~*BloodCraven*~
In Victorian-era Europe, a young girl loses everything she once held near and dear to a vicious plot. In her moment of death, she strikes a deal with a demon: her soul, in exchange for revenge. Sakura Haruno is now the head of the Haruno corporation, handling all business affairs as well as the underground work for the Queen of England. Her new partner is a demon butler, Sasuke Uchiha, whose powers as a butler is only surpassed by his strength as a demon.
The story follows the two along with their other servants, as they work to unravel the plot behind Sakura's parents' murder, and the horrendous tragedies that befell Sakura in the month directly after.
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A/N: Concerning the marks...hm...The Faustian Contract is that of Sasuke's sharingan, you know the one that looks like a star or flower, whatever but it hides in both her eyes and she can deactivate and activate it at will whenever she gives an order. And the curse mark is on the right side of her lower back from her enslavement. Also when giving an order Sasuke's eyes turn into his regular sharingan the one with the three tomoes.
Let me get this out...Ciel is the cutest thing I've every seen and Sebastian is the sexiest thing I've seen!
~XoxO, Reira~
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~Chapter 2: His Mistress, Unorthodox~
"Damn," Suigetsu said picking up a chewed up cord, "They really did a number on this."
"Mice again?" Karin said. He nodded his head.
"I heard there's been an unusual outbreak of them in London, but to think they could spread all the way to us here on the outskirts..." He paused when he heard the squeak of a mouse then a white ball a fur running by them. All three of them jumped. Juugo quickly got up and grabbed the nearest statue and hurled toward the small rodent, causing the whole mansion to shake.
"It got away." He said.
"Were you trying to kill us as well!" Suigetsu yelled.
~O~
"Ah! There's another one, there!"
"Kill it!"
Sakura silently cursed to herself when she heard footsteps running up and down the hallway, loudly. Why did she ever hire such imbeciles? She looked around the room at the people around her. Lord Randell, head of the a finance company. Her green eyes then darted to, Azuro Venere, the Italian mafia boss. She slightly smirked, because he was half-brother of the man she practically burned alive. She let out a small giggled remembering on how awful his scream was.
"It's quite noisy, isn't it," Randell said looking at Sakura, "So, there are even mice here?" He back away from the billiard table and let Azuro take his turn.
"How long will these little monsters that devour our food and spread disease everywhere be left to their to own devices." Sakura frowned as she looked over to Choji Akimichi; he ran the finest restaurant. He'd probably get to the food before all of them.
"They have been deliberately unleashed, haven't they?" Kakashi said.
"Indeed. She always aims to take things down in one strike," Sakura smiled at the comment her aunt, Rin said, "Will you be passing again this time, Lady Haruno?"
"I'll pass. It's not my habit to strike a ball that won't sink." She heard someone suck their teeth.
"Small talk aside, when will these mice be exterminated?"
Sakura smirked, "Any moment now, the mice will be sinking their teeth into the forbidden cheese. We have the key to the storeroom here." Before going his turn, Azuro glared at Sakura before hitting the ivory cue ball. He grunted in irritation when he saw it roll right into the pocket. "However, finding the nest and eliminating the mice might be somewhat tedious," She pouted her lip out, "I hope you are prepared to pay the fee for that."
"You vulture." She narrowed her eyes toward Randell.
"Lord Randell, do you really have the authority to be smearing my family crest?" She said, lowly.
"You really messed that one up, Randell, " Azuro said before looking at Sakura, "What will you do, Countess?" Sakura ignored him and stood up looking at the billiard table.
"Let us bring an end to this ridiculous game," She walked past Randell and stopped, "How soon can you have the payment ready?"
"By tonight." She smiled before continuing her way to the table. She pushed herself up on the table and sat on the ledge, pulling up her stick. "I'll send a carriage for delivery later," She leaned down and got eye level aligning her stick, "I shall await the token of your gratitude."
"You're aiming for all the balls in this set-up?" She heard Choji say.
"Of course."
"Greed sets the body on the path to destruction." Her smiled became larger as she hit the ivory ball and all of the targeted ones fell into the pockets.
"Greed, huh?"
~O~
"Today, I have prepared some Fortnum and Mason's Darjeeling tea." Sasuke said.
Kakashi took a sip (Yes, he took one through his mask, lol), he pulled it away, "What a wonderful scent. When it is properly prepared, there's no comparison." Sasuke continued to pour another, oblivious to notice starstruck eyes watching him.
"Kabuto!" He shook his head.
"Y-yes, Madam Rin?" He said turning his head toward her.
"Watch and learn."
"Y-yes." Rin looked at Sasuke.
"In any case," She lifted her hand and began to run her hand up and down his back side, making him shiver, "you truly are a fine man! Why don't you stop serving at a manor house and come to work for us?" Sakura cleared her throat.
"Madam Rin!" She said gaining her attention.
"Oh, my! Pardon me! I started kneading him without realizing it. I wonder if it's just a doctor's habit?," She narrowed her eyes suggestively at Sakura, "Are you infatuated with your butler? You seemed a bit...jealous if I might say." Sakura's eyes widen as she choke on her tea.
"Don't be absurd!" She yelled. Kakashi smiled before changing the subject.
"Is it true that one of your previous guests was in a smuggling trade?" Calming down, Sakura leaned back into her chair.
"Yeah."
"You should of left the extermination to Kakashi. No one knows where a mouse nests better than a mouse." Rin said. Kakashi smiled.
"I'm a domesticated marmot." He said defending his person. He then stood up and walked over to Sakura and placed a hand on her head looking down at her, "It is the Countess's order, then I shall do the dirty work." Rin glared at him before jumping over and grabbed Sakura.
"Don't you dare lay a finger on my precious niece!"
"Oh, my! There's no way I'd try to lay a finger on him out here."
"Are you saying that you'd do it somewhere else?", She accidentally dropped Sakura and pointed her finger at him, "That is quite a criminal proposal! Do you really understand? She's my very, very sweet niece!" Sasuke turned around to see Sakura was leaving.
"Young Mistress?"
Sakura opened the door and sighed, "Here, too." She put a hand to her head, feeling a headache coming on. Thinking she would get away from the noise, she heard her three stooges running down the hall.
"It went that way, you guys!" Suigetsu yelled.
"Here as well." She said stopping.
"Young Mistress," She turned to looked at Sasuke, "Today, I have prepared an apple and raisin deep pie. It has almost finished baking, so please stay with the other guests." She shook her head before turning back around.
"Bring it to my room. I had enough of socializing." She said making her way.
"As you wish." He said bowing before looking down seeing two mouse run by. He quickly snatched them and threw them in the net that Suigetsu held. shocking all of them. He wiped his hand on his suit before looking at them, "All of you, please stop playing around and do your jobs."
"Yes, sir."
~O~
Sakura closed the door to her study and sighed, "It's finally calm." She said with relief. That's when suddenly something grabbed her and clothes was put over her mouth and nose. As she inhaled the scent, her eyes became heavier. "Chloroform." She thought before she completely passed out.
~O~
Sasuke knocked on the door, "Young Mistress, I have brought you your afternoon tea." He waited a few seconds for an answer, "Young Mistress?" He said opening the door. His eyes grew slightly when he discovered the mess, "Ah, what an predicament. The tea will all go to a waste now."
~O~
"The English Underworld: the league of evil lords who, generation after generation, take care of the royal family's dirty work. The Queen's guard dogs who, with absolute power, stifle all those that would rebel," Azuro picked up an cigar and cut the end of it, before looking back at Sakura, "Just how many households have you helped, and how many have you crushed, Sakura Haruno?"
She looked up, her face was bruised and she had blood coming from her nose, she glared daggers at him, "So, it was you after all, Azuro Venere of the Ferro family." he looked down at her after lighting his cigar.
"Hey, little Haruno, it's hard for the Italian Mafia in this country," He approached her and kneel in front of her, "English people always have tea on their minds. Even though individuals in our line of work can make people a lot of money, they have to strain their little tea-stained minds. That's why we deal in drugs."
Sakura closed her eyes, "In '68's Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, even opium was listed as a poison. It is the Queen's decree," She opened her eyes, "not to allow the spread of drugs or accommodate dealers any further." Azuro sighed heavily, blowing smoke in her face and put his hand to his head.
"This is why English people are such a pain. The Queen! The Queen! They all have this Oedipus-like complex for the Queen," He reached out and grabbed her chin making her look up at him, "Binding people to your rules and trying to secure all the good picks for yourself; aren't we birds of a feather? Let's get along." He said, his eyes darting down to see the exposed skin of her leg. He placed his other hand on her knee and began to slide it up slowly. Sakura remained indifferent.
"If I am not returned, my servant has been ordered to take the storehouse's key to the government." He stopped his hand and looked up into her face, to see a smile gracing her lips, "Sorry, but I have no intention of getting along with some gutter rat." He intently stood up and took out his gun and pointed it at her head.
"Don't underestimate us adults, you little brat! I've already had my subordinates lie in wait at your mansion," He cocked the gun back threateningly, "Where's the key? If you don't spill it soon, I'll start offing servants, one by one." Her smile grew into a genuine one as she leaned her head to the side.
"It's so nice when pets do as they're told."
Angered, he kicked her in the face and dropped his cigar on the floor, stepping on it. He reached for the phone, "Did you hear that? Negotiations are over."
~O~
Sasuke stopped walking and looked out the window, "Well now, I wonder where the young mistress was taken?"
"Sasuke!" He looked forward to see Karin running waving a letter in the air, "This letter just arrived at the entrance!"
"To whom it is addressed?" He asked.
"To the attendant of Sakura Haruno." Sasuke looked out the window one time, he saw a man with a rifle. He narrowed his eyes before looking back forward to see Karin tripping on her shoelaces and falling toward him. Hearing the gun off, he threw up the pie he made and caught Karin, falling back onto the floor. From the corner of his eye, he saw the vase explode from contact of the missed bullet. He lifted the tray and caught the pie.
"Karin, the letter."
"Ah, y-yes!" She said scrambling to get from off top of him, handing him the letter. He lifted up and took it and opened it.
"If you want your master to be returned, bring "the item" to Bethnal Green's Nova Scotia Gardens," He blinked, "This is a somewhat inelegant invitation."
"Sasuke!" Suigetsu yelled. He quickly tuck the letter in his pocket.
"Just what is going on here?" Rin said, looking at the broken vase.
"I apologize for the ruckus. It's nothing. Please do not worry."
"Nothing?" She said questioningly also looking at the broken window. Sasuke turned to Suigetsu.
"I'm sorry to ask this of you, but could you please take care of cleaning up?" He handed the pie over to him before walking past him. Suigetsu looked down at it.
"By cleaning up, you mean, it's alright to eat it?" He stared shocked into the empty space.
"Sasuke?"
~O~
"Sorry. We failed."
"Failed? You useless screwups! This is why you're garbage," The man turned around to see if anyone was following them, "Whatever. You guys are finished. Get back here at once." He turned back around and through the dirt cloud he could see a speeding figure.
"W-wait a sec. Something strange is..." He looked closely, his eyes widen. "What the hell?"
"What's wrong? Did you run into a bear in forest?" Azuro said amusedly. He frowned when he began to hear them scream, "What's with you guys? Isn't this a bit too clichéd?"
"Speed up!" The driver hurriedly turned, trying to shake it off. He turned back around to still see the shadowy figure still hot on their trail, "It's coming."
"Cut it out, you numbskulls!"
"It's no good, it's here!" Azuro's eyes widen as he began to hear them scream louder and then the sounds of a car crash. He froze for moment.
"H-hey, what's wrong?" He said hesitantly.
He heard her begin laugh, "It looks like your little game of fetch is over." He turned toward her and began to kick and stomp on her.
"Shut up, you little brat!" He picked the phone back up, "Hey! If you morons don't respond, I'm going to kill you!"
"Good day," His eyes widen as he didn't recognize the voice, "I am one of the Haruno servants. I was just wondering if our young mistress had been intruding upon you?," Azuro looked over his shoulder and looked at the motionless girl on the floor, "...Hello? Is that the case? Hello?" He struggled to say something as sweat stared dripping down his forehead.
"Meow." Sakura said. He froze.
"...Understood. I shall come and collect her immediately." Just then the line went dead.
Sasuke threw the useless phone back at them, "Thank you for allowing me to borrow this. I also have two or three things to inquire about. Firstly, what is the name of your owner? Please do bare in mind that I am not patient type, sense I do hold your lives in hand." He said smiling, nodding toward the steep ledge the car was tittering over and the only thing from making it crash down was his weight. "You don't want to end up like Humpty Dumpty, do you?" The man froze in fear.
"It's Azuro Venere of the Ferro Family! His base of operations is in the northern part of East London," Sasuke stood up, "We were just hired hands!"
"Oh, is that so? I'm sorry I held you up when you were so very busy, then." He jumped off the car, "Have a very nice trip." He watched as the car fell over before taking out his pocket watch, "Oh dear. It's already this late?" An explosion was then heard behind him as he closed the watch and tucked it back in his pocket, "I'd better hurry up, or dinner will be delayed."
~O~
"Is it really alright?" Rin said.
"If that butler says so, then it's nothing." Kakashi said. "Through his long association with the Countess, an unshakable bond has been formed. He is always at the Countess's side, as if he were a shadow."
"Huh?" Rin said confusingly, "Didn't Sasuke arrive only two years ago?"
"Is that so? My! A person's memory really is an unreliable thing. Right, Shizune?" She looked at him confused.
"This man..." Rin said.
~O~
"The Haruno's guard dog is on his way here! Guard the walls! Don't let even a single mouse in! Don't let anything get through!" Azuro yelled to his guards, as they began to pack the front yard.
"My, what a splendid mansion." Sasuke said. They turned around.
"Who the hell are you?" Sasuke turned around.
"Ah, I beg your pardon. I am the one that serves in the Haruno household.
~O~
Karin sighed loudly, "Where did Sasuke go?"
"That's right." Juugo said.
"Who cares about where he is or what he's doing," He slammed his hands on the table, "The problem right now is! When he said clean up, did he mean it was okay for us to eat this? Or was it not?"
"It should be okay, right?" Juugo said.
"Idiot! If you're wrong, he'll make a deluxe triple ice cream out of your head!" Karin stood up and slammed a bottle of milk on the table.
"Suigetsu, it's not good to get so agitated. You must be lacking calcium. Drink this." He looked at the bottle in disgust.
"I don't need it."
"Don't snub milk! If you drink enough, your bones will become extremely sturdy!"
~O~
A man yelled out in pain as he grabbed his twisted arm, "It broke! My bone, it broke!"
"Pardon me, I'm in a bit of a hurry." He took out his watch, "5:34 p.m." He frowned and continued his way inside the mansion. He opened the door in the dining room to have a barrage of bullet hurling toward him. He lifted up the silver tray and blocked some before throwing as a Frisbee, hitting everyone on the left. Jumping up on the table he collected every single dish before hurling them at them.
"Damn! Call the guys over in the east wing! I'll turn you into a beehive!" He threaten Sasuke.
"With all these mice scattering everywhere, there will be no end to this."
~O~
"I've made up my mind! I'm going to eat it!" Suigetsu turned to Karin, "Karin, bring the tea! Juugo, you fetch the silverware!"
"Yes, sir!" Juugo walked over to drawer.
"If I remember correctly, it's in...Huh?"
"What's wrong?"
"That's strange. I'm sure it's supposed to be here, but I can't see any of the silverware."
~O~
Sasuke took out the sharp forks and knives that he took from the kitchen and threw them at them. Killing them one by one.
"Just what it this guy?" He said before a knife penetrated his own skull.
"For someone who wishes to serve as a butler to the Harunos," Sasuke threw another one, killing him, "being able to do this is only natural."
~O~
"My, my. That took up quite a bit of time." He took out his watch, "5:43 p.m."
Azuro stood with gun in hand waiting for anyone to come through the door. He gasped when he saw the door open, revealing the butler he saw back at the mansion. "I have come to collect my mistress." Completely caught off guard, he began to laugh.
"Huh. I'm surprised. Here I was wondering what kind of monstrous man would appear and it's just Romeo in a tailcoat? Just what are you? You aren't just any butler, are you?"
"No, I am one hell of a butler. Just that." Azuro smirked.
"I see. At any rate, I have no intention of going at it with you, but you know..." His eyes looked back at Sakura. He reached down and grabbed her by her pink locks and lifted her up, pointing the gun to her head. "You brought the item, right?"
"Yes." He said reaching into his coat and pulling a small golden key, "Right here." He was silence when a gun went off and the bullet went through the side of his head. Sakura's eyes widen.
"Sasu..." She said before she saw a barrage of bullet hit his body and him hit the floor, motionless. Azuro began laughed.
"Sorry, Romeo. Looks like I win the game! The opponent was the master of games, Lady Haruno, but I had an ace up my sleeve," He lifted her head up and looked at her, "It seems like I've roughed your pretty little face but," He looked into her eyes before trailing down her body, "For you, I bet, more than the other bits, your eyes and body will get you the most. Don't worry, you don't have to be afraid. By the time you get completely messed up..."
"Hey, how long do you intend to mess around?" He looked at her confused as she looked at her dead butler, "How long are going to pretend to be sleep?"
"My, my." Sasuke said.
"Th-that's impossible!" The men that shot him began to back away slowly when he began to raise up slowly.
"Modern guns really have improved. They are completely different from those of a hundred years ago," He threw up the bullets and held them out to them, "I shall return these to you."
Azuro began to panic, "What are you doing? Kill him!" Before he knew it, all of them were dead from one shot in the chest. Azuro let go of her head and put an hand over his mouth, shocked.
"Oh dear. My clothes are all full of holes." Sasuke said holding up the end up his coat, examining it.
"It's because you were playing around, you idiot." Sasuke smirked before looking at her appearance.
"Young Mistress, they don't appear to have treated you like a lady." He began to approached them. Azuro put the gun higher on her head.
"Don't come any closer!"
Sasuke ignored him, "You look like a caterpillar, at once both disgusting and splendid. It quite fits your small, weak stature."
"I-if you get any closer, I'll shoot her!" Sasuke stopped.
"Hurry up. His breath stinks."
"If I get any closer, you'll be killed." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"You bastard. Are you trying to break the contract?"
"By no means, I am your loyal servant, after all."
"What the hell are you two talking about?"
"Young Mistress," He put his finger up to prove a point, "I told you what to do if I ever disregard my duty, did I not?" Sakura sighed and closed her eyes. She opened them back up to reveal the Faustian contract mark.
"This is an order! Save me now!"
"Shut up!" Azuro said before pulling the trigger. He looked down and smirked.
He gasped when he realized that she was still alive, smiling up at him. "Why didn't she die?"
"Is this what your looking for?" He looked and saw the bullet in Sasuke's hand, "I shall return it to you." He said dropping it into his coat pocket. The arm that was holding on to Sakura, painfully twisted, making him scream out in pain and fall to the floor. Sasuke picked Sakura up and walked over to the chair and sat her down.
"This game wasn't all this fun this time." She said.
"Hey you, wait!" Azuro said, "Come and be my bodyguard! I'll give you five, no, ten times the pay he's giving you. I'll give all the women and alcohol you want, so please..." Sasuke let out a small chuckle while he was ripping the binds off of her.
"I'm sorry, Signore Venere, but I have no interest in the waste made by man. I am a demon and a butler, after all." His eyes began to glow red.
"A-A demon?" The room began to grow dark and black feathers began to float around room.
"By the key of the contract my young mistress holds, I am but her loyal dog." Sasuke used his teeth to take off his white glove to show the Faustian mark that glowed the same color as his eyes and held it up in front of his eye, "Through sacrifices and wishes, I am abide by the contract and be bound to my mistress. This, in exchange for her soul." Sakura smirked before leaning her chin on her hand.
"Sorry, but this game is over."
~O~
Sakura opened her eyes and realized she was outside, she looked forward and saw her burning house. She gasped, "Have you awoken?" She looked up to see that Sasuke was carrying her. She looked back forward and saw her house wasn't burning. She had been imagining it.
"Young Mistress! Welcome home!" She heard Karin say. Sakura looked at them.
"Mistress Sakura has been injured!"
"I just tripped. It's nothing to worry about." Sakura noticed the goggle eyes they were watching her with, "What? Don't you believe what the lady of the household tells you?"
"No, it's not that. It's just..."
"You look so adorable, like a baby." Sakura blushed before looking at Sasuke.
"P-put me down already!" She stood him. He smiled before sitting her down. Sakura glared at them. "Don't call me that! You people are-"
"Young Mistress, I apologize profusely," She turned to see him kneeling, "I have erred in a manner unbefitting a Haruno butler.
Sakura blinked, "How should I repent?"
"I have not made the preparations for tonight's dinner in the slightest."