Itachi's Sicko Rules
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Moving in
Hi everyone!! Second fic here and I’m not too sure how well I did, I’m more into NaruSasu normally but I ended up getting ideas that were suitable only for ItaSasu (it’s my first attempt with this pairing and with the writing style).
One more thing, I’m French Canadian for those who don’t know and there ‘will’ be grammar mistakes once in a while. My beta will take care of them later.
Disclaimer: Nope, (sniff) they’re not mine, they’re Masashi Kishimoto’s property.
Rating: NC-17…later on.
Warnings: YAOI COMING UP (and jeez, people, if you don’t know what this is, you’re on the wrong page, but heh, here anyway: yaoi is male on male jumping, now you’ll sleep less stupid tonight^^), AU and a little OOCness.
Pairing: ItaSasu
Summary: Sasuke’s life is Hell on earth, well it always was, but now, his parents decided to make things worst. His life is not called Hell anymore, from now on it’s called…Itachi.
"talk"
'thoughts'
##flash back##
Itachi’s Sicko Rules
Chapter 1: Moving in
“ Just fuck off Itachi! It’s not because I’m under your charge that you have the right to dictate everything I must or must not do damnit! I’m hanging out with my friends tonight whether you like it or not, so don’t expect me until tomorrow afternoon got that?”
…That’s when my nightmare began; when I was about to break Rule # 9, the one that says I am not allowed to disrespect my 11pm curfew…
~**~~~**~
Strange things happened to me yesterday. In fact no, they weren’t strange, nope, more like we’re getting in an area where things happen only to ruin your own existence, yeah, that’s more like it. Yesterday was my nineteenth birthday and also the day I had to attend to a family matter with the Uchiha Clan lawyer and that is to say, my parent’s death…
Oh no, don’t take this wrong, I couldn’t careless that my parents were dead. The thing is, they didn’t leave me anything at all. Then again, I could of found somewhere to go alright, but it seems that my parents were determined to keep on ruining my life even after they were buried under 6 feet of soil and worms. In they’re testament, they made it clear that Itachi and only him would inherit everything that has the little cash sign written just after the number, well, that sure as Hell wasn’t unexpected. Of course, I knew it would come to this, my parents always hated me after all, since, euhm let’s see, for forever if I care to remember correctly. So being regretful toward me was thinking the unthinkable. Though, after I thought everything was said and done, the lawyer stated one more thing. You know, the last line of the will written in tiny little letters. And that’s the part where my brain had the shittiest time ever registering what the guy just said.
## “ What?! You gotta be fucking shitting me!!”
The lawyer closed his eyes and sighed. “ Actually sir, no I’m not. It is specified here that you move with your older brother, that was Mr. And Mrs. Uchiha last wish—”
“ Argh! They can go to Hell damnit! …Oh shit that’s right they’re probably already there now are they?” Sasuke laughed the last words. The lawyer looked at me as if I was some kind of deranged sick person.
“ And don’t look at me that way! If you knew all the things they did to me you’d say the same thing old man…Anyway this damned piece of paper can’t force me into anything—”
“ I’m afraid it does sir. When it comes to this country laws, you ‘are’ of age indeed, but considering your Clan’s laws, well you’re not until you reach 21 years old, so that means you’ll be under your brother’s charge for the next three years.”
“…”
I. got. MAD!!! I looked terribly like what we could call raging anger walking on two legs. I stared at the man and grind my teeth. “ And if Itachi doesn’t accept that fact too, I can be on my own is that right?”
“ Well yes that’s true…” I’m sure at this point that relief was easily noticeable on my face. Unfortunately, it didn’t last for too long. “…But your brother already signed the papers and agreed to take you with him yesterday—”
“ WHAT???!!!! That CAN’T be true!!! I don’t want to have anything to do with that arrogant tight-ass!”
“ You’re going to have to decide that matter for good with him then. If you’ll excuse me Mr. Uchiha, this meeting is now over.”
I got on my feet and walked out the door. For the first time in over thirteen years, tears desperately wanted to stream down my cheeks. Why were my parents such damn bastards? I guess I’ll never know…##
So after that damn session with the lawyer, I had to move with my brother, which I cannot stand for one sec. And of course, my parents are the ones responsible for that fact, well, his attitude helped it a lot too I must say. During the sixth year I had to endure my parent’s wrath for not being like my fuckin brother, I began to develop a strong and weird reaction against something. At first I didn’t know what it was, the only hints I had were the symptoms. When it all started, they were only lost of appetite or downs but as days passed by, it got worst, they transformed little by little into short-temper, anger, total ignorance and rebellion. That’s when I finally understood what I was going through, I was suffering from a sever case of allergy named, affectionately of course: Itachi Uchiha.
When my parents and the rest of the Uchiha Clan realized that I wasn’t a prodigy like Itachi, they soon began to despise me. Yep, because I was just a normal human being with no high IQ or ability whatsoever, I received the title of being the Uchiha Clan’s greatest and only failure…Every day of my life they were assaulting me: Sasuke, do what Itachi does, say what Itachi says, think like Itachi thinks…In other words, be like Itachi. That’s why I hate Itachi and my damn stupid parents for not acknowledging me as I am.
Now, my parents were dead and here I was, on a Saturday afternoon, standing right in front of Itachi’s house. No, house was out of proportions, mansion would be the correct word.
I leaned my back to the gates and tried to light up a cigarette but the rain was pouring so much that it was no use. I cursed the rain for being such a bitch and the damned cigarette for not being waterproof and pushed on the gates button.
A big fence was surrounding the whole area and I almost had to pass by a metal detector just to reach the damn porch. Security guards were trailing me and they sure didn’t look like they were there only for thieves…
“ My brother is a psycho…” I sighed. ‘ Who the Hell would try to attempt on that shit-face’s life anyway? Well whoever that is, I think I could lick the guy’s ass off if he was ever to succeed!’ I smirked at my own delighting thoughts and then pushed my finger on the doorbell button.
A maid answered and a butler passed by to get all of my stuff.
“ Welcome Mr. Uchiha Sasuke. Come in please, your brother Sir Uchiha is waiting for you.” The maid said making me groan at the word ‘brother’.
I followed the young girl and ended up in a dark room lit with a couple of candles. There was a fireplace and some cozy couches. Two walls were invaded by bookshelves and one was, well there was no wall there, only gigantic windows opening on a, not so little itself either, veranda. I walked to the said veranda and looked down to see an immense garden, more like a maze though. Every-damn-thing was so big around here…
Thirteen years I haven’t seen him and I’m in his house waiting for the bastard…
“ WHAT THE—”
Itachi was behind me, leaning on me an arm around my waist and his other hand cupping my cheek so he could turn my face to him and just when his breath was brushing the corner of my mouth and I thought he was about to kiss me, he…
“ No smoking in the house or in the area, understood?” He said coldly and took the cigarette away from my mouth throwing it in a near garbage. “ Now come with me.”
“ Back off jerk! Who do you think you are giving me orders?” I cried out pushing him off me, trying to hide my embarrassment.
Itachi just stared. “ Only your older brother Sasuke and also the one in charge of you I’m afraid.”
Something in his tone just wasn’t right. His face gave the impression that he didn’t give a damn about me but his voice sounded otherwise. I don’t know, like disgust.
‘ If he didn’t want me here, why the heck did he sign the papers anyway?’
He walked out the room and I followed. He gave me a tour of his house and showed me my room, all this in complete silence.
“ Your things are already gathered here. Make yourself at home Sasuke. Oh and here are the list of my rules and I suggest you read them carefully and do not do anything against them.” Itachi said still coldly with no expression and left my new room.
I began to read his list and started laughing. “ I hope he does not really expect me to follow these!!”
Rule # 10: You will address to me as Itachi, brother or sir and nothing more.
‘ You wish you damned tight-ass bastard!’
Rule # 9: You are obliged to respect the 11pm curfew.
‘ And why’s that for anyway, it’s not like I’m twelve or anything.’
Rule # 8: You must be home for supper with me at 6pm everyday of the week.
‘ No freakin way! It’s enough for me to see your prissy face for just one minute, I’ll never survive a full hour with him around!!’
Rule # 7: You may use the training room, the pool or any other room at your liking, but with one condition: You can do as you please as long as you don’t violate any of the nine other rules…
‘ Damnit! Why is there always a catch?!!’
Rule # 6: While you’re in the house and in its surroundings, you will wear only what I tell you to.
‘ You can take your kimonos and stick them up your ass alright!’
Rule # 5: You are not permitted to smoke, to wear makeup, piercing of any kind whatsoever and you must hide your tattoos as well.
‘ How the Hell does he knows I have more than one? I mean the other one is on my ass for fuck sake!…’
Rule # 4: You do not bring snakes, reptiles, tarantulas or any of these ‘things’ you use to have before.
‘ And what exactly makes him think I don’t have some anymore, he should know that some tarantula are really ‘really’ tiny…*smirk*’
Rule # 3: You cannot have any friends coming over.
‘ Like I’d want them to ever meet you, you psycho prodigy…’
Rule # 2: No sex allowed within these walls and fences.
‘Oh just go get yourself a life Itachi!!’
And Rule # 1: You’re ‘not’ allowed in my room under any circumstances.
‘ Ya right, no need to tell me, it would never crossed my mind anyway.’
~**~~~**~
And now we’re back to me breaking Rule # 9.
I didn’t want to stay here for another second. Going out with my friends and getting drunk would probably relax me a little and right now, the only thing I wanted is to not think about the fact that I just moved in with Itachi and his sicko rules!
“ Before you go little brother, I should warn you about something.” He said as calmly as ever. “ There will be a sanction, you see, every time you’ll break one of my ten rule’s list, I’ll add a day or two to your three years of staying with me. And if I judge that a week is worth of the rule you broke then I’ll add one week to your stay. It’s as simply as that. And before you say I don’t have the right to do so, well I’m telling you right now that I actually have it.”
Itachi looked at me with dull eyes, not even the slightest emotion. I’d rather have him look down on me or just smirk, do something. No, he just had to be a heartless bastard.
I was shocked. Seriously, I was lost. Why was he so mean when he obviously knew I could not stand being near him. He knew I didn’t like him. It wasn’t anything new, I started hating him since I was six. But I never attacked him or anything, I was just ignoring him back then, so it can’t be that he wants revenge on me, it’s not like he has a reason to hate me, I’m nothing compared to him, I’m nothing to him so why is he doing this to me?…
I escaped my stupor and locked my eyes on his, glaring madly. I moved my feet forward and passed by him. “ I HATE you Itachi…” I hissed, emphasizing on the ‘hate’ part.
I went back to my bedroom and started to scream my lungs out.
“ Arrgghhhhhhh!!!! I hate you Itachi!!… I HATE YOU BROTHER!!!!”
That’s the first time in all these years that I called him ‘brother’. I never used this word to describe him before. I never told anyone I had a brother. I didn’t want anyone to know we were siblings and moreover ‘I’ didn’t want to accept it. Though, now it seems that I won’t be able to escape my blood, not anymore, not now that I have to be with him for the next three years.
A tear ran down one of my cheeks and I swept it right away. I won’t give him the pleasure to see or hear me cry. I stood on my feet and punched through a wall.
‘ He wants war…then I’ll give him one.’ I thought smirking. ‘ A couple of days added to my stay won’t really matter. I already have 1096 days to pass through, so a couple of hundreds more won’t do much difference if I succeed in making him regret the day he ever signed the damned papers…’
“ I’ll make you regret making my life a Hell Itachi, I’ll violate all of your stupid rules till the last one.” I whispered.
To Be Continued…
I know it’s a little short, but it seemed like the right place to end chapter 1.
LMFAO!!! Oh I’m gonna have a lot of fun writing this one!!
And, it may seem like it, but NO it’s not an angsty fic…Thank god!..I don’t really like that kind of fic, it gets on my nerves! Héhé.
Funny stuff is coming and as for lemons-freaks, well, you’ll have to wait a little, I’m not into senseless fuck so it’s gonna take a while before things get heated up…sorry.
If you dislike my ‘new’ writing style, please tell me. Thanks
Well people, if you liked it so far, I’d like to know what you think of it and get your opinion on whether or not I should keep on going…
Thank you all for reading anyway =^_^=
Oh and for the updates…well I don’t know when chap 2 will be out and that is to say if you actually want one héhé…
*Note for the ones who read Hitting on Sasuke (my first fic) and are waiting for chap 4: I’m really sorry!!! It makes like two months and almost a half I haven’t updated..I just got into a major block and can’t seem to escape it. GOMEN!!
One more thing, I’m French Canadian for those who don’t know and there ‘will’ be grammar mistakes once in a while. My beta will take care of them later.
Disclaimer: Nope, (sniff) they’re not mine, they’re Masashi Kishimoto’s property.
Rating: NC-17…later on.
Warnings: YAOI COMING UP (and jeez, people, if you don’t know what this is, you’re on the wrong page, but heh, here anyway: yaoi is male on male jumping, now you’ll sleep less stupid tonight^^), AU and a little OOCness.
Pairing: ItaSasu
Summary: Sasuke’s life is Hell on earth, well it always was, but now, his parents decided to make things worst. His life is not called Hell anymore, from now on it’s called…Itachi.
"talk"
'thoughts'
##flash back##
Itachi’s Sicko Rules
Chapter 1: Moving in
“ Just fuck off Itachi! It’s not because I’m under your charge that you have the right to dictate everything I must or must not do damnit! I’m hanging out with my friends tonight whether you like it or not, so don’t expect me until tomorrow afternoon got that?”
…That’s when my nightmare began; when I was about to break Rule # 9, the one that says I am not allowed to disrespect my 11pm curfew…
~**~~~**~
Strange things happened to me yesterday. In fact no, they weren’t strange, nope, more like we’re getting in an area where things happen only to ruin your own existence, yeah, that’s more like it. Yesterday was my nineteenth birthday and also the day I had to attend to a family matter with the Uchiha Clan lawyer and that is to say, my parent’s death…
Oh no, don’t take this wrong, I couldn’t careless that my parents were dead. The thing is, they didn’t leave me anything at all. Then again, I could of found somewhere to go alright, but it seems that my parents were determined to keep on ruining my life even after they were buried under 6 feet of soil and worms. In they’re testament, they made it clear that Itachi and only him would inherit everything that has the little cash sign written just after the number, well, that sure as Hell wasn’t unexpected. Of course, I knew it would come to this, my parents always hated me after all, since, euhm let’s see, for forever if I care to remember correctly. So being regretful toward me was thinking the unthinkable. Though, after I thought everything was said and done, the lawyer stated one more thing. You know, the last line of the will written in tiny little letters. And that’s the part where my brain had the shittiest time ever registering what the guy just said.
## “ What?! You gotta be fucking shitting me!!”
The lawyer closed his eyes and sighed. “ Actually sir, no I’m not. It is specified here that you move with your older brother, that was Mr. And Mrs. Uchiha last wish—”
“ Argh! They can go to Hell damnit! …Oh shit that’s right they’re probably already there now are they?” Sasuke laughed the last words. The lawyer looked at me as if I was some kind of deranged sick person.
“ And don’t look at me that way! If you knew all the things they did to me you’d say the same thing old man…Anyway this damned piece of paper can’t force me into anything—”
“ I’m afraid it does sir. When it comes to this country laws, you ‘are’ of age indeed, but considering your Clan’s laws, well you’re not until you reach 21 years old, so that means you’ll be under your brother’s charge for the next three years.”
“…”
I. got. MAD!!! I looked terribly like what we could call raging anger walking on two legs. I stared at the man and grind my teeth. “ And if Itachi doesn’t accept that fact too, I can be on my own is that right?”
“ Well yes that’s true…” I’m sure at this point that relief was easily noticeable on my face. Unfortunately, it didn’t last for too long. “…But your brother already signed the papers and agreed to take you with him yesterday—”
“ WHAT???!!!! That CAN’T be true!!! I don’t want to have anything to do with that arrogant tight-ass!”
“ You’re going to have to decide that matter for good with him then. If you’ll excuse me Mr. Uchiha, this meeting is now over.”
I got on my feet and walked out the door. For the first time in over thirteen years, tears desperately wanted to stream down my cheeks. Why were my parents such damn bastards? I guess I’ll never know…##
So after that damn session with the lawyer, I had to move with my brother, which I cannot stand for one sec. And of course, my parents are the ones responsible for that fact, well, his attitude helped it a lot too I must say. During the sixth year I had to endure my parent’s wrath for not being like my fuckin brother, I began to develop a strong and weird reaction against something. At first I didn’t know what it was, the only hints I had were the symptoms. When it all started, they were only lost of appetite or downs but as days passed by, it got worst, they transformed little by little into short-temper, anger, total ignorance and rebellion. That’s when I finally understood what I was going through, I was suffering from a sever case of allergy named, affectionately of course: Itachi Uchiha.
When my parents and the rest of the Uchiha Clan realized that I wasn’t a prodigy like Itachi, they soon began to despise me. Yep, because I was just a normal human being with no high IQ or ability whatsoever, I received the title of being the Uchiha Clan’s greatest and only failure…Every day of my life they were assaulting me: Sasuke, do what Itachi does, say what Itachi says, think like Itachi thinks…In other words, be like Itachi. That’s why I hate Itachi and my damn stupid parents for not acknowledging me as I am.
Now, my parents were dead and here I was, on a Saturday afternoon, standing right in front of Itachi’s house. No, house was out of proportions, mansion would be the correct word.
I leaned my back to the gates and tried to light up a cigarette but the rain was pouring so much that it was no use. I cursed the rain for being such a bitch and the damned cigarette for not being waterproof and pushed on the gates button.
A big fence was surrounding the whole area and I almost had to pass by a metal detector just to reach the damn porch. Security guards were trailing me and they sure didn’t look like they were there only for thieves…
“ My brother is a psycho…” I sighed. ‘ Who the Hell would try to attempt on that shit-face’s life anyway? Well whoever that is, I think I could lick the guy’s ass off if he was ever to succeed!’ I smirked at my own delighting thoughts and then pushed my finger on the doorbell button.
A maid answered and a butler passed by to get all of my stuff.
“ Welcome Mr. Uchiha Sasuke. Come in please, your brother Sir Uchiha is waiting for you.” The maid said making me groan at the word ‘brother’.
I followed the young girl and ended up in a dark room lit with a couple of candles. There was a fireplace and some cozy couches. Two walls were invaded by bookshelves and one was, well there was no wall there, only gigantic windows opening on a, not so little itself either, veranda. I walked to the said veranda and looked down to see an immense garden, more like a maze though. Every-damn-thing was so big around here…
Thirteen years I haven’t seen him and I’m in his house waiting for the bastard…
“ WHAT THE—”
Itachi was behind me, leaning on me an arm around my waist and his other hand cupping my cheek so he could turn my face to him and just when his breath was brushing the corner of my mouth and I thought he was about to kiss me, he…
“ No smoking in the house or in the area, understood?” He said coldly and took the cigarette away from my mouth throwing it in a near garbage. “ Now come with me.”
“ Back off jerk! Who do you think you are giving me orders?” I cried out pushing him off me, trying to hide my embarrassment.
Itachi just stared. “ Only your older brother Sasuke and also the one in charge of you I’m afraid.”
Something in his tone just wasn’t right. His face gave the impression that he didn’t give a damn about me but his voice sounded otherwise. I don’t know, like disgust.
‘ If he didn’t want me here, why the heck did he sign the papers anyway?’
He walked out the room and I followed. He gave me a tour of his house and showed me my room, all this in complete silence.
“ Your things are already gathered here. Make yourself at home Sasuke. Oh and here are the list of my rules and I suggest you read them carefully and do not do anything against them.” Itachi said still coldly with no expression and left my new room.
I began to read his list and started laughing. “ I hope he does not really expect me to follow these!!”
Rule # 10: You will address to me as Itachi, brother or sir and nothing more.
‘ You wish you damned tight-ass bastard!’
Rule # 9: You are obliged to respect the 11pm curfew.
‘ And why’s that for anyway, it’s not like I’m twelve or anything.’
Rule # 8: You must be home for supper with me at 6pm everyday of the week.
‘ No freakin way! It’s enough for me to see your prissy face for just one minute, I’ll never survive a full hour with him around!!’
Rule # 7: You may use the training room, the pool or any other room at your liking, but with one condition: You can do as you please as long as you don’t violate any of the nine other rules…
‘ Damnit! Why is there always a catch?!!’
Rule # 6: While you’re in the house and in its surroundings, you will wear only what I tell you to.
‘ You can take your kimonos and stick them up your ass alright!’
Rule # 5: You are not permitted to smoke, to wear makeup, piercing of any kind whatsoever and you must hide your tattoos as well.
‘ How the Hell does he knows I have more than one? I mean the other one is on my ass for fuck sake!…’
Rule # 4: You do not bring snakes, reptiles, tarantulas or any of these ‘things’ you use to have before.
‘ And what exactly makes him think I don’t have some anymore, he should know that some tarantula are really ‘really’ tiny…*smirk*’
Rule # 3: You cannot have any friends coming over.
‘ Like I’d want them to ever meet you, you psycho prodigy…’
Rule # 2: No sex allowed within these walls and fences.
‘Oh just go get yourself a life Itachi!!’
And Rule # 1: You’re ‘not’ allowed in my room under any circumstances.
‘ Ya right, no need to tell me, it would never crossed my mind anyway.’
~**~~~**~
And now we’re back to me breaking Rule # 9.
I didn’t want to stay here for another second. Going out with my friends and getting drunk would probably relax me a little and right now, the only thing I wanted is to not think about the fact that I just moved in with Itachi and his sicko rules!
“ Before you go little brother, I should warn you about something.” He said as calmly as ever. “ There will be a sanction, you see, every time you’ll break one of my ten rule’s list, I’ll add a day or two to your three years of staying with me. And if I judge that a week is worth of the rule you broke then I’ll add one week to your stay. It’s as simply as that. And before you say I don’t have the right to do so, well I’m telling you right now that I actually have it.”
Itachi looked at me with dull eyes, not even the slightest emotion. I’d rather have him look down on me or just smirk, do something. No, he just had to be a heartless bastard.
I was shocked. Seriously, I was lost. Why was he so mean when he obviously knew I could not stand being near him. He knew I didn’t like him. It wasn’t anything new, I started hating him since I was six. But I never attacked him or anything, I was just ignoring him back then, so it can’t be that he wants revenge on me, it’s not like he has a reason to hate me, I’m nothing compared to him, I’m nothing to him so why is he doing this to me?…
I escaped my stupor and locked my eyes on his, glaring madly. I moved my feet forward and passed by him. “ I HATE you Itachi…” I hissed, emphasizing on the ‘hate’ part.
I went back to my bedroom and started to scream my lungs out.
“ Arrgghhhhhhh!!!! I hate you Itachi!!… I HATE YOU BROTHER!!!!”
That’s the first time in all these years that I called him ‘brother’. I never used this word to describe him before. I never told anyone I had a brother. I didn’t want anyone to know we were siblings and moreover ‘I’ didn’t want to accept it. Though, now it seems that I won’t be able to escape my blood, not anymore, not now that I have to be with him for the next three years.
A tear ran down one of my cheeks and I swept it right away. I won’t give him the pleasure to see or hear me cry. I stood on my feet and punched through a wall.
‘ He wants war…then I’ll give him one.’ I thought smirking. ‘ A couple of days added to my stay won’t really matter. I already have 1096 days to pass through, so a couple of hundreds more won’t do much difference if I succeed in making him regret the day he ever signed the damned papers…’
“ I’ll make you regret making my life a Hell Itachi, I’ll violate all of your stupid rules till the last one.” I whispered.
To Be Continued…
I know it’s a little short, but it seemed like the right place to end chapter 1.
LMFAO!!! Oh I’m gonna have a lot of fun writing this one!!
And, it may seem like it, but NO it’s not an angsty fic…Thank god!..I don’t really like that kind of fic, it gets on my nerves! Héhé.
Funny stuff is coming and as for lemons-freaks, well, you’ll have to wait a little, I’m not into senseless fuck so it’s gonna take a while before things get heated up…sorry.
If you dislike my ‘new’ writing style, please tell me. Thanks
Well people, if you liked it so far, I’d like to know what you think of it and get your opinion on whether or not I should keep on going…
Thank you all for reading anyway =^_^=
Oh and for the updates…well I don’t know when chap 2 will be out and that is to say if you actually want one héhé…
*Note for the ones who read Hitting on Sasuke (my first fic) and are waiting for chap 4: I’m really sorry!!! It makes like two months and almost a half I haven’t updated..I just got into a major block and can’t seem to escape it. GOMEN!!