Hey my lovely readers, here's chapter 4. I won't be able to post or write the next chapter for a couple weeks, I'll be without a computer and internet, so sorry guys. As soon as I have internet and a computer again, I'll post the next chapter. Anyways onto Chapter 4.

~Inugoma~

"Oh my Kami" Oriana muttered, drawing a look from Amethyst. She looked up at the monster, that had to have been 30 feet tall and each of its 10 tentacles seemed to come out at 20 feet. It's slimy black tentacles stuck towards Garnet again. "Garnet watch out!" The Saiyan hybrid exclaimed, rushing towards them with her daggers at the ready, she sliced off part of the tentacle attacking Garnet.

"Get back Oriana, protect Steven. Pearl Amethyst, you guys are with me" Garnet instructed, the 3 mentioned people nodding and doing what the Fusion told them to do.

The half saiyan ran over to Steven, and stood in front of him protectively. She would sooner allow this corrupted gem kill her than let Steven get hurt. "Stay behind be Steven" Oriana instructed the curly haired boy. The blue haired semi-gem put her daggers away, in favour of possibly using her saiyan powers. She watched with wide eyes as the 3 full gems fought and beat the corrupted tentacle gem. "That was amazing...And I've seen some awesome fights" She commented, once the Gems got over to her and Steven.

"Thanks Oriana" Amethyst replied.

Later on that night, Steven and Oriana sat on Steven's bed, watching Crying Breakfast Friends. "This show makes absolutely no sense Steven, you realize that right" Oriana pointed out, looking at the black haired boy.

Steven shrugged, his eyes not leaving the television "It's a cartoon Oriana, it doesn't have to make sense"

"Hey...random question...who's Kami" Amethyst's voice drew the attention of both Oriana and Steven.

Oriana looked between them, did they really not know who Kami was...she'd figured that everyone just knew who he was. "He's the Namekian guardian of this planet, he lives on the lookout with Mr. Popo" She answered.

Amethyst opened her mouth to make a comment, only to close it a moment later. "Alright then" She said, before she turned and walked away from Oriana and Steven. No one seemed to question Oriana as much on the people she knew, it always seemed to confuse them more.

"So Oriana we were a bit curious about your parents, if you wouldn't mind" Pearl questioned the half saiyan child a few days later.

"Uh...Sure, what would you like to know?" The blue haired demi-gem responded, setting down the book she had been reading, she had expected the gems to want to know more about her parentage.

Pearl sat down next to Oriana, as the other two full gems walked towards them. "What kind of Gem was your mother?"

"Daddy told me her name was Red Beryl" The looks she saw on the Crystal Gem's faces was enough to stop the little hybrid from saying much more, worried that she had said the wrong thing. "What?" She asked.

"All Beryl's were destroyed though, after the Diamond authority took over Homeworld though...I mean I remember hearing a story about one escaping, but it was just a story" Pearl commented. "Oriana...You are a very special Gem, Beryl's were once the rulers of Homeworld, back before even I was made"

"Daddy said Momma was very special, but he never had a chance to tell me much more about her...I hate Frieza for taking him away from me!" Oriana said, huffing and crossing her arms, although her mind was going a mile a minute.

"Garnet, Sapphire is older than I am. I think we need to speak with her, I hate to ask you to unfuse, but she might be able to help us" Hearing Pearl ask the Fusion a question pulled Oriana from her thoughts.

Garnet nodded, agreeing. In a flash of light she was unfused, and two smaller gems stood where Garnet had. "I was just a small Gem when the Beryl's were still in command...I used to work for Heliodor or better known as Golden Beryl, and I foresaw their fall with my future vision but before I could tell my master, Blue Diamond attacked our home. I saw many different ships leaving Homeworld during that war, and I foresaw one of the Beryl's leaving, but I was unable to tell which one" Sapphire spoke, saying more than any of them Gems remembered her saying in one go.

"So you're saying that my mom once ruled over this Homeworld?" Oriana asked, lightly touching the gem on her stomach.

Sapphire nodded "I only met Red Beryl a few times while working for Heliodor, from what I knew of her, she was a kind and benevolent leader, who treated everyone in her care with the utmost respect, much like the other Beryl's" Sapphire explained to Oriana, taking Ruby's hand in her own.

"So when Yellow Diamond comes, Oriana could help us kick butt" Amethyst piped up.

Oriana shook her head vigorously "No...I know my mother must have been some great leader, but I'm not like her, I can barely handle the saiyan powers I have, let alone any Gem powers I have" Oriana stated, moving away from the Gems and Steven, a mix of emotions on her face. After staring at the gems for a minute, she turned and ran out.

"Oriana!" The half gem stopped, hearing a familiar voice yelling at her. She spun around to see her surrogate dad flying towards her. A part of her wanted to turn and hug him, but a little voice in her head told her to keep running. "Oriana stop!" Vegeta yelled, flying quicker towards the blue haired half saiyan.

"Go away Vegeta!" Oriana yelled at him, stopping and turning to face him. Guilt filled her heart when she saw a flash of hurt in Vegeta's eyes, she hadn't called him by his real name in over 6 years, the guilt she felt was overpowered though by the anger and hurt she felt. "Just leave me alone! I know you don't care about me, I heard you and Bulma talking about me. It's sad, I let myself believe for 7 years that I could have a family...Guess the joke was on me right!?" The half gem couldn't stop the tears that started falling as she released the hurt she had been feeling for months.

"Oriana...Bulma and I do care about you...Bulma didn't mean what she said, she was just being a paranoid and overprotective mother." Vegeta insisted, as he landed and started walking towards his surrogate daughter. "I am so sorry that we made you feel so bad Oriana"

Oriana put more distance between herself and Vegeta "Get away from me!" She exclaimed, her voice breaking a bit from the tears. "Just...Just stay away from me"

Vegeta moved quickly towards the crisis ridden girl, pulling her close before she could move away again. He held her close, waiting until she stopped struggling, and curled into him, like she used to in the early days of him taking care of her.

A scream rang through the large mansion early one morning, causing Vegeta to rush to Oriana's room, recognizing the scream right away. "Come on Oriana, it's just a nightmare you can wake up from it" He said, pulling the 7 year old girl close. He rubbed small circles on her back when he felt her start sobbing.

"I...I couldn't stop him Daddy! He killed my first Daddy! And it was all my fault" Oriana cried into Vegeta's shoulder, not noticing what she called him.

"Shh, it's all over now Oriana. You are safe here, he won't be able to hurt you anymore. Now when Daddy is here to protect you. I will always protect you Oriana" He promised, holding Oriana close until he felt her breathing even out. He laid the half saiyan back down on the bed, turning to see Bulma standing there.

"She called you Daddy..."

WHAT!? There were other rulers on Homeworld! Just a little background on the Beryl gemstone, when doing research for Oriana's gem, I came across the gem Red Beryl, which is a very rare gemstone, so I got to thinking. What if Homeworld had previous rulers, nicer ones. And thus the Beryl's came to be. Don't worry though, there will be much more information about the Beryl's in future chapters. Thanks for reading.

~Inugoma~