Here is chapter three. Not much else to say.

So...on with the story!


XxXxX--Three Weeks Later--XxXxX

Three weeks had gone by with no incidents. Anjel had slowly been recovering. Anjel was sitting on an examination table as Tsunade checked her over. Miko was no where to be seen.

"Okay, you should be fully healed, but I am giving you the weekend to make sure. Monday, you should be able to take on missions," said Tsunade. Anjel jumped down as she told Tsunade okay. Anjel walked out of the room and went to meet her team for training. When she got to the bridge, she noticed she was the first one there, so she began stretching. When she finished, she began the warm ups she had learned from her eldest brother. She felt the tears coming up from thinking about her brother but pushed them back. She soon lost herself in the training and didn't notice Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto come up. Naruto had a confused look on his face. He could not figure out what Anjel was doing. It looked like she was doing justu hand signs, but her eyes were closed and there was no charka. Before anyone could tell Anjel they were there, Kakashi chose to show up. Naruto spun around and pointed at him.

"YOU'RE LATE!" shouted Naruto in his loudest voice possible. At the sound of someone yelling so close to her, Anjel spun around to the source and quickly did some hand signs. Before anyone could blink, the clearing was filled with clones of Anjel. Naruto's mouth was hanging open in surprise. Sasuke was stunned. He didn't think anyone could pull off a justu that fast. Kakashi was impressed. 'She had improved,' thought Kakashi. The clones looked at the group and then blinked. The real Anjel's eyes widen, and then she released the justu.

"Heh, sorry about that. You scared me," said Anjel as she rubbed the back of her head. She slowly walked over to the group and gave them a small smile in apology. When Naruto got over his surprise, he began asking Anjel lots of questions. Anjel backed up at the barrage of questions. Her eyes were wide. 'Where is Miko when you need her,' thought Anjel as she tried to figure out how to reply. Sasuke noticed Anjel's apprehetion to the questions and gave Sakura a look that purely said stop-Naruto-before-Anjel-or-Kakashi-become-suspicious. Sakura quickly hit Naruto over the head saying that was not how you greeted a teammate. Anjel calmed down when Naruto was distracted, but soon felt the drain of the justu on her chakra level. She didn't realize how much charka she had used. She felt dizzy and noticed that the ground was coming up to her face quickly. Kakashi had been occupied with Naruto and Sakura that he didn't notice until the last second that Anjel's charka levels had jolted considerable. Sasuke had been watching Anjel when he saw her sway. Before he knew what he was doing he had caught Anjel before she had hit the ground. Anjel noticed arms around her when the black haze that had covered mind started to dissipate. She felt the person holding her pick her up and move. She was gently rested against something. When her mind cleared more she realized the something she was resting against was a tree. As her senses came back she heard voices but couldn't tell what they were saying. The voices slowly cleared up. Someone was saying she need to wake up. She didn't want to open her eyes but did anyway because the voice sounded very concerned. When she got her eyes opened, she saw Sasuke looking at her. She heard Sakura getting onto Naruto telling him it was his fault for scaring Anjel half to death. She had no clue where Kakashi was. She couldn't even sense his charka in the clearing. She tried to sit up, but a hand restrained her. She looked at Sasuke. For a second she thought she saw a glint of worry in his eyes, but it was gone in the next.

"You used too much charka at one time. Kakashi went to get Tsunade. So stay still," said Sasuke as he pushed her back down. Sakura came over when she saw Anjel was awake. She checked her over and stated that she would be fine after resting a while. Anjel moved to pull something from her pouch when a hand stopped her. She looked up and saw a glint of some emotion she could figure out in the black eyes of Sasuke, but before she look closer it was gone.

"What do you need?" asked Sasuke. Sakura had moved to watch for Kakashi and Tsunade. Naruto was still on the ground from the hit he had received from Sakura. Anjel shook off his hand.

"I am not a child. So let me get it," said Anjel. She hated it when people treated her this way. She had seen too much destruction and death for her age. She moved to get the item she was looking for again, but Kakashi and Tsunade had shown up. Tsunade came over and started looking her over.

"I am fine," said Anjel, "I just used to much charka." Tsunade just kept going on like Anjel had not said anything.

"I thought I told you not to do too much," said Tsunade. Before she could reply, Sasuke answered.

"When we got here she was doing exercises and didn't notice us. And then Kakashi showed up and Naruto shouted at him which startled her. So like most ninjas she protected her self," said Sasuke. Tsunade turned towards Naruto and asked if that was true. Naruto said yes, and Tsunade came over to her and knocked up side the head saying he knew Anjel was still recovering and not the surprise Anjel again. Tsunade came back over and said Anjel need to go home to rest. Anjel tried to stand but failed miserably. Kakashi caught her and said he would take her home. Kakashi and Anjel disappeared in a puff of smoke.

XxXxX--At Anjel's Home--XxXxX

"You have improved," said Kakashi as he set Anjel down on her couch. Anjel slumped into the cushions.

"Thanks. I have my brothers to thank for that," said Anjel. When what she had just said hit her she choked up. She knew she couldn't hold back the tears this time and just let them go. Kakashi saw this and sat beside her asking what happened.

"Matt, my oldest brother, was killed in an attack on the village when I was six. Marak disappeared a few years ago. Father said that he was most likely dead. I didn't think at the time he was and still don't, but with everyone telling me he is it's hard to believe what my heart says," said Anjel as the tears slowly stopped. She wasn't able to cry long because she knew it didn't help anything. Kakashi told her that the best thing to do was to believe what she thought was true but to keep in mind Marak was a ninja, and ninjas die all the time. When Anjel stopped crying, Kakashi left telling her to rest up. When Kakashi left, Anjel fell into a dreamless sleep.


Me: Okay, that's all for now. Please review because the more reviews I get the more reason I have to continue.

Where is Miko? What was the emotion Anjel saw in Sasuke's eyes? What attack killed Mark, Anjel's oldest brother? And if Marak is alive, where is he? Find out next chapter.