A/N: Again, I have to thank GarretPI, who gave me an idea on how to show why everyone hates/loves Boxer-sama so much. I'll be using sub-chapters to add extra stories if the need comes. I felt bad being unable to add everyone's reasons for liking or disliking Boxer-sama, so if I need to, I'll just add on side chapters like this one.
Of course, I'm also very thankful to the reviewers, who make me feel like writing more often! Enough talk, on with it!
Note: this chapter won't affect the story much; it's just for reader's curiosity. This chapter will feature the stories of Shino, Kiba, and Lee. I'll write the stories for Neji, Shikamaru, and Chouji in Chapter 4.5. Sasuke's hate is going to be important in the story, so it'll be seen throughout the main chapters.
Shino's Story
Shino, staying at home with his father, suddenly began to feel ill a few minutes ago. Believing it was just gas or something of the sort, he tried to ignore it, but found the pain to grow to a point that it was unbearable.
"Is something the matter, son?" Shino's father, Aburame Shibi asked with concern, lowering his newspaper. As people had been doing for the past few days, he was reading one of the many columns of Boxer-sama, a gossip column just about him and his 'romantic escapades'. "You've been clutching at your stomach for some time."
Shino cringed from the pain in his stomach. "It feels as though I ate something bad. Strange, I haven't eaten anything particularly strange, just the usual fertilizer for my bugs (GOD)."
"Hmm," Shibi asked. "There is one other possibility, something that only ever happens to people of the Aburame Clan. However, it's a very… rare occurrence."
Shino looked in interest. "And what kind of occurrence is it?"
"Well," Shibi got up and picked a book out of a nearby shelf and flicked through the pages, looking for something. "It is believed that the insects that we house in our bodies will slowly but surely gain an intellect of their own. Of course, they won't peak at our level, but they reach a point when they can independantly do things, such as attacking, harvesting, and collecting, without the need to be ordered by their master. They instantly seek out what they believe to be necessary for themselves or for you."
"And how does this relate to my stomach ache?" Shino asked, unable to find resemblance of the two.
Shibi finally found the page he wanted, and turned the book around to show Shino. In it was a picture of one of their ancestors. Or at least what used to be one of their ancestors. Instead there was a pile of their ancestor's body parts, combined with blood, guts, and a massive pile of vegetables. Where normal people would've puked like mad, Shino stared at it with a raised eyebrow, almost indifferent.
"What does this mean?"
"This is your great, great grandfather's cousin's aunt's sister's…" it went on for a bit. "…Cousin's husband's stepdaughter's…" Okay, so it had a little bit more. "…Estranged twin brother's unborn son's mother's father. I can't remember his name, however."
'Yet he remembered all that,' Shino thought to himself with a sigh.
"The bugs in his body were convinced by their host's mother that he wasn't getting enough vegetables in his diet. So the bugs, using their small amount of intelligence, would gather vegetables, shoving them into his body any way they could."
"Any way?" Shino asked, shivering at the thoughts it gave him.
"Indeed. They shoved them, not only through the holes meant for the bugs, but also through his mouth, his nose, into his ears…" his father shuddered. "I think they even forced some through his chakra holes. Crazy little bugs."
Shino started to sweat uncertainly. "So you think this is happening to me?"
"Well, maybe," his father replied calmly. "Let's find out. Tell them to remove anything they had in your body… oh, and you better specify through where. You wouldn't want it coming out… you know…" Shibi pointed at his behind with a face of agony.
"Uh, right…" Shino said. He channeled his energy, telling them to bring out everything they brought in, through the holes in his hands. Immediately, the bugs complied, bringing out item after item. But it was what the items were, that shocked Shino.
"W-WHAT THE HELL?" Shino yelled uncharacteristically, his voice actually becoming much louder than a whisper. Laid out in front of him by his bugs was merchandise. Fan books, posters, action figures, even underwear. And yes, they were all from one certain celebrity.
"Uh, son, I don't normally ask you about your hobbies," his father asked nervously. "But… You're not a fanboy for Boxer-sama, are you? I mean, it's not like I'm questioning your sexuality or anything, it's just…"
Shino eyed his father with an ice-cold face. "Dad, shut up."
Shibi smiled, patting his son on the head. "There's my Shino! You're a real manly badass!" he said with a sigh of relief.
Shino thought back to the day he was with his team, a few days ago that week. It was the day after the incident at the park.
FLASHBACK
"Boxer-sama?" Hinata asked curiously.
"Tsk, they're talking about that moron that wears underwear and runs all over the place," Kiba scowled angrily. As usual, Shino was fairly silent, but his ears perked at the sound of this strange news.
"He was the one that saved that general store," Kurenai explained, reading the newspaper article. "You were, there, weren't you, Hinata?" she asked, looking at Hinata, who responded with a shy nod.
"Bah, I could care less about that guy," Kiba shrugged. "He's probably just some idiot out for attention."
"Now, now, Kiba," Kurenai scolded, folding her newspaper. "Boxer-sama would be a good role model for all of you. As ninjas should be, he's out there for the better of the village."
"He's also breaking laws running around naked," Kiba murmured. Shino was still listening intently. He hadn't known that Boxer-sama would become this famous, be spoken about this highly. However, he did read the first article on him when it was written, but hadn't known that practically everyone in the town had read it.
"Anyway, I'll just say this." Kurenai said, calling their attention. "It would be very good for your growth as ninjas to 'take in as much of Boxer-sama as possible'. It'll be very healthy for all of you to learn from his ways."
Shino sighed, realizing that Kurenai's words had almost made him blow up, showering boxer shorts and merchandise all over the place among his limbs. He whistled with a low pitch, relieved he wouldn't have to die in such a stupid way.
But the thing that stung him the most, his little bugs were apparently fans of Boxer-sama. And it wasn't the merchandise that told him that, it was the fact that they were all wearing miniature boxers, which he immediately ordered them to take off and burn, then contain the ashes and lock it up forever. They murmured quietly, saying things in Bug language like 'man, Shino's tight', 'he's just jealous because we've got awesome boxers', and 'Shino's being a bitch'.
Boxer-sama had made Shino's bugs think he was an ass, and almost inadvertently killed him, and Shino didn't like that sort of thing.
"Hey, dad." Shino said, his normal calm tone returning. "I think I want to kill Boxer-sama."
Shino's dad sat back down, flipping through his newspaper once more casually. "That's terrific, son."
Kiba's Story
Kiba was busy training with his dog Akamaru in the forest he trained in many times before. He set up two duffel bag figures, tying them up with rope.
"Okay, ready, Akamaru?" Kiba said with an evil grin.
"Bark!" Akamaru responded with energy. They faced the two targets.
"Time to test out our new super trump card!" Kiba yelled in excitement. "Ready? Let's go!"
They ran up to the targets, yelling out. The leaped, flying through the air, their mouths beginning to open up, and then…
CHOMP.
The two latched onto the puppets, biting down hard. This would've been a very plain attack, had they not bitten where they did.
"That's it, Akamaru! Rip them off!" Kiba yelled between bites, straw inside the puppet beginning to pour out of the hole he was ripping out.
It was a quite an intimidating scene to watch, a boy and a dog latched onto the groin region of two straw men. Men especially would find this technique gruesome and worse than death.
After they were satisfied that the technique was a success, meaning the hole in the groin region was massive, they sat down to have a snack, which was of course dog biscuits.
"Mm! Nothing like our family dog biscuits!" Kiba said, chomping down on them.
A sound in the bushes caught their attention. They stopped eating, sniffing violently. "Who's there?" Kiba demanded. "Show yourselves!"
"Arf!" Akamaru barked out menacingly.
"H-Hold on, we'll come out!" a girl's voice called. When Kiba saw the girl, he was taken aback. Her features seemed surprisingly rough, much like Kiba, with an animalistic feel about herself. Yet she was still fairly attractive, especially in Kiba's eyes. She even had a female dog in her hands, who caught Akamaru's attention completely.
"Sorry for the disturbance!" she said with a grin. "We smelt the dog treats and well, we couldn't help ourselves!"
Kiba grinned back at her. "Why don't you two join us then?" he said, patting the ground.
"Really? Great!" the girl said, her ears seeming to perk about, which totally turned Kiba on. She hopped over, sitting in the fashion of a dog, and began picking up and energetically eating the biscuits. "Mmm! They're great!" she squealed happily.
"Aren't they?" Kiba said, chewing down more.
"Arf!" Akamaru called nicely, shoving a dog biscuit towards the female dog.
"Bark!" she replied happily, accepting the biscuit. What a cute scene.
After finishing most of the treats, there was only one left.
"You can have that one!" Kiba said, offering it to the girl.
"Oh, I couldn't! You should have it!" she replied with a smile.
"Okay, how about this…" Kiba said, breaking it in half and handing her one bit. "Fifty-fifty?"
The girl smiled and took the piece. Simultaneously, they broke it in half and handed the quarter piece to their dogs. They stared at each other, realizing they did the same thing, and laughed.
"Haha! It's almost like we were, I dunno, meant to be!" Kiba said enthusiastically. He was surprisingly forward. "I think I like you, we've got a lot in common! Wanna go out with me?"
The girl smiled apologetically. "I'm flattered, but I'm sorry, my heart belongs to someone else…"
"W-What?" Kiba said in surprise. "Tell me who it is, I'll beat him up and prove I'm better!"
"I don't think you can, he's meant to be quite strong. Have you heard of Boxer-sama? He's so incredible! I want to marry him someday!"
Kiba's jaw dropped open. First the papers, then Kurenai, and now the girl of his dreams? Kiba fumed, steam coming out of his ears.
"Arf arf?" Akamaru asked. Translation: "Will you be my dog, you sexy beast, you?"
"Bow wow…" the female dog replied. Translation: "I'm sorry, but I'm in love with Boxer-sama's boxers."
The girls bowed goodbye, leaving the two there, heartbroken, and very pissed.
"ARGH!" Kiba yelled out at the top of his lungs, scaring the birds away. "Boxer-sama not only broke my heart, but his goddamn boxers broke Akamaru's!"
"I'LL KILL YOU BOXER-SAMA!" the yelled, except Akamaru was more like "Rawr rir you Roxer-rara!"
Lee's Story
"But Sakura!" Lee yelled. "I can protect you better than anyone!"
"I know you're strong, Lee, but you're just.." Sakura looked at his face and shuddered. "Not my type. Besides, Boxer-sama is totally awesome! He saved all of us single-handedly!"
"I-I could've done that!" Lee moaned, posing in Gai's 'nice guy' pose. Sakura stared at him nervously.
"Of course…" Sakura said, rolling her eyes. She playfully glanced at her wrist. "Oh! Gee, look at the time! I've gotta go, uh… Eat!" she said, dashing off.
"B-But you don't have a watch!" he called out to Sakura's figure as it disappeared in the distance. Lee sighed sadly.
He ran, streams of tears following after him, to his favorite teacher's favorite training area, where he saw him doing push-ups with only his head and neck, bobbing his head forwards and backwards to lift his body.
"Gai-Sensei!" Lee called out in agony.
"One minute, my excellent student!" Gai said, panting. "Kakashi just beat me in a staring contest, which is funny, because he only has one eye! ISN'T THAT FUNNY, MY CUTE STUDENT!"
Lee laughed out instinctively. "That is utterly, outrageously funny, Sensei!"
When Gai finally stopped, having sprained his neck and swearing to instead do five thousands pumps of a large boulder with his tongue, he sat down beside Lee, who was looking down sullenly.
"What's the matter, Lee?" he said, smiling broadly, causing his teeth to sparkle. When his sparkle wasn't returned, he tried to be a bit more serious.
"Am I not impressive enough?" Lee wondered out aloud. "Am I not strong enough?"
"Lee," his teacher said, putting his arm on his shoulder. He stared at Lee intently, with caring eyes. "You're not strong enough."
Lee's eyes went dead from what he heard. Tears began to form in his eyes. "S-Sensei, that's cruel!"
Lee received a prompt backhand slap to the face, sending him flying. "You idiot! I said that so that you would want to be stronger!"
Lee rubbed his cheek, tears running loose. "Really, Sensei? Wow, you really care about me!" he yelled in joy, running up to him. Gai stood up to return his incoming hug, as the ocean appeared behind them and splashed up against the rocks that they were suddenly standing on.
After their scene, Lee asked strongly. "Sensei, how do I become stronger? There is a certain person I want to overpower!"
Gai grinned strongly. "I have been preparing for this. Many have recently wanted to top a certain somebody of their own, and for that, I was asked to prepare something that could help everyone, and I had the best idea!"
"Really?" Lee asked, overjoyed. Gai grinned, giving him a thumbs-up.
Suddenly, with a 'Gai' grin, he grabbed his green suit by the legs, and with a mighty cry, ripped it off, causing Lee's eyes to become even more rounded in surprise. But Lee gasped when he saw what was underneath.
"GAI-SENSEI, YOU'RE BOXER-SAMA!" he screamed out in horror. Gai once again backhanded him in the mouth.
"Boxer-sama's attitude is too hip!" he exclaimed. "But his fashion sense is as surprising and outrageous as my own! THIS IS MY PLAN!" he yelled out, pointing at a shabbily made shack, with a big picture of Gai wearing boxers and grinning with a thumbs-up. "MY GYM! I will train people to have the strength of Boxer-sama! And we'll all wear boxers, and fight crime, and do all sorts of things! Who better to show kids today how to beat their rivals than the ultimate Boxer-sama! Even you could learn from him and his way of the ninja! And check out my new pose and facemask!"
Gai threw on a balaclava, which didn't even have holes for his eyes, looking more like a big sock on his head. It also covered all of his famous 'Gai' features, which could be good or bad. He fanned out his boxers, causing them to ride with the wind as he stood there heroically. Somehow he even made the boxers sparkle like his teeth.
Lee had tears in his eyes.
"BOXER-SAMA, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY GAI-SENSEI?"
END CHAPTER 3.5