Fusion Redemption: An SU fanfic

Chapter One: Moonstone

Steven Universe Fanfiction

This fanfic takes place 1 year after the events of "Log Date". In that time, Lapis and Jasper have become Crystal Gems, the Gems have decided to earn shared income by preforming odd jobs around Beach City. In my AU, Sapphire has diamond-lined brass knuckles as her weapon. With the new recruits, Pearl has since moved on from her obsession with Rose. Peridot has also grown from an inexperienced rookie to a veteran fighter under Garnet and Pearl's training. Peridot's weapon is a set of limb-enhancers.

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Pearl walked into the house after grocery shopping. Now that Steven had introduced the three new gems to food, all three have slowly become fascinated and intrigued by it. As a result, the grocery bill for the month nearly doubled.

But that's fine. With three new recruits, the Crystal Gems can earn money twice as fast now preforming a variety of odd jobs in town. Beach City might be small and compact, but even it was with its own fair share of problems and situations. Pearl and Steven's favorite task was to baby sit some of the smaller kids while their parents were away. Steven especially enjoyed playing with Onion, and Pearl loved to watch the newborns. It reminded her of when she, Garnet, Amethyst and Greg were all co-raising Steven as an infant.

Pearl looked over to the couch and found Steven fast asleep. It was almost noon, and he did stay up all night watching Dog-copter with Lapis and Amethyst. She set the groceries on the table and walked by Amethyst playing a video game with Jasper.

"Hello guys," said Pearl. Jasper paused the game and walked over to Pearl, who had since taken a seat on the couch. "Is something wrong Pearl?" asked Amethyst as she and Jasper fell on the couch next to her.

"I'm just kind of stressed. It feels so much harder to man a house with seven people, eight if you count Ruby and Sapphire, instead of four." She turned to Jasper, who had an apologetic look on her face. "It's not your fault Jasper. It's just everything that's happened recently." Pearl wouldn't let Jasper take the blame for this, knowing that she was still haunted by her former loyalty towards Yellow Diamond, and knowing that Jasper was still troubled by the "Malachite incident" which left her relationship with the Gems and Lapis strained.

Jasper gave a doubting look. She was still aggressive as ever, prone to violence, and extremely irritable. But, like Peridot and Lapis before her, Jasper's love for Steven and troubled past made the Crystal Gems welcoming and sympathetic. Jasper had surprisingly bonded with Amethyst in the last three months out of their similarities and Quartz-Gem status.

Pearl walked across the warp-pad and to the universal door to the Crystal Gem's respective rooms. Since the introduction of three new members, the star that opens to each Gem's room has now been updated; it includes a triangle of Lapis, Peridot and Jasper's gems for their rooms in the center of the star.

Pearl leaned down, showing her gem to the star, and the door opened, leading to her room. She walked into her room, and wasn't surprised to find Peridot there ravaging through her weapon stockpile, though it did annoy her.

"Peridot!" she screeched. Peridot let out a yelp of surprise and almost fell down, before regaining her composure. "Sorry," said the green gem politely. "I was just looking for supplies for my latest invention. I overheard you tell Garnet you would be back at 1, so I didn't think you would mind if I retrieved some scrap metal for my latest project."

Pearl was somewhat stunned at the green gems borderline-timid reaction. Since Peridot's full acceptance into the ground and Lapis joining the team, she has become much more polite and accepting towards the other Gems now that she considers them friends and family.