It's been around eight hours since I left the village, I kept running in the direction of Kirigakure most of the time while walking from time to time to restore my energy, I finally started feeling a little hungry, and decided to look for a spot to rest and spend the night.
After looking around a little more, I found a small river not too far away, I started putting up a tent, lighting a fire, and managed to catch 3 big fish from the calm river pretty easily.
I took out a sealing scroll from my bag and unsealed some spices I brought with me and started marinating the fish before putting them on top of the fire so they can slowly roast.
Maru that has been asleep on top of my shoulder all this time finally woke up due to the smell of the fish roasting to the campfire. For some reason, he mastered the transformation Jutsu one day and kept using it to appear smaller, around the size of a kitten, making it easier for me to bring him along when I move around, sometimes I even wonder if this lazy cat remembers how to walk as he is always either sleeping or eating.
Kayle: "Hey next time you will be the one to bring the fish, or else you won't be eating anything"
Maru: "Sure I don't mind doing it... it's so simple I didn't expect it to be hard for you"
Kayle: "It's not hard... I can do it easily"
Maru: "then why do you ask me to do it, if you can do it as well?"
Kayle: "Hey stop playing around, it's not about if it's hard or easy, it's about participating... everyone needs to do his part of the work"
Maru: "Hey I have the pocket dimension, and I let you use it without rent... you should be thankful to me, not be petty and make me work"
Kayle: "Well the pocket dimension is ours, not yours... and if you aren't okay with it then bite me... I'm the one making the rules here"
Maru sighed and then started focusing on the fish making sure it doesn't burn while kayle took out the notebook he received not too long ago.
He made sure to read the whole genin's mission notepad given to him, the notepad contained more than 200 D-rank and C-rank missions, Kayle focused on mostly the missions that happen around the Land of Waves, there is a total of three missions that picked my interest.
The first one was a D-rank mission and consisted of bringing ten yellow pearls back, this mission was contracted by Konoha's hospital and seems well paid, Kayle was pretty sure that even if he bought the pearls and brought them back he'd still make a decent profit.
The second was a C-rank mission that asked to eliminate a group of bandits that stole and killed everyone merchants that traveled between the land of water and the land of fire.
The third and last one was a C-rank that consisted to escort a ship that went towards Kiragakure from any beasts found in the ocean.
After making sure to highlight them, Kayle finally closed his notebook ready to enjoy the delicious fish that had finished cooking.
Kayle: "Maru?"
Maru: "Nom Nom Nom... Yes ?"
Kayle: "I'm pretty sure I put three fish to cook, didn't I?"
Maru: "Nom Nom Nom... Yes"
Kayle: "Then why is there only one left?"
Maru: "..."
Kayle: "..."
Maru: "The wind maybe ?" *Still had fish in the corner of his lips*
Kayle grabbed the last fish and started devoring it.
Kayle: "If I'm still hungry after finishing this fish... you will go on the fire to replace the fish you ate..."
Maru: "But... you never said anything about how we should share them... I assumed that I should have two... you know... I always had a huge stomach when it comes to fish..."
Kayle: "I wonder if I can still taste the fish you ate if I eat you right away, and I wonder what does cat taste like, never had it before"
Maru: "It tastes really bad! I know it because I'm always licking myself to clean my fur... you don't have to try it... wait for a second, I will go grab a few fish for you from the river right away"
As Maru left walking as fast as he could to bring a few fish in hope of saving his life a small smirk appeared in the corner of Kayle's mouth.
Kayle: "Stupid cat... fell right into my plan... now I will be eating an all you can eat buffet while having a servant bringing me all the food"