After Stiles woke up and talked, Derek noticed Boyd who was laying in the corner of the room and knew that he was too late and Boyd fucked up. He turned to Max and said, "Max, is that really necessary? And where did you get a witch to cast a paralysis spell."
Max just said, "You need to teach your betas where they stand. First he attacked me in my home and I heard he was also eyeing for my girl. Well, I would've killed him for either one. I just waited for you to come and explain."
Isaac at this time came in and said, "Max, he didn't know about you. And we're all new to this, so we still have our issues."
Allison also came in at this time, "They're right, you know. Don't you think you're going overboard with this? Come on, Max."
Max looked at them and turned to Selena and asked, "Selena, what do you think about this?"
Selena thought about it and noticed Derek, Isaac and Erica's pleading look and decided to forgive him, "Max, I think we should give him a chance. He is a friend after all."
Max nodded at her and said, "He'll stay like that till morning. And Derek, you better teach your betas some manners."
Derek nodded. Max then said, "Ok, let's get back to the matter at hand. Since when did the werejaguar attack started? And why do some of you think it's me?"
Stiles who was silent said, "Well, we never did see a werejaguar. There were only these six berserkers that usually attack us. It started a month ago. So nobody knows who the werejaguar is."
Max thought about it, (According to the plot, this time it was suppose to be Jackson who turns into a kanima and attacks everyone, it might be because of Peter's bite he could've turned into a werejaguar. Well, nothing is going according to the plot.) Then he said, "Guys, I think we're missing something important here. There was one person who got bit by Peter and has a grudge against all of us, especially you, Stiles."
Stiles thought about it and shouted, "Fuck! It's Jackson. How could we not see this? No wonder that asshole has been hiding all this time."
As soon as this statement was heard everyone figured it out. Derek said, "I still can't believe none of us remember him."
Max said, "Well, it's been months and we haven't heard a word from him. So I think it must be because of that."
Stiles said again, "That scaredy cat ran off like a pussy. Now he's back in town but still he's hiding. Once a coward, always a coward."
Isaac and Erica never knew that Jackson ran away because of these guys. Isaac asked, "So what do we do now?"
Max looked at him and said, "Everyone rest for now. I'll patrol the town tonight. I'll cover most of the area. And I also have something to take care of. D, you're gonna follow me, we'll get you fixed first."
Selene pouted hearing that Max was going out with Divina, Max noticed it, as he went to her and whispered in her ears, "Tonight, clear your schedule. I have a surprise for you." Selene was excited hearing this.
Everyone went on their way, only Allison stayed with Selena as they live right nextdoor. Boyd was paralysed in his place with no help.
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Max took Divina to the forest, as they were flying, Max closed his eyes and tried to sense the nearby energies and soon he found a dormant powerful energy source and went towards it.
In a few seconds he landed near a tree stump which seemed to be as old as the town itself. Divina watching that asked, "What is that?"
Max stared at the tree stump and said, "It's the Nemeton. Its a powerful being. It looks like a tree stump, but I heard that it existed from ancient times."
Divina was already scared standing near this thing, so she asked, "What are we doing here?"
Max looked at her and said, "We're going to get rid of your ancestral magic. You see, this tree is old and now it's kinda weak compared to its prime, so it's absorbing energies all around this place. So if you were to channel all your ancestral magic and let it absorb, you'll be able to get rid of the ancestral magic, and you'll be able to develop your own magic. It's a theory, but still it's worth a shot."
Divina nervously asked, "What if I lose my magic permanently?"
Max just smiled at her and said, "You can trust me on this. You're a born witch, as long as you're alive or if you don't turn into a vampire your magic will regrow." Even Max wasn't sure if this is gonna work or not, but he was willing do anything to help his friend.
Divina nodded hearing what Max said as she went and sat on the tree stump, she felt the dormant power inside the tree. She was already surprised and thought, (If this is in its weak state, how powerful was it when it was in its prime?) But soon she focused and channeled all her magic, the restriction which she felt as she entered the town was lifted, but all her magic was being absorbed by the Nemeton. She sat there and focused on channeling her magic.
Max watching this knew that it's gonna take some time, so he sat there and decided to mediate. As he was meditating he soon felt the surrounding energy. He was always able to sense energy signatures all around him, but today he was sensing different kind, a kind of pure energy.
He swiftly opened his eyes and thought (Is this nature charka? If it is, I think this is gonna help a great deal in my sage mode practice.)
So Max made a shadow clone and sat down and let the shadow clone observe his changes. He focused on the technique Naruto used to practice sage mode.
After five hours he was able to take in the surrounding energy, as soon as he got the hang of it, he greedily absorbed the energy.
His shadow clone was observing the changes that was happening to his body. The clone saw its real body slowly absorbing the nearby energy, but as soon as his real body sucked in the energy faster, the real body started to get woodified. His arms and legs started to turn into wood. The clone Max just channeled some ki in his hand and slapped on the back of the real body. As soon as he did that, the real body came back to its senses.
As soon as Max opened his eyes he noticed that his hands and legs were covered with a layer of wood. Now he knew that he nearly turned into a wooden tree, just like how there were so many people turned to stone in Mount Miyaboku. This wasn't the Naruto world's one of the sacred land's nature charka. This was a whole another world, he had to be cautious of the side effects.
So he used his ki to get rid of the cinnamon like barks covering his arms and legs. But he still felt his body being enhanced, like the impurities in his body being thrown out. He was sure that five percent of the impurities in his body was cleared off just by this one session.
He wanted to train and continue to practice it, but at this time Divina came walking from the Nemeton. He looked at her and asked, "How do you feel?"
Divina said with a smile, "I feel a whole lot better." But she again frowned and said, "But I can't feel any magic within myself."
Max looked at her and said, "Don't worry. In a month or two, you'll be able to channel your own magic. It just takes time."
Divina just came near Max and hugged him and said, "Thank you for everything."
Max hugged back and smiled at her and said, "Come on, D. You helped me out a lot. It's the least I could do. Now let's go, you get some rest tonight. I'll introduce you to everyone tomorrow."
Divina nodded and said, "Okay."
Max just took her and went back to his house.