Sorry that it took so long to update, I've been busy with life. This chapter is a little shorter than the others so there's that. The next chapter will contain a lemon but I'm not so sure if I want to post it on this site. Even if I was to skip the lemon, I would make the next chapter make sense so that nothing changes. I'm seriously debating on it. I'll do it just to see if the story gets taken down or not. If the story does, I'll just post it on another site. Enjoy...

Chapter 6

Cracked Gem

A few days have past since the battle with Sugilite and Jet had to get his arm in a cast. Both Amethyst and Garnet apologized multiple times and Jet told them not to worry about it. He also told them that he got a good fight out of it and that he wouldn't mind fighting Sugilite again. Amethyst, Jet and Steven were sitting on the cliff above the temple and Amethyst was really close by the edge.

"Amethyst, be careful!" Steven warned.

"Yeah..." Jet said. "You're gonna fall off."

"Why are you guys getting so worked up?" She asked. "What? You guys care about me or something?" She was mocking them.

"Yes!" Both Steven and Jet said. Amethyst blushed for a bit then started to pretend that she was about to fall over. This was freaking out Steven and Jet was getting prepared in case she really did fall over.

"Amethyst, stop you're really going fall!" Steven said, as he started to chase her. Amethyst started to tease and play around with Steven, saying that she was going to fall. "Amethyst, you're really going to get hurt!"

"Steven, I'm a gem warrior." Amethyst said, as she stood close to the edge once more. "I'm not going fa-" Before she could finish, the cliff gave out and she started to fall.

"This is so embrassing..." She said, as she was falling. She was preparing for impact when she felt a strong arm wrap around her. She looked to see that it was Jet who was holding her.

"We did warn you." Jet said, his back against the air. "It's kinda hard to maneuver when you only have one ar-" Before he could finish, he hit his back against big rock that was nestled on the ground. He also heard a crack upon impact.

"Uh-Oh." Amethyst said, as she got off top of Jet. Jet got up and raised an eyebrow at Amethyst. He noticed that Steven was running towards them, the poor kid almost out of breath.

"Jet..." Steven said, trying to catch his breath. "Are...you...okay?" Jet patted himself with his left hand and check himself as well.

"I feel fine..." Jet said. He notice that Garnet and Pearl were running towards them.

"Jet!" Pearl said. "Would you please show me your gem?" Jet shrugged his shoulders.

"Why?" He said, as he started to take off his trenchcoat. "I'm tell you...I feel fine."

"Well, your gem says otherwise." Pearl said, looking closely at his gem. It was cracked from the top to the middle of his gemstone. "How on Earth did this happen?"

"Well..." Steven said. "Amethyst was goofing off by the edge of the cliff when she fell off. Jet jumped down to catch her and he must've cracked his gem in the process."

"Of course." Pearl said. "We need to put a fence up there so that this doesn't happen again." All of the sudden, Jet felt something pop from his head. It was another hand and Jet was shocked by it's appearance.

"What the?" Jet asked, looking at the hand. "Does this happen when gems get their gemstone cracked?"

"More or less." Garnet said.

"So..." Steven started, looking at the hand that Jet grew from his head. "What do we do to get to fix Jet? I'm pretty sure that, that hand is creeping him out." Amethyst started to give Jet's extra hand a high five.

"Cut that out!" Jet said, as he was trying to get Amethyst to stop high fiving his extra hand.

"Well..." Pearl started, trying to avoid the scene. "Before we had Rose..." Garnet walked over to were Steven was.

"Steven." Garnet said, kneeled down to his eye level. "Your mother had healing tears that flowed from her gem. She felt real love for those around her, she felt real sorrow when they were hurt. You have the Rose Quartz gem now. I know that power is in you too." Garnet finished, standing back up.

"Jet..." Steven said, getting his attention. "Show me your gem!"

"Sure, but why are you telling?" Jet asked, turning around once more. Steven looked like her was trying to make himself cry, no avail. Jet turned back around, put on his coat, and raised an eyebrow.

"It's not working." Steven said, looking at Garnet. "I guess I'm too tough to cry."

"Just today, you were crying about snakes." Pearl said, putting her hands on her hips. Jet started to snicker at that.

"But, they don't have any arms..." Steven said, making Jet burst out in laughter.

"We have no choice." Garnet said, shutting Jet up. "We need to take Jet to Rose's healing spring, before he gets worst..." Jet scoffed at that.

"I'm fine." Jet said. "Well, besides this extra hand that's growing from my skull. Besides, I'm half-human, this should heal over time..." As soon as he said that, another arm popped from his head. "Okay, let's go."

The crew took a warp pad to a bizarre location. There were thorn bushes everywhere and it looked like the where in the middle of a canyon. Steven was fascinated by the site and Jet was too busy trying to get his hands to stop high-fiving each other.

"Where are we?" Jet asked, as he finally got his hands to stop.

"We are at Rose's garden..." Pearl said. Garnet took a look around.

"I don't see it." She said. Pearl took a look as well. What the group did see was a gaint thorn bush in the center of the revine. Pearl started to panic a little.

"Now, now..." She started, clinging onto Garnet. "Let's keep it together. Our memory of Rose can't be tainted by some overgrown brumbles. Look at them, they're a mess without her guidance...it's gonna be okay, right Garnet?" Garnet shruggled her shoulders.

"Sure." She said, walking off.

"You really think so?" She asked, following her. Jet started to sweat, suddenly he wasn't feeling to good all of the sudden.

"You okay?" Amethyst asked. Jet shook his head.

"Not sure." He stated, as his breathing increased. "Feeling...sick...all...of...the...sudden..." Steven, once again, was trying to make himself cry after witnessing Jet's current condition. Yet again, to no avail.

"Why don't you try hitting yourself?" Amethyst said, placing a hand on her hip.

"I suppose so." Steven said. "Or, I can try touching one of those sharp thorns over there." He started to walk to the closest thorn bush and inched his finger towards one of them. Unknown to him, the thorn started to move towards him. Amethyst noticed and pushed Steven out of the way.

"Is everything alright over there?" Pearl asked, peeping behind a near bush.

"I'm fine. But, I think Jet's getting worse." Steven said, pointing over at Jet. Jet was sweating a lot and his extra body part were limp. He was also sitting down, his eyes halfway closed. Garnet and Pearl let out a gasp at his condition. Amethyst sat right next to Jet.

"Sorry..." She whispered, hugging him. "This is my fault. I should've listen to you and Steven... If you make it out of this, I promise I'll make it up to you..." Garnet and Pearl raised an eyebrow at Amethyst, causing her to blush a little.

'I hope they didn't hear what I said.' She thought. Garnet started to look around the area some more. She noticed a gaint size rock and she started to pull on it. She summoned her gauntlet and punched the rock towards the center of the gaint thorn bush. It made a clear path for them to travel through.

"This way." She said. mentioning them over. Amethyst and Steven helped Jet up and Pearl went over to were Garnet was. The group made their way towards the misshaped path Garnet made until they enter a room with a gaint statue of Rose was visible to them.

"This isn't right." Garnet said, walking closer to the statue. "The fountain isn't running."

"What?" Pearl said, walking next to Garnet. "What's wrong with it?"

"I'm not sure..." Garnet said, looking around. Steven had his eyes fixed on the statue. The statue was that of a woman with long curly hair and she was wearing a dress. Steven's eyes started to water.

"Is that Mom?" He asked. "Oh... I'm getting emotionally...I think it's happening..." Garnet, Pearl and Amethyst looked at Steven in surprise. "I'm really feeling it." He tried once more to let tears flow out for him but it was a no go.

"Aw, c'mon!" He said, slapping his forehead. "I had it!"

"Steven," Pearl said, rubbing her forehead. "It's fine. Just say here with Amethyst and watch Jet. Garnet and I will find out what's wrong with the fountain..."

"Who said I didn't want to come?" Amethyst asked, still holding Jet. Pearl let a small smirk form on her face.

"Well, this is kind of your fault." Pearl said, as she started to walk away. "He seems to care about you, you know." Garnet let a small smile form on her face and she started to walk off as well, leaving Amethyst with a huge blush on her face. Amethyst placed Jet near the statue of Rose and Steven made his way over, fustration matted on his face.

"This is so fustrating." Steven started, edging closer to the statue of his mother. "Why can't I cry? I mean, I don't know how I feel about you, but everybody else does... I wish I could've met you, then this place could make me sad. Then I could cry healing tears, like you."

"I... feel... the same... about... my mom..." Jet said, scaring both Amethyst and Steven. "I... never got to meet... my mom... either... but, it good to know... that she was a good... person..." Jet struggled to get up on his feet, with Amethyst and Steven helping him out.

Suddenly, the thorn bushes that were on the out edge of the fountain, started to close in on them. Amethyst pulled out her whip and started to swipe at them but it didn't do anything. The thorns were cornering them into the fountain. Jet was lying down in the center, unable to move anymore.

"I'm sorry, Jet." Steven said, kneeling on the ground. "I couldn't save you. I can't do anything right..." A single tear fell from his face unto the base of the fountain. All of the sudden, the cavern that they were in started to rumble and the statue's eyes started to flow out liquid. The liquid filled the fountain, covering Jet, and pushing the thorn bushes back. The bushes started to grow roses from them, making the cavern look amazing in a show of pink. Jet slowly opened his eyes and felt on top of his head. The extra body parts were gone, and he started to feel better by the minute. He suddenly got to his feet and ran to were Steven was.

"Steven!" Jet said, hugging him. "You must've healed me, buddy! I feel great!" Jet then went over to Amethyst. "I haven't forgotten what you said... I wonder how you going to make it up to me?" He finished, leaving Amethyst standing there with a huge blush on her face.

"Oh, thank goodness!" Pearl said, appearing from the path that she and Garnet took earlier.

"Did you see what happen? It was magic! My tears must've done this!" Steven said, as he made his way towards Pearl.

"I'm pretty sure Garnet and I unclogging a clog chamber brought the fountain back to life." Pearl said. Steven shot her a puzzled look.

"You not sure my tears had a little to do with that?" Steven asked. Pearl was about to answer him but she was interrupted by Jet's cheering.

"I don't care who saved me, I'm just glad you did!" Jet said, stretching his limbs. He then processed to move in front of the Rose statue and gave it a bow. "Thank you." The others smiled at the kind gesture that Jet gave to the Rose statue, it was like thanking Rose herself.

"Now that Jet is all healed up, who ready to go home?" Pearl asked. Everyone raised their hands, the group exhausted for the day. As the others went ahead, Jet and Amethyst trailed slowly behind them.

"Why did you save me from the cliff?" Amethyst asked, looking at Jet. "I'm pretty sure if my gem cracked, I would've been in a better state that you." Jet folded his arms, as he always do, and smiled.

"I don't know why..." Jet said, looking ahead. "My body just reacted, besides I wouldn't want to see you any other deformed state unless you wanted to be in that state. Besides, my gem's kinda special when it comes to me getting seriously injured..." Amethyst shoot Jet a confused look. "I get to do this..." He shapeshifted his (now healed arm) into a blade.

"Pretty cool, huh?" He said, changing it back. "I really couldn't shapeshift before. I always shruggled to do so. The neat thing about the Jet gemstone is that when we get hurt, we gain a new ability that we previously couldn't do..." Ameathyst shot him a nasty look.

"Is that why you really saved me?" She asked, putting a hand on her hip.

"No." Jet said. "I saved you because I wanted to." Jet closed his eyes. It was her choice if she wanted to believe him or not. He needed a nap after the events of today. The group was getting closer to the warp pad and Jet gave one more bow before they took off.