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Chapter 12
Lydia finally came out crying. I saw her and she saw me. She ran to me and I wrapped her up in a hug.
"Lydia," I started talking through my tears, "it's okay. She's in a better place. She has to be." I wasn't even sure if she heard me over her crying. I don't know if she even wanted to hear me. We all went to the police station where they asked Scott and Isaac about what happened. I just held Lydia close to me as she cried. Her sobs were practically silent, but the cops knew not to ask her. I brought her home, carried her to her room, and laid her on her bed. I wasn't too sure of what to do.
"Don't go." she told me in a small voice. She looked at me with her tear stained eyes. I just eased in on to her bed and she snuggled up on top of me. I wrapped my arms around her where she can be safe, where she can cry, but most importantly where she can be with me. We laid there for a while and her crying stopped, breathing slowed, until that was interrupted by her phone.
"Who is it?" I asked.
"It's Scott. He says that Deaton can tell us more about what we're dealing with." she told me. She sat there for a second and then turned to me. She didn't say anything and she didn't have to. I lowered my head to her and we kissed. A gentle kiss. She slowly got up and I followed. We got in my truck and left to Deaton.
"Stiles and Kira said that it was the Nemeton that kept it trapped." Scott explained.
"The problem is this isn't even a person you're fighting. It just looks like one. It's a spirit that's taken the shape of a human." Deaton told us.
"The shape of my best friend." Scott replied.
"Someone caught it once. Someone can do it again right?" Lydia asked.
"I don't know. This thing was trapped a long time ago before the Nemeton was cut down. It doesn't have the same power anymore." he explained.
"Well what does?" I asked.
"I'm not sure, but I might have an idea. When the tree was whole, it's wood was sometimes used to hold powerful objects, but those objects are very rare." he told us.
"Something very rare… like an alpha's claws." Lydia stated.
"Which alpha?" Deaton asked.
"Talia Hale. Peter had them in this box with the triskele carved into the lid. What if it was made from the Nemeton?" Lydia asked.
"It was." Deaton answered.
"How do you know that?" I asked.
"Because I made it." he replied. Scott called and talked with Derek.
"Derek's got the triskele box and he's gonna meet us." Scott told us. Suddenly, Lydia fell back, but I caught her.
"Lydia, what's wrong?" I asked.
"Something's happening. I had this sudden rushing feeling. Like we're running out of time." she finished.
"Yeah," we were startled by the new voice. We all turned to find Stiles walking in with the help of Kira, "I kinda got that feeling too."
We drove to the school. Kira, Scott, and Stiles went in his jeep. Lydia came with me. We all got out and ran towards the school except for Stiles who Kira helped him into the school, but we stopped at the doors.
"Scott hold on," Stiles started, "I know what you're all thinking that if this works it might kill me too, but even if it does you have to go through with it. Stick with the plan, okay?"
"The plan is to save you. That's the plan I'm going with." Scott told him. I nodded and helped Stiles into the school. The doors opened, but instead of the school hallway it was some strange garden covered in snow. It was snowing. We cautiously made our way in, me under Stiles' arm. The doors closed behind us.
"I don't think this was a part of the plan." I told them. Stiles pulled his arm off of me and he walked.
"No, no it wasn't." he told us. Then we heard a crunching of snow. We turned around to find this person wrapped up like a mummy. He faced us.
"Like I promised Stiles," he started in this creepy low voice, "We're going to kill all of them. One by one!" it yelled. The Oni appeared and one attacked Kira, but she took out her katana and blocked it. We were surrounded by Oni.
"What the hell is this? Where are we?" Scott asked it.
"Between life and death." it answered.
"Bardow." Lydia replied.
"But there are no peaceful deities here, Lydia," I stepped in front of Lydia. It looked at Stiles, "You're dying Stiles, and now everyone you care about is dying too."
"What does he mean by that?" I asked.
"I've captured almost all of the territories on the board Stiles. The hospital, the sheriff station, and now the animal clinic. Do you know the ritual of Say Boku, Stiles?" it asked.
"No, and I don't want to." Stiles answered in a hoarse voice.
"When a Samurai disembowels himself with his own sword to maintain his honor, but that's not the cut that kills him. The killing stroke is made by his Kyshone who beheads the Samurai with his own Katana," it pointed at Scott, "Scott. Scott is your Kyshone. I'm going to make your best friend kill you Stiles, and you're going to let him because just like you they're all going to die. Everyone touched by an Oni's blade, unless Scott kills you first." it explained.
"Why? Why are you doing this?" Stiles asked.
"To win the game." it replied. The Oni all took out their swords. Scott fully turned and Kira was ready with her Katana. I pushed Lydia to Stiles and got my claws out. The next moment I dodged an Oni's blade and came back and punched him in the back of the head. I jumped back, dodging another blade. I kicked this Oni in the stomach making him drop his blade. I quickly picked it up and shoved it through him. I was ready to watch him drop to the floor when instead he stood up and pulled the sword out of him. I stood there shocked. It made this sort of screech like a battle cry and then came back at me.
"How is this happening? How are we in this place?" I heard Scott ask.
"Are you kidding, a month ago I never even touched a sword." Kira replied. I don't know how that answered the question, but okay. I kept dodging the Oni, but they were getting faster and I was landing less hits.
"This can't be real." I hardly heard Lydia mumble over the sound of the Oni's screeching and clanking of blades.
"Yeah, tell that to them." Stiles replied. Kira had lost her katana and Stiles grabbed it. Kira was surrounded, so was Scott, and I. Stiles took the sword and put the sharp end at his stomach.
"Stiles no! Stiles." Scott yelled.
"What if it saves you, what if it saves all of you?" Stiles asked.
"What if it's just another trick?" Lydia asked in a panic.
"No more tricks Lydia," the mummy started, "End it Scott. Let your friend fall on his own sword. Do for him what he cannot do for himself. Do it, Scott. Be his Kyshone. You've lost the game," Stiles put the sword down and looked around, "You have no moves left."
"I do," Stiles mumbled. He gave kira her katana, "a divine move. Stop fighting them. It's an illusion. You have to stop fighting them. It looks real and it feels real, but Scott you have to trust me it's an illusion." Scott turned and faced the mummy. The Oni stood in front of him. Scott started walking towards him and one of the Oni sliced him across the chest.
"Scott!" I yelled. Scott put his hand out as if to say it's alright. Kira started walking and Lydia and Stiles followed her. I trailed behind them. Kira got cut in the back. We all were taking hits, but we all kept moving. Scott finally reached the mummy and roared. e grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him backwards into the doors where we all followed, but when we got out the mummy guy was gone and we were all fine in the school. We looked at each other for a sign or just to check that this was all real.
"We're okay." Scott told us. Then out of nowhere Scott was tossed and slammed against the lockers. I turned to find Kira being hit as well by the evil Stiles. I ran at him and he swung at me, but I grabbed his arm. He pushed me back against the wall and used his forearm to choke me. I was running out of air when we were interrupted.
"Stop," his grip loosened and he turned to see Stiles being held by Lydia, "it's not him you want, it's me." Evil Stiles let go and I collapsed to the floor gasping for air.
"This was my game. Think you can beat me at my game," Evil Stiles started chasing down Lydia and Stiles, "Divine move. Divine move? ou think you have any moves at all. You can kill the Oni, but me, me? I'm a thousand years old you can't kill me!" he screamed.
"But we can change you." Lydia stopped him.
"What?" Evil Stiles asked. Scott Started to get up.
"You forgot about the scroll." Stiles told him.
"The Shusenjah Scroll." Lydia told him, but evil Stiles just stood there confused as Scott ran up on him.
"Change the host." Evil Stiles uttered.
"You can't be a fox and a wolf." Stiles told him. Scott grabbed his arm and sunk his fangs into him. Evil Stiles yelled, but it was too late. Kira had gotten up and as soon as Scott let go Kira stuck him with her katana. Evil Stiles slowly sank to the floor, but while on his knees he gasped and let out a fly. Before the fly could go anywhere Isaac came down and captured the fly in this neat little canister. Evil Stiles sputtered on his knees until he froze. He slowly fell to the floor, but instead of being there his body simply just turned to smoke and he disappeared. Stiles passed out next. I was able to get myself up and over to them all. We all gathered around him.
"He's not dead," I told them. I reached down and felt his faint, but still there pulse. I breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh thank god he actually isn't dead." I got stares from Lydia and Kira that said maybe this wasn't the best time, but Scott smiled at it, so everything was fine. Stiles came to next.
"Oh god, I fainted didn't I?" he asked. I gave him a hug.
"Yes you did,and you gave us all heart attacks," he didn't say anything though. I quickly released him from my hug and stood up, "Sorry." He smiled though.
"It's… it's alright. We're alive. Are we all alive?" Stiles asked.
"Yeah. We're okay." Scott told him. Lydia stood up next. She was confused. She started to run and I followed her. She ran out of the school and stopped at the staircase. I came up behind her and saw that Aiden… Aiden is dead. She turned and hugged me. I wrapped her in my arms and held her where nothing could escape except for her soft sobs. I brought her home and she spent the night in my arms.
The next day I went with Lydia to school and was holding her books next to her while she did what she had to do at her locker. Kira met up with us.
"I wish I could say something to him. I wish I could say something to all of them. I don't know how much time or space I'm suppose to give them. I know I'm just the new girl." Kira told us. I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Just be there. No one can ask for more." I told her. Lydia smiled at that. Suddenly, I heard what sounded like… like my sister. Lydia took her books and looked at me.
"Go ahead." she told me. I looked up to find Malia in the hall with Coach. I walked up to her and she looked at me. We didn't say anything, but we knew that we were finally together again. I hugged her and she hugged me. I hugged her so tight and she gave it right back. I missed my sister and I refused to let anything happen to her again. At least not for a while because let's be real… it's Beacon Hills.