Not having said anything for a stretch of time, Roman finally said "Sasha. Would you still want to hurt these two if meant you were going to hurt a Gem Natalya personally saved and the bearer of her Gem" of Dean and Bayley respectively.
Her fidgeting coming to an almost complete halt, Sasha looked at Roman, surprise clear on her face. "What? What did you just say?"
Ready to find out (...part of) Sasha's past ties with Dean? Read on to find out, and I hope you enjoy, my dolls. =)
(Warning: There is light swearing later in the chapter...that comes from Dean (which is a bit normal since he's Dean effin' Ambrose).)
Feeling a whole new world of confused at what Roman just told Sasha, Bayley couldn't help the bubble of a yell that rose within her. "Can someone please just tell me what's going on here?! I was only supposed to be doing an assignment for school, and now I'm in the middle of another Gem trying to hurt me and some of my friends? Just...what is even going on?!"
Looking over at the clearly confused-and quite irritated-brunette, Seth said "We're sorry, Bayley. We didn't think we'd have to tell you so soon about Sasha. We were going to wait until you were at least a bit older."
"That or we were gonna wait until we felt you could take learning about Sasha," Dean said, his grip still firmly on his whip.
"But... Why does it seem like Sasha's so mean? Why'd she try to attack Dean? Why was she talking about me and him the way she was? Just... Who is she?" Bayley asked, her confusion mounting with each question.
"For starters, Bayley, please calm down," Roman tried to calm the brunette down. Seeing that Bayley seemed a bit calmer, Roman said "Now, there's a reason we've never told you about Sasha."
"And what reason is that? If she's a Gem like us, then shouldn't I get the chance to get to know her?" Bayley questioned.
"It's like Seth said we were going to tell you about Sasha soon. We just felt it would've been better to wait until you were older," Roman explained. "I'm sure you've noticed that her Gem is cracked."
"Yeah. Me and Sami saw that while her Gem was still in that brooch you guys gave me. What happened? What caused her Gem to get cracked like that?" Bayley asked. However, as soon as she asked this question, Bayley felt a bit of regret as she saw varying looks of uncertainty flash across Roman, Dean, and Seth's faces.
Finally finding it in himself to give an answer, Dean hesitantly raised a hand. "That, uh... That may be because of me."
"You, Dean? What do you mean by that?" Bayley asked, feeling a bit scared of the answer she might get.
Looking back to see the guilt on Dean's face, Sasha scoffed. "Oh, come on. Don't tell me you forgot. After all, I almost had you bested in that fight we had, didn't I?"
"That...! You got me from behind! That's the only way you even came close to taking me down!" Dean barked.
"Dean, calm down!" Seth snapped. Looking over to Bayley, Seth began to explain. "What these two mean is that long ago...Dean and Sasha were pretty fierce rivals."
"Rivals? Over what?" Bayley asked.
"It's a long story, Bayley. But, what I can say for now is that the woman that gave her life and Gem to help your creation...Dean and Sasha were two of her most valued allies," Seth said.
"Allies? So...that means you guys all fought stuff like the centipeedles?" Bayley asked.
"To put it simply, yes. With Dean and Sasha at her side, the woman that helped create you was a pretty fierce fighter and took on anything that stood in her way," Seth smiled a bit at these memories before his smile dropped. "Then, that all changed one day."
"Why? What happened?" Bayley pressed on, bracing herself for the answer she would get.
"Well... I'm not even sure when it started, but after some time, Dean and Sasha had gotten into a heated rivalry over just who was the most important person in our fighting force. This led to a number of small fights that would almost always have Sasha coming out on top," Seth said.
"Naturally," Sasha smirked at Dean. "After all, the best of the best always get one over on the screw-ups."
"Why, you!" Dean began as he tightened his whip's grip around Sasha, grinning a bit at the yelp of pain he got from the smaller Gem before letting his grip go back to the original strength of the hold.
"That's enough, you two!" Roman thundered, immediately causing the bickering Gems to stop their fighting and stay quiet.
"Thank you for that, Roman," Seth nodded at the brunette Gem, getting a thumbs-up in return. "Now, to pick up where I left off. No matter how often it was that they fought, Sasha always seemed to come out on top, which...never sat all that well with Dean. So, during one of their fights one day, Dean got the better of her. He had her beat, but...he decided to add the ultimate insult to her injuries."
"And...would this be when he cracked her Gem?" Bayley meekly asked.
"Yeah. Yeah, it would be," Seth nodded, as Dean let Sasha out of his whip's hold and looked away.
Shaking her arms out, Sasha said "He could've just stopped at having me defeated. But, why he even thought to crack my Gem is beyond me."
Looking over to Dean, Bayley looked back to Sasha and tried to reason with the magenta-haired Gem. "I'm sure Dean had his reasons for what he did. Maybe he just got carried away during the fight."
"Yeah. Right. "Carried away". That's it." Sasha scoffed and rolled her eyes. "That still doesn't change the fact that Dean cracked my Gem!"
"Look, can you just drop this shit already, Sasha?!" Dean snapped, feeling at his limit. "I know I made a huge mistake with cracking your Gem, and I'm honestly sorry about that! If you didn't attack me when you first formed back into yourself, I probably would've been able to tell you about something I found out."
"Tell me about what? It can't possibly be any good news if it's coming from you," Sasha scowled.
"I was going to tell you...that I think I've found a way to fix your Gem," Dean got out. "Should you decide you want to about it, come find me." With that, Dean threw open the front doors and left the house.
Having bore witness to all of this, Sami finally managed to find his voice and looked to Bayley. "Bayley. Do you think all of that was true?"
"I...I don't know, Sami. If Seth could talk about what happened to them in their pasts so much, then...I guess so," Bayley hesitantly said.
Seeing that Bayley and Sami both seemed fairly confused, Roman said "Perhaps, this is a story we can better tell these two about some other day."
"I think that'd be best too," Seth agreed. Looking over to the teens, Seth said "Sami, how's about I take you on home? I'm sure you could probably use some time alone to process all of what just happened."
"Yeah, I...I think so, too," Sami nodded slowly. Looking over to Bayley, Sami gave the brunette a quick hug. "I'll see you at school tomorrow, I guess? I hope all of what happened here gets patched over."
"Yeah, I hope so too," Bayley agreed, returning Sami's hug. Watching as Seth left with Sami, Bayley turned to see that Roman had gone over to a stunned and silent Sasha. Seeing how Roman was talking with the magenta-haired Gem, Bayley didn't say anything and instead opted to step outside to see if she could find Dean. 'I know what Dean did was pretty bad, but...he's still my friend. I have to see if he's okay,' Bayley thought as she stepped through the door and out into the late afternoon.
Well, things seem to have escalated and (somewhat) calmed down fairly quickly in the Gem house. Turns out it was Dean that was responsible for Sasha's Gem getting cracked in their past, lo some number of years ago...and it seems like it all stemmed from a pretty bad rivalry between the two. I suppose there's a bright side in it all...Dean seems to know of a way to help Sasha fix her Gem; although, after their fighting, Dean doesn't seem too keen on sharing the news with the magenta Gem. Maybe Bayley can find Dean and try to talk to him while Roman deals with Sasha and Seth takes a reeling Sami home. So much happening in the Gem house there is! Will Bayley be able to find and talk to Dean? Will Roman maybe be able to talk some understanding with the whole situation into Sasha? Just what is the way Dean found to possibly fix Sasha's Gem...and will said way work? And, perhaps one of the biggest questions here is...Will Bayley be able to complete her assignment for class (D:)?! These questions to be answered in the next chapter (or chapters, depending on how the next chapter plays out). Until then, don't forget to R&R please. =)
(Random bit of shiki fangirling goes here. Thursday, we get a full 30 minute episode of Steven Universe. Oh my god, the hype is REAL! =D )
