Karasu enjoyed being a part of his new team. The last time he was genin, he wasn't able to bond with his teammates like he did with team 7, all five of its members, despite their vastly different personalities.

It still surprised him how different Kakashi senpai was from one that he remembered, while Obito was the one that possessed his missing traits. Sarada was having a harder time than him and even called Kakashi, Rokudaime-sama, which sent Obito in a fit of rage. She was able to play it off as a joke, but after it happening three times Kakashi was getting annoyed at her.

The missions were nowhere near as dangerous as his missions in ANBU, but still weren’t some thing that'd be given to genin in peace time. Thankfully, Minato-sensei was a skilled jonin and they had got out of trouble without Karasu needing to reveal his skills.

Despite the information provided by him and Sasuke, the war still continued. However, there were decidedly more Konoha victories due to foreknowledge and considerably less loss of life and property. But sometimes they had to travel across battlefields and Karasu wondered what was the reason behind all of this.

Still, he had hope. Sarada's stories of the Konoha under Nanadaime's reign were a balm to his soul after seeing the destruction caused by war.

He had returned from a mission and entered his home in the Uchiha Compound (Father had got it built for Sasuke, Sarada and him), to find Sasuke in the living room, without his cloak. He was unable to tear his eyes from Sasuke's unoccupied right sleeve.

"Okaeri." Sasuke greeted him, without a hint of anything being wrong.

He didn't reply.

Was this the reason Sasuke always wore his cloak? Who was responsible for this? Did it happen because of him?

"Karasu." Sasuke's voice brought him out of his thoughts. "It happened because of my own mistakes. They offered me a prosthetic which I refused. This is something that reminds me of my mistakes."

What mistakes? Karasu wanted to ask.

"There is something else you should know." Sasuke said, removing his hair from above his left eye. For a moment Karasu thought that Sasuke had lost his eye as well, but soon saw the ringed eye of Rinnegan on Sasuke's face.

"How?" he asked, stunned.

Sasuke actually chuckled. "That is a long story and I'm supposed to leave for a mission right now." He poked Karasu's forehead and smirked. "Maybe next time."

Karasu couldn't keep a smile forming on his face.

Soon, it was time for the Kanabi Bridge mission. Kakashi-senpai had just been promoted to jonin and the rest of the team were chunnin. Sasuke had briefed Sarada and him on this mission. This was the main reason they were assigned to team 7.

Turned out that none of their caution was necessary. Due to large number of Konoha wins, Iwa didn't have the numbers for a battalion to gaurd the Kanabi bridge. Thus, they were easily able to complete the mission without any casualties.