"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO REPEAT A YEAR?!"

Clark looked up and tried to run from the Talon as every customer turned to the enraged Lois Lane screaming down the phone.

Unfortunately he had Kyla on his lap and Lana and Chloe where pinning him down. He couldn't escape without dragging them along and revealing his powers.

He was seriously considering it.

"WHAT!? SMALLVILLE?!" She screeched. "WHO THE HELL ENROLLED ME IN HICKSVILLE HIGH?!"

Chloe groaned into her hands. "Ladies and gentlemen… my cousin, Lois Lane."

Lana's hand snaked out and pulled the phone away from Lois' ear.

"You just insulted an entire town in front of its townspeople. You might want to take the rest of this call outside and be quieter." She warned.

Lois paled as she noticed half the people in the Talon glaring at her.

The other half were trying not to laugh.

She quickly got up and made for the door as she put the phone back to her ear.

"MY FATHER?!"

"We are going to be hearing about this for weeks, aren't we?" Clark asked Chloe.

"Dad will deal with her. She's like a pussycat around him." Chloe sighed.

"She's going to be in all our classes constantly bitching." Kyla sighed.

"I thought you liked Lois." Lana asked.

"Sure, but she can go on and on."

"Don't worry, even I get fed up with her." Chloe consoled her sister Amazon.

"If she keeps making a scene like that in here we're going to have to ban her." Scott said, he was serious but couldn't help but find it slightly amusing.

"She's my friend, I have a conflict of interest so I must recues myself from the situation." Lana stated emphatically.

"Wow… forget medicine, you should go into politics." Kyla laughed.

"I'll give her a warning." Scott said as he walked off.

"I'm heading back to the farm." Clark said as he pushed a pouting Kyla off his lap. "I want to get some work done before I head to… work." He finished lamely. He couldn't exactly say he was going to travel around the world that night.

"We'll all go." Lana agreed.

As the four stood to leave one patron stood as well and followed discreetly.

They grabbed Lois who was now on hold on the phone and started walking to the bus stop that would take them to the edge of town where it was a twenty-minute walk to the Kent farm.

When the bus stopped one other person disembarked with them.

"Are we being followed?" Lana asked quietly.

"Huh?" Lois asked dumbly as she turned to look behind them.

Lana and Chloe looked at her, gobsmacked as Clark and Kyla face-palmed.

"Hey, stalker boy! Why are you following us?"

"Subtlety Lois." Kyla groaned.

"What? There's five of us and one of him." She argued.

"Give me Sullivan and the rest of you can leave." The young man who was about their age instructed. He was wearing a long dark coat.

"Nobody touches my cousin!" Lois said heatedly.

"Then you all die." The man said calmly as he began running towards them.

Clark frowned as he saw Lois take a defensive stance to intercept the attacking man. It didn't make sense for the man to be holding no weapons. The only explanation was that the man was the weapon. Either an expert in martial arts or a meta-human.

Clark deftly stepped in front of Lois and gently pushed her back into the arms of Lana and Kyla.

"What the hell Smallville!"

Clark turned back to the man watched calmly as the man's arm morphed into a metallic blade like something out of the Terminator. He easily sidestepped the lunge and swung the man 360 degrees back the way he came.

"Holy shit! Ow!" Lois looked up to see Miya standing there in a short black dress with several of the other women from the castle dressed the same. Miya was holding a katana that she had used to knock Lois on the head with the hilt.

"Clark." Miya called out.

Clark turned and caught Miya's sword as the other Sekirei stepped forward with their weapons drawn and formed a defensive line between the two fighters and the girls.

"Are you insane Smallville?" Lois shouted as she watched him stand his ground against the again charging meta-human.

Clark waited until the attacker was on him and swept the blade up from bottom left to top right of the boy easily slicing the arm off.

"You bastard!" The boy shouted angrily as he backed off. As he did so the severed arm/blade melted into liquid metal and travelled back to meld with the boy.

"He's a Terminator rip-off!" Lois said slightly disgusted.

"Akitsu." Clark called out.

At first Lois thought Clark was playing at being a computer game character where they call out the names of their attacks like in Street Fighter. But then she saw one of the women in uniform with white hair step forward. She raised her hands… things began to get very cold.

Homura stepped forward and created a wall of fire just in front of them and behind Akitsu to protect them from the cold.

Clark was still fighting the boy, dodging and cutting off limbs only to see them reattach.

"Uncle, it's not working." Akitsu called out calmly.

"Harry!" Clark shouted over the cold wind.

"Where the hell are all these people coming from?" Lois asked as Harry teleported in.

She was ignored.

"Are you trying to kill him?" Harry asked calmly as he stood between Clark and the boy and just let him hack away at his body. He kept healing as soon as the blade was out of his body. Arms healed so quickly they couldn't be sliced off.

"He started it." Clark deadpanned as he tossed the sword back to Miya who deftly caught and sheathed it.

"And I get to finish it." Harry nodded. Harry threw out a bolt of green magic only for it to bounce off a metallic shield the boy formed with his arms and hit Clark… who fell down dead.

Lois was treated to a full and unencumbered view of Smallville's finest as Clark's soul appeared.

"Oops." Harry said sheepishly as Clark glared at him. "I'll… err… put you back in a minute."

Harry turned back to the shape-shifting boy. Magic didn't work which meant he had to grab the boy's soul with his own.

Unfortunately he needed to be able to get a grip on him so he could extend his own soul past his body. The boy was far too slippery being able to morph out of Harry's grip.

"Chloe, Homura, I need an assist with the fire. Akitsu, grab Clark's body and get to cover."

Kyla jumped forward to help the Sekirei with her soul mate's body as Homura stepped up beside Harry.

Lois grabbed Chloe as the blonde tried to leave her side. "You can't seriously be thinking about fighting?"

Chloe just laughed. "I do this for fun, Lo."

She watched gobsmacked as Chloe pulled away before being enveloped in a burning fire despite not being harmed by it.

Of course she was nearly terrified as Harry morphed into and immense dragon and he, Homura and Chloe started to direct fire at the assassin. They were soon able to melt the boy to a puddle where Harry returned to human form and knelt down next to the puddle as Homura and Chloe kept up their fire.

Very briefly she saw an ethereal visage of the assassin, naked, before it appeared to scream and dissipate to nothing.

Chloe and Homura ceased their attack and Chloe's fire faded.

"Bloody hell that hurts worse than anything!" Harry shouted as he began jumping around and shaking the hand he'd put on the puddle.

"You went into the sun." Homura reminded him.

"Yes, but Phoenix fire is special. It's like when Clark uses his divine lightning, it really hurts, if Hibiki and Hikari do it, it barely tickles."

"Oh… I'm not going to get in trouble am I?" Chloe asked worriedly.

"No, you were assisting me." Harry said as he turned and headed back to the others.

"What the hell was that?" Lois asked as she struggled to her feet with Lana's help.

"That… was a day in Smallville." Harry smirked.

"Harry, as much as we all like ogling my boyfriend, can you put him back in his body?" Kyla asked.

"Awww."

Lois couldn't help but chuckle at the pitiful whine from several of the girls in uniform. Smallville was definitely a nice piece of ass.

"See, they want to do more ogling." Harry argued.

"They can do more than ogle tonight. Now snap to it! You already said divine fire and lightning hurts. Do you want me to call Aphrodite so we can find out how much a divine kick to the happy sacks will hurt?" She challenged with her hands on her hips.

Harry pouted at her. "You're mean."


"I can't believe I never saw it before." Lois muttered to herself as she circled a very uncomfortable Clark Kent. "Well, I can, I mean the boys a poster child for farm boys every where." She snorted.

"At what point do we tell her my actual age?" Clark asked Kyla who was standing with Chloe, Lana and Chiho as they watched the scene in amusement. The rest were seated on couches around the common room.

"You know we don't count those." Kyla smirked. "Besides, she's not the one banging your brains ou-owW! God damn you- OW! Cut it out!"

"No swearing!" Miya waggled her ladle at Kyla.

"Is anyone else finding it very interesting that Lois has just been introduced to Magic and Death but she is completely focused on Clark?" Uzume whispered to Dani.

"I know! Aphrodite, anything you'd like to share?"

"Clark is quite… overwhelmed at the moment." She said seriously. "I would take it as a personal favour if you would not meddle and just let things progress naturally."

"Yeah, he just got married after all." Dani grinned.

"Clark is always going to be overwhelmed." Jean put in. "He might as well try and get used to it."

"It's true." Lorna agreed. "If we take the extreme, Laura hasn't had a peaceful year since she was born."

"But they were enjoyable years." The woman in question assured them.

"I want to know how bad the kid is gonna get it when she finds out his sleeping arrangements." Logan grinned evilly.

"Lois, I'm sure you want to inspect me some more but I have to get to work." Clark sighed, unaware of the other's conversation.

"Work? What work?"

"It's night time here, I need to make my patrols." Clark touched his watch allowing his costume to fall into place.

"Oh… patrol… I thought you just turned up when people needed you."

Clark rolled his eyes before teleporting out.


Luthor's case was a slam-dunk for the prosecution. Lionel was sent to a maximum-security prison with no chance of parole. Lex had added fuel to the fire by providing the courts with all the details of his other misdeeds. This also bought him a lot of respect from the media and public.

The smart people saw it for what it was; making sure the blame didn't fall on him.

The first day of the new school year was a big deal for many reasons. It was the last year of high school for the girls, including Chiho who had skipped a year, it was the first day of high school ever for Uzume, and it was the first day of Lois' second try at her high school senior year. That was a source of huge embarrassment and annoyance for the feisty girl.

The big news for the school day came for Lana. She was called to the Principal's office on the first day, she was hoping Emma didn't plan to have her do more work like with the Torch.

In the office she was greeted by Emma, Scott, Terrence and-

"Jason?"

"Yes Miss Lang, Jason is here." Emma said quite seriously as she indicated for her to take a seat opposite and next to Jason. "We are all aware of your relationship with him. Coach Summers offered him a part time position as assistant football coach whilst he attends college.

"Now, due to your prior existing relationship we have no right to forbid you seeing each other. The age difference is negligible and we have ensured that he will not be in a position of authority over you."

"There are some ground rules that must be followed." Vice-Principal Reynolds spoke up. "First, we have no objection to mild displays of affection, a kiss in greeting if you will. But at no time must either of you be alone with each other in the building. We would also appreciate it, but cannot compel you, to have chaperone on dates outside of school time. These rules are to protect Mr. Teague's reputation and yours and his freedoms under the law.

"You are eighteen right now but you are also a student, it's the student part that we need to worry about." Scott added.

"Are you sure he won't get into trouble for this?" Lana asked.

"We have informed the Sheriff and the staff of the situation. With your permissions we would like to inform the PTA." Emma requested. "We know you would prefer to keep your relationship private but this would help prevent people jumping to conclusions and doing something based on assumptions."

Lana looked to Jason questioningly.

"Hey, I was shocked when Coach Summers offered me the position, I may never play professionally but this is a good starting point to get into professional coaching. I want to do what I can to ensure that future but not if it makes you uncomfortable. I did just travel half way around the world to be with you." He grinned self-deprecatingly.

Lana nodded slowly, thoughtfully. "Alright, as long as it keeps him out of trouble." She jabbed an errant thumb at her boyfriend.

"Hey!"

"Very well, you may return to your classes." Emma said as she handed a hall pass to the girl. "Assistant Coach Teague, Coach Summers will show you around."


"That is so unfair!" Kyla whined as they all sat outside on the walls at lunch. "I hardly get any time with my boyfriend and you can see him all day."

"Kyla, we will be in class most of the day. This is nothing like when Clark was still a student here."

"Why isn't Smallville in school? He's younger than some of you." Lois asked.

"He dropped out so he could help run the company." Phoebe answered.

"And dedicate more time to his other persona." Mindee added.

"And spend more time with his girls." Celeste finished with a cheeky grin.

Lois was still trying to get used to the Triplets. She was still trying to get used to everything. It was bad enough when she woke up in the morning and Uncle Gabe and Chloe were making breakfast by levitation, conjuration and all manner of magical arts but then she had to deal with the fact that she was living just down the road from Death and Superman.

Having seen Clark in action, and as he had revealed his secret, it was easy to believe the unassuming farm boy was the man in red and blue. But she could not look at Harry and see Death. Sure, she saw him kill a man, but she was an army brat, she'd seen men with impressive body counts.

She still refused to believe that both Harry and Clark slept with multiple women at night.

She now had a bit more understanding of what Tsukiumi kept going on about though.

"I'm hoping Clark will let me join his harem." Uzume said wistfully. "Of course I'd much rather Chiho joined as well."

The rather open discussions of sex and harems was also hard for Lois to deal with.

"I love Clark, Uzume, but I'm not looking for a relationship." Chiho assured her Sekirei. "But if you want to be with Clark then you should speak to him."

"And Tsukiumi." Chloe laughed. "She definitely likes to think of herself as the head of the harem. Not in a way that replaces you or Aphrodite." She told Kyla. "But she wants to keep an eye on who might join you."

"What do you think will happen tonight?" Lana asked, suddenly subdued and changing the subject.

Tonight the American missiles would finally impact Mars. The world would be waiting with baited breath to see what would happen.

Sanctions against the US were high and they had been suspended from the UN Security Council and the UN itself pending a change in government.

Of course the American government didn't respond to threats and refused to admit they were wrong.

"America will have to explain to the world why it committed not only and act of war but also an act of genocide." Phoebe shrugged.

"And then we will have to clean up the mess." Mindee grumbled.

"Which really cuts into our Clark and Harry time." Celeste scowled.

"Are you sure the aliens will attack?" Chiho asked worriedly.

"Fairly sure." Phoebe nodded as Uzume hugged her Ashikabi. "Harry says they are not nice people. The Guardians say they haven't had contact with Mars in a long time but that the people were peaceful."

"Then why would they attack?" Uzume asked.

"Because they were wiped out by an invading force, one the American government is about to wake up." Lois sighed as she followed the logic. "How long do you think it will take the aliens to reach us?"

"It took the Amaterasu less than a day to get from the moon to Mars." Lana offered.

"That ship was made using fairly primitive technology compared to what is available in the time we came from now and from what Kilowog saw." Chloe added.

"You've met Kilowog?" Lois asked in amazement, the alien Green Lantern was a hot topic in the world. There was finally an alien that looked… alien.

"I was at the launching of the Amaterasu, we all were." Chloe smiled. "We were also there when it landed."

"It is going to be a long night tonight." Kyla sighed. "Clark, Amara and Diana are going to be in Tokyo with Harry and the Prime Minister to prepare a response."

"Somebody pick a new topic… please!" Lois groaned.

"Did you guys see Abby Fine?" Chloe asked clearly picking a topic of interest. "She must have had a hell of a lot of surgery."

"It's such a shame, if she had gone to Harry he could have cleared her skin easily." Celeste sighed. "We could have done it."

"She had more than her skin done." Chloe pointed out. "She had her breasts, teeth, butt… she may as well have built herself a new body."

"If that's what she needs to be comfortable with herself then more power to her." Lois shrugged.

"We're not saying we disapprove of making changes, just the methods and reasoning behind it. She was severely bullied because of her acne, they called her 'Scabby Abby'." Chloe said in disgust.

"Besides, Emma had a lot of work done when she was young." Mindee added. "Of course Harry upgraded her breasts as soon as he met her."

"I still say he just wanted to feel her up." Celeste giggled.

"What did he do?" Uzume asked with a salacious grin.

"He had literally arrived in our world ten minutes before hand and as soon as he saw Emma he could tell she had implants." Celeste told the story. "He walks up to her and berates her for it whilst she tells him off for staring-"

"She was wearing her costume at the time." Mindee added for context.

"He puts a hand on her breasts and vanishes the implants and makes the breasts enlarge naturally."

"Whenever we need a pick me up we pull one of Harry's memories for amusement." Phoebe laughed.

Kyla just shrugged. "I'd tap that ass."

They all just looked at her in disbelief.

"What? I spend every night with the likes of Matsu, Yume, Kazehana and Musubi… even Tsukiumi joins in now and again if Clark isn't home yet."

"They don't go around objectifying women." Chloe pointed at the Cuckoos.

"Chloe… they've been hitting on me since we first met." Lana pointed at the Cuckoos slightly annoyed her friend had forgotten.

"Oh. My. God!" Chloe groaned. "I'm doomed to be the lonely single friend! The constant third wheel!" She wailed as she fell back on to the grass.

"Don't be so dramatic." Kyla admonished lightly. "We're still young. Find lots of boys and play with their wild oats."

There was a moment's silence.

"Yeah, that really doesn't work does it." Kyla grimaced. The others shook their heads with similar looks. "I guess there isn't a way to say to girls its ok to have lots of flings without making them seem like sluts."

Kyla was saved from the awkward moment when one of the football players came screaming out of the building.

He drew the attention of everyone as he didn't stop but kept running out into traffic.

There was a flash, and then an eruption of white material exploded out of the air and wrapped the footballer up, lifting him into the air and out of the path of the cars.

The school was mesmerized, despite the continuing screams of the boy. Suspended in the air by numerous white scarves like a spider in its web was a woman, she had dark hair and her eyes were concealed by one of the scarves lying loosely on her head like a veil.

"How the hell did Uzume move so fast?" Kyla asked in amazement.

"I teleported her into the air and she did the rest." Chiho said with a proud smile.

Lana turned to Chiho with a look of curiosity. "But I didn't hear you warn or instruct her."

"She is my Sekirei and I am her Ashikabi. We know each other's minds." She said simply.

"Chiho, Clark doesn't have a connection like that with his Sekirei and neither does Harry or Logan." Phoebe said clearly in awe.

"Has anyone called Harry yet?" Chloe asked.

The girls shared a look that pretty much said… oops.

It was lucky that it was second nature for Harry to always teleport and arrive invisibly. The sudden, and almost panicked cry from the girls had him appearing in the middle of them. He got a good look at the situation before teleporting back inside and then running out to keep up appearances.

He ran straight over to Uzume who was calmly floating in the air, suspended by her veils.

"Bring him down here." He instructed as Dani followed behind with Harry's emergency medical bag. "Thank you Number 10."

"Of course, Harry Sama." She said in Japanese.

"Superman is on his way."

A bolt of lightning flashed in the sky accompanied by a clap of thunder, everyone flinched and looked up. Floating down towards them with his hammer out was Superman.

"Number 10, excellent work." Superman said approvingly and clear enough for all to hear.

"Thank you Superman-Sama." She said with a deep bow.

"Can you tell us what happened?"

"The boy, he ran screaming from the school. He ran out into traffic and I caught him." She said.

"Was he screaming anything in particular or just… making noise?"

"Just noise. He seemed terrified."

"I've got the paramedics en route." Dani informed them. "As well as the Sheriff." She waggled her eyes at Superman.

"I trust you have everything well in hand, Dr. Potter?" He asked with a hint of urgency.

"You know that the Sheriff is going to want to get a statement." Harry grinned.

"I hate you, you bastard." Superman grumbled quietly.

Within minutes the Sheriff and ambulance arrived.

"You're a new one." Sheriff Adams commented as she took in Number 10.

"I am Number 10." She bowed.

The Sheriff looked at Harry and Superman curiously. "Is she a fan of that new Battlestar Galactica or something?"

Number 10 looked confused as Harry and Superman laughed.

"Number 10 is sort of a code name. It is an informal rank and identification or code name as well." Superman explained.

"Alright… don't you get cold in that get up honey?" She asked as she took in the thin veils that covered very little.

"My Ashi-"

"Number 10." Superman interrupted quickly. "We don't speak of them."

Number 10 turned and bowed low. "Forgive me Master, I spoke without thinking." She said clearly upset at her mis-speak.

"Relax, just try to remember yourself in the future." He told her. "You can return now. I will handle the reports with the Sheriff."

"I still need her statement." Adams pointed out.

"I will deliver it myself… perhaps not tonight though." He said pointedly.

Everyone in earshot shuddered or grimaced as they were reminded of the impending possibility of doom that would be revealed tonight on Mars.

"As soon as possible." Adams nodded. She turned to Number 10. "You can go Miss- erm… Number 10?"

Number 10 gave her a smile even though her eyes were still hidden before she vanished into thin air thanks to Superman surreptitiously using his magic to send her away.

Like Batman he avoided using his magic as Superman. He relied on his natural powers and divinity. He had considered hiding his godhood as well but decided that he could bring honour to Odin and Asgard as Superman.

Sheriff Adams moved in closer to the two men so they wouldn't be over heard. Harry threw up some privacy charms as well.

"Either of you two gentlemen know who might have done this?"

"I was in Tokyo." Superman shrugged.

"Lois Lane and Abigail Fine are the two newest factors in the school." Harry mused as he rubbed his chin. "The triplets tell me that they've been with Lois all day and she hasn't been near Bret, that's the name of the screamer, Bret Anderson." Harry added as he pointed at the still screaming yet restrained boy. "She also hasn't displayed any abilities that would cause this and she's been spending quite a bit of time with us."

"She also knows that the triplets are telepaths and Harry is Death." Superman added.

"I'll have the girls try and feel out Abigail." Harry said. "I'll also ask Brunhilde to try and run down what she was up to over the break."

"Ok, now what about this new girl, 'Number 10'? What's the deal there?"

"That's Uzume, one of the Sekirei. Chiho is her Ashikabi and after the incident with the Joker she begged to be allowed to stay with Chiho." Harry explained.

All of the Sekirei identities were protected via the same Fidelius that protected Superman and Batman's identities. But those protections never really applied to Harry so he could easily inform the Sheriff. She had been briefed on the Sekirei when they had come over anyway.

"She's officially acting as Chloe's protection detail in response to the Luthor case." Superman Added. "She's on official detachment from the Japanese Embassy."

"Why didn't you tell me about this?" The Sheriff glared at the Superhero.

"It didn't seem all that relevant. Chloe doesn't need protecting and Uzume lives here anyway."

"It becomes mighty relevant if federal agencies start sniffing around."

"They won't know about Uzume. She is protected in all manner of ways." Superman assured her. "Even if someone did discover her assignment they would only see her code name, Number 10. They'd never be able to connect her with Uzume."

"Just try and keep me in the loop please." She said tiredly. "Keep me informed of what you discover about… Mr. Anderson and Miss Fine.

"This is the last thing we needed with tonight's events."


"Lois! This is the boy's locker room." Chloe hissed as she tried to stop her cousin from walking into forbidden territory.

"You wanted a lead and this is the best place to look." Lois argued. "Bret was seen running from here, besides you know what they say about locker room talk."

"Yes, but I don't want to become the subject of locker room talk."

"Ha! You already are." She scoffed.

Lois pushed hard on the door and marched into the room leaving an annoyed Chloe outside.

The entire football team was present and in various states of undress.

"GIRL IN THE ROOM!" Someone shouted.

There was instant silence; only the sound of towels being hastily placed was heard.

"Relax boys, I'm just here for information." Lois said dismissively.

"Lane! Get out of here!"

There was a collective sigh of relief from the half naked team as Coach Summers stormed out of his office. He grabbed Lois by the shoulders and pushed her out of the room letting the door swing shut behind them.

"What the hell are you playing at Lois?" Scott demanded.

"I was looking for answers about Bret." She shrugged unconcerned.

"There are rules Lois." Scott said heatedly. "You respect a person. If you can't respect someone then how are we supposed to respect you?"

"It's just a little flesh. Nothing to be embarrassed about."

"Fine, then how about you grab a bikini and walk around the school?" Scott challenged.

"I don't get what you're so up tight about. Bret almost died and you're worried about one girl seeing some boys in their skivvies?"

"That room is theirs. They are supposed to feel safe and comfortable in that room. You have destroyed that now. You have a week's detention starting tonight. Now get out of here." Scott turned around and banged into the locker room.

"Nice work Lois." Chloe said sarcastically. "You managed to piss off one of the most easy going people here. Can't wait to see what you'll do to Harry."


At the end of the day, just before Lois was off for detention, the girls were all assembled in the Torch.

"Look at that." Chloe said sarcastically. "A man was able to get evidence from the boy's locker room without a woman having to scar them for life."

"Bunch of pansies." Lois muttered.

Scott had informed them that Abigail's necklace and Brett's jersey were found together in the locker room showers.

He had also told them that some of the boys had last seen Brett with Abigail.

"Fine, so I damaged the egos of the big men." Lois grumbled. "Let's go and get this girl and make her squeal."

"'Squeal'?" Lana asked with a raised eyebrow. "She could be a victim here."

"She did seem upset when I saw her before class and she left in the middle." Chiho offered.

"Well it's up to Chloe, Kyla and you now." Lana told Chiho. "Lois has detention and the triplets and I have cheerleading practice. Uzume, you should try out."

"Me? A cheerleader?" She giggled. "Isn't that more Ku and Musubi's thing?"

"You've got the moves and you'd enjoy it." Mindee agreed with Lana.

"What about Chiho?"

"We will stay by her side constantly." Chloe promised.

"Go on Uzume. Have fun." Chiho smiled encouragingly.

"How about if I see if Miya can spare one of Clark's Sekirei?" Kyla offered.

Uzume sighed. "Ok."


Turning heads was something that Kyla, Chloe and even Chiho was used to. They were beautiful young women and they knew it. Kyla was very protective of the young Japanese girl, almost as much as Uzume; she would glare at any boy who stared at her friend.

They were receiving many more stares due to their extra companion.

Kazehana was dressed in her favourite short purple dress that showed acres of bare legs, arms and chest.

And there was an abundance of chest.

"I told you not to wear that dress out of the castle." Kyla hissed.

"I feel comfortable like this. I prefer to feel the wind on my skin." She responded calmly as they walked across the football pitch.

"Kazehana, that dress is attracting a lot of attention, we are trying to remain inconspicuous." Chloe pointed out.

She just laughed. "We are four beautiful women, dear. We could be dressed in trash bags and people would look."

They eventually reached the maintenance entrance under the bleachers where the Cuckoos had said they could find Abigail Fine.

"Abigail? Are you in here?" Chloe called out.

"Stay away!" Came the plaintive cry.

"We just want to talk. Maybe we can help you." Chiho said as she moved in.

"Help me?"

"We know you had something to do with Brett." Kyla said, her voice much firmer and sterner than the others. "We don't want to jump to conclusions so we want to hear your side. Maybe we can help you if you need it."

"How can anyone help me?" Came the tearful sob.

"My father is one of the world's most foremost doctors. He has strong connections with the major companies of the world such as MBI and Wayne Industries." Kazehana said as she calmly walked into the dark room. "And if that isn't enough he is friends with Superman, the Green Lantern, Batman and the Flash.

"I doubt there is anything wrong that one of them cannot fix."

Chiho created a small ball of light with her magic and floated it up to the ceiling. "And then there's magic." She said with a smile at the astonished young woman with the tear-streaked face.


"Father, we have a patient for you."

Harry looked up from the clipboard he was signing to see Kazehana, Chiho, Chloe and Kyla leading a very nervous Abigail Fine into the reception of the Smallville Medical Centre.

"Sweetheart, we've talked about titles before, and using them in public." Harry sighed.

"You are my father and I am proud to be your daughter. I shall not hide from these facts." Kazehana glared at him.

"This has nothing to do with pride." He poked her tummy making her giggle. "This is you trying to make trouble for me so you can watch me squirm."

"Keep it up girl. Watching the Doc squirm makes it worthwhile sitting here." And elderly man chuckled from the waiting area.

"Watch it Norm. You better hope you don't have any reason for me to use my instruments. I won't be warming them up!"

"Judging by the number of lovelies you have there I'm thinking I'll be seeing a different doc today." The old man laughed.

"Pack it in Harry. You have work to do." Came a deep amused voice as a hand clapped him on the shoulder.

"Nev? You come to deal with the girls?" Harry asked his tall, muscled friend.

"No, I'm here to take your shift. Kyla informed Jean you might be needed and Jean sent me."

"Are you even registered?" Harry asked with narrowed eyes. "Do you even remember how to practice medicine?" He asked quieter.

"Harry, whilst you were stuck in solitude I had my own missions to do for the council. I have plenty of experience. More than you probably." Neville responded with the same quiet tones.

"Fine. Girls, let's find us an exam room." Harry shrugged.

"Norman Keller, you're up." Neville grinned at the elderly man.

It didn't take long to find an empty room. All the girls entered the room with Harry.

"Before we get started I have to ask. Abigail, do you want all of them in here for this? They won't mind waiting outside, this isn't the first time they've escorted someone here."

"I-It's ok." She said nervously.

Harry just smiled. "Alright, tell me what happened with you and Brett." He instructed as he pulled a stool up and sat opposite the girl sitting on the bed.

"We were… kissing and then he started screaming."

Saying something was missing from her story was obviously an understatement.

"You're going to have to back it up a bit there, Abby." Harry said apologetically. "I need you tell me not only what happened when you first saw Brett until he ran screaming but also as much of what was said as well as your feelings."

Abigail's eyes widened in worry.

"Let me explain why." Harry said as he rubbed his hands together. "You've seen that these girls can do real magic, right?" He asked as he conjured a simple blue bell flame in his hands. "Where I'm from babies are born with magic. They don't really have any idea about the world around them, they run on a simple set of needs and wants.

"When a magical baby wants food the cupboards will open and food that it saw mummy and daddy put in there will come flying out. The same with toys. It all comes down to emotion.

"Now, take Kazehana there. She has a non-magical power. She can manipulate the wind."

Kazehana created a small tornado in the palm of her hands.

"But like any magical or person with a power, her emotions can affect her power.

"Another example would be Superman. He needed a lot of practice to deal with his powers, there were some fairly dodgy moments, let me tell you!" He chuckled. "Most people come into their powers at birth or during puberty. Just like you.

"What I can tell you is that you are severely infected with Kryptonite poisoning. It his highly toxic stuff and can have a myriad of side effects including giving people certain powers.

"You are a good person Abigail, I can see that. I know that what ever happened wasn't by your choice, but I need to know what did occur so I can figure it all out and possibly reverse it."

Abigail nodded slowly. She wasn't going to argue about magic with a man who not only had blue fire sitting in his hands and not burning him but also was on a first name basis with every superhero.

"I kissed him, then I wanted to stop, but then he started screaming." She said. Abigail was very scared and didn't know what to think of this.

"Ok Abigail. I still need more. There is something I can do if you'll let me." Harry said as he shuffled slightly closer. "If you focus on the memory and let me look into your eyes then I can see what you saw and feel your emotions. Can you let me do that?"

Now she looked very worried.

Harry just smiled. "Don't worry, I won't go looking for anything else, I'll just be watching that."

Abigail really didn't want to do this, but she really wanted to be able to kiss someone with out driving them insane.

At least not that type of insane.

She gave a hesitant nod.

"Just look into my eyes." Harry instructed.

Harry sank into her memories, this wasn't legillemancy where a person observed another' memories. For all intents and purposes he was Abigail Fine. He could feel every footstep, he could feel the swish of the hem of her summer dress on her thighs, he could feel her elation as she felt the admiring eyes of the boys on her.

Then came the part he really didn't want to experience.

Feminine arousal.

Harry was a man. He like being a man. He had no desire to experience being a woman.

Although he took great pleasure in enjoying being with a woman.

Finally he felt the fear… the terror as Abigail watched Brett fall apart mentally.

He gently pushed himself out of the memories.

That's when Abigail screamed.

"What? What happened?" Harry asked worriedly.

He realised his voice had changed. He looked down and saw he had a pair of breasts and the other girls were giggling.

"Damn it!" He swore as he realised he had morphed into Abigail's form. He took a breath and let his true form come back.

"I'm sorry Abigail, it's been a long time since I did that and I forgot that can happen."

"You- you're not going to kill me and replace me?" Abigail asked worriedly.

Harry waved a dismissive hand. "I much prefer being a man."

"You looked exactly like me!" She squeaked.

Harry chuckled and began morphing into various other males like Clark and Vice-Principal Reynolds. "It's just another one of the quirks of being me." He said as he slipped back into his own form. "Now, open up and say 'ah'."

Abigail did as she was told.

"Hmm." Harry mused. "Some sort of gland has developed and is mixing a hallucinogenic with your saliva."

"A mutation?" She asked.

"Yep, you're a meta-human." Harry nodded. "Now, this isn't life threatening-"

"But Brett-"

"Will be just fine once it works its way out of his system. My concern is you. This toxin isn't effective on you but it will prevent you from enjoying life, especially as every time you sneeze or cough you could send someone into hysterics!"

"How did this happen? Is this something my Mom did to me?"

"We did some digging on you once we discovered you were involved." Kyla spoke up. "There are a lot of unusual deliveries and payments to her clinic."

"Elise Fine runs a plastic surgery business and did Abigail's work." Chloe explained for Harry.

"Yeah, I can see it. Especially those implants." He looked at her chest in disgust.

Abigail blushed.

"Ignore Harry." Kyla sighed. "He hates it when people put foreign objects in their bodies."

"Which is very hypocritical considering the number of times he has things inserted into him." Chloe smirked

"Like what?" Harry asked defensively.

"Bullets."

"Knives."

"Fists."

"Stakes."

"Rocks."

"Swords."

"Ok ok, I get it." Harry interrupted the girls listing things off. "It doesn't matter because I removed the implants." He said irritably as he dumped two lumps into dish on the instruments table.

Abigail immediately looked down at her chest. Nothing seemed different so she looked at him suspiciously.

"I removed them and filled the space with natural tissue." Harry explained. "No risk of leakage and no need for regular checkups."

"But… what will I tell my mom?" She asked.

"Nothing." Kyla said with quiet authority. "I'm sorry, but your mother is probably dealing with illegal materials that will see her locked away for a long time."

"I don't understand."

"Kryptonite." Chiho answered. "You are infected with Kryptonite?" She looked to Harry for confirmation.

"A fair amount of it too." Harry nodded. "Your exposure is far from natural, so that combined with the girl's findings about your mother's underhanded dealings means she likely dosed you with Kryptonite."

"Am I going to die?" She asked as she went pale.

"My dear, I am Death. I decide when people die and you have a long life ahead of you. We just need to sort out your Kryptonite infection."

"Death?!"

"They didn't mention that?" Harry asked sheepishly as he looked at the girls who were rolling their eyes.

"Harry!" Kyla gasped as she and Kazehana suddenly looked very worried. "Something is wrong, Clark… something is wrong with Clark."


A/N:

So there you have it, the start of Year Four. The bad news is there are only twelve chapters and I am just about to start Year Five. So there will be a longer wait for that Year. But for the next twelve days you get a chapter of between 4,000 to 9,000 words each day.

Of course it also depends on whether I watch the last Batman film, The Man of Steel or played even play the next Batman Arkham game whilst writing. I haven't seen either film yet.

Either way it will take me a while to get the next year out.

Enjoy for now.