Chương 140: Oni

Without the knowledge of anyone, a monster that would wreak havoc was set loose. The night passed in no time, and unfortunately for Lucas, it was another day of school. After finishing his first class, he headed outside with Allison. There he saw Lydia on the bench; Stiles was there too, without a doubt, and Scott too. He didn't pay that much attention and sat down. Then he looked at the distracted Scott, then in the direction he was looking. On a bench not far away, there was the girl from yesterday.

His eyes narrowed, then he gazed back at Scott.

"Someone is in love." Scott was startled and looked at Lucas in shock. He wasn't shocked by his words as much as he was shocked that Lucas directly spoke to him. Since that fight, Lucas didn't shy away from showing his displeasure with him. Lucas rolled his eyes when he saw Scott's expression, he wasn't a kid, well… maybe he acted a little overboard, but he was just making conversation.

"You have no idea, Scott's been staring at her whenever he had the opportunity." Stiles grinned and nudged Scott with his elbow. Lucas smiled and put his elbows on the table and spoke in a sarcastic tone toward Stiles.

"What about you? Did you touch that grass?"

"Grass?" Lydia looked at them curiously, then at Allison with doubt in her eyes. Allison leaned forward and whispered what happened a while ago after she left. Lydia's eyes smiled and she looked weirdly at Stiles. While Stiles was looking at the sky, lamenting what he had done to deserve this fate.

"Excuse me…" Suddenly, the girl that Scott's eyes were glued to came toward their group. Seeing everyone's eyes on her, she smiled shyly.

"Hi, I'm Kira." This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.

"Hello!" Scott was the first to respond, but by the looks of it, he was nervous too. Lydia and Allison smiled and greeted her, and Stiles waved his hand at her. When she looked at Lucas, he was just staring at her, analyzing her. Just as she was about to start sweating, Lucas spoke.

"Why are you here?" But his question petrified her and made the others gasp.

"Sorry?" She grasped her backpack nervously as she asked in an unbelievable voice. Lucas looked at them and realized he may have spoken too directly.

"I mean, why are you in Beacon Hills, what made you come?" Kira breathed a sigh of relief and her body relaxed.

"My father accepted a job offer as the history teacher, so we moved here." Lucas nodded and made it seem like he was interested. The others weren't that interested except Scott, who was listening carefully to Kira's every word. While the others started talking, Lucas was looking from time to time at Stiles.

'He seems fine…' He shook that thought away and entered the conversation. •••• The school hours passed and Lucas and their group, except Kira, were the last to leave the school. The other students had already left and the school grounds were deserted, the sun had set and they were talking as they made their way down the stairs. Just as they were passing the underpass, Lucas suddenly stopped and looked ahead into the darkness.

"What's going on?" Allison looked at him with worry, and the others were looking ahead to see what Lucas was looking at. Lucas walked a few steps forward and glanced back at them.

"Stand behind me!" Just as Stiles wanted to walk forward, he suddenly stopped as a few masked men dressed all in black emerged from the ground.

"What the hell?!"

"Allison! Protect Lydia! Scott, don't leave Stiles' side!" As he spoke, Lucas still kept his gaze on the Oni. Although they didn't know who those men were, by the looks of it, they weren't friendly. Allison and Scott then stood close to Lydia and Stiles.

"What are they?" Stiles gulped and looked at Lucas' back. Lucas responded without looking back.

"They are called Oni, ancient demonic warriors." Lydia stared in horror at the approaching Oni and shouted anxiously.

"Why are they here?"

"Because they are looking for a dark spirit… the Nogitsune." He paused for a moment but still said the creature's name.

"Nogitsune?!" Allison's pupils shrank and she remembered the discussion she had with Lucas about the Nogitsune. But the Oni didn't give them much time to discuss, and they swiftly made their way in front of them. The leading Oni arrived in front of Lucas and reached its hand toward his neck. Time seemed to stop for a second and just as that hand was about to touch him, Lucas grabbed the hand and looked coldly into the Oni's eye.

Even though he knew their goal, this was his territory, and any creature would have to act accordingly.