Chapter Thirteen
Waiting back at the precinct was torture. There hadn't been much progress in the video viewing yet but I was willing to have faith in Tobi and Zetsu. They were tech genius' for a reason. Until then though, my gaze was on the time line.
Anna stole diamonds from the lawyer Skyfell. Moses was the get away car. He ended up dead before Anna who made it to the forest before being murdered. She hid the diamonds but we didn't find anything. Her hint to Saiya suggested the moon. We didn't see any moon shapes unless they were talking water but that was out of her reach by several hundred yards. Someone found her and killed her.
I groaned leaning forward and staring.
Staring.
Staring.
Danna.
Danna!
"DANNA!" Deidera's shout jerked me up and out of my stupor.
"'What brat?" I snapped, leaning back getting comfortable. It didn't look like anything had changed and I doubted Deidera found anything otherwise he would have spit it out already. And not be glaring at me.
"Your phone is ringing." Deidera snapped back. I grabbed the offending phone and answered bitingly.
"What?"
"Detective Akasuna." Saiya's voice came on.
"What do you want?" I growled. Instead of becoming playful like I expected she stayed professional, if a bit cold.
"The Diner in Kumo. Thirty minutes. Don't be late." The line went dead. I frowned at the phone.
"What'd she say, yeah?" Deidera asked.
"She wants us to meet her in Kumo at The Diner in thirty minutes."
"And meeting us here couldn't work, un?" I shrugged grabbing my jacket.
"Whatever gets us out of here for a while. I'm assuming you and Tobi haven't found anything?"
"Just a few cars but the camera was too far away so Tobi and Zetsu are trying to see if they can clear the pictures." There was silence until we got into the car and I started driving to Kumo's center of town. Deidera's curious gaze was getting irritating.
"What?" I snapped.
"What, yeah?"
"You're fucking staring so unless you want to have your ass kicked in the next few minutes you'll spit out whatever your thinking." Instead of snapping back he nodded sagely before saying,
"You must really like this thief."
"What?" I deadpanned daring to look away from the road to glare at the blue eyes scrutinizing me.
"It's just a comment, un. But I've known you for five years and even when you were dating Sakura, Hailey and Kara you never reacted this strongly."
"I do not react strongly. My emotions are under lock and key."
"You say that but you're doing fifty in a thirty mile an hour speed limit, yeah." I looked at the speedometer only to see he was right. I slowed down.
"I need to use the restroom."
"I have officially lost all respect for you my man. This is just sad." Deidera continued despite my low growling. "I mean I know we're all messed up in many different ways- well maybe not Chief and Konan- but you've only known Saiya for a few days and you're kind of acting like you have a crush on her. It took you all of two minutes of meeting Sakura and Hailey to decide to ask them out. What makes this one different, yeah?"
I stayed silent. Probably not the best thing as Deidera opened his mouth once again.
"I'll admit she's pretty, especially with her green eyes but you act different around her. More sarcastic and you actually relax. It's like you trust her, un."
"I barely trust you brat." I snapped.
"And that's what I mean. You like her."
"I tolerate her."
"... Okay, un." Nothing further was said on the subject and for all I cared, it was over and done with. Left in the dust. When we arrived outside The Diner no one was waiting outside. When we entered the diner the waitress took one look at us and ushered us towards a table in the back where Saiya was waiting with Nagato.
"Danna?" Deidera asked uneasily. I nodded. Nagato's purple eyes were creepy enough but when trained on you they practically ripped every mental fortress to bits and pieces leaving your soul naked and bare for all to see. I moved first prompting Deidera to follow me as I sat down. Saiya glanced at me before moving to Deidera who sat down like a child who's hand his hand caught in the cookie jar.
"You called?" I asked. Saiya pulled up a file handing it to Nagato.
"A close source says your trustworthy and against my better judgment I believe you can help us find the ones who murdered our sister." He handed me the file. I opened it to see a picture of a woman with spiky pink hair, big droopy eyes and a wide smirk. Another man on the opposite side had spiky brown hair, brown eyes and a beauty mark by his right eye.
"A child and unassuming man aren't going to be easy to spot, yeah."
"The woman is in her twenties and the man is maybe 5'7. Karenbana and Ishidate of Iwa. They're wanted criminals but every time some one gets close to capturing them, they slip away leaving a lot on injured." Saiya said.
"How did you find them? And why do you think they're the ones who killed Anna Uzumaki, un?" Nagato answered.
"A witness tracked us down through the gossip grapevine and came to one of our members telling him he'd seen Anna that night."
"What's the witness' name, un?"
"We cannot give that information as the witness didn't want to get into the middle of this."
"We're going to need to talk to the witness to collaborate your story." I said.
"This isn't a story Sasori." Saiya said looking me head on. "We asked the witness to come forward but the witness said they would rather not get in the middle of Karenbana and Ishidate since they know someone who was killed by them. We gave our assent that we would not bring them into this."
"There's not much we can do without a witness testimony." I said.
"You will do nothing to find them?" Nagato asked.
"We can't really find them without a witness testimony. For all we know these two are innocent and are being hunted by you for personal reasons, yeah." Deidera clarified.
"If we want to hunt down our enemies we would not involve the police." Saiya snarled. Nagato clicked his tongue and Saiya looked at him. After a few seconds of mental conversation Saiya slumped with a sigh and Nagato stood up.
"Very well, our business here is done."
"You're not going to find them yourselves are you?"
"What business is that of yours?" Nagato asked before he looked at Saiya. "Saiya, you have work to do."
"I know." Saiya stood up giving me a soft pleading look before she left with Nagato.
"They're going to find them themselves aren't they, un?" I didn't look away as Nagato and Saiya left the diner.
"Yes they are."
"We're going to have to beat them to it, aren't we, un?"
"You better call Tobi and Zetsu." I ordered.