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Gems Hit the Streets

Genre: Humor/NSFW

Pairs: Not important

Parody: Steven Universe

AU-Type: Peaceful AU (In this AU, the Diamonds are no longer an issue as are the corrupted gems. Homeworld's also gone. Season 3 onward never happens and altered events of Possession of Pink happen.)

Tags: Greg puts his foot down, The Gems all fail at getting jobs, Rose didn't exactly tell them they weren't citizens, Consequences of Pink Diamond come to haunt the Gems, The world may be peaceful but the economy isn't

Note: This is the darker version of Gem Gone to Work where basically the lack of citizenship, Steven never going to school, and him never seeing a doctor comes back to bite them all in the ass. Also, for this AU, the Galactic Resistance from Tales from an (actual) residence exist. They got to Leo earlier before Pink could axe off Sheena. Pink was well…you'll find out. This story was inspired by "By Hook or By Crook", an adult SU fic that only got one chapter off the ground and never continued.

Garnet looked at the mirror inwardly wishing that Crystal Gems were not brought down to this, but this was really what was going down. She said she'd seen this issue coming, but no, her future vision, had to be inconsistent when she actually needed it. She had to blame Rose…no Pink Diamond for her being so reckless. While she was busy fooling around or laying on the beach, she had not bothered to actually secure them residency or plan anything for Steven when she did get pregnant other than a tape. Pink's inaction was the snowball that rolled down to crush them. Though, Garnet had to admittedly blame herself, Pearl, and Greg as well. Not bothering to get Steven immunized or at least getting him an education really did not look good in the eyes of the government.

"Pink, why did you have to betray the Resistance?" Garnet said to her reflection.

Garnet had good memories fighting alongside the other alien races from the resistance all those years ago. Thus, when the resistance was revealed to not only be still around and thriving, Garnet was at the least overjoyed to hear this as Pink had told them that the Diamonds got to them. Tragically, the group now hated the CGs. The Crystal Gems discovered that not only the GR discovered Rose was Pink, but Pink had attempted to led them to a trap…with Pearl's help. To say that the GR wanted payback was an understatement. But the nail in the coffin that shattered the group, was the reveal of Pink still being alive. Discovering she was possessing a human and had no made no effort to contact them or offer help was the last straw. Bismuth essentially cut ties and they have not seen her since after since she left. Peridot chose to jump ship siding with the Resistance while keeping contact with Steven. Sure, the Resistance did get all of them citizenship, but that was just to let Earth's government rip into them. Now, the Crystal Gems were in debt and Greg had no intention of bailing them out.

"Garnet? Come on, we need to get going!" Amethyst said from behind the door.

Garnet shook her head and come out into living room. There was a level of underlying sadness in the house made worse that Steven was not here to lift their spirits. No, he had to be taken away by CPS. The only upside being that the Maheswarans took him in.

"I can't believe we're actually going to do this." Pearl said with a sigh. "And that the people of Beach City have the nerve to fine us!"

"To be fair, I think the only reason they didn't was because they did not whether or not we had immunity." Amethyst said as Pearl held the letter from the office of Mayor Dewey but had been signed by numerous members of Beach City.

Simply put, the letter stated, in very blunt and rude terms, that the citizens were done with paying for damages caused by the Crystal Gems, and that after the Resistance allied with Earth, they help counted up the damages to about $500,000. The letter quoted several citizens as saying, "They made the mess, why don't they pay for it?'

And as such the letter demanded that the Crystal Gems pay Beach City $490,623 and 25¢ or be faced with legal action.

"As if we don't have enough issues. Taxes breathing down our neck, and now this…" Pearl said. "It's a miracle we don't have child support payments. And now the people of Beach City have turned on us!"

"Not all of them, Pearl. Humans can be irrational creatures, and it's best we do what we can to pay for damages. We don't need them barging in to attempt to remove us, we need to keep the temple secure." Garnet said firmly. "If we have to "whore" ourselves out to work on making money fast, then so be it."

Amethyst had come up with a few ground rules being money was to be paid upfront, no discounts, and complete secrecy required. The last thing Steven needed to hear was any of this. Next, they went to shapeshift on the new outfits that Amethyst suggested. Pearl, at least, wanted to make herself look….not so trashy. So, she shapeshifted on a schoolgirl look, a white button up blouse with a short yellow skirt, blue little tie with a star on it, and her usual ballet shoes.

"I guess that works better than my idea." Amethyst said before unbuttoning a few buttons to reveal a frilly camisole. "Really, Pearl? We want to appeal into people who want women, not schoolgirls. Garnet, your turn."

Garnet shapeshifted next now in a bright dark purple tube top that only really covered the underside of her ample funbags with the top showing hints of nipples, a short matching skirt of similar material, punk-styled OTK stockings with one being red and the other blue, her usual style of fingerless gloves, purple heeled boots. Her usual cube 'fro was changed to have her hair simmer down her neck, she got a spot of eye shadow, lipstick, hoop earrings, and her shades were a darker color. All the clothes did nothing to hide her toned and fit body that clearly showed she could punch you into next year.

"Damn, Garnet! You fit the part perfectly…" Amethyst said eyeing her and down. "Y'know, we could have a bit of fun after night is over."

"Only if you're paying." Garnet sniped.

"Wait, where's Lapis?" Amethyst asked.

"Either she's late or she's cowardly fled the Earth thinking she could evade the debt she owes." Garnet remarked.

Lapis did not exactly owe much in taxes, but the UN was not too happy to find out she was reason for the ocean disappearing from the Earth for a water tower and sudden reflooding causing a ton of damage across the world. Lapis had a debt as well, though much to the main CG's annoyance, it was a meagre 100 grand. Speaking of the water gem, she came in explaining she was late because she snuck off to see Steven.

"Don't worry, I wasn't seen…just fill me in on what's going down for us to make money." Lapis said.

"I'm surprised you didn't flee Earth." Pearl said glaring at her.

"First off, at least I owned up to my crimes and I'm still here." Lapis said defiantly. "I don't even want to be here with you considering everything, but I'm going through with this for Steven."

Amethyst filled her in, and Lapis shapeshifted her work outfit. She wore a pair of fishnet thigh-high tights, a pair of sapphire-blue heels, a string bikini top, an indigo high-waist thong, and a tiny skirt that was more like a large belt, barely covering her crotch, and stopping far below her navel. She had eye shadow over her eyes as well. She walked over to Steven's old closet taking out one of his shirts to slip on her slender frame.

Amethyst went for the simplistic approach shapeshifting a black tank top that it is torn open at the chest to reveal her gemstone and plenty of cleavage, medium gray booty shorts with black stars on each leg and torn white fabric at the bottoms, and plain white boots.

Garnet got on her old bomber jacket as Pearl asked where they were going to seek out customers.

"I made a map of the small towns outside of Beach City we could hit before we go for Empire City." Amethyst said walking towards the warp pad. "Our ride is waiting at the barn."

"How'd you…you know what, I don't even want to know, let's just get this over with." Pearl said as everyone got on the warp pad.

Tonight, began their first night down that road, but they'll make it whether by hook or by crook.

(A/N: A bit of a cliché, but it had to be done. Let's just say this is all venting out my hatred for Steven Universe Future. The idea of the gems being shafted by Pink's consequences is going to be a bit of a continued through this and Tales of an (actual) Resistance. Basically, Gems Gone to Work is the better case scenario where Pink is actually gone.)