(thanks for your reviews sorry about the not showing you her 'mate' but you'll find out soon enough so on with the chappies hope I'm forgiven)

at the stage

"come on, let the games begin. with over 5000 contest and one place for the winner this is gonna be one hell of a tournament I heard that the times keepers children will be participating in this one so you guys better watch out there have also been rumors that the dark tournament winners or better known as team Urameshi will be competing as well so with out further a due I turn you to the screen to look at the forest where the poliminaries will take place which ever team deems themselves worth will continue on to the fight phase" said the announcer guy

" so it's like taking a walk through grandma's forest" said Yusuke

"well this is the easy part but it's best we play it safe here there communicators just in case we get slit up don't start any fights but finish them and that's it for my speech anyone else wanna take a whack at it" said Erica trying to calm herself

"nope" said Acurro who noticed her bad mood and every one else pretty much agreed

"good then lets go cuz I wanna be one of the first teams at the end get the flag we need at least 5 so we can qualify for the next round and they're limited" added Erica as she began to walk

"Okay" said Yusuke shrugging as he looked around

"don't you think we should spilt up" said Solaria

"sure why not?" retorted Erica in a low voice

"so how many groups" said Yusuke

"I'm not being stuck with Erica" he added as an after thought

Normally she'd give him a look or even a smart comment but she remained silent

"um how about 4 since we gotta get 5 flags and there are 7 of us"

"ok but I want to go by my self" said Erica as she left them to figure out their groups

"so whose going with me don't all jump at once" said Solaria sarcastically as they all had their attention on Erica's retreating form

"um I'll go with you" said Acurro

"oh goodie lets go then kid while they recuperate" replied Solaria

"they'll soon learn that she has more under the surface than she lets on" she added as she began to walk in the opposite direction of Erica with Acurro following closely behind

" so it's just us now" said Yusuke seeing that Kurama and Hiei had already left

"those guy couldn't even tell us that they were leaving" replied kuwabara

"lets get going so we can at least get one flag" said Yusuke

with Erica in the forest

"good a flag dead ahead" she said to herself

"looks like I'm not the only one that spotted it" she said noticing the group of demons heading towards it. little did they know that she purposely let them get that close to it so she wouldn't even have to fight them

"um go ahead after you" she said to them

"well you've obviously realized your inferiority and decided to give us what's rightfully ours" said one of them that appeared to be the leader in the group

"um yeah couldn't have said it better myself" she said with a raised eyebrow and a smirk

As she watched them walk through the quick sand and start to sink before they even got to it

"what's rightfully yours alright" she said stepping on their heads even though she could have easily flown across she just wanted them to pay for their little comment

"how nice of you, you really shouldn't have" she said after she retrieved the flag

With Hiei and kurama

"what do you think happened between Erica and her father to make her so mad" said kurama

"I don't know but she looked pretty pissed she didn't even answer the detective like she normally would" replied Hiei

"yeah I've never seen her that anger not even when someone totaled her car and she was pretty upset when that happened" said Kurama

"why is it that everyone got to met her before I did? It's not that I'm complaining I'm just curious" said Hiei

"I don't know but koenma must have his reasons" he said shrugging

"hum somehow I don't think it was Koenma" said Hiei

"if not him then who" said kurama as they finally reached a flag that another team had

They looked at each other and nodded as they had all but formed a plan telepathically

"if you hand over the flag then no one will have to get hurt and we can be on our way, you see my friend here is not as patient with I in theses matters" said kurama motioning to Hiei

"ha you're pretty funny there we accept your challenge but I worn you, you might not come out of this alive" said the biggest one

"I'll take this one kurama" said Hiei motioning to the one who was just talking

"fine then I get the rest" said kurama knowing that Hiei had picked the most powerful one even though none of then had real power in his opinion

"fine" said Hiei

"for one so small you sure have a lot of guts" said the big guy

"have you ever heard the saying size isn't everything" replied Hiei pulling outs his katana

"whoever made that saying didn't know me" he retorted as Hiei went in to fighting stance and made short work of them

"and then again maybe they did" he finished for him

And Kurama was finishing of his 2

"So a flag for us. we've gotten ours should we head to the end of the forest now" asked Kurama

"so whose getting the extra one" asked Hiei as he began to walk again

"probably Erica" replied Kurama

"un" he replied

with Acurro and Solaria

"so kid how long have you known Erica she seems very protective of you" said Solaria

"well a little over a month" replied Acurro while blushing slightly

"oh well then she must really like you cuz she told me that you were like her kid brother and you're quite powerful too and she doesn't normally talk about people" said Solaria with a smile

"really she said that" said Acurro with tears in his eyes

"yup but just don't tell her I said cuz she kinda touchy with this kinda stuff" said solaria her smile getting even bigger because she knew he felt the same for her

"I won't" he said quickly hiding his tears

"so are you going to go to school in the human world when we get back" asked solaria changing the subjected

" I don't know but Erica wanted to know if I wanted to stay with her" said Acurro

"o I see have you ever been to school" she asked again

"well yeah but only for a little while then my…"he stopped remembering what happened to his parents

"it's ok kid we don't need to talk about it" said Solaria sorry that she had brought it up

"good I think I see a flag up ahead with our name on it but lucky for us we got company" said Solaria

"really!" he said getting excited over his first fight

"yeah but be careful cuz Erica would kill me if something happened to you" she said with a small laugh

"now lets kick some ass and win us a flag" said Solaria cheerfully

She didn't even bother with the peace talk she got right down to the fighting giving one of the girls an upper cut and a right hook

It was then that Acurro created a barrier that fried on of the demons alive leaving behind a vile odor

"damn Acurro next time try not to burn them" said solaria trying her best to ignore the smell

"sorry but I like that attack Erica taught it to me and how was I to no that it would smell so bad" said Accuro as he decide to do hand moves instead

"and now to clam our victory and get the hell out of here" said solaria slightly less cheerful because of the smell

"oh yeah we get a 2 for one" said Acurro grabbing to flags from their not so worthy adversaries

"yup now we can go to the end of the forest and wait for the others"

with Yusuke and kuwabara

(aka the village idiots lol just kidding I love there stupid fights though )

"ever get the feeling that we're being watched" said kuwabara

"yup I think I got it right now" said Yusuke

"alright why don't you just show yourself so I can kick your ass and get it over with" said Yusuke in his normal macho voice

"foolish humans do you think that I'll let you live after a threat like that" said a figure moving at a very fast rate

"oh I'm so scared it your so tough then why do you need to hide why don't ya come out and face me coward" called Yusuke following the figures movements

"hum so this is how the great urameshi operates throwing insults at his opponent" said the figure

"if ya wanna find out how I operate then come out and face me" replied Yusuke

"why is it that no one recognizes me" said kuwabara

"I not even going to answer that" replied Yusuke

"what's that's suppose to mean urameshi?" asked kuwabara preparing himself for another fight

"do you know what's going to happen if we don't get a flag kuwabara" asked Yusuke

"no" answered kuwabara while scratching his head

"did you see how pissed off Erica was when we left?" he asked again

"yeah" answered kuwabara again

"well I don't wanna find out what going to happen if we don't get a flag" Yusuke all but screamed

"ha your even afraid of a girl mortal" said the figure as he got out of his hiding place

"do you or do you not have a flag if you don't get outta my way you're wasting my time" replied Yusuke ignoring the small demons last comment

"I've got a flag I was waiting for you to lead me to another one before I decided to fight you but now is good enough" said the small red demon with red hair and black eyes

"well then you've got yourself an opponent" said Yusuke looking at kuwabara to see him come out of the dread look that was on his face

"well I guess we don't have to worry about Erica now" said kuwabara breathing a sigh of relief

"SPIRT GUN" shouted Yusuke

"well that was fast" said kuwabara

"yup but do you think I disintegrated the flag" said Yusuke now looking for the flag

"urameshi you idiot!" said kuwabara

"relax I got it off off him first I guess like to see you squirm

at the end of the forest

Erica was the first to arrive and she had 3 flags then Solaria and Acurro then following closely after Kurama and Hiei and last and normally I'd say not least but they had the least amount of flags Kuwabara and Yusuke

2for solaria and Acurro 2 for Kurama and Hiei and 1 for kuwabara and Yusuke

So that was 8 flags and they were the second team to finish so they were definitely qualified

"so I guess we can go back to our room now" said Erica in a slightly better mood

"yeah" replied Solaria

"so tomorrow the real tournament begins don't be late cuz if you are then we're disqualified" said Erica flying back to the suite

"okay then" said Yusuke

"time to party" said kuwabara

"stupid human" said hiei as he to headed back to the suite

Kurama didn't even answer he was already on his way and deep in thought over today's events and Erica's friend what was her name again oh yeah Solaria. She was pretty alright with her dark brown hair and her dark green eyes but that's not why he'd taken an interest in her it was something about her aura but since that day they'd met a week ago he could not seem to forget her face it haunted him and he wanted to know why even his youko side took an interest in the girl and then there was Erica's behavior today and Hiei's comment about Koenma not being responsible for him meeting Erica last

at the hotel with Erica

"good my piano got here" she said as she sat on the seat and opened it and brushed her fingers across the keys sparking a memory of her mother

FLASHBACK

"come on dear we have to pick out the perfect piano" said erica's mother

"but mom why is it os important to pick the perfect piano" said Erica

"music well music is something you hold deep inside of your soul that's why there are so many types. You have to find a piano that you feel comfortable playing so you can release your soul that's what true music is not just rhythm not just sound but a feeling a feeling that brings you joy and understanding without really knowing why" replied her mother who had really just pondered why it was so important to her

"wow mom I never knew it was so important" said Erica her eyes now glowing with excitement

"Yes my dear sometimes we take the littles things for granted" said her mother with a smile

"but as much as I love music I love you even more my daughter remember that and never let anyone tell you any different" said her mother hugging her and sitting at a piano

" I know mommy and I'll always love you too" replied little Erica

"and if I go away then you'll always have me right here in you're heart and in your music" said her mother

"where are you going" Erica asked innocently

"nowhere not yet anyways now come on give me an 'a' but don't forget to feel it"

END FLASHBACK

"mom" Erica breathed out as Solaria entered the room

"it was open so I thought I'd come in you don't mind do you" said solaria sitting next to her

"nope not at all I'll play and you sing ok"

"ok no problem" said solaria who could sing very well her voice reveled Erica but the music was not so much in her soul

Erica started to play soon after Solaria started to sing

There's a hero

If you look inside your heart

You don't have to be afraid

Of what you are

There's an answer

If you reach into your soul

And the sorrow that you know

Will melt away

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you'll finally see the truth

That a hero lies in you

It's a long road

When you face the world alone

No one reaches out a hand

For you to hold

You can find love

If you search within yourself

And the emptiness you felt

Will disappear

Then Erica started to sing with her getting the attention of the boy who came to watch in awe

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you'll finally see the truth

That a hero lies in you

Lord knows

Dreams are hard to follow

But don't let anyone

Tear them away

Hold on

There will be tomorrow

In time

You'll find the way

And then a hero comes along

With the strength to carry on

And you cast your fears aside

And you know you can survive

So when you feel like hope is gone

Look inside you and be strong

And you'll finally see the truth

That a hero lies in you

At the end the boys applauded well some of them anyways

"I never knew you were so talented" said Kurama causing Solaria to blush

"I'm not the talented one it's really Erica" Solaria replied modestly

"nope that's not talent that's just me" said Erica

"un" said Hiei even though he had heard her sing before it was different this time something made it even better

"ok but if you guy decide you wanna go on the road with that voice call me" said Yusuke in a laughing way

"I'm afraid you're to late this time I've already promised that spot to 2 little girls" said solaria referring to Elizabeth and Vicky she too had promised them to let them be her manager

"yup" said Erica with a smile some how she felt better now and no one was going to bring her down

(ok far to lazy to write any more but don't follow my lead plz review asap for round 2 or stage 2 whatever and tell me what you think)