A week later

~Evangeline's POV~

Evangeline muttered to herself and crossed her arms over her chest. "Master, your muttering." Chachamaru said. "I know, you stupid robot!" she snapped back. The robot showed no signs of emotion, of course, after that remark. "Why are you muttering, Master?" Chachamaru asked. Eva turned her head away and replied, "Because of that damned wizard, Negi. He entered me in one of his probationary contracts without my input!"

"I entered a contract too, Master." Chachamaru said. "I know that! What's your point, exactly?" Eva asked, looking back at her friend. "You're not the only girl in the class that kissed him." The robot replied. Evangeline felt her face turn a shade of red. "Yeah, well, I didn't ask to!"

Chachamaru stared blankly at Evangeline. "Master, There seems-"

Evangeline cut Chachamaru off. "I don't care. Why did he kiss me anyway?"

"Master, there's-" Chachamaru was cut off again. "Yes, I know darkness had overcome me, but I couldn't he at least used a spell on me or something? Why a contract?"

"Master-"

"I really don't get it!"

"Master-"

"It's really stupid, you know?"

"Master-"

"I mean, Why do we have to kiss to become partners anyway?"

"Master-"

"In fact, I wonder if-"

"Master!"

"What?!" Eva growled. "What's bothering you so much? Why do you keep interrupting me?!"

"Master, there's-" Chachamaru was cut off once more. "Hey you with the face!" Chamo popped up out of the front of Chachamaru's shirt, startling the hell out of Evangeline. "What's shaking?"

Evangeline stepped backwards, shocked. "Master." Chachamaru said calmly. "There's appears to be something in my shirt."

"Well, why didn't you say so?!" Eva shouted. "And, Chamo, What the Hell are you doing in Chachamaru's shirt?! You little-"

Evangeline lunged out for Chamo, only to end up crashing into Chachamaru. The whole group then crashed onto the ground painfully. "You stupid little Ermine! When I get my hands on you, your dead! Where the hell did you go?!" Eva growled, pushing herself onto her hands and knees.

"Master."

"What Chachamaru?!"

Chachamaru pointed up at Evangeline's shirt. The Vampire took a hint and slowly looked down at her own shirt. There he was, his head sticking out of the collar of her shirt, with a big smirk on his face. Evangeline went even redder in the face than she had before. "Master, there appears to be something in your shirt, too." Chachamaru said calmly.

"How can you be so calm?!" Evangeline exclaimed. "And you, get the hell out of my shirt you Damned little pervert! How did you get in there anyway?!"

"Alright! Alright!" Chamo said, quickly scurrying away before Eva could catch him. "I just overheard you saying that you're upset over kissing Negi!"

"And?" Evangeline asked, pushing herself to her feet. She grabbed the collar of her shirt protectively and glared at Chamo. "And, I just saying this. That's not the only person you kissed." Chamo teased. "What are you talking about? The only other men here are Takamichi and Dean. I doubt I kissed them." Evangeline scoffed. "I didn't say you kissed a boy." Chamo grinned.

"Master, I think he's saying you kissed a girl." Chachamaru said. "What?! I'd never do that!" Eva said angrily, turning from Chamo. "Oh, but you did." Chamo continued. "And guess who it was!"

"I'm not going to-" Evangeline was cut off. "Too slow. It was Asuna. Ciao!" With that, The ermine scurried off. And, once again, Evangeline went red in the face with embarrassment. "Damn Ermine." She muttered. "Damn ermine. Damn ermine. It's not true. He's lying. That damn ermine."

"Well well well. So, you've gone and kissed a girl, haven't you, Evangeline?" She froze. She'd recognized that voice anywhere. "Koori." She replied. "So nice of you to remember me." He laughed. "Why don't you turn around so I can see your face?"

"No one orders Master around." Chachamaru said. Eva heard the robot step forward. "Chachamaru, Stop. Please." Evangeline turned around and fixed her gaze upon her shocked friend. "I know him. If you pick a fight with him, you'd lose. Plus, He has the authority to boss me around, unlike most people."

Chachamaru frowned, but backed down. Evangeline then turned towards the man, taken aback by his appearance. "You look . . . Different."

"And your the same." The man replied. Eva studied him for a moment. Blonde hair, blue eyes, black gloves, black boots, black jacket, red shirt, blue jeans, and a black mask decorated with silver stars and dragon. "You seriously did a make over to yourself. Your a lot shorter than I remember, and what happened to your hair? It's blonde! Plus, you eyes are blue! Aren't they suppose to be-" Eva was cut off.

"Shut up Eva." He growled. "I came here for one thing, and that's a spell. I need help casting it. Will you help me?"

"I don't know why you wasted your time asking me that." Evangeline sighed. "You know I have to if you ask it of me. Just one question, though."

Koori frowned. "What's that?"

"What kind of spell is this anyway?" Eva asked. Koori grinned. "It's a spell made especially for Konoka Konoe."

3 Days Later

~~~~~~Setsuna's POV~~~~~~

"I'm not sure why, but I have a feeling Evangeline's been avoiding me." Konoka said. "Ms. Konoka, no offense, but Evangeline avoids everyone." Setsuna replied, crossing her arms over her chest. "Yeah, You're right." Konoka sighed. "I'm being silly."

Konoka fumbled around in her pockets for a minute as she tried to locate her keys. She sighed and gave up a few seconds later. "I think I gave my keys to Asuna, Setsuna. Can I just stay with you?"

"I don't mind." Setsuna replied. A few moments later, they were both standing in Setsuna's room. "Would you like some tea, Ms. Konoka?" She asked. "Oh, no. I just fine." The girl replied, shaking her head. Setsuna nodded and walked over to her closet. She set her sword and her school satchel on a shelf and closed the door.

She turned towards Konoka in surprise when she heard a small buzzing noise. "Oh, is that me?" Konoka asked, digging in her pockets again. She pulled out a small phone and flipped it open. "Hello? Oh! Hi father! How is everyone?" Konoka smiled happily.

Setsuna chuckled to herself. It's been awhile since Konoka's heard from her family. "I can't wait to see you again! How's little Yumi? I can't wait to see her either! I bet she's just-" Konoka froze, her grin disappearing. The phone slipped from her hand and dropped to the floor with a soft thud. "Ms. Konoka?" Setsuna questioned. "Is everything alright?"

Konoka slowly walked over to Setsuna's bed and sat down, hiding her face in her hands. Setsuna quietly walked over to Konoka and hesitantly stroked the girl's hair. Konoka raised her head and looked up at Setsuna. Tears laid in the girls eyes as she spoke. "Yumi's deathly ill, Setsuna."

Setsuna froze as well. An image passed through her mind. It was a little girl about Negi's size, around nine years of age. She had short scruffy brown hair, one green eye, and one blue eye. The biggest and the cutest grin sat upon that girl's face, making her seem younger than she was. This little girl was Konoka's younger sister.

Setsuna dropped to her knees, letting her head rest upon Konoka's leg. "Not little Yumi." She whispered. Konoka just burst into tears. Setsuna sat there, shocked. Yumi was sick? That girl almost never got sick!

Setsuna slowly pushed herself to her feet and sat beside Konoka. She reached over and pulled Konoka close to her. Konoka just clutched onto Setsuna's shirt and cried onto her shoulder. Setsuna didn't care what happened. She just held her friend close and let her cry.

2 Days Later ~Setsuna's POV~

Silence filled the air as Setsuna and Konoka walked along the stone path. It was daylight hours, so they could both see the path clearly. Konoka hasn't spoken to much of anyone since that phone call. Setsuna knew that Konoka cared more for that little girl more than anyone else in her family.Even her mother.

Setsuna sighed and tried to talk to her. "Ms. Konoka, it's a beautiful day out. What do you think?"

Konoka looked up at the sky before turning her attention back to the road with a shrug. Setsuna sighed again and hung her head. She had failed to cheer up Konoka. "I hope Yumi gets better." Setsuna mumbled too low for Konoka to hear. "I really hope so."

Suddenly, something grabbed Setsuna by the ankle and pulled her down. That's when she noticed the darkness that hung at the edge of the trees. She had only time to shout one word before that darkness overtook her. "Konoka!"

~Konoka's POV~

Konoka turned around quickly at her friend's call. But, the only thing she saw was Setsuna's sword sitting neatly on the ground, untouched. Where did she go? She was here a moment ago, and why did she leave her sword? Setsuna almost never leaves me alone, Never!

~Nodoka's POV~

Nodoka walked alongside Yue, carrying about twenty books in her arms, as usual. "Hey Bookworm, Are you sure you okay?" Yue asked, glancing at her friend. "Yes, I'm fine." Nodoka replied, hiding her face in the shadows of her hair. Truth was, the books were starting to get heavy. Yue shrugged and continued to sip her mystery juice.

"I wonder why Haruna skipped out on us today." Yue said. "She usually always comes."

"Well, she had something to do today." Nodoka replied shyly. "So, what kind of books did you get this time, Bookworm?" Yue asked, sipping her juice again. "Oh, well, um . . . I picked out some spell books for Negi." Nodoka replied, her face turning a shade of red. Yue grinned before going back to her juice box.

Nodoka gave a small squeak of alarm as something grabbed her by the waist and pulled her away from Yue, making her drop all of the books. Yue turned around, her eyes widening in surprise. "What the hell? I thought we got rid of the darkness!" Yue gasped. Nodoka squirmed, trying to fight off the darkness, but, Instead, that just made it harder to break away. Yue scrambled over to help Nodoka, but she was too late. The darkness had already taken a hold of Nodoka, and it disappeared with her.

~Konoka's POV~

Konoka raced past through the woods and towards the school. The moment Setsuna had disappeared, the world had turned gray and white from snow. It had been a cool, sunny day, before. Now, strange clouds covered the sky, and it was just freezing. Konoka didn't like it much.

Soon, she found herself at the school steps. Jeez, the place looked deserted. Not a girl was in sight. "I wonder where everyone went." Konoka thought aloud. As if to answer her question, footsteps started to echo off the walls of the school. Sound like someone was running.

Konoka turned around to see Negi and Asuna running towards her. Chachamaru was flying next to them, carrying an agitated looking Eva. Well, at least she wasn't alone. When they finally reached her, Eva was the first to talk. "What the hell is going on? Where are we?"

Negi pushed his glasses into place a responded, "I'm not entirely sure."

"Well, where the hell is everyone?! One moment I was standing in the damn courtyard, next, I freezing to death out here!" Asuna said crossly. "Well, you can have my coat." Negi said, trying to hand it to the girl. "I don't want your stupid coat, Negi!" Asuna snapped. "You don't have to yell!" Negi whined tearfully. "Negi, my man, Stop crying!" Chamo said, scampering out of the boy's backpack.

"I know, I know Chamo." Negi replied, wiping the tears away. Eva glared at the ermine, hold the collar of her shirt. I wonder what that's all about.

The ermine smirked and looked back at Negi. "Look bro, it's obviously the darkness. I don't know how, but it's still out there."

"I guess you're right." Negi sighed. He looked at the woods surrounding them thoughtfully. "I wonder why it's snowing." Konoka said aloud. Asuna looked at her with some curiosity. "Is that the only thing on your mind?"

Konoka blinked. "Of course not!"

Negi sighed again and looked at the girls that surrounded him. "Do you suppose everyone's here, Chamo?" He asked. "Well, duh!" The ermine replied. "At least I hope so."

A chilling laugh drew their attention towards the school. Konoka gasped and took a step back. Setsuna was doubled over, laughing. Nodoka stood beside her, smiling. Setsuna stopped laughing and straightened up. Setsuna flashed an evil smile at everyone. That's when Konoka finally got a good look at her friend.

Setsuna wore a black, heeled boots that cut off at her knees and A black cotton skirt. She also wore A long sleeved, white button up shirt and a long, black cloak that reached just above the heels of her boots. A black witch hat sat on her head, and a wand with a moon crescent was held in her hand. Her hair was let down, but Konoka could clearly see it was her friend. Why was she dressed like a witch?

Konoka looked over at Nodoka. She had on the same black boots as Setsuna, but red stockings accompanied them. She also had on the same black, cotton skirt that Setsuna wore. The jacket she wore looked exactly like the school uniform, except the fact it was all black. Plus, there was no school symbol upon the pocket. Red glasses sat on her face, and her hair was parted to where you could always see her eyes.

Jeez, Nodoka looked scary, but there was one detail that was definitely nothing like Nodoka. Well, two. First, She had a chilling look in her eyes that would give even Evangeline second thoughts about going anywhere near her. Second, She held in her hand, not a book, but several small throwing knives. Again, scary.

"Why are they dressed like that?" Asuna asked. Eva sighed. "Because, you idiot. They're being controlled by the darkness! Why else?"

Konoka looked back at Setsuna, who was now making her way down the steps and towards Konoka. She stopped on the last step and leaned over, making her nose to nose with Konoka. She grinned evilly as she said, "Miss me?"

~~~~~~~The end of Chapter 2! Yay! Person thanks to those who Fav. This and review! Especially the first two people! Special thanks to: The Power of Konosetsu AND NegimaFan1513~~~~~~~