Shanghai, China
Lex walked beside Jason through the market, "Jason, you can't trust my father. He gave you that map for a reason, and now you're leading him right to the stone."
"I'm not working for your father or anyone else."
"Then why does the stone even matter to you?" Lex asked with a raised eyebrow looking back and seeing two cops
" 'Cause until I find out, Lana's not gonna be safe."
"Safe from what?" Lex asked stepping closer to Jason
"From my mom, from Lionel, from you. I don't know, Lex, you tell me." Jason said as Lex looked up and saw the police officers still staring at him and Jason
"Look, unless you hired your own Chinese security, I think we've hit a bit of a snag. Run!" Lex said before he and Jason ran amd cops pursued them shouting in chinese
They ducked when the cops opened fire before turning a corner and running into a dead end before they were surrounded with 2 jeeps flashing lights and blocking them in so they put their hands up as the cops shouted at them,
Naruto's Jet
Naruto after leaving a clone behind for when Barry returns to begin his training was on the jet with Lana with a map she got from Lionel of all people, "How did Lionel know these symbols were about you?"
"There are two answers to that question, and they're both three time zones away." Lana snapped as Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Um, I'm sorry. I-I feel like you're the only person in my life right now who doesn't have an agenda."
"Lana, I know that you're under a lot of stress and I can't tell you how to live your life. So I will say do what you feel is best for you, cause you have to live with your decisions. I'm always open to help when you want me to though."
Lana smiled and laid her head on Naruto's shoulder, "I just hate the fact that everybody seems to know more about me than I do."
"It must be scary to think that someone out there has a plan for you, but you don't know what it is yet." Naruto said
"Ever since that tattoo appeared, I feel like I've been walking around with this huge secret. Like, everybody only knows what's on the surface, but there's something inside of me that's so much more powerful. I guess I actually understand a little bit about how you felt all those years you hid what you could do in Smallville.'
Lana sighed, "So what's the plan?" She asked
'Find the stone before Lex and Jason does and then you have a conversation with your boyfriend about trust." Naruto said laying back on the couch with his head in her lap and she began to comb her fingers through his hair
'Why are we in your jet again?"
"Just because I can fly us there doesn't mean I should, Lana. How would we explain how we got to China in 2 minutes when CCTV cameras in New York had you coming into my building." Naruto said
Lana shook her head
Shanghai, China
Jason and Lex were in a dark cell waiting to see what was in store for them, "Well, boss, got any idea what we're doing here?"
"Well, since they took the map and brought us to the temple, I'm guessing they're after the same thing we are." Lex said
"You're pretty anxious to make me your sidekick, aren't you?" Jason asked
"Don't you think it's time we dropped the stalemate of who knows what, and do whatever we can to get out of here?" Lex asked
"If you want us to start spilling our guts, you go first." Jason beckoned
"Okay." Lex said standing up and clearing his throat, "While me and my father have reached an understanding it by no way means that I trust him. We both know he had every inch of this place scoured, and he didn't find the stone." Jason frowned, "Come on, Jason. You wouldn't have lied to Lana and come all the way here unless you knew the secret to reading that map."
Jason stepped forward, "No, I lied to Lana to protect her."
"Oh, right. I forgot. Lana's new self-appointed hero. She seems to have a way of attracting them. Before you it was Nathan Kent." Lex said as Jason frowned
"Yeah, it looks that way." Jason said as Lex looked at the kryptonian symbols on the wall before focusing back on Jason
"I don't believe you're that naive. You're either being used by my father or your mother. Who's ever pulling the strings don't think for a second they wouldn't sacrifice Lana. In the end, I have a feeling I may be the one protecting Lana from you." Lex said before Jason got in his face but before it could escalate further shouting in manderin before Lex was hit with a baton dropping him before he was dragged out of the cell
"Where are you taking me."
Town
Naruto and Lana walked down the road with Naruto looking at the map, "We are definitely not in Kansas anymore." Lana said
"So how are we supposed to find this professor?" Naruto asked before a man on a bike headed straight for Lana when Naruto twisted his foot and a small hole appeared in his path before the bike tipped over and the man with a yell flew over the handlebars and landed in a vendors stall,
Lana blinked before she looked to Naruto, "Um, Lionel said to just take this street, uh, until we find a green rooster."
"Naw I have a better idea." Naruto said
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you spoke fluent Mandarin and knew your way around Shanghai." Lana replied only for Naruto to smirk, "Right. You've been here before.'
'And as a descendent of the Otsutsuki clan, every language in the cosmos lives rent free in my head." Naruto said before they walked passed the green rooster sign, "We will find your boyfriend while I send a clone to find the stone."
"The temple seems to be located at the fork of a river." Lana said
"There's no river there." Naruto said smirking before a super speed a clone appeared and sped off causing the people to gasp at the freak gust of wind
Jason was pacing when a beaten Lex was tossed into the cell into his arms, "No! Lex…" Jason was grabbed and forced out of the cell
"Look, tell them whatever they want to know! This isn't worth dying over!" Lex said before he stood up straight showing he wasn't harmed despite his appearance, "Just scare him. Find out what he knows, but don't hurt him."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Luthor. I can't make such a promise." Another guard said entering the cell
"We had an agreement." Lex frowned
"There are people who have more money than you." The guard smirked before he jabbed his baton into Lex's ribs causing him to kill over before the guard proceeded to drag him out of the cell
"I never wanted anyone harmed! Let go of me! Aah!" Lex yelled as he was hit again
With Naruto
Naruto and Lana entered the temple, "During the cultural revolution, the government destroyed most of the ancient temples. But for some reason, they protected this one. Maybe because it's always been shrouded in superstition. Villages have refused to cross the threshold, fearful that the god will one day return as he promised."
"Really?" Lana asked as smiling Naruto
"I'm here as a friend. Might as well make it enjoyable in some way.' Naruto said before they looked around the room amd found more symbols,
Walking to the walls, he pushed it back revealing a door that he slid to the side and he and Lana found, a ceremonial dress, a mask, and a dragon statue with green kryptonite eyes that began to shine
Naruto frowned before he could do anything, Lana reached forward and the green glow of kryptonite intensified before before it was drawn into Lana's hands as Naruto watched in surprise, the kryptonite was now diamonds and Lana turned to a shocked Naruto
"What was that?" Naruto asked
"I've been learning from Isobel's memories. Bits and pieces while I sleep, unfortunately nothing concrete has appeared." Lana said getting a nod from Naruto
Lana turned into the chamber before her eyes glowed purple, she turned to Naruto and blasted a purple orb of magic at him and he spun around her before a chop to her neck knocked her unconscious,
"To bad Isabel, you have to try harder then that." Naruto smirked before he looked up when the clone returned with the stone it found at the base of the tree,
Catching the stone, Naruto frowned, "Still don't understand why the hell someone would leave the Stones of knowledge here." He said as Lana groaned awake,
"What happened?"
'Isabel wanted to say hello. But on the good side I got the stone." Naruto said showing it to her, before he helped her stand,
Meanwhile
Lex and Jason were strung up and yelling in pain as they were electrocuted, "Enough! Tell me, where this leads to. Do you really think your friend will have such strong will?" The leader asked Jason with the map in hand as Jason glared at him
Nodding the leader turned to Lex, and electrocuted him, "No!"
"No!!" Lex cried out in pain
"Where is the stone?! Where is the stone?!" The leader shouted turning up the intensity of the electricity
"Aah!!"
"Hey!" Naruto yelled as he and Lana stood in the hall and the leader stopped as Lex and Jason looked at him and Lana shocked, "I said to detain them, what the hell are you doing?"
"They come looking for our treasure."
"Treasure?" Lana asked
"Can we have a moment please?" Naruto asked
The guard looked at Naruto for a moment and nodded before he and his men left, "You paid them to torture us?" Lex asked as Naruto with bolt cutter cut him down
'Not torture, detain. Lana wanted to talk to you guys so now that she's here she can let you both have it. I'll be outside.' Naruto said walking off with a wave
Closing the door Naruto looked at the guard, "Let them go, and if they keep looking for the treasure follow them and do what you need to do when they find it." He said getting nods
Lana stormed out the cell, "Take me home.' She said pissed off
Naruto looked at Lex and Jason who were frowning and he shook his head before he left
Later, Metropolis
Naruto drove home as Lana sat in the passenger seat looking out the window, "You okay?" He asked
"Can you help me move my things?"
"Of course." Naruto said holding his hand out and she gave him her house key before he tossed it out the car and a clone at super speed was created before catching the key and racing off into the distance
By the time they got to Naruto's building the clone was on the 14th floor with all of Lana's stuff,
"I'll give you a moment." Naruto said getting a nod of gratitude from Lana before he stepped back onto the elevator and road up to the penthouse,
Naruto sighed taking off his jacket and pulling the Crystal of Air from his pocket, walking to his secret room, he placed his hand on a wall and a small door appeared that he opened and reached inside to bring out a chest
Opening the chest, Naruto moved the pictures of Johnathon, Ninja masks, and blades out of the way before he grabbed a cloth wrapped object and unraveled it to unearth the Crystal of Water
"Dr. Swann, wish you were here to actually see your investment." Naruto said to himself before he walked over to the plinth and waved a hand
The plinth began to morph and the blue glowing circle atop of it sunk in and a diamond shaped hole appeared with a third already filled with the Crystal of Fire
Inserting the crystals into their appropriate position as Cyn, Lyta and Nyssa walked in behind him, Naruto watched as a light fused the crystals
"Is that?" Nyssa asked shocked
"A diamond?" Cyn asked
"That's no diamond." Lyta said shocked as well
Gideon appeared, "The Crystal of Knowledge, a Kryptonian computer hard drive which contains all the knowledge of the planet Krypton and all the knowledge of the universe gathered by Kryptonians."
"You found them." Nyssa smiled
Naruto nodded
"After a thorough inspection of the Crystal of Knowledge, I detect the presence of an artificial intelligence matching the brainwaves of Jor-El."
"Exterminate it, then download the contents of the crystal."
"Beginning purge."
"Once finished, pull up all the studies my father made about the Speed Force." Naruto said before he walked out of the room
"So what's the plan?" Lyta asked following behind Naruto
"Among other things the Crystal is capable of opening portals to the Phantom Zone." Naruto said looking at the girls, "Very clutch when there's an entire prison and escaped convicts on the loose wouldn't you say?"
"You're going to send Kem there?"
"Wouldn't make a difference if I did. There are certain areas within the Phantom Zone that can be accessed by my mother's squad. He knows where they are. So u less by some miracle I can lock him in a stasis cell inside of Fort Rozz then the Phantom Zone isn't stopping him." Naruto said before he looked up, "Barry's here."
Naruto sped off and greeted his cousin before leading him to the area where they will be working out
"Okay, as a speedster you burn off calories making it extremely hard to put on muscle. Luckily for you, I've figured out a way to get around that."
'Working out? Seriously?"
'Your body isn't the only thing that moves fast. Your mind does as well. If the bastard that killed Aunt Nora is like you and you want to hunt him down to get Uncle Henry out of jail then you need to be experienced in combat.``
Naruto motioned to a punch machine, "Really?"
"Oh yea. I taught you how to throw a punch and I need to see what I'm working with. Come on." Naruto said
Barry sighed and tossed a punch that scored a 45, "Well it wasn't terrible." Naruto said before he showed Barry how to stand for more power and had him do it again
Barry was put through the ringer, after the punch machine he was given weights amd once done with that Naruto taught him katas for the Strong Fist style and gave him a book on pressure points, Barry raced off and Naruto began his own training
Powerman stood in an alley, "Okay, Gideon monitor my speed." He said before he heard a ding in his comlink and he shot off
While running Naruto's eyes widened as a portal opened up in front of him before he could turn away,
Looking around Naruto saw images of himself and in various situations before he heard a wail and looked to see a creature and he yelled in surprise as it pushed him,
Unknown Date,
Naruto was spat out of a blue portal and he spun to land on his feet when he was about to slam into the ground, looking around he blinked seeing a statue of himself,
Looking around he shot off to his home but found it covered in dust causing his eyes to narrow in confusion, speeding up the floors he saw all of the furniture gone along with pictures and other things,
"What the hell?" Naruto asked himself, "Gideon!"
"Good evening, Naruto."
"Where are we?"
"We are in the year 2031."
Naruto's eyes widened, "What happened to this place?"
"It was abandoned by your future self, after the murders of Lyta Zod, Nyssa Vex, Lana Lang and Cynthia Santana."
"Murders." Naruto whispered in horror, "Where am I?"
"Smallville."
Naruto rocketed out of the building heading for Smallville
Smallville, Kansas
Kent Farm
45 year old Nathan Kent, was hailed as the best hero the world has ever seen not without his own tragedies of course, now a father to twin boys he had moved back to Smallville with Lois and their children and was trying to be the best father he could be while also being Powerman,
"How could you possibly think it was okay to join the football team?"
"You didn't say it wasn't." Jordan Kent said
"No, no, don't... don't do that. I see what you're doing." Nathan said
"As long as you don't mention it, it's not a lie, right?" Jordan asked
"Your father apologized for that." Lois said standing behind her other son Johnathan
"Your powers are not something to be taken lightly, Jordan." Nathan said
"Yeah, well, I barely have any, remember? That's what Grand Pabbie told us at Elsa's Ice Castle." Jordan said
"That's not funny. He was only comparing your powers to mine." Nathan replied
"No, he said my powers suck. Don't act like he didn't." Jordan said as Nathan sighed
"I admit, taking you to see him this early was a mistake." Nathan replied
"Mistake? You know what? Everything you do is a mistake. You quit your job, you bring us here. You know, I just wish you would go back to not being around anymore." Jordan said
"Go upstairs." Nathan said with a frown
Jordan stormed off or would have as Naruto stood in the threshold his eyes glowing red in restrained fury,
"Go to your room?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow as everyone looked at him while Nathan got in front of his family, "The brat just disrespected you, beat his ass."
"Who are you?" Nathan asked
"I'm you, from 2007." Naruto said, stepping forward, ignoring Nathan's look of warning to stay back, "And you're going to answer my questions."
"I can't do anything to change the timeline. Go home."
'If you think I'm leaving without my answers you have another thing coming, old man. If I have to force you to tell me what I want to know, then I will."
Nathan stood face to face with Naruto, "Go. Home."
"Not yet." Naruto smirked before backhanded Nathan sending him flying out the house
Looking at Lois and her sons, Naruto smirked before two shadow clones appeared, "Take them. If the brats give you any trouble, break something."
"No!" Lois yelled
Naruto sped out the house and intercepted Nathan the two flew up into the air struggling against one another
Clone1 walked toward Lois and Johnathan and caught her wrist when she tried to stab it before with a knife hand to the neck, knocked her out, "Mom!" Johnathan yelled before a punch to the face knocked him into the wall and unconscious,
Jordan with a yell rushed Clone2 and swung but his arm was grabbed and he was flipped into the kitchen table, causing him to groan before he looked up to see the bottom of Naruto's boot slam into his face knocking him unconscious,
With Naruto
Naruto grunted as an uppercut sent him flying before he created chakra chains that wrapped around Nathan and with a swing he sent Nathan through a plane causing it to explode
Naruto flew to Nathan who was shaking his head as a clome saved all the people aboard the plane and when Nathan looked at him he quickly stopped the punch aimed for his nose and turned pulling Naruto close before a chop to the throat caused him to gag before a hammerfist sent him into the ocean with a large splash
Nathan frowned, "I know what you want to know, but I can't tell you what happened to them."
100s of water dragons shot from.the ocean and roared as they sped toward Nathan who flew up and dodged the frenzy
Nathan dodged back from a water dragon when Naruto appeared and punched him in the jaw,
Beams of heat vision slammed Nathan into an island as Naruto growled in exertion, before a punch to his mouth sent him up as Nathan phased through the heat vision beam,
Grabbing Naruto's ankle, and pulling him back Nathan grabbed him by the throat, "Time to go."
Naruto smirked and glowed causing Nathan's eyes to widen before Naruto exploded,
Nathan went down and shook his burned hand with a hiss before he looked up and saw 1000s of clones
Metropolis, Nathan's Home
Lois woke up and saw Naruto sitting in an unfinished nursery, "Where are Johnathan and Jordan?" She asked
"On timeout." Naruto said standing by the crib, and jerking a thumb to the kids that were awake but their mouths were duct taped shut, and Jordan had a black eye and bloody nose, "What happened Lois?"
"I can't tell.you."
'Don't I'll kill your kids." Naruto said emotionlessly as the boys looked at him in horror, "From what I can see fatherhood isn't all it's cracked up to be."
"A...An alien mercenary attacked Earth looking for you. He wanted to kill all kryptonians, he nearly succeeded."
"Cyn and Lana weren't Kryptonian."
"We all were pregnant. He could tell." Lois said
"Name." Naruto demanded his eyes wet with unshed tears
"Rogal Zaar."
Naruto looked at her as tears left his eyes, "Where in the hell was I?" He asked
"You we-" Lois was interrupted as Nathan fell through the roof in front of her
Naruto substituted himself with Lois and punched Nathan to the ground, "YOU LET THEM DIE?!" He yelled
Nathan climbed to his feet, and looked away sadly, "While they were pregnant. That's twice by my count. Where is she? I've been trying to hear her to make sure she's okay but I can't find anything."
'Ma's dead." Nathan said before Naruto at super speed tackled him into the wall, his eyes completely red before he punched Nathan in the gut, followed by a right to the jaw and a left uppercut, before his head was grabbed and a knee was slammed into his nose breaking it,
Nathan was tossed onto the ground and Naruto at super speed was above him and began to beat Nathan's face into the ground
Lois flinched as Jordan and Johnathan watched in horror and fear as tears welled up in their eyes before they flinched when their father's blood landed on their faces,
"YOU. FAILED. AGAIN!" Naruto yelled enraged, his knuckles bloodied as Nathan did not defend himself, "YOU. PROMISED. TO. PROTECT. THEM!"
Naruto paused his assault and lifted Nathan by his neck so that they were face to face, "What's the point of having all this power if you can't even protect the ones you love?"
"He couldn't!" Lois said with tears streaming down her face as Naruto glared at her, "He was seriously injured the day before and in a coma. He couldn't do anything to save them."
"Coma? Who injured you?" Naruto asked standing up and dropping Nathan who coughed and looked up at him
"It's not important."
'The hell it isn't! You tell me I can be ready to save them."
"Messing with the timeline is no-" Nathan gagged as Naruto with a glare grabbed his neck and a Rasengan appeared in his hand and began to grow by the second
"I dont give a rats ass about the timeline. Tell me or die." Naruto threatened
"Doomsday!" Lois yelled, causing Naruto to look at her, "A creature named Doomsday it's a living biological weapon created with the DNA of Kryptonians. He beat it once but it's immortal and what killed it once can kill it again."
Naruto got off of Nathan, "I'll make sure I don't turn into you." He said before he looked to the kids and scoffed before he shot off and ran as fast as he could until a portal reopened and he entered it,
Present Time
Naruto grunted as he hit the ground and slid into a wall, breathing deeply he looked to the right and shot off
Washington DC
Naruto walked up to a door and knocked, amd after a moment Martha answered and he quickly wrapped her in a hug,
"Nate?" Martha asked, surprised as she returned the hug, "Are you okay?"
"I just missed you." Naruto said before he entered the house with Martha.