Chapter Seven
'Talking' means someone is on the phone, sorry I didn't put that in the last chapter
'Did you find anything?'
"Anna was hired by Moses. I checked with Sakura and I.D.'d her body. She put up a fight from what Sakura was saying. Although, Sakura found a diamond in Anna's boots. Princess cut with 10 karats. She sent the diamond to find an originator to see if there's more."
'Anything else?'
"Well the Detectives were kind enough to let me peek at their time line. Seems Anna was working with Moses as a partner. Most likely for a get away car after she stole the diamonds from a house in Konoha."
'WHAT? THAT'S BULLSHIT, TTEBAYO! ANNA WOULDN'T WORK WITH ANYONE BUT US!' I pulled the phone away as Naruto yelled.
'Shut up dobe let her talk before you open your mouth again.' I heard grumbling before Nagato replied.
'And the time line?' I went on while keeping an eye on the people I saw in the park. I didn't dare underestimate them.
"Moses was the other person. Seems Anna didn't go down without a fight and killed him when he tried to kill her. I doubt he was a partner but maybe a middleman. Which means there's someone else who pulled the trigger on Anna since he was dead maybe five or ten minutes before Anna. Detective's didn't have a clue what 'the Moon' meant either or what Anna stole. None of the Konoha people are talking."
'Any chance the third party that killed Anna was the buyer making sure to collect?'
"Nope, no fingerprints or evidence. I'd suggest Karin hack the traffic cameras in the area in case our third party was driving or hopefully walking. Naruto and Sasuke can check the crime scene in case the cops missed something and knowing Anna she probably left something in plain sight where only we would think to check."
'And you?' Akatsuki Headquarters across the street opened it's front doors and out came Itachi.
"I want to see if Itachi knows anything then maybe go to the Circle. Unless you want to do that Nagato?"
'I've got the Circle covered. Make sure you talk to Itachi and lay low. From all the snooping you've been doing the past few days someone's bound to recognize you.'
'Not to mention you probably have a tail on you by now if you really did threaten the precious detectives.' Karin added.
"Yeah no kidding." I murmured seeing Itachi heading for the opposite bench behind me. "I'm putting you on speaker, don't say anything." I moved my thumb to press the speaker just as Itachi sat down. "Anything from the homeowners?"
"I hope you realize this information isn't easy to come by." Itachi murmured. I hummed before he continued. "One of the homeowners is a lawyer. Nothing big about average."
"Funny how average and normal keep coming up. What's special about him? Did he confess to anything?" I asked sarcastically.
"Sasori and Deidera are good at interrogation. He admitted to missing several of his major clients things he kept in his vault." I frowned.
"Why would a lawyer be keeping something for his client? Is the client a big deal?" I frowned. "'Can lawyers even do that?"
"I'm pretty sure there's a clause for that somewhere in the law books Nagato has." I chuckled knowing everyone back at base was snickering at Nagato's rolling eyes. "You'll be interested to know that the lawyer wouldn't give up the name of his client. He pulled the client confidentiality act."
"Of course. Did he say what he was keeping for his client?"
"No. Only that his client was going to be extremely displeased if the thief didn't have his bags."
"Anna stole bags?" I asked. "The hell was so important in bags?"
'Did he say how big?' Sasuke asked. Itachi was the only one around who heard thankfully.
"The usual black jewelry bags. Six of them."
"That's a lot of diamonds." I sighed running a hand through my hair. "Alright, I'm going up to Konoha to check out the houses there. Knowing Anna she cased the house the whole week before she moved and left something as to which house she was looking at. Maybe I'll find the Moon."
"Naruto and Sasuke should head to the woods. The moon was full last night, Sasuke can see if there are any places the moon could shine on. Maybe water. Sakura will call me when she gets the diamond results back."
"Alright. You have any other intel?"
"Maybe..." I knew enough to end the call from Itachi's teasing tone of voice. To the displeasure of my wonderful and happy family.
"Dear God what do you know?" I asked.
"I am not God. But I happen to know from what Deidera was implying, you were flirting and making sexual innuendos with Sasori."
"I was not flirting." I exclaimed loudly.
"You were saying you wanted to be handcuffed." I opened my mouth before snapping back.
"I am a grown woman and what I say to people can be misinterpreted in many different ways. And you know what," I got up, "'We are so not having this conversation. I'll see you back at home after I'm done snooping on the client."
"And what about the police detail on you?" I didn't answer Itachi's question as I had appeared in the line of the squad patrols sights. I merely put my earphones on and blasted my music before continuing to the subway.
Of course where I was going the subway didn't go all the way but at least I'd be able to get to my car and to the Lawyer's house. Which reminded me I didn't know where it was or what he looked like. Shit. My earphones beeped making me frown. I clicked my phone on to see a text message from Itachi.
Elm Street alley has better advantages.
Underneath that was a picture taken of a man being interrogated by Sasori. Of course as this was Itachi he had been sure to include a full body picture of Sasori. I felt my glare return in full force. Show interest in one man for not even five minutes and everyone's on your case. What was with everyone and my love, er, sex life?
GM NASAI: I had to put in a little something about Elm street. It's just, dare Ii say it, fated to be haunted, messed up, or creepy. No offense if you do actually live on an Elm Street, but come on, how cool is that?