Ester sat at her desk pondering over how she'd lost documents to a traitor of the Magma. She sighed because she felt as if she'd failed the Magma. Was Dechai right, would she really be the reason the Magma failed. Shaking her head no she sought to other things like collecting and filling out paper and looking for someone who would be a possible canidate for the roll of her assistant incasea anything ever happened to her. She'd keep the Magma up and running in tip top shape and visit Rumiko while she had a chance of freedom.

Annie walked into the Kage's room to see Ester working on paperwork. Personally she'd come to see if her sensei and Kage were okay and to see if she could have a day of training because next year she wished to compete in the Chuunin Exams. Giving a small nod of her head she walked up to the desk. "Ester," she said quietly. "Are you okay?"

Ester looked up to see Annie coming through the door. "Oh, hello," she said. "I'm fine, just thinking is all," she told her student. The young genin was advancing well, but Ester was afraid that she might not be able to help finish her training, she needed to help the Magma and Annie wouldn't have enough time to train. Ester sighed. "What do you need?"

"Well" Annie started. "I wanted to see if we could go training sometime," she said with a light smile. "I mean we haven't had a session in a while, but I understand full well since you're the Kage," she said quickly.

Ester looked at Annie with sad eyes. "I'm so sorry for not training you, we'll go to the Feilds tomorrow, how does taht sound," she asked with a forced smile. She then stood up and walked over to Annie. "We're going to have fun tomorrow," she stated. "Nothing is more important than making you as strong as you want to be," Ester said as she gave Annie a hug.