Naoko Takeuchi park was one of the more beautiful parks in all of Crystal Tokyo, as well as one of the largest. Part of the massive park was in fact, apart of the palace grounds and was not uncommon to see the royal family, as well as the families of her court enjoying the beauty of the park. The park itself was founded by Queen Serenity herself years ago, as a gift to the citizens of the city as a 'thank you' for all the lobe and support they had given both her and her family over the years. As a result, the people of of the city went to great strives to keep the park as clean and serene as possible. Over the years, it had become a popular venue for a number of functions, from the Queen's annual Birthday party, to the annual Spring Festival held by the Royal Family's Spiritual Adviser and friend, Rei. It was even the selected venue for when a certain shenshi of the Galaxy and one of the palace's engineer got married. But today, the park was quiet and the only persons there were some families enjoying the peaceful atmosphere that the park gave off... as well as where a certain member of the Royal Family, in a red ninja suit chose to 'Patrol' next.

It was now day 2 of the Red Ninja's visit to the Crystal Palace, the day before she had not only manage to sneak away some food Makoto's "Forbidden Fridge" but she also got to see 2 certain Shenshi engaged in, ahem, certain activities. 'Haruka is a lot more developed than I thought.' she thought to herself as she began to blush a bit at the memory. Of course that was yesterday, after her little adventure in the palace's air ventilation system, she went back in her room where she received her nightly call from Endymion from his trip and after that, she went to bed. The next morning, she got up with one really bad head ache and she did not know why. The last time she have had a head ache that bad, was the morning after she and her friends went to that party where she got "sick" off that "juice" she drank. But the weird thing was that she did not remember having any sort of drink of that sort. The other weird thing was that she had another dream that ended with the image of David Tennant's head coming at her. After returning all of Haruka's 'Doctor Who' DVD's , she then went about her task of being Queen. But by 11 am she was done for the day and again, she was bored. It did not take long for her to once again dawn her alter ego, The Red Ninja and go out to 'Protect' the good people of the palace.

Now here she was, up in a tree in a park in which she named after her favorite magna artist, "The Red Ninja scans this peaceful park, named after the great Naoko Takeuchi, for any evil ninjas that may want to do evil to the peace loving citizens of this fair city."she said to her self. As she scanned the park, she could not help but to feel a bit of pride. This was the most beautiful park in all of Japan and quite possibly , the whole world and she was responsible for it's coming in to being. She then heard something, it sounded like someone was crying. Being the good 'ninja' that she was, she swinged down from her spot on the tree branch and headed twords the direction of the sound. After a few minutes, she came up to the edge of Kotono Mitsuishi lake and there she saw a little girl with long brown hair and she was crying. The Red Ninja jumped in front of her, surprising the little girl quite a bit. She leand down and said, "No need to fear, for I am the Red Ninja. Protector of good and the enemy of evil! Tell me, why are you sad little one?"

The girl just stopped crying a bit and looked up at the ninja. She was a little frightened at first at the sight of her, but hearing her voice made her feel at ease. She sniffed and said, " My (sniff) my ball, I was playing with it when some mean boys came and took it from me. They would not give it back to me and then (sniff) they threw it in to the lake." she began to cry again.

Serenity could not help but get a little mad, who could be so mean that they would want to cause pain to some one else for there own enjoyment. She just looked into the eyes of the girl and said, " Do not be sad, for I , The Red Ninja shall see to it that you will get you a new ball as well as make those 2 bullies pay for the wrongs they have done." and with that, she was off, leaving the little girl stand there alone wondering just who was the red ninja.

Running as fast as the wind ( or at least, as fast as she could run.) the Red Ninja made her way to a small shed that was at the edge of the park, near the Palace. As she came up to the shed, she changed back into the Queen form and entered a code into the small key board that was on the left side of the door, the code in question was one the Queen knew that no one would ever guess... "M-A-M-O-C-H-A-N" she typed in, in which the computer chimed signaling that it the correct code and the door opened. The shed in question, was used to store all of the items that the royal family and their court would use for when they had their day out at the park. Items such as kites, picnic blankets, bikes and balls of all types. Serenity looked around and found a ball that looked liked the one that the girl had lost. She took the ball and transforming back into her Ninja form, exited the shed and made her way back to the little girl at the lake.

" Thank you for getting me another ball, nice lady!" the small girl said, happily holding on to the new ball that she had gotten.

"The Red Ninja is always happy to help some one in need, especially when she get to see the happy smiles of a greatful public. But now, The Red Ninja needs your help in finding those 2 boys that threw your ball in to the lake and make them pay for what they had done, will you help me?" she asked. The small girl nodded with a smile and with that, they were off.

2 boys were walking along the edge of the lake. One had on a pair of blue genes with matching blue jacket and a black T-shirt, the other had on a red jersey with black ¾ pants and a gray baseball cap on his head and both of them were in their early teens. As they walked, they laughed and talked about what they had done during the day. From scaring some of the swans that lived in the lake, to stealing some apples from one of the apple trees that were in the park and most recently, taking that girls ball , throwing it in to the lake and making her cry. They were in the proses of planing another act when they saw the same girl from earlier standing in front of them...

" Oh look, it's the little cry baby from the lake!" the first one said," why are you not running home to mama baby?"

" Maybe she wants us to take away that new ball that she has," the other one said pointing at the new ball that she had in her hands, " Maybe we should take it, such a nice toy should not be in the hands of such a little runt!"

" You'll be sorry, you better apologize for throwing my ball in the lake , you stupid big bullies or else!" the little girl said, there was no trace of fear in the voice as she spoke.

" Who are you calling 'stupid' you little bi*ch?" the first one said. They were about to advance on her,when they were both pulled back by some one, and when they looked to see who it was, they saw a tall figure with 2 long pig tails, wearing a red ninja suit and although they could not see her face, they could clearly see her deep blue eyes peering down at them with a angry look.

" Who... who are you?" the first one stuttered out. Frightened by this unknown woman.

"Who am I? I am the Red Ninja! Protector of good and the enemy of evil! Why did you take this girls ball and throw it in to the lake?" she said, still stairing down the 2.

"We.. we were just having a little fun, y... you know." the second one said with a nervous chuckle. But by the look on the woman's face, she was not amused...

" The 2 of you should be ashamed of your selves! Making this little girl cry for your amusement. I have hake a mind to chop off your heads for what you did!" she said as she reached for her " blade" on her back. When the 2 saw this, they began to cry,

"WERE SORRY! PLEASE, WE'LL DO ANYTHING!"they pleaded." Any thing?" she asked.

" ANY THING!" they yelped back, "Just don't kill us!"

"Well... I think there is a way that you can make it up to her."

Hours latter, both the Red Ninja and the girl were on the shore of the lake watching the 2 boys from earlier fumble around in a small boat. Both trying in vain to retrieve the same ball they had thrown in the lake. Both the ninja and the girl could not help but to laugh at the 2 fell in the lake.

"Thank you for helping me." The girl said.

"It was my pleasure, for it is the mission of the Red Ninja to help those in need."

"You weren't really going to cut off their heads were you?"

"No. That 'Blade' on my back is fake, but it's our little secret o.k.?" The red ninja said with a smile. The girl just smiled and nodded. " Don't worry about those 2 , they will never cause trouble again for you or for any one else. Now, I must go, for there is evil a foot and the Red Ninja must prevent them from harming others. Farewell !" and with that, she jumped back in to the trees and was off.

The girl could just watch as the 'Ninja' swaug away and wounder just who the red ninja really was and thank her for her help...