Chapter 1:

Sasuke POV:

I sat down on a chair in the waiting room of a police station, hands cuffed, and reluctantly awaiting my faith. I watched as my father walked in with big strides and stared at me with a disappointed look on his face. I was used to that expression on his face; I had seen it too many times to count. I can't say that I liked it and every time I saw it, I became bloated with guilt but I didn't show it. My father waltzed up to my seat.

"Sasuke," he said his voice full of disappointment. "I thought we agreed you would stop this nonsense. You promised. I am very disappointed." My father is very strict mostly because when he was young he was like me, a troublemaker. That's probably what disappoints him the most: that he couldn't stop me from becoming like him.

Little did he know was that I planned to keep that promise but as we all know, old habits die hard. I was caught destroying public property. Truth be told, it was Naruto's idea but unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to get away from the cops. The cops who saw Naruto running away asked me who he was and I told them they must have been imagining the other person because I was the only one there. That got them really angry but I knew they wouldn't touch me so I grinned mockingly.

Ever since I was young, I was a troublemaker. My Dad thinks I just want attention and love. I think I just can't resist breaking the rules. It's in my genes and every time I'm going to break the rules, I start to get really excited as if I just had an energy drink. I love it so much but I would never purposely hurt someone and I try very hard to break from this constant routine. Now as I sit here in this chair, I wait for the consequences. I made a mental note to myself to tell Naruto that he owes me and scold him for his idiotic idea.

"Hey Sasuke, how was your weekend?" TenTen asked as I walked in the High School. By the context of her sentence you would think she was being nice, but by the sound of her voice you could tell Naruto told her what happened. She was mocking me and if she wasn't my friend, I would have probably gotten really angry but I knew her mocking was purely friendly. I glared at her then I put my arm over her shoulders

"You know TenTen, you're really asking for it." I bent down to whisper in her ear. "Remember that time I covered for you. If your parents found out about that little incident, they wouldn't be happy. But if you keep bugging me, it might accidentally slip."

She looked up at my grinning face with her dark brown eyes and gasped. "You wouldn't!" A split second after she said that, I felt a hand on my head and scruff my messy black hair. I turned to see who it was and was face to face with Naruto's dopy grin.

"Hey man, thanks for not telling the cops." He placed his hand on my shoulder. "I know it was my idea and all and you didn't have to take the heat…You're not as heartless as I thought you were." He stopped; he had nothing else to say. The expression on his face was self-explanatory. He looked guilty but thankful too.

"Hn, whatever" I said. "I know you would do it for me." Although I said that, I knew that Naruto wasn't that kind of person. He was my best bud and all but he was very self-centered.

"So what'd the court say you gotta do?" Naruto asked curious. I think he probably wanted to know because if it wasn't for me, he would have to be doing it himself.

"Well it was my favorite judge: Judge Miller," They both grinned. We were all familiar with the wrinkled, old judge since we had gotten in trouble together. We always stuck together when we got in trouble and laughed together when it was over. The judge was so fierce looking; his face kind of looked like an eagle. "He gave me 500 hours of community service. I think he gave me more than necessary because he holds a grudge against me but what do I know?" I shrugged as I said that.

"Not a lot!" Naruto said as if I wanted him to answer my question. "It's a wonder how you got through Grade 10." I glared at him.

"Hey I got better grades than you did!" I pointed out. "So don't call me stupid, stupid!" Naruto grabbed the front of my shirt as if he was going to hit me.

"Guys!" TenTen waved her hands around. "You both of you just grow up?" Naruto let go of the front of my shirt and snickered. He wasn't really going to hit me and I knew it…but TenTen didn't. She continued talking to us. "It's only the beginning of the school year! Besides last year, Sasuke was only smarter by a few percentages." Naruto glared at me competitively.

"Anyways, Sasuke I want to hear more about where you're going to spend your time." TenTen said trying to change the subject.

"Yeah, if you don't like it, we could burn it down and you could work somewhere else." Naruto said but as soon as TenTen glared at him he said "Just kidding. People can't take a joke around here!" And he rolled his eyes.

"Its children's hospital and orphanage 5 blocks down from my house." I answered the unspoken question that was written all over their faces. "It'll take me about a month, every day after school for 4 hours."

"Naruto, you're volunteering there!" TenTen said quickly.

"What?" Naruto cried in distress.

"You heard me." TenTen crossed her arms over her chest. "Naruto is going to volunteer there because first of all, it was his idea to wreck that community center. Second, he should face the consequences." She looked at our astounded faces. We were speechless. "There it's decided." TenTen turned and walked over to a small group of girls.

"Is she kidding?" Naruto asked me.

"I don't think so." I replied. "Geez girls are bossy sometimes."

"You got that right." Naruto ran his hand through his blond hair in frustration.

"You brought this one on yourself." I scratched the back of my head. "You always do what she says and now she's taken that for granted."

"No I don't!" Naruto frowned at me. The school bell rang signaling the beginning of class. I rushed over to my first class. After all, I didn't want to lose to Naruto. There's no way I would let him be smarter than I am.