Chapter 7

Disclaimer: I own nothing but what you see here! If my thinking is right, her return will be in 2014 and Liam, Hayden, Corey, and Mason are Juniors in high school now.

After Kira had bested the darkness within her, she had quickly come to realize she had gained a boost in her power. Even surprisingly being able to speak, write, and read Japanese. Which made sense considering her darkside could speak the language when she couldn't. And so because of the additional power boost she got, Kira had chosen to stay a bit longer to ensure she had a good amount of control of her gifts. Something that would take an additional five months just to ensure but she had felt it was worth it so that nothing bad could potentially happen if she didn't have the extra training. During that time, she would learn quite a bit about her mentors and even a few other tricks of theirs. Such as the tribes they had been from back when it was just the Native Americans still being the only peoples on the lands. And she would learn how each of them had wound up coming to this place and finding peace within its rocky formations and sands when things were becoming horrible for their peoples.

Though one thing she never learned of was their actual names and part of her wondered if perhaps that was cause of the fact they'd lived for so long that those were forgotten. Her power boost had also apparently lengthened her hair even more to the point it was past her butt now. Which had been something of an annoyance to the point she just kept her hair in braids. But the day finally came for Kira in February when she would return home. The night before she had gazed upon the setting Sun and when Red Crow approached her, the woman asked her what was on her mind. Kira's only response was that she felt it was finally time for her to return home. Something her mentor could only nod at as she too could tell the time was right. The Thunder Kitsune was happy beyond belief to be finally going home to her parents, her friends, and especially Scott.

Despite being away from him for so long she still felt a deep love for him that any thoughts of him having moved on made her heart ache at the mere thought of it. But she couldn't begrude him of it as neither had known when she would return home. But who knows, perhaps in time she would find someone else to move on with or perhaps life would be kind enough to re-unite her and Scott. Upon the last day with the Skinwalker trio, Kira would end up leaving at noon by way of long distance teleporting and she had a good idea as to where she would arrive at thanks to her mother having shown her the place once. Once she had eaten and gathered her things up into her bags, she let out a breath and prepared for the next part of her trip. But before she could do so, White Clay spoke up. "Lenmana."

Confused, the young Kitsune turned around to look at her mentor. "My name Kira, is Lenmana."

Wolf was the next to speak. "My people knew me as Nascha."

"Talutah." Spoke Red Crow.

Kira realized then and there with a wide eyed surprised look that they were willingly giving her their names. Thinking of only one thing she could do with such an honor, she bowed to them and when she stood back up, they gave a bow of their own heads. "Know this young one, you are forever welcome here should the need arise." Informed White Clay and then all three of the Skinwalkers tapped the ground with their spears three times as if to seal the words into an agreement forever more.

Giving a thankful nod with glistening eyes, she gave a grateful smile to the three women who had been more than willing to teach her all she needed to know when they could have just as easily turned her away. And with that smile still on her lips, she disappeared in a bolt of lightning and when she next appeared, it would be at the side of the Nemeton within the woods of Beacon Hills. Elated, Kira gave a happy cheer that the ancient tree had allowed her to do this and took off quickly. Her path would end up taking her into the Lacrosse field of the high school and startling the gym class that had been in session there. "Hey Coach Finstock! Looking great!" Called out the girl cheerfully.

Making not only the man gape in shock, but Liam as well! And wow had that kid been growing! "YUKIMURA!?" Called out Finstock in shock as she had vanished a year ago to supposedly care for family in Japan!

Kira laughed as she could hear the man's yell of her last name while Liam sent out a group text that quickly told everybody Kira's finally back. Finally, after getting over his initial shock, Finstock just grinned. "Well, maybe now McCall can finally stop moping." His crack made Liam break out into laughter as that was a pretty much an accurate description of his Alpha!

It was only a small number of minutes before Kira finally arrived at her home. And with some degree of hesitation, tried the lock with her key that thankfully still worked and slowly made her way inside. Calling out for her parents showed that she was alone and upon further inspection, she was relieved to see that they still lived there. Dropping her stuff by the door without it being in the way, Kira immediately headed to her room, grabbed a change of clothes that hopefully would still fit, and hopped into the shower. Something that had felt so darned good she nearly cried as she had long missed things like this. A hundred times way better then bathing in a lake for sure! Once that was taken care of, the Japanese teen grabbed a pair of scissors and happily shortened her hair length so that it wasn't so annoyingly long. And while her clothes felt somewhat tight, she just didn't care. Despite herself however, when she decided to lay on her oh so soft bed, she ended up falling asleep.

Which would be what her parents would come across with tears of happiness in their eyes when they finally made it home later that day. Both of them had hardly been able to believe what they had learned through the text Liam had sent, even hearing it from him and Finstock hadn't made it seem real until thye could look upon her for themselves. Seeing the stuff by the door made them hopeful and even somewhat curious as Ken led the way to Kira's room. Upon seeing her, the two gasped at the sight of their daughter finally home and when she opened her eyes as she could feel the presence of two other people, she saw her tearful parents and was instantly wrapped up in heartfelt hugs by the two after she made to get out of the bed.

Kira had tears of her own coming out of her eyes too after being wrapped up in her parents' arms. A feeling that was just amazing to feel again after being gone for so long. And when Noshiko reluctantly pulled away and looked at her daughter, the old Kitsune could feel the power radiating from her daughter. "You have done extremely well Kira." The pride filled tone was easily heard and even Ken was grinning hugely over this.

Kira happily smiled through her tears and gave a response in Japanese, making for both of her parents to appear rather shocked before laughing over it. It wasn't long though before Malia showed up in her room with a stunned look on her face. "I… Wow. I wasn't sure about Liam's text but he was telling the truth." Spoke the stunned girl who's hair had gotten some length to it again.

And naturally she was in some shorts as seemed to be the style she preferred doing. And it wasn't long before the two were hugging it out and Kira thought she might have seen her friend's eyes glistening with tears as well. Liam and Mason were the next two to show up with big smiles on their faces and quickly hugged her. Unfortunately Scott, Lydia, and Stiles wouldn't be able to show up according to Liam due to the colleges they were at. But thankfully Kira could understand that and planned to visit Scott herself before paying a visit to Stiles and Lydia. Course the fact Stiles was attending UC Davis alongside Scott would make that rather easy so that was a huge bonus. Her three friends, along with her parents filled her in on some of the things she had missed out on and she had to whistle at some of it as it had seemed pretty crazy!

Her parents had decided to prepare a big dinner to mark the occasion of her coming home and even had her friends take her out for a bit while they did the preparations. Seeing Melissa again had been really great and the hug she got had been really awesome too! Seeing the Sheriff again had been equally nice and the man had even apologized for having put out an APB on her when her sword had impaled a poor girl on top of the McCall kitchen table. But as far as Kira had been concerned, it was water under the bridge. She'd even gotten a warm welcome home greeting from Lydia's mother Natalie, whom was apparently quite serious with the Sheriff these days from the looks of things. Parrish hadn't seemed sure of what to do until the young Kitsune took pity on him and told him to just hug her much to everyone else's amusement.

The dinner that night would be a fantastic one, even though Kira had greatly wished for the boy she loved to be there by her side for it all, along with Stiles and Lydia. But never the less, it had been a really great time for her. She had even tried calling Scott a few times and even Stiles twice but could never seem to get a hold of them, which had been rather frustrating for the girl. Talking with Lydia on the phone however had been a huge treat as the Strawberry Blonde was beyond elated to hear from her again. Though she too seemed mildly confused by the troubles her returned friend had in contacting Scott and Stiles. Malia thankfully however explained that the two had some rather demanding jobs since they lived in the dorms UC Davis has. And it was why the two weren't able to answer their phones.

Thankfully the next day with Noshiko driving all the way to UC Davis, Kira would soon get to see Scott again. They'd make it just time for the lunch period at the college to be mid way through its time for those in attendance. A visitor's pass had made it a lot easier to make her way through the campus to the lunch room where Scott's scent had led her too. And seeing him with some facial hair, along with having shorter hair was a really great view in the teenager's view of things. As for Scott himself, he'd been rather disappointed by the fact he'd been un-able to haul ass back to Beacon Hills to see, talk, and so much more where Kira was concerned. The missed phone calls and the texts had made for further disappointment too as he hadn't had much time to respond to any of the texts she'd sent him. A little while after she had left to train with the Skinwalkers, which was around eight months after the fact, Scott had actually tried going out on a few dates.

But quickly ended each one cause the dates just wasn't with Kira and eventually stayed single and dateless. Much to the annoyance of a lot of girls who would have liked to nab him for theirselves. Scott knew it wasn't probably rational to stay on his own like that but he just couldn't really bring himself to care. Hell, he felt that Kira was the one for him and being without her had been horribly painful. Pictures, old voice messages, videos, her parents, and the thought of one day being able to see her again had helped to keep him going when on some days all he would have rather have done was just stay in bed for as long as possible. And currently, he and Stiles, along with a few of the college friends they made were in a debate related to one of their classes when his nose caught on to something rather interesting.

A scent he hadn't smelled in so long beyond anything that was inanimate and had her smell attached to it. Turning around and virtually ignoring the conversation, his eyes landed on the one girl he'd been longing to see for a really long time and his jaw dropped open a bit. And for him, he felt like he was seeing her again for the very first time as he had when Ken had introduced her to him and everyone else. Scott was also unaware of the fact that Stiles had definitely noticed and was grinning widely at the sight of the girl he knew his best friend and brother in all but blood was hopelessly in love with. Leaning in, he spoke but a few words. "Go get her buddy." And with that, Scott was off and on his way.

Leaving for a few confused if curious glances from their new friends and in one case, a very jealous girl as she'd been trying for some time to get Scott's attention. And seeing some Asian looking girl somehow getting it just annoyed the Hell out of her. Everyone in the cafeteria would bare witness to a long awaited and heartfelt reunion. "You're… You're really back!?"

Kira gave him a nod with a happy smile that showed off her teeth. "I am! I really am Scott! God I missed you!"

Tenderly putting his hands on her face, he gazed into her eyes, eyes that he had missed horribly. "I missed you in the most painfully agonizing way." Whispered the boy she loved with all her heart and she would make certain he would never have to feel that way again where she was concerned. As God knows she had felt entirely the same way.

Their lips soon made contact with one another and each could feel every emotion in the action as they hugged one another tightly as they kissed one another. Making for a large number of people to erupt into cheers for the two, a number that included a very happy Stiles Stilinski who was taking pictures of the whole thing to send to everyone in the Pack. With Kira finally back in their lives, the future Deputy of Beacon Hills felt like things were truly complete now and he wouldn't have it any other way.

Author's Notes: Now that was something I'd been long looking forward to writing! The scene at the Lacrosse Field was one I had been considering about whether or not to do but in the end I decided to run with it cause I thought it would be great to do. Even if it was a little cheesy. I may do one more chapter for this, and I suppose it could be considered an epilogue to wrap this up as well. Nascha is a Navajo name that means Owl, Talutah is a Sioux name that means Blood-Red, and Lenmana is a Hopi name that means Flute Girl.

I kinda felt those were good names for the Skinwalker trio to have had before becoming what they are now. May there have been much enjoyment of this!