When Past Meets Present

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Chapter 4: Revenge, it's better than diamonds

Usagi: Ren, what are you planning for this morning?

Ren: What do you mean?

Usagi: CD?

CD was their code for crush and destroy, it was basically one of their recipes for revenge, if a girl is messing with them and they happen to be familiar with her crush, they will cook up ways to get this crush of hers to fall for them, therefore destroying the poor girl (sniffle)

Ren: Hmm, yes I've got a plan.

Usagi: What is it?

Ren: First I run a bath for him, or maybe I'll just get the bathroom ready for a shower, then I cook some delicious food, and basically make him feel like the king, that he already believes himself to be.

Usagi: Good plan…basically I'm going to make Neji breakfast, then put it on a tray with some gourmet coffee, then I show him some fine art hanging around the house and see where it goes from there…

Ren: Nice…we are totally going to destroy those bitches…

Usagi: Oh yeah.

Ren went into the biggest bathroom and arranged the soaps in a pretty white basket; all the soaps and shampoos were in complementary pastel colors and smelled really nice, not feminine, but nice. Ren then went into the kitchen and made a delicious breakfast for Shikamaru. She then sat down in the armchair next to Shikamaru's couch and waited for him to wake up. Usagi executed her plan in a different way, first she cooked a pot of gourmet coffee, knowing the scent would slightly rouse Neji, then she made a beautiful looking (and delicious) omelet for his breakfast lastly she wrote a note on pretty stationery that read,

Neji, when you wake up, you'll see a tray of food on the coffee table, it's for you! After you're done eating please walk up the stairs on your left and walk until you see a long corridor, walk down it and you'll get a surprise.

Usagi set it down next to Neji's head, then she walked over to her bedroom to check on the Sakura and Ino. Because of the time change they were probably going to be zonked out for about 10 more hours.

Shikamaru was the first to wake up, he sat up in his armchair and saw that Ren had been waiting, he smirked then he caught a whiff of the food that Usagi set out for Neji and started paying attention to the food instead. Ren snapped her fingers and motioned for him to get up.

Shikamaru: How troublesome, what is it that you need me to do?

Ren: Relax…and follow me…

Ren flirtatiously put her hand over Shikamaru's eyes and lead him in the direction of the bathroom. She removed her hand from his eyes and let him see.

Shikamaru: Do you need me to run your bathwater for you?

Ren: No…I just arranged it so that you can take a relaxing shower…

Shikamaru: (Smirks) and will you be joining me?

Ren: No…this is your alone time. But come out after you're done and I'll join you for breakfast.

Ren walked out of the bathroom, smiling. Even if he wasn't falling for her, he probably got the hint.

Meanwhile Neji was starting to stir and he rolled over and heard the stationery crumple, he squinted because he was still tired from sleepiness, then he read the note and sure enough there was food on the table waiting for him, everything was still warm, and Neji was hungry so he finished his meal quickly, he then headed down to where the note instructed and ended up in a room filled with fine art. There were sculptures, paintings and expensive instruments. Neji stared in wonder at the beauty.

Usagi: It's about time you woke up sleepy head.

Neji: Sorry I kept you waiting.

Usagi: So do you know anything about art?

Neji: Not modern art.

Usagi: Psh, this art is ancient. It's like from 10 years ago.

Neji: It's not that old.

Usagi: I'm a teenager living in Tokyo, anything that happened last year is old to me.

Neji: I see, well what about antiques?

Usagi: Why pay extra for old furniture, when you can get new furniture for less?

Neji: I'll tell you one thing, you are very original.

Usagi: Of course.

Meanwhile Shikamaru finished with his shower and put his clothes back on. And went out to see the breakfast that Ren had cooked for him. He sat down and she placed a plate in front of him.

Shikamaru: (Sigh) What do you need?

Ren: What makes you think that I need something?

Shikamaru: Why would you go through all this trouble for nothing in return?

Ren: It's just me thanking you for going through all this trouble to be here for me.

Shikamaru: Heh, getting this chick to fall for me is going to be easy…That's all right, you don't have to thank me…the pleasure is all mine…

Shikamaru said this while keeping strong eye contact, but he should have been looking at her mouth instead…it was twisted into a sly little smirk.

Ren: He already seems to be falling for me, so I just have to play this correctly and my CD will go just as planned.

Back in the music room, Usagi almost totally forgot about her CD until Neji brought up the subject of Sakura.

Neji: Did Sakura say anything to you last night?

Usagi: Um yeah she said, Usagi if you kick me one more time I'll kick you off the bed so hard you'll crash into the wall.

Neji: Uh, anything else?

Usagi: Not really, why?

Neji: No reason.

Usagi: This is random but did you bring any extra clothes?

Neji: Um no…

Usagi: Really? Ok you, Ren, Shikamaru, and me are going to the mall today, it's official.

A/N: Done! I know nothing really good happened, it was more of just a filler chapter, but whatever, I'm telling you now, the next chapter is going to be unimportant fluff, come on they are going to a mall, how serious can it get? Anyway yeah that's all.