Or that time when everyone became Sasuke but with a little dash of Sakura and a drop of Naruto.
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Kakashi mulled over the plan spread out in front of him with a serious look. Quietly, his genins watched him from the sidelines, eyes shining with eagerness.

"So? What do you think? Is it good, Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura finally asked when she couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Hmm..."

"Come on! It's got to be good-ttebayo! We worked hard on this! Please say it's good!" Naruto pleaded, making puppy eyes at him to gain sympathy.

"Hmmm..."

"Stop trying to be an ass and tell us," Sasuke rolled his eyes at him.

"Hmmmmm..."

"Personally, I find it quite excellent," Haku commented.

"For genins," Zabuza scoffed. "Though I admit it's not bad. I've seen worst made by jounins."

"See! Even Zabuza agreed!" Sakura exclaimed. "So please say that it's good! It took us almost two hours to make it!" she begged desperately.

"Oh, for Heaven's sake! Why are you people making a big deal about how you should spend your money?!" Tazuna shouted in exasperation. "Everyone knows you save 1/3 and then use the rest on food and daily products!"

Now it's Zabuza's turn to roll his eyes. "Fucking normies. Idiots, the lot of them."

Tazuna sputtered at that.

"Now, now, Zabuza. They lead a very different life compared to ours so let's try not to kill them out of spite. At least, try not to kill our client." Kakashi said placatingly. He then turned to look at his genins and gave each of them a pat on the head.

The three of them preened at his silent praise, feeling very pleased and proud.

" Yes, yes, while this is all adorable and all, need I remind you that you still haven't completed your job yet?" Tazuna snipped at them.

"And need I remind you that due to your negligence, our mission is misranked thus we have every reason to just leave you to their mercy?" Kakashi shot back, jabbing a thumb at the two still trapped ninjas behind him.

Zabuza casually lifted his sword without breaking eye contact with Tazuna while Haku smiled serenely at him.

Tazuna paled at the sudden reminder.

"Hm, I thought so." Kakashi eye-smiled at him.

"Still, he has a point. What should we do about our current job, sensei?" Sakura, ever the sensible one, asked the question.

"Hmm, not sure," Kakashi hummed. He then looked at Zabuza. "If we let you go, will you promise not to try and kill our client?"

"Of course not." Zabuza answered immediately. "Even I need to make money to live."

"Mm, thought so." Kakashi frowned.

Sakura then siddled up to Zabuza, peering at him curiously. "If you don't mind me asking, are you working with Gatō?"

"Isn't it obvious? Of-fucking-course I work for Gatō!"

Naruto made a face at the name. "Urgh, he sounds like someone who will betray you when you got the job done," he blanched.

'You got that just from his name?' Sasuke signed at him.

"Well, yeah. His name just screams, 'betrayal!' to me." Naruto shrugged.

"Well, he's not wrong there," Tazuna agreed with a toast of his alcohol that he had magically produced out of nowhere.

"What?" Zabuza said dumbly.

"The blondie-"

"Hey! Rude!"

"-is right. That sleazeball did something like that a couple of months ago with this no-name ninja. Found that poor bastard dead in a ditch the day he was supposed to be paid." Tazuna said nonchalantly.

"Huh. Guess I was right." Naruto said in quiet surprise.

"How can you guess that Gatō is an A-grade asshole but still fell for Mizuki's trick to get the forbidden scroll?" Sakura questioned.

"Hey! I was sad I didn't pass! You can't blame me when that bastard took advantage of my sadness to do something stupid!" he defended. "And how did you even know about that?"

"Rabbit, remember? I might as well be invisible when I wear my mask." Sakura shrugged.

"Can we get back to the topic of how Zabuza is being fucked over by Gatō now?" Sasuke piped up.

Zabuza glared murderously at him.

"Now, now, let's all calm down," Kakashi said as he stepped into Zabuza's line of sight, blocking him from his genins. "Instead of trying to murder each other, why don't we form a mutual understanding that may benefit the both of us?" he suggested.

Zabuza gave the silver-haired jounin a scrutinizing look. "... I'm listening."

"We both want something; us to keep Tazuna safe from Gatō, you to get the money from Gatō for whatever evil schemes you have running in your head. So why don't we compromise?"

"And what do you propose we do to reach that, Hatake?"

Kakashi's eye gleamed with glee and mischief. "I suggest we give Gatō a taste of his own medicine."

Instantly, his three gremlins perked up with interest, all three of them wearing those faces they make when they plan to do something that might end with either a big explosion or another stack of property damage bills.

Zabuza grinned widely. "I like your way of thinking, Hatake. It seems like this might be the start of a beautiful friendship between the Leaf and the Mist." he declared with a predatory look.

Tazuna just wonders how he isn't dead from alcohol poisoning by now.