A girl watched as the plain descended, she had an almost board look on her face. Although to outsiders she looked like a boy, due to the fact her black hair was hidden back in a hat. Other features were she had silver piercing eyes and a read lick in her bangs.

"It looks as if we'll be landing in Japan soon." A voice pointed out. The girl looked up to see her guardian ghost leaning on the back of the seat.

"You sure are happy to be back in Japan Drake." The girl stated.

"Yes master Lei." Drake said with a smile. Lei paused and looked at him strangely.

"Drake if you're Japanese why is your name American?" Lei asked. Drake sweat dropped.

"Well because when you were little you couldn't pronounce my name and came up with Drake." Drake stated. Lei looked at him.

"I bet I could pronounce it now." Lei stated. Drake shook his head.

"Kuronni-soki ….. master." Drake stated and then after Lei gave him a blank stare sweat dropped.

"Kurohisoki." Lei said. Drake appeared in front of her holding her shoulders.

"No master but it was closer than your four year old self." He said sighing. Sudinly there was a jerk and the plane landed.

"Where there already?" Lei asked stunned that the ride was so short. Drake laughed at her comment.

"Well, lets go Drake." Lei stated grabbing her bag and a sword that was bundled up in cloth. She exited the plane into Tokyo international with Drake following close behind in his V.2 form. After two houres of complete boredom waiting for her last bag she stated,

"That stupid luggage turning thing…" she began speaking and cursing in Chinese.

Drake sweat dropped, " Master your slipping into Chinese again." He pointed out.

"Ehehe oops…. Ha ha, my bag! Get out of my way!" Lei stated pushing innocent by standers out of the way to get to her bag.

"I'm so sorry, please excuse my master." Drake said as he followed Lei through the crowd of people even though they could not see or here him.

"Master please wait up!" Drake called after her as they left the entrance to the air port behind.

"Come on Drake, getting slow in your old age?" She taunted as looked back.

"Wait, master look out!"

Suddenly Lei bumped into someone and fell flat on her ass as her hat fell to the ground. She looked up to see a young man with purple hair that seemed to be spiked in one place at the back of his head, gold eyes, and a slightly muscular figure wearing a black Chinese attire.

"Watch where your going you clumsy woman!" he said with a slight accent.

Lie just glared at him.

"Did you here what I said or are you deaf! Get out of the way!"

Rather than starting trouble Lei grabbed her two bags and sword and moved out of his way. She watched him go, and when he was three feat away she stuck out her tongue to his back.

"Jerk!" she growled.

Drake finally caught up to her, "Master are you all right?" he asked.

"Ya." She stood, grabbed her bags and re placed her hat on her head once again hiding her hair.

"Are you sure?"

"Ya, lets just go."

"As you wish."

They walked down the street searching for a hotel.

"You think master Quan will be angry with us?" Drake asked as they turned a corner. Lei thought for a moment.

"Well…" She trailed off.

"Master don't tell me you left without leaving a note!"

Lei laughed nervously, " Ok I wont."

"Master!"

"Come on Drake, if I left a letter do you think Master Quan would have let me enter the shaman tournament? Why do you think I dressed up as a guy?"

"So no one would recognize you."

"Exactly."

They turned a corner.

"and where do you think your going?" a voice pointed out. Lei and drake froze as they realized whose voice it was.

Lei sweat dropped, "Master Quan haha…" She slowly turned around to see an old man wearing a white Chinese attire fighting uniform. He glared at her waiting for a response.

"Haha how did you get here?" Lei asked nervously.

"I have my ways." He replied.

Lei laughed nervously, there was an awkward silence between them and a small tumbleweed blew between them.

"So?" Quan asked.

"So?"

"Why are you here?"

"How are you?"

Quan razed an eyebrow, "Fine thank you but that still doesn't answer my question."

"How was you're your lunch?"

Quan glared at the comicly smiling Lei and suddenly his stomach began to growl. The three stationary figures imprinted a look of comical horrified despair on there faces as they sweat dropped.

"You haven't eaten have you?" Lei asked.
"no." he replied comicly, as his head slid to the side sighing.

"Master!" Drake and Lei said in unison as they faltered to the ground.

"but that's not your concern. Why are you here!" Quan yelled.

"Funny story that one." Lei stated poking her fingers together.

"You're here for the shaman tournament aren't you."

"How did you know?"

" I ran into Silva!" he glared.

Lei looked toward the screen," Why me?" she asked comicly.

"Naturally I asked what he was doing in China and you know what he said?"

"n…no?"

"He said he was there to register a shaman for the tournament with your exact description!"

Lei looked down, she was in big trouble.

"what were you thinking!" Quan yelled.

"please master you don't under stand." Lei tried.

"Come, were going back to China!"

"but master…"

"no, I will not have you in this tournament. Now come!"

He turned to walk away but Lei stood rooted to the spot.

"Master Lei?" Drake asked floating by her side.

"we can't go Drake, we've come to far her bangs covering her eyes.

"no." she said in a firm voice.

"What?" Quan asked turning around.

"You heard me, Drake and I have come this far, were not going to back down now!"

"That's right, we have one fight left in the preliminaries." Drake defended.

"I'll tell you what." Quan said taking off his Chinese coat and got into a fighting stance, "If you beet me in hand to hand combat you can go to your fight, but if you don't you drop out of the tournament."

Lei looked at him in surprise then dropped her bags and also got into a stance. She knew he was going to do this, she had yet to beat him in hand to hand combat.

"Master are you sure about this?" Drake asked worried.

"Don't worry about me, I'll be fine." Lei replied.

Quan smiled, "are you ready?" he asked.

"After you."

Quan charged swinging his right leg toward her head. She blocked countering with a punch toward his abdomen. He dodged spinning to his left and kicked his left leg out hitting Lei in the stomach. She staggered back wards grabing her stomach.

"Master!" Drake shouted hurrying to her side.

Lei clenched her teeth and looked at Quan, " I'm fine Drake."

She let go of her stomach, she charged at Quan jumping and throwing a kick. He dodged, she then landed.

Lei looked down and swept her right leg under Quan tripping him. He fell and she brought her foot down to kick his chest. He grabbed her foot with both hands, then wile holding her foot with his right hand he extended his left up grabbing her leg and threw her to his right.

Lei reached down catching her self with her right hand. She landed in a crouching position sliding a couple feat away from him. Quan quickly jumped up from the ground. Lei waited in her crouching position and this time Quan charged. They went into a furry of qua-quan-do. They both landed and blocked hits showing no mercy toward etch other. Finally Quan quickly crouched and landed a hard double fisted punch to Lei's chest and stomach. She let out a painful yell and landed hard on the ground three feat from him.

Lei looked up into the clear dusk sky. She closed her eyes, " Damn it!"

"You fought hard." Drake said floating over to her.

"It was not hard enough.." she looked down. Quan watched as it went silent for a second.

"Master, would you like medical attention?" Drake asked looking up at her. Lei laughed slightly.

"No, its okay." She looked at drake. "You're always looking out for me, so thanks."

"Silly, I'm your guardian ghost its my job to look after you." Drake pointed out.

"yep, and you're the best guardian ghost ever." Drake blushed.

"you mean it?" he asked surprised.

"you bet!"

"Oh Master Lei! You have such a kind heart!" Drake said comically crying. Lei laughed and Quan watched with a hand on his chin. Lei stood up dusting herself off.

"Well I guess I lost." She looked away and drake looked down.

"you really want to be in the tournament this badly, huh?" Quan asked in a stating like way. Lei was silent. "Tell me this, what do you plan on doing when you become shaman king?" Lei looked up at him and then turned towards drake and smiled.

"to once again bring dragons to the world and have a place where we can live in harmony together." She replied raising a fist into the sky.

"Oh Master!" Drake muttered still crying comically. Quan smiled.

"I see." There was a moment of silence when Lei and Drake exchanged glances. They both could tell Quan was thinking hard about something, Finally he smiled.

"Well it seems you've grown a lot stronger in the past few days." He looked up at her "Your friendship and bond with your ghost is strong and since you've both shown strength and you really want to be in this tournament…." Drake and Lei's face both lit up.

"I guess I have no choice but to let you do as you wish." He finished.

"Did you hear what he said drake." Lei said happily.

"It looks like we get to fight our last battle for the preliminaries after all." Drake smiled.

"But of course I'll be accompanying you along the way." Quan said smiling. He picked up one of lei's bags.

"Thank you master I wont disappoint." Lei bowed.

"I'm sure you won't." He picked up his jacket, "Now, who did you register as?"

"Ling Sito."

"Right then, shall we ling?"

"Right! To a motel!" She razed a hand in the air. When she did Quans stomach growled and the three of them sweat dropped.

"Or better yet, a restraint!" Lei corrected. They all laughed.

V2 form: the ghosts little orb form

qua-quan-do: a Chinese marshal arts style of fighting