Once again the Moon Princess snuck away to Earth to visit her Prince – something that had become a bit of a ritual as of late. Sailor Venus immediately followed after, by all appearances angry at having to chase the monarch for disobeying her mother’s orders. In reality though, Venus relished these moments so that she would be able to spend a few moments with the Prince’s lead Shitennou. Some days he would be the one guarding Endymion, and other days it would be one of the other Shitennou – those other days left Venus feeling disappointed. But on the occasional day when he was there they would have a few moments to exchange words before she would have to depart with the Princess in tow. Normally Serenity and Endymion would arrange to meet somewhere private, but today they were on the outskirts of the Palace. Venus, terrified that her Princess may be seen, immediately ran over and grabbed the girl, ready to teleport away at a moment’s notice. Endymion quickly tried to reassure her that he wouldn’t let anything happen to Serenity, but it still did little to ease Venus’s concern. That is until she saw him. Kunzite. He always appeared to be disinterested and stoic whenever anyone would see him, but Venus knew that was only the mask he wore for his role as the leader of the Shitennou – it was the same mask that she wore as the leader of the Senshi.
Kunzite and Venus started to argue over the Princess’s presence on Earth, at which point Endymion and Serenity slipped away to avoid getting caught in the crossfire. “Do you really think I would allow anything to happen to Serenity while she was here?” Kunzite asked sternly.
“She is my charge and I can take care of her on my own.”
“I see. Then how is it she was able to slip away from you so easily once more?”
“Are you challenging my abilities as a soldier?”
“I’m sure you know my feelings on that by now.”
Venus glanced over to see the Prince and Princess were now out of hearing range. “Do I know your feelings now?” she asked teasingly.
“Would you have me show you now?” he smiled at her.
“Perhaps later.”
“We’re going to have to find better ways to meet.”
“Maybe you could join me on a trip to Venus as an ambassador to Earth.” Kunzite stopped smiling and Venus could sense his hesitation. “Are you afraid to make the journey with me?”
“I shouldn’t be away from my Prince for so long.”
“It would only be a couple of days. We would finally be unsupervised by prying eyes.”
“That would be a pleasant change.”
“Then I will arrange it,” she smiled softly. “It will take some time though. Are you sure you won’t lose interest in me by then?”
He pulled her towards him and gently kissed her. “I will never lose interest in you.”
“Thank you,” she whispered against his lips. “Until the next time then.” She winked at him playfully before turning on her heel to seek out her Princess who seemed to have eluded her once more.
