Sai, well, sighed, as he walked into the bank. His obnoxious, dickless, loud-mouth (although he had his moments) senior at work had demanded Sai be the one to go to the bank and deposit their checks. It was of course the senior in question's job, but the president's ugly (her personality and frightening strength made up for her looks, he supposed) secretary had accepted his offer for lunch, so the idiot wanted to spend all of his time getting ready. He heaved another sigh as he observed the long lines before picking the fastest moving one. And then, as if the world hated him, stumbled on some stupid electrical cord running across the floor and bumped into the person in front of him. Cursing the inanimate object, he stood straight and apologized before recognizing the man before him. "Orochimaru...?"

The pale, sickly-looking, extremely creepy and (he imagined) very pedophilic man turned at the name questioningly, raising an eyebrow after assessing that he had no idea who Sai was. Orochimaru was CEO of Manda Inc., a once no-name company that was quickly rising to the top, and some even speculated that before long, they would buy out Konoha Industries. "You're the one Sasuke is interning for, aren't you?" He had only heard the gist of the situation, but apparently the flamingly homosexual bastard (Sasuke was allegedly quite the businessman, although Sai had met him once and all he could note was that he needed to lighten up) was seeking revenge after his brother seized Uchiha Corp. after their parents' death and merged it with Akatsuki Co. Some believed that their death was orchestrated by Itachi as a plot to gain control over their family's company.

"Yes... I don't believe I've met you before?" Orochimaru said-- well, hissed. His tacky diamondback patterned tie and snake skin boots (not to mention the fact that he named his company after his pet boa constrictor) seemed to be flashing indicators of his serpent craze.

"I'm his replacement." Orochimaru nodded, and Sai was going to pretend he didn't just see him give him a long look over. For the first time since he started working at Konoha, he was damn glad to be wearing this suit, despite it being stiff, and extremely hot on most given days. "Business errand?"

Sai's question brought Orochimaru out of his slight reverie. "When it comes to money, I only trust my secretary. Alas, he's working on something else for me."

"I wish my superiors were only so wise. I've only been on the team for a few weeks and I'm already given thousands of dollars in checks. It's a good thing I'm so kind by nature," Sai smiled his fake smile, although he was still pondering whether to take a portion of the money and blame Naruto. No doubt it's happened before. Orochimaru chuckled and patted him on the shoulder and the next person in line was called-- and it was Orochimaru. Finally.

The reptile-like man turned to give him another once over-- Sai wasn't big on feelings or emotions, but hell, even he had to stop himself from shuddering. "Hm... at Manda Inc., we could always use another young worker. If you ever get fed up with Konoha, feel free to give me a call." Orochimaru left a disturbingly lingering touch on his arm and stepped up to the counter to do his business.

Glad that was over with, Sai reached for his ID and withdrew a piece of paper along with his wallet. He raised his eyebrow-- he certainly didn't remember putting that in there-- and looked at it. He froze in horror. A business card with all the contact info of which he could ever dream of one Orochimaru, CEO.

In his back pocket.

Without him noticing.

This suit.

When he got home, he was going to burn it.