The shadow assassin (steven universe reader-insert)

Chapter 36.

Garnet:I'm doing something.

Peridot: And what's that?

Garnet: Stargazing.

Peridot:Eugh. You can do that alone.

Garnet: Don't want to.

Peridot:Hmph.

Garnet pats the hay bale beside her, and Peridot sighs and sits down next to Garnet.

Garnet: You can see Homeworld's galaxy from here.

Peridot: (gazes up*) You're right.

You: Which one is it?

Garnet: The biggest one.

You: Oww (nodded*) Okay.

Garnet:We three very different, I appreciate that.

Peridot:Really?

Garnet: If you really want to understand fusion, I can help you peridot.

Peridot: What do you mean?

Garnet:Let's fuse.

Peridot: Oh my stars! (falls off the hay bale*)

Garnet: Hah, I get it. You're not ready, that's fair. Another time then. What about you y/n?

You: Oh my god!! No! No! No! No! I'm not ready garnet, I'm sorry.

Garnet: That's okay y/n. I already know who will be your first fusion anyway.

garnet moves down her glasses and winked at you, you are now extremely uncomfortable.

Peridot:No! Uh, no no no about me, just- Just give me a sec!

Peridot walks into the barn. Later, Peridot returns on her paint bucket "stilts". Garnet starts playing music, and begins dancing with Peridot.

Garnet: Get ready.

Peridot: Nuh, no no no no no.

Peridot backs away from Garnet, nearly falling over in the process.

Peridot:I can't do it.

Garnet:That's fine! Peridot, I'm proud of you.

Peridot: Why!?

Garnet: Because you made an effort to understand me.

Peridot: But I still don't understand you! Why are you fused all the time?!

Garnet: I'm Percy and Pierre.

Peridot:... Ohhhhh! (slams her fist in her palm in realization*)

At the Barn, Present Day*

The flashback ends, returning to Steven, still listening to the tape recorder as he fast-forwards the tape again.

Tape Recorder (Peridot): "Okay, go!"

Tape Recorder (Garnet):"Log date-" (Steven gasps*) "-seven fourteen two."

Tape Recorder (Peridot): "No, you say it seven one four two. Ugh! Log date 7 14 2. I have attempted a fusion with the fusion Garnet. I had hoped to gain a better understanding of fusion. Instead, I got a better understanding of Garnet".

Tape Recorder (Garnet): "Wait, keep it on a moment. Steven, you probably shouldn't have listened to Peridot's logs, but I know your curiosity comes from a place of caring. You should give the recorder back to her now. She's going to want to keep it."

Tape Recorder (Peridot):"Wait, what?"

Steven stops the tape recorder, as Peridot and Garnet walk back into the barn.

Steven:Here, Peridot. Take this back. (hands the tape recorder back to Peridot*)

Peridot: Wow. Thanks.

Garnet and Steven both give a thumbs-up. Peridot blushes and gives a thumbs-up too.

At beach city, time skip*

You and Iron has spend your entire time at funland but you two decided to take a break because you have been through all of the games and rides. You both sit on a bench catching your breathes.

You: That was fun huh?

Iron: Yeah, your face was funny when we ride that "rollercoaster".

You: And you are extremely scared when we enter that horror house.

You and iron chuckled and laugh at each other.

Iron: Y/N, thank you for changing my existence and I'm really sorry for you know trying to kill you when we first met.

You: It's okay, but you should also apologize on the crystal gems.

Iron: I will once we go back at the barn.

You: Why did you join the crystal gems in the first place anyway?

Iron: To be honest, I was already thinking about the crystal gems as soon as I survived the war.

You: What do you mean?

Iron: I was abused on homeworld ever since I failed to kill arrow ackerman. They bullied me and torchure me for hundreds of years. That is the time I started thinking about the earth and joining the earth. But ever since the cluster was planted I loose hope, so when I find out that you have black diamond's gem before it can blow up the earth, I thought if I bring it back to homeworld I can finally restore my honor. But after to getting know you. And how smart and kind you are, for me you can be a pretty good leader and a diamond. To me, I want to go to earth back then is that I can be free and no one can finally harass me and now that I'm here, I'll do whatever it takes to defend this planet.

You: That's sweet iron, I'm glad you are becoming a better person.

Iron: Thanks, so about that lapis lazuli.

You: Iron, please I don't want to talk about it.

Iron: No, this isn't about that lapis lazuli that is trap there in the ocean. I'm talking about the lapis lazuli's who were sent in the war.

You: Wait what?!!

Iron: Y/N, listen to me. 6,000 years ago during the war. Pink diamond asked for blue diamond and yellow diamond for their help. Yellow diamond and blue diamond accepted pink diamond's call of assistance. And one of those helps, was to sent the entire cut of lapis lazuli's to destroy the rebellion.

You: Why would the diamonds sent the entire lapis lazuli?

Iron: Era 1 lapis lazuli, is very valuable to the empire. They are hard to make, Each normal era 1 lapis lazuli can terraform 1 planet on its full power and must have a lot of water at the same time.

Iron: The one who was in charge of the attack was the perfectly cut lapis lazuli. They arrive on earth but it went horribly wrong, the entire lapis lazuli on earth was shattered on the progress. It wasn't quite sure how the crystal gems and the fallen pull it off but no lapis lazuli was reported to survive. It was called "the lazuli massacre"

You: Woah.

You are now suspecious at lapis, like who is she? what was her backstory? You said yourself.