MEDUSA

NEUF

CHAPITRE NEUF

SOMEWHERE DEEP DOWN SHE KNEW IT WAS WRONG, Stiles was just an innocent that the nogitsune had gotten it's hold on. Though each time she thought about the spastic boy the only emotion that she could feel towards him was anger because each time she saw his face she could only see the face that her mother last saw before she was murdered. It was all she could see when she closed her eyes and let sleep take her, Stiles' face had continuously made an appearance in her nightmares and despite knowing how innocent he was she could not bring herself to change her mind.

"Not having second guesses, are we now?" Noshiko's voice broke the silence between them as they drove towards their destination: Beacon Hills High School. Natalia shook her head softly as she glanced outside the window at the passing scenery, the weather outside really set the mood. "Good. One life versus the many that he took and will continue to take. I know he's your friend.." Natalia scoffed, Stiles was not her friend he was more of an annoying forced acquaintance that she couldn't get rid of but despite the two not being close she still felt some form of guilt at the idea of killing him.

The seriousness of the scenario they were in began to set in as the school's building approached their eyesight. Natalia took a deep breath while exiting the vehicle and watched as Noshiko pulled a sword from the trunk. The woman in question looked over and gave the teen a nod to signify she was ready. Regardless of the brave face the teenage girl put up, she was a big ball of nerves. The Yukimura woman may have been ready but the Summers teen was far from ready, in fact she was contemplating ditching last minute.

The pair stopped walking when they came face to face with Scott and his pack. "Kira, turn around and go home. Take your friends with you." Noshiko eyes scanned the small group of teens and looked back at her daughter. Natalia looked over at her best friend only to see her already staring at her, Kira's eyes held sympathy and betrayal while Natalia's were a mixture of grief and guilt. The two continued to stare at each other hoping to persuade each other to back down, Natalia wanted Kira to heed her mother's warnings while the young kitsune wanted nothing more than for Natalia to join the others.

The Summers teen had not realized that the two Yukimura women were still speaking because she had tuned them out and zoned out the judgemental stares coming from the pack; mainly Allison and Issac, Scott was more so disappointed in her. "Are you sure? Or if Stiles doesn't have to die. Maybe Rhys didn't have to die either?" The thought of Stiles not having to die in order to defeat the Nogitsune made Natalia's heart beat a little faster. "Nat, please. You don't have to do this." Kira pleaded with the teen, she knew that the loss of her mother was the reason for this decision and couldn't hold it against her because she didn't know what she'd do if she lost either of her parents.

"I-" She swallowed a lump in her throat it, she felt sick to her stomach about everything but continued putting on a brave face. Natalia's eyes widened a bit when the Oni appeared but something felt off, her intuition was only confirmed when she saw the bright firefly disappear from Noshiko's hand. "There's been a change in ownership, they belong to me now." Hearing his voice forced back painful memories that she kept trying to subside. When she turned to face evil Stiles he had been watching her with a smirk. "Nice to see you still alive and kicking." Her jaw was clenched while she drilled holes into him, obviously this was the exact reaction he craved for judging for the laugh he let out.

"I'm going to kill you." She growled out as whipped her hand out letting the accessory adorning her wrist form into a staff. Her eyes began to slowly shift into that of a snake while she held her weapon so tight that her knuckles were starting to turn white. "You'll have to get through them first." The Nogitsune signalled for the Oni to attack group of teens causing Kira to immediately produce a sword from her belt, her arm swung out when the first Oni had reached her best friend. Natalia glanced over and sent her a small smile in gratitude, soon enough she fell into step with the others and joined the fight.