Shout out to Shreya, Tesla424, Bre and aaronhotchnerlove for reviewing! It's nice to see some old reviewer's faces again :D Hi guys! Hmm..sees you really want to see Derek shift into a full wolf. Okay, it's not a definite but i'll see alright? Really glad you're liking this fic still, be sure to read the end note! Enjoy!
Ashlee's p.o.v
"Bring him in, quickly" Deaton says, opening the door for us. Isaac and I rush Derek into the back room. We get him to lay on the table and Deaton quickly unties the jumper from around him. He hisses in pain, eyes lighting up blue.
"Shhh" I soothe him, taking his hand and taking his pain. I can't continuously take his pain, it'll stop every couple seconds. I'm betting it's got to do with my wolf still not being 100%. But Isaac takes his other hand, helping. "Deaton, what do we do?" I ask him. Deaton's grabbing bandages and vials of god knows what.
"I'll do everything I can" he assures me. He tips some strong smelling liquid onto a clean rag and presses it too Derek's wound. He roars in pain and Isaac and I literally have to hold him down. My eyes fill with tears as I watch him squirm and howl in pain. "It's going to help" Deaton says, pouring the liquid right into the wound.
"I-I know" I nod, sniffing back my tears. Derek's eyes flick between human green and beta blue. "Derek" I say, rubbing his hand. He looks over at me, wincing in pain. "It'll be over soon okay? You'll be okay" I tell him. He nods but another growl leaves his lips. Deaton brings out another liquid, it's thick and a greeny-yellow colour.
"Hold him" Deaton tells us firmly. I nod, already knowing i'm not going to like this, and Derek's going to hate it. He opens the jar's lid and the smell..it's so strong. Derek jerks and pulls away from us. He gets ready to bolt when Peter comes running in. He grabs Derek and slams him back into the table.
"N-no, Peter no" Derek says.
"He has too" Peter tells his nephew. Peter looks at me. "Ash, don't watch" he says. Just as i'm about to ask why, Deaton pours the sickly smelling jelly substance into Derek's wound. The howl Derek lets out makes my wolf howl too.
"No! Stop it!" I growl at Deaton, feeling the pain radiating off of Derek. Isaac grabs me, pulling me away while Peter holds Derek down. "Let me go!" I say. Derek heaves for a few seconds before stilling. "No, no, no" I say, ripping myself away from Isaac. I rush back over to Derek. "Derek?" I say, starting to panic as he's not moving.
"He's fine Ash, I promise" Peter says. I look up at him with angry yellow eyes.
"It'll help him heal alot faster, bind the wound back together" Deaton says from behind me. I turn to him, chest rising and falling quickly with worry and anger. Deaton takes a small step back.
"Thank you" I say, trying to force myself to calm down.
"Ash, look" Isaac says. I look and he motions to the stab wound. It's not clean through anymore, it's already started to come together again. I sigh in relief.
"It'll heal on the outside in the next few minutes but on the inside, he'll feel the pain for a few days" Deaton tells me, coming back to my side now that he sees my anger is gone and i'm just worried.
"He's going to be okay" Peter says. I wipe my eyes and nod. I move to sit down beside him. I run one hand through his hair as I wait for him to wake up.
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"Ash" my eyes flutter open. I've fallen asleep with my head on the table, hand still in Derek's hair. "Ash, look" I recognize the voice as Peter's. I look at him tiredly and he nods to Derek. I look back to Derek and he stirs, eyes opening.
"Derek?" I call out. He looks at me, a smile coming to his lips. I smile back, eyes glassey. "You're okay"
"I'm okay" he nods. He tries to sit up and Peter quickly comes to help him. "Thanks" he smiles softly at his Uncle.
"You had us worrid there" Peter says.
"Takes more than a katana through the side to take me out" Derek says, sighing in relief that he isn't actually dead.
"Lucky for you. I would have killed you if you died" I say. Derek smiles softly at me.
"You couldn't kill me, you love me" he says.
"Yeah, I do" I admit, smiling. "I really do"
"I really do too" Derek says, smiling properly now. I laugh softly, so happy he's okay. I lean up and kiss him, him instantly kissing me back.
"Are you loud with this too?" Peter asks. We pull away, remembering he's right there. I blush and Derek turns to his Uncle.
"If you guys weren't here we could have gotten loud" Derek jokes. Him and Peter laugh, I chuckle and my cheeks flare up red viciously.
"Please don't give us the satisfaction" Isaac says, coming over with Deaton. Derek smiles at them too.
"How does it feel?" Deaton asks him.
"Sore but it's alot better. Thank you" Derek says to him. Deaton nods with a soft smile. Peter helps Derek off the table and to his feet. He stands by himself, lifting his shirt to look at the wound. It appears fully healed but like Deaton says, there's alot of internal damage that still needs time to heal. "Has anyone heard anything from Scott or the pack?" Derek asks. I shake my head. As if on cue, Scott and Lydia walk into the clinic. They both rush over to us.
"Jesus Derek you asshole" Scott says. My eyes widen, he doesn't usually swear. "You scared to crap out of me!" he exclaims.
"I know, i'm sorry. I'm okay though" Derek assures him. Scott smiles in relief.
"How are you two?" I ask the pair. They were closest with Allison.
"Coping" Lydia says, giving me a sad smile. I rub her arm. It's hard. We lost someone important but we're expected to keep strong and keep fighting. It's something no one should ask of a group of young adults and teenagers..but it's what we have to do.
"I'm so sorry" I say softly. Scott nods, eyes a little glassey. Scott asks Deaton about a box made from the Nemeton that we could trap the Nogitsune fly spirit inside of.
"My mother's claws" Derek says. "That box, it's made from the Nemeton" Derek tells us.
"How are you so sure?" Scott asks him.
"Because Deaton made it" Derek says. We all look to Deaton and he nods sadly. It's obvious Tahlia meant alot to Deaton. I'm not exactly sure where their relationship ruled it's line, weither it was strictly business or more but she was definitely important to him.
"So we can trap it? We can stop the Nogitsune?" I ask. Derek nods.
"We just have to catch it" he says.
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We all rush to the school. Me, Derek and the twins are going to hold off the Oni while Scott, Lydia, Kira and Stiles go into the school.
"Be careful Ash, come back to me" Scott says, hugging me.
"I promise I will" I assure him. I hug him tightly and lean in to whisper in his ear. "I'm so sorry about Allison..she meet alot to me too" he pulls back, nodidng.
"I know, i'm sorry too" he says.
"You find that evil son of a bitch and you kick it's ass, okay?" I say. All 4 of them nod determindedly. "We all make it back, all of us" I say, looking around our group. I tried to get Derek to stay back and heal some more but he refused to leave me to fight. I refused to let the twins hold off the Oni alone becuase that's how we keep my brother and the others safe. We split off, them going inside, us going down the steps. Two of the Oni appear on the steps as we walk over. What we didn't plan for was the Nogitsune to be waiitng for us. He was supposed to be in the school.
"Did you bring us a present?" the Nogitsune asks Derek. Derek puts the triskele box on the ground. He's wolfed out. The twins come up behind him, shifted as well.
"I brought 3" Derek says.
"You know, i've heard of all alpha pack before Derek but not a pack of former alphas. A little sad isn't it?" the Nogitsune asks.
"I may not be an alpha anymore, but I can still fight like one" Derek says, growling. I reveal myself, coming to his side with glowing yellow eyes. The instinct to fight, to protect my family and pack pushing my wolf to the surface.
"And what a twist this has become on the normal fairytale" the Nogitsune smirks. I look at him in confusion. "Little red riding hood falls for the big bad wolf" it says, motioning to Derek and I.
"Try two big bad wolves" I growl. The Oni flick their swords. Ethan and Aiden snarl from behind Derek and I. The Oni bring up their katanas. "In fact, try 4 big bad wolves" I say before the 4 of us run at them. There's only 2 Oni so the twins take 1 and Derek and I take the other.
"Where the hell are they?" Ethan asks. I'm thinking that too, if they didn't find the Nogitsune because he's out here then they would have come to find us by now.
"If he's here then they have to be here somewhere" Aiden says.
"In the school!" Derek tells them, throwing the Oni down the steps and away from us. That Oni gets back up and attacks Derek, slamming him againist the steps. I claw at it's middle, getting it off him.
"The box! Get them the box!" I say, swiping out at the Oni. Derek jumps to his feet, helping me. 2 more Oni appear in front of the box as Aiden tries to get it.
"I hate ninjas" he growls, running at them. We keep fighting them off but there's 4 of them now and 4 of us. We're slowly losing.
"We can't do this! We can't beat them!" Aiden says as he shoves an Oni to the ground.
"Take the box, we'll hold them off!" Ethan yells. Derek catches the Oni's arm, throwing it down the steps before it can stab me. Derek jumps down and growls at it. The Oni moves to attack him when an arrows strikes into it's chest. It stops, faltering. We look up to see Chris holding Allison's crossbow. Isaac flips down and lands in a crotch. The Oni pulls the arrow out but still explodes into nothing. Just like the one Allison killed.
"What was that?" I ask Chris.
"Silver" Chris tells us. I think back to when Allison shot that Oni..she used her silver arrowhead, the one she made as her graduation into being a hunter. Scott told me about their practices awhile back.
"Go! Get the trisklele box to Scott!" Derek yells. Isaac grabs the box and runs. The 4 of us continue to fight off the Oni. I grab one of the Oni from behind and nod to Chris. He fires and hits it in the chest, killing that Oni. He fires at the last one but it slashes the arrow in half with it's katana.
"Get the arrow, it's the last one" Chris tells us. Aiden runs over to the arrows. The Oni appears and begins fighting him. Aiden ducks under it's sword and grabs the pointed broken half. He stabs it into the Oni. We watch it die, disappear like the others. Aiden's eyes fade out.
"Aiden!" Ethan yells. Aiden pulls the Oni's sword out of him, dropping it to the ground.
"No!" I yell. I run over to him, Derek following. Derek grabs him, stops him from falling backwards. Chris and Ethan rush over, Ethan taking his brother into his arms as he drops to the ground. "Come on, if we get him to Deaton then.." I look to Derek. Derek shakes his head sadly. I look back at Aiden and his torso's covered with black blood. Where the sword went in..right into his stomach and lower organs. We were lucky with Derek, that they only clipped his side. I frown sadly, looking down at Aiden.
"Does it hurt you as much as it hurts me?" Aiden asks Ethan, blood dripping from his mouth and down his chin.
"Yeah" Ethan whispers, nodding. Both twins start to cry as they hold each other. Ethan brings their foreheads together and I feel my own eyes well up. I crotch down beside Aiden with Derek. He turns and gives me a weak smile.
"Thank you for giving me another ch-chance" Aiden says to me. I bite my bottom lip, holding back my tears. I brush my hand over the back of his head softly.
"You deserved that second chance" I say. As my tears fall, Derek's hand finds mine.
"Did they get the box?" Aiden asks, looking at Ethan. Ethan nods. Aiden sighs sadly. "Lydia never would have believed I was one of the good guys anyway" Ethan laughs sadly, leaning into his brother.
"She'll believe us" Derek assures him. Aiden starts to cough weakly.
"Shhh" Ethan soothes him, bringing their foreheads together again. Then Aiden stops and Ethan slowly lowers him to the ground. I can't hear a heartbeat. I look out when I hear footsteps. Lydia is crying is Stiles. Scott, Isaac and Kira looking down at us. Ethan cries over his brother's body. We did it..we killed the Nogitsune. But at what cost? 2 innocent people's lives? I start to cry, to mourn them. Derek tries to hug me to him but I can't help what happens next. I shift into my wolf form. They all look at me in cofusion and shock. I shake my snout, tears wetting my fur. I look into Derek's eyes and see his tears. I turn and run into the night, letting my tears soak the fur under my eyes. I find I don't shift back like I thought I would. I find myself running and running and running. All this death..I didn't want to lose anyone. No one, no matter who they were. I find myself at the lookout point. I sit in the leaves, looking over the town. I throw my head back, howling up at the moon in saddness, in sorrow.
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I cried like 4 times watching this epsiode to write this chapter :( So I was thinking of doing a 'take two' of this fic. Some things I know I could have writen better or different. So..a good idea? I already have the idea of Ashlee not being a werewolf but not being human ;) I'll go more in depth into seasons 1 and 2 as I didn't in this fic. Not sure about seson 3a and 3b and probably a no on season 4 as well. But..let me know? Favourite, follow and review!