Change is a Good Thing- A New View

Okay just fyi Peridot has a slightly different personality because it's hard to keep her in character with her current one and this contains Rupphire and Lapidot and some Steven/Connie 'cause I ship it like FEDEX.

"Hey! I'm back Garrrr-Ruby? Sapphire? What are you guys doing unfused?" Steven turned to face the blue and red gems after coming home from a concert with Greg and Connie. Indeed they were separated.

"Hello, Steven." Sapphire said with her soft, even tone, taking Ruby's hand and walking over to him.

"You're back early." Ruby noted.

"Yeah, someone dropped the microphone and it broke. When they tried to fix it, they ripped the wires. Then when they tried to fix that the stage caught fire." Steven explained.

"Was anyone hurt?" Sapphire asked, clearly concerned.

"No. I bubbled the stage and that suffocated the fire. Only after Connie yelled in my ear to "fix it with your gem power thingies" though. It was really hot." Steven was red from the heat.

"Hey, Steven I'm gonna gooooo- Steven? Are those more gems? Wait! Are they Ruby and Sapphire?! Ohmigosh!" Connie ran over to Steven staring at the new gems.

"Why are you guys back?" Greg asked hauling two giant teddy bears that the kids were given at the concert in apology for the shortened length.

"We'll tell ya when the others come back." Ruby said. Pearl, Amethyst, Peridot, and Lapis were out checking the Galaxy Warp. Lapis and Peridot had recently come back and were living as roommates in a small apartment near the temple. The other gems were working on getting two new rooms added in the temple, assigned to the gems of Lapis and Peridot. Lapis' was to be a room with a few islands in the middle of a decent depth lake. Peridot's was going to be modeled after a gem ship.

Soon the Warp Pad flashed and the group of four appeared.

"All of the Warp Pads are still down Garnet. Oh! Sapphire! Ruby! Why are you unfused? Whats wrong? Is someone hurt?" Pearl instantly drew her spear from her gem and readied for the non-existent battle.

"Were fine, Pearl." Ruby said.

"I don't compute. Why are you not the permafusion Garnet? Oh! Is this because you are the Percy and Pierre?" Peridot asked, wearing limb enhancements.

"Hey Peri, where'd you get the limb do-dads?" Steven asked.

"We found them at the Galaxy Warp. And In good haste I should say! I've been short for too long! I am finally able to ride that ride at FunLand!"

"Well, back on topic. Why are you two unfused? Do you hate each other now?" Lapis got a very loud response.

"NO!" Ruby and Sapphire chorused.

"NO need to blow up on me! I was just wondering."

Sapphire spoke up. "It's quite all right Lapis Lazuli. You haven't met us but for the short time during the baseball game with the Rubies. The thing is, Ruby and I could never hate each other. We've been around each other for well over five thousand years. Well over. We've grown quite attached to one another. We are always Garnet because we can hardly stand to be apart. In fact Garnet is our relationship."

"Oh, that's right. You two were flirting." Lapis recalled.

"And to think, Jamie asked you out. Well, when you were Garnet. He didn't ask you out he asked yoouu out." Steven pointed to both Ruby and Sapphire with two fingers, then summed up fusion. "Fusion is complicated."

"Not really. But we have a lot of experience." Ruby explained.

"Yes, you do. Now. Mind telling us all why you're not fused? I really am curious." Pearl said, putting her spear away.

"Well, we do like being fused." Ruby started, but was having trouble explaining.

"We could stand to be separated a short time every now and again. Separated being unfused. We will still be around each other. We will always be together." Sapphire squeezed Ruby's hand.

"Aww." Steven cooed.

"Yes yes, it's sweet, but how long will you be separated and when is every now and again? And is this why you wanted to stay behind instead of going to the Galaxy Warp with us?" Pearl questioned.

"Yes that is why and we were thinking being unfused for one day every month. Unless, of course, there is a problem that would arise and require Garnet." Sapphire said glancing over at a calendar.

"Well it will be an interesting subject to learn about, Perc- I mean Ruby and Sapphire." Peridot blushed.

"Is today one of those days?" asked Lapis.

"Sort of. We call today Introduction Day. So we've got the main purpose of Introduction Day out of the way so, yes so begins the start of our monthly unfusion day. Every month on the…" Ruby glanced at the calendar. "13th, we will be Ruby and Sapphy." Sapphire blushed.

"Well, I believe we will need to stay unfused for a few days this time. That way we can prepare so we all would know what to do incase a battle were to happen or something else were to disrupt the peace." Sapphire stated.

"Yes, very good idea Sapphire." Pearl said. "Let's start."