Keep Your Head Up (3rd book in Fatal Attraction)

We Have To Move On

Emilie's POV
Scott and I were being questioned since the cops came and saw Allison's dead body and all of us being sad. I sat infront of Parrish. "Now Emilie anything else you can tell me?" He asked. "It happened so fast." I said, that was the lie Mr. Argent told us to say and Conner agreed. I walked out and saw Scott I gave a small smile, one of your pack members die it hits the luna differently. "You'll be okay." Scott said and I looked at him. "One of our pack members got killed Scott." I said. "Hey guys." Eileen said. "Hey Eileen did you finish questioning?" I asked. "Yeah you get out of it quickly when you just start hysterically sobbing." Eileen said. "Okay." I said, knowing Eileen knew how to get out of situations. We were now at the Yukimura's and Kira was hugging me since I explained the whole pack luna and she knew I was hurting. "Here, it'll calm you." Mrs. Yukimura said handing us mugs. "What is it?" I asked, "Tea." She said. "What? Like magic tea?" Scott asked. "No, chamomile tea. Drink it." She said to us. I drank some and it was nice. "He's not safe here. He's not safe anywhere." Sage said. "But Allison killed one of them. Doesn't that mean something?" Kira asked. "She killed an Oni. Is that even possible?" Mr. Yukimura asked. "I'm not sure how." Mrs. Yukimura said. "But she did it. She killed one of them." I said. "Yeah, and then they killed her. Allison's dead." Scott said. "Now I guess the only good thing is it looks like I'm dying, too." Stiles said and I wanted to smack him for being pessimistic about all of the this. "He made a powerful move by splitting the two of you." Mrs. Yukimura said. "So what's our move?" I asked. "At this point, you need a divine move." Mrs. Yukimura said. "What's that?" Sage asked. "In the game of Go, it's what we call a truly inspired, or out-of-the-box move. The Nogitsune has had sente, the advantage, until this point. What you need is a divine move in order to turn the game around." Mrs. Yukimura explained to us. "Okay, so is anyone feeling divinely inspired?" I asked. "Mom, you said you trapped it in a glass jar, right?" Kira asked. "It wasn't the jar that trapped it. It was where I buried it. The Nemeton. A place I don't know too much about." Mrs. Yukimura explained. "Who does?" Kira asked. "Deaton. Deaton does." I said. We got to the animal clinic and I know we all looked worse for wear but I think he knew not to ask. "Stiles and Kira said it was the Nemeton that kept it trapped." I said. "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 said. "The shape of our best friend and EJ's brother." Sage said. "Someone caught it once. Someone can do it again, right?" Grace asked walking in with a somewhat better Lydia who hugged Stiles. "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." Deaton said shrugging. "Is there anything that does?" I asked him. "Possibly. When the tree was whole, its wood was sometimes used to contain powerful objects. But those objects are very rare." Deaton said. "Wait a second. Powerful objects? Like an Alpha's claws?" I asked. "Which Alpha?" Deaton asked. "Talia Hale. Peter had them in this wooden box with a triskele carved on the lid. What if it was made from the Nemeton?" Grace described. "It was." Deaton said nodding. "How do you know?" Sage asked. "Because I made it." Deaton said. "Derek's got the triskele box. He's gonna meet us." I said texting Derek. We got to where he asked to meet. "What's wrong?" Stiles asked. "Something's happening. I had this sudden rushing feeling, like we're running out of time." Lydia said. "Yeah. Yeah, I kind of got that feeling, too." Stiles said. "I'll stay out here and keep watch Molly and the twins are also coming." Grace said, we nodded. "Come on." Kira said. The six of us walked in the school and it looked like a winter place. "What the hell is this? Where are we?" I asked. "Between life and death." Nogitsune said. "Bardo." Lydia said. "But there are no peaceful deities here, Lydia. You're dying, Stiles. And now everyone you care about is dying, too." Dark Stiles said. "What? What do you mean?" Stiles asked. "I've captured almost all of the territories on the board, Stiles. The hospital. The sheriff's station. And now the animal clinic." Nogistune said. "Ahh!" Stiles yelled in pain. "Do you know the ritual of seppuku, Stiles?" Dark Stiles asked. "No, and I don't want to." Stiles said mad. "When a samurai disembowels himself with his own sword to maintain his honor, but that's not the cut that kills him. The kill stroke is made by his kaishakunin, who beheads the samurai with his own katana. Scott... Scott is your kaishakunin. 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." Dark Stiles said. "Why? Why are you doing this?" Stiles asked. "To win the game." Nogitsune said disappearing. "How is this happening? How are we in this place?" Sage asked us. "You're asking me? A month ago, I'd never even touched a sword." Kira said as we got ready to fight the ninjas. I clicked my gun and shot one in the head. "Stiles, no!" Scott yelled seeing Stiles about to get stabbed. "Stiles." I said. "What if it saves you? What if it saves all of you?" Stiles said. "What if it's just another trick?" Lydia asked. "No more tricks, Lydia." Stiles said. "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 kaishakunin. Give up the game. You have no moves left." Nogitsune said. "I do. 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 gotta trust me, it's an illusion. We're okay. We're..." Stiles trailed off. "This was my game. You think you can beat me at my game? Divine move. Divine move. You 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!" Nogitsune said and I went behind him. "But we can change you. What? You forgot about the scroll. The Shugendo scroll. Change the host. You can't be a fox and a wolf." I said injecting him. He soon disappeared and Scott held me as we walked out of the school even though we felt like we were getting slashed up. We got out as the sun was rising and Lydia screamed we ran and saw Aiden dead, Molly, and Ethan crying. I felt my heart start to crack and I broke down crying and Scott sighed and held me as I bawled in his chest from the pain of losing a pup. We got home and I holed myself up in my room. "Emmy." I looked and saw Isabelle. "They told you?" I asked sniffing. "Yeah, but we have to move on I mean sure we lost some of our pack but that means new members might come." She said. "My best friend and one of my first pups is gone." I said crying and Isabelle rubbed my back. "Mama, Papa said you weren't doing good." Isaac said getting in bed next to me and I hugged him running my fingers through his curls. "I'll leave you guys." Isabelle said leaving. "Mama, would you be mad if I think Molly Hale is my mate?" Isaac asked. "No, having a mate is great. How's Violet by the way?" I asked. "Oh she's doing good said she had to make an unexpected trip to Mexico." Isaac said. "Got it." I said kissing his forehead. "I might move to Paris with Chris, Molly's also going." Isaac said. "That sounds fun, you better be on your best behavior no calls from Mr. Argent." I said. "It's a move not a school field trip." Isaac whined. "Still I don't want any incidents with French wolves." I said and he laughed nodding. It was the next day and I got dressed.

MI was over at Scott's and heard a knock. "I'll get it." He said and answered the door, he walked in with two people I recognized one as Malia and the other was a boy. "Millie you remember Malia and this is her boyfriend Lucas." Scott said. "Joining the pack?" I asked. "Yeah Malia's a werecoyote and I can set myself on fire." Lucas said and lit his hand on fire. "Great don't burn the house down." I said and he nodded. We were teaching Malia control and she got the claws down and was happy and almost sliced me. "Malia I might be a luna but I'm still human." I said and she nodded laughing. I was making sure Isaac had everything and I handed him a small photo album he opened it and smiled seeing pictures of all of us. "A reminder of us." I said. "Thanks Mama I'll keep this forever." He said I nodded and watched them leave and I saw my phone ring. "Yeah Scott?" I asked knowing his ringtone. "Do you like Mexico?" He asked. "Why are we going to Mexico?" I asked. "It  will take some explaining." Scott said. "Great my winter break will be in Mexico." I said. "It's because Derek's been kidnapped and we think he's there." Scott said. "Okay." I said and hung up knowing that things are not getting easier for us.

A\N: New chapter and on Thanksgiving like I said the Cabelle wedding chapter will be in the oneshot book. Also the next chapter is Bloopers then onto The Weight Of Us where we finally get Liam aka mini Scott and Lilliana aka mini Emilie.