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Preparation

Lydia stared at the pile of clothes lying on Kira's bed. Kira groaned and stood up. "Lydia! I don't care what I look like, I just need to see him!" Lydia pointed at the bed and Kira sat down again, knowing that the face Lydia was wearing, was a face not to be reckoned with. She turned and continued sifting through Kira's wardrobe. "You're closet is terrifying. Where do you shop, Marvel.com?" Kira rolled her eyes. "Reality check? I'm Japanese. I love comics, and when I was younger, and before all this, I was determined to wear them. Now, I still love them, and Scott has no complaints about it. So, there's no problem with them. Now, Are you done?" Kira stood up and walked toward the closet. She reached in, pulling out a coat hanger with a full outfit on it. Tartan skirt, leather jacket, loose top with lips on. The outfit she'd worn on her first date with Scott. Kira sighed painfully. She yearned to be in his arms, feel safe, loved. Lydia scrutinized the outfit, complaining about fishnet tights, and how they went out ages ago. She criticized the skirt, saying it was too short to be hot. Kira groaned and rolled her eyes, something she seemed to be doing lots of recently. It was Lydia's turn to roll her eyes, and she did so, handing Kira the coat hanger and pointing to the bathroom. "Shower. There's a bottle of shampoo in there, use it." Kira protested, saying she'd shower at Scott's, but Lydia gagged and Kira obliged begrudgingly. She slipped into the bathroom and began her transformation.

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"Perfect" said Kira, letting the final raven wave fall down her back in a perfect spiral. She had  gotten dressed and curled her hair, letting the silky black waves flow down her back. She stepped out of the bathroom just half an hour after she had gone in. Lydia was lying on Kira's bed playing on her phone. She looked at Kira in disbelief. "Can we go now?" Lydia half-shut her eyes, examining Kira. "Please?" Kira was desperate. Lydia stood up and brushed her self down. She handed Kira some mascara and lipstick and Kira groaned again. Lydia watched as Kira put on the makeup hurriedly, and smiled as she thought about Scott's reaction to his 18 year old Kitsune girlfriend standing on his doorstep. He'd been worse than usual, according to Stiles. Crying himself to sleep, screaming randomly, shifting without control, nightmares every night. He was slowly but surely, losing his mind. Lydia took a deep breath. " Kira, there's something you should know before you see Scott..." Kira turned round rapidly. "Oh shit... He hasn't got another girlfriend has he?" Lydia looked at her as if to say: "You seriously think he'd find another girlfriend?!" Kira realised that it must be serious, so she went and sat down beside Lydia. "What is it Lydia?" she said softly. Lydia looked at Kira, straight in the eyes. She held her hand out, and Kira took it hesitantly. "I'm going to show you, okay? It's pretty bad..." Kira nodded and closed her eyes. Instantly she was hit with emotions. Pain, desperation, agony, anger, passion, rage, and love. So much love. She saw Scott's face, tear stained, him yelling in the middle of the woods. He was yelling her name, on his knees, crying. It broke her to see him like that, and she broke away from Lydia. When she opened her eyes, she saw Lydia looking at her hands in her lap. She wiped her eyes, trying not to smudge her mascara. Lydia was crying too, a little gentler than Kira, who's eyes were streaming heavily. Lydia looked at Kira, her face horrified. "I've never seen that much... It's-It's... horrific." Kira nodded and sniffed. "I need to be with him Lydia. Now." Lydia agreed and grabbed her keys. They climbed into Lydia's car, and set off for Derek's loft.