When Past Meets Present
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 8: Rumors? Gossip? Welcome to High School.
A/N: Ok…chapter 8 is finally out! Sorry if I took a while, I have the attention span of a hyper two year old so now here it is…oh and if you have any suggestions for the next chapter it's greatly appreciated because I'm sort of hitting a plateau, total writers block. Let's start now…
So Shikamaru, Ren, Usagi and Neji finally arrived at Usagi's house, still oblivious to the fact that they were being stalked. Shikamaru spotted a shady tree and walked over and laid down lazily. Ren hung her head in despair and walked over tiredly.
Ren: (Tired Voice) Shikamaru…get up…
Shikamaru: How troublesome…
Ren: Come on…you've been doing this to me all day…
Shikamaru: But this is so pointless…
Ren: Well I want a good grade on the assignment…
Shikamaru: Do it all yourself…
Ren: One, this is huge and there is too much for me to do alone. And if I do have to do it alone, I'll have to stay up late, and when I stay up late I'm tired, and if I'm tired I'm cranky, and when I'm cranky I might yell at the teacher, and if I do that then I'll get sent to the office again.
Shikamaru: Fine…I'll help you…but I'll need something in return…
Ren: (Sarcastically) What? My first-born child?
Shikamaru: Do I look like I want to take care of your child?
Ren: What is it then?
Shikamaru: You are going to have to spend Saturday with me relaxing and doing nothing…
Ren: What? Why? Yeah, why would you want to spend the day with ME?
Shikamaru: You need a break, you are neurotic and overworked.
Ren: I am so not. (Twitch)
Usagi: Are you love birds going to spend the entire day out here or are you coming inside?
Ren: Come on…
Ren grabbed Shikamaru's arm and dragged him into the house and took him into a guest room and closed the door. She then pushed him hard so that he fell onto the bed and took off her jacket.
Shikamaru: It appears that you have suddenly become bold; I'm in a very compromising position right now.
Ren: Don't get excited just yet, being the lazy-ass that you are, I know that I'm just going to be the bitchy, dominatrix Ren.
Shikamaru: Great, another bossy woman.
Ren rolled her eyes and took out all the necessary papers.
Ren: Here, take notes on this chapter, write neatly, I see your usual chicken scratch and I am not going to have that.
Shikamaru: Troublesome girl…
Ren and Shikamaru were so concentrated on their work that they didn't notice something odd outside the window. It was the notorious school tabloid reporter, Eri Ayugai. Eri was recording everything through the open window, and chatting with Stacey on her cell phone.
Eri: I've got a clear shot of Ren and that new guy Shikamaru. Wait till we publish this on the THS Star website…
Stacey: What's the story?
Eri: Imagine this…Ren and the school's newest heartthrob, a match made in heaven or another mind game?
Stacey: I don't totally understand…why would people care?
Eri: Ok here's my plan, it's no secret that Shikamaru has already attained a large fan base, so once his hopeful fan base finds out that Ren is going out with him, they'll do everything in their power to drive her away, and on top of that once Shikamaru reads the dirt that is included in the article about her, it'll send him running for the hills.
Stacey: Well one thing's for sure, you are totally going to destroy Ren.
Now Eri hated Ren, and when I say she hated Ren, she HATED Ren. The reason was simple, Ren ended up going out with almost every crush that Eri had, and Ren was totally aware of this, people were always telling Ren who Eri's current crush was, but Ren didn't particularly care. She dated whomever she wanted to.
So Ren was in the middle of her notes when suddenly Shikamaru handed her a full page of notes front and back, neatly written and at college level.
Ren: You're done already?
Shikamaru: Yes, it was troublesome and boring but I'm done.
Ren: Wow, so fast…ok get started on the next chapter.
Shikamaru: How troublesome.
Meanwhile Neji and Usagi had totally nothing to do, Neji was waiting for Shikamaru so they didn't have to waste money on separate cabs. They pretty much had nothing to do except watch T.V. And on top of that it was totally corny daytime T.V. well actually it was a movie, but still it was romantic crap that couples watched on Valentines Day.
Usagi: Would you believe that my boyfriend took me to see this in the movie theaters for our first date?
Neji: Is he still your boyfriend?
Usagi: No, it turns out he only wanted one thing…you can guess what.
Neji: I see…well why did you date him in the first place?
Usagi: Why is he asking such, penetrating…questions? Well I guess it was because he was just so mysterious I was intrigued.
Neji: I see…
So they continued to talk about this subject, but they were also the victims of Eri's harsh camera lens.
Stacey (Over the cell phone): Eri, do you see them?
Eri: Crystal clear…
Stacey: What are they doing?
Eri: It appears that they are cuddling on the couch and watching a romantic movie.
Stacey: Poor Neji-Kun, he's being tortured by Usagi, he obviously likes me but she won't allow her affections to go to someone else.
Eri: Err, ok?
Stacey: Keep an eye on them; we are going to have a lot of writing to do tonight…
The next day when Usagi, Ren, Neji and Shikamaru arrived at school, the girls noticed that they were getting a lot more glares than usual, and the guys noticed this too.
Ren: Did I do something yesterday that would get people mad?
Usagi: I don't think so…did I?
Ren: Not that I know of…
That's when suddenly one of their friends walked by them, and dropped the THS Star into Ren's hands.
Ren frantically flipped through the pages and stopped when and stopped at a very unflattering picture of her and Shikamaru, it looked a lot like it wasn't it appeared that she had jumped on top of Shikamaru and was about to kiss him but it actually wasn't, Usagi peeked over and looked at the picture
Usagi: When did this happen Ren? I thought this WASN'T French…
Ren: This is what really happened…
(Flashback)
Ren was sprawled across the bed and Shikamaru was sitting cross-legged on the ground, when Ren swung her leg over the side of the bed and accidentally kicked Shikamaru in the face.
Shikamaru: How troublesome…
Shikamaru grabbed Ren's foot and yanked down, causing Ren to fall off the bed, right on top of him, and they had that awkward moment where neither of them moved and then Ren got while making jokes about the whole thing
Ren: Hehe, I guess it was my turn to be in the compromising position…that was close! I almost kissed him!
Shikamaru: How troublesome, I got her right where I wanted and I have nothing to show for it…
(End Of Flashback)
Ren: See? That's all that happened.
Usagi: Uhuh.
Ren began to read her article with disbelief. It read:
Ren, our #8 ranked girl, was caught in her candid moments, with our new stud, Shikamaru. She was believed to only be dating Shikamaru in an attempt to get revenge on Eri out of jealousy. A word to the wise, don't expect this relationship to last.
At this point, Ren couldn't stand to read any more of it, she couldn't remember the last time she had been so mad! She handed the magazine to Usagi and scanned the crowds for Eri. Usagi didn't waste any time scanning the magazine for her name or picture and it wasn't long before she found it. It read:
Usagi, the #12 ranked girl, has been caught cuddling the sophomore sweetie, Neji. No one ever thought that Usagi would be the type of girl to go for taken men, after Neji was reported to be dating our female sophomore sweetheart, Stacey.
Usagi crumpled up the paper in rage.
Usagi: Grr, did you find either of those bitches yet?
Ren: I wish, they must be hiding from us.
That's when Eri and Stacey appeared, and they purposely stood close to a teacher. Stacey stuck out her tongue at Usagi and that just made Usagi angrier. Ren saw this and sucked in the air through her teeth something she did when she saw something similar to a car crash. That's when she saw that Eri was faking tears and sobbing uncontrollably to one of her friends. It was stuff like this that made Usagi's blood boil; she hated it when girls tried to get sympathy by crying. So both of them were plotting various ways to kill Stacey and Eri, when Shikamaru and Neji appeared behind them.
Shikamaru: Do you want to start walking to class?
Ren: Hmm, sure baby…(wink)
Shikamaru: Ren…are you ok?
Ren: I'm great…how are you?
Shikamaru: A little scared…
Ren: (Whispers) Just play along, this will be perfect revenge on Eri. (A little too loudly) Shikamaru…do you think you could come by the house after school and study…
Shikamaru: Sure…is it going to be a private study session?
Ren: Of course…always…
Ren then linked arms with Shikamaru and walked off with him in the direction of their first class, and left Eri glaring with jealousy.
Usagi: Ok…actually that's a pretty good idea…come on Neji we'll be late for our class too…
Usagi gently held Neji's hand and lead him to their first class…
Neji: What? I can't believe that she is doing this…and I can't believe that I'm actually getting butterflies…
So Shikamaru and Ren got into the classroom and sat down next to each other. Ren was getting out her notebook when suddenly she felt something kind of sharp hit her in the head.
Ren: Ouch.
Shikamaru pulled a paper airplane out of Ren's ponytail and handed it to her. It read:
Ren, you bitch! How dare you play with the affections of Shikamaru? Are you going to date him then toss him like all your other boyfriends. You better watch out the Shikamaru doesn't fall for something real.
Ren: Ok…? Weird.
Ren showed Shikamaru the note and he obviously thought it was pathetic as well. So the rest of the day they had to face the evil glares of boys and girls alike, Ren was being glared at by girls because they didn't want her to date Shikamaru, Shikamaru got glared at by the guys for the same reason. Meanwhile Usagi and Neji were enjoying their little 'act' more than they had expected.
Usagi walked hand in hand with Neji all the way to their class, and then she let Neji put an arm around her (Me: Aww! So Cute!). Usagi was delighted at the fact that the entire time no guys dared to flirt with her. So the day was pure heaven for Usagi, while the day was tiresome and troublesome for Ren. Finally it was time for lunch and Usagi and Ren met at their usual spot next to a fountain.
Usagi: So…what's up?
Ren: I'm tired of this, girls keep on sending me notes, and it's getting troublesome.
Usagi: Someone's inherited a habit…
Ren: What do you expect? He says it like sixty times a day.
Usagi: Bitch alert…
Sure enough Eri and Stacey were walking toward Ren and Usagi and sat down near them as if nothing was wrong, if that particular area wasn't so populated with teachers Ren and Usagi probably would have pushed those two girls into the fountain. But they didn't, instead they greeted Neji and Shikamaru warmly.
Ren: Hey Shikamaru…it's about time…I really missed you…
Ren got up and gave Shikamaru a big hug, but she just couldn't keep the devious look out of her eyes as Eri watched with contempt, Usagi went with a similar approach, she waited for Neji to sit down and then sat closely next to him and fed him some of her food. That's when Eri and Stacey could take it no more and confronted Usagi and Ren.
Eri: What the hell do you think you're doing?
Ren: Hanging out with my sweetheart, after all you are the one who saw it with your own camera.
Eri: Well, if you don't truly like him then let me have him…
Ren: What makes you think that I don't really like him?
Eri: You're just doing this to get me jealous.
Ren: Oh yeah?
Ren grabbed Shikamaru's collar and pulled him into a kiss smack on the lips…
A/N: That's all folks! I'll add more later right now I'm totally devoid of inspiration, so inspire me with some reviews and I'll update…