Give your heart a break ~ Scott McCall

Being Prepared

3rd PERSON POV

School was right around the corner and the alpha pack was making their presence known even more to Derek's pack. So the shadow hunters decided just in case, they should train Scott. Making him a better fighter.

" It's literally 6 AM, why are we out here?" Stiles whined as they stopped walking at lookout point. " Um, we dragged Scott out of bed, not you. You can go home" Aries said and Stiles flipped him off. " No I'm staying, this is like the first time we've all hung out in a while" he said, standing his ground.

" Why are we here?" Scott asked this time. " We are here because we're gonna train you" Ariadne said and motioned between herself, her brother, and Aries. Scott groaned, " stop whining, you said you would like for us to teach you a thing or two so that's what we're gonna do" Oceanus said and pulled out a few weapons from a bag.

" So I get to sit back and watch as Scott gets his ass kicked? I'll be right here" Stiles said happily, taking a seat on a rock. " We train early because that's when we first get up. We're all sleepy and tired, maybe even wore out. This is the perfect time to train. Say you get in a fight, and you're tired and beaten. What we teach you could save your life" Ariadne said, and only two other people knew the real meaning behind what she said.

" We're gonna train you separately. You'll fight all three of us. Each of us have our own fighting skills, along with technique. Learning from all three of us will help you a lot. We'll keep you on your toes. We all fight differently. One of us may go for the throat, the other will probably go for the heart" Oceanus explained and Scott furrowed his brows in confusion.

" Why go for the heart?" he asked. " Some see it as a better way to make sure you die. They see the throat as a liability" Ariadne explained, and that made him even more confused.

" You can heal from a throat wound. It all just depends on how deep the claws or whatever you use goes. So when you go for the heart, and you go through. You know that person is dead" Aries explained, picking up from where she left off. " So which one of us do you want to fight first?" Oceanus questioned, and Stiles smiled. He wasn't complaining with what he was about to see.

" You lack focus. You get caught by surprise easily" Oceanus said, helping Scott up off the ground. " Well when I said your name first, I didn't except you to be ready" Scott defended himself, he wasn't used to them training together. " When you are in a fight, when you are training. It's important to watch how they fight, how fast they move. When you do that you can anticipate the persons hits. But you don't do that, you doge hits. You're not much of a fighter, you try to hold off as long as you can. That can get you killed" Oceanus said. He learned that when he was younger. When Oceanus trains, he becomes like a whole different person, more serious, focused.

" Ok so thank you for kicking my ass, I really enjoyed it. So why do you go for the throat?" Scott asked, he was curious to know why, since he was just told that some see the throat as a liability. " Because that's how I was taught. What makes it hard is that a lot of people tend to go for the throat, so it makes the fight harder. Well that depends on the person" Oceanus said and Scott nodded.

" Guys I hate to interrupt but, this is probably the most fun I've had all year. The way Ocean knocked Scott on his ass. And then when Scott got back up Ocean flipped him! Oh this is great!" Stiles said happily, and Ariadne laughed from beside him. " Thanks for the reminder. I loved that, thank you" Scott said sarcastically and Stiles gave him a thumbs up. " Ok my turn" Aries said excitedly.

" Oh boy, we sure do have our work cut out for us" Aries said and helped Scott up off the ground. " Ok I'm new to this" Scott tried to defend himself but it wasn't working.

" Do you think anybody who fights you will care? Scott you know what I just saw?" Aries questioned and Scott shrugged his shoulders. "You've fought two different people, and you fought the same way. It's alway a block, block, then a hit. That's what gets you in trouble. You should always hit hard and hit fast. That gives you the element of surprise and gives you a couple more second to figure out what you should do. Aria you're next" Aries said but Scott stopped him.

" Why do you go for the heart?" Scott asked, he wanted to know their reasons for going at things the way they do. " Why?" Is all Aries asked. " Well maybe I wanted to know just in case life of death" Scott said and Aries laughed, Scott and Stiles looked at him weirdly. " You are not a killer. Not even when justified, even if it was life or death. This isn't a bad thing, it means you have morales and a heart. But you surround yourself with the people that do the killings. You may not know it, but you do. The Argents, Derek and Peter, hell even us" Aries said as he motioned between himself and the other shadow hunters.

" Don't listen to him Scott. You can learn to be a better fighter. I'll help" Ariadne said as she twirled the staff in her hands. All the boys stared at the scene in front of them, excited for Ariadne to beat Scott's ass.

She attacked first, looking like she was going for the throat, but went for the stomach, knocking him in his side. " Come on Scott. Watch my movements, anticipate the next hit" Ariadne encouraged. She knew Scott would listen to her so she had to change the way she moved.

She again charged first. This time she looked like she was going for the heart, but instead she went for the throat. When she put the staff up to his throat, she kicked his feet out from under him, when he fell, she still held the staff at his throat. " And you're dead" she said and the boys applauded her as she helped Scott up.

" Man I'm so glad she went last, it makes watching all this worth while" Stiles said as he walked over to them. " You don't have a certain fighting style, do you?" Scott asked, he had seen her fight multiple times but he thought she fought just like her brother.

" Basically. It's easier to be more knowledgeable to other fighting styles so your moves don't become a repeat. Makes you harder to kill" she said through breaths.

" Yea we send her out to handle a lot of things. She's a good fighter, but she lets her anger get in the way sometimes" Oceanus said, and she flipped him off. " That's true, but don't worry about it. We'll train again, and eventually you learn to fight better" she said and Scott looked at her weirdly. " Don't you mean, learn how to beat you?" Scott corrected and she shook her head. " No, I mean fight better. Scott you're moves are easy to spot. I know the type of guy you are, no matter how many things we teach you, you are gonna always block first. If things get really bad then you'll use what we teach you" She said, describing exactly how Scott was.

" Ok, it's early and I'm hungry. Who wants breakfast?" Stiles asked and everybody raised their hands. Everybody was laughing and joking as they made their way to the front of the woods. Scott decided to make a move on Ariadne. He quickly grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers. She looked over and Scott had a nervous look on his face. She gave his hand a squeeze letting him know everything was good. He let out a smile sigh of relief. He then brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it. He watched as she didn't face him but he could see the smile on her face.