CLUE: a Night in Winner's Mansion

I will only post this once: I Don't Own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing!

Chapter One - How and Why Usagi Got There in Time

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It was late February, a bit warm for the month too. The air was cool, and somewhere in the "country-side" of Japan was a girl...

"UGH! Sometimes I wonder how I ever got my liscense! Maybe it has something to do with that pedophile of a teacher..." complained a late Usagi Tsukino. She was always late, something she never seemed to be able to help. Ever.

You see, Usagi Tsukino, age 17, Senior at Juuban High, had been invited to a sophisticated party at the Winner Mansion. Why? She didn't really know, but at least she could get herself a rich, sophisticated man to marry, someone who was NOTHING like her last boyfriend. What was his name again? Oh yeah, Mamo-Something. Sorry, off subject. Anyway, she had been sent a letter the day before saying she'd been invited as a special guest for the "Annual Meet-&-Greet Party".

Lucky for her, this gave her an excuse to go shopping, choosing a lovely white chinese styled dress. With a bit of help from her high fashioned friend "I-can-get-the-perfect-outift-like-that!" Naru Osaka she would be the bell of the ball!

Anyway, on her way there she'd gotten lost, asked for directions 6 times, ran out of gas twice, and had just hit a deer. The poor thing was still alive but it had decided to delay her further by just lying there. In the middle of the road. Try as she might, she was unable to get the stupid thing to move, and when she nearly did, it butted her away with it's stupid antlers.

"You'd better be lucky I left three hours early otherwise you'd be in some deep... asfalt! Or is it asfault? WHATEVER!" she screeched. And it just so happens that the horrible sound scared the living crap out of the poor little hooved animal. It hopped up quickly and dashed off into the woods.

Usagi stared at the spot the deer once lay. 'Well... it worked!' she thought sweatdropping slightly.

"Now to the Winner Mansion! I've got about half an hour to get there on time!" she claimed, glancing down at her pink bunny watch that had digital numbers reading 7:28 PM.

And as she moved to open the door a rather odd, but scary roar was heard and Usagi turned in time to see a deer charge her. She backed away and it walked back into the woods.

Usagi stared after it, "Oh crap..." she muttered.

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"Damn! What the hell is that?" said a frustrated man in his silver jaguar. He stopped his car in front of another that looked abandoned. The stupid thing was blocking the road. Angrily he stepped out, ready to give the car a piece of his mind!

"Ugh! Damn you! Get out of my way!" yelled the angry man as he kicked the door, creating a rather large dent in it as well as damaging the red paint of this mysterious red beetle.

Unbeknownst to the man, on the other side of the car was a very scared Usagi Tsukino, she'd balled up on the road and had begun to pretend she wasn't there.

Now it just so happens that this man was none other than Colonel Nataku. Why this man's codename was based on a woman, I have no idea. But anyway his real name was Wufei Chang and he was pissed. It might have something to do with his being blackmailed into attending some stupid party. Whoever was blackmailing him was really going to get it!

What... was that? Were his ears playing tricks on him or did he just hear a whimper? Actually it sounded more like a mewling cat.

Cautiously, Wufei stepped over to the other side of the car and saw a young girl curled up, back against the car whispering something along the lines of "there's no place like home".

"Who are you and what are you doing?" he asked the girl with spagetthi and meatball hair. The girl peered up at him slowly, surprised to see a chinese man dressed rather finely and with a tight ponytail pulled back at the nape of his neck. Usagi suddenly had the urge to give it a nice yank to see if it would fall off or hurt him badly.

"I'm... Usagi Tsukino and I'm supposed to be going to this party but everytime I try to get into my car deer attack me!" said the girl in a breath.

Wufei stared. "Why would they attack you?"

"I dunno, maybe because I hit one? Don't worry, its still alive." she said standing up and dusting herself off.

Wufei stared. Again. This girl seemed a bit out of it. He wasn't sure if he should slap her back to her senses or ponder if she was always like that.

"Well... get your stupid car out of the way. I have to be somewhere and you're in my way." was all he said as he turned back to his car.

Usagi's eyes widened "You can't just leave me here! The deer will eat me! Take me with you!" she cried as she rushed forward and latched onto his arm.

Wufei looked at her as if she were crazy. To him she was. She would actually trust him? A stranger, to drive her somewhere? Talk about candid. He rolled his eyes, something told him that getting rid of her wouldn't be so easy.

"Get off me! Why don't you call for a tow truck or cab or something crazy! I don't have time to drive little girls around town, okay? Now-" he attempted to shove her away, "let-" another shove, "go!"

The girl held on with all her might and began pulling the two over to the man's car. He glared at her. She smiled back.

"So where are we going? I was supposed to go to some party but... oh well..."

He wrinkled his brow, a party?

"What party?" he asked.

"Hm? Oh, it's some annual thing at some mansion or whatever. It's kinda cool too, because the people who sent me the invitation gave me some secret codename too! I'm Miss Crescent!"

Wufei stared at her. 'This blonde ditz was going to the same party as me? I've been given a codename too. Why would anyone want a teenybopper coming along too? Probably for some dishonorable reasons.' he mused.

"Well... I'm going to a party as well. I guess you can come... but first, get your damn car out of my way!"

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The mansion was big, really cool, and beautiful. White lights hung in the trees and wrapped around the two support beams at the front door. A large pearl white stone fountain in the middle of the semi-long driveway. The water poured down from an angel's trumpet, the water sparkling in the cool night air. Winner Mansion was really a brick wonder at night.

Wufei sighed, at the sight of the mansion his new female companion, Usagi, a.k.a. Miss Crescent had finally shutup. On the whole eleven minute drive she talked. And talked. About God-knows-what too! Somethings about her idol, Sailor V. Old boyfriends, her flunking school, and not even owning her own cell phone. (He had to let her borrow his to call for a tow truck, he'd dented the car pretty bad)

Seriously, what was with women and all the needless talk. He wondered if she even knew the meaning of the word 'quiet'!

Usagi had attempted several times to get him into the one-sided conversation. She'd failed somewhat, but he shocked her when he said that he was not gay. This girl asked some of the weirdest things. What made it her business anyway?

The two stepped out of the car, there were two cars already parked around the other side of the fountain.

Usagi looked up at the mansion, it loomed over her. It really was quite intimidating in it's beauty. She glanced over at her new friend, Wufei, who was looking down at the silver wristwatch on his arm. It read 7:59 PM. She grinned at this, being on time felt... nice.

The chinese man looked at her, grinning her face off, did she ever, not smile? How could someone be so... happy, all the time? Shaking his head mentally he started for the steps.

"Come on, and don't call me Wufei. Call me Col. Nataku. Understand? And don't let anyone know we came together." he looked sternly at the blonde.

"Why?"

"Because, that's my codename. Yes, we were going to the same party. And just... because! We'll go in a few minutes apart so no-one will know, okay? Now get in there." he said grabbing her arm and pushing her to the door. At least he was nice enough to let her be the one on time. He poked (hee hee) the doorbell and walked to the side of the porch where he wouldn't be seen.

Usagi stared as the door opened, a woman appeared. She did not look the least bit nice. She had long firey red hair that reached her waist when it was pulled up into a sort of bun-ponytail thing. Her icy blue eyes glared coldly at Usagi.

"Can I help you, Miss?" her voice just as evil and cold sounding as her eyes looked. Usagi suddenly felt chills down her spine.

'What a scary lady.' she thought, luckily for Usagi, she didn't always speak her mind,

"Um... I'm here for a party, right? I'm Us- I mean Miss Crescent." she stuttered awkwardly. The woman looked at her before opening the door wider.

"Alright then. Don't just stand there, Miss Crescent. Kaolinite is my name, and I'm the caretaker here at Winner Mansion."

Kaolinite closed the door a little after Usagi, then a suspicious look came over her face and she looked outside, leaning past the door and glancing sideways. Seeing nothing, she shrugged off the feeling of another prescence and shut the door. She saw the odangoed girl looking around the house.

She sighed slightly, wondering how exactly she'd gotten herself caught up in everything that was to happen.

'Oh right...' Kaolinite thought. She glared at the girl who was messing with a vase.

"Don't touch that!" she snapped, causing the poor girl to jump.

Let the festivities begin...

Usagi was led to a lounge by the scary caretaker. She wondered if there were a butler too. The butler always did it. ...Did what? Hm...

There was a sort of a loud ringing gong noise. Kaolinite glared at the girl.

"I trust you can make the rest of the way on your own? I have to see to our next guest." with that the scary caretaker turned on her black heels to the front door.

Usagi suddenly felt nervous. The entrance to the lounge was right in front of her, she heard laughing on the other side of the slightly open door. The laughter didn't sound right though, it sounded like fake laughing. She hoped there weren't scary killer robots on the other side.

She slowly stepped to the door, and pushed it open.

The theme of the lounge was green. There was a green couch, and a green armchair, and long green candles on a black grand piano. There was a woman sitting cross-legged on the piano bench, she looked at the girl in the doorway. A child with pale skin sat in the large armchair, it swallowed her up and made her look smaller and more frail than she already did. A man leaned over the back of the couch, another woman sat on it, conversing with the man. The two looked up and all eyes were on Usagi.

A familiar cold voice interupted their staring.

"This is Miss Crescent, our four- er, fifth guest. And this is Col. Nataku. After all our guests are here we'll have dinner." said the woman as Wufei walked up to Usagi, Kaolinite then turned and walked away rather quickly.

"Move, girl." came Wufei's voice. He practically shoved past her, how rude! She herself stepped in the room and looked around for a spot to sit.

"You... can sit next to me if you want," came a quiet voice, a childish voice, Usagi looked at the other end of the room, the little girl in the armchair had slid over, leaving plenty of room for her. Usagi smiled at the little girl, and tried not to be freaked out by her violet eyes.

She took the seat, and all was quiet. The woman at the piano cleared her throat, getting everyone's attention.

"Well, we might as well become aquainted, I should think." her voice was light and she had an English accent. "Of course, as the invitation said, we cannot use our real names, though for some of us, that might not matter, for apparent reasons. I am Miss Venus. And I love shopping!" she said her introduction. Usagi stared at her, there was something familiar about her...

"My goodness! You're Minako Aino! The pop idol!" the woman looked at her, a sort of... disgusted? look on her face.

"Yes I am, and if you want an autograph, you're not getting one for free." she said. Was it just her or was the woman rather mean?

"Why would she want an autograph from one of the world's most stuck-up women?" came Wufei's voice. Usagi vowed to thank him later.

The chinese man leaned against the wall, next to the door "I am, Col. Nataku. I like... silence." Usagi grinned, she stood up and introduced herself

"I'm Miss Crescent! I like bunnies!" Miss Venus rose her brow at the pigtailed girl.

"Could you be any more childish? I actually expected that little brat there to say something of the sort. But you? Tsk tsk..." she then turned her head away from the bunny and looked expectantly at the other man and woman.

The man, who was very handsome (to Usagi) and dressed quite nicely (like Wufei) stood up straight. The look on his face said he clearly did not want to be here. He wore a navy blue suit, and had a long white scarf draped over his shoulders.

"I am Zero. This is my fiancé Relena." was all he said. "Relena" smiled kindly at Usagi, who wondered if that were her real name.

"Yes, Miss Crescent, it is my real name." Oops, did she say that out loud?

"I'd say yes, you did," came Wufei's voice. Crap...

"What a vulgar little girl," came Miss Venus' voice. Usagi opted not to say or think anything.

She instead turned her attention to the little girl she sat next to, the little girl had a teddy bear in her hands. She didn't look up or say anything, not realizing that everyone was looking at her.

"So... what's your codename?" asked Usagi. The little girl whispered something, Usagi leaned her head down to hear what she said.

"Could you say that again?" came Miss Venus' rude voice.

Usagi strained to hear what was said...

"Mistress Nine, Mistress Nine..." she was repeating over and over quietly.

"Mistress Nine?" asked Usagi, the little girl looked up slightly, and Usagi saw the violet eyes again. She smiled sincerely at the girl, who smiled a little back.

And so only the Odangoed One could hear, the little girl whispered again.

"You can call me Hotaru when no-one's around,"

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Notes:

So I'm editing this story a bit, just for grammatical purposes, so don't worry! And yay, thanks to my darling younger sister I've been 'inspired' to start up again!