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An hour later, Sasuga was in Seif's car, as the lion was taking her for a ride through the streets of the city.

"I'm sorry to have called you this early in the day," Seif started with an apology. "I figured it would be better to do this during the day, without any kind of commotion or interruption."

Sasuga shook her head. "No, it's fine! I was very glad when I got your call. I really appreciate you taking time off of your day to help me train and get better at using my powers," she said in gratitude, referring to that phone call she got earlier.

"Don't worry about it, I'm happy help. I just hope I didn't take you away from anything important."

"N-No, no, it's okay. I'm totally free for the day," Sasuga replied. She was supposed to go out with Rinami and the others to the mall, but she sought to go out with Seif as well. She convinced them she would meet up with them at the mall later in the afternoon after she finished training with Seif, hitting two birds with one stone. She didn't want to miss out on a chance to spend some time with the handsome lion, by themselves to boot.

They took the same route that took them to the outskirts of the city, to the same location they went to train previously ? Ouran Woods. They found a secluded spot in the forest and parked the car there. When they got out of the vehicle, the first thing Seif did was taking off his black business coat and white shirt, leaving a dark green tanktop shirt to cover his buff upper body. He obviously didn't want get them burned by his fire power like last time, but that wasn't what crossed Sasuga's mind when she saw him like that. She instantly blushed, as the tanktop did little to hide his muscular torso, showing his thick strapping bare arms and big round shoulders much clearly and even his chest was visible, the top of his bulging pecs peeking out from under his tight shirt and he had thick fuzz of chest fur in the same color of his mane between them.

"Oh God..." a soft whimper escaped the kirin's lips as she stared at that hunky lion. She always found Seif incredibly attractive, but he was killing her with this strip tease. She thought Panja was hotly buff and muscular when she saw him topless, but somehow Seif seems a bit bulkier and heavier than his white-furred cousin. To make it worse, she could easily see his nipples under that tight fabric. Her knees were getting weak and her mind started to conjure up raunchy scenarios of what he would do to her here in the woods, alone.

"Are you ready?" Seif's deep voice then caught Sasuga's attention, and for a second there, she took that question to a whole different meaning and almost spurted out an 'OH GOD YES PLEASE!', but she snapped out of it right in time.

"Uh, yes, I'm ready!" Sasuga answered, trying to hide her gushing blush and fawning.

Seif nodded, "Let's get started then." He led her to an open area in the middle of the forest and they stood at the center of it. "So, have you been getting better at controlling your powers?" Seif started.

"Yes, a little bit. I can keep it at bay and not let it go off against my will," Sasuga answered.

"That's good. You're improving fast," Seif complimented her, making the kirin smile proudly. "However, that's not enough. You must have full control of your power. To the point where you can shape it in any way you want."

"Shape it any way I want?" Sasuga wondered, not fully getting the picture.

"Yes. Like I told you before, you have to control it, not let it control you. Be the master, own it, and everything else will come out naturally," Seif said, crossing his brawny arms over his broad chest, as Sasuga listened intently. "Have you seen Panja use his ice powers?"

"Oh, yeah, I did. He's amazing... He could create all kinds of icy attacks. And he even helped heal a wound of mine!" Sasuga replied in admiration.

"Heh, yeah, I admit. That big oaf sure has great skills," Seif said with a little smirk, as Sasuga giggled lightly at that. "But that's what I mean. Panja have total control of his powers and can manipulate it pretty much however he wants. You have to reach that level of control, as well," he continued and Sasuga began to feel stressed.

"But, how?"

"With enough training, you'll get there. Of course, it doesn't have to be in the same style as Panja. It all depends on the power," Seif answered, but Sasuga still seemed to be at loss. "Here, let me demonstrate. Stand by me," he told her and instructed her to stand by his side, as she complied. He then lifted his right arm and his fist glowed a flaming red hue, then with a loud grunt, his fist fell down and pounded the ground hard, as a tower of flames erupted from the earth a couple of feet from them, kind of like a mini volcano.

Sasuga flinched as she witnessed that, gasping a bit at both the tiny quake when his fist slammed the ground and the fire explosion it created. What was more amazing was that his attack didn't leave a crater on the earth surface when the fire vanished, just barely some smoking burnt cracks.

"That's incredible..." the kirin muttered in astonishment. If someone were standing there, they would have been burned to a crisp.

"That's some of what I can do with my fire power. I can also infuse it to weapons, like my sword," Seif stated, dusting off his fist.

"Oh, yes, I remember that," Sasuga recalled. She wasn't sure if she could ever be as skilled as Seif or Panja, but infusing her electric power to weapons? Maybe that was something she would be capable of doing.

"Don't stress over it too much. We'll take it one step at a time. I'll help you all the way through," Seif comforted her.

"Thanks, Seif," Sasuga smiled. Knowing that he was here with her and helping her out boosted her confidence and made her believe she would get better and stronger. That was her main goal, after all.

"For now, let's focus on what you can do instead of what you should do. Aiming is important, especially of an erratic power like electricity. You don't want to injure innocent bystanders by mistake. Let's practice that," Seif said and went over ahead of her to set up some target poles he made out of branches he chopped off nearby trees. He placed them in different ranges and then went back to the kirin, standing behind her.

"Alright. Shoot the nearest target with an electrical charge," Seif instructed her and Sasuga nodded readily, eying her target and lifting her right hand in front of her. Her palm started to generate a red spark and when she was ready, fired a straight charge of crimson electricity that hit the target and rendered it to pile of ashes.

'Yes!' Sasuga cheered to herself, pleased that she hit her first target spot on.

"Good shot. But don't get cocky, that was an easy one," Seif said diffidently. "Try that farther one on the left now." He pointed to her and she turned to the target. It was a few feet away from the first one, but she prepared to shoot it and charged up another shot. She blasted at it, but this time she missed and it zipped right passed it, hitting a tree behind it instead.

"Damn it!" Sasuga grunted.

"It's okay. Try again," Seif said and she did, aiming at the target and giving it another electrical bolt. Again, she missed, striking the ground next to its base. If that was Hazard fighting an enemy, she would've struck him by mistake. Sasuga was getting frustrated.

"Calm your mind and don't lose your focus. Remember, you're the master," Seif advised her. Sasuga let out a deep breath and pointed her palm at the target again, hitting it directly this time.

"Good job, Sasuga."

"Thank you, but... I'm not sure if it's good enough. I mean, these are still targets. I don't think the demons will just sit around and wait for me to aim at them and shoot," Sasuga pointed out.

"Hrmm..." Seif paused to ponder. "Your lightning bolts are strong and damaging, but they take too long to charge. What if you can throw smaller bursts instead? That might save you some time and you would be able to shoot them faster." The lion suggested to the kirin, as she gave it a little thought, staring at her own hands.

"I'll give try," she nodded at him. She always used her palm to shoot her lightning bolts, spear open. She wondered what would happen if she made a fist instead. There was only one way to find out, as she turned her right hand into a fist and charged up a spark. To her surprise, the color of it turned bright yellow instead of red, is it formed a circle glow around her fist. Without waiting longer, she pulled her arm back and then hurled the ball of electricity towards the third target.

Seif's eyebrows raised in astonishment at that little trick she pulled, as he watched the fast ball of spark land straight at the branch, creating a small dome of electricity around it and obliterating the wooden branch inside of it into nothingness.

Sasuga mouth was gaping open. "Did I just... do that?" she turned to the equally surprised Seif and asked in doubt.

"Yeah. You did. That was incredible. I knew you had it in you," Seif said compliantly, very impressed by the kirin intuitive innovation.

Sasuga couldn't be happier; she could just do cartwheels, if she knew how to do it. She just came up with a new attack right on the fly. It was like how Seif told her ? Just own your power, and everything else will follow accordingly.

"Don't celebrate yet. You still have one more target, and it's the farthest," Seif then stated.

"Okay, I can do this!" Sasuga said with renewed confidence, as she faced the last target and prepared to take it down. She wanted to try that spark ball again and make sure it wasn't a coincidental accident, and sure enough, her fist glowed in a yellow spark. Her eyes gleamed in excitement by that, but then an idea crossed her mind, looking at her left hand. She made a fist with it as well and tried to do the same to it, and it too glowed in yellow sparks, discovering that she can throw two balls at a time, doubling her attacks. But what if she combined her fists together and threw an even stronger and bigger attack? Sasuga tried just that and brought both of her glowing fists close to each other. However, the result was more than what the kirin had expected, as the sheer magnitude of the two electric charges was much more powerful than she had expected, resulting a big ball of electrical energy that blasted out of her hands and forcefully pushing her to the back, sending her flying fast and slamming into a bunch of bushes.

"Sasuga!" Seif yelled out as he rushed over to her rescue. He found her laying over the bushes, seemingly unharmed, as he helped her up on her hooves. "Are you all right?" he asked in concern, checking her up for any wounds.

"Ow... Y-Yeah, I'm fine. I just got the wind kicked out of me, that's all. Sorry about that," Sasuga replied, regaining her bearings after that unexpected shockwave. She looked over at where she shot, and not only did she take out the target branch, but a couple of trees along with it too. "Oops... I think I over did it a bit..."

Seif smiled in relief, "Just a bit. You keep not ceasing to amaze me."

A big blush covered Sasuga's face, as she found a hard time look back at him and looked away shyly. "Oh, um... Well, I..." she stammered a bit, but then she felt a faint crawling sensation on her right arm. She looked over and she saw the biggest spider crawling over her arm, probably stuck on her when she fell on the bushes. As expected, Sasuga let out the sharpest scream of terror, suddenly throwing herself at Seif's chest and clinging into him tightly.

"EEEYAAAH!! OH GOD OH GOD! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF FROM MEEE!!!" Sasuga cried out while clinging frantically into Seif, totally hysterical and panicking the lion slightly.

"H-Hey, easy there. Calm down, Sasuga. It's okay now, it's gone. It's gone," Seif calmed her down as he shooed away the spider with his hand, as Sasuga took a few moment to settle down, her face pressed against Seif's broad chest. It then took her a couple of more moments to realize the situation she was in now, clinging so closely to Seif's strong body.

"Oh my god!" Sasuga gasped as she pulled herself away from the lion, blushing so hotly she felt like she was going blow up like a steaming kettle. "I-I-I'm so sorry, Seif! I didn't m-mean to... I mean, s-spiders scare me so much and I freak out and don't realize what I do and..." She tried to apologize, mortified to death after Seif saw her freak out and hugging him forcefully like that.

"D-Don't worry about it. Don't be so hard on yourself. It's quite all right..." Seif replied coyly, kind of embarrassed himself. Not that he minded the hug.

An awkward silence then passed for moments, as the two of them simply stared at each other, a mix of emotions filling the air. Neither of them knew what to do or react next. For some reason, Seif couldn't back away, and then as if they were magnets, he couldn't resist leaning his face down to her. Sasuga simply froze in her place, not believing that Seif is actually wanting to kiss her. And she wanted it. Bad. She simply closed her eyes and waited for his warm leonine muzzle to touch her eager lips.

Suddenly, just a nano-second before their lips locked, Sasuga's phone rang abruptly and interrupted the tender moment, forcing Seif to stop and back away.

"Err, sorry, you should answer that," Seif rumbled as he stepped back and gave her some space, trying to hide the little red flush covering his fuzzy cheeks.

"Y-Yeah..." Sasuga agreed, although deep within she was cursing her damned luck and this damned phone. She quickly picked it up and answered it, "He-Hello?"

"Hey, Sas," she heard Hazard's voice reply in the phone speaker.

"Oh, hey Haz. What's up?"

"I'm just calling to see when are you gonna be coming to join us. Rinami is killing us here! We need a girl here to even us out big time!" Hazard said, sounding desperate.

"Umm, well, I... I'll be coming over soon."

"Great, don't take long!" Hazard ended the call, as Sasuga put her phone back.

"I guess we'll end the training here. Come on, let's get ready to leave," Seif stated, as Sasuga resisted letting out a disappointing sigh.

"Yeah, I guess so..." she muttered."Um, well, I'm going with Haz and the others to the mall. You're... welcome to join us, if you want to? I'm sure they'll like to have you around. Of course, you don't have to if..."

"I'll like that, too," Seif unpredictably answered. Sasuga blinked, stunned that he actually accepted, but she sure was happy he did.

To be Continued...