Chapter 6: Let's Go Eat Meat

Wassup, my home dogs. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. I did, I love skiing and I got a Gamecube and a new stereo. I know many reviewers commented on the length of my chapters, so I will try to make them longer. I don't think I've mentioned it before, but thank you for all the support that you give me in the continuation of the story.

Akimichi Chouji isn't the best ninja of them all. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, not the cosmos flower of the lot. There's only one thing that he is definitely the best at and that's… not going to get him the girls. He loves to eat. Whether it be asparagus, kiwi, bread, yogurt, cake, chips, or beef, he will eat it all.

Ino was currently in the hospital. She had her own little room in the rehabilitation ward. There were fresh flowers that Sakura left everyday. There was a card with a badly drawn picture of Ino stalking Lee that was donated by the Green Beast. Shino gave nothing, but he came over everyday to stare at her through the window. It was rather unnerving and Ino wondered where he got all the time.

The medical-nin with the mask came everyday to do the check-up. Ino secretly wondered if he was putting the blood pressure checking thing on a LITTLE too tight or if his light was supposed to poke the inside of her mouth REALLY hard when he told her to open up wide.

Ino wondered what was wrong with the world lately. It was so boring. Nothing happened at all and she wasn't able to use her favorite jutsu in a long time. Just as she was thinking this, an alarm sounded in the distance. Quickly, she got up and ran to the window, just in time to see Chouji being carted off to the emergency room. She ran to her bed, lay down, and said, "Shinwanshin no jutsu".

Her spirit chased Chouji's stretcher down the hall and finally found its mark.

Chouji's mind was warm and comfortable, so comfortable and warm that Ino was beginning to feel a little drowsy. Shaking off the feeling, she cautiously walked to the center, walking carefully over food packs that were lying here and there. Chouji himself was crouched in the center. As Ino walked closer, she could here him muttering.

"Yes, my Preeeeeccious, we won't let the nasty people take our food away will we? The nasty creatures wants to take away my precious, but we will not let the little nasties take it away will we. We will grow fat and plentiful with my precious."

Ino walked closer to see Chouji clutching a large bag. Suddenly, he stood up shakily and raised the bag into the air. "MEAT, MEAT, MEAT, MEAT, MEAT. MY FOOD, MY PRECIOUS, WILL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY."

Then, Chouji sank to the ground, moaning and groaning. "They are taking my precious away, my precious, my… Where the heck am I? Am I in a hospital? What happened?"

"I had a strange dream. DID I GO AND EAT RAW MEAT AGAIN? I hate it when I do that. It's just that restaurant. The one where you go in a line and choose raw food that they'll cook for you right in front of your eyes. That raw meat looks too delicious to be RAW meat. I should sue the restaurant."

Ino snickered, "Sue the restaurant for what, having raw meat that looks too appetizing?"

Chouji obviously didn't hear her. "I'll go talk to Shikamaru, he'll find a way to close that restaurant down. However, do I REALLY want it closed down? The food's delicious, the service is great, and it's just that raw meat that always puts me down. Is raw meat that bad? All that happens is that I get hallucinations, accuse everybody of stealing my meat, and go crazy like a rabid dog. That's not TOO bad."

Ino put a mental note to herself, to never accompany Chouji to the restaurantwhere you go in a line and choose raw food that they'll cook for you right in front of your eyes. It was just way too dangerous. Maybe, Ino thought, "What if I saw Sasuke go in with him, I could win his love by saving him from rabid Chouji." Ino sighed, "Sasuke would not thank me for saving him. Maybe if I follow them in and put my self "accidentally" into the face of danger, Sasuke will come and save me." Ino thrust her fist into the air. "YOSH, full-proof plan, but then, Sasuke would never be seen with someone like CHOUJI. He's way too cool for that."

Ino sighed once again. Chouji was now engrossed in eating the many food packs in his mind. She wondered where he got them from, when Chouji spoke, "I only have seventy-nine left. That's enough for about three days. I'll have to visit the Mind Mart down in Water country sometime. I hate doing it though. It's so troublesome, as Shikamaru would say. I'll have to use the secret art of Ino's clan, "Shintenshin no jutsu" It's a good thing that my dad was friends with her dad, otherwise, we wouldn't get mind food."

Ino gasped, she felt so betrayed. "Did dad tell the Akimichi clan our famous attack that is no longer ours?" She quickly ejected herself out of Chouji's mind.

Ino woke up to have a breathing device strapped to her mouth and various tubes attached to her neck and arms. Her mom was leaning over her and looking at her suspiciously. "WHAT IS GOING ON YOUNG LADY? ARE YOU TAKING THOSE STARVATION DIETS? YOU KNOW YOUR FIGURE IS PERFECTLY FINE. IS THERE A BOY? WHY ARE YOU CONTINUOSLY HAVING THESE ATTACKS?"

Ino groaned. Her parents were so annoying. Couldn't they see that this was a hospital and there were other people around? How could they do this to her, it was so embarrassing.

Instantly, her mom's face crease with worry, "Are you ok, does anything hurt?"

Ino sighed and said, "No mom, I'm FINE!"

"Don't use that tone with me young lady. Your father and I were very worried."

"Whatever, I need to get out of this hospital."

"Not until the doctors say you can"

Then, the medical-nin with the mask on came in, he grinned evilly at Ino and addressed her parents, "Mrs. Yamanaka is fine for the time being. She should know that our hospital will ALWAYS be open for her use whether she needs it or not."

Ino's mom bowed, "Thank you sir, our daughter seems to be under a lot of stress lately. We will take her through a few courses of therapy."

"NO MOM!! I'M FINE!"

"YOU ARE MOST OBVIOUSLY NOT. YOU WILL GO THROUGH THERAPY IF I SAY SO. WE'LL ASK THE HARUNO'S IF THEY WOULD LIKE SAKURA TO GO THROUGH IT AS WELL."

Ino REALLY felt a headache coming along. At this point, Ino's dad rushed in. "Is she ok? OH INO, I RUSHED HOME FROM MY MISSION JUST TO SEE IF YOU WERE OK."

Ino ignored his dramaticsand pointed an accusing finger at him, "YOU TAUGHT THE AKIMICHIS OUR SECRET MOVE, DIDN'T YOU?"

Ino's dad looked surprised, "How did you know? Well yes, I did. And Chomaru was kind enough to teach us theirs. Whenever I feel weak and tired, I just use Baika no jutsu and I'm good as new. Just a little on the pudgy side. Would you like me to teach it to you?"

At this, Ino REALLY fainted.

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