[BOOK 2] "𝙞 '𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝."
As Junior Year begins, lies are unravelled, truths are revealed, and no one ever expects an angel to set the world on fire.
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THE ONI arose out of the shadows the moment Aspen and Stiles ducked out of the way, hiding the host bodies behind the armed hunters and Stiles' father who also held his own firearm. The two nogitsunes didn't bother to hide their smirks as their plan had fallen perfectly into place—they weren't here to kill them, they were here to protect them.
The Oni had their targets set straight on Aspen—not even Stiles. She was the priority—the important one to eliminate. But despite her demonic possession, everyone around her began to fight for her protection. The Oni tried to attack, and Chris Argent and Sheriff Stilinski immediately began to fire their bullets—only, they didn't so much as penetrate the armour of the Oni.
Allison wielded a Japanese ring dagger from her side, holding it up in front of her for both attack and defence, while Derek let out a low growl and his fangs, claws and icy blue eyes emerged all at once.
But while they all fended off the Oni in protection of the two nogitsune-possessed teenagers-- they'd all failed to nice that they were no longer even there. They had snuck away into the shadows while no one was paying attention.
It was only when the Oni noticed their lack of presence—and faded back into shadows of which they emerged from, did everyone realise they had escaped. Derek had taken a slash from the Oni's sword, and he folded over on the ground while wincing from the new wound. Chris crouched down next to him while Sheriff Stilinski and Allison remained stood, both of them forming a state of panic and worry over the possessed teenagers and their whereabouts.
Then, moments later—Scott and Kira came rushing into the loft, worried looks of their own.
"What happened?" Scott asked with urgency as he ran into the loft.
"They disappeared..." Allison answered with gasped breaths, "They literally just vanished..."
"And so did Aspen and Stiles..."
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Meanwhile, when Aspen and Stiles swiftly escaped from the loft, the first place the nogitsunes took them was back to the one place Aspen never wanted to see again—Eichen House. More specifically, back to the basement.
They weren't the only ones who had stopped by, though.
Okami yet again kept her presence quiet as Void Stiles casually strolled on into the open space. On the other side of the basement, by the broken down wall, by the old nogitsune's host's corpse—was Noshiko Yukimura.
"Why that kanji? Why self?"
Kira's mother turned around at the sound of Stiles' dark, devious and possessed voice. She appeared to look like she was almost grieving, before she was interrupted.
