The only time jumps made in this whole series are:

1) Where they went through a great deal of D class missions, which are boring so we didn't really need to see them

and

2) The month between the semi-finals and finals of the Chunnin exam when Naruto learned to use Gamabunta

Those were more time dialations than jumps, they showed a lot of it anyway then said "It's been a month already..." or something like that. Time just went by faster between eps/chapters, days instead of seconds like they do during the chapters with major fights.

I certainly hope they can find a better way to advance the story than do a lame time jump.
Good anime has flashbacks.
Bad anime have time jumps.