"Wh-What the heck is a Steven?!" Onyx asked frantically as she stumbled back. The half-human boy walked up closer to the scared gem. "No no! Steven's just my name! You're a gem right? What gem are you?" Steven asked. The sleek black gem calmed a little. 'Is this human trying to start a conversation with me?' she thought. "I-I'm an Onyx.." The black gem said as she moved her hair that was covering her eye and gem. Steven looked up and saw the gem on her right cheek. He then noticed the white diamond insignia on her short, loose dress. "Say...did you come from Homeworld?"
Onyx immediately grew scared again by his question. "H-How do you know about Homeworld, human?!" She retorted back as she wielded her sword out. Steven yelped a little and took his shield out. The dark gem knew that shield the second Steven got it out. "That shield...you're that Rose Quartz leader of the Crystal Gems!" Onyx pointed out. Steven really didn't want to have to fight anyone else, especially to someone he barely even knows. He already fought too many gems. Jasper, Bismuth, Eyeball, he all fought. Now this stranger he scared wants to fight him. The 14 year old boy put his shield away. "N-No! Please! I-I don't wanna fight anyone else anymore! I already fought too many gems! I don't wanna fight you!" He teared up.
Onyx grew scared at the tone of his voice. She put her sword away. She didn't think he wouldn't be up for a fight. "I-I'm sorry, I-I just thought you would cause any harm towards me..." Onyx apologized, looking away. "O-Oh, it's okay..! Wh-What are you doing here on Earth anyways? By the way you were running here, it seemed like you were scared." Steven asked, looking around for anyone else. The dark gem's eyes perked a little. "Oh uhm...I kind of crashed landed here with my gem...we were escaping from our court, I-I was a little under pressure in the moment so I just jammed a bunch of buttons on our ship without even thinking. And we landed here." Onyx sighed as she kicked a few leafs with her bare foot. While she was able to get Tourmaline to safety, she still felt like she failed. "Your gem? what happened to them? where are they?" Steven asked.
"I left her...I don't recommend asking too much of it; we didn't get along much..." She said as she hugged her arms. Onyx could still feel how Tourmaline slapped her. It didn't sting that much anymore but Onyx still felt hurt. "Oh, I'm sorry if anything bad happened."
"No no! It's fine! I'm okay." Onyx reassured him. Steven thought for a moment. He didn't think Onyx really had anywhere to go since she landed here by mistake and he didn't really want to leave her alone either. The sleek black gem was about to leave but Steven spoke up. "Hey wait!"
"Huh? I-Is there something wrong?" She asked. Steven gulped. "Where are you going? Do you even know where you're going?" he asked. The dark colored gem just looked back. She thought for a moment; where was she even going? She literally doesn't have anywhere else to go. The boy before her exhaled. "Why don't you come back to the temple with me?" he suggested. Onyx grew a little flustered. "W-What?! I-I'm not sure, are you sure that's okay? I-I almost killed you!" she cried. "I-I know..! b-but I just don't want to leave you alone! You just crash landed here from Homeworld and you don't even know your way around here. J-Just let me help you!" Steven cried, that last part sounded like he could break down any moment.
Onyx's eyes widened slightly at Steven's tone. 'Why the heck is this hybrid thing so worried?' she wondered. "O-Okay. I'll come with you." she simply responded back. Steven lit up a bit by her reaction. "Yay! We can be friends now!" The boy said happily. The former gem guard just stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do. Steven laughed. "Come on! I'll show you where I live!" he said as he lead the way. Onyx perked a little as she looked around and jogged up to him. The trip back to the temple wasn't so awkward, surprisingly. The dark gem was looking all over her surroundings. 'What in the hell are these things?' she thought as she looked over at several of the leaves and trees around her. 'I don't understand these weird Earth products...'
"Hey Onyx! I was wondering, that diamond on your dress is white. Doesn't that mean you work for White Diamond?" Steven asked. Onyx looked down at him. "Oh, uh. y-yes. I don't wish to work for her any longer though. She lied to my lady...I can't forgive her for that..." she answered a little harshly as she balled up her hand into a fist. Onyx herself can't forgive White Diamond for lying to her as well. The hybrid boy looked concerned. "But didn't your lady hurt you? You're still addressing her as your lady." Onyx just sighed. Suddenly, a moment of realization hit her. 'Why AM I calling her my lady? I-I never adressed her as something as elegant as that...' her face flushed a darker black on her dark gray face. She didn't seem to be exactly worried by Steven's question. Onyx just shrugged in response. "So what did you do on Homeworld?" Steven asked randomly. "Just asking!" he added. 'Is this how Tourmaline felt when I kept bombarding HER with questions?' The sleek black gem thought to herself. "Well I was a guard serving for White Diamond's court. I was assigned to guard my gem, Tourmaline. You know about Ruby guards right?" She asked. The boy nodded. "Yeah, since White Diamond is the leader of all Homeworld and the most supreme diamond; she has twice the amount of guards, resources, gems, and tech than whatever Yellow or Blue Diamond have. White Diamond has Amethyst, Ruby, and Onyx guards all over the place, including me." Onyx answered accordingly. Steven nodded as he kept eye contact. "It seems like you guys did a lot on Homeworld." he said.
"Yeah. It was a lot. My gem would often be on missions on Earth or introduce herself to new incoming gems in the court. I was always told to stay by her side by White Diamond, but Tourmaline would almost always reject my presence, so she would just tell me to stay in our quarters." she mentioned. Onyx then suddenly started giggling. "What's so funny?" Steven asked. Onyx teared up a little as she laughed. She rubbed her eye as she cooled down. "I was just thinking about how Tourmaline would act around the new members, she always tried to get along with them well." she stated. "S-So umm...what do you do here? Besides rebel against Homeworld?" she asked, trying to not be so awkward. Steven looked up. "Oh! I'm part of the Crystal Gems! There's Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and me! Steven Quartz Universe! or Steven Demayo if you're fancy." The boy answered simply as they both jumped the fence, leading to the temple. The black colored gem eyed over the huge temple fusion. She marveled about how big it was. She had never seen a huge fusion before. "This way!" the boy said as he ran up the stairs and opened the door; Onyx following. "Ladies first~" he said a he let out his hand to the door. Onyx laughed at his kind gesture and went in, Steven then shutting the door behind him. The dark colored gem looked at her new surroundings. "Are bases here normally made out of wood?" she asked, tearing off a wooden plank and eying it. "W-Well uhh-"
"I don't think using wood is the best idea, have you tried something else? This stuff could be burned by a Ruby or Blue Diamond forbid, a Fire Opal anytime." Onyx mentioned and interuppted. "Well humans live with wood. It's just what we use, a-and I'm pretty sure there's no Rubies to burn our houses down." Steven laughed nervously as he took the plank of wood from Onyx and placed from where she grabbed it out. "And what's with all these other things? pfft. Seriously, what's this weird looking circle with a lever attached to it good for?" she asked as she walked up and grabbed a frying pan. "And then this weird thing that opens and closes? Ow!" she closed the oven with the oven door hitting her fingers. Steven walked next to her. "That's just stuff for cooking!"
"Heck is that?" Onyx asked as she held her fingers and stood up. "Oh yeah, you guys don't eat! Well on earth, humans need food so we don't starve! Food normally energizes us, but it doesn't really do anything for gems as far as I know from Amethyst.." Steven explained.
"So where are the rest of the Crystal Gems now?" The dark gem asked as she kept looking around. "Don't worry about them, they're on a mission and they told me to stay home." he said a he climbed up to his bed. Not wanting to just stand awkwardly again, Onyx followed. They both sat in front of Steven's TV. The hybrid took the remote and turned the TV on. From Onyx's point of view, she saw nothing but a bunch of blaring colors. "Yeesh, how do you humans stand to look at this stuff? Seriously, what is going on?" she asked. "Focus your eyes on the TV more." Steven suggested. And she did, it didn't take long for Onyx to really see what was going on. "Oh, well it's just a male human with spiky hair swinging his huge sword around. And then there's this other male human with long white hair? I don't think humans can have white hair..." (if you get this reference congrats)
"Well it's just an anime! In anime, characters almost never have natural hair colors." The boy pointed out. "What's an anime?" Onyx asked. Steven put his hand over the dark gem's shoulder. "We have a lot to discuss." he said. Steven got up and picked up a manga he had on his nightstand. "Take a look at this!" he said as he showed it to her. Onyx took the manga and looked at it. It had the title 'Sailor Moon.' on it. "Sailor Moon? What is this, about planets?" she asked. Steven shrugged. "Close enough!" (I headcanon Steven as a total weeb okay)
"Now that's just some of the stuff I have! hold on! I'll be right back." The hybrid gem climbed down the stairs to his bed and went to the coffee table near the couch. He picked up a few DVD's and a few other manga and went back to his room. Steven set the dvds and manga down where Onyx could see them. She looked over the titles of all of them: Love Live, New Game, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, No Game No Life, Neptunia, Boku no Hero, and it all just added up even more. "U-Uhm..." Onyx stuttered.
"Now let's get down to business!" Steven clapped his hands together. This is gonna take a while...
(Three days later) "A-Are you kidding me right now?! That's how it ends?! They all quit?!" Onyx groaned. "No one can replace school idols like these..." Steven chuckled in amusement. "Well the second series just fini-"
"SHOW ME IT! I MUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO ยต's LEGACY!" Before Steven could respond, they heard the warp pad go off. The Crystal Gems were back... "Ayoo! We're back! finally!" Amethyst called out. "Amethyst, it's still morning, Steven could be..." Pearl trailed off as she saw Steven with Onyx, a Homeworld gem. Garnet and Amethyst then noticed and immediately within seconds, summoned all their weapons. "N-No! wait!" Steven cried out as he climbed out of his room. Onyx just sat therein her place, too scared to fight off three other gems. "I-It's not what you think! Onyx is good! she doesn't mean any harm to anyone here!" Steven said, trying to negotiate with the others.
"Steven! how long have you known this gem?!" Pearl asked. "I-I found her three days ago! but look, she isn't gonna hurt anyone! we bonded and became friends in three days!" the boy protested. Onyx blinked and thought for a moment. 'I'm his friend?' she thought. "Are you sure she's not plotting against-"
"Wait! Stop please! I can just leave if you want! But I swear, I don't mean any harm against you or anyone!" Onyx pleaded. Garnet saw through Onyx and could tell she was really being honest. "Guys, lay down your weapons. She's telling the truth." she said as she made her gauntlets dissappear. Amethyst and Pearl nodded as they made their weapons dissappear as well. "Are you sure about this, Garnet?" Pearl asked. "Don't worry, I'm certain. At least Steven won't be lonely when we go on missions anymore." she smiled. Amethyst stretched her arms. "Welp, I'mma call it a night for today. Night Steven." said the small purple gem as she and the other gems went to their rooms as well. The chic black gem sighed in relief. "I thought they were gonna kill me..." she sunk back onto the floor. Her human friend chuckled. "Well, I guess this means you can stay here!"
"Are you sure though? I don't wanna seem like a bother to you, I mean sure I can fight but I don't know if-"
"You can be a Crystal Gem with us!" Steven said, cutting the dark colored gem off. Onyx immediately froze up at Steven's suggestion. 'Me? A Crystal Gem? He can't be serious, right? I mean yes, I swore off all allegiance on Homeworld but, I don't know...' Onyx thought. "W-Well, I don't know about this like, right now? I-I don't know I-I don't think I can..." she stuttered. "L-Look, don't be down if I refuse your offer next time, okay? I'm just not too keen about joining a team. I-I'd rather be a lone wolf to be honest.." her face turned to a darker gray as she apologized. "Oh. No, it's okay. I-It was just a suggestion, don't worry about it!" Steven responded.
Onyx was about to say something else, but almost jumped as she heard a bashing noise from outside. What could that even be? Steven and her both looked outside the door as they were both feeling scared. "What was that?" The chic black gem asked as she shivered. "I don't know!" said Steven as he opened up the door. Onyx just shivered even more from how cold it was outside. The two went down the stairs and checked around, to see if there was anything strange in their path. There was surprisingly nothing...
"Nothing seems to be broken, do you think it was just something else or we're just hearing things or something?" Steven asked Onyx. Another gust of wind hit. The dark colored gem just shrugged as she rubbed her arms. "Is it normally this cold on Earth?" she asked. "Only in winter. Autumn can be cold too!" Steven answered. "Yeah, okay, can we just go back inside now? I'm getting too cold and I'm starting to get a little freaked out being out here.." she shivered. Steven nodded as he and Onyx then went back inside.
There was more bashing noises but Steven and Onyx didn't notice this time...what's making this noise? "C-Come on...j-just a little...o-ow..." they panted. They did their best to crawl up the stairs but just ended up falling down...again... "I-I got this...I-'m doing this so I can see her again and...aarghh...!" they groaned in pain. They were struggling just to get up. What happened? "Gosh...m-my gem is really done for now is it..?" They asked themself as they forced out a laugh. They held their gem, or at least the remains of it. Their gem was badly damaged...some of it was still crackling.
"O-Onyx...I'm right here...please just...forgive me..."
The next day, Steven and the rest of the Crystal Gems were going to go off on a mission, leaving Onyx in Steven's room. "Okay Onyx! We'll be off for a bit, we'll be back soon!" Steven said. "Are you okay?" he asked the dark colored gem. "Yeah." she simply responded. "Are you sure?"
"Positive!" Onyx said. "What part of Jojo is that?" (Jjba goes by parts not really seasons)
"Battle Tendency." Onyx replied, starting to get a little irritated with Steven. "Okay bye! we're off now!" the boy said as he and the gems warped off. The dark colored gem groaned as she just turned off the TV, feeling bored out of her mind. 'What should I do now? I just finished Boku no hero and finished Yoosung's route on Mystic Messenger...' she thought to herself a she slumped off of Steven's bed and grabbed a random book from the floor. On one of the three days of Onyx's stay, she and Steven just read the whole day. 'Haven't read this volume before...' Onyx thought as she flipped through the pages. And there it was again, the bashing noises...
Onyx gasped as she fell off of Steven's floor and onto the coffee table, luckily not breaking anything. "Ow..." she held her head in pain, considering her hand landed on the corner of the glass coffee table. She ran up to the door and flung it open. She summoned her sword out as she felt there was something dangerous nearby. "Is there anyone there?!" she yelled. Nothing. Just more bashing noises. They got louder and louder. The dark colored gem gritted her teeth as she jumped off the porch and onto the sand.
"Alright, whatever or whoever you are, you brought this upon yourself!" She said as she looked around. Onyx kept turning her head around in fear as she looked around the place. There still didn't seem to be anything around. The chic black gem sighed as she put her sword away. "Seriously, what is going on here?" she began to walk back to the stairs but then...she felt something like a hand grab her bare foot. "Wh-What the?" The black gem looked down and saw the horrifying sight right under her...
Tourmaline was grabbing her foot while she was laying hopeless on the ground. She looked like absolute hell...
The scariest part was that her gem looked almost completely destroyed. Onyx felt like she was supposed to be angry or disgusted but, she couldn't help but feel awful for Tourmaline. "T-Tourmaline! What happened to you?!" the dark hued gem asked as she felt that she was going to tear up in a matter of seconds. Tourmaline then threw an awfully long coughing fit. "H-Hi..." she managed to say through it. "S-Stop talking..! I gotta get you inside quick!" Onyx said frantically as she picked her former gem up bridal style and rushed her back into the temple.
She laid her down on the nearest couch, making sure she was being as careful as possible with her. 'Oh my god...how long was she here and what the hell happened to her while I was gone?!' Onyx thought as she looked at Tourmaline's torn up figure. She had scrapes just about everywhere on her clothes and her skin. Onyx carefully ran her thumb towards Tourmaline's gem but she had already pricked a bit of her gem off. That's how fragile it is now?! This made the dark colored gem even more worried, anxious, and guilty. 'Wh-Why did I leave her?!' she thought as she dug her fingers in her short hair.
"H-Hey...don't beat yourself up...too much stress could make you corrupt..." Tourmaline just barely said. "Are you serious?! You're all scraped up because YOU beat yourself up didn't you?!" Onyx asked as her right eye started to twitch.
"But that was different...I deserved i-" The mint green gem was cut off by Onyx hammering her in the head softly. "YOU IDIOT!" she yelled. The dark colored gem then started sniffling. She was getting emotional like before. Not like she could really help it now...
"N-No one deserves to get hurt...no one should beat themselves up either..no matter what they did..." The black hued gem teared up. Just as she expected, she ended up crying in a matter of seconds. Onyx held Tourmaline's head under her chin and just cried. "You idiot...you frickin' dummy..." Onyx muttered. The mint green gem closed her eyes and engulfed herself in Onyx's scent.
"Those are my words..."
Several hours later, Tourmaline had passed out and Onyx was just sitting near the warp, waiting for Steven and the rest of the gems to come back. 'I still can't believe she did all those things...all because I just left...' she thought to herself. Onyx never thought Tourmaline could break like that. She thought Tourmaline's pride was unbreakable. Could this have been a part that Tourmaline never revealed to anyone, not even Onyx? Her fear of abandonment? Onyx thought she was the only one with that kind of fear. Had Tourmaline and Onyx shared the same anxiety this whole time?
The black hued gem buried her hand in her hair and showed her other eye. She never felt this awful in a long time. Onyx couldn't help but feel guilty for leaving Tourmaline like that. She just ran away like a coward from her. Since today, she had no idea why she did that. Onyx just sighed. As she got up, the warp pad finally illuminated. The Crystal Gems were back.
"We're ba-" Steven was cut off by Onyx grabbing him by the shoulders. "S-Steven..! I-I need your guys' help please!" she cried. The boy and the rest of the gems looked over and saw Tourmaline's limp body laying on the couch. "I-Is that a Tourmaline?!" Pearl asked as she pointed over to her. "Yes! She is also the gem I served! Steven please, her gem is so close to being completely shattered, your healing spit is the only thing that can keep her from being shattered!" Onyx cried as she knelt down to Steven and firmly held his shoulders as they made eye contact.
Steve nodded. The dark colored gem gasped in thankfulness. "Oh my stars, th-thank you..!" Onyx almost cried. Amethyst looked over at Onyx. "Chill out, Steven can fix anyone in a snap with his healing spit!" she reassured her. Steven walked over to Tourmaline. He held up her roundish face and looked over at her crackling gem. "This should be easy!" he said. He licked his hand and slapped it onto Tourmaline's gem.
Onyx and the gems walked over to Tourmaline and Steven, to see if this time the healing spit worked. The longerit took, the more anxious the dark colored gem felt. "I-Is it working?" Onyx asked. Garnet pointed at Tourmaline's gem. "Look." she said. Onyx looked over and saw the particles and matter of Tourmaline's gem being replaced. The chic black gem's eyes completely widened, not knowing how to really respond to all of this. And soon, Tourmaline's gem was completely restored. The mint green gem stirred a little as she started to wake up. "T-Toury..?"
The former aristocrat's eyes were then fully open in no time. "Y-Yeah..? What?" she asked. "You mind telling me why I'm here? Where the heck even is this place?" Tourmaline kept asking. Onyx gladly smiled and shot up like a rocket. "TOURY!" she yelped as she hugged her lover. The dark colored gem cried subtly into the back of the mint green gem's neck. "H-Hey...look, I'm fine okay? No need to cry and-" Tourmaline was cut off by the sight of the Crystal Gems. She then fell silent. "T-Toury..?"
"IT'S THE REBELS!" Tourmaline shouted as she immediately summoned her weapon out. The Crystal Gems excluding Steven summoned their weapons out too, although they were happy to see Tourmaline back. Their expressions changed to ones of confusion as Tourmaline yelled. "W-WAIT..! NO! TOURY! TOURY STOP!" Onyx yelped as she tried negotiating. This is gonna take a while...
Later that night, after a long time of negotiating with the Crystal Gems and Tourmaline, Onyx requested that they leave the two alone for the night as they would sit by the ocean and on the sand together. They shapeshifted their clothes a bit to make it look like they were wearing swimwear and played in the water together all through the night. Now here they are, sitting back to back on the sand, listening to the calming ocean waves coming and going.
"Hey, so I was wondering..." Tourmaline trailed off.
"Hm?"
"Why don't we just sit like this and get to know each other for a bit? Since we're free now and we never took the opportunity before..." The mint green gem suggested. Onyx chuckled nervously. "Y-Yeah sure...uh...what kind of tourmaline cut are you?" she asked sheepishly.
"Watermelon Tourmaline. You?"
"Oh uhm...j-just a plain Onyx. I'm not anything special like you or anything..." The dark black gem rubbed the back of her neck. She faked a cough. "S-So uhm. Which kindergarten were you made in?" she asked. Tourmaline hummed. "The Alpha kindergarten. You?"
"The Eckos kindergarten.." Tourmaline then grinned devilishly and turned her head. "Do you mind if I ask something now?~" she asked. "Huh? Oh no! of course not! go for it!" The chic black gem gulped. She pretty much knew where this was going now.
The mint green gem turned around and grabbed Onyx by the shoulders and whispered. "Now who was your first lover?~" she teased. The dark colored gem's face turned to a darker shade which was unnoticable in this time of day. Onyx could barely get a word out now. She had no idea how to respond. She just ended up stuttering as she tried to talk. Tourmaline then broke off the awkwardness with a laugh. She pecked her girlfriend's cheek. "It's me, you silly!" the mint green gem laughed for a while which changed to a warm smile.
She held Onyx's cheek, right where her gem was and tucked the hair that was covering her eye behind her ear. "I love you..." Tourmaline said softly as she faced her girlfriend. Onyx returned the warm smile. She held Tourmaline's face like she did hers. "I love you too..." she said just as they leaned in for a tender and loving kiss.
So this is where they shall spend the rest of their days here...
Together forever.