**Hello readers, welcome back! This is the first chapter to the sequel of Spirited Away The Second Immersion. I'm really pumped about this next one because it explains a lot that was left for questioning last time. Well, here goes...

Enjoy Chapter 1! :)**

Chapter 1: The Assassin's Calling

I had walked in the room.

I wondered if this kind of reunion was really necessary, because of the drama it stirs...

However, I couldn't think of anything else that would work better.

Just deal with it already! Stop standing there like a statue to be gazed at!

(But what am I supposed to do? Say, 'Hey everyone, I decided to drop by for a late brunch. By the way, the world is in danger again, and yes, you are all being dragged into it. Again.'

That just... It wouldn't go over well.)

Well, sorry. That's about how it's going to go. I hope I'm tactful enough to make it sound better than that.

Everyone in the room was frozen, just staring at me like some ancient relic. This did not help my nervousness.

I took a breath. "You could all, well, move. Or say something. Either would work fine."

"Yeah, like seriously guys." Said a girl. She looked like a younger Kuhn.

"What's with all the quietness. Now you've got him feeling like, all awkward and stuff... Hold on, you look just like dad! I am so sorry, but how in the heck are you standing here!?... Cool..."

I felt myself smile.

Well, she was definitely Linn's child.

Shisuta sighed. "I don't know how this is possible, but in any case..."

She walked up to me, wrapping me in a warm hug.

"Welcome back..." Kahn could see the tears in her eyes.

Kuhn was standing there, still frozen.

I walked up to him.

"She looks a lot like you." I said with a smile.

He wrapped me in a hug.

"You're alive... But how? It doesn't matter, I'm glad you're here..."

He looked at me, and smiled. "Yeah, she does look a lot like me doesn't she?"

"Hey! What about me!? She's mine too you know!"

I didn't even have to look to know who that was.

"Hello Linn. Don't worry, I can see she has your... Err..."

"You are so full of crap." Said the girl.

"That." I said. "She has that."

She laughed. "I like this guy! He should like, chill with us."

Kuhn gave her a defeated look.

"Hiro, I told you to start using more... Well, language."

She groaned with annoyance.

"But Dad... That's just how I talk... I keep on saying it's like, a style... It makes sense."

"No, grammar is extremely important!" Shisuta exclaimed. "When writing, speaking, and even performing Alchemy!"

Karo slapped his palm to his face.

"Here she goes again..."

Haruka nodded. "No really, it happens almost every day..."

She was nearly in tears as she spoke.

"You poor deprived child... You do not yet know the wonders of correct speaking. It shall open up a new world of OPPORTUNITIES! IT IS NOT TOO LATE! Come, come and see the wonders of my very OWN DICTIONARY!"

She dragged a begging and pleading Hiro out of the office.

I blinked in surprise. "Oh... I can see she has lost no... Enthusiasm."

Nina laughed. "Not quite the word I'd use, but I like it!"

"I hate to interrupt this reunion, but, what are you doing here? We all saw you die."

I looked at Karo, and felt internally grateful. Time was of the essence, and I needed to explain myself now.

"Yes, there is that." I said. "Why don't we sit down, and I can explain why it is I'm here."

Kuhn nodded. He gesture toward a coffee table with a couch, and two living chairs.

We all sat.

My heart became heavy as I spoke.

"Yes, there is a reason I was sent back. I wish I could say it was to see all of you again, but that's not all of it. Remember when Chihiro destroyed the tainted bloodline?"

Nina nodded. "Yes, and I think I know where some of this is going. I have Intel that says, every Lumina that was connected to the main hive perished as well."

I nodded slowly. "That's a big part of it."

Karo gaped. "You can't be serious! ...Thank God that wasn't us!"

Haruka practically melted in her seat.

"I feel you Karo. Holy wow..."

It was time that I put the pieces together for them.

"Yes, your disconnections from the hive have saved both of you. There is a much larger problem than ourselves, do you remember anything about Chihiro and the mixing of blood's?"

Kuhn spoke. "Yeah, wasn't that when the two energies mixed together, creating that demon?"

I nodded. "Yes, a forbidden act of which Chihiro had no control. This is why the tainted and the Lumina never worked together."

"I remember." Said Karo. "None of the lower houses knew much about it, but when the Lumina and the Tainted come in contact, a horrible creature is said to be born. It looked a lot like Chihiro's demon."

This was it.

"Yes, and that is because both the Lumina, and the tainted were gatekeepers for such creatures. They were, until we killed them. These creatures are called Leviathans, and now they are roaming free. I have been sent to fix this, and to protect this place."

"Hold on." Said Linn. "So you're saying this place is in danger again!?"

I sighed. "Yes, but not immediately. I came early."

"How many are coming?" Kuhn asked.

"The first hundred will arrive two days from now." I said.

"There are one thousand of them in full, and I have been assigned to destroy all of them."

Karo held his head in his hands. "No, not this again..."

Nina stood. "I'll let the others know. We need to start preparing now if we have any chance."

She left the room.

I hated the fact that I had dropped this burden on them, they had been through enough.

There was nothing I could do now...

...Nothing but wait for the next disaster to unfold.