Chapter six: The First Gathering (Meta's POV)

I looked around the field and nodded in approval. Each of the Signers is sitting with their Glower doing something with them. As it was, Yusei is walking next to me we approached the others. We are finally together.

"Aki-san." The redhead looked up at me from where she was having a mat duel with Sadao. "How's your recovery going?"

"Better than I thought it would be. Sadao told me my healing process speeds up when he's around me." I nodded and smiled.

"That is true."

"How's Alex doing?" I looked over at the raven. She was standing on a picnic blanket, arguing with a very frustrated Jack Atlas. I chuckled along with Yusei: that girl can never just do what anyone tells her to do.

"Stubbornly well. I think her refusal to be an invalid is what's going to heal her. Come on."

"I said I don't need to lie down! Who cares what that stupid doctor told you?!" Alex was yelling as the four of us approached the raven and blond. Jack opened his mouth to yell back.

"You, sit," I ordered Jack. He reluctantly did so. "You, sit in front of him and lean back into his chest."

"Meta…!"

"Alex." She huffed and did so. They both instantly relaxed, and Jack even put his arms around her.

"They've been arguing like that for half an hour," Rose told me as she, Crow, Rua, MaiKa, Ruka, and Chris walked to the six of us. "Shoot, if we knew that would have worked, I would've made them do that before."

"I wouldn't have listened to you either way," Alex muttered.

"She has a point," Jack added.

"Do not…" I said as Rose opened her mouth, "start arguing. Now, on to what I called all of us here for. Each of us know the Signers, and you know your Glower. The rest of us should introduce ourselves." I nodded to Chris to start.

"I am Chris, the Glower of Duel Spirits."

"I'm MaiKa, the Glower of Fire. I have an alter ego named Kaia-Mai that comes out when I'm angry."

"I'm Rose, the Glower of Nature."

"Alex, Glower of Weather." I smirked at the raven's near-cuddly position.

"I'm Sadao, the Glower of Light."

"And I'm Meta, the Glower of Spirit. I assume everyone has had the Talk." The ten around me nodded. "Good. That means we can move on to the second part."

Sadao and I raised our right arm over our heads and the other four soon followed suit. Our necklaces glowed, and all six knights appeared.

"These are the protectors of your dragons. As long as we're here, they're here to protect you." We lowered our arms and the knights instantly disappeared. "Always know: there is safety in our presence."

"Like when Sadao was carrying me?" Aki asked.

"Exactly. You were at peace because your dragon knew he would give his life to save yours."

"So who are the Flaming Lavas?" Ruka asked.

"The Flaming Lavas to us are like the Dark Signers to the six of you. They want to throw the world into an era of fire. In which only those with power over fire can thrive."

"Wait a minute, two of them were trying to convince MaiKa to join them!" Rua exclaimed.

"They once tried to persuade me as well. We are all powerful. But outside of duels, only me, MaiKa, and Aki-san can take them on and win. Everybody else is cancelled out in some way."

"Or weakened due to reluctance to fight her own twin brother," Alex grumbled. Jack tightened his arms around her.

"Yeah, there's that too," I muttered. It really is a shame….

"Wait, twin?" Crow looked at me then Alex.

"Ander is a member of the FL. He is also my twin brother." Her face scrunched up. "Meta says I'm not allowed to face him without someone else there to remind me of my true purpose and to keep me on track."

"Which your pig headed behind tends to ignore despite all the dangers you face because of it," I growled. She shrugged and gave me a sheepish smile. I calmed down the instant Yusei's hand touched my shoulder.

"By the way, Alex and Rose are complete opposites. They tend to argue a lot. Meta acts as the mediator even when it's clear she mostly agrees with her longtime friend. And sometimes they act like sisters by arguing but generally speaking together and saying the same things," Chris needlessly stated.

"Who asked you?!" Alex and I said together.

"And I rest my case." The others chuckled lightly. "So what now, Meta?"

"Now?" Yusei and I smiled as everyone looked at us. It's why we were so late in joining them. "Now, we set up the awesomest sleepover ever."