"Yeah, that's what the updated quest log thingie says," agreed Naruto.
"Ah," said Zabuza, leaning against a tunnel wall and sounding nostalgic. "Sneaking into a castle in order to assassinate some minor lordling, dozens of guards ready to kill or be killed. Those were the good old days."
"It wasn't that long ago," protested Kakashi.
"Well, people hiring assassins aren't that common in Konoha," pointed out Rin. "If you want someone dead, it's usually Kiri or one of the other villages that specializes in that sort of thing that gets the job. Back home we get more 'guard' missions than 'kill' missions. Or at least that used to be the case."
"Well, that's basically true as well," admitted Kakashi.
"I suppose," said Zabuza as he considered that. "If I'd been assigned to guard someone like the old drunk there - I'd probably have blown the mission and killed him myself by now."
Tazuna lowered his bottle, regarded Zabuza for a moment, then shrugged and took another sip.
"Isn't that empty by now?" asked Sakura. "You've been hitting that for the past hour."
"Near as I can tell, no matter how much I drink in this 'dungeon' - the level never goes down," said Tazuna. "Don't know why. Not complaining."
"Can't blame you there," said Zabuza. "Mind if I try a swig?"
Tazuna handed the bottle off. "Knock yourself out."
Zabuza took a long swig of the contents then made a face before pulling his mask back up. "Couldn't find anything of lower quality, old man?"
"It was cheap. Don't have a lot of money," admitted Tazuna.
"Wait a sec," said Naruto. "Something's happening."
[Side Mission: Rescue Princess Y/N?]
"There's a princess to rescue?" asked Naruto, brightening.
"Is there money involved?" asked Zabuza as he handed the bottle back to Tazuna.
"Doesn't say," said Naruto.
Zabuza checked his little stash of money. "I've already made a little more here than I'm getting paid to get rid of the old drunk. If there's money involved - I'd say yes."
"That much?" asked Sakura as she checked. "That's weird. I had all these silver coins here. Now I've got a couple of bronze ones and a little less silver."
Zabuza smirked. "I'll take those bronze coins and trade you my more valuable silver."
"Sakura?" asked Kakashi. "That's gold."
Sakura's eyes got very large. "Wait. I've got three gold coins?"
"Spoilsport," said Zabuza to Kakashi. Kakashi merely shrugged in reply.
Sakura closed her little change-purse and began tucking it away in her backpack.
"So, you've made more off of this run than you would have made from killing Tazuna?" asked Kakashi.
"Which puts me in a... well, I suppose you can't call it a 'moral dilemma'," said Zabuza. "Maybe call it a 'financial dilemma'?"
"Ah," said Kakashi. "Perhaps."
"So, sneak in, rescue some girl, kill this 'Duchess'," said Zabuza, checking his sword. "Sounds like a mission."
"It does at that," said Kakashi.
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