A/N: Hi, everyone! Sorry it's taken me a while to write back! It's just been soo hectic lately, what with the mountain of homework I have. I hate summer assignments, but that's what I get for wanting to be in Honors English. Darn Grapes of Wrath! SSSIIIIGGGGHHHHH . . . . But, I decided that I ought to get the next chapter done for you. And Shadowkeeper, my sincerest apologies. I just couldn't update. There's still a ways to go. We still have to get the big final battle concluded. And after that . . . . maybe a SEQUEL! HOO-HOO! But I've said too much! Lets go!

Disclaimer: No! I don't own these characters! Stop bothering me! TT

Chapter Eight: A new Plan and the formation of a team.

Pt. 2

Amore shuddered. The last attack had been brutal, this one would kill her for sure. She knew that she didn't have enough energy to dodge. There was only one thing to do, and she did it. Scream. And the globe got larger. She cowered, biting her lip and closing her eyes, terrified of the attack to come. The monster prepared to throw the globe, when a loud shout split the air.

"Radiant Sunbeam Shock!" A beam of bright gold light shot through the monsters hands, piercing them. The monster screamed, reeling in pain. The globe dissipated with an angry hiss. The monster clutched its hands, looking around for the mysterious attacker. "Yo! Big, dark and ugly! Over here!" a boy's voice called, and a brilliant golden figure leaped out of the trees and landed between Amore and the monster. "Attacking a defenseless girl is low even for the likes of you shadow creatures! I won't let you hurt her! I'm Guardian Radiance, and with the authority of Light, you're punished!" He posed, and Amore glanced nervously at her protector. The light there was fairly dim, and she shouldn't be able to see very well, but she could see the boy fairly clearly. It was almost as if . . . he were glowing. But he couldn't be . . .

"Lunar!" Radiance shouted, cupping his hands in front of his face. A silver glow appeared in them. "Starlight!" he called, holding the glow above his head, where it intensified. "Sweep!" he called, as he caught the glow in his righ hand (where it mysteriously formed into a bright silver crescent) and swept the hand across his body from right to left. A silvery wave of light spread out in front of him, and the monster screamed and vaporized. He gave a loud shout of joy, then turned to Amore.

"Are you alright?" he asked, offering her his hand. Amore gazed at Guardian Radiance as she accepted his golden-gloved hand. He seemed . . . oddly familiar, with his chocolate brown eyes and tousled mop of brown hair. And as she thought about it . . . his voice seemed familiar too. The glow that she had seen around him earlier seemed to intensify as he faced her, so that she saw him more clearly.

"Yeah, I'm all right," she said, standing up. "Thank you." As she stood there, feeling kinda awkward, a thought struck her. Since she had a net navi, her navi's symbol was on her chest as her brooch. Maybe this boy's symbol would be on his chest as well. She lowered her eyes for a look, and nearly gasped out loud at what she saw. "Lan? Lan Hikari?" she gasped, awestruck. Radiance had obviously had the same idea as her and searched for her symbol as well.

"Maylu?" he gasped, staring into her face. "What are you doing?"

"Being rescued by you, it seems," she said. Then, as an afterthought, "I didn't know you were one of us."

"Yup! I've been a Guardian for . . . about 5 weeks now. You?"

"The same," she said. Then a thought clicked in her mind. "So that's why you've been racing off lately!"

Radiance was about to reply, when a loud roar and a small explosion caught his attention. He gasped. "That sounds like another monster! C'mon, let's go!" He grabbed Maylu's wrist, not noticing her wince in pain, then took off at a full run to try and locate the monster. As he emerged from a clearing, he noticed a monster attacking a greyish figure. The figure kept its distance, leaping and dodging out of the way, but soon was cornered in one side of the opening. Radiance growled in annoyance, and charged forwards. "Radiant Sunbeam Shock!" he shouted, damaging the monster.

"Amore Rolling Heart Shock!" Amore shouted, vaporizing the monster. The young man in front of the monster straightened up and stared at his rescuers. Shock appeared on all three faces when they realized who the others were.

"Chaud? You're one of us?" Radiance gasped. He would never have pegged Chaud as being the type to be a superhero.

"This is totally amazing!" Amore gasped.

"I could say the same thing about you, Hikari. Isn't it a bit past your bedtime?" the cold guardian asked, ice blue eyes narrowing.

Radiance bristled. He'd just saved Chaud's tail. The least he could say was 'thank you,' but of course, he couldn't expect Chaud to be polite. "So, why are you here?"

"I was told to come here, but my teacher seems to have disappeared."

"Mine as well," Amore said, nervously.

"Ditto," Radiance said. "I hope they're all right. They've been gone a while . . ." Without warning, Amore winced and grabbed her arms. Radiance noticed for the first time how hurt she was. "Are you ok?" he asked, worried.

"I-I think so . . ." she mumbled. "It just . . . hurts a lot . . ." There were tears in her eyes. "I don't know if I have enough energy to fight again." Radiance's brown eyes got worried. Who knew if there might be more monsters around, and Amore couldn't fight. He didn't know if Chaud could, but he hoped that he could.

"Lan, how dense can you be? Couldn't you see that Maylu was hurt?" Glacier asked, scowling. Radiance gritted his teeth.

"It was dark! How could I tell?" he snarled. The two looked as if they were about five seconds away from a knock-down, drag-out fist fight. That is until Amore screamed.

"LOOK OUT!" she cried, pointing over their shoulders. They turned and noticed three large shapes coming towards them. All the color drained from their faces.

"This isn't good," Glacier murmured.

"Can you take them all?" Radiance asked. "I certainly can't . . ."

"Tornado Vortex Vindication!" a high-pitched girl's voice shouted. A tornado appeared out of nowhere and encircled one of the monsters, crushing it to powder.

"Boulder Memorial Blast!" a boy's voice called from the other direction. A flurry of large boulders smashed into the monster, demolishing it.

"Raging Vine Slash!" a girl's voice shouted, and thick, strong vines with vicious thorns shredded the last monster. From out of the shadows, three familiar figures stepped, two girls in Sailor Suits and one boy in a Guardian outfit. Amore, Radiance and Glacier recognised them almost immediately.

"Yai?" Amore asked.

"Dex?" Radiance cried.

"Anetta?" Glacier asked, wide eyed.

"Yup!" they chorused. Then they all moved to the clearing.

"Well, this is a surprise," Radiance admitted. "I never expected to find that pretty much all of my friends are . . .well, superheroes . . ."

"Well, we didn't expect it either," Yai said. "Especially not you. But here we are, and we really can't do anything about it."

"What's going on over here?" Nova cried, running over, followed by the rest of the Sentinels. "We heard explosions, and . . ."

"You guys know each other?" Ivy cried, surprised.

"You're ok!" the younger Senshi chorused.

"Yeah, thanks to Aureole," Tsunami said, motioning to the white-clad guardian behind him. The younger Senshi soon were introducing each other to the other Sentinels and for a few moments everyone was talking at the same time. Aureole managed to establish silence with a wave of his hand.

"So, this is the younger generation," he began. "I've heard good things about all of you. I hope that you'll consent to becoming a team, but since you seem to know each other fairly well already, I doubt that you'll have too many problems with it."

"I'm willing," Radiance said, and the others murmured agreement. Glacier was last to agree, but finally felt he had no choice in the matter and agreed to join. Aureole smiled.

"Great! Then our first meeting will be tomorrow after school. I have a surprise for you. Does . . . anyone have any questions?"

"I do," Amore said. "When Lan found me, he was glowing. How . . ."

". . . Did he manage to do that?" Aureole continued. "That's fairly simple. Besides your attack powers, each of you gains a . . . supplementary power. Sort of like a special ability. They are attuned to your element. Since Lan is Light, he glows, and I suspect that he may have some latent healing ability as well. I've done some research on your abilities, and this is what I found. Maylu, since your element is Love, you have a strong healing ability, as well as being able to create objects out of pure energy. Chaud, you're Ice, so you float in water, as well as being able to freeze things with a touch. Yai, as you know, you can manipulate winds and fly with them. Dex, you create earthquakes and can move rocks and earth as well as being stronger when standing on dirt or stone. Anetta, you control plant growth and movement, as well as being able to heal yourself when outside. Since you are still learning, your 'special abilities' are emotional based and hard to control, but when you get older you will be able to turn them on and off at will."

Lan stifled a yawn, not because he felt that Aureole was boring, but rather that he was exhausted from the late hour and long battle. Aureole seemed to snap back to reality. "Oh my goodness, I didn't realize that it was this late. You all should be going home. Power down, and I'll see you all tomorrow." They all de-transformed, and began to head their separate ways. Lan trudged home.

"Well, that was exciting!" Megaman cried. "I never would have guessed that all of them are Elementals! This is going to be great"

"You're just happy that you'll get to see Roll," Lan teased. Megaman flushed and averted his gaze.

". . .Uhh . . . well, kinda . . . that is . . . Shouldn't you be in bed?" Lan crowed with laughter as he got ready for bed and put Megaman's PET in its charger.

"G'nite Megaman . . ." he said sleepily as he got into bed and pulled the covers up. Megaman smiled. Lan was going to have a big day tomorrow. He needed all the rest he could get. But . . . the blue navi thought as he began to nod off to sleep mode, it was going to be nice to see Roll . . . he hadn't been able to see her for a while since Maylu was so busy . . . He closed his eyes, thinking about her. It was going to be an interesting day, no doubt about it.

All right! So how did you like it? REVIEW PLEASE! Ok, I can tell you right now, it's going to be two weeks until I can write again. I'm going to be in Grenada for two weeks on a missions trip, so I'm not going to be able to see my computer for a while! TT But I'm going to be too busy dancing, helping with little kids, and swimming in the ocean. So I'm gonna be gone a while! But I expect reviews! So don't disappoint me! Ok, s'long! See you in a few weeks!