It had been a long night of training for Homura. Sweating profusely as she lugged her big, heavy body around, trying to use her new bulk to increase her strength and appetite.
Each movement was strained as she fought against the weight of her huge stomach, packed with three inexperienced ninja girls she had eaten earlier in the night.
 
Next to her, the reason she was outside all night, was her friend Hikage. She slept deeply, digesting her own massive meal of the Hanzou elite, plus more.
She fell asleep outside the Crimson squad base after her massive feast, and she was far too large for her friends to bring her inside, so Homura chose to remain, watching over her fat friend.
 
As the hours passed, Homura's gut shrank; her digestion hastened by her intense workout.
Her body grew fatter with each pound of meat digested, finally ending up about as fat as Hikage was, after her Hebijou feast two days prior; triple-sized breasts and ass with thick thighs and a big, round belly.
Hikage herself, on the other hand, had managed to digest about a quarter of her six and a half girl feast, noticeably fattening her body, while her stomach shrank just enough to barely fit back through the door to the base.
 
Homura wipes her brow. "Whew, what a great night of training, I'm beat! Looks like you're digesting pretty nicely over there, Hikage. I wonder who all you ate.. Ah whatever."
She heads inside to call for the others. "Hey! Get up and help me take Hikage to her room, I think she's able to fit through the door now!" The three begrudgingly rise and help Homura move their enormous friend inside and to her room.
"Whew, all right, now I'm really beat. I'm sleeping till dinner, guys. Later!"
 
Several hours pass; it is now 5PM. Homura wakes up from her nap.
 
"*Yawn* What a nap! I feel great, and starving! Come on, guys, lets go hunt for some food!"
 
The other three Crimson squad members look at each other doubtfully.
 
After an awkward silence, Yomi speaks up. "A-actually, Homura, I think I'm just going to have sprouts tonight.. The three of us were talking, and we kind of realized that we're all getting really fat on this new diet.."
"What?! No way! You all look fine! Maybe a little thicker around the chest or thighs.. but that's no problem! Even you, Mirai? You're finally growing those boobs you always wanted!"
"Y-yeah.. but I'm starting to outgrow all my dresses in places that aren't my chest!"
"E-even you, Haruka?!"
"Wellll, I don't really mind a little extra weight, but look at yourself, Homura. You've eaten much more than the rest of us, and you're getting huge."
 
Homura is taken aback at her comment. She looks down at her biggest bikini top cutting in to the fat of her massive chest, and her belly and love handles so round she can't see her fundoshi beneath it.
"Wah?! But I have a new goal! I have to get stronger, and eat more than Hikage! It's not right for a leader to be outdone by one of her team members!
Fine, if you all want to stay here that's ok. I'M going back to Hanzou to stuff myself. Later!" Homura then dashes off towards Hanzou Academy.
 
"Should we have stopped her?" Mirai asks, concerned.
"She'll be fine.. our leader can handle herself, even if she is becoming a whale. Ufufu."
"I hope you're right.."
 
------Later, at Hanzou Academy------
 
"*Breathing heavily* Man, that trip didn't used to be so tiring. Maybe the others are right... Well, I'm here anyway, time to eat!"
Homura hops between trees, scouting out the Hanzou grounds, looking for some tasty genin to munch. However, the grounds seem to be actively patrolled by somewhat higher-ranking students.
"Man, what's with the security? I guess they've noticed their trainees disappearing. Heh." Finally, she stops as she spots a group of five girls. Judging by their uniforms and expressions, they're first years and seem to be tired from training.
"Hah, jackpot." She leaps over to a nearby tree to prepare to strike, but the branch can't support her weight, and snaps, sending her tumbling down, alerting the five newbies.
 
"W-what was that?" One of them calls out, surprised, before Homura walks out of the bushes, in all her fattened, half-nude glory.
"Hello, tasties!" She says before taking a combat stance.
"Black hair, tanned skin.. she must be the renegade leader, Homura, that we've been warned of!" The others gasp and begin to look nervous.
"Hah, so I see I have a reputation! Awesome!"
"W-what did you do with Asuka and the other elites?! And why are you so fat anyway?"
"Something happened to Asuka? That's news to me. Explains all the extra security though. As for my weight, I've been trying out a new diet plan.. let me show you!
 
Dashing forward with a speed belying her size, Homura charges and stuns the forward-most girl, before quickly engulfing and devouring her in a couple gulps. Her tongue lolls out as she feels her stomach expanding to fully take in her meal.
"Ahhh...*belch* You trainees always hit the spot, but I'm starving today, so one of you is just not enough!"
One of the girls freezes in fear as the others begin to panic and run, but even obese and with a girl in her belly, Homura can easily catch and stun each girl before they escape, before unceremoniously gorging herself on the trainees.
With four out of five down, she turns back to the girl who was frozen in fear, having collapsed to the ground after watching her friends become dinner.
Homura slowly walks up and bumps the girl with her gut. "Any last words, girly, before you're my last course?"
"Why..?"
"Because I'm hungry, of course, and enemy ninjas are tasty, filling, AND free!" The girl screams as Homura grabs and stuffs her down her throat, gulping her down just as easily as the others.
"Whew.. I'm stuffed. Good thing I did that training, or I probably couldn't make it back like this.."
She makes her way almost back to the forest, before..
 
"Freeze, fatass! So you're the one who's responsible for our disappearing trainees! You evil ninja make me sick!" Homura is accosted by three ninja of middle rank which came over when they heard the scream.
"You think she ate Asuka and the other elites, too?"
"Na, there�s no way this fatass could have beaten anyone but the newbies. We're taking you back to HQ, and I doubt there will be any mercy for you either."
Earlier, she could have taken these three easily, but now she can barely move.
 
"Well... shit."
 
------Slightly earlier, back at the Crimson base------
 
The sounds of growling stomachs and bean sprout munching echoes through the cave.
 
"Man these are terrible. I wish we had *something* better to eat." Mirai groans.
Even Yomi is picking at her sprouts, seemingly unsatisfied. "Homura sure has been gone a long time.."
"You're right.. she probably ate herself to immobility, ufufu."
Mirai stands up at the table. "Then maybe we should go find her? A-and maybe grab a bite while we're out?"
The other two agree without hesitation, and they dash off to find Homura.
 
------Back at Hanzou Academy, present time------
 
It's taken some time for the three ninja to figure out how to haul Homura's fat ass back to base, but they decide it would be easiest to knock her out first. However, Homura isn't exactly making this easy for them.
"Grr, hold still fatass!"
"Hell no! I'll fight for every inch I can get! And I'll eat you three, too, if I can grab you!" This continues on for some time, until finally the rest of the crimson squad, minus Hikage, arrive.
"What the?! The fatass has reinforcements, fall back and inform the lea-" but she's cut off and knocked out by the blunt of Yomi's blade before finishing the order, as are her two partners subsequently defeated by Mirai and Haruka.
"Haha! I knew you guys would show up eventually! Thanks for helping out."
"My, my, didn't I say you were getting huge? Just look at you now, Homura.
"Yeah, yeah. I went a little overboard again, so what? They were so tasty I couldn't stop! Speaking of which, what are we going to do wit-" but her question is already answered by Mirai who has already half-eaten one of Homura's three assailants.
"Well, never mind then, I guess. Enjoy guys!" Mirai finishes her meal, as Yomi and Haruka eat the other two.
"Ara, there's just nothing like this kind of fullness."
"And not even bean sprouts can compete with the taste!"
"Right?! So much free meat to stuff myself with! By the way, guys, I can move, barely, but I may need some help getting home."
 
So with that, the fat squad assist their bloated leader in returning home, where the four quickly fall in to a deep, fattening sleep. All the while Hikage still sleeps off her massive binge of the night before.
 
------End of day three------
 
It's now 12 noon, Tuesday. A day and half has passed since Hikage's Hanzou feast, yet she remain sleeping in her room, undisturbed.
Any scraps of clothing she had been wearing have long since given up the fight and been torn asunder by her increasing girth.
She seems peaceful, but a small, faint stomach growl can be occasionally heard from within her fattened belly.
 
By now, the rest of the crimson squad has finally awoken, and are dismayed by the condition of their clothes. Each girl's new girth has noticeably exceeded their outfits, as they have begun to burst at the seams.
"Noo! thread and fabric are so expensive! I can't be destroying them like this!" Yomi yells, clearly upset, while Haruka is simply amused, and Mirai is too distracted by her most significant bust growth yet.
"Hah, why do you think I stopped wearing clothes two days ago!" Homura laughs as she smacks her belly, which is still larger than normal from her mostly-digested meal.
"I thought that was because you already destroyed them when you ate those three girls on the first night.." Haruka teases.
"Psh, whatever. Hnngg, woah.." Homura tries to get up from the couch but is amazed by how much more weight she now carries. She had nearly doubled her previous size; breast, ass, thigh, and gut all included.
Not even her biggest bikini top would hold her now.
Her curves bounce and jiggle greatly as she finally makes it to her feet. "Whew, I think I finally overdid it this time, guys."
 
About that time, a vigorous knocking can be heard from the door, before a muffled yet familiar voice speaks from behind the door.
"Crimson Squad members, we're here to ask you some questions involving recent student disappearances at Hanzou academy. Come out!"
 
"Eh? Did that sound like Yumi?"
"Yeah.. I guess we gotta go see what they want. You guys go ahead, I'll be out there once I can get back up."
 
As the crimsquad walks outside, Yumi's countenance visibly sours as she notices the weight the girls seem to have put on, and the sorry state of their clothes.
"You all seem to be eating well.. Where are Homura and Hikage?" Yumi asks in her customarily flat tone.
"Hikage is still asleep.. but Homura will be here in a moment. She's a little.. out of shape these days." Haruka replies with a slight giggle.
 
About that time, Homura finally squeezes herself through the door to the outside, making waves as her fat comes to a stop.
Yumi places a hand to her mouth in shock when presented with Homura's huge, nude glory. "H-how obscene!"
"Someone has been eating a looot of sweets!" Minori says, cheerfully, to which Shiki replies, "She's like totally whalesville."
 
"Hah, you wish you had tits like these! So, what the heck do you guys want, anyway?"
"We're here to question you about the recent disappearances at Hanzou academy. Specifically, Asuka and her group, not to mention a large number of genin."
"Hmm.. You're not the first to mention Asuka has disappeared; we don't know a thing about that, unfortunately. But, as for the genin, they're padding our figures right now!"
"W-what?! Is that why you're all so fat?" Yumi stammers in disbelief.
"Yep! It all started a few days ago, when Hikage came back from having eaten, get this, all five members of the Hebijou elite squad at once! I don't know how she did it, but when she got home, she was huge!
 
Because of that, we were inspired. We're always so strapped for cash, and eating girls is free, so we've been feasting on genin from Hanzou since saturday night.
Heck I've eaten like ten myself! Even some of the genin I ate yesterday mentioned Asuka's disappearance.
If she's gone like everyone says, then I'll be really disappointed. Unable to feel her fat tits slide down my throat, or feel her struggle in my big gut! I want to taste her, Yumi!"
"She's gone completely mad with gluttony! Who knows if they'll limit themselves to just shinobi? When their appetites increase enough, they may turn to civilians as well!
We must bring them to justice, for the good of all shinobi, and the people!"
"Right!" the rest of Gessen chimes in as they prepare for battle.
"Hah, good luck. With every girl I ate, I became stronger. There's no way you can win. And when you lose, we're going to eat you up too!
 
The battle rages, as a flurry of steel and jiggling fat. The crimson squad's increased strength enabling them to keep fairly even ground despite being outnumbered.
Homura fights Yumi alone, while the other girls battle in a sort of tag-brawl.
"I'm surprised you can keep up with me despite all that fat!" Yumi says, somewhat frustrated as the two exchange blows.
"Hah, I don't need speed to beat you, Yumi!" Homura retorts, after their most recent clash. She lowers her stance, focusing her strength on her low center of gravity.
Yumi fiercely attacks again...!
 
But instead of parrying, Homura blocks the attack, and reflects the force back at Yumi, sending her flying as her clothes shred from the shockwave. "guh..!" She crashes in to the ground, stunned.
Without wasting a moment of this opportunity, Homura dashes over to Yumi, grabs and lifts her up before shouting to the others. "Hey, Gessen! Take a look at your fearless leader!"
The girls are distracted for a moment, and without any time for them to react, she opens her mouth wide and begins to devour Yumi with the practiced skill of a gluttonous fiend.
It doesn't take more than a few moments before Yumi is completely devoured, Homura's fat gut ever-so-slightly rounding out as she settles in. "*belch* What a meal; what incredible flavor! Elites are really are a step above!"
"YUMI!" the Gessen squad cries out in distress, but in their distraction, their foes strike, with Yozakura, Shiki and Murakumo also being quickly consumed; the other crimson squad members reveling in their flavors.
Minori is the only one left to fight, but seeing her comrades devoured, she panics and is quickly overwhelmed and incapacitated.
"Well, Homura, what do we do with her? Save her as a snack for Hikage?"
"Na, I have even bigger plans for candy girl." Homura licks her lips in anticipation.
 
------Later, back inside the Crimson base------
 
"More, more! Keep 'em coming!" Homura gorges herself on the limitless pancakes provided by their new "personal chef" Minori's ninja art.
The rest of the squad have long since eaten their fill, but Homura shows no signs of slowing down. At this point, her bloated stomach was starting to take up much of the space in the common area within the base.
"B-but Homura, if you keep eating like this, your belly might pop!" Minori says, actually somewhat concerned.
"As if! As I digest Yumi, I can feel her strength seeping in to me, and it's making me hungrier. I'm already bigger than Hikage was, and I want more! So unless you want to be my next snack, keep cooking!"
"Eeep! Ok, ok!" Intimidated, she goes back to stuffing Homura in to submission.
 
Suddenly, a massive growl is heard from upstairs. The smell of pancakes, and the sounds of gluttonous gorging have roused the ravenous beast from her slumber.
Hikage emerges from her room, her massive feast completely digested, leaving her far too fat for clothes, and easily bigger than Homura was after her five course genin meal.
"Oh, hey, Hikage! Welcome back sleeping beauty! You're just in time for 5th breakfast! *om nom nom* Homura greets her warmly as she continues to gorge.
Hikage remains silent as she descends the stairs, massive breasts bouncing with each step. She seems different; she has a ravenous gleam in her eyes, but she's calm, collected.
She looks down at her bloated, fat friends, especially the massive Homura, and her stomach begs to be fed, but she remains unmoved.
 
"No, I can't eat my friends, no matter how tasty they look... her though.." she convinces herself as she looks over at the odd one out, Minori. She moves over, and attempts to devour Minori, before Homura yells to stop her.
"Hikage, wait! She's our new personal chef! She can make us endless food for free! We defeated and ate most of Gessen, so she's ours now. Man, Yumi was delicious." Homura starts to drool slightly.
"Hmm. Fine, but I haven't eaten in so long, even you guys look tasty.. I need something more filling than just pancakes."
"Heh, don't knock it till you try it." Homura slaps her gut for emphasis. "Can't blame you though, especially with as stuffed as you were the other night! Every time I digest a shinobi, it feels like I get hungrier after.
So, what or who all did you eat the other day, anyway?"
 
"Hmm.. so I started out by cleaning out food carts at the park.. and eventually found some fat lady stuffing herself with mountains of food. Ate her quick, and finished off her food too."
"You ate a civilian?" Yomi asks, almost taken aback.
"Hah, serves her right for being so appetizing." Homura retorts.
"Right after that, Katsuragi appeared, so I decided to eat her too, but she begged for me to spare her. For some reason, she sold out her friends for me to eat them if I didn't eat her.
So we snuck in to Hanzou after hours, and I ate them all. Kat started to go a little nuts and had to eat her friend Ayame, but after we snuck back out and ended up here, I ate Katsuragi too. It was the greatest meal of my life.
"My... how devious, Hikage. ufufu" Haruka applauds her.
 
Homura's face goes dark. "You ate.. all of them? Even.. Asuka..?"
"Yep. She was asleep. Grabbed her easily, and swallowed her in just a few gulps."
Homura yells out, clearly upset. "So it was you! We keep hearing about the disappearance of the Hanzou elite, even Yumi and her group came to us to see if we knew anything, but it was you who ate them!"
"Yeah.. so?"
"SO?! I wanted to eat Asuka! ME! She was my rival, and I had to know what she tasted like.. I just had to!" Homura starts to tear up slightly.
"Well, it's too late, I guess. She's part of these boobs now." Hikage shakes her massive chest slightly as if to prove a point.
 
Homura gazes longingly at Hikage's chest for a time, before sheepishly asking a question.
"H-hikage.. Can I.. taste your boobs? Just a lick or a nip. I-i Have to see if I can taste Asuka!"
Hikage looks at Homura sideways for a moment. "Sure.. I guess..."
She walks over to the immobile Homura, and presents her chest. Homura's hands sink in to the massive tit, which is easily thrice as big as her head, before pulling it over and giving it a lick.
She's amazed at the depth of flavors. Easily 11 distinct flavors present in the tit, no doubt from each of her elite meals. "Such complexity, such depth of flavor! Yes! There it is! I can taste Asuka!"
Her face darkens once more. "Grrr... damn you, Hikage! She should have been MY meal! But I can still taste her again, and much more! GET IN MY BELLY, HIKAGE!" Homura yells as she reaches farther over, opens her mouth wide and pulls Hikage in close, ready to devour her fat friend...!
"What the hell?! Homura, get a hold of yourself!" Mirai yells out, but can't move to actually help.
"Asuka, Asuka! Gotta taste more Asuka!!"
 
But once she gets nearly close enough, Hikage doesn't budge. Try as she might, Homura is unable to pull Hikage any closer to her mouth. "What is this?! Why are you so strong?! I've eaten more shinobi than you by now, easily. I should be stronger!"
"Quality over quantity, Homura. You may be huge, but you stuffed yourself with junkfood shinobi.
Yumi was the only high-quality meal you've had, while I've feasted on the elite. Ryouna, Ryoubi, Murasaki, Imu, Miyabi, Ikaruga, Asuka, Hibari, Yagyuu, Katsuragi, and even Ayame. All of them are elite or nearly elite, and I gained all their strengths.
"Then come closer and let me eat you! You owe me for stealing my rival!" Homura drools like a ravenous beast, clawing and grabbing at Hikage.
"What are you saying, Homura?! Hikage is our friend!" Yomi cries out.
"My, my, she's gone truly mad with gluttony..
"No! She's MY meal! She ate MY Asuka! I have to taste her again!!"
 
Hikage quickly dashes behind Homura and restrains her arms. "What are you doing?! Let me go! I'm your LEADER! I should be able to eat you if I want to!"
"No.. you've let your stomach take over your brain, Homura; you're no longer fit to lead us. If anyone else is getting eaten today, it's you."
Hikage then opens her mouth impossibly wide, and engulfs Homura down past her tits. Hikage's cheeks fill up with breast like a squirrel before she swallows once and pulls Homura farther inside.
Homura tries to struggle, but between her own massive gut and her previously restrained arms, she's unable to save herself from Hikage's gullet.
A few more gulps and Hikage has reached Homura's titanic gut. She grabs for Homura's legs and shoves them down her throat, pulling some of that stomach with them. With Homura's main body fully swallowed, she begins working on the stomach.
Hikage slurps and sucks on Homura's massive gut, slowly swallowing inch after inch of stuffed flesh. As more of the tanned globe disappears, Hikage's own pale belly increases.
With each inch of gut she swallows, Hikage can feel her own pleasure increasing. It's building and building, as her stomach grows more and more massive.
Finally she swallows the last of Homura's gut, breathing heavily as her gigantic belly fills out the rest of the way.
 
"So.. much... So fast... So delicious..." Hikage licks her lips and begins to massage her belly as far as she can reach.
"I'm sorry I had to eat her, guys.. *burp* but she would have eaten all of us.."
"You did what you had to do, to save us." Mirai replies in a somber tone.
Yomi begins to tear up. "Homura was a good friend and leader.. it's sad to see her go, but the academy always warned us about the dangers of overeating."
"Speaking of which..." Haruka walks up and runs her fingers across Hikage's massive gut, eliciting pleasurable, almost erotic moans from her bloated friend.
"Oho, what's this? Has Hikage's fancy diet increased her ability to feel emotions? How�s this then?" Haruka asks, continuing to rub and tease Hikage's belly, making her moan yet again. "D-don't stop Haruka.. it feels so good.."
 
"Hmm.. if Hikage ate Homura, that's basically the same as defeating her right? I guess Hikage is the new leader?"
"I suppose you're right, Mirai.." Yomi says before stopping to ponder.
"Ufufufu.. I think our new leader needs to go on a new diet."
"Later.. maybe... so close.." Hikage continues to massage her swollen globe of a stomach. "After my last feast.. I could feel the happy growing. I rubbed my belly until the happy.. exploded deep inside. Can you guys help? I can't.. reach."
"Feel the happy..?" Haruka muses. "Oh, you mean *pleasure*, Hikage. The physical good feeling. Which means you.. Oh.. fufufu. Sure, I'll help some more."
"Pleasure...? Yeah... I like th- OOOHH" Her statement is cut off by a moan as Mirai and Yomi join in massaging their fat leader's gut.
 
"So close.. so close! Minori, feed me!" She orders, and the shocked ninja-turned-chef begins to "cook" again in a panicked frenzy.
She rapidly produces plate after plate of the extremely thick pancakes, with each stack over a foot tall and a foot across.
Hikage wastes no time in shovelling them in to her mouth; she revels in their flavor and the feeling of her gut growing again.
"More! *gulp* More!" She swells ever larger, spurred on solely by the desire to feel that same pleasure again. All the while her friends continue massaging her belly.
"Give me a... person-sized pancake!" she cries, and Minori busts out her giant pan; from it spawns a massive pancake weighing at least 100lbs. She presents it to Hikage, who quick grabs, rolls and shoves it in her mouth.
She quickly devours it, with all the practiced skill of someone who's eaten a dozen people. She swallows hard, having barely chewed the pancake, and her stomach bulges noticeably with its addition, at this point having gained an extra 25% of it's previous mass in pancake alone.
 
"Yes... that's it! I can feel it.. coming!!"
The "pleasure explodes" within Hikage in the form of a massive orgasm that rocks her to her core, spreading throughout her entire stomach, as she simultaneously releases another earth-shattering belch.
The belch echoes around the cavern-base, forcing the girls to cover their ears from the volume.
"Ara.. so *that's* what that was the other night. I had a feeling it wasn't an ordinary explosion."
As Hikage comes back down from her high, she speaks with short breath, "So full.. can't move.. too tired... stomach too.. heavy.."
Haruka continues to massage Hikage's great gut. "Go ahead and rest now, Hikage.. you must be so worn out from saving us. I'll keep rubbing your big tummy until you go to sleep."
"Thanks.. Haruka.. I couldn't make it to my room anyway.." She quickly nods off, her globe of a stomach churning away at her massive feast.
 
"So then, what do we do with candy girl now?" Mirai asks.
At this, Haruka ponders for a moment. "Well.. she's got nowhere left to go now that we've eaten her friends. I suppose we just keep her around as our new fifth member."
"A-and she could still be our chef, if we get low on money again. In moderation of course! What do you say, Minori?"
"Welllll, I don't like that you ate my friends, but I DO like how much you guys like my food!" She looks around at the fattened crimson squad, before pointing at Hikage. "Especially her! I've never made someone's tummy so BIG! So sure, I'll stay and feed you all until you pop!"
 
The three girls look at each other with some apprehension.
"We're going to need to go on a diet..."
 
------The next morning------
 
"Come on fatties, lets goooo! You can't do ninja work with that much weight on you!" Minori cheerfully leads the group in jogging exercises around the crimson base, while teasing them about their weight.
Yomi, Mirai and Haruka have all fattened by considerably after digesting Gessen and their huge pancake feast, their workout clothes barely fitting, stretched to the limit around their fattened bodies.
They lag behind, struggling to keep up with Minori, but farther still is Hikage. Digesting her last meal has fattened her greatly, swelling to easily twice her previous weight.
The green-haired butterball was far too fat to wear anything conventional, only managing to wear four or five of Homura's old bikini tops, tied together to reach far enough around her to cover her chest in some largely-pointless fashion.
 
"*Huff, pant, weeze* Slow down...! I can't... *pant* keep up!" Hikage yells, trying to get the group's attention.
"No can do, tubby! This is for your own good!" Minori yells back to her from the front. "Your other friends are doing fine! I know you're like four times fatter than they are, but you can do it!!"
"I should.. *huff* create a weight-loss drug.." Haruka says, thinking out loud.
"No no, this is good for us! Some real exercise is necessary to a healthy lifestyle!" Yomi interjects.
Mirai turns to call back to Hikage. "Hey! Hikage! Think about it. With all the strength you got from the elites, you could be the ultimate shinobi if you slimmed back down!"
Hikage looks back at Mirai, exasperation clear on her face, before replying, "But I don't want to be the ultimate shinobi.. I just want the ultimate lunch."
The entire group laughs; except for Hikage, of course.