A full cycle had passed and Black Diamond had gotten everything ready as he used a ship to fly him, Spinel, and the Off Colors to the nearby planetoid for the trial by combat. He would have all of them but Spinel hide in his palanquin to give them front row seats while avoiding them being shatter if they're seen.

"Alright, Spinel, when Pink arrives, I want you to make the announcement to all of the colonies with this communication crystal." Black said as he handed Spinel the communication crystal.

"Got it but won't the other Diamonds try to cut the signal?" Spinel asked as she took the crystal.

"Unlikely. It's my private line, so they won't be able to cut it out." Black Diamond said as the ship landed on the planetiod.

The ship opened and Black Diamond's palanquin walked out onto the surface before a large open crater, where the battle would be held. Though, what they saw afterwards surprised them all as what was waiting inside of the crater was a large and phenomenal battle arena, maybe recently constructed by Bismuths.

Was it one of the Diamonds who asked for it? Were they waiting for this as well or was it just a way in their own way, that if this is going to happen then might as well make it something to remember.

"I just had the most amazing vision! We're about to be greeted with an arena for the battle, possibly ordered by Pink." Padparadscha said with awe.

'That's probably it.' Black thought as he piloted his palanquin to walk to battle arena.

Once there, Black Diamond and his group saw that Pink with her Pearl was waiting in the middle of the arena with a glare directed towards him. Who knows how long she had been waiting but that was a question for another time as Black made his palanquin stop at the edge.

"About time you got here." Pink said as she glared at Black.

"I'm surprised to see you waited for me. You must be more angry than I thought." Black said as he walked out with Spinel by his side, the rest of the Off Colors staying inside to hide. "So, I take it you're ready?"

"MORE than ready." Pink said before casting her gaze onto Spinel, taking in her appearance change. "Spinel."

The former playmate didn't reply as she looked away, pulling her hood up and moving closer to Black Diamond.

"I suppose you told the others about this? I dont see them around here though. Let me guess, they didn't take it seriously, did they?" Black Diamond asked, looking around.

Maybe once he defeats Pink, they will see him with a different light. He knew that she was stronger then what others gave credit for, so step one is to show off his own strength.

"It doesn't matter if they watch or not! I'm going to put you in your place!" Pink shouted at him.

"Pink, it's not too late to stop this." her Pearl, pink hair buns and her gem in her stomach, said to Pink.

"I have to do this, Pearl." Pink said to her.

"On that we can agree and don't worry, the others will watch. EVERYONE will watch." Black Diamond said as he looked to Spinel, nodding to her.

The little gem nodded to him as she stepped forward and pulled out the communication device, activating it.

"Wait, why does she-" Pink asked before the screen opened up to face Spinel.

"Ahem, attention to all Colonies with reach. I am here to make a special announcement." Spinel said as she pulled off her hood, showing everyone on Homeworld and the other colonies her face. "Today, a special trial has been issued that you all will are permitted to see. A trial by combat."

Gasps could be heard all over the universe and Homeworld as every gem watch, stopping their duties to pay attention to Spinel.

"The rules are simple, a battle will be decided to determine whose word is law and whose word means nothing. The challenger who has declared the trial is Black Diamond and the challenged who accepted is Pink Diamond." Spinel said as the device showed Pink and Black, Pink looking shocked and Black looked confident.

"What's wrong, Pink? Getting less confident now that all of Homeworld is watching?" Black Diamond asked as he put his hands in his pockets. "I told you this was serious and what better way to demonstrate it then to showcase it for all to see?"

Pink just grited her teeth in annoyance, hating Black Diamond's words more and more!

"You take my Spinel, you treat me with disrespect, you declare for a Trial by Combat, and now this?! You're really asking to be clobbered, Black! Don't think I dont know how to shatter someone just because I've barely been in combat!" Pink shouted.

Most of Homeworld, even the Diamonds gasped in shock at Pink's threat! She was willing to go as far as shatter a fellow diamond just for disrepecting her?!

"I wouldn't be surprise but since you're so eager to get Spinel back, how about a bonus wager? Since you would take Spinel back if you win, how about I get your colony if I win?" Black asked her.

"My Colony?!" Pink Diamond repeated as Pink Pearl gasped loudly with a hand over her mouth.

"Yes, your colony. You abandoned Spinel when your got your first colony, meaning that meant just as much to you as Spinel did. So, it's only far I get something of equal worth by the end of this trial." Black Diamond said with a smirk. "Or is Spinel not really that important to you and you just want her back out of jealousy?"

Black gestured to Spinel as she kept quiet but was glaring ferociously at Pink as she was reminded of that day, of their "game" that Spinel played without second thought JUST so Pink could abandon her for a colony! Just to stand there like a statue and wait until Pink came back but she never did!

"I...I...I accept." Pink stuttered out, wavering from the glare but remaining firm. "I will give you control over my colony if you win."

"Great, now let's get started." Black Diamond said with a smirk.

Spinel took a deep breath to calm down before she held up her hand to the sky. Pink turned to Pink Pearl and pointed to the edge, telling her to clear the arena, which she did.

"May the trial by combat..." Spinel said as the communication device floated to the top of the arena, getting it all within view for the battle as Spinel throw her hands down. "BEGIN!!!"

Spinel coiled her legs and jumped back, landing near Black Diamond's palanquin to watch.

The fight had begun, but the two diamonds didnt move a muscle, instead they were were just staring at each other analyzing who would do he first move and how to get the upper hand. A diamond's power was a rare sight, not everyone knew what they were able to do. The limits of their power and what could one of them do when pushed too far, you can say they were the apex of gem society and no one had what it took to push them. Everyone from Homeworld and the colonies watched with baited breaths until Black bent his knees, smirking as he got ready to charge.

"Here I come!" He shouted as he blast off to Pink, who charged in turn.

They charged their power into their fist and punched towards each other, clashing their fists as an explosion of energy followed! The ground beneath them shattered with cracks like a spider web, dust and debri flew from the powerful impact of pink and black energy making lesser gems take cover!

"Neeeh!" Pink Pearl let out as she covered her eyes from the light and wind.

"Guh!" Spinel let out as she pulled her hood up, hanging on the palanquin as the Off Colors shook inside of it.

Rhodonite had cover her own mouth from screaming and Padparadscha's mouth to prevent her from making predictions that already happened. The clash of the diamonds was at a stalemate, neither of them gaining ground before Black pulled back to make Pink stumble forward.

"Gotcha." Black said before kicking Pink in the face, sending her back!

He didn't stop as continued to attack with a punch, kick, roundhouse kick, and uppercut to make her grunt in pain before he stopped his next punch and kneed her in the stomach!

"STOP IT!" Pink yells causes a shockwave that pushes Black Diamond away from her!

He he could do any more combos, she charged at him for a kick and encased the tip of her feet with a resilient bubble. This one with spikes around it like a mace! He raised his arms to block and diminish the damage before he was thrown back, skidding against the floor before stopping at the arena edge.

"That actually stung. Okay then." Black said before he gained a dark glow. "Time to get serious myself."

The dark glow spread to the ground and rose, forming 5 copies of Black Diamond but made of black energy with white lines and glowing eyes.

"You think you got the advantage because of numbers?" Pink said covering her hands with spiked bubble knuckles as well.

"Maybe it will, maybe it won't, you don't know that. But I do." Black said as he then created a broadsword out of black energy. "Now, time to see who's right!"

Black Diamond and his clones charged at Pink, the clones moving further ahead to attack Pink from all directions. The taller diamond dodge and blocked their attacks before jumping into the air, floating and summoning her unbreakable shield! She grabbed it and tossed it at the clones as it spun like a saw.

The clones ran into it, breaking apart like their were poofing, before Black swung his sword to knock it back at Pink! She dodged her shield before Black clashed his sword against her spiked bubble knuckles!

"Good try!" Black said to her before he kicked Pink to ground!

Pink landed on her feet and jumped back as Black Diamond stabbed the ground in front of her! He let go of the broad sword, making it fade away, before summoned two more swords to his hands and slashing at Pink as she blocked each attack.

"Is this going how you expected?" She said between blocks. "Not as easy, huh?"

"You act as if I am underestimating you Pink" Black Diamond said as he smiles.

Black Diamond used his power to create an energy clone to appear behind Pink and grabbed her by the neck!

"GuH!" Pink gagged, feeling her neck being gripped tightly!

"Surprise!" Black said before he kicked Pink all the way to the edge of the arena!

Smoke flew everywhere as Pink crashed, most of the gems watching were going wild with excitment while others were still scared of what was happening right before them. From gems that have leave for decades to younglings that have only lived for a matter of weeks, seeing this for the first time was an unbelievable sight. Two Diamonds fighting each other.

As the smoke cleared, Pink was covered in dust and slowly started to get up from the ground.

"That was a foul move. But now, it's my turn." Pink said darkly, glaring at Black.

Her whole body started shining a stronger shade of pink, increasing her speed and strength several dozen times. This made everything around Pink appear to move slower before taking off using super speed. Black gasped at the sight of this, ducking back as Pink tried to punch him, kicking up a trail of wind!

'Pink has this kind of power?!' He thought in surprise before a new theory came to mind! 'This……This is why they look down on me!'

Seeing her about to attack, Black quickly created a shield as Pink kicked him and blow him to the side as he dragged against the ground!

"Black!" Spinel shouted in worry as the Off Colors gasped in fear, but stayed hidden.

"DON'T THINK THIS IS OVED YET!" Pink shouted before she charged at him again!

Pink Diamond was strong when she was angry because of how unpredictable her emotions can make her act. Bringing out things she didnt even knew she had, but that was not the case just yet as she was fighting on instinct, on pure and raw emotion.

Back to the battle, Pink was now mercilessly knocking Black all of the arena. From dragging him against the ground to punching him right into the air and slamming him down, she held nothing back as the younger diamond did nothing to fight back! He was simply lost in his thoughts as his realization was still dawning. They looked down on him because...they were afraid of his untapped potential and power. It made sense when he saw Pink unleash such raw power when she had rarely been in a battle before. If she could have this much power as the SECOND to youngest diamond, what kind of power could he have within him?

'I've been in countless battles and yet, I've never truly tapped into my power...' Black thought as Pink punched him into the arena floor and prepared to stomp him deeper. 'I think it's time I change that.'

"You're Finished!" Pink Diamond shouts as she summons her shield under her feet, but this time it was larger and it had spikes around it as she was gonna crush Black with it.

Black shut his eyes, taking a deep breath of the planetoid's air before he released it, feeling something within him...something powerful and something that's been waiting to be released...Black Diamond wasn't going to ignore it.

"HUUUUUH!" he shouted out as he opened his eyes, unleashing an explosion of his dark energy!

"What?!" Pink shouted as she was pushed back, her shield protecting her from the blast before she hit the arena floor!

Everyone watching gasped in shock as a spiraling tower of energy formed around Black, his screams of power continuing as the tower slowly expanded and changed shape!

"W-Whoa." Spinel let out in awe of the power Black was releasing.

"What's going on?/What's happening to Black?" The Rutile twins asked as they hugged each other.

"I don't know but we'll just have to wait and see." Flurite said with a slightly concerned voice.

"What if this is a bad thing?!" Rhodinite asked in worry, releasing Padparadscha's mouth.

"Something big is coming." Padparadscha said with a flat lip.

'I dont get it! What is happening? Where is that power coming from?' Pink thought, confused about what was gonna happen.

The energy was dissapearing, almost like it did what it came to work on and now it was time to show it off. Once it did, everyone gasped in shock at what they saw. Especially the diamonds since this was a power none of them had every seen before, not from themselves or from any other gem type!

"Well well well, it looks like my theory was right." Black said as he smirked, looking DOWN on Pink. "It seems we have more power than the others, being so young, that they have to keep us in check before we realize it. Too bad that won't work anymore.

Standing or floating in mid air, Black was inside of a giant translucent astral form of himself! Made of the same energy as his clones and standing even taller than White Diamond, this translucent form had turned the tables of this battle.

"H-H-How did you-" Pink asked with a stutter.

"Same as your glowing trick, I guess. But that doesn't matter right now, it's time to finish this." Black said with a small chuckle.

Pink watches as Black Diamond raises its giant construct feet to step on her like a pebble! She quickly made a large spiked pink bubble to protect her as the foot crashed down! The moment the large foot met the shield, their powers clashed once more, but Black's power was overwhelming Pink's as her bubble shield cracked from the pressure! She raised her hands to put more power into it as Black continued to put more of his astral body down on Pink.

"Come on, Pink! Is that all you have?! It's pathetic!" Black shouted at her as he put more power into his foot, forcing the bubble deeper into the arena floor! "If this is all you can do, I'll just end this here and claim my new colony! It deserves to have a real diamond to command it, one that knows how to put his FOOT DOWN!"

Looking up to at her shield, Pink saw Black's dark energy was leaking through shield and formed 3 clones! She gasped in shock as they looked at her.

"Hehehehehehehe." they chuckled before tackling her, making Pink fall to the ground and drop her shield.

"NOOO-!"

Black's astral form foot crashed onto Pink, destroying the arena as a cloud of giant dust kicked up!

"PINK!" Pink Pearl shouted in worry.

Everyone watching gasped in shock, seeing Pink Diamond crushed before them. Was she shattered or what she just poofed?! Nobody could know as Black's astral form slowly shrank and receded back into his body, standing right before where Pink was crushed and kneeled down. Everyone watched as he rummaged through the rubble of the arena before he pulled out Pink Diamond's gem, undamaged, and held it up for all to see that he was the winner. Spinel saw this and quickly jumped back into the arena and landed next to Black.

"T-The Trial by Combat is over! The victor and the owner of the Earth Colony is Black Diamond!" Spinel shouted as the communication device lowered down to her and Black.

Everyone gasped in utter surprise, the fight wasnt super long but ever second felt like it, but now it was over and the winner was the youngest Diamond who showcased its power and everyone in homeworld saw it.

"This is my strength, Homeworld. This is the power I possess and I'm not going to stop until all of gem kind knows my strength." Black Diamond said as he looked to Pink Pearl, who was standing in shock. "Here, catch."

Black Diamond threw Pink Diamond's gem to her, making the Pearl scramble to catch it before holding it close to her chest.

"And I want to send a special message to my other fellow diamonds." Black Diamond said as he looked back to the screen. "Prepare yourselves, you don't know where and pushing know when, but I am going to challenge you and defeat you as well. Starting with you………..Blue."

Black Diamond waved his hand at the feed ended, catching the communications device in his hand.

"Oh my stars..." Pink Pearl said, feeling a sensation of dread.

Some gems gave applauses to Black Diamond for his showcase of power and how cool it was, while others were scared of doing so and making the other diamonds angry.