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[savethelastchip]

[ Rain is perhaps not the ideal weather to pick to train in- fact that he'd lost a bit of fondness towards it in his last few months back home notwithstanding. Hard to get really good footing, poorer visibility, not to mention cold and wet

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[donaldtrumpcard]

[Since Chouji becoming a freaking GIANT is hard to miss, you might have a Shino somewhere near by watching your said training dude. His abilities obviously comes as no shock to him. They didn't talk too much back home, but he's generally aware of the other Konoha 11's abilities. Well... Sasuke is a little more complicated, since he hasn't even been in the VILLAGE, but yeah.]

I gotta invest in more giant-Chouji icons.

[savethelastchip]

[ JEEZ, sorry to distract you and make you miss your BFF Sasuke, bro. But no, it's cool.

... oh hey, Shino. He'll cut back on the giant-ness in juuuuust a minute. Haven't done this since the draft, so it helps to remember exactly what he has to work with while he's in the big invisible bubble. :|a ]

Oh you got plenty!

[donaldtrumpcard]

[Oh shuddap! He's not Naruto. =|

Don't worry Chouji. Shino's patient. As in SUPER PATIENT. He'll stay here like a patient guy and wait for you to finish. He isn't here for any particular reason really. Just kinda bored.]

[savethelastchip]

[ Patience is a virtue or something like that. But yeah, he really is gonna spot you and walk over once he's done, PROMISE. How often does one see Shino out and about, amirite. ]

Yo, Shino.

[dangerouswind]

[She's out and about herself today, if only because rain is sometimes awesome -- she didn't always see much for cold rain back home and she'll gladly take the opportunity to revel in something different.

She does see him training, but opts not to really bother him; instead, she waits until he's done and headed for lunch.

Guess who's falling in step beside him as he leaves that forest clearing?]

[savethelastchip]

[ Looking over and blinking.

And then smiling, as he is wont to do. ]

Good afternoon, Temari-san.

[dangerouswind]

Afternoon. [And he gets a smile in return. She's in a good mood here, okay?] What brings you out here?

[savethelastchip]

[ Good moods are good! Luceti doesn't afford her enough of those, in his humble opinion. ]

Just some training. Nothing too special. [ Ah, but that he misses not worrying about property damage in the process. >: ] I didn't want to spend another day stuck inside, you know?

[nextgen_hokage]

[You're not the only person who likes to train despite the weather, Chouji. But once he actually catches wind of Chouji's training, Naruto's going to put his own on hold to watch him from a safe distance. He definitely knows how Chouji fights, but he's never really been around to see him do training exercises or anything.

It's interesting, to say the least. So, you have a Naruto nearby, just chilling out and watching. Don't mind him.]

[savethelastchip]

[ As far as he's concerned, fellow ninja aren't anything to make a big deal of. Especially when they're keeping a safe distance- not that there's all that much he's willing to risk with a giant wolf goddess around to make a chewtoy out of people who mess up the trees.

This particular part of the day holds a considerable lack of human boulders mowing down anything in their path, and more practice with individual limbs. Which is all just fancy-talk for "this conveniently located boulder is going down." ]

[nextgen_hokage]

[And Naruto will watch his maul that boulder. Maybe he'll cut in to talk or something soon. But only once that boulder is completely mauled, because the last thing Naruto needs is to come on over and then get a nice chunk of rock embedded in his forehead.

That shit hurts, man.]

[savethelastchip]

[ Damn, there went his plans- I mean OF COURSE.

It won't take too long to handle this thing, at least, even if there's a pretty solid base now pushed down into the mud forever. The fist, it is returning to normal now. ]

[its_troublesome]

[Have another ninja, only not around your training post.

No, this one will be yanking on your arm as you're about to go into the Seventh Heaven. In the direction back towards the street, that is.]

Oi, Chouji.

1/2

[savethelastchip]

[ And very suddenly he is not heading into the door.

who is responsible for this atrocity- ]

[savethelastchip]

[ ...

...naa, fine.

But you're only getting off easy because you're Shikamaru, which means you likely have a good reason. ]

What's up?

[its_troublesome]

[You know him well. 8]

Tugging again. Yes, this means we're leaving the restaurant. Also, srs face.] Come on. I need to show you something.

[markofthebrave]

[Katara has absolutely no reason to be out in the rain in the forest today. No reason at all... except what on earth was making the ground shake like that and was that really...]

Chouji?

[savethelastchip]

[ It's nothing too different from any of his usual hand-to-hand, but he still needs the practice, because this size and weight make all the difference- and it's a difference he finds easy to notice.

Apologies, Katara, for in all his advanced ground-shaking ninja skills and actually putting full concentration into this, he...didn't hear you down there. >_> wtg?

BUT NOT TO WORRY. He'll be bamfing down to the usual human size in a little less than a minute- Luceti bears certain limits on that method (like they have something against giant rampaging ninjas, the bastards). ]

[markofthebrave]

[Yeah, that's definitely Chouji. She stays well out of squashing distance, and assumes that since he didn't respond, she has to make herself be heard. Katara has no problem with that. She cups her hands around her mouth and shouts up.]

HEY, CHOUJI!

[savethelastchip]

[ FREEZE.

Blink.

Look around.

Annnnnd cue smile. ]

Yo, Katara! [ brb, shrinking. :|b ]