Smallville/Naruto

Seizing the Future

Disclaimer: I do not own Smallville or Naruto; Smallville is owned by Warner Brothers television and its creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and is based on 'Superman' created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the Manga series' Naruto' is owned by its creator Masashi Kishimoto and all characters featured in Naruto are the property of said author, all Smallville characters are owned by DC comics.

This work is strictly for Fan enjoyment and no profit is derived from it.

Fanfiction Written by; Dean Donnell.

Chapter 26

With Clark back home and a newcomer in the mix in the form of Tayuya the group all agreed that they should hold a conference at Clark's place, Kara had flown on ahead to check on the farm, and Clark had super sped there seeing as his flight was still limited to a few miles at a time.

Chloe was driving Tayuya there so that she could show her a few of the sights in Metropolis on the way; it was Tayuya's first time in an automobile, so that was new in and of itself.

As they travelled through the cityscape of gleaming towers Tayuya was looking out the window in wonderment, in that moment she seemed very much like the teenage girl she actually was.

"Wow," she exclaimed as she caught sight of the globe on top of the Daily Planet building "this-this is amazing, it's worth coming to your world just to see this."

"There's a reason they call Metropolis the city of tomorrow you know," Chloe remarked with a sly smile "of course I might be a little biased seeing as I was born in Metropolis, but I'll always consider Metropolis the greatest city on earth, Smallville is a nice place too, it has more of a homely small town feel."

"I think I'm going to like calling this world home," Tayuya decided "one day I might even travel and see all the sights it has to offer."

"Just remember that for all the amazing things about any world there is also darkness," Chloe reminded the musically minded young girl "that's why heroes are needed, to protect the innocent."

"The way I understand it heroes exist not just to protect but also to set an example," Tayuya noted thoughtfully "and I'm guessing that because we exist to protect life we can't ever take life."

"That's right," Chloe told her seriously "we can't lower ourselves to the same level as those we fight, or we're no better than them."

"I agree," Tayuya replied "I'm fine with that actually."

"You are?" Chloe asked, given the life that Tayuya had led before she had met Clark that was a little surprising.

"Sure," Tayuya confirmed "I got too damn much blood on my hands already, I don't want any more."

"I guess you wouldn't," Chloe realized "too many sleepless nights already huh?"

"Yeah."

For a long time nothing was said between them, eventually the silence got to Chloe and she decided to break it.

"So-um, what was in that parcel Tsunade gave you?"

"Oh, right," Tayuya remembered, looking down at the parcel still sitting in her lap "I haven't opened it yet have I?"

"Go on," Chloe suggested "let's see what's inside."

Tayuya began carefully unwrapping the package, untying the cord used to hold it together and folding the fabric it was wrapped in out away from the center, a smile formed on her face as she caught sight of what was inside.

"Sweet," Tayuya remarked as she regarded the contents of the parcel "this stuff should get shit done, kunai, shuriken, senbon, exploding tags, smoke capsules, hell she even included a flute for me to use in battle in place of my mother's flute."

"Just remember-," Chloe began.

"-Superheroes don't kill people, I know," Tayuya interrupted "but you can use a kunai to bring someone down without killing them you know, put one in their kneecap and they won't die but they also won't be much of a threat for a while."

"I know," Chloe replied "Black Canary does something similar with her throwing knives."

"I take it Black Canary this woman's codename," Tayuya deduced thoughtfully "so how does that correlate to her use of knives?"

"It doesn't," Chloe replied "it applied originally to the fact that she wears black leather, black fishnet stockings and a canary yellow wig as part of her disguise when in costume, a canary is also a kind of songbird in this world so since Canary's most powerful weapon is her voice it also fits in that way."

"Her voice is a weapon?" Tayuya noted in surprise "kinda like my flute."

"Yeah, Chloe agreed with a smirk "except not nearly as subtle, if she uses her voice right Canary can shatter windows at thirty paces, and eardrums too, her subsonic blast was enough to bring even Clark to his knees once."

"Whoa," Tayuya exclaimed "let's make sure Orochimaru doesn't find out about her okay? He has this fetish for soldiers with sound based attacks."

"Somehow I doubt she'd ever join someone like him," Chloe assured Tayuya "getting duped by Lex recently has her steering clear of any bounty hunter or mercenary work, she's strictly pro bono superhero these days."

"Hmm," Tayuya mused "looks like I might find some common ground with Canary."