"Your mission is to head to the Land of Turtles. Once there you will meet up with a caravan. You are to escort the caravan to the Kingdom of Bosco. Afterwards you are to return immedia-."
"I'm sorry the kingdom of where now?" Naruto's hands were curled behind his head, "Sorry Granny, but I've never even heard of this Bosco place. How far are we going?"
"Naruto!" Sakura grabbed Naruto by his collar, "You idiot! Let Lady Tsunade finish!" Sakura threw Naruto to the ground. He began to stagger back to his feet.
"No offense Lady Hokage, but Naruto's right. Bosco's really far away. A journey from the land of turtles could take months to complete. Not to mention the…other issues we might come across," Kakashi's face gave away nothing. His face was as deadpan as ever.
"That is correct. That is why I'm sending Team 7. With five members you're the largest team we have. Not only that, but you're the best suited for such a long journey."
"But Lady Hokage don't you need us to help with repairs?" Yamato was leaning up against the back of the room, "We're still recovering from Pain, not to mention the war preparations." Sai nodded along with the captain.
"Which is why I need you to do this mission. Not only would the money brought back to the village help tremendously, but with it the Land of Turtles also promised us a large supply of medical equipment and ninja tools," Tsunade sighed, "Normally I would never even consider sending you that far out west, but we need those supplies."
Naruto was back on his feet, "Alright then, what are we waiting for?" he tightened his headband, "Let's go to the Land of Turtles!"
Meanwhile in the Kingdom of Fiore:
"Get up Lucy! We have a job to do!"
Lucy bolted from her bed. She threw on some clothes and grabbed her luggage. Down in the street Natsu waited outside fists on his hips. Gray sat on a bench outside.
"Calm down flame for brains. We don't have to be at Bosco for another couple of days." Gray began to strip off his shirt.
"He's right. With the train it'll take us two days at most." Erza added. She stood by her luggage.
"I know, I'm just excited is all. Did you say the pay on this one? All that money for a simple recovery job," Natsu chuckled, "I can see the food now!"
"Aye sir!" Happy the cat said. He stood by Natsu's feet.
"If we're getting that much money that must mean it'll be really dangerous doesn't it?" Wendy stood nearby. She looked to her friend Carla. The white cat only shrugged in response.
"I wouldn't be afraid. We've got three of Fairy Tail's best wizards with us!" Happy exclaimed.
"I wouldn't say that you and Lucy are slouches either Wendy," Gray said. His shirt had been stowed away into his travel sack.
The conversation probably would have continued except for the fact that Lucy had finally left her house. She ran out a suit case rolling behind her.
"Sorry I'm late you guys."
"It's no problem. It would probably be best if we left now though." Erza began to pull her luggage along. The rest of Team Natsu fell in behind.
"Besides the fact that's a recovery one, what else do we know about this job?"
"Not a lot," Gray replied walking beside her, "It was just an urgent request. The only other thing I could get from Mirajane was that we'd travelling east.
"Master Makarov believes we might reach all the way to the Land of the shinobi," Erza added.
"The Land of the Shinobi? What's that?" Wendy asked.
"The shinobi are a lot like us. They use the magical energy in their body and channel it into different types of spells," Erza held up a finger, "but they call their spells Jutsus, and they call their magical energy Chakra."
"Oh, I heard about them! They do jobs just like we do, but instead of independent guilds their system is tied to the government." Lucy exclaimed, "Aren't they also a lot more military?"
"They are. The master told me to be careful. Understand Natsu, Gray?"
"Got it."
"Cool."
They continued to walk in silence. Eventually they made their way to the train station. As they got onboard Natsu pumped his fist into the air.
"Let's head to Bosco!"