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Kakashi P.O.V.
*Near Dawn the following morning, Kakashi is alone*
I watch for the wolf, or my father, try to sense his chakra, his presence, try and smell him.
Nothing. I'm getting nothing.
"Maybe you should deploy the Tracking Jutsu..." I say to myself, but then I remember the conditions of the blood pact.
'The dogs of this jutsu will obey the elder of the Hatake clan, however the pact will be equally strong no matter what age any Hatake is' I put away the shuriken, and I feel a breeze, I hear a rustle behind me.
Dad.
It's tempting to call out his name, but not yet, my nerves won't let me, and for the first time in a long time, I'm unsure, uneasy about what is to happen next. I know that those feelings are coming across my eyes, but my body is frozen. I think to myself, 'Please, just get it over with.'
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Sakumo P.O.V.
There is my son, but man I feel like such a creeper.
'It's your son!' I say in my head, 'He knows you, you know him!' But there is doubt, uncertainty, nerves, a lot of nerves. 'God it's just like my wedding, except that Pakkun can't help me here' I remember what Akihira told me to do.
"Sakumo you need to wait, if he says out loud that he forgives you, and then you can come out. You need to get the forgiving process over with, you need to pass on. Your powers are weakening the more time you spend here. If you spend too much time here you'll distinigrate, and then you're stuck. I know you don't want to go to the world of shadows. I went there once by accident, it's not pleasant. Should that happen, I can't bring you back like I did this time, you got lucky Sakumo. Trust me, I know he forgives you, just wait, but remember you have 3 days until you go to the Shadow World. I will try my hardest to get him to say it, but I will not tell him what will happen to you. Just be patient Sakumo. Trust me on this."
"If you say so Aki, I trust you." I say under my breath almost sighing. I know Kakashi can't hear my words, but he can smell me, despite the fact that I'm upwind.
Then I snap back to reality, because I thought I heard Kakashi beginning to speak. But I stare at him for the next couple hours; with no change at all he makes a hand jutsu and disappears. I am saddened, so I turn around and head for the palace.
'The countdown begins.' I think to myself. 'The countdown begins.'