Snippet Star 25

Now the Universe is Yours

Genre: Humor/Drama/Adventure/Parody/(possible NSFW)

Pairs: Undecided

Parody: Steven Universe (Various minor crossovers?)

AU-Type: Canon-esque (Everything's mostly the same except by Steven and his friends in his age range are about 2 years older)

Tags: Isekai Fic, Disgruntled fan is now Steven Universe, 'Steven' decided he isn't going to be play by Rebecca's rules, Steven's a bit more openly gray, A bit of a manipulation will come out of 'Steven', Inspired by 'The Sword, The Shield, The Diamond' by XenonDark

"This is how Steven Universe ends? What the anal sauce is this shit?! You have the idea and you bungled it, Crewniverse! I should have learned by lesson from your last fuck up!" An enraged oracle remarked. "This is it, I can't do this shit anymore! I can't watch this insanity no more! Fuck this show, fuck this fandom, and fuck the stans…I don't even want to be here when they come to kill me!"

The watcher of universes walks up to his void of white flames in his observatory, closes his eyes, and dives in headfirst hoping he never had to see that show ever again. He was wrong…

The oracle is question opened his eyes to which his vision was fuzzy. He began rubbing his eyes and trying to get the world to stop being blurry. As reality finally started coming into focus, he heard a voice.

"Steven! Are you all right?!" A female voice asked.

A girl who appeared right in front of the boy, making him jump back in surprise. She was a cute chubby blonde who had on a short sleeved collared shirt with a donut on the chest. The boy could not help but to stare at her, gawking, even as she turned away from him to glare at someone else who was apparently there.

"Yeah, you just froze and your eyes flickered colors." A teen with no earlobes said in indignation from behind him.

The oracle looked his hands, back to them, and at the fridge. His eye twitched as he realized he was not given death, but new life. He was isekaied…he is now Steven Universe. And 'Steven' had a few words…

"Well…fuck my life. I guess I'll be a goddamn Crystal Gem!" Steven said with a groan.

"Whoa, where did you learn to swear?" Sadie asked.

"I don't know, maybe look to the degradation of our society." Steven snarked. "Now, why was I here again?"

He was glad he at least had his old brain and knowledge. Muscle memory was gone, but he could retrain himself.

"Your lame ice-cream went out of stock." Lars remarked.

"Oh, so I'm at the beginning. At least a have a few months before it all goes to shit….and gets retcons." Steven thought before saying, "Yeah, that sucks…I guess. Could I just take the fridge?"

"Sure, go nuts." Sadie said as Steven took it with him as he left. "That was weird, when does Steven speak that strongly."

Steven walked on the beach realizing that while this really did suck, he did have a lot of opportunity. If Canon!Steven was able to get so strong with little effort, he could eclipse him easily if he put in a lot of effort. He paused wondering if he could channel the power he had before. He took a breathed and focused glowing a pink aura. He could feel some of his old power there which meant things were not all gone. He looked at his reflection to see his eyes where diamond-like. Pink with black diamond-shaped pupils before he willed it back to normal.

He returned to the beach house already knowing there was centipeedles there. He opened the door as one lounged at him. Steven did not flinch only glaring at it.

"Get the fuck out of my face." He said icily as the bug thing cowered long enough for Steven to smack it onto the floor.

"Whoa~ Steven, dude I didn't know you were saying 'fuck' now." Amethyst laughed while throwing the bug towards a waiting Pearl who was taking on several herself.

Noticing his slip up, he quickly glanced towards Pearl and Garnet, but they did not seem to have any visual reaction. He had to admit it was nice to see the Crystal Gems in action, especially Garent. He sighed before going to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife to stab one of the centipeedles to the kitchen counter before smacking it with a frying pan getting to poof. Pearl had a look of concern while Garnet was impressed.

"Guys? What are these things? I know we deal with this on a daily basis, but in my room?" Steven asks with a raised eyebrow.

Pearl picks one up as it begins to struggle.

"Sorry Steven, we'll get these centipeddles out of your room. We think they were trying to get into the temple." Pearl remarked sympathetically.

"Well it sucks it's all over; I just got my shit together to summon my weapon!" Steven says dramatically before focusing his energy.

"Uh dude, what are you doing?" Amethyst asked, staring at him weirdly as Steven glowed.

Thankfully due to the energy that his previous body had slowly melding into his new one, he had enough to produce Steven's shield much to everyone's shock.

"How? I didn't think you could actually call upon your mom's shield." Pearl said as Steven glared. "Did I say that out loud?"

"Pearl, I get it, you want Rose back. But could you maybe not dampen the freakin' mood." Steven remarked as Pearl looked a bit embarrassed.

"Congratulations, Steven. You're a step closer to being a true Crystal Gem, maybe I should pass the reins of leading to you." Garnet said as Steven looked mortified.

"Garnet, you're joking, right? Because I don't think it's my place to be the leader even if I'm Rose's son. That level of nepotism would lead to disaster, and I'd be diminishing the fact that you're a great leader." Steven said crossing his arms.

Garnet was rather moved by the speech and responded, "That…surprised me. I expected you to say something else."

"I can't be your leader, but I can be other things. My point is…I'm ready to fight. I…may have been training a bit in secret and playing the fool to throw everyone." Steven said making a smooth lie to cover for himself. "All because I wanted everyone to underestimate me. I can't be leader, but your second in command until I can say I can truly lead."

"Why would you do something like that?" Pearl said as Garnet looked thoughtful.

"Because if I asked you to train me, you'd probably get in the way citing I shouldn't." Steven said this to Pearl as he walked to the freezer. "Look, I…oh, Cookie Cats in the freezer. Neat."

Steven took one out of the freezer to open up and eat as Pearl looked guilty. She was second guessing everything. A bellowing roar got everyone's attention however as Amethyst, Garnet, and Pearl went out to see the Queen Centipeedle or what Steven knew was the corrupted Nephrite. He felt bad for it, but he rolled his eyes at being overly sympathetic. Considering the Gem race, you really could not feel bad for most of them except the Off-Colors.

"Man, the more I think about, the more fucked up this universe is." Steven thought as the Gems sprang to fight. "I mean, I probably am going to have to either kill the Diamonds or at least get Blue and Yellow to turn on White. Considering those two are idiots, I could manipulate them in circles. But baby steps, I need to earn my keep, train, and see if I can get back to my observatory…to at least get my things. And maybe…make the most of my situation."

He watched the Gem tangle with Nephrite and he could have feel energy from his past body finally readjust to his new one. He obviously did not have all his strength, but he could train himself back up. For now, he would make do. Tossing the wrapping, he took a breath before climbing to the roof. He took a stance reforming his shield above his head before it glowed bright white with energy encasing it as it spun around.

"Ladies, hit the deck!" Steven yelled as before throwing it, "Kienzan Kesshō!"

Steven fired the attack as it sliced through the Nephrite's neck clean before it exploded leaving behind the corrupted gem's core. Steven promptly leapt out the roof using the floating powers to gently come down. He got up the Gem, bubbled it, and sent it off to the temple all while his three guardians gawked at him in shock. Pearl had a bit of a blush on her face as Steven could tell he was clearly thinking of his mother.

"I'll definitely take advantage of that." He thought.

"Holy shit, Steven. When did you make an attack like that?" Amethyst said amazed.

"Wait, since when do you speak Japanese?" Pearl asked.

"Orokamono o enjiru dono bubun, anata wa rikai shite imasen, Pāru?" Steven remarked dryly.

"Clearly, I underestimated you. If you wish to train further us, I see no issue with it. If Pearl gets in your way, I'll deal with her." Garnet said putting a hand on Steven's shoulder.

"Thanks, Garnet." Steven said with a hefty sigh. "I'll always have your back, your shield hero has got you all."

Pearl could have looked prouder and nothing could have ruined the moment. Then, Steven accidentally stepped on acid.

"Son of a bitch!" Steven spat holding his burning foot. "Pearl, get me some rubbing alcohol."

Pearl rushed inside get it at Amethyst helped him up easing him to sit on the steps as Pearl came back with it. Steven took it and splashed some on his foot ignoring the pain before using some of his healing spit to fix the wound.

"You can heal too?" Amethyst said with raised eyebrow. "I didn't think you've had all this now, and not tell us anything."

"Maybe I had too much fun under the mask." Steven said as his foot was all better. "But it was finally time to shed it."

Steven walked up to the beach house saying he was going to use the warp pad to head out and suggested the Gems deal with the acid before someone else got harmed. Normally, Garnet would be concerned, but considering he took down the corrupted Gem near single-handedly, she was not all too concern. Future Vision did show he came back, but it got fuzzy for some reason. Steven went into the closet and got on boots instead of sandals.

"I need a wardrobe change." Steven thought. "Now I can go meditate or go after Spinel. Well, I'll save Spinel for after I deal with Pearl."

From a logical standpoint, he knew Spinel was not going to be an issue unless he announced himself to the world like a dumbass. He was still going to get her early, but he had cover bases first. Namely, making sure to use all his advantages. Getting on a pair of boots, he used the warp pad to get to the Galaxy Warp.

[Cues: Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyan OST - Paprika Wasteland]

"Damn it. Siberia's cold as shit!" Steven snarled before taking a meditative stance on one of the broken warp pads. "I just pray I can tap into my warper energy."

He cleared his mind and closed his mind inwardly recall the mantra shared by the likes of oracles.

"We watch, we observe, and we see beyond what is real."

White flames flickered around him before the broken warp pad began to mold and glow. His eyes snapped before he vanished from the planet.

[Cues: Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyan OST – Inside Furnace]

He found himself back in the observatory except that were clear signs of damage and cracks on the wall. The place shook as he went to his computer to get some answers. Well, there was an attack and the planet's core got damaged.

"Well, so the stans are coming for me. Or at least, they were…before I…was declared dead. Well I guess my bungled suicide saved my neck…man that's fucked up." Steven said dryly. "So, they're just wrecking the planet…looking for my observatory."

He could have taken issue, but he shrugged it off. If the world wanted to forget him, then so be it. Not like he liked being an oracle for that show anyway. He immediately got to pack his duffel bag with only the essentials. Clothes, his laptop, his interdimensional cable box, his capsules containing items, and his training gear. His ninjaken sword, Aoi, sat in his sheath to which he reclaimed. He eyed his old phone before promptly ditching it. Not like he was going to let anyone know he was still alive. He glumly knew that would be item he would be leaving behind that he would miss. He rushed over to the computer after making sure to take all the money he could which only accounted to a mere 50,000 dollars.

"I'm sorry, my trusty computer. You were good to be and now I have one last order." Steven said keying in one final command. "Nuke this place."

With that final command, he left that place back to his new home.

[Music Ends]

His eyes snapped back open as he found himself back on the warp pad to which he felt his duffel bag on his back. He had to hastily get off the warp pad which promptly exploded given it was briefly connected to his observatory which he ordered to blow up. As he watched the warp pad burn, he saw it as the end of an old life. He was Steven now with all the advantages and disadvantage.

"With my gear in my hands, I'll be able to train up my strength. Plus, I may be able to train others. Now I just need to make a cover story." Steven thought before as he left the Galaxy Warp for home.

Returning home, he realized it was evening. Garnet was waiting for him in the living room.

"Hey Garnet, I'm back. I figured since I opened up, I'd get my things from my training spot and bring it home." Steven said coming in.

"I see…it's just I can't believe you did all this. I just don't understand how you did it…" Garnet said puzzled.

"Hey, if you didn't question my mother, you may as well not question my methods. At least I'm not holding back anymore." Steven said firmly.

"I suppose you're right. Try not to stay up too late, and you should see Greg. He was asking for you." Garnet said departing her room.

Steven put his duffel bag down on his room and headed out into the city. Black Razor was still on side as he had tied his old haramaki around his waist before leaving. He sauntered to the car wash and found Greg strumming his guitar.

"Hey. Sorry I wasn't around, I was off training." Steven said as Greg hugged his son. "Good to see you too."

"Amethyst told me what happened. I wish I was there to see it myself…I can't believe you hiding all this from all of us." Greg said amused. "Garnet's face…though. To see her flustering and trying to figure out how you did it was priceless."

"Well, you know me. Full of surprises…it's that time I spent that I've been planning out a few things, you know. I know you couldn't exactly give me much, but I managed. Besides, I kind of blame mom for saddling you and me with her mess." Steven said with a bitter laugh.

"Oh, come on, Stew-ball. You aren't all bad." Greg said assuring.

"I wasn't talking about me. Mom left secrets…really deep ones. Ones that could shred this team. I didn't tell them because of they can't learn of it yet." Steven said darkly. "Personally, I don't even give a damn myself, but I'm holding them back for them."

"Whoa…what did you discover?" Greg asked.

"Shit that makes me to drink a bottle of vodka." Steven said as Greg looked worried. "Don't fret, I won't ask or sneak some. I'll telling you all this for two reasons. One, I needed to vent to someone and two, if anything you deserve the truth first. Just promise me, one thing. What we say, never reaches the CGs until I tell them."

"Done. You want to drive out to talk about this?" Greg asked.

"Screw it, may as well." Steven said getting the passenger seat.

Greg had driven them out of town, a good distance away from Steven to explain the whole Pink Diamond mess. Steven had left out the parts about Pearl. The two simply sat on the roof of the van in silence for a bit.

"So, the woman I loved wasn't really real. Man, she was too good to be true, but it adds up." Greg said morosely.

"The moments you had with you…her moments of reflection before she doubled down to make me. Pink's problem was she was a hedonist who simply had no guts to stand up for herself. Personally, I'd deck the woman if I ever met her." Steven said spitting over the side. "It's screwed up, but I just feel empty about her you know."

"Look, I could relate. My parents had the opposite issue…they were controlling, and I felt like I was on a leash expected to overachieve like a show dog." Greg said as Steven laughed bitterly.

"What fucking irony. I'm on my leash from my dead mom who expects me to clean the mountains of shit she left." Steven said before welling with determination. "But if that's what I have to do, I may as well, but I'll do it my way. As far as I am concerned, I'll rise above and behind. I'll do what Pink never could."

"I'm glad you're…getting yourself together. But I feel I didn't do enough…" Greg said sheepish as they got back in the van.

"You can make that up by helping with my paperwork as I get my GED among other things. Let's just say, I'm going to make myself a lot more useful." Steven said with a grin. "Besides father, there's a future ahead for you to help."

(A/N: Yes, this miniseries will tie into my overly spanning multiverse of fics that all crossover with each other. Though, this will be like 'The Outsider's Insurrection' in that it's only important you know this for the first chapter. If anything, this miniseries will be like that and 'The Geist Within' in that our new 'Steven' isn't actually a complete nice guy, but not completely evil. If anything, he'll be a like what some people hoped Pink Diamond would have been, willing to do what be done even if it appears villainous. Yes, Steven will have…a harem of sorts.)

Planned Harem so far (subject to change): Pearl, Amethyst, Spinel, Connie