Chapter Twenty

Jirobo watched Choji roll towards him at a fast speed. He held his arms out and caught Choji making him slide backwards. "Heh that actually hurt a little." Jirobo mocked.

'How did he stop me?' Choji thought as Jirobo lifted him up and threw him across the clearing. Choji dispelled the Jutsu and landed on his feet. 'I got to think of something.' Choji thought as he dodged to the side. He went through a few hand signs. "PARTIAL EXPANSION BOTH ARMS!" Choji exclaimed as his arms turned into huge limbs. He brought both of his arms down on Jirobo with a sickening crunch. Choji let out a small smile but he instantly frowned when he felt his fists being lifted.

"You are pretty feisty for a fat kid." Choji said.

Back in Konoha

'Why does it feel like someone just insulted the one I love?' Ino thought but shook it off and went back to tending to the flowers.

With Choji

'What kind of strength is this?' Choji thought as his arms returned to their normal size. Choji leapt back and popped a few food pills into his mouth to replenish his chakra. 'I will have to beat him in Taijutsu.' Choji thought as he ran at the man.

"Oh did I make fatty mad?" Jirobo asked sarcastically making Choji mad.

Choji made a left punch. "Partial Expansion Right Arm!" Choji exclaimed as he punched Jirobo with his enlarged right fist sending Jirobo flying backwards and slamming into several trees.

"Earth Release: Earth Shaking Palm!" Jirobo exclaimed from above Choji. Choji instantly rolled to the left dodging the attack but got blown away by the force of the blow hitting the ground. "For a fat kid you are fast." Jirobo said.

"You shouldn't be talking." Choji said as he knelt on one knee. 'I am going to have to use them.' Choji thought as he pulled out a case.

"What are those?" Jirobo asked.

"This is the Spinach Pill." Choji said as he popped the green pill into his mouth and crunched down on it. His chakra instantly started to surge and he became slimmer. "Partial Expansion Jutsu Both Arms!" Choji exclaimed as both of his arms grew to three times his normal Partial Expansion Jutsu. Choji slapped Jirobo into the air with one arm while slamming him into the ground with an insane amount of speed with his other arm. Choji kept on slamming his hands onto the ground where Jirobo was. His arms returned back to their normal size.

"Okay I have to admit that one hurt." Jirobo said standing up shocking Choji. "Earth Style: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!" Jirobo exclaimed as he lifted a massive piece of ground out of the ground. Choji stared in slight fear as the man heaved the giant piece of earth at him.

Choji barely dodged to the side as the rock flew past him. He stood just in time to be kicked in the stomach making him fly backwards through a tree. Choji rolled backwards and stopped on his hands and knees. He coughed up a little bit of blood. Choji could feel the chakra he gained from the spinach pill starting to leave him. 'This isn't good.' Choji thought as he weakly stood just in time to be kicked again towards the clearing. Choji rolled across the ground. 'I will have to use it.' Choji thought as he stopped rolling. Choji got into his knees as he pulled the box of pills out again. He popped the yellow pill into his mouth and chomped down on it. He felt his chakra surge to a high level again. He winced in pain a little. 'The effects are kicking in now.' Choji thought as Jirobo attempted to kick Choji again but he stopped the kick with his bare hand. Choji stood faster than Jirobo could see and kicked him into the air.

'Where did this strength come from?' Jirobo thought as he flew into the air.

"Partial Expansion Left Arm!" Choji exclaimed as his left arm grew allowing him to catch Jirobo and slamming him head first into the ground.

"Earth Style: Earth Mausoleum Dumpling!" Jirobo exclaimed as he picked up another giant piece of rock and threw it at Choji who easily knocked it away with his enlarged arm. "Those Jutsu won't do anything to me." Jirobo told Choji as he watched Choji starting to run at him while making hand signs.

"SUPER EXPANSION JUTSU!" Choji yelled as he first grew to the regular Expansion Jutsu making Jirobo smirk, but that smirk was instantly gone when Choji grew as big as a small mountain and landed on top of him. Choji smirked as he crushed everything under him. 'I did i…' Choji's thought was stopped as he felt himself being lifted off the ground. Choji quickly became his normal size. He saw that Jirobo had strange marks growing on his skin.

"I can't believe you brought this out of me." Jirobo said as his skin started to darken and his hair started to grow. "Heh you just lost." Jirobo's distorted voice said.

Choji felt the effects of the second pill setting in. 'This isn't good.' Choji thought as Jirobo slammed his fist into Choji's stomach making him fly backwards through several trees. 'His strength has increased.' Choji thought as Jirobo appeared behind him kicking him back into the clearing. Choji crashed into the clearing and rolled onto his back. 'I will have to use that pill.' Choji thought as he weakly pulled the pill box out and looked at the red pill. 'I might not make it back after this.' Choji thought.

Flashback

A small plump boy was attempting to play with a few other kids. "Let's play Shinobi!" One of the yelled.

"Okay!" the kids chimed happily. They split into groups.

"Okay we will look first!" The team captain said happily as the team started to count. The other team ran in all directions trying to find a hiding place.

The plump boy was looking around when he saw someone from his team. He walked over to the boy. "What are you doing go find your own place to hide?" The boy said harshly. "Go on Choji before you get us caught!" he exclaimed quietly when two cardboard shuriken hit the two kids. "Ugh see what you did!" he boy demanded.

A Little While Later

"Looks like we won." The searching team said.

"That is because we were stuck with Choji." The other team leader said. "He is the worst at this game." He added making Choji feel even worse. "Let's just play without him." The boy said harshly.

A lazy looking boy looked at the plump boy with mild interest. "Then the teams will be uneven." The other team stated.

"So what whoever has Choji is at a disadvantage." The hiding team leader stated harshly.

Choji started to walk away without speaking to the other kids. He was looking at the ground in sadness. 'I hate how they treat me like that.' Choji thought sadly. He walked up some stairs that led to a roof with a covered bench. He sat on the bench by himself and took a bag of chips out and started too much on them.

"Your name is Choji right?" a lazy voice asked.

"Yah, what is yours?" Choji asked making the boy sigh in boredom.

"My name is Shikamaru Nara." Shikamaru told him.

"Weren't you playing Shinobi with the others?" Choji asked.

"Yah but it became too troublesome for me to play anymore." Shikamaru said stuffing his hands into his pockets and walked over next to Choji and lay on the bench looking up at the clouds. "This is much more enjoyable." Shikamaru told him looking at the sky.

"It is a nice view." Choji stated looking at the sky. "Chip?" Choji asked handing Shikamaru a bag of chips. Shikamaru stuffed his hand into the bag and took a handful and slowly ate them. The two remained silent as they stayed there watching the clouds going by.

"Hello Choji." A booming voice said.

"Hello Dad." Choji said looking up at the massive man.

"Who is your friend?" Choji's dad asked.

"Oh this is Shikamaru Nara." Choji said.

"Oh Shikaku's boy?" Choji's father asked.

"That is my father." Shikamaru said in a bored tone.

"Well I am Chouza Akamichi, Choji's father." Chouza told Shikamaru.

"It is nice to meet you Chouza-sama." Shikamaru said lifting his head enough to look at the older man.

"Chouza is just fine." Chouza told Shikamaru. "Anyway we have to get going… Shikamaru how about I take you home too." Chouza said as Shikamaru shrugged indifferently but stood none the less. They walked in silence to Shikamaru's house.

"Hey Choji?" Shikamaru asked gaining the plump boys attention. "Want to go there again tomorrow?" He asked surprising the boy.

"S-sure." He stuttered back a little as he watched the lazy boy walk into his house.

Flashback End

'Heh why did I remember my first time meeting Shikamaru?' Choji thought as he continued to look at the pills. He looked at Jirobo who seemed to moving in slow motion towards him. Choji slowly opened the third pill and pulled it out. 'The Chilly Pill… supposedly rumored to increase ones chakra a hundred fold.' Choji thought as he popped it into his mouth as time seemed to speed up. He bit into it and felt and almost unlimited amount chakra surge though him.

"Earth Style: Earth Shaking Palm!" He exclaimed as he struck Choji.

"You missed me." Choji said from behind Jirobo. Jirobo quickly turned to see a now skinny boy with a chakra butterfly wing out of his back. Choji appeared in front of Jirobo and slammed his fist into Jirobo's stomach. There was a second delay before Jirobo went flying backwards. 'I wonder how long I have to live.' Choji thought calmly as he slammed his foot on top of Jirobo's chest making Jirobo's back create a crater under him. Choji started to focus all of the chakra into his arm as he walked towards Jirobo.

Konoha

Ino gasped and dropped a vase of flowers as she grabbed her heart. 'W-what i-is t-this f-feeling?' Ino thought as the heart ache soon went away.

"Sweetie what is wrong?" Inoichi asked his daughter.

"Just a slip up daddy." Ino said calmly. 'That was so weird.' Ino thought.

Choji

Choji made it to Jirobo who was attempting and failing to stand from the small crater. "I will end this fight with the next attack." Choji stated. "Butterfly Bullet BOMBING!" Choji yelled as he slammed his fist into Jirobo's stomach so hard that he turned Jirobo's bones to dust and his internal organs into liquid. Choji instantly grabbed his heart as he felt the poison of the Chilly Pill kicking in. 'My only regret is that I couldn't tell Ino that I loved her.' Choji thought sadly as he stumbled away from the body. He fell to his knees as butterflies started to fly around him. Choji watched the butterflies as his vision started to turn black as he fell onto his stomach. 'Goodbye Shikamaru… Ino… Asuma-sensei… Dad… Mom.' Choji thought as he lost conscious.