Reyna ran into the animal clinic,

"How do I do it?"

"Do what?"

"Talking to the dead, how do I do it?"

"Reyna, I understand that-"

"How do I do it?"

"You have to understand how much this will affect you,"

"And I don't care,"

"Come in,"

They walked into the backroom as he placed a few things,

"Salt,"

He nodded,

"Salt creates a barrier so you can speak to them, the rest of it is you,"

"And how would I do it?"

"Do you have anything that belonged to her?"

She nodded as she pulled out the wolf pendant that was Kate's.

Flashback

Reyna sat on her bed, coming back from the Hale house, witnessing her father die again and finally realizing it wasn't her fault. The door creaked open as she stood up to see Allison walk in,

"Hi,"

"Hi,"

"Can I?"

She nodded as she sat back down and Allison sat next to her,

"Rey, I'm sorry, I am, honestly and truly,"

"Allison, it wasn't you, it was Kate, all those years of self hate and pity, it was because of her,"

"But I can't help and feel responsible,"

"Our family problems are our burdens until they're resolved,"

"That's why I'm giving this to you,"

She pulled out the pendant from her pocket,

"It was Kate's, and she gave it to me and I know it should be a thing I should have to remember her by but I don't want to remember her, she was a bad person, so do what you want with it, destroy it, keep it, but it's my peace offering, olive branch,"

Present

 She sat in the middle of a salt pentagram, holding the pendant in her right hand.

"Unlike spells, you don't have to say anything or chant, this is purely about your mind, focus on Allison reach into her memory,"

She closed her eyes slowly, letting memories of Allison flash through mind. Her eyes opened to a dimmed room, exact same as the animal clinic, as if a dark mist was over it. She saw Deaton outside the salt, as if he couldn't see her.

"Rey?" said a voice,

She spun around to see Allison standing there, the same clothes she was in when she died. Her throat went dry as she reached for the girl in front of her, only for her hand to pass through... like a ghost.

"I didn't think ghosts were real," she whispered,

"Neither did I,"

"Was I in pain?"

"What?"

"When I died,"

"You can't remember?"

She shook her head,

"I... I don't know, I wasn't there, but Scott says you weren't, you got stabbed and when he got to you, he tried taking your pain but there was none to take,"

"How am I-"

"My psychic abilities let me talk to the dead,"

"Did we save Lydia in time?"

She nodded,

"She blames herself, for not warning us properly, about someone dying, she thinks if we didn't come to get her then you would still be here,"

She studied Reyna,

"And you blame yourselves for us not listening to her,"

"Maybe if we hadn't gone, then you would still be alive,"

"No one can do anything to go back, it was not anyone's fault, it was my choice, I went along and I knew the risks, just like Kira, like you, like Stiles, Isaac,"

"What happens?"

"What?"

"When you die,"

She was about to say something but the salt barrier broke and she shot up from her position on the floor. She saw Scott and Lydia,

"We gotta go,"

🖤

They all got out of the car as Stiles leaned on the railing, Reyna grabbing him by the waist as they moved to the entrance of the school.

"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 we're going with," he said as he turned around and walked in,

The usual lines of lockers were replaced with a snowy garden. They walked further in as the doors shut behind them with a thud,

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

🖤

The snow fell onto them as they looked around in a mix of awe and confusion. Their gaze slowly rested on the figure limping towards them, bandages old and rotten, old army jacket. Kira unsheathed her blade,

"Like I promised Stiles, we're going to kill all of them, one by one!"

The Oni appeared out of nowhere, their blades slicing through the icy mist. The sound of the swords trailing behind them on the ground as they circled the four teenagers,

"What the hell is this? Where are we?"

"Between life and death,"

"Bardo," said Reyna,

"But there are no peaceful deities here, Reyna, you're dying, Stiles, and now everyone you care about is dying too,"

"What? What do you mean?"

"I've captured almost all of the territories on the board, Stiles, the hospital, the sheriff's station and now... the animal clinic, do you know the ritual of seppuku, Stiles?"

"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, 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?"

"To win the game,"

The Oni swung their swords as the three formed a circle around Stiles. Scott turned, Kira's katana and magic flowing from Reyna's hands.

🖤

The fought as they got backed into the middle,

"How is this happening? How are we in this place?"

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

"It's a supernatural trickster spirit and you really want to go into the philosophy of how we're here! Right freaking now!"

🖤

Kira got backed into the bridge. Scott and Reyna still fighting but stopping to see Stiles holding a sword towards his stomach,

"Stiles! No!"

"Stiles!"

"What if it saves you? What if it saved all of you?"

"And if it's just another trick!" yelled Reyna,

"No more tricks, Reyna, 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!"

Stiles' hands shook before his expression changed, looking into the sword as realization hit him,

"You have no moves left,"

He put down the sword and took uneasy breaths before throwing Kira the katana and looking up at the nogitsune,

"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, Rey, you gotta trust me, it's an illusion,"

Scott turned around, facing the nogitsune and the entrance before walking straight, getting slashed as Kira followed behind him, Reyna next with Stiles by her side, holding him up.

Scott roared before pushing the nogitsune into the doors with him. They ended up inside the school as they looked around in confusion and down at themselves,

"We're okay, we're..."

He was cut off by getting thrown into the lockers, Kira next getting knocked to the floor by his side. Stiles and Reyna turned to see Void towering over the other two,

"This was my game," he began as he turned to the two standing. "You think you can beat me at my game?"

🖤

"A divine move," he said as he increased his pace, driving the two backwards. "Divine move, you think you have any moves at all? You can kill the Oni, but me? Me? I'm a thousanf years old! You can't kill me!"

"But we can change you!" said Reyna,

"What?"

"You forgot about the scroll," said Stiles,

"The Shugendo scroll,"

"Change the host," he said in realization, panic and fear covering his features,

"You can't be a fox and a wolf,"

Scott came up behind him, dug his claw into his shoulder and bit his arm. He let out a low scream as his voice distorted and Kira drove the katana through his chest. The lights flickering with the thunder as she pulled it out, the body stumbling to the floor and his mouth opening wide, a fly flying out, not getting very far before Isaac captured it in the triskelion box.

The body convulsed in front of them as it stopped, face cracking and falling to the floor, turning into dust. 

🖤

Everyone stared at the group before Stiles' body dropped to the floor with a thud as they all gathered around him.

"Stiles!"

"Stiles!"

"He's breathing but he's passed out,"

After 5 minutes his eyes opened and they all let out relieved sighs,

"Oh, god, I fainted, didn't I?"

They laughed slightly,

"We're alive, we all alive?"

Everyone's mood dimmed before Scott answered,

"Yeah, we're okay,"

Reyna stood up, Lydia flashing through her mind,

"Lydia," she whispered as she ran out of the school to see her at the top of the stairs staring,

"Lyds?"

She saw Aiden on the floor, blood in his mouth. She ran to Lydia and held her tightly as she cried.

"It's okay, baby, it's okay," she whispered.

🖤

Reyna sat at the top of lookout point, her sketchpad, pens and headphones next to her. She took a deep breath before putting her headphones in, sketchpad on her lap and picking up the pens before closing her eyes and drawing.