Steven universe the heroes from Remnants
Chapter 2 getting to know one of another
Hey there people I hope you like the first chapter, because that was but a taste of what to come. Anyways this next chapter take place after the Cluster episode. Where at the end of the episode where Steven and Peridot successful stop the Cluster from emerging and where the Crystal Gems came at the end of the episode. so I'll have my co-writer switch-on-97 to spice things up a bit. So let get started shall we.
In the day that follows after Steven Quartz universe and his friend a former homeworld name Peridot. who which she build a drill. In which they use to travel to the center of the earth to stop a gem fusion abomination known as The Cluster. However the drill was unable to Pierces the shield of the Cluster but thanks to his emphatic telepathy one of the many powers that he inherited by his mother Rose Quartz. Steven manage to communicate with the fusion to bubble each other and stop the threat once the Cluster was bubbled.
So after the duo return to the surface they met up the Crystal Gems and Team Ruby with a unconscious Lapis. where Steven and Peridot meets Team Rwby. Steven introduces himself and told them that he's the watermelon Steven that they met back at mask island. One of the them the blonde girl asked if that is his semblance. However he said he doesn't know what Is a semblance is, this cause the four girls to look at one of from another.
"oh is everything ok, " said Steven. the girl in white said "where are we, we are on Remnants right" then Garnet answer for Steven " no I'm afraid your on Earth actually. " this troubles The girls "what do you mean earth. " said the girl in red. the gems look worry and confused by this Pearl then asked this "what planet are you from" the girl in white said we're from Remnants, "have you heard of it." Garnet answer once more "no I'm very sorry".
The girl look worry " what happen to us" said the blonde Steven then immediately decided to cheer them up. " hey um I'm sorry about you guys hey let Introduce each other." " yeah" said Amethyst "let introduce each other. " Pearl agrees " oh that sound like a marvelous idea" said Pearl then said "let started with me, I'm Pearl" then it was Garnet's turn "I'm Garnet". "And I'm the fun one names Amethyst. " said Amethyst the in red then agrees " yeah if we're going to be here we might as well get to known each other, name Ruby Rose."
"wait your name is Ruby" said Steven who is confused "yeah we thought about the same thing to. " said Amethyst " she doesn't look like a Ruby." Said Garnet, Ruby look confused "what do you mean look like a Ruby" "well for one you skin isn't red," said Pearl " your not short" said Amethyst "and there's gemstone on your being." " why do you guys find it weird that my name is Ruby and doesn't fitted in any description of what you guys just said. "said Ruby " well we just thought that it whether strange that you were given a name after a gem since your not a gem yourself."
Said Pearl " what do mean by that "said the girl in white. "well we just thought its unorthodox for to have a gem name, That all." "ok?" said the girl in black then the blonde girl" anyway its my turn I'm ruby's big sister name Yang " then the girl in white lift her skirt on both side a bit and do a lady bow. " Weiss" then it was the girl in black turn " I'm Blake" "we are the Crystal Gems" Steven then thought of something then he remembers. " oh the girl in the green her name is Peridot" Peridot bow " I'm the lovable Peridot nice to you."
Steven then pointed at the unconscious Lapis who being carried by Garnet. " that Lapis over there the one being carried by Garnet." then Steven also remember about the Cluster "Oh I almost forgot guys me and Peridot stop the Cluster" "you did how" said Pearl "by bubbling it." Pearl was shocked of this how did you bubbled the who thing." Steven went silent after he told Pearl about 'bubbling' the entire Cluster. While stopping the Cluster was very important and very trying on his emotional psyche, his thoughts turned to Lapis.
"Wait, bubbling?" Blake questioned, finding it curious to this action that Steven had earlier described.
"Oh, it's simple." Pearl explained. Her gem started glowing and she was showing everyone a hologram of herself with what looked like a gemstone on the ground next to her. "We Gems are capable of containing Gems and other small objects into containment spheres… or bubbles." The holo-Pearl picked up the gem and contained it in a floating sphere, and when she pressed down on it, it disappeared into thin air.
"Whoa, where did it go?" Yang asked.
"Wherever you want it to." Amethyst said. "Just think of where to put it."
"I-I'm still trying to wrap my head around this." Weiss said. Admittedly feeling the worst after their trip to Earth.
Steven started walking to the barn. "Steven, where are you going?" Peridot asked.
"Hold on a sec. I'll be right back." He walked to the barn where Garnet was, presumable to check on Lapis.
Peridot quickly remembered something and looked at Weiss. "Hold on, did you say you were from Remnant…?"
"Uh, yes…"
"Oh my stars!" she gasped.
"What's up Peri?" Amethyst asked.
"You see, Remnant was the planet the Diamonds tried to invade before settling on Earth. Though, there was an issue with the local wildlife." Peridot said.
"So you've been to Remnant?" Ruby asked.
"Of course not, we're talking hundreds of years back, here."
"This wildlife problem? I assume you mean Grimm?" Blake said.
"What the heck is that?" Peridot asked.
"Creatures who are devoid of aura, and souls, they are killing machines who walk all over Remnant. We constantly live in fear of them."
"Yeah, that sounds about what you're talking about…"
"Uh, I'm lost…" Amethyst said.
"How can I put this?" Peridot started to think of something to use to compare Grimm to. "I know, they are like Gem Monsters, but worse."
"Ohhhh, now I get it."
"Though I'm still surprised there are humans living on that world." Pearl said.
"Well that's because of huntsman." Ruby chirped. "We're the people who keep the Grimm away."
"So that humanity can thrive." Weiss said. "But enough about that, how are we going to get back?"
Blue blushes appeared on Pearl's cheeks. "Um, w-well you see… Peridot can tell you!"
"WHAT!" the green gem explained. "What makes you think I would know how to send them back?"
"I dunno, maybe cause you're the nerd around here." Amethyst smirked.
"I'm sorry, but unless the Diamonds built Warp Pads on Remnant, then I'm not sure how we can get you back."
Weiss started to panic a bit, as evidenced by her pacing "T-this isn't how are we going to…"
"Get a grip, Weiss! We'll find a way!" Yang assured while she took hold of Weiss' shoulder.
She calmed down and took a breath. "Okay, I just need to lie down for a bit." Weiss started to walk back to the barn
"I should probably go with you, y'know so I can also check on Steven." Ruby said
"Alright, have fun." Amethyst said.
…
Steven meets with Garnet at the barn, when he got there he noticed Ruby and Weiss following him. The three eventually met with Garnet. "So how is she?" Steven asked.
"Relax." Garnet casually said. "She is just resting." Looking at Steven's concerned face; she knew that it wouldn't be enough to convince him. "I see you're worried about her?"
"Yeah," Steven replied. "When I saw her in my dreams, it looked like she was fighting so hard to keep Malachite from escaping."
"Who is Malachite?" Ruby asked.
"That was who we were fighting?" Garnet answered. "Lapis Lazuli fused with another Gem, the both of them formed Malachite."
"Whoa, they fused? As in the two of them mushed together to become one?" Ruby excitedly asked.
Garnet chuckled. "It's… a lot more complicated than that, believe me."
"We should try fusing, Weiss!"
"Get away from me, dolt!" Weiss stepped away from Ruby as soon as she made the suggestion.
"But still." Garnet said getting their attention. "Lapis spent an unbearable amount of time fused with Jasper. The emotional and physical strain of that type of fusion; I can't imagine." Garnet placed her fingers on her shades as if she was in deep thought. "She's gonna need a lot of time to recover."
"You're right." Steven said with a sigh, he really wanted to see Lapis, but he knew it was important that she rest for a while.
Garnet placed her hand on Steven's shoulder. "Come on, I'm dying to hear more about what happened underground."
Steven let out a chuckle. "Okay."
"Hey, what can we do?" Ruby asked.
"Until we can figure out your situation, you should probably stay here with Peridot. She's probably the best bet you've got of getting back home."
"Right…" Weiss said, though she didn't really feel good placing her hopes in the intelligent but clearly quirky green Gem.
…
Later that night, Steven was sleeping outside the barn in a sleeping bag, Ruby decided to sleep next to him, just in case something happened. The rest of Team RWBY were sleeping inside the barn.
She heard noises coming from the barn, and she slowly got out of her blankets without waking up Steven. With Crecent Rose in its rifle form beside her she was standing outside the barn, ready to take down any intruder that snuck past her.
She found that the intruder was none other than Lapis, and she sighed as she lowered her weapon. "Oh, it's only you."
"What do you want?" Lapis asked with a cold tone.
"Do you remember me?"
"You're the 'not Ruby' who sliced past me remember? How could I forget?"
"Ohh right, fusion got it."
"Just get out of my way!" Lapis walked right past Ruby and her water wings extended.
"Hold on, you're going to leave just like that?"
"You wouldn't understand!" Lapis said hugging herself, bringing back into mind as to why she was leaving. She heard the sound of Ruby folding her weapon, but she only closed it and it was on the ground next to her.
"Try me."
"I don't belong on the planet."
"Uh… so don't me and my friends."
"Do you have a way to leave this planet?"
"Um, well… you got me there." Ruby admitted. "But still you can't just leave without saying anything, I'm sure we can work something out."
"Why do you care so much?"
"Well, I don't know you too well… but Steven does, he seemed very worried about you after de-fused. What's he going to think when you just up and leave without saying anything?"
Lapis' water wings were about to flap as Lapis was preparing to take off. "Tell Steven… I'm sorry." Lapis flew off into the night sky, hoping to leave Earth and never turn back.
"Poor Steven…" Ruby muttered.
The next morning everyone was packing everything up. Greg shortly after arriving saw the teen girls "Um hello there?" the former rockstar asked, He then he turned to the gems "Who are these guys."
Garnet's answer to him was: "They are from another planet." She bluntly said while adjusting her shades. "They came here yesterday when we were fighting Malachite on Mask Island."
Greg was stunned by her answer, but the girls looked normal for most part. "Wait, wait, wait… are you saying that they are from another planet."
"Yeah pretty freaky am I'm right" said Amethyst.
Greg then rubbed the back on his head "Wow that um that's a take a lot to take in." he then turned his attention to the girls "Hey there". He waved to the four. They responded by introducing themselves to him.
First was the red and black girl "I'm Ruby, not a Gem by the way…"
The snow white girl was next, introducing herself with a curtsey. "Weiss Schnee."
Then the yellow hair girl put two finger of a peace sign "Sup the name Yang!"
And finally the girl in black rose her hand gave Greg a basic greeting. "Blake."
Greg waved again "Well hello name's Greg Universe, Steven's father and I own a car wash. I kinda live in my van." He said scratching the back of his head.
"That explains the hair." Weiss remarked, noting his long hair.
"Well ok then, nice to meetcha Mr. Universe." Yang said.
Steven then jumped on top on his father back "Hey dad" which Greg respond happily to him "Hey Schtu-ball I was just introducing myself to your new friends."
"Yeah they're cool; Ruby has a cool sickle too!" Steven excitedly exclaimed.
"Hey! Crescent Rose is more than just an ordinary sickle." Ruby while hugging the closed form of Crescent Rose.
"She's a weapons nerd." Yang said in a low tone, forcing a snicker from Amethyst.
Greg started to do a head count with his son, the gems and now the girls; he realized something and realize something. "Oh sorry girls look like there no room for you guys in the van. I can come back for you guys and Steven later tight after I drop off the gems."
"It's ok we'll just wait here and get to know Steven while you go that." Said Ruby, the van was packed and was about to leave.
The Gems were inside the van and Garnet popped her head out of the window. "All seat belts are fastened!" she said.
"Stay safe Steven!" Pearl said before getting into the van.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine." The van peeled off onto the road, leaving Steven alone with the girls from Remnant.
Steven started to think. "Now where's that Lion?"
Blake was the first to question him "Lion?"
"Like a pet cat?" asked Weiss.
Steven was rubbing the back of his awkwardly "Well no… More like a pink Lion" the perplexed look their faces tells Steven that they don't believe him. "No really a pink Lion."
The girls looked at each other, questioning him silently. "Well even if you guys don't believe me, can you at least help find him, you know to prove I'm right."
Ruby shrugged her shoulders "Well it's better than just sitting here doing nothing, Weiss you're with me and Steven. Blake, Yang check out the barn,"
…
The group spit up and at Ruby's command and Yang and Blake went to the barn "Kitty, where are you?" Yang called out as they started to explore the barn.
"Um Yang I don't think would work." Blake said.
Yang turned to her with a curious look on her face. "Ok what will? Cause I'm not going to call out 'Lion'." Blake simply shrugged with her shoulders.
"I doubt he'll respond to 'kitty'."
Yang shrugged with her hands up before chuckling a little. "Oh come on I called you kitty right?" As Yang expected, Blake gave her an annoyed look. Yang got the point and stopped smiling. "Ok, ok I see what you mean." Yang said as she raised her hands defensively.
Then they heard a noise coming from the tractor and they both got their weapons ready, with Blake's sword in its pistol form. Then as they got closer, Yang nodded and they rushed in to the right of the tractor, only to see a familiar green gem working under the tractor. Cursing under her muffled breath, she pulled herself from under the tractor then she noticed the two huntresses in training right in front of her.
"What are you, two looking at?" Yang retracted her gauntlets and Blake put her weapon away.
"Oh I, you're… Pearl right?" Yang asked.
"Peridot." Blake and Peridot corrected.
"Right what are you doing here? I thought you were with the gems and Steven's dad in the van." Said Yang,
"Well I decided to live here in the barn since Steven's bathroom is too uncomfortable and I saw what transpires in there."
Both the Yang and Blake blushed as they know what she was implying about. Blake was the first to break the brief silence. "We get what you're talking about."
"Yeah, so what are you two still doing here I thought you left with the others." Peridot asked.
"Well Steven's dad said there isn't enough room for us in the van." Said Yang.
"Well if we add four more human females, the van would run out of space. But why are you here anyways?"
"Well we and the rest of us are looking for Steven's pet Lion." said Blake
"Oh you mean that giant pink fur ball."
"Wait you mean that Steven actually has a pet lion?" Blake said surprised
"Yeah why are you surprised?" Yang and Blake look at each other.
"So do you know where that lion is?" Said Yang
"No, I'm not interested in keeping track of that pink beast."
Yang sighed. "Well thank anyways." Yang said wave as she and Blake walk off.
"Oh before you go, I would like to know the state or Remnant right now, back on Homeworld there is talk of colossal black beasts that feast on anything for blood! You wouldn't happen to have those right?"
Both Yang and Blake shifted their pupils to each other before Yang responded. "Sister, you don't even know the half of it."
…
Meanwhile outside, Steven, Ruby, and Weiss were walking through the large field
"So Steven why do you have pet lion?" Asked Weiss
"Well I found him at the desert when me and the gems were on a mission to get the sand gem. Then when the gem told to me stay put while they went to the temple. That where I found him or rather he came to me."
"Why Did they left you out there?" said Weiss.
"Well they said it was dangerous to go in the temple."
"Yeah but your look more then capable of taking yourself." Ruby said.
"Well the think sometimes I get over my head."
Weiss questioned Steven's abilities, though she did remember there were watermelons shaped like him.
"Lion? Hey, Lion!?" Steven called out.
"LION!" Ruby called out.
Steven quickly put a finger in front of his lips, signalling to both Weiss and Ruby. He took a deep breath before he started his plan. "LEEE-on! I have a big steak right here in my hand for you!" Steven waited for a response before he proceeded to drop said steak. "Whoops, I dropped it and it fell out of existence!"
"This clearly isn't working."
"You'd think it be easier to find a pink lion." Ruby said.
"You know." Steven agreed.
"This is ridiculous." Weiss pointed out.
They both searched for a couple more minutes before they arrived at a flowery hill and they continued looking. Steven looked at a water tower before spotting a familiar figure sitting atop it.
"Whoa, Lapis!" Steven exclaimed. Looking up, both Ruby and Weiss noticed Lapis sitting on the water tower.
"You're right, but I thought she left…" Ruby held her scythe and pointed it behind her. "Hold onto me, Steven!" she pulled on the trigger and launched herself and Steven to the top of the silo.
"So you're just going to leave me down here?" Weiss exclaimed. She folded her arms and decided to wait for Steven and Ruby to return.
Lapis who sat on top of the tower felt a rush of wind blow past her and she grabbed one of the rose petals that blew past her.
"Lapis you're still here!?" Steven asked. "Ruby told me you were gone."
Lapis didn't move, but only turned her face halfway to see them. "I was leaving, then I realized I've got nowhere to go. Who knows what they would do to me back home after what I did to Jasper? I can't go back to Homeworld and I can't stay here."
"Um… Jasper?" Ruby questioned.
"She was the other Gem Lapis was fused with. Lapis trapped them in the ocean." Steven pointed out. "But still Lapis, you can stay here."
"Wait, what?"
"You can live anywhere. Surf City or Sea City, Aqua Town, Bayburgh." He listed while counting the cities with his fingers. "And that's just the places I know off the top of my head."
"Why are those cities based around water?" Ruby quickly came up with a suggestion. "Wait… I have an idea!"
...
"You want us to live together?" Lapis asked as she was back at the barn while Team RWBY and Peridot joined her.
"Of course, it's perfect!" Peridot exclaimed. "You can't go back to Homeworld cause you trapped Jasper, and I can't go back because Yellow Diamond wants to shatter me after I called her a clod. Yep she's going to mad at me for that. So what do you say, Lazuli?"
Lapis only looked back at Peridot with a bored expression. "This isn't going to work."
"Wait, what?"
"When you said I could live here, I thought you meant by myself."
"C'mon." Yang said. "You two make an… interesting pair… like if you were on a comedy show or something."
Lapis tilted her head, confused at what Yang was talking about. "What?"
"Uh… never mind."
"Still I can't do it."
"Why not? You said it yourself, you've got nowhere else to go." Blake reminded.
"It wouldn't be so bad… It's just… I'd have to live here with her!" Lapis said pointing at Peridot.
"Egh!?" Peridot backed away from Lapis after she pointed to her. "What! What's wrong with me!?"
Lapis angrily looked at her. "You want to know!? Fine! I can't stand the thought of looking at her every day. She's the one who dragged me back to Earth!"
"Ouch…" Ruby said.
"Cut her some slack," Yang said. "She couldn't be as bad to live with as Weiss here."
"Hey!" the heiress exclaimed.
"The 'Yang' is correct. You remind me too much of Pearl." She then turned back to Lapis. "And anyway, that wasn't my idea. I was headed to Earth and I needed an informant! It should have been a simple mission. Things didn't exactly work out for either of us."
"You talk of Earth as if it is horrible. It's very peaceful here." Ruby stated.
"Compared to everything happening on Remnant, this place seems much more peaceful to live on." Blake said.
"Remnant… never heard of it…" Lapis said. "But you really expect me to just live with you, after you used me!?"
"Hey, it's not like that anymore! It's different now. I'm different." Peridot said, gesturing to herself.
"That doesn't change anything… Sorry Steven, this isn't going to work." Lapis started to fly back to the silo.
"Well that could have gone better." Weiss said.
"What did you do to her?" Yang asked.
"ME!?" Peridot questioned. "But that was before! I'm not as bad as she thinks I was UGHHhh!"
"I'm not sure what happened to her, but it must have been horrible." Blake said. "Scars like that can't be healed so easily."
"What are you talking about? I didn't see any scars on her."
Blake sighed heavily. "I mean the emotional scars."
"Still don't follow…"
"She's hurting on the inside."
"Inside of what?"
"You're not going to make this easy are you?"
Peridot frustratingly threw her arms in the air. "Okay, since you're an expert on this, why don't you tell me what I should do?"
"An apology would be a good place to start."
"That's a great idea!" Steven exclaimed. "And what's an apology without a card!"
"Huh?" Peridot questioned.
"Cards are a great way to tell someone something if you can't be face to face with them… or if they don't wanna see your face."
"I'm not sure a simple greeting card isn't going to solve this." Blake said.
"Can't hurt to try." Steven said. He started drawing on the card and when he was finished, the gang took a looked at his drawing. It was a crude, but cute depiction of Peridot and Lapis holding hands. "See it's you and Lapis holding hands!"
Peridot wasn't completely taken by Steven's drawing. "Where are our noses?"
"Oh, that's kinda part of my style lately." He dismissed.
"Is not having fingers also your style?"
"No, I'm just bad in drawing hands…"
"More like bad at drawing." Weiss said.
"Okay, just forget out the drawing. Here is where you come in. Write an apology inside to Lapis so she knows how sorry you are about before, and that everything is okay now. If you write from your heart, your feelings will reach her!"
"…Just without the romantic subtext." Yang said.
Peridot was thinking about how to form her apology.
…
Lapis was lying back on the silo; her eyes were closed as she tried to relax. Though it was short lived when she heard the voice of Peridot yell: "Lazuli! Hey Lazuli! HEY Lazuli!"
Lapis widened her eyes and tried to cover her ears while ignoring Peridot's yelling.
"Lazuli! HEY!" she turned to Steven. "Why isn't she responding?"
"Probably because she's ignoring you, she isn't going to come down if the person she hates is calling her." Weiss said.
"You're probably right." Steven said. "Hey Lapis, are you up there?"
After hearing his voice, Lapis took her hands away from her ears and looked down the silo. When she saw it was Steven that was calling her, she swooped down the silo. "Yes Steven?"
"Go on." Steven said urging Peridot to give her the card.
The green gem handed Lapis the hard. "Steven did the outside, and yours truly did the inside."
After looking at the drawing she opened the card with an unimpressed expression. And this would reflect the tone in her voice as she read Peridot's apology. "Sorry I interrogated you. You were just full of such useful information. That's a sincere compliment. Peridot." She looked away from the card to Steven and Lapis who looked at her with hope in their eyes.
Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang had vastly different expressions. Showing shock and disbelief.
Lapis didn't comment any further as she continued to stare at their expectant faces.
…
They were all back at the barn, but without Lapis, confirming that Lapis had clearly rejected Peridot's apology. "The noses!" Peridot exclaimed while talking into her recorder. "One can only conclude that it was the lack of noses! It seems illogical to me that it wouldn't be any of the writing elements! It took me over an hour to compose it, and I shared my feelings and omitted any romantic subtext as per Steven and Yang's instruction!"
Yang looked to Ruby. "You want me to tell her or should I?" Ruby shrugged, allowing Yang to talk to Peridot. "Alright, your apology sucks!"
"Hey, it was logical and sincere!"
"Maybe she's not much of a reader." Steven said
"Yes, cause that's the reason." Blake sarcastically remarked. "Clearly you're not good at apologies, why not try something else."
"Why not a gift?" Steven said.
"Another approach, yes!... But what?" Peridot said.
"Well do you know what she likes?" Ruby asked.
Peridot began to think. "Things she likes… Lapis Lazulis are typically partial to water and flying. Hmm…"
"Well unless you can dig up a pool, I think we're going nowhere with that idea." Yang said.
Steven gasped and looked to the hole that he and Peridot had made with the Gem Drill. "Hold on, Yang you're a genius!"
"That's debateable." Blake said.
"Hey, let the boy finish Blake… you were saying, Steven?" Yang questioned.
"We should make a pool for Lapis, since she likes water and stuff."
"That can work." Ruby said.
…
Steven was walking Lapis towards the barn while holding her hand, her water wings had covered her eyes to act as blindfolds… well sort of…
"You can't see through those, right?" Steven asked.
"Actually, yes. But it's very blurry." She reassured.
"Good to know."
Ruby was being acting as a lookout and she saw both Lapis and Steven were getting close. "They're coming." She announced as she got back to the others.
"Alright, now Weiss get ready."
"I can't believe we've been reduced to this." She remarked.
When she and Steven got there she unfolded her water wings and looked to see a small pool, Peridot was floating on top of a rubber float. "H-2-Oh my Gosh! It's a smaller than-an-average-lake!" she announced.
Steven stood close to the pool. "And it comes with its own, diving board!" he said as he took off his shirt and flip flops. He stood expectantly as if he was waiting for something to happen. "I said it comes with its own-" a bright white glyph appeared under Steven's feet and it rose him several feet into the air. "Cannonball!" he jumped right into the pool and the Lapis was caught in his splash as he hit the pool.
"It's a gift for you!" she then gestured around the pool. "You know, 'cause water's your thing." She said while laughing slightly.
"We learned you like water, so we put this together… it was mostly Peridot's idea!" Ruby lied.
"Yep, it was all me. Pretty good, right? Now you can get your moisture fix whenever." She waved her fingers. "So, do all that water stuff you do!"
Lapis wiped the water away from her eyes and narrowed her eyes towards Peridot. "Water?" she then fashioned a glare towards Peridot. "Seriously?"
"Yeah!"
"You do realize that I spent the last few months trapped under the ocean, right?"
"What!?" Weiss and Blake exclaimed.
"Sure… but I thought-"
Lapis had a dark expression on her face. "It was an endless, crushing darkness. Wet, and bleak, and suffocating… Water was the tomb I lived in for those months."
"'T-Tomb' you say?" Peridot said with a shiver.
"Yeah. I'm kinda taking a break from water right now…" she continued to look at Peridot. "But thanks… for the lake…"
"Ooh…" Ruby realized that Steven mentioned this earlier.
Lapis looked to Steven who climbed out of the pool. "Don't worry, Steven. It's not your fault." She looked to Peridot before she flew off again.
"Well that couldn't have gone worse."
Blake looked to Steven and Ruby. "And you didn't mention this?"
"How was I supposed to know she would react like that?" Ruby said. She then
Peridot climbed out of the pool and picked up her tape recorder. "A pool?! What a cloddy idea! Of course she wouldn't like that! There's nothing, nothing, NOTHING!"
"Hey, maybe if your apology didn't suck, she would have forgiven you by now!"
"It can't be… there has to be something we can do." Steven thoughtfully looked at the group. "Maybe instead of something she likes… give her something you like! A piece of you!"
"Had to be better than reminding her of her harrowing underwater experience," Weiss said.
"Something I like, she mouthed. Okay? How about… my Camp Pining Hearts DVD…?"
"Camping Hearts what?" Yang asked.
"It's Peridot's favourite TV show…" though Steven was quick to ask her another question. "Wait, which season?"
"Five…?"
"Trash!" Steven said quickly dismissing Peridot's idea.
"I know…" she groaned and she lay one her back with her tape recorder. "Ugh… Log date – whatever, Facet – whatever! Ugh, WHATEVER!"
"It's meaningless if you give her something not important. It has to be something that means a lot to you. Something important you could trust her with.
"But Clearly there's nothing important enough for me to give to Lazuli, Ugh!" she then lowered her voice and coddled her tape recorder. "At least I have you, tape recorder." Peridot then looked at her recorder in realization. "I see your point…" she said looking to Blake.
…
Peridot, Steven and Blake found Lapis, and Peridot presented her gift-wrapped present to her. "Ta-dah!" Lapis only stared down at Peridot with a tired, angered expression. Peridot inched slightly closer to her. Peridot then pointed to the gift which was tied with a blue ribbon. "See the ribbon is even blue. I got yo number!" she concluded with a slightly deeper voice.
The blue gem monotonously stared Peridot while Peridot nervously looked at Blake and Steven. "It's her way of apologizing. Just give it a chance."
Lapis turned her emotionless glance to Blake. "Who are you again?"
"Um, okay. Here I'll unwrap it for you!" she unwrapped her gift. "When I was stuck here, Steven gave me this tape recorder as a gift and I didn't really get it at first, but it made me feel better. Just to talk about the weird stuff that was happening. It'll help you too!" Lapis took the recorder and her expression didn't change despite the smiling, expectant face of Steven. Lapis didn't act yet though. "You, umm, press the button to record, an- and then you talk into it!"
Lapis looked down to the recorder and after seeing Peridot and Steven smile to her, she pressed the red, record button. "I. Don't. Want, your garbage." She crushes the tape recorder and she dropped it on the ground, very little emotion was on her face.
Blake shot a glare at Lapis.
"GUH! What, were you trapped in a tape recorder too?!" Peridot angrily yelled. Lapis gave a glare to Peridot, clearly angered by Peridot's words. "Look, I get it, you know? You're confused! You can never got back to Homeword. This place, doesn't exactly feel like home yet. You're alone; no one could possibly know what that feels like!" Lapis clenched her fist at Peridot's sarcastic comment. But Peridot angrily continued. "Oh wait, I do! You, me, the humans from Remnant, we're all the same, except…" Peridot lowered her voice, ending her angry rant. "You don't have to be alone!" she saw that Lapis didn't look moved by her words. "So tell me then, what you want from me!" she said sounding desperate. "And whatever that is… I'll do it." She ended with a sigh.
Lapis didn't hold back in telling Peridot what she wanted and she made sure she got the message. "I want you, to LEAVE!" she angrily exclaimed.
Peridot looked hurt by the comment, but not wanting to anger her anymore she decided to give her what she wanted. "Okay." Peridot silently walked away to the hills.
Blake looked to Peridot before looking to Steven. "Steven, go make sure Peridot is okay. I'm going to talk with Lapis." Blake gave Steven a serious look and he decided to listen to her and let her deal with Lapis.
Lapis questionably looked at Blake. "Why are you being so hard on her?"
"I don't expect you to understand, but I can never trust her. Not after what she did." She defended folding her arms.
"I understand plenty, like Peridot said. I'm not from Earth as well, we're all trying to adjust here. The last thing she needs is you making things difficult for her."
"You think she's had it difficult! I was trapped on this miserable planet of years! I finally got to leave, only for her to being me back! She's the reason I'm trapped here!"
"She's obviously sorry. What more do you want from her!?"
"That doesn't change anything."
"At least she's trying, at least she's making an effort, and that more than I can say for you!" Lapis looked down at Peridot's broken tape recorder. "If you ask me, you're not the only one who's owed an apology."
"I don't get it, you barely even know us."
"I don't have to, believe me. I know what it's like to hold a grudge… it's what kept me away from my family…" Blake took a moment to regain her composure before turning back to Lapis. "Look I'm not telling you to forgive her, but at least meet her half way. Being angry at Peridot isn't going to improve things."
Lapis was silent for a moment before she looked to the Faunus. "What did you say your name was?"
"Blake, Blake Belladonna."
Before they could carry on, they could hear both Peridot and Steven's cries in the distance.
"Steven?" Lapis questioned and as they both got closer.
"Run!" Steven said.
The pair had run past them and both Blake and Lapis saw a maroon pod bursting through the clouds. There looked to be a bright yellow eye on the pod. The eye shone a spotlight that looked right at Lapis and Blake.
Blake nodded to Lapis and they both followed Steven and Peridot to the barn.
Once they were there, Ruby, Weiss and Yang looked at them questionably as Steven and Peridot were panting. "What's going on?" Yang asked.
"That's what I want to know!" Blake said, she looked at Peridot. "What is that?"
Peridot took a second to recover. "It's a Roaming Eye, a Homeworld tracking vessel! I told you, I'm public enemy number one!"
The pod wav hovering above the barn, its light was shining through the planks of the barn. But since it couldn't sense anything, it moved away.
"At least the barn protected us." Ruby said.
Yang though pointed to a partially repaired hole in one of the walls. "I've been meaning to ask, how did that hole get there?"
"Oh that, it was created by a giant robot. Why?"
Her question was answered when the Roaming Eye caught them in its sight. "Does that answer your questions short-stuff?" Yang activated her gauntlets and she shot them behind her, instantly using the reversed momentum to move closer to the Roaming Eye. She punched the eye, and the whole pod had moved back thanks to Yang's punch. "Get outside!" they all complied.
Once they were outside they saw Yang running back to them. "Well is it down?" Weiss asked.
They all saw the Roaming Eye rising up and its spotlight shone on all of them. Soon five hexagonal and diamond shaped eyeballs were seen through the huge triangular screen. "That would be a no."
"This is it, Steven!" Peridot screamed as she hugged Steven's arm. "They're going to wipe my precious grin off the face of this planet!"
"Stay behind me! I'll protect you!" he said. He then noticed Team RWBY standing in front of him and Peridot.
"And we'll protect you!" Ruby exclaimed.
Lapis silently stood in front of all of them. She looks to the pool that was made earlier and she made a tower of water rise from it before it formed a large water hand, much larger than the Roaming Eye. She flicked the pod, stopping it from coming closer. She then made the hand slam the pod right into the ground.
As it hit the ground, diamond patterns surrounded the downed ship. "Holy smokes…" both Peridot and Yang muttered in unison as they saw no motion from the downed pod.
"Whoa… that was sooo cool!" Ruby exclaimed.
"Yeah, but it looks like Homeworld really has it out for Peridot." Steven remarked as he saw Peridot in a scared, crouched position.
Lapis looked to Blake and she silently motioned her head to the scared Peridot and Lapis knew what Blake wanted from her. "Peridot…" Peridot turned around as she noticed Lapis was talking to her, she feared that Lapis had more hurtful things to say to her. "…Are you okay?"
Peridot beamed as she thought Lapis was finally coming around. This forced a blush from the blue gem which she was quick to hide.
"So I take it you two are getting along now…"
Lapis silently looked at everyone as their eyes were on her. "I-I well… I'll give it a chance… Also thanks Blake." She said with a genuine smile.
"Uh, I don't want to disturb this touching moment, but shouldn't we investigate that?" Weiss asked.
It wasn't long before a hatch for the pod opened. White smoke had shot out of the pod and a bright maroon hand was climbing out before a short figure with cube shaped hair, and a single right eye, the other eye socket was covered by a red circular, squared faceted gemstone.
The figure turned to them with an angry, menacing look on its face.
Whoa sorry it took longer than expected but switch-on-97 and I were both busy at our stuff in the real world. Anyways we hope all of you will like this but that is just a taste of what to come. Next time Steven and friends go against the rubies in game of baseball. Wow really. Until next time God speed everyone.