Chapter 7: New Knowledge

After Mizar watched his former rival and Chris, Kite's mentor, defeat the twins. After a few moments, he felt his D-gazer rumble a bit, so he removed it from his pocket and put it on; Dumon's face appeared on screen.

"Hello Mizar!" Dumon greeted the Dragon Tamer.

"Greetings Dumon." Mizar responded. "What do you need?"

"I've done some digging into the Negative Numbers." Dumon explained. "I'd like you to meet Rio and I at the park so we may discuss this in person."

"Sure thing, goodbye!" Mizar turned off his D-Gazer and began to walk towards the park.

"The bond he and Rio share is strong", Mizar thought, "I wonder if I will ever find someone like that?"

When Mizar made it to the park, Dumon and Rio were waiting for him on one of the benches in the park. Dumon waved Mizar over. Mizar nodded, and walked over.

"So, what did you find exactly Dumon?" asked Mizar. Dumon took out a piece of paper It had all of Dumon's notes written on it. Mizar leaned closer so he could see it better, considering he was across from Dumon. Mizar put one of his hands to his chin.

"Hmm…" Mizar muttered. Rio looked up at Mizar. Dumon did the same.

"What is it, Mizar?" asked Rio.

"I wonder if I'll meet someone like Rio someday." Mizar thought. Dumon had to wave one of his hands to snap Mizar out of his thoughts.

"Sorry." Mizar said, rubbing his head. Dumon sighed.

"It's okay Mizar." Dumon smiled. "Anyway, what do you think of my findings?"

"I find them to be very interesting." Mizar replied. Rio nodded.

"Especially since a Deity named Xavier created all of the Negative Numbers." Rio pointed out. Dumon nodded.

"Indeed." Dumon agreed. "He also manipulated seven other people to join his cause. Just like Don Thousand did to me, and the other five Emperors. Nash was the only one who willingly joined." Mizar nodded.

"But what does Don Thousand have to do this Xavier?" asked Mizar. Dumon just stared at Mizar. Mizar stared back.

"What?" asked Mizar. Rio shook her head in disapproval.

"Don't worry about it." Rio assured Mizar. "Anyway, what I've found is that Xavier manipulated his best friend and his sister to join his cause. When they refused, Xavier ordered their soldiers to attack them." Mizar shivered at that.

Meanwhile, in the dimensional rift in Astral World…

Heather was looking through her deck, editing it, taking out cards, adding cards.

"I need to improve my game if I want to defeat anyone who stands in my way." she thought to herself. Just then, Xavier walked in wearing his black cloak. He took off, and then smiled. He looked at Heather, then smirked.

"Heather." he said. Heather turned around to face her Master.

"Yes, Master?" she asked. He tossed her a piece of paper, which she caught. Then, she opened it. To her surprise, it had clues about someone she knew long ago.

"Mizar…" she thought. Xavier then chuckled, then headed to leave the room.

"Your new target is Mizar." Xavier stated. "Defeat him, and you'll get all of his Numbers, along with his powers." Heather nodded, then sneered.

"It'll be done, Master." Heather said with her sneer still on her face. She then snapped her blackish-white fingers and disappeared.

Back to Dumon, Rio and Mizar…

After Dumon and Rio told Mizar everything that they knew, the threesome decided to part ways, for now.

"Alright Mizar, see ya later!" Dumon called out to him as Rio was holding Dumon's hand. Mizar nodded with a smile on his face.

"Dumon and Rio are meant to be together." Mizar thought to himself as he walked out the park. He must have been thinking too hard about Dumon and Rio, because he bumped right into a small child.

"Oh, sorry!" Mizar said, startled in alarm.

"It's okay." the small child replied. Mizar looked down at the child and gasped.

"Hart Tenjo?!" Mizar asked, shocked. This caused Hart to look up, which he beamed at.

"Mizar!" he cried out in happiness. "It's so good to see you!" Mizar gave a smile, which he rarely did.

"So, what brings you here?" Mizar asked. Hart shrugged.

"Hart!" cried out a familiar voice. Hart and Mizar turned to find the source. It was Hart's older brother, Kite Tenjo.

"Kite!" Hart called out in happiness. Mizar smiled at Kite, who in turn, smiled back.

"Mizar. Long time no see." Kite said with a smirk. "How is Tachyon Dragon treating you?"

"Alright." Mizar replied. Kite nodded in approval.

"That's good to hear." Kite said with a smile. Mizar nodded. Then, he turned and started to leave. Before leaving, he turned back around to face the Tenjo brothers.

"See you around Kite, Hart." Mizar said with a smile. Kite nodded. And with that, Mizar ran out of the park. Hart looked up at his older brother, who in turn, just shook his head.

"Let Mizar think." Kite said to his brother. "He has a lot on his mind." Hart nodded in agreement to that.

After Mizar left the park, he went into deep thought.

"I wonder…" he began to think, just then, an energy ball came from nowhere and nearly hit him straight in the chest. He looked up to find the source. And, he regretted it.

"Heather…" he thought.

Heather stood ontop of a nearby build, smirking. She was wearing her yellow t-shirt, blue jeans, and yellow sneakers. She then jumped down and landed lightly on her feet.

Memory flashback

Heather had never felt so alone in her life, her brother went from the innocent peacekeeper to deranged maniac. Ever since her parents died, he changed. Heather made her way to another village located in the vast desert she crossed, a piece of her regretted it, but a bigger piece had no regrets. She went up to a stand and used what little money she had left and purchased some fruits. As she was about to leave she accidentally bumped into a man.

Heather: I'm so sorry sir!

Mizar: That's fine, I wasn't paying attention.

Heather blushed slightly as he helped her up and collected the fruits she dropped.

Heather: Thanks, and you are?

Mizar: My name is Mizar, yours?

Heather: I'm Heather.

"Hello Mizar." she said coldly. Mizar cringed at her tone of voice.

"This isn't the Heather I used to know and love." he thought.

"Heather, what happened to you?" asked Mizar. "When you were dueling Vector, you were acting like he was an enemy!" Heather scoffed at that.

"That's because we are enemies!" she snapped. "And as long as we are, I will never care for any humans!" Mizar's eyes widened at that. Heather just chuckled darkly.

"Enough talk." she said coldly yet again. She then raised her right hand up. Mizar looked at what was in her hand. A Baria Sphere Cube. Mizar cringed again.

"I activate a Barian Sphere Field!" she shouted. And just like that, the two of them were encased in a red sphere. Mizar snarled. Heather just laughed.

"Go Barian Battlemorph!" Heather shouted, and just as quick as she created the Sphere Field, she was now in her Barian form, her dagger duel disk at the ready. Mizar sighed.

"I guess I have no choice in the matter." he said. "Duel disk engaged!" Then, both of their eyes turned a red color.

Augmented Reality Vision Link established

"Let's duel!" Heather and Mizar shouted.

"Don't worry Heather. I'll save you! No matter what the cost!" Mizar thought.