Dance of Sapphire

Gem

We finally get to see their battle weapons in this chapter.

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The next day, excited chatter filled the class. Yunokawa told them to settle down and to follow him. He led them to where they usually had Physical Training. It was a huge room with cement walling in a large area that had been cleared for the class that day. Usually, it held obstacle courses for them to run through.

"Alright class. I know some of you have never been able to pull out your weapons, but we're gonna try today. Is there anyone here who has?" Yunokawa asked, looking around at them. Hesitantly, Rin raised his hand. So did Izumo.

"Excellent! If you wouldn't mind telling the class, what made you pull them?" The teacher wondered. Rin and Izumo shared a look.

"Being in danger." Rin spoke up first, albeit quietly.

"Oh? Yes that's usually the case. Do you think you could pull them now?" Yunokawa requested.

"We'd have to fight, sir." Izumo spoke up this time.

"Ah, then the spotlight is yours." He stepped back.

The two students stood in front of the class. They both willed their clothes to change to their uniforms. Gem Uniforms were the armour that Gems could summon at will and were almost always skintight, hugging every dip and curve of the body. For people that were insecure, it was torture. The uniform was kind of like it was a part of them, but could be taken off. It usually left their gem in the open as well since Gems originally were supposed to proudly display their clan's shared feature back before the wars.

Gasps were heard when red and blue light shined around their classmates to make purple, then faded.

Izumo was wearing a short red dress that fluttered around her thighs. Black tights and fingerless opera gloves matched the black choker around her neck, which formed around her deep red gem. Red steel-toed wedges complimented the dress and gem and her eyes.

Rin's uniform was in different shades of blue. A dark blue v-neck crop-top and leggings the same color. A sheer flutter of fabric formed a skirt around his hips. He had thick knee-high armoured boots that were the same pale blue as the fingerless gauntlets covering his lower arms and hands. Right between his last two ribs and four inches above his belly button was a shining Sapphire. Rin's hair was up in warrior braids along the sides and top of his head.

Something waved behind him and they saw a tail curl up around Rin's waist to keep it in check. "Woah, he's one of the rare ones...." Shima noticed. Jadeite had a tail, he knew, but he figured fusions always turned out to be both a sort of mix of the gems' personalities, but still entirely their own person.

Izumo seemed perfectly comfortable in her uniform, but Rin was blushing blue, arms crossed across his front as if to hide his gem.

"Huh. So that's where it is." Suguro said softly.

"Never seen one placed there before. That's interesting." Konekomeru commented.

To distract himself from the attention, Rin charged Izumo. He grabbed her by the hair when she went to dodge and swung her around. She shrieked and kicked at his shin. It didn't work because of the armour, but it distracted Rin enough for her to grab his wrist and judo flip him onto his back.

He saw another flash and two Kusarigamas landed on either side of his head. They were close enough for him to see the Fox designs on both handles. He kicked himself up and drove his heavy boot into her chin before springing away. Because he was so good at hand-to-hand already, he didn't see the need for his weapon yet.