Star was in the back, for back up as she let the two walk ahead " Just howl if you need me, Alpha. I wont be far."

Em nodded as she continued to climb " your training is vital to this, Mikael. You would make a wonderful Alpha if you work hard at what I have been teaching you." she looked over at him and smiled " but Endurance is only half of what I am going to train you today. Fighting is a huge issue with you. If you want to live, you need to show agression to what ever you are attacking. Like me for instance" She gave a smirk.

She stopped and turned to him " Right now i know you wont attck me because you are too close to me. If you were a hundred feet away and I didnt know you were there, I would have been taken off guard and possibly been hurt. "

She sat down and tooked at the view for a few moments " Another thing is energy. You will burn alot of it just by climbing up and down this hill. "

She then gave him instructions. " You will run up and down this hill five times. Then a little break for water and then we shall see about your attack style. Go ahead and get going"

Mikael looked at the hill, looked at Em to make sure she wasn't joking, then began running up and down the hill five times, feeling fatigue set it and make the same hill feel longer and longer with each loop. Eventually Mikael finished the hill, breathing heavily from exhaustion, but he wasn't wiped out, per se. Looks like Em's training is paying off after all. I doubt I'd be able to do that before. After sufficently catching his breath, Mikael walked back over to Em and waited to see if she was impressed with his show of endurance.

" In a matter of only a half hour, you did good. " Em said " Now comes the harder part of training. Attacking your attacker. Show me what you were taught and lets see if I can help you out"

She stood up and faced Mikael, attack stange at the ready and smirked " Come at me"

(when will the love begin XDD I think he should making the first move during the attack training when she isnt expecting it)

(Well... I don't think it should be in front of Star... but soon, trust me.) Mikael looked at the way Em was stanced, then proceeded to walk to his right. "Look Em, you just made me run up and down a hill five times. Do you really think I'd be ready t..." In an instant Mikael turned and launched at Em, catching her slightly by surprise, taking her down and beginning the mock fight. Mikael avoided being pinned by Em's paws by squirming his way out of her grasp and tried to take her down, but so far it appeared to be even, despite the fact that Mikael was more winded that Em.

Em chuckled " Good try talking. Very distracting" Em said snarling as she circled around Mikael before lunging at him and nipped his snout a little nit to distract him. but then she saw Star walk off in the distance, giving a huge opportunity for Mikael. She didnt even feel the scrach to her rump when she was attached and pinned, her green and browns eyes lookng up at him whoa she thought " Nicely done, Mikael." but you too have to watch out for when you pin the ALpha down... She just might pi-" she chuckled and in one fluid motion, pinned Mikael down and looked down at him. Her paw against him, pressed hard. So he wouldnt move.

Star was bored, so she headed back to the den. ( yeah yeah I just got her out of the way XD)

Mikael lied against the ground, not at all amused by the fact that Em used the same tactic against him, and he was once again pinned to the ground, despite any attempts to escape. "Great. You pinned me and you nipped my snout. Congratulations." Mikael lied still, waiting for Em to let him go from the pinning predicament. I'll never be able to beat her or Clay at wrestling, will I? He asked himself as he waited.

" If you dont want to be pinned, then get your act together and fight!" Em snarled at him as she let go of her hold on him " And make the next one count" she said walking off, pretending to give up on the fight. " I know you want to excell, right? she said still walking off. She then unexpectadly turned around and ran right towards him. But she was pinned to the ground a minute later. She looked up and looked right at him in the eyes.

( have it be right here XD pin her)

For the first time, it was Mikael who was on top, pinning Em to the ground, despite her best efforts. "Ha! Looks like the student has defeated the teacher..." He kept her pinned even though she squirmed about, trying to escape. "I'll let you go soon enough... I just want the moment to sink in after you beat me so many times. Really want to savor the..." He stared at her green and brown eyes, and something inside of him paused for thought, deadening his monologue. She really does have pretty eyes. And a pretty pelt and... Mikael was snapped back to reality as Em escaped the pin and stood back up.

" Enough" Em said shaking out her dirty pelt. " You are the one being taught, not me, Mikael,get back to the den. Training is over. Meet me here tomorrow. And dont you dare forget it. " She then walked off to go talk to the Alpha about his training. She didnt have to wait long though. She sat down and waited for him to ask her. She hoped he would smell what happened between the two up in the West. But she knew that her own Alpha would. I have to be careful here she thought. Breathing hard.

Hunter walked over at sat beside Em, noticing the scent of Mikael on her. After receiving a report about his training, Hunter felt satisfied that they were still training. "So, he was finally able to pin you down?" Clay overheard Hunter talking and couldn't help but walk up and say there was no way that Mikael would pin him, despite all of the training that Em was giving to him. He walked off to check up on Makayla as Em finished the report. Mikael walked back to the den and noticed that Em and Hunter were talking to each other, so he waited until Em was done then sat down next to Hunter to talk to him about the training. "Well, if anything, it's clear that you practiced wrestling with her." Mikael opened his mouth to retort, but he couldn't say anything, so he simply closed his mouth and let Hunter continue to talk. "But... I trust that your time with her is nothing more than training. You did always want to be the Beta Male, after all, so having the Alpha's trust is a good way to start..." Hunter let the sentence hang in the air as he left, making Mikael think considerably about his training sessions with her.