LBH: Back again and I finally have time to type out the second of the three one-shots. I got no reviews but THIS DOES NOT DISCOURAGE ME! WITH THE BLAZING POWER OF YOUTH I SHALL IMPROVE/Strikes "Nice Guy" Pose/ …/cough/ moving on…

DISCLAIMER: I thought I'd made my point clear, I don't own this! If I did I'd punish Sasuke for going off to the Fruity Snake Man (AKA Orochimaru) and leaving Naru-chan behind!

WARNING: Bad grammar lies before you! I have no beta because…because…well I just don't have one! I don't think I added any yaoi in this chapter…

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A Collection of Three

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Story Two: The Jacket

It was a little known fact, but Sasuke didn't just hate Itachi because he killed the clan, though that is enough to make any perfectly calm person go into a mad rage. Oh no, there was another reason. I see it fit to begin this tale by telling you a little bit more about our favorite clan killing Uchiha.

Itachi always had been a strange boy, never ever normal. To begin with he was a prodigy. Second off was his taste in clothing, hair styles, and nail polish. The fact that he wore nail polish at all should be enough proof that, in conclusion, Uchiha Itachi was not a normal boy. Although I have said this you're probably wondering what was wrong with his clothes, he mostly wore standard shinobi clothes, what was so strange about that? It wasn't his shinobi outfits that made Itachi so abnormal; no it was what he wore in his free time. Itachi didn't start wearing wide collared cloaks when he joined the Akatsuki, he had one before he massacred his clan. It was pretty much the same style at the Akatsuki one except it lacked the red clouds and such and was just a solid black.

It was this jacket that helped fuel the hatred of Uchiha Sasuke.

Don't get me wrong, back then Sasuke adored Itachi…In a brotherly sort of way people! Honestly I would like not to clean gutters today, than you very much! Right, but as I was saying Sasuke did like his older brother, until it came time for Itachi's few days off. He hated these days because these were the days that Itachi wore his high collared jacket. And true to Itachi's character he wore it the exact same way he did in the Akatsuki. With one arm free resting on the seam of the jacket. Little does anyone know how difficult it is to get one's arm into this position.(1) In fact unless you wanted to spend a good five minutes doing this, then it's good to have someone there to help you. And for most of his young life, Sasuke was that person. Sure the first time he felt proud of himself to being able to help his big brother, but after that…That proud feeling started to fade into deep annoyance. Especially since one Sasuke became older Itachi become more frustrated because he wasn't allowed to buy another cloak this leaving him with a tighter cloak each time he wore it, making it increasingly difficult to hook his arm in its normal position. This, he would get angry at Sasuke.

"Foolish little brother, can't you do anything right."

"Well excuse me but if you're so frustrated with me why don't you do it yourself!"

"Simple, because I am the older brother and you are the younger. I have the 'bigger' than you factor working with me,(2) plus I have seniority."

"But that's not fair I thought all people were supposed to get equal rights!"

"Don't be stupid Sasuke, you are not a person, you're a troll."

"WHAT!"

"Oh, didn't you know? You're an adopted troll that we're slowly fattening up to eat." (3)

"You don't mean that!"

"Hn."

"I'm telling mom!"

So as you can see, Sasuke loved his brother on normal days, but completely hated him on days when the evil jacket was brought out. When Itachi killed the clan that just gave Sasuke a BETTER reason to hate his brother. It also didn't help that the next time they saw each other Itachi was wearing a new high collared jacket… A bigger one…that he could rest his arm on without assistance. This, as I said before fueled Sasuke's anger.

And that, is the other reason why Sasuke hates Itachi.

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LBH: Alright story two!

(1) I've tried doing this before with a jacket and let me tell you it's damn frustrating without help! (Thus this idea was formed)

(2)My brother does STILL say this to me. Because they are bigger than me they have the 'big' factor.

(3) My brothers also told me this when I was younger…In fact…they STILL tell me this! Man my brother's are mean...

R/R