Disclaimer: Its the same as last time, I don't own

"Saito!" A balding man in glasses yelled at a raven-haired student, waving his arm maniacally. "Can you help, please!?"

Said student turned around, "Colbert-sensei*, what happened?" The words 'this time' hung in the air, unsaid, but nevertheless understood.

"Come with me back to the classroom, Kirche, Momorency and the rest are waiting. Hurry!" Saito looked at Louise who was standing next to him. An unspoken agreement past through them. Saito acted first, grabbing her hand as he very nearly dragged her inside the classroom.

Inside, Saito could feel the nervous tension boiling off everybody. Even the most laid back playboy, Guiche, was frowning. The copper skinned redhead in the back managed a weak smile, but it was evident that it was strained.

"Student, there's an emergency here, in Tristain. There's an unknown group manipulating the bodies of the dead. Taking over their souls, they only take control of their will and change their memory. Their personality is still intact." Colbert-sensei said, his worry apparent in both his words and on his face.

"Ok, and?" Guiche said, thinting it wasn't too bad.

"These zombies, if I may, are specifically arranged to attack certain people. Basically, they send out your family to fight you." The cloaked girl's eyes widened, and it looked as if she was breaking out in cold sweat.

"Tabitha, are you alright?" The redhead asked. Tabitha nodded stiffly, though her smile wasn't fooling anybody.

"Kirche, I'd like you to cover her ears for this one." Kirche nodded, and subsequently placed her hands gently over Tabitha's head.

"No!" Tabitha yelled, the sound surprising the other people, as she was normally quiet. She shook her head pushing Kirche's hands away. "I need to know."

The professor sighed, "Fine. They can also capture the souls of the weak. If a person is weak in heart or...mind, they will become victim to their power. I'm sorry to say, but your mother she..." A quick glance to Tabitha's face said it all, she could take no more. "I have looked through scrolls and they have said that the group that's spreading all this despair in one mere person, Orochimaru. His name meaning 'large serpent'. Also I have found some people who have defeated him before, but comparing the records with reality, he's much more powerful now than before. Either way, I have hired these, they call themselves ninjas, as a precaution and they are coming in 3 days."

Louise frowned, "Serpent? Is he human?" Colbert-sensei nodded. "I remember trying to summon a familiar some time back, before you Saito, and a human that looked and sounded more snake appeared."

"Go on." Prodded Kirche, curious to hear another one of her failures. She wasn't disappointed, as Louise recounted the tale.

*I thought it would be better to keep the original 'flair', so I used -sensei, please review, if it's not up to your tastes

A/N I have run out of ideas... /crais/ Pathetic, I know, but can anyone help? Please?