Chapter 3: Around Town
Steven and the conversion Gems were watching TV. Whole none of them had TV, both Mirajane and Hinata had similar things in movies.
However the show that was Inter-Dimensional Family Friend.
"I seriously have no idea what's going on!" said Nami.
"Hey watching Inter-Dimensional Family Friend?" asked Amethyst.
"TV is weird." Said Hinata.
"Yeah." Laughed Amethyst, "Hey! Pearl!"
"What?" asked Pearl.
"Doesn't Inter Dimensional Family Friend remind you of Uncle Grandpa?" asked Amethyst.
"THAT NEVER HAPPENED"! yelled Pearl, "IT WAS A DREAM!"
Amethyst started laughing.
That was when Steven's phone began to beep, he picked it up.
"She's almost here." Said Steven.
Less than a minute later Connie arrived.
"Hey Steven!" she said happily.
"Hey Connie!" said Steven.
Connie saw the three.
"You're the new gems he mentioned, right?" asked Connie.
"It's nice to meet you." Said Mirajane.
"Steven mentioned you a few times and…" Said Nami however she noticed Ronaldo trying to get onto the Forest Fairy, "Can you hold on for a second."
She grabbed a nearby broom and ran towards Ronaldo saying "Shoo! Shoo get away from there!"
"So you were human then were turned to Gems?" asked Connie.
"Yeah all of our planets have humans." Said Mirajane, "Also Nami comes from a planet with mermaids and Fishmen."
"Wow that is so cool!" said Connie, "Is there other things like that from your planet?"
"Not really." Said Hinata.
"My world has Frogs, which are human like talking frogs... wait are they really species… All I know is that they work for the magic council… and I shouldn't count Exceed since they're not from this universe…" mused Mirajane.
Both Steven and Connie stared at her.
"Why does he keep trying to break in." muttered Nami coming back.
"So he can blog about it." Said Steven.
All three of them looked confused.
"What does that mean?" asked Nami.
"I'll show you later." Said Steven.
"So have you seen the town yet?" asked Connie.
"We haven't been given a tour yet." Said Mirajane.
"How about you help Connie." Said Steven.
"Sure." Said Connie.
"Although first." Said Mirajane.
Both Hinata and Mirajane stared at Nami.
"What?" asked Nami.
"Hinata's going to watching you." Said Mirajane.
"Oh come on." Muttered Nami.
"If you do something suspicious I will have to check you." Said Hinata.
Nami began to pout.
"She used to be a pick pocket." Said Mirajane.
"Oh come on I stopped doing that a long time ago." Said Nami.
"You stopped because there was no one to steal from." Pointed out Hinata.
Nami sighed.
"Fine…" she mumbled.
Mirajane looked at Steven and Connie.
"Hey Nami? Any good stories about you stealing treasure?" asked Steven.
"There is one… but it's a bit stupid." Said Nami.
"I want to hear it." Said Steven.
"You see, it all started during an island adventure when our captain was eaten by a giant snake." Began Nami.
"Wait he was eaten by a snake?" asked Connie.
"Don't worry he was fine in the end, he thought it was a giant never ending cave." Said Nami.
Sometime later they were in front of the Big Donut.
"Thankfully I pointed out that Luffy had a bounty of 100 million berries, so the guy gave us the correct amount." Finished Nami.
"Wait? Berries?" asked Steven.
"That's what money is called on Nami's planet." Said Mirajane, "It's called Jewel on mine and Hinata's has Ryo."
"Hey you guys want to meet Lars and Sadie?" asked Steven.
"Sure." Said Nami.
"That's the main point of taking this tour." Said Mirajane.
They went into Big Donut where Lars and Sadie were working the counter.
Lars was staring at the three Conversion Gems. Sadie scrawled at him but put on a nice face for Steven.
"Hey Steven, hey Connie.." Said Sadie.
"Hi Sadie." Said Connie.
"Who are they?" asked Lars.
"Oh these are the new gems that showed up." Said Steven, "Nami, Mirajane and Hinata.
"Pleased to me you." Hinata said quietly.
"Steven mentioned you a couple times." Said Mirajane.
"You guys aren't like the others…" said Lars.
"Will you stop staring?" asked Sadie.
"Oh it's okay with me." Said Mirajane.
"Really, why?" asked Sadie.
"I've done a couple molding jobs before and often guys flirted with me when I was a waitress." Explained Mirajane.
"Wow I didn't know that Mira!" said Steven picking up on the nickname.
"Yep, though it's been a long time since I did that stuff." Said Mirajane.
"Yes, you were in a magazine many times… not tricked…" muttered Nami darkly;.
Hinata didn't say anything just fiddled witch her fingers.
"Did something happen with Nami?" asked Connie.
"When she first got her wanted poster the photographer told he was taking pictured for a magazine." Explained Mirajane.
"Hey! Don't tell her yet!" said Nami.
"Sorry…" said Mirajane.
"Steven do you have any money?" asked Hinata.
"Sure, you some donuts?" asked Steven.
Hinata shook her head.
"But I would like some cinnamon rolls." Said Hinata.
Steven bought her a couple.
"Thank you so much Steven." Said Hinata.
"Well I think I hold show them more places." Said Steven.
"Yeah…" said Lars.
Mirajane walked over to Sadie and whispered something to her.
"Thanks." Said Sadie.
"No problem." Said Mirajane.
The five of them left.
However Sadie sighed, "I don't know I can though."
"What?" asked Lars.
"Nothing." Said Sadie.
Outside, they were talking.
"What did you whisper to Sadie?" asked Steven.
"Oh that I was interested in him and that she should make her move." Said Mirajane.
"Mira…" sighed Nami.
"What's the problem." Said Connie.
"She has a habit of trying to pair people up." Said Nami.
"Oh, I think they should get together too." Said Steven.
"I know." Said Mirajane.
"She think me and Luffy would be a good couple." Mumbled Nami.
"Oh come on you would be so cute together." Said Mirajane.
"Oh come on… he's more like a little brother." Said Nami, "Besides, Luffy's so dense I'm sure if say the most beautiful woman on my planet was throwing herself at Luffy he wouldn't noticed."
Meanwhile on Nami's homed planet, Boa Hancock, said to be that planet's most beautiful woman sneezed.
"Someone must talking about you." said one of her crew members
"Maybe it's Luffy!" said Hancock who was indeed in love with Luffy.
"Something tells me no." sighed the crewmember.
Back on Earth…
"So how are you enjoying your cinnamon rolls?" asked Steven.
Hinata nodded.
"I'm happy that you have them here." Said Hinata, "They're my favorite food."
"That's good." Said Steven.
That was when they ran into Onion.
"Oh hey Onion!" said Steven.
Onion of course didn't respond.
"This is Onion and these are new Gems!" said Steven.
Onion didn't respond instead walked away bumping into Nami.
"He's like that." Said Steven.
Hinata decided to quick on Nami.
"Um… Nami." said Hinata.
"What?" asked Nami, "He's the one to bump into me!"
"No it's not that… but he stole the coins that were in your pocket." Said Hinata.
"What!" yelled Nami, "Hey get back here!"
Nami chased after Onion.
"Should we do something?" asked Steven.
"No." said Mirajane.
"I don't think she'll do anything bad." Said Hinata.
Nami came back with the coins in hand.
"What! I want to see how much these coins are worth." Said Nami.
"Was that really necessary?" asked Connie.
Nami blushed and began to pout.
"She has a reputation to uphold after all." Giggled Mirajane.
"Hey!" yelled Nami.
Hinata giggled as well.
Steven showed them the arcade, but none of them were interested in it at the moment.
After wards they went to City Fries, so they could get some fires… and fry bits.
"What are fry bits?" asked Hinata.
"They're the left over bits from the fries." Said Steven.
"That doesn't sound healthy." Said Nami.
"Here's your orders." Said Peedee.
"By the way." Said Nami, "You look like that guy who keeps trying to break into our ship."
Peedee sighed, "He's my older brother." He said.
"Can you ask him to stop?" asked Nami.
"I would if I could." Muttered Peedee, "Maybe he'll stop evidently."
"I hope so." Sighed Nami.
The five of them took their older to beach… well Steven was eating Fry Bits. But that's besides the point.
"This has been such a nice day, I'm surprised that nothing has gone wrong today." Said Mirajane.
"Seriously!" said Nami, "Never say something like that, something bad always happens… trust me…"
That was when there was a loud screech and a monster that rumbled a pressure emerged from the water.
"I hate to say I told you so." Sighed Nami.
The three handed Connie their fries, while Steven put his bubble around the two.
"Is this a good idea?" asked Connie.
"I think Nami might use her lighting again." Said Steven.
With the fight Mirajane and Nami summoned their weapons.
"Hinata do you see the Gem?" asked Mirajane.
"Yes." Said Hinata.
"You're not even using Byakugan." Said Nami.
"I don't have to." Said Hinata.
She pointed to the monster chest, right in the middle was the gem.
"All right we need to distract it!" said Mirajane.
Nami nodded and placed two of the pieces of her staff together, it smacked the monster in the face, which only made it mad. It gave off a roar.
However Mirajane jumped towards it's gave and began to scratch it up.
With it's attention family on Nami and Mirajane it didn't noticed Hinata at all. She struck the areas around rather Gem causing it to roar and then disappear.
That was when the Crystal Gems arrived.
"You're a bit too late." Said Nami.
"Oh come on!" yelled Amethyst.
"Sorry." Apologized Hinata.
"No need to apologize you beat it with out collateral damage." Said Garnet.
"That's… rare." Said Pearl.
They looked at Hinata who seemed to shift a little.
"Maybe we should go back to the temple." Said Garnet.
"Yeah, we want to continue our tour." Said Mirajane.
Steven and Connie walked over.
"See you at the temple." Said Pearl.
"Later Steven." Said Amethyst as the three left.
"That was a little rude." Said Connie.
"It's okay." Said Nami, "They don't fully trust us yet, it's understandable."
"I see." Said Connie getting it.
"Maybe if we gave them treasure." Teased Mirajane.
"Hey!" yelled Nami blushing.
"What's that about?" asked Connie.
"I don't want to talk about it." muttered Nami blushing.
"Do you have any more stories." Said Connie.
"Oh I have a fun one." Said Mirajane, "It's how I became an S Class."
"Oh yeah this is a fun one." Said Nami.
They all sat down and Mirajane started the story.
"You see when I younger I used to get in fight with my Guild Mate Erza." Started Mirajane, "And one year she made S-Class."
"What's S-Class?" asked Connie.
"Oh it means you can take the most dangerous jobs." Said Mirajane, "Anyways…"
She told the story, but by the time she was done Connie got a call from her mother her father would be at the temple soon.
"He's almost here." Said Connie, "I had fun today, I want to hear more of your stories."
"Maybe I'll tell you something next time. "said Hinata.
"I'd like to hear it." Said Connie.
"Are you sure you should go alone?" asked Steven.
"I'll walk her over." Said Hinata.
"Thank you." Said Connie.
Connie showed where Hinata where she would wait for her father.
Once they were out of earshot.
"By the way Steven…" said Mirajane.
"Nope." Said Nami, "Don't…"
"But they look cute together." Said Mirajane.
This made Steven blush.
"You have a crush on her… don't you." Said Mirajane with a sneaky smile.
"Mira…" sighed Nami.
"I don't want to talk abort it. "said Steven embarrassed.
Mirajane giggled while Nami sighed.
And so they met a few of the people around Beach City, not all but a few…
They had many more people to meet. After all they there going to be there a long time.
Next Time: Steven notices that Hinata never gets angry when someone says that someone back home will think of them as monsters. Is there a reason for this or not? Find out next time!
A/N: Two things: I did not make up Inter-dimensional Family Friend, its a series according to Keep Beach City Weird. It's that universe's version of Uncle Grandpa and crossed over with Crying Breakfast Friends.
Also this chapter introduced two running gags, mentioning Uncle Grandpa will get that reaction from Pearl and someone (usually Nami, but not always) will chaise off Ronaldo with a broom. I hope you like them.