Re: Akimichi

"Don't let excitement clouded your judgment, and never in any circ.u.mstances underestimate your enemy! Do you hear me, pineapple head?" Asuma said menacingly, he crossed his arms and sneered.

"Dang it Sensei, you just hate to lose, don't you?" Shikamaru said half annoyed that he still holds no chance against jounin ranked shinobi, at least without proper advantage.

"An enemy will take each and every advantage they have against you, dirty or not, all is game for the survival. The winner is the king while the loser is the peasant!" Asuma did not mince his words at all, his students need to know the ruthless side of the world. "Get up and stand to the side, Chouji, you're up next!"

"Yes, Sensei! Please don't hold back!" Chouji said excitedly, he kind of impatient to compare notes with his Sensei. This is literally the first time he would be able to spar freely with his sensei.

"Come, Sumo kid! Show me what you got!"

Chouji then kicked the ground and charged forward while his left hand formed a hand-seal then he spits out a flaming tornado from his mouth, which was noted to be powerful enough to incinerate things it comes into contact with like a paper.

'Katon: [Enmaku Reppu]!'

The flame tornado rushed to Asuma which he was a bit startled by Chouji's sudden action. 'Nice one, C-ranked technique right of the bat! However...'

Like magic, Asuma's figure was replaced by a log before he was hit by Chouji's flame tornado. "You're open!"

Asuma's right-hand was raised and immediately in motion to smack Chouji's head from the back. Asuma wondering whether Chouji was not as strong as he thought.

"Katon: [Jibaku Bunshin]!"

'Shi-' The figure of Chouji that Asuma almost smacked earlier was exploded with a loud bang. Asuma quickly flickered, he was not harmed but unfortunately for him, his cigarette fell victim to the explosion and reduced to ashes.

'I just bought it, and it's my favorite!' He was lost for words. A while ago, he just advised his students to never underestimate the opponent yet here he was suffering from underestimating Chouji.

"Okay, I underestimated you, Chouji! Now I will raise the stakes a bit..." Asuma appeared a dozen meters away and said to Chouji, he took out his trench knife made from a special material called Chakra metal.

While Asuma said his piece, Chouji didn't stop and executed another technique of his.

"Katon: [Cho no mure]!"

With a single hand seal, Chouji summoned a swarm of little butterfly-shaped flames that flew toward the target, Asuma, from his side.

In response, Asuma holds the trench knife right-side up. Then after infusing chakra into the knife and further expanding the blade's length, he slashed horizontally at the fire swarm which effectively disperse most of them before he dodged the rest. 'Bukijutsu: [Maichimonji]'

"Futon: [Surudoi Kaze]!"

Asuma slashed and threw a fast wind blade generated from his quick slash empowered by his wind natured chakra toward Chouji. Chouji who just took his first step forward immediately sidestepped and managed to evade the attack by a hairbreadth.

'Sensei's reflex is inhuman, damn. As expected from the Hokage's son and the former guardian, he's strong...' Chouji thought as he dodged several more of the same attacks when suddenly two Asuma appeared on both of his sides and already charged at him. Chouji hastily used another earth style technique to erect two rock wall on both of his sides to either to stall for time or better, if Asuma rammed straight through it and became incapacitated as a result which has abysmally low possibilities.

'If only I'm able to cover my whole body with an armor strong enough to shield me from harm, I could smash my whole enemies flat with reckless abandon...'

'Wait, that's it! It's only a makeshift technique that I created when I reverse-engineering several Jutsus, it's not a forbidden technique or anything, only... I've yet to try it. Moreover, it's not certain that it could be used in battle...'

Chouji continuing his line of thought while his body still dancing following the rhythm of the battle. His almost rotund body bounced left and right while throwing some attack of his own occasionally.

'Screw it, no pain no gain, it's a spar anyway!' With it, Chouji for the first time in this spar formed a series of hand seals. His left and right hand each formed different seals altogether.

"Combination technique, Doton: [Rokkutaitan]!"

With a clasp of his hand, Chouji's body began to expand just like when he used the Multi-size technique and the rock on the field flew toward him, encompassing his expanded body just like armor would.

"Grand straight!" As his body expanded, Chouji jumped high in the air. He faced down where the training field was and took a karate-like stance with his right hand on his h.i.p.s, then his waist turned and he swiftly threw his now-massive rock encased fist.

'Oh, holy cow...' Sweat trickled on Asuma's forehead, he flickered hastily and took both Shikamaru and Ino out of Arena.

After the dust settled, Asuma looked back and took sight of the devastated arena and his mouth twitched. 'I'm gonna get an earful scolding from the old man...'

Both Shikamaru and Ino were slack-jawed, they couldn't believe their eyes. They knew that their teammate, Chouji, was strong because he never ceases to train. But, they didn't know that he was THIS strong. Both senses of inferiority and the need for Improvement rose in their heart, they're unwilling to be a burden to Chouji, a team was supposed to cover each other weakness and amplify each other strong points.

Chouji was akin to a mountain, and they're akin to a little sand dune. He can easily protect them and cover them, but when an enemy that able to pressurize him appear, it was a big question whether they would be able to cover his back.

'I need to get stronger...' Ino bit her lips, her hands clenched hard. She regretted the time that she spent on many unnecessary things, fawning to the Uchiha heir included, instead of improving herself further.

'So it was still not enough. More, I need to train more...' Shikamaru gritted his teeth, he loves his freedom and lax time, on condition all of his close ones were safe from all harm and he's not become a burden to them.

Unknown to all but themselves, from this point, the river of fate began to shine a little brighter. Whether it was a good omen or a bad one, no one know.

"Sensei, can we postpone our mission for a while? We want to train a bit more."

"Yes, Sensei. We want to make sure our prowess is enough to survive the harsh world."

Both Shikamaru and Ino asked Asuma for a chance to shape themselves further so they will not become more burden for Chouji, at least that's what they thought.

"Okay then, One week! In this one week, I'll help you get stronger. As for how far you can go, that's all up to you. Shikamaru, I'll help you with your Buki Jutsu! Ino, I'll ask a friend of mine to teach you some genjutsu trick, She is one of the best non-bloodline limit genjutsu users in Konoha." Asuma said with a grin plastered on his face, he was happy, after all which teacher that does not feel happy if their students were so enthusiast? Besides, he got more reasons to meet 'her'.

"Bwahaha, I'm sorry guys, I was a little bit overexcited back there..." Chouji walked to them with a sheepish grin. 'As expected, that Jutsu is yet to be completed...'

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A/N: Check the 9th chapter, this should be the 10th, sorry, wrong order