I was sitting with Lydia, Scott and Isaac at the station. Allison was dead.

I was holding Allison's bracelet. The one that had the other half of the heart. The one that completed mine.

That was just how this felt. As if half of my heart had been ripped apart. I failed on protecting her.

I failed someone else again. I failed one of the most important people to me. I squeezed the bracelet as tears slid down my cheeks.

[...]

"Can you remember anything else? Anything else?"Parrish asked looking at me and I lowered my gaze and went silent. "Lia? Are you okay?"

"Sorry. It's just that...it all happened so fast, I didn't get to say goodbye." I replied and my voice cracked.

Sheriff Stilinski hugged me comforting me.

[...]

I was sitting on my bed. I had the bracelet in my hands. I took the heart charm and joined it with mine.

"The bracelets." I heard Allison's voice followed by the sound of her laughter.

"Lia, Scott called, he knows how to stop the nogitsune." Lydia spoke and I looked down.

"I could've prevented it. If I just...looked at the warnings. If I just figured them out, Allison would still be alive." I spoke.

"Lia, it's not your fault."

"What if it is?"

"It's not and we have to do this, Lia. If we don't do this more people will get hurt."

"Fine, let's kill that son of a bitch."

[...]

"Stiles and Kira said it was the Nemeton that kept it trapped." Scott spoke.

"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 spoke.

"Yeah, the shape of my best friend." I added.

"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."

"Is there anything that does?" Scott asked.

"Possibly. When the tree was whole, its wood was sometimes used to contain powerful objects. But those objects are very rare." Deaton explained.

"Wait a second. Powerful objects? Like an Alpha's claws?" Lydia asked.

"Which Alpha?" Deaton asked.

"Talia Hale. Peter had them in this wooden box with a triskel carved on the lid. What if it was made from the Nemeton?" Lydia asked.

"It was." Deaton replied and we all looked at him.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Because I made it." He replied.

[...]

"Derek's got the triskele box. He's gonna meet us." Scott spoke hanging up the phone.

Suddenly I felt a strong pain in my chest. I leaned on the table and looked at Lydia who was also breathing heavily.

"What's wrong?" Deaton asked looking at us.

"Something's happening. I had this sudden rushing feeling like..."

"Like we're running out of time." I completed her sentence.

"Yeah." A voice spoke and we all turned around.

It was Kira and Stiles.

"Yeah, I kind of got that feeling, too."

[...]

Scott parked the Jeep in front of the school. I helped Stiles get off. We were all in front of the school.

"You're getting worse." I spoke worried.

"I know."

We all walked quickly towards the school entrance. Scott was about to open the door.

"Scott, hold on. I know what you're all thinking. 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 assured.

Scott opened the door and we all went inside. We look around confused.

"Where are we?" I asked looking around.

Snow was falling. There were trees and a bridge. This was definitely not the school.

"I don't know." Scott replied.

The doors creaked and slammed close. We jumped and turned around scared.

"Oh, this is definitely not part of the plan," Stiles spoke.

I put out my hand touching the snow.

We heard footsteps and turned around again. It was him, he had bandages all over his face. It was the nogitsune.

"Like I promised, Stiles. We're going to kill all of them. One by one." He spoke with a macabre tone.

Black smoke came out of nowhere and several oni appeared. Kira stopped the oni's sword with her katana.

"What the hell is this? Where are we?" Scott asked confused.

"Between life and death." He replied.

"Bardo." I spoke.

"But there are no peaceful deities here, Lia. You're dying, Stiles. And now everyone you care about is dying, too."

I grabbed Stiles' hand.

"What? What do you mean?" Stiles asked squeezing my hand.

He was terrified.

"I've captured almost all of the territories on the board, Stiles. The hospital. The sheriff's station. And now the animal clinic."

"Sheriff Stilinski, Melissa and Deaton." I whispered.

"Do you know the ritual of Seppuku, Stiles?" He asked.

"No, and I don't want to."

"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 kaishakunin, who beheads the samurai with his own katana. Scott... Scott is your kaishakunin." He explained.

Scott looked at Stiles concerned.

"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."

"Why? Why are you doing this?" Stiles asked with tears in his eyes.

"To win the game." He answered.

The oni put out their swords.

"Run, go hide." I spoke looking at Stiles and Lydia.

"Lia..."

"Go!" I yelled.

Lydia grabbed Stiles' arm and they both ran to hide.

Scott, Kira, and I looked at the oni.

"We already did this once. Let's do it again." I spoke.

Scott roared and tan towards the oni. Kira was fighting with her katana. I moved my hands throwing my magic at them but they covered themselves with their swords.

We were back on back making a circle.

"How is this happening? How are we in this place?" Scott asked.

"You're asking me? A month ago, I'd never even touched a sword." Kira replied.

"Welcome to the pack. Where we're all newbies who try." I spoke and the three of us tan towards the oni to keep fighting.

I moved my hands throwing them but they recovered quickly.

"Are this fucking things immortal?" I cursed throwing fire at them.

The oni threw Kira's katana to the ground.

I saw Stiles grab it. He put it on his stomach.

I stopped and looked at him. The oni stopped too.

"Stiles!" I yelled.

"Stiles, no!" Scott yelled.

"Stiles, put the sword down." I spoke breathing heavily.

"What if it saves you? What if it saves all of them?"Stiles asked and I shook my head.

"What if it's just another trick?" Lydia asked.

"No more tricks, Lydia. End it, Scott. Let your friend fall on his own sword. Do for him what he cannot do for himself."

"Please..." I whispered and he looked at me.

"Do it, Scott. Be his kaishakunin. Give up the game."

Stiles grabbed sword. It felt like everything was going in slow motion.

Suddenly I saw him look at the sword and his expression changed. I knew that expression.

"You figured something out." I whispered.

"You have no moves left." The nogitsune spoke.

Stiles lowered the sword.

"I do." He threw the sword at Kira and she caught it. "A divine move."

I walked over to him and held onto his arm.

"Stop fighting them. It's an illusion. You have to stop fighting them. It looks real and it feels real, but Scott, you gotta trust me, it's an illusion." Stiles spoke.

Scott and Kira turned around looking at the nogitsune and the oni. They started walking and the oni cut them with their swords but they kept walking. Lydia, Stiles, and I were walking behind them.

I squeezed my eyes shut every time I heard the sword cut through their skin. When we got to the front Scott grabbed the nogitsune and shoved him towards the door.

And there we were. At the entrance of the school. It had all been an illusion like Stiles said.

"We're okay." Scott spoke smiling. "We're..."

Suddenly someone hit him on the head knocking him unconscious.

Kira turned around. It was the nogitsune. He hit her knocking her unconscious too. Stiles, Lydia and I looked at him scared.

"This was my game. You think you can beat me at my game?" He asked looking at Stiles.

Lydia helped Stiles keep his balance.

"Divine move. Divine move. You think you have any moves at all?" He yelled walking towards us full of anger and we backed off. "You can kill the oni. But me? Me? I'm a thousand years old. You can't kill me!!"

"Wanna bet on that?" I asked taking a step forward and he looked at me and smiled.

"Round 2?" He asked raising an eyebrow.

I put out my hands.

"Bring it on, bitch." I replied and started throwing fireballs at him.

He absorbed them and threw them back at me but I stopped them. I moved the lockers throwing them at him but he dodged them.

"You're angry and that makes you powerful."

"You can't imagine how angry I am." My eyes glowed.

I put out my hands now taking out my dark magic and threw it at him repeatedly. He fell to the ground and groaned.

He got up quickly and threw Kira's sword at me but I stopped it and threw it to the ground.

"You're the one who has no moves left. Killing Allison was a bad move." I spoke and moved my hands raising him in the air and threw him against the lockers.

He laughed and looked at me.

"You won't kill me even if you can."

"No, but I'll distract you." I replied and he frowned.

"What?" He asked confused.

"You forgot about the scroll." Stiles spoke.

"The Shugendo roll." I added.

"Change the host." He whispered and I could've sworn I saw fear in his eyes.

"You can't be a fox and a wolf." Stiles spoke.

Scott took him by his shoulder and bit his arm. He let out a scream. Kira stabbed him with her sword ending it all.

He fell to his knees and an insect came out of his mouth. We saw how it flew and Isaac caught it in the box and shut it.

The nogitsune fell to the ground and crumbled to dust.

We all stared in shock. I looked at Stiles and saw how he collapsed to the ground.

"Stiles!" I yelled and we all ran towards him.

[...]

After a while, Stiles opened his eyes and we all sighed in relief.

"Oh, God, I fainted, didn't I?" He asked.

"Yeah, you kinda did." I replied smiling and we all laughed.

"We're alive. We all alive?" He asked and I looked down.

"Yeah. We're okay." Scott replied.

I smiled.

My smile disappeared when I felt something. I looked at Lydia, she also felt it.

We both got up and everyone looked at us confused.

Lydia and I ran out quickly and stopped when we saw what happened. Ethan laid Aiden's lifeless body on the floor.

I hugged Lydia tightly. My eyes got filled with tears. I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I turned I saw Stiles.

Aiden was gone.

[...]