senri. He has never heard that word before…. But judging by the way Frederick refers to them. They might be some sort of.. rulers? Senri looks back at Kellam. He is still surprised that no one seems to notice him. Poor Kellam

"Hey Senri. How you holding out?" said Lissa

"…..fine" said Senri

"We have been walking in the cold for a while. And you say your fine!?" said Lissa

"….sure" said Senri

"*Sigh* I don't get how do you guys do that?" said Lissa as she continues holding onto Frederick's horse. This made Senri strangely feel tempted to hold on to Stahl's horse. And being cold made Senri feel like in the mood for some good stuff… maybe another one of those steaks he bought from that old couple.

"Hey uh guys. I think we might need to be ready for a fight" said Robin to them

"A fight? We came here for negotiations! Not to pick a fight" said Lissa

"Actually it's not us that's picking the fight" said Robin

"God. Damn it" thought Senri as he facepalm

"Oh no" said Lissa

Then. Suddenly. The guards at the gate threw spears at Chrom. Senri genuinely thought he was going to be a goner. Until his mind got further blown by the fact that he was saved.

By Sumia on the Pegasus. Of all things.

"Now I've seem everything" thought Senri as he sees the two of them fly. Then Kellam walks over to Senri

"Senri?" said Kellam

"?" said Senri looking over to him

"Oh good…" said Kellam

"At least someone notices me" thought Kellam

"Incoming!" said Stahl as they all ran to the trees for cover as some of the guards started to throw their spears at them.

"So now what?" said Lissa

"Frederick! Stahl! Join me. We shall enter through the right side" said Chrom as he, Sumia, Frederick, and Stahl all run towards the right opening of the gate "The rest of you go with Robin"

Robin then notices something.. right near Senri

"Senri do you get the feeling are being watched?" said Robin

"Of all things to say to him. You ask him IF WE'RE BEING WATCHED!?. THERE'S SPEARS BEING THROWN AT US FIR PITY'S SAKE" said Lissa

"What? I'm sorry! It's just that.." said Robin blinking and then suddenly sees Kellam standing next to Senri while at the same time making Lissa huff in response

"Do you think she notices me?" said Kellam as Senri shrugs in response

"Wh-What was your name again?" said Robin to Kellam making him awkwardly point to himself

"Yes you" said Robin

"I'm Kellam. Don't you remember?" said Kellam

"O-Oh.. right. I'm sorry" said Robin causing him to sweatdrop. "Please join us as we take the left opening of the gate"

The four of them the run towards the left side and dodge some arrows and spears as they did it. Though it strikes Senri as odd that none of them seem to attack Kellam...

"this place gets stranger and stranger" thought Senri.

Then there's heavily armored men started to charge right at them

Senri unsheathe his machete sword and runs ahead and clashes swords with one of them.

"Hah!. You are but a fool. You short sword is no match for my skill!" said the armored knight. This strangely felt insulting.

They both clash swords once again and right the swords slide. The man then uses his shield towhack Senri in the side

"!" said Senri as he gets knocked

"Ha! I knew you were weak" said The armored

Senri then clenched his fist(his free hand) and attempts to punch the man's shield. And to the man's surprise. Senri made a very large and noticeable dent in the shield causing the man to look at it in surprise.

"My Gods this is-" said the man as Senri gives another powerful punch. In the gut. "-OOF!" making his fall down holding onto the spot where Senri got him. After that. Senri then out of instinct jumped out of the way from a bunch of arrows being shot at him

Senri then runs straight towards to one of the archers that tried to shoot him. Senri would then slashes their bows. He then grabs one of them and pushes them to the wall. Senri the puts his machete at the archer's neck

"Senri wait!" said Lissa

"?" said Senri as he then notices that Robin and Kellam have defeated the other two

"Don't kill them!. If you do you will ruin our negotiation" said Lissa

"…" said Senri pushing the archer away

Lissa felt like she may have just avoided potential further conflict.

"C'mon you guys we got an entry point" said Robin

"So much for peaceful negotiations.." said Lissa sweatdropping

When the four of them then enter past the gates. The find a bunch of guards who don't seem to happy that they are there. And on the opposite end of the first. They could see Chrom and the others fighting more guards

"They have entered through the other side!" said one of the guards "We're surrounded!"

"Divide and conquer" said another as a portion of them then charged Senri n the gang.

"Robin don't you have anything other than that fire spell?" said Lissa hopping Robin will have a time of wind.

"Just my sword" said Robin holding out her sword

"*Sigh* I knew I should've asked for Frederick" said Lissa

Senri, Robin, and Kellam all get in front of Lissa to protect her as pressed forward. An archdr then shoots an arrow at Robin. Senri sees this at the corner of his eye. He then runs in front of Robin and slashed the arrow in half before it could reach her

"!" Said Robin seeing this "Thanks Senri"

Senri nods to her as e then clashes swords with another swordsman. This time not being a heavily armored one. Senri then manages to shove him back after a moment. He then sees the numbers of the enemies get smaller and smaller due to the others beating them.

To be honest. This may have been easier than Senri than he thought. Then. To his surprised all the guards then began to drop their weapons in surrender….

Senri felt like there would be a trap. But this might be too genuine…

Later

Play: Fe OST - Trädet

"Forgive me Prince Chrom. I truly thought you all were lawless brigands" said a heavily armored woman who seems to be the leader of the fort

Senri couldn't help but give her somewhat of a atink eye. She then began to take notice ad she then takes a few steps back in response. Lissa also took notice

"Senri. Don't be mad. She's just trying to protect the fort. Even if it is being overprotective" said Lissa

Senri had to admit that she's right. Plus.. she is kind of reminding him of Nana again. However. Nana is a bit more straightforward….

"…" said Senri

"It appears that we should head home now" said Frederick

"Gee. What makes you say that?" said Lissa sarcastically

"Lissa don't be mean" said Chrom

"Hmph" said Lissa crossing he arms and turning he head to the side

"Lets just go guys. Everyone else is waiting back" said Stahl as they all started to head home. Right when Senri was about to follow. Until he sees a gorgeous looking white flower growing in the snow. He then bends down to grab it.

He then sniff it and got the ever amazing smell of French Vanilla…. Cold French Vanilla…. A smell that remind him of home for some reason . .. a reminder of that he's alone….

The flower he picked had four petals… then one breaks off and flies away due to the cold northern wind…. He starts to get a homesick feeling.

He then opens his journal and begins to write in it. This caught the interest of Robin as she sees him right in his journal. He then puts the flower in and slams the book shut on it…

However after that Senri had a yearn for more of that vanilla scent and grabbed a few more flowers as he then catches up to everyone.

"Senri…. You pick flowers now?" said Robin as she attempts to understand his psychology in her mind of what she has seen of him so far. . Was he a flower picker?

"…" said Senri as they continued to walk home. He just continued to sniff the flowers. Even though his mission was a pain in the ass. The flowers he got are a silver lining to it.

"..Ok then" said Robin

"Is anyone hurt?" said Lissa

"I think we're all good" said Chrom

Later

"Ahh. It's good to be back" said Lissa

"You tell me" said Stahl as he walks outside making everyone wonder where and what is he doing… except Senri who just walked upstairs. When he got upstairs and sat on the couch again. He grabs his journal and starts to write on a new page about everything he has been through since the last time he saw Cooro and the others.

From the strangest pillars to those strange warrior things.. or "risen" as everyone here seems to call them and to all the new acquaintances he has made. To even wrestling and killing that crocodile . As he writes he begins to think of Cooro, Husky, and Nana and what they like. And he made sure to put extra detail for Nana…..if he is able to see them again..

And Crystala… the very person who gave him this journal… he just wants to see them all again. This prompts him to sniff the white flowers he brought to get that smell.. through his nostrils. Every one of his journeys ends with him collecting a flower…. This is no different.

Thought Senri has taken a liking to these flowers in particular… it's his second favorite scent with honey being his all time favorite.

Then he then feels another person sit on the couch. He looks to his left and sees that it's Robin. With a vase full of water in her arms. She then puts it on the table in front of them

"If you like those flowers so much. You can put them in this. It will preserve them for much longer" said Robin

Senri upon hearing this. Makes a slight smile and nods to her and the puts all the flowers in the vase right after closing his journal and putting it away.

"So... Do you like collecting flowers?" said Robin as she isn't expecting someone like him to have an interest in that kind of stuff

"Yes…" said Senri putting the vase onto the table

"Is there a particular reason why you like to do that?" said Robin

"…" said Senri it then hit Robin again.. she forgot he will most likely only answer yes and no questions. Senri began to think back to his childhood days with Crystala for a few seconds.

Robin then gets up from the couch

"I'll see you later" said Robin as she walks downstairs.

After a day like this Senri began to wonder what he should do now as he sits back on the couch…. Though he feels like he is forgetting something…. It's in the top of his tongue but he just could get it out…

Then he hears footsteps coming up the steps. At first he thought it would be Robin but he found himself wrong when it turns out be Sully

"There you are. Robin said you would be here" said Sully

"?" said Senri

"Don't you remember?" said Sully "I challenged you to a spar"

"…" said Senri as he now remembers that this was the very thing he forgot. He gets up and nods to her.

"Oh good! I hope your ready" said Sully

Senri just wanted to get this over with as Sully leads him downstairs and into what appears to be a training room. He looks around to see dummies, wood swords, punching bags, chairs. The typical medieval training room that was lit by a few candles

He also began to notice Kellam, Virion, and Vaike seemingly waiting for them.

"Vaike is happy that Senri arrived" said Vaike tossing them a couple wooden swords

"Ill just let you know. I've beaten many boys like you before" said Sully

Senri truly doesn't know how to respond to that

"You can do it my pretty" said Virion

"Don't get weird" said Sully pointing the wooden sword at his neck causing him to flinch a bit causing Vaike to slightly chuckle

Senri then began to examine the wood swords he held for a moment before walking towards Sully s she stood on what appears to be a training map.

Sully then rushes Senri and attempts to whack in the head. Senri sees this coming and ducks from it. Senri then responds by attempting to striker her twice the wooden sword which she was able to block it. She then tries to sweep his legs but right when he leg his own. He did not fall down like she was expecting. The two other people that could handle an attack like that is Frederick and Kellam…

Senri then tried to bonk her in the head only to clash wooden swords with her… she then attempted to force See to back. But he barely budged…

Sully was a bit impressed. Most of the guys she had fought (including Chrom) she has been able to take down once. And so far the only two friends of hers that she has ever fought hasn't been beaten. Which again is Frederick and Kellam

After she failed in getting Senri to stumble back. Senri then takes this chance to force her back causing her to stumble. He then tries to stab at her only for each attempt to get blocked by her wooden sword.

As they continued to fight. Virion continued rooting for Sully while Kellam rooted for Senri. And then Chrom, Lissa, and Frederick enter the room

"Whoah what's going on here?" said Chrom

"They appear to be sparring" said Frederick as Sully takes a hit to her arm

"I can see that" said Lissa as Senri takes a hit to his torso

"You think she will actually beat him?" said Frederick

"Out of everything I've seen them both do. I'd say 50/50." Said Chrom

"Didn't you say that about Stahl when he sparred with Sully?" said Lissa

"Yeah but I'm pretty sure that was different" said Chrom. Little did they know… Kellam was trying to call to them. Only to be unintentionally ignored. Making him sweatdrop.

Upon taking two more hits from Sully. Senri then slashes her wooden sword out of her hand and pointed his wooden sword at her neck

"Whoah. He actually did it" said Chrom

"Grr. I'll beat you next time. And you can count on it" said Sully huffing and puffing

"…" said Senri also huffing and puffing as he tosses the sword to the side and begins to walk off the mat

"Good job Senri" said Kellam as Senri takes a seat to catch his breath seeing Chrom and tothers leave. Leaving only him and Kellam.

"…" said Senri in response. He felt very burnt out…

"It's been a while since she has been beaten by someone who isn't Frederick. Did you know" said Kellam as Senri shakes his head in response

"*sigh* seeing you fight like that makes me want to give it a shot. If only if I will get noticed enough for it" said Kellam "Though I'm surprised you fight in those clothes.."

"…" says Senri as he looks at his outfit. It looks fine to him…. Ok maybe not that fine since it might need to get washed soon….

"Whelp. IIts getting late. I'll see you tomorrow pal" said Kellam waving at Senri goodbye

Senri looks our the window and sees that it's pitch black. Senri decided that probably one more night is fine with these…. Then it's gotta get washed..

Later

Senri slumps onto the couch and sits for a while. He then gets his journal and began to look where he left off where he was writing…

He begins to writes about what he has forgotten to wrote earlier and the last touches upon events he has written… then after he finishes. He then takes out one of the flowers from the vase and begins to sniff of for a few moments…

Doing this makes his homesick feeling get bigger. After a few days in a strange new place.. he still misses his home… he then puts the flower back in the vase with the others and puts his journal away. He begins to wonder what he should do for the further time he is here…. Should he stay and fight in Chrom's army? Just leave him and be a loner once again?... Go on adventures without his friends?...

For now Senri decided it would be best to play it safe and stay with Chrom's army until he gets a better grip of where he is and what is here….

He then begins to lay down and let himself into a somewhat stressful slumber….. but however. As he remembers in his dream with Cooro… it seems that him and the others are fine since Cooro was only referring to him….

It begins to slightly ease him as he continues to try to fall asleep. However it might be doing the trick… and he knows those three are strong and are able to handle a bunch of things without him…. Even if it's not very often.

Dreamscape

Senri sees nothing but pale white grass… and an even paler sky… but then. Color starts to seep in… making the grass look lush and healthy as trees started to grow out of parts of the ground really fast…. He looks behind him to see where the source of the color is….

He squints his visible eye to get a better look at what's going on.. he sees what appears to be a very fancy castle. He looks up in the sky as it is clear blue and every cloud is shaped like a dress

He is now getting very familiar vibes….

He looks to see.. three familiar people…. He walks over to get a closer look… he sees that it's Nana, Husky, and Cooro all happily skipping through

But something felt off again… like his previous dream when he saw Cooro.. the he sees Cooro and Husky disappear… as the trees start to grow ominously. Seeing this had left Nana shocked…

Then within a few moments.. he realized…. This is what Nana fears…. Could he have a connection through dreams with her now?

But the feeling of wrongness continued to affect Senri. He then feels a wooden hand on his shoulder. He turns around to see that a very dead and sinister looking tree who for some reason has a smug face. And has another arm hoping to bring him into it's.. hole?

Senri isn't phased by this at all. He then grabs the wooden that's on him and simply clenched it causing it to break apart hurting the tree. Making it retract it's other arm. After this he could hear a faint voice

"P-Please get away from me!" he recognized that voice as Nana's. Out of instinct he sprints towards the direction of the voice.

Getting past every tree and growling wolves. Senri notices she is being chased by… some guy who moves like he's drunk

"You lil' brat! I'll bash yer bonies out" said the man with a very slurred voice….

Then it hits him… she's dreaming of her father trying to kill her again… and the feeling that this is not his dream gets even bigger.

Senri then manages to catch up to them making Nana turn her attention to him in surprise. Making her father turn around in curiosity. And then receives a very powerful punch to the face knocking him out cold

"S-Senri?" said Nana getting up on her feet and slowly walking over to him. Senri nods in response as he then picks her up and then began to walk down a path "Senri… how you here?

"… I don't know" said She to as he uses his sword to chop whatever branch was in the way and whatever tree tried to grab them

"But I'm glad you came" said Nana holding onto him…. "You know… even you're a dream… I feel like you must know this"

"?" Senri as he his suspicions just got confirmed…. Though it got him to wonder…. Will it happen again? What is going on? How is this even happening? If this was his dream. The world would have some idea of who he is .. but yet he's just… here..

"When you…. Disappeared at the mountain… I thought I would never see you again other than my dreams… you seem so real though I'm sure you won't ever come back…." Said Nana as she tries to keep herself from crying….

"….did Cooro tell you anything new?" said Senri our of instinct

"!" said Nana spreading her wings and flying a few feet away from him… "H-How would you know th-that? Yo-Your j-just a dream!" nervously

"…" said Senri. So Cooro didn't let him down…. But this also got him somewhat excited as he is using a way to communicate with his friends… now he does not know what to do. If he were to persist that it's really him. She will only become more paranoid of him… but at least it distracts her from her nightmare.

Senri then turns around and walks away

"H-hey wait!" said Nana as she flies right at him

"…" said Senri

"If your really Senri. Then who gave me this flower?" said Nana

"…..Rose" said Senri. This appeared to convince her as she widens her eyes and all her paranoia of him disappears

"You… really are him.." said Nana "AH SEEENRI!" she then tackles him into a hug. He then responds by ruffling her hair.. "You have no idea how much I miss you"

"…" said Senri making a lone tear go down his face.. his 'death' may have devastated them even though they survived…. "I'm sorry"

"No need… it was my fault.. I pressured Senri into accepting that phonie's 'job' for us" said Nana as she manages to keep herself together "But we did catch him.. it's just that… without you it's just not the same"

"…" said Senri as he returns her hug."...Tell Cooro…. I'm glad he did my favor….."

Senri then see himself start to disappear

"S-Senri? Where are you going" said Nana

"…Don't worry" said Senri reassuring her "Ill see you again sooner or later.." making some her tearsgie away

"You promise?" Said Nana holding out her pinkie finger

"…I promise" said Senri as they interlock their pinkie fingers for a pinkie promise.

"I miss you" said Nana holding on to him

"…Me too…. Be a strong girl for me. Ok?" Said Senri out of instinct

"Got it" said Nana as she watches him fully disappear leaving her with her own dream..

Dreamscape end

Suddenly a bright light flashes into Senri's face making him wake up. He looks around to see he is still on the couch….. he looks and sees that light is from an open window..

Now that he truly has been apparently dream jumping… he starts to think… what other strange things he will come across once again…

Now…. He wonders of he is truly ready for what's to come

To be continued

Well if this seems like a chapter. Then that's up to you. I just you all to know. That we are just getting into the juicy parts.(well.. juicy in my own opinion)

You guys have made me so happy :) I actually didn't expect anyone to bother to care to read this. But I'm glad there are some people still willing to put up with the +Anima fics.

I'm so sorry for my 2 month absence. But to tell you my excuse. Is that most my time has been dedicated to one of my other stories "Innocence & Instinct"

Trivia

1: As done of you can tell. I've put some emphasis on the character Kellam. I just want you all to know that he needs some love. That's why I have Senri be the only one (so far) that actually sees him.

For any of you who are curious. I suggest looking up Kellam's backstory. Then I'm pretty sure you would understand why

2: Most of the things that happened is inspired by folk, gothic, and country music. Ranging from Johnny Cash to Cat Stevens (His earlier stuff)

3: The title of this chapter is a reference to my one of my favorite Type O Negative songs. However I highly suggest never look up their first two albums. I learned that the hard way.

4: I hope 10.2k words will make up for my absence

5: Fun fact most of this chapter has been written for the past week.

6: we are at chapter 2. And yet we are the second biggest word count (When it comes to the stories that genuinely involve +Anima) already. At just 19k in just two chapters.

So please leave a review. It'll help motivate me to write more

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