Not only was she pretty, but she was reminding him of another blond he knew. Of course, Naruto would be annoyed that a girl reminded Jiraiya of him, but her energy level was similar. His student was a bit of a girl sometimes, anyways.

Jiraiya laughed at her comment about the fish and 'leftovers'. "It could always be worse, though--at least it only smells like that."

"As for the rations, I'm a ninja," Jiriaya shrugged good-naturedly. "Although, I'll definitely confess that, when we could, we always caught game instead. But with some missions, there isn''t time for that, or lighting a campfire was too dangerous."