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"Oh, no," I whispered. The guy was Jimmy.
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Chapter 7: Poison
"SASUKE!" I shouted, bolting into the restaurant.
"Hmm?" Jimmy was gone and Sasuke was looking at me with a confused with a mouth full of ramen.
"Don't swall—" Too late, Sasuke swallowed the ramen. The reaction was almost instant. He started choking, eyes wide.
"I-I-I-I can't breathe!" he stuttered, panic obvious on his face.
"Hey, calm down." I said easing him out of his chair and onto the ground. Even though I was telling him to calm down, I felt as if it was more directed at myself.
My hand flew to my phone, calling Jordan; all the while telling Sasuke, "you'll be ok" , "Calm down" , or "trust me, you'll be fine".
"This is Jordan."
"Jordan!" I exclaimed, "Please help me! Sasuke, he's he's- something's wrong!"
"Ok, you need to stay calm as well or he'll just panic."
"Kay." I took a deep breath. Sasuke's breath was coming out in short ragged gasps.
"Describe his condition."
"H-his face and hands are turning blue, and his eyes are blood shot."'
"His breathing?"
"Like trying to suck ice cream out of a straw." It was then that Sasuke's hand (which I had been holding) fell limp in mine.
"Sasuke?" I called, "SASUKE!"
"Luna, what's going on!" Jordan demanded.
"He stopped breathing! Jordan what do I do!" I was seriously in full panic mode.
"Get a knife and a pen."
"What?"
"Knife, pen!" I found a pen in my pocket and a knife in my belt buckle. (Gibbs' Rule #21: Always carry a knife.)
"Got it!"
"Is his throat swollen?"
"Yeah."
"Find his wind passage and make a 1" cut. Then, empty the pen so only the tube remains."
"O-ok."
Blood, I really hate the sight of blood. I forced my self to steady my hand. I pressed the knife against Sasuke's throat. Making the incision, Sasuke's blood pooled around my fingers.
"O-ok, Jordan. What now?"
"Put the pen in his wind passage."
"WHAT!"
"DO IT!"
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Jordan waited anxiously; hoping for the best.
Soon Luna's voice said, "Oh gosh… oh gosh, ewww." Then after a sigh of relief, "Kay, he's breathing again."
"Good," Jordan said relaxing, "is there a hospital that you can bring him too?"
"Uh… I don't know exactly… erg, let me ask… yeah there's a Konoha Hospital about half a mile from here."
"Take him there, and I'll meet you. Hang on, I'll get Ziva." Jordan put Luna on hold before running upstairs to the NCIS bullpen.
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"Could things get any worse?" Ziva groaned to herself. She knew Luan would be returning soon, or she hoped she would. The CBI had returned to their hotel, so Ziva was stuck to clean up the bullpen. Boxes of Chinese food were splattered everywhere and Jane hadn't shut up. She had begun wishing that Luna had hit him harder. Her angry thoughts were interrupted by Jordan's yells.
"Ziva, Ziva!" She yelled.
"Yes, Jordan. What is it?"
"Luna, well, not Luna, Sasuke he—Jimmy got to him!"
"WHAT!"
"Jimmy Q. poisoned Sasuke! Luna is taking him to the Konoha Hospital."
"Jordan, go alert Gibbs." Jordan nodded and handed Ziva her phone.
"Luna's on hold."
"Thanks, also tell Gibbs that we're going to Konoha."
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"Luna where are you? What happened?" Ziva's worried voice filled my cell.
"Ziva! I just arrived at the hospital. The Medical Ninjas are with him now."
"Are you with him?"
"Yeah, yeah." I glanced over my shoulder before I resumed speaking, "I saw him Ziv. He was right there, and I didn't… I… I didn't -–"
"Hey," Ziva said, "it is not your fault. Do not stress it. I will be there soon."
"Them too?"
"No, they will not be coming."
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Next Day…
Konoha Hospital
"OH MY GOSH, SASUKE!" Sakura practically blew her head off.
"Gee, what are you? Bipolar?" I thought.
Despite the fact that Sasuke was no longer unconscious (he couldn't talk, no thanks to me) Sakura was acting as if he'd died. Ziva had arrived about an hour earlier.
Flashback…
"Is he going to live?" Ziva asked Luna.
"Oh yeah, he'll be fine." Luna replied, "though he won't be able to talk for a while."
"It is fine, as long as he is alive. By the way, you were not hurt were you?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"You are covered in blood."
"I-I-I am?" Luna stuttered.
"Uh-oh." Ziva thought as Luna started hyperventilating," I completely forgot that she does not like the sight of blood!"
"Oh gosh, oh gosh, oh gosh! Is it getting hot in here? Yeah it's getting hot in here! I think the air is up. Is it? A-am I going to die? Why is there so much blood—"
Ziva grabbed Luna's shoulders, "You. Are. Not. Going. To. Die."
Too late.
"Wheeeeeeeeeee…" Ziva caught Luna just as she fainted.
End Flashback…
"That wasn't funny." I grumbled, leading Ziva and Jordan to Ichi Raku's.
"I did not say it was funny." Ziva said, " I was only amused by your choice of words before you passed out."
"That STILL isn't amusing."
We arrived about a minute later, Ziva still chuckling. The Ramen Shop had already been blocked of, but I was very surprised to see men, or women (I couldn't tell) wearing all black, armed for war, and wearing animal masks. There were about five of them. There were also nine ninjas there, all about the same age as Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke, except maybe 3. Ziva and Jordan were already processing the scene, so I decided to check out the nine ninjas.
"Hi," I said, "I'm going to ask you a few questions, ok? Who are you? Are you friends of Sasuke?"
"You could say that." The boy with the spiky ponytail said.
I turned to him, "And you are?"
"Shikamaru."
"So, who are the rest of you?"
"I'm Ino. Is Sasuke ok? I heard something happened to him—"
I let Ino rant on guessing that she was a fangirl of Sasuke's. I remember Naruto telling me on the way here that Sasuke was popular with the ladies.
"Ugh, shut up, Ino," A fat kid stuffing his face with chips said, "I'm Choji."
"Hello, I am Rock Lee. I am the Handsome Devil of Konoha!"
"…" I stared at the bushy browed kid wearing a bowl cut and VERY tight green spandex.
"What guy in their right mind wears a leotard!" I thought.
"Ignore him, I'm Ten-Ten." The girl with two buns on her head said.
I nodded, "Hey." I looked to a boy with white eyes; he looked as if he were part of the mafia, or could be. "And you are?" I asked him.
"Neji Hyuuga." He said acting as if I was a blockade on the busiest highway in DC."
"I'm Shino of the Aburame clan." A boy wearing black John Lennon glasses and a coat with collar that covered the lover half of his face said.
I turned to a girl with the same eyes as Neji. She played with her hands nervously, indicating that she was shy.
"What's your name?" I asked gently.
"H-Hinata Hyuuga."
"I'm Kiba Inozuka, and this is my dog, Akamaru!" (The dog barked at the mention of his name) Kiba had an overly loud voice, like Naruto.
"You're definitely friends of Naruto, aren't you?" I said.
"Y-yeah how'd you know?"
"You have the same loud, and annoying voice."
"Urk!" Kiba's face turned a bright shade of red, like a strawberry.
"Now, we've told you who we are, now tell us who you are." Shikamaru said.
"You've been hanging around Sasuke an awful lot, and you're obviously not from this village." Neji pointed out.
"And you aren't related to him because everyone knows that all the Uchiha's were whipped out in a massacre, and Sasuke is the only survivor." Ten-Ten was quick to point out. Then, all at once, all of them were talking, trying to figure out who I was.
"Are all 12 year olds the same in this village?" I thought in amusement, watching them.
"Ahem," I said, "Instead of all of you getting worked up, I'm just going to tell you who I am and what I'm doing here."
"Uh… yeah…" They all said laughing with embarrassment.
"Anyway, my name is Luna Blake. I'm a Special Agent for NCIS and I-"
"What's NCIS? Is that like the ANBU Black Ops?" Ino asked, in a voice that was all too loud for my liking.
"It stands for Navel Criminal Investigative Services, it is not like the ANBUs at all. We investigate military affairs."
"What does the military have to do with Sasuke?" Hinata asked.
"It's an open investigation right now, so I can't discuss any details with you." I explained.
"Luna!" I turned my head to see Ziva gesturing me to come over.
"What?" I asked leaving the ninja behind to join her.
"Where were you and Sasuke sitting?" Jordan asked, examining the soup bowl that Sasuke used. I pointed to the two farthest seats from the door. I continued telling Ziva all the events that had occurred.
"Who are they?" She asked, gesturing to the nine ninjas.
"Friends of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura."
"Really?" Ziva seemed interested. At that very moment Naruto desided to appear, jumping off the roof.
"HAVE ON FEAR, NARUTO UZUMA—"
*WHACK*
My fist went flying out as Naruto landed; he crashed two feet away from our crime scene.
"Ow!" he yelled, "what the heck was that for!"
"Mostly because you're annoying, but also because you almost landed in our crime scene. Oh yeah,a dn you give me a headache."
"HEY! I thought you were supposed to be protecting me!"
"No, I'm in charge of Sasuke, not you, dumbass."
"So, why aren't you with him now?" He challenged.
"Because I said so, as I am currently acting as her boss." Ziva said, backing me up. "So what else happened?" She questioned.
"Well I got your text and when I rushed back in, I saw that Jimmy was gone and Sasuke was already poisoned."
"HE GOT POISONED!" Ino's loud and unwanted voice burst out.
"Ino," I said with a dangerous intent, "Do you want to die now, or later?" sh let off an obvious shudder and said nothing.
"Luna," Ziva said, "Just because of the recent events does not mean that you may take it out on others—"
"Ziva," I interrupted, "I haven't slept in three days, I've gotten suspended, I caused our witness to be stuck in the hospital, we're stuck with another stupid team, we already know the guy, but we can't find him, and my father is in the hospital because he got blown up, our team in down to two team members, we're supposed to—" Ziva grabbed my shoulders, stopping me, mid-rant.
"Hey, cool it. You are beginning to act like Abby."
"Right, sorry Ziv."
"Go to the hospital, and sleep. It will help you cold down."
"Cool," I corrected, "cool down."
"What is the difference?"
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