Real
"Neji! Come to me!"
"No! Neji, don't listen to her!"
The two Tentens stand, one on each side of the ravine. Neji feels a headache coming on. And panic, too. Which Tenten is the real one? They are clones, exactly the same. Same voice, same hair, same face. Same gestures.
He just wishes he never took on this supposedly D-ranked tracking mission in the first place.
"Tell me something only the real Tenten would know," he says quietly, surprised at how steady his voice sounds. Inside, he is worried, so worried, that he will make the wrong choice.
"You like to sing while you garden," the one on his right says.
"You love watching movies in the winter, with a cup of hot chocolate," the other one says.
Unsurprisingly, they are both correct. Just how long has this enemy been watching us? he wonders.
"Neji. Listen to me." The second Tenten steps forward, hands outstretched. "Don't make the wrong decision. One thing only I would know is I love you. Trust me."
"Don't listen!" The first draws a sword now, with a skill only the real one probably has.
But still... Neji hesitates for one-fifth of a second, balances on his toes, and jumps to the second one. He sends kunai flying the other way, just enough to buy him a few seconds, and tackles her.
A relieved Tenten stares up at him. "How did you know?" She pants slightly, and he can see that she, too, was worried.
"Because you love me," he breathes, and takes a moment to kiss her before they turn to face the enemy.
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