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A bit of information this is the first chapter of a very long series. So far the story is around 25 pages long. I will update the story once a week or more often depending upon the amount of reviews. As everyone knows reviews are motivation. My updates will also be a decent length, this one is around 7 pages. So please review and enjoy.

Oh yeah, and could everyone please update their stories...puppy dog eyes appear... I am rereading the same stories for the upteenth time... I really would like to see the rest of the stories, it seems no one is really updating.

White, fluffy, specks fell from the clouds that lay overhead. That's how she always thought of them, as beautiful things that meant that Christmas was not far off. How many times in her past had she made her way outside just so that she could be a part of the first snow fall. No matter the time of day she was out there. When she was young her parents would wake her if need be so that she could enjoy the snow. She would twirl and twirl around, watching as the unique flakes made their way down upon her and the earth. It was almost as if the Earth was being cleansed as the snow fell and covered everything.

Yet here she was, sitting at her window sill watching the first snow fall. She had no parents to come and wake her anymore, she had no chance to go outside and enjoy the beauty. No, now the freedom to do such things were taken away from her.

"Oh Selenity, is this the life you really wished for me to have. How can this be better then death?" She pushed a few golden stray hairs behind her ear, as her eyes remained pleading at the moon. Her hand was pale in the soft glow of the moons light, collecting what few flakes drifted towards her window. Pulling her hand in she stared at the now drops of water. Wiping the remaining moisture on her dress, she made her way to her bedroom door. Swiftly walking out, forgetting all about the window that remained open.

"The room certainly looks gorgeous."

"Of course it does, what do you expect? The Queen always throws extraordinary balls, with only the most well known and respected people present."

"I wish I could come here as a guest some day."

"Don't be foolish, and start passing out glasses of wine, they won't serve themselves you know."

"Yes, of course sir."

"Relena, how nice it is to see you again. Tell me are you enjoying your self?" An older gentleman asked.

"It is nice to see you again Senator McCarthy. It is quite a marvelous party." Relena smiled pleasantly at the man, as he went on about how everything looked and who was present. Relena's mind though was on different matters. She was trying to figure out why all five Gundam pilots were needed to escort her to the ball. Of course always one or two of them went with her, but never all five. Quatra was to stay by her side, for he was also invited, but the other four were undercover. At least that is what she could get from interrogating Quatra on the way to the castle. Letting her eyes wander once more over the room and its occupants she sighed, for the place was so huge and crowded, too crowded to be able to find anyone. Turning to the Senator she politely excused herself and made her way to the table Quatra was at, talking to an old family friend.

The figure clad in black made his way over the railing and into the room. Walking in the shadows, he made his way to where the hidden camera was positioned. Pressing a few buttons and changing some wires, he made sure that all anyone would see if they looked at the footage was the same thing over and over again, an empty room. By the time they realized anything was wrong it would already be too late. He was now able to freely explore the room. Making his way around the premises he noticed that there was very few personal items around, and no pictures. The room could have easily been mistaken as guest quarters. If he hadn't known better he would have thought he was in the wrong place. Sitting down in a small chair in the corner of the room, preparing to wait for the right time, he got up quickly as he realized there was something under the cushion. Pulling the delicate tapestry up he came upon a small peculiar looking box. Unlike everything else in the room, the box held character. It was surrounded with small tiles, of all types of colors in no particular order. It looked as if it was made by a child. Opening the box he came upon a few pieces of paper and three photo's. The paper was folded in a way that showed that it was handled quite a lot, fraying and yellowing at the edges.

'Why would she hide these things' taking a look around the room he realized that the only place in the area that the camera did not record was in that corner. 'She must know about the camera.'

Looking at one photo he recognized what would be a younger version of the Queen. Smiling and waving at the photographer she was standing by a younger boy who was doing the same thing, and couldn't be mistaken for anything else then a sibling.

'She had a brother? There was no information of her having any family.' Puzzled he took out the other photo. The girl was quite a bit older in this picture, and was surrounded by three male figures. The boy recognized their faces right away. Only two years prior their pictures had been plastered everywhere. They were a boy band that had made it big, and then dropped down again just as quickly. At least that's what he assumed since he hadn't seen or heard anything about the group. Of course, he hadn't really been looking for the group either. Taking a closer look at the photo he realized that the three males seemed to be comfortable looking with the girl, and she didn't look to be overly happy to be with them, like an obsessed fan would.

'They knew each other?' that's the only reasoning he could find, and storing that new bit of information, he turned to the last photo, it was of the Queen again, but this time she was around fifteen and she was standing with another girl eating ice cream in the park. The girl had brunette hair and glasses, they seemed to be so happy together. He had never seen her look so happy in all her appearances in public, or any other photo's he had seen of her. Of course all the photo's that there were of her, were taken after she became a Queen. Putting the photos back in the box he unfolded the first paper. It read; to my sis, Happy Sweet Sixteen. Love Always, Shingo.

'The box must have been from him.' Unfolding the other paper he was a bit surprised of its contents.

Usagi,

I know that your life is hard and will only be getting harder. I can see in your eyes that you try to hide your pain from the world. You may be fooling everyone else, but your not fooling me. I know your heart is braking, and he can't fix it for you. He is the cause of the hurt. He is not alone, those people that you consider your friends they are also hurting you. You know who I am speaking of, and you can deny it all you like, but you know the truth. The night I asked you 'why I wasn't good enough' you couldn't answer me. Then the day I left and I let some of my feelings show you said 'we would always be friends'. I know that both times you could not honestly answer me for, they were there. I saw them on the roof that night, and they were staring at you that day I left too. Just remember that my feelings remain true to you, no matter how much they tried to change them. And all you have to do is ask, and I will take you away from the world that holds you captive. I love you, and always will.

Love,

Seiya

'The lead singer, loved her.' Taking the notes he contemplated taking them, but then decided against it and put them back in the box. Sitting back down in the chair he put the box to his side. Thoughts about what he just learned turning in his mind as the mission suddenly became more difficult.

"Where is she?" His eyes were turning red, with rage. She was late again, and couldn't be found anywhere. What was the point of having so much security to keep track of her if it didn't even work.

"You're the King, shouldn't you know?" he spat back, he was tiered of patronizing this man. Mission or no mission he couldn't take this bastard any more.

"What did you say?" The King's voice had raised to almost a yell by this point. He raised his hand as if he was going to hit the boy before him. Flipping his braid over his shoulder, he stared hard at the man before him. 'I'd like to see him try, he won't even come close…' Before he could finish his thoughts he felt himself be pushed back a bit. Looking closely at the figure he realized it was a female form in front of him. Dressed in a white gown that hugged her upper torso and then flowed down to the ground. Her hair was partly up in the back with curls hanging down to her lower back, and straight strands that went all the way down to her lower calves.

"Darien, here you are. I've been searching everywhere for you. If we don't hurry we shall be late, and we can't be late in welcoming our guests, now can we?" Duo almost laughed at the tone she used. She was mocking him, just a few minutes earlier the man had been saying that they couldn't be late, and that he had been searching for her. 'She must have been listening to him, or maybe this is an everyday occurrence.

"We already are late. If you were here at the time you were suppose to…" He began to turn redder as she raised her hand and cut him off.

"Well, standing here arguing about who's fault it is will only make us even more tardy. So we can just discuss this later." Duo expected the man before him to argue more, but amazingly he seemed to listen to her and walked into the room to get everything ready for her introduction. Duo was startled as the Queen turned around and began to look him over, in a way that reminded Duo of a mother looking over her child to make sure nothing is out of place. Duo knew he was suppose to bow, but the girl before him didn't seem to take notice that he wasn't performing the proper protocol, so he just stood there. When he caught hold of her eyes he almost gasped at how blue they were, and how they held so many emotions.

"Are you alright? He didn't hurt you at all, did he?" Her voice was so gentle, and her eyes so filled with worry Duo was startled for a second. 'She really cares.'

"I'm fine."

"Alright then if your sure. You know it really was improper for you to say what you did, but then again he was also rude to raise his voice to you." Sighing she looked at the ground, "Why, don't you take a break. I am sure you've been working hard for much too long." Hearing Darien's voice rise again, she rushed away without another word.

Duo just stared at the young woman's form as she made her way out of his view. Letting out a long exasperated whistle he turned around and headed for the kitchen, 'She seems nice, too bad we have a mission. Damn she was hot though.'

"Introducing her Majesty the Queen Serenity" as the voice echoed through the great hall, everyone turned to where it had come and waited for the Queen to make her appearance. Slowly as if she was not quite sure of what was going on, Serenity emerged from beyond the curtain. Giving a deep curtsy, she took in a deep breath, 'just make no mistakes, Usagi and everything will go find.' Smiling at the crowd she waited for Darien to take her arm, and lead her down the stairs. As they walked down the stairs together, they looked like the perfect couple. Of course if any one looked closer they would have noticed that the King held on to the Queens arm a little to tightly at the bottom step, and had given her a stern look before releasing it. Of course no one did notice, or if they did they assumed he had given her just a love squeeze and a reassuring smile. Darien went in one direction and Usagi in the other.

Both chatted with the guests, although Darien had more of a clue to who everyone was, and what their importance was to society then Usagi did. Finally she made her way to the back corner of the room, although their were still guests speaking with her, it seemed that many of them had went to the ballroom floor to dance to the sympathy. Looking up, the Queen longed to see Michell and Amara playing the elegant tune, but it was a blind hope for they rarely came to see her anymore, and if they did they were too concerned with business to pay any attention to their music or even to her. Letting a small sigh escape her, she quickly fled to the balcony in hopes of forgetting all that troubled her. She did not escape unnoticed for another figure who was hiding out, saw the blond, and made his way to her.

He watched her as she ran a hand threw her locks, and mumbled something about parties and boredom.

"And to think I once thought such events would be fun to attend" it came out a bit louder then the rest and then she giggled stuck in her own memories of past events.

"Tell me, why is it that you are here? You seem rather bored and out of place"

She turned face blank, eyes twinkling, 'and number three', "You know sir it is rude to intrude upon a lady when she seeks privacy", he opened his mouth to reply, but Usagi cut him off, "but then again it is also rude to come to a party one is not invited to" A slight smirk played upon her lips as she saw the young man before her, his mind was obviously racing, trying to put all the pieces together, trying to figure out what to say, what to do next. She watched as his hand made its way to his side 'hmm… I wonder if he truly would, its not his part,' "Tell me there is five of you, no? Well you're the third, so where is four and five. I assume one is or has gone to my room, but I have to wonder where would the other be stationed." She slightly tilted her head, as shock then anger had made its way to the young gentleman's face, as his hand tightened on the gun Usagi's eyes became almost joyous. "Your majesty here you are the guests are asking for you." The older guard made his way to the young Queen and waited for her to follow behind him. Before fully leaving the balcony the young woman turned "Wufie don't worry you'll have another chance, that is of course unless one of the others do it first, but then again who knows," her comments were airy and Wufie almost dropped the gun he had been holding behind his back at her retreating comments. "She knows everything, and wants to die," that was the only explanation, logical it wasn't, but it was the only one that fit. Walking briskly down the hall he made his way to the Queens room, he needed to find out how she could have found out, and why she wasn't trying to stop them 'something is wrong' the though radiated through his head as he sought out the one person that could answer his questions, at least he hoped so.

As the door creaked opened the lone figure moved from the chair to the shadows, the box of memories long past forgotten on the floor. Slowly he edged his way back to his designated spot, a clear shot not that he wouldn't be able to take a shot from anywhere within the room, but strategically it left the easiest retreat and less of a chance of her seeing him before the act was complete. The visitor seemed to sense the change in the room as he stopped the door midway, 'I better let him know it's me,' while he was sure that the other boy would look before shooting, he wasn't in a mood to play Russian roulette with his life, not when he had too much to figure out first, 'how does she know, why doesn't she care?' These were all questions that he wanted answered. Not that he cared about the onna at all, but she knew their identities and this was a troubling fact.

"It's me" Slowly the shadowed figure began to creep from the wall and face the visitor that dared interrupt his mission 'our mission' the boy corrected himself dryly. Sending a quizzical glance to the newest occupant within the room, Wufie began to retell the episode that had just transpired on the balcony. "So what do you think Yui?" The question startled him, just as the Queens own reaction to them had 'But, why? A mission is a mission, but were the doctors missing something' the thought was racing through his mind, yes he was on a mission, but now there was something more involved then he previously knew about, but 'a mission is a mission.'

"Nothing, the mission goes as planned" he stared at the Chinese man before him, trying to read his unchanging face to make sure they were both still on the same page, "she wants to die, that just makes it even easier."

"But, why and more importantly how does she know about us?" Wufie began to pace the bedroom 'something is not right,' his hand continually going to where his katana normally was. 'Why would she want to die, why doesn't she care?' It was unnerving to say the least that the one they had come to assassinate was expecting them and it seemed was happy that they were there.

The same thought was going through Heero's mind, but the emphasis was not on the why, but of how, the idea of a leak within the team was startling and dangerous in his eyes.

"It doesn't matter, she will be dead shortly." Wufie hearing the words that he had come to get, left the room. Face void of emotion he went back to the ballroom, indecision only present in his mind. "What was in the box Yui?" The handmade object was out of place in the room, and the fact that it was on the floor was even more difficult to reason. The only idea that Wufie could come up with was that Heero had found it and was going through it, but why. It was perplexing, Heero was not the type to care about such oddities as trinkets and even stranger was the fact that it remained out of place. 'Is there something in there, that answers my questions' the thought faded as he saw the Queen walking towards Duo and Trowa. Going in that direction too, he was curious as to what she was up to.

He paced the room again, landing back on the chair that sat in the hidden corner. Wufie's comments had struck a nerve although he wasn't about to let anyone know this. There was something more to what was going on, 'and I have a feeling this box has something to do with it,' picking up the small object he began to go back over the items inside for something that he may have missed.

"Your majesty" Trowa slightly bowed as the Queen made her way to where the two waiters were standing. His emerald eyes scanning the woman before him, a little too long as he quickly realized his mistake and looked back up into her now twinkling blue orbs.

"Hello, I see your doing fine" her question was addressed to Duo, but her eyes never left Trowa's both locked.

"Yep" his sentence was halted as he saw Wufie approaching 'I thought he was suppose to stay hidden tonight, why is he coming over here.' Turning back to the Queen her eyes showed mirth as she still remained transfixed upon Trowa. 'Damn, those two look creepy doing that.' As if hearing his thought her eyes moved from Trowa to Duo, "well I am glad to hear that. I am afraid that sometimes he" her head tilted in thought, her teeth slightly pressing into her lower lip. 'She is sexy' the thought raced through Duo's mind as she quickly caught herself and continued "well sometimes the stress gets to him." the comment seemed rationale, but the fact that she would say it seemed rather obscure. To talk about the King in such a way, and to servants, the shared thought was broken for Duo and Trowa as Wufie stepped next to the Queen.

Wufie noted the quizzical eyes upon him from his two companions, and he was certain that another pair of eyes were boring into him from the far off table that Relena and Quatra were sitting at. Nevertheless he still had questions he wanted answered, and his instinct was telling him to find the answers.

"I see you came back inside. I hope you enjoyed the cool night air." Her eyes never looked at his, but remained going back and forth between Duo and Trowa. She seemed to be playing a game of her own making, and enjoying every moment of it.

So, there is the first chapter. The next one will be out by next week if not sooner. Also, the character to end up with Usagi (if anyone) will be unclear. That is I am not a real fan of those stories that tell you right away who the couple is, and as of right now, each character is going to have an opportunity. I might even have multi-endings, depending upon who everyone wants Usagi to be paired with. So let me know who you want.

Oh and if it looks like someon is getting a heads up, don't worry by the next chapter another character might be making a move... or maybe none... we'll see...

Until next week, laters.