With little choice left, Chouji pops the yellow pill, while Shikamaru tells his companions that Chouji is stronger than they think. Sure enough, Chouji's instantly back in the game with his Partial Multi-sized Technique, giving him Inspector Gadget limbs. He supper extends his gigantic hand and it crashed down on Jiroubou. Another smack, and Jiroubou flies backwards. Staying with the momentum, Chouji does Chou Baika no Jutsu (Ultra Multi-sized Technique) and blows up into a gigantic floating balloon in the air. Poising over his victim, he belly flops Jiroubou, sending a shockwave through the forest and flattening the foliage in the surrounding area.
Still alive, Jiroubou goes level 2 and effortlessly picks Chouji's body from him. An upward palm strike knocks Chouji back to regular size. With Jiroubou at ten times normal strength, and Chouji feeling the effects of the pill, Jiroubou gains the upper hand.
Lying in pain on the ground, Chouji recalls the first time he met Shikamaru. A group of kids had split into two teams before playing hide and seek. Chouji couldn't find his own hiding spot and gave away a teammate's spot as well to the opposing team. The kids immediately became angry and declared that any team with Chouji on it will lose.
Back in the present, Jiroubou drains Chouji's remaining chakra and tosses him aside. When he lands, his forehead protector falls off. Seeing his bag of chips beside him, he reaches for the last chip, but Jiroubou grabs the bag from him and munches the final remnants.
Chouji flashes back to his memory. The kids decide they'd rather play one man down than have Chouji on their team. Shikamaru notices the boy walk away disheartened. A butterfly stuck in a spider's web catches his attention, and Chouji frees it before heading to his father for comfort. Up on a rooftop, dad offers Chouji some advice. That one day, he'll meet someone that sees just how kind he is.
Jiroubou continues to taunt Chouji, as Shikamaru continues to mark trees so Chouji can catch up with them. As the team gets closer to Sasuke, Chouji decides to take the final red pill.
Shikamaru worries about his friend and continues their flashback. As Chouji and his father chat atop the roof, a butterfly leads chibi Shikamaru to them. There, he mentions that Chouji is sitting in his special seat where he likes to gaze at the clouds. Does Chouji mind if he sits? Chouji scoots over and Shikamaru invites the chibi Akamichi to lean back and gaze upwards with him. Chouji offers him some chips and Shikamaru asks if he'd be interested in working together from now on.
Chouji pops the red pill in his mouth as Jiroubou delivers a crushing palm strike. Chouji dodges and suddenly appears behind him, clad with blue butterfly wings. Now 100 times stronger, Chouji seeks his revenge - for eating the last chip. For calling him a worthless pawn. And worse, for insulting Shikamaru. With all the chakra building in his left hand, he slams his palm into Jiroubou's abdomen.
Jiroubou's seal recedes and Chouji falls backwards, still feeling the effects of the third pill. Happy that he won, he reaches for his forehead protector and staggers into the forest. A butterfly catches his eye, and wearily, he staggers after it, until he is lead to the tree where his teammates left the first of their markings. Hurry and come, 'tebayo. Everyone's waiting for you.
The happy moments flash before Chouji's eyes - his dad predicting he'd meet Shikamaru. Their team, Ino-Shika-Chouji. Always going for the last potato chip. He smiles as he tells his father he now has lots of friends. Unable to keep going from the pain, Chouji slumps down the side of the tree, letting go of his forehead protector.
Up ahead, Shikamaru sees a butterfly and watches it as it passes. Naruto asks what's wrong. He replies Nothing.