Of Gem and Man PtII: Ikigai Chapter 28, a steven universe fanfic

Godspeed

If this is love- Daniel Caesar

It hurt but he didn't care, the pain in his fists made him angrier and anger made him blind.

He spun around to look at the rest of the crew. The off-color gems cowered behind their chairs at his fury. The reverberating of his fists hitting the wall increasing the fear they felt with every beat. They had never seen anything like that before. One minute they were looking at the display screen of Stevonnie's ship getting hit, everything was silent then all of a sudden Shadow was yelling and hitting the wall. Shadow had to have hit the wall a minute straight before he turned his gaze upon them.

The look in his eyes scared them. All except Jasper.

She had seen that look before. A mixture of hurt and anger for his friends. It was understandable. Though she didn't show it she felt ashamed that she wasn't feeling the same emotions as he was. At least not to such a degree as him.

Jasper stepped out in front of him. The calm look on her face made him want to hit something again but he refrained himself from making his knuckles more bloodier than they needed to be. He could already start feeling arthritis.

Nevertheless, he was starting to feel the furnace in his stomach churn again. "Don't give me that look!" Shadow started for the entrance behind Lars chair. The kid glared at him but he stayed unmoving and without a word. Only a silent spectator trying to figure out what to do without agitating the situation more.

Jasper grabbed his wrist and he wrenched his arm away. They stepped up to each other.

"We need to find them before something happens!"

Her voice was calm, unlike her face. She showed agitation but she knew he was just worried about them. "First, let us calm down. We won't get anywhere if you are throwing punches at the wall," she took both of his hands in hers. "You're destroying yourself Shadow."

This time he didn't pull away but took a long ragged sigh. A deep breath a second later and he felt a little calmer. Reaching up to cup her face he grinned. "You're right. I have an idea but I don't think you're going to like it."

When he explained his plan she was all but about to throat punch him.

"I don't even know why you think that is a good plan." Her arms were on her hips, a display of irritation that he ignored with a roll of the eyes. That didn't make her attitude any better.

Shadow grabbed her by the hand, a look of plea in his eye that made her feel guilty. She still couldn't believe that even after everything she had done he would still want to makes things work out. Kissing her on the back of the hand he took a moment to breathe her sent in. "I know you and I can do it. She is a combination of the two of us right? We can guide her to open of a rift and send us right to them."

Lars cut in, "I'm sorry but who are you talking about?" The pink haired captain asked.

Shadow turned to him. "A fusion between us. I wouldn't say she's on the good side but Fury is our only chance of getting to Stevonnie quickly. I'm willing to take the risk if you and your crew are." When he looked across their faces they looked scared, it made him feel ashamed.

"Then do it! We have a room we can secure you in just in case." Lars gave him a thumbs up. His crew faces turned to that of determination. If their captain was up for this task than they would be.

Moments later Shadow and Jasper stood facing each other in the room Lars led them to. A simple room with nothing but a rock solid bench to sit on as well as a view of space like they've never seen it. Shadow sat down on the floor to take this all in. The millions of stars that spanned across dark space. Cosmic dust to the right of them looked like a child threw glitter over an illustrious blanket used to keep space warm.

"Baby…" The words sounded weird coming out of his mouth, never did he thought to refer to her as such. His heart fluttered when she looked at him with those eyes. If they weren't about to fuse to save his little brother and sister he would take her right now. "Please sit down." His voice was soft and warm in this room.

Jasper listened to what he told her to do. Something about the way he was looking at her made her worried. She was happy too, never in a million years did she think she would be with a human. If only Pink diamond could see her now. When she sat his hands found their way to her face, he cupped her face and turned her head so that their lips would find each other. The taste of his tongue on hers made her moan. She loved the way he tasted to how his hands roamed to the curves of her body. It was embarrassing to feel like jelly when this man was near her. When she let out another moan he pulled away and rested his forehead to hers.

"Are you ready to do this Jasper? It's not too late to turn back. Honestly, I am kind of terrified with his plan." Shadow rubbed the back of his neck.

Jasper scoffed, he was the one who came up with the plan. She replied, "we are not backing out now, we will never back down to anybody while we are together. It's you and I from now on Shadow. That extends to Fury as well. Do you remember what I said about your old Gods placing heroes amongst the stars?"

He nodded.

"We won't find our way in the heavens if we can't even save our friends. They are too young to be scared and alone on some planet. So let's go and save our friends." Jasper pulled him into a deep embrace, her lips were on his but he was chuckling. She thought he was about to say his normal line, instead, everything went black. An insidious laugh was the last thing she heard before they were one.

They were Fury.

Author's notes:

I would like to apologize for the long ass wait. A Lot of things have happened since the last chapter and things have been nothing but crazy. Going through a divorce, working at olive garden, picking of Sergeant in the Marine Corp, my life is all over the place. Really the main reason why I haven't been typing is that my daughter wanted to hit my laptop with a peoples elbow and destroyed the screen. I just got a new one and am trying to push out a few chapters today to catch up. How is everyone else by the way? Hope all is well and if you live on the east coast I hope you were safe during the hurricane. I know I ended up getting stuck in a little town for five days with no electricity or water but we pulled through. DM me if you wanna talk or hit me with a review. Chapters will follow. Deuces!

Shadowsamurai out...

They were Fury.

Author's notes:

Shadowsamrai out...