Author's Notes: Neji, Tenten, Sasuke, and the end.
When red and white finally meet, the air between actually fizzles and Tenten is struck dumb in the crossfire, her vision and hearing gone. It lasts only a second, but her heart actually stops and she opens her mouth to scream when suddenly everything is back and she is stumbling forward, released.
The roar of battle is now almost too loud in her ears as she turns her head to look for him, the world tilting oddly. Neji is close, the veins around his white eyes strained with the effort it's taking to match wills with the red wheels of Sasuke's Sharingan. The Uchiha wants only to reach his brother who is somewhere inside the village walls already, having infiltrated Konoha in the chaos of Sound's invasion. Neji, however, is not about to let a chance to fight Sasuke pass him by.
Everytime their gazes lock, there's a brief, spectacular battle of will and murderous intent before their line of sight is broken by the tides of war. Tenten feels it pass over her, their power, and shudders.
This is it, she thinks, cutting the throat of her opponent with a snap of her wrist, It's going to end today.
All their years of preparing and the moment was there. It is now.
And, gods help them, they're ready.
End