Chapter 6: Long Lost Family
Steven was showing Hinata and Nami crying Breakfast Friends. Much like the show it once crossed over with it confused them.
"I don't get the appeal of Cartoons…" said Nami.
"Maybe I should show you Sailor Moon when I mange to get the DVDs." Said Steven, "by the way where's Mira?"
"Here I am." Said Mirajane holding a magazine.
"So you finally found a way with out ripping it up?" asked Nami.
Mirajane nodded.
"Steven, I need your help with something." Said Mirajane.
"Sure what is it?" asked Steven.
"Well I need your help in talking with Ronaldo so he can do some computer stuff for me." Said Mirajane, "I heard you can scan picture and reprint them… and with his blogging I figure he'd know how to do it."
"Sure we can ask him." Said Steven.
"Thank you." Said Mirajane.
The two left the beach house and headed for the Light House above the temple.
Steven knocked on the door and thankfully Ronaldo was there.
"Who goes there!" demanded Ronaldo then noticed it was Steven and Mirajane, "Oh Steven it's you… and one of the new gems."
"Hi there, I'm Mirajane." Said Mirajane.
"So tell me, are you controlled by the orange one too?" asked Ronaldo.
"No…" said Mirajane.
"Good." Said Ronaldo.
They went into the lighthouse.
"So I've heard things around, that you're a humanoid alien." Said Ronaldo.
"Actually the people of my planet are human as well." Said Mirajane.
"Is that so." Said Ronaldo, "Have they tried to make first contact yet?" he asked.
"No not yet, my people haven't even gotten anything similar to airplanes yet." Said Mirajane.
"I see then why did you come here?" asked Ronaldo.
She held up the magazine.
"Do you have a scanner and photo printer, I want a good copy of a picture from this magazine." Said Mirajane.
Ronaldo looked at the magazine.
"Sorcerer's Weekly?" he asked.
She showed them the picture from an article she wanted.
"You come from a planet that doesn't have air travel yet have the ability to print out glossy color print magazines… what a strange planet." Said Ronaldo.
"Should I tell him?" asked Steven.
"No let's see if he reads any articles." Whispered Mirajane.
"So what do you want from this magazine?" asked Ronaldo.
She showed him the page she wanted. Ronaldo looked at the picture then at Mirajane then at the picture again.
"I was a teen rebel." Explained Mirajane.
"I can see that." Said Ronaldo.
He scanned the picture she wanted.
"Now I want you to something in return." He said darkly.
Mirajane might have seemed ditzy, but she was very smart, she knew what he was going to ask.
That why she had a trick up her sleeve.
"Oh I have an idea, how about I cook you dinner sometime." Said Mirajane.
"Oh that's a great idea, she's a really good cook." Said Steven.
Mirajane looked at Ronaldo with the kindest smile she could.
"So how about it." Said Mirajane.
Ronaldo wanted to her help on the Forest Fairy however he sighed. There was something about that smile that he just couldn't say no.
"Sure that will be nice." He said.
"That's good." Said Mirajane.
After a bit the picture was printed out.
"Thank you so much." said Mirajane, "Tell me what you want and when you want it."
"Yeah sure." Said Ronaldo.
Rolando sighed, "I will find a find my way onto that ship…" he thought
"Bye Ronaldo." Said Steven.
"Once again thank you." Said Mirajane.
They left the lighthouse and Steven look at the picture.
"So this you and your bother and sister." Said Steven.
"Yep." Said Mirajane.
"Wow you look so different." Said Steven.
"I don't know about that." Said Mirajane.
"Yeah, you look cute with short hair." Said Steven.
"That's not me." Said Mirajane.
"It's not." Said Steven.
"No that's Lisanna." Said Mirajane.
She pointed opt herself in the picture, he hair was still long but put into a ponytail, she was wearing a small tank top that showed her midriff, long boots and had a expression like she wanted to kick some major butt.
"Whoa! That's you!" said Steven.
"Like I told Ronaldo, I used to be a teen rebel." Said Mirajane, "Plus remember that story I told you about the S Class trial…"
"What happened?" asked Steven, "Was it when you were kidnaped by the gems?"
"No I changed long before that happened." Said Mirajane, "It's a long strange story."
They managed to get back to the temple.
Turns out the others were getting ready to leave.
"A mission?" asked Mirajane.
"You up for it?" asked Garnet.
"I am." Said Mirajane.
"All right!" cheered Steven.
They warped to the location but it turned out it was on a rather small rock in the middle of the ocean.
Steven nearly felt off the rock but thankfully Garnet grabbed him in time.
"So what the mission again?" asked Mirajane.
"We hadn't checked this one yet." Sighed Pearl.
Hinata managed to jumped off the rock to make more room while standing on the water.
"Maybe you guys should I don't know… check the warp pads without dragging us onto it." Said Nami.
"How were supposed to know this rock would be nearly gone?" asked Pearl.
"Now's not the time to be fighting." Said Steven, "One of us might fall off."
"There's something in the water!" said Hinata.
"What?" asked Pearl.
That was when a whale like monster jumped into the air. Just as it was about to collapse in the sea Steven managed to protect himself with his bubble. Thanks to the fact Gems don't need air they were fine as they dragged into the ocean.
As Steven fell, Garnet managed to catch him.
She looked at the others. Due to the fact their voices would be garbled none of them talked.
She motioned to Nami and Pearl to take over for her.
However there was a bright flash of light and suddenly an explosion of water sent everyone flying out of the water and into the air.
As Steven was in the air he saw the whale like monster, but he could have sworn he saw a something with bat like wings and a tail fly towards the monster. The muster figure held out a claw then several more claws made out of darkness began to rip appear the monster.
As Steven fell back down he felt Hinata catch the bubble.
"Do you think you catch my hand when you get out?" asked Hinata.
Steven nodded, he banished the bubble, Hinata managed to catch him before he could fall.
Steven noticed that Garnet was floating in the water.
"Do you think you can give him a boost?" asked Hinata.
Garnet nodded and managed help Steven onto Hinata's back.
"Oh lucky you, you can walk." Said Amethyst swimming over to them.
"Well the warp pad is fine, and Mira's there." Said Hinata.
Pearl and Nami managed to surface.
"She just had to do that." Said Nami.
"What are you talking about?" asked Pearl.
"None of you saw her, did you?" asked Hinata.
"What do you mean?" asked Pearl.
"You mean that second monster?" asked Steven.
"Did you get a good look?" asked Nami.
Steven shook his head no.
"Why you know what it was?" asked Steven.
"We do." Said Hinata, "Bit don't worry it wasn't an enemy."
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Amethyst.
"Wait you don't mean?" asked Pearl realizing what they meant.
"You finally saw Satan Soul in action." Replied Nami.
They got to the warp pad and Mirajane was apologizing.
"Sorry about that." Said Mirajane, "I didn't mean to scare you like that."
"Well I guess being in the middle of the ocean is a case of absolutely have to." Muttered Pearl.
"Yeah, while using Satan Soul I can use some water magic, if we end up here again, I don't think I should come." Said Mirajane.
"It's all right really." Said Garnet, "You managed to beat it."
Mirajane nodded.
"Oh I should show you how to bubble it" said Steven as he and Hinata got onto the warp pad.
"Maybe you should warp back first so it won't be too crowded." Said Nami.
"Good idea." Said Steven.
The three warped away.
The three sat on the couch and Steven taught Mirajane how to bubble a gem. She managed to get to down right when the others arrived.
"Once again sorry." Said Mirajane.
"We already said it was all right." Said Pearl.
"But next time least show it off." Said Amethyst.
"Do you guys need a towel?" asked Steven.
"That would be a good idea." Said Pearl seemingly unaware that Amethyst was going to do something with a lobster she found, "Amethyst."
"Yeah" asked Amethyst.
"Don't'…" muttered Pearl.
"Oh man…" muttered Amethyst.
That evening at sunset, Steven strumming his ukulele.
"You play?" asked Mirajane show up.
"Oh yeah." Said Steven as she sat next to him.
Mirajane listened to him play.
"So Mira." Said Steven.
"Yes?" asked Mirajane.
"Why did you change?" asked Steven, "I mean from when you were a teen… I just cant' get it out of my head."
"It's okay if you ask… it's not as painful as it used to be." Said Mirajane.
Steven wondered what she meant.
She began to tell him the story, that one day she and her siblings went to fight a monster simply known as the beast. Her brother tried to take over it but it didn't work and the monster took control of him.
During the fighting, Lisanna tried to break through to him, but she got knocked away. Because of that they thought she died.
"Wait did you say you "thought she died"?" asked Steven.
"Yeah, it turns out she was sent to another universe." Said Mirajane, "Her alternate universe counterpart died and she didn't have to heart to tell mine and Elfman's counterparts the truth."
"Oh okay…" said Steven then he realized what she said, "Wait… what?"
"It's true." Said Mirajane, "See the king of the planet of that alternate universe was stealing magic since it was running out there and fell into the portal. He eventually got greedy sucked up the whole town, turned it into a Lacrima. Thankfully it didn't work on Dragon Slayers and Lucy got out in time… also Gray and Erza got back to normal…"
Steven stared at Mirajane with his jaw dropped.
"Anyways Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel beat the evil king, the prince managed to bring all of the magic to this universe which brought back all those native to this universe back including Lisanna." said Mirajane.
"So you went to another universe?" asked Steven with his eyes sparkling.
"But I was a crystal the whole time… I don't remember any of it." Said Mirajane.
"Well you got your sister back so it's a happy story." Said Steven.
Mirajane was quiet.
"Right after she became back… I was taken by the gems." Said Mirajane quietly.
Steven froze.
"I'm sorry." Said Steven.
"It's all right." Said Mirajane with a smile, "I know we'll find a way to safely get back home one day…"
Steven smiled.
"You know you kind of remind me of someone." Said Mirajane.
"Is it Elfman?" asked Steven.
Mirajane stared at Steven then started laughing.
"What's funny?" asked Steven.
"Sorry, I just got the image of you acting like him." Laughed Mirajane.
Indeed the image of Steven suddenly yelling out "fry bits are manly!" would make anyone laugh.
"Then who do I remind you of?" asked Steven.
"Natsu." Said Mirajane.
"Really?" asked Steven.
"Sure Natsu was a hot head and impulsive and tended to get into fights he shouldn't." said Mirajane.
"That sounds nothing like me." Mumbled Steven.
"But he was there for the people he cared about, he would protect them no matter what. And he had the brightest smile." Said Mirajane, "No matter would happen you can count on him… he was like a second younger brother to me."
Steven smiled once again.
"Although I do wonder if he is now my brother… I wouldn't be surprised if he and Lisanna finally ended up together…"
"So what was Natsu's magic again?" asked Steven.
"He as a fire dragon slayer." Said Mirajane.
As the sun set Mirajane continued to tell Steven about Natsu as the sunset.
Mirajane hoped at hone thing however she said was right… that one day that three of them can find a way home safely, after all if she returned to the guild, they just would have been happy that she came back… No what she was worried about something much, much worse… Something that she knew if she ever tried to go back would make what happened to the town in that alternate universe look tame in compassion…
Next Time: When showing Steven some things from their home planets, Steven accidently opens the door to Rose's Room. Will they be able to re-create their homes or will insane stuff happen... wait never mind... Insane stuff is guaranteed if they mange to recreate it... either way find out next time!