I think I'm going to go crazy not knowing what they meant by the ceremony... ehhh, maybe some ramen will help that feeling to go away...
maybe a shower too...

Naruto headed to the kitchen and started the ramen, and headed into the shower.

-A few minutes later...

Naruto started to eat his ramen, STILL wondering what the whole ceremony was for. All of a sudden, Naruto head a noise by his door.

I wonder what that is?

Naruto ran over to the door, only to find a letter addressed to him from Iruka, it had a package with it too.

Dear Naruto,
I really need you to promise not to come to the ceremony today if you find out where it is. It just isn't something you're meant to know about. Just head straight to the Hokage office and you will be told what you are supposed to do from there. Included is your new uniform, wear it with pride for me Naruto. Be careful out there, and I want you to know, you always have someone to come home to, no matter how lonely you feel. You know that I've always thought of you as my son, and I don't want you to forget that.
From,
Iruka

Looks like the uniform will fit me pretty well
wow, perfect fit. To tell you the truth I like this more than my old jumpsuit.

As soon as Naruto had the new suit on he headed outside to go to the Hokage's office, on the way, it turns out he stumbled upon where the ceremony was. It...It was honoring all the ninjas who were risking their lives on this mission, and his name was up there. At first it was a confidence booster, but as he listened longer, they were saying how they all have less than .01 chance of coming back alive. And how no matter what happened they would still all be heroes for all the villagers to look up to.

That just struck a chord in Naruto, they didn't think he could do it...
He would just have to prove them wrong...

As he headed to the Hokage's office, Naruto wondered what gave them idea that they could guess how much of a chance they had of surviving, that's just not something you do!

Once Naruto reached the office he headed inside to find the office empty, besides him and "Baa-Chan"

So what do u need Tsunude?
() in Tsunude's head
(he must be pretty serious to not call me Baa-Chan...)
I'm here to give the coordinates to Sasuke's last confirmed position. I need you and your team to head there, be ready for the biggest fight you'll ever have Naruto. Be careful, before you go…
hands Naruto the scroll of forbidden jutsus
I think that because of how notoriously fast you can memorize these jutsus you can look them over in my office, practice them, and perfect as many as possible, you will be then only person alive that is able to perform any of these jutsus, so that will put you at an advantage.

Thanks Baa-Chan, I'll do that.
(Good, he's back to normal)
well I'm off to practice!
Wait! Naruto, you can't leave the office, remember no one is supposed to know how to do these besides me, we can't let anyone know you're learning them, we never know how many spies may be in our town.

Ok.

Well get started!

Fine… fine...
I know, I know, very short I'm just very sidetracked right now. Thinking about a billion things at once...
so hopefully the next chapter will be much better