(Steven Universe Intro)

Flight of the Angel Stone

"He's been alive since that whole Gem war thing centuries ago but the Gem in his chest has kept him alive all this time. He called himself Seraph but his real name or at least his Gem name is…Seraphinite." Greg Universe answered as everyone listened.

"Seraphinite?" Steven asked, looking over at Seph who remained silent.

"Greg, what do you mean he met you and Rose? If that's true why didn't the two of you tell us about him?" Pearl questioned, becoming upset that Rose kept yet another secret from her.

"Because Rose promised that she wouldn't tell anyone and she asked me to not to tell you guys either. He came here because he heard that there Gems still on the planet and wanted to see if it was true." Greg quickly explained, not wanting the Gems to be mad at him.

"And it was surprising to see it was Rose Quartz of all Gems still here on the planet Earth. The very Gem who defended this planet from her own people when they tried to drain this planet of its recourses to create an army." Seph spoke up with a small nostalgic smile. "At first I didn't understand why she risked so much to save this planet, even though it was through her that I became what I am today. My predecessor was right about her."

"Your… predecessor?" Garnet spoke up.

"The original Seraphinite. One of the many Gems who fought against the homeworld Gems with Rose but unlike the many Gems who were corrupted or destroyed she lives on…" Seph put a hand to his chest. "Through me and through the very power that Rose used to create young Steven." He nodded at the shocked Steven.

"Power?" Steven asked.

"What are you talking about?" Pearl tried to understand how a human could have a Gem's power. "What power? How do you know what Rose did to give birth to Steven?"

Seph raised an eyebrow and sighed. "It's not that hard to comprehend, Pearl. You of all people should be able figure it out."

"What do you want?" Garnet asked, cutting off Pearl's next question.

"With you, nothing. What I seek is at the bottom of the ocean." Seph said as he turned away. "And I don't have much time left."

"Hold it!" Pearl jumped and leapt over Seph, landing in front of him and pointing her spear at his nose. "You're not going anywhere. You have a Gem but you're human and a human can't have a Gem's power."

"Steven's human despite his heritage and has a Gem's power." Seph pointed out, not seemingly afraid of the spear.

"That's different and don't bring Steven into this!" Pearl exclaimed. "Who are you and how did you get that Gem?"

"And what will you do if I don't answer, Pearl? Kill me? Trap me? You'd really break your vow not to harm humans just to get answers out of me?" Seph frowned. "This is why I refused to let myself be known. I knew it would lead to this as despite your good intentions I know most Gems are unable to comprehend that almost any species, even humans can become something else that is as powerful as them."

"You may be human but your body can't handle the power of a Gem and against a real Gem like myself you're outmatched." Pearl declared confidently.

"Am I?" Seph asked innocently.

Before Pearl could answer Seph moved too fast for her to react as he slapped her spear away and grabbed her by the collar of her tunic and spun around, throwing her back to the other Gems who jumped aside and allowed Pearl to land face first in the ground, kicking up dust.

"Pearl!" Steven cried out.

Seph wiped his hands of imaginary dirt with a poker look on his face. "I'm sorry. Were you saying something about me not being strong enough to take you?"

Pearl got up, glaring at Seph but before anyone did anything Greg stepped forward and waved his hands. "Everyone calm down! There's no need to go crazy!"

"Dad?" Steven asked.

"Look, I know you three are sore because Rose and I didn't tell you about Seph but he made us promise not to tell you what he had told us. He trusted Rose once he got to know her but he didn't trust the rest of you." Greg tried to explain.

"And why is that?" Amethyst asked, looking ready to attack.

"Because unlike Rose the three of you are bombastic, quick to act without thinking, and not very social." Seph answered with a stuck-up grin on his face. "Rose listened to me and what had led me to becoming what I am without pointing a spear at my face. I see your time on my planet has either made you three paranoid or you guys were used to letting Rose do all the thinking."

"Stop talking about her!" Pearl shouted, getting angry at what she perceived as insults. "Don't act like you knew her better than us!"

"I'm not." Seph turned around again. "I'm just trying to explain quickly so I can do what I came here to do."

"And what is that?" Garnet asked, remaining calm for the sake of Amethyst and Pearl.

"Just settling an old debt." Seph said as he started walking towards the giant opening he made. "It's very important to me and I really have no time to waste."

"Hold it!" Amethyst pulled her whip and swung it at Seph again who spun around and grabbed as easily as he did the first time.

However that wasn't the end of it as Pearl leapt forward, summoning her spear again to attack Seph while he was distracted. Seph pulled his hand back with such strength that Amethyst was pulled off her and feet and flew towards Seph who swung the whip at Pearl, colliding with her and knocking both Gems down. Seph then tugged the whip and moved with such speed that a second later Pearl and Amethyst were both tied together with Amethyst's own whip.

"GAH!" Amethyst grunted as she struggled to break free. "How did this happen?"

"Live a few centuries and you learn to tie a really good knot. Consider that your punishment for your lack of manners." Seph said with an annoying smirk on his face.

He jumped back as Garnet leapt in and punched at the ground where he had been. Sighing in annoyance Seph tossed his jacket aside, revealing his black t-shirt, grey shorts and bare feet as he ran a hand through his dark green hair as he pulled out a pair of black leather gloves.

"Guys! Please stop!" Steven tried to stop but Greg grabbed him by the shoulders and pulled him back. "Huh? Dad?"

"Sorry, Steven but there's nothing you can do right now. Don't worry though, Seph won't hurt them." Greg said reassuringly. "He's not that type of…well he actually is a guy."

"But why are they fighting?" Steven asked. "Seph's not evil if he was friends with you and mom."

"It's just…" Greg trailed off. "He's different and they're afraid of him for that."

"Different?" Steven questioned.

"Yeah, different. Look Steven, the fact is that Seph is different from the Crystal Gems. He's even different from you because he's human but didn't have a Gem parent." Greg explained, his eyes darting nervously back and forth between Seph and the Gems.

"But why would the Gems be afraid of him?" Steven looked back at Seph.

"Being different can…make people feel afraid if they don't understand it. It happens all the time and it can hard sometimes." Greg sighed as he closed his eyes and opened them again, looking back at the coming fight. "It's not that being different is a bad thing but it's something that can make people scared and when they're scared there's no telling how they might react."

"But…" Steven looked down, his young mind struggling to understand but felt that this was all wrong. "I'm scared sometimes and I don't fight."

Greg sighed. "No, you don't."

There was nothing said between father and son as they sadly looked on, watching as the Gems prepared to fight.

"I must say it's been a while since I actually fought a Gem." Seph said as he slipped on the gloves and settled into a simple boxing stance. "I'm not one for dragging a fight out so I'll make this quick."

Garnet scowled as her three eyes narrowed at Seph for a second before her third eye widened. "I can't see…."

"He blinded Garnet?!" Amethyst exclaimed.

"No, I can see him fine…I can't see him." Garnet clarified.

"You mean…" Pearl's eyes widened in shock as she temporarily stopped struggling to break free of Amethyst's whip. "He's immune to your clairvoyance powers?! How can he do that?! Even if he has a Gem's power it's not possible!"

"Is that why you're taking so long?" Seph asked with a frown. "You're afraid to fight without the future on your side?"

Garnet frowned and rushed forward, launching a series of punches that Seph easily dodged by sidestepping out of the way of each attack with an ease no one thought was possible. For the next few minutes Seph was content to simply dodge Garnet's attacks but soon saw Pearl and Amethyst breaking free of the their bindings acted by sidestepping Garnet's next punch, grabbing her wrist and flipped over her his back. Garnet landed on her feet and swung her fist at the back of Seph's head but Seph ducked and kicked Garnet off her feet, knocking her onto the ground on her back. Garnet jumped up the second she hit the ground and launched a spinning kick at Seph who ducked and grabbed her leg, spinning himself around and tossed Garnet at the other Gems who jumped to the side as Garnet straightened herself and landed on her feet.

"He's good." Garnet admitted as she turned and faced Seph. "He waited at the last second for my last few attacks to act when I had little time to defend."

"Impressive deduction, Garnet. I thought you might figure it out. As good as your attacks are they can't hurt me if they can't touch me." Seph replied.

"Let's see you dodge attacks from all three of us." Pearl said as she summoned her spear. "You can't take all three of us."

"Can't I?"Seph asked innocently.

"Why you…" Amethyst stepped forward but stopped when she felt Garnet's hand on her shoulder. "Garnet?"

"Easy Amethyst. You can't let him provoke you." Garnet stated. "He's dangerous and we can't afford to underestimate him."

"Right, we'll have to rush him so he'll have little chance to attack and we can contain him when we have the chance." Pearl nodded in agreement.

"There's one small problem with that plan." Seph commented as he brought up a hand and thrust it forward.

The Gems had no chance to react as an invisible blast of energy sent them flying back, kicking up sand as they slid back.

"Guys!" Steven cried out.

The Gems weren't harmed as they sat up a second later with Garnet the first to stand back up on her feet.

"What was that?" Amethyst asked as she stood up with Pearl.

"I don't know. It felt like an energy blast but we would have seen it." Pearl answered, staring at Seph with caution.

"Unless this is a power unique only to him." Garnet remarked. "He fights like a Gem."

"Not like a Gem, Garnet. I am human no matter what powers I have." Seph replied. "And lot of your fighting skills is similar to a few Earth moves that can be countered by the right kind of humans. Now are we done playing?"

"We haven't even started." Amethyst retorted as she summoned two whips from her Gem.

Seph sighed and readied himself. "Always rushing without thinking."

Amethyst swung on whip at Seph who blocked with one hand and then another, watching as Seph caught the second whip as easily as the first. Amethyst pulled with all of her strength while Pearl threw her spear at Seph when both of his hands were holding Amethyst's whip, thinking he left himself but Seph bent backwards and the spear flew over his face and then somersaulted backwards, pulling the whips and Amethyst with him but the purple skinned Gem let go of her whips before she fell face first into the ground again.

"That was an Earth move I like to simply call…the Matrix." Seph remarked as he pulled the whips off his wrists with a grin on his face. "I never even knew that existed until I saw the movie. How funny is that?"

"How funny is this?" Pearl asked as she and Garnet leapt forward and attacked.

Seph narrowed his eyes as Pearl attempted to stab him in the chest and held up his hand. The spear past between his middle finger and his index finger and he closed his fingers down on it, wrenching Pearl's spear from her hands, spun past her as she fell forward from thrusting her spear and brought up the end of her spear underneath her and flipped her off her feet. Garnet tried to punch him in the chest but Seph blocked her fist with Pearl's spear, holding back Garnet's attack seemingly effortlessly. He then twirled the spear to whack Garnet in the side but she blocked spear and tried to punch Seph again.

Seph brought his other hand and blocked Garnet's punch, caching her gauntlet fist with his bare hand. Garnet scowled as she and Seph grappled with the both of them struggling to push the other back into submission. Seph caught Pearl and Amethyst moving to attack from the side brought up a finger, pushing Garnet back with another invisible blast but it didn't cause any harm to her. Bring his left hand up he blocked a kick from Pearl and brought his right knee up to block a punch from Amethyst and then jumped into the air as Garnet brought her fist down on his head, back flipping into the air at a height that was impossible to reach for a human and landed a few feet away.

Amethyst rushed forward, curling up into a ball and shot at Seph who simply stood and waited for the right moment.

"Seph, look out!" Steven cried out.

Just as Amethyst was about to him Seph stomped one foot on the ground and suddenly ground in front of him exploded, sending Amethyst flying up into the air. She uncurled herself and she let out a scream and fell into the ocean with a loud splash. Pearl and Garnet rushed forward, using coordinated attacks to try and subdue Seph but though he was on the defense and was being pushed back he was able to block or dodge each of their attacks easily, almost as if he was accustomed to fighting the two Gems. Pearl leapt over Seph and summoned two spears as she landed while Garnet rushed to attack Seph at the front.

Curling his hand into a fist Seph aimed it down as the two Gems charged and when it hit the ground it sent out a powerful shockwave that kicked up send and blew Garnet and Peral away towards the other ends of the beach.

"Whoa…He's strong…" Steven said, no longer struggling against his father's grip.

"Yeah, your mother thought so too." Greg remarked.

"Huh…Did Mom fight Seph?" Steven asked, looking up at his dad.

"Well…kind of. Seph thought your mother was one of the evil Gems that had come back to finish what they started. He didn't know there was a handful of good Gems still on Earth after all this time. It wasn't as much of a fight as it is with the others right now but Rose thought Seph could be even stronger than most other Gems, especially because of what he is." Greg explained, not comfortable with telling Steven about his previous meeting with the human-Gem.

"What do you mean?" Steven asked.

"Well Steven, Seph has lived for a very long time. Much longer than any human as and he's well…He's been through a lot over the years." Greg rubbed the back of his head. "I shouldn't really be telling you this because it's well…Seph's story."

As the dust faded away Pearl and Garnet managed to stand back up while Amethyst crawled out of the ocean, looking annoyed as she squeezed the water out of her soaked hair.

"I think that this fight has gone on long enough don't you?" Seph asked, looking amused at the state the Gems were in. "Believe it or not I could do this all night and still have enough energy to keep on going all day tomorrow. This isn't the first time I've tangled with Gems and even though it's been centuries I haven't forgotten or let myself become complacent. Perhaps now would be a good time for us start acting like civilized people instead of cavemen."

"Why you…" Amethyst growled.

"Guys, please stop fighting!" Steven called out. "I know you guys are scared because of what Seph might be but you don't have to fight!"

Seph raised an eyebrow as he looked at Steven. "That sounds like something Rose would say."

The Gems seemed to hear Steven as they reluctantly lowered their weapons but continued glaring at Seph who remained still, making sure they didn't try anything.

"Well since Steven has asked us to stop I'm all for it." Seph remarked with a small smile. "So in the interest of settling this peacefully I will fully introduce myself. I don't go by my human name anymore but Mr. Universe was right when he said my Gem name is Seraphinite and I am indeed a human with Gem powers." He lifted his shirt to show his Gem. "This Gem was transplanted into my body during the Gem war and as such I was gifted with a Gem's natural immortality and powers. However there is a price I must pay for having this much power." He stopped talking and yawned suddenly. "I have not felt this tired for some time now."

Pearl seemed to catch on. "The Gem's power is too much for a human to handle. All that power would be physically draining and eventually strain the body to the point that it would die."

"Yes…Which is why the Gem was placed directly into my chest where my heart was. The Gem pumps its energy through my body along with the blood, enhancing my healing factor to the point I can recover from wounds that would be…much harder for an ordinary human. In addition to that the Gem also balances the energy in my body, releasing physical and mental blocks that allows my body to unlock the potential that sleeps inside all of humanity. I've been kept alive all this time because the Gem's power granted my body natural cellular regeneration which is the key factor to how I've been alive for all this time." Seph continued.

"Cellular regeneration…" Pearl's eyes widened in realization. "Of course. That is how the Gem is keeping you alive."

"Yeah…Whatever that means." Amethyst mumbled.

"It means that the Gem is able to naturally regenerate damaged and aged his body, making them as good as new." Garnet clarified. "But the question is why do you have a Gem? Did you take it from a fallen Gem?"

"I told you, it was the very power that Rose used to create young Steven." Seph glanced at Steven. "She found a way to combine Human DNA and Gems together to create a child born from the union between her and Greg. Though I'm probably just a Frankenstein compared to Steven."

"Huh? Power that Rose used to create Steven?" Amethyst mumbled in confusion.

"Really? You can't figure it out. I thought I made it corny enough for you Gems to finger it out. I figured one of you would catch on." Seph buried his face in the palm of his hand.

"Come on, Seph, stop being so insulting." Greg said as he carefully stepped forward. "I mean even Rose was surprised by what you did. And you come back after all this time, appearing literally out of nowhere again and you expect them to catch on."

Seph looked thoughtful as he crossed his arms. "Well last time I didn't come here expecting to find Gems so Rose had more time to figure it out. Should I just offer a multiple question to help them along?"

"Oh Seph." Greg sighed as he rubbed his head.

He remembered Seph or rather Seraph acting the same the last time he was at Beach City once all the tension was gone.

"Will you two stop that? It's bad enough knowing Rose didn't tell us about this guy but you knew and didn't tell us." Amethyst grumbled.

"I said I was sorry. I promised Rose I wouldn't tell anyone, not even you guys and I didn't think he was coming back. " Greg tried to explain.

"How could Rose think that letting a human wander the world with Gem power without us knowing was a good idea?" Pearl questioned harshly.

"Because I wandered the world centuries before she even knew about me." Seph answered simply.

"What?" Pearl looked at Seph.

"In fact before I met her I thought I was the only left on this planet with any connection to the Gems." Seph clarified. "I thought the two sides that had fought each other during the Gem war wiped each other out during the final battle when the home world Gems tried to wipe out the human race. I found out from Rose that she used a shield that saved only a handful of Gems and fooled the survivors from the Gem home world in thinking they were gone. Any other Gems retreated back to the home world, their numbers depleted with their outposts on Earth destroyed but I suspected one day they would be back. Their leaders are stubborn and don't care how long it takes…or who they have to step over to rebuild their empire."

"And what have you been doing this whole time?" Garnet asked.

"…Living on Earth, the same as you." Seph looked at Beach City. "I've been around the world probably more than twenty times. The thing about us humans is that we can get bored really quick so I have been through a bit of everything that's happened in the last six thousand years. Of course, it seems the Gems have finally decided to pay attention to Earth again because a month ago I heard about Beach City losing its ocean and it wasn't hard for me to figure out what happened."

"Lapis." Steven muttered.

"And then just a week ago a Gem ship crashes onto this very beach." Seph finished with a small grin. "And since you are all still here I can safely assume that the home world Gems failed to capture you."

"Yeah. We crashed the ship here and then a mean Gem named Jasper fused with Lapis to get us but Lapis pulled them into the ocean." Steven explained.

"So…I guess Lapis has changed." Seph commented with an intrigued look on his face.

"Huh? You mean you know-"

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Something screamed from the giant opening into the ocean that Seph made.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and the Crystal Gems gasped in horror as they witnessed a familiar giant crawling out of the opening and onto the beach. It was the same Gem fusion that was formed by the union of Jasper and Lapis, crawling back onto the beach with several water chains struggling to pull her back.

"Lapis!" Steven cried out upon seeing the Gem fusion.

"I am…breaking…FREE!" Jasper's voice shouted as the Fusion's voice twisted to look like Jasper. "NO! I won't let you!" The face shifted again to resemble Lapis. "I won't let you escape!"

"The water….Lapis was using the water to keep Jasper at the bottom of the ocean!" Pearl exclaimed and looked at Seph. "Do you have any idea of what you've done?!"

"Yes." Seph said as he walked forward. "I said I was going to right a wrong."

The Gem fusion continued to struggle with itself as it crawled up the sand, grunting and gasping as the two Gems that formed it fought for dominance.

A pair of feet made their way into its vision and it looked at the face of whoever was in the way which caused its eyes to widen when they saw who it was and whose Gem they had. "You…It can't be…"

"Hello Jasper or is that Lapis I'm talking to?" Seph lunged forward and put his hand on the fusion's face. "Let's find out."

In a flash of light the fusion broke apart, leaving Jasper and Lapis on the ground, panting and groaning due to their strength being sapped by the fusion.

Lapis opened her eyes and looked up at Seph. "You are still alive…Seraphinite."

"And you are free again." Seph commented with a small smirk. "Don't worry though. I am not imprisoning you again."

(Steven Universe Ending Theme and Credits)