Disclaimer- See chapter 1

Chapter 2 Reunion

Toronto, Canada

Cloris Manson walked into the room. "It's awful quiet," she sighed. Cloris was your typical Hot Topic-haunting, Tim Burton-loving, Canadian teenager. She had dark hair, purple eyes, and pale skin. She wore dark clothes, often sweatshirts with the Nightmare before Christmas logo on them, black pants, and Goth chains around her neck, wrists and waist. "Hmm," Cloris sighed again. "Very suspicious." She then walked toward the kitchen.

"Surprise!" Her friends, Gabriel and Brittany, shouted. "Happy Birthday, Cloris!"

"Thanks," Cloris said in her usual dark manner. "You remembered." She looked at the table. A huge devil's food cake with dark icing on it lay in the middle with the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CLORIS" on it in orange icing.

Brittany handed her a present. "Open it!" Brittany said.

Cloris opened the gift. "You got me another Nightmare before Christmas figurine?" She looked again. "Oh, I don't have a Harlequin Demon figurine. Thanks." Then she opened Gabriel's present. "Thanks, Gabriel. A copy of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride on DVD?"

The doorbell rang. Cloris opened the door and gasped. "He's back!"

"Who's back?"

"Blunk!" Cloris hissed. "That little ball of energy that ruined last Halloween!"

Gabriel walked over. "It's him all right! And he's with two others. One looks like Miasma."

Blunk, Miasma and Diablo walked into the room. "Hi, did you miss us?" Diablo said.

"Diablo, what are you doing back?" Brittany said. "I thought Zylfia burned your book."

"Urgent reasons, Brittany," Diablo replied. "The king's daughter has been kidnapped. We were sent back with five other mamodo to retrieve the girl. There's one catch; Shedmaka and seven of his so-called 'friends' got the girl. There! Is that good enough reason for my return to the Ningenkai?"

"I think so!" Brittany said.

Japan

Ken Bak lay in his bed. "Darn! Darn! Darn it all!" He said. "The power I held is gone! Thanks to that stupid little mamodo team!"

Suddenly he felt a cold hand on his forehead. He looked up. A strange little boy stared back at him. "Ken! Ken! I can help you!"

"What the…" Ken gasped. "You!" He glared at the unwelcome guest. "What are you trying to do? You scared me!"

"I have someone with me who wants to see you again!" the guy said.

A/N- Shedmaka was going to demonstrate one of his abilities. He can induce nightmares in anybody by touching their forehead.

"Oh, and I don't wanna fall asleep if I were you!" the guy, who Ken realized was a mamodo, said. "You'll be having nightmares about your past opponents! Oh, have I forgotten to introduce myself. I am Shedmaka Amukan."

Ken sat up. "Please remove your hand from my forehead." Shedmaka obliged. "You know Fonce?" Shedmaka nodded.

"I've brought her here to help me with my goal," Shedmaka said. "I want you and Fonce to keep a little girl busy! I sense Suzaku is in town. He too is a former mamodo book owner. His mamodo was a little girl named Suki Beadlestein. Keep them occupied so I can continue holding the mamodo princess hostage."

The next morning, Ken's mind was still on his encounter with the nightmare mamodo. Suddenly, he heard a familiar voice calling his name. "Fonce? Is that you?"

"Yes, Ken, I've returned!" the voice said.

Meanwhile, in another part of Mochinoki City, a little girl with massive pigtails held by skull ribbons stood at the bus stop. Her patchwork dress did little to hide the fact that her body appeared stitched together. "Suzaku? Suzaku?" She called. "Where are you?"

"Uhh, hi," a tough looking Asian boy garbed in a black jacket and blue jeans said. "Don't I know you from somewhere?"

"Is your name Suzaku?" Suki asked.

"Well, yeah," Suzaku said. "Aren't you Suki Beadlestein?" Suki nodded. "Well, I guess I'm the one you're looking for."

Still in Japan

"Rin!" A Japanese woman said. "You escaped again! I can't believe you're my brother's child! He was smart; you're not."

"Sorry, Aunt Toshiko," Rin Usagi said. She walked to her room and sat on her bed, miserable.

"Another tongue lashing?" A voice said. A figure stepped out of the shadows. Rin gazed at this figure with adoration.

"Lord Sukoro?" She said.

"Yes, my little friend," Sukoro said. "I'm back!" Sukoro looked very much like Diablo, except his hair was blue and combed flatly against his head. He had silver eyes and a fish-like tail. He handed her a dark blue-green book.

Suddenly, Rin's eyes changed color. "I'm ready, Lord Sukoro!" she said in a zombie-like voice.

Shelby, Ohio

Chelsea Kyoto walked home from school. "It's been months since Ember's book was burned, but it's okay. She's in a better place!"

"But, Chelsea!" a girl's voice said.

Chelsea whirled around. "Ember? You've returned!"

"How is Jason doing?" Ember asked. "I bet he was sad after Grim Z got his book burned. Speaking of Grim, he's coming back too!"

Chelsea stared at her mamodo dumbfounded. "What did you say?"

"Grim's coming back!" Ember said.

Toronto, Canada

"Tongue, please!" Cloris said.

"Why do I hafta lick the envelopes?" Blunk whined.

"To stop you from annoying me!" Cloris said. "Tongue, please!"

Blunk unwillingly licked the envelope. "Eww!"

"Let's see!" Cloris said. She looked through the stack of envelopes on her desk. "One for Chelsea Kyoto, Jason Loen, Naoko, Clarice, and Suzaku." She pinned the letters to her mailbox.

Well, next chappy will be the light side assembling, but what has the dark side planned?

Shedmaka: I will destroy the world!

Me: Shaddup and get back in the story!