Chapter 1:

She lives with her parents.

He lives with his brother.

He's abused.

She is not

He pulled the hood up over his head and walked to the door of his room when he heard his brother's voice.

"Get your ass down here and out this damn front door!"

Why would he care? Sasuke thought as he ran down the hall, jumping over the balcony and nearly hitting one of the maids.

"Ah! Gomen Liena." Sasuke said and nodded, heading for the front door only to have someone grab the color of his shirt.

"Little brother." Sasuke glared at Itachi through the corner of his eyes.

"What?"

"Pocket knife." He held his hand out. Sasuke reached into his back pocket and reluctantly handed it to Itachi. "You're first mistake little brother, was trying to sneak out with this. Your second mistake was handing it to me." The door was still shut and Sasuke tensed. He bit his tongue when he felt something slash his back.

This makes...Let's see...The ninth one in the past week... Sasuke thought to himself.

"Go clean your back off now." Itachi walked away while Sasuke watched. When Itachi was down the hall and no longer in eyesight. Sasuke threw the door open and ran from the house, down the long drive and threw the gates. He made it to school in less than ten minutes. A new record. Sasuke took the seat in the back again, waiting for school to start. The school day was semi normal. He stayed to himself most of the day. Gym rolled around and Sasuke was dreading this as he walked from the locker room in his gym uniform. Again, first one in and out. Early to class again. He couldn't risk anyone seeing the scars on his back.

"SASUKE!" Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts when he heard the teacher call his name. He jerked his head up to meet the teachers eyes. "Is there something you would like to share with us?" Sasuke was itching to do something, and he did.

"Besides your sexuality?" He smirked. The entire class gasped and Sasuke knew what was coming.

"I would like to speak to you after class Mr. Uchiha." One of the girls gave him a worried glance and then the class proceeded.

After class, Sasuke waited for the teacher to come and talk to him. It was the second to last class of the day too.

"Sasuke, you're a good student. Why don't you push yourself harder instead of making those cocky ass remarks when you're asked a question?"

"I do push myself. I do everything I'm suppose to. I just like getting in trouble a lot." Give me a detention. Give me a detention. Sasuke was pleading in his mind. He wanted to just stay away from home as long as possible.

"Alright then. My last hope is to give you a detention. One more slip up Sasuke, and you'll be kicked out of school." Sasuke tensed. He had to either start acting like a good student again or get kicked out.

Ah yes. Get kicked out and wander around all day without Itachi knowing.

"And if you're kicked out, we'll be forced to call your brother and let him know." Sasuke nodded, the fear filling every once of his body now. "Get to class Sasuke." With that, Sasuke jumped up, ran to the locker room, changed, and ran out only to jump ten feet when he saw the same girl that glanced at him earlier.

"Where the hell did you come from!" Sasuke snapped.

"I was sitting here the whole time. Even when you ran into the locker room."

"You're off limits here."

"You are always off limits, why should it matter?"

"Because, you're on student council and you can get in trouble."

"Sasuke, please."

"Sakura, leave me alone. We both agreed, the first day of this school year, not to talk to each other." Sasuke pushed past her. She grabbed his wrist.

"Sasuke, lately you've been acting really different. Why?" Sasuke turned to her.

"What goes on in my head is sure as hell none of your damn business. Leave me alone and get to class." He jerked his wrist from her grasp and walked down the hall. Sakura sighed and went the oppisate way. His last class went smooth and he ran to the gym when the bell rang. As he sat in detention, he drew. It was something he did when he was bored. And he was almost always bored. The time went by fast and the bell rang. He tensed. Standing, Sasuke gathered his things and began to walk from the school. When he reached home, he tried to sneak up to his room but was stopped half up the steps by Itachi's voice.

"Sasuke! Get down here now!" Sasuke tensed at the sound in his brothers voice.

"I have school work to do. Can't you beat me when I'm done?" There was a silence and Sasuke knew he was in for it now. He ran the rest of the way up the stairs and slammed his door shut, locking his doors, then his windows and his balcony doors, pulling the curtains shut. He grabbed everything he needed and went for the attic, shutting and locking that door. The lights off. All he had was the light of a flash light as he worked on his homework.

Two hours went by and Sasuke had finished. He reluctantly walked from the attic and opened his door. He slowly walked down the hall and to the steps. No older brother. He made his way down the steps and slowly into the kitchen. That was his first mistake. Itachi was standing next to the door way. As soon as the door closed, he grabbed Sasuke by the back of his neck.

"Come with me Sasuke." Itachi forcefully pushed Sasuke towards the basement door. Sasuke felt the fear swell up in his throat, making it impossible for him to scream for help. His heart was pounding too fast for his liking. He wanted to just drop dead then and there. He was forced down the stairs and when he was down there, there was no fighting back. He was so dead now.

"Sasuke Sasuke Sasuke. Why are you home so late?"

"Detention."

"For what?"

"Smart mouthing a..." Sasuke felt something connect with his stomach and he hunched over, arms crossed over his stomach.

"Yeah. I know. Your gym teacher called me and told me. Just another way to stay out of the house longer huh?" Itachi kicked Sasuke. There was a loud thud as he hit the wall.

"I bet you think that if you get another detention and get kicked out, I won't know? He told me about that too." Sasuke slowly sat up. He was in a lot of pain at the moment. He he looked up to meet his brothers red eyes. "Dear brother. You can't escape your fate. And your fate is to live here with me and deal with all that happens. Now if you pass out, I'll just have to kill you." This time Itachi pulled him up by his hair and threw him against the wall. The beating continued for a couple of hours. When he was finished, Itachi threw Sasuke into the stairs.

"To your room now. Don't come out. I'll bring you something to eat later." Sasuke nodded slowly and tried to stand. He slowly and painfully managed to make his way up the basement stairs and then to the front hall stairs and up to him room. He shut the door, locked it and walked to the large soft bed, laying down and closing his eyes. He was out like a light.

"Sasuke. What happened? You're arms, they're..."

"It's from rough housing a lot. What do you want?"

"I was coming to check on you Sasuke!"

A/N: Lemme know what you think. Please don't be hard. ALL FLAMES WILL BE USED TO HEAT MY HOUSE THIS WINTER!