Thanks go to Kagehime-sama53, Dr. Salt PhD, Guest, StoryWriter2003, and KillJoyGem.

As response to your question Guest, Blue Diamond is not stronger than Bloodstone. Even Hematite has said "Bloodstone is strong enough to hunt the Diamonds." Remember when Blue Diamond, Howlite, and the others first came back to earth, and BLue Diamond's Gem was cracked? Now Bloodstone is even stronger than then. Blue Diamond is avoiding fighting him because she knows she can't afford to die just yet.

Now then,

Disclaimer: I do not own Steven Universe


Sodalite's head moved quickly from side to side, narrowly dodging punch after punch.

He back flipped, kicking at Bloodstone's chin, Bloodstone stepping back and avoiding it.

He grabbed onto Sodalite's leg, spinning and throwing Sodalite across their arena and into the cliff face Blue and Amazonite sat on.

Sodalite exploded from the cliff face, shooting at Bloodstone with lightning speed and ramming one fist into his abdomen, making him hunch over as he carried him across the battleground to the opposite cliff face, smashing him through it.

As Bloodstone was stuck in the wall, Sodalite roared, pulling back both fists and slamming them with rapid speed into Bloodstone again and again.

Sodalite jumped back, rising both arms as more water spiraled up from the earth and as he brought his arms down it stabbed down at Bloodstone.

Bloodstone held out one arm, a pulse blowing the water back and forcing Sodalite to bring up both arms as he was slide back.

Bloodstone shot forward, bringing back both fists and slamming them both into Sodalite's face, sending him whipping back across the ground, eventually stopping on his feet and skidding, putting his hands to the ground to stop himself as well.

Sodalite stood up straight, seeing Bloodstone shooting after him, pulling back one fist.

Sodalite held out his palm, stopping the punch as a black shock wave rocked the Kindergarten, and a crack came from Sodalite's hand as he winced.

"You call that a punch?!" Sodalite pulled back his free hand, slamming his fist into Bloodstone's cheek and keeping him their as Bloodstone glared at him, head forced to the side.

Bloodstone slammed his knee into Sodalite's chest, making Sodalite hunch over before he pulled up both fists, conjoining them and slamming them down on the back of his head, sending him exploding into the earth.

"I don't have anything to say to someone as pathetic as you." Bloodstone opened one palm to the crater, preparing to fire a blast from it before an explosion of water shot from it like some sort of geyser.

"What was that? I could hear you over the sound of my foot up your ass!" Sodalite brought both hands down towards Bloodstone, the water spiraling in ice shards down at him, stabbing through the ground and occasionally slashing across his skin.

Bloodstone shot up through the ice, shards piercing his skin.

He grabbed Sodalite by the face, Sodalite's wings ramming through his back as he pulled back a newly formed scythe, slashing into Sodalite's stomach and grinning mercilessly and the same spark of crazy could be seen in Sodalite's eyes, Bloodstone's fingers open enough to show his left eye.

"What don't you Crystal Clowns ever get about fighting me?!" Bloodstone slammed one foot into Sodalite's chest, sending him exploding into the earth, laying there and wincing as he attempted to get back up.

"You're going to die. You're all going to die." Bloodstone stood at the top of the hole, holding up a glowing black palm, an orb of black appearing at the end of it.

"Your attacks are worthless, like the Jasper. The one's you 'save' will die anyway, like the Tiger's Eye." One of Sodalite's eyes snapped open, rage appearing in it as he forced himself to his feet.

"And just like Matrix and Zeolite, your sacrifices..." Bloodstone's eyes widened, grin spreading from ear to ear.

"MEAN NOTHING!"

Bloodstone's eyes widened in pain, several green spikes shooting from his chest after piercing through his back.

"You talk to much, you know that?" Prehnite said, hate clear on their face. Their voice resembled Peridot's.

"And about things you know nothing about, to make it worse." Emerald's voice added, Peridot's cannon charging on their free arm.

"Heheheh... You think you can kill me?" Bloodstone grinned back at them, blood splattered across his face.

"We don't think, we know." Bloodstone looked up, seeing Hematite standing above him, drawing his Death God Slayer.

Bloodstone let out a hiss, eyes narrowing as the blade shinned.

"Because unlike you..." Opal moved from behind Hematite, taking aim on Bloodstone.

"We've got people to avenge!" Garnet shot from above, pulling back one flaming gauntlet.

"And we couldn't forgive ourselves for letting you keep living!" Garnet slammed her fist into Bloodstone's face, sending him smashing to the ground as Prehnite let go of him, jumping and picking up Sodalite, jumping to safety.

Flames exploded across the earth, Garnet slamming her flaming Gauntlets into Bloodstone again and again, letting Ruby's rage fuel her.

"So no matter how much it takes," Garnet yelled over the roar of the flames, Bloodstone screeching as his flesh was slowly burnt away.

"WE! WILL! DEFEAT YOU!"

The earth caved in, creating a massive crater as flames burst miles into the air.

All of the other Gems covered their faces, the heat from the fire nearly unbearable.

Blue Diamond landed next to them with Amazonite, setting down Steven, who quickly put a bubble around them.

Lava burst into the air from the crater, Steven watching with shock.

"Go Garnet!" He suddenly yelled, and the others were slightly surprised, before smirking, fist pumping with him.

"GO GARNET!" They all yelled in unison.

After who knows how long, the flames began to die away, and all that was left was a crater of smoldering ashes.

The bubble disappeared, and the Gems took a step forward, looking into the crater.

"Do you think he's..?" Steven glanced at Hematite, who simply stared into the crater.

"Honestly kid, I never really could imagine Bloodstone being dead. It just never seemed possible..." Hematite said, everyone listening.

"But the impossible seems to be something you Crystal Gems are good at doing." Hematite smiled lightly as he stared into the crater.

"Ah ah, us Crystal Gems." Steven put an arm around Hematite is a hug, and Hematite ruffled his hair.

"... Yeah... Us Crystal Gems..."

"W-well... Heheheh... Isn't that... Isn't that sweet..?"

All of the Gems looked quickly to the crater, watching in fear and slight surprise as Bloodstone floated from the craters, wings burnt to just bones, the left side of his face burnt to a skull.

"But I... I'll never die..." Bloodstone began to laugh, his soul aura roaring around him.

His laugh was raspy, souls screaming around him. "As long as I have all of these soldiers, you'll have to kill me a thousand times over." His laugh grew stronger, eyes widening as blood seeped from his scorched eye.

"Y-you're... You're no reaper..." Amazonite said, taking a step back.

"You're the Devil." Hematite's eyes narrowed, and Bloodstone grinned from ear to ear, nodding quickly.

"What would she think of you now, Bloodstone?"

"Do you honestly think I care?!"

"Not like this... Not anymore." Hematite shook his head.

"That's too bad, I almost wanted to keep Zeolite's promise." Hematite twirled his sword. "But now I can see..."

"The good Pyrite saw is gone."

Bloodstone just grinned, scythe appearing from his once again healed gem.

"Do you think you can stand against me, any of you?" Bloodstone questioned, the blood lines on his skin beginning to run across his skull and bone wings, along with the skeleton hand that held his scythe. "Honestly..."

"It doesn't matter what we think we can do." Sodalite stood, ice wolves and water sharks forming at the scale of a small army behind him.

"It's what we know we have to do."

Chapter 53: Phase 3 (Part 4)

Hero

"Because it doesn't take a monster to kill a monster. It takes a hero to kill a monster."


"I... I have to get back..." Garnet reached slowly to the surface, gauntlet gone as her shades were missing as well.

"I can't let him... I can't let him hurt them..." Her hand fell back down, and her face hit the smoldering dirt.

"Damn it... I... I saw him die but... He just came back... It was like something else died in his place..." Garnet's vision faded in and out, and she could feel sleep's sweet embrace grabbing hold of her.

"I can't... I can't let him win..." Just as she closed her eyes, she could see multicolored, deformed beings walking towards her, reaching out to her...

"I... Can't..."


Bloodstone blasted away water creations, dodging around water spikes before jumping back, arrows shooting by where he once stood.

Bloodstone pulled back one arm, an orb of black appearing in his palm as he threw it across the battleground towards Opal, who's eyes widened as she jumped back.

The ball hit the ground in front of her, a massive explosion eating up the cliff she stood on!

"Opal!" Steven called out from the side-lines, eyes widening.

He saw Amethyst and Pearl fly from the smoke, each covered in scorch marks with eyes shut in pain.

As Steven ran towards them, Hematite spun down from above Bloodstone, his Death God Slayer slashing into the ground.

Hematite shot up quickly, slashing at Bloodstone as fast as he could, Bloodstone narrowly dodging.

Amazonite came from behind, slamming both clubs into his back and throwing him to the right, where Prehnite spun down, pulling back their cannon and ramming it into Bloodstone's face, slamming him into the ground, which cracked under him.

"I'll make you pay for what you've done." Prehnite said, the shadow of their hair covering their eyes before they fired, the green blast exploding into the earth, the green light engulfing the entire area!

Prehnite jumped back from the smoke, glaring into it. Green fires could be seen as the smoke cleared.

"Chock on it, you sick bastard..." Prehnite's hands clenched into fists.

Suddenly, Bloodstone shot from the ground behind them, grinning wickedly as he sliced down, preparing to slice them down the middle, preparing to slice right through Peridot's gem.

It was strange, Bloodstone's muscles seemed to spasm. It almost felt as if a spear had been rammed through his stomach, for only a moment.

Bloodstone flinched slightly, and Prehnite quickly spun around, firing into him with another Giga beam, throwing him across the Kindergarten.

Bloodstone shot from the beam into the sky, glaring down at Prehnite.

"Oh you are a special kind of bitch... Bastard... Whatever you are!" Bloodstone opened one palm towards Prehnite, another orb of black appearing in it.

As he prepared to fire, however, Hematite spun down in a blur of grey, slashing through his hand!

The white fired burned up the hand as it feel, and Hematite landed in a crouched form, holding his blade out to the side.

"..." Bloodstone's eye twitched lightly, both of them widened with pain.

"Well... That stung. A lot." Bloodstone said, black energy forming around his wrist and reforming his hand.

"Not gonna lie, Hematite, dick move." Bloodstone glared down at him, before his eyes widened.

"Gotcha." Sodalite smirked from behind him, holding up one palm as ice spikes pierced Bloodstone's gem!

"Maybe you shouldn't be so over confident next time." Sodalite said, the ice receding as Bloodstone fell to the earth.

But as he hit the ground, his soul aura reappeared, and a few souls were sucked into his gem, the hole sealing!

"Hahahahah..." Bloodstone floated to his feet, his scythe reappearing. Sodalite's eyes widened in shock.

"What did I tell ya'?" Bloodstone held out one palm to Sodalite.

"You can't kill me enough to beat me." Waves of black energy fired from his hand, racing towards Sodalite, who slashed them away with his signature ice spikes, standing with his arms crossed.

"We'll see." Sodalite grit his teeth, concentrating hard on knocking back those attacks.

Amazonite came down behind Bloodstone, slamming both clubs down on his skull.

Bloodstone's head was forced down slightly, and Amazonite's eyes widened as he turned his head slowly, bones creaking, to glare at her.

A grin appeared on his face, and he spun quickly, slashing Amazonite in two with his scythe!

"Amazonite!" Prehnite slashed at Bloodstone from a distance, blade extending to do so.

"Heheh..." Bloodstone turned quickly to face Prehnite, suddenly appearing before them and ramming his knee into their stomach, making them hunch over and cough blood.

He grabbed hold of Prehnite's back, spinning and throwing them over his shoulder into the earth at lightning speed.

Prehnite exploded into the ground, and in a flash, Peridot and Emerald lay there, groaning.

"Now, back to you." Bloodstone floated down to Amazonite's gems, raising one foot above them.

He suddenly jumped back, a green blade stabbing at him.

"You stay away from them..." Emerald limped from the crater, left eye glowing like 107's.

"Or I'll kill you."

"Heheheh..." Bloodstone's grin reached from ear to ear. "Is that so?" His eyes widened.

"Then come on and try it, little emerald."

Emerald shot off the ground at Bloodstone, Bloodstone grinning in wait.

Emerald reached Bloodstone and suddenly disappeared, Bloodstone's eyes narrowing as he did so.

In an instant, he felt something wrap around his leg, and looked down to see it was Emerald's energy blade.

"Tag."

Emerald suddenly whipped his arm to the left, throwing Bloodstone on his whip into a boulder and smashing him through it.

"Now how about staying dead?" Emerald threw Bloodstone around rapidly, smashing him into Injectors, boulders, and small fires alike.

Bloodstone threw his scythe at Emerald, who side stepped it.

"Nope." Emerald said, smirking as he continued to throw Bloodstone, who roared in anger.

"P-ut m-e d-own t-his in-stant!" Bloodstone demanded, smashing face and Gem first into a boulder.

"Hey, I warned you, didn't I?" Emerald grinned, right eye closed as his left glowed.

Emerald threw Bloodstone back against a wall, his energy blade splitting apart and hovering above Bloodstone's gem.

Bloodstone's eyes opened slowly, widening as he saw the blades come down.

"Heh..." Emerald fell to his knees, panting as sweat rolled down his face.

"Get dunked on..." Emerald chuckled to himself, before hearing that same sound of souls being sucked into a broken Gem.

"I'm starting to get careless..." Bloodstone grinned at Emerald, who stood slowly, his energy blades appearing.

"But since you killed me... Allow me to return the favor." Bloodstone jumped across the land at Emerald, who's blades exploded out at him, jabbing at him as he easily dodged.

Bloodstone pulled back he scythe, slashing into Emerald's chest, the point of his scythe going into Emerald's chest and out through his back.

Emerald coughed blood, eyes widening in pain.

"Oh... So that's how that feels..." Emerald chuckled, grabbing hold of Bloodstone's scythe, not letting him pull away. "Damn."

"Not gonna lie... I really didn't wanna have to use this party trick o' mine..." Emerald said, his blades beginning to wrap around the two of them.

"What are you..." Bloodstone glared at Emerald who smiled at him in return.

"See you in hell, Devil."

But before any explosion could go off, a blue beam struck between them, breaking the blades and throwing them away from one another.

"Aw come on Emerald, you didn't think I'd let you go out like that, did you?" Blue Diamond landed between Emerald and Bloodstone, looking over her shoulder at Emerald, who shrugged, coughing blood.

"Guess not..." Emerald leaned back with a groan. "I'm tired... And by that I mean there's a hole in my chest so..." Emerald closed his eyes.

"Don't let that maniac smash me, alright?" And with that, Emerald was in his gem.

"I promise. But my promises aren't always followed... I'm kind of a liar." Blue Diamond shrugged. "But I'll give it a shot."

"Saving the emerald now? I'm honestly disappointed in you..." Bloodstone shook his head.

"You realize two minutes ago said Emerald killed you, right?" Blue Diamond arched a brow at Bloodstone, who looked disgruntled to say the least.

"DIE!" He suddenly roared, throwing one arm forward and firing a wave of black energy at Blue, who fired a blue beam in return.

The beams exploded against one another, colliding like tides and smashing against one another, each trying to force the other down.

Bloodstone laughed, watching Blue Diamond struggle, wincing as she held up both arms to try to push the blast further to Bloodstone.

"You're weak, Diamond!" Bloodstone laughed, Blue Diamond sliding back as the blasts met her hands, pushing her back as her palms were burning.

Bloodstone's concentration was suddenly thrown off, a green beam slamming into his side.

"Just die already!" Peridot yelled from the side, firing another Giga beam into Bloodstone, her cannon cracking similarly to her fight with Lignite.

Bloodstone growled, glaring over at her as he began to be pushed back.

"That... Is..." Bloodstone took hold of the blast, suddenly throwing it upwards into the air.

"ENOUGH!"

Peridot and Blue Diamond covered their eyes from the explosion that lit up the sky.

"Don't you get it? No matter what you do, I'll always come back." Bloodstone walked slowly towards Peridot, his scythe appearing in hand.

"I am eternal. I am forever." Bloodstone grabbed Peridot by the throat, lifting her from the ground.

"You're a clod." Peridot winced, trying to pry away Bloodstone's hand.

"Nothing more, nothing less." Bloodstone's eyes widened in anger.

He growled, pulling back one fist, ramming it into Peridot's stomach, making her eyes widen as her pupils disappeared.

Blood seeped from her mouth as Bloodstone dropped her, pulling back one leg and slamming it into her abdomen, throwing her back across the Kindergarten and smashing into the rubble of the ship.

"Say hi to Matrix for me." Bloodstone grinned from ear to ear, and Peridot's eyes widened at his words.

Bloodstone fired another wave of energy at Peridot, who struggled to sit up.

Jasper... Matrix...

Peridot, her back against a mound of ship rubble, watched the blast approach.

I'm too weak... I can't win...

Peridot glanced to her side, and her eyes widened.

Orange shards. Burning orange shards.

"..." That blast sure was taking it's time.

She scooped up the shards, the orange fire around them leaving her gloves unscathed.

No... I made it this far. If he thinks I'll roll over and die...

With the energy of an old friend, Peridot found herself rocketing into the air, Bloodstone's eyes widening as she flew down towards him.

Head first.

He's got another thing coming!

"Suck on this, you lumpy," Bloodstone stumbled back.

"Clumpy!"

Peridot slammed visor first into Bloodstone's face, glaring into his eyes for but a moment.

"CLOD!"

Bloodstone was thrown to the ground, Peridot hitting the ground as well, rolling slightly but keeping those shards close.

Her visor was shattered, and some blood ran from bruises on her forehead.

"Nyahahah..." She laughed her old evil laugh, looking tired as Bloodstone rose slowly.

"... That was... Certainly unexpected." Bloodstone held his forehead, wincing.

"I'm... Honestly impressed." Bloodstone stood over her, and she forced herself to her feet.

"I'm not even finished..." Bloodstone didn't hear Peridot, looking at those shards she held.

"Heh..." Bloodstone laughed quietly, his grin spreading across his face. "Hahah..."

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Peridot's eyes narrowed, and in an instant, her only remaining boot was ramming into Bloodstone's chest, Bloodstone's eyes widening.

"Shut up." She told him firmly, pressing the button above her boot.

Just like the last boot, Bloodstone was rocketed back across the Kindergarten, disappearing in the distance before an explosion rocked the earth.

Peridot panted, falling to her hands and knees. "How's that for impressive..? Dirtbag..."

Everything was suddenly in a black lighting, and Peridot looked up to see the orb of black falling towards her.

As it fell, a flash of blue appeared before it, smashing it aside.

Sodalite glared at Bloodstone as the blast exploded in the distance, and Blue Diamond appeared next to Peridot, scooping her up.

"Come on, we're go-..." Blue Diamond stopped mid sentence, seeing the shards in Peridot's hands.

"... We're going." She finished, jumping away from the battle area.

"Looks like it's just you and me again, fusion." Bloodstone grinned at Sodalite, before another Gem landed behind him.

"Don't forget me, Reaper." Hematite said, blades in hand.

"Are you sure you don't want to run and hide, Hematite? This all seems like it might be too much for you." Bloodstone grinned over his shoulder at Hematite, who's eyes narrowed.

"Just shut up and stay dead, Reaper."

Hematite and Sodalite shot off at Bloodstone at the same time, Bloodstone dodging around wing stabs and sword slashes alike.

"Is this the best you can do?!" Bloodstone caught Hematite's right blade, smashing it in his hand and sending shards of metal flying through the air.

Bloodstone back flipped, ice wings stabbing at where he once was. His bone wings stabbed down at Sodalite, who's wings blocked quickly.

As Bloodstone fended off Sodalite with his wings, his fended off Hematite with his scythe.

Bloodstone held up his scythe, blocking one of Hematite's slashes. He threw his scythe up, making Hematite stumble back as he shot forward, ramming the hilt of his scythe into Hematite's chest, sending him exploding back across the Kindergarten!

Bloodstone spun around, opening one palm and firing a beam of black into Sodalite, who jumped back in surprise, holding up his arms in an X as his wings also formed a shield in front of him, the beam forcing him back across the ground.

Bloodstone jumped up, slamming one fist down on the wings, smashing them apart and throwing Sodalite down into the ground, creating a small crater.

"Heheheh..." Bloodstone held out one palm to the crater, and his palm glowed black, red electricity jolting around it.

"Bye bye now."

With multiple explosions, beams of red and black fired rapidly from Bloodstone's palm into Sodalite, sending him further and further into the earth!

"NOW YOU PAY FOR THE SHAME YOU CAUSED ME, FILTHY DOG!"

The roar of the explosion drowned out Sodalite's roars, his body being tossed around violently with each blast.

He could feel himself fading, the fusion weakening.

Damn it... Sodalite thought, a glowing white light enveloping him in all of the black and red.

"Hahahah... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Bloodstone's firing slowed to a stop, and he waited for the smoke to clear.

There in the crater laid Lapis and Howlite, each looking beaten to a bloody pulp.

"Aw, still alive?" Bloodstone held up one palm, an orb of black appearing in it.

Howlite's left eye forced itself open, blood running down his face. He stood slowly, panting as he stood to his full height, holding his arms out to the side as if to use himself as Lapis's shield.

"H-Howlite..?" Lapis said weakly from behind him, eye struggling to open.

"Go ahead, Reaper." Howlite panted, smirking at Bloodstone.

"Fire, see what happens." Howlite's eyes widened, pupils shrunk as he grinned at Bloodstone.

Bloodstone hesitated for only a moment, that same look of minor fear appearing on his face for a split second.

"... Heh, fine then. You want to die that badly?" Bloodstone threw the ball into the air, holding up his scythe, the ball landing on it.

"I'll cut you apart."

The ball seeped into his scythe, and he pulled it back, red lightning striking around him.

Howlite grit his teeth as he awaited the attack. "Lapis, get out of here..."

"W-what?" Lapis sat up, leaning against the side of the crater.

"Get. Going." Howlite said, keeping his eyes on the scythe Bloodstone pulled back, red electricity jumping around it as black energy ran across it.

"But-" Lapis was about to argue, when Blue Diamond appeared next to her, scooping her up.

"H-hey, what are you doing?!" Lapis said, Blue Diamond jumping into the air, "Put me down!"

"We've gotta go." Blue Diamond said seriously, Howlite watching as they flew away, Lapis flailing all the way.

"It'll work out... Trust me..."

"Heheheh..." Bloodstone's eyes widened in manic glee as he watched them fly away.

"Not so fast, you two." He swung his scythe at them, firing a gigantic slash across the sky at them!

"?!" Howlite's eyes widened in shock. "NO!"

Lapis and Blue Diamond each looked back in surprise as the blast raced towards them.

Suddenly, Howlite shot up, holding his arms out to the side in a Gem shield once again.

His eyes widened in pain, the slash digging into his chest, abdomen and right shoulder, leaving a diagonal slash across his upper body.

"HOWLITE!"

Howlite fell slowly to the ground, eyes wide and pupil-less.

His arms reached to the sky as he fell, blood seeping from his mouth, eyes, and the gaping wound in his upper body.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Howlite hit the ground with a light thud, bouncing once. His blood pooled below him, and he could feel his grip on his physical form fading.

Bloodstone's laughter was dulled as his senses faded in and out.

"This is the end." Bloodstone held out one palm to Howlite's unmoving body, his expression hardening.

As Bloodstone prepared to fire, however, he heard a groaning behind him.

"Huh?" He looked over his shoulder, his eyes widening as a horde of Cluster Experiments sauntered towards him.

"Get back!" He blasted into their ranks. "All of you! I will massacre you!"

Bloodstone slashed and blasted them away, but they kept coming, grabbing onto him and attempting to stop him, to drag him down into their masses.

Heh... Bloodstone is probably the reason a lot of those gems are in those Clusters... He deserves what he's getting...

Howlite's eyes closed, and as he was about to let go of his form, for the first time in who knows how long, he felt a presence.

No, many many presences.

"Howlite..." The voices rumbled, and Howlite opened his eyes, finding himself floating in black plain of nothingness, thousands of Gems floating before him.

Over them, a gigantic cluster of Gem shards floated.

"What the..?" Howlite wondered aloud.

"Howlite... The Reaper has many lives." They spoke through one Gem standing in front of them, multicolored and gigantic. It crouched down to be eye level with Howlite.

"That's accurate." Howlite crossed his arms. "What's your point, whatever you are?"

"I am... Well, you would refer to me as the Cluster." It spoke in a deep, calm voice.

"And my point is that you will never be able to kill him enough times. You and the other Gems fighting him. But we, I, can help."

"How can you help? If you come out of the ground to fight him, the world could break apart." Howlite arched a brow at the Cluster.

"We will not fight him... You will fight him."

"In case you didn't notice, I was just almost cut in two. How am I supposed to keep fighting?" Howlite said, slightly angered.

"As we said, the reaper has many lives. He has become God like." The Cluster said. "But if he is truly a God... Then you should be devouring him."

Howlite's eyes widened. "W-well... I mean... I can't exactly do that anymore." Howlite crossed his arms. "Just about killed me last time."

"Ah, yes... One Gem cannot handle that power... But many..." Howlite looked up at the Cluster in surprise.

"Please, put the weight on us." The Cluster said.

"And bring him to justice for what he's done, Howlite."


"GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Bloodstone roared, an explosion of energy throwing the experiments away from him.

"I have no time to deal with you bunch of monst-" Bloodstone stopped mid sentence, watching as the crater Garnet put him in earlier seemed to glow with a rainbow light.

"What on earth..?" Bloodstone's eyes narrowed as he watched the light reach high into the sky, shooting down towards him.

"?!" He held up his scythe to block, but the energy suddenly jumped over him, rocketing past him and into Howlite's crater.

"What?!" Bloodstone watched as it all seemed to be sucked into the crater, the energy roaring as it slowly disappeared into something Bloodstone couldn't see from his position.

"What is going on?!" Bloodstone jumped to the crater, but just before he reached it, a pillar of light exploded into the air!

He jumped back, eyes widening as a howl shook the land, all of the Crystal Gems and Cluster Experiments watching in awe as other colors shot up through the white pillar, the clouds being blown away from the Kindergarten, the sun shinning through.

"No... What... What is this?!" Bloodstone held up one arm to cover his eyes from the shinning light, a wolf head appearing in the light and howling.

He jumped back, watching as the pillar suddenly exploded away.

All was silent.

And then there were footsteps.

Battle Against a True Hero (Undertale) -Dual Mix By theultimateonejpsx (Original by TobyFox, Metal Cover by RichaadEB) Began playing in the background.

"Well... I don't really know what to say..." Howlite walked slowly from the crater, bulked once again, his shaggy hair reaching his shoulders. Lines of multiple colors ran across his skin.

His eyes were closed.

"But I know what I have to do now..." His eyes opened slowly, colors running rampant in his them.

Bloodstone took a step back, fear in his eyes. "Honestly, I don't think I've ever had to try this hard. I don't think I've ever really cared this much about anything..."

Howlite shook his head. "Ive never been one to protect. Never really cared too much for too many people." Howlite shook his head, multicolored lightning striking behind him.

"But now... I can feel a million Gems, all thinking and feeling as one. And they're all screaming for one thing." Howlite pointed to Bloodstone, eyes narrowed.

"This isn't just about us anymore, is it?" Howlite questioned. "You'll kill everyone..."

"Humans, Gems... Everything is going to fall before you... Earth, Homeworld... You're really screwed up, y'know that? Heh..." Howlite shook his head. "I know you do..."

"But there's something in your eyes. Deep down in there. Pleading, begging me to stop this now." Howlite's eyes closed, and he took a deep breath.

"So just this once, just for you, I'll play the hero." Howlite frowned. "So now..."

"Reaper, no, WHATEVER you are..." Howlite's hands clenched into fists. "For the sake of everything and everyone..." His eyes snapped open.

"I, Howlite, will STRIKE. YOU. DOWN."


BADA BOOM!

And just like that, Howlite the Protector is born!

The end is getting closer and closer, and now that I'm on Christmas break, and have already finished the next chapter, I will most likely be updating again rather quickly. Possibly tomorrow, if I get enough reviews. I like to make sure a lot of people have seen one chapter before posting the next.

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God that makes me sound like a prick...

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