Thanks for the Chocolate!

A Naruto (Belated) White Day Special

Chapter Two

Chouji has never received a Valentine's Day Chocolate ever since he entered the academy. This year was not an exception. Until this evening, that is. It was a beautiful chocolate, much too pretty for words. It is so, that it shall not be.

But White Day was coming closer than Chouji had originally expected. He didn't expect time to fly so fast with him being as busy as he is. Of course, he had to train with his team, eat, and waste time watching clouds with Shikamaru. There was no way, during all that time, could he have enough free time to actually buy a gifr!

But now, with everyone of buying White Day gift, he figured it was time to get his, too. Unfortunately, Chouji never had gotten a serious, honest, honmei-choco before. So, it was obvious he had no idea what to get. In Konoha, it was a tradition to get the girl candy, marshmallows, or cookies if the chocolate was honmei. However, Chouji had no way to answer this one; he was blanker than Shikamaru's expression when stalking clouds.

The girl was the type of girl that was easy to forget her face. In fact, Chouji didn't even know her name. All he knew was that she worked in the Korean BBQ restaurant he loves so much. Also, he couldn't even begin to think what to get her, because she barely understood Japanese; she only spoke Korean. Why in the whole entire village would she give Chouji honmei choco us anyone's guess, but right now, he was in a bind and that's all that matters.

He asked Shikamaru for advice earlier on when they went to buy marshmallows for Ino; she gave them chocolate, too. All Shikamaru said was, "Why do you worry about some girl you don't know? This is why I find women so troublesome." Although he knew he could get Shikamaru to help him if he began to be persistent, he didn't. He also refused to ask help from Asuma or Ino. He already knew not to after a discussion about their love lives under a tree with Shikamaru.

So here, Chouji lies, thinking deeply and hardly what to get. The answer suddenly pops into his mind. His eyes burst open, his breath stopped temporarily, and he lifts himself out of his futon. Running down his hallway, he cries, "Dad, I'm going out for a minute!" and rushes out. As he does so, he thought he heard his dad say, "Ah, a first love."

After about five feet of running, Chouji was tired of running and decided to walk instead. The evening was still young, but hew people were still out. The few ninja instincts he had told him to keep his guard. As he walked, he let his eyes move around to watch anything suspicious. He kept himself focusing on the surrounding area in case there was a need to sense an enemy's chakra. His hands lingered around the pouch that held a single kunai.

Then, a cat ran by. And then, Chouji loosened up a bit. After all, the store he was going to was close by. So, while laughing himself he arrived at the store with no problem.

Chouji barely knew the girl and couldn't even remember her face. Who knew why he walked out of the store with candy? Who knew why he left with Naruto to make cookies with Sasuke?

The world is a place full of questions.

Author's Notes: It's about time I updated and just in time for being a belated White Day special! I realize my chapters are getting worse and worse as I go along. However, I must finish what I started, especially since I don't want to wait another year to finish and update this in time.

Just for the record, I honestly don't know what the gifts mean in Japan for sure. I do know that the gift meanings I'm using are probably really outdated. Probably. I don't know. So, I don't know about any alternative meanings or any other traditions. Supposedly, it depends on where you are or something like that. Either way, don't use this as a really accurate picture on how White Day really works. (Although, I doubt anyone would.)

And for mkh2, if you really want to know, "girl of your nightmares" is nothing more than a playing with the old phrase, "girl of your dreams." Since you don't want to accept the "girl of you nightmare's" sign of love, Sasuke believes that if Naruto got a chocolate for a girl that wasn't Sakura, he would give cookies to everyone else.

Lastly, in case anyone has the wrong idea, I don't hate Tsunade. She's cool. I like her. The end.

Update note: Thanks for calling into attention the mistake about the chocolate and cookies. Usually, I don't bother when I make a mistake, because it's against a belief I have. But this really did not belong. I did make a mistake and I fixed it so readers do not get confused. That is all.