When Past Meets Present
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (sniffle)
Chapter 7: New Students
A/N: Tra, la, la, another chapter…
Neji and Shikamaru had just woken up, and were getting ready to brush their teeth and order breakfast, when suddenly, they heard a knock at the door. Neji sleepily opened the door and saw Usagi and Ren, already in their school uniforms. Shikamaru popped up next to Neji with a slightly annoyed expression.
Usagi: You guys aren't ready yet are you?
Neji: No…but why bother shopping for us when you have to wear uniforms anyway?
Usagi: We only wear uniforms Mondays and Thursdays.
Shikamaru: So all the girls are dressed like that today?
Ren: Yes…
Shikamaru: High school is starting to sound a lot better…
Usagi: Hurry up and get dressed, we'll buy you uniforms once we're at school.
So the guys went and got dressed and ready to school, and met the girls downstairs where there was a cab waiting for them. Once they had all squeezed into the backseat, Ren handed them all a frosty cappuccino.
Shikamaru: This is all we get for breakfast?
Ren: Get used to it.
Neji: This isn't exactly a healthy breakfast.
Usagi: Well it's what we always have, if you want something else don't expect us to get it for you.
Shikamaru: How troublesome…are there any hot girls at this school?
Usagi: (Smirk) You're looking at two of them.
Neji: That's a little conceited no?
Ren: Not at all. Here take a look at this, it's the exclusive guide for new students.
Ren took a small booklet out of her bag and handed it to Neji and Shikamaru, it was called The THS (Tokyo High School) Star.
Neji: The THS Star?
Usagi: Think of it as a sort of tabloid for the high school.
Neji and Shikamaru flipped through the booklet, and passed through articles such as, the Cutest Couple…is breaking up, and THS's newest IT girl. But the one that caught their attention was the Top Twenty Hottest Girls.
Usagi was a sophomore, and Ren was a junior, so they were on separate lists, the older girls were always higher on the list then the younger girls so it was fair. Usagi was ranked #2 on the list of sophomores, and Ren was #3 on the list of juniors. Which meant that Usagi ranked #12 overall, and Ren was #8 overall. Neji and Shikamaru read this article for a long time, mainly because of the fact that there were comments about all the girls.
Usagi's went something like this
Usagi is a fiery redhead, who is opinionated and not afraid to speak her mind, she is also very hard to get, and you know we like a challenge. That's hot enough for her to get ranked #12
While Ren's went something like this…
Ren is the talkative girl next door, who is approachable and friendly, she is more of the let's be friends type, but perhaps we could be friends with benefits? That's hot enough to get ranked #8.
Neji: They actually write this?
Usagi: It's not like we care…we're used to it by now.
Shikamaru: How troublesome, do they have a list for boys as well?
Ren: They do…but its boring…driver stop here.
They had arrived at THS. The girls got out and waved at some of their friends. Then they dragged the guys out, and suddenly they were surrounded by girls, and half the girls didn't even go to their school.
Random Girl: Oh my god, who are these guys? They are so cute!
Another Girl: Back off, they're mine!
ANOTHER Girl: Both of you back off my men!
Ren and Usagi dragged Shikamaru and Neji out of the taxi and walked over to the main office, now almost everyone in the office knew Ren and Usagi, because they were called in there pretty frequently, because they were always getting reported on. They went through the business of getting the guys enrolled and getting them their uniforms, (people this is fake so let's just pretend that the process is really fast.) So by the time they were done with everything, the bell began to ring. The girls purposely signed the guys up for the exact same schedules, so Ren walked away with Shikamaru and Usagi walked off with Neji.
Ren and Shikamaru were walking to History class, Ren's least favorite. When they arrived they saw that almost every girl purposely sat alone, so that Shikamaru could take the seat next to her. Ren smirked at some of the more bratty girls, and dragged Shikamaru over to an empty desk, while Shikamaru seemed totally unfazed by the glares that the guys were throwing him, but he seems a little proud that he had already caught the attention of so many girls. Ren rolled her eyes and leaned back in the chair, and started playing with her hair, something she always did when she was bored. That's when the teacher walked in; this teacher was one of the meanest out of the whole school. And didn't show sympathy to anyone, even new students weren't exempt from big assignments. And Shikamaru was no exception.
Teacher: Today, we are going to be starting partner work, I already know most of your study habits and now I'm going to test you on how well you work as a partner. I will allow those who are well behaved are allowed those who aren't are going to lose that privilege.
While she said that last line she looked directly at Ren, it was no secret that Ren was hated by a lot of teachers, she just got bored so easily, which meant she got in trouble.
Teacher: This time around I'm very impressed; everyone gets the privilege of picking his or her own partner, except Ren. Ren you will be paired with Shikamaru our new student. Have fun…
Now the teacher knew what she just did, Shikamaru was new so therefore he didn't know how things were to be done.
Shikamaru: How troublesome…
Ren: You're telling me! Whatever…meet me at Usagi's house after school and we'll plan things out.
Shikamaru: Troublesome…
Usagi also didn't have such a great morning, her first class was poetry, and one of her hated and loved classes. She loved it because it was easy and she could pretty much do whatever, she hated it because guys were always using that class to send her 'romantic' poems, which were more perverted than romantic. Once she got into the class she immediately felt the eyes of almost every single guy in the class, she noticed that there were a lot of girls' eyes following her, that's when she realized they were following Neji. They sat down next to each other so that they would be safe from their admirers, today was an easy day their only assignment was to write poems and share them with your classmates. And Neji got a whole lot of poems that day.
Girl: Neji-kun read MY poem…
Other Girl: No read MY poem, it rhymes!
Neji handled it well considering the circumstances, and almost all the girls immediately fell in love with him.
Popular Girl: Neji-Kun, how would you like to be put on the list of hottest guys of THS?
Neji: Sure, whatever…
Popular Girl: I'm Stacey by the way…
Neji: Yeah, ok.
Stacey: What's wrong Neji-Kun? You seem so distant…
Neji: I simply don't like all these girls giving me poems; I'm not interested in them…
Stacey: Whom are you interested in? Oh Neji-kun! Your heart is flooded with feeling…if only it was flooded with feeling for ME!
Neji: Well, she's very smart and pretty, and she's in this class…Oops I wasn't supposed to say that out loud…
Stacey: Oh well I'm sure she'll like you back…Neji-Kun…it IS me!
Neji: I've gotta get away from this chick…
Meanwhile Usagi was flooded as well, flooded with poems.
Guy: Usagi, did you like my poem?
Usagi: It was all right.
Another Guy: What about mine?
Usagi: Eh.
ANOTHER Guy: Did you read mine?
Usagi: Uhuh. Somebody SAVE me…this is driving me NUTS!
It was at that moment Neji went over to her table.
Neji: Usagi, do you think you could show me where my next class is…privately?
Usagi: What's this all about?
Usagi went aside with Neji to an empty desk, to her surprise all he did was sit and stare into space
Usagi: You pulled me aside for this?
Neji: Well, I needed a way to get away from Stacey, and you are the only girl who I can stand.
Usagi: Haha, well thank god, I needed someone to save me from those losers. How sweet…I mean nice…I mean…whatever.
They both finished with their classes and the rest of the day went in pretty much the same manner. Girls obsessed about Neji and Shikamaru, ect. So when the day was done Ren and Usagi were waiting for a cab to pass by they were totally tired from chasing girls off of Shikamaru and Neji, they put on an act that they were just worried about Neji and Shikamaru's safety, but honestly they just didn't want the guys to get too close to the other girls.
Usagi: Ren, are you going to hang out after school?
Ren: Sadly, no. I've got to work on my project with Shikamaru.
Usagi: Uhuh, yeah a 'project' is it in the art of 'French'?
Ren: No, history—wait what do you mean by…oh my god, I'm not frenching Shikamaru, you're crazy…
Usagi: You'd like to…
Ren: Uhuh, sure…and I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that you and Neji are going to be all alone this afternoon…with nothing to do…just the two of you…plus I happen to know that Neji likes you a lot…
Usagi turned slightly pink at hearing this and it took a while for her to reply
Usagi: How do you know?
Ren: I heard. I heard that in poetry class, he took you aside, and rescued you from the horny guys…how romantic…
Neji: What's this I hear about romance?
Usagi: Nothing, just stupid girl stuff.
At that all four of them caught a cab and started on the trip home, little did they know they were being stalked by some of the schools biggest gossip reporters…