A/N:Hello everyone back again with another chapter. Remilia's busy right now so I'll talk to... Suika. Say hi to the readers.
S/N: Hello all.
A/N:Any parties lately.
S/N: Yeah Youkai Mountain. Say I'm not in this story.
A/N: I know, you were just the first person to come to mind
S/N: Want a drink?
A/N: I'll pass.
S/N: Your loss.
It was a dark and stormy night, at least over the mansion it was. Rain poured and thunder cracked the sky around the mansion. Meiling moved from her usual spot to the steps of the mansion taking cover with an umbrella. Inside the mansion the newest maids did their best to calm the mistress.
"Woe is me." Remilia kept repeating to herself. She sat in her bed looking rather disheveled.
"Please tell me what is wrong?" Misako tried to ask, "tea is on the way."
"Woe is me. It's that time of the month again." the mistress whined.
"Wha-" Rei said as she entered carrying a tray followed by Itsuko carrying another.
"Is that a-" Itsuko started.
"It is the Maid's Summit." Remilia shook Misako by the shoulders, "Every month Sakuya holds a poker game with the other servants and I never get invited. I've always wanted to know what they talk about."
Rei and Itsuko shared a glance.
"Why don't you just ask?" Rei asked.
"I have but Sakuya just says what I want to hear." Remilia sat in a chair nearly knocking it over.
"I-is there anything we can do?" Misako spoke up.
"Well," Remilia sat up instantly, all signs of previous anguish gone, "if someone were to say, infiltrate said poker game and relay their conversations back to me, I think there would be a considerable reward for those involved." Remilia finished by clasping her hands. Piquing Rei's interest, she volunteered the the group.
"What do we have to do?" Rei asked.
Remilia walked to her dresser, "Meet Meiling outside and tell her: Remilia wants an ear in the wall. She will know what you are talking about and take these between Meiling and Marisa we treat enough head injuries," she passed each girl a helmet. Simple yellow with a green cross on the front.
"Let's go." Rei pointed to the door. With that they filed out into the hallway.
"Are you sure this is wise?" Itsuko looked at Rei, "Sakuya is our boss."
"Don't worry. This order came straight from the top. What is the worst that can happen?" Rei crossed her hands behind her hand.
They soon found themselves outside just in time to see Meiling chatting with a red haired woman wielding a scythe.
"If you go to the other side of the lake there's a little hideout in a bush patch you can sleep in. Just don't disturb anyone inside." Meiling pointed out the general direction.
"Thanks," the other woman walked off.
"Excuse me miss," Rei hesitated.
"Call me Meiling there's no need for formality."
"Remilia wants an ear in the wall." Itsuko spoke.
"I... see... So you're the latest victims."
"What do you mean?" Misako sounded worried.
"She does this every month. Last month she hired that witch and the month before she hired that shrine maiden. Looks like she's getting desperate. No one has ever been successful in infiltrating the Maid's Summit." Meiling put her in her hand.
"Why?" Rei asked.
"Simple, their abilities. Time control, wicked blade skills, an army of mice and a ravenous shikigami makes it really hard to even get to the door without them knowing." Meiling shivered.
"Rei what did you get us into?" the air around Itsuko dropped several degrees.
"We already accepted, we might as well try." Rei countered.
Deep in an unused part of the mansion they gathered. They picked their seats around a large round table. It was a particularly old table dating back to the mansion's construction but sturdy nonetheless. In the center sat various snacks and drinks to please everyone. Sakuya took the seat farthest from the door.
"So what kind of people are at this Maid's Summit." Misako asked their guide Meiling.
"Well, there's Koakuma from the library, a fox named Ran, a gardener from the netherworld named Youmu, a maid from another mansion named Yumeko, a mouse named Nazrin, a monk named Futo, and I think there supposed to be accepting a new member today but I don't know who it is. The one you really have to watch out for though is Koakuma. In a danmaku fight she isn't much of a problem but when she turns on the charm not even women can resist her." Meiling told the group.
"Sounds like a really colorful group." Rei answered.
"Quiet," Meiling stopped the group.
In the summit the games began.
"I'll call and raise you your mistresses three sizes." Sakuya challenged Ran who scrunched her eyebrows.
"Fine."
"I'm out," Youmu dropped her cards.
"We have visitors." Nazrin let a mouse climb up her leg.
"Maybe it's the new new member." Yumeko answered.
"No, intruders. Four."
"Chen go deal with them." Ran ordered.
"Yes, Master." She ran out of the room on all fours.
Meanwhile at the front gate.
Marisa walked through the front gate, "Anyone home?" she yelled at the mansion, "Oh, well." she strolled though the front door.
Back in the hallways Meiling and Chen fought hand-to-hand thanks to water from a nearby washroom. With a bone-breaking punch to the face Meiling knocked out the cat.
"Tie her up." Itsuko ordered.
They threw her into a supply closet and moved on without a hitch.
At the summit the games continued.
"Our next game will be roulette so everyone place your bets." Koakuma placed a wheel on the table.
"Two pairs of bloomers on black." Nazrin called.
"Looks like a high roller," Futo teased.
"Quiet cross dresser," Nazrin fired back.
Futo's eyes went wide, "You..."
"What? I'll take you on anytime."Nazrin looked pretty smug.
"Calm down you two," Youmu tried to diffuse the situation, "What's going on with the intruders?"
Nazrin picked up one of her mice, "Chen has been defeated."
"Who wants to deal with the problem this time?" Sakuya asked the group.
"I say Youmu does it," Futo offered.
"What do you say?"
"Okay," Youmu picked up her swords and left the room.
Meiling and company reach a wide room with a grand staircase.
"Where are we? We're not on the map anymore." Misako asked Meiling.
"We are in the outskirts of the old mansion or at least the first level of it." Meiling's voice turned serious, "A few more rooms and we'll be there."
"No you won't" a voice spoke out in the darkness.
"Who's there. Shoot and I'll move." Meiling yelled.
A light glow filled the room from the top of the stairs and the sound of a blade cut through the air.
"200 Yojana in 1 Slash," in a flash of light Youmu slashed Itsuko, Rei, Misako, and narrowly missed Meiling.
"Take them and leave," Youmu pointed to the unconscious girls, "And here is something for Miss Scarlet." She tossed Meiling a bundle of cloth from her pocket.
Inside the library Marisa walked down a particularly dusty aisle when something caught her eye.
Misako woke first, "where am I?"
"Don't move you're hurt." Meiling wiped the girl's head with a rag, "We ran into a problem and had to come back. We're lucky Youmu is a good swordsman or you'd all be dead."
"What happened?" Rei shot up in her bed, "Agh," she fell back down in pain.
"Wha... Whe..." Itsuko woke up.
"You were all slashed." Remilia decided to make herself known, "I commend your effort but you were ultimately unsuccessful."
"I manage to get this." Meiling handed Remilia a balled piece of cloth.
"What is-" it uncurled, "these are mine." she held up a pair of her own underwear.
Just at that moment an explosion rocked the mansion.
"MARISA!" a voice yelled with unbridled fury.
"Whoops," was her only answer. She hopped on her broom and tried to escape only to be met by a pair of golems.
"New trick? Here's an old one, Master Spark." she held onto her hat as she vaporized the book monster.
"Return that book," Patchouli pointed.
"You can have it back when I die. Stardust Reverie.
"Agni Shrine."
A/N: So how was that? There wasn't much of the book this time but next time I something planned. I just had a bad itch to write something involving a Maid's Summit
R/N: …
A/N: What?
R/N: I still want to know what they do in there. *glare*
A/N: What's that look for? *backs away*
R/N: I apologize dear readers but I must to speak to the author about recent events. So please excuse us. *summons Gungnir*
A/N: Help me.