Hey, there! This is InsaneGuy here and I hope you folks are enjoying the story thus far. I know the spelling errors are plenty, it's because I don't have Mircosoft Word. I only have Wordpad to work with (and it sucks, lol). Please feel free to write me a review. I want to know how I'm doing as a writer. Once Again, the characters do not belong to me and that they belong to rebecca sugar.

Chapter 5

Coach Steven

It was night time in Beach City and Jet and the others were getting ready to go on a mission. Garnet didn't say what the mission was but she knew that Jet would go regardless. The five of them got on the warp pad to warp to their desired location.

Jet could never get use to the warping process even though he has done it multiple times already. He always closed his eyes when they warped, as he was now. When he opened them, he looked around and it seemed as though they were on the beach but with towers everywhere. Jet looked up to see that there were a beam of light coming off the center tower.

"Whoa!" Steven said, looking up as well. "Where are we?"

"Well-" Amethyst started.

"I'm glad you asked," Pearl said, interrupting. "This was once a communication hub for gem kind, but lately it's begun transmitting burst of electromagnetic interference." Steven shot her a confusing look.

"It's hurting Television..." Garnet said, noticing the look that Steven was giving.

"Oh..." Steven said. "Wait... nooooo... I'll save you television." He started to kick one of the towers to no avail. Amethyst pulled Steven away from the tower.

"Sorry buddy..." She said as she lifted of Steven. "But we need a Steven that's this strong for the job..." She morphed into a buffier version of Steven.

"It's all the me I could be!" Steven said with stars in his eyes. Amethyst gently put Steven on the ground and started (while still morphed as Steven) to punch a nearby tower. She managed to tear a small chunk of the tower off.

"Amethyst." Pearl said, as Amethyst changed back into herself. "We could be here all day taking out each off these pillars individually." Pearl was smiling from ear to ear.

"Ugh." Amethyst said. "I hate it when you're right. You get this look on your face-" She took a glance at Pearl, who was still smiling. "Yeah... that's the one..."

"What we need is a well thought out plan-" Pearl started.

"No." Garnet said, interrupting Pearl "What we need is Sugilite. Amethyst...fuse with me."

"What?" Both Amethyst and Pearl said at the same time. Amethyst seemed a little more excited though.

"A fusion between those two, huh?" Jet said, interested in what kind of woman that Amethyst and Garnet would turn out to be. Steven seemed to be interested as well.

"Yeah!" Amethyst said, grabbing one of Garnet's hands. "Let's mush it up! Bigger! Better!" She started to laugh and skip around.

"Hold your horses!" Steven said, making Amethyst freeze in her place. "Are you guys going be a gem fusion?" Amethyst squealed as a response. Soon after, Steven joined in her squealing as well.

"Wait!" Pearl shouted, causing Amethyst and Steven to stop. "Garnet, think about this. You and Amethyst can be a little...unstable when your personalities combine. We need to be careful, fuse with me instead." Garnet placed a hand on Pearl's shoulder.

"We don't need to be careful," Garnet said, sternly. "We just need to be huge." She started to walk away, with Amethyst following close behind her. Jet turned to look at Pearl and she blushed and turned her head. Things have been a little awkward (just a little) between Jet and Pearl ever since Pearl reformed two weeks ago.

Flashback

Jet was bored so he decided to see what the gang was up to over at the temple. He knocked on the door but didn't receive an answer so he let his self in. He noticed that they were watching T.V. in Steven's room. He folded his arms and sat on the couch. He wasn't interested in what they were watching. If he wanted to watch T.V., he would've stayed at home.

"Hey, Jet!" Steven said, getting Jet's attention. "When did you get here?"

"About 5 minutes ago." Jet said, as the others started to move. "What's going on?"

"Pearl's gonna show me how to use a sword!" He said, as he started to head to the warp pad.

"Sounds interesting." Jet said, as he got up to follow the others. The group warped to what looked like an abandon arena. Jet looked around in amazement.

"What is this place?" Jet said, still looking around.

"This is an ancient arena." Pearl said, carrying two swords with her. "This is were some of the first battles for Earth took place." Jet nodded and took a sit in the stands of the arena. The others followed and took a seat as well.

"All right." Pearl said. "In order to give a proper demonstration, I'm gonna need a sparring partner." Steven started to raise his hand but Garnet lowered it. "How about you, Jet?"

"Thanks, but no." Jet said, folding his arms. "You're teaching basic stuff. I'm good." Pearl rolled her eyes at that.

"Well, no matter." Pearl said. "Luckily, I have the perfect candidate right here..." Her gem started to glow and she created a doppelganger of herself.

"Cool..." Steven said. "Hologram Pearl."

"Do you wish to engage in combat?" Hologram Pearl said, in a monotone voice.

"Let this be the perfect battle." Pearl said, throw the hologram a sword. The hologram grabbed it and took a stance.

"You already made a mistake by challenging me." Hologram Pearl said.

"We shall let our swords decided." Pearl said, taking a stance as well.

"Nerd!" Amethyst yelled out. Jet and Amethyst started to laugh, but Garnet and Steven shushed them. Hologram Pearl and Pearl both stood still until Hologram Pearl made the first move.

"Commencing duel!" Hologram Pearl said, as she lunged at Pearl with great speed. Jet leaned in close, his interesting spiking a little. Pearl was able to block the strike with little effort and created a gust of wind that pushed Steven back a little. The others where effected only a little, with Garnet and Jet's Afro blowing back a little.

"She has good form..." Jet said, as Pearl and her hologram parried each other strikes.

"Defense ranked S," Hologram Pearl said, as Pearl blocked other strike. "Zero openings detected!"

"Impressive." Jet said. Amethyst looked at Jet and then back at Pearl. She was starting to feel a little jealous for some reason.

"Go, Pearl!" Steven cheered.

"Go, Holo Pearl!" Amethyst said. Pearl shot her a mean look, which distracted her. Hologram Pearl saw this and manage to swipe the sword away from Pearl.

"Opening detected!" Holo Pearl said as she lunged her sword towards Pearl. Luckily, Pearl was quick enough to dodge her attack. Pearl grabbed her sword and quickly jabbed it through Hologram Pearl. The jab was so powerful that Hologram Pearl went flying back a few feet before she landing on the ground with a hard thud.

"Match Set." Hologram Pearl said, sitting up. "Challenger wins! Do you wish to battle again?"

"Pearl!" Steven said, running up to hee "That was so cool!"

"Yeah, it was!" Jet said, clenching his fist."You should've told me it was that kinda match, I would've accepted it in no time!" Pearl let a light blush form on her face.

"Pearl!" Steven said, getting her attention. "Will you teach me to sword fight like you?" Pearl giggled a little.

"Alright." She said. "But we should start with the basics. Begin phase 1 please." when she said that, Holo Pearl stood up.

"Training mode, engaged!" Holo Pearl said, taking a stance. "Level 1 begin!" Jet jumped backwards and took a seat once more, he wanted to see Steven go through the basics of sword training.

"I want you to stand back Steven and watch me carefully, okay?" Pearl said, pushing him back a little. She took a lighter stance this time and her holo self did the same.

"Parry! Parry! Thrust!" The Holo Pearl said, each time it made a moment. Steven was watching with stars in his eyes.

"Do you see what I'm doing with my feet, Steven?" Pearl said, as she continue to spar with her holo form. "Notice where I keep my center of gravity." Jet understood what Pearl was talking about, he once had to go through the basics himself.

"Aww..." Steven said, losing interest. "Can you show me something cool, like the boomerang blade?" He imitate the move that he seen in the movie he was watching earlier.

"Steven." Pearl said, looking at him while she continued to deflect her holo self strikes. "These are real sword techniques, not those silly moves from your movies. It's about waiting carefully for the perfect moment to-"

"Thrust!" Holo Pearl finished, as she pierce through Pearl. Steven let out a gasp.

"Whoa!" Amethyst said, standing up. Jet and Garnet stood up as well.

"Oh, no!" Garnet said, a look of concern on her face.

Pearl dropped her sword and looked at the sword that was still piercing through her. She then looked at Steven, who had a look of shock on his face.

"Whoopsie Daisy." Pearl said. "Steven, it's okay. I'm gonna be just-" Before she could finished, she poof into a cloud of smoke, her gem dropping on the ground.

"Nooo!" Steven shouted, picking up Pearl's gemstone. "Pearl!"

"Challenger defeat!" Holo Pearl said. "Level 1 failed!" Amethyst, Jet and Garnet went over to where Steven was. Amethyst was the first to speak.

"Steven, it's gonna be okay." She said, putting a hand on his back. "Pearl's gonna be just fine."

"What do you mean?" Steven asked.

"Sometimes if our bodies are badly damaged, we release our physical forms and retreat to our gems to regenerate." Garnet explained. Steven looked at Pearl's gemstone then back at Garnet.

"So, she gonna be okay?" Steven asked. Garnet nodded her head.

"Don't worry dude," Jet started, folding his arms. "This kind of stuff happens." He recalled his gem hunting days were he encountered gem monsters that poofed and then regenerated as well.

"So..." Steven said. "How long does it take to regenerate? 2 minutes? 5 minutes?" Garnet, Jet and Amethyst looked at each other but said nothing.

Two weeks later, Pearl returned reformed and sported a new look as well. This time, she was wearing a blue top (with a yellow star on the middle of it) with a blue ribbon on the middle of her torso. She also was wearing short yellow leggings and blue heels. She had the appearance of a ballerina. Steven was the first to welcome her back with a hug.

"Miss me much?" She said. Jet went up to her and hugged her as well. She let out a gasp when he did.

"Welcome back." Jet said, smiling a little.

"Wow..." Pearl said, blushing a little. "I wasn't expecting you to hug me."

"Well, I've grown use to all of you." Jet said. "You're like family." Amethyst looked a little jealous when Jet had hugged Pearl but she didn't say anything. She was just glad that Pearl was back as well.

End Flashback


Garnet and Amethyst was getting ready to fuse. Jet stood there with his arms folded and waiting to see what's about to happen. Garnet and Amethyst gave each other a short bow and then started to dance, their gems glowing in the process.

"Synchronize." Garnet said, as she continued to dance. Pearl started to cover Steven's eyes.

"What?" Steven said, trying to break free from Pearl's grip. "Aw, Pearl! I wanna see!"

'I don't blame her for trying to cover his eyes.' Jet thought, folding his arms. 'This is kinda erotic.' The two finished their dancing and combined with each other. Jet had to cover his eyes because of the bright light that was shining out. That bright light then turn red as a figure of a giant woman started to form.

"Ah! I forgot how great it is to be me!" The giant woman said, cracking her hands. She had long black hair and was wearing a purple visor to cover her eyes. She still had one showing in the center of her forehead though. She had four arms as well. She was way taller than the rest of them, about 10 or more feet.

"That's Sugilite?" Steven said, looking up.

"You got it, baby." Sugilite said, smirking at Steven. "Hey, Steven... you wanna see something cool?"

"Yeah!" Steven said, eager to see what see was going to do. Sugilite summoned gauntlets then combined them together to make an ever bigger gauntlet. She then combined her whip with it, the misshaped weapon slammed on the ground with such great force that it caused a crater in the ground upon its impact. Steven looked like he was about to past out from the excitement.

"You like that, little man?" Suglite asked, looking at Steven.

"Are you gonna smash stuff with your wrecking ball thingy?" Steven said, pointing to Sugilite's weapon.

"That's the plan!" She said. "Now, where should I started?"

"Do that one!" Steven said, pointing to a nearby pillar. Sugilite smirked and in one clean hit, she destroyed the pillar with ease. Pearl knew that Sugilite was about to get out of hand and Jet had a bad feeling about Sugilite's destructive nature.

'She's cocky.' Jet thought, as he continued to watch Sugilite destroy the remaining pillars. 'But she has the power to back it up. I'm afraid that if I say the wrong thing to her, then my life would be forfeit...' He immediately shook that thought away.

"Steven, we should leave." Pearl said, with a concern look on her face.

"Why? This is awesome!" Steven said. Sugilite hit another pillar, which caused two giant pieces to hurl towards the group. Pearl kicked one away and Jet punched the other.

"Watch it!" Pearl yelled at Sugilite. "You're just too much!"

"Maybe, you're just too little." Sugilite said, as she continued her effort. Pearl shoot her a mean look.

"Steven, we're leaving." Pearl said, picking up Steven. "Are you coming Jet?"

"Might as well," Jet said, heading towards the warp. "I'd be no help here. But what about her?" Jet pointed towards Sugilite. They were standing on the warp pad by now.

"She can find her own way home." Pearl said, and with that they warped back to the temple.


It's been 3 days since Jet and the others left Sugilite to do her bidding and Jet was getting a little concern. It didn't matter if Sugilite was cocky or not, she was still Amethyst and Garnet. Jet was currently on the beach with Steven, Lars, Sadie, and Greg. Apparently, Steven gotten aspired by Sugilite's strength and he wanted to be strong like her. He convinced Lars and Sadie to start working out with him and Greg was just there to support his son.

All of them were wearing comfortable clothes, as need for when one exercises. Jet started to some push-ups when he heard Steven yell into a siren. Jet was started to get annoyed at Steven's constant yelling and it seems he wasn't the only one. It was good that Steven was trying to motivate everyone, but it seemed fruitless if he wasn't working out himself.

"Hey, Steven." Sadie said, putting her hair into a ponytail. "Maybe...um... you could work out a bit too?"

"Huh?" Steven said, as he lowered the siren. "I have been."

"We've been working out..." Lars said, collapsing from a push-up. "You've just been yelling into that dumb microphone."

"But, you're doing a great job pumping us up." Greg said, trying to catch his breathe.

"Thanks." Steven said. "But I need to get strong too!" He picked up 2 small tires and covered his lower torso with them, he then picked up 2 more and covered the rest of his body with it. He started to run laps around them and Jet could hear him breathing hard.

'That's gonna tire him out real fast.' Jet thought, then he started to others raised an eyebrow at him.

"Sorry." He said, blushing a bit. "I just thought of something funny." It was an awkward moment of silence until the sound of rumbling could be heard. Pearl was in the temple and she came outside to see what the rumbling was about. In the distance, there was a gaint figure getting closer to the beach. Steven took off the tires to see what was going on.

"What the hay is that?" Greg said, looking at the figure. The figure landed on the beach and gave off a roar. This roar made Greg, Lars and Sadie make a run for it. Jet got up and noticed that it was Sugilite and she looked ticked off.

"I'm bored!" She yelled.

"It's Sugilite!" Steven shouted, standing next to Jet. Pearl leaped from the temple to the beach and was making her way towards Sugilite.

"You're back." Pearl said, walking close toward her.

"You left me behind!" Sugilite said, pointing a finger at her.

"We just thought you didn't need any help." Pearl said, with a concern look on her face. "Now, why don't you seperate and we can all relax..."

"No!" Sugilite said, kicking Pearl in this process. Pearl slid back a few feet and Jet went over to make sure she was okay.

"Listen to me." Pearl said, as Jet helped her up. "You've been fused for too long, you're losing yourselves."

"I am myself." Sugilite said, pointing to herself. "And I'm sick of being split up, so you better get use to me baby! And get this junk off my beach!" She smashed the equipment that Steven's dad had made for them to work out with.

"Why is she wrecking dad's gym?" Steven said, looking concerned. "Why is she attacking you?"

"Steven." Pearl said, picking him up. "Get outta here!" She gently threw him into a nearby ditch, Steven groaning from the impact.

'That was a little harsh.' Jet thought, looking at Pearl. Pearl drew her weapon looking straight at Sugilite. 'Uh-oh...'

"What?" Sugilite said. "You wanna fight?"

"You'll thank me later!" Pearl said, leaping straight at Sugilite. Sugilite swiped Pearl like a helpless fly and Pearl hit the ground hard. Pearl struggled to get up, her knees shaking a bit. Jet looked up at Sugilite and started to draw his weapon.

"No!" Pearl said, noticing him. "Not yet." Jet nodded at her, understanding that she wanted to do this alone. Pearl then took another leap at Sugilite, this time, she was able to get close enough to hit her in the face. Apparently, that hit had no effect on Sugilite. All it did was knock off her visor from her face. Pearl looked at her in disbelief.

"You think you're better than me?" Sugilite said, looking at Pearl with five eyes. "You're think you're something?" She then headbutted Pearl. "You..." She then then uppercut Pearl into the air, Pearl groaning from the impact. "Ain't Nothing!" She leap into the air and punched Pearl, sending her flying towards the ground.

Pearl hit the ground hard, leaving a deep crater in the process. Sugilite made her way towards Pearl and she threw a fist towards her. Jet couldn't standby anymore, as he made a dash towards Pearl. Luckily, he made it to Pearl first, as he scooped her in his arms and made a jump out of the crater.

"Thanks..." Pearl said, weakly. Jet gently put Pearl down then looked at Sugilite.

"What?" She said. "You wanna fight, too?" She then threw a punch towards them. Jet summoned his weapon and Pearl noticed that Jet eyes turned a fierce red. He was able to block the punch that Sugilite throw, surprising Sugilite a bit.

"How did you block that?" Pearl said.

"My power and eyes change depending on my mood," Jet said, not taking his eyes off Sugilite. "Red represents anger... hopefully, it'll never go past that..." Before Jet could explain more, Sugilite threw another punch. Jet scooped up Pearl again and jumped out of the way.

"She's too strong..." Pearl said. "We can't beat her." Jet was about to say something until he heard Steven speak.

"You guys can win!" He yelled into the speaker. "Don't give up!" Jet smiled and put Pearl gently on the ground.

"He's right, you know." Jet said, taking a stance. "Let's do this!" Pearl smiled, feeling a little more confident, took her stance as well. Sugilite walked in front of them, cracking her knuckles.

"You guys want some more?" She said, with a smirk on her face. Jet pointed his weapon at her.

"I don't recall you ever hitting me." He said, feeling a little cocky. Sugilite shot him a nasty look.

"Let's see if we can change that, little man!" Sugilite said, swinging at both of them. They dodged out of the way and ran towards the highest cliff on the beach, the one located right above the temple. As they were running they could here Steven cheering and motivating them alone the way.

Jet and Pearl made their way towards the edge of the cliff with Sugilite coming near them. Jet and Pearl leaped off the edge and Sugilite swung her fist towards them. Pearl dodged it but Jet wasn't so lucky. He managed to block most of the impact but it still sent him flying towards the ocean.

"Jet!" Pearl said, looking at him then back at Sugilite. She had a smirk on her face. She was standing near the end of the cliff, her weapon now drawn.

"Got that pest outta the way!" She said. "Now, it's your turn!" Pearl (still airborne) didn't say anything and she threw her spear towards the lower part of the cliff, making it crumbling. That crumbling was enough to make Sugilite loose her footing. She fell to the ground, making her weapon fly in the air.

"That's all you got?" She said, as she kneel on the ground. "You think that's enough to beat-" Before she could finished, her own weapon hit her in the head pretty hard, making her poof into a cloud of smoke. When the smoke emerged, Amethyst and Garnet was on the ground.

"Amethyst! Garnet!" Pearl said, running up to them. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." Garnet said, weakly. "Sugilite just overworked our bodies... it's a little painfully to move..."

"I've got a monster headache..." Amethyst said, weakly as well. Pearl pulled them into a hug, which cause them to scream in pain.

"Whoops, sorry!" Pearl said, letting them go. Steven and the others started to run towards them.

"You guys did it!" Steven said, looking around. "Where's Jet?"

"Right here," Jet said, walking towards them. He was holding his right arm, it looked extremely injured. "Although I was able to block Sugilite's attack, she still managed to break my arm... I'll be fine though. That was an awesome battle! Steven, you make a good coach dude."

"Really?" He said. Jet nodded his head, but winced in pain. Pearl walked over to Jet to check out his injury.

"It does look pretty bad." She said. "It was sweet of you to help me out back there." Jet smiled and give her a thumbs up with his left hand.

"Pearl," Garnet said, getting their attention. "We've should listen to you... you were right..."

"Yeah, I was right!" Pearl said, placing her hand on her hips. "C'mon! I feel great! Who wants to go on a mission?" Jet, Amethyst, and Garnet let out a groan.