Through The Smoke
Chapter 1
To Kill A Werewolf Pack Prologue: Uzumaki Naruto, a werewolf, and an amnesiac. He's been searching for the mystery of his past, and on his journey he is inevitably 'adopted' by Deucalion. But when he meets Scott McCall and his group, will his plans change? Disclaimer: All this is Jeff Davis and Masashi Kishimoto's, for God's sake I'm only in high school!"How lonely is the night without the howl of a wolf."
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Naruto watched the group with narrowed blue eyes, crouched on top of a roof. "She's putting up a good fight." He remarked after a while of silence.
"Wouldn't you know, she is a merc after all. Although I am curious as to why she's saving that beta." Kali grinned, baring her fangs.
The amnesiac glared at her, running a hand through his messy black locks. "Most likely, because Daryl or whatever that new alpha's name is, paid her. Or maybe he just has ties."
"That would make a good point." Kali conceded boredly. Her red eyes brightened. "Oh look, she just crashed her motorcycle through those windows. That must've hurt."
Naruto blinked. "The twins are transforming already. Going shirtless too, of course." He laughed, pointed fangs glinting in the low light.
Kali actually winced in sympathy as the merc gave a shout and nailed the twins with electricity. "Damn, they're down for the count. Do we let them go?"
The teen grinned. "But of course, only more of a challenge, ne?"
Kali glared. "What the hell does 'ne' even mean? I'm not Japanese, thank you very much."
Naruto only sweat dropped before standing from his crouch and stretching. "It doesn't matter, let's get them and get out of here."
When Isaac and Braeden finished shielding their eyes from the light, their enemies were gone.
"I… thought I told you to hold on." Braeden panted. All Isaac could do in response was glance back at the spot they had been in before his eyes rolled back into his head and he collapsed. Braeden frowned. "Seriously."
"I am not going to high school."
"You're going to high school."
"What?! You've gotta be kidd-"
Deucalion slammed his cane on the ground, furious. "Do I look like a person to kid around, Naruto?"
Immediately the teen shrank back, a whine emitting from the back of his throat as his head bowed. "N-No."
Taking a deep breath, Deucalion smiled eerily. He stepped forward and cupped his adopted son's chin upwards, making the bright blue eyes meet his own foggy ones. "Good, we can't have you disobeying me now, can we?"
Naruto shook his head, hands fisting in his pockets. His voice came through gritted teeth. "No, sir."
Deucalion stepped back. "Now, tell Ethan and Aiden that you three will be in this year's junior class. Keep an eye on any suspicious figures there."
"Of course." Naruto muttered.
"Very good. You may go." The blind alpha dismissed him, and Naruto hurried out and into the empty room he and the other alphas shared, mattresses, blankets, pillows, clothes and many personal belongings scattered about. As if luck was on his side, only his two friends were there.
"Oh thank Kami." He muttered, falling onto his mattress.
"So, what's up?" Ethan asked, sprawled over his bed.
"Deucalion is making us go to high school." Naruto muttered into his pillow. He was muttering too much, he thought distractedly.
"Are you kidding me?!" Aiden growled, pissed.
Naruto sat up, frowning. "That's what I said, and almost got punished for it."
The twins winced. "No joke then, huh. We have our motorcycles though, we should be fine." Ethan supplied.
Aiden growled again. "This is part of some bigger plan though, of course. He always has a plan."
Naruto nodded, staring out the window. "And we're the ones who put it into motion."
They parked their bikes side by side in the parking lot. While the twins' looked the same, all black, Naruto's had blue flames on the sides. They all stood up, wearing their leather jackets and dark jeans and combat boots and pushed each other as they went up the steps, laughing and joking while students eyed the strangers curiously. Naruto saw a cute girl and winked, before hesitating a moment and winking at a guy a second later.
"Can't decide?" Aiden laughed, punching Naruto's shoulder.
"No." Naruto growled, while Ethan gave him a friendly slap on the back.
"Don't worry, I'm seeing a few gays here myself." He said, adding his input and discretely gesturing to a guy giving him a small smirk.
Aiden tugged on his hair in frustration. "Ugh, why do you both have to look for guys right now?! Naruto, at least check out some girls with me?"
Naruto crossed his arms, smirking. "You betcha." The two fist bumped before blinking in shock as Ethan tugged them into the principal's office.
"I'm guessing you're the new students?" The secretary asked with a smile when they all nodded. She dug through some papers before pulling out some and giving them each one. "These are your schedules, I trust you can find your way around?"
Before the twins could object Naruto nodded and left. Aiden followed and Ethan gave a nod before leaving too. "Hey, we should actually lock our bikes." Ethan said.
The other two froze. "Oh, right!" They headed outside, since they'd gotten their early, and when they were finished headed back in, helmets in hand.
"Oh Allison." Lydia was finishing saying. "I don't want a boyfriend… I want a distraction." It was at that moment that she looked up, eyes widening unnoticeably as she saw the three males walk in looking sexy.
"Are those two brothers?" Allison pondered.
Lydia shifted. "Twins." She turned back to her friend. "What about the one with the black hair, what's your opinion on him?"
Allison stared for a moment and her gaze caught with his and he paused momentarily, before tearing his blue eyes away from her. "He's attractive, but-"
"I know, I know." Lydia surrendered. "We literally just went over this."
They smiled at each other and gave a last glance over their shoulders at the new kids before heading to class, Naruto staring curiously after them.
Naruto grumbled under his breath at how he was alone in this class, neither Ethan nor Aiden having it with him. He ignored everyone as he sat down in the back of the class, listening to the random conversations going on in boredom. He did notice how awkward the air was between that brown haired girl from earlier and a brunette boy. Naruto's interest perked as he caught his scent. Wolf.
Suddenly everyone's phone went off, including his, a long text detailing something that he guessed was from a book appearing on the screen and his eyebrows raised in amusement. This is new. The teacher read it aloud as she entered and finished with how they must turn off their phones, but he made sure to just keep his on silent. He didn't know what Deucalion would do if he couldn't contact him.
He half-paid attention during class, after all, he wasn't that big into reading. Novels, at least. He looked up as they all did their work as he heard footsteps nearing, until a teacher entered and whispered something to Ms. Blake.
Scott McCall's mother phoned the school from work, says that her son has to get to the hospital for something. He was saying. Jennifer nodded and got Scott's attention, taking him out of the room. Naruto listened to the conversation and bit back his laughter.
Ephemeral?
"Hey, Lydia." He heard whispered. "What happened to your leg? Was it from the accident?"
The girl put her attention on the guy, looking slightly uncomfortable. "No." She looked at her paper. "Prada bit me."
"Your dog?!" The guy sounded disbelieving.
Lydia glanced at him. "No, my designer handbag." She said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Yes, my dog."
"Has it ever bitten you before?" The guy pried.
Lydia frowned, shaking her head and biting her lip as if she wanted to cry. "Mm mm."
The guy sat up straighter. "Hey, what if it's the same thing as the deer? You know, like how animals start acting weird right before an earthquake or something."
Naruto's interest was peaked.
"You mean what? There's gonna be an earthquake?" Lydia remarked, not impressed in the least.
"It's gotta mean something." Stiles pushed. "Maybe it means something's coming. Something bad."
Lydia seemed as if she was half interested by now. "It was a deer and a dog. What is that thing you say about threes? Once, twice-"
Before she could finish a bird hit the window, hard. Blood was left on the glass and it caught everyone's attention. The teacher put down her chalk, slowly making her way to the window as crows cawed outside. Her eyes widened, arms falling to her side as they saw too many birds to count were headed right for them. Everyone waited with baited breath until they all began to impact the glass, Jennifer jumping back along with a few students.
When the crows actually broke through she shielded her head. "Get down! Everyone!" She continued screaming, huddling a few students by her desk near herself while Lydia was shielded by the guy she'd been speaking with. Naruto slowly crouched down, holding his hands over his head and staring in fascination at the birds. Why are they doing this?
When everything had calmed down, everyone cautiously got to their feet, eyes darting around. Naruto stood, taking in the disaster and cracking his knuckles. "Ah, damn." He muttered quietly. Everyone seemed to be in shock, police sirens sounded in the distance.
Naruto got on his phone, texted the twins. Something happened, anything new with you guys?
Nope, nothing. Ethan responded.
Other than wanting to kill myself rather than be here, nope. Aiden added.
Birds killed themselves by hitting the windows and breaking through, class is in a panic. You hear the sirens? Naruto texted.
Aiden: Yeah, was it freaky?
Naruto: They were freakin birds, 'course not.
Ethan: Gtg, almost caught texting.
Naruto: Gotcha.
Aiden: Seeya guys next class.
Naruto put his phone away just in time to see Stiles -at least he thought that was his name- question their teacher if she was all right. She nodded, as if in shock, and Stiles reached for her only for the woman to flinch back slightly. He muttered an apology and took the feathers out of her hair. His attention was turned to the brunette, Allison, and her father who had shown up. He seemed concerned for her, but she brushed it off, instead asking him if he knew what this was about.
Interesting indeed.
The sheriff came over and got the father's attention by calling his name, and Naruto bit his tongue. They're Argents, hunters! Shit. He relaxed when the man assured the sheriff, apparently Stiles' dad, that he no longer hunted. Naruto also listened to Stiles talk to his friend -Scott, the werewolf- on the phone. So he knows Derek? This is good. He thought, considering telling someone in his pack about the discovery, but deciding not to.
Naruto slammed his locker shut, deep in thought, and ran straight into the woman who had Allison and Lydia's arms in her grasp. The woman -who seemed slightly familiar- glanced at him and the area behind him before stepping back and leaving while he toppled to the ground with the girls beneath. "Oh, shit!"
"Get off!" Lydia demanded, while Allison looked less affected. Naruto stood up, giving a sheepish grin, and extending a hand to pull them both up.
"Sorry about that, I wasn't paying attention." He apologized, bringing a hand up to scratch the back of his neck.
Lydia paused before eying him up and down, then flipping her hair and giving a sassy grin. "Apology accepted, but you'll owe me a favor in return."
He nodded, looking at Allison expectantly. Her eyes widened, her pulse picking up. "It's fine, really! So… are you one of the new students?"
"Yeah." He nodded, fixing his bag and shooting a glance at Ethan and Aiden. "I gotta go now, though, so-"
"What's your name?" Allison blurted.
Naruto stared for moment before grinning. "Uzumaki Naruto, nice to meet you!" And then he dashed off, looking hurried.
Lydia stared after him, smirking. "This is going to be fun."
Allison rolled her eyes and noticed the bruises before they locked on something else. "Dad?"
"Let's get you girls out of here, school can wait another day." Chris stated firmly.
Braeden entered the locker room, grabbing a broom and breaking the end off so that she at least had some sort of defense. Her back pushed up against the lockers, her breathing deep and heavy. She tensed when the door opened, when people -not people, wolves, alphas- entered, footsteps slow, deliberate, taunting. With a final breath she stepped out, brandishing her makeshift weapon and gritting her teeth. Ethan charged, only to be taken down by a blow to his stomach.
Aiden was pushed away, too, but Ennis pinned Braeden to the lockers, fangs bared as he roared in her face. She grimaced, jabbing her weapon down and hitting him aside, only for Ethan to leap at her. She dodged, and Ethan pushed off the locker, regaining his balance. Braeden paused when Kali stepped out, sneer on her face and claws extended before delivering a sharp spinning kick straight to the human's face, sending her to the ground, weapon sliding away. Kali growled, fangs showing.
The wolves advanced, Deucalion though, appearing to hold dominance over the rest. He wiped the blood from his claws, grabbing his cane and placing his glasses over his unseeing eyes before smiling coldly. Naruto stood behind him, scowling, eyes flashing with indecision. Braeden saw this, saw through him. He's like Scott… How did Deucalion get his hands on a wolf like this?
Naruto hated the fear on her face, hated the way she reeked of terror, hated the way she moved back as his adopted ''father'' advanced on her and kneeled before her, brushing his claws against her face, hated that he couldn't help her.
Deucalion approached the mystery girl slowly, claws out as he lifted her chin up, but she shifted away. Even weak and cornered by his alphas she fought, and that impressed him. "Beautiful." He murmured, moving her hair as she breathed heavily and shifted more. "You're defiant, aren't you?"
"Because I know something." She said, not even a second later grunting from pain. "I know you're afraid of them."
"They're just teenage boys."
Braeden was still glaring. "You're afraid of the men they'll become, the men they're already becoming."
Deucalion smirked the tiniest bit. "I'm aware of certain potential threats. But then someone once told me the only way to eliminate a threat… is to get someone else to do it for you."
Her breath came in heavy gasps and her eyes widened in recognition. "Derek."
Deucalion's smirk widened. He held his arm out as his claws glinted, and with an insane grin he swiped down but stopped right before his claws reached her. He stepped aside, still smiling. "Naruto?"
The boy clenched his fists. "Yeah?"
"How about you do it?" Deucalion smirked. Braeden and Naruto's eyes widened.
"Why me?" Naruto hid the tremble from his voice, the weakness he felt.
"Because I told you to." There was no longer any joke in the leader's voice, instead pure malice.
Naruto's claws dug into his skin, drawing blood, and his eyes hardened. "Fine." He said, glaring as his eyes turned red. "Fine, I'll do it." The other wolves, aside from Deucalion, flinched back. Naruto raised his claws, before swiping, blood raining down on them, mocking them. Braeden could've sworn his glowing eyes had filled with unshed tears before he completed his orders. He needs to be saved, somehow. She had thought.
"You've been disobeying me lately." The blind man said suddenly. Naruto remained silent. "You know what that means, right?"
Still silence.
"You tried to save the blonde beta, Erica Reyes." He continued.
"You made me kill her like you made me kill the mercenary. We still have two betas though." Naruto's voice was sharp, yet weak. He was scared.
Deucalion nodded. "Yes, to show you. You also let the other beta escape with that same mercenary." Naruto shrank back. "You aren't allowed to question my authority. Are you questioning my authority, Naruto?"
The teen shook his head, voice trembling. "...N-no…" Suddenly there were claws piercing his stomach before slashing up, and he threw his head back in a soundless scream. Deucalion yanked out his claws harshly, letting Naruto drop to the floor, cradling his stomach. He flicked the blood off, leaning down to wipe it on the boy's pants.
"Good. Just as a warning, I laced my claws with something to slow down your… extraordinary healing. It should take as long to heal as it would a human, possibly slower."
Naruto's eyes were wide with pain, mouth open as he gasped for air.
Deucalion smirked, chuckling before the door closed. "-And it also hurts like a bitch."
Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Allison, and Derek were gathered. Peter had just recovered some of Isaac's memory of when he was kidnapped, Scott and Stiles had just gotten back from Heather's party, and the girls wanted to show Derek their bruises.
Derek crossed his arms, the group of teens around him waiting for a response. Finally he shook his head. "I don't see anything."
"Look again." Scott retorted.
"How is a bruise going to tell me where Boyd and Erika are?" Derek asked, glancing at Allison and Lydia's conjoined bruises.
"It's the same on both sides, exactly the same!" Scott said, knowing this was confusing.
Derek shook his head. "It's nothing."
"Pareidolia." Lydia added. "Seeing patterns that aren't there. It's a sub set of apacenia."
Derek looked directly at Scott, who replied. "They're only trying to help."
Derek looked disbelieving. "These two? This one, who used me to resurrect my psychotic uncle, -thank you- and this one, who shot about thirty arrows into me and my pack."
"Okaaay." Stiles said. "Alright but come on, no one died. There may have been a little maiming, 'kay a little mangling, but no death. That's what I call an important distinction."
Allison narrowed her eyes in a glare at Derek. "My mother died."
"Your family's little honor code killed your mother." Derek didn't even blink. "Not me."
"That girl is looking for Scott." Allison ignored him as she spoke. "I'm here to help him, not you."
"Want to help? Find something real." And Derek turned away from the room, Scott following until he faced him.
"Give her a chance, Derek. Okay? They're on our side now." Scott said.
Derek narrowed his eyes, stance hostile. "Then maybe you should tell her what her mother was really trying to do that night." And this time he really left.
Scott and Stiles walked side by side towards the school entrance as the bell rang. "Okay… what would a pack of alphas want with Erica and Boyd?"
"I'm not sure it's them they want."
"They want, like, Derek? Like they're recruiting?" Stiles was ignored as Scott froze and looked over his shoulder, seeing the backs of the twins and another teen as they walked the opposite direction. "Hey, Scott! You coming?"
Scott snapped back to reality, shaking off the weird feeling he got from the three and shooting one last glance at them, slightly concerned. He could smell blood.
Naruto winced, bringing a hand to his side and biting his cheek to keep back any yelps of pain. Deucalion really did it this time, this injury was going to slow him down. He'd kept the twin's attention off of him, seeing as how Aiden was flirting with Lydia and Ethan caught Danny's eyes. He sighed, this free period in the library was boring the hell out of him. He pulled out a notebook and began to sketch, mind on autopilot. He was forced back into focus when Allison lightly shoved him to get his attention, and he hissed in pain. Her eyes widened.
"Sorry, I didn't expect that to-"
"It's fine." He waved her off through clenched teeth. "Don't worry about it."
She nodded, unsure. "Okay." They were silent before she continued, looking at his drawing. "You're really good."
"What do you mean?" He asked automatically, before catching on. "Oh, yeah. I do it when I need to think. That or I write lyrics."
"Do you play an instrument?" She asked.
He grinned, although it felt a bit weak. "Yeah, guitar."
She looked back at the drawing. "It's… beautiful." She commented, completely awed.
Naruto looked down, a frown on his lips. "Yeah." He whispered. On the paper was a drawing of a black wolf, surrounded by flames and smoke. Dead trees surrounded it. "... beautiful."
Naruto leaped from the roof, grinding his teeth to hold back the pain. Slowly, he entered the bank, hearing the sounds of a fight coming from the vault. He grimaced humorlessly. Of course his plan worked… but I smell the hunter girl. It's really difficult to scent her through… the decaying flesh. His nose wrinkled and he sprinted forward, ducking behind a wall. He heard her shout to the beta, before two of them ran out of the building. He heard them arguing, heard the desperation in their voices. He also heard what happened to Victoria Argent and what she'd done.
I have to help them. He thought, numb. But he might kill me for it. He turned, anger fizzling, and punched a hole in the stone wall, cursing. Why do I feel like my pack is the bad guys?
Naruto made it to the woods in time to see Isaac, Scott, and Derek argue about killing the betas. He stood there for a moment, but when he heard the word 'hunt', he decided it was best if he kept back and watched this play out. Maybe I should stay back until I'm healed. He thought angrily. If i reveal myself now, it's over for me. I'll just… observe and report my findings. Yeah…
He spent the rest of the night observing them, staying downwind and out of sight. He learned how to track werewolves from the Argent, but mostly kept his attention on Derek and Scott. Those two had interested Deucalion, and so he knew he would have to find a way to keep them as far away from the lead alpha as he could. When he activated the strange device -the ultrasonic emitter- that emitted a high frequency he covered his ears, wincing. He listened to the plan to trap the wolves in the school, and followed them there, staying hidden.
He watched them strategically place the emitters and get the two betas to the school, watched the plan fall apart slightly, watched Allison get them into the school and stuck to the shadows, listening to the fight in the basement below and the success of them locking Cora and Boyd in. He also heard the three sets of heartbeats when the plan went awry, but as soon as the sun came up he knew they'd won.
Impressive, they actually did it. He thought, grinning as he left the school. His grin faded as he looked at the sun. But now I have some explaining to do.
Deucalion seemed to stare straight into his soul, his face blank while Naruto shook, hiding his hands behind his back. "Where were you last night? You missed the meeting."
"I… was observing Derek Hale." Naruto replied.
"Really, now?" The alpha's head cocked to the side. "Was that your pulse I heard picking up slightly?" Naruto swallowed thickly. "You weren't telling a full lie… just half. For that, I must say that you are still defying me. Defying my leadership."
Naruto didn't respond.
Deucalion approached, pulling the teen's shirt up and ripping off the bandage hiding his wound. "You really should take care of this. Does it hurt?" Naruto nodded mutely, and the lead alpha grabbed him harshly. "I asked you if it hurt."
Naruto nodded wildly, eyes wide. "Yes!"
A grin covered Deucalion's face. "Good. Now tell me, does this?" Without hesitation he copied the same move, reopening Naruto's gashes and revelling at how this time his scream pierced the air, high and sharp. "Get up."
Naruto did as told, staggering to his feet and blood splattered the ground.
Deucalion straightened. "Get to school. Follow orders. Ethan and Aiden know what to do since they were at the meeting. Go!"
Naruto nodded, getting out of the room as fast as possible before making it to his room. Everyone else had already left to complete their tasks, so he pulled out his bandages and wrapped the wounds, biting his tongue. I hate him so much. He held back his anger, but it was difficult. He's not even my real father… I heard his heartbeat jump when he told me that. He tore me away from the past life I can't remember… so until I can get Derek's pack to help me, maybe the twins, I'll have to deal with this.
Naruto pulled on his gym shirt, wincing in pain. Ethan glanced over, sharp eyes catching the bandage. "Dude, what happened?"
Aiden adjusted his shirt, frowning. "You're not healing."
"It's nothing." Naruto assured them, grinning brightly. It didn't reach his eyes.
"The hell it's nothing!" Aiden swore, pinning him to the lockers. Naruto stared at him with wide eyes.
Ethan growled. "Be quiet you guys!" He gestured to the people looking at them. His voice lowered. "We have a mission today, we already told you about it Naruto." Naruto nodded, but froze when both of them pinned him with a glare. "But we will be talking about this later."
Naruto pulled the red and white tank top over his tee, frowning. "Fine."
Scott and Stiles, who had finished discussing what Scott had seen and Stiles' lack of sexual experiences, along with Danny kidding them that he'd have sex with the sheriff's son, heard the alphas talking. Scott had listened in and relayed it to his friend, who frowned when Isaac came in. Coach told them all about how cross country wasn't optional for Lacrosse players and that he didn't want them to become fatasses in the off season, pausing when he saw the toned, muscular bodies all around, finishing with a: "So, work on that."
Isaac stooped down to tie his shoe, tensing when Ethan came up on his right, then he glanced around to see Aiden on his left and Naruto behind him. They all smirked at him, sharing a look as coach blew his whistle and everyone took off.
Scott grabbed Isaac's shoulder, taking in the panic. "It's them!" He said before running.
"Isaac, wait!" Scott shouted, wide eyed before chasing.
Naruto, Ethan, and Aiden ran side by side with Isaac on their tail. They were moving to fast for anyone to catch up, which gave them the perfect stage. They shared grins as they took a left on the trail, the beta right behind. Isaac slowed to a stop when he realized there wasn't anyone there, only to turn around as he heard a shout as one of them tackled him. The twins pinned his arms behind his back, pulling him up.
"Ethan, I always forget. How many bones are in the human body?" Aiden smirked.
Ethan returned the favor. "I don't know. Let's count!"
Naruto stepped in front of them, head tilted to the side and an innocent smile on his lips. "There's 206, you guys."
Ethan nodded and readied himself to break one of Isaac's. "Good." Before he could do it, Scott socked him in the face.
"That's one." He said as Isaac got to his feet.
Ethan stood up, jaw cracking as he pushed it back into place. Everyone's claws came out, eyes glowing and fangs bared as they growled at each other, only to turn as they heard a chilling scream. They ran back to where everyone was and stopped when they saw the body. Stiles came up beside Scott.
"It's him, isn't it. The one at the vet's last night."
Scott nodded, grimacing. He'd been strangled by his own dog's leash. Sheriff Stilinski and his team ran off, clearing the area and getting everyone to back up. Stiles pulled his dad to the corpse. "Dad, look, look. It's the same as the others, you see it?"
The sheriff frowned. "Yeah, I see. Do me a favor, go back to school. Now." Stiles stared. "Coach, give us a hand here."
"You heard the man!" Coach Finstock shouted. "Nothing to see here! Probably just some homeless kid."
"Coach." Scott interrupted.
"Yeah?"
"He was a senior."
The coach frowned, sighing. "He wasn't on the team, was he?"
A pretty blonde senior ran up, sobbing. An officer grabbed her as she screamed. "Oh no! Oh god, Kyle, no!"
Naruto, Ethan, and Aiden looked at each other in shock. Naruto shrugged, frowning.
Scott, Stiles, and Isaac walked away. "See the way they looked at him?" Isaac asked.
"Yeah, like they had no idea what happened." Stiles added.
Isaac looked back at them. "No, no. They knew."
"The kid was strangled with a garrotte. Alright, am I the only one recognizing the lack of werewolfitude in these murders?" Stiles said incredulously.
"Oh, you think it's a coincidence?" Isaac questioned, gesturing to them. "They turn up and people start dying?"
Stiles shook his head. "Well, no, but I still don't think it's them."
They all paused, Scott glancing around. "Scott?" Isaac asked. Stiles crossed his arms. "What about you?"
Scott frowned. "Well, I don't know yet."
"You don't know yet?" Stiles echoed.
Scott hesitated. "W-well, he's got a point." Stiles put his hands down. "Seriously dude, human sacrifices?"
"Scott, your eyes turn into yellow glowsticks, okay? Hair literally grows from your cheeks and can immediately disappear, and if I were to stab you right now it would magically heal, but you're telling me you're having trouble grasping human sacrifices?!" Stiles snapped in annoyance.
Scott sighed, turning to Isaac. "That's a good point too."
"I don't care, alright?" Isaac stated. "They killed that kid, they killed the girl that saved me, and I'm gonna kill them too." He turned and walked away.
Isaac sat tense in Chemistry, ignoring Scott and honing in on the scents outside in the hall. He stood up. "I have to go to the bathroom!"
Scott stood too as he exited the room and closed the door, but was forced to stay. Isaac turned only to see Naruto and the twins staring at him from down the hall. Aiden punched Ethan, sending him into the lockers, while Naruto frowned before punching Ethan too. Ethan smirked as they both beat him up, Isaac staring at the scene in shock before Ethan was thrown in front of his feet. Naruto stepped back, looking apologetic for Isaac before heading back to class with Aiden on his tail.
Phase two was complete, and Isaac lost most of Scott's trust.
Last class of the day, finally. Naruto sat on the other side of Scott, and he definitely noticed when Scott pulled out some motorcycle parts. Despite them being his friends', he couldn't help the laugh that escaped his mouth as he was pinned with two glares and a confused look. Aiden flipped, jumping up and running out of the classroom as Naruto picked up on the sounds of an engine.
His eyebrows rose. Wow, that was a good idea. These people sure know what they're doing. He got up with the rest of the class in time to see Aiden holding his bike and helmet and Ms. Blake suspend him. He and Ethan shared a look before he walked over to Scott, Allison, and Isaac. He gave them a grin and got their attention. "That was a good idea, getting him out of your way." His eyes flashed and his voice lowered, so only Scott and Isaac could catch it. "Don't waste your time, there isn't much left."
And then he led Ethan away, sticking his tongue out at Aiden and leaving a confused group staring at his back.
"So who did that to you, huh?!" Aiden growled out, looking pissed.
Naruto avoided their eyes, frowning. "Deucalion. I've been defying his orders lately, it's pissing him off."
Ethan pulled up his friend's shirt and ripped off the bandage, grimacing at the torn flesh and the blood. "He really got ya there." He fixed the wrap before stepping back.
"Anyways, we need to get back at those two for the little stunt they pulled on me!" Aiden grinned, heading away towards Scott and Isaac. Ethan followed, Naruto too although with much less enthusiasm. They stood side by side and faced the two betas with grins. Ethan and Aiden took off their jackets and shirts and merged while Naruto's fangs elongated, claws growing and eyes glinting with restrained bloodlust.
Isaac threw his bag down, going wolf. "We can take 'em." He told Scott.
Scott grabbed him and ran. "No we can't!" The twins caught up and threw them to the ground, Naruto crouching behind them and keeping them from running, only to freeze up and stand when he heard Deucalion coming and moving to the twins' sides as they shifted back to human. Deucalion removed a cap from the top of his cane, slicing all three across the cheek. Without a word he left, the other alphas following with a final glance back. Naruto tapped his wrist, mouthing We're running out of time before leaving.
"Who the hell was that? What did Naruto mean?" Isaac asked, eyes wide.
Scott stared after them. "... that was Deucalion, and whatever Naruto meant, it can't be good."
Author's Note
So, watcha guys think? A little project I started XD Random ideas I had that I hope are kinda original, so no flames please! I'll continue this cuz I want to and it's fun and I hope you enjoy it. Here's some hints too, this will go through seasons three and four, a few fillers in between four and five, and after season five -which may take a while to write because of the episodes releasing every Monday at 10 or 9 p.m. I'm going to have a "Season 6" which basically focuses on Naruto's past and him getting his memories back, since he lost 'em. And yeah, I may be sticking really close to canon but I'm trying to add differences, like making Deucalion a really big abusive asshole. Thanks for reading and please review!