Wait [Modern AU]

Step #47

"Wait, wait, wait, wait, hold up!" I put up my hand like a stop sign. "You mean you retrieved that box?! The one that they ran away with?!"

I was so shocked to hear it. I thought they'd gotten away.

"Yeah, I just said that…" Itachi laughed lightly at my exaggeration.

I press a hand to my forehead, sighing in something akin to relief. It wasn't every day that Itachi was there to save the day, but when he was, he saved the day. Well, a fraction of it, anyway. Not too sure.

"Have you looked inside the box yet?" I pressed. It must have been something interesting or something incriminating if it was stolen so quickly, especially with a strong guard like Sasori being there to stop others from interfering.

Not that that was any help, to whoever actually planned this.

Itachi shook his head, "I only just received the notification that they got it not too long ago. It should be getting checked around now."

"They?" I questioned. "Did you guys send the special forces or something?"

Itachi just smiled lightly, "Something like that."

"I see. Any more words from Sasori?"

"Not yet. He only wants to talk to you."

"Yeah, I figured. I wonder why, though? Like I don't have anything in common with him so I don't think I really deserve anything like this…" I thought with a funny expression.

Itachi shook his head, dragging a chair and sitting down to face me. "There's nothing wrong with that. He probably has his own reasons for doing this."

"Hey, Itachi, what do you think of Sasori, anyway? You were there when we were at the dojo when we first meet him." I intertwine my fingers and lean on my thighs, waiting for his answer.

"I was suspicious." He spoke after a while.

"Suspicious? Did you see him somewhere before?" I asked. This piqued my interest. It was like Itachi knew everything, but he never spoke a word about it.

Just what goes on in that complicated mind of his?

"Yeah, something like that. His kind of description was given by lots of witnesses that were at the receiving end of Arrow's antics." He added after a moment, "Not directly related incidents though."

"Fair enough. I honestly thought the name was a huge giveaway, don't you think? 'Sasori' means 'scorpion' in English, doesn't it?" I took those compulsory English lessons for a reason. I just hope they paid off.

Itachi nodded. "That's right. The police were on his trail for a long time. He's an assassin, so he takes care that he doesn't leave much evidence behind."

We were silent after Itachi finished his sentence. It was a weird thought and I probably already thought this many, many times, but how come Sasori got caught so easily? He said he wanted to get caught so he did it purposely, and he's so far co-operating.

Of course the motive was because he wanted help from the police to get his family to safety, but still, what kind of insane situation would allow for a highly sought after assassin to come willingly to the police (with a little bit of fake resistance) to get to this?

If I were in Sasori's shoes, how tough would this be? Honestly it'd be tough as hell.

And why now of all times?

"What's with the gloomy faces, you guys." Shisui walked in, opening the lights. They were previously closed because I was sleeping and Itachi didn't open them, so it was quite bright when they were opened.

I squinted, covering the overhead of my eyes to try and adjust. Itachi just did the usual and closed his eyes for a few moments, before he was all good again.

"We were just thinking, that's all." Itachi responded.

"I think you guys need some food. Here's some breakfast." Shisui, who had come in holding a couple of bags of food, set them down on the table and began to take them out, putting them on the table.

"Is that a burger?" I sniffed the air, getting a whiff of something mouth-wateringly delicious.

My stomach rumbled and I stood up to make my way to the table, where I sat down next to Itachi to watch all the food unravel itself in front of my eyes.

"Yup. I got your favourite." He handed a perfectly wrapped burger to me after inspecting which ones where which that he ordered, and then handed one to Itachi.

He sat down, opening another box that had some drinks. Which, was just milk.

"Milk and burgers is such a weird combination…" I stare at the milk and look at my burger, wondering how it would taste. It wouldn't be horrible, but it would be like, why am I eating this together when it doesn't match that well?

"Just deal with it, Ari. I just went to the closest place." Shisui rolled his eyes and started eating.

"Okay. Thank you for the meal!"

While we were eating, Yuko snuck in and tickled Shisui on the sides, but was met with no reaction.

"Don't you dare." I eyed the tall model like police woman, still trying to get over the fact that she was parading as a he the whole time because she was undercover.

Well, at least I thought so anyway.

"Aw, you're no fun." Yuko pouted and dragged a chair to sit with us. Now that I look at her from a different angle, I think: 'oh wow, she's so cool', rather than the usual 'urgh, why does he look like a glamorous fop so early in the morning'.

What a change of thoughts so quickly, I thought. Brain, what do you even think up there?

"Arisa, are you okay? You look like you're constipated." Yuko laughed and patted my head, while my cheeks blazed in embarrassment because Itachi and Shisui were laughing.

"I am totally okay!"

"Yeah, yeah, I totally agree with you." Shisui managed to say. He coughed, trying to get down the food before he choked.

"Ah…" He heaved a quick sigh of relief and turned to Yuko, "So, what are you doing here? How'd your treatment go?"

"They said I was all good. Not poisoned." Yuko grinned.

"I hope it doesn't leave a scar." I look at the bandages that the taller girl has.

"Aw, is Arisa caring for me? That's so sweet!" Yuko gushed. She stopped, realising something, then pointed at me with an accusing finger, "HEY! Why the hell are you so nice to me now that you've found out I was a girl all along?! You're not Arisa!"

I look at her with surprise – that was certainly a wakeup call.

"Um, what? Isn't that what you're normally supposed to say when someone injures themselves or something?" I defend.

Shisui pushes Yuko's arm down and karate chops her head so that she's sitting down. "Chill out."

"Ow."

"So, what are you doing here?" Shisui asked again.

I blink, a little dumbfounded. It was like Shisui was really used to this, and him interacting that way with Yuko was a little strange to me. Maybe it was because he's always done that to Itachi, Sasuke and I, but seeing him being so normal with another person was so weird.

Why am I even thinking this in the first place? It confused me. If Yuko was really a boy then that would make sense, but Yuko's a girl?

How does gender make such a huge difference in anything, anyway? I shook my head gently to myself.

"I'm here to report some news to Itachi, and well, to you too because you're here," She looked at Shisui dismissively, "and to my sweet little Arisa-chan." Yuko smiled at me and waved, even though she was half a metre away from me.

Now I know that Yuko isn't just trying to be good friends with me, she's just playing around because it's fun. Well, her personality is on the more excited side of the spectrum, after all.

"We've just looked through the box and it contains some pretty cool things." Yuko grinned. It seemed she got to see the contents too.

"Oh?" The Uchiha's and my eyes lit up at her words.

"Okay. We'll go see it when we finish our meal." Itachi kept eating.

"Yeah, you can go off first. We'll be right behind you." Shisui finished his burger and got the milk.

I had already finished my burger, and was drinking my milk slowly. "Which room is it?"

"SR3." The tall teen stood up, "Well, I'm going to go back to it. See you guys there." She waved and headed to the door, but then stopped, almost as if she remembered something.

She turned to me, "Oh yeah, don't just go defending him and stuff so easily, okay?" She smiled, but it wasn't one of those usual smiles that she wore. It was almost like a warning type of smile.

Him? I raised a brow when Yuko walked out in all her model-like glory.

"I wonder if they're talking about your dad." Shisui said, sipping some milk.

"Why would you think that?" I asked.

"Well, the box was found under the dojo." Shisui took a large slurp of milk and finished it, putting it on the table. "Who else would it be?"

"It may be related to Arrow." Itachi had just finished his burger. "Your father was involved with them so we might be able to find out something new."

"I wonder what Yuko meant when she said not to defend him, though. Is it something incriminating?" I wondered aloud.

"We'll have to see when we get there."