"Obito, stop grabbing at it! Come eat some barbecue already! If you don't hurry, everyone's going to finish Taiichi's barbecue!" Guy shouted at Obito, who was still struggling away.
Obito froze at the shout, seemingly torn between enjoying Taiichi's food first or continuing to practice water walking. In the end, Taiichi's barbecue won out. Obito quickly leaped ashore, cleaned himself up a little, and ran over to join everyone.
"Obito, water walking takes practice. You can't get fat in one bite," Taiichi said to Obito, then turned to Akimichi Todō. "Right, Todō?"
"Ha ha ha!" Everyone burst into good-natured laughter.
"That's right. I built this up bit by bit over time. And Taiichi, I'm not fat—I'm well-rounded!" Akimichi Todō kept eating even as he found time to retort.
Everyone ate and chatted together, occasionally asking Taiichi and Kakashi about their daily lives as Genin. Kakashi had been a Genin for quite some time, so he had plenty to talk about. Taiichi could only pick out a few interesting incidents from his missions to share with them.
"So after becoming Genin, we have to complete a certain number of D-Rank Missions before we can take on higher-level ones?" Obito complained.
"Are D-Rank Missions all small jobs within the village? Are there any that require leaving the village?" Shizune asked as well.
"The village has reasons for assigning those missions. Genin need to familiarize themselves with mission procedures and learn to work as a team. All that takes time. You can't aim too high too soon," Taiichi analyzed from the side.
As everyone laughed and chatted, Asuma somehow drifted over beside Kurenai, Obito started bickering with Kakashi again, and Shika and the other two lay off to the side digesting their food.
At that moment, Rin sat down beside Taiichi and looked