"Why are you telling ME this?" asked Sasuke.
"Because, Sasuke, if the energy contained in a Continuua Fossil is released, we all die," said Naruto. "You, me, people back home, everybody. It would be a really really BAD idea for someone to decide they had an opportunity to take out a guard and break the containment on one of those things."
Sakura was still a bit miffed at having been a cute pink bunny rabbit, and so merely considered the large blunt trauma instrument she had her hands on (a chair) and considered the merits of introducing it to Naruto's head.
"Okay, equipment," said Naruto as he pulled a pouch off his belt and loosened the drawstring. After it was loose he stuck his arm past the elbow into a pouch the size of his fist.
Sakura held off on hitting Naruto, favoring instead to boggle at this latest impossibility.
Naruto drew a sword out. "Yugao-sensei?"
Their jonin sensei took the blade and drew it from the scabbard to examine it. A steel longsword with odd runic letters running from the crossguard to a third of the way down the blade.
Naruto put his arm back into the pouch and felt around. "That's a Frost Brand sword. Useful against fire elementals and the like. When you command it, the blade becomes supernaturally cold."
"You're taking this mission very seriously," noted Yugao.
"I don't want to overwhelm anyone with a lot of new stuff to learn, so just one item from the stash now," said Naruto, drawing a small case out and handing it to Sasuke. "There are four potions in there, labelled. Healing, Neutralize Poison, Remove Curse, Cure Disease. Each does exactly what it says it does."
Sasuke took the leather case and opened it in order to examine the vials tucked within individuals sleeves.
Naruto reached into the pouch again, this time pulling out a broom. "Sakura-"
KA-THWAM!
"What do I look like, your maid?" asked Sakura as she pulled the chair away from Naruto's head.
"Sakura?" asked Sasuke. "Magic sword. Magic potions. Want to bet it's a magic broom?"
"Why do I have to get the broom?" huffed Sakura, still feeling put upon.
"Manueverability," answered Naruto as he rubbed the impact point on his head. "Plus learning speed in the Academy. It's a Broom of Flying. You ride it, it lets you fly."
"Huh?" asked Sakura, now eyeing the proferred item with a somewhat different eye. "Oh. Uhm, thanks."
"Since this is a reconnaisance mission," said Yugao, "I've put in a request to have Team 8 and one other jonin come along. Will this be a problem?"
"No, that's about the limit though," said Naruto. "Scouting specialists?"
"That's right," said Yugao.
"Hmmm," hmmmed Naruto. "I've had my shadow clones working on some research projects. They're limited though, as they're made with a set level of chakra and once they use that - they dispel. Might have to put off the golem project and research a scrying pool or something similar. Oh well, think about that later."
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