It's been a little over a week since Shi'ra moved in with Azurite, Spinel and Jasper, and Spinel had to admit that she enjoyed having another roommate. She and her two other roommamates helped Shi'ra in helping some of her things from her ship into her new room in their house. She just like Azurite didn't had many things to move, but there were two things that got her attention. Those things were two barrels with a strange liquor, and when asked them what was that, she replied that it was something she liked to drink only on special occasions.

As for Shi'ra and Azurite's mission to upgrade their ships. It took them a few hours to do it, and even with Peridot's help after she offered to help them. When they thought that they were finally done with the job of installing this upgrade, they tested it and it worked, making both of them relieved that their hard work paid off.

Shi'ra was really open towards seeing what the Earth had to offer. Steven, just like he did with her, Azurite and Jasper took Shi'ra to a trip around Little Homeworld to show her around what she could in her free time. There were some things she was more skilled at, and what got Spinel's attention was the fact that Shi'ra was really skilled it crafting. She started to learn how to craft her own things since she came to this planet, and while she still wasn't the best at it, she was getting better with each lesson. She asked Shi'ra if she could teach her, which she accepted, making Spinel really happy.

The thing that made her even happier was the fact that Jasper was finally opening herself up to the others. For most of her time on Earth, she just stuck mostly to her and Azurite, eventually sharing a word with or two with them, but not it seemed like it was getting better when it came to her case.

But there was still one roommate that was still keeping himself away from most of the gems and humans.

Azurite.

Even though his closest friend arrived on this planet, and was staying on it longer than it was originally planned, he still was keeping himself away from most of gems and humans. He still kept himself close to himself, with her, Shi'ra and Jasper being the majority of persons he talked with. While he attended some of the exercises in Little Homeworld, he was still keeping himself away from the others.

When Spinel asked Shi'ra about that, she told her that she just has to give him time and that he'll eventually come out to the others. Spinel knew that Shi'ra was right, but she didn't know how long it'll actually take. Spinel remembered what happened on Konoritos and wanted to help Azurite, just like others helped her when she needed it.

She was planning to take him out to the town today, mostly to Funland. She asked Shi'ra where Azurite was and the huntresses informed her that Azurite went to Garnet's yoga class, one of the exercises in Little Homeworld that Azurite enjoyed doing.

A few minutes later, the gems that attended todays yoga class, which included, one Topaz, one Ruby guard, two Jaspers, one Nephrite from Nephrite's crew, and finally the gem she came looking for. 

"Hey, Azzie. What are you doing?" She asked him, approaching him.

"I'm standing on my head and talking to you." Azurite answered as if the answer wasn't obvious enough.

"Hey, Spinel!" Garnet' voice called over for Spinel, "You came here to join us?"

Spinel nodded her head, and a moment later got herself in the yoga position that Garnet, Azurite and other gems were now, and was about to whisper something to her, but he cut off her by saying, "We're talk once this thing is over, okay?" 

"Okay." Spinel answered.

And so she waited, she waited for the yoga class to be over. Luckily for her she didn't have any problems with any positions Garnet came up with, mostly because she could extended her limbs to any length she wanted.

When it seemed like todays yoga class was coming to an end, she heard Garnet say, "Thank you all for coming. Hope to you see all tommorow." 

The gems, including said their goodbyes to Garnet, and began moving away to do whatever they were planning to do now. Everyone except Azurite who just nodded his head to that, and silently moved away so he and Spinel could talk about whichever she wanted to talk with him about.

"So, about what do you want to talk with me about?" He asked her, as they stopped by one of the houses, with him leaning against the wall.

"Do you want to go to Funland?" Spinel offered him.

"No." Azurite declined, almost instantly after hearing her offer.

"Why?" Spinel asked him.

"Because I don't want to. Take Shi'ra.'' Azurite responded.

"I already took her there a few days ago, even Jasper decided to join us." Spinel pointed out.

"It wouldn't hurt to take them again." Azurite stated.

"I just want you to finally start coming out to the others. The only people you're talking with are me, Jasper and Shi'ra." Spinel told him.

"You know when I'll finally start coming out? After I see Thanos' head laying before my feet!" Azurite exclaimed, starling even himself for raising his voice.

"And how are going to do it, Azzie? From you told me about him, you wouldn't probably stand a chance if you went after him by yourself." Spinel pointed out.

"Who said that I'm going to at him by myself? I told Quill's crew numerous times that they should inform me right away when they day will come. I'll be more than happy to help them in this. I know that the day when he'll finally be ready to collect Infinity Stone will come. This guy was inside my head for almost twenty years since he cleansed Konoritos. Do you think I don't want to stop thinking about him? I'd love to forget about this guy existance for a moment, but the thought of him achieving what he wants is one of my, if not the worst fear." Azurite told her, crossing his arms.

"Then, let me help you forget about him, even if it'll only last a moment." Spinel offered him.

"Why do you care about it that much?' Azurite asked, before cursing himself mentally for being so cold for to Spinel now. He knew he should've to pick his words better than he did now. 

"Because you're my friend and I'm worried about you! It's been over month since you decided to try living here a chance, and you've been staying in Little Homeworld for most of your time, and you barely talk to anyone besides me or Jasper, or Shi'ra. I know what happened on Konoritos, and I want to help you to stop thinking about it. When I needed help, people helped me, and I want to return the favor by helping someone else!'' Spinel shouted at him, her normally happy expression turning into a grim one.

Azurite stared at Spinel for a good moment, not really knowing what to say. It was the first time he saw her raise her voice since he met her. She didn't even raised her voice when she was telling him how Pink Diamond abandoned. He let out a long sigh, before saying, "Fine... If that will make you stop worrying about me that much, then I'll go with you to Funland."

Spinel's grim expression turned into a smile before she gave Azurite a hug. At first Azurite just stood there for a second, thinking if he should hug her back or not. She hugged him before one time, after he told her and Steven about what happened to Konoritos, and he returned it. They were a few situations where Spinel hugged him, after he came to this planet, but in all of those situation he just waited for her to stop hugging him.

This time, he gave her a quick pat on her back, and awkwardly but eventually hugged her back, "So, let's go, shall we?"

"Of course!" Spinel said, grabbing Azurite's hand, causing him to follow her through the streets of Little Homeworld, until they reached the exit, "You're going to love todays day!"

"If you say so." Azurite said. As long as it'll make her stop worrying about him, then it was going to be worth it. One of the last thing he needed right now was someone worrying about him, when he was in much better condition than he was for the last several years.

Several minutes passed and both of them eventually made their way to Funland. It looked almost exactly the same as it did when Spinel took Jasper and Azurite there on Halloween, minus everything that was related to that holiday.

"What do you want to do?" Spinel asked, as they stopped for a moment.

Azurite shrugged his shoulders, "Choose whichever you want. As long as it's not that haunted house."

"Don't worry. They thankfully closed it down after Halloween. Besides, I was there only once and I think it was enough." Spinel answered, remembering how disappointed she was by how lame that haunted house turned out to be. She then grabbed his hand again and took him to one of the attractions, "I know a perfect attraction where we can start!"

"Hey there, Spinel. I see you came back to give it a try again." Blue Lace Agate greeted her, as Spinel choose to try her attraction first, then Blue Lace Agate spotted Azurite by her side, "I see that she finally conviced you to go out of Little Homeworld for a bit."

"I couldn't resist her charm." Azurite answered.

Blue Lace Agate chuckled at Azurite's words, as she turned back to Spinel, "So, I assume that you came here to try it again?"

"Yes, something tells me that today is the day when I win one of those." Spinel replied, gesturing towards one of the plushies behind Blue Lace Agate.

"Let's see. You've brought someone new so he may bring you luck." Blue Lace Agate said, as she took out a few rings and put them on the counter. Spinel picked two of them up, and kept one to herself while handing the other one to Azurite. The male gem took the ring from her, "Good luck, both of you."

Spinel was the first one to throw her ring at the bottle, missing it. Azurite was after her, after a moment of trying to aim his ring the way he thought it'll land on that bottle, but missed it too. He and Spinel shared a quick look with each other, before they began throwing all the rings Blue Lace Agate gave, missing every shot.

It continued for the next few minutes...

"Oh, c'mon." Now Azurite was growing annoyed. He fought off the hordes of the undead skeletons along with Freddy and Darnel, he and Dragan defeated a entire group of mercenaries by themselves, he survived the invasion of Thanos, and helped to destroy a celestial being but yet he still couldn't one of those rings at those bottles.

"This game is rigged. It has to be." Spinel stated. She tried so many times to win one of those plushies but she never could throw one of those rings at those bottles.

"You guys want to try again?" Blue Lace Agate asked them.

"One more round and we're done." Spinel responded to which Blue Lace Agate placed a few more rings on the counter as Azurite turned around for a moment and saw a strange kid that stood next to one of the attractions with two torches with a crowd of people and gem watching him.

"Guys, what is that strange kid doing?" He asked, gesturing towards this kid.

"Is Onion trying to lit the rollercoaster on fire?" Spinel added, turning look to this kid as well.

"Onion?" Azurite thought to himself. It was one of the strangest names he heard in a long time.

"No, I'm not falling for that for the third time.'' Blue Lace Agate said, crossing her arms.

"We're not lying, just take a look." Azurite said as he pointed at this kid that Spinel called Onion. 

Blue Lace Agate looked towards the direction Azurite was pointing at and saw that Onion was indeed trying to lit the rollercoaster on fire. She jumped above the counter and ran over to him, "Oh no! C'mon, Onion! Not again!"

Spinel looked at Blue Lace Agate and it seemed like she was going to be gone for a good moment. She picked up another ring and extended her hand to the point where she placed the ring on the bottle.

She looked back for a moment to see if Blue Lace Agate was coming, and saw that Azurite was giving her a "Really?" look, "What?"

Azurite chuckled at what she was doing, "Do what you must. I'll tell you if she's coming or not."

Spinel smiled at him gratefully, before she went back to what she was doing. A moment later Blue Lace Agate came and her expression turned into a very suprised, "You did it?"

"As you can see." Spinel answered.

"Alright, then. Hey Larimar, give her prize!" Blue Lace Agate called over to the gem that was behind the counter for this whole time. 

"Okay!" Larimar's voice sounded as she came over to the prizes and picked a stuffed bear. Azurite's and Spinel's eyes shot wide open as she came into their view. She was there for this whole time! If yes then how she didn't notice that Spinel cheated to get on of the plushies?''

"There you go." She said, handing Spinel's prize to her.

"You were here for this whole time?" Azurite asked what was on his and Spinel's mind.

"Yes. Steven got me a job here. At first I was operating the rollercoaster, but I wasn't the best, but then I found out that I'm good at handing out prizes to children, and I very enjoy their laughter. It sounds jus tlike screaming." Larimar answered.

"Okay..." Azurite said, feeling a bit disturbed by the last part.

"One day, I'll make you scream Azurite." Larimar added, without realizing how it could be understood in so many ways.

"...If you say so." Azurite said, as he turned around and was about to leave, "Talk to you two later..."

"Why did you started to leave?" Spinel asked, curiously, as ran over to catch up with him.

"It just what she said can be understand in so many ways." Azurite explained.

"What do you mean?" Spinel asked with a raised brow, before realization appeared in her mind. She blushed heavily, before saying, "Oh..."

"Yeah." Azurite said as Spinel tried to hand him the stuffed bear, with the blush not leaving her face.

"Your prize." She said.

"Take it." Azurite told her.

"Are you sure you want me to?" Spinel asked him.

"Yes. You're the one who won it." Azurite answered.

Spinel smiled at him, "Thank you, Azzie!"

"No problem. I could see how much you wanted to win one of those for some reason." Azurite said, giving Spinel a pat on her shoulder.

"So, what do you want to do next? We have plenty of attractions around here!" Spinel asked him.

"You're the one who brought me here. You should choose." Azurite pointed out.

"Hm..." Spinel said as she looked around her surroudings for a moment, "How about rollercoaster? Onion is not trying to lit it on fire anymore."

"Okay." Azurite said with a shrug of his shoulders as they began making their way towards the rollercoaster.

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For the next few hours, Azurite and Spinel were spending time with each other, trying every attraction that Funland had to offer, and when they were tried every last one of them, Spinel took Azurite to Big Donut. She wanted him to try the first Earth food she was introduced to, because she already tried the first food he tried on this planet when on the first day of Shi'ra stay when they thought it'll be just a few days.

"So, this is the first Earth food that Steven introduced you to?" Azurite asked her, eyeing his donut, as they came out of the Big Donut.

"Yes. Try it, it's really good." Spinel answered, as Azurite took a quick bite of his donut, "So, Azzie, do you like it?"

"It's good." Azurite asked, before taking another bite.

"See, I knew you'd like it!" Spinel smiled at him, before taking a bite of her donut.

"Hey, Azurite, Spinel." Azurite and Spinel both turned to the source of the voice and saw Orange Pearl approaching them, Azurite remembered her from the art class Steven took him, Spinel and Jasper to on their first day in Little Homeworld, "I'm not sure if you remember me."

"I remember you. I see you from time to time in Little Homeworld." Azurite told her, remembering that she was in the art class thingy on his first day in Little Homeworld, "You were the one that started the topic that I fought Steven and the rest during this art thingy."

"So, you do remember me." Orange Pearl said.

"What is it?" Azurite asked, going straight to the point, knowing that Orange Pearl must've wanted something from him.

"...I want to ask you about something..." Orange Pearl said, shyly, gesturing to Azurite.

"Go ahead then." Azurite said.

"Canyouteachmehowdotofightlikethat?!" Orange Pearl asked that quickly, that even Spinel couldn't understand what she just said.

"What?" They both said at the same time, causing them to share a quick glance with each other.

Orange Pearl sighed, before repeating herself, this time much slower, "I want you to teach me how to fight, just like you."

Azurite's eyes shot open at that. It actually took him a moment to say something, "It's something I wasn't excepting to hear."

Spinel said nothing, just nodded her head to what Azurite just said.

"Why do you want to me to teach you?" Azurite asked Orange Pearl.

"I was created on Homeworld to serve a Jasper, and when I saw her train, I instantly thought that I want to know how to fight like that too, but she refused to teach me, because I was a Pearl and Pearls weren't meant for fighting." Orange Pearl explained.

Azurite sighed, "Fine, but if something happens to you, remember, you were the one that asked me about it."

Orange Pearl nodded her head in understanding as she clapped her hands, with a smile growing on her face, "That's great! When can we start?"

"We can start now." Azurite answered, before looking down at Spinel, "If Spinel doesn't has anything else planned."

"No. That's everything for today." Spinel said, before adding, "Beside, I want to see you in the role of a teacher."

"So, as I said, we can start now, but do you know where can we start?" Azurite asked Orange Pearl.

"I know a good place where can we start! I'll take you both there!" Orange Pearl said, getting excited that she was going to be taught something she wanted to try for her whole life, as she began to walk towards that place, with Azurite and Spinel following her.

"Are you nervous?" Spinel asked Azurite, as they proceeded to follow Orange Pearl.

"No." Azurite answered with a raised brow, "Why?"

"You're going to be teaching someone how to fight, I think you are at least a little nervous about it, but you don't want to admit it." Spinel answered.

"I'm not nervous about it, because In my free time on Konoritos, when I wasn't hunting or doing something else, I was teaching Aleena, or some other Zarans in my free time." Azurite explained.

Spinel nodded her head in understanding, "Oh, so how was it?"

"I had some fun doing this. At least I was sure that the time that Dragan spent to teach me how to fight like him didn't go for nothing." Azurite answered.

"So, I take that you're a good teacher." Spinel stated.

"I don' know. I never said it, I just said that I had fun while doing it." Azurite pointed out.

"Guess I'm about to find out." Spinel said, as Orange Pearl stopped in the place. She and Azurite both instantly knew that it was the place.

"We're here." Orange Pearl told them, only confirming what Spinel and Azurite thought.

"I'll go sit on that crate to watch you both without interrupting ." Spinel said, as she walked over to a crate that stood before a wall, and sat down on it.

"Let's begin then, shall we?" Azurite asked, turning towards Orange Pearl.

"Okay." Orange Pearl said with a nod of her head, as Azurite slowly walked over to her.

"Punch me." He told Orange Pearl, as they were now facing each other.

Orange Pearl at first seemed to be taken aback by the sudden order, but eventually she did as she told to and she swung her fist at Azurite, who easily ducked her punch, and punched her, causing her to fall down on the ground.

Spinel opened her mouth, most likely to make a comment about him knocking her down, but he pointed at her, his expression saying, "Don't."

"Lesson number one. Get used to the pain because he will accompany you throughout most of our lessons." He said, offering his hand down to help Orange Pearl get back on her feet.

"Okay." Orange Pearl said, as she got herself back on her feet with the help of Azurite.

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I really enjoyed writing this chapter. We had some more AzuritexSpinel content.

Only 3 more chapters and we're off to Infinity War! (Four, exactly but I don't count the preview, which is already written by the way)