route_1065 | Wait, which one are you again...?

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Wait, which one are you again...?

Who: Tenten and Repliku
Where: Celadon City TC
When: February 1st
What: Tenten finally gets to meet Repliku... she's pretty sure, at least. They all look pretty much the same, okay?!

Alright, twins and triplets were easy enough to understand for the young kunoichi. Weird to look at side-by-side, but still understandable. All this talk about clones and replicas, though? That was the baffling part. Where she came from, clones were just illusiory techniques to distract and deceive, not their own person. And at different ages to boot.

But she'd talked to one of them over the Network, and even knew his name! So once she spotted one of the many silver-haired teens, she gathered up her Shinx into her arms and headed straight for him, ignoring the way the little cat bit her sleeve at first opportunity.

"Um... Evan-san, right?" she greeted tentatively, ready to apologize if she'd messed up... again. At least she knew which one was Riku now, thanks to his height.

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Tenten had good timing, as she had caught Evan just as he stepped inside the Center, a Houndour trailing slightly behind him. Most of his face was fairly pink from the cold, but if Tenten bothered to look close enough, she'd probably notice faint grey marks on his cheeks and nose.

He turned when he heard his name, used to the name, but unused to the honorific attached to it. She was the only one who tacked it on, and they hadn't talked very much, despite living in the same place for the past two weeks.

"Right. Tenten?" Hopefully she didn't mind his companion approaching her to sniff at the Shinx.

"Yeah!" He did remember her name, even after their infrequent meetings. Distracted momentarily from her sleeve, the little cat squirmed in her arms, wanting to investigate this new Pokémon, leaving the young ninja laughing and crouching to bring them closer to eye level.

"It's nice to finally get to talk to you in person... Last time we talked was when I bugged you over video, right?"

To which the Shinx abruptly batted for the Houndour's nose with a playful growl. "Saja, no!"

He wasn't going to say it, but part of the reason he remembered her is because he also remembered her hair.

"I saw you at the party a couple weeks ago. We might've talked if Imogen hadn't found me first."

That is, he spent some time with Imogen, and then spent some time hiding from Imogen and then getting assigned a birthday by Obito.

While he was talking, the Houndour decided it was a good idea to attempt to lick his new Shinx buddy...only to discover said Shinx was not a buddy, nor did it like being licked. He barked and jumped back, retreating to Rep's side.

"Idiot. You deserved that."

She actually would have been kind of pleased to know that, but oh well. Her smiled broadened at the mention of Imogen, shaking her head with a bit of rueful understanding. "Yeah, I must have missed you, sorry. Next time there's a party or something, I'll definitely make sure you go on stage and sing with me, though!"

Whether he wanted to or not. But said Shinx most certainly was not a buddy, and he pounded after the Houndour when he retreated, growling to with his tail flicking restlessly back and forth.

"Saja... come on, that's enough," she prompted, dropping into a crouch and holding out both hands. The electric cat all but sniffed in derision before turning and sprinting into Tenten's arms, nearly barreling her over before she could scoop him into her arms and give the other boy another glance. He really didn't look all that much older than her, in person. "So what kind of Pokémon is that, though? I don't think I've seen that kind before..."

He isn't much older, really. Physically, about 15-going-on-16, but chronologically, he's only about two months old. But she doesn't need to know that. And he didn't hate Imogen or anything. She was just...odd, and not someone he was entirely used to hanging out with. He starts to smile back at her, but then his expression quickly changed to panicked.

"No. No you won't, I don't sing."

He could, but he's never done it before, especially in front of an audience, and he's not sure he wouldn't make an idiot of himself if he tried. ~~Which means that Tenten will have to force him if she wants him to do it.~~

The Houndour wasn't about to run from his apparent enemy, and growled himself, watching the other Pokémon's moves, until it ran away. He is the best hellpuppy.

"He's a Houndour. His name is Sora."

She couldn't help but laugh at that expression of his, reminded more than a little bit of one of her teammates back home, and hold the Shinx close. "I usually don't either, but it was pretty fun. I've never gotten to go to a party like that before... but you guys must have them all the time, huh?"

Considering this guy looked like a younger Riku, it only made sense that that would be the case. And... looked like this guy was kind of like Sasuke, naming his Pokémon after his friends, huh?

"Did you tell Sora you named a Houndour after him?" she had to ask with another grin, scratching her fingers behind the Shinx's ears to calm him down. "Or is it a surprise I shouldn't ruin?"

"No, I didn't think it was important enough to tell him. I don't think he'll mind too much. Go ahead and tell him if you want to."

He scowls when she laughs, slightly offended that she finds his expression funny, considering he thought it was a valid panic situation. But the scowl doesn't stay long, as he shrugs it off.

"I've never been to any parties except that one."

"Nah, I'll leave it for you..." Maybe it's just her who thinks it's kind of weird to name pets after teammates and friends... then again, it's not like her team is the most conventional one out there. Any Pokémon who reminded her of them would have to be quite the 'mon.

Saja had had quiet enough of being held and squirmed, wanting to get put down so he could stare at the Houndour still. She rolled her eyes and set him down to oblige, but with a sharp thwap to his nose to make sure he wouldn't try biting again.

"So that makes both of us as the boring kids then, huh?" Hands now free, she rested a hand on her hip, one eyebrow quirked. "Anyway, I'm glad I caught you. I was wondering if we'd be able to train together sometime, you know, since you helped me that one time over the 'gear."

He's mostly run out of friends at this point, and would probably have to start on names of enemies and generally disliked people, but then he'd end up disliking the Pokémon who had the names. Not a good idea. Instead, he's gone onto attacks and words related to the Pokémon.

"I wouldn't say boring, but it's not entirely wrong." In his case, parties were just not a thing that actually happened in the castle.

"Training? Yeah, we can do that. I'm going to Violet in the next week or two, so it'll have to wait until after then...or we could try for sometime this week."

It's not that ninja tended not to throw parties, but more like Tenten didn't have friends who liked parties. Sure, Lee and Gai-sensei might, but the thought of Neji partying just -- she almost laughed at the thought alone.

"This week's fine... What's in Violet that you're heading out, though? Badges?" She tilted her head, crouching to put a warning hand on Saja lest the Shinx bolt forward again.

"Falkner's gym reopened, so I'm going back there to get his badge."

He sounded confident, as if he was definitely going to get said badge. It's probably a good thing that that gym was closed at that point anyway, because Repliku's team was extremely underleveled and would've been creamed with little effort.

"Obito and his cousin are going with, I think."

"Yeah? Good luck. Make sure you broadcast it so I can see you kick this guy's ass~"

And also so she could get information on him for when she faces this Falkner guy herself, but hey~ All's fair in ~~love and war~~ gym battles! Considering she just sees gym leaders as means-to-an-end to eventually fight Sasuke...? She had every confidence that the other would win.

She couldn't help but blink at the revelation that they're leaving, too, lips curving into more of a frown. "Sasuke-kun and Obito-kun are going too, really?" It was clear this was news to her, and she wasn't all that happy about it. "You really think you can put up with Obito-kun for all that long? He's kind of a pain."

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I did that last tag in present tense, oops

I do that a lot don't even worry about it -_-; sometimes mid-sentence

I'm sorry this tag is so late :<

tagging late too, whoops