ARGENT APARTMENT
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
SCOTT: [voiceover] His eyes were glowing...
END FLASHBACK
ARGENT: There was something almost ritualistic about it-- like it was looking right into his soul.
ISAAC: That's the same thing it did to me.
ALLISON: That's what they did to everyone.
SCOTT: Not everyone. They only came after the Werewolves.
ALLISON: And Lydia.
ARGENT: Anyone with a connection to the supernatural.
ISAAC: Then who was the guy they went after in Japan?
ARGENT: A Kumicho-- a Yakuza boss.
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
ARGENT: [voiceover] 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 at the moment. Testing my ability to, uh... improvise.
ALLISON: [voiceover] Or, your ability to survive.
END FLASHBACK
ARGENT: The moment the sun came down, it was like they just materialized out of the shadows.
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
ARGENT: [voiceover] They had swords-- not curved like katanas, but straight, black steel, like ninjatos.
ISAAC: [voiceover] What did they want?
ARGENT: [voiceover] To get to the Kumicho. They cut down every living thing in their way.
END FLASHBACK
ISAAC: Did they mark him like they did us?
ARGENT: Not exactly...
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
SCOTT: [voiceover] What was he?
END FLASHBACK
ARGENT: 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.
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
ARGENT: [voiceover] They called him "Silverfinger" because of an unusual prosthetic... And it looked like he was getting ready to take them all on himself.
END FLASHBACK
ARGENT: I've known for a while Katashi was in the country. I spent yesterday tracking him down.
ISAAC: Didn't look like he wanted to be found.
ARGENT: Not particularly, no.
SCOTT: You think he knows what they are? Or what they want?
ARGENT: Maybe...
ALLISON: What if he doesn't want to talk?
ISAAC: What if he doesn't even remember you?
ARGENT: He'll remember this.
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
END FLASHBACK
ARGENT: 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.
SCOTT: What was behind the mask?
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
ARGENT: [voiceover] Darkness...
ARGENT: [voiceover] Absolute darkness.
END FLASHBACK
YUKIMURA HOUSE
FLASHBACK—A FEW MINUTES EARLIER
SCOTT: You okay?
KIRA: [nodding] So, all of your friends are...
SCOTT: Yeah...
KIRA: And you're a...
SCOTT: [sighing] Yeah...
KIRA: Can I see?
SCOTT: Are you sure?
END FLASHBACK
BEACON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
SCOTT: You guys going to be doing this all day?
ETHAN: All day.
AIDEN: All night.
SCOTT: Is this about being in my pack?
AIDEN: This is about you being the target of demonic ninjas.
ETHAN: [sarcastically] You mean, the demonic ninjas that pulled swords out of their chests and completely kicked our asses?
AIDEN: [sarcastically] Yeah! Those demonic ninjas.
SCOTT: I don't need anyone to protect me.
ETHAN: They were looking right at you when the sun came up.
SCOTT: And they also disappeared. Argent thinks that they could just come out at night...
ETHAN: Since this is our first experience with demonic ninjas, we're thinking we should play it safe.
AIDEN: All day.
SCOTT: [sighing] ...And all night.
SCOTT: Okay, one thing first. I need to talk to Stiles and let him know everything that happened last night-- without you. And I need to find Sam.
AIDEN: [scoffing] No!
SCOTT: Yes.
SCOTT: And I don't want you listening in. No wolf-hearing.
AIDEN: How would you even know?
SCOTT: I'm a True Alpha-- you have no idea what I can do.
SAM : I had to search where you went during the party, but that doesn't matter what happened?
STILES: [anxiously] You started talking about phosphors, and the key having chemicals on it, right? And so that made me think of the chemistry closet and the fact that someone had to let Barrow in...
STILES: It's gone...
STILES: Okay, it doesn't matter though. It doesn't matter. I've still got the key--
STILES: ...What the hell?
STILES: [anxiously] I had it-- I had it here. I had it here this morning, I swear to God, I had it this morning.
SCOTT: The key you were talking about last night?
STILES: Yeah. I showed it to you, right? Didn't I show it to you?
SCOTT: No, you just told me about it. I never actually saw it...
SAM : Wait that key that suddenly fell out of your locker?
STILES: Yeah. It was here a couple of hours ago. And the message left to Barrow spelling Kira's name was right there on the board in my handwriting, and I had the key to the chemistry closet.
SCOTT: [slowly] So, you unlocked the chemistry closet so Barrow could hide in from the cops, and then you wrote him a message to kill Kira...?
STILES: [frustrated] I know how it sounds... But look at this--
SAM : This is the news report that came out about Barrow when they caught him, okay? About the shrapnel bomb that he used. See this? See what he did? He put nuts, bolts, and screws, and then he hid the bomb and the detonator in a box that he wrapped as a birthday present. What does that sound like to you?
SCOTT: Coach...
FLASHBACK—BEACON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, TWO DAYS AGO
SCOTT: [voiceover] The joke we played on Coach.
END FLASHBACK
STILES: That was my idea. You remember? That was my idea. That's no coincidence. It can't be.
SCOTT: I don't want to sound like I'm trying to tell you that you're wrong... But I don't think you're trying to kill people, either.
STILES: It was here. It was all here.
SAM : [gently] Dude, are you feeling okay? You're looking really tired...
STILES: [shakily] Yeah, I'm fine. I just haven't been sleeping, really...
SCOTT: Why don't you go home?
SAM : Take a sick day or something?
STILES SHAKES HIS HEAD WHILE HE LEAVES TO THE HOSPITAL.
SCOTT: Still can't believe you call him dude.
SAM : It came in a flow.
ETHAN: Did you tell him?
SAM : Tell him what?
AIDEN: About the demonic ninjas that pulled swords out of their chests and completely kicked our asses last night, after you and Stiles left.
SAM : Why does no one tell me this!
ETHAN: So did you tell him?
SCOTT: No. He's got enough on his mind right now.
AIDEN: If they're coming for you in a few hours, then so do you.
SCOTT: What if it's not me? Okay, what if I'm not the one they want?
ETHAN: Who else is there?
ARGENT APARTMENT
ARGENT: The real problem is Katashi doesn't see visitors-- ever. He's a paranoid recluse who rarely steps outside the gates of his estate.
ISAAC: So, how are you going to get to him?
ARGENT: 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: This is a French flintlock turnover pistol from 1645.
ALLISON: You're not going alone.
ISAAC: If she's going, I'm going.
ARGENT: To be honest, I don't feel good about bringing either one of you.
ISAAC: Look, they were looking right at Scott when the sun came up.
ARGENT: Well, that doesn't necessarily mean he's the one they're going after.
ALLISON: But, if he is?
ARGENT: If he is, that might only leave us 'til nightfall to come up with a way to protect him.
ISAAC: All right. Let's go see if a paranoid Yakuza wants to put another gun in his collection...
BEACON COUNTY SHERIFF'S STATION
RAFAEL: [on the phone] Yeah, I'm walking in now...
RAFAEL: [on the phone] ...And trying to avoid the hostile stare of everyone in here.
RAFAEL: [on the phone] No, no. Probably another week or two, and we'll be ready for a formal review. There's enough here to put Stilinski so far out of government work, he won't be able to get a job riding the back of a garbage truck.
RAFAEL: [on the phone] Yeah, exactly.
RAFAEL: [on the phone] ...Let me call you right back.
BEACON HILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MELISSA: Dr. Gardner's not back until next week...
MELISSA: Do you want to try waiting for one of the urgent care doctors, or. Dr. Anthony....
MELISSA: Stiles? Are you all right?
STILES: [anxiously] I don't know... I guess... I guess not really?
MELISSA: All right, kiddo, all right. Come with me. It's okay.
STILES: Blackouts... But not for that long. And sleepwalking, which I used to do a lot as a kid... Um, I'm also having some really bad anxiety...
MELISSA: Panic attacks?
STILES: Yeah, a couple... Oh, and I temporarily lost the ability to read. But, that might have had more to do with this giant magic tree and the whole human sacrifice thing...
MELISSA: [smiling] I remember something vaguely about that, yes.
MELISSA: How many hours of sleep are you getting?
STILES: Eight.
MELISSA: A night?
STILES: In the last three days...
STILES: Yeah, definitely eight.
MELISSA: Been feeling irritable?
STILES: Yeah... possibly to the point of homicide...
MELISSA: Inability to focus?
STILES: No, the Adderall's not working.
MELISSA: Impulsive behavior?
STILES: More than my usual? Hard to tell.
MELISSA: Vivid dreams during the day?
STILES: Okay, basically all of the above. Do you know what this is?
MELISSA: I think so.
STILES: Uh, what's that?
MELISSA: Do you trust me?
STILES: When you're not holding a needle...
MELISSA: It's midazolam-- a sedative.
STILES: Why'd you give me a sedative?
MELISSA: Because you, Stiles, are one profoundly sleep-deprived young man. You need rest, and you need it now.
MELISSA: Lie down.
STILES: Okay, how long's it take to--
STILES: Oh... Not long at all...
MELISSA: Get some rest.
STILES: [drowsily] Thanks, Mom...
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
ALLISON: What is it?
ARGENT: Katashi won't do the buy in person.
ISAAC: But he's a paranoid recluse-- shouldn't you be a little less surprised?
ARGENT: I was trying to remain optimistic that we wouldn't have to go to my plan B.
ISAAC: Plan B? And what's plan B?
ARGENT: ...How tall are you?
BEACON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL
SCOTT: Guys, I appreciate you wanting to protect me... But I have to be alone for a bit. So... Sorry about this...
KIRA: [smirking] What do I do with these?
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
ARGENT: Katashi's office is here--
ISAAC: [nervously] Guys, this isn't going to work. I look ridiculous. I mean, I look like I just stepped out of the last period of a Catholic prep school.
ISAAC: [nervously] And there's no way that I'm going to be able to remember all of this. I mean, what does this even mean? "Revolving over and under barrels?"
ARGENT: 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.
ALLISON: You look great.
ISAAC: [anxiously] I am sweating all the way through my jacket! I didn't even know that I could sweat this much!
ALLISON: Give me a second?
ALLISON: You can do this. You're not a boy if you walk in there acting like a man, okay? Go in there with confidence, and all they'll see is a boyish-looking man.
ISAAC: [muttering] Or a stupid teenager pretending to be a man. I'm going to get my head blown off by a bunch of Japanese fingerless mobsters--
SHE KISSES HIM
ALLISON: [smiling] How do you feel now?
ISAAC: [confidently] Gentlemen... I believe Mr. Katashi is expecting me.
KINCAID: I'm expecting you.
MCCALL HOUSE
SCOTT: Could you lock the door?
KIRA: Yeah.
KIRA: We're running out of time.
SCOTT: I know. But Allison, her dad, and Isaac are working on something that could help.
KIRA: I don't want to sound pessimistic or anything, but you really think that's going to keep them out?
SCOTT: Actually, we have a kind of security system...
SCOTT: Things happened a couple of weeks ago-- a lot of things-- and we had my boss help make a few changes to the house.
KIRA: Your house? Do you work for a security company or something?
SCOTT: No, he's a veterinarian.
KIRA: You had a vet put in your alarm?
SCOTT: Yeah, sort of. But I can't arm it-- only my mom can.
KIRA: Where is she?
SCOTT: Don't worry. She'll be here.
SCOTT: Oh! Sorry!
SCOTT: We're going to be okay, I promise.
KIRA: "We?" Or "me?"
SCOTT: All of us.
KIRA: [sighing] You didn't bring the twins here because you didn't want them to get hurt.
SCOTT: I don't want anyone getting hurt.
KIRA: Then why did you bring me? If those things are coming after you, and anyone who gets in the way gets killed, then shouldn't I be somewhere else?
SCOTT: I'm not letting you get hurt.
KIRA: And I don't want you getting hurt-- especially because of me.
SCOTT: It could be either of us...
KIRA: I don't think so. I have to show you something...
KIRA: Have you ever heard of something called a Kitsune?
BEACON HILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MELISSA: [reading aloud] "Patient is irritable, impulsive."
ANTHONY : [reading aloud] "Complaints of vivid dreams."
MELISSA: [reading aloud] "Inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality."
ANTHONY : [reading aloud] "Acute insomnia..."
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
ISAAC: 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.
KINCAID: [nodding] During a duel between brothers on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles.
ISAAC: [anxiously] So, you're familiar with it...?
KINCAID: Oh, Mr. Katashi knows what he wants. We'll take it. One-hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
ISAAC: ...I'm gonna need to count it.
KINCAID: [amused] Oh, really?
ISAAC: Yeah...
MCCALL HOUSE
SCOTT: That looks like what happened to you at the power station.
KIRA: When a Kitsune rubs its tails together, it can create fire or lightning. It's called foxfire.
KIRA: ...I don't have any tails.
SCOTT: [chuckling] How'd you know what I was thinking?
KIRA: Because Kitsune are also psychic. I can hear all of your thoughts.
KIRA: [whispering] Just kidding!
KIRA: The sun's setting...
SCOTT: Uh, yeah. I know.
SCOTT: Are you scared?
KIRA: Not right now.
KIRA: I'm supposed to be back before dinner.
SCOTT: Tell them you can't make it.
KIRA: What should I say?
SCOTT: Say, uh... You're going on a date.
KIRA: Are you sure that's a good idea? You know, foxes and wolves don't really get along...
SCOTT: That's just a drawing in a children's book.
SCOTT: My mom's back.
SCOTT: What are you doing here? And why do you still have a key?
RAFAEL: Funny you mention keys... Because while I have a key to this house, I'm not exactly sure how you got a key to my office...
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
KINCAID: You don't know the whole story behind this gun, do you?
KINCAID: There was no duel between brothers-- that was the cover story. The real one involves an encounter in the woods with a vicious animal. Its bite caused one of the men to change into something... monstrous. By his family's Code, the brother of this man killed him with this very gun.
ISAAC: Well, that is certainly better than the version that I heard. I'm gonna trust you guys with the money here, and, uh--
KINCAID: Personally, I'd like to hear your story.
ARGENT: All I want to do is talk.
KATASHI: Taking out my security is not what I call a good conversation starter.
ARGENT: You don't remember me, do you?
ARGENT: Allison, take the man's gun.
ARGENT: Now, can we talk?
ISAAC: Guys...?
ISAAC: They have a Werewolf, too.
MCCALL HOUSE
RAFAEL: Let me help you out, here. This kind of thing usually begins with something along the lines of "It's not what you think!" or "I can explain!"
SCOTT: Dad, let me help you out-- you need to leave.
RAFAEL: I will, with a satisfactory explanation.
SCOTT: Go get a warrant.
RAFAEL: I don't need a warrant, I'm your father.
SCOTT: No, you're a gene donor. I got my hair color from you, and that's all I got. So, you're not allowed to play tough-dad with me.
MELISSA: Hey, what's going on?
RAFAEL: [smugly] Maybe one of you should explain.
KIRA: Scott...
RAFAEL: Who the hell is this?
SCOTT: Dad, no!
SCOTT: Dad! Wait, Dad--
RAFAEL: UGH!
KIRA: AHHHHHHHHHH!
SCOTT: Dad!
DEREK: GRRRRR!
DEREK: RAWR!
SCOTT: RAWRRRR!
SCOTT: Mom, the ash!
ETHAN & AIDEN: [simultaneously] RAWR!
SCOTT: Mom, now! Do it now!
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
ARGENT: Starting to remember? It was twenty-four years ago.
ARGENT: You know what they are, don't you?
KATASHI: They're called Oni. They are demons, and they are unstoppable.
MCCALL HOUSE
DEREK: All the baseboards are ash wood?
SCOTT: Uh, yeah, it was Deaton's idea...
SCOTT: And where the hell did you come from?
DEREK: I've been following you.
SCOTT: For how long?
DEREK: [shrugging] All day.
MELISSA: Scott, this isn't good!
RAFAEL: [weakly] Need to call for backup...
SCOTT: How bad is it?
MELISSA: From the way that his arm is rotated, the tendon looks torn. He could be on his way to a collapsed lung.
SCOTT: Mom, those things... They're not going to leave until the sun's up.
MELISSA: At the rate, he's bleeding, he's not gonna make it that long. We got to get him to the hospital.
SCOTT: Should we call Stiles' dad?
MELISSA: I don't know. Is that going to just get more people hurt?
SCOTT: [groaning] Maybe. I don't think guns work on them.
MELISSA: Then what does?
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
KATASHI: Nothing. Or, at least, no man-made weapon. The Oni is a force of nature. You don't fight a tsunami-- you endure it, and you hope that you are not destroyed in its path.
ALLISON: Then how do we endure it?
KATASHI: One of you already has.
KATASHI: This is Japanese kanji for "self." This means he is still himself. The Oni are looking for one who is no longer themselves.
ARGENT: What do you mean, "no longer themselves?"
KATASHI: Possessed... by a dark spirit.
MCCALL HOUSE
AIDEN: It's Kira, right?
AIDEN: You going to tell us what you are?
KIRA: What? What do you mean?
ETHAN: Aiden...
AIDEN: Watch!
AIDEN: See that? She can't go through it, either.
AIDEN: So, what are you?
DEREK: She's a Kitsune, idiot.
DEREK: Use your eyes-- you can see it all around her. The younger ones give off an aura. She just hasn't learned how to conceal it, yet. She probably doesn't know what kind she is, either.
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
KATASHI: There are thirteen kinds of Kitsune: celestial, wild, ocean, thunder... But there is one, a dark Kitsune. They call it void, or Nogitsune.
ARGENT: A kumicho.
KATASHI: That's right. He was possessed by a Nogitsune. It's what helped him rise through the ranks of our Yakuza family. Nogitsune draws its power from pain and tragedy, strife and chaos...
MCCALL HOUSE
SCOTT: It's not you. It can't be. What I saw around you? It didn't look evil.
KIRA: But isn't that what a shapeshifter does? Isn't that why a Kitsune is called the "trickster spirit?" It's supposed to trick you.
KIRA: How are you so sure? How are you so sure I'm not the bad guy?
SCOTT: I've seen the bad guys... And you're not one of them.
AIDEN: Why do you think we're here, Derek? For a study group? We're here to protect Scott.
ETHAN: We're trying to fight for him.
DEREK: I'm sure you are. I'm sure you'd kill for him. But are you willing to die for him?
KATASHI'S COMPOUND
KATASHI: Do you know why I'm missing this finger?
ARGENT: Penance.
KATASHI: There's a ritual called yubitsume... Removing the joints of the little finger weakens your grip on a sword. When a katana is gripped properly, the little finger is the strongest.
ISAAC: Why did they take your finger?
KATASHI: 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...
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
KATASHI: [voiceover] 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...
END FLASHBACK
KATASHI: Because actually, I was... preparing to run for my life.
FLASHBACK—IKEDA'S GARDEN, JAPAN, 1988
END FLASHBACK
KATASHI: 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.
KATASHI: I wish I could give you the answer you need, Mr. Argent. I owe you more than my life-- I owe you my honor.
KATASHI: 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.
MCCALL HOUSE
SCOTT: What are they doing?
ETHAN: Testing for weaknesses.
ETHAN: Guys? We have a problem...
RAFAEL: I need to speak to Scott...
MELISSA: You're kidding, right?
RAFAEL: Don't patronize me, Melissa. You know why. You know why I really came back, don't you?
MELISSA: And, as usual, your timing sucks. You're not talking to him-- not like this. So, you stay awake, and we're gonna get you out of here as fast as we can.
SCOTT: [on the phone] Allison, please tell me that you have something. They're here. They're trying to get in, and it looks like they're gonna be able to do it.
ALLISON: [on the phone] Okay, okay, listen. They're Japanese demons. They're called the Oni. They're looking for someone possessed-- someone with a dark spirit attached to them.
SCOTT: [on the phone] A Nogitsune...
ALLISON: [on the phone] How'd you know that? Scott?
SCOTT: [on the phone] Just... Tell me what else.
ALLISON: [on the phone] Okay. They won't hurt you. They know you're supernatural, but once they do this check, once they realize you're not carrying with you this dark spirit, then they won't hurt you. I promise. All they're looking for is the Nogitsune.
KIRA: I'm right, aren't I? They're looking for me.
SCOTT: They're looking for a dark spirit. And I know it's not you.
DEREK: [urgently] Scott, we're going to have to do something...
SCOTT: Don't do anything.
AIDEN: Is he serious?
SCOTT: I said, don't do anything.
SCOTT: Trust me.
DEREK: You're gonna be okay.
SCOTT: First I need to get Sam .
3RD PERSON POV
Stirring from his sleep, Stiles ventured out into the corridors, crossing a dark room.
Entering, he saw no sign of Melissa or Dr. Anthony other nurses and doctors.
Appearing from the shadows was the Oni, encircling him. Running forwards he tried to escape yet they trapped him.
Staring deep into his eyes, one of them pushed their hand out, ready to mark him. However, Stiles grabbed their arm, stopping their actions.
With a head tilt, Stiles plunged his arm into the Oni's chest, green light spurting out.
Ripping his hand back out, between his palm lay a single, dead firefly. Turning around, the other Oni stepped back.
Evaporating into dust, they left, with knowledge of who the Nogitsune is.
BEACON HILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
MELISSA: Hey, stab wound to the left chest. Possible collapsed lung. The pulse is weak.
SCOTT and SAM : We'll find Stiles.
SCOTT: Stiles? Are you okay?
SAM : Stiles?
STILES: Yeah... Fine...
STILES: What's been going on?