Pearl, Amethyst and Lapis came running down to see Steven, Garnet and Onyx celebrating.

Amethyst came to them and asked, "What happened guys? I bet it was something wicked cool!"

Steven then answered. "It was! You should've seen Onyx. He went through the mutant gem and ripped him apart with a tornado!"

Onyx laughed. "It's nothing special."

As Steven, Amethyst and Onyx were celebrating. Pearl just stared at Onyx's smile. She didn't know if he was faking it or if it was the real deal.

She was still shaken by the fact that it was her fault on what happened to his kind. She started to form tears in her eyes as she stared at his smile. She knew it wasn't the real thing.

He's been hiding his true feeling inside. Locked up inside and kept the key hidden. She knew he needed someone to talk to.

"Earth to Pearl, come in Pearl?" Onyx said as he waved his hand in front of her.

Pearl clenched her hands and bit her lip as she looked down. "Why do you fake it?..." She said under her breath.

Onyx felt nervous. "What do you mean?"

Pearl broke. "Why do you fake your happiness?! Why don't you just get it off your chest while you can?!" She stormed off, heading back to the barn.

Everyone was cut off guard. "That just happened." Amethyst said as she pulled Steven heading towards the beach house.

Onyx turned to Lapis, "I'll be right back. I need to talk to her. Is it okay?" Onyx asked.

Lapis showed a small smile and agreed. "Just make sure everything's alright." Onyx nodded as he ran towards Pearl.

Lapis watched as the gem ran off. She was left with Garnet. "This sometimes happen here, you'll get used to it." She said as she walked towards the beach house.

Lapis looked over to where Onyx ran off to, he was gone. She sighed and followed Garnet.

Pearl sat under the tree next to the barn. She buried her face while she hugged her legs.

She then felt someone's presence sit next to her. "You know that I'm only doing it for you to not feel guilty. But since I know that you already do, then I'll just have to tell you..."

"But it is my fault!" Pearl yelled as she stood up. "It's my fault that I broke your heart, and got your kind killed!"

Onyx stood up as well, he didn't know what to do. "It's my fault that you had to keep all of this in and do nothing about it but torture yourself." She said as she pounded on Onyx's chest.

"You should've just left. I wasn't good enough for you." She continued as she cried on his chest, still pounding.

Onyx then stopped her hand from pounding his chest and sighed. "You're right."

She looked up at him. "I should've just left. But I didn't. I still had hope for us. But I wasn't mad about you rejecting me." He paused for a moment. "No. I was mad because if I just left, I could've saved my kind. I couldn't really find a loop for it. I'm mad at myself."

"It was either I hurt your feelings, or my kind gets wiped. I was just happy to pick both. But fate had other plans for us huh?" He said with a smile.

Pearl couldn't take it anymore. Staring at that smile meant no good reason to stare at it any longer. She immediately closed the gap between them and surprised Onyx.

But he just went with the flow. It was one way to stop all of this. For a minute, Pearl finally pulled back. She looked away as her face was blue. "I'm sorry. I wasn't in the right mind...I didn't know what to do..."

Onyx grinned, "Its alright." He paused. "You don't taste different." He joked.

Pearl blushed madly and punched Onyx in the gut. He groaned in pain with a hint of laughing. Pearl just walked off straight to the beach house. She then smiled and touched her lips.

Back at the beach house. Amethyst was busy in her room while Steven, Garnet and Lapis were sitting down, thinking of what to do.

"You think those two will be alright?" Steven asked Garnet.

Garnet shrugged. "This happened a lot when he was last here."

Pearl then entered the house and sighed. She looked at the three sets of eyes staring back at her. "What is it?" She asked.

"Are you alright, Pearl?" Garnet asked as she walked up to her.

Pearl nodded and walked towards her room. But Lapis caught a glimpse of Pearl touching her lips. She then touched hers. She already knew what happened. She felt something inside her squeeze tightly.

Onyx finally made it in the house. "Hey guys. How's it going?" He asked while he was panting.

Steven ran to him and held his robe. "Can you join us at funland?" Steven asked with stars in his eyes.

"Sure?" Onyx answered. He didn't really know what funland was, but atleast Steven was happy.

"Are you coming, Garnet?" Onyx asked. Garnet just went straight to the warp pad and warped away.

Onyx sighed. "How about you Lapis? You wanna come with us?"

Lapis smiled widely. "Yes! I mean...really?"

"Yeah, it'll be fun!" Steven said. They then heard someone clear their throat. They turn around to see Peridot.

"I'd like to accompany you to this 'funland' place." She said as she looked away from them.

Steven jumped in joy. "Great! Let's go then!" He said as he dragged Peridot straight outside.

Onyx was left with Lapis. "So...what happened to Pearl?" Lapis asked.

Onyx wasn't sure what to answer. "Oh-...ha ha, you know. We talked...and ki-killed time. Yeah. We just talked." Onyx lied.

Lapis was curious. "Really? Because something is on your lips."

Onyx panicked. "Oh wh-what?! Really?! Oh I-I'm. She kissed me first!" Onyx admitted.

Lapis froze on the spot. She forced a giggle. "I-I was joking. Nothing is on your lips. Just figured out what happened since I saw her acting weird and touching her lips."

Onyx didn't know what to say. So he just brushed it off. "L-Let's just go catch up to Steven." He said as he walked out of the house.

Lapis sighed and clenched her hand to her chest as she held back the tears.

As Steven tried to pull Peridot off of a light post to ride the roller coaster. Onyx and Lapis just waited for her to let go. "Come on Peridot. It's not gonna hurt you." Steven said as he tried to pull her.

"No! I command you to stop pulling me into that...thing!" Peridot argued.

Onyx chuckled and sighed. He then looked next to him to see Lapis looking down and holding her left elbow with her other hand. "Hey, Lapis. Are you feeling alright?" Onyx asked.

Lapis looked up at him and smiled. "Yeah. I'm okay."

Onyx was confused at first, then just didn't bother for a while. "If you say so." He knew he'll be talking to her later, he saw it in her eyes that something was wrong.

Onyx walked over to the light post where Peridot was holding on to. His hand was then whirled with strong wind as he summoned his sword from the wind. It was a black sowrd with a hint of silver. He then swung his sword towards Peridot small hands which made her let go and scream.

They felt the strong gust of wind as his sword met the floor. The light post then fell as it was in half. Peridot's eyes widened. "You weren't gonna hold back?!" She yelled at him.

"Why would I hold back? The kid wanted to have fun and you're ruining it." Onyx said with a stern face.

Peridot growled. "Fine! You're gonna pay for this, Onyx!"

"Depends on how much "payment" you want." Onyx winked at Peridot which made her fume.

Steven then pulled Peridot towards the ride while Onyx and Lapis followed. The two were then stopped by park owner. Mr. Smiley. "Sorry you two, ride's full for now."

Steven then groaned. "Are you serious?"

Onyx waved his hand. "Don't worry Steven. Lapis and I will ride something different. Just make sure to go to that place you showed me so we won't lose you." Onyx said as Steven nodded.

"Have fun Lapis!" Steven yelled as the ride started. Lapis waved a goodbye. "You too Steven!"

Onyx then offered his arm for her to grab. "Shall we?" He asks as Lapis looked at his arm for a moment. She hesitated at first, but grabbed on anyways. She felt her face warm up and she started looking down to hide it.

Onyx then looked around to see what they could do. "You have any suggestions on what to do?" He asks.

Lapis looked up at him and smiled nervously. "Well...I don't know any of these things. I don't understand why they built a spinning object that big." She said referring to the Ferris wheel.

Onyx looked at it and shrugged. "Me neither. I don't understand what that thing is for. This place wasn't here the last time I was here."

An employee then pointed at the Ferris wheel and told them, "Welcome to the new Ferris wheel. Where you can see beach city from above!"

Onyx seemed satisfied with that explanation. "Sounds good to me. Let's go on it!" He said as he pulled Lapis towards the ride.

They went inside one of the pods and it closed its doors automatically. The pod had a really awkward seating. The space was too small for both of their liking. But they didn't really notice it since they just knew that they were just too close to each other.

Lapis looked at the window and sighed. "Isn't it beautiful?" She asked.

Onyx didn't know his reply. He was getting confused. "The ocean?"

Lapis nodded as she stared at the ocean. "Yeah, It is beautiful. But I don't understand...since...you're the 'Ocean' gem. I consider both you and the ocean breathtaking."

Lapis' heart skipped a beat. There was only silence for the next minute. Until she finally broke it.

"You shouldn't be saying that..." Lapis said while she looked down.

Onyx was confused. "Why not?"

"You're with Pearl right? You shouldn't be saying this behind her back."

Onyx thought for a second. "Wait...we're not together."

Lapis looked at him with tears in her eyes. "She just kissed me. I went with it since, I've missed her for so long. But that doesn't mean were back together."

Lapis still continued to listen. "And I don't want another relationship with another gem...yet...or ever."

"Why not?" Lapis questioned.

Onyx swallowed a big lump in his throat. "I...just don't want to..."

The answer made Lapis' hands tremble. "And this is the truth?" She asks.

"Yeah. It's just like what they say here on earth. Honesty...is the best politics...of something like that." Onyx continued on.

Lapis forced out a chuckle. "Okay then."

The ride was then over. They both stepped out of the pod as Onyx offered his arm to Lapis once more as she grabbed on.

Onyx led her to a building with a big circle thing on top. They entered the building to see Steven eating donuts while Peridot had her head on the table.

"Hey guys! How was the ride?" Steven asked.

"It was...something." Onyx said as he felt Lapis gripped his arm for a second.

"Well, I'd like you two to meet Lars and Sadie." Steven said as he pointed at the two humans behind the counter. The two waved at the two Gems.

"Hello, Lars and Sadie." Onyx said as he set Lapis down on a chair next to Peridot.

"Hey there...shark guy." Sadie said as she smiled awkwardly.

"Shark guy?" Onyx said in confusion.

Lars rolled his eyes as he went to the back of the building. "Don't worry about him. He's just being...a jerk."

Onyx nodded even if he was confused. He then looked at Steven, who was chomping down donuts. Onyx chuckled a bit and looked at Peridot.

"What happened to her?" Onyx asked Steven.

Steven started. "Uh...well..."

"Steven, stop this beast!" Peridot yelled as she held on to the pole in front of her. "Don't you think that in this speed you'll get...whatever disease you get on earth. Just make it stop!"

"Woo hoo!" Steven yelled as he ignored her complaints.

Peridot felt her head get light and her vision started to get dark.

The last thing she heard was Steven's voice. "Peridot?!"

Onyx held his laughter and coughed instead. "Well, what do you wanna do before sundown?" He asked Steven.

"I think we can call it a day and go home now." Steven said as Onyx agreed.

"I'll carry her." Onyx suggested as he picked up Peridot.

As the four Gems made it to the beach house, the sun was already setting.

Onyx was just thinking twice if he wanted to stay with Lapis or stay in the beach house. He stopped on his tracks immediately.

Lapis looked back at him, seeing him looking down. "Is there something wrong?" She asked as she lowered her head to look at his face.

Onyx then grabbed Lapis from the hip and they dove on the sand, with Peridot still on his back. "Steven, bubble up!" Onyx yelled.

Steven panicked and put up a bubble. Something then flew by, just an inch away from Onyx's fin. Steven wasn't so lucky as he got tossed by the thing into the ocean. "Steven!"

Onyx growled and dropped Peridot on the sand while she was still out cold. "That's it. You can assault me. Or even kill me. But you can't do that to Steven!" Onyx yelled as he summoned his sword.

He then stomped on the sand and a tornado came from under him. "If I can't reach you. This'll probably do." He said as he stepped out of the tornado and look for the flying enemy.

He then heard it shriek behind him and he quickly turned around and slashed the air. The tornado then came to where it's master told it to.

The flying enemy then got struck by the tornado and was ripped apart. A gem then fell from it.

Onyx picked it up and crushed it with his hands. "Abomination." He whispered.

He then saw Steven rolled his bubble away from the ocean and popped it. He then sighed. "Putting up bubbles is kind of tiring me out."

"It's what you do best Steven." Onyx said as he looked back at Lapis. She was just gazing at him.

"Hey, Lapis. I don't think sleeping underwater would be a great idea for tonight." He said as Lapis just stared at him

"Is this his full potential? Is he really this strong? I think he was still holding back. I can't believe he just fought something that would've hurt all of us, and he just gets rid of it and brush's it off like it was nothing?" She then recovered from her thoughts and she saw that Onyx was just a few inches away from her face. She blushed so hard she couldn't even move her head, if she did...well something would happen.

Onyx smiled. "I was asking if you'd wanna stay with Steven for awhile?"

Lapis didn't answer. She was still shocked and her face was still deep blue. Onyx just stood straight, "Huh...I'll take that as a yes then!" He said as he grabbed Peridot from the sand and grabbed Lapis' arm and pulled them straight towards the beach house.

"Let's go Steven. You can celebrate later." Onyx said as Steven smiled.

"Alright! Lapis and Onyx are sleeping over!" Steven ran towards the beach house and went in to break the news.

Steven entered the house to see Pearl cleaning up his room. "Sorry about the mess Pearl." Pearl patted Steven on the head and sighed. "So, where's Onyx?" She asks.

"Here I am." Onyx barged in the conversation. Pearl turned around to see him carrying Peridot while Lapis was beside him.

Pearl's heart started to beat faster. "O-oh...you're with Lapis...and Peridot? How was your time at funland?" She asks awkwardly.

"It was fun, I guess." Onyx replied.

"That's great! Now, are you planning to sleep here Onyx?" Pearl asked with hope in her eyes.

"I think so. So is Lapis." Pearl went poker face.

"Oh! That's nice. So, where do you plan on sleeping Lapis?" Pearl asked

Lapis thought about it for a moment. "Probably just here with Steven and Peridot."

"Oh that's great! How about you Onyx?" She said while she stared him down waiting for the answer she was waiting for.

"Well...I wasn't really gonna-"

"You can sleep in my room! If you want to..." Pearl said awkwardly.

Onyx snorted a laugh. "I was saying that I don't feel like sleeping. And if I do feel sleepy, then I'll go in your room." Onyx said as he winked at Pearl.

Pearl's face sent hot when he winked at her. "O-okay. You guys have a goodnight!" She said as she walked towards her room, hiding the shame in her face. But she liked it.

"Well...that was weird." Steven said as he just came out of the bathroom, witnessing half of what happened.

Steven then ran to his bed while Peridot was already there snoring. "You guys can sleep on my bed." He said as he yawned.

"I'll be there Steven." Lapis said as Steven smiled and fell on his back and started snoring.

"Wow. That boy goes to sleep fast." Onyx said as he stared at Steven. He then looked over at Lapis beside him. "So, you can rest now. I might just sit down here for a bit until you get to sleep." Onyx sat down on the couch.

Lapis sat down with him. She looked away from him. Onyx noticed. "Something bothering you Lapis?" He asked.

Lapis held her breath and exhaled. Then she gave Onyx a quick kiss on his cheek. "That's for the amazing day...thank you." She said as she looked down once again.

Onyx was shocked. He couldn't move. "You're welcome...just doing my promise."

Lapis smiled and gave him a hug. "You're the best..." She then let go and climbed up and lay beside Steven and Peridot.

After a few minutes. Onyx looked at the three sleeping peacefully and be sighed. He then walked outside. He looked up to the stars and sighed. "I'm not...the best. I'm the worst." He whispered to himself. He then went down and walked along the beach.

"You don't wanna stay here for long Onyx. Or they might end up like the other Onyx Gems." He said to himself.

"Even if it's in the past, I still feel guilty." He stopped walking and sat down as the water kept touching his shoes. "Sometimes...I just want to shatter myself. So all of this would be over." He then picked up a shell from the sand and threw it into the water. "Who am I kidding? Bad things will happen even if I'm not here."

He then laid down on the sand. "I guess...just protecting the others will bentop priority to me then." He closed his eyes and started to drift away. "No matter what." He said as he finally fell asleep.

"You could've done something! You could've saved us. But you stayed with Rose quartz. Your friends matter more than your own kind?!"

"..."

"And now look at our home. Destroyed. Because you didn't help. You're supposed to be "The Expert"."

"..."

"My gem is cracked, and even if you heal me, you'll still carry this problem in your entire gem life."

"..."

"...Get out of my face."

"But...I can help you, I'll just take you to Rose and let her heal you!"

"No! I don't wanna live knowing that I'd be the last of my kind."

"But I'm still here."

"Because If Rose heals me, I'm gonna shatter you, you traitor...you're not considered an Onyx anymore."

"..."

"Wait, what're you doing?"

"You said I wasn't part of your kind anymore..."

"Wait! I'm already injured! An Onyx can't kill an injured ally!"

"You said I wasn't an Onyx anymore right?"

"No, wait! You can't injure an all-..."

"My sword says otherwise."

*Gem shatter*

"You're not an Onyx..."

"Onyx..."

"..."

"Onyx!"

"Gah!" Onyx choked as he swallowed some water off the ocean. He sat up and there some out.

After he was done gagging in the water, he looked up to see that it was still dark. He felt a hand on his shoulder.

He turned around to see Pearl. She looked worried. "What happened? Were you hurt?!" Pearl kept asking like he was her son.

"I'm fine Pearl. I was just...sleeping." He said as he didn't want to tell her his dream...or memory.

Pearl then hugged him tight. "I told you to go in my room, not outside! I was waiting for you then I got worried and I-...I thought...nevermind." Pearl said as she continued to hug him.

She didn't hear Onyx. She didn't even feel him breathe. The moment was mostly silent, just the noise of the water crashing on land was heard.

Until Pearl heard Onyx...sniffle. Her eyes widened. She released him from her embrace as she saw him crying. But he wasn't smiling. He was just crying.

Onyx continued to cry as he hugged Pearl back. She was surprised by his actions. She just went with it. They weren't speaking for the following minutes. Then he stopped crying.

"I can't do this Pearl."

Pearl didn't say anything.

"I can't call myself a gem anymore. I'm just...me." He continued. "I'm scared..."

"Don't be scared, we're here for you." Pearl reassured him while still in each others embrace.

"That's what I'm scared of! I've already lost my kind! And I might lose you guys."

Pearl was silent.

"I don't want to lose any of you. You're all I've got."

Pearl released herself from the embrace and looked at Onyx's eyes. She had tears in her eyes as well. "You're not gonna lose anyone. We're all here to fight with you. Whatever comes to us, we'll do it together. So we can repay you after what happened with choosing to help you or Rose."

They looked at each other for a moment, Pearls cheeks were light blue. Onyx just had his normal face on, after he cracked a grin. "Thanks, P."

Pearl stood up and laughed. "That's what a mother does best!"

Onyx saw this as an opportunity. "Really? I'm thinking that Steven is the son. But who's the father?"

Pearl felt fer face hotter than before. "Oh hush up!"

Onyx then made a swift move and grabbed her waist from behind and bowed down. "You hush up..." Onyx said as Pearl just went wide eyed. They were inches away. Just close enough that if one of them made one move, it would happen.

"You know. This seems oddly familiar." Onyx said, not taking his eyes off of hers.

Pearl's face was just out of control. She was blushing uncontrollably.

"But I remember it ended up with something..." Onyx was laughing on the inside. He then set their selves to stand straight. "But I guess I forgot." He chuckled.

Pearl groaned as she gained back her composure. "You're such a tease!" She said before she stomped away from him back to the beach house.

Onyx was smiling. Until she finally got back to the beach house. He lost the smile. "What're you doing, Onyx?!" He yelled at himself.

"Don't get too attached. Don't put them into your problem." He then summoned a clone to talk to.

"You should just leave right now!"

"Topaz might still be out there. And he might find this place, I need to stay here."

"No! Do you see what you're doing?! You're putting them in grave danger!"

Onyx unsummoned his clone as he calmed down for a moment. "Look, If you wanna protect them, just do it and don't fail."

"Onyx?" A worried voiced called out for him

He looked behind him and saw Lapis. "Are you alright?"

Onyx didn't know what to say. "Yeah...Lapis."

"Hm?" Lapis sat down beside him.

"I'm going off planet." Onyx admitted.

Lapis was shocked. "Why?!"

"I can't do it Lapis. If I leave now, then danger won't come from out there. But If I leave, the cluster will be just as bad."

Lapis was speechless. "I don't know what else to do! I wanna go out there and check if there are any trouble coming towards earth. But if it takes longer than I think, the cluster could activate at any mom-..."

He was cut off by Lapis' lips locking with his. He just calmed down and pulled her closer as he kissed back.

After a whole minute, they separated. "Take me with you then." Lapis said as she had tears in her eyes. "I feel so happy whenever I'm with you. And I don't want to lose it quickly..."

Onyx sighed. "I can't. I don't want the risk of you getting shattered."

"I want to! I just...want to be with you..." Lapis said as she began to turn weak.

Onyx held her as she started to go limp. "Hey...I'll come back." He said as he gave her a kiss on her forehead. "I promise..."

Lapis didn't know what to say back. Onyx stood up and summoned a ball out of thin air.

Lapis looked at the ball. "What is that?"

"This is a portable warp pad...or in this case, ball." He then looked at Lapis. "I'll see you soon."

He threw the ball to the ground and it emitted a blue light all over Onyx. "Onyx, wait!" She was too late.

He was gone. She looked up in the sky and saw that it was getting bright. She walked back to the beach house.

She had news to tell the others.

Sorry for the late update people. School's getting pretty hectic.

But hooray its the weekends. Thank you for the people who reviews. Luv u guys/gals.

I'll probably make another 4k or 5k word chapter by Sunday. And maybe post it when I feel like it does good to the story.

Again, sorry for the delay and the short chapter.