I sighed and put my hands in the pockets of Yusuke's jackets. Let's just say Yusuke was pissed when he saw what I was wearing. I was leaning against the railing between Hiei and Ammara. Hiei was standing on top of the railing and Ammara was just standing up while Yusuke was sitting down, asleep, on the other side of Hiei. Kurama, Kuwabara and the "masked fighter" were on the other side of Ammara. Yusuke's and I's bag was by him."Shoot, nothing here besides ugly monsters, I thought cruises were supposed to have pretty girls."Kuwabara said. Ammara sighed while I rolled my eyes.

Hiei said,"I sure hope the island isn't as boring as this." 'Me too.'I thought.

"We're not on vacation you know."Kurama said.

Ammara replied,"I wish we were."

"I know, but at least couldn't they give us a place to eat, with pretty waitresses."Kuwabara said. My ears twitched as Dark started to play with his tail on the ground in front of me.

A voice rang out,"Alright mateys, turn your eyes to the captain's deck." We all looked up and saw the captain standing up there with a microphone. 'What now?'I thought. "It's still going to be quite some time before the ship finds its way to the harbor, so we will be having some entertainment to keep you from being rowdy."

"Ooooh, I knew it, some dinner and dancing!"Kuwabara shouted and jumped away from the railing, looking up at the captain.

The captain said,"The preliminary battles of the tournament will be fought here on mee ship!"

"Say what!"Kuwabara shouted.

I replied,"Took the words right out of my mouth."

"A preliminary for the competition."Hiei said.

Ammara said,"Man."

"Now that we can't go anywhere."Kurama said. All of the sudden, the boat started shaking. I quickly reached down and scooped Dark in my arms like a baby while Ammara grabbed the pack of my jacket to make sure I didn't fall.

Kuwabara's genius self of course said,"Earthquake."

"Fool! There can't be earthquakes on the water."Hiei said.

I added on,"Key part in earthquake, earth!"

"Look!"Kurama shouted pointing away from us. We turned to see a part of the deck separate in half and slowly move away from each other. A round arena slowly lifted up to fill in the empty space.

Kuwabara shouted,"Woah! That things huge!" The arena lifted up higher to reveal a stair way attached to it.

"She's a real beauty ain't she?"The captain asked. "Now, I'll tell it to you straight. Fifteen teams have been chosen for this tournament already, they're awaiting your arrival. That means, out of all of you on my ship, only one team will compete on dry land."All the other teams started shouting at the captain.

Kuwabara said,"Hold on, I thought that we were the special guests."

"This is the way they operate."Hiei said. I sighed. 'Well, this is going to be fun.'I thought.

The captain continued,"All teams pick out your strongest man and bring him to the arena's port side. There they'll fight the battle royal! And whoever comes out alive...gets their team a ticket! To fight on Hanging Neck Island!"

"What a wonderful name."I said rolling my eyes. Kuwabara started to crack his knuckles.

Ammara said,"You got that right Ann."

"So, one big beat down. Guess I'll have to show them the brand new Kuwabara super attack."Kuwabara said. A lot of demon started walking past us making comments and I listened as Kuwabara's heart started beating louder. "What did he say about the human? You know, these guys are pretty big when they are standing right next to you." He started fake laughing. "Hey! You're the one who wants to fight them. Well, I guess as the group leader, it is your responsibility."Kuwabara pointed at Yusuke. 'Does he not realize he's asleep?'I thought. Kuwabara kneeled down, and once he saw Yusuke was asleep, started shaking him. "Hey! Wake up Urameshi! I said it was a group leader's responsibility!"

I sighed and said,"It's not gonna work."

"Why do I feel like I'm yelling at myself!"Kuwabara asked shaking Yusuke harder. 'Now you know how I feel.'I thought and leaned against the railing again as Kurama walked up to Kuwabara.

Kurama demanded,"Stop."Kuwabara turned and looked at him. "The training Yusuke went through was apparently immense. You must give him time to rest and recuperate."Kuwabara stood up and looked at Kurama.

"Then who's gonna fight with all the big monsters?"Kuwabara asked. The Masked Fighter started walking towards the arena.

Hiei said,"Heh, it seems, we have a volunteer. Good, I've been anxious to see what he can do." Ammara and I smirked at each other.

"Are you serious! We don't know jack squat about that guy!"Kuwabara shouted and pointed at the Masked Fighter as they walked away. "What if he loses and we get booted from the tournament?"

Hiei gave a small smirk of a smile and said,"If that happens, all we have to do is kill everyone else on the boat before we reach the island. We'll say we are the right team and no one else will complain."

"You didn't have too many friends growing up, did you?"Kuwabara asked.

Ammara said,"Don't worry..."

"..it won't have to come to that."I finished and Ammara and I laughed.

Kuwabara watched and said,"Do you ever get the feeling they know something we don't know?"

"All the time."Kurama and Hiei said. We all looked up at the arena and saw all the demons facing the Masked Fighter.

Kuwabara said,"Hey! We gotta do something to warn him! They are all going to gang up on him and he's trapped himself in the corner!"

"Patience."Kurama said. I smirked. 'These demons have no clue what they are getting themselves into.'I thought.

The captain laughed and shouted,"Attack!" All of the demons ran towards the Masked Fighter and my smirk widened. The Masked Fighter moved one foot behind them and made a fist with their right, pulling it back to their side while their other arm was straight out. They moved their hand that was in a fist like they just threw a punch and blue spirit energy surrounded it before shooting out like Yusuke's Shotgun, but more shots. I watched the demons' fly off the ship, into the ocean, never to be seen again.

"Holy crap! He go everyone up there with one blow."Kuwabara said. Hiei had moved in between Kurama and Kuwabara who were standing in front of us.

Kurama gave a small laugh and said,"I guess that's why Yusuke can sleep so peacefully on a boat full of demons."

"Ughh, I'm sorry to say the 16th team will have to be a human one, Yusuke Urameshi's team!"The captain yelled and threw a hand up in the air, showing it was a hook. The Masked Fighter was walking towards us.

Kuwabara said,"Good job little man! How about you let us peek under those bandages now?" The Masked Fighter pointed past us all and we all turned to see all the other demons staring at us. I sighed. 'Hiei is soo not gonna be happy.'I thought. "Hey? What's this?"

"You really think we care about fighting by the rules?"One demon asked as they made a circle around us. Dark moved from my arms up to my shoulders.

Another demon said,"There's only one way to find the best team on this boat."

"Wouldn't you know?"Kuwabara asked.

Hiei said,"I think they stole my idea. We'll have to make them pay very dearly for that." I rolled my arm.

"Of course."Kurama said.

I grinned and said,"Time for some fun!"

"This is going to be good!"Ammara shouted. I laughed as Ammara and I jumped to one side of the boat together. Dark jumped off my shoulder turning into his bigger form and blew fire at the demons on the ground while I summoned my sword. I landed on a bird demon, quickly cutting him into before slicing another in a half. I grabbed one demon by the arm and threw him into five others, sending them all overboard. I turned around as Ammara shot an arrow into the sky and it split into dozens, hitting all the demons around her. Ammara turned and grinned sweetly at me.

I said,"Show off." She winked and we looked around to see all the demons around us gone.

"Urameshi!"Kuwabara yelled. I spun around just as a demon went flying into a railing. My brother had stood up and was punching air? 'There's no way.'I thought.

Yusuke started shouting,"Come on! You can't scare me grandma! I'll knock you back to your grave!"

"Only my brother."I said.

Kuwabara said,"That's a relief, he's finally awake." Ammara and I walked towards Kuwabara with Dark a few steps behind us.

"No fool, he's sleeping."Hiei said. I giggled and stood beside Hiei.

Kuwabara asked,"Right now?"

"Quit you stupid old lady!"Yusuke shouted and then collapsed back into sitting position, head hung.

Kurama said,"Even in his slumber Yusuke is still training. His preparations should make us all jealous."

"But she wouldn't fight unless she had her own reasons."Kuwabara said. My eyes widened. 'I can't believe this idiot is gonna figure it out.'I thought.

Kurama asked,"What are you mumbling?" We all, besides Kuwabara, started to walk over to Yusuke.

"He's trying to talk in his sleep when he's awake."Hiei said.

Kuwabara shouted,"Hey! What happened to the fight we were just in?"

"Everyone's dead."Kurama said. We walked to the front of the boat and spotted an island that looked like it had a huge mountain that had a hole blown through it making it two pieces.

Kuwabara said,"So I take it that's Hanging Neck Island. This is going to be wild you guys! Everybody make sure not to leave me."

"Don't worry bro, we won't leave you."Ammara said as I rolled my eyes.

~Time Skip~

When we arrived, we were brought to Hotel Kubikukuri. Kuwabara was helping Yusuke, because he was still asleep and Dark was carrying our bags. "Are we really staying her?"Kuwabara asked. We opened the doors and instantly it was like rich people's paradise. There were men in suits everywhere, while all the girls wore nice dresses. The walls were green and shining while the ceiling was tile and red. The floor was purple. "Wow! Well it's definitely better than the pirate ship!" We heard footsteps and a guy in a butler suit walked up. He had brown hair that looked like it was full of hair gel.

The butler said,"The best of the evening, gentlemen, ladies. The hotel has been...expecting you. Please, follow me." He started walking forward, straight through the hotel with us a few steps behind him.

"I've got a bad feeling about the people in here, I never trust grown ups dressed that fancy."Kuwabara said. 'I think the feeling is mutual.'I thought glancing around. When we got to our room, the butler vanished. 'Well that's weird.'I thought. The living room was nice there were two large couches surrounding a table and a chandler. The floor was a pretty blue and the walls were dark red. Ammara's and I's room included two queen sized beds with a dresser in between them. The beds had the fancy curtains and were black. 'Hmmmm, Annie likey.'I thought. There was another desk with a huge mirror hanging behind it and a pedestal chair right in front of it. The floor was dark red along with the walls and we had a view over the hotel's garden. After we put our stuff down, our whole team met in the living room. "Gotta hand it to them, I haven't seen this much rich stuff in my whole life." Kuwabara and Hiei were standing up while Kurama, Ammara, and Genkai were sitting on one couch, and Yusuke was laying on the other using my lap as a pillow. Dark had curled up on Yusuke's stomach.

We heard the door open and looked just as a guy walked in. He was a butler/waiter as well and he set seven coffee cups on the table. "Your evening coffee gentlemen, ladies. Compliments of the hotel."The butler said and left. Hiei and Kuwabara sat down. 'Something smells weird.'I thought.

Kuwabara said,"Careful, those fancy guys might be trying to poison us.

"Does that really make sense Kuwabara? Why would they bring us all the way here to poison us?"Kurama asked picking up a cup.

Hiei said,"The organizers want to see us fight, they'll save their murder attempts for tomorrow." Kuwabara started shuffling through his bag.

"You guys can talk your logic all you want, I'm sticking with the trusty old aluminum."Kuwabara said pulling out a can.

Kurama asked,"Why is there only two coffee cups on the table?"

"Ann doesn't drink coffee. Plus that's the one I'm not drinking, duh. We had this conversation."Kuwabara said.

Kurama said,"Yes, so there should be three, one for you, one for Ann, and one for Yusuke."I tensed up as my ears picked up.

"Wow, you think Urameshi can drink in his sleep too?"Kuwabara asked. 'Idiot.'I thought. I started growling and looked behind Kurama and Hiei where a table was. A slurping noise rang out and everyone else turned to look. There was a little boy with a sideways yellow and reddish pink cap. He had light green eyes and brown hair that spiked out from under his hat. He wore a light red long sleeve shirt, where the sleeves were yellow, blue jeans, and white shoes. He also had a green tote bag wrapped around him and three light red stars under his left eye. He laughed as soon as we all noticed him. We all stood up.

"How'd you get in here?"Kurama asked.

Kuwabara said,"He must have been hiding in the room before we got in here."

"No, you came in with the cart, didn't you?"I asked.

The boy smiled and said,"Yep, yep, I came in after you got here, isn't that what good boys are supposed to do? Oops, I guess I did forget to knock though." He looked up and then slurped some more coffee before looking back at us. "So, you guys are the special guests, aren't ya? You're so lucky. Oh, my name is Rinku, by the way, I'm on the Team Rokuyukai that you're fighting tomorrow."

"Is that so?"Kuwabara asked. Rinku put the cup on its side and then put two fingers on it, using it to balance his whole body in the air. I smirked. 'If he is on it, this is going to be a good tournament.'I thought.

Rinku said,"I wish I was a guest, they don't have to go to all the boring opening ceremonies, or meeting about the rules. You just show up here and fight! Guess you don't have to know about the prizes or final round stuff cause you're going to be dead soon."I narrowed my eyes. "Somebody told me that the guests were supposed to be special, but you don't look special at all. Maybe I'll even beat you, no hands."

"Don't you think you're talking too much?"Another, much deeper voice rang out. We all turned to see a man leaning against the wall. He was pale and had elf like ears. He had blonde hair that spiked straight up, light brown eyes, a dark blue short sleeve short, white pants, and black boots.

Kuwabara said,"What! Who's he? Somethings wrong, I didn't sense either of them come in." Rinku jumped off the dresser and went and stood in front of the man.

"Haha, hey there Zeru!"Rinku said. "I was just saying howdi do to our enemies."

Zeru said,"Enjoy your last night with the living, let's just say tomorrow you'll strongly resemble your coffee cup."

"What?"Kuwabara asked. We turned just as the coffee cut split in half, like it had been cut. We turned and watched as they walked out of the door.

~Time Skip~

Everyone had gone asleep except for Hiei and I. We were sitting in the window with me between his legs, leaning back against his chest. "Hiei?"I said.

Hiei answered,"Hn."

"This is going to be a long tournament, isn't it?"I asked. Hiei just tightened his arms around me.