A while back I wrote a real short chapter that saw Sasuke acquire the Mangekyo Sharingan during the events of 'Wave Arc'. Thought I might try and write a short follow up dealing with the aftermath.

Another chapter, another attempt to entertain you all. I honestly do not have anything else to add, so on with the show!

Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

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XX Tazuna's House XX

It had been two days since the battle at the bridge and Kakashi felt that they should begin the trek back to Konoha. He'd heard Tazuna and some of the other villagers talking earlier that day. It seemed they wanted to name the bridge in Naruto's honour. They wanted to ensure that his death, his sacrifice, was remembered as long as Wave Country remained.

Kakashi turned to the three scrolls he had yet to pack. Two contained the results from Sasuke's new eyes. The other... the other contained the body of Naruto Uzumaki.

"It's eerie, just how right you were about having your name inscribed there." Kakashi said to the scroll, remembering Naruto's ill-informed declaration that his name would be carved on the memorial. Kakashi had sent Pakkun back to Konoha yesterday with a report of what had happened. Kakashi didn't expect to remain in command of Team Seven, his record more or less assured he wouldn't face to hard a punishment for allowing things to go so bad but there was no way he'd be trusted to lead a mission again. "How did things go so wrong? I've commanded missions with worse odds... So why did it go so wrong?"

Kakashi knew the answer to that one, the team! He'd run missions far harder than this in ANBU, but that was with ANBU working under him. These genin just weren't as good as the shinobi he was use to working with and he'd forgotten that. He forgotten he wasn't working with highly trained and experienced ninja who knew how to deal with A-Rank Missing-Nin. But as well as that, he'd forgotten that Team Seven wasn't Team Minato. At a first glance they were mirror copies of each other, but when you looked they couldn't be more different.

Sasuke was talented like he'd been. Sasuke was also reserved and had suffered tragedy. But Kakashi's paled in comparison. While Kakashi had found his father's body, Sasuke had been forced to mentally relive the murder of his entire clan. The kind of mental scarring that caused was beyond imagination... And of course, their was the difference in ability. Sasuke was good but Kakashi had been at that level when he was five.

With Sakura the only real similarity was the crushes. Like Rin she had a crush on the 'genius' while the 'loser' crushed on her. But unlike Rin, Sakura lacked any real skill or willingness to work together.

Naruto was a carefree and had a good heart, like Obito, but he lacked the training or support Obito had. Thinking about them sent a wave of unease through Kakashi. While there was only a passing similarity in personality, their fate was scarily similar. Both died on Kakashi's first real command, either as a jonin or as a sensei, both had taken a fatal blow for another and both gave that person cursed eyes.

"Cursed eyes." Kakashi muttered, remembering Obito's grandfather and how he described the Sharingan at the memorial service. The old man had recounted how, over the years, his childhood memories had slowly faded but the sights his Sharingan had seen always stayed with him. He'd told Kakashi how he could visualise the face of a Suna shinobi, not much older than Kakashi, that had been caught by the man's Great Fireball Jutsu during the Second Shinobi World War and how the boy's agonised face was carved, in perfect detail, into his memory. It was true as well, the first thing Kakashi saw after the transplant was Obito's crushed, but still living, body. And now Sasuke had the Mangekyo... Kakashi had read what he could find on it after the massacre. He had learned how it was was acquired, he'd learned what powers it offered and he'd learned what price it demanded for that power.

Packing the scrolls away Kakashi checked to ensure he had all their personal belongings and left to find his two remaining students.

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I'd originally planned for Kakashi to sit there depressed and than go speak with Sasuke but things kind of ran away. The thing about Obito's grandfather is based on something someone posted over on Tvtropes under Fridge Horror. It was that since the Sharingan let you take in and memorise what you see, all your happy or normal memories [that you'd form when the eyes weren't active] would fade over time while all the horrible things seen with it active [friends or enemies being killed] would remain... Any wonder the Uchiha were warlike in the past? Most of the older members probably were hoping to die and end it all.

Anyway I'll write how Sasuke or Sakura is dealing with what happened another time. I don't plan to make this an actual story, just plan to show the aftermath for the rest of Team Seven.

I'm dyslexic, so please point out any mistakes in spelling or grammar [I spell things the way they do in England and Ireland, so some things may look off to Americans]. Please leave your opinion via review or send them via PM, I'd like to know what you think. Well, I think that's everything I've gotta say so, hope you enjoyed the chapter.

This is Highvalour saying bye and thanks for reading.