13 The Wave *part two*

In the middle of a large forested area, there was a large fortified structure being held between two trees. Inside that structure, two individuals were having an important meeting.

In the room, a tall man with bandages covering half his face lounged in a large throne-like chair. In front of him short and fat man in a business suit. With frazzled gray hair and sunglasses on his face, despite how dark it was inside, he seemed to be trying to look cool but was failing. "What?!" The short suited man shouted. "You're telling me you failed?! I paid a lot of money to hire your group! I thought you were supposed to former ninja assassins! If this is all you're capable of-"

"Quit your bitchin…" the tall man growled as he hefted a large zanbato style sword up with one hand, even though it was nearly as tall as he was and probably heavier. Bringing it around he pointed it at the now pale businessman, "Next time, I'll be going to finish them myself. And this sword, Kubikiri Houcho, will be the last thing their pathetic, peace-loving eyes see."

"A-are you sure about that....?" asked the man with trepidation. "It seems that the target has a Jounin level ninja guarding him, and now that the Akuma brothers have failed, they will be on guard for another attack. It will take some extreme skill to-" "Just who do you think you're dealing with?" The tall man growled, not lowering his sword as he glared at the small, disgusting, fat man. "I am Momochi Zabuza, the Kirigakure No Kijin." The missing-nin disregarded the fat man's presence as he stood from his throne and headed out the door and towards his prey.

It was later in the day, and Team Seven along with Tazuna had reached the shore around 9 pm but couldn't find a boat that late so they decided to take up camp and wait till the fishermen awoke in the early morning so they could hire one to ferry them to the Wave Nation across the river. It only took about 30 minutes to set up the tents. The four tents were set up in a triangle shape with Tazuna's tent in the middle, as to protect him, Kakashi also set up a three-layered ring of ninja wire so that nothing could get close without alerting them. With the preparations done, Kakashi told his genin and Tazuna to wait as he went hunting something to eat, however, Naruto shot up and said he would go to, Kakashi raised his eyebrow in curiosity but allowed him to come.

Once out of earshot of the camp Naruto suddenly said to Kakashi "Kakashi-sensei, I need to tell you something, but I want what we talk about to remain between us, not even the Hokage can know about what I am about to tell you." Naruto was slightly nervous as he knew Kakashi was a very loyal person and would definitely take offense to him telling him to keep secrets from the Hokage. And he certainly did "Naruto.." he breathed deeply. "I don't know what it is you want to tell me, but you have to realize that you CAN NOT keep secrets from the Hokage, he is our leader and we are his soldiers if we hide things from him that is treason! Do you understand that, Naruto?" He asked sternly in a matter of a fact tone. "Of course I know that, but what I want to share with you can help the village, but if anyone, even the Hokage knows about it, then it could spread and be disastrous. If the Hokage learns what I tell you, he will have to tell the council, and then people like Danzo or the other councilors will spread that information. And It will be a security compromise of Konoha that is deathly dangerous."

Kakashi listened to the boy talk in a way that seemed impossible for a twelve-year-old, but He knew Naruto was not normal. He also knew that this was the son of his Sensei and a person that was loyal, and also extremely smart from what he had seen so far, and that he definitely did have potential.

Kakashi's inner battle of loyalty versus debt to Minato finally ended and he agreed to Naruto's terms.

"Alright, Naruto, I'll agree. But only on the condition that if it is truly something that MUST be told to the Hokage, then I will tell him. If it isn't, not even torture will bring it out of me." He said to Naruto, who gave a smile as he began the Lie he had thought up to ensure his success. "I think I have a Kekkei Genkai," he said. This stunned the Copy-nin as he stood rooted for a second before saying quickly and also happiness could be heard, after all, this was his Sensei's son. "Are you sure? do you know for sure that you possess something special? If so what? If you do then you will have to be tested to see if it can be passed on, you could even become a clan head one day." The Copy-nin stopped in his explosion of words abruptly before clearing his throat and saying "Gomen, I got a bit carried away, its just a big deal and was excited for you, as you Sensei." Naruto gave him a 'yeah sure buddy' look as he began to talk his prepared list of 'abilities' his kekkei genkai possessed.

"Going back to your question on what it does, I sometimes see visions or just subconscious feelings. For example, when I was walking towards that puddle from earlier today, It seemed like time had stopped as I seemed to look down on my body from affair as the two nin jumped out and threw kunai into mine and sakura's chest. I also have been able to tell when something was wrong, and how to fix it in the same way, for example when I said Sakura would need lighter weights during the last D rank we did. Or sometimes just a feeling that something was either bad or good, I've even seen what I think was the past and future of someone, Sasuke's, that is. If I had to coin a term to my kekkei genkai, it would be one of these three. scrying, premonition, or foresight. Since I am seeing possible futures and can tell when something is amiss."

Kakashi's eye widened and his mouth hung agape under his mask. This is too amazing, this is stronger than the Sharingan and Byakugan, forget seeing the attacks if you could just see the future and choose a different plan that didn't involve fighting. You could all but eliminate casualties on missions since you would know when a fight would happen. He couldn't help but look at Naruto. This was his student, his Sensei's son, He had the privilege to be the teacher that would no doubt change the future of Konoha, but the heavens know how he would be upset if he knew it was all a lie.

"Naruto, I will do my utmost best to train you, you are destined to be a great entity in the future, but that's only if you live long enough to do it. I will also not tell the Hokage about your kekkei genkai, but if you ever have one of those visions or premonitions, tell me what it's about and then I can tell the Hokage and make it seem like it came from me. But anyway, I doubt you told me just because you want to confide in someone, right? Did you see something that I need to know about?" He said seriously.

Leave it Kakashi to see through to my intentions. Naruto gave a grateful look at the white-haired shinobi as he began to tell him about tomorrow. "I saw in a vision that tomorrow when we reach the Wave country, we were attacked by a ninja with a sword as big as his body, and this man is at least 6 ft tall mind you. And he fought from inside a huge mist he created and eventually you and him nearly killed each other but another ninja showed up and carried the man off and you were bedridden for a few days... and that's all I saw." Naruto told the Jounin in a grim voice and Kakashi, just pulled out his book as he responded to the grim prediction with an eye smile "Maa, Maa, no need to worry, I think I know who it was in your vision, and it is, I can definitely tie with him, it will all work out in the end." He said as he started walking again, looking for something to catch for the group to eat.

Naruto called out to Kakashi one more time "Kakashi-sensei, when you fight him.. Don't kill him, I can tell he isn't actually a bad person, we might even be able to recruit him to Konoha." he said as he turned to walk back towards the camp. Kakashi was thinking about Naruto's words 'Don't kill them? Not actually a bad person? If that guy isn't a bad person, then who is?' He thought to himself. 'But it seems there is more to this than there seems. If that guy is here but isn't the enemy...who is?'

After 10 minutes of Naruto returning, the Copy-nin came back carrying two rabbits and some type of pheasant, and the five people quickly cooked and ate before heading to sleep.