Chapter 11: The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend.
"Naruto Shippuden: The Rise of Armpits Village"
Choji screamed as he kept rolling his body, "I AM NOT FAAAAT!"
And after a few seconds.. BOOM ! Choji hits the wall. A small explosion occurred inside the restaurant, causing smoke to blow out the window, along with other customers running out from the inside.
Shikamaru, who was currently relaxing in his usual spot while watching the clouds, also heard it. But he chose to ignore it and closed his eyes to sleep instead. The impact Choji made sounds really loud. Even from a distance, Kakashi, who has been carrying Sakura to the hospital could hear the sound. With a flat expression, he then turned his head into the direction of the sound.
"Hmmm.. Lucky I left already, looks like Asuma will get in trouble again today", said Kakashi as he already had an idea what happened.
A few moments later, Kakashi arrived at the hospital. Shizune who was working there saw him from the office window, then opened up the window and shouted at him,
"Kakashi, is that you?", asked Shizune from the window.
Kakashi looked up and replied, "Yep, it's me.."
"What are you doing here? I thought Lady Tsunade said that your job is done since you have completed your mission for today", said Shizune confused.
"Ah not much, just wanted to bring another patient here", said Kakashi as his eye glanced at Sakura who he was carrying in his back.
Then Shizune squinted her eyes to whom Kakashi was carrying to get a better look, "Ahh..! Is that.. Sakura..!? What happened to her !?"
"There was an incident a while ago", Kakashi replied.
"An incident !? Wait.. I'm going down!" Shizune left her room right away and went downstairs.
"Don't worry, It was just a small incident, just lay her on the bed and I guarantee she'll be fine in an hour", said Kakashi as he gave Sakura's body to Shizune..
"Are you sure ? Her face.. It looks so pale and.. she smells kinda weird.." said Shizune as she was looking worriedly at Sakura.
"Hahaha, relax, there's nothing really serious about it. Actually, I was about to take her to her house, but I didn't want to bother her parents, so well.. I had no other choice but to bring her here", said Kakashi as he closed his eyes and smiled.
"Hmm.. If you say so, I'll assess her right away. Alright then, Thank you, Kakashi..!"
"Yep, no problem".
And then Shizune went inside the hospital while holding Sakura's body. Kakashi leaned at the wall and opened back his harem book. As he read his book, he has been thinking about the situation that happened at the restaurant.
"Well.. Sorry Asuma, I can't really help you with that problem, my wallet is more important than anything, thanks for the treat though.." He then put his book down and left home as he had no plan to go back there again.
Back at the restaurant, Naruto and Choji were standing behind Asuma who was currently being scolded by the restaurant's manager outside the restaurant. He asked Asuma for compensation regarding the damage his group did to the place.
While looking around dumbfounded, Naruto looked at Choji beside him who was busy eating his snack. With a desperate face, Naruto approached him and whispered,
"For the love of god, please tell me what it tasted like, Choji.. Please...", asked Naruto with a pleading face.
Choji who was busy eating his snacks looked at Naruto, "Oh hey Naruto! this is the new variant of potato chips that I usually eat! It kind of taste a little spicy but it's still great..!".
"H-Huuh..?", said Naruto confused.
"Here have a taste, I have a few more in my house if you want", said Choji as he handed him his snack.
"...", Naruto then became silent as his expression turned irritated again. And then he shouted to his ear, "ARE YOU JOKING!? I MEAN THE MAYONNAISE DAMMIT!".
"Oh that one.. Uhmm..", said Choji as he looked up and tried to remember the taste.
As he watched Choji thinking about it very hard. Naruto became more curious and clenched his fist in front of his chest.
"Okay Naruto.. When I ate it, I felt a tingling vibration in my body, it felt like I was eating some sauce from heaven." Choji said as he smiled.
After hearing his words, Naruto instantly opened up his eyes wide, "O-OH MY GOSH…! TELL ME MORE…! TELL ME MORE…!" screamed Naruto in excitement.
"Then, all the burden inside my head was suddenly gone, I saw a bright light, and felt peace in my soul",
"AND THEEEENN..!?",
Choji said," And then.. uhmmm.."
"Come on, just tell me how it tastes already!"
"U-Uhmmm.. To be honest.. After I swallowed it, it didn't taste anything other than the mayonnaise's flavor itself.."
Naruto, who had been listening to his explanation with great interest, immediately turned disappointed and shouted, "WHAAAA!? What do you mean you didn't taste anything?"
"Uhmmm… I realized it tasted the same as ordinary mayonnaise.. Maybe my mind was expecting something extraordinary, Hehe..", said Choji as he scratched his forehead..
"A-Are you fucking kidding me? Th-Then.. Why did you explain it so dramatically?"
"I'm sorry, Naruto.. That's how I actually felt..", said Choji.
After hearing Choji's explanation, Naruto sat on the ground depressed, as he couldn't accept the reality, and then thought, "H-How can Ino's armpits, which are as gorgeous as they are.. tasteless..!? I just don't understand this world anymore!"
But then, Choji remembered one thing and looked at Naruto, "Uhmm.. But.. It tasted a little bitter."
Then Naruto immediately stood up and grabbed Choji's shoulder, "B-Bitter? What kind of bitter..? Please, please describe it in detail..!" said Naruto as he suddenly looked curious and excited.
"Hmmm.. It's kind of hard to explain, but Naruto, Don't you remember something?", asked Choji.
"About what..?"
"Didn't you remember? Ino told Sakura that she used deodorant on her armpits today, so I assume that's where the bitter flavor came from...", whispered Choji.
"Hmm.. I guess that kind of makes sense!" Naruto replied while putting his hand on his jaw.
However, as the two of them were talking, the angry manager threw a piece of glass to the ground, making a loud noise that surprised them both and made them turn their eyes at the manager's face.
And then the manager pointed his finger at Asuma, "ALRIGHT THEN..! The total cost of all the damage is 90000 Yen!", yelled the manager with an angry tone.
Hearing the amount of the compensation fee, Asuma immediately trembled in shock, "W-WHA-WHAAAT..!? WHY IS IT SOO EXPENSIVE..!?"
"Hey! Do you think this is a cheap restaurant? Hurry up! Give me the money now or I'll call the cops!", said the manager as he grabbed his phone.
As soon as he heard the manager's words, Asuma neither said nor did anything other than turn languid and pale as if his life was on the edge. Then he slowly turned back and looked at Naruto and Choji.
"Alright you two, listen!", said Asuma while placing his hand on his waist.
"G-Gaah.. Alright..", they both answered while looking scared.
And then he added,"Since you guys are the one who caused this mess, you guys are also responsible for the compensation costs! Alright, each of you.. hand me 45000 Yen, Now!"
And then they both screamed in shock, "WH-WHAAAA…!? NOO WAYYY..!"
Naruto annoyingly shouted at him, "Hey, didn't you mention that taboo word too, Asuma sensei? Come on! This is not fair.."
"Huh, really ? But uuuhhh.. None of this would have happened if you hadn't started it, Naruto!", said Asuma.
With a frown, Naruto then said, "Ughh.. Fine! give us a moment."
While glancing here and there, Naruto suddenly smiled as he got a brilliant idea. He whispered his plan to Choji right in front of Asuma.
Asuma looked very confused by the two of them and immediately asked, "What the heck are you guys discussing in the middle of this ?"
As soon as they finished whispering, they both looked at each other and nodded at the same time. After waiting for the good moment, Naruto shouted,
"Oh my god..! Look up there, Asuma Sensei! It's Kurenai sensei wearing a hot bikini!", Naruto shouted as he pointed his finger at the sky.
And then Choji looked at Naruto with confusion, thinking the direction that Naruto was pointing looked really stupid. But naively, Asuma looked straight up towards the sky and squinted his eyes.
"WH-WHAAA..!? K-KURENAI.. !? IN A BIKINI.. !? WHE-WHERE…!? WHERE…!?", said Asuma as he smiled pervertedly while moving his head around.
Seeing the opportunity, Naruto immediately ran away from the place, along with Choji who also ran after him and shouted, "Ah, Wait for me, Naruto!"
And then finally, the two of them managed to escape from Asuma and the manager. After running quite a distance from the restaurant, Naruto and Choji stopped and took a deep breath.
"Maaaan, that was close, I can't believe your stupid trick actually worked!", said Choji.
"Yeah.. I didn't know that Asuma sensei was so gullible," said Naruto.
"Maybe all kind of tricks will work if it has something to do with Kurenai Sensei?", said Choji.
"Haha yeah! I think so… But you know what ? We didn't have to deal with this mess if only you didn't steal my only chance!", said Naruto as he frowned.
"Hey look.. I'm truly sorry, Naruto... I couldn't hold myself back either."
"Ugh.. Let's just forget about it", said Naruto as he still felt mad about it.
After the two of them were silent for a long time, Naruto noticed Choji who was glancing here and there, watching the women passing by. As if knowing what Choji was doing, Naruto walked up to him,
"So, Uhmm Choji... Since when did you have an armpit fetish?" asked Naruto as he talked in a low voice with an embarassed tone while he looked at other direction.
"Armpit fetish ? I've never heard of that before." asked Choji as he wasn't familiar about what Naruto had said.
And then Naruto explains what a fetish is to Choji.
"Oh now I see.. So this thing is called a fetish huh..? I've had this armpit fetish since we were genin..".
"Jeez, even now I'm still a genin, Choji..! said Naruto feeling a bit sad.
"Ah I'm sorry, Naruto! I'm not trying to be mean or anything."
"That's fine! But, wow, I'm actually impressed! Seems like you're really experienced on this armpits stuff huh..", said Naruto as he smiled and smirked to him.
"Well I guess you could say that, Hehe!", said Choji as he scratched his forehead and added, "By the way, I got this armpit fetish during the chuunin exams while you were away.. Well, it's a long story, I'll tell you the story later, okay ?".
"Hmm.. Okay, but have you ever done anything to someone's armpits ?"
"Uhmm no, I haven't. But uhh.. You don't know how much I wanted to taste Ino's armpits!", said Choji as he crushed the chips he was holding.
"Hehe.. I feel your pain, Choji!" Naruto smiled and grabbed his shoulder.
"You know, I thought I was the only one in the world who got this armpit fetish! Maaan I'm glad I have a friend to talk about it." said Choji as he smiled to him.
"Nah.. I knew someone else who has the fetish as well", said Naruto as he remembered pervy sage.
Choji looked at Naruto and got curious, "OH REALLY ? Who is it ? Is it someone we know?".
"Ah sorry, I'd rather not say, besides, he's just a boring and pathetic old man", said Naruto as he laughed.
"Oh an old man ? Hmm.. I think that's understandable, but hey! Have you ever been caught, Naruto?" asked Choji.
And then Naruto replied as he tried to think,"Got caught ? Hmmm.. Let me think.. I don't think so, but there was one moment that almost got me caught."
"Uwaah, really !? I've never got caught before, would you please tell me the story about it..!?", said Choji as he looked so excited.
"Sure..! It was the day where I developed this fetish from Sakura. She was stretching her body and raised both of her arms up, her sweaty armpits were widely exposed in front of my eyes, I don't know why but there's something that made me want to lick her pits so much! Gosh.. It was so beautiful," said Naruto as he blushed and drooled about it.
"AH.. I knew it..! Sakura does have smooth armpits, but your story is exactly how I feel about Ino! So, what happened next?" Choji asked curiously.
"I know right..! And then.. I weirdly stared at her armpits all the time when we ate at Ichiraku. She suddenly looked at me and we ended up looking at each other, it was such an awkward situation, Hehe.." said Naruto as he scratched his head and smiled.
"Haha.. That was interesting! I'm starting to think that Sakura already knows that you like staring at her armpits, Naruto", said Choji.
"Maybe, I guess ? But no.. I don't think so, she would stay away from me and wouldn't want to raise her arms, or even wear sleeveless again if she had known about it", said Naruto.
"Well, you should lick it when you get the chance hehe..", said Choji.
"Grrr.. Are you crazy ? She would totally kill me if I did that.. I may also end up in jail."
Choji laughed, "Hehe, I'm just joking you know! Anyway, I have never been caught before, but your story really reminds me of some moments back on the chuunin exams hehe.. I can imagine how awkward you were at that time!"
"Really? Well, I can't wait to hear it..! But, how can someone like you be able to resist the urge to not stick your tongue into someone's armpits this far? You can't even stop yourself from eating any food that's in front of your eyes", asked Naruto as he felt confused.
"Well, I don't know, I guess I can endure it somehow."
"But seriously, thank god..! I'm glad that I wasn't the only person who suffers from this stupid curse!", shouted Naruto.
"Mee too! But, what do you mean by suffering from it? Well, I have never considered this thing as a curse before." asked Choji confused.
"Huh.. Don't you feel the torment ? I must hold myself for not acting strangely whenever I see girls raising their arms and it makes me want to take off my head and throw it into their hot armpits!" said Naruto as he closed his eyes and folded his arms across his chest.
And then he looked up and yelled, "You have no idea how many times this curse have ruined every moment in our practice, even in a mission… I can't keep my head straight. My eyes were glued to Sakura's armpits every DAMN time!"
"I guess you're kind of right.. I think along with the new rule that Granny Tsunade implemented, this is just going to increase the level of our torment.. Don't you think ?", said Choji as he began to think.
And then Naruto looked at him with an annoyed face, "See ? Of course! Just look at our surroundings, Gosh.. This is torture!".
And then Choji glanced at him with a smile, "But you know what, Naruto ?", asked Choji.
"Hmm.. ?"
Choji looked up in the sky with starry eyes and said, "Somehow, I feel like this curse makes my life more colorful in a strange way."
Then Naruto stopped walking and looked at Choji in confusion, "Colorful? What do you mean by colorful?"
"Like whenever I'm feeling down or dissatisfied about something, imagining Ino's delicious pits lightens my mood again.. Don't you feel the same way whenever you see Sakura's armpits?"
"U-Uhmmm.. yes I guess.."
"The real pain is the interference of the people around us, Naruto.."
"Other people ?", asked Naruto.
"Yeah, like when I was enjoying the sight of Ino's armpits, there's always a problem everytime! Like Shikamaru, who always out of nowhere messes things up. One time, he randomly told her that her armpit stinks and stuff, then she ended up putting her arms back down", said Choji as he looked down.
As soon as Naruto heard what Choji said, he clenched his fists in front of his chest and responded to him in an annoyed tone and expression, "Gaah.. I feel that soo much! I guess he's no different than Sai..! You have no idea how annoying that Sai is! Gosh.. I really want to punch that moron since he always gets the chances that I secretly want!"
"Anyway, speaking about Sai, I wonder where he is..", said Choji.
Naruto, who had also noticed Sai's absence began to look around, but immediately stopped caring about his whereabouts and told Choji, "Hmmph.. just forget about that guy, I assume he's currently sitting or painting somewhere, or perhaps doing other boring things like he normally does."
"I was just hoping that he doesn't get caught by Asuma-sensei," said Choji, and then he added,"But I wish one day I could tell Shikamaru about how much I admire Ino's armpits.. but there's no way since he's my best friend, and he will instantly feel disgusted at me. I don't want that to ruin our friendship." said Choji as he looked down on the ground.
Naruto who heard him suddenly looked at him, "Hey come on, I could be your new bestfriend! We have more in common after all, why don't we just team up and rule over every armpits in this universe, hahaha..!", said Naruto as he grinned and covered up his mouth.
After hearing Naruto's words, Choji smiled happily and nodded while giving him a thumbs up. Naruto smiled widely.
Several conversations about armpits continued, until finally the two of them passed Sakura's house. Naruto who saw the house immediately remembered something and immediately shouted at Choji, "Ah! I nearly forgot about Sakura! Why don't we go to her house and check up on her?"
"Uhmm.. I'm still feeling hungry, I want to go home and eat", said Choji as he looked down and touched his stomach.
"Oh cmon Choji, think twice! Don't you want to see the beauty of her smooth armpits ? It'll taste sooo much better than your homemade food.. Don't you want to feel something that will only happen once in your life? Now, let's gooo!" said Naruto as he grabbed Choji from his elbow into Sakura's front door.
Without further ado, Naruto immediately pressed the doorbell and waited for someone to open it, while imagining Sakura lying on the bed with her arms behind her head.
After a long wait, someone from inside was heard walking towards the door. The door opened, Sakura's mother, Mebuki Haruno showed up from inside and looked at the two of them.
"What brought you two here? I'm currently busy.." said Mebuki in an annoyed tone.
Naruto who just remembered that Sakura has a fierce mother immediately looked panicked, "Gaaah! U-Uhmm.. Sorry, wrong house I guess!", said Naruto scared and tried to walk away slowly.
But Mebuki kept looking curiously at Naruto as he looks familiar, "Didn't you use to come here often to pick up Sakura for practice? Aren't you Naruto? I haven't seen you in a long time.."
Naruto then looked at her and said, "U-Uhmmm.. No, No, No, I'm not..!"
"My name is uhh.. Menma!", said Naruto as he lied about his identity. Choji looked confused by Naruto's strange behavior and only watched him from behind.
"Menma ? Hmm.. I guess I have never heard about you before, but you do look familiar to me.."
"Y-Yes.. I guess.."
"Hmm alright then, but.. if you guys are looking for Sakura, you didn't come to the wrong place." Then, Mebuki who is currently wearing sleeveless clothes raised both of her arms up to fix her hair while finishing her sentence, "She's currently outside."
Naruto and Choji were out of words once they saw the stunning beauty of Mebuki's armpits, seems like it is true after all, when they say that the daughter's elegance comes from the mother. They who witnessed events beyond what they had expected, just remained frozen and shocked while gazing on her underarms.
"My.. My God..", said Choji in his mind.
On the other hand, Naruto couldn't control himself as he started to walk slowly towards her as it seems like he got hypnotized by it. In his mind, "I GOTTA TASTE THEM..! I GOTTA TASTE THEM..! I GOTTA TASTE THEM..! ALL I NEED IS ONE LICK AND THAT'S IT!"
Mebuki felt strange with her two guests behavior. "Why are you guys looking at me like that ?", said Mebuki as she looked confused and worried.
But somehow, they both didn't hear a word she said as they continued to drool at her armpits. But as soon as Naruto walked past Choji and blocked his view, he got annoyed. But then Choji already knew what Naruto was about to do.
Mebuki who had been watching their strange behavior suddenly shouted at them, "Come on, stop wasting my time and just say what you need!"
Naruto who had just woken up from his senses immediately looked into her armpits and said in a panicked tone, "G-Gaah..! We are just looking at.. uuuhh.. There is uuuhh..."
"Just tell me what you are looking for and I will try to help you if I can", said Mebuki.
Naruto who heard Mebuki's words while still half dazed immediately smiled and said without thinking, "Ah really!? Okay then, we just want to lick your armpits, Ma'am!"
"Huuuuuhhh…!?", shouted Mebuki in disbelief.
Choji who heard him opened his eyes wide, grabbed Naruto's neck and pulled him back, and whispered, "N-Naruto..! A-Are you serious.. !? What the hell are you thinking..!? She's gonna kill us both..!"
Naruto then immediately came back to his senses, looked at her and stuttered, "G-GAAAH..!"
Then all of a sudden, instead of being angry or disgusted, she then began to insert her right index finger between her left armpit and teasingly said, "Hmmm.. Is this what you boys wanted? I can still feel the heat and sweat from my moist armpits while working all day.."
Soon after, she started to slightly rub and stroke her index finger between her closed left armpit while smiling at them with a tease. This scene made Naruto and Choji's mind go wild, as they started to stutter and form incoherent words from utter disbelief of what they saw.
"Uhh… whaa.. who... where...", they said in unison while staring at her and drooling out of their minds.
But suddenly they were sobered from their stupor when Mebuki shouted and lowered both of her arms,
"Heeyyy! Wake up you disgusting perverts! Like hell I would let you, seems like it's true that young people these days are always acting weird! Go away..!"
After that, they were thrown out the house followed by a loud slam of the door. After she thrown Naruto and Choji outside, Mebuki sniffed her finger and whispered, "Yuck, it smells disgusting! What the hell am I doing with myself !?"
She then dashed to the kitchen to wash her hands and the stench off her finger.
Meanwhile, Choji and Naruto just stood in front of the door without saying a word to each other. The two of them were still stunned as if they still couldn't believe what they had just seen. A few moments later, the two of them looked at each other and freaked out excitedly.
"OOOHHH.. MYYYYYY… GODDDDDD…!", while the people on the streets looked strangely at the two of them.
Then Naruto keep screaming as he slapped his own cheek over and over, "HOLY SHIT..! HOLY SHIT..! HOLY SHIT..! T-That was.. That was something that could only happen in my dreams, Choji! Please, don't tell me this is only a dream, oh my gosh.. Slap me, Choji! SLAP MEEE..!".
"This.. This is not a dream, Naruto! That was crazy intense, I never would've imagined she would tease us like that!", said Choji as he held his head furiously.
"God.. I can't believe this at all! I didn't expect Sakura's mother to have such ideas! I wished she would've let us sniff her finger before sending us away", Naruto added.
"Y-Yeaah..! But I don't think it will reach to that point. But what she did was more than enough.", said Choji smiling.
Then Naruto looked up at the sky and trembled excitedly, "Now I understand why Sakura has such beautiful armpits, Hehe.."
A few moments later, Naruto's wide smile slowly faded after realizing one thing, then he turned to Choji and asked worriedly,"But hey Choji, aren't you worried that she might tell Sakura about what just happened?".
"Uhmm.. I don't know, but you told her your name was Menma right? I'm sure that there is no one named Menma in the village, so whenever she decides to tell someone about that crazy story, I'm sure no one would believe her!" Choji smiled as he started to eat his snack again.
Naruto tried to reassure himself and replied, "Y-Yeah, I guess you're right.. Well I hope so."
"But hey, I just remembered something, Naruto! Didn't Kakashi sensei said that he would take Sakura to the hospital before?", asked Choji.
"OH REALLY !? THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, CHOJI..!? LET'S GOOOOO!", Naruto shouted as he grabbed Choji by his elbow and started to run towards the hospital. Choji screamed as Naruto ran so fast that Naruto didn't realize he was dragging him on the ground over and over.
Back outside the restaurant, Asuma still hadn't finished looking for Kurenai's whereabouts while narrowing his eyes to the sky. The manager who was looking at him from behind shouted at him with irritation,
"Hey, what the hell are you doing!?"
Asuma suddenly turned to him and pointed his finger to where he thought Naruto and Choji were still standing, "Sorry, but this is none of my business anymore! You can charge the two boys who are standing over there!" Asuma pointed at an empty space as he felt annoyed by the manager's voice.
"Boys ? What boys ?"
"Huuh?" and then Asuma looked in the direction he was pointing and found Naruto and Choji were no longer there. He put on an angry face realizing he got bamboozled.
"THOSE TWO IDIOTS..!", Asuma thought to himself.
Then, he slowly faced the manager with a trembled smile, "Hehehe.. Wait, No.. I can explai–UwaaaH!", Asuma shouted as the manager pouted and gave him a sharp look.
But, a few moments later, the two of them stopped talking when they were interrupted by the restaurant door opening, which turned out to be Ino. She saw Asuma and immediately walked towards him.
With a confused face over what had just happened, Ino said, "Asuma sensei ? I heard a loud noise when I was on the toilet and I didn't find anyone besides a huge hole near our table, what just happened? Where are the others?"