The day I woke up and cleared all evidence of anyone being here in case my older teammates came back this way after completing whatever mission they were currently in the middle of completing.

Once everything was cleared up. I walked over to my medium size purple and blue snake. "Thank you for keeping watch, Kano," I said.

"It was my pleasssure, my princesss," Kano hissed.

"I told you not to call me princess," I said with a sigh.

"Asss Lord Orochimaru, daughter, you are a princesss in my eyes," Kano replied.

"Fine, if that's what you wish, so be it. You are free to head back home now," I told him.

"Goodbye, my Princesss," Kano said, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

Once he was gone, I continued making my way to the Land of medicine which was going to take me one more day to get. There it was close to the Land of demon, which wasn't too far from the hidden out we were currently in.

***

After hours of walking, I decided to stop for a lunch break and rest for a bit. So far, my journey to the Land of medicine has been peaceful. So Kabuto must be right that the wolf-tiger demon is sealed away somewhere.

I was now picking some fresh berries from the bushes in the woods for my lunch. After checking the colors to make sure they weren't poisonous. When I heard a rustling sound in the bushes, I narrowed my eyes, wondering what was behind the bush.

'From the feel of it, not a person, but it charka seems weaken.' I thought.

Suddenly a blue strange-looking dog came from out of the bushes, limping on it, slightly bleeding left front paw.

"Hey, there, little guy, " I said, wondering what the dog was doing here.

The dog whimpered, holding out his paw. I dug into my pouch and found the bandages, and wrapped up the little guy's paw.

"There you go, take it easy, and the paw should be fully healed in a couple of days," I told the little fellow tightening the bandages slightly.

Once that was settled, I started taking off with my berries and was ready back on my journey to the Land of medicine, eating my berries on the way, when I noticed the strange dog stareing at me.

'What a strange creature. Maybe my father knows what kind of creature he is. However, that will have to wait until I head back to the hideout after I find this herb of life.' I thought, focusing my attention back on the mission as I ate my yummy berries.

***

I was still walking through the woods thinking about that strange creature still as I noticed that the sun was starting to set.

'It looks like it's about to be nighttime. I should probably call it a night for. From the look of the map, I'm not that far from the Land of medicine since there seems to be fewer woods and starting to see signs of soft dirt that herbs could grow in.' I thought, looking at the map in my hand, abs then the dirt.

"Now, let's find something to eat for dinner tonight," I said. I looked around for what I could eat for dinner when I remembered I had packed some ramen, so I decided to make that for dinner tonight.

After setting up a fire, I began cooking one of my favorite ramen for my dinner. It was spicy Miso ramen with extra eggs.

"Well, dinner is served," I said, grabbing my fully cooked ramen and began to eat it.

'I wonder how things are going at the hideout. They're probably preparing for switching hideouts soon.' I thought as I continueed to eat my spicy Miso ramen.

"Delicious," I said, putting out the fire and finishing off my ramen.

I bit my thumb and wiped the blood on the tattoo on my right arm. A cloud of smoke appeared, and after a few minutes, Kano appeared.

"You sssummoned me?" He asked.

"Yeah, keep watch why I take a rest for the night," I said.

"Of courssse, Princesss, I will keep watch while you ressst," Kano replied.

"Thank you," I said, closing my eyes as I began to don't off to sleep for the night.

***

The following morning I dismissed Kano and continued my journey to the Land of Medicine to find this Herb of life. I just hope this journey continued without serious problems.

'So far, nothing serious, just almost a run-in with my old team.' I thought as I continued walking through the woods.

When I snapped out of my thoughts and noticed that I was in a beautiful clearing where I could see a few dark green herbs, which were not the one I was looking for.

Taking another look at my map. I saw that there was a village up ahead called Howling Wolf village. Along with three mountain ranges surrounding it.

'From the looks of Kabutos notes, the Herb is located in one of the mountain ranges. Which means I don't have to worry about sneaking past the village security. Though I didn't think the village would be holding the rare herb.' I thought, looking at the map, wondering what mountain range I should try looking through first for the herb.

After a bit of thinking, I decided to check out the mountain range that seemed to be located to the west of the village as my first option.

'Hopefully, this is the right one because I don't feel like exploring mountain ranges for herb for who know how many hours are days. I care about my father, but still, this traveling is exhausting, especially since I didn't get a complete rest after my spar against Sasuke.' I thought as I headed for the mountain range towards the west.

Chapter End!

I hope you all enjoy the third chapter of The Rouge Senju- Serpent. In this chapter, Kaiya had finally arrived in the Land of Medicine and now heading for the west mountain range to find the Herb of Life. Next, the chapter will most likely be the end of this mission. Feel free to let me know what you think of this story so far.

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