Things are heating up at North Konoha Gakuen.
Will our heroes face these challenges head on? Or will they be picked off one by one?
Let's find out shall we?
No new stand Stat's this chappie, expect a new one next chappie.
HEAVEN OR HELL?
LET'S RAWK!!!
Chapter 14: Mind Games.
Shikamaru yawned as he leant against the trunk of the tree, eyeing Shino lazily as the silent teen continued to scan the area with his Alien Ant Farm. 'Mendokuse…' the Nara muttered, rolling his eyes slightly in disbelief 'Never thought I'd get sick of just lazing around…'
"Anything?" he asked the silent Aburame, only to sigh once more as the taciturn teen shook his head "Mendokuse…isn't there any way to differentiate stand users from normal people?"
"No," Shino countered, almost apologetically "while Stand users generally have a higher level of life energy, it doesn't necessarily mean it can be detected, even by my Alien Ant Farm." He frowned, "Also, people in peak physical condition tend to possess greater life energy too, and North Konoha Gakuen has some of the best athletes here on scholarships." He frowned behind his spectacles "The only surefire way to detect a stand user is to force them to use their ability."
"By which case it could be too late." Shikamaru muttered, cursing derisively as he tried to factor this into his equations "Mendokuse…this isn't a can of worms Naruto dragged us into, it's a nest of fucking vipers…"
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"There we go." Sakura noted, pulling the curtains shut so that the sun didn't glare over the sick bed she'd prepared for Naruto "Place him there."
"Thank you again." Lee offered gratefully, pulling the cover over his slumbering kohai with a sheepish grin "Naruto-kun isn't normally so careless..."
"Think nothing of it." Sakura countered, smiling cheerfully as she closed the curtains around the slumbering blonde's bed "I'm planning to advance to the medical university, so this is good practice."
Lee fought down a flush as a guilty image of the girl in a nurse's uniform flashed through his mind. Shaking himself, he instead allowed himself to be led out of the infirmary, the pinkette chatting amiably with him concerning the details of her course.
"And then of course there's the annual trip to the university." Sakura noted, a hint of pride in her tone "We get to sit in on operations that aren't too important or private, it gives good reference material."
"Fascinating." Lee noted, though internally he really didn't see the appeal in watching someone grapple with death, taking notes all the while. Oh he could understand the benefits of learning experience and advances in medical techniques, but turning live surgery into an extra credit assignment made him queasy.
"By the way…" Sakura asked, turning to face the bowl-cut teen with curious eyes "You never did tell me what you two were doing in the corridor. You don't look like Students here."
"We're thinking of transferring." Lee offered, working hard to keep himself from flinching. One of the teen's sole weaknesses was that he was too honest for his own good, and couldn't tell a lie to save his life. It was just one of those things he'd had to live with growing up, and Gai never faulted him for it.
"Really?" Sakura asked, her tone relieved "That's good, for a moment I thought you'd come in to vandalize the buildings." She shook her head in disgust "Some loser from East Konoha broke in while classes were in session and painted the clock tower to look like a giant prick, all the first years had to be sent home!"
Lee fought the urge to chuckle at this, a guilty feeling of pride filling him as he shot the door of the nurses office a quick glance. Little did the girl know she'd just assisted the felon she was badmouthing right this minute. "I was told to see a specific staff member." He pressed, not technically a lie, as he WAS looking for the man, "Orochimaru-sensei."
"The counselor?" Sakura wondered, looking at him in surprise "Well it's true he does help out with transfers…but that's usually before the semester starts."
"I had…trouble at my old school." Lee offered, again not technically a lie, especially given recent events "A good friend was in a car accident and it shook me pretty bad."
"Oh no," the girl gasped, placing a hand to her mouth in shock, green eyes wide with concern "Were they alright?"
"They lived." Lee assured her, smirking as he went with the flow, "But they were never the same again…"
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Naruto sneezed, rubbing his nose tenderly as he rolled over, wincing as his back objected the movement. 'Someone's talking about me-tebayo…' he muttered, cursing as his pounding headache raged away 'Kuso…why's this shit happen to me?'
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"That's a lot of plants." Chouji muttered dumbly, eyeing the numerous flowerbeds with something akin to awe on his face. There were at least thirteen rows of the things, all with different breeds of flora, and this was just ONE of the greenhouses!
'Guess I found where the taxes are going.' He joked, eyeing the glass walls with a hint of amusement, only to snap out of his daze as Ino spoke up.
"So anyway," the blonde asked as she shelved some flowerpots "what is it you're planning to go into?" she blinked at the teen's look of confusion "You know, after graduation?"
"Uh…my dad wants me to take over the family business." The large teen mumbled, looking off to the side "Mom'd rather I branched out a little, but she likes the idea of me staying nearby."
"Family business?" Ino repeated, looking a little intrigued "Are you connected to the hospital by any chance?"
"Sorry, no." Chouji offered, shaking his head good naturedly "My family runs a grocery store, Akimichi-Goods, and-"
"I know that place!" Ino exclaimed, eyes widening in recognition "I used to buy snacks from there as a kid, they're still open?" she blushed and clapped a hand to her mouth, eyes widening in shock.
"You're from East Konoha too?" Chouji wondered, eyeing the blonde in surprise. He'd never have figured to run into someone from home here.
"N-not at all!" Ino stammered, shaking her head "M-my dad just knew some people there and he'd take me with him whenever he went to visit." She coughed, trying to reassert herself "Anyways, that's a surprise, I didn't think I'd hear that name again."
'What's surprising is how defensive you were.' Chouji muttered, eyeing the still shaken girl in disbelief 'And what's she mean by that? We may be from East Konoha, but Dad's got contacts in all the other blocks too, there's no way she'd have thought we were going under.'
"So you're from East side huh?" Ino noted, idly rifling through some begonias "Never figured I'd see someone from that neighborhood up here." She shook her head "you ask me, you're right for getting out of that slum."
"It's not that bad." Chouji muttered halfheartedly, which wasn't technically false. True East Konoha wasn't as well off as the others, but the people were generally honest, hard-working folks that welcomed each day no matter how hard it was.
It had also gotten a lot better since Naruto took out one of the main Yakuza groups not so long ago, but he wasn't about to mention THAT in public.
"Whatever." Ino muttered, clearly glad to see the back of the topic "So is there anything I can do to help?"
"Well…I was supposed to look for someone to help me enroll." The large teen lied, keeping his face decidedly calm "Orochimaru-sensei it think his name was…"
"Orochimaru-sensei?" Ino marveled, her eyes wide with intrigue "That's a hell of a reference, he only ever deals with prodigies or those with special cases."
"Special cases?" Chouji repeated, fishing for information. If this Orochimaru was as bad as Anko made him out to be, he may have been recruiting since the day she left.
"Kids with problems at home," Ino supplied dismissively, dusting her hands off with a nearby cloth "or just having a hard time adapting to the campus." She sighed and put a hand on her hips "want me to show you the way?"
Chouji nodded his assent, wishing they'd thought up a way to let everyone know where they were. If he Did wind up bumping into the psychopath, he didn't want it to be on his own, especially if he had to shield Ino from the freak.
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"You seem restless…Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru noted, quirking his lips as he sat behind his massive desk, fingers steepled before him "That eager to test yourself are we?"
"Of course." Sasuke shot back, his features set in an impassive scowl, as he pushed a chess piece forward "You always promise me greater challenges, and yet when it comes down to it, you'd rather I remain hidden, like some china doll."
"Quite the contrary." Orochimaru chuckled, his eyes seeming to dance in the shadows as he move his own piece across the board "I merely don't see the point on letting my King waste his effort's on mere Pawns."
Sasuke snorted, moving one of his own pawns to claim Orochimaru's "Still, why toy with them? Why not eliminate the intruders now?"
"You have much to learn." Orochimaru chuckled, claiming a pawn in retaliation, setting it aside dismissively "I've been doing this for years Sasuke-kun, before you were even conceived to be precise…" he chuckled as he looked the dark teen in the eyes "Trust me when I say this: Better to get the pawns out of the way first, it leaves the larger pieces more room to maneuver."
"But why those two?" Sasuke asked, his Knight claiming Orochimaru's Castle "I'll admit they're capable…barely…"
"Because they will not surrender." Orochimaru chuckled, eyeing the teen with an all-knowing smirk on his face "After all, they have something to prove…don't they, Sasuke-kun?"
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"Ano…Sakura-san…" Lee muttered, raising an eyebrow as they continued up what had to be the sixth flight of steps "Are you sure this is the right way?"
"But of course!" the pinkette assured him, though she didn't turn round "Orochimaru-sensei's a little odd, he prefers to be in high places, claims it helps him think."
'Or he just likes to believe he's above other people.' Lee thought darkly, following after the girl and flushing as he almost saw up her skirt. She wasn't as developed as Hinata-san, but her smile made the track-star feel a little TOO youthful in awkward places.
"This way please." Sakura called out, gesturing to a door to their right, "Please, after you."
Lee smiled, thanking the girl for her trouble, watching her walk down the steps before turning to face the door, wishing there were some way he could contact the others without drawing attention as he opened it and stepped forward, only to pull up short as he almost stepped over the edge of the doorway.
The room he was about to step into was, in fact, the site of a renovation to the campus, an extension to the main building if he could hazard a guess. As such, not all the floors were completed, only the framework for the building, leaving nothing between his feet and the unforgiving ground several stories below.
Arching backwards and tightening his hold on the door handle, the teen tried to pull himself back in, only to gasp as a pair of hands pushed him forwards, his position preventing him from getting a decent foothold as he hurtled out into the open air.
"KUNG-FU GENERATION!!!!!" the track star called out desperately, flipping round to face the roof, his stand's bandages flying from his sleeve to wrap around an I-Beam, halting his decent with an abrupt jolt.
"Too close for comfort…" the teen gasped, watching dust and debris fall to the ground below. He shot a quick glance towards the door he'd fallen out off, only to see the tail end of a person's shadow heading up the stairs "Trying to get away…I don't think so!"
Breathing in deep, the bowl-cut sporting teen felt the surge of the ripple coursing through his body, accelerating the blood in his veins and awakening the dormant strength in his muscles as he swung towards the nearest I-Beam.
"Hamon-ryu:" the teen called out, sending a burst of ripple energy towards his legs as jumped upwards off the beam towards the roof like a Kangaroo "YOUTHFULL GREEN OVERDRIVE!"
The teen leapt upwards, rebounding off the pillars with such force he left the imprint of his trainers in the wrought iron metal. Dodging the various protruding pieces of incomplete soldering, her made his way upwards, flipping over the edge of the roof to land on all fours in a perfect crouch. 'The enemy was headed upwards…' he noted, frowning as he realized there was only one floor below the roof…the one he fell off 'which means that they're already here, waiting for me.'
He stood up slowly, raising his arms in the air in a cat stance, ready to react at a moment's notice as he slowly made his way away from the edge of the roof. His eyes narrowing as he took in the surroundings, ready to react at a moment's notice to the slightest sound. "I know you're up here." He called out, his tone level despite his racing heart, "I don't know why you pushed me out the door, but step aside and we have no reason to fight."
"That's where you're wrong." A muffled voice spoke out, as if speaking through a cloth mask. Lee spun in the direction, only to curse as he espied one of the roof's loudspeakers turned towards him, the hackles on his neck rising as he felt something rushing up from behind.
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Chouji felt really small walking around the campus with Ino, something that was quite odd considering he was head and shoulders taller and had to be at least twice as wide. It was the aura of prestige the school gave off, like walking into a museum, or some sort of historical building.
The looks he was getting from walking with the girl weren't helping the shy teen any either.
"The campus boasts a terrific history of sporting events." Ino noted, like a professional tour guide "In the past decade we've reigned undefeated in archery, field, swimming and equestrian."
"Equal what?" Chouji muttered dumbly, regretting it as she looked at him in confusion, before nodding in understanding.
"It means horseback sports." The blonde supplied patiently, "To be honest, outside of track, soccer, basketball and baseball, we've managed to reign undefeated."
Chouji fought the urge to chuckle, for those were the fields that East Konoha won at every time, thanks in no small part to Naruto, Kiba and Lee, the sole reason the former two hadn't been expelled as of yet. He blinked as Ino turned left, heading towards what looked like a massive gym building. "Ano…Yamanaka-san…I thought we were going to Orochimaru-sensei's office?"
"Hm? Oh he wont be there right now." The blonde assured him "He sometimes substitutes for the wrestling team's psychiatrist, gives them a pep talk before matches and stuff."
After what he'd heard about the man from Anko, Chouji didn't like the idea of the freak getting anywhere NEAR him, let alone inside his head. However he kept quiet, dipping his hand into his pocket as they entered the gym, only to find it deserted.
"This way please." Ino gestured, asking him to step forward. Chouji wondered if she was going to lead him to the changing rooms for a moment, only to blink as the lights turned out.
"What the…" he yelled, only to blink as the door locked behind them, whirling round, his eyes wide with confusion as he caught sight of the blonde leaning against it, a calculating look in her eyes "Yamanaka-san?"
"I know why you're really here." Ino pointed out, the kindness in her tone dropped as she continued to lean against the door "Breaking into the school to cause trouble…Did you think you could get away with it?"
"I don't know what you're talking about…" Chouji countered, the hand in his pocket tightening as he stepped back.
"I won't let you hurt him!" Ino called out, her scowl heavy as the air shimmered, a pair of eyes opening wide behind her "I'll prove myself worthy of his affection by beating you here!"
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"KUNG-FU GENERATION!" Lee yelled, the stand appearing just in time to deflect a blow that actually knocked them back a few steps, allowing him to get a good look at his would be assailant, or rather, their Stand.
The enemy's stand was both slender and toned, like a professional athlete. It's legs seemed to retreat into a bizarre skirt-short combo that clung to it's frame like a miniskirt. The upper body was mostly flat armored plate, save for the slightest bumps on the chest that hinted it was female. The colour scheme was mainly pink, with little white circle on the knees, shoulders and back of the fists, a line leading downwards from them. Its helmeted head resembled a type of spiky pageboy (Sakura's haircut), the wide space of it's forehead bearing the kanji for 'Inner' above it's solid green eyes, a single flat line across the face indicating where the mouth was.
(Basically a more buff, robotic version of Inner Sakura, with the mentioned adornments.)
Lee wasted no time, ducking under another strike to his head, sending his own stand forward in a blur of kicks to drive the opponent back, his eyes set in determination as the two began to clash in a blaze of fists, only for the enemy stand to stagger back, having suffered more blows than Kung-Fu Generation. However, Lee had to marvel at its strength as it quickly regained its composure.
'Strong…' he applauded, eyeing the glaring specter warily 'But slow…not much faster than Chouji-kun's Smash Mouth, when it comes to speed I can land more hits and block it's attacks no problem…' he frowned 'But I don't have time for this! I need to defeat the user and alert the others!'
"You're more resilient than I thought." The muffled voice applauded over the speakers mockingly "I suppose I should expect as much from Sensei's enemies."
"Please stop this." Lee called out, trying to appeal to the user's sense of reason "I have no quarrel with you, we're merely looking for a friend that was taken captive by Orochimaru-sensei."
"Sensei told us you'd try spinning a tale to avoid fighting." The speaker scoffed, sounding amused "But I don't really care, because to get to him, you have to get through all the stand users that he has surrounded himself with."
"So we were right…" the track star noted with a frown "He IS using the arrow to create an army of stand users."
The speaker was silent for a moment, as if coming to terms with what the teen had just said, when is spoke again, there was a hint of suspicion in that muffled voice.
"…How the hell did you know about the arrow…?" it demanded, anger, suspicion, and a little trace of fear in the tone "Who in the hell are you bastards?!"
"Like I said…" Lee shot back, his face set in a mask of determination, as Kung-Fu Generation stood before him in a ready stance "We're here to rescue our friend...and put a stop to Orochimaru's plans once and for all!"
"…Big words…" the voice noted, sounding less amused and more wary this time "But that's all they are…WORDS." Lee frowned as enemy's Stand righted itself and lunged forwards once again "Because you're not getting off this roof alive!"
"KUNG-FU GENETATION!" Lee yelled, bringing his stand to bear on the enemy, their fists blazing out as they attempted to flatten one another.
"SHAAAAANAAAAARO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O!"
"ATA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TAH!!!!!!"
Lee winced as some of the blows were felt through his connection to his stand, but brushed them off, having been hit just as hard by Naruto's when they sparred before, the Hamon energy still coursing through his veins dulling the pain and speeding up his reaction time even more. Finally though, his stand got within the guard of the enemy's, delivering a solid blow right to the forehead with a final cry of "HOH-ATCHA!!!"
"DARRRGH!!!" came the cry from over the speakers, a figure falling out from the side of the building, holding it's bleeding forehead in agony. Lee, wasting no time, Disengaged some of the bandages that made up his stand's arm and sent them towards the figure, wrapping it up to prevent escape as he leapt into the air.
"KURAI-EI!!!" The teen yelled, Kung-Fu Generation's remaining fist drawn back alongside his own as they descended on their target like the wrath of heaven "YOUTHFULL GREEN OVERDRI-!"
"LEE-SAN!" a familiar voice called out, causing his eyes to widen as he caught sight of exactly WHO lay bound before him "Help me!"
"Sakura-san!" the teen exclaimed, eyes wide in confusion as he called off the attack, landing a little uneasily next to her as he supported her head in concern "What are you doing here?!"
"He…he said he'd kill me if I called out…" the pinkette sniffled, her green eyes wide with distress, blood trailing down her forehead from a bad cut as she pointed to a figure lying in the shadows of the roof exit "He…he kept a knife to my head…then for some reason he stumbled like he'd been punched…I tried to run, but he cut me as he fell…"
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'Poor girl…' the track star muttered, wiping away the worst of the blood as best he could before setting her down gently "Stay here," he ordered, his smile reassuring "I'm going to make sure he isn't a threat anymore."
Sakura smiled, a cute beam that made the track star all loopy inside, "Thank you, Lee-kun." She offered, "I knew you'd protect me."
Lee's spirit burned at those words, fists clenching as he pulled off a salute that would've made Drill sergeants the world over cry with joy, before rounding on the huddled form, his fists clenched and Kung-Fu Generation hovering behind him. "So you're the one that's been giving me so much trouble." He muttered, eyeing the limp form as he stepped through the doorway, cursing as he realized the light bulb had been smashed "Skulking in the shadows…taking defenseless girls hostage…are these things a man should do?!"
If the figure heard the irate teens words he certainly didn't react to them, other than moan and twitch slightly, no doubt still concussed from the blow to the head. Growling, Lee sent his bandages forward, not willing to put anything to chance as he bound the man tightly, only for his eyes to widen as the Hamon energy infused in the bandages alerted him to the man's state.
"Impossible!" the teen yelped, yanking the bandages back, drawing the form of an elderly janitor into view, his skull bleeding from the side, as if he'd been struck by something heavy "This can't be right! This man's can't have been the stand user! The wound's in the wrong place!" he paled suddenly, recalling exactly where the last blow he'd struck had landed, whipping round even as a fist clipped him on the jaw.
"Hoh…figured it out did we?" Sakura's voice called out, her tone dark and coy as she stood before him, holding her elbow with one hand, the other hand holding her chin as she smirked. Before her, it's arm still extended from the punch that had clipped his cheek, was the Stand with the kanji on its forehead "You're pretty slow, Lee-kun."
"Sakura-san…" the teen muttered, setting the elderly man down as gently as he could to prevent further injury "What is the meaning of this?"
"You mean you haven't figured it out yet?" the girl mocked, titling her head to the side coyly "I played you, Lee-kun, like a 2-cent Kazoo." She smirked at him "It wasn't that difficult, I know you're type all too well, the brave hero, rising to his lady's defense." She scoffed "So predictable, a few words of praise and you practically melted."
Lee scowled, shame at being played smothering the feelings of heartache as he summoned his stand before him in a ready stance. "Sakura-san…" he called out, eyes narrowed "I ask you again…stand aside."
"I don't have to." The girl shot back, smirking down at the teen as her stand hovered behind her, "You're no threat to me any more."
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Chouji panted, eyeing Ino from the side as he knelt, one knee bent beneath him as he glared at the girl's stand as it continued to point at the spot he'd recently vacated.
It was feminine, the frame covered in what looked like a blue and white bodysuit with several eye-like shapes adorning it, four around the calves and hamstrings, three on the stomach, four surrounding the upper and lower arms with one apiece covering the knee and elbow joints. It's head was human, but had a type of visor over the mouth. Long, elegant blonde hair flowed down it's back, a massive bang curving out of the forehead to trail halfway down it's chest.
(Hair and features is basically Millia Rage from Guilty Gear, the color schemes for her dress are the same for the bodysuit, and the feet resemble her boots. The visor is identical to the one that covers Hierophant green's mouth.)
"You're pretty light on your feet." Ino noted, her smirk barely visible in the darkness of the hall "Though I know you're no ordinary guy…otherwise you'd have never thought to have dodged my attack." She titled her head "Aren't you going to call it out? Your Stand that is."
"Don't know what you're talking about." Chouji muttered, wanting to put off doing so until he had no other choice. "I just don't trust people coming up behind me in the dark."
"Cute…but useless." Ino noted, turning to face the teen, stepping around him with her Stand out before her "I know you have a stand, the fact you're following my own with your eyes is proof of that." She posed, arms behind her head, hips titled to the side, her Stand mimicking her position "Isn't she beautiful? Just like her owner."
"Wouldn't know, I'm spoken for." Chouji shot back, though he did feel a rush of blood at the girl's direct provocation "Plus it's dark, what the heck am I supposed to be looking at."
"I'll admit fighting in the dark is distasteful." Ino muttered, looking annoyed that she hadn't gotten the desired reaction out of the teen "But I prefer to see what I'm up against before making an attack." She smirked, before stepping back, disappearing into the shadows "And unlike you, I can see just fine in the dark."
Chouji cursed as she vanished from view, pushing himself into a position that would make it easier to dodge the attacks as they came. 'From the sound of it, her stand's a close quarters type like mine.' He noted, suppressing the urge to look around wildly in the dark 'That means she has to get within at least a meter to strike me.' He scowled 'My stand's not much better though…and to top it all off, I can't see a damn thing…have to find a light switch…'
He began to shuffle, ever so slowly to avoid making a sound, backwards towards the wall, hoping at the very least having something at his back would limit the number of attack areas as he searched for the switch. "I can see you…" Ino called out, her tone rising and falling in a disturbingly singsong manner "Just what do you think you're doing? Looking for a light?" she scoffed "Give it a rest."
Chouji blinked as he stumbled, falling face first into the unforgiving floor of the gym with a curse. 'W-what the hell?!' he stammered, looking around for his assaulter 'Something grabbed my leg!'
He waved his arm around the limb, eyeing the shadows suspiciously as he went to get to his feet, only to stumble as he attempted to get the leg under him. 'What the…' he wondered, a dull chill settling over his shoulders as he tried to move the unresponsive limb 'Why can't I move my foot?!'
"Surprised?" Ino called out, sounding smug and self confident "You were right you know, dodging to the side like that…you thought something was going to happen right?" she chuckled again, coming into view as the teen struggled to get up "But you should've dodged quicker…because I've already marked you."
Chouji blinked, looking down at his leg in confusion, eyes widening at the sight of a strange, spiral-rose tattoo on his ankle. 'What the hell?' he wondered, trying to wipe the thing off in confusion, only for it to prove to be one with the sock he was wearing.
"Don't bother." Ino mocked, watching as the teen tried to remove his sock "That mark didn't attach itself to your clothes, it's bonded to the skin beneath as well." She chuckled as he continued, revealing an identical tattoo directly under the sock "You see?" she taunted, stepping directly into view, her Stand hovering behind her "It's pointless."
"SMASH MOUTH!" Chouji roared, his stand lashing out with a wide palm to grab the girl, only for her to nimbly step out of his reach without a care in the world "Dammit!"
"How rude." Ino muttered, sounding displeased, "A gentleman never raises his hand to a lady." She flicked her hand upwards "Bow your head and apologize."
Chouji yelped as his foot abruptly twisted under him, dragging the leg with it as he crashed face first into the floor for the second time.
"That's better." Ino noted, standing just outside the teen's range as she posed, one hand supporting her elbow as the other brushed a waft of hair behind her ear "Now apologize."
"L-like hell!" Chouji spat, pushing himself up and onto his good leg, trying to avoid stepping on the marked one "What the hell did you-mrphrgle?!"
"Quiet." Ino cut in, her eyes impassive as Chouji tried to pull his own hand out of his mouth "Don't you know it's rude to interrupt a lady when she's talking?"
'H-how?!' Chouji stammered, looking at the girl in alarm as he fought to pull his fingers out of his mouth, surprised to see another rose tattoo adorning his hand 'When did she?!'
"When you tried to slap me with your stand." The girl informed him, titling her head to the side as she stood next to the large teen "Just as it missed me, I claimed control of your right hand."
Chouji gasped, summoning Smash Mouth in an attempt to grab the girl, only for the stand's left hand to be grabbed by it's right.
"Don't you get it yet?" Ino drawled, shaking her head in disbelief as Chouji continued to struggle with his own hand, Her Stand looming over her shoulder, arms crossed over it's chest "Once I've marked something with my Paramore…it's already become 'mine'."
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Dire straits for Chouji and Lee...
Will these femme Fatales be enough to stop them?
Just what is orochimaru planning?
And where in the hell did Kiba run off to?!
Find out next time on Naruto no Kimiyona Bouken: Shippuden.!
Again, no stand stats this chapter, expect one next chapter, same Kyugan Time, Same Kyugan Channel!
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