Chapter 3: A Raven's Musing
Sasuke's POV
It's been 5 years since I originally left Konoha and one year since I was returned. At my return the village unexpectedly welcomes me back with open arms. The only ones who seemed to glare at all was the Hokage and Jiraiya.
The Hokage was so angry that she was ready to have me executed on the spot for my "traitorous actions". Even after a long and tiring meeting with the village council she had yet to be persuaded. Only after some yelling and fit throwing then some screaming and furniture throwing on the Hokages part did she finally relent.
My sentence was 3 months with no missions and house arrest then another 3 months of D-ranked missions. Luckily my punishment ended right before the Jounin Exams so I was able to participate.
At my return to my shinobi duties the village council gave me the rank of Chunin due to the fact that I was trained by the strongest of the Legendary Senin, no matter how evil he may be. They also believed that since I was rookie of the year I should also be in the same ranks as the rest of the rookie nine.
When I became a Jounin I saw less and less of the original team 7. I still saw Sakura at the Hospital when I went to get mine or my teammates wounds healed or patched up. Out of all of them I see the most of Kakashi. We run into each other at the Jounin lounge and are sometimes assigned missions together. But most of all I saw less and less of Naruto. I can't even begin to describe my surprise when I found out he was still a genin. Because of that fact our paths almost never crossed. Even the rest of the rookie nine said that they rarely see him anymore which is strange because of all his talk about bonds and how important they are. Dobe. He wants to be Hokage yet he can't even pass the exams or find time for his so called bonds.
Normal POV
Sasuke walked to the Hokages office after receiving a summons. When he arrived he greeted the two guards and was allowed entrance.
As he entered the site that greeted him was an unusually early and bruised up Kakashi, two ANBU, a confused Sakura, and two mischievous looks from the Hokage and the Dobe. I swear if I didn't know better I would swear those two were related.