[Closed/Open] Oh, mercy me..

[scarecrowboy]

Who: Kakashi & Gai, and OPEN to those who want to witness his recovery. B^|
When: May 11-19
Where: The outskirts of Konoha, then Konoha Hospital.



11th | closed to MAITO GAI [ Pakkun is not the fastest of the pack by a long shot, but he still makes it back to Konoha in record time; which probably speaks volumes about his level of loyalty and worry in this particular circumstance. He locates Gai quickly by following the man's memorable scent to a familiar haunt, and alerts him to the state of his master without another breath more than to exchange the shortest of greetings. All he knows is what he saw before he left -- that Kakashi had been ambushed, poisoned, that his foe was a formidable one, and that he will need Gai's support soon.

They set off instantly, Pakkun racing ahead to lead Gai to the field where he'd left his master. The trail is reasonably inconspicuous until the tell-tale signs of a tussle begin to appear; first with scuffs in the dirt track, then with scorches in the grass, then flecks of blood and strayed senbon... Pakkun follows the trace of Kakashi's scent to a shroud of tree-cover where the man had been dragged out of sight, and was now propped up slightly against a tree. He looks to be out cold, but his chest doesn't seem to be shifting with the movement of any kind of breath, and Bull is snuffling worriedly at the man's slightly drooping plume of silver hair. There is a dried stain of blood smeared against the mouth-region of his mask, and even though his eye-patch has been roughly pulled down a trickle of the same streak of scarlet is visible running from underneath it, seeping into the fabric. Senbon lay beside various puncture wounds littering his body, and Shiba explains that they pulled them out to sway any further poison, but that Kakashi keeps swimming in and out of consciousness regardless. Then Akino holds out the vial of antidote they were gifted by their masters' attacker. ]

'Gotta use this on him.'

[ The dogs watch on; hopeful, expectant, worried. ]



12th, possibly evening of the 11th if you're that desperate | open to all[ He doesn't like the hospital. He's seen the inside of one too many a pale painted room, and stared up at one too many dull and faded ceiling to have any emotion toward the establishment other than inherent distaste... but for once he has checked in wilfully and without the slightest inclination of complaint. His stay is incredibly convenient, and -- dare he say it? -- comforting. His body has never ached like this, never strained with the same kind of physical anguish he's currently experiencing, and he curses all the times he complained about chakra exhaustion because this pain pales in comparison. Even though he can still move around like this he's pretty certain he'd take the chakra exhaustion in a heartbeat. The feeling of a leaden head and rusted limbs is one he wouldn't wish on his worst enemy.

But luckily for him, the luck of his façade makes that pipe-dream a reality. He's sworn the medics to withhold their secrecy, and the same for his rescue team, so as far as those closest to him are concerned the familiar ache of chakra exhaustion is all he has to complain about for the moment.

For the most part he remains reasonably well behaved; no attempted escapes, no secret midnight push-ups on his thumbs when the nurses aren't looking; just a steadily healing patient. He reads quietly, eats regularly, keeps his conversation polite and quiet. He seems... distant. He's thinking about something though it isn't clear what.... but he seems to be recovering well, and his exterior presents a content man. ]



feel free to ask me for a personal top level, or give me your own! kakashi will be in hospital from when gai drops him off all the way up to the 19th at slowly climbing levels of wellness and could probably use the company....

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[not_thedragon]

Sasuke had learned some time ago that expressing impatience when Kakashi was blatantly ignoring someone was unlikely to achieve anything other than extending the wait, but there was still an eternally twelve-year-old part of him that wanted to fold his arms and glare. That had always been more effective when accompanied by Naruto's yelling or the expression of mute appeal on Hinata's face, though, and in any case -- the pause didn't drag as long as it could have.

Trouble at the border, a recurring theme as much as kidnap seemed to have been of late. Sasuke's group had been overwhelmed by numbers, though, and from the sounds of it Hinata's had been a product of ambush. For someone to not only get the jump on Kakashi but impress him was hardly good news for the village.

And yet his interest was piqued, at least up until the Sharingan was mentioned. His shoulders stiffened immediately, concern on his face sharpening into a frown.

"Were you able to keep the eye?" There were plenty of bandages covering that side of Kakashi's face, no way to tell how bad the damage was. "What did he look like?"

[scarecrowboy]

"No," Kakashi smiled at him. "I was too weak to stop him from taking it. All I could do was destroy it before that happened." His smile was different from his usual gentle shift of expression; this time there was a definite trace of pain or shame evident in the way he looked at Sasuke. He wasn't sure he'd have this level of nonchalance about him if he were recounting this tale to any other Uchiha..

Normally he might have questioned Sasuke's intention regarding the looks of his attacker, deterred him from doing anything foolish, but in a situation like this Kakashi couldn't see much point in hiding the information.. It would only be asked of him again when the Uchiha inevitably found out, when Obito found out, when his report was questioned. As much as he might have wanted to, he couldn't keep things private forever.

There wasn't much point telling Sasuke about the details of his assailant's clothes since Kakashi was certain he was smart enough to not wander anywhere near fire looking like that again, so he considered Houou's physicality beyond his dress code.

"He had white hair that faded to black in a long tail that reached the ground. He had strange red markings over his eyes, which he continually kept closed.. and he looked very much like a bird at the arms and legs. They were yellow, dappled and clawed."

[not_thedragon]

Uchiha eyes were always in some level of danger; eyes with activated Sharingan more so. That was not itself the surprise here -- it was the slope of Kakashi's shoulders in the hospital gown, angling something into his usual nonchalance that made it a different kind of meaningful. I was too weak to stop him was something Sasuke might have expected from someone else.

But Kakashi had made a name for himself with his Uchiha eye. It wouldn't have been easy to take it, and if that was a conclusion Sasuke could draw, it would be one the clan elders would arrive at even more quickly.

"Destroying it was the right move," he said first, though he wasn't sure if that was a comfort to someone who probably hadn't even been taught the jutsu to do so. And that description ... "It sounds like your attacker will be easily identified, if anyone else runs across him."

If. Sasuke's investigation had been wide-ranging more than specific, and the general dragnet of Intel hadn't picked up anyone of that description. That was both benefit and risk; at least it was possible that Bears and its allies didn't have an eye-stealer in its ranks, but at the same time it meant that either they didn't know about this one, or that there was another set of serious risks beyond the usual opportunistic bloodline hunters.

He paused before adding: "Has Father or any of the elders come to see you yet?"