(EDITING) The Little Koizumi Girl. *Naruto Fanfiction*

Extra : Chouji

"Nami-channn..." Chouji whined. "Stop hugging meeee."

"Whyyyyyy" Nami whined back. "I love hugging youuuuuuu. Because you're really chubby."

"Really..." Chouji sighed defeatedly after Nami had stepped back, laughing.

"Shikamaru isn't chubby, the same with Ino. No one's chubby except you. You're the number one candidate on my hugging list." Nami laughed. She didn't tell him he was fat or who knows what will happen so she kept on using the word "chubby". "Are ya ready for our barbecue contest, Cho?"

"Hey. Don't decide on your own and let me pay for it. You guys are troublesome." Shikamaru muttered, arriving with Ino.

"Don't worry Shika-chan. It's 50% off today." Nami grinned walking up to them.

"Geez, Nami-chan. You're ruining my diet. Why won't you go with your team anyway?" Ino sighed.

"Hey! That's not fair! We had set this today for the four of us." Nami pouted. "Besides, my teammates are busy with their own things."

"Alright already. Let's go." Shikamaru sighed defeatedly.

"Yay!" Nami cheered, putting her hand around Chouji's shoulder. "Let's go!"

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"Alright. The person who can eat the most will be the winner and the name will be displayed here in the restaurant!" The owner started giving instructions about contest being held.

Luckily, when they arrived, there was a contest being held on the place, which means free food for the person who wins. Nami and Chouji joined right away. There were a lot of people watching, there was a crowd gathered outside the place.

There were 10 contestants including Nami and Chouji.

"You ready Nami-chan?" Chouji asked, the familiar determination when it comes to food lighting his eyes.

Nami smirked. "Bring it on!"

"1...2...3...START!"

After 3 hours...

"Impossible... They're still at it..." One man had his mouth open, while staring at Nami and Chouji who continued eating meat after meat. There were only the two of them left eating. The others were either passed out or throwing up from eating too much.

"I wonder where they put all that meat on their body." Ino sighed for the nth time. "They're still going at it."

"Fortunately, this food is for free." Shikamaru sighed in relief as they watched the two slow down on eating.

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Chouji passed by the barbecue shop where Nami and he had their barbecue contest. Both their names were written on the wall, side by side. Both of them won on that contest. Their eating contest came out as a tie and the owner had both their names written as a reward.

Dread started creeping up at Chouji when he remembered that memory again. That will be the last time he will have an eating contest with that orange head. She was gone. It was too fast. He hadn't told her his 'thank you' yet for giving him chakra while on Sasuke's retrieval mission. Maybe, without that, he is already dead right now.

He hadn't told her his 'thank you' for being there for him, for making him feel better when he was self-pitying too much about himself or his strength, he always thinks that he is weak compared to his teammates and friends but Nami was there to prove that he was wrong. That he, too can be and is strong like everyone else.

He arrived at his house and his parents greeted him, smiling at him. "Someone's waiting for you on your room." His mother greeted. Chouji just nodded without saying another word.

"Wipe that look on your face! Nami's in your room...well, kinda..." Chouji's pops had shouted at him but he just shrugged it off and thought it was a joke.

Then he entered his room.

It left him speechless.

His mouth was hanging open while seeing his dead friend on his room, grinning at him.

"I have a message from Nami, would you hear me out?" Nami's clone greeted him while he walked faster towards the clone, engulfing her in a hug.