*Hello everyone, this is a story me and my friend SpaceWonder368 thought about writing, it's a crossover between Steven Universe and Soul Calibur. I hope you guys like it. I do not own any of the characters in this story. Steven Universe belongs to Rebecca Sugar while Soul Calibur belongs to Namco-Bandai. Some of the villains in this story belong to SpaceWonder368. However, I do own one character in the story: My OC.
Retribution
Chapter One: Unexpected Attack
It was another ordinary day in Beach City, a boy named Steven, and his friends Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, the Crystal Gems, were at the Gem Sanctuary, relaxing in the living room and watching television. Nothing was going on that day, and there were no crystal beings to eliminate. All of them were bored as Steven surfed the channels to find something interesting on, but unfortunately, there was nothing on. Eventually, Amethyst decided to get up after remaining bored for too long.
"Hey guys, I'm completely bored. There's nothing on, so I'm heading down to the Big Donut to grab us some snacks, do you guys want anything in particular?" asked Amethyst.
"Yeah, bring me back a glazed donut with pink icing and sprinkles," Steven replied.
"You got it Steven," said Amethyst, "Anything else?"
"No, I'm good," said Pearl.
"Same here," said Garnet.
"Whatever, I'll be back in a few minutes with the snacks," Amethyst said as she left the Sanctuary.
Steven then sighed.
"What's wrong Steven?" asked Pearl.
"This is the most boring day ever," said Steven.
"Cheer up Steven," Pearl tried comforting the young gem, "Since nothing's on, maybe we could watch a movie, or you and I can go up to the scenic view and look down on the city from the hill."
"Thanks Pearl," said Steven, "But I don't feel like doing any of those things."
"I know what we could do," said Pearl, "Maybe you could teach me how to play one of your video games that I see you playing at times."
"You know what Pearl, that doesn't seem to be a bad idea," said Steven.
"Then why don't you turn on the console and why don't we get started," said Pearl, "Of course, I still need to learn how to play the game."
"Okay, I'll teach you how to play this motorsport game I have Pearl," Steven replied.
Steven then got up from the couch and led Pearl to his TV and console in his room and turned on the console. He then showed Pearl the controls to the game, and then they started the first race. Pearl struggled a bit as she tried to keep her car from hitting against the rails and making perfect turns, but began to adjust to the controls as she started the second lap.
"That's it Pearl, you're getting the hang of this," Steven commented.
They continued playing the game until they finish the race. Steven came in first place, while Pearl finished second. Just as they finished the race, Amethyst came through the front door, back from getting the snacks.
"Guys, I'm back," yelled Amethyst, "And I got us some snacks."
Upon hearing this, Steven decided to get up and get the snack Amethyst had got him.
"Here you go Steven, one donut just the way you asked," said Amethyst.
"Thanks," Steven said, before he started eating his donut.
"Wow, you sure are hungry," said Amethyst.
"Yeah, and a bit messy too," Pearl added.
"Hey Pearl, what are you doing up in Steven's bedroom?" Amethyst wondered.
"Oh, me? I got bored with sitting around, so I asked Steven if he could teach me to play one of his games," said Pearl.
"You played video games with Steven?" Amethyst smirked, "I never expected you to do that with him."
"Oh I did," Pearl replied, "And I had to admit, it was quite fun."
Amethyst smiled, "Alright Pearl! For once, you're starting to participate in the modern activities of humans."
Pearl was quite stunned at what Amethyst said, she smiled and then replied to the purple gem.
"I know, and I'm quite surprised that you would say something so detailed," replied Pearl.
"Yeah, I just wanted to see the look on your face when I said that," said Amethyst.
Pearl just started laughing, Amethyst joined in too, as well as Steven.
"Wow, after these events, I don't feel as bored as I did a few minutes ago," said Steven.
"Yeah, I do too Steven," said Pearl, "Say, why don't we go to…"
Just then, a sudden crash interrupted the conversation, the three gems turned towards the direction where the crash came from and were stunned in belief. There, standing at the doorway of the Sanctuary was a large golem with a giant axe. Pearl could tell that this wasn't good news.
"At last, we meet Crystal Gems, and now that I found you, it's time to bring all of you down!" shouted the golem, "Time to slaughter!"
"Wait, who are you?" asked Steven.
"I am Astaroth, a giant golem created by a cult that worshipped Ares, the Greek God of War. I am far more powerful than any of you maggots!" Astaroth shouted, "Now die!"
"I won't let you do that," said Pearl as all four of the gems prepared to battle Astaroth.
Astaroth laughed, "This will be easy."
Steven and the rest of the crystal gems began running towards Astaroth as he prepared to attack them. Garnet was the first to attack him, but he blocked all of Garnet's punches. He then swung his axe upwards and hit Garnet without her being aware. Garnet was sent flying to the wall next to the kitchen, where she fell to the floor, unconscious.
"One down!" Astaroth laughed.
Amethyst then ran at Astaroth and released her whip onto him, she managed to land two hits on Astaroth, but when she attacked him a third time, he managed to grab her whip and pull her towards him. Amethyst then took the opportunity to wrap the whip around Astaroth before he could harm her. She lashed her whip around Astaroth causing him to stop his attack and then released the grip, sending him spinning. She then lashed his feet and caused him to fall to the ground, causing a small earthquake upon the collision. Amethyst approached Astaroth to finish him off, but just when she was about to, he grabbed her leg, swung her around and threw her into a nearby bookcase, incapacitating her. Astaroth laughed upon defeating her.
"You brought up a good fight, but you cannot defeat me!" Astaroth laughed.
Upon hearing these words, Pearl realized she and Steven were the only ones left to fight off Astaroth. She ran towards Astaroth and bashed him with her spear. Astaroth suddenly grabbed her and tossed her into the air and then hit her with his axe. Pearl recovered quickly, and jumped into the air, swinging her spear around her body vertically as she flew through the air. She managed to strike Astaroth a few times and break the pauldrons on his shoulders and part of the armor on his upper torso. However, upon landing, Astaroth swung his axe furiously that it sent Pearl into the Kitchen wall, creating a large hole. Astaroth then walked up to a now wounded Pearl and began to speak.
"Any last words maggot?!" he shouted.
"Don't count on it Astaroth," said an unfamiliar female voice.
Pearl Steven, and Astaroth all turned to the direction of the voice. They were shocked when they saw a young female with a large green greatsword standing up to Astaroth.
"You again!" Astaroth shouted, "I'll take you down along with your friends here you filthy maggot!"
"We'll see about that," said the female warrior.
Suddenly, the female warrior jumped into the air and brought down her sword when she began to fall. She performed a death strike onto Astaroth, who forgot to block the attack and stumbled back from the strength of her sword. Astaroth tried to use the opportunity to swing his axe at the warrior, but she managed to dodge it, and countered the attack with three consecutive slashes from her blade. Astaroth then attempted to grab her, but she again countered the attack, but this time with a backhand, knocking Astaroth back a few feet and causing him to fall. When he got back up, he attempted shredding her by skidding his axe against the ground. The warrior then attempted to pierce Astaroth with her sword as a counter attack, but then Astaroth quickly lifted his axe and blocked the attack.
"Heh, heh," Astaroth laughed, "I knew you were going to attack me, so I quickly responded by making it look like I was going to attack you."
Astaroth then knock her back, he was about smash her with his axe, but the warrior quickly recovered and blocked his attack, she then performed a range of various slashes, death strikes, and spinning attacks to fight back. Astaroth blocked all of her attacks, but this was what the warrior wanted to happen, as she was trying to break his guard. Finally, she walked back a few steps, jumped, and drop kicked Astaroth with the heels of her sandals, this managed to break Astaroth's guard, stun him, and break his mask and upper armor he was wearing.
"Gah, NO!" Astaroth shouted.
Finally, the warrior took the opportunity and raised her sword into the air. When she did it began to glow a bright green light. She then brought it down and hit the blade onto the ground, when it did, large chasm of ice began to form and traveled in the direction of Astaroth. When the chasm hit him, it sent him flying out of the sanctuary and down onto the beach below.
"You win this round maggot, but marks my words, you and the gems will pay," he shouted, "For Nightmare is bringing back some "Old Friends" of the Gems."
After he finished talking, he then laughed evilly and suddenly a bright flash emitted from him. When the light subsided, Astaroth was nowhere to be found.
"Well that takes care of him for now," said the warrior.
"Whoa, that was cool!" said Steven, "You kick that guy's butt."
Steven looked at the warrior, she was about as tall as Pearl and had long blonde hair reaching down to her waist and tied back into a braided ponytail with a blue ribbon. She had bright green eyes and tanned skin. She wore a green dress covered by a white, transparent dress with a Flower shaped strap, a laurel crown on her head, silver pauldrons with bright jewels on her shoulder, gold gauntlets with green gems encrusted into them, a long, white skirt, which reached all the way down to the floor, and she wore a pair of emerald green high-heeled sandals. On her back was a large pair of white, angel wings.
"Um Steven, I don't know who this person is, and I don't think she looks safe," said Pearl.
"It's okay, I'm not harming you in anyway," said the warrior.
"Then who are you exactly?" asked Pearl.
"My name is Calla, I'm a warrior princess," said the warrior, "And you must be the Crystal Gems, am I correct?"
"Yes, we are the Crystal Gems," said Pearl, "I'm Pearl, and this here is Steven Universe, the youngest member. Over there next to that pile of books is Amethyst,"
"Sup," Amethyst greeted Calla as she got up from the fallen pile of books.
"And over there in the kitchen is Garnet, our leader," Pearl finished.
Garnet got up after regaining her conscious and looked at Calla.
"Who are you?" Garnet demanded.
"Whoa, relax Garnet, she's on our side," Steven responded.
Garnet just then put her gauntlets down after hearing what Steven had said, then she continued speaking.
"Then who are you exactly?" Garnet asked once again, only in a calmer tone.
"I'm Calla, I'm a warrior princess," said Calla.
"Why did come to help us against that atronach?" asked Amethyst.
"My greatsword here warned me about Astaroth attacking you a few days ago, so I traveled here to stop him from destroying you four," said Calla, showing everyone her greatsword. It was bright green throughout the entire weapon with a gold trim and a large, fine-cut, and shiny emerald on the hilt.
"Wait, your sword told you about us?" said Pearl.
"Yes, she did in fact tell me," Calla answered.
"Wow, your sword is cool," Steven commented.
"Thanks, her name is Life Bringer," replied Calla.
"Wow, thanks for telling us about yourself Calla," said Pearl, "But what did Astaroth mean by a person named Nightmare bringing "Some Old Friends" of ours back?"
Calla's smile turned into a concerned look.
"Oh that, well what he met was that Nightmare, a powerful being who harnesses souls with a cursed sword named Soul Edge, recently heard about your battles with some of the toughest enemies you've fought, and after hearing that you defeated and eliminated them, he decided to stage a plot on eliminating you by resurrecting all of your pasts enemies," said Calla, "And he won't stop until all of you are dead."
"You mean he's bringing back my evil brother Ruby?" said Pearl.
"And that bounty hunter Marx Clinton?" said Amethyst, "Who made me part cyborg to this day?"
"Yep, he's bringing back both Ruby and Marx Clinton, both of which are hoping to eliminate you once and for all; he's also bringing back Obsidian, Emerald, and Moonstone
"That doesn't sound good at all," said Garnet.
"I know, and with all of them back, life on this planet could be in danger," said Calla.
"Yeah, and they will probably be tougher than ever, they might know our attacks," said Pearl.
Calla turned to Amethyst, who was motioning her to get her attention.
"And like I said before, Clinton is also the reason I'm part cyborg," said Amethyst.
"Yes, they probably will know your tactics for fighting," said Calla, before her concerned frown turned into a slight smile, "However, they don't know about me."
"That is true," said Garnet, "It may give us an advantage."
"True, but we can never be too sure," said Calla, "But before we can fight them, we'll have to travel to different locations to recruit some allies and find certain treasures in order to defeat Nightmare and your past enemies."
"Wait, what do you mean?" asked Steven.
"I mean, we have to split up into two groups," said Calla. "Pearl, I want you and Steven to come with me to find the location of Soul Calibur, apparently Life Bringer here told me that it is located at the summit of Mt. Rainier, up in the state of Washington.
"Okay, we'll travel with you," said Pearl, "I care about Steven's safety the most out of all the gems."
"But what about myself and Garnet?" Amethyst asked.
"Amethyst, I want you and Garnet to travel to the United Kingdom, there you will meet a seeker named Ivy, she happens to know about both Soul Calibur and Soul Edge, however you will probably have to prove to her that you are trustworthy, or else she will punish you."
"Very well," said Garnet, "Amethyst and I will travel there to meet this Ivy person."
"Okay, and what do we do after we've completed those tasks?" asked Steven.
"I'll tell you after all of you are ready," said Calla "Now before we leave, I suggest you guys take whatever supplies you need."
"Got it," Pearl said before turning to Steven, "Steven, why don't you get that Cheeseburger Backpack of yours and pack any essential items you own."
"Okay Pearl," Steven replied, "And you should do the same."
"I will," Pearl replied.
"Everyone, grab your supplies," said Garnet, "This is going to be one dangerous mission."
And so the adventure begins. Thank you all for reading my first crossover, and I plan on adding more chapters soon, credit goes to SpaceWonder368 for letting me use her villains in the story. Comment, Favorite, and Follow if you liked this story so far.
