"Well," Choji began, " I was really hungry today, so..."
Frowning, Kiba growled. Why couldn't Choji just tell him?
He got his answer sooner than he expected. Choji leaned in towards Kiba's ear, and whispered:
"I figured we'd find some of the others, plump 'em up, then eat them when they're nice and big."
Kiba gasped, stumbling back and nearly tripping over Akamaru. "W-what?! The hell are you talking about, Choji? We can't do that, that's cannibalism!"
Choji chuckled, shaking his head; he'd expected this reaction. "Relax, Kiba, it's not as bad as you think."
"Choji," Kiba growled, "How can it not be bad? We're eating our comrades and friends alive!" He shuddered at the thought of doing such a thing to Hinata, or heck, even Shino...
Choji didn't seem bothered in the least. "What I mean is," he began, thumping his stomach, "Is that they'll be alive even after we've eaten them."
This brought Kiba up short. "Wha...?"
"It'd be better to just show you," Choji offered. Abruptly, he pointed to Kiba. "First, lift up your jacket."
Kiba blinked. "Uh, okay..." he grasped the bottom of his black jacket and lifted it up a bit, exposing his protruding, net shirt covered stomach. "Okay, now what?"
"Lift up the net shirt, too," Choji instructed. Still confused, Kiba nonetheless did as he was instructed, exposing his bare stomach to the outside world.
"Ok, Choji, I've done it, but I still don't..." Kiba was cut off as Choji lunged forward, palm pointed outwards. Kiba's cry of shock was choked off his Choji struck his stomach, HARD.
"Oof!" Grunting in pain, Kiba fell back onto the ground, clutching his stomach in pain. Angrily, he glared at his fellow ninja. "Choji, what the hell was that?!"
Shrugging, Choji answered him. "Secret Akimichi jutsu." He held up his palm, showing an odd symbol was drawn upon it. "When I hit your gut, the inside of your stomach was changed a bit. That way, even after you've eaten someone and digested them, their chakra will stay inside your belly." He pointed to his own concealed stomach, indicating that he'd done the same to himself. "Once you're done, all you need to do is draw the symbol I just showed you on the ground, smear a bit of your blood on it, and..." He spread his arms wide. "...Everyone you've eaten will appear, not hurt in the least. Of course, if you're still hungry, you can eat them again, summon them, eat them again, bring them back..."
Kiba, who had been listening to this explanation, had been growing more intrigued, his mouth eventually twisting upwards into a smile. This became a full-on grin once Choji got to the final part.
This was great! He could eat as much as he wanted, and not feel guilty about hurting anyone else!
Laughing, Kiba pulled his net shirt and jacket back down, got up, dusted himself off, and looked at Choji. "Well, when you put it like that..." He smirked. "I'm in!"
Choji laughed heartily. "Great to hear that, Kiba! Now, who do you want to go for first?"
Kiba thought for a minute. "Well..."