Chris and Derek

Kate, Chris' sister, manipulated Derek to help her in taking down his family and she killed majority of the Hale Family
Chris initially believed Derek to be an evil Werewolf and hunted him several time
Chris came to realize that Derek was one of those Werewolves who wanted to protect their town as they put their differences aside
The two helped each other and their friends and allies deal with many threats, including the Alpha Pack, the Darach, the Nogitsune, the Deadpool, among others.
Both departed Beacon Hills for different countries and reasons
Both returned to help Scott and his pack deal with the intense war between Hunters and supernaturals
The two helped the McCall Pack in recruiting orphaned supernatural creatures to help them in their war against Tamora Monroe
Argent was shocked when Derek sacrificed his life to ensure the permanent death of the Nogitsune

### Ship Name

Cherek

**The relationship between Human Hunter Chris Argent and Evolved Beta Werewolf Derek Hale.**

Although the Argent Family and the Hale Family had a history that seemingly went back decades, Derek and Argent did not actually come face-to-face in any of the flashbacks to the early-2000's; Argent seemed to be aware that Derek was a member of the famous and well-known Werewolf pack just as Derek knew of Argent's family's legacy as Werewolf Hunters.

The conflict between the Argent and Hale families took a turn for the worse when Argent's younger sister Kate seduced Derek in order to gain information about the Hale Family and set fire to the Hale House (possibly under the orders of their father, Gerard Argent) killing between eight and eleven members of the Hale Family, human and Werewolf alike, though neither Argent nor any other member of the Argent Family had any idea that Kate was the one who orchestrated the fire. Instead, it was an event that was always pinned on the whole Argent Family for their reputation as Hunters, and the other members of the family just assumed they were being unfairly blamed for the murders.

Both Derek and Argent returned to Beacon Hills in late 2010/early 2011 out of curiosity when it became clear that there was a new Alpha in town, though the two had different motives—Derek wanted to learn who it was so he could get revenge, as it had killed his older sister Laura Hale and stolen her Alpha powers, while Argent wanted to kill the Alpha, especially when it began committing a killing spree throughout Beacon Hills against all of Kate's co-conspirators, though Argent would not learn the last fact until later. Argent also began hunting for the Alpha's newly turned Beta, not knowing that it was Scott McCall, the newbie Werewolf whom Derek was mentoring and who was the new boyfriend of Argent's daughter Allison.

Eventually, Argent learned through Scott's best friend Stiles Stilinski that Kate was the one who killed the majority of the Hale Family and reluctantly teamed up with both Derek and Scott for the first time, along with Allison, Stiles and their classmate Jackson Whittemore, in taking down the Alpha, who was revealed to be Derek's uncle Peter Hale, one of the few survivors of the Hale House Fire, giving Derek the chance to avenge his sister Laura by killing Peter and usurping his position as Alpha of the Hale Pack.

From then on, Argent and Derek's relationship went through a great deal of development, both good and bad, before reaching their final state of friendship near the middle of the series. In the following season, Argent and Derek returned to being antagonistic towards each other when Argent's father Gerard Argent returned to Beacon Hills in order to avenge the death of his daughter Kate at Peter's hands, declaring war against the Beacon Hills Werewolves and swearing to kill them regardless of their innocence or guilt. Derek then started building his own pack composed out of some high school students, Isaac Lahey, Erica Reyes and Vernon Boyd, both to stand against the Argents and the imminent arrival of the Alpha Pack.

Argent was eager to get revenge on Derek after his bite during a fight between himself and Argent's wife, Victoria, led to Victoria's transformation into a Werewolf and subsequent suicide as per the Hunter Code. However, after Gerard refused to negotiate when it came to Victoria's suicide, and when he witnessed his father corrupting his daughter into becoming a ruthless Huntress just like Kate, Argent finally saw Gerard as everything that he despised—a monster—and once again teamed up with Derek and Scott to defeat Gerard and turn Jackson from a Kanima into the Werewolf he was meant to be, freeing him from Gerard's control.

In Season 3, Argent and Allison decided to return to the Hunter lifestyle after a brief sabbatical, but this time, they did so by helping the Beacon Hills supernaturals protect their town and defending all innocents, whether human or supernatural. Derek and Argent's relationship became stronger as they worked together to lock the moon-starved Boyd and Derek's younger sister Cora Hale and stand against the newly arrived Alpha Pack, all while also investigating the human sacrifices committed by the Darach Jennifer Blake, who was hell-bent on killing Deucalion, her former friend and Alpha Kali and the rest of the Alpha Pack for trying to kill her. Chris became a target of Jennifer's for her guardian trio of sacrifices alongside his friends Melissa McCall and Noah Stilinski, but they were saved through the combined efforts of Allison, Stiles, Isaac, Derek and Scott.

Weeks later, Japanese demons known as the Oni arrived to search for a dark Kitsune spirit known as the Nogitsune, forcing Derek and Argent, along with Scott and the other members of his newly formed pack, to battle against these demons, during which time they discovered that the Nogitsune was possessing their friend and ally Stiles. It was during a battle against the Oni that Allison met her end after an Oni stabbed her with its ninjato, traumatizing Chris so much that he traveled to France with Isaac after they managed to avenge Allison by killing the Oni and imprisoning the Nogitsune.

Argent and Derek reunited nearly two months later, after Chris was informed by Scott that his sister Kate had miraculously survived her "death" and was resurrected and turned into a Werejaguar as a result of the claw wounds she sustained when Peter killed her in *Code Breaker*. Upon his return, Argent and Derek began working together due to both having previously close relationships with Kate, during which time Derek admitted to Argent that Kate performed a ritual on him that was causing him to lose his powers, not aware that this was actually part of an evolution for Derek to become an Evolved Werewolf like his mother Talia Hale and his sister Laura.

In Season 4, Derek and Argent yet-again helped their friends and allies in protecting the numerous supernaturals from Hunters and professional killers willing to kill them for their Deadpool bounties. After the Deadpool was shut down and Kate and her Berserkers were defeated, Derek completed his evolution and became a Werewolf with the rare talent to shift into a real wolf and left Beacon Hills to help his new girlfriend Braeden track down the assassin and Werecoyote known as the Desert Wolf while Argent parted ways with the McCall Pack as well by joining the Calavera Family in hunting Kate down.

In the penultimate episode of Season 6, Argent traveled to North Carolina, where Derek was investigating the murder of a Brazilian pack of Werewolves at the hands of some members of the Hunter Army led by Gerard and his new protégée Tamora Monroe. Chris and Derek returned to Beacon Hills to help the McCall Pack in their war against Gerard and Monroe as well as to defeat the ancient fear-inducing shapeshifter called the Anuk-ite, who was using its powers to turn the human population against the supernatural creatures living in Beacon Hills. The McCall Pack ultimately emerged victorious in the end of the series, with the Anuk-ite being turned to stone by its own power, Gerard being mauled to death by his own daughter the Werejaguar Kate, and Monroe fleeing from Beacon Hills while recruiting thousands of people all over the world to her cause, forcing Argent and Derek to help the McCall Pack in recruiting fellow supernatural creatures to eventually match Monroe and her army one day.

Derek and Argent became separated from one another for several years, during which time Derek had been blessed with a son named Eli. The two eventually reunited upon the return of the Nogitsune and his Oni as well as the resurrection of Argent's daughter, Allison, who was manipulated by the Nogitsune into killing Derek, Eli, Scott and the rest of the members of the McCall Pack. Argent was horrified and refused to believe his daughter would be capable of killing a fifteen-year-old kid like Eli. Thanks to Scott and Lydia's efforts, Allison recovered all of her memories and had an emotional reunion with her father before they joined forces with the rest of the pack to destroy the Oni and the Nogitsune, who was ultimately burned and killed along with Derek by Jordan Parrish. Argent was horrified and saddened by the sacrifice of his good friend and went to his memorial service to pay his respects.

## Throughout *Teen Wolf*

* Season 1
* Season 2
* Season 3A
* Season 3B
* Season 4
* Season 6

In *Wolf Moon*,

In *Pack Mentality*,

In *Magic Bullet*,

In *The Tell*,

In *Heart Monitor*,

In *Night School*,

In *Lunatic*,

In *Wolf's Bane*,

In *Co-Captain*,

In *Formality*,

In *Code Breaker*,

In *Omega*,

In *Shape Shifted*,

In *Ice Pick*,

In *Abomination*,

In *Venomous*,

In *Frenemy*,

In *Restraint*,

In *Raving*,

In *Party Guessed*,

In *Fury*,

In *Battlefield*,

In *Master Plan*,

In *Fireflies*,

In *Motel California*,

In *Currents*,

In *Visionary*,

In *The Girl Who Knew Too Much*,

In *The Overlooked*,

In *Alpha Pact*,

In *Lunar Ellipse*,

In *Letharia Vulpina*,

In *Echo House*,

In *De-Void*,

In *Insatiable*,

In *The Divine Move*,

In *I.E.D.*,

In *Perishable*,

In *Monstrous*,

In *Smoke and Mirrors*,

In *Broken Glass*,

In *The Wolves of War*,
## Trivia

* Argent and Derek are seemingly the first members of their respective families to have a genuine friendship with a member of the opposing family in their history, since, though Derek and Allison did work together on occasion, it was typically reluctantly, and they never developed a closer relationship than that of allies through their mutual friends (Scott, Stiles, and Isaac).