Pig Love Chapter 1

“So, what do you want to talk about?” Chouji asked Ino, as he put a piece of beef on the grill. Ino just stirred her glass of water with her straw, not even bothering to look up at Chouji. Chouji stared at his girlfriend as she continued to stir her water. He did not really get why Ino had asked him to go with her to their favorite BBQ place, but not really minding because he get to hang out with her. Plus, she said she would pay for the meal this time. He shrugged his shoulder deciding not to think about it any more, as the beef was almost done.

Before Chouji could even put the piece of meat to his mouth, Ino asked, “Do you remember what we talked about a few days ago?”  Chouji’s chopstick stopped in midair and he gave Ino a hurt look. He knew just what she was talking about. Everyone but Ino and himself had been promoted to Jonin, and a few had even become Anbu. It was the same thing  Chouji and Ino had been talking about for sometime now.

Chouji sighed as he placed his chopstick down, losing his appetite. “What is it now?” Chouji asked, not wanting to talk about this again.

”You know, we have tried every way we can think of to become Jonin, but it never works?” asked Ino. Chouji nodded his head in agreement. He did not like where this was going, and Ino had yet to look up from her water. “Well, I think we should get some special kind of help,” she said, putting a scroll on the table. Chouji  picked it up and started to read it. As he read what was on the scroll, his eyes widened.

“ Were did you get this?” hissed Chouji, leaning closer to Ino so no one will hear them.

“I found it this morning when Tsunade told me to organize a room filled with scrolls,” answered Ino.  

“ Ino, this is a Kinjutsu from the Inuzuka clan; how did you even get it past Tsunade?” asked Chouji, not believing what Ino had done.

“That was easy! I waited until she fell asleep, from drinking too much sake, and then placed a copy in it place.” Chouji open his mouth to say something, but no words came out. “Look Chouji,” Ino said pointing a finger at him, “ we have tried more training, read all of our family’s scrolls, and we even got  Kakashi and Guy to help us. It did not work, and I for one do not want to stay an average Chunin for the rest of my life.”  Ino rested a hand on Chouji’s shoulder. “I think this scroll can really help us make Jonin.”

Chouji placed his hand on Ino’s as well. “As your boyfriend and one of your oldest friends, I can’t let you do this.” Ino opened her mouth to say something, but Chouji lightly  squeezed her hand. “At least, not alone I can‘t,” he added as he flagged down their waitress for the check.
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“ Mom, Dad are you home?” yelled Chouji as he opened the back door to his house, which lead to the Akimichi’s large kitchen . After finding out that no one was home, Chouji quickly waved Ino in and shut the door. As he turned around, he saw that Ino had already moved to the kitchen table and was now reading the scroll.

“Ok, let me get this right, the Kinjutsu on the scroll is the same one that gave the Inuzuka their dog like characteristic and abilities,” said Chouji as he sat down by Ino.

  “That’s right,” answered Ino as she read the scroll. “Ok, where does your mother keep the ingredient for The Three Colored  Pills?”  Chouji pointed to one of the top cupboards. After picking out the ingredients that she needed, Ino put them on the kitchen counter and then asked Chouji to bring her the scroll. He walked over and handed the scroll to Ino, and he watch closely as Ino grinded, measured, and mixed the ingredients until it was a light green powder.

Taking a quick look, at the scroll, Ino made a few Hand Seals that Chouji did not recognize. As Ino’s hand started to glow a dark blue, she then placed them on either side of the bowl.  After keeping her hand there for about ten minutes, the powder had became a  dark green almost black syrup like substance. “ Well the hard part is done,” said Ino as she wiped some sweat from her forehead.

“So, now what?” asked Chouji while he tried to touch it, but Ino smacked his hand away.

“Now all we’ll have to do is add a piece of the animal that we want, like fur, or claws, or something like that, and then we’ll drink it.”

Chouji just gave Ino a look before saying, “Um, Ino, not unless you want the characteristics of  something in my freezer,” said Chouji, pointing to the very large refrigerator where the Akimichi’s kept most of there food. “Where are we going to get a piece of an animal that we like?”  

Ino just gave Chouji a smile before taking out two small plastic bags with some fur in each of them. “I got this off of Kiba’s sister, Hana,” said Ino. Pointing to one of the bags, Ino said, “This one was from a young female tiger that got it’s leg stuck in a hunter’s trap. It’s for me,” said Ino. Then, she pointed  to the other bag and said, “This one is from a brown bear, for you, Chobear.” Chouji rolled his eyes at the nickname that Ino had given him when they started to date. This only made Ino’s smile bigger and she got two small cups out of one of the cupboard.

“So, is there any warning in here?” asked Chouji, grabbing the scroll so he can take a look him self.

“Not really, it just says that you have to take the exact dosage or there could be consequences,” said Ino as she filled each cup about half way full with the dark syrup.
“Like what?” Chouji asked, not liking that part at all. Ino only shrugged her shoulders as she put the fur into the cups.

“No idea, but if I had to guess, I’d say that if you take to much, you will turn into that animal.” Ino said as she handed the cup with the bear fur in it to Chouji. He looked back at Ino like she was crazy. She sighed as she put down her cup. “Look Chouji, we have followed the scroll to the letter; nothing will go wrong. Even if you became more bear than man, I will still love you,” said Ino giving him a pat on the cheek.

Chouji couldn’t help but smile a little at this. I cant believe that I am agreeing to do this, he thought as he took the cup. But, knowing it was too late to stop now,  Chouji drank the green syrup with Ino swallowing her syrup right after.

Both of them started coughing violently. “God! That tasted just like bad cough medicine with dirt in it, and it goes down just the same!” said Chouji, as he scraped his tongue against his teeth to get the taste off.  Ino could only nod, as she tried not to throw up, while they tried getting their breaths back and their stomachs to calm down.

“ Well, besides feeling sick to my stomach, I feel normal,”  said Chouji, as he looked at himself.

“The scroll said it would take at least a day to see any changes,” answered Ino, still trying to get the taste out of her mouth.

“Seeing that we missed lunch, why don’t I make us something so that we can get this taste out?” asked Chouji.

“That would be great,” replied Ino. She then gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

Chouji blushed as he asked, “ What was that for?” He was still not use to Ino kissing him on the lips.

“That’s for agreeing to all of this,” answered Ino, giving him a warm smile, which made Chouji blush all the more.

“Anyway,” said Chouji with a light cough, “my uncle just came back from Land of Earth with some choice Iwaga boar meat, so I was thinking pork chops.”