Why Are You My Clarity?
Chapter Seven: Coming Together

"Okay," Scott said once they all got back to the house and were in the living room, "Let me have it."

"You're an idiot," Jackson said bluntly.

"Jackson," Lydia snapped at him.

"I think it's sweet," Kira shrugged.

"Yeah, you found your mate," Aiden said, "Most of us know what it's like. We're happy for you."

Ethan nodded, "I hope you give people as many cavities as Danny and I do," he kissed his cheek, but Danny didn't seem to even move but nodded, agreeing with his mate.

"It really is cute," Erica said, "You should formally introduce us though, it's only fair."

"And you?" Scott demanded, turning to Stiles.

"I-" Stiles started but Scott's phone went off.

Scott sighed, "This isn't over," he told them all and grabbed the phone, "Hello?"

"Scott, it's Allison," she said quickly, "My father needs to see you."

"What is it? Is everything alright?" Scott asked and the entire pack tensed an his nervous tone.

"Now, Scott!" she yelled at him before hanging up.

"Scott?" Stiles asked, "Scott, what's going on?"

"I'll let you know when I find out," Scott said before running out and grabbing his coat.


"What's going o-" Scott ran in to Chris's office and froze when he saw Derek standing there as well, "What's he doing here?"

Chris ignored the question, "Allison and I were on patrol tonight," he explained, "We heard a group of hunters. They're rogue."

"Rogue?" Derek demanded.

"Meaning they don't follow the code," Allison said, "Like Kate."

Derek growled under his breath.

"They want to finish what she started," Chris said, "Derek, they want to kill you, Peter, Isaac, and Cora."

"Cora's in South America, she's safe," Derek said simply.

"No, they said they're sending someone to retrieve her," Allison said.

"Shit," Derek growled and got his phone out, calling Cora quickly.

"Hey, this is Cora, leave me a message."

"No," Derek growled under his breath, "Cora, call me back, now."

"They've already gotten there," Chris sighed, "But they won't kill her yet, I'm sure of it."

"So what do we do?" Scott asked, "I'm not letting Isaac get killed."

Derek growled.

"I think we should all call a truce," Peter said, "They said they wanted to have some fun and hunt all the wolves and foxes as well. We're here to protect you, we're your allies."

"I want us all to meet in the woods tonight," Derek said, "Midnight, you know the clearing," he told them simply, "I need to discuss the situation and then we can all get opinions on this."


"Thanks for coming," Derek told them when he saw the entire McCall pack was there and so were Allison, Chris, and a few of their relatives. Isaac was at his flank, always his second in charge, despite their current problems and Peter was standing beside him, slightly in front of Isaac.

"I think we all need to agree on something," Scott said, "To protect each other. There's safety in numbers."

Derek turned to the Argents, "Well?"

Chris nodded, "We're going to protect you. We'll double our patrols."

Peter snorted beside him and Derek glared at him.

"We need to put the past behind us," Ethan spoke up, always ready to back up Scott, "Any grudges should be overlooked for now, we don't have time for drama. We need to train together, we need to be ready to fight."

"My mother always held training first thing in the morning and at dusk. We'll meet at my house then," Derek said, "I'm giving you permission to be on my territory," he looked at Chris and Scott, "For now."

"We can outnumber them," Chris said, "But they're still strong. There's about fifteen of them, counting the ones who have Cora Hale."

"We'll catch my dad and Melissa up to speed," Stiles said.

"Do you think that's a good idea? Dragging them into this?" Derek asked.

"It's their business when our lives are in danger," Stiles said simply. He was still angry at Derek. He'd scared his beta, his best friend's mate. And much as he disliked Isaac, he didn't deserve that. He already felt the protective instinct over him just because of Scott.

"Danny, Kira, you should alert your families as well," Chris said.

"I'll tell my parents," Kira nodded.

"You should tell yours," Ethan said whispered to Danny.

"Kira can do it," Danny said simply.

Ethan raised an eyebrow but continued to listen to the plan.

Isaac kept his head down most of the meeting, listening to all the plans and his mind only on his adoptive sister.

What if we lose her too? Isaac thought to himself.

The meeting ended and the Argents quickly left and Scott's pack slowly did as well.

"Scott," Derek said, "I want to talk to you. Privately," he glared at the twins before they could protest.

"Guys, it's okay," Scott told them and they retreated with the rest of the pack.

"Peter, take Isaac home," Derek said.

Isaac went without protest, glancing back at Scott.

"You shouldn't have used your alpha powers on him," Scott said bluntly, "I can tell he's not used to them."

"I overreacted and I've apologized," Derek said simply, "And I just wanted to tell you that even though we're allies, that doesn't mean I'm giving you permission to be with my brother. In fact, I'm still forbidding it."

"Forbidden love is one of the best kinds," Scott said, "Ask Lydia, she says they make the best love stories."

Derek growled at him, "I mean it, McCall. We have enough going on, I don't need you messing with my brother since I know he's a target now. I'm not letting him out of my sight."

Scott just growled at him as Derek walked away, his chest already feeling the ache from being away from his mate.


Danny's mother opened the door and she yelled for her husband as soon as she saw who it was.

"What are you doing here?" his father demanded.

Ethan sighed, "I just want to talk...this isn't about Danny. This is a message. There are a group of rogue hunters in town. They're hunting the Hales for revenge and all the werewolves and kitsunes just for fun," he told them quickly before they could slam the door in his face, "We've allied ourselves with the Hale pack and the Argents for protection, we're going to fight them. I suggest you do the same."

They stood there, shocked looks on their faces.

"Yeah, a werewolf just wanted you to be safe," Ethan told them, "We're not all bad," he told them before going to walk off their porch and stopped, whipping around, "You know what? This is about Danny. If I didn't care about your son and wanted to hurt him, would I be here warning you right now?" he demanded, "I care about him and he misses you, but he won't admit it," he snapped, "You obviously don't miss him as much as he misses you," he said before going to walk away.

"Stop," his mother whispered, "Friday night the rest of our family is going out of town...I'll have my sister and her husband come over for dinner...I want you, Danny, Kira, and your brother to have dinner with us."

"Anna..." his father warned, "This is a bad idea."

She quickly silenced him, "Do you accept?" she asked Ethan.

Ethan took a shaky, nervous breath. He really didn't want to do this right now with everything going on but he couldn't stop the words that came out next.

"Sure, sounds like a plan. How does six o'clock sound?"


"Alright," Derek clapped his hands, getting everyone's attention, "I know you're used to relying on your weapons," he glared at the Argents, "Or your claws and fangs," he told the pack, "But what if you don't have time to get your claws out or grab your weapon?"

"A pack member will help you," Ethan said quickly.

"Wrong," Derek snapped.

"We all have more than one gun, we'd have time," Allison said.

"Even more wrong," Derek said, "You need to learn to fight without using your powers or weapons," he looked them over before shaking his head, "Watch our example. Isaac," he called.

Isaac glared at Derek and walked over, "Spar with Peter."

"No, I want you to show them," Derek said simply before trying to take a swing at him but Isaac moved out of the way.

"There are two fighting styles," Peter took over talking as the two fought, "There's brute force and then there's speed. You can't have both in this kind of battle. Isaac uses speed because he's more lithe, Derek uses brute force because he has anger management issues."

Scott couldn't take his eyes off of Isaac, ignoring Peter's voice. He was (in a word) graceful. He didn't mess up once, his body moving to miss every attack while managing to get hits in. Derek tried punching and hitting while Isaac avoided each of them and then made a final move. He ducked to miss a hit and kicked under Derek's legs, making him fall to the ground and pinned him down.

"I win," Isaac told them all before Derek flipped them over and pinned Isaac. Isaac rolled his eyes, "He always has to do that to reassure himself. Power struggles and all that," he got up and brushed himself off, "Pair up," he told them.

"Stiles, you're with me," Derek said simply.

"I was actually going to go with Scott because we have some issues-" Stiles started.

"Stiles," Derek sighed, "Please."

Scott watched them before watching his pack pair up. Lydia was with Jackson, even if they were mates, they wouldn't hold back on each other. Aiden and Ethan went together and Danny went with Kira. Erica and Boyd were together and a few of the Argents were against each other. Scott knew the majority of the Argents were brute force aside from Allison and maybe Chris (who he noticed didn't have a partner).

"Chris, Peter's open," he called.

"No, I'll be taking Isaac," Peter glared at him.

"I'm actually going to go with Scott," Isaac smirked at Peter and walked away since Derek wasn't watching him for once.

Peter glared as Chris walked over and threw the first punch.


"This is ridiculous," Lydia said, crossing her arms when Jackson pinned her again, "I quit."

"Give it a rest, Lydia, this isn't all about you," Kira snapped from where she was fighting with Danny.

"Excuse me?" she demanded.

"They aren't hunting you," Kira said, "They're hunting us! Not you! Even the Argents know that and care about the packs. How about you bother to care about someone but yourself? I swear you're a b-"

Jackson growled at Kira and that's when all hell broke loose.

Aiden lunged at Jackson and pinned him to the ground.

End of Chapter