Gem AU's

Seven deadly gems-part 4

Okay so to try and make the gems feel more at home, Veronica suggests that they each tell the girls something they used to have back home that they loved. As you can guess it doesn't go well. Meliodas liked something that Elizabeth assumes is a conmunicator they had back home, which they can't get. Diane loved watching gems dance during diamond balls. Which the girls thought they could learn until Diane mentions they never touched arms which makes no sense. Yet, Ban's is surprisingly do-able.
He bashfully admits to liking a garden they had in a gem building. At first the girls thought it was undoable. Yet, as he begins to describe what the garden looked like, they realize it had earth flowers in it. So they begin a garden in the back one day to surprise them but, refuse to let them all in the backyard to see the garden until it's done. Which means three gems are conatsatny stuck in the house trying not to die of boredom.
While working on the garden, they discover that TV can be used as a learning tool. They watch a few documentaries which ends up with Diane learning was more about bugs than what she ever wanted to. It also leads to Meliodas discovering Greek legends which her father likes reading about. As for Ban, he discovers the cooking channel and just kinda masters cooking from just watch tv for a few hours.
When the garden is officially finished they drag the gems outside. Everyone is a little nervous of what they think but, the second Diane sees it she's all excited. She never got to see the one on homework done in person but, it looks just like she imagined it. Meliodas thinks it's the cutest garden ever and isn't that crowded. Ban just kinda shrugs it off saying it's pretty when his eyes land on one of the pink flowers. He falls silent looking at it as he sighs tiredly. Elizabeth goes over to talk to him and freaks out seeing he's almost crying. She starts apologizing thinking they messed up. Yet, she's surprised to revive a hug when no one is looking and a thank you, which as far as his friends should be concerned, he doesn't know the meaning of.
As she hugs him back all she can wonder is what he is so emotional about. She doesn't get to ask however. Instead she gets dragged inside to watch a disney movie with her friends, while these thoughts stay in her mind.
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Days later she doesn't mention how Emotional Ban got to his friends. She just mentions noticing him staring at a flower for a long time. The other gems shrug not knowing what it's all about. So one day after dinner everyone sits together at a table and wait for Ban. Once he walks out they ask him about the hole flower thing. At first he doesn't what to spill but, eventually he does. Yet, only because he knows it's not gonna matter. No one on homeworld can get him now.
   Years ago when he was first made, he was made to look after a garden yellow diamond had made herself as a gift for the new diamonds, white was making. He was supposed to just guard the ball room until the new Diamond took over. Yet, he didn't really listen. Instead he started sneaking around wondering what the place was like. One day while he was exploring he came across the garden which had gems made specifically to look after it. Once there though he only saw her...Elaine, a Golden Beryl. She was the most beautiful thing in the garden to him. For days he would nervously wtsch her from afar, practicing an introduction, just so he didn't mess it up. It didn't matter much in the end though. He snuck up behind her and said hi, only to get thrown across the garden into a wall and poofed for the first time ever.
   After this they got to talking and became good friend. They both began to feel a sort of odd attraction towards each other. The two gems fought the fact they what's to admit it and instead trie dto hide their feelings. Yet, soon enough Ban found himself telling her his feeling on the eve of the birth of a new diamond. She graciously excepted and they began being awkward sort of lover's for years in secret. During the day time he would guards, during the night he would hang out with Elaine.
   That cycle could continue for years until gems began to go to earth. They brought Elaine with them on their first trip and when she came back, she was in love with the human ritual called dancing. She begged to try it with Ban every night. At first he was a little skeptical but, eventually he got excited at the thought of it just because of how she acted. All Ban could remember was having so much fun before Elaine leaned upwards when their faces were close enough and tried a new human thing known as kissing. He remembered melting into the kiss and then opening his eyes to discover they had fused like gems of the same kind did all the time. Yet, this..this was brand new. They quickly unfused and freaked out for so long. Despite this they tried it again and again, soon discovering they liked fusing, just because they could be closer together this way.
   It all came to a screeching halt when other aliens found the ship they were staying on. They attacked everything and everyone. Ban put up as much of a fight as he could, as did the other gems but, many were shattered. During the heat of the battle, just outside the escape pods, Elaine's gem was shattered. Ban...well he just held her as she shattered in his arms...of at least that's what Elizabeth can determine. While telling the story Ban just sorta stopped talking after he got to the part where Elaine fell into his arms..he's just kinda sitting there now looking so sad and tired at the same time.
   When he's just stopped telling the story, he just sits there in shock as if reliving everything. He shakes a bit trying to open his mouth but, finds he can't. When he tries for the third time, Margret is the first one to hug him. Then of course evyone else joins in, even Gil who is a little nervous around him a lot. Everyone just puts him in a comfort hug for as long as they can.
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  A few days later, Diane and Meliodas try this fusing thing Ban talked about. They just want to see if it was a fluke or it othe rgems could fuse like this too. While they try Elizabeth watches from a distance, trying to follow but, can't help but laugh at their awful attempts to dance with one another. It's so amusing she records a bit of it...which she feels guilty about later on and agrees to help them learn to dance. It's fun to take part it but weird to watch to say the least.
The whole days seems to go to waste when Elizabeth says maybe they should just learn to waltz. Diane sits to the side, watching amused as Meliodas and Elizabeth try to dance. The two just soon start laughing as their bodies get closer and closer as they have more fun. Eventually as a joke Elizabeth gets on her knees so they're the same height, being up close with Meliodas, they both start to laugh when there a bright light. And next thing hey know, they've fused.
  The fusion known as Apatite, starts screaming a sthey look at Diane. Diane does the same for a while until Ban comes outside. As soon as he does, the screaming gets louder. Somehow he stays calm and walks over to talk with them. Apatite starts to panic not knowing what to do until Ban explains that to just infuse they need to relax and think about being Elizabeth and Meliodas again. They unfuse and are both having a huge blushing problem. Yet, Ban just laughs about it saying that they should relax next time so it's more enjoyable.
  After this Meliodas and Elizabeth are awkward around one other, blushing whenever their eyes meet and blushing if their hands touch or their feet bump uo against ecah other. Meliodas throws out a few bashful compliments which makes Veronica and Ban want to tease them both. Needless to say they're awkward sort of friends around each other. Enough that everyone eventually wants to see them together.
   Eventually Elizabeth drags Meliodas outside again just to talk. The garden is quiet other than a few crickets making noises as Elizabeth blushing looking over at him. Nervously she just asks to try and fuse again, just so the can experience something great. He agrees. And just like that Apatite starts to become their own person.
   Apatite just spend the whole night outside, growing as their own person rather than a make up of two people. They discover that they love looking up at the night sky and love listening to car radios. They also love trying to do ballet when music can be heard from a radio they found outside. The fusion has so much fun that they can hardly notice Ban behind them. Until he just asks what they're doing. Apatite freezes before the two gems unfuse and beg Ban not to tell anyone. He agrees not to but, often teases them about it now when they're alone.
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It all comes to a head one night Gil comes over to watch a new film with the gems. They're all having as much as as ever when...well the power goes out all across town. Everyone just freezes before Margret goes to find out what the problem is. She discovers that the fuse box is fine and goes over to see if the neighbours, three blocks down are having the same problem. Instead, well she finds a corrupts gem eating a knocked down power line, sucking the power out of it.
The corrupt gem and her make eye contact just as Elizabeth walks out the door. The corrupt gems looks at both girls befroe charging at Elizabeth. Margert yells at her and quickly pushes her inside closing the door, befroe racing off, swearing the entire run into the forest, corrupt gem chasing after her. As soon as she races into the forest, the gems chase after the corrupt gem hoping to find her as well.
While running Margret finds shelter in an old cabin knowing for being used by drug users. She just hisde under a stable when she freezes seeing something...it looks like a yellow gem in a sparkly bracelet covered in other gems. Yet, the yellow one seems to glow. In a fit so desperation, hoping this is another one of the gems, she claws at the gem trying to get it out as the corrupt gem starts smashing up against the door to the cabin. She shakes in fear before clawing the gemstone free, just as the corrupt gem breaks its way in.
   She hides under the table, shaking but covers her mouth. She holds the gem stone close to her chest, refusing to sacrifice a innocent being to this..this thing! The corrupt gem starts stiffing around and seems to leave. As Margert gets up to go the corrupt gem charges unde rthe table knocking her onto her back. The gem falls out of her hand as she screams, the creatures claws, gripping tightly onto her arm. It looks uo at the gem stone but Margret kicks the creature to distract it, to keep it focused on her.
   The creature growls slashing her arm making her scream louder. She can hear the gems get closer but, she freezes seeing that the creature some how is glowing as it splits into two, than three new versions of itself. The two clones leave as the new one opens its mouth, drilling on her as it's head lower to chomp of her own head. She scream and tries to fight tearing up. Yet, as she does a new light shines brightly from wher ether gem stone is. As Margert looks up, the creature gets a spear through the skull. She races off to hide behind the gem as the corrupt one growls backing away in pain, loosening her grip on her.
And just like that King, a Golden Beryl, joins the fight for earth.