Disclaimer; I do not own Homestuck, or Steven Universe. The x-over idea belongs to Ikimaru :3
"So wait, you don't have school?" Jade asked John, tilting her head in a puppyish manner. It was a warm, sunny Wednesday morning, and the two of them were currently sitting in John's front yard, underneath a huge oak tree. "Nope. Topaz just gives me homework to do." "He's the one with the anime shades, right?" "Yeah! He's really quiet, and makes all sort of robots!" John said enthusiastically.
"He doesn't really spend much time with me though." He added with a shrug. Jade looked away as Harley barked. The fluffy white dog was chasing a butterfly around the yard, trying to sniff it.
"Oh! I found Dave's place yesterday." She said suddenly. "It was kinda weird. All those swords and framed art." She said. "Dave really likes swords. And apple juice." "I think he had a framed picture of a bottle of apple juice." "He really likes apple juice." Harley gave an especially loud bark as Rubellite flopped onto the ground next to the two friends, having walked up silently. "Talkin' about that kid who runs the music shop?" She asked. "Dave" John replied. "Right." "It's Rubellite, right?" Jade asked. "That's me." Rubellite said, nodding. "And you're name's Jade, right?" "Yes Ma'am." "You don't really look like a Jade." Rubellite stated, shifting so her legs were crossed and setting her cheek in the palm of her hand. "Well what do you think a Jade would look like?" "Wilder ha-" "Rubellite, we need you!" Emerald yelled, rushing out of the house. "What, did you burn another batch of cookies?" She yelled back, rolling her eyes.
"No, one of the sensors picked up a Corrupted on the edge of town! We need to go now!" Rubellite jumped up quickly, rushing over to Emerald. "I thought we got rid of all of 'em near here?!" "Apparently not." Topaz said, coming out of the house and pulling his Katana out of the heart shaped gem on his chest. The three of them ran down the street, the children forgotten.
"They're just going to leave you here?" Jade asked, watching them run. "Yeah. They trust me to not get into trouble. Hey, why don't we go watch? We can see them fight!" John enthused, balling his fists up into a fighting stance of sorts. "Do you think they'd let you watch?" "We don't have to tell them. Plus it's in town, so we can just say I was showing you around town!" John said, hopping up. "I'm not entirely certain what's going on..." Jade said, pushing herself up to her feet. "But alright."
The monster wasn't huge, only about half as big again as the average human. It was pale grey, and wielded a very sharp looking knife. Currently, it was tearing up someone's garden on the edge of town, for what ever reason monsters did stuff. By the time John and Jade got there, the gems were already fighting the stab happy anthropoid canine, Rubellite clinging to its back as a huge tiger, and Emerald staying further back to shoot at it.
"What is that thing?" Jade whispered. The two kids were hiding behind a tree in someone's yard, looking around the sides to watch John's family take down the monster. "It's a monster!" John said, awe in his voice.
"None of 'em ever look exactly the same."
"But where'd it come from?"
"I dunno. They've always been here." John whispered back as Emerald fired a few rounds at the snarling monster. Its snarls turned to a yelp as Topaz appeared out of nowhere to slash it with his katana. "Why are they attacking it?" Jade asked, looking at John. "It's not hurting anyone, so why not leave it alone?" "It's not attacking any one right now, but if it had wandered into a more populated area, it would have."
Jade gasped as the monster threw Topaz across the street, hitting a wall hard. He got up, shook off, and headed back into the fray, ignoring the dent he had left in the house. With a howl, it shook Rubellite off its back, and lunged forward to stab Emerald. Emerald dived to the side, narrowly avoiding the knife. Emerald dropped one of his guns to deflect the knife again as the lupine beast snarled. It launched forward again, then yelped as something hit the side of its head.
"Leave him alone!" Jade yelled, now out from behind the tree, another rock in hand. She stood poised to throw it as the monster turned around, looking for the perpetrator. It spotted Jade, rock in hand, and lunged for Jade, stopping in front of her.
It seemed to hesitate for a moment before taking another step towards the young tween, mouth frozen in a snarl. Jade didn't look scared; She just stared at it, fists balled up angrily. "You leave them alone, you big bully!" She yelled at the monster. "You've got no right to waltz in here and destroy things! You ought to be ashamed!" She said, wagging her finger at the beast like a mother reprimanding a child. It stopped, opening its mouth slightly, confused. "Don't talk back!" Jade said as it whined, utterly confused.
Jade kept reprimanding it as Topaz popped up behind it, thrusting his sword through its middle. It yelped as the sword ran through it, then exploded in a cloud of white smoke. He thrust his hand out, catching a cracked, opaque pale grey stone. He swiftly bubbled it and tapped it, making it disappear.
"John." He said, turning to the side of the tree John was hiding behind. "Why aren't you at home?" "We wanted to watch you fight the monster!" John said, stepping out from behind the tree. Topaz was silent, but it was clear he wasn't happy.
"Hey, don't be to hard on him. We didn't tell him he couldn't come." Rubellite said, walking up and setting her hand on Topaz's shoulder. "And it's not like anyone got hurt." She said, now leaning on him.
"It would've killed Jade." Topaz stated, shrugging Rubellite off. "Yeah, but she calmed it down! Everything's alright now." Topaz shook his head, but didn't say anything. He sighed before turning around, walking back toward home.
"Aren't you going to help fix the dent you made?" Emerald shouted, pointing to the dent. Topaz didn't reply, he just gave a thumbs up and continued walking. Rubellite shrugged. "Maybe he'll help later?" "..." Rubellite shrugged again and walked over to the children. "So how'd you calm it down?" She asked Jade.
"I... just treated it like it was Harley. Sometimes he gets really rowdy and I have to put my foot down, and it kinda looked like a dog..." Jade said, rubbing the back of her neck. Rubellite smiled and ruffled the girl's already messy hair. "We might have lost Emerald if you hadn't thrown that rock. Thanks for that." Jade smiled back as Emerald walked over. "Aren't you supposed to be at home...?" Emerald asked.
"Yes, we've been over this." Rubellite said, looking at him. Emerald looked confused before shaking his head and tossed his hands in the air. "So why did that thing explode? What was with that stone?" Jade asked, readjusting her glasses, her green eyes bright. "And how were you able to turn into a tiger?! Are you like a were tiger or something?" "Woah, one question at a time!" "why don't we head home to do that?" Emerald asked, pointing down the street to where Topaz was slowly shrinking against the horizon. "Alright."
"Woah, so you're all magic?!" Jade enthused, looking at Emerald and Rubellite in awe.
The four of them had all gone to John's home to talk. Harley was still outside of course, as he would've scared Frigglish. Topaz was no where to be found. "Yep!" Rubellite said, shape shifting into the fluffy cat again. She hopped onto the table, tail waving. "Even you?" She asked, turning to John. "Well... not entirely. I'm magic on my mom's side." "That's still really cool." "And don't worry John, you'll get the hang of your powers soon enough." Emerald said, ruffling the kid's hair. "Pretty soon you'll be going on missions with us!" Rubellite snickered. "Sooner than you might think." "...Y'know, I'm not going to ask."
Bluh, didn't manage to complete the chapter last night - But hey, better late than never, right?
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