Espresso Expresso
Chapter Twenty-One
"So the charges include destruction of property and intent to eat?" Konan said, shocked. "I didn't even know that you could sue for that!"
"I thought you were the lawyer!" Kakuzu said loudly. He and Konan had been spending the last few hours poring over the papers that Sasuke's lawyer had left them, and Kakuzu's temper was running high. And why shouldn't it be? He was on the verge of losing his beloved money in a lawsuit to Sasuke, of all people.
"Calm down," Konan said. "I don't think his case will ever hold up in court. He doesn't have enough evidence. And you guys kept the pictures Tobi took with his cell phone of the destruction that Sasuke brought upon the shop?"
"Are you kidding?" Kakuzu responded. "They're saved on Tobi's phone, Itachi's computer, and Deidara plastered them all over his website. Take your pick."
"Great!" Konan said cheerily. "Retrieve them!"
"I don't want to ask Tobi for his phone, and venturing into the depths of the Internet, especially Deidara's corner of the Internet will bring doom down upon the seeker. You don't even want to know what that blonde idiot blogs about. So I'll have to ask Itachi for his password."
"Well, don't stand here ranting at me about it!" Konan said. "GO DO IT!"
"Why do you want my password? I know, you're going to hack someone and transfer all their money to that Swiss bank account of yours. And you don't want to use your own computer in case they trace you." Itachi said. Kakuzu rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, right, Itachi."
"Well, what else would you do? I mean, it's YOU," Itachi continued. "It's got to be something money related."
"You're right on that count," Kakuzu replied. When Itachi's eyes went wide, he began talking again quickly. "As you know we are being sued by your brother. I need the pictures of the time he trashed the shop." Itachi nodded knowingly.
"I understand that," he said. "But why do you need my password?"
"So I can get the pictures."
"Wait here," Itachi replied. "I'll go back to the lair and give you the pictures on a disc. I'm not going to give you my password- no one in their right mind gives a criminal their computer password."
"YOU ARE A CRIMINAL!" Kakuzu shouted at Itachi's retreating back.
All computer password drama aside, before long, Kakuzu had the data CD in his hand within the hour. "Thank you," he said to Itachi.
"No problem," Itachi replied. "Believe it or not, I would actually hate to see this place get sued into oblivion. Anything to help our case."
"Oh my God!" Konan gasped as she clicked through the images contained on the disc. "If I bring this into court, there is no way that Sasuke's case will ever hold up!"
To Be Continued!