It's been 4 months since Johnathan's death, and Naruto took it hard, he had began to cut school, and when he did show up he kept to himself. Lana, Chloe, Pete, and Lex tried to be there for him but whenever they showed up at the farm, Martha would have to tell them that Naruto had just left, when in actuality he would come home once every 2 days.
The fact, that he lost Johnathan the way he did frustrated Naruto, as more than a few times since he's regained his memories he didn't really see the Kent's as his parents as it felt wrong like he was going to replace his real parents, he respected the Kent's as good people, and while not seeing them as parents he saw them as precious friends that he old a lot to.
He sometimes wished that Johnathan was killed on a violent way, as at least he could hunt down the perpetrator and work out his anger and grief that way, but for Johnathan to actually just die of an accident from that old truck he was driving made Naruto restless.
Cassandra had also died, with Lex being her last visitor, and he tried to be there for Martha as best he could he was a shoulder for her to cry on, and he did the farm work no problem. It was apparent to Naruto that she would never truly be alright as he knew just how much she loved Johnathan but he was patient with her and didn't complain when she would spend all her time in her room
Naruto was just now beginning to open up again, he would stay in school in respect for Johnathan but he still needed money, so the Lottery and gambling at Casinos in Vegas were things he began to do when he was free
Martha was in so much grief she didn't know where the money was coming from and didn't bother asking, Naruto had began to regain his ability to sense emotion and felt that she was afraid that he would leave so she tried to get him to reopen up to his friends,
Currently Naruto was in his loft doing push-ups with 6 large chunks of kryptonite hidden around the room, his was caked in sweat as he worked out, when Chloe walked in
"How long you been doing this?"
"Stopped counting at 250, 2 hours ago." Naruto said causing Chloe to look at him in surprise before she blushed when he stood up and she looked at the veins that bulged on his sweaty arms and his defined sweaty six pack "What're you doing here?"
"Did you hear about the accident last night? A deer was hit on Route 5."
"Can't say that I have." Naruto said jumping to a rafter and began to do pull-ups with one hand
"Check out the paper." Chloe said handing Naruto a newspaper "Animal control said that the deer died of causes unknown." Chloe said as Naruto kept doing the pull-ups before he handed her back the paper "Your going to check this out with me."
"Not toda-"
'I've let you wallow by your lonesome for 4 months, I might not understand completely what your going through, but I know your hurting. Your done pushing me and everyone else away." Chloe said walking up and grabbing the hem of Naruto's jeans and pulled him down to the floor and looked up at him "You are not alone."
"Fine." Naruto sighed
"Good, go take a shower, and then we'll head over to the animal control." Chloe said before with a sigh Naruto walked off and entered the house to see Martha in the kitchen drinking some coffee
"Hey, Chloe is dragging me on one of her wall of weird investigations, I'll be back." Naruto said getting a nod from Martha
"That's good, I want you to open up to your friends again. Just be careful okay?" Martha asked getting a nod from Naruto who kissed her cheek and walked upstairs as Martha looked to the screen door at Chloe and smiled at her
Later, Animal Control Offices
Chloe and Naruto entered the examination room as Chloe pulled out her camera and Naruto shut the shades and turned to her only for her to motion to the covered up deer "Lift it up. Go."
Naruto lifted the sheet covering the deer, and frowned "Looks like jerky."
Chloe looked around, and saw a lab report, quickly she picked up and started reading "The lab report says the deer lost something like 80% of its body fat. It's like it's been liposuctioned to death."
"Maybe we have some fat-sucking vampire in town." Naruto daid
"I wouldn't doubt it." Chloe smiled as she took another picture
Next Day
Naruto placed his hoodie on as he closed his locker and turned before walking off when Lana ran over and pulled a ear bud out of his ear "Hey."
Naruto paused and turned to look at her, before taking his other bud out "Hi." he said
"Where you headed?" Lana asked
"Monday, B-track." Naruto said
"It's Thursday." Lana corrected
"What? It's Thursday?" Naruto asked surprised
"Yeah, you've been kinda out of it for awhile... I wanted to give you this." Lana said handing Naruto an invitation
Naruto took the invitation "Birthday bash at Luthor Mansion." he read looking up at her "Doesn't seem like you."
"I know Nell is planning it, and uh I thought maybe you'd like to come." Lana said hopefully, Naruto frowned slightly and made to speak "Just think about it alright."
Naruto nodded before Lana placed a hand on his arm and walked off, placing the invite in his back pocket, Naruto began to leave the school and paused when he saw Pete with
Naruto paused as he looked surprise at how skinny Jody Melville was once 168 Ibs, but looked to have dropped to a 112 "I know I've been put of it for a while, but I just saw her she was still fat." he thought before he smiled at Jody when she waved at him and walked by, shaking his head he headed away to sit in the bleachers, and pulled out a scratcher he got from a Liquor Store in Los Angeles on his morning run around the world, and he smiled when he won $888,000, placing the scratcher in his backpack, he sat for a while before getting up to go begin training
Elsewhere
Jody, was with Dustin a kid that used to bully her relentlessly who now found her attractive because she lost the weight as she took off her jacket she paused "Hey...We're fine. No one's gonna see us." Dustin said with a leer
"Good." Jody smiled as Dustin walked up behind and put his arms around her
"You don't think I, uh, I ever meant that stuff I said about you when you were,"
"Fat?" Jody asked interrupting Dustin who chuckled as she gave a sarcastic one of her own"You thought it was funny calling me names, making me cry, making me wish that I were dead rather than fat."
"Well, what can I say?" Dustin asked with a smirk before Jody walked away a bit
"You can say you're sorry." Jody glared before she turned and her mouth openedimpossibly wide and attacked him
Naruto was walking by the room when he heard Dustin screaming, he paused for a moment before he continued on, but he continued to hear the screaming and sighed and sped into the Boiler room before he began to look around as he saw a shadow dark across the room he walked down the steps and raised an eyebrow when steam shot from a valve into his face, but he simply turned the pipe away from his face and turned to look around when a hand was placed on his shoulder and he turned and gripped the person behind him by the throat and saw that it was Dustin who had all the fat sucked from him
"Help me." Dustin wheezed as he went into shock and collapsed
Naruto sighed and called 911 anonymously before walking off having no desire to stick around
Next Day
Naruto walked beside Chloe who was telling him about Dustin "I called the hospital this morning. Dustin's in a coma. His body went into shock from the loss of fat. He hasn't told the police anything."
Naruto msipping some chocolate milk said "Time to revisit the fat-sucking vampire theory."
"You know, if you hadn't been there, he probably would have died, Nate." Chloe said
"It's not a big deal." Naruto said before he looked at her "What I can't figure out is why anybody would want to steal body fat."
"I know, it takes eating disorders to a whole new level." Chloe said as she motioned for them to sit with Jody and he sighed and sat on the other side of them
"Hey Jody." Chloe greeted
"Hi, guys. What's up?" Jody asked as Naruto raised an eyebrow at her as she had a lot of food before her
"Uh, study group, remember?" Chloe asked also finding it weird
"Totally slipped my mind." Jody smiled continuing to stuff hernface
"So, no more veggie shakes, huh?" Chloe asked causing Jody to look at her in surprise
"Are you feeling okay? Pete said you felt sick yesterday." Naruto said
"Oh, that. I'm fully recovered." Jody smiled "Are you okay?"
"Getting back into the swing of things." Naruto nodded
"I guess it's safe to say that the diet's finally over."
Jody nodded while stuffing her mouth "Mmm, I'm starving. I haven't eaten anything all day. I'm just a little nervous about the party tonight."
Chloe and Naruto continued to stare "Yeah." Chloe said as Jody continued to stuff her face, before she looked up and saw them looking at her in shock "So, um, I'll see you guys tonight."
Jody stood up and grabbed some snacks before she walked off
"Okay, what was that about?" Chloe asked
"I don't know, but I got to go. Lost my appetite." Naruto said standing up
"Okay. Hey, where are you going?" Chloe asked
"Chores at the farm." Naruto said
"Wait your not going to Lana's party?" Chloe asked
"Not up for it." Naruto said placing a hand on Chloe's shoulder as he walked by her as she sighed
Later
Naruto had just returned from the island he made his own training ground and had just got out of the shower, heading for the kitchen he saw Chloe walk in "Thought you'd be at the party." he said
"I lost track of time, take a look at this." Chloe said handing him a paper
"Smallville body and fender. Replaced windshield. Replaced side panels. Cause of accident, impact with deer." Naruto read
"It was Jody's car, Nate." Chloe said
"What do you think happened to her?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow
"Her house is built right next to one of the big meteor hits." Chloe said
"And she lost all that weight by drinking juice from vegetables grown in the soil in her greenhouse." Naruto surmised
"It must have done something to her metabolism. She's losing weight too fast to keep up with regular food." Chloe nodded
"And that's why she needs body fat." Naruto said
"We need to find her. Jody wouldn't let anything keep her from getting to that party." Chloe said causing Naruto to frown before his eyes widened
"Pete." Naruto said running off
Jody's House
Jody was in the bathroom admiring her slim frame in a sleeveless red dress "Perfect." she smiled before she heard the doorbell
Pete was standing outside Jody's front door holding a bouquet of flowers, when his date opened the door causing him to gasp "Whoa. Hi." Pete smiled
"Hi." Jody smiled
"Perfect flowers for a perfect date." Pete said offering her the flowers which she took
"Thank you." Jody blushed before she turned the light in her house off. Jody then stepped outside and shut the door, before they started walking towards Pete's car arm in arm "They're beautiful, Pete."
"So is that dress." Pete smiled
"Thanks. It was my mom's." Jody said as Pete pulled out his car keys from his pocket, before he paused when he heard Jody's stomach rumbling, causing her to stop dead in her tracks and gain a destressed look
"Something wrong?" Pete asked
"I'm fine. I just need to eat." Jody said before her stomach rumbled again
"That doesn't sound right. Maybe we should go to the hospital." Pete replied before he took her arm to lead her to the car but Jody got distressed, and pulled her arm away from him and backed up
"You've always been good to me, Pete." Jody said before she turned and ran towards her front door calling out "Please, go away now!"
"Jody!" Pete yelled running after her
"Go away!" Jody yelled running inside and slamming the door shut
"Jody, wait!" Pete yelled knocking on the door "Jody. Jody, come on! Jody!" turning the knob, Pete walked into the house "Jody? Jody, where are you?"
Pete started walking up the stairs, but paused when Jody's voice came from the kitchen crying "Pete, please get away!" she yelled as Pete headed back down the stairs, in the direction of her voice "It's all my fault."
"Jody?" Pete asked
"I just wanted to be skinny. There's only so much a person can take." Jody sobbed as Pete continued to slowly approach seeing his flowers on the floor "Pete, please, go home."
"Come on, Jody, you don't have to hide." Pete said gently
"I don't want to hurt you." Jody replied
"Come on, Jody, you couldn't hurt a..." Pete stopped when he saw Jody sitting on the kitchen floor, crying in a corner "Just tell me what's happening."
"Please! Leave." Jody said harshly as she stood up and walked up to Pete before she grabbed him and slammed him to the ground his head hitting the marble tiles knocked him unconscious
Jody stood above Pete before she crouched down and her mouth opened wide like before as she made to drain Pete
Naruto walked into the house "Pete! Jody!" Naruto called out causing Jody to look up in shock, before getting up and running out the kitchen door
Pete began to regain consiousness when Naruto entered the kitchen saw him on the floor and rushed to his side, before he checked for a pulse and sighed in relief when he found one
Looking to the door, Naruto stood up and ran after Jody, and sped to the greenhouse, "Jody!" he called out
Jody snuck up behind Naruto with a shovel and tried to hit him over the head with it, but Naruto ducked and pushed her back gently
"Why can't you just leave me alone?" Jody asked glaring at Naruto
"I'm trying to help you, you've consumed something you shouldn't have, and now you need to eat more than you can handle."
'How can you help me! All I wanted was to be thin." Jody said moving to hit Naruto again but he caught the shovel and forced it from her grip, and tripped her up before holding the shovel at her neck threateningly
"I can teach you to make a high calorie bar that'll check your metabolism, so you still be skinny and not have to duck the fat out of people." Naruto said taking out a chocolate bar and handing it to her "I have a similar problem, with my metabolism. Try it."
Jody hesitantly opened the bar and bit into it, finding it tasty she was surprised when in a few bites she was full
"I can help you." Naruto said holding his hand out for Jody who took it after a moment
Pete stumbled in holding his head "What happened?" he asked
"Oh my god." Jody gasped remembering how she attacked Pete
Naruto walked up and looked Pete in the eyes his eyes turning red with 2 tomoe orbiting his pupil before Pete collapsed into his arms "Let's get him into the house and I'll teach you to make those bars."
Jody nodded as she followed Naruto
Later
After showing Jody what to do, Pete had woke up and she told him that she rather stay in instead of going to the party after Naruto had snuck off before his friend could see him and was now sitting on the couch looking at a picture of Johnathan
"He'd be proud of what you did for Jody." Martha said
"I know." Naruto nodded
"Listen Nathan, all Johnathan and I ever wanted was for you to live as normal a life as possible. We wanted you to make your own way through the world because we knew even without your gifts that you were destined for great things." Martha said before she kissed his cheek and walked upstairs
Naruto sat there for a moment and got up before walking out the house
Lana's House
Lana was sitting on her bed after a miserable time at her birthday party, Whitney who had been called by scouts at Kansas state, so he couldn't be there which really didn't bother her, it was Naruto's absence that really bothered her, she tried to be there for him in the last 4 months but he was always disappearing, before she could try to talk with him but she couldn't be surprised she has hated her birthday since her parents died
Looking up when she heard a rock hit her window, Lana got up and walked to it and saw Naruto standing in her lawn, before she pulled up her window "Hey, I'm uh sorry I didn't make it to Nell's party."
"It was my party." Lana corrected
"Which I'm sure you didn't want, and had no part in planning, so therefore it was Nell's party." Naruto said causing Lana to smile "Anyway, I thought I'd give you your present."
'When.'
"Now." Naruto smiled causing Lana to smile and walk away from her window
Moments Later
Lana, and Naruto were in his truck, with a projector on the roof as she drunk soda and he ate popcorn while Looney Toons played on the projector onto the side of his barn
Lana was delighted and avidly watching as Naruto looked at her smiling "Pass the popcorn." she said which he handed over
"Lana."
"Yes?" Lana asked eating some popcorn
"Happy birthday." Naruto smiled causing her to look at him
"Shh." Lana smiled as they went to watching the cartoons
Finished
Naruto has the regular Sharingan, he will never have a Mangekyo, he knows nothing about Ninjutsu only stories passed down through his mother's family, and the fact that on Krypton there was no machine that could show the Chakra network he doesn't know how versatile it is. Naruto knows about seals as his mother, and grandmother were masters at it, and he knows about Genjutsu.
I think I'll have his heat vision be like Amateratsu if he uses it with his Sharingan active, unsure about it yet.
Can someone explain why it would be weird if Naruto did get with Martha?