Chapter 5: Yashajuuki

The soft sounds of a harp playing filled the air as Gigi awoke. On a table beside the bed was a lovely breakfast complete with eggs, pancakes, juice, muffins, sausage, and any kind of fruit you could think of. A small sign next to the food said "eat your fill". "Sounds good to me," said Gigi with a grin as she sat up and started to eat.

The harp playing got louder. It slowly changed to Gigi's song. She finished with the lavish breakfast and stood up. Gigi noticed a letter on the table. She picked it up and read it.

"Dear my lovely Gigi,

I am working in my laboratory to perfect my plan for the bargain. I will be with you later in the day. To entertain yourself, feel free to wonder around the palace, there is lots to do here.

Love Always, Peter"

Gigi wrinkled her nose. "Man, I gota keep myself entertained today? I was hoping for another ride on the dragons," whined Gigi out loud to herself. "Madam Gigi, we have to dress you for the day!" cry the Naorus as they all appeared. Gigi smiled.

"Alright, but hurry," said Gigi as the Naorus started to take her night gown off and replace it with a fine dress. "Thank you, Naorus," said Gigi. The Naorus ran off. Gigi walked out of the bedroom and out into the hall.

She gazed at the paintings on the wall. Her first times here she had never though to look around her. The ceiling was engraved with roses and tigers. "How pretty," thought Gigi to herself. She walked on. "I wonder if Peter has his own room," thought Gigi as she gazed at flowers in vases and mirrors on the walls. Suddenly a few steps away was a door made of jade to her right.

Engraved in the door was two dragons with children running around below them. Gigi stared at the gorgeous door. She pushed it open. Her eyes widened at the scene before her. There was a large bed with green velvet sheets. The over hang was a misty green and patterned with leaves.

To the right was a huge window that looked out upon the grounds. She walked over to it and looked up into the sky. She saw the earth in the sky. She gasped.

Gigi then walked over to a full length mirror rimed in gold. She fixed her hair for a moment when she noticed her name engraved into the wall next to the mirror. It looked like it have been cut by a knife. Gigi ran her fingers over it. "Peter must have carved it," she thought.

She then looked up and her eyes became as wide as saucers. All over the ceiling her name was engraved or painted. She walked over to the bed to see her name was engraved all around the bed frame and on the wall near the bed. "This has to be Peter's room," laughed Gigi to herself as she fell onto his soft bed.

She inhaled the scent of the covers. "Peter..." sighed Gigi softly aloud as she buried her face in his pillow. Gigi sat up slowly as she gazed at the other parts of his room. In the corner stands a tall round globe with small lights. The lights shined brightly with red and green colors. Gigi walked over to it and watched the lights blink.

"I wonder what this is," thought Gigi as she ran her hand over the shiny surface. She then walked over to a bookshelf made of oak.. Gigi ran her fingers over the spines of the books, reading each title. "Why, all fairytales," giggled Gigi as she pulled out "Peter Pan" from the shelf.

It's old, worn, red leather cover was peeling, the golden letters on the spine and cover faded. She flipped through the book's yellow, dog eared pages. Gigi ended up gazing at a illustration of Peter Pan dueling with Captain Hook. She closed the book.

Gigi walked over to a small pine table with many drawers. She laid the book down on its surface. She then spotted a closet set in the far lefthand wall, across from the bookshelf. She padded her way over and opened the glossy closet doors.

Inside were mostly cloths of green. Everything from more tunics to slacks, it was all green. Gigi laughed to herself at the site. She then closed the closet. Gigi walked back over to the pine table and picked up the Peter Pan book. She placed it back in its place on the self.

Suddenly the self vanished. Gigi blinked in confusion. In place of the shelf was a big door made of metal. Gigi noticed a keypad to the right of the door. "Humm, this room must be something secret," said Gigi with a duh. She punched in some numbers on the pad. "Access Denied!" shrieked the alarm.

Gigi scowled. "What would his number be?" thought Gigi to herself. Her eyes brightened up as she typed in 2323. "Access Granted!" shrieked the alarm as the huge door opened. Gigi stepped inside as the door shut behind her. "Humm, so 2323, or GIGI on the keypad works," smirked Gigi to herself as she gazed at the surrounding.

Flasks and beakers were bubbling with weird colored concoctions. She passed by tons of mechanical machines humming and buzzing, putting out papers of information into a huge pile. Suddenly a ninja star flew past Gigi's head. It hit into one of the metal walls.

Gigi turned quickly to see a girl dressed in a princess' attire. The girl smiled evilly as another ninja star appeared in her hand. "Who are you!?" demanded Gigi as she faced the girl. The girl merely giggled with villainy as she threw another star at Gigi. Gigi ducked at the star flew over her head.

The girl jumped into the air and pulled out a machine gun from under her layered dress and opened fire. Gigi ran in fright. "AHHHH!!!" screamed Gigi as the girl flew above her, firing down upon her endlessly. The girl landed on the ground and threw the machine gun aside. Gigi stopped for breath as she ducked behind a machine.

The girl giggled insanely as her arms, dress, mouth and eyes opened to show many laser riffles and guns. She walked to where she saw Gigi run to. Gigi's heart sped, not sure what was going on. The girl turned the corner and had her face right next to Gigi. "Say good-bye," said the girl in a computer tone voice as it chocked its guns and prepared to fire.

Gigi screamed and closed her eyes, preparing for death. Suddenly the girl paused in her actions. She didn't move. Gigi opened her eyes. She taped the girl. Nothing happened. She pushed the girls shoulder. The girl fell over with a metal clunk. Gigi stared awestruck at the girl. Gigi was then tapped on the shoulder.

She screamed and turned around to find Peter staring at her with worry in his eyes. "Gigi, are you alright?!" asked Peter frantically. Gigi came to her senses and nodded. "But.. But what is that thing!?" yelps Gigi as she points to the girl on the ground. Peter kneeled next to the girl on the ground.

"It's a yashajuuki, their part of my plan for the bargain," says Peter softly as he opens the girls back as computer chips and wires spilled out of the it. Gigi watched as he messed around with some of the wires inside the girl. "Lucky for you, she had a malfunction," said Peter.

"So this girl is a machine?" said Gigi with wide eyes of wonder. Peter nodded as he closed the girls back up. "I was working on her and turned her on, next thing I knew she was running a muck and I couldn't catch her," explained Peter. "How are they going to be used in the bargain?" asked Gigi. Peter stood up close to her so his mouth was by her ear.

"They are going to be the princesses, and at the right moment, they will all attack Kouchou and destroy him, then right after, they will self destruct, destroying his evil empire," whispered Peter. Gigi looked at him. "How many yashajuuki have you made?" she asked. "20 of them so far," said Peter.

The girl pulled back in her ammunition and stood up. She gracefully bowed to them. "How are you master?" she said. "I am fine, Nana," says Peter with a smile. Nana, the yashajuuki walks off. "You name them after numbers?" asked Gigi. "Yeah, I couldn't think of anything else to," said Peter.

"Must be a lot of work to make them," said Gigi, looking at Peter, covered with oil smudges. "Yes, but its worth it," says Peter. Gigi smiled. "Well is it later in the day yet? I wanna spend some time with you!" says Gigi while tugging on Peters arm. Peter laughs. "Sounds fine to me, have you seen the ball room yet?" he asked her.

Gigi shook her head. "Let's go there then," said Peter as he picked a Gigi up and floated above all of the machines in the laboratory. He landed at the door and typed in 2323. The door opens again.

He flies out the door with Gigi in his arms as the door closes and the book shelf appears over it. Gigi watched at the halls flew past her. They landed at a pair of tall wooden doors. Engraved in them were many flowers and ribbons. Peter opened the door and pulled Gigi inside with him.