Without Warning (Naruto Fanfiction)

Without Warning Prologue

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, KISHIMOTO DOES. And I love him for it.

A/N : I AM SO VERY SORRY FOR THE FIRST SHIT I POSTED! I DIDN'T KNOW THE CODES WOULD BE COPIED SINCE I JUST COPY-PASTED :( Nonetheless, thank you to a specific reviewer who I will not name who pointed it out to me! You're awesome! :)

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PROLOGUE

The remnants of the Great Shinobi War was devastating. Bodies of fallen comrades and foes scattered in distances too great to be finished in 3 days.

We need more time... Or more shinobi.

The Raikage looked up at the sky, thinking to himself as he looked past the gray sky and toward the horizon where he can see more bodies scattered in random quantities at various areas. The number of fallen comrades outnumber their enemies' bodies in a ratio of three to one. The Raikage sprints North from where he stood, seeing a rock jutting out from the barren ground he jumps on it and surveys the area further.

Too much loss.

He looks even further North, and faintly sees a dark crater that must have been the base of the Allied Shinobi Forces - the one disintegrated by the Ten Tails, taking with it many brave men and women such as Nara Shikaku and Yamanaka Inoichi of the Konohagakure.

"Everyone!" Raikage suddenly called out to the fifty men he had taken with him in order to gather the bodies of the dead. The immediately turned to their leader, awaiting instruction. "Make sure to categorize the bodies of the fallen based on their village of origin."

The men who had gathered before the Raikage had their eyes set in determination, though they were all from one village, they understood the necessity of giving respect to the dead by returning them to where their families would be waiting to bury their dead. The Raikage looked down solemnly on the bodies of two shinobi who looked no more than eighteen below the rock he stood on. He jumped down and carried both of them in his arms, too small and fragile that they barely took up space when he carried them bridal style.

"We must respect our dead comrades, our friends. They died for our freedom, for our world." Setting both Konoha shinobi bodies on the ground, side by side, in front of the gathered men, he said, "Let's go! Start collecting our comrades' bodies!"

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"Shizune!" Tsudnade's voice thundered from her office.

Shizune quickly entered the room, with Tonton in her arms. "Yes, Tsunade-sama?"

"Is there any word from the other Kages about the status of their villages?"

"We've received word from the Kazekage and the Raikage, Tsunade-sama." Shizune replied, producing two scrolls and handing them over to Tsunade's waiting hand. Tsunade opened both and proceeded to reading them side by side, simultaneously. Her face remained passive as Shizune waited. After a short while, Tsunade stood up and looked at Shizune.

"Shizune," she began. "Make sure to inform me ASAP when the other two Kages have sent information. For now," Tsunade instructed, taking a scroll of her own and quickly writing a response she later on instructed Shizune to send back to the Kazekage and the Raikage regarding the situation in Konoha. When Shizune left, she walked toward the opposite end of the office, facing the window that overlooked the slowly rebuilding village of the hidden Leaf.

Konoha took the worst of it all, when Pain attacked. I'm glad the other villages suffered less damage.

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It took more than a week in order for the Raikage to complete the body collecting in the expanse of the area surrounding his village and the area of the great war. He had requested more shinobi to work with the fifty already with him in order to lessen the time it would take to complete their mission, but even then it had taken three more days with the extra help. They were already on their eleventh day and they were still having trouble piecing together the bodies that have been cut or separated into different limbs all over the battlefield. There were bodies missing parts that they couldn't seem to find anywhere in the vicinity and the Raikage's instinct prickled with worry at the notion of anyone - or anything - taking specific parts of the dead shinobis' bodies.

Tsunade must know about this... Something's amiss...

"You," Raikage pointed to the nearest shinobi to his right to catch his attention.

"Hai, Raikage-sama?" The man immediately presented himself to the leader of his village. His form, looking like that of a child's in front of the great Raikage.

"Do you have a scroll?"

The man rummaged through his clothing, trying to look for a blank scroll. When he finally produced one, he handed it to the Raikage who had already taken out a writing instrument. The Raikage immediately went to work, writing in speeds that would shame any typewriting machine wielded by a typing expert. In just under a minute, he had filled up the scroll with all the information needed to be known by the Hokage, omitting specific information should the scroll be read by anyone other than the Hokage, herself.

"Here," the Raikage handed the sealed scroll back to the man who provided it. "Go back to the village, or find someone nearby who can send the message to Konoha as quickly as possible."

"Yes, Raikage-sama!" The man immediately raced off in the direction of their village, making sure to secure the scroll in his jacket inner pocket and simultaneously thinking of the nearest place to find a messenger bird available to deliver the message as soon as possible.

The Raikage looked on, placing all his trust on that one man to deliver the scroll safely though he did not know him personally.

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A/N : I know it's still boring right now but trust me, it gets better! This is just a little introduction of the setting and the possible problems that await our heroes!