The pass few weeks were tough and exhausting for the young lord. Trying to teach a gem the basics of demon culture. That was easier said than done.

"No! You are not doing it right. If you want to pass and speak with my father then you have to act like a demon!" He said loudly in the temple.

Turquoise frowned. She only agreed because this seemed like a safer way to find out what happened to the Kindergarten here. She also had to know what happened to the gems here as well. "This isn't going to work. I am not a demon. I'm a gem."

"They don't know that." He puffed his cheeks and sat down, clearly frustrated. "You need to act like a demon and not just any demon a high class demon. And your clothes...I think mother might have something you can fit."

"What are clothes?" Turquoise sat down next to him. He pointed to her gear. "...what's wrong with them?:

"They ...look different. Father will be suspicious in a heartbeat. They have to look like mine, like you're from here.." Sesshomaru said as he growled. She had no clue of the simplest things.

"Like yours?" Turquoise studied his clothing and then her body was surrounded by a beam of light. Before he knew it, her clothing changed to look like a spitting image of his. "Better?"

Sesshomaru stood up and grabbed her clothing. "How? You didn't take anything off!" He said, his inner child surfacing. Though he quickly buried it when he got his emotions in check.

"...off...I can't take these off. I can change them by will but these are a part of me. If my body were to get badly damaged, I would recover in my gem and would reappear in whatever form I choose. These are uncomfortable anyway..." Turquoise changed back to her old gear.

Sesshomaru watched with amazement. His tiny hands touched her arms, it seemed as if her clothing was separated from her skin but it wasn't. With out hesitation he touched near her chest. He remembered when his mother would hug him, against his will, how soft she felt. Turquoise felt almost similar but not. He then leaned on her, his ear against her chest. "No heartbeat, no breathing...why?"

Turquoise blinked, her darken blue eyes looked at him. "Heart...beat?"

"Yes. This." He grabbed her hand and put it on his chest. Turquoise seemed shock to feel his heart beating. "How can you live without them?:

"What do you mean? I'm not broken...I'm alive." Turquoise said.

He stepped away from her and sat down. "You are a lot more different than I thought." He glanced up at her. "What's broken mean to your kind?"

He figured maybe if he knew more about a gem it might be easier to translate the two cultures.

"It's the worst form of punishment. Once a gem is broken...it's impossible to put them together. I haven't seen any gems broken yet but I hear rumors. Sometime ago...in Blue Diamond's court, a ruby broke our rules and she had to be broken for it."

Sesshomaru listened. "What rule?"

"Fusing with another gem that's not their own."

"Fusing?" Sesshomaru repeated. "What happened to the ruby?"

"Escaped. I don't know after that." Turquoise sighed. "Is this heart beat...important?"

"To demons and humans, yes." Sesshomaru began and he quickly explained to the gem about senses and basic biology of demons and the difference between a human and demon. Turquoise listened to what the young child said and remembered what he spoke. Their lives on this planet so interesting. She wanted to know more. "But humans know not to mess with demons. Most of them are weak but some how we coexist." He finished.

"There so much knowledge here, if the Diamonds didn't wish to make this into another harvesting ground for gems, which would practically destroy all organic life, I think there could be potential."

Sesshomaru raised a brow. "What? What do you mean by that?"

"That's what the kindergartens are here for." She stood up and stretched. "It's getting night...you should go to your temple."

"Home. It's my home. Although technically...we do have a temple...and the phrase is 'It's getting late'." He mumbled the last part. "Tonight, I'll ask father about your presence. If it goes well then tomorrow night you'll make your case. Maybe he'll tell you about the others."

Turquoise smiled. "Your help is much appreciated." She picked up Sesshomaru and embraced him. Though for a second he was stunned, he quickly wriggled in her arms.

"What do you think you're doing?!:

"I have seen your mother do this we you see her. Is this wrong?"

Sesshomaru looked up. "That's because she's annoying. But she's my family and I expect that of her. You are not."

"What am I to you?"

He jumped down and fixed his clothing. "It doesn't matter. Just get your act together and don't mention this kindergarten to father or he will kill you." He warned before leaving.

...

In the middle of the night, Turquoise heard a crash coming from upstairs, she had been downstairs trying to somewhat fix the motherboard of the computer here, just enough to show some progress but not too much. Quickly she hurried up stairs, she opened the metal door with her gem and near the warp pad stood a gem near her height. "What are you doing here?" Turquoise asked as she stepped forward.

"I will only ask once. Stand down. I mean no harm "

She stared at the pink figure. "Rose Quartz..." She muttered. "Where's the rest of you traitorous rebels?"

"That's not important." Rose said as she kept her hands up, not summoning her weapon nor her pearl. Turquoise was prepared to fight. "I over heard this kindergarten had been down, so you too see the worth and beauty of this planet right?"

"What...no...I'm on a mission to fix this place and get it back on track."

Rose looked surprised. "So...what's taking to long?" The bubbly gem asked.

"What do you mean?:

Rose walked around the temple, taking notice of every detail. She also could tell Turquoise was delaying restoring the temple and kindergarten to full power and that there were no other gems but her. "You could have done this in your sleep...you're...stalling."

Turquoise relaxed, she couldn't stay in a fighting stance forever but sue kept her guard up. "I Don't know what you mean. I'm doing my job." The two gems stood there, a few feet from one of another and of similar height. So Turquoise went back to her question. "Why are you here?"

"I already said it, I heard the kindergarten was down." Rose paused. "Why aren't you questioning me about what cause it to go down. I would assume any Homeworld gem would've did so without a second thought..." Rose paused as she watched Turquoise think of answer. "I didn't want it to go down...it was a cover up." She spilled.

"What do you mean by that?"

Rose clasp her hands together. "Citrine, Chalcedony and Aquamarine. They helped me...us, our cause, take over this base. They became part of the Crystal Gems. We planned on using this base because it was still new and the area not well informed yet to the Diamonds. So when I heard it was down...I had to come...see for myself. Pearl and Garnet..."

"Why tell me...I haven't abandoned Homeworld like you. I can still report this to White Diamond and-" Turquoise stopped talking when Rose approached her. They stood face to face, Turquoise stood on shaky legs.

"But you won't. I can see it because I have been there, this planet is different. It's life is different, so beautiful...so mesmerizing. You don't want to hurt this planet. Do you Turquoise?" Rose smiled. "We haven't gotten rid of the few gems that want to go on with the plan, we're nearly there but we need help. Help us...please."

Turquoise didn't move, especially when Rose placed a hand on her cheek. She was warned about the Crystal Gems. The harm they were doing. The delay in such a spectacular plan. The growing of the Empire. These rouge gems were ruining it...though if Turquoise reported the whereabouts of the leader. No doubt she'd get promoted. It's a win-win.

"Go...before I change my mind."

Rose stepped back. "Turquoise?"

"You don't know me. You don't know anything bout me or how I'm feeling. I still have a job to do and that's get this operation running not join your cause. Which...however you may feel not every gem agrees. I'll pretend I didn't see you or hear that but leave."

Rose sighed, sadden by this gem choice. "Alright I'll go. But...if you change your mind, I'll be at galaxy warp." Rose said quietly before going to the warp pad and leaving in a stream of light. Turquoise stood there for a while before getting her mind together and going back to work but Rose's words never left her mind.

For most of the night, Turquoise sat outside in the field. Watching the night faded into the fiery daylight. It amazed her the first time and still does. She did this until the young lord came to keep her company. Though, with the presence of Rose Quartz, that couldn't have been good. She questioned if the fight would get out of hand between gems and if it did...would she be able to keep the young demon away from it?

"No. No. No. If you're going to eat hold them right." Sesshomaru had said as he reposition the sticks in her hand. It was lunch time and the young lord had invited Turquoise away from the temple and kindergarten to near the garden of his home. His mother and father were in town dealing with pesky humans, so he saw it as a chance to get the gem close. He picked the garden because it had a lot of flowers so it would be easy to those Turquoise in the rose bush or whatever.

"Why do you eat?"

"Demons don't need to. It's really a gluttony thing in a way. Humans do though. But most demons tend to snack every so often at these gatherings." He explained. He held the chopsticks in his hand perfectly and demonstrated to her how to use and eat with them.

"Oh...hmm...okay." She tried, again. But failed to do so as the rice ball fell and rolled into some flowers. A butterfly flying away quickly. "What is that?"

"It's a butterfly. They're annoying, some are different colors."

Turquoise seemed amused by it. "Wonderful. Can all life here fly?"

Sesshomaru began to put away the food. "Most. When I get older, I'll be able to travel by flight in a way. But I'm not there yet."

Turquoise studied the young lord expression. She stared at the snack on the plate in front of her. Setting the chopsticks down, she picked it up with her hand. "Gems...do not eat. Like demons. We do not age. We are simply created as is." She looked at him. "We don't exist...then we do." She shrugged. "You ...have a lot of attachment her. Your mother...father...these lands...gems do not have this. It's..." She set the snack down and sighed. "Have you spoken to your father?"

Sesshomaru wanted her to finish, she looked sad to him. "I did. Why do you think we are doing this? For fun?"

"Fun? What do you do for fun?"

The young lord let out anow irritated sigh. "Well children," He emphasize the word. "Play games. Like tag." He said. He heard Turquoise make a squeal noise. "If you're that curious, tag is when you touch someone and you run away before they can touch you back. It's very childish and stupid."

Turquoise accidentally shove Sesshomaru to the ground. "Is that correct?"

"No you idoit!" He shouted. He got up from the ground and dusted the dirt, grass, and flowers from his clothing. "First it is a gently tap, not a shove. Second, it's childish." He felt a tap on his head, when he turned around her saw Turquoise trying to hide in a small flower bush. He raised a brow. "I'm not playing." He walked to her but all she did was move to another spot. Sesshomaru huffed as he walked to her. He saw a flash of pale green light. Sour he rushed over there. "Turquoise?" He called. "Turquoise?" Again he called, no answer.

When he finally reached the area, he didn't see the gem. He looked confused. He was about to move when a green butterfly landed on his nose. He went to flick it off when suddenly it illuminated and it began to feel heavy.

"You got me, right?" Turquoise asked as she shift from a butterfly to her usual self. Sesshomaru laid on the ground with the heavy gem on his chest. He gasped for a few seconds before Turquoise got off him. "Was that correct, that was fun." She giggled.

"It...it's tag and run away not tag and then kill!" He coughed as he sat up. When he regained his breathing, he crossed her arms over his chest. "Though that might make a child's game more interesting. "

"What else is fun?" Turquoise so eagerly asked.

Instead of teaching this alien gem the ways of the demon, they played games Sesshomaru wouldn't play. They swam in the river near by, though Turquoise sunk into the shallow waters before he shows her how to swim. She was memorized by the aquatic life in the waters. He even asked her to shape shift into various things, an ability he found so useful. One use he found was tricking the guards. Since Turquoise stayed her natural color, she turned into a bkue green version of him. Sesshomaru watched as the guards panicked and couldn't figure out how to get him clean and that the Lord of the West would kill them for others watching his only son.

By the end of the afternoon, it was close to the dinner party. This was already set in advance, a formal meeting for Sesshomaru and the other princesses. He was able to grabbed a kimono from his mother's wardrobe, but it still fell short on Turquoise's tall figure.

"It'll have to do, sadly." He muttered, hoping this night will go well. He paused for a few seconds, his thoughts slipped away and he had to shake them off. This wasn't the time for it.

The young lord had tried to keep Turquoise in his sight throughout the night but he was forced to interact with the other children and before he knew it, Turquoise and his father were speaking. He felt a huge emotion of uneasiness fill him. He only hoped nothing went wrong.

"My son hasn't told me much about you, Lady...ummm?"

Turquoise made a face. "It's just Turquoise...and I don't mean to make this short but if you can just talk to me about the ...demons...from a few weeks ago. I'd like that very much." She said, though he stood up, holding his hand out.

"If it's business you wish to speak of then here is not the place, come." He told her kindly. She didn't take his hand, she stood on her own and everyone in the room stared. She was only a few inches taller than Sesshomaru's father, which he was tall himself. "Oh...I didn't see that coming." He still smiled and stepped out the room.

"What kind of woman is taller than a man. How strange. Who would marry that?" Spoke one of the high class women in the room. A couple others agreed with her but Sesshomaru's mother did not.

"Ladies, hush, unless you want to share your comments with the guest and see the consequences of doing so, then go. If not, let's enjoy some dessert."

Turquoise strolled beside the great dog demon. "...about the..."

"My son has taking a liking to you. It's actually surprising but then again he is a child." He cut her off. Turquoise frowned and fixed the kimono. She had to admit it was heavy, even just a tad but it was provided to her by the earthling. Though her conversation with Rose weighed heavy on her mind. How the gems had became part of the rebellion, how it was only a lie. The kindergarten was probably down long before she arrived. So why did it take just a few weeks ago to get a gem out here to fix it? Turquoise drove deep in her thoughts. Actually, she was only here because she had received a message from ...

"What kind of demon are you again?" He asked her. They stopped near a small lake.

"I'm a turquoise. Listen I have an important question though."

He laughed. "Really now, that's interesting." He said, Turquoise had failed to see the great dog demon have his hand on his sword. "What is your question?"

"A few weeks ago...I heard you come across a few...ummm, well gems and I wanted to know where or what happened to them."

"Curious. Why does it concern a demon like you? More yet...are you a demon?"

She raised a brow. "I just...umm..."

"You see, I know my lands. And I have never came across anything like you...in fact...the same thought came to me when I stood in front of three creatures...no scent. Just dirt. Like you, now...I only noticed when I smelt the scent of dirt on my son and I couldn't figure out why. He isn't the dirty type and his clothes were always clean."

Turquoise balled her hands. "I'm not a demon...okay I'm a gem and I just wanna know what happened to my kind."

"And I wish to know what you planned on doing to mine." He drew his sword. "I saw that place and when I demanded an answer...well it didn't end well."

Sesshomaru had notice Turquoise and his father had been gone for a while. Too long. "Mother...when is father coming back?"

His mother, drinking a bit of sake with the ladies, chuckled. "Oh love, don't worry. Once he is done ridding the ...thing...from our land, he'll be back."

"Isn't he going to talk with her?"

"Talk?" She laughed. "Why? They are just dolls. I saw your father kill one and all it left was a pretty gem. Clearly your father was smart enough to destroy it before it's master could take it back."

Sesshomaru frowned, he felt angry but he didn't have time to dea withl it. The young lord stood up and quickly ran to where he seen them go. "Turquoise I hope you didn't say anything stupid." He muttered annoyed.

Turquoise although had told the great dog demon, partly the truth of the kindergarten. Just leaving out the part of the destruction of the planet. Obviously the dog demon didn't take to kindly to that.

"So...if you just let me take them, we can go and pretend this never happened." She said. In a flash the tip of the sword aimed at her gem.

"I will not tolerate whatever you are on my lands, especially near my son." He said in a deep voice. He moved so his sword touch her gem. "Just like the others, despite your height, you'll be destroyed like them."

"What!? No! It is not like that!" Turquoise grabbed the sword and pushed it away from her gem. She stepped away and covered her gem with her hands. "This isn't what was suppose to happen, I just want to know where the other gems are!"

"Gems? Is that what your master call you dolls?" He pressed the tip of the sword on her hand, making a small scratch. "What does he want with my lands and my son?"

"Where are the gems?" She repeated.

"Answer me!"

"No! What did you do with my kind?!"

Frustrated with the gem, the great dog demon no longer cared for words. Nothing or no one will hurt his family or his lands. "I'll personally show what happened to those things." He spoke cruely as he raised his sword to strike Turquoise.

The reality was, everything happened so quick. Before Turquoise could respond properly she had, out of instinct, summoned her gem weapon. A long clear staff, at the end a blade resembling an elegant axe. She used the back end to push the demon lord a way enough for his weapon to miss her gem. She stared at the demon, how would he know? Of course. "You broke them...didn't you?" She spoke in a near whisper. The demon didn't say anything. "Why, they didn't do anything...they just followed orders."

"That's what they said but how is destroying life, any good? I'm no fool, I didn't just kill them without getting information. You think I don't know what those things are already?" He paused. "They thought ...as if I would spared them after finding out, that they changed sides "

"Yes, I know, the rebels, it a war between gems, please, we only do what the diamonds want. But some gems...some gems can see there's more than that. More than just following orders. They were part of the Crystal Gems. It's a rebellious group-" Turquoise explained. But the demon lord stayed on guard. She could tell despite her explanation, he was only protecting his lands much how the other beings and creature tried to protect their world when the gems came but they failed and she feared this world will as well. "Look...I just ...I wanted to know if they were okay...but..." She let her halberd weapon disappeared. "They're not..."

"I don't mean to be rude but my concern is not your story or your kind. It is my family, my people and lands I care about. And what I saw was something dangerous, what I hear and heard then was and is the ending of everything in this world, including my son. I cannot sit back and let that happen."

"But I don't want this world to be destroyed...I want to know more. I can make a case with the diamonds-"

"Stay away from my son. Get your foreign materials and leave my lands. If not, you will suffer the same fate as the others. " He put his weapon away.

"If you just let me explain." The dog lord just turned his back to her, he was done. This wasn't up for discussion. There was no negotiations. "I keep hearing these diamonds...whatever it or they are. If they are the controlling authority of your kind, that is what I am to these Western Lands. If you value your life, do what I say." He simply walked away from Turquoise.

The gem stood there in the kimono, her hands gripping the clothing. She took it off and set it on the ground near her. All that for nothing. All that to find out the gems are broken. The kindergarten is down and Rose Quartz is somewhere in the area. What she said, she meant, she didn't want this world to be destroyed. It had nothing to do with Rose or the Crystal Gems. This was here own conclusion.

Sesshomaru had miss the confrontation between Turquoise and his father, he ran into his dad as he was walking back home.

"Father, where is Turquoise? What did you do?" He said in a childish voice.

"Sesshomaru, I'm surprised, you are more concerned over that than your own father?"

"That's not what I mean, she only came to talk and get the others." He raised his voice. "Where is she?"

"Why does it matter, it will leave as I said. It is nothing but danger and I will not let it hurt you! I'm doing what's best!"

Sesshomaru clenched his small fists. No, Turquoise won't leave. She made a promise."

His father frowned. "What does it matter? You don't care about anyone else besides yourself, remember?"

"She's my friend! You and mother are always gone! Mother is with the other demoness and you are always out with human women!" He saw the surprise expression on his face. "It's no surprise I can always smell them whenever you come home late. Just for once, I was fine with someone that would listen..." He stopped talking and ran passed his father, he had to tell the gem to stay.

Sadly, his father was much faster than he was but it didn't matter he had to try. "Turquoise! Turquoise!" He called to her.

The gem actually hadn't move and was just about to leave when she saw the young demon running to her. She raised a brow. "Oh...what are you doing?" She asked when the child stood in front of her, he didn't see his father, yet.

"When need to go. Come on, Turquoise." He grabbed her hand.

"I know, I have to leave. But I'll make a case to White Diamond, maybe she can convinced the others?" She suggested.

"We can think of something later, we need to go now!" He pulled on her hand though when she took a step, the blade of a sword went through her abdomen. Sesshomaru didn't let go of her hand. Turquoise looked down, she saw the shock on his face.

"Listen...it'll be okay-" She managed to say before a poof of smoke appeared and all that fell to the ground was her gem.

Lord Sesshomaru saw his father with the sword in hand and he was about to deal the last strike by breaking the gem. "No!" He shouted as he grabbed it and ran away. He heard his father calling his name over and over. The young lord wasn't going back, he ran back to the temple holding Turquoise in his hand.

When he arrived, the moon light lit the area, he enter the temple and slumped next to the warp pad. Staring at the gem. "Turquoise?" He whispered. Nothing. He cradled the gem and sat there silently. "You're my friend...that's what you are to me..." He sniffled before falling asleep.

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Author's Note:

Sorry about this awfully long update. Had a bunch of stuff going on in life and then trying to write the next chapters for not only this story but for the others, which is kinda hard. Anyway, I'm not implying anything with Sesshomaru's dad, or anything I mean I'll explain it in my way but I don't think Inuyasha's was the first human he messed with. Lulz.

Anyway I hope no one is mad at this, remember he is a child and quite honestly I think he went through things to become the way he was in the early manga/anime. You know?

Anyway Enjoy!