Luna and Artemis were hard at work, in their new control room.
"I think maybe they're right."Artemis said. "There seems to be nothing out of the ordinary."
"I suppose so. Although I do wish Venus wouldn't joke about that. I was honestly worried, about a new Enemy, you know."
Artemis nodded.
"Well, let's not worry about what Venus says so much, you know we shouldn't take her too seriously."he suggested. "Why don't we move on to something more essential?"
He clicked a few keys, and a page, containing the daily news on Crystal Tokyo appeared on the screen.
"Just the same as always."he said, scrolling down. "Hmm, but what's this?"
Luna looked up.
"What's what?"she asked.
"Hmm, why would there have been a robbery?"he asked.
"A robbery? Where?"Luna leaned over Artemis's shoulder. "There hasn't been a robbery on Earth for years!"
"I know."
"You don't suppose…"
"Uh, no."said Artemis firmly. "It's probably just someone just wanting some drama. There probably was no robbery in the first place, anyway. They probably just pretended."
"Why?"
Artemis shrugged.
"I'll figure out people. I've never figured Venus, or even the Queen, and I've lived my whole life among them. The closest I've gotten, is to figure out Mercury, and even then I make mistakes."he chuckled.
Luna nodded.
"You do have a point there."she admitted.
"Of course I do! So why don't we just forget all about this?"he suggested. "For right now, anyway."
They walked out of the control room.
"Almost ready for the trip, everybody?"Venus asked.
"Don't we have to wait for the packing to be finished?"Mercury asked.
"Why don't we just get new clothes once we're on Saturn, or Uranus, or Neptune, or Pluto?"she suggested.
"For one, I like to wear my own clothes."said Jupiter.
"And another, Small Lady's already got more clothes here, than she'll ever be able to wear in a lifetime!"Serenity added.
"That's true!"Mars pointed at the twenty nine suitcases sitting by the wall. "And just how are we going to carry all that?"she asked.
"We'll just need more people."said Venus. "That won't be a problem!"
"No, of course it won't."
"Besides, they're ready to receive us at any time!"
"And just where are we going first? Saturn, because it's closer? Pluto, because it's farther? Or just jump from one to the other, randomly?"asked Mercury.
"Good question."
"Well, why don't we just go to Saturn first?"Serenity suggested. "That's the closest. By the way, is it almost time for lunch? I'm starving!"
At the table, Jadeite looked worn out. He'd just gotten off duty that morning.
"And just where you have been, all morning? And a good part of the night as well?"Mars demanded.
Jadeite yawned.
"Where else? Where we all have to spend most of our time now! On duty! Kunzite says that there can't be any leaks in security."he said.
"I personally think it would be a good idea for your Majesty, the Queen, and Small Lady make this trip, Your Majesty."Kunzite was saying to King Endymion. "However, I think that we should remain behind."
Wine and foam spat out of Jadeite's mouth. It soared all the way across the table and landed on Venus.
"Aaaahhhh!"she screamed.
"What?!"Jadeite demanded, hearing Kunzite's comment.
"You idiot! Just look what you've done to my dress!"she screamed.
"Ooops, sorry."he said.
He'd never seen Venus so angry before. She grabbed the pitcher from the center of the table, and aimed at Jadeite. Seeing this, Jadeite immediately ducked under the table. The wine missed its target, and landed on Jupiter instead.
"Hey! Why me? He was the one who spat at you! And why did you duck! Why didn't you let her soak you instead?!"
Jadeite knew he'd made a grave error right there. Jupiter didn't bother to grab the pitcher, but grabbed his shirt collar instead, and started to hit him.
"See what you're irresponsibility has started, Jadeite!"Kunzite demanded, as he grabbed some napkins, and helped Venus dry her face, hair and dress.
"Now to get the stains out!"she moaned. "I swear, I'll get you for this, Jadeite."
Nephrite, Zoicite and Endymion were still trying to get Jadeite out of Jupiter's reach. Mars sat, her arms crossed, watching as Jadeite struggled to get away.
"Uh, shouldn't you be doing something to help your husband?"Mercury asked her.
"Hmm, he asked for it. He's just lucky it didn't land on me!"she answered.
"Oh, he doesn't look too lucky to me right now. Quite the opposite."Serenity giggled.
"And it was a new dress as well!"she exclaimed, as soon as she had finished beating Jadeite up.
"Just why did you have to spit at Venus! See all the trouble you started!"Nephrite said.
"Yeah, and you ruined both their dresses."
"Well, if Kunzite hadn't have said something stupid, I wouldn't have been so surprised, and none of this would've happened."Jadeite insisted.
"Don't blame me for your idiocies, Jadeite!"Kunzite said coldly. "But like I was saying before Jadeite caused this uproar, we should probably remain behind, and keep investigating."he told Endymion.
"I don't see that there's anything to investigate, Kunzite."Endymion looked confused.
"There hasn't been any crime since Crystal Tokyo was established, however, I noticed something odd in the newspapers a few weeks ago."
"You mean since you discovered this new Enemy?"Zoicite asked.
"Well, it isn't significant, in itself, however, it's significant, because it's the first crime on Earth in all this time."