No errors or such were given all went normal except now missing "Pages" and the zone doesn't show in the main menu (Home Page)

I need more info as I cannot reproduce this currently; all works fine on a full install on my end. Did you run the Setup Wizard? Did you remove any of the default addons? Are you using a URL scheme? Did you change any sitemap settings from their defaults?

For reasons unknown and I think it's my host-related issue.... "Pages" took forever to show up like the cache didn't clear properly and later "Pages" showed up. Not sure as I didn't see any errors just magically it appeared in the menu. No I did nothing out of the normal during setup. I took default for initial run under the setup wizard.