A/N: Enjoy! (^_^) -Mufin

Warning: There is a high chance that this fan fic is slightly crackish. It is also AU, so no massive fireballs unless a house is set on fire. The rating is currently T for swearing, etc.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Custody ~MufinXoxo

Chapter 1: They don't have enough prison cells...

Tenten waited nervously in front of the office. Yet again she wondered why she had been called to the office of the chief of this institution. She tentatively looked around at the bland, grey walls and the heavy metal door to her left. How could anyone work in a place like this? She shuddered.

"Come in!" a voice resounded from the other side of the door.

She tentatively pushed the door open and entered the room. The inside was definitely more friendly then the exterior. The walls were painted a pale blue and a metal desk stood in the middle of the room, with two metal chairs before it.

"Sit down." the man said, not looking up from where he had his nose buried in an orange book with a picture on front.

Tenten carefully placed herself on a chair, looking expectantly at the man sitting on the metal office chair behind the desk. Why do prisons have to make everything metal? she wondered to herself. On closer examination she noticed that the book had an image of a man chasing a woman on the front and was entitled 'Icha Icha Paradise'. She sweatdropped. Honestly, how did these people become heads of any department?

Tenten cleared her throat.

The man finally looked up from his book. He had a large amount of silver hair that spiked up in an odd fashion and a cloth mask that covered the lower half of his face. "Ah, yes, you are Akiyama Tenten, am I correct? My name is Kakashi Hatake."

Tenten nodded, her throat having suddenly become oddly dry under the man's scrutinizing look.

"Let us skip the formalities. To cut it short, you are here because we want you to take custody, so to speak, of Uchiha Sasuke." Kakashi continued after her affirmative.

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"WHAT!?" Tenten exploded, barely restraining herself from jumping to her feet and slamming her hands on the table.

"Yes," Kakashi replied with surprising little emotion, which Tenten found slightly annoying considering her outburst.

"Why do I have to do it?" Tenten inquired, trying to regain some of her composure.

"Ah, according to these documents you went to the same school as him and know him personally." Kakashi flicked through a few pages, "You also went to the same university and knew each other on a first name basis before he was sentenced."

"Yes, but why me? I wasn't the only person in his class!" Tenten replied exasperated.

"Well, the others are all otherwise engaged. Nara Shikamaru is married to Temari and they have a squalling kid, so lumping him off- er, I mean, creating an environment for him in which he can be accepted into society and become stable again is impossible there."

"I heard you! You said something about lumping him off-"

Kakashi continued, ignoring her, "Yamanka Ino. Let's just say that would backfire and the necessary environment couldn't be created-"

"I heard that slip earlier! Stop talking about a positive environment!"

"Akamichi Choji is a famous chef and if I stress him the food quality in my favourite restaurant would go down-" Kakashi quickly corrected himself, "I was saying, he works in the evenings, so Sasuke would be left at home all by himself-"

"HE NEEDS TO LIVE WITH ME IF I TAKE CUSTODY?!"

"-Hyuuga Neji and Hyuuga Hinata belong to a wealthy family, unlike you-"

"Oi!"

"-, meaning that we wouldn't get away with their influence. Not to mention that I think Sasuke's attitude would mentally scar the easily frightened Hyuuga-san,-"

In this case Tenten could only agree. However, "How do you know it won't mentally scar me?"

"Inuzuka Kiba's and Sasuke's attitude aren't compatible. Not to mention that Inuzuka-san has a dog, Akamaru, which wouldn't go down well with our convict. Haruno Sakura is a important doctor and he might get away with everything if he lives with her, such as not getting up in the morning and not being able to fulfil the goal of becoming a individual able to navigate in society-"

"Cut out the whole accepted environment, better individual crap! You're running out of cells for prisoners, aren't you?!"

"-Aburame Shino is the silent type, they wouldn't even talk, destroying the idea of a good environment and social feeling required for society,-"

"STOP PRETENDING YOU CARE ABOUT SOCIETY!"

"Uzumaki Naruto is a diplomat, so it makes it hard to actually have anyone to look after him, because he wouldn't be there. Rock Lee has his own dojo and would probably only worsen the situation with his misplaced energy. Sasuke's brother, Itachi, is currently abroad and we haven't been able to contact him. His parents... well, it's complicated. So, any other questions? I have a paper for you to sign here-"

"NOOOOO!" Tenten cried, completely loosing her last shreds composure and dignity, running for the door screaming.

A lock on the door slipped into place and she helplessly banged her fist against the annoying sheet of metal. She turned around to glower at the man calmly sitting in his chair. She stalked back, snatched her orange bag up from the floor where it had fallen in her haste and sat down.

"What if I refuse?" she snapped, glaring at the man before her.

"Well, let's just say it isn't really a question of agreeing or not. Fact is, Uchiha Sasuke needs to find a way to become a person who can behave adequately in society and be accepted by society again. We know you have a two bedroom apartment, which means you won't have to move.-"

"Have you been stalking me?"

"-We will supply additional financial support for you to buy food and so on. All you have to do is look after him, as he is not allowed to live by himself but has finished his sentence. If you refuse, you will, let's see..." Kakashi flicked through some papers again, "Ah, here it says 'If the person in question refuses, they will loose all their money, their rental contract will be cancelled and their job, in your case at that jewellery blacksmithing store, will be lost as well.'"

"This is blackmail! Are you even a proper government official?!"

Kakashi blinked, "Yes, why do you ask?"

Tenten had the sudden urge to face palm herself, "Never mind..." Of course several things popped to mind; first and foremost blackmail; second, keeping her trapped in this room; third, reading a book like that in public.

Seeing no easy way out of her predicament, "How long do I have to look after him for?"

"That's the spirit!" Tenten wished her eyes could shoot laser beams and burn the infuriating man alive. "The contract says one year." Kakashi replied.

Tenten let out a sigh, "Give me a pen."

"Akiyama-san, you are honestly the best suited for the job."

"I wonder about that..." Tenten trailed off, defeated. After thoroughly reading the contract for any more traps, she scrawled her signature in the bottom right hand corner. Before she slammed the heavy door behind her, she heard Kakashi call, "Pick him up at nine o'clock here tomorrow morning! Be on time!" The door closed with an echoing thump.

What the hell had she gotten herself into?

She was sure she had shoved away that bit of her past...

A/N: For all intents and purposes I have decided to give Tenten the family name Akiyama. She needs one for this story, because they can't just call her by her first name, it's rude. Please leave a review and let me know what you think so far (^_^) – Mufin