"Come on, let's go, Dragon!" Smiled the loud blader as he put his bey down and sat right behind it. While he had come back earlier especially for this experience, his friends and uncle were still running, so he would be alone for a while until they returned. Then he closed his eyes and relaxed his whole body as he reflected. Not a single noise was heard, except for his regular breathing. He had this idea when he saw Pheng meditating with Harmony Pegasus during their last visit to the Castle in the Clouds, and even if he already had a very powerful connection with Dragon, this session might well strengthen it even more. During the first minutes, nothing strange or out of the ordinary happened. But after a while, Dante's two blue locks began to emit a soft glow as Command Dragon also began to shine. As the seconds passed, the glow of his locks and of Dragon kept getting brighter. A translucent shape appeared behind the young blader and seemed to turn in all directions before lying down. The shape grew to reach the ceiling and changed until the image of Dragon was visible. It seemed to be made of smoke but still looking as real and solid as a living being. And it was so big that it had wings slightly bent inwards so as not to touch the ceiling. 

" Dante " The deep voice of Dragon uttered his name, which had the reaction to take him out of his state of meditation and turn around. 

" D-Dragon, is that you? " Dante stuttered in astonishment and disbelief before making a big smile under the blow of immense joy, " It's incredible ! But how is that possible ? "

" Our connection ", explained Dragon, "and your deep state of concentration made possible my visibility by your side. I have already been present at your side, but not in such a way as to be seen. "

" You mean, in our fight with Arthur? " Dante tried to figure out what his keeper meant.

" Your determination and power in this fight was most impressive ", said Dragon, " You were so focused on the reasons why you won this fight that our two powers came together."

" That's super-awesome ! " shouted Dante, jumping and waving his arms in all directions, " We're going to get even stronger now! And I could make you the best bey in the world! As I promised you..." 

" That's all I could hope for from you ", accepted Dragon.

" I know that one day ", confided Dante," we will be more powerful than Valt and Valtryek!" Dragon roared of approval to the wish expressed by the young blader. Suddenly they were interrupted by the sound of a door that opened. Dante turned his head and saw his friends enter.

" Finally ! " exclamed Taka, falling to the ground on his buttocks," Oh, hi Dant-", Eyes wide open, he didn't have the words to finish his sentence

" Taka, what's going on ? " Arman asked his little brother when they all went inside. But he had the same reaction when he saw Dante and Dragon. To tell the truth, everyone had this reaction when they saw them. Dragon looked at his young blader and nodded before disappearing. Dante blinked and staggered: this apparition of Dragon had apparently taken away all his energy. He could barely stand on his two trembling legs, and small black dots began to block his vision. Finally, he fell back. Delta, who had agreed to run with the Victories and had stepped into the room to better observe the scene in front of them, fortunately was able to intercept him before he hit the ground. He flunked him against his chest for more support and tried to bring him back to consciousness.

"Dante," he called his name to try to make him react, "Dante!" After several minutes, the Dragon Tamer began to stir. Then, slightly opened his eyes and frowned at the brightness of the room. But before he had the opportunity to say a word, Tango asked Arman and Ichika, " Would you please go and get a glass of water and something to eat for Dante? I think there are some cakes from yesterday..." 

" Of course! " replied Ichika, grabbing Arman's arm, "Let's go now! Come Arman! "

" I'm not deaf ", he complained, but still followed the stubborn blonde in the kitchen, both followed by Taka. When the three friends left the room, Delta asked Tango, " Can you help me lift him up? It's better if he sits on the couch to eat and drink. "

" Of course!" Tango replied as he approached the two boys. He grabbed his nephew under his arm and raised him, allowing the other blader to get up. Then, after Delta grabbed his other arm, they directed him to the sofa and seated the young man, still a little pale and disoriented. 

" Is it better? " asked Delta, kneeling before him.

" Y-Yeah," he replied, "Thank you Delta."

" Next time you want to try something like this, make sure you have water nearby," Delta said. This time, Dante simply nodded his head. After which, Ichika and Arman returned with a glass of fresh water and a cake. 

" Here Dante ", Taka took the glass of water and hurried to tender it. 

" Thank you Taka ", Dante smiled and then began to drink the refreshing water. After he finished his glass, Delta asked, " Dante, how could Dragon become real? "

" Yeah ", Arman nodded, " I didn't even know it was possible. I mean, we would have heard about it if it was feasible..."

" I didn't know it was possible either ", Dante announced," I just wanted to try to do what Pheng was doing with Pegasus."

" Huh? " Ichika looked confused, "What do you mean by that?"

" When we returned to the Castle in the Clouds," explained the Dragon Tamer, " I saw Pheng meditating with Pegasus. And they both started to shine... so I thought maybe I could do it, too."

" But you're saying that at no time, you planned to make Dragon appear? " Ichika tried to reason about everything that Dante had said, who just nodded his head. Finally, Tango spoke.

" Tomorrow, we will try to call Pheng to discuss it with him and to see if he has any answers ", he said, " But right now, Dante, you're not touching your bey." Surprisingly, his nephew did not flinch at this decision and simply let out a huge yawn from his mouth. 

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Timeskip :

Tango went down from his office to go and discreetly check on the children. The evening had gone quietly: Arman and Delta had clashed in several battles, while Dante was content to observe them from the couch while Taka filmed the fight and Ichika was the referee. Then, after dinner, they all played games. When he arrived in the main room, he checked that they were well asleep: Ichika and Arman were lying on the sofa, each on one side and Taka slept on his big brother. Looking for the two missing boys, he turned around. And smiled at the view in front of him: leaning against the wall, Delta was halfway between sitting and lying down. Leaning against his chest rested a young blond blader, well surrounded by the arms of the largest. Both seemed to sleep peacefully, just like the others. Not wanting to risk waking them up, he went upstairs to go to bed as well.