Amethyst dragged the young prince along the beach. The sandy shore seemed to go on forever. "Where are you taking me?" Vegeta asked again.

"You'll see. We're almost there!" the purple gem replied.

"You said that the last time," Vegeta grumbled. The rounded on the edge of a rocky slope and reached another fenced off area. A cliff loomed over them and stretched out into the sea as they approached the chain-link fence. Amethyst let go of his hand and began walking towards the fence. She stuck her foot in one of the holes and began to climb up when she looked over her shoulder at him. "What are you waiting for?" she asked.

"Didn't your leader specifically say not to cross the fence?" he questioned, crossing his arms. Vegeta couldn't believe he actually had to remind one of his captors about their own rules.

"Oh right…" she sighed, jumping down. As she landed, the frown that had formed was quickly replaced by a grin as an idea came to mind. "I got it!" she said snapping her fingers. Suddenly, her form glowed a bright white light. It expanded and reshaped itself into a new, larger form. The light receded, and in the place of the humanoid was a large bird. "Tada!" she said, extending her wings.

Vegeta looked at her in surprise. "I didn't know gems could change form," he said.

"Yeah we're pretty awesome like that," she said, "But if you think this is cool, wait till you see what I have in store for you!" Before Vegeta could say or do anything more, the purple gem lunged at him and grabbed him by the shoulders with her talons.

He began to struggle as she carried him off. "Hey!" What are you doing?!" he cried, twisting in her grip as she rose higher. When he couldn't escape he lifted his hand up and began to charge a ki blast. A moment before he was about to blast her, she dropped him on top of the cliff. He picked himself up as she landed next to him.

"There, we didn't jump the fence," she said, transforming back.

Vegeta looked at her incredulously. "Who's side are you on?!" he questioned.

"The fun side!" she said.

Vegeta sighed. "I'd hardly call standing on top of a cliff fun," he said.

"Good, cause we aren't going to be up here for very long," she responded. Before Vegeta had time to comprehend what she had said, she had hoisted him up over her shoulder and began racing towards the edge of the cliff, flinging them both off.

Vegeta shouted and squirmed as they plummeted towards the water, but the gem wouldn't let go. At the last second, he squeezed his eyes shut and held his breath. A large cascade of water shot into the air as they hit the surface. For a few brief moments they were both submerged in the salty ocean water. Amethyst released her grip on the young saiyan and he quickly swam upwards. He gasped as he broke the surface and paddled wildly to stay above it. As he regained control of himself, he switched to treading water. From behind him he could hear some snickering.

"What's so funny?!" he said turning to glare at the purple gem swimming next to him.

"Your face. You should have seen it just before we hit the water!" she said still grinning.

"You could have killed me!" he growled.

"Dude, I've jumped off that cliff a hundred times. There's no way you would have gotten hurt," she brushed him off, "Besides, I know you enjoyed it."

Vegeta's eyes widened in realization. As furious as he was with her, he had still gotten quite a rush out of that little escapade. "Oh...Shut up," he growled, splashing her. The wave he created was just strong enough to push Amethyst under. Vegeta grinned at her look of surprise just before the wave collapsed on her.

When she came back up she had a smirk on her face. "Oh, you're gonna regret that," she said. With that she elongated her arm and sent a wave his way that pushed him back a couple meters. Vegeta spat out seawater while glaring at her before returning her smirk. He sent a wave of energy through the water that flung her into the air before hitting the water again.

Vegeta laughed as she broke the surface and coughed up a fish. She narrowed her eyes at him. "So that's how you want to play it? Fine then!" she said. She grinned wickedly before disappearing below the surface of the ocean. Vegeta stopped laughing as he looked around for her. His eyes scanned just below the surface for any movement. Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light from the depths. An off colored great white shark shot out of the water to about twenty feet in the air. "SHARK ATTACK!" it screamed as it hit the water again, resulting in gallons of water to be dumped onto the prince.

Amethyst cackled as Vegeta grimaced at her, his hair now limp and hanging in his face from the weight of the water. A dark look came to his face as he started chuckling. he raised one hand to be half way above water level. A small ball of ki formed in his hand. Amethyst stopped her hysterical laugher as a look of surprise replaced it. "Oh crap! Oh crap!" she half laughed half panicked as she tried to swim away.

Vegeta released the ball of energy and it zoomed through the brine after her. It exploded as it got close to her, sending her flying through the air and skipping over the water three times before plunging into the sea. "Had enough?" he asked grinning haughtily as she swam back over to him.

"Yeah, yeah," she huffed yet still smiled, "You win kiddo. Wanna jump off the cliff again?"

A look of determination crossed his face. "Sure, but only if we race to see who can climb up it faster this time!" he agreed.

They both swam back to the shore and ran to the side of the cliff. Vegeta jumped up about ten feet from the base to grip the rock wall. Amethyst wasn't too far behind him. As he began to reach upwards, he heard someone clear their throat. The two turned to see Rose and Garnet standing behind them, arms crossed. The grin that had once sat on Vegeta's lips was now replaced by surprise as he saw that Rose bore a very serious and disappointed expression.

"Both of you, get down from there now," she demanded. Her voice was not harsh, but it was stern enough to be clear that she meant business.

Without realising, the prince obeyed. Vegeta and Amethyst both jumped down from the cliff face. He glanced over to the purple gem to see her looking down at the ground like a child that had gotten in trouble. Vegeta suddenly felt a little nervous as he saw the usually confident gem in such a meek state.

"Vegeta, I am very disappointed in you. I gave you a very simple rule not to cross the boundaries set up for you, and yet I find you dragging Amethyst along in breaking that very rule!" She scolded, "You had complete freedom to do whatever else you wanted, yet you chose to betray my trust! I have been very lenient and forgiving thus far, but I'm afraid I have no choice but to punish you." Vegeta had mixed emotions as she spoke to him. She didn't sound threatening but he still felt very nervous.

"Actually Rose," Amethyst spoke up, "I was the one that convinced Vegeta to break your rule. I wanted to take him diving off the cliff."

Rose's expression softened but she still looked disappointed. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised," she sighed, voice more gentle, "Very well. Vegeta, you're off the hook, but you should head back inside for now. It's getting close to dinner time for you anways."

Vegeta hesitated slightly before grumbling to himself and walking passed Rose. Garnet followed after him.

Amethyst started after him when Rose stopped her. "Amethyst," she said, "I need to talk to you."

The smaller quartz rolled her eyes. "I know, I know," she groaned, "I shouldn't have encouraged him to break the rules. But honestly, the kid needs some excitement. He's got a lot of cooped up energy he needs to get out and just letting him run around isn't going to cut it."

"I figured as much," Rose sighed, "I assume that's what the explosive noise we heard earlier was about." Amethyst nodded and scratched the back of her head with an apologetic shrug. "I hoped we could have gotten him to adapt without this problem," she muttered, "I guess that was too good to be true."

"Well maybe there's a way to work around it," Amethyst suggested, "If it's just not being active enough, there's got to be a cure. Maybe Pearl could set him up to face off against one of her holo things."

"Maybe…" Rose thought. She wasn't too fond of that idea to be honest. She never fully trusted those things. Amethyst did have a point though. The best way to deal with this extensive energy would most likely be with some sort of combat practice. He was a saiyan after all. Then a thought came to mind. She might have something tucked away he could use. Maybe not in the temple, but somewhere…

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to be continued….

Sorry this took so long guys. I've been meaning to get this done for a while but things kept getting in the way. January has been crazy for me. Still I hope you guys like it! Let me know what you think! Feel free to leave any suggestions too. I love hearing from you guys. :)