Crime and Punishment
By: Silverwolf
"Sasuke Uchiha for the crime of vandalism of both a high school and a building within a college campus I sentence you to two hundred hours of community service at Spirit Bound Sanctuary. You will report to the owner in the morning. If you choose not to report then I'll will have you sent to the Chronicles Academy for At Risk Youth; do you understand?" Sasuke crosses his arms, "whatever you say. I don't care about any of it anymore." "Young man, I'm giving you a chance to straighten up your ways. You have a bright mind you just choose not to use it."
Sasuke rolls his eyes realizing his father is glaring at his back. This had to be the day he was home from work, of all days. He can hear his mother mutter something about him being on a downward spiral in life. Like she would know... to both of them he was a commodity not a child. When Itachi rebelled he got sent to stay with their grandfather. Sasuke rarly saw Itachi now. So why not act out how he felt? Why not destroy things to calm his own anger?
Sasuke had laughed when they were back in court because of him not showing for community service. So what going to the youth academy didn't matter to him. Instead Sasuke Uchiha got a surprise when her Honor decided to grant the request of the manager of Spirit Bound Sanctuary. Sasuke would live there during his community service with Tsume Inuzuka having guardian rights during his stay. Was this a new form a torture?
4 am...
"Sasuke, get up." The voice breaking through the little bit of sleep the raven teen had angered him. Like hell he was getting up! It was dark outside and summer; was this a joke? His first day of summer and here he was in hell.
Suddenly he was falling. Sasuke's hands go out to catch him realising that the bed had been tilted when he refused to rise from it. "You will get up when I tell you to. This isn't home where you run things child."
Sasuke looks to see Kiba, Tsume's son ready to go. Kiba throws a pair of worn boots to Sasuke. "Five minutes and then she'll be dragging you out in whatever you're wearing." The teen leaves the room in a hurry. Sasuke hears someone race down the stairs. He then hears the barks of excited canines. The Inuzuka family had a house full of dogs, and that didn't count the ones kept in the no kill sanctuary.
Sasuke decides to drag getting ready. Tsume appears just as Kiba stated she would. She grabs the Uchiha by the collar of his shirt and takes him down the stairs barefoot and without a jacket. "This isn't a beauty contest. Let's go, there's work to do." Sasuke glares at Tsume only to receive a glare back. The Uchiha isn't sure what to make of the situation as he's handed a rake and pushed into a stall full of straw. "Rake it out and put down fresh straw. After that move to the next stall. Continue until they've all been raked out." Sasuke looks at Tsume as if she's insane. The Uchiha looks to see Tsume's own son raking out stalls on the other side of the stable. Sasuke makes a face as his foot hits wet straw. Tsume shakes her head, "next time you'll get ready in the time you have. Get busy."
Kiba watches the Uchiha do more sulking than raking. When the teen completes his side he moves to Sasuke's side to rake out stalls. Both teens' attention turns when they hear footsteps. Sasuke grins as he notices a female. He tries to charm her into taking over for him.
Hana ruffles Sasuke's hair with a laugh. "The most you'll get out of me is a pair of boots." She laughs and places them down near a bench with socks sitting on top of them. "Later criminal." Hana disappears with a trio of dogs running around her. Kiba laughs as Sasuke decides he'll wear the pair of beaten up boots. The raven teen returns to raking out stalls as Tsume tells Kiba feed the horses instead of help Sasuke. "It's time he earns his keep without having a silver spoon." Sasuke glares at Tsume only to have the Inuzuka laugh at him.
Sasuke didn't like the idea of spending any time here. Yet he was stuck among someone who obviously didn't realize just who he was. An Uchiha didn't do slave labor. Tsume looks at Sasuke, "finish up, there's plenty more to do. Or the next ten hours you have work to do. The bright side is you'll probably finish your community service in around a month."
Sasuke watches as Tsume show him how much straw goes into a stall. "The next one you'll do alone. After that you can give them all water. Kiba will show you where the hose is and all. Once that's done Kiba can get you started making trays for the next set of animals."