Chouji's Eating Habit
Chouji has an eating problem and the person who helps him through it is the person he gets feelings for. ChoNaru coupling
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, I would have made everyone hippies. GO HIPPIE POWER!!
Chapter 1 Syrup of ipecac
Chouji looked into his bag of empty potato chips and frowned. He had eaten all of the chips that Konoha could supply him. "Looks like I'm onto another type of food group," Choji said to him self. "Naruto has the Ramen food-group covered and I'd know for certain he'd be pissed at me." Chouji sighed and went into the kitchen and looked through the fridge. "Nothing to eat. Tha's strange. MOM! THE FRIDGE IS EMPTY!! That's strange. Mom's not here..." Chouji grabbed the phone and dialed Shikamaru's number and recieved no answer. "Was there a mission that he didn't tell me?"
After calling everyone he knew, Chouji hung up the phone and took a look outside. It was raining impossibly hard today and no one was home. Looking out over the street, Chouji saw no one out in the streets. If no one was home and no one was out in the streets then where were they? Chouji decided to go to the convinient store and grab some groceries. He was hungry and when he was hungry he had to get food in his belly. Pulling on his jacket, Chouji grabbed an umbrella, and exited the house.
Stepping out into the street, the boy opened his umbrella and frowned. Rainy days were depressing days. On these days, Chouji couldn't spend time with Shikamaru. Chouji could see himself with a bag of potato chips stretching out across the beautiful green medow, staring up at the carefree clear blue sky, and watching as the free floating fluffy white clouds roll past him. The image pleased him and he thought of that while he wallked through the forbidding and ominous streets of Konoha.
With a sudden realization, Chouji suddenly snapped out of the 'Happy Place' and stopped walking. Staring down an ally, Chouji could see the glimmering red eyes of an unusual shade. Moving towards the set of eyes, Chouji started down the dark alley. Going nearly a meter, Chouji felt something slightly warm and wet seeping through his thin shoes. Looking down just as lightning streaked across the sky, Chouji could see the puddleing of blood around his feet. Looking back up, Chouji watched as the figure came into his view...
"NO!!" Chouji shouted as he sat up in bed. "Don't kill me!" Chouji looked around his room and then layed his eyes upon his alarm clock. "It's 6:50? What an odd time to wake up at." Chouji went to his closet dissmissing the dream as he chose an outfit to wear for that day. When he finished making his bed, Chouji went down to the kitchen and grabbed a fruit from the fridge since he didn't feel hungry. Thinking twice, Chouji put the fruit back and left without eating anything. Taking an early morning stroll, and took in the morning's fresh air. This had been the third time this week that he had taken a walk around Konoha.
When Chouji returned home, it was 7:10 and his mother was already up warming the stove. "I'm not hungry," Chouji said before his mother could ask. "I'm gonna take a showere and go back out oaky?"
"Umm..Sure Chouji." Mrs. Akimichi said as she followed Chouji with her eyes. "That's strange...This is the third time this week..." Shugging it off, Mrs. Akimichi turned the oven off and poured herself a cup of coffee.
"Hey, Ino and Shikamaru!" Chouji called out to his friends as he entered the Academy Grounds. "What's up?"
"Took you long enough," Ino said distastefully. "What kept you?"
"I don't even dilly dally that long."
"I uh thought I saw a feline cross my path so I had to take the long way," Chouji said inadvertantly stealing one of Kakashi's lies. "So let's get this overwith already." The two watched in confusing as their teammate walked towards the Academy doors.
"Aren't you two coming?" Chouji asked turning to them. "We don't want the kids waiting."
Every year three select ninjas were required to tell the first years of the academy what it was like to be a ninja. This year, it was the Ino-Shika-Cho team that was selected. Chouji opened the door to the room and allowed Ino and Shikamaru to enter before him. The three shinobi looked down at the munchkins and remembered what it was like when they were in their places.
"Damn these kids are loud," Shikamaru said with a sigh. "This is so troublesome."
"Hey, you slept through this thing, didn't you?" Ino asked with a slight chuckle in her voice. "You should have listened to them so you would have known what to talk about."
"Hey guys, what's up?" Iruka asked noticing the three in the corner. "Okay everyone, they're here. And late. I'm sure they have a good explanation to why that was."
"Don't worry boys, I'll handle that part," Ino said with a smile. "Sorry we're late. We just lost track of time during our training. Being a ninja is exilerating, fun but at the same time tough. It really keeps one in good shape."
"Then why is he so fat?" A kid asked pointing to Chouji. "You said ninjas are kept in good shape. He looks like a blob."
"I am not fat," Chouji said with a furrow in his brow. "I am big-boned."
"Yeah...That word is taboo around him," Shikamaru said carelessly. "Well, are we done?"
"You should have been paying attention in class that day," Ino said to him. "Well, that's one thing you kids should know. Always pay attention to things that are going on around you at any given time. Iruka. I suspect that your gonna give these kids a quiz when we leave. Correct?"
"Yes?"
"Well. Now it's time for our experiances I guess," Chouji said with a smile. "Why don't you start Shikamaru."
Shikamaru sighed and looked at the kids, "I don't have a choice do I?"
"You sure don't," Ino said with a laugh. "You may have a high IQ but your attention span is lower than your shoe-size."
"What's that suposed to mean?" Shikamaru asked looking at her. "I do not have a low attention span. Things just become boring after a while."
"That's what an attention span is," the same kid said. "You have no enthusiasm!"
"Oh he's got enthusiasm," Chouji said. "You should watch him when he's making a plan. He's really enthusiastic about that."
"Those kids were mad-hard to satisfy," Shikamaru said brewing over his menu. "Exspecialy that snot-nosed munchskin in the back by the corner."
"I feel sorry for the squad he's gonna be," Ino said sighing with relief. "Hey, Chouji, what happened to your hungar?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Chouji said after he ordered everything on the menu. "I'm famished!"
"First he won't eat a thing and now he'll eat Konoha out of house and home," Shikamaru said to Ino in a whisper. "Somethings not right here."
"Yeah, tell me about it," Ino said in the same whisper. "He's been like this ever since the chuunin exams."
"So I heard you and Hinata were going on a mission together with Sakura and Ten-Ten," Shikamaru said as he ate his simple bowl of ramen. "What mission did Lady Tsunade give you girls?"
"We were given a teamwork mission," Ino said with a low sigh. "Tsunade said that she could tell some of us weren't getting along that well. This is such a pain!"
"I can here you there," Shikamaru said with a sigh. "Neji, Shino, Sasuke, and myself are going on a mission together."
"That's strange," Chouji said as he mowed on some meat. "Naruto, Kiba, Lee, and I weren't given a mission."
"That's because she can't send out all her ninjas at one time. Some have to stay behind and stay on standby," Asuma said as he sat down next to Chouji. "You've got your appetite back I see."
"What do you mean by 'back?'" Chouji asked with a slight chuckle. "I've always had an appetite." Chouji finished eating and left the three alone at the table as he went home. Seeing a note on the counter, Chouji went to the bathroom, and found the Syrup of ipecac. Mixing 2 tablespooms with a cup of water, Chouji drank it all in one gulp and after several minuets of injesting it, he vomited. Chouji skipped dinner and went straight to bed.