AN: Well, here is my new fanfic... Hope you will enjoy it!

Characters: Naruto, Sakura, Choji, Ino, Shikamaru
'Blablabla': thoughts
'Blablabla': inner Sakura

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Chapter 1:

"I'm coming!"

She ran as fast as she could down the stairs, grabbed her coat and slammed the door after her. Seeing her mom in the garden, she told her she was going out and probably won't be coming home early. The night was cool and she was enjoying her little walk with her only teammate left. Naruto was indeed her teammate but also her best friend and maybe a little more than she would admit. She loved his smile and his never ending determination, his stubbornness and his messy hair, his horrible favorite color and food. She loved everything everyone would surely hate about him, but was always positively sure she still loved a certain Sasuke Uchiha, her lost teammate. But there she was, not dreaming or crying about the raven-haired boy but walking with Naruto. She was going to have a drink with team 10 and what's left of team 7 that consists of only her and Naruto, like every Saturday. She sure enjoyed their little reunion that always end up with her and Ino shouting at each other and the boys laughing at them, which would result in Sakura hitting Naruto. The next morning, of course, everyone had already forgotten everything and the week would pass like every other week, between missions and day off. Life was predictable, or she though so…

"You can only drink five glasses of the bottle. Each glass is different and brings the whole group into a new state... Now, you must be ready to encounter every…" When they arrived, team 10 was already there and listening to a much exited Kakashi.

"There you are… I got tired of waiting for you so I started my explanations."

"HE got tired of waiting? It makes me laugh!" whispered Sakura to Naruto, "Has he forgotten he always makes us wait?"

"Yeah, that's right!"

"Hey, what are you talking about you two?"

"Nothing sensei… Forget it. What explanations are you talking about? Is it a mission?" asked Naruto pretty exited too now.

"No, not really… I'm offering you a little game. This bottle I brought is filled with liquid chakra. You can only take 5 drinks out of the bottle but every glass allows a group of five people to travel to another world. I cannot tell you how the different worlds are because each person has one. I know mine…" His thoughts flew away for a second before he started again. "Well, if you are ready, I'll give you the bottle… but I must warn you: in each world, one of you will be put to the test and it's up to this person to bring back everyone to the real world. So?"

"I'm in!!!" shouted Naruto.

"I should have guessed… Anyone else?"

"I guess I can't let my teammate do it alone…"

"Naruto, Sakura…"

"And I can't let my best friend and rival. I'll have something to tell everyone tomorrow!"

"If you come back…" said Kakashi smiling under his mask.

"Come on Choji, we have to go with Ino… no choice but way troublesome."

"Good, everyone's in… Good luck, I hope to see you alive soon."

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They all looked at the bottle as if it was going to move and start talking. They were waiting for someone to decide what to do.

"Well, someone has to drink the first glass, who's up to it?" Nobody moved. Shikamaru sighed "I see, so be it…" Everyone looked at him relieved. He took the bottle and said: "It will be Choji…"

"What? Why not you?" Choji was becoming red.

"You're thirsty, that's why, well I thought so…" Shikamaru said nervously, knowing it was not a good idea to upset Choji. Choji seemed to be calmer, he breathed in and simply stated:

"Okay then."

He took the bottle and poured some in his glass. Five pairs of eyes were fixing him. When the liquid chakra filled the glass, it was a very light green. "Bah, it looks like tea… Do I really need to drink this?"

"Oh come on Choji, said Ino, you know you do if we want to start playing…" Pulling faces, Choji held the glass and drank it. One second, two second, nothing happened. And then, out of nowhere, of ball of chakra encircled them and ate them…

Moments later, Sakura woke up next to Ino. They were in a meadow, alone. Tall grass was all around them, they couldn't see anything but green one meter away.

"Do you think it has something to do with the fact that the liquid was green?" Sakura asked.

"How should I know?… Maybe the boys are not far, we should go and look for them."

As they started walking through the tall grass, Sakura's thoughts began wandering. 'One boy is too far away to be with us… This game isn't perfect without him.'

'What are you talking about? He is here.'

'Not you again… You know we're not talking about the same boy… And I'm not going to argue with you again. We love Sasuke-kun, end of discussion!'

'No we don't… Well, maybe you think YOU do but I know I don't. Naruto-kun is the best!'

'Stop calling him that, it's giving me headaches.'

'Think what you want, you'll see someday…'

'Shut up, I…'

"I wonder which one of us will have his test…"

"Yeah…"

When Ino spoke, Sakura lifted her head and raised her eyebrows.

"Well, stop wondering Ino, and look at this: I think you will know."

Ino moved her head toward where Sakura was standing. What she saw was simply unbelievable: sweet, chocolate, tons and tons of food everywhere. She started laughing and laughing without being able to stop. Finally, she turned to face Sakura: "Yeah, I know now, it's for Choji…"

"Hey girls, there you are! Are you okay? Choji seems a bit distant. He keeps saying he's smelling something, look at him." He turned around to show but Choji had disappeared. "Where did he go now?"

"I think I know… Look" said Ino.

When Shikamaru saw the abundance of the food, he nearly fainted. "This isn't good, really isn't good. We have to stop Choji from eating anything."

"Too late I think, but we may be able to stop him from eating anything else."

The three of them started to run towards Choji who was already eating BBQ chicken mixed with candies.

"How can he eat that? I'm going to throw up soon," said Sakura feeling nauseous.

"Sakura-chan! Are you okay? I want to show you something, come."

"Naruto! There you are, I was becoming worried."

"Don't be, Sakura-chan, I'm always okay, and I can take care of myself!"

"I know Naruto, I know… So, what do you want to show me?"

"This…"

In front of them stood a giant bowl of ramen. Naruto was radiant and couldn't keep his eyes of the bowl. Suddenly, he started running towards what seemed to be a ladder to enter the bowl. When he touched the ladder, he felt someone pulling him away.

"Don't touch it, don't eat it baka."

"But why, Sakura-chan? One of my favorite dreams has just come true!"

Sakura looked at him and sighed: "Shikamaru said we have to stop Choji from eating anything, I think I have to stop you from eating that ramen. This might be a trap, we have to be careful."

Naruto was now becoming sad and Sakura hated that, especially when she knew she was the cause of it… "I promise I'll buy you a bowl of ramen tomorrow okay?"

"Thanks Sakura-chan," said Naruto, happy again, and already enjoying what he thought was maybe a date. He grinned at her, "Let's go stop Choji."

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"Where have you been? We barely could control Choji. If he eats, we just can't imagine what is going to happen. Thanks to my shadow possession technique, Ino was able to cast her jutsu and Choji is controlled by Ino."

"And what now? What is Choji supposed to do? We cannot control him forever, or we will not return to the real world…"

"I know, Sakura, I know…" Shikamaru put his hands together and started to think. Everybody kept quiet for a long time, sure Shikamaru was going to find something that will make them go back.

"I don't know."

"What? But you always find something. What happened to you?"

"Stop it Naruto. The last thing we need is an argument."

"Yeah, you're right, we have to decide what to do with Choji," said a deep voice coming from Choji's body.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Why is Choji talking about himself?"

SLAP! Naruto went flying meters away. Sakura, her fist clenched, was panting. "Baka, it's Ino."

"Oh, sorry, but no need to hit me Sakura-chan…"

"Yes I do… to ease my nerve."

'To touch him… and make him understand you like him… but that's not the way to do it if you ask me…'

"I DID NOT ask you anything!"

"Sakura-chan, are you okay? I didn't say anything…" said Naruto more afraid than ever.

"So… Ino, can you talk to Choji while you're in his body? To try to make him understand he has to stop eating until we figure out what to do."

"I can try… My father just explained to me that it's something we are able to do but I've never actually done it myself. I have to concentrate on Choji and materialize his soul in front of me. Then it should be possible for all of us to talk to him, but it has a risk… If I cannot manage to return him to his body, we will lose him forever."

"Then we cannot take the risk," decided Sakura.

"Well, it's not like we lose him but his soul will be free for an instant and then will find another object or body to live in. And it's almost impossible to find him and return him to his real body."

"Can I trap him in my shadow possession jutsu while you make him return? Like that it will be impossible for him to go…"

"Maybe… Has your dad told you of you can control a soul with your technique?"

"No, but…"

"There are too many ifs… We cannot risk Choji's life like this," interrupted Naruto, "I suggest that Ino release him and then we hit him until he cannot move… That way, we could talk to him without risking his life. I mean, his life is more precious than a few punch, no?"

Shikamaru looked at Naruto with an eyebrow raised and finally said: "I agree but what if Choji resists and attacks us? I know it's four against one but we cannot take that risk too…"

"So… what do we do?" asked Sakura exasperated. "We're not going to be all night here. Do I need to remember you that we have four drinks to go after this one? We're going to be stuck in this game for months!"

"Okay then, let's try to talk to Choji," said Naruto, "but if something happens, it's not my fault…"

Ino closed her eyes and started making signs. Everybody stopped breathing. Ino was continuing making signs, one after the other, faster and faster. It seems it was never going to stop. And then, all of a sudden, she opened her eyes and fog started to form in front of her. The fog was becoming distinct and they could discern the outline of Choji's body. When Choji was totally formed, Shikamaru made his shadow possession jutsu to catch Choji but soon realize it was going to be impossible because the soul was not making any shadow. "I can't control him… you better do it correctly Ino."

"Thanks a lot, I'm even more stressed now…"

They waited a few moments more, during which Naruto didn't stop complaining. At last, Choji seemed to be moving and he opened his eyes. Shikamaru was the first to talk: "Choji, can you hear me?"

He didn't answer.

"Choji, please, hear me, please… Can you hear me Choji, please?"

Still no answer.

"Why? Why isn't it working?" Ino was becoming more and more depressed. She was losing her control and, without Shikamaru and Sakura, she would have lost Choji fast. "INO!!"

"It's okay, it's alright, I've got him."

"What is happening?" Finally, Choji was talking. He seemed to have forgotten what had happened in the few hours. Naruto explained him that Kakashi had given them liquid chakra and that he had drunk it. Now, they were in Choji's world and it was up to him to bring them back. They didn't have any idea how for the moment but they knew that he had to stop eating. As Naruto was telling the story, Choji started to remember the night. Kakashi, the chakra encircling them, the food, and Shikamaru's jutsu. "I understand, I'll stop eating… even if the BBQ chicken was excellent…" Choji smiled. "and also the chocolate thing…" Shikamaru turned his head towards Ino. She then made some signs and Choji disappeared again. They all held their breath. When they saw Choji coming back to life, they were all very relieved. But then, Sakura shouted and started crying. Naruto looked at her and quickly understood what had happened. Ino was still not moving. That only meant that she hadn't returned to her body. "Where are you Ino-pig? Please come back..." Naruto ran towards Sakura and took her in his arms. "Please don't cry Sakura-chan, it hurts… We're going to do something, I promise. We're going to find a way to bring her back."

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AN: Please tell me what you think and if you want me to continue. Don't expect quick updates... I'll still try to update weekly.
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