Act II Scene III

"Oh man! My stomach hurts so much!" Chouji cried.

"You ate too much," muttered Shikamaru. "What a pain."

"But I love to eat! Eating, drinking, staying up all night and partying! It's what I live for, man!" Chouji declared.

"I live for drinking and being lazy," replied Shikamaru.

"So let's drink!" Chouji howled, clunking glasses with Shikamaru. Kiba the Clown and Akamaru entered the room.

"Here's the fool. What's up?" Shikamaru greeted him lazily.

"You should really show some restraint," Kiba told Chouji.

"Never! I live to eat!" Chouji stated.

"No wonder he's so fat," Akamaru told Kiba, and they both burst out laughing.

"What did you say?" Chouji glared at Akamaru.

"Hey, clown, why don't you do your job and entertain us?" asked Shikamaru idly.

"Yeah! Sing us a song!" yelled Chouji.

"Very well," Kiba cleared his throat.

"Owareru youni isoi de iru

Kawai ta mune ga kari tateru no sa

dare no tame de naku dare no mono de naku

ore tachi no ima ga."

"A better voice than I thought," complimented Shikamaru.

"Excellent!" declared Chouji.

"Lady Sakura didn't hire me for nothing," Kiba grinned.

"Let's sing together!" Chouji shouted.

"I'm not going to do something so troublesome," muttered Shikamaru.

"Itami hodoki kokoro hodoki kage o hodoki

iki o tsunete hashiri nukero yami o saite

Tatakau kotomo aishi au kotomo

owari wa shinai! On the way!

I wanna rocks! Mune ni rocks!" Kiba and Chouji sang together.

"Would you shut up already!" cried Ino, running into the room.

"Don't be so uptight! Have some fun!" suggested Chouji.

"You're lucky Rock Lee didn't come! He'd totally have fun throwing you out!" answered Ino.

"Who cares about Lee?" scoffed Kiba. "That guy's so uptight he must've been born with a stick up his-"

"Shut up! Here he comes!" Ino smacked him. And indeed, Lee entered the room.

"What do you think you're doing? You should be ashamed!" Lee roared. "Have you no manners! Every since you invited yourselves to my beautiful Lady Sakura's house, no one here has had so much as a moment of peace!"

"Calm down," scoffed Shikamaru.

"Sir Chouji! Even though you are my lady's relative, that is still no excuse for your behaviour!" Lee turned to Chouji. "If you don't stop, I'm kicking you out!"

"Here we go…" muttered Ino.

"Ino! If you were really loyal to my dainty lady, you wouldn't join them! You would not be participating in such uncivil behaviour!" Lee scolded Ino. "And F.Y.I, fair Lady Sakura is much, much prettier than you, Ino-pig."

"Excuse me?" Ino gaped at his retreating, spandex-clad back.

"You heard him," shrugged Chouji.

"I came here to tell you off, and he thinks I'm joining in 'such uncivil behaviour'!" shrieked Ino. "And Sakura is so not prettier than me!"

"What ever you say…" muttered the three males.

"That's it! How dare that bushy brow! I am so going to teach him a lesson!" announced Ino.

"What are you going to do?" asked Chouji.

"I know that he has a crush on Lady Sakura. So I'll make him think that Sakura likes him back, and totally embarrass him!" Ino proclaimed with a glint in her eyes.

"Count me in! I smell an excellent plot!" Chouji cheered. "Are you in, Shikamaru?"

"This is going to be a pain. But that Rock Lee is even more troublesome," sighed Shikamaru. "Fine."

"It's late. Akamaru and I are going to bed. Knock yourself out," Kiba encouraged Ino, exiting.

"Oh, I will! I definitely will!" Ino chucked, her eyes shining like stars.


Note: The song Chouji and Kiba sing is the first opening theme from Naruto, "ROCKS" by Hound Dog.