Chapter 7

Hey everyone! Welcome to Chapter 7 and I have a question for all of you! Are you ready for this to end? Or would you like this to be even bigger? Because I was thinking since I seem to be getting a large portion of views when I post. I was just wondering if you would like to join me on this journey. What I mean is...well my friend gave me the idea of taking a fans OC and bring it into my story a villain, friend, crystal gem , only thing you have to do is leave me a review that you want to and I'll contact you through your account, and you give me any information on the new or old OC you would like to see join this story. Of course this is not 100 percent just yet, but if I get enough people by that I mean 3-5 this will be a reality. But, I need to know if this is something you want, because it's all about you guys and girls out there. Now as always...Please Enjoy!( This will be going on tile I get at least 3 submissions.)

Ronin finished explaining why he was here and what had happened to him. Pearl looked worried for him which was new for him and it made him worry. She got close to him and put a hand on his arm.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

Ronin nodded not sure he would be able to say it very calmly. He looked up at Lapis and he must have stared at her a while because she started to blush. He looked down once he'd noticed her discomfort. Steven ran over and licked his hand and slapped it on his leg.

"Steven what are you doing…" Ronin said but before he could answer the leg was already healed. Ronin had a look of amazement across his face "How did you?" he looked up at Steven.

Steven shrugged "The Gems say I get it from my mom."

Ronin looked back at his leg "That's so cool."

Steven merely grinned at the compliment. Ronin suddenly remembered that his mom is probably panicking right now, and he realized he needed to go right away.

"Thank you for the help, but I have to go make things right. "Ronin ran out the door grabbing his sword off the porch and ran onto the beach. But before Ronin could make it across the sand he froze at the sound of a voice.

"Wait!" Ronin turned around to see that it was Lapis flying over to him. She landed with his shoes and jacket in her hand.

Ronin bowed to her grateful for reminding him "Thank you." He said happily.

Lapis smiled at him and played with her hair as he put on his shoes and tied his jacket around his waist.

"So will I see you again?" Lapis asked.

Ronin shrugged "I'm not going anywhere."

Lapis played with her hair again "Well next time we see each other I hope it's under better circumstances."

Ronin nodded "Yea we both need to work on our introductions."

Ronin chuckled at the joke, but Lapis still tried to comprehend the joke. Ronin's mind jolted and almost forgot why he was leaving.

"Okay well I'll see you later." He waved goodbye and ran down the beach.

Lapis returned the wave and went back inside. Ronin was sprinting back to the house until all he could see was his mom at the front door in a rain jacket waiting for him. Ronin walked the last few feet to his home which felt like an eternity to him. It was as if he was moving a hundred times slower than she was.

"Crap what am I going to say to her." He said to himself so many scenarios went through his head until…. He felt his mother's embrace and felt some form of comfort in it. He gave her a hug back, and nothing happened it was as if time had stood still. A few minutes passed and they both looked at each other. This is the first time Ronin's mother saw him with his hood off completely revealing his face. She didn't realize it before, but he looked just like her. Although Ronin felt betrayed by her still he realized that when she left leaving made her an irresponsible mother, but not necessarily a bad person. He found respect in the fact that even after what happened that she was still trying. The worst part was he knew he made it difficult.

Ronin looked down towards the ground "I'm sorry…." He said softly.

His mother looked at him and it reminded her of the day she left when Ronin thought it was his fault that she left. The sentence echoed in her brain until she had a small flash back of four year old Ronin.

"I'm sorry Mommy…I'll do better just don't go." Ronin said over and over to her until she got in the car and drove away his friends surrounding him from when he was young. The birthday balloons still being blown up.

Ronin's mother started to cry and squeezed him tightly "No I'm sorry ….so so sorry." She slightly rocked him left and right.

Ronin let her do what she needed and when she finally let go of him they both went inside and sat on the couch.

"Well you won't believe what happened today." Ronin told her.

Ronin told his mother of his life without her and the past weeks he's been in town. She was astonished with every story he told. He showed her what he could do with his sword, and talked about Pearl training him. He even brought up meeting Lapis. She was especially curious about her since she'd heard of her power to control water. She wanted to ask him to stop going near them after she'd heard all the dangers, but she knew Ronin would not for he was too much like his looked deep into Ronin's eyes determined to fight with the gems and she merely felt inspiration. The next few days Ronin trained at home running, fighting, lifting his body sore every night. He would've prefered to train at the temple, but he knew his mom needed him there.

So after a few days of training on his own and staying with his mom he decided it was time to go back to the temple. He gave his mom a hug goodbye and strapped his sword to his belt and went out the door. Before he ran to the beach house he stopped by the ocean to meditate. A couple minutes had passed until he felt a vibration in the ground. He opened his eyes and stood up.

"Why does nothing go smoothly." he said grumbling.

Out of nowhere an orange gem walks out of the ocean. She was huge in comparison to Ronin and much stronger looking. Ronin didn't trust this at all, but decided to try and take the pacifists root.

"Who are you?" he asked the gem calmly.

The gem already angry responded "I am a Jasper you stupid human." it yelled towards him.

"Well you're just a bundle of joy." he mumbled.

That just seemed to make Jasper furious "What did you say!" her gem started to glow and a helmet appeared on her head.

"Pacifist root not for me." Ronin said to himself as he drew his sword.

Jasper had a sick grin across her face "Finally some excitement!" she said charging at him an orange flame surrounding her.

Suddenly all of Ronin's big talk and attitude disappeared and he froze as fear and adrenaline started rushing through him the whole earth froze around him. He wasn't sure what to do he kept yelling to himself "Move! Come on! Move!" he kept yelling until he turned his blade at an angle and almost parried her just from muscle memory. Jasper ran into the mountain and Ronin fell to the ground trembling as his heart beats rapidly.

He kept saying "Pull it together!" as he grabbed his sword and got in a stance.

Jasper clawed out of the mountain preparing for another attack.

Ronin tossed aside his fear and grabbed a hold of himself and said to Jasper sternly "Again." he said as he taunted her with a hand motion.

The two ran at each other and…. ( cut to black)

-To Be Continued-