Disclaimer: I own nothing except the idea, Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto, if there are resemblances to other stories they will either be credited or it is unintentional.
Legend
"What is love"-speech
"Baby don't hurt me"-thought
"I hate bunnies"-bijuu/angry Jinchuuriki/summons
Rasengan - jutsu
[Translation]
(In story author notes)
Road to Wave
13 years after
Team seven sat around the fire, Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, were all asleep inside, along with their unconscious sensei. They were outside to make sure they weren't overheard. Naruto spoke first "I think Zabuza is still alive." His 2 team mates stared at him before Sakura burst out "What are you talking about baka [Idiot], we saw the hunter-nin kill him and take the body." Naruto looked annoyed, but took a second to calm down before responding "Do either of you 2 remember what we learned about hunter-nin in class? … No? I do, there supposed to take off their target's head and burn the body, the head for proof, and the body so secrets can't be stolen." The 2 stared at him, surprised he remember hunter-nin at all, much less remember such in-depth knowledge. The blonde waited for a second before "What, I remember everything I pay attention to, I have a photographic memory, the academy was just so boring that I didn't pay attention to most of it."
The 2 stared for another second, making Naruto uncomfortable before Sasuke said "The dobe is right [dead-last, loser] Zabuza might still be alive and we have to prepare" Sakura was worried and it showed, Naruto had a blank expression gained from all his street time, (will be explained later) and Sasuke's face was cold, however with Sasuke the more he feels the less he showed so he was probably terrified as well.
Sakura thought for a second before she lite up and said "But Zabuza was hurt Kakashi should be healed by then" Naruto shot down the idea quickly "But the hunter-nin had to have been on his side, He or she may be a genin or an ANBU we need to be prepared" Sasuke asked "how do you know these things? You normally act like a dobe it's why most of us (the rookie 9) call you that." Naruto responded "Now's not the time for this, but short version the is that despite my memory, I am to hyper to read and my attention span is so small that I can't focus on uninteresting things" The 2 thought about this for a second and was about to continue this line of thought Naruto once again spoke "Now's not the time for this, we need to focus on the problem at hand." This snapped the other 2 out of their thoughts.
"Well what can we do?" asked Sakura, Sasuke spoke up "We can't train enough to beat a jonin on our own, in a few days, while protecting the client." This caused Sakura to stare sense she thought he could do that, and Naruto to stare sense he thought Sasuke was too arrogant to think that clearly. Sasuke said defensively "What? I'm prideful not stupid."
"On that note" said Naruto "I can see 2 ways' we might be able to fight of a jonin or higher" His 2 team mates noted how nervous he looked. "Naruto now is not the time for nerves, pull yourself together and spit it out." Sasuke said getting slightly frustrated with this whole thing. Naruto sighed, and thought 'I really didn't want to tell them ever, much less so soon.'