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Impressed with her natural skills, Tanako X invited her to attend the next training camp at the Chicago Dojo of the ACW Academy. A loner by nature, Hunter was not comfortable with the thought of having to study under X's disciplined, structured system and declined his invitation, deciding instead to tour the Untied States competing in lower-tier apartment wrestling promotions. Gaining experience and confidence, she entered ACW in 1999. Her early career was not very successful as she lost 9 of her first 12 matches. She learned from each loss, however, and worked on her strength and technique, becoming more aggressive with each match. Eventually her aggressiveness reached a level where she became almost entirely offensive-minded. With a seek and destroy mentality, many observed that her personality began to change as well. Her aggressiveness caused her to become very impatient, often "snapping" and striking training partners and other competitors.