She had regained control over her chakra, she had regained her power and she had regained the body which she had before she got struck down by that Hyuga bastard at the konoha prison facility. It was a glorious and downright exhillerating feeling to have everything back after such a long time, as if she had suddenly been gifted all the gold in the world, such was the feeling of wealth and greatness she had when she regained all that she had lost at that ill fated moment.

Yet now Lamya was back, stronger, faster and more importantly smarter than she had been before. The things that had happened were wise lessons for her, lessons to realize the flaws in her strategies and the painfully obvious weaknesses her arsenal of jutsu proposed to her opponents.

Alas, she could not and dared not to immediately turn upon Konoha yet again, that would've been a foolish and perhaps even rash decision she would've made prior to her crushing defeat, but now she had to be more careful and was surely more dedicated to avoid making such bad choices that could very well cost her more than just her health next time over.

So travelling was her only option, but where would she be going?

It was a difficult choice for the kunoichi, deciding on her next step. Though she initially wanted to go to kumogakure as she had promised the man who had released her from prison, the former White Snake of Konoha had other plans. She wasn't certain that it was smart to face off against Chi Rippa without having some training of her own. In the years she had been gone from Konoha, he could've very well gotten to equal her or even surpass her and she remembered very well that he was possibly the worst opponent for her.

Given that he was in kumogakure, she decided that perhaps going to Sunagakure was smarter. That village had weakened considerably over the years and it would've been a perfect place to strengthen herself and her grip on the shinobi world. Sunagakure had a recently elected new Kazekage and that would mean that there were many opportunities to get closer to someone who lacked the knowledge and intel on her surrounding villages.

"Don't you dare think I'm the only one who needs to train, Uraeus," Lamya chuckled, looking at the snake who had coiled around her waist and had his head resting upon her left shoulder. The white snake seemed rather surprised that he had been spoken to, much less actually had been ordered to train along with her. "You'll need to be stronger, more versatile and above all, more useful to the plans I'm making.
It's time for you to prove you're even worth my attention."

This was strange for Uraeus, who had always demanded that lamya showed that she was worthy of being his master and now she was demanding the same from him in the opposite direction. Though surprised by this demand, the snake simply let out a soft hiss and nodded, after all, there was nothing wrong with growing stronger, certainly not for a massive snake like himself.

"So, Sunagakure it is, let's hope we won't have too much trouble dealing with their security," The former Anbu captain laughed, putting on her mask as she jumped through the trees, reaching the border between the two countries of fire and wind. It was quite shocking to see the forest suddenly end into a sandy dessert, but nonetheless expected of a country that had the village hidden in the sand as their main hidden village. "Power, Uraeus. Power is all we will need for now, power to dominate and to control, power to change and reshape destiny as we see fit. Power... to deliver freedom upon ourselves and this world."

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