Nathaniel Kent

Chapter 8: Shimmer

Month Later

It's been a slow month in Smallville with nothing of interest as of late, after the fiasco with Earl at the plant, Lex had invited Naruto to a museum in Metropolis only for Naruto to decline as he didn't want Martha to be alone, and a bus driver had a heart attack that night while driving the bus, and killed a cop named Sam Phealon and a homeless man,

Currently Naruto was walking with Lana after gym class was over with, "So, how'd you get out of gym class?" he asked

"I'm spared the sweats a couple of days, perk of chairing the blood drive." Lana smiled causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow

"I'm sorry, aren't you the girl who skinned her knee in seventh grade and passed out when she saw the blood?" Naruto asked stopping and turning to face Lana who pursed her lips and nodded

"I was hoping I'd live that one down, but yeah." Lana said as Naruto smiled and made to talk but Pete's voice rang out

"Yo Nate, we're gonna be late. We gotta hit the showers." Pete said getting a nod

"See ya later, Lana." Naruto stated

"Yeah." Lana nodded as Naruto placed a hand on her arm and walked off

Gym

Amy Palmer was writing in her diary when a student walked by and snatched it from her, "Troy, give it back!" she demanded

"Whoa, Amy. Just hang on. I just want to see if you wrote anything about me, that's all." Troy smirked as Amy's brother walked up, "Oh, Jeff, did you know your sister's writing psycho love letters to Lex Luthor? It's always the quiet ones."

" Give it back to her." Jeff glared

"Hey, it's not my fault you've got a weirdo for a sister." Troy shrugged smirking

" You're a child, Troy. It's because of boys like you the girls want a man like Lex Luthor." Amy said

" Keep dreaming, Amy. Your parents clean his bathrooms. You may live there, but Luthor's not gonna slum up with the help." Troy said tossing the girl her diary

"Just leave her alone." Jeff said defending his sister

" What are you gonna do about it?" Troy asked baiting Jeff who didn't move causing Troy to scoff and walk off, "Losers."

Later

After hitting the showers, Naruto walked out with Pete beside him before he stopped at his locker, and made to grab his necklace but suddenly braced himself when he felt drowsy and began to look around but saw no one

"You alright Nate?" Pete asked

"Yeah, just sleepy." Naruto said putting his necklace on, his blue eyes glowing for a moment before he began to get dressed,

"So when are you donating blood?" Pete asked

"Already did." Naruto lied

"I'm going to donate tomorrow, selflessly giving yourself to save others. Girls love that." Pete said causing Naruto to scoff

"Stop it!" a voice was heard causing the two to look up

"Troy, are you okay?" Pete asked as he and Naruto walked around to see Troy on the ground with his shoes knocked away and a dumbell beside him

"What happened?" Naruto asked as Pete helped Troy to his feet

"It attacked me. It was like a ghost." Troy said as behind them the mist from the showers moves and the silhouette of a man walked through it

Later, Beanery

Naruto and Chloe sat at a table, "So you didn't see anything?" she asked

"By the time I got around the corner, Troy was already on the floor." Naruto shrugged