Without Warning (Naruto Fanfiction)

Chapter 4: Personal Missions

A/N: Hooray for this new chapter yayy, I have a newfound love of writing fics because I'm came across really badly written ones from Fanfiction.net (not that I blame them, most of the writers aren't... trained for writing).

I will try to update weekly! :)

Disclaimer: Naruto ain't mine. If it was... It'd probably center on developing pairings because UGH romance will never be old school.

Alsooo! For future references:

ITALICIZED portions are flashbacks or THOUGHTS...they can also be those parts when dialogue is emphasized. Easily discernible because I'll be putting, "...he thought to himself" and other marks :D

Enjoy!

CHAPTER 4

PERSONAL MISSIONS

"Have you found anything worth reporting?"

The Raikage's heavy steps and deep voice brought the shinobi to turn their heads to the entrance. The hint of worry and exhaustion in his voice was not missed by the people in his presence. They had been working day in and out trying to identify the bodies that were scattered in the room and separated based on a list of categories. The first of which was separating male from female, then by age groups and finally by the village or land of origin before any further taxonomy.

On the center of the room were three long tables with various medical instruments, vials will different colored fluids and other tools that served to help the people working on the autopsy of the bodies.

"Raikage-sama," Kozuya stepped forward while the rest of the men and women involved in the mission resumed their work. "I would like to walk you through the system we have formulated for this autopsy mission. The men and women here have all agreed that I will be in charge of overseeing the hands-on work that we will conduct."

The Raikage nodded and followed the old man with his assistant close behind him. Kozuya showed him the different groups based on village of origin and the Raikage easily noticed that there were more bodies piled from Konoha than the other villages. Moreover, he noted how rogue ninja (those without a village to call their own) cadavers were almost the same in quantity with the Konoha bodies. He made a mental note to let the other Kages know of his observations.

"Most of the body parts removed had something to do with the ninja's special abilities." Kozuya started, walking towards a specific body placed in the area of rogue ninja. "This fellow is a rogue ninja, we identified him as one of the followers of Orochimaru, the Snake Sannin."

Upon hearing this information, the Raikage turned to his assistant and nodded, giving her the signal to write down every information that they would receive from the autopsy group.

Grabbing his attention once again, Kozuya continued. "It has been very fortunate that different shinobi of various origins have been brought together here, Raikage-sama. I lack the knowledge of other villages outside my own and the Konoha shinobi in particular have so much information to offer about the history of rogue ninja from their village. Orochimaru apparently had been experimenting on—"

"Yes, yes, Kozuya-san. This is a well-known fact. What have you found with regards to the body of this ninja?"

Kozuya nodded and his faced turned gravely serious. "This particular ninja used his bones as a weapon. He could pull out one from his body and use it in many ways, a long sword for example. And he would seem to have an endless amount of bones to manipulate. Whoever did this took the main bone tissue from different parts of his body."

"What do you mean?"

"Bone samples, Raikage-sama, specifically from the joints and connecting parts. The knees, the elbows, the shoulders. It's as if they wanted to make a replica of this man but with only his abilities, using his bones as the foundation."