After being slightly impressed by the teleportation room, the group entered the living quarters and were in awe at the expansive size and intriguing design.

"Dude." Ryu laughed. "It's like we entered another world."

"Close enough to one." Amy was in awe as she looked around.

Christina looked around. Her eyes focused on the Galvanians and Tina, who were gathered around a table with the three crystals. "So that's them."

"Yep." Jake led them to the group. "Guys, well... um... should I introduce you to each other?"

Pilot shook his head. "No need. Children, I am Pilot, the current Team Leader of this Sword Unit."

"My name is Javo. It's great to see more of you." greeted the muscular man

"Reinstar." She greeted with a bow. "I am humbly in your presence."

"Luka." The bird woman smiled warmly. "I'm the Hub's Physician."

"Amy Angelo." The girl smiled.

"Christina Zeal." She greeted.

"Ryu Orlando." He rubbed his head sheepishly, unusual for him. "I... hello."

"Huh." The ninja stared at him. "From what I have seen, you're usually much louder."

"Odd." The sister smiled humorously. "Like a completely different person

"Oh... just getting used to this." he mumbled.

Amy leaned into Jake. "He's a bit overwhelmed. Sometimes he gets a bit shy... or Mr. Pilot's appearance is making him not be loud."

"Ah, I get it..."

Christina stared at the crystals on the table. "So we're ch-woah." The blue crystal appeared in front of her. "Huh? It's eager."

The orange crystal went to Amy, while the yellow crystal went to Ryu.

The leader nodded. "You have the potential to be Radiant out of many."

"I thought you were going to say fate and destiny." said Christina.

"I won't preach about predetermination. Maybe there is something unknown in the universe, but right now, this is what I know."

"Fate is a fickle thing." Reinstar spoke up. "What happens here determines how you go."

"I believe the order of the universe chose you for a reason." Javo spoke boisterously. "Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

"Mysteries are in the world." Luka spoke up. "I believe we have new warriors to help maintain order by stopping the balance from tipping."

The girl nodded, acknowledging and accepting their answers. She reached for her crystal. "You all are all realists... some more than others. I accept." The crystal then began to absorb into her body.

The brown-haired girl nodded and reached out. "I will help. Leave it to me. I won't let you down." The orange crystal began to absorb into her body.

"I, Ryu Orlando, will accept this honor to become the future warrior of tomorrow. A man who will go from newb class to Master Class." He raised his hand up, letting the crystal absorb into his body.

"What is newb?" The physician asked.

"Another term for rookie or someone green or a new person. It's short for newbie." replied the fire user.

"More needless terms." Pilot grumbled. "Now that crystals are one in you, you should know what to do."

The redhead teen gave a wild grin and held out his hand. His hand emitted a yellow glow. "Alright, here it goes. Blistering Lightning: Ignite!"

The chestnut-haired girl held out her hand. Her hand emitted an orange glow. "Wondrous Light: Ignite!

The raven-haired girl held out her hand. Her hand emitted a blue glow. "Rippling Water: Ignite

In a flash of yellow, sweet orange, and sky blue, the kids underwent a transformation. When it died down, they donned the same uniform as Jake, along with matching hair colors. Amy looked down at the uniform before looking at her hair. "My hair turned orange."

"Sweet." Ryu looked down at himself. "I feel strong."

"I feel different." Christina chuckled as she felt the power.

"The powers of Light, Water, and Lightning have been awakened." said the lavender shinobi. "Are you going to decide on code names? Because that's what Jake did. You know, to keep up the secret identity."

"Bolt," Ryu answered. "A lot of names went through my head, and many of them may be taken. But to follow Jake's logic. Something simple, short, and not too wordy... Bolt."

"Huh." Christina nodded. "Interesting. I wonder... Aqua... yep. Aqua it is."

Amy contemplated. "I don't know. I thought about Lightshade."

Aqua shook her head. "No, I need something else... illuminating."

"Illuminating..." Amy closed her eyes as she contemplated. "Lumin... AH!" She raised her arm in the air. "I got it. Lumina."

"Lumina." The water user nodded. "I like it."

"Sounds alright." the lightning said. "I was going for Brightheart."

"I like it." Blaze grinned at her. "It fits you."

"Thank you." The Light Radiant grinned back at him."

"Code names are acquired." the dark-skinned canokian spoke up. "What's next is to train."

"Training?" Bolt turned to him. "So we're not going to the field immediately? Jake defeated his first villain."

"True." The red-haired swordsman spoke up. "However, the monster was weak. I believe it was Mistress M's first attempt. Jake exerted all his power into his first adroit."

"Mana skills or techniques." Jake informed before Christina opened her mouth.

"Basically," Pilot spoke up. "He exerted all his power and did not have any reserves left. Luckily, he defeated the monster before anything serious happened. That's why training is necessary to increase your reserves."

"We will get better." The girl in orange nodded with confidence.

"Great." The girl in blue smiled. "But I do have a few questions."

"We might answer them if we can."

"When do we go to Galvania?"

"When you are deemed ready." The lead canokian replied. "Galvania is hospitable but filled with danger. Monsters, rogues, hostile cities, unusual terrain."

"When you do go, you can't explore territory alone." The muscular man spoke seriously. "Only the very strong can do that, and if you do go alone, you will have to know how to camp outdoors with one eye open... unless you're insane and can sleep peacefully without care."

"Okay, don't camp out in Galvania." Lumina nodded seriously. "The buddy system is mandatory."

"Yes, the buddy system." The shinobi was amused. "Now go and be good buddies."

"My next question is about the other elements."

"Fire," responded Pilot. "Light, Water, Lightning, Ice, Wind, Flora, Terra, Shadow, Force, Space, and Moon. The elements of Order in the universe against Chaos. The archive says they were first formed when a chaotic threat threatened reality. As of now, only 10 Radiant are awakened. The six that are active are currently pursuing threats that require them to be away. The three in Galvania are undercover, they are fine." He glanced at his colleague. "Luka."

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"The three here are a different story." said Luka. "Since last week, Jin and the Radiant of Flora and Terra, are trailing an objective that continues to slip their fingers. Also, since last week, Selen-ja and Shadow Radiant are in London, but they were unable to leave due to an artifact causing them to remain pinned to the entirety of England. They are not in immediate danger, just a setback, as Selen-ja says. They don't require your assistance at the moment."

"Why?" Jake asked.

Luka smirked. "Shadow Radiant feels more responsible for her situation and wants to solve the problem herself. Terra Radiant refuses to babysit, and Flora Radiant... well, she tells you to decrease your percentage to not die."

"Well, we won't be their burden." Lumina said.

"Let's get stronger so we don't get in the way." Aqua shouted with fire burning in her eyes.

"RAH!" Bolt shouted, dramatically raising his arms.

"Yes." Jake nodded. "We'll break the limit."

"Good, that will be all the questions for now." Pilot said. "It's time for training."

Jake chuckled weakly. "Yes... training."

Bolt noticed the weak laugh. "We're going to regret this later, right?"

"Maybe." Aqua sighed.

"We'll be fine, we're in this together." said the light user

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An hour and a half later.

"At least we are alive." Amy said weakly

"Shut up." grumbled Christina.

"You slept for thirteen hours, right? I'm going for fifteen" chuckled the redhead

"Not a contest." groaned Jake.

The teens ended up in the beds of the infirmary, monitored by Luka. While in the Training Room, Jake trained with Pilot, and the other three trained with Reinstar. She proved to be an equal amount playful and equal amount brutal. After that, they ended up in the infirmary to recover.

"I always did wonder what training under a strict trainer would be like." the electric user groaned. "It's... 8 out of 10, learned my adroit during this session."

"This reminds me of cheer camp and volleyball training." The light user smiled as if relieving a memory. "This is like downtime after the workout."

"You are a cheerleader?" asked the fire user.

"Was... I don't participate anymore." She shrugged. "Volleyball, I am debating if I should sign up."

"I did think about trying out for soccer when I came, but this happened and... maybe next year."

"Great." Amy clasped her hands. "Besides, being a Radiant may decrease time participating in after-school activities."

"Yep." The water user agreed. "That all depends on the Dummy Doll you mentioned. How did yours go?"

"It gave me memories of what happened, not all at once."

"Not all at once, that's good." Christina smiled. "So, I don't have to know useless stuff?"

"It flashed through memories that I guess are important. Mom asked me about something last night. The thing brought up the conversation about grandpa coming in a few months."

"Interesting." Christina hummed.

"Greetings everyone." The bird doctor approached them while looking at her tablet.

"How are we?"

"The three of you will need to sleep it off. Jake, your body has adapted, so you'll recover quicker." Luke turned off the device. "I wanted to say you are in good health. Just rest for a while before you do any activity. Sooner or later, you'll recover quicker. "

The red-headed teen chuckled. "Great, we'll heal faster." He stretched his body. "I'll take a nap for a bit before heading home." He narrowed his eyes. "Then again, I could go for some munchies!"

"Yep, there it goes." The raven hair mumbled. "I'm hungry now."

"Me too." The light brunette agreed.

"We should make some nachos." Ryu licked his lips

Luka smiled at them. Inwardly, she was saddened about younglings being chosen to fight for them. These kids were going to have a long road ahead, filled with danger that might push them to the limit. She prayed they would be able to handle the threats slowly and not all at once.

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-Next Day-

Mistress M frowned when she observed the two muscle idiots grunting at each other, arguing who had better muscles, better training style, and better minions. She glanced at the minions and was a little amazed the Dust Buns had a green-colored doppelganger after bringing the other muscle head. They lacked brains, and their only ambition was to be strong and tough. She got rage energy, but not enough for her plan. She needed more time to gather all the rage... and ditch the rabbits.

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-Later, the Hub-

The kids had arrived at the hub for training and for the other three to receive their Dummy Dolls. Before they could start training. An alarm went off that prompted them to go to the meeting room. On the monitor, they saw the rabbits terrorizing people in a park.

"It's those rabbits." Amy pointed out. "But there is a group of them with green fur."

"More evil rabbits. We need a bunch of holy hand grenades for these lethal lagomorphs." chuckled Ryu.

"She called them Dust Buns?" Christina sounded a little amused. "Can't think of something more diabolical?"

"There are more of them?" Jake wondered.

"You didn't have plans last time. This time, you need to take advantage of their large numbers." informed Pilot

"I'll go to observe." Javo smiled.

The Fire Radiant nodded, then turned to the group. "Okay, let's go."

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-Petalburg Park-

Five balls of light dropped to the ground, then manifested into the Radiant and Javo. Upon their arrival, the rabbits immediately turned to them with curiosity before settling on sneering at them.

The canokian frowned at them. "There are a lot of them..." He looked around. "Here is my advice." He raised up his hand as it glowed. A moment later, a double-bladed axe appeared in his hand. He twirled it and slammed it on the ground in front of him. "Don't be me and go in like a berserker." He flashed a smile. "Not until you have the strength to cut a group of strong enemies to pieces."

"Hear that, Bolt?"

"I know, marine girl."

"Blaze." Lumina steeled herself. "What do you have in mind?"

"Uh... environmental damage?" Blaze said hesitantly.

"Use the children's playthings for their destruction." Javo laughed. "Brilliant!"

"I call the jungle gym, weee!" Bolt ran off. "Come, you nefarious lagomorphs!"

Some of the beasts roared at him before chasing him.

Aqua groaned at him. "As soon as he learns a word, he tries to use it in dumb ways." She glared at the beasts. "Time to go!"

She raced off with a group chasing her.

Lumina frowned slightly while glancing at her teammate. "I think we should've stuck together."

"Okay, but we're using those swings!"

"Got it."

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The electric warrior stopped in front of the metal gym and turned around to face 13 Dust Buns racing after him. He chuckled as he placed two fingers behind his head, acting like he had longears. "Nah!"

One tried to pounce him, only for the boy to duck. He quickly leaped through the bars just as more tried to attack him. He ducked under a claw attack, then crawled through more bars. He felt something swipe his skin. He looked back to see a bunny try to claw him again. He kicked it, sending it away. He crawled through more bars quickly, dodging the buns. He made it to the top as he started gathering his power. He stood on the top of the gym, then looked down at them trying to climb up to reach him.

"Lightning Strike!"

He jumped up as a lightning bolt formed in his hand. He grabbed it and threw it at the jungle bars. Upon contact, it sent a surge through the metal, electrocuting all the beasts. The beast then exploded into dust as just the lightning stopped. Bolt landed on the ground in triumph.

"That was my shocking conclusion."

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The water warrior slid to a halt in front of the Merry Go Round. She turned around just as the beasts came upon her. She jumped on the equipment just as they fell on each other. The one on top jumped at her with fangs barring. The girl grabbed the bun from the side. It swiped at her, causing her to flinch.

"Eeeek!" She squeaked. "Dumb rabbit." She tossed it away. She gasped and ducked under one trying to bite her. She used a back-punch on another across the face that tried to bite her. She looked around and saw they formed a circle around her.

"Uhh." She uttered, then yelped when beasts leaped at her at the same time. She quickly slid under the bars and rolled off just as they collided with each other and fell into a heap on top of each other. While still holding onto the bar, she used her strength to spin the merry-go-round. Once it started spinning, she jumped back and held out her arm. She pointed her index finger as if she was holding a gun.

"Aqua Gun!" Water manifested at the tip of her finger before unleashing a deadly stream of water. The stream struck the beasts on the spinning equipment, destroying them. Once each rabbit was destroyed, she dropped her arm and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Done."

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The Radiant of fire and light ran across the field as the little monsters advanced them. Lumina felt apprehensive despite wanting to help. After training for one day, she was thrown into battle. She gazed up at the fire user briefly, realizing he was thrown into a fight as soon as he got his power and won.

"Ja-Blaze."

"I'm scared too."

"Huh?" Her eyes widened at him. "How did you know?"

The powered teens reached the swings. Blaze grabbed one of them and pulled it back. Lumina followed his action.

"Just a guess, but you also didn't go off on your own."

"Yeah... I just thought we would work as a team."

"Now!" He flung the swing at the incoming rabbits.

"Ha!" The light user mimicked his action by doing the same. The swings struck them in the face, throwing them back into a few others. Blaze nodded and clenched his fist. "These things scare me, but I accepted being a Radiant, so I have to swallow my fear and think about who would get hurt by these things."

The Radiant of Light nodded. It wasn't exactly what she was looking for, but it was something. She was given an opportunity, trained, even for a day. She was watched over by the canokian... until they were able to take care of themselves... hopefully. Who would get hurt by these things? Her family and friends.

She quickly raised her arm, showing an open palm aimed at the beasts. She gripped her other arm while beginning to concentrate her adroit, a sphere formed in her hand.

"Bright Shot!"

Just as she unleashed it, Blaze blitzed forward. When the sphere connected, it destroyed some of the beasts. Blaze jumped in the air and slammed his fist on one of the faces of the remaining rabbits.

"Blazing Fist!"

The fire connected with the evil rabbit, destroying its head and releasing a burst of fire that destroyed the remaining rabbits. Once finished, he jumped away and landed near her. He looked at her with a smile. "Let's get stronger."

"Right," She smiled at him. "I want to try to protect those important."

"The new light user."

The duo gasped and jumped back as they looked around for the source of the voice.

"Guys above!" shouted Aqua.

The duo looked up to discover Mistress M hovering above them. Javo narrowed his eyes as he kept a grip on his axe. Bolt looked at her with curiosity before muttering. "Uh... she's covered up."

Aqua walked beside him. "What?"

"Sometimes evil women tend to wear... less clothing?"

Mistress M laughed out loud as she turned to the lightning wielder. "Boy, you're adorable, but power is more than sex appeal." She then turned to fire and light. "Your predecessors sealed me long ago... 2/3 of them anyway." She chuckled. "Also, you took care of those rabbits, but they were nothing to claim victory over. Just failures." She sighed. "Weak like the egos of the two idiots. I should choose people more carefully."

The Fire Radiant did not like her tone. "Where are they?"

"They're fine, just unconscious in front of their favorite gym. The rage I acquired was not enough and just unappetizing. I have a lot of work to do." She started fading. "Ta ta!"

They watched her vanish without a trace. Blaze sighed, feeling like he had failed. Those rabbits were fodder she did not need. She had gathered some rage energy, but while not enough for her goal, she was a step closer. When will she take a big leap forward? He did not know. He and the others will be ready.