It was mid-day, saturday, at the end of the month.
As usual, times were tough for the Crimson Squad; their collective jobs barely making enough to keep them all fed, especially when Homura blows it all on expensive meat to satisfy her cravings.
 
On this day, we cut to a small, sunny clearing in the middle of a forest, near the Hebijo academy grounds, where Hikage is lying in the grass.
This was one of her favorite places to nap during her time at Hebijo, so she has returned here to try to sleep to avoid her hunger, but the continuous loud growling of her empty stomach prevents her from getting any peace.
However, unknown to Hikage, she would soon experience a series of filling events.
 
Relatively nearby, the Hebijo elite class has been patroling the area, at the request of their superiors, to investigate a strange noise that some students have been reporting in the area.
They reach the reported area and begin to investigate, but quickly realize between Ryoubi and Ryouna doing their usual "routine", it's nearly impossible to hear anything else.
Miyabi decides it's best if they all split up and search seperately, while agreeing to meet back within an hour, or should anyone start to hear anything strange, to head straight there first to investigate.
So they split up in five directions and set off, with Ryouna having accidentally decided to go in the exact proper direction towards the noise; Hikage's stomach growls, echoing through the silence of the forest.
 
Very soon after splitting up, Ryouna begins to hear the strange sound, and quickly dashes in that direction. After a short trip, she stumbles upon the clearing where Higake is attempting to sleep.
 
"Hikage-chan, is that you over there? Hikage-chan?"
Hikage stirs a bit, before sitting and up wiping an eye. "nnng.. Ryouna?.. What are you doing here?"
"This forest is on the edge of the Hebijo academy grounds, silly! Me and the others were sent to investigate a strange sou.." but as she tries to finish her statement, Higake's stomach practically roars.
"Was that you, Hikage-chan? Your.. stomach?" She asks, somewhat taken aback.
"Yeah.. we're pretty broke right now.. so I've been trying to sleep off the hunger until we get paid again. I used to sleep here a lot, you know?"
"So you're just starving, huh?" Ryouna asks as she fidgets a little.
"Yeah."
"H-Hikage-chan, you remember when I became tempura udon to try to get someone to eat me?"
"Sorta.. yeah?"
"Well... I still remember the technique... and if you're super starving you could eat me, Hikage-chan!"
"Eh?! Uh, I..."
"Come on, PLEASE?! I swear I'm delicious and filling!"
 
Almost as if to answer for her, Hikage doubles over and her belly lets out another roar-level stomach growl.
 
"Uhg, ok, fine, but only because I don't know how much longer I can take this."
"YAY! Thank you, Hikage-chan! You won't regret it!" Ryouna starts hugging and grouping herself in her typical fashion and squeels: "Oh, someone is finally going to eat me!"
"Oh, one thing, Ryouna, I'm not really in the mood for udon.. can you become just tempura?"
"Sure thing! One tempura-fried shinobi coming up! TEMPURA TENSHIN!"
 
And just like that, Ryouna became a tempura-fried shinobi girl; she looked like a giant fried shrimp with only her face sticking out of the batter and her feet where the shrimp tail would be.
 
"O.K. Hikage-chan, dig in! Please chew a bit as you swallow me!"
 
Hikage kneels down and grabs tempura-ryouna, but hesitates. "This is too weird." She takes a bite out of the batter surrounding Ryouna, eliciting loud squeels of masochistic fanaticism.
Her mind is blown; it's a flavor explosion unlike any other. A perfect mix of tempura and another unfamiliar but incredibly delicious, meaty flavor. She may not really understand emotions, but she knows she likes food.
She slowly swallows that piece of batter. Her eyes go wide, she begins to drool and her stomach roars yet again;
there is no more hesitation, she grabs the tempura-ryouna, opens her mouth as wide as she can, and begins to ravenously devour her whole.
 
More and more of Ryouna quickly disappears down Hikage's thoat; she chews slightly with each inch she swallows, breaking up a bit of the batter and releasing more greasy flavor, all while Ryouna is screaming out in pleasurable pain.
"Why did noone ever tell me how delicious shinobi are?!" Hikage asks herself.
As Ryouna's body begins to pass through Hikage's chest down towards her awaiting stomach, her already torn-up shirt tears even more, exposing her cleavage even more while bearly holding itself on.
 
Hikage can feel her stomach rapidly filling up with tempura shinobi; finally a good meal! Bigger and bigger her stomach swells with each inch of Ryouna she consumes,
until finally the widest parts of her have been swallowed, and Hikage slurps up the feet, sending her completely down to settle inside her bloated belly.
 
Hikage licks her lips and belches loudly. "What a meal. I don't think I've ever eaten so much in my life.. How did I do it? What's this other feeling with the intense bloating? Is this what it's like to be happy?"
Hikage pants for a bit while trying to figure out all these new feelings. "Do other girls taste this good?"
 
All the while Hikage was enjoying her meal, Ryouna's squeels had caught the ear of her sister, Ryoubi, who had begun to charge in the squeels' direction.
Ryoubi arrived at the edge of the clearing just in time to see Ryouna's feet disappear down Hikage's throat; stunned at first, she regains composure and confronts Hikage.
 
"OI! HIKAGE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! Did you just EAT my sister?!"
Hikage breaks from her bloated daze and turns to respond with a deadpan "Yes."
"WHY?!"
"Well.. I was out here trying to sleep off my hunger, when she woke me up and offered to let me eat her."
"And you ACCEPTED HER OFFER?!"
"Yes, I was starving."
"I DON'T CARE if you were starving, throw her up NOW!"
"I can't do that. Food this big won't come back up easily. I can open up and let you try to reach in and pull her out, but then I'll be hungry again..."
"UHG fine. Open up, fatass." Hikage opens her mouth as wide as possible, enough for Ryoubi to try to reach in and grab Ryouna. She starts reaching in with one arm down Hikage's throat. "Uhg, this is so digusting!"
 
"HI Ryoubi-chan!" Ryouna calls from the bottom of Hikage's throat. "Are you going to be eaten too?! It's so nice in here! It's warm, a-and it burns; I'm feeling soooo good!"
"IDIOT! I'm trying to SAVE YOU!" She yells back, both arms now down Higake's throat. "Hold my legs so I don't slip down your throat too, Pig-kage!"
 
"Wow, she also tastes amazing. Not as great as Ryouna, probably because she's "raw", but it's still different in other ways too." Hikage thinks as Ryoubi reaches even farther down to try to rescue Ryouna.
"Hm, should I eat her too? She's already mostly in my stomach already, and anyone else who saw me would think I'm eating her anyway... Can my belly handle a second shinobi girl?"
 
The extended period spent with Ryoubi half-swallowed has stretched and torn what was left of Hikage's shirt, leaving her huge breasts to roam free of their confines, resting on her large belly.
 
"Sorry, Ryoubi, you and your sister are too good to let go." Hikage cocks her head back, lifts Ryoubi's legs in the air, and releases her to slide the rest of the way in to be reunited with her sister in her gut.
Her belly rapidly swells as Ryoubi slides the rest of the way in. She belches again and starts to rub her double stuffed stomach.
"The bloating.. so intense, but that other feeling.. the happy..ness, I guess? A lot stronger too. Hikage says as she enters another stuffed trance. "How much CAN I eat...?"
 
"YAY, Ryoubi! We get to be food together!" "NO! WHAT THE F-----" Ryoubi loses her proverbial shit and starts pounding on the stomach walls to no avail.
Hikage wakes again and belches lightly; "She's going to give me indigestion..."
 
Some time passes, enough for the sisters to mostly calm down and accept their tasty fate.
 
All the while, Hikage's hearty belches have attracted the keen nose of the thicc NEET Murasaki, who appears before the bloated Hikage with extreme confusion.
"Uh..... H--hi-hikage? Is that you?"
"Who else would I be?" She replies matter-of-factly.
"What... h-happened to your tummy?"
 
Hikage thinks for a moment, "She must not have seen it happen... hm. I wonder if she tastes good too? I wonder if I could even fit her in... she's about as big as both of these two together."
 
"Well, I was really hungry, and Ryouna offered to let me eat her, but Ryoubi got mad and tried to rescue her, but then she.. slipped down my throat too."
"If you want, I can open up and let you try to rescue them.. you would have to take off your fancy dress first though.. I don't think you could get far enough down to grab them with that on.."
"I-i-i, uh, ah." Murasaki stammers, clearly very overwhelmed and conflicted. "It's up to you, Murasaki, to help them. They're too big for me to throw up without you helping."
"Uh.. I, ok, ok, I'm.. stripping!" Murasaki strips down to only her underwear and moves up to Hikage. "Oh man, she's even bigger than she looked with clothes on.. she's practically bursting out of her underwear."
 
"Here, just put both arms and your head down my throat so you can reach, and call out for them. I'll hold your legs so you don't fall in." Hikage directs her would-be third course.
"O-ok, here I go!" she squeezes herself in to Hikage's mouth up to her breasts. Hikage takes a quick couple tastes of her giant breasts and begins to salivate greatly.
"She has the best flavor yet. Thick, rich, creamy, like a huge piece of cake.."
 
"Ryoubi, Ryouna! Are you ok? I'm coming to save you!"
"NO, YOU IDIOT! She'll eat you too!" Ryoubi yells back, but just too late as Hikage has already begun to swallow Murasaki the rest of the way down.
Hikage is in flavortown again tasting each variation of Murasaki as she slides down; her fat tits, chunky belly, and huge ass, each one a new take on a familiar taste.
 
Then just like the others, she settles in to Hikage's gut; and what a gut it was, nearly doubling in size from her newest, biggest meal.
She belches loudly once again and starts to moan slightly. "Too much.. happy. I feel way too stuffed." she says as she tries to soothe her bloated stomach.
 
The new addition didn't even serve to stir the previous occupants, with Ryoubi relatively un-surprised that Murasaki fell for Hikage's lie;
her even more huge stomach sitting before her, churning away, undisturbed, on the big meat mass in her middle.
 
Hikage began to doze off, nearly entering a food coma before being startled awake by Imu bursting out of the trees in front of her.
 
Imu had been tracking Murasaki since the team had split up earlier in order to prevent her from getting in to trouble, however she had lost sight of her several minutes ago,
but shifted towards Hikage's direction when she heard the most-recent great belch.
 
"Hikage... why do YOU have to be here, of all people? What are you doing, and what's the deal with your sto.."
 
And then she noticed the moving bulges, and Murasaki's dress on the ground.
 
"No.. Hikage, did you eat my sister?!"
"Yep. Ryoubi and Ryouna too. They were really tasty." Hikage replies, starting to feel a bit food-drunk.
"You MONSTER! First the underwear shame, and now you EAT my friends and sister? That's IT, you're dead, Hikage! Don't worry guys, I'll get you out, even if it means cutting open that huge gut!"
 
In muffled response, the girls within the belly start to squirm and struggle. Imu draws her weapon and assumes a combat stance, preparing to strike.
In that moment, Hikage woke up completely and started to panic slightly. "Uh, oh crap. She could actually kill me like this."
She struggles to rise to defend, but her gut is too heavy and is weighing her down and she falls back to her knees. "Is this how it ends? Killed like a fat farm animal?"
 
Imu screams and charges Hikage at full speed. "KYAA! For my dignity! and my friends!"
But as un-luck would have it, a large tree root is hidden in the grass in front of Hikage. As Imu charges in, she's caught unaware and trips, flying straight in to Hikage's belly, and becoming dazed.
Hikage takes the impact and resists the urge to vomit before regaining composure. Hikage realizes that she's been given another chance, as if a completely biased writer were directing her fate, but she hesitates for a moment.
 
"She's disoriented and within arms' reach. This could be my only chance to take her down, but since I can't move, taking her down means.. downing her. I have to push through and force her down!"
 
Hikage grabs Imu and pulls her up on to her belly. "It's you or me, Imu. I choose me." She says before bringing Imu up to her mouth and swallowing her head and shoulders.
It's a slow process, steady and smooth; each gulp her belly stretches just a bit more as Imu slides farther and farther down.. She finally wakes up and begins to struggle, but it's far too late.
The final gulp seals Imu away with her friends as Hikage's belly fills out the rest of the way.
 
"*Huff* *Huff* I really... didn't need that.. *Huff* So bloated, but so happy." Hikage's titanic belly sloshes around as Imu struggles in the vain.
 
"I guess now I have to figure out what to do when Miyabi shows up.."
"No need, Hikage."
 
Shocked at her sudden arrival, Hikage is at a loss for words, but manages to take a somewhat defensive "stance"...
 
"Lower your guard, Hikage, I've been watching since the beginning. Initially, when you ate Ryouna, I brushed it off because she's crazy and I could have just gotten her out later, but this? This is a disgrace.
Not to them, but to me. Time and again you either outwitted or outlasted each of them; this proves yet again that I have failed as a leader and lost everything just like before."
"So what are you going to do then, Miyabi?"
"I plan to sacrifice myself to your guts, Hikage, to attone for my failings. Maybe my strength will benefit you."
"Oh.. no, you don't have to do that.. I'm so stuffed already."
"But I must! I must atone!"
"Can't you see this gut? Any more and I could pop.."
"I insist! I'm sure you can take it, and if I give you a stomach ache then you deserved it! Now, if you will not eat me, I will force myself down!"
 
Hikage is too tired to resist at this point, as Miyabi pries her mouth open and forces her arms, head and shoulders inside.
Miyabi kicks off the ground to send her legs up in the air before straightening up and sliding half way down Hikage's throat.
Hikage gags slightly at the forceful intrusion before being overwhelmed by the feeling of her enormous stomach growing once again.
Hikage swallows inch after inch; her belly noticeably swelling with each gulp, before finally finishing off her, hopefully, final meal.
 
Another massive belch echoes through the forest.
 
Inside the belly, Miyabi speaks with her team, but most of them are too disoriented to respond.
"Everyone, we should all be ashamed, losing to a single, fat, ex-hebijo girl, but this blame is all mine to take. I have failed once again, and am sacrificing myself to our conqueror to atone for my many failings."
Only Imu is still strong enough to respond, and she attempts to swim through the belly towards Miyabi
"Oh, Miyabiiiiiii!" She cries as she grabs on to Miyabi for a last hug.
 
Back outside, Hikage has reached true bliss. She's massages her super-sensitive belly while trying to hold off sleep.
 
"That last meal.. *burp* was the key.. I feel like I could explode at any moment, but I also feel so good I can't describe it.. and so sleepy..
 
She relaxes and falls back on to the grass, off of her knees; her titanic belly rising above like a mountain of flesh erupting from her waist.
Her large, nude breasts rest against her belly like soft foothills as she lies down, sleep quickly taking her just as it always would in her favorite spot.
 
~Eight hours pass~
 
It is now evening, the sky has darkened substantially as night continues to fall. Hikage stirs from her food coma.
"Nng.. No more sprouts.. Yomi.. I'm so stuffed... zzzz..zz..z..! Huh..? Where am I? It's getting dark, how long was I asleep..? Oh, right, I ate Hebijo."
 
After a bit of struggling, she sits up to examine herself. Her stomach is still a bit larger than half the size it started at when she fell asleep,
however her tits and ass had balooned to more than twice their previous sizes, and her arms and legs thickened slightly giving her a nice thick balance.
Her torn open shirt still hangs on by her sleeves, leaving her giant breasts to rest on her belly, while her shorts have been completely destroyed by her huge butt, of which her panties are disappearing into the crack of.
 
"Wooow... they're making me really fat. I still feel stuffed, too, so I'll probably get fatter.. I need to try to get home before Hebijo sends someone out to look for their elite class."
 
Hikage manages to get to up on her feet, with her still-huge belly planted firmly on the ground. She tries to lift it, making slow progress as she proceeds to the edge of the clearing.
 
"*Huff* *Huff* This is.. harder.. than I thought. *Huff*"
 
She makes it in to the forest and stops.
 
"*Huff* I'm going to have to use.. that.. if I'm going to make it home like this."
 
Hikage uses her secret ninja art to activate Pure Bliss mode, giving her the strength to lift her huge gut and start running as fast as she can; the pleasure from her stuffed belly increasing the potency of the technique.
 
~Over an hour later~
 
Hikage finally arrives back at the Crimson Squad HQ, having enough energy to get through the door before collapsing on to her belly.
 
"*Huff* *Huff* Hey guys.. I'm back! *Huff*"
"HIKAGE?!" The rest of the Crimson Squad yells in surprised unison.
"What the hell happened to you?!" Homura blurts out as she inspects her friend.
"You're so FAT, and HUGE!" Mirai follows.
"Ara.. that's an interesting sight.." Haruka muses, clearly inspired for all the wrong reasons.
"How did you pay for all that food?!" Yomi asks, extremely distressed.
 
"Actually, I ate the Hebijo squad." Hikage replied.
 
All four of the other girls gasped
 
"Ate them.. like whole?" Homura asks.
"All FIVE of them?! Mirai follows.
"Ara, ara.. " Haruka becomes even more interested.
"B-but.. how?" Yomi stammers.
 
"It's really complicated, guys. Can you just help me upstairs to the bathroom? I don't think I can move anymore today." Hikage replies, clearly spent and just wishing for a nice night's sleep.
 
There is stunned silence for a moment, before it is broken by Homura's stomach growling. She looks down and blushes before snapping back to reality.
"Ate them all huh? wow! Man, I'm so jealous! I'd love to stuff my gut with that much meat. I bet Murasaki was especially thick and delicious! Well, what are you all waiting for? Help me help her upstairs!"
 
So the four girls helped their fat friend to the bathroom, where she remained for quite a long time. Meanwhile, the four others discussed the events.
 
"Eating other girls, of course! Why didn't we think of that! There's so much meat on a shinobi... I bet Asuka tastes great." Homura says before beginning to daydream.
"Hikage's tits were even more huge than before! If I eat girls, will my tits get big too?" Mirai asks as she cups her chest.
"I imagine I could create a drug to increase our appetites, too." Haruka chimes in.
Homura snaps back to reality again and replies "I don't even NEED a drug to increase MY appetite! I bet I could eat two or three girls whole without breaking a sweat!"
"I'm perfectly fine continuing to eat my sprouts!" Yomi says before her stomach practically roars. "But.. keeping a balanced diet is important after all.. right?"
 
About this time, Hikage finally emerges from the bathroom. Her stomach had shrunken by half, but was still quite large and cumbersome. She waddles to the balcony to address her friends.
 
"Guys.. I'm going to sleep now.. I'll tell my story tomorrow.. *yawn*
 
Homura calls back, "No problem, Hikage! The rest of us are going out for.. dinner."
 
"Oh? Ok. Have fun. *yawn* Good night." Hikage says as she heads to her room.
 
"Come on, guys, time to eat the.. er, hit the town!" Homura shouts, followed by cheers from the other girls as they leave.
 
~In Hikage's room~
 
"Hmm.. none of my clothes fit now. Oh well, guess I'm sleeping nude.
 
She lies down on her bed, to the now-familiar sight of her huge breasts and belly rising above her like fleshy hills.
 
"Hm, I really did get fat, huh. I wonder if I'll ever have a meal like that again.. it was so... good? Did it make me happy to be so full? I think so. Is that what happiness feels like? To feel so full you could burst?"
 
"Maybe I'll.. *yawn*.. stuff myself again tomorrow."