Next Day
Naruto, had stayed with Allison, for a few hours the two just talked although her mom had come in twice, causing Naruto to hide under the bed, and when he was leaving he had caught a glance at her dad, who turned out to be the crossbow-wielding hunter, and that would pose a problem.
Making it home, Naruto didn't even feel the need to sleep, so he stayed up and worked out, Saturday he hung out with Stiles and filled him in on everything, and snuck into the hospital for some blood bags while training himself with control of his urges, and his heartbeat
Sunday was the same, just texting Allison thrown into the mix, and dinner with his mom
Monday picked up with LaCrosse practice "Let's go! One-on-ones from up top." Coach shouted before he looked to Jackson "Jackson, take a long stick, today. Attaboy."
Jackson with the long stick stood in front of the goalie ready to block when the whistled blew and he began to stop player after player and smirked arrogantly when Naruto stepped up
Naruto was deep in thought and moved on autopilot when the whistle blew, running forward, toward the goal when Jackson charged full steam into him, causing him to fall onto his back, and looking up at Jackson's smirking face
With a growl, he kicked up to his feet as Coach walked up to him "Let me do it again."
"Take a lap." Coach said before Naruto looked him in the eyes
"Let me do it again." Naruto said forcibly the pupils in his eyes widening and shrinking as he did, as the coach in a daze
"Do it again." Coach said before Naruto ran back to the line "Nathan's going to do it again!"
Naruto glared at the smirking Jackson, and when the whistle blew he sprinted forward, and when Jackson tried to humiliate him, Naruto's more durable body won the clash sending Jackson to the ground clutching his shoulder in pain, before Naruto threw the ball into the goal, and looked down at the groaning Jackson and smirked as multiple heartbeats the smell of blood caused him to vamp out, quickly he walked off, as the team and coach ran to check on Jackson
As Naruto began to head to the locker room with Stiles in pursuit he stopped as he saw Derek watching him, and with a scoff he continued on as he began to shift, and headed to the showers to stand under the water, taking calming breaths as he looked to his fingernails which were now wolf-like claws
"Nate."
"Get out of here, Stiles. I need to keep calm." Naruto said as Naruto took a deep breath and the claws retracted and his face returned to normal before he grabbed a towel and walked out to see Stiles sitting down
"l told you. It's the anger, it's your pulse rising. It's a trigger."
"But that's lacrosse. It's a violent game." Naruto said drying his face and hair
"Well, it's gonna be a lot more violent if you end up killing someone on the field." Stiles said causing Naruto to sigh "You can't play Saturday. You are gonna have to get out of the game."
"But I'm first line." Naruto said looking to his friend
"Not anymore." Stiles said causing Naruto to frown
Later
Naruto's House
Naruto walked into his room, and collapsed on the bed "Hey." looking toward the door he saw his mom "Late shift again for me. But I am taking Saturday off to see your first game."
"Mom, what's the point of your beloved son winning 50 million dollars, if you keep working at a job you don't really like?" Naruto asked sitting up
"I like my job...sort of." Melissa said before she walked up to Naruto "Hey, what's wrong with your eyes?" Naruto blinked and looked at her, "You Look like you haven't slept in days."
"Uh, it's nothing. Just stressed."
"Just stress? Nothing else?" Melissa asked looking at Naruto who raised an eyebrow "I mean, it's not like you're on drugs or anything, right?"
"Not right now." Naruto said
"Wha- Not right now? When have you ever taken drugs?" Melissa asked
"When have you?" Naruto asked in return causing Melissa to pause
"Get some sleep." Melissa said turning and walking away
"Wait, I want to hear this story." Naruto said getting up and running after her
"Go to your room!" Melissa yelled
Later
After seeing his mom off, Naruto walked back into his room, when his phone rung, "Hello?" he asked
"Yo, so Jackson has a separated shoulder." Stiles said causing Naruto to shrug unsympathetic
"So, he won't be playing."
"Nobody knows, but everyone is counting on you this Saturday."
"Great, alright, hit me back, I need to finish my homework." Naruto said
"Got ya!" Stiles said hanging up, before Naruto paused as he was about to grab his backpack, and turned just as Derek came and placed his forearm on his throat holding him to the wall
"I saw you on the field."
'Yeah, so did everyone else." Naruto growled glaring at Derek
"You shifted in front of them. If they find out what you are, they find out about me, about all of us. And then it's not just the hunters after us, it's everyone. I swear if you even try to play in that game on Saturday, I'm gonna kill you myself." Derek growled before he pushed off Naruto and jumped out the window, while Naruto growled before he walked to the closet, and moved a panel where he had had a safe installed when his mom had gone on a trip so she didn't know about it, reaching in he grabbed a blood bag, and looked at it for a moment before he closed the safe
Next Day
Naruto had made no move to talk to coach, but Stiles was right his mother was coming and if he lost control and killed someone his life was over so either he learned enough control to survive the game or he didn't play at all
Naruto was knocked out of his troubled thoughts when Allison tapped his shoulder turning he smiled "Hey."
"Hey. Busy?"
"For you, never." Naruto smiled
"I like the sound of that." Allison giggled "I have to run to French class but I wanted you to know that I'm coming to see you play tomorrow." she said causing Naruto to blink "And we're all going out afterward."
"All?" Naruto asked
"Yeah, you, me, Lydia, Jackson. It's gonna be great. Tell Stiles to come, too." Allison said happily before she pecked his lips "Save me a seat at Lunch. I gotta go."
"Oh, God." Naruto groaned as the bell rung
Allison walked to her locker as the hallway cleared out, and opened it but paused as there hanging was the jacket she hadn't seen since the night of the party, taking it out, she looked around wondering who put in there before she jumped when the final minute bell rang and put her jacket up, and left
Algebra
Naruto and Lydia were at the board solving a math problem when Lydia whispered to him "Why is there a rumor going around that you're not playing tomorrow?"
"'Cause I'm probably not." Naruto shrugged, causing Lydia to smile sarcastically
"I think you probably are. Especially when you brutally injure my boyfriend by ramming into him." Lydia said with a small glare
"You got that backward, the dick brutally injured himself ramming into me." Naruto said still solving the problem
"Jackson's gonna play tomorrow, but he's not gonna be at his peak. And I prefer my boyfriend at peak performance."
"It's one game, Lydia." Naruto sighed
"One important game. I date the captain of the winning LaCrosse team. And if they start off the season losing, I date the captain of the losing LaCrosse team. I don't date losers."
'Of course, you do, well that's what Jackson is in my perspective." Naruto shrugged before he grunted and smiled when Lydia stomped on his foot
"Fine. Don't play. We'll go out after like we're planning, and introduce Allison to all the hot players on the team." Lydia said as Naruto looked at her
"I'm confident enough, I can still keep her attention." Naruto replied as he put his chalk down and looked at his work "I know we haven't really spoken in a year, but I'm still the same person I was before, if I want to play, I'll play, no ands, ifs, or buts."
Lydia smiled placing down her chalk "That's what I like to hear." she said patting his cheek and walking off, as Naruto sighed and walked toward his seat
Hour and a Half Later
Naruto locked his locker before Stiles ran up to him "Hey, come here." Stiles said leading him toward a wall
"What?" Naruto asked before Stiles pointed to his dad and a deputy who was talking to the principal
"Tell me what they're saying."
Naruto sighed as he looked over to the Sheriff "We want everyone under the age of 18 to be in their home by 9:30 p.m. We'd like to institute the curfew effective immediately." he heard before he looked to Stiles "Curfew because of the body."
"Unbelievable. My dad's out looking for a rabid animal while the jerkoff who actually killed the girl is just hanging out, doing whatever he wants." Stiles said
"You can't exactly tell your dad the truth about Derek." Naruto replied causing Stiles to nod before he frowned
"I can do something. Like, find the other half of the body." Stiles said walking off
"Seriously?" Naruto asked before he made to follow but paused when he heard "This is Allison ." looking down the hallway he saw Lydia introducing Allison to a player on the team, and frowned
"Hi." Allison smiled shaking the boy's hand 'Nice to meet you.'
'She's the new girl. She just moved here.' Lydia said
'Oh. How do you like it?' the boy asked
'I like it. It was nice meeting you.' Allison said before Lydia, and the boy began to walk away "See you soon." she said to Lydia before turning around and gasping when she saw Naruto there
"Sorry." Naruto apologized smiling softly, as she laughed took a deep breath "So, Lydia's introducing you to everyone?"
"She's being so unbelievably nice to me." Allison smiled
"Yeah, I wonder why." Naruto said looking after Lydia
"Maybe she gets how much being the new girl can suck."
"Aw, well you're doing pretty well for the new girl." Naruto said
"How so?' Allison asked
"Well, your friends with the most popular girl in school already, but more importantly your friends with the devilishly handsome bad boy." Naruto said causing Allison to smile
"Devilishly handsome?"
"Gorgeous, Adonis, godlike...I can keep going if you want?" Naruto asked as Allison giggling slapped his chest before she asked
"So, we're just friends?" Allison asked
"Well, that is up to you, do you want us to be just friends, or," Naruto stepped closer to Allison "More than that?"
"I like the sound of that." Allison said
"I knew you would." Naruto said cockily as Allison smiled before Naruto noticed the jacket she was carrying the same one that Derek used to lure him into a clearing "You found your jacket?"
"Oh, yeah. It was in my locker. I think Lydia brought it back from the party. She has my combination."
"Did somebody give her the jacket?" Naruto asked
"Like who?"
"Like the guy who drove you home from the party." Naruto said
"Your friend, Derek?'
"You have to at least know someone to be friends." Naruto said placing a hand on her shoulder "Just be careful around him, alright?"
"Alright." Allison nodded
"Come on, I'll walk you to class." Naruto said taking her bag, and the two walked off, with Naruto's eyes flashing, yellow for a split second
Later
Hale House
Derek was working out, to pass the time, doing chin-ups, before he dropped down to do push-ups, but paused when he found himself looking at the tennis shoes of someone and looked up to see Naruto looking down at him,
Outside
Derek grunted when he was thrown out of a boarded-up window, outside, and landed with a thud on the ground, before he coughed when Naruto stomped on his chest keeping him down so that he couldn't get up "Your going to stay away from her." Naruto said glaring down at Derek
"You think your little buddy Stiles can just google "Werewolves" and now you've got all the answers, is that it? You don't get it yet, Nate, but I'm looking out for you." Derek said pushing Naruto's foot off of him and getting up, "Think about what could happen. You're out on the field, the aggression takes over and you shift in front of everyone. Your mom, all your friends, and when they see you, everything falls apart."
"I don't need to be looked after, and if your so worried about the hunters, leave. And stop introducing yourself to the daughter of one of them as my friend." Naruto said getting in Derek's face "You don't know me, and I sure as hell don't know you. So stay the hell out of my life."
Derek watched as Naruto walked off, and looked back to the window he had been tossed out of, and looked back to Naruto. The kid smelled like a werewolf, but something was wrong with the scent, and his strength, it was different somehow
Later
Stiles hid in the bushes in full camouflage wear, watching the house, when he saw Derek walk out and get into his car before he drove off "Showtime." Stiles said to himself before he got up and ran over to the house, but paused when he saw a fresh patch of dirt that looked like it had been dug up recently, and quickly he ran over, and grabbed a shovel nearby and was about to start digging when he turned and saw Naruto
"Holy!" Stiles yelled falling back
"You know, this has got to be the dumbest thing you've ever done." Naruto said as Stiles got up
"What're you doing here?"
'I thought you were doing something stupid, and I was right."
"Good for you. Listen, I'm glad you're here, I think I found the other half of the body." Stiles said pointing to the pile of dirt
"We're not cops, Stiles. In fact, I'm pretty sure any career I could've had in law enforcement was killed when I got bit."
"We can't have some homicidal werewolf, running around." Stiles said, "We find the body, and my dad nails the basted and takes him to jail, then we get on with our lives."
"I get the feeling it isn't going to be nearly that easy." Naruto said
"Shut up and dig." Stiles said handing Naruto the shovel before he grabbed another
"Thursday night, I finish my homework, talk to my new hot girlfriend, then help my troublesome friend dig up a body at werewolves home." Naruto said
"Well, at least our lives aren't boring right?" Stiles asked
Naruto scoffed before he saw something dangling from Stiles's neck "What's that?" Naruto asked blinking as stiles looked at him "Is that a whistle?" he asked smiling
"Ok, yes, I was going to use this, if he came back." Stiles said
"Heh, you brought a rape whistle with you to dig up a body at a werewolves' house. Wow, Stiles. That is something." Naruto said chuckling before they hit something
"Stop, stop, stop." Stiles said as the two dropped the shovels and knelt down to untie some ropes but when Naruto's hands came in contact with the ropes they began to burn causing him to jump back with a shot of pain, as his hands looked blistered while Stiles's hands were perfectly fine
"The hell?" Naruto asked watching as his hands healed
"Maybe it's a wolf thing." Stiles said
"Nice." Naruto replied, as Stiles kept untying the ropes but jumped out of the hole screaming after he opened the bag, as a wolf was seen inside it
"What the hell is that?" Stiles asked
"It's a wolf.' Naruto said looking at it
"I meant why the hell, is it buried here!" Stiles said before he noticed a flower in the light "Wait, you see that?"
Naruto hopped out the hole, and looked to the flower "Yeah, what about it?"
"I think it's wolfsbane, maybe that's why you couldn't touch the ropes." Stiles said walking over and taking the flower, and pulling it up by a rope with petals of the flower attached came with it, and after about 2 minutes of pulling on the rope in a spiral formation Naruto looked down to the wolf, and his eyes widened when it began to turn into a woman, the body he saw that night
"Stiles.' Naruto said with a frown causing Stiles to walk over and jump seeing the body
Next Day
Naruto shook his head after they found the body, Stiles had called his dad while he left, spending the day meditating before he went to see Allison, but as he was running up the driveway, an SUV sped in and skidded to a stop in front of him, while he jumped and rolled across the hood, as Chris Argent Allison's father got out
"Oh my god, are you okay?" Chris asked running over to Naruto who turned on to his back,
"Dad? Dad? What the hell are you doing?" Allison asked running outside over to Naruto who began to sit
"It was my fault," Naruto said, "Kinda ran out into the driveway, and didn't see him till the last minute. I'm sorry."
"Are you okay?" Chris asked as Naruto placed a hand on his knee and began to stand up
"Yeah, I'm fine." Naruto said before he looked to the car "Sorry I hit your car, if it was damaged in any way, I'll pay to fix it."
"No, that's alright." Chris said before Naruto looked to Allison
"I was just coming by to see if you wanted a ride to the LaCrosse game." Naruto said causing Allison to smile as Chris looked between the two teens "If you still wanted to come?"
"Of course I still want to go."
"I'll come too."
Naruto and Allison frowned and looked to the smiling Chris, who dusted some grass off Naruto's jacket
Later
Locker Room
Naruto, who just put on his jersey, with a raised eyebrow turned to Stiles "Your listening to Derek now, the guy we just got tossed in jail? Wait, when did you even have time to talk to him?"
"When he was in the back of my dad's squad car, waiting to be driven to prison."
'Hm." Naruto shrugged and closed his locker
"Nate, he's right. If you lose control out there."
"My life is over, I know." Naruto said before he felt eyes on him and looked over to Jackson who was staring at him as a few players walked away from him, with a smirk Naruto tapped his shoulder causing Jackson to frown and glare before he slammed his locker and walked off, as Naruto looked to Stiles "I don't care what Derek has to say, we don't even know the guy."
"Yeah, but he's the only other werewolf besides you around right now."
"Well yeah, with the top half of a dead girl's corpse he had buried on his property.' Naruto said before he placed a hand on Stiles's shoulder "Do I know what's going to happen, out there, no. It might get really bad, or it might be really good."
"So there's a 50/50 chance you won't maim and kill everyone on the field." Stiles said causing Naruto to shrug before he sighed "Just try not to worry too much while you're out there, okay? Or get too angry."
"I got it, mom." Naruto said walking off
Later
LaCrosse Field
The crowd was cheering as the players got ready for the final moments before the game began as Naruto and Stiles walked toward the bench, Lydia suddenly walked in front of Naruto and grabbed him "I just want you to remember one thing out there."
"Yeah, yeah I know don't waste your breath." Naruto said as Lydia frowned as Naruto looked her in the eye "Go sit in the stands, eat some popcorn and hope your boyfriend doesn't completely ruin his shoulder."
Lydia released Naruto and walked off "I'm so going to abuse this." he smirked walking to the bench and sitting down as Coach walked by them and sat between Stiles and Jackson
"How's the shoulder?" Coach asked Jackson
"It's fine." Jackson nodded
"Feel any pain?"
"No."
"What if I gave it a big old punch? Would you feel any pain then?" Coach asked causing Jackson to look at him with a raised eyebrow
"Maybe."
"Listen, just go out there, just give it your best, if you feel any pain, you just,"
"Just keep playing?" Jackson asked
"That's my boy." Coach smiled as Jackson looked at him for a moment before the starting players went out onto the field
Naruto walked forward, rotating his shoulder, and rolling his neck, "Okay, keep calm. Play and win the game, get closer to Allison, mom's proud, life goes on. Play, and lose control, get dumped by Allison, mom's scared of you, and you should probably leave town as soon as possible and never return. No sweat." he thought with a sigh, looking over to his excited mom in the stands, as well as Allison, and her dad
Shaking his head, and calming himself, Naruto got in position as the ball was placed on the ground and the whistle blew and the game started, as Jackson secured the ball, Naruto got open and watched how the ball was passed around to everyone beside him till his teammate who had the ball collided with another player dropping it, and he went to get it only to be pushed from behind by Jackson who got it scored,
Naruto stood up and looked to a smirking Jackson "That's it, Jackson! Get fired up!" Coach shouted
Lydia, was in the crowd cheering loudly while Melissa clapped slowly with a frown along with Stiles dad before Lydia and Allison held up a sign for Jackson
Naruto ignored all that, as he walked to Jackson who was in a huddle with 4 other players "So that's how you want to play it?"
'You were just in the way."
'Fuck you." Naruto spat before he looked to other players "Don't pass McCall the ball, right? Okay. I'll get it myself."
Naruto roughly pushed through his teammates who watched him before they looked to Jackson "Plan stays the same." he said causing them to frown "Only to me."
The game continued on with Naruto getting open and watching as no one passed him the ball before the third quarter began and he was ready to go on the offensive
The referee placed the ball down between Jackson, and the other player "Down! Set!" Sion as the whistle blew
Jackson and his opponent tried to get the ball, with Jackson losing and the ball being sent up into the air, players tried to stand under the ball to get it, when Naruto using his teammates and members of the other team as platforms ran up and got the ball, before he began to run toward the goal, spinning around, and ducking under defenders before he tossed the ball and scored causing everyone to cheer
"Yeah! Yes!" Melissa shouted
"That's what, I'm talking about!" Stiles yelled cheering with the other players on the bench
"To McCall! Pass to McCall! To McCall!" Coach yelled
Jackson who was running up frowned as Naruto walked passed bumping into him "Only me." Naruto said as Jackson watched
"Set!" the ref yelled before he blew the whistle, and Jackson failed again to secure the ball for his team, as another player got the ball, and turned to run, but Naruto was there and slapped his stick up causing the ball to fly off, and once he caught it, he easily scored again although the ball went straight through the goalies stick into the goal
Naruto continued to get the ball and score before 4th quarter arrived and he sat out with the score being 7 to 4
"McCall come on you can still play."
"This is a good move, let some of your other players who've never been in a game get some experience." Naruto said compelling the coach who nodded and looked to a player as Naruto walked off to the locker rooms the crowd cheering watching him go
Locker Room
Naruto walked into the locker room and snatched off his helmet and gloves as he looked to his clawed fingernails, before he clutched his head, breathing deeply trying to center himself when after a moment he looked up
Allison walked into the locker room to see the lights out, and Naruto nowhere to be found "Nate? Nate, are you here?" she asked as she heard water dripping
Allison continued to look around as she heard rustling and creaking as a figure blurred across the shadows behind her, as Naruto appeared fully vamped out before he closed his eyes and tried to calm down, Allison unaware that Naruto was behind her looked around freaked out before she turned around and saw a regular faced Naruto standing there
"Hey," Naruto greeted
"You scared me, are you okay?"
"Yeah. A teammate with an ego, kinda annoying."
"Well I wouldn't know about that, but you were pretty amazing out there." Allison smiled
"Thanks." Naruto smiled before he reached forward gently moved her hair behind her ear, and the two leaned in and began to kiss.