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Chapter 4

Two people walked through the crowded city streets. The one in the hoodie strode in front, most people simply getting out of her way before she pushed past them. The second one in a blue uniform with bright orange hair was less intimidating. He apologized to everyone he bumped into.

"Hurry up Kuwabara" Anne said, without looking back.

"I'm going as fast as I can!"

Anne sighed, she hated being late, and she could already faintly Hear Kurama and Hiei in the forest. She flipped up her hood and began humming under her breath. Slowly in front of her a narrow path of people appeared. She grabbed Kuwabara's hand and pulled him through the crowd.

"How'd you do that?" he exclaimed.

"I learned how a long time ago" she sped up a little as trees began to appear. The demons' Songs were louder now. She closed her eyes and led them to the clearing. Kurama and Hiei were already there, but that was no surprise.

"Good morning" Kurama greeted her "Are you ready?"

Anne simply nodded. Kuwabara thought for a second, and then nodded too.

"Good Hiei and Kuwabara will remain here. Anne and I will go deeper into the forest"

Kuwabara opened his mouth to protest, but caught Hiei's eye and closed his mouth again. It was obvious neither of them were happy about it. Anne flipped her hood back, showing her brown ponytail.

"Let's go" she smiled. Kurama nodded.

"Keep up" he said simply and took off. Anne raced after him. They went deeper into the woods. Kurama was silent and swift while Anne was slower and knew any demon would have no chance following her.

"Still there?" Kurama called out.

"Yes" Anne replied, concentrating on her breathing.

"Not bad for a human" he turned and disappeared behind a tree. When Anne turned too, he was gone.

"Use your powers to find me" his voice called out "Your training has begun"

Anne grinned and closed her eyes. Pocket change she thought. The sounds of Spirit Songs came rushing in. Everything from the trees to the bugs flying by seemed to be fighting to be the loudest. Anne easily tuned them out and focused on Kurama's. She'd only heard it three times, but she knew it well enough to find him. There is was, faintly, to her right. He was suppressing his Demon Energy, but suppressing energy rarely affected your Song. In most cases it made your Song louder and clearer since there was less in the way. Very, very few people could actually make it softer, but it took a life time of training.

Anne shook her head, Find Kurama, don't give yourself a technique lesson.

"You're in that tree" she said, pointing. There was a flash of red as Kurama jumped out and into another tree. Anne heard him moving all around her for a couple seconds, and then he stopped.

"Find me now"

"There" she pointed. He moved again.

"Now"

"There"

The trees shook again, but this time they didn't stop.

"Follow me" he took off running in the trees. Anne took a deep breath and ran after him. She focused on his Song, letting her feet do the running.

Another Song suddenly got louder. There was a crack and Anne suddenly exclaimed,

"Oh, shit!"

"Rose Whip!"

Kurama stood on a branch jutting out from the tree, his Rose Whip in his right hand. Anne was about fifteen feet away, still in a crouch from dodging the whip.

"Are you hurt?" Kurama dropped silently to the forest floor. Anne stood and grinned.

"Nothing serious, but I'm glad I didn't wear my favorite shorts" Kurama glanced down to see what she meant. Her baggy green shorts had been ripped down the front and fell off even as he was looking at them. He blushed and turned around, but Anne just laughed.

"Relax! I've got another pair on" Kurama looked over his shoulder and saw Anne was wearing a pair of smaller black shorts. "I didn't know if I should wear tight or baggy clothes" she admitted "so I wore both. I've never really trained with a demon before" She smiled as Kurama laughed.

"What you're wearing now will work, but the sweatshirt might restrict your movements, or also get ripped"

Anne nodded and pulled her hoodie off, showing a t-shirt for an American band, the first hint at her background. Kurama made a note of it. Anne still puzzled him. She had a human aura, but she definitely was not a normal one. I'll figure it out in time, he decided as he turned around.

"Shall we continue then?" he asked.

"Bring it on" she grinned.