Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe created by Rebecca Sugar.

Chapter 3

Three weeks passed since the others came to Beach City. No one told Leon and Erin about their hidden past lives nor hinted at it.

The pair and Steven became closer friends and tried to even help with better using his gem powers.

Pearl would watch them from time to time from a distance. She was still worried about Leon returning to his former self. One particular day, Connie came for a visit.

"So you two must be Leon and Erin." said Connie. "Yes. I am Erin and that is LEON!" said Erin before rushing to Leon.

Leon had shapeshifted into a lion, with tan fur and a light brown mane, and was wrestling with Lion.

At the moment Leon was back in his human form, with Lion laying on top of him. "Lion get off of him!"

Erin struggled to pull Leon out. When Lion moved over, Leon and Erin flew back a little. "Aw Erin, why did you do that?" whined Leon.

"You shifted back to your human form and-" started Erin. Steven's head suddenly came out of Lion's mane.

"I was just showing him the inside of Lion's mane." said Steven as he steps out completely. Erin only lets out a sight before rubbing one of his temples.

"So what were you two talking about?" asked Leon sitting up. "Nothing much. Just different things." said Connie.

"Wait, can you two show her Crystal?" asked Steven. "Who's that?" Leon smiled and looked over at Erin.

"What do you say? Wanna show her who Crystal is?" said Leon. Erin couldn't help but laugh.

"Sure." said Erin. The two of them walked some feet away from each other. Steven and Connie watched the two get ready.

"Ready?" asked Leon as his gem glowed. "Let's." said Erin with his gem glowing as well. Leon slowly raised an arm up before the other.

Then brought them together. Erin dipped down, moving his arms side to side over his head.

Leon followed suit by bringing both arms down in a bow. Erin slowly walked forward, crossing one leg in front of the other with each step.

His arms outward. Leon raised both arms up before walking slowly as well. Midway, he stopped to pump one arm in the air before clapping.

As Erin came closer, Leon held his hand out. Erin took the offered hand. The moment their hands touched, their bodies became enveloped in a bright light.

As the light combined as one, it slowly faded away with Crystal stretching his arms. He looked down at Steven and Connie.

"Did you miss me, Steven?" asked Crystal. "Crystal, you have to meet, Connie." said Steven.

"Why hello there." Crystal squatted down on their knees. "So am I what you expected?" asked Crystal.

"Do you two fuse often?" asked Connie. "Not as often as I like but yes, every chance we get."

He stood up before suddenly clapping his hands. "Steven, have you tried fusion before? Maybe I can help you." said Crystal.

"I've fused before." said Steven. "You have? With who?"

"With Connie." "Y-you two can fuse? Can you show me? That is if it's okay." said Crystal.

"It's fine with me. That is if you want to, Steven." said Connie as she turned her head to hide a slight blush.

"Uh sure." said Steven.

~In the Temple~

Pearl was pacing back and forth in front of the warp pad. "Everything is going to be okay, Pearl." said Thulite.

"She's right. Leon hasn't shown any sign of returning to how he once was." said Celeste. "But they can easily slip back." said Pearl.

As the three of them kept talking about that, Tiger was sitting by the screen with his eyes closed.

He finally let out a low groan, knowing they were not going to stop anytime soon. Tiger turned his head to look out and saw two people dancing.

"Hey!" called out Tiger. The trio turned to look at him. "You guys know those two?" Thulie, Celeste, and Pearl came over to look out.

"That's Crystal on the left. A fusion between Leon and Erin." said Celeste. "And the other is Stevonnie. A fusion between Steven and Connie. But why are the two dancing, unless." said Pearl before her eyes widened.

She ran out the door, with the other three flowing her just as a light covered the two. "Steven! Connie!" called out a voice.

"Leon! Erin!" called out another. The newly formed fusion slowly opened their eyes. "Pearl, Thulite why are you two shouting? Why do I have four eyes?! Steven! Leon! Connie! Erin!" said the fusion holding their head.

It was then they noticed their six arms. "We did it. Wait we did it." The fusion tired to stand up and nearly fell over.

Once they were finally up they looked down. The fusion had fuchsia knee length hair, tan skin, and wore zaffre blue midriff shirt that ended in a V shape with cyan blue edges, spring green pants, and chartreuse yellow open toed boots.

Pearl could only stare. "So what do you call youself?" asked Tiger. "Tiger!" said Thulite. "What?"

Celeste walked up to them. "How do you guys feel?" asked Celeste. "We feel… awesome. We feel so strong. I think we can take on anyone." said the fusion.

Tiger could barely contain the smirk that wanted to form on his face. "Maybe you two.. err.. four, should unfuse." said Pearl.

The fusion was too distracted by a conversation they were having. "Uh guys." said Celeste.

"Mystic Quartz." said the fusion. After a pause for a few moments, Pearl finally spoke up. "What?"

"We want to be called Mystic Quartz." Tiger walked up to them. "So Mystic Quartz, do you want to test your new strength?" asked Tiger.

"Sure. We do feel more powerful than normal. Let's see how skilled all of us are together." said Mystic Quartz.

Tiger had a smirk on his face as he backed away some feet. He summoned his bagh nakas. "Draw your weapon and we'll see just how strong you've become."

"Okay, just give us a moment." Mystic Quartz turned to Lion and pulled our Rose's sword from his forehead and held with their mid right hand.

Their gem glowed multiple colored as two scythes formed and their upper hand held one each.

Steven's shield formed on the mid left wrists. Two more shields formed on the lower ones.

These shields was similar to Steven's but had the rebellion flag symbol and bladed edges.

Tiger and Mystic Quartz looked at each other before charging. Tiger brought one claw up and the other one down.

Mystic Quartz merely blocked with the upper and lower shields. They then thrust the sword forward, forcing Tiger to back away.

Mystic Quartz followed up by swinging their scythe and lower shields together. Tiger shifted into a small bird and barely dodged the oncoming blades.

He only received a brief rest before being hit by the middle shield. Tiger shifted back as he was knocked back a few feet.

'How do they know my next move?' though Tiger as he quickly got back up. When he looked at Mystic Quartz better, Tiger saw a fifth eye on their forehead looking all around.

'Visions huh. Then I'll just have to be unpredictable.' though Tiger charging side to side. The pair continued fighting with Mystic Quartz still with the upper hand.

"Who's that fighting Tiger?" asked a voice. Thulite, Pearl, and Celeste turned to see Galeun, Garnet, and Topaz walking up.

"Mystic Quartz. A fusion of Crystal and Stevonnie." said a voice. "Lapis!? When did you get here?" asked Thulite.

Lapis didn't answer as she watched the fight. "The four of them are synchronizing quite well." said Garnet.

"Maybe they should unfuse." said Galeun. "Why? They're in perfect sync." said Celeste. "They might see something they're not supposed to." said Garnet.

"Erin's visions do get stronger the more complex his fusions are. That is a four person fusion." said Topaz.

Celeste's eyes widened as Thulite covered her mouth. "GUYS STOP! YOU NEED TO UNFUSE NOW!" yelled Thulite and Celeste.

The pair didn't hear anything as they kept fighting. Tiger fell back on the ground. Mystic Quartz was about to deliver the finishing blow when they suddenly stopped.

The sword dropped as all of their weapons faded away. They gripped their head as they started to pant.

"That can't be right! My visions are never wrong. Well, maybe they are. Guys don't fight. We, we can get through this." said Mystic Quartz as they started shaking.

"Guys calm down." said Galeun. "If you're so sure, maybe I should just go!" Mystic Quartz glowed before suddenly coming apart.

Leon, Erin, Steven, and Connie all fell on the ground. Leon quickly stood up before running off.

"Leon wait!" called out Thulite. Leon ignored her and kept running. When he came to the sea, Leon started running on top of it.

"Lapis. Please, can you follow him?" Lapis' water wings formed and she flew after Leon. Celeste cautiously up to Erin.

Pearl was already over Steven and Connie checking on them. "Erin. Are you okay?" said Celeste putting her hand out.

Erin slapped it away. "You four knew and never told us." said Erin as he slowly stood up looking at her.

"You didn't think that would affect us. Do you have any idea how we're feeling now?" "What did you see?" asked Galeun.

"You don't care, do you?! We saw four gems coming in some kind of ship. One of them somehow forced Leon to fuse with them.

'Leon was like a mindless drone. Their fusion was extremely deadly. The things they did was just horrific. That gem even told us what we are before they fused." said Erin.

Celeste looked back at Galeun for an answer. "What exactly did they say you were?" asked Galeun.

"They said we were made for the diamonds. I was defective and that Leon was the perfect war machine. What exactly are we? How were we made?"

Galeun let out a sigh before slowly explaining. Topaz and Celeste helped every now and then. Thulite remained quiet the whole time, looking at the ground deeply saddened.

~Some miles away from the beach~

Leon eventually stopped running and sat down on top of the water. Lapis landed a few feet behind him.

"Did you know who we were? Did you know our purpose? Do you know what we are?" asked Leon.

"I don't know anything about you two. I didn't even know you were made on Homeworld. As for what you are, I have no clue." said Lapis.

Leon let out a sigh. "I have no idea anymore. I was a weapon for the diamonds. I was a monster for mass destruction.

'We were created from imprisoned gems and humans. So what exactly am I?"

Lapis walked up next to him and looked down. She saw tears coming down his face. "All of us were made for the diamonds.

'Some went against it. Some of us don't meet our purpose. Some of us found a new purpose instead. What about you?" said Lapis.

Leon stayed quiet as he thought about it. After a while, he finally spoke up. "I'll just have to find it. But I know fusion is not for me."

A/N: Leon and Erin's fusion dance is based off of the song I am the Best. Erin's dance style is ballet and Leon's is Balinese.