Pulchritudinous
A Chouji x Hinata Fanfic
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of it's characters. The anime Naruto, and Characters of the anime belong to Misashi Kishimoto, and although I wish they did belong to me I must credit Naruto to him.
This is my first Fic ever so I hope it doesn't let you down people.
Pulchritudinous takes place when the rookies are all 26 so everyone looks a bit different from even shippuden.
Also don't flame me for Naruto being an ass cause that is what I made him to be in this. Naruto, And Ino I made to be the not so nice people, mainly as the whole inspiration for Hinata to be bad ass, and find someone else. So it is a necessary evil that Ino, and Naruto are the bad guys of the story
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Chapter One: From Confessions To Combat
Hyuuga Hinata stood at the door of the home that Uzumaki Naruto resided in. She held her hand up at the door, and knocked three times, hearing a shuffling from inside, and a few banging sounds with the addition of a very angry noise from the voice of the blond shinobi inside. The door opened, and Naruto stood in front of Hinata now, sweaty, and looking a bit winded. He didn't at all look happy, and Hinata blushed at also seeing that Naruto was not only sweaty, and winded, but nearly naked. All he wore was a blanket around him and some boxers, and Hinata nearly fainted at the sight of it, but held strong. This was her chance. After gathering all of her courage Hinata would finally tell Naruto how she felt about him. She had always fainted or run off or worse yet, get interrupted in mid confession, but not this time. She would definitely get the message out this time, and she wouldn't faint, not even at this sight. Before she could say anything, however, Naruto opened his mouth to speak out to Hinata.
"What are you doing here, Hinata? I am a little.. busy at the moment. Do you need to tell me something right now?" Naruto asked the Hyuuga Heiress, a little bit of irritation in his voice.
Hinata nodded and poked her fingertips together, a horrible habit on her part ever since her academy days, the jounin raising her head to stare Naruto right in the eyes so that she could confess her love to him once, and for all. "Naruto-kun, I..I-I-I wanted to t-tell you something for a l-long time..." Naruto cocked his head at this. It wasn't as if the Hyuuga didn't pull him aside for something like this every other day. Still, now she seemed a bit more confident. What could she want to tell him that was so urgent? "I-I-I L-Lo... I LOVE YOU NARUTO!" Hinata finally yelled out in Naruto's face, the blonde stepping back, and looking at her with a look that would have normally made Hinata tear up and walk away.
Naruto sighed as Hinata's face turned a shade of red found nowhere save for overripe tomatoes, and pomegranates, and shook his head. "Hinata... Why are you telling me this? I am busy right now, and besides. I never really liked you. Nobody did. You were always just the little girl of the group. Face reality, and grow up for once. Maybe you should stick with someone better, like another Hyuuga. If you have your father arrange it it's not like they can turn you down."
Hinata listened to this, but it took her a few moments still to absorb what had just been said. Her eyes started tearing up, and her hands balled into fists, and she started shaking with fear, and hatred, and embarrassment, and to make it all worse a pair of feminine arms suddenly snaked their way around Naruto's neck to grasp at his muscular figure. Yamanaka Ino popped her head up from behind Naruto, caressing his torso, and making cutesy noises in Naruto's ear. "Naruto, come on back. I wasn't done with you yet." Ino suddenly noticed the Hyuuga heiress at the door, and grimaced. "What's she doing here?"
Naruto chuckled, and shook his head, kissing Ino on the cheek as he started to close the door. "Nothing, she was just leaving, babe. She wanted to spill some crap about loving me or something." As the door was almost closed Hinata heard Ino giggling, and Naruto making one last comment. "How could I love a bug eyed freak like her anyway? She's better off with some loser anyway. Someone that will be just as worthless as her."
Instantly Hinata's open palm slammed into the door, lightning running through her, and ripping the door clean from it's hinges, and propelling it across the room. She was going to just walk off, and sulk in her room for a while, reflecting on how stupid she was for loving Naruto for so long, but that last line made her snap. Now Naruto, and a nude Ino lay on the floor, confused, and dazed as Hinata stepped into the apartment, tears flowing down her cheeks, and electricity sparking from her whole body as she advanced on the couple. "I c-cared for you... I-I-I thought y-you were the b-best person ever..." Hinata muttered as she loomed over Naruto, and Ino.
"Hinata... I-I'm sorry for saying that. I r-really was just.. Tired! Ya, that's it! I d-didn't mean it, really." Despite this Hinata's choice was made. She may have fallen for that excuse some other time, had she not been already about to rip Uzumaki Naruto to nothing. She spread her legs in a Juuken stance, and muttered something before her hands went flying into Naruto, and Ino, the konoichi screaming how many palms she had thrust into the two of them. When she stopped at 128 palms she looked at the two "lovebirds", scowling at the two of them, knowing that they could do nothing know, and so the real destruction began, Hinata forming hand seals, and sending water flying through the home of Uzumaki Naruto, lightning flying into the furniture, and speeding water slicing through everything. Finally somebody must have seen the commotion, or the neighbor had discovered the explosions from next door, and called for help because after roughly 5 minutes of destroying the Uzumaki home Hinata found herself being hauled away by 6 Anbu, cheeks puffy and red, tears streaming from her eyes, and screams of hatred and anger emitting from her mouth.
When she was finally calm again, roughly three hours later, the Anbu allowed her to meet with the Hokage, still bound, and kept in a dark interrogation room. Tsunade stepped in, sighing loudly, and with her hand against her forehead. Hinata was definitely the last person she ever expected to be marking as a criminal. She sat down across the table from the still teary konoichi. She looked at Hinata seriously, and spoke. "I hope you know what it is wrong that you have done. I would have never expected you, Hinata, a star shinobi both in level, and manner, to do such a thing as viciously break into someone's home and try to murder them. Do you have any idea the amount of damage you have actually done?" Hinata silently shook her head as it hung low, determined to stare at the table under it. This earned yet another long sigh from Tsunade. "First of all the damage done to Uzumaki Naruto, who I am guessing was your primary target, could have easily killed him had we not gotten him in on time. Both lungs were blown, heart was failing, liver, and kidneys were also ruptured. Severe damage was dealt to his ribs, breaking seven of them in your insanity. That was just from what I am guessing was you juuken taking its toll but to make things worse Naruto also suffered third degree burns from the lightning and the worst case of mental trauma I have ever seen in someone. I have to say that I doubt even Morino Ibiki could possibly shake up the kid as much as you have. As for Yamanaka Ino the damage was roughly the same though the injuries a bit less extreme. The site of the outburst is, as you no doubt saw yourself, totaled. I'll have to get some experts in here to see if you are being controlled by some genjutsu. There is no way that the Hyuuga Hinata I saw grow up would do this.
Hinata shook her head again, and looked up at Tsunade. "T-They won't find anything... I wasn't c-controlled. I did it for a r-reason..."
This earned a questioning look on Tsunade's part. "What do you mean... A reason? What happened in there? Don't tell me Naruto attacked you first? I wouldn't believe that even if it was true."
Hinata shook her head a third time, her blue-black hair shaking about as she did so. "H-He said something, and I l-lost it... He said I-I was a f-freak... And b-b-bug eyed. I t-told him I loved him, and he c-called me a bug eyed f-freak..."
Tsunade shook her head in slight disbelief. This was the Hinata she knew. It was just that Hinata had been pushed over the edge. She went insane after confessing love to the boy she had had a crush on for so long. She never thought that Naruto of all people, who had once upon a time been routing for her to get better and persevere, would actually say something like that, but she guessed he must have simply gotten tired of the Hyuuga's shyness, or something like that. "You know I can't let you off the hook wholly for this even if you are speaking the truth about this. I have to do something. You could be classified a nuke-nin for this even. Striking a few times at a fellow ninja is one thing, but outright attempting to kill two is entirely another.
A knock came on the door to the chamber, and Tsunade called in the person on the other side. It had better have been urgent because Tsunade wasn't in the mood for anything less than another attempted murder. A spiky silver haired Anbu walked in, and looked at Hinata cocking his head to the side before shaking it briefly, and handing Tsunade a piece of paper, and speaking. "Akimichi Chouji has returned to the village after his training expedition. He would like to speak with you immediately. He says he wishes to resume shinobi duties as soon as he possibly can."
Tsunade grumbled at this, and walked over to Hinata. "I understand that I am probably going to regret this, but if I unbind you will you follow me, and cause no trouble, Hinata?" Hinata gave a small nod, and Tsunade, satisfied with the answer beckoned the Anbu to unbind Hinata, the Hyuuga standing up, and stepping to Tsunade, now content with once again staring at the floor.
The two walked to Tsunade's office, two Anbu, including the silver haired one coming along with them in case trouble was to break out. When they arrived at Tsunade's office the first thing that was seen was Shizune laughing, Tonton in her arms smiling his little pig smile. As the door opened further the next thing to be seen was Chouji, having left the village on an extended training expedition as soon as her made jounin at seventeen. Now the 26 year old Chouji looked entirely different to Hinata. His body was still very large, broad, and tall. However, his girth was not so great by any means any longer, having toned out well from the overweight Chouji she knew from nine years before. Of course Chouji still had a thin layer of fat that seemed to cover his torso, but he was quite literally the picture of fitness, very little fat at all clinging anywhere on his body, or so it seemed. He wore the customary Akimichi half plate, but under it he wore a nice set of chain mail to add protection. It seemed that this set of half plate was also newer, different in size, and form than his old set would have been like. Tsunade gave a short whistle at the site of Chouji's form, and smiled, sitting down at her desk, Hinata sitting down in a seat at the side of the room, Shizune giggling a bit more, and then going to stand at Tsunade's side, Tonton oinking at the entrance of the Hokage happily.
"So I see you are finally back after so long, eh Akimichi Chouji. I have to say that if you weren't wearing the family armor I wouldn't have noticed you, but even then the new additions confused me a bit at first. So tell it to me straight. Where have you been all these nine years? We lost contact with you five months into your travel, your last letter stating that you wouldn't be sending anything more to us. I was worried by year four that you were either dead, or had simply defected from Konoha." Tsunade laughed out loud, and smiled as Chouji laughed with her, and placed a large, filled folder onto the desk. Tsunade soon looked at this, and smiled, pictures of the mountains showing up throughout the whole folder's contents in various spots.
"If I knew where I was it wouldn't have a name, Hokage-sama. I was too far away to reached even the Earth Country without taking a week to get to the border by way of a horse had I gotten one. In short I was far into unknown territory. Those are some pictures that I took while there. Every so often I ran down to the nearest village a ways off from my new home location, but for the most part I lived off the land this whole time. Also I may look much different than before but I can assure you that I am still massively overweight. I did a little development in the mountains. The excess girth got in the way so I decided to make a jutsu that helped me with it. In actuality I weight close to five hundred pounds, and about half of it is the fat in my body. I found out that it's not how much fat I kept, but where I put it." Chouji smiled proudly at this statement, Tsunade shaking her head in confusion at the response.
The Chouji that Tsunade remembered was a big, girthy and, dare she even thought it in his presence, FAT kid that just sat around, and ate all day. How had he managed to squeeze five hundred pounds of weight into a body that by all means had no business being even two hundred at most? She bolted upright, and stepped to Chouji, grabbing him around the waist, and tried picking him up. Not an inch did the smiling Akimichi move as his weight was simply too much for the Sannin to handle without using extra chakra to increase her strength. It was unbelievable. Not only was the Akimichi horribly heavy, but he was also a block of solid steel as far as feeling went. By far had Chouji passed the point of simply having tough muscles. His body felt like a big rock that was shaped into the form of a human with a wild mane of red hair. Tsunade let go of Chouji, who was still smiling, and Shizune snickered, causing Tsunade to send her a death glare the could no doubt turn milk sour before smiling back at Chouji. "Well I can't say those nine years were by any means wasted even if enhanced weight control was all you learned. You're a picture of manliness, Chouji. I am sure you'll knock the ladies into next week with those looks."
This comment caused Chouji to blush a bit. He was sure Tsunade would have been right. In fact he was already planning on using his new looks for Getting the girl that he had left behind to train. Ino was always in his mind throughout his training to become better. So much had she taken pity on him for being weak, or yelled at him for being a fat slob. Sure he couldn't really go on a big diet like she did every week, but he could change his look to be more appealing, and so he did. The jutsu that he made to look thinner was actually for being able to get around, and through things more easily in the wilderness but it did have its benefits aside from that when in company. He would go to Ino as soon as possible, and confess his love to her, and hope to Kami that she would take him as her boyfriend. Surely she would be amazed at his new look. Chouji had also grown significantly in the height department. He was now a good six feet six inches tall, by far dwarfing most other people around him in both height, and broadness. "Excuse me, Hokage-sama. May I ask if Yamanaka Ino is on a mission at this time. I wished to speak to her about something. You know.. See the old team."
Instantly the room went quiet, the giggling from Shizune stopping, and the happy laughter of Tsunade subsiding in an instant. The silence in the room was so great that Chouji could hear not even breathing of the others. Tsunade looked at him seriously. "There is something.. you may want to know about that subject. Yamanaka Ino is as of now indisposed. She received heavy injuries this morning along with Uzumaki Naruto, and they are both in intensive care after being made terminal from a... A situation of extreme confidentiality. I am not sure at this moment if I should tell you what happened."
Hinata humphed at this time, causing Chouji to jump a bit, not having realized that Hinata was in the room, having been too caught up in the conversation with Shizune upon Hinata's entrance, and then getting to talking with Tsunade right away afterward. "I b-beat them half t-to death..."
Chouji looked horrified, now noticing who it was who was speaking. Hinata, the sweet, little konoichi whop was scared of everything, and madly in love with the hyperactive Naruto beat the Jinchuuriki, and Yamanaka Ino into need of intensive care? This surprised Chouji, and he soon realized that it must have been a joke, and made a booming laugh, his hand going to the side of his head in embarrassment. "That's a good one. I never thought you guys to joke about that. Nice to see you again Hinata-chan, you really had me going there." Soon enough after he stopped laughing he realized that the silence following said that there was no joking in the statement, and Chouji's look of horror increased to a whole new level, not having believed at first, but now coming to the realization that it was all true. His friend Hinata had beaten Naruto, and Ino into a pulp. He wanted to feel angry at this fact, but simply couldn't feel angry at the thought that Hinata went insane. "It's not a joke then." the three all shook their heads in unison, and Chouji looked at Hinata in fear. "I am... going to take my.. leave now... I'll report back to you later, Hokage-sama."
With that said Chouji took two steps back, and opened the door, sliding out of the hokage's office, and stepping away, He would need to check in with Nara Shikamaru anyway. Might as well make it his first stop.
TBC...
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Hey everyone! Hoped you liked the first chapter of Pulchritudinous. This is my first fic, and I am hoping to start my fic career with a big BANG! XP This Fic is also gonna be pretty long, and in depth, and I will be hoping to put in at least a few more chapters than a one shot XD Please Review!
For anyone who didn't know, which wouldn't surprise me, Pulchritudinous is actually a word. I was going to name this fic at first something with Beautiful in it, but I didn't wanna use just any word like that so I checked for synonyms, finding all the normal words, but Pulchritudinous which I looked at as though it was some weird alien from some far off planet and looked up the meaning. Simply put Pulchritudinous is a word used for a person who is beautiful without compare, or possessing extreme beauty. I thought it would be a nice word for the title.
Anyway, if any of you have a problem with this fic (prolly will) then do not bother holding back. I can, or rather should, be able to take it. Just please don't flame me too much ;;
Anyway, Happy reading, I will post the next chapter soon if I get some good reviews.