Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Naruto's Life ❯ Slaved ( Chapter 3 )

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Chapter 3

Slaved

 

 

 

Chouji was in the confines of his clan's house working with his long assumed dead uncle, but in reality he suffered the same problem that Chouji had, the both of them had eaten their battle pills all at once to achieve that one moment of invincibility where it converts his body and fat into chakra.

 

Flashback

Chouji and Shino were in the front as their two teams searching for Sasuke. Shino and Chouji could sense the large chakra levels and Shino's bugs buzzed excitedly as the anticipated the up coming battle.

“Chouji-san we have visitors and they seem very powerful” Shino whispered, Chouji didn't answer he just turned side to side and watch the trees come alive as four sound ninjas came from the shadows

Chouji knew who they were, they were the sound four who had helped kill the Third and here they were obviously looking to stop them from retrieving the lost leaf genin, somehow a battle broke out and his team as well as Kurenai sensei's was fighting and trying to win. Chouji examined the field and was quite distressed that Kurenai sensei was fighting Jirobo and she was on her knees about to be crushed. He knew he had to do something so he took his pill container and emptied it into his hands. All the colors he needed were in his palms; Shikamaru looked back and by the gleam in his eye could tell what his friend was going to do.

“Chouji don't you dare be troublesome and eat those pills.” Shikamaru commanded

“To late Shika, I got people to save, precious people at that.” Chouji answered with a smirk as he downed the pills with out a second thought

The reaction was almost instant, his body started to break down the fat that he always stored and converting it to chakra, the immense surge of power caused Jirobo to look up and into the eyes of a monster, power like his had never been fought by these four sound nins, even with their level two cursed seal mode they wouldn't stand a chance, Jirobo's face registered shock as Chouji disappeared and he felt the force of a blow carrying him backward into the side of a tree.

Jirobo's screamed with his face contorted in pain, it was the first time he had ever been hit like that, and he decided he never wanted to be hit like that again. He looked up into the boys eyes and could sense a bit of sorrow, but quickly pushed that aside, not understanding why some one could be mad at themselves for saving their friends from the enemy.

“Re-retreat now, no more fighting we need to get back to sound go now, we already have Sasuke.” Jirobo commanded not wanting to die

Chouji knew he didn't have long left so he backed down and watched the enemy escape vowing he would one day have his rematch, turning he smiled at a shocked Kurenai and then fainted

End Flashback

 

It had been that battle where he ate all the pills so that he could save Kurenai, he hadn't wanted it any other way, he would gladly take the pills again if it meant she would be okay, at some point he told himself it was okay, because he loved her and her beautiful red eyes. Yet he was here training his body with out the use of fat. He was now 6'5” tall which was amazing, arms and legs thick with muscle like trees; he was learning non-clan Jutsus and fighting styles to compensate for the lack of Akimichi fat.

His uncle Ghor was teaching him he had developed a good deal of ground Jutsu's almost becoming like the Jirobo he had fought except a lot nicer and probably stronger his body had converted his fat to chakra and thus increased his over all pool of chakra immensely as well as the training so all in all he was a two legged tank. He was also learning to fight with a massive war hammer it had a steel shaft with and obsidian head with ancient runes etched on it.

His training left no time for his friends which was taxing on the boy but only because he missed Shikamaru and Kurenai-sensei, he thought it bad to have a crush on such an older lady, but he couldn't do anything about it, there years isolated from the village could wear on any soul. Shortly after coming back from the first Sasuke retrieval mission, he had been exiled to the branch house and disowned by his father, he wanted to stay skinny and the branch house was where “those types” as his father called them lived, shortly after arriving he met his uncle who had decided it was better to train the boy then let him go to waste as a ninja. Chouji and his uncle's relationship evolved some where over the last three years, Ghor was more so his father then his uncle, and Ghor himself felt this way.

Ghor watched Chouji exit the house and make his way to the gate of the Akimichi complex, it was the first time he had been outside the gates in three years, it would be a shock for the culture watch the six foot giant walk down the streets. Ghor chuckled to himself as he thought about the monstrous boy greeting people with his quiet gentle voice. They had a meeting to get to with the Hokage, today was the day that Chouji would be assigned a squad of 5 elite ninjas to act as the Hokage personal guard, the only other Ghor knew would be promoted was Uzumaki-san when he got back from his trip to cloud in fact he was to be the leader.

Chouji exited the branch house wearing rugged leather shorts, a solid silver breast plate adorned with Jade and Emeralds, a depiction of a large bear with its claws and fangs extended. Ghor looked at the boy and gave a slight nod; he was the strongest in the branch family, and his chest plate proved it. What made him even more imposing was the giant war hammer on his back. He was truly the biggest man Ghor had ever saw, everything about him exuded manliness, which was a change from the formally robust glutton physique he had maintained up to that fated mission.

“Son we need to get going, we have the appointment with the Hokage-sama, I feel today is an important day.” Ghor said from the yard of the compound.

“Hai, youfu-kun, I am ready to go, although I am scared I haven't seen my friends in three years and I am not exactly normal know am I.” Chouji said from the doorway as the sun shone and reflected off his brilliant chest piece.

 

Ghor sighed, he knew it would be a long hard three years but he wasn't the only one to do it Naruto had done, Shino had not been seen in two years, and neither had Shikamaru, after that last battle each had taken up fighting seriously and trained non-stop though Shika not as hard as the others and he had outside contact with Asuma and Ino but other then that they were as isolated as he was. Chouji walked up to the gate and motioned to the guards to open the doors.

Once the gate was swung open Ghor and Chouji took their first step back into the real world and boy did Chouji miss it, the streets of down town Konoha were a sight to be held he had missed all the activity, he and Ghor quickly turned north and headed for the tower from which the Hokage ruled the country. Chouji continued walking when he heard and felt small thud and looked down to see a little girl lying at his feet. He smiled and knelt down to pick the girl up, she struggled at first but then relaxed as he placed her on his shoulders so she could hitch a ride using him like a human carriage.

 

“So what's your name?” Chouji asked in a quiet and soothing voice, using his best disarming smile.

 

“Sujiana Yukina, I am an orphan living at the orphanage, I am sorry about running into you.” The girl said averting her gaze, with a shy smile.

 

“Well Yukina-san, I am Akimichi Chouji and you look like you're hungry. Why don't we get some candy and then go see the Hokage?” Chouji asked as he turned the corner and headed for a candy store and walked in.

 

Chouji could see the girls eyes light up as he pulled out his wallet and looked at all the candy. Picking her up off his shoulder he sat her down and asked her how old she was. She looked up at him shyly and answered 13, Chouji was shocked, she was far too small to be thirteen that would make her three years younger then him and that couldn't be possible.

 

“Well why don't you go and pick out the candy you want; and then bring it over here and I will pay for it, then we can both go meet Hokage-sama.” Chouji said as he sat the girl down, since she was older then he had initially thought.

 

The girl smiled an went about efficiently picking out the candy she wanted, of course she could have grabbed more but Yukina didn't want Chouji to spend a lot of money on her. Though she still took what she wanted so she didn't insult him in anyway, she wanted to accept his kindness, walking over she placed the candy on the counter and watched as Chouji paid for it. The girl began to quickly eat a chocolate bar she had picked out, as Chouji returned her to his shoulder and began walking to the Hokage tower. Ghor looked at the couple and smiled, Chouji was a kind person and this only solidified the fact.

 

Ghor turned and noticed they were being trailed by six ninjas all who seemed to be ANBU, thinking nothing off it he continued to walk beside Chouji and take in the sights of a summer afternoon in downtown Konoha the sun was shinning brightly, the birds were out chirping, and the trees rustled with a cool summer breeze. Ghor still kept a mental check of the ninjas following them. Chouji and Yukina just enjoyed their time together during the walk, without a worry in their heads.

 

Yukina couldn't help it but finding herself hoping that the five men who had “adopted” her wouldn't come back, in truth they had bought her in a small poor village outside of Konoha on the way back from a mission and now she was a slave, forced to do things that some one her age or any age should never be forced to do. She was glad that these last few minutes had been something special for her.

 

They continued their walk to the tower, as a Mitarashi Anko continued her morning exercise in a nearby training ground, she wanted to become stronger like Naruto-kun had, why she had added -kun mentally she had no clue, but she did know he was powerful, and that was enough to drive her to train. She wanted to get stronger so she could protect this village like the third had, there had been a time when the third was the only one to understand her and she was appreciative of this, she was alone and afraid little girl when Orochimaru had left her to die, and the third had taken her in, even when the others, Kurenai, Kakashi, and Asuma had all shown up and were watching her before their appointment with the Hokage.

“Why do you think she is training so hard?” Kurenai asked as she looked on and watched Anko continually pummel a wooden log with various kicks and punches.

 

“Maybe she heard some wise words from a wise source; sometimes our inspiration comes from an unlikely source.” Kakashi said in a monotone voice rhyming with out realizing it, as he read his book and giggled like a school girl at a shopping spree.

 

Asuma wondered about what Kakashi meant, he was also feeling a little unmotivated as of late, his entire team had been split up to begin their family training and he hadn't even seen Chouji in three years since returning from that mission. After the mission he and Chouji had a bit of a fight.

 

Flashback

“Chouji how could you do something so stupid, eating all those pills like that, you could have died, you're lucky your heart held out.” Asuma berated him from his seat next to Chouji's hospital bed.

 

“I had to Asuma-sensei, Kurenai-sensei was going to be killed and I needed to save her, you told us at the beginning that to be a team we needed to value everyone on it, and she was on our team and I value her and I wasn't going to let her die.” Chouji replied trying to reason with his sensei but from the looks of it, failing miserably.

 

“Why, why couldn't you accept that one of us could die and that one of us dieing on that mission was a certainty, why Chouji, why must you die for her, why cant you just let those die who are suppose to die?” Asuma asked tears in his eyes because he had almost lost his student and friend.

 

“Because, I needed to protect you, Shika, Ino, Kurenai-sensei, Kiba, Shino, and Hinata, you all are some of my precious people, and I needed to be strong to protect you all, besides Ino is always complaining I am to fat. Well now I am not so it's a win-win situation.” Chouji tried to joke but didn't seem to be working as Asuma on sighed and hung his head.

“Why can't you see that you would have hurt us if you died?” Asuma asked again this was his last ditch effort to try to reason with Chouji and make him see the error of his ways.

 

“Because I love her, I know I am only 13 but I love her, its weird at some point as I felt my body giving under the strain of my body and I could see Jirobo bringing his hands down to crush her, I knew I needed to kill him, that I loved her more then anything, and don't start lecturing me on knowing what love is, I know it is wrong to like some one older then you but I cant help it, maybe it is the lack of attention from girls my age, but she is an amazing women sensei, and if I could do over what I did out there, I would do it again and again each time knowing I could die to protect those I love.” Chouji said as he looked away so his sensei would not see him as he had started to cry.

 

Asuma couldn't believe his ears as he listened to the boy cry, here a thirteen year old boy possessed an understanding of love that very few could even begin to fathom, and it just wasn't him, Naruto to shared the same understanding about knowing that if they died protecting their loved ones then they would be true to themselves and true to the village. Asuma pulled the sheet up to Chouji's neck and turned to leave the room but not before stealing the last glance of Chouji he would have for three years.

End Flashback

 

“Yeah, sometimes our motivation comes from places we least expect it, sometimes wisdom is found in those younger in years but wiser in the world.” Asuma said as he took a rag of his cigarette and flicked it to the ground.

 

Kurenai knew what they meant, it was hard to believe but each of their students had the power to become greater ninjas then the village had ever seen, each one of them possessed something greater, some internal force the drove them forward and made them to try harder then others. Will, they had the Will to do it, the Will to stand up and exceed everyone's expectations.

 

Gai appeared behind them after listening to the conversation from the sidelines and greeted each of them before looking to the training field, Anko was going at it pretty hard and it amazed him at how hard she was going with no sign of tire. Gai looked at Kakashi and gave him a friendly nod, which was returned by a smirking Kakashi, well smirking under his mask.

 

“Sometimes the slightest wind can stoke the fire enough to send it ablaze and cause it to burn brightly, her Youthful Flames have reignited.” Gai said with a smirk as the others sweat dropped to his antics and annoying expression.

 

Anko stopped for a breather she knew it was close to the time in which she would have to go see the Hokage with the others, she turned and could see them waiting for her, walking over she picked up her jacket and joined them. She smiled slightly as she walked by and gave a curt nod to them all. She was tired; she had been training all day every day since Naruto had left for the cloud. She walked past the group of Jounin and headed for the Hokage tower.

 

“Anko-chan why are you training so hard all of the sudden, we have seen you going at it all out for like a week straight now?” Asuma asked as he lit a new cigarette and took a fresh puff.

 

“I had lunch with Uzumaki-san and he said some things that made me wonder about being a ninja, and so then I made a resolution to be strong like him.” Anko replied with a hint of admiration in her voice.

 

Kakashi's eyes widened, she had just said strong like him, how strong was he, he couldn't be stronger then her, because that would mean he was as strong as all of them. Kakashi looked at Gai who had similar thoughts running through his head, Gai gave him a raised brow expression that seemed to ask the silent question..

 

“What do you mean like him, aren't you stronger then him? You are a Jounin after all, we all are.” Kakashi asked with a blank face trying to hide his reasons for the questions.

 

Anko looked back at him and smiled, he had no clue how much his student had grown over the three years. She guessed that is what happened when you throw a team member at the nearest sensei and hop for the best. Though she reckoned she wasn't being completely fair to Kakashi he did have the hardest team to teach.

 

“He is a lot stronger then any of us gave him credit for, in fact he is probably stronger then the other rookie nine and Gai's team.” Anko replied, as the group fell into silence on the way to the Hokage's Tower.

On the way to the Hokage's Tower....

 

Chouji and Ghor made it to Hokage tower, still being trailed by the five men; Yukina went rigid as she saw out of the corner of her eye the man nearest to her. Ghor went ahead to announce their arrival and soon the three were escorted into Tsunade's office. Chouji was relieved when he felt Yukina relax on his shoulders; the presence of the five men had made her tense and seem almost ready to bolt.

 

Tsunade stood and greeted the ninjas with a smile and motioned for them to have a seat. Chouji picked the girl up off his shoulder with her still clutching the candy bag and sat her next to him as he took a seat Ghor flanked her on the other side, to others it looked comical two big men and then the itsy-bitsy girl in between them. Tsunade started to speak but was interrupted when a knock came at the door causing a vein above her eye to bulge under the annoyance of being interrupted.

 

“COME IN AND IT BETTER BE GOOD!!!” Tsunade yelled as she slammed a hand down on her desk causing it to collapse under the stress of the blow.

The five men who had been tailing the Chouji and company walked in and bowed in unison “Sorry Hokage-sama we have come for our daughter” the tallest one said looking at Yukina who now was clutching to Chouji with a look of fear evident in her eyes “What's wrong Yukina?” Chouji asked as he stroked her hair trying to calm her.

 

Afraid to be embarrassed she cupped her hand to his ear and whispered something that caused anger and fury to register on his face, and with a heave he stood up.

“Tsunade-sama is Shizune-san available?” Chouji asked standing up and blacking the path between the ANBU and Yukina.

 

“Yes she is; Shizune come in here quickly.” Tsunade said as her assistant came through the door from her office, Chouji turned and bowed out of respect.

 

“Chouji-san is that you, my you have grown up.” Shizune said as she smiled at the boy.

 

“Yes Shizune-san I am a bit older now but I have a favor to ask, I need you to go in your office and perform a physical on my friend here Yukina, I need you to check to see if her virtue is broken.” Chouji replied smoothly as he picked up Yukina and placed her in Shizune's arms calmly even though he was boiling with rage and ready to strike someone at the slightest thing.

 

“Yes Chouji-san I can do that, Yukina dear I am Shizune, I am going to do a check up and make sure you're okay.” Shizune said as she turned to leave but was stopped by a big hand. Chouji walked around and handed Yukina her candy and kissed her on the forehead: “I'll be right there.”

 

Shizune quickly went into her office and shut the door. The tallest looked to his men and motioned for them to follow her, but Chouji quickly pulled the massive war hammer of his back and pointed it at the five men. “Move and I will crush you” Chouji said his voice filled with anger and his face contorted with fury, meaning every word he said.

“Chouji-san what is this about?” Tsunade asked as she tried to reign in the situation to a some what containable atmosphere before it blew up in her face.

 

“Simply put these men bought that little girl from a poor village for nothing more then a day's wages.” Chouji said as he continued to hold in his anger “I am sorry to hear that but buying slaves is a common practice, the end up serving the clans and nobles.” Tsunade said trying to talk the boy down .

 

“Yes I would suppose so but buying girls to suit your bed needs isn't and the five of them bought her for that purpose.” Chouji spat with enough venom to kill an elephant.

 

“She is ours. It is legal, we want her back.” The shortest one came forward and asserted himself, not feeling the surge in chakra coming from the giant man.

“Well Chouji, I had wanted to tell you this under better circumstances but you have been chosen as a member for my personal guard, you along with Shino, Neji, Shika will be on my team led by Naruto, I had called you here to test you and give you your ANBU suit but it seems things have gotten out of control.” Tsunade said as she collapsed to her chair rubbing her temples and praying to Kami a bottle of Sake would fall from the heavens and drown her into a stupor.

 

Shizune took the time to come back into the room and look at Chouji who looked at her expectantly, she just frowned and shook her head no, “Is she you know,” Chouji asked but had to stop as bile threatened to erupt from his stomach “ No she isn't, but she is emotionally and physically destroyed.” Shizune replied as the five Jounin walked in to begin their meeting.

 

“Tsunade-sama I understand and I accept the offer but I want to choose the test, I want to fight those five ANBU to the death, if I die I am not worthy to be you personal guard and if I live then I am, and I also take Yukina home with me.” Chouji said never taking his eyes off the ANBU and leaving the Jounin to wonder what they walked in on as the went over and stood over next to Shizune.

 

“Do you accept his challenge?” Tsunade said as she looked over at the five ANBU, with a searching look.

 

“Yes we do, were will this be taking place?” The tallest asked, without hesitation.

 

“Chuunin exam stadium, now.” Chouji said as he disappeared followed by Ghor, Tsunade, and the ANBU.

 

“What did we walk in on?” Kurenai asked as they looked around confused. Shizune gave a grim frown: “It seems that Chouji met this girl on his way here and those five men bought her in a small village and have been using her for a means of satisfaction, so Chouji chose his test for the squad a five on one battle to the death.” Shizune said as she walked in, gathering Yukina and disappeared as well with the five Jounin sensei following her.

 

They arrived at the Stadium where the fight was taking place and waited for someone to make the first move: “Shizune-san do you think Chouji-kun can win?” Yukina asked looking down at the boy. “He is fighting for his precious person there isn't a force on this planet that could defeat him.” Asuma answered for Shizune as he and the others could only stare at the difference between the young man they knew and the man below them.

 

“Five on one seems hardly fair, are you sure you want to do this.” The fat ANBU asked.

 

“Who said I was going to be doing this alone?” Chouji said as he ran a hand along the side of his breast plate cutting it and slamming it to the ground “KUCHIYOSE NO JUTSU (SUMMONING TECHNIQUE)” as the dust cleared standing next to Chouji was a large brown bear .

 

“Ursula I see you have joined the fight I am glad you have come” Chouji greeted the bear, who licked his nose in reply, Chouji stood up and flew through a serious of small hand seals and shouted “DOTON: TOUKAI KOUTETSU KUMA NO JUTSU(Earth Release: HIDDEN ARMOR OF THE BEAR) the on lookers were shocked when they watched Chouji's body become encased in fur, a second set of claws grew above his hands and his teeth grew causing him to be come like a bear his skin was noticeably different as well.

 

“Ursula we have to kill those five men and we must do it quickly” Chouji commanded as he disappeared and the bear charged the men who charged as well but was cut of as one of them men was suddenly flying back wards heading for a wall with Chouji guiding him the whole way, when the mans body hit the wall he felt claws enter the soft flesh of his stomach and rip upwards disemboweling the man.

 

“KATON: KARYU ENDAN (FIRE RELEASE: FIRE DRAGON FLAME BULLET)”

 

The tallest man bellowed in rage as a huge dragon of flame swept in on Chouji causing him to howl in pain as his flesh was burnt by the flames, the man let a smile grace his lips, he smiled a bit longer then he should have as Ursula tackled him to the ground and tore the soft flesh of his throat away. The man tried to scream but couldn't as he felt his voice box ripped from his body, the scene froze the remaining three in the spots watching two of their squad brutalized by a boy and a bear was enough for them, Chouji seeing his window of opportunity started forming more seals.

 

“He's going to use it; this is amazing he is as powerful as you said Ghor.” Tsunade said from her spot next to Ghor.

 

“He's going to use what?” Asuma asked confused looking to his friends for support.

 

“His elemental bloodline, there are 10 elemental blood lines and His is the element earth, all but two are given to the ninja by the elemental spirit at birth, the others are family bloodlines, Kakashi-san faced the first in wave country by fighting a girl by the name of Haku, the second is held by none other then Uzumaki Naruto who's mother is the head of the clan who holds the most powerful of the ten followed by earth, the element's chose a holder every hundred years or so and consequently the blood lines inherited only unlock their full powers once in that time the dormant blood line his held in a carrier until their child can be given the power and manifest it.”, Ghor replied his eyes never leaving the battle field “even the shadows chose a master; the Nara's don't get any favoritism just because they use the shadow's though I am certain their master is Nara Shikamaru.”

“How can you be certain of these things, it isn't like it is common knowledge everyone has.” Kakashi said putting his book down.

 

“You're right it isn't but that war hammer is the mark of the earth master and Chouji was chosen for it.” Ghor answered as he watched the boy hit his last seal before yelling “DOTON: SEKI FUCHI NO JUSTU ( EARTH RELEASE: GATE OF THE ABYSS) The three men were instantly encased by four walls of earth as the ground fell out from under them causing them to fall in to a black abyss.

Chouji collapsed from the chakra use and groaned his flesh was still severely burnt from the flame attack he took head on, Ursula walked over and licked him goodbye as she disappeared in a puff of smoke. Chouji looked up at the eye's of a happy Yukina as he smiled she smiled but cried as well. She was happy because she now had a real family and it didn't seem that bad at all.