"I wonder what the gems are to." Steven asked Peridot and Connie as they turned their heads to him.

"Those Crystal clods are preparing for Malachite. I still don't know who or what that is." Peridot said wiggling around her fingers.

"You don't know who Malachite is? Well technically you do." Steven said as Peridot looked confused.

"Um Connie. Since you have a higher intelligence level-!"

"Hey!" Steven yelled.

"As I was saying can you explain to me Steven's words?" Peridot asked Connie as she giggled a bit.

"Sure! Malachite is Jasper and Lapis fused together." Connie said as Peridot jumped up and shook her head.

"What!? Impossible!" Peridot yelled.

"Its true! We saw them fuse together! Anyway I'm pretty sure she's on her way." Steven added in. Peridot ran behind Steven's back.

"What are we going to do?!" Peridot yelped.

"The gems, Connie and I are going to handle it! Well mostly the gems but we can still kick some butt!" Steven grinned but stopped when he saw the uncertainly in both of the females eyes.

"Steven that's nice but what can I do? I'm just a human." Connie whispered as Steven smiled.

"Yeah your just a human...with awesome sword skills learned from a super powered cool alien woman who fought in the coolest battle for humans ever!" Steven finished as he gasped for air.

"I guess your right which reminds me, Pearl wanted to review us. Your coming too Peridot!" Connie smiled getting up from the sand they were in and ran to the house.

"Gotta go fast!" Steven sang as he grabbed Peridot's hand and raced after the fast girl. Inside was waiting Pearl, happy at their arrival.

"Alright you two and Peridot, do you have your things?" Pearl asked excitedly as Connie hugged her sword tighter and nodded. Steven summoned a quick shield and smiled. Peridot sighed as she grabbed one of her dried arm enhancers and formed a small energy ball.

"Ready!" They all said at once as they walked to the warp pad and warped away.

"Yay! Flouting sky place!" Steven exclaimed as Pearl shook her head.

"Um the correct name for this place is-!" Pearl got cut of when Steven yelled again

"Wwwoooooo!"

"Steven!" Pearl snapped at him but to no avail. The cheerful boy seemed to not hear however.

"Oh ok! Connie your up first! Show me your skills." Peal said pulling out her signature spear. Connie nodded surprised even but said nothing as she pulled out one of the most powerful swords created. It seemed to fit her rather small hands. The weight seemed to not bother her as she held it in a fighting stance. Steven and Peridot both sat down in the bleachers.

"This is insane! Even a human couldn't beat her and she's a Pearl!" Peridot exclaimed as Steven shook his head.

"I still don't know what Pearls are like back at Homeworld but Pearl is infinity times better then them! Connie too! She may just be a human but she's one tough girl with a super powerful sword and she knows how to use it. You'll see! Go both of you!" Steven smiled as Peridot let his words sink in her mind.

"We'll see."

"Go!" Pearl shouted as she dashed of towards Connie. She did the same. Swinging the huge sword, Connie jumped and her sword met Pearl's in a loud clang. Connie swiftly moved again flipping back and blocking a fast move Pearl made. She pushed her off and began swinging fast at Pearl. Every swing was smooth it surprised Pearl as she had to step up her game a little. It seemed that both were holding back as the battle gradually progressed. Suddenly a quick leg swept over Connie's as she fell back. For a moment it seemed that Pearl had won but Connie had other plans. She kicked the sword out of Pearl's hand and fliped up. She then pointed her sword at Pearl and smiled.

"Well done Connie! That was simply beautiful!" Pearl praised as Connie blushed.

"Way to go Connie!" Steven shouted as she walked over to him and Peridot. He quickly wrapped her in a hug and they both blushed. Peridot rolled before thinking about Amethyst doing the same thing to her. A mad blush spread on her face as she tried stop it. No seemed to noticed and the green gem sighed in relieve.

"Peridot your up next." Pearl said with a hint of poison in her voice.

"Oh gosh..." Period mumbled to herself as she walked into a battle stance along with Pearl.

"Go!" Pearl shouted running for the gem.

"Ah!" Peridot yelped as she fired a blast of gem energy at Pearl. She quickly dodged it and came up on Peridot. Out of the blue Peridot punched Pearl and was in shock. How could do that? That's right! Peridot smiled. If she could stay close to Pearl, she could win. She blocked a non threatening hit and kicked Pearl three times. It wasn't hard but enough to stun Pearl. Like a cat Peridot leaped on Pearl's stomach and pushed off of it sending her falling. Pearl was very surprised on how Peridot was doing but was tired of holding back. She couldn't let Peridot win! Pearl was back up and threw her spear right by Peridot which distracted the gem so she took that as an opening and kicked Peridot lightly down.

"Impressive. I didn't know you had that in you."

"I was trained a bit in close combat. Its just my good area." Peridot grinned smugly. Pearl rolled her eyes and called Steven.

"Go!" Pearl shouted for the last time as she raced to Steven and her spear met shield. Steven pushed her back with it and her head with it.

"Ow!" She yelped as Steven saw her close her eyes to rub her head. He then slapped her spear and pushed her down. She quickly got up and kicked him down softly. Steven already know he couldn't win without seriously fighting but that rage scared him so he just stayed there.

"You got me Pearl!" He smiled as he got up. Pearl smiled before walking to the sidelines.

"Let's go every one! You all could be a help in defeating Malachite but if you see us handling it please don't jump in. We still don't know what we're going to do with Jasper and Lapis once Malachite's down. Any suggestions?" Pearl asked as Steven lit up.

"CRYSTAL GEMS!" Steven shouted.

"Of course. Any thing else

"You could bubble them so they can't hurt or get hurt." Connie said as Pearl nodded.

"I like it."

"No! Don't bubble Jasper! I could care less about Lazuli." Peridot jumped in.

"Do you like Jasper?" Steven asked with a grin.

"No!" Peridot shouted.

"Ok Peridot who do you like? Is it Amethyst?" Steven asked innocently.

"NO!" Peridot screamed blushing madly.

"I guess we know who it is." Connie smiled.

Malachite sped through the water grinning. Her two gems had stopped arguing and allowed her to be pain free. She grinned at the thought of crushing the gems and left to deside little Steven's fate.

The two gems were silent as they sat parallel to each other. Who could save them?

Yeah yeah, short chapter sorry it took so long, the special is coming up soon. Yeah thank for everything guys bye!