YingGirl Senshi For Hire:
The Sailor Princess Chronicles

NOTE: All characters from Sailor Moon are copywritten by Naoko Takeushi, Kodashia, Toei Animation, DiC Cooperation, Mixx Zine, and CloverWay. All characters from "Iron Chef" is the property of FujiTV and all opinions expressed herein do not reflect those of FujiTV. I have also taken ideas from Simone Maxwell's fic, "The Mernagerie". You may read at the following URL.

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/3767/dreamland/menageri.html

Chapter 3-The Trap is Set

The two servants waited outsite.
"Gammakuu should had been finished by now," one of the servants said.
"She should be!" the other servant replied, "I sense someone got in Gammakuu's way."
"Quick! Let us return to Lady Xineoh! Perhaps she knows what happened to Gammakuu!"
"Right!"
The two servants then teleported away from the college. Somehow, the tables had turned...
But it was not in their favor.

****

The nephew looked at his uncle.
"Uncle!" the nephew cried, "I'm glad you had safely returned to Takashi Castle, your estate...but who is that girl you brought with you?!!!"
"She is..." his uncle replied, "the one I've been looking for all this time."
"Uncle!! Please stop talking in nonsense! That girl can't be the one from the Legend of the Phoenix Princess! In fact the story is even..."
"Silence!!!"
His nephew stayed quiet. He had never heard his uncle talk that way to him.
His uncle looked at him.
"I'm terrible sorry for yelling at you," his uncle said, "but you must trust me this time. Please give it some time; everything will be settled in a while."
"Yes uncle," his nephew muttered, "I understand."
"Good. It's best that I go check on our guest than you do."
His uncle left and headed towards the room which held the pretty strange girl.

****

Their leader glared at her servants.
"You failed in getting those items," Lady Xineoh said as she looked at her servants, "and lost a very important ally as well."
"But we have those humans that Gammakauu placed the sleep as sources of human energy," one of her servants replied.
"Yes... Soon everyone on this planet will be placed into a deep sleep and only the phoenix shall awaken them. Such a pity that Chairman Kaga has the bird and knows nothing of its' power. Only the one that ruby phoenix crystal can truely control that bird....which is why WE NEED IT!!!"
"Yes, your highness."
Lady Xineoh then created fives spheres; each sphere had a different symbol on it. Her servants looked at her.
"Are those..." the other servant asked.
"Yes," Lady Xineoh replied, "with these orbs, you may control the inner senshi as puppets. It'll be easy for us if they to do our bidding. This time, you will not fail in getting me those items. Now go!!!"
The two servants bowed as they taken the orbs.
"Yes your highness," the servants replied as they disappeared along with the orbs.

****

Vanessa woke up. She noticed she had destransformed and she also noticed her surroundings were different as well. She sat up on a bed as she looked around.
Was she dreaming? The room was bigger than her classroom!! It was draped in silk curtains and it looked like a perfect resting place for a princess...
Could she be a...
No!! She's nothing but some runty orphan lady who everyone hates! She was about to lower her head until the slight sound of some munching was being heard....
Munching? She looked up again and saw who was munching.
Katrice was stuffing her face with freshly cut carrot slices. She dipped the slices in some sort of dressing and then gradually ate them.
She looked up at Vanessa as she waved her tail.
"Glad you're awake Van-chan!" Katrice cried out, "Maybe you can join me in this feast."
Vanessa just looked at her guardian.
"Where are we?" Vanessa asked.
"Takashi Castle," Katrice replied as she stuffed more carrots in her mouth, "the air smells like were on an island of the coast of Japan."
"Japan?!! But this room looks more European!"
"The entire castle is European."
"So we're in a European castle somewhere in the far east?"
"Exactly!"
"That doesn't make any sense at all." Vanessa looked down as she clutched on her locket.
Katrice hopped to her, carrying a dish of sushi in her mouth. She then placed it right next to Vanessa.
"You must be hungry," Katrice said as she looked at Vanessa.
"Now that you mention it," Vanessa replied, "I am kinda straved."
"Try this!! Kaga-san made his best Iron Chef prepared for you!"
Vanessa looked at the plate.
"Katrice..." Vanessa muttered
"What?" Katrice asked.
"There are only two pieces."
"Uh....well..."
"Well what?"
"I've got kinda hungry too...so I ate the remaining 38 pieces."
"YOU WHAT?!!!"
"What you expect me to do? Wait for you for get up?! And we got no time for food, we've got new enemies to deal with!"
"Speak for yourself."
"I've been thinking..." Katrice crossed her arms.
"Bout what?" Vanessa said.
"Sakai makes better desert dishes than Kobe-san!" Katrice grinned.
"KATRICE!!!!! I mean our new enemies!!!"
"Yeah. I thought about them too...but I bet they aren't even here. In the meantime, let's dig in some pie!"
Vanessa sighed. She watched her green cabbit like guardian began to stuff her face right in front of her.
Okay, maybe this wasn't so bad. The good thing about her fall was she was staying at a castle. Maybe she could stay here and protect the princess who owe this castle.
Yet who did brought them here and why?
She was about to find out. The door to enter this room was opening.

****

There was a sale going on at Juuban.
Of course, they had to be there.
Usagi was taking a great delight at this sale. In fact, she and Minako-chan were shopping their cares away.
Of course in this sale, there was something for everyone.
The servants waited at a sale booth, waiting for their next unsuspecting customers.
"Here they come," one of the servants muttered.
One of the girls stopped. She looked around the area. The servants didn't want their cover to be blown just yet...
"I sense something," Rei said as she looked around.
"A new enemy?" Ami asked as she looked at Rei.
"I don't know... Their presence is faint."
The servants began their task.
"Hey you group of lovely young girls!" one of the servants cried out.
"Us?!" the girls replied.
The other servant quickly gave each girl a "special gemstone". Ami had gotten a blue gem with the symbol of Mercury, Makoto had gotten a green gem with the symbol of Jupiter, Rei had gotten a red gem with the symbol of Mars, Minako had gotten a orange gem with the symbol of Venus, and Usagi had gotten a yellow gem with the symbol of the Moon.
The girls looked at their gemstones. Each were memorized by such beauty from this gem and wonder who could create such beauty.
"We want to give you these gems because they represent your true beauty," the servant said as she bowed towards them, "we have selected them just for you."
"For us?" the girls asked.
"Yes...Please take them. They're yours to keep."
Rei backed away from the offer. She sensed the prensence again.
"Dark energy..." Rei muttered.
The servants smirked. The power of these "special gemstones" released themselves and trapped their owners in an orb.
"Nani?!!!" Usagi cried, "You called us beautiful and you do this to us?!"
"We're sorry Sailor Senshi," the servants replied as they bowed to them, "but we need to to do an errand for us. We want you to get rid of Chairman Kaga Takashi."
"Huh?"
"Chairman Kaga Takashi of the Gourment Academy is our mortal enemy. He has something our Lady wants and will not give it to her. Henceforth, he must die."
"And what if we refuse?!!" Minako asked.
"Then you may be trapped forever in those orbs," one of the servants replied, "you may use your powers, but they'll never work. Please help us or your loves ones will suffer."

****

The door to enter this room was opening.
Vanessa's mind began to race. An enemy!!! She can't transform into YingGirl now, her body still haven't recovered.
She stood in a fighting position.
But...why was Katrice not responding to this intruder?
The door swung open. Vanessa's fighting spirit fell and shatter itself on the floor.
There was a gentleman in front of them. His features showed that he was much older than Vanessa. He wore a frilly black collar around his neck, which perfectly suited his sequence suit. He wore a set of black gloves.
Vanessa looked at the stranger.
"Who are you?" Vanessa asked.
"I see you have awaken," he replied with a smile, "please take your time to recover. You're safe here."
"Where's here?"
Katrice stopped stuffing her face and joined her master.
"Van-chan," Katrice said as she waved her tail, "I've forgot to tell you. This is Mr. Kaga Takashi, owner of Gourment Academy, which is a part of Takashi Castle. He helped us defeat that werid monster at the auditorium."
He looked at the two, then back at Vanessa
"Strange," Kaga asked, "how can someone like you be the caretaker of the ruby phoenix crystal?
"Uh well," Vanessa replied, "it's a long story. I didn't know how I got in contact with the crystal itself until it was revealed to me."
"Then tell it. I'm quite interested in your story."
Vanessa turned as shade of red on her cheeks. No one was ever interested in her life. Everyone thought it had to be a big joke.
But what if this guy was...the enemy?
It didn't seem so. Katrice trusted him....
And also the food that his chefs created.
Vanessa sighed slightly and began her tale.