Sakura stopped directly in front of Sasuke and with Naruto right behind. "Sasuke, is that you?" Sakura asked. Sasuke grinned for half-second and nodded. Naruto could not believe his eyes that Sasuke could be smiling for the first time in front of Sakura, instead Naruto still had a crush on Sakura and he became a little jealous. Sakura at that time still liked Sasuke and they didn't stop staring at each others eyes. Naruto went jealous and interrupted their moment together, "Okay! That's enough, come Sasuke, Hokage-sama would like to see you in her office." Sasuke immediately snapped out and replied, "Hmm…" Naruto was frustrated and dragged both of them to the hokage's mansion.
"I believe you have grown much stronger over the past few years, Sasuke. As for your punishment for leaving Konoha without my permission, I will sentence you to Jounin-rank missions solo in place of those injured and killed for a month." Tsunade-sama said as she notice Sasuke walking into her office. Sasuke nodded in agreement of accepting the hokage's statement and walked out of the office with Naruto and Sakura.
Naruto and Sakura walked Sasuke back to his old apartment, as he had forgotten where it was, Sasuke toke out the rusty key and unlocked the front door. Sakura waved goodbye to him with a smile, which made him feel like smiling back as well. The apartment was as neat as the way he left it, but still needed some dusting. He walked into the bedroom and threw his bagpack on the bed. He was exhausted from travelling from the Sound village to Konoha. He found his old duster and began cleaning the house.
After one afternoon of spring-cleaning, he took a shower and got a change of clothes from his bag. To his surprise, his old wardrobe only contained his old clothes, he had no other clothes of his size to wear. Luckily, he didn't take any money with him when he left two years ago. He found just enough money to buy a new set of clothes and food that will last for a while. He looked at how late it was and went to bed after that.