Serenity walked alone in the Palace hallway. It had been 4 days since her husband, King Endymion had gone on a 7 day state visit to Planet Kinmoku and he had taken Samll Lady Usagi along for the trip, which left Serenity all alone at the palace. Originally, it was Serenity that had been invited to go, it was even Queen Seiya who had invited her personally to visit. But after an incident that had occurred when she had visited Earth ( She tried to seduce Serenity) Endymion thought it best that he went instead of her, to which Serenity happily agreed to. She did not want to be in the same room with Seiya after what she had tried to do. But with both her husband and daughter gone, Serenity was feeling a bit lonely, not to mention, a bit bored. She would have spent time with her shenshi, but they were all busy with their families. Even the 'Exiled' Shenshi as they were calling them selves now, were busy with their own things. Nyanko was busy studying to be the next priestess at the Hikawa Jinja, Reiko was engrossed in another painting and when she was like this, it was no use trying to talk to her, because chances are, she would not hear you. Solaria would have more than likely to enjoy the Queens company, but she was too busy enjoying the company of one of the palace maids that she had met just a few weeks ago , and Tomomi was not available because she and her husband were now busy taking care of their newly born daughter, Hoshiko. As for Luna, Artemis, and Diana, they were on a family vacation so they were not even in the palace to begin with.
Serenity could have tried to spend the day with one of her friends and their families, but she thought better of it, thinking that it would make her look needy for attention, and she did not like that thought. So for the last 3 days, she'd had been trying to keep her self busy, to keep her mind occupied, but so far she had little success. She tried every thing from trying to paint a picture her self, which looked like something that a 5 year old would do, to trying to learn how to cook, which ended with her making something that not even she would eat, as well as a small stove fire. The only thing that would break her sour mood, were the messages that she would get from her husband every evening, but it was only 11 o'clock in the morning, which means that she would have to wait another 8 long agonizing hours to get to hear from her beloved "Mamo-cham" and even then, she would have to wait another 4 days before he came home, which dampened her mood even more. But when he did, she was going to make sure that they made up for lost time together with some serious 'cuddling' that night. As she walked, she then decided to head to her personal 'vault' at the top of the palace. The vault in question was in reality, just a room where she kept all of her old belonging from when she was just known as Usagi Tsukino/ Sailor Moon. The king also had a similar room for all his old belongings as well, but it was hers that had the most items. In there was every thing, from her old school uniforms, to her wedding gown, as well as a number of photos of her and all her friends back when they were just teens. There were even some picture of her with her parents and her brother as a family.
As she looked around, she could not help but to smile, as all those memories began to flood back to her. Every thing there had a story to tell, from her first drivers permit, to her first speeding ticket, to even those bunny ears and hand cuffs that she wore when she and her husband first spent the night together. Her body tingled at that memory. As she walked around, one picture caught her eye, it was of when she and her friends had decided to go trick or treating one Holloween and they had taken a then 12 year old Hotaru with them. Since it was Hotaru's first Holloween with them, they had decided to all wear costumes and get into the spirit of things. They had all gone out on their costumes, Ami was a nurse, Minako was a super model and even Haruka got in on the act and went as 'The Stig' from her favorite show "Top Gear." But it was her costume that got her attention, for standing in the center of photo was a then 17 year old Usagi and she was dressed as a Red Ninja. Serenity smiled at the image of her self, she had originally wore that costume when Mamoru had chose to stay at Rei place while his appartment was being cleaned up after they had trashed it, thinking there was a fire. This did not sit well with her , so she decided to spy on them to make sure that nothing happened between them. Luckily, nothing did. But after that, the only other time that she wore that costume was on that Holloween night.
As Serenity continued to look at the picture, she could not help but to think how much fun she had as the 'Legendary' Red Ninja. Creeping around all stealthy like and what not and just having a good time. But alas, she no longer that red ninja suit for it was lost when " The Big One" went down, meaning that the Red Ninja could never return and even if it was not lost, she was Queen now and she had to be as responsible as one. But then again, she was the Queen. She could do any thing she wanted if she chose to and since most of her official duties were done for the day, she had a free afternoon and since all of her friends were busy, she doubted that any of them would miss her for a few hours. With a cute smile, she closed her eyes and used her crystal to change her clothes. When she opened her eyes, she checked herself out in a near by mirror on the wall and she had to admit to herself, she looked cute. With a nod of approval , she struck a pose and with that, she left the room with a speed, her long blond pigtails whipping around behind her back.
The Crystal Palace was about to get a visit from the Legendary Red Ninja...
