Pearl was dragging Garnet to the barn with her, as the fusion saw very little point in this.

"Pearl it was over 5000 years ago, I doubt someone would still be after Rose especially after you were the one who attacked him."

"You don't understand Garnet, he is known as the eternal assassin, he one of the few people who survived Earth "Recreation" millions of years ago."

If Garnet's shades were not covering her eyes Pearl would see that Garnet had such a look it almost appeared she was looking down on Pearl like how she looks down on Steven.

"I thought you were a Gemist and didn't believe in Beerus, Buu, or anyone more powerful than a Gem?"

Pearl gave an embarrassed blush.

"O-o Okay so I may have said some... controversial things in the past but if I'm sure of anything now it's that this man needs to be stopped."

They stepped on a warped and were transported near the barn.

"Pearl if this assassin beat Rose in her prime, what do you think I can do?"

"Your future vision will assist us in predicting each of his attacks while me and Amethyst will use our ranged weaponry to keep him at a distance and once we were him down we fuse to deliver the final blow, but we must be careful, cunning, and most importantly subtle-"

"Yo P check this out!"

Amethyst was peeking through the corner of the barn, when Pearl checked it out she saw Tao already there, forcing Steven and Greg to feed him.

"So P, do you think we should wait until he's done and attack him when he least expect it-"

Pearl was already gone, she threw her spear at Tao with the intent of a fatal blow.

"I GOT YOU NOW YOU MONSTER!"

"Huh?"

The spear was centimeters from Tao's neck but the assassin quickly kicked the tip of the blade sending the spear off in a different direction.

Steven looked at Pearl with a mixture of shock and terror in his eyes.

"Pearl what are you doing?!"

"Get back Steven!"

"But-"

"I said GET BACK!"

Pearl pushed Steven into the barn as she two summoned dual swords.

"So we meet again again….. Tao."

Dead silence filled intoxicated the air, wind slowly blew Tao's pony tail in the air, as Pearl's glare reached its max Tao broke the silence.

"Do… Do I know you?"

Pearl's eyes nearly fell from her sockets in disbelief, surely he would remember a warrior like a gem. Right?

"D- Don't play dumb assassin, you can't fool me!"

"I'm not trying to fool anyone I honestly don't know who you are…"

"WE FOUGHT 5000 YEARS AGO! I'm the Crystal Gem Pearl! Leader of Rose Quartz's first rebellion division! Surely you remember a warrior gem like me!"

"If I don't remember you than I probably had a good reason to, now get lost."

Tao turned around and began to walk away from a very enraged Pearl.

"Don't you dare treat me like a joke!"

Pearl jumped in the air hoping to get the drop on Tao literally and figuratively.

"TAO!"

Before Pearl managed to land a hit Tao turned around so fast that it created a small shockwave around him, he than struck Pearl in the stomach with an elbow strike.

Pearl was sent back twenty feet but regained her balance in midair and landed gracefully on her feet almost like a ballerina but with the determination and skill of a samurai.

Amethyst rushed over to Pearl trying to help in anyway.

"You alright P?"

"I'm fine just got the wind knocked out of me, that's all."

"Just a little tip, if you're planning on assassinating someone don't yell out their name before you attack…"

Tao gave a smug snake like grin that only boiled Pearl rage even more.

"I must admit attacking me head on is very brave, not the smartest idea of your life but it's far from the worst decision you made today."

Amethyst smashed her fist together.

"Oh it's on pinky! Time for a rematch!"

Amethyst began to charge a spin dash creating sparks below as she rolled in place.

"Wait that voice sounds…"

"CANNONBALL!"

Amethyst dashed towards Tao with the speed of a missile tearing up the ground as she made her way towards Tao.

Tao held out both of his arms holding the spinning bullet back.

"Don't…Get…Carried Away!"

Tao then redirected Amnesty course by throwing her at Pearl, the spinning ball of destruction nearly took her head off if she hadn't avoided it at the last minute.

Pearl ran over to Amethyst who was indented in a fence.

"Amethyst try to avoid head on attacks he'll destroy you!"

The purple gem blew her hair out of her face.

"No really? I thought it was opposite day and we were suppose to get our butts kicked."

…

"You're being facetious with me aren't you?"

"No I was being sarcastic P, I ain't German or nothing."

Amethyst stood up and transformed into her hulking Purple Puma form and flexed her muscles.

"So you are that same warrior from last night. Don't you remember how this turned out last time?"

"Well this time is your last time!"

"That doesn't make sense..."

Amethyst charged out Tao but a simple palm strike from him sent her flying into a tree, but she got back up.

"The sun was in my eyes!"

Smashed back into a tree.

"Lucky shot!"

Smashed back into a tree.

"Just psyching you out!"

Smashed back into a tree.

"Full power charge!"

Smashed back into a tree.

"Can't keep me down!"

...

Guess what happens next?

"OW! Come on!"

Pearl only watched as each time Amethyst charged Tao knocked her back with minimal effort but she kept coming back for more.

Pearl couldn't tell if this was tenacious or just plain idiotic.

"Gonna get you this time!"

And she was currently leaning towards the latter.

"OW!"

Pearl then knew why they were losing, this whole time Garnet was simply watching from afar with her arms folded, and the same deadpan expression on her face.

"Garnet why aren't you doing anything!"

"I am doing something."

"What?"

"Spectating."

Pearl was her breaking point, not only did her most hated enemy return but he didn't have the decency to recognize her what was worse was that Garnet didn't even pretend to care.

"THAT'S IT NO MORE FOOLING AROUND. AMETHYST!"

Amethyst was facing down in the dirt.

"Yo."

"We need Opal!"

Amethyst stood up from the ground and spat out a rock.

"You know what's weird? Rock taste better after each time you eat one!"

Amethyst gave pearl a cheerful look but all she got in return was a cold furious stare.

"Ok…"

That's all Amethyst could muster, no jokes, no clever comment, nothing.

"What's this?"

Tao watched confused as the two gems began to quickly dance in the middle of their fight, suddenly their bodies glowed in a brilliant light as their physical mass disappeared when the light faded a new being emerged, she had a tall figure, multiple arms and her hair tied up in gigantic pony tail.

"Wh- What on Earth is this?"

The new gem summoned a whip and spear and fused them together creating a bow, a beam of energy formed when she pulled back the string against the bow, this time the Gem gave a cocky smirk.

"Fusion."

An arrow shaped beam of energy raced its way towards Tao, the assassin quickly jumped into the air narrowly avoiding the attack, Opal formed several more arrows.

"I won't let you get away that easy!"

A swarm of arrows approached Tao, but he was always one step ahead of them narrowly avoiding every arrow creating a series of explosions behind him.

"You can't keep dodging forever!"

The symphony of explosions tipped over Stevens interest, he came running only to see Opal trying to kill his new friend.

"Opal stop! Please!"

The gem didn't hear him, she was so consumed by her mission to kill Tao she never stopped firing.

"Please stop!"

Seeing Steven in possible danger Garnet dashed over to Opal and grab one of her arms.

"PEARL! You have to stop-"

Garnet was quickly knocked away as a single swipe from the stronger fusion was enough to decide their match.

As Opal charged up her most powerful arrow, Steven ran twenty feet in front of her trying get her attention.

"PEARL! AMETHYST!"

While finishing up her attack a single word escaped the fusions lips.

"Steven?"

However it was too late the arrow had been fired, Steven was like a deer caught in between burning light that would cease him from existence.

"STEVEN!"

"STEVEN!"

"Dumb boy!"

A blur of pink intercepted the beam, shielding Steven from any harm.

As the smoke cleared Steven looked up at who saved him.

"Mi- Mister Tao?"

Steven tried to touch Tao, but his skin emanated heat from the blast burned the skin on Steven's hand.

"You attack me, you attack my host, and you ruined my outfit!"

Tao pointed at the Gem, energy began to pulse through his entire body to the tip of his finger forming a burning light.

"DODON RAY!"

In a instance the burning beam pierced the fusions body separating the two gems.

"Ugrh… Pearl are you okay?"

Weakly on the ground Amethyst was quickly pushed away, as Pearl looked up she saw the immortal assassin who began to glow with a murderous aura.

"You said we fought before… Perhaps I should remind you of how terrifying I can be?"

Before Tao could grab Pearls throat and crush her in his hand, the small pudgy boy who offered to try food stood in his way.

"What are you doing boy? Stand aside!"

"Tao please stop! I don't know all this stuff about you as an bad person or Pearl being mad at you, but what I do know is that if you're really not a bad person like I think, than no one else has to get hurt."

Tao stared at the boy, he was ignorant and naive of how the world truly works but maybe that's why he drew people towards him in a warm manner.

"Fine…"