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Allison's Apartment -

Allison's Apartment / Katashi's Compound -

Chapter Forty-One
🦊 Silverfinger 🦊

"His eyes were glowing." Scott said and Argent nodded, "There was something almost ritualistic about it- like it was looking right into his soul." Argent said as Makena cleaned the cut on his forehead. "That's the same thing it did to me." Amara said.

"That's what they did to everyone." Allison said, as she sat on the arm of Amara's chair, "Not everyone. They only came after the Werewolves." Scott said and Amara shook her head. "And Lydia." She said glancing over at him, "They also went after me. Stilinski found me passed out and freezing cold in one of the offices." Makena said and Argent nodded slightly.

"Anyone with a connection to the supernatural." Argent said, "Then who was the guy they went after in Japan?" Isaac asked. "A Kumicho- a Yakuza boss. "It was my first gun deal. I was only eighteen, and it was supposed to be a simple exchange... Except Gerard left out the minor detail of the buyers being Yakuza. He wanted to see if I could adapt in the moment. Testing my ability to, uh... improvise." He said and Makena raised her eyebrows, "Or, your ability to survive." She said and Allison nodded in agreement.

"The moment the sun came down, it was like they just materialized out of the shadows. They had swords- not curved like katanas, but straight, black steel, like ninjatos." Argent explained, "What did they want?" Amara asked.

"To get to the Kumicho. They cut down every living thing in their way." Argent said while Makena still worked on the cut on his forehead. "Did they mark him like they did us?" Isaac asked as he hand went up to the back of his ear, "Not exactly."

"What was he?" Scott asked after Argent explained what he saw, "I don't know. But, there might be someone who does. There were a few others who survived that night. One of them was a man named Katashi. They called him 'Silverfinger' because of an unusual prosthetic... And it looked like he was getting ready to take them all on himself. I've known for a while Katashi was in the country. I spent yesterday tracking him down."

"Didn't look like he wanted to be found." Amara said, nodding to Argent's forehead that Makena just finished patching up. "Not particularly, no." Argent said and Scott leaned forward a bit, "You think he knows what they are? Or what they want?" He asked.

"Maybe..."

"What if he doesn't want to talk?" Allison asked as her father stood up, "What if he doesn't even remember you?" Isaac asked. "He'll remember this." Argent said, turning a wooden box around and opening it. He unfolded a cloth to reveal a broken mask of one of those creatures.

"I know I didn't kill it- I'm not sure you can. But, I slowed it down long enough for us to get out of there." Argent said as Scott grabbed one of the pieces. "What was behind the mask?" Scott asked and Argent looked up at all of them.

"Darkness. Absolute darkness."

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"The real problem is Katashi doesn't see visitors- ever. He's a paranoid recluse who rarely steps outside the gates of his estate." Argent said as he, Makena, Allison and  Amara stood around his office. "So, how are you going to get to him?" Amara asked and Argent smirked slightly, "Oh, he's got a thing for rare, antique weapons. Yesterday, I had some contacts put out the word that I was selling one from my own collection." Argent said as he pulled out a gun inside a glass case.

"You found a French flintlock turnover pistol from 1645?" Makena asked making Argent smile at her, "You know your guns." He said and she chuckled. "Have to know any possible weapon my enemies could use. But you're not going alone." Makena said and Amara raised her eyebrows. "If my mom's going then I'm going." Amara said and Allison nodded in agreement making Argent sigh.

"To be honest, I don't feel good about bringing any of you." Argent said and Isaac looked up at all of them, "Look, they were looking right at Scott when the sun came up." Amara said. "Well, that doesn't necessarily mean he's the one they're going after." Argent said and Allison raised her eyebrows, "But, if he is?" She asked.

"If he is, that might only leave us 'til nightfall to come up with a way to protect him." Argent said and Makena nodded, "All right. Let's go see if a paranoid Yakuza wants to put another gun in his collection."

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Argent and Makena sat in the front while Allison and Amara sat in the back seat when Argent looked at his phone and sighed. "What is it?" Allison asked, "Katashi won't do the buy in person." Argent said and Makena looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"The man is a paranoid recluse- are you that surprised?" She asked, "I was trying to remain optimistic that we wouldn't have to go to my plan B." Argent said and Amara raised her eyebrows. "What's plan B?" Amara asked and Argent looked at her through the rearview mirror, "How tall are you?" He asked before pressing a button to open the trunk.

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"Katashi's office is here." Argent said pointing at a room on a blueprint to Allison and Makena. "Guys." Amara said making them look up at her as she walked around the car wearing a black sheer button up shirt, black pants and a dark green blazer and her hair down.

"This- this isn't going to work. I don't necessarily look ridiculous- but I feel ridiculous. I'm wearing my mother's clothes and I'm like six feet tall in these heels. I can barely walk in heels. And I bearly know what any of this means, I didn't really pay attention to knowing everything about guns when my mom was training me. I'm gonna mess something up." Amara stressed nervously.

"All you have to do is keep them talking long enough to allow us to get inside and find Katashi. He may not be there for the buy in person, but he won't be far." Argent said but that didn't really help calm Amara's nerves, "You look great." Allison said.

"I am sweating all the way through my blaze! I didn't even think I could sweat this much!" Amara continued to stress making Allison said and look at Makena and Argent. "Give me a second." She said before walking over to Amara, grabbing her hand and pulling her behind the car.

"You can do this. Go in there with confidence, and all they'll see is a confident-looking woman." Allison said as she tucked Amara's shirt into her pants and Amara sighed. "Or a stupid teenager pretending to be my mom. I'm going to get my head blown off by a bunch of Japanese fingerless mobsters-" Amara rambled until Allison grabbed the back of Amara's neck, pulling her down into a kiss.

Their lips moved in sync for a moment before Allison pulled away and smiled at her. "How do you feel now?" Allison asked and Amara looked at her for a moment before taking a deep breath and nodding slightly.

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Amara walked into the building, carrying a duffel bag as two men walked up to her. "I believe Mr. Katashi is expecting me." Amara said, "I'm expecting you." A deep voice said making Amara look up to see a relatively big man looking down at them. He slowly moved to walked down the stairs, promptly showing off his clawed fingers.

Amara set the wooden box on the table before opening it to reveal the gun. "What we're looking at here is a mint-condition French flintlock turnover pistol, crafted in the mid-seventeenth century. It was a gift from Louis XIV to a prominent French family. It's only ever been fired once." Amara explained.

"During a duel between brothers on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles." Kincaid said and Amara squinted slightly before nodding, "So I see you're familiar with it." Amara said and Kincaid smiled. "Oh, Mr. Katashi knows what he wants. We'll take it. One-hundred and fifty thousand." Kincaid said opening a briefcase full of cash. "I'm gonna need to count it." Amara said making Kincaid raise his eyebrows, "Really?"

"Wouldn't want to get ripped off, would we?" Amara asked and Kincaid nodded, "No, we wouldnt." He said as Amara pulled out a machine out of the duffel bag then put in a stack of cash. Once it finished counting Isaac reached for another stack but Kincaid shut the case. "You don't know the whole story behind this gun, do you?" He asked making Amara smirk slightly.

"There was no duel between brothers. That story was nothing but a cover up to what really happened. In the real story there was an encounter in the woods with a rabid animal. Its bite caused one of the men to change into something monstrous causing the brother of the man killed him with that gun." Amara said making Kincaid smirk and nod.

"It seems like you know more than you let on." He said and Amara smiled, "Of course I do. It's a fascinating story. Now, I'm gonna trust you guys with the money here-" Amara said, reaching to grab the case but Kincaid grabbed her arm.

"Personally, I'd like to hear your story." He said and Amara wrapped her arm around Kincaids and flashed her red eyes and canines, letting out a low growl.

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Katashi stood by a table, holding a tablet as he watched camera footage of Amara and Kincaid. Katashi swiped to a different camera footage of Makena taking out one of Kakashi's men. He swiped to another camera footage of Allison doing the same and then Argent.

Katashi pulled his gun out, pointing it at the doorway as Argent walked in, his gun raised with Makena behind him. "All I want to do is talk." Argent said as they slowly walked in, "Taking out my security is not what I call a good conversation starter." Katashi said.

"You don't remember me, do you? Allison, take the man's gun." Argent said as Allison walked in through a different door before tossing out a chain whip. It wrapped around Katashi's gun before Allison pulled it back, ripping the gun out of Katashi's hand. "Now, can we talk?" Argent asked before someone else waked through the doorway making them look over.

Amara shoved Kincaid through the doorway before walking ahead of him, "They've got a Werewolf too."

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Argent unfolded the mask of the Oni that he broke making Katashi take a deep breath, "Starting to remember? It was twenty-four years ago." Argent said. Katashi looked up and nodded making his men step away from Amara even though none of them was daring to touch her anyways. "You know what they are, don't you?" Argent said.

"They're called Oni. They are demons, and they are unstoppable." Katashi said while rearranging the pieces before looking back up at Argent, "Nothing. Or, at least, no man-made weapon. The Oni are a force of nature. You don't fight a tsunami- you endure it, and you hope that you are not destroyed in its path."

"Then how do we endure it?" Amara asked making him look at her, "You already have, Hi no ōkami." He said, walking over to her, turning her head to show the backwards five behind her ear. "This is Japanese kanji for "self." This means she is still herself." He said dropping his hand before looking back at Argent, "The Oni are looking for one who is no longer themselves."

"What do you mean, 'no longer themselves?" Argent asked, "Possessed... by a dark spirit. There are thirteen kinds of Kitsune: celestial, wild, ocean, thunder... But there is one, a dark Kitsune. They call it void, or Nogitsune."

"A kumicho." Argent said and Katashi nodded, "That's right. He was possessed by a Nogitsune. It's what helped him rise through the ranks of our Yakuza family. Nogitsune draw its power from pain and tragedy, strife and chaos... Do you know why I'm missing this finger?" Katashi asked. "Penance." Makena said making Katashi look at her and nod.

"There's a ritual called yubitsume. Removing the joints of the little finger weakens your grip on a sword. When a katanais gripped properly, the little finger is the strongest." Katashi said, "Why did they take your finger?" Amara asked.

"They didn't take it- a Yakuza performs the ritual himself and offers it to his superior. It was penance for a mistake. And it wasn't my only one." Katashi started, looking out the window. "I don't know what it was about the way I moved or stood that suggested to them that I was going to take them on... Because actually, I was... preparing to run for my life." He said before turning back to Argent.

"That shot you fired saved me from looking like a coward before the survivors. For that humiliation, I wouldn't have to have given up my finger- I would've had to give up my head. I wish I could give you the answer you need, Mr. Argent. I owe you more than my life- I owe you my honor. I will tell you one thing, however... If there is a Nogitsune among you... Let the Oni destroy it."

"Even if it is your own daughter."