[ The liquid goes down with ease, but after the vial empties comes a long moment where nothing seems to happen. The dogs crowd around to look on with concerned expressions, their snouts twitching with worry, scenting the air for even the smallest flicker of their master's life force....
Suddenly the paralysis the poison had afflicted on Kakashi relinquishes its hold on his organs in a quick push of force, wrenching him back into the waking world rather viciously, and he gulps in heavy breaths like he's just emerged from a deep body of water. ] Ghk-- Dad--! [ Whether he had been dreaming or teetering on the edge of his own mortality is uncertain, but he remembers the ghost of a tired smile and a white trail of hair being teased by the wind.
He's woozy and confused and everything hurts, but his memories knock impatiently on the hollow of his skull, refusing him any more of the quiet darkness had been getting so familiar with and so he groans as he tries to push himself into a sitting position, only to succumb to the pain and let himself sink back down again. He screws his eyes shut and flails his hand outward instead till his fingers close around the arm of his friend, and tighten when he realises just who has come to his aid. ]
...Gai. [ His eye opens a crack, his mouth twitches, and his voice is breathy with relief. ] Am I glad to see you..
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Suddenly the paralysis the poison had afflicted on Kakashi relinquishes its hold on his organs in a quick push of force, wrenching him back into the waking world rather viciously, and he gulps in heavy breaths like he's just emerged from a deep body of water. ] Ghk-- Dad--! [ Whether he had been dreaming or teetering on the edge of his own mortality is uncertain, but he remembers the ghost of a tired smile and a white trail of hair being teased by the wind.
He's woozy and confused and everything hurts, but his memories knock impatiently on the hollow of his skull, refusing him any more of the quiet darkness had been getting so familiar with and so he groans as he tries to push himself into a sitting position, only to succumb to the pain and let himself sink back down again. He screws his eyes shut and flails his hand outward instead till his fingers close around the arm of his friend, and tighten when he realises just who has come to his aid. ]
...Gai. [ His eye opens a crack, his mouth twitches, and his voice is breathy with relief. ] Am I glad to see you..