Noshiko quotes from Teen Wolf

Noshiko

The gunfire nearly killed me. I don't know how many bullets made their way into my body, but I fought every one of them. It left my body so weak, my heartbeat so slow, it appeared as though I was dead. But, even then, I was still better off than Rhys. His screams could be heard throughout Eichen House, echoing through every room, every hallway. He died in agony. The doctor, it seems, had also sold the morphine.

Noshiko

But, I could not die knowing they would get away. So, I called out to our ancestors for kitsune-tsuki-- possession by a fox spirit. For a powerful nogitsune, one that feeds off chaos, strife, and pain, to take control of my weakened body, imbue it with power, and use it as a weapon. But, calling on a trickster spirit is a dangerous thing. They can have a very dark sense of humor. Because, while the nogitsune did come to possess someone, it wasn't me.

Noshiko

You see? It gives you balance. My power is yours, now, Kira. If the oni can't stop Stiles, you have to. The same as I did.

Noshiko

The balance of power inside you is in conflict. The struggle between the fox and the human. Perhaps this will shift the power back into your hands.

You know me. [Nogitsune/Stiles nods] Then you know that I won't be deterred by your choice of host. Even if it's an innocent boy.

Are you threatening us?

Noshiko

Now I'm threatening you.

We're not really afraid of your little fireflies.

Noshiko

If the oni can't defeat you, I know someone who will.

Ken

You still haven't talked to Kira, have you?

Noshiko

Barely a word since the hospital.

Ken

You need to tell her. Especially about this. You've already sacrificed five. Three of the oni are gone. How many more tails are you willing to sacrifice?

Noshiko

If I have to? All of them.

Kira

You going to tell me what it is?

Noshiko

Reishi.

Kira

[incredulously] You're not seriously giving Dad magic mushrooms?

Scott

If that's you, then you'd have to be like, ninety years old.

Noshiko

[smiles] Closer to nine hundred.

Kira

[stunned] Okay. Sure. Why not? [She turns to Ken] Dad, how old are you?

Ken

Forty-three. But, I've been told I look mid-thirties.

Scott

All this, it's all happened before, hasn't it?

Noshiko

Yes.

Ken

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Noshiko

[to Scott] Wolves and foxes tend not to get along. And not just in fables and stories.

Ken

[to Noshiko] But allies, however unlikely, should be welcomed. Especially in times of war.

Noshiko

Now I knew why Satomi was always trying to keep quiet. Why she got migraines once a month, and why she was always at the game of Go. It kept her calm.

Scott

[shocked] She was bitten.

Noshiko

Bitten werewolves have a harder time suppressing their anger. One unexpected flare-up, and they could lose all control.

Noshiko

Coup de foudre. The literal translation is "a bolt of lightning." In French, it can also mean, "love at first sight." But, a bolt of lightning happens to be exactly what we need right now.

Kira

For what?

Noshiko

Excising the nogitsune from Rhys' body shattered the katana. But, you can put it back together.

Kira

Why don't you just do it yourself?

Noshiko

Because I'm not a thunder kitsune. Do you trust me?

Kira

I just found out you're nine hundred years old. I don't think I'm ever gonna trust you again.

Noshiko

Trust me on this.

Noshiko

I'll take it somewhere safe.

Ken

That's not what I'm worried about. History has not done well with making children into killers.

Noshiko

These children played their part in it long before we came back to Beacon Hills. I buried the jar deep within the roots of the Nemeton. It was their sacrifice that brought its power back. They let the demon out of its cage.

Why that kanji? Why "self?"

Noshiko

To signify that he died as himself. Because Rhys wasn't a monster. Not like you.

If I'm such a monster, why'd you call off the oni? What happened to the woman who called out for chaos, strife, and pain to descend upon everyone and everything? What happened?

Noshiko

I don't want that anymore.

I do.

Noshiko

[horrified] What have you done?

Chaos has come again.