A/N: For those that don't go to my Tumblr or like my pony posters, I'm very depressed right now. My mom's very sick and is at the ICU in the hospital, since this is my newest story and I really want to work on this, this will be one of two fanfics I will be updating for a while... the other is the fic of the month... which is surpassingly 90 percent completed (due to work I did many, many years ago)... anyways enjoy and I hope you love the twist at the end.

Chapter 8: The Calm Before the Storm

In the middle of the night the Crystal Gems had a meeting in Amethyst's room.

"Why do you want to meet in here?" asked Pearl.

"Because you don't like it when she's in your room." Said Garnet.

"She's a got a point." Said Amethyst.

"So what did you want to talk about?" asked Pearl.

"I think it's time we trust them." Said Garnet.

"It's about time." Said Amethyst.

"If they were working for the Homeworld Gems they would have made a move by now." Said Garnet, "They have had plenty of opportunities, especially today when they were in Rose's Room."

"Plus I have never met a Gem that cooks like Mira." Said Amethyst.

"I think you have a point." Said Pearl, "With the Ninjas and the Pirates everything was so simple, but with that Guild…"

"If it was plot I doubt anyone would be able to come up with so many individual personalities and project them onto Rose's Room."

"Oh yeah, didn't you get into a conversion with one of them?" asked Pearl.

Garnet nodded.

(Flashback)

Garnet was talking to Makarov.

"I want to thank you for helping Mira." Said Makarov.

Garnet looked at Makarov.

"I might be a projection based on her memories, but I still have the same feelings as the real one." Said Makarov.

Garnet said nothing.

"She's the happiest she's been in three years." Said Makarov, "The three can't go home and finding a place they can rest and relax is just what they needed…"

"Why can't they go home?" asked Garnet.

"I can't tell you." Said Makarov, "But I can tell you one thing… not everyone on their planets are mages, ninjas and sea fearers."

Garnet wondered what he meant then she realized.

"Wait you don't mean…" said Garnet.

Makarov chuckled, "Don't tell them you learned it from me… but yes that's why they can't go back home…"

"No wonder why they won't tell." Said Garnet.

That was when the lights dimmed.

"What's going on?" asked Garnet.

"Oh I wonder if that's means Mira's going to give us a little show." Said Makarov.

The curtains opened up revealing Gajeel.

"Oh never mind it's just Gajeel." Said Makarov.

Of course as he sang, he was jeered and then the fight started.

Garnet watched at the brawl got under way.

"If you want to join go ahead." Said Makarov.

Garnet looked at him.

"I'm not the real Makarov so I don't care if the Guild Hall gets wrecked, it's a simulation anyway." Said Makarov.

Garnet nodded and joined the fighting.

(End of Flashback)

"I ended up talking to the projection of the Guild Master, I learned some stuff from him." Said Garnet.

"Which was…" said Pearl.

"I shouldn't say." Answered Garnet.

"Great." Said Amethyst.

"They'll tell when they tell us." Said Garnet, "However I understand their reason… which is all I will say."

Amethyst rolled her eyes.

"Well you do have one point." Said Pearl, "I don't think the Homeworld Gems would make up that Pirate Crew or the other things…"

The next day after break, Steven got everyone but Nami to meet on the beach.

"What did you want to talk about." Said Amethyst.

"Today's the day!" said Steven.

"And it would be…" said Pearl.

"The day that the Tangerine tree comes!" said Steven.

"Oh right… the whole tangerine tree thing." Said Amethyst.

"All right I need one of you three to distract Nami." Said Steven, "Dad's picking up the tree now."

"Why us?" asked Pearl.

"Because we might end up spilling the beans." Said Mirajane.

"You can draw straws." Said Steven.

"How about we flip a coin instead between me and Pearl." Said Amethyst, "Garnet might cheat."

Garnet adjusted her glasses.

"Fine." Sighed Pearl.

They flipped a coin, Amethyst called "Tails" and that's how it landed.

"Go distract Nami." Said Amethyst.

"Fine…" muttered Pearl.

She went into the beach house to find Nami on the tablet, Pearl noticed she watching something.

"Look Liz, I've decided I can trust you, so I'm going to tell you the truth. I'm not really an enteric agoraphobe I just tell people that so that they won't know I'm under house arrest for tax evasion… and arson." Said someone on the show she was watching.

"Are you watching 30 Rock?" asked Pearl.

Nami looked up and paused the episode she was watching.

"What how do you know?" asked Nami.

Pearl began to blush, "Well… don't tell anyone but I accidently watched an episode one day when I was alone and I got hooked."

Nami smirked.

"You empathize with Liz too?" asked Nami.

Pearl nodded, "The only sane woman in a hose full of crazy." Said Pearl.

"I know!" said Nami, "I got bored and watched it one day too… I'm only on season three…" said Nami.

"I can see that." Said Pearl.

Nami hoot play and the two watched as the character Gavin Volure got tackled by marshals.

"I miscounted the men Liz! I miscounted the men!" shouted the man.

"Don't tell Amethyst." Said Pearl.

"Don't plan to." Said Nami.

Outside, they were waiting for Greg. Soon enough he arrived with the tangerine tree tied to his van.

"Hey can I get a little help?" asked Greg.

Amethyst and Garnet went to untie it knowing that Steven wanted to introduce Mirajane and Hinata to his father.

"Dad this is Mirajane and Hinata." Said Steven.

"Nice meaty you." Said Greg nervously.

"It's nice to meet you…" said Hinata.

"It's good to finally meet you." Said Mirajane.

"Um… maybe it's a bad idea for them to take down the tree." Said Hinata.

Both of them were having a hard time untying it.

"I'll take over." Said Hinata.

They watched as Hinata summoned her kunai and used it to cut the ropes.

"So a tangerine tree?" asked Greg.

"Nami grew up on a tangerine orchid." Said Mirajane, "Since they're native to both planets we thought it would be a nice thing for to have."

"Oh I see…" said Greg.

Garnet managed to the tree down.

"We should get Nami out here." Said Steven.

Mirajane handed Steven the blindfold.

Back in the beach house.

"Should we watch the next episode?" Said Nami.

"Oh it's Reunion… I don't like that one that much…" said Pearl.

Steven ran in there.

"It's here!" said Steven as the two quickly got off the website.

"What's here?" asked Nami.

"A surprise for you." Said Steven with a smile.

Nami looked at Pearl.

"I was chosen to distract when it came." Said Pearl blushing, "But I really do like it."

"What are you talking about." Said Steven.

"Nothing." Said Nami and Pearl.

It wasn't that they didn't think Steven should know, it was a show that risqué.

Maybe when he was older.

"Put the blindfold on and I can show that surprise." Said Steven.

Nami put it on and Steven led Nami outside making sure she didn't trip over the stairs.

"You can take it off now." Said Mirajane.

Nami took out the blindfold and saw the tree.

"Is that a tangerine tree?" asked Nami.

"It is." Said Hinata.

Nami began to tear up.

"We know it's not Belle Mere's but we thought you would want anyways." Said Mirajane.

Nami began to cry and hug Hinata and Mirajane.

"Thank you so much!" she cried.

After she managed to calm.

"Wait where are they going to plant it?" asked Nami.

"We created a new room on the ship that's a garden." Said Hinata, "I actually bought some flowers for it."

"I can't believe you guys did this." said Nami.

"I wish I could help you plant it." Said Steven.

"Actually." Said Garnet, "We have decided to completely trust you."

"What?" asked Nami.

"Really?" asked Hinata.

"You had so many chances to take us out." Said Amethyst.

"Including yesterday." Said Garnet.

"Thank you so much." Said Mirajane.

"Does that mean I finally go to the Forest Fairy?" asked Steven.

"Yes." Said Garnet.

"Any time I want?" asked Steven.

"Although you're not allowed in the control room." Said Nami, "You know safety reasons."

Steven wads smiling big time.

"Garnet can you please…" said Nami.

Garnet nodded and lifted the tree up.

"I'll show you the way to the garden." Said Hinata.

Garnet, Steven, Nami and Hinata headed into the forest fairy.

Greg stood on the beach awkwardly.

"Is it true you're a musician?" asked Mirajane to him since she was the only one of the three.

"Yeah." Said Greg.

"Steven said you play the guitar…" said Mirajane, "Is it okay if I can play it?"

"You play?" asked Greg surprised.

Mirajane nodded.

"Oh sure." Said Greg.

He led her to his van and showed him his stuff.

Inside of the Forest Fairy, Hinata led the three to the new garden. There were various flowers all over the place and a hole it plants the tree.

"It took al to of programing but it simulates the sun." explained Hinata.

"You and Mira did a lot." Said Nami.

"We did." Said Hinata.

"Can I help now?" asked Steven who excited.

"Of course." Said Nami.

"Would you like a tour of the ship?" Hinata asked Garnet.

"Another time." Said Garnet.

"Okay." Said Hinata.

Both Hinata and Garnet left Steven and Nami to ant the tree.

Outside at Greg's van, Mirajane finished her song.

"That was amazing." Said Greg.

"Thanks." Said Mirajane, "But I haven't played in years so I was a little rusty."

"It's okay." Said Greg, "What I'm surprised is that guitars exist on your planet."

"It's strange." Said Mirajane, "Both mine and Nami's planet uses English for writing, All of the planets have similar plants and animals… and it's the same here."

"That's strange you think the Gems are behind it?" asked Greg.

"I doubt it, it's some other force in the universe that would be behind it." Said Mirajane.

Both of them were sitting in silence for a minute.

"I was expecting Ronaldo to suddenly pop up." Said Mirajane.

"I was too." Said Greg.

Inside the Forest Fairy, Nami and Steven managed to finish the planting.

"All right! We're done!" said Steven.

"We are." Said Nami wiping the sweat from her brow.

"So you grew up a tangerine farm?" asked Steven.

"Grove." Corrected Nami, "But yeah, my mother grew tangerines, growing up we didn't' have much money… but we managed…"

Nami started tearing up a little.

"Is something wrong?" asked Steven.

"Sorry…" said Nami.

"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Steven.

Nami nodded.

"I've told you how when I met Luffy I worked for a pirate named Arlong, right?" asked Nami.

Steven nodded.

"I was working for him because he took over my island." Said Nami, "He made a rule that all adults would pay 100 thousand berries and children 50 thousand or they would die."

"What happened?" asked Steven.

"She only had 100 thousand." Said Nami, "She used it for me and my sister she gave up her life for us. "

Steven nodded, in complete understanding.

"That's what a mother does." Said Steven.

"It's not just that." Said Nami, "I was adopted and so was my sister."

Steven's eyes widened.

"She loved us so much that she gave up her life so we would live." Said Nami.

"Wait if Arlong killed you mom." Said Steven.

"We had a deal, I work for him and in return if I could pay him a million berries he would free my home town." Said Nami, "Of course I met Luffy and later learned he had never indented to let me free the town…"

"What happened?" asked Steven.

"Luffy beat him." Said Nami with a big smile.

"I should have known." Said Steven.

"Nojiko… my sister gave me three trees to take with us once we left my home island." Said Nami, "I really hope the crew is taking care of them…"

"I'm sure they are!" said Steven, "They know how important they are to you, right?"

"Know Sanji he probably banned everyone but him and Robin from getting any wear near them." Laughed Nami.

Steven laughed.

"You want a tour?" asked Nami.

"Of course." Said Steven.

And so Nami could him on a tour of the Forest Fairy.

Back outside Mirajane was telling Greg about the Guild Hall.

"You really had them built a stage so you could sing?" asked Greg shocked.

"Everyone liked the idea." Said Mirajane, "The only complaint was from Natsu… and that complaint stemmed from the fact he hated the fact that everything was different."

"Were you the only who used it?" asked Greg.

"No we used it for events and sometimes Gajeel would sing." Said Mirajane, "He loved to sing too and he was a good song writer…"

Mirajane didn't have the heart to tell him that Gajeel was a terrible singer and guitar player.

"Are you hiding something?" asked Greg.

"No… not at all." Said Mirajane.

Meanwhile in the Forest Fairy, name was showing off her room first. It was painted a light orange and on the walls were various maps and her crew's wanted posters that was when he noticed that Nami's was there too.

"So this is what you looked like as a human." Said Steven that was when he saw something on Nami's shoulder, "You have a tattoo."

"Not anymore." Said Nami.

Steven looked at where the tattoo was supposed opt be, that was where her gem was.

"Oh right." Said Steven.

That was when he noticed the bed.

"You have a bed?" asked Steven.

Nami nodded, "Early on during our travels we needed up at one of the Gem Colonies… it was different than most as the ones that lived there liked the whole human culture thing without actually being human, they had beds and also that's where we got the paint to paint the ship… We managed to get jobs to pay for everything, it took a couple months but the ones chasing us eventually found us."

"I see." Said Steven.

The next room was Mirajane's room, it was a painted white and Steven noticed picture that Ronaldo made for her, along with some cut outs from old Sorcerer's Weekly.

"Those were form issues that for some reason they had more than one of…" said Nami.

"Why?" asked Steven.

"I don't know." Answered Nami.

Among the pictures that were cut out were one of a large group pictures and another what looked to be when Mirajane was a young teenager with other kids and teenagers. He quickly noticed that one of they were Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lisanna and Elfman (Elfman was the hardest to recognize as he looked different as a kid), there was also a girl with brown hair.

"I was wondering who's the girl with brown hair?" asked Steven.

"Oh that's Cana." Said Nami.

"Oh yeah, the one who drinks whole barrels." said Steven.

"Yeah." Said Nami.

"What does she drink again?" asked Steven.

"I'll tell you another time." said Nami.

And the next room was Hinata's room, the walls were painted a light shade of lavender, there were the Chunin Exams programs, as well as some pressed flowers.

He also notices some books with strange writing on them.

"I didn't' know she had books from her home planet." Said Steven.

"Yeah, I don't know why the Gems had them… they weren't like the other things they had…" said Nami, "There were also a couple movies, we haven't watched them since we don't have a way to watch the… "

"Do you think that she'll translate them?" asked Steven.

"You should ask." Said Nami, "I'm sure she'll translate one of them." Said Nami.

Two of the books were rather infamous on Hinata's planet, but from what she heard there was one called "Legend of the Gutsy Ninja" that was good and wouldn't mind Hinata translating.

"Is there any other room you want to show?" asked Steven.

"Well other than the control room and the garden, we don't have any thing to really show you." Said Nami.

"Oh…" said Steven.

"But I'm sure we can figure out what to turn those rooms into one day." Said Nami.

They went outside the ship to find Mirajane and Greg still talking.

"But wouldn't driving your van into someone's heart kill them?" asked Mirajane.

"Uh… well… it's a…" said Greg.

Mirajane started laughing.

"I'm kidding." Said Mirajane.

"Oh right." Laughed Greg.

Mirajane noticed Nami and Steven.

"Oh did you have fun?" asked Mirajane.

"Yeah, you need more rooms." Said Steven.

"We'll probably add a kitchen in the future." Said Mirajane.

"Oh you two are getting along!" said Steven noticing Mirajane holding a guitar.

"You didn't tell me she played the guitar." Said Greg.

"I didn't tell him." Said Mirajane blushing a little.

"You play?" asked Steven.

"I do." Said Mirajane.

She once again played again, it was a rather soft and quiet song and when she was done Steven applauded.

"That was amazing Mira!" said Steven, "Why didn't you play when we went into mom's room?"

"Gajeel beat me to it." Said Mirajane, "And then the brawl happened."

"Oh right…" said Steven.

"Well I should go." Said Greg.

"IT was fun jamming with you." said Mirajane.

"We should do it again." Said Greg.

"We should." Said Mirajane.

The two shook hands and with that a friendship was formed between the two.

Soon Greg left.

"So what do we do now?" asked Steven.

"Hey!" yelled Amethyst, "Look at what I found in my room! I totally forgot I had them!"

She was holding a huge stack of fireworks.

"Whoa! Fire works!" said Steven.

"Are you sure they're work, they've probably been in your room for years." Said Nami.

"Hey how do you even know about that" asked Amethyst.

"Steven told me about the thing about the Fish Taco." Said Nami.

Amethyst rolled her eyes.

"We should set them off tonight, to celebrate the Crystal Gems finally trusting us." Said Mirajane.

"All right." Cheered Steven.

That night, they were trying to light up one of them.

"Are you sure this will work, they're old." Said Hinata.

"That's what I was saying." Said Nami.

That was when one of the started sparking and flew into the sky.

"I told you they work!" yelled Amethyst.

They all watched the import fireworks show. All of them enjoyed it. Now that they trust each other, things would go much smoother.

If only…

Later that night three of them slept in the Forest Fairy.

That was when the alarms started blaring. Nami was the first one to get up and ran to the control room.

"What's going on?" asked Mirajane.

"There's something in the water." Said Nami.

"A Gem Monster?" asked Hinata.

"No something more powerful." Said Nami.

Inside the Gem Temple, Garnet got the vision of something rising out of the water.

"No…" muttered Garnet.

Outside the water was suddenly churning a lot. Inside the beach house, Lion woke up.

He began to paw at Steven.

"No… no that doesn't go on pizza!" mumbled Steven.

Lion decided to jump on Steven forcing his face into his mane. This woke up Steven.

"Lion!" yelled Steven, "Why did you do that?"

That was when noticed the ocean churning.

"What's going on?" asked Steven.

He ran outside as the three Conversion Gems did.

"Do you know what's going on? "asked Steven.

WE don't know." Said Nami.

"Byakugan!" said Hinata.

Hinata began to shake.

"What is it?" asked Mirajane.

"I don't' know… it's not a gem monster… but it has two gems." Said Hinata.

"Steven! Get out of here!" yelled Garnet as she and the rest of the Crystal Gems.

"What?" asked Steven.

The water then exploded, out of the water climbed out what appeared to be a mutated gem, she had a four eyes, a green gem for a nose, instead of legs she had four arms.

"Oh no…" said Pearl.

The Gem began to laugh.

"Lapis!" said Steven.

"Sorry Rose, but the brat can't talk any more." Said the gem, "I'm fully in control!"

"Jasper." Muttered Garnet.

Indeed, the fusion of Lapis Lazuli and Jasper had emerged from the ocean ready to fight.

Next Time: They must fight a horribly strong fusion! Will the Conversion Gems perform their first fusion... will Mirajane finally show off her true power? Find out next time!