Disclaimer: Very sorry that it took a season to update. But nobody did lately, so here I am breaking the ice. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh; if so I won't be posting this fic here. Also, the DD, DG, DL and all associated theories still belongs to CM Aeris. The Negative Realm, its residents and theories all belong to High Crystal Guardian, with some additions that belong to Ebony Kuroneko.

Notes:

/Word/ - Hikari speaking to Yami

(Word) - Yami speaking to Hikari

#Word# - Telepathy

Italics – thoughts or emphasized words

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Quest of the Lost Realms

Chapter 3: Findings and Answers

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Back at the Central Dimension

It's a little over a day since Kira had got the Negative's settled at home, the newly dubbed Future Realm. Overall, the whole ordeal was interesting, but too bad that the two former top DDs are left with the hard part. Namu was currently searching for the profile of Negative Realm in what seems like an infinite amount of realm profiles. Due to this unexpected turn of events, Kuro and Namu had rearranged their schedule so that they'd take turns alternating between searching and their original duties, and currently it was his turn. So far, none of them were making progress, ennui was setting in,

"Realm……., blah blah blah blah," says the screen. Namu lets out a frustrated sign,

"At this rate, this is going to take forever."

He paused for a while, thinking over the Negatives' description of their realm. What was most peculiar about their realm is the fact that it was somehow able to fix its own balance by drawing in other realm residents to do so. That was definitely unheard of. Chances are that the information will be in the files that are available only to DLs. Going for the new approach, Namu closed the current profile that he was in and used his new level of access as DL.

As he read thru, the cold DD-turned-DL, realized why these files were forbidden to everyone else. These files consist of the records of important events that had happened since the beginning of time. It wasn't long before he finally found what they had been looking for. Quickly, he marked them and quickly opened a portal back home and teleported to the mansion with his rod.

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At the newly dubbed Future Realm, the Negatives were bored, but otherwise okay. It was a very, very big shock to them that their host, the sole surviving person they knew was a fully grown up version of Mokuba, of all people. They had all agreed to call the Mokuba from the Future Realm, Mirai, which means future. (A/N: I know, very unoriginal. But that was the only thing suitable.) Currently, Kawari was lounging in his temporary room, bored. Sure, this world was calm and serene, but after a day, it was getting dull for those who had to fight and be on constant alert to survive. Kawari had tried to look for things to do, but got tired of everything. He even practiced with Kaeru several times, but still.

/I am so bored. How long do you think it will take for them to find a way for us to get back to our realm/

(I don't know, but I hope not too long. Remember what happened just before we were sent here.)

Everything was normal, and in a realm as dark and hopeless as the Negative Realm, this means that the Hand of Shadow and the Opposition were doing their best to defeated each other. And they, top opposition agents, were no exception. Lately, their spies had picked up that Tashat had been working on something, a something that was so important that she had been spending virtually all her waking hour on it. Kawari, Kaeru and Saguru were given the assignment to go and figure out exactly what Tashat was planning on. To sum it up, it didn't end too well, Tashat found them and did something that a portal, a silvery realm portal sucked them in and transports them to the DL's domain-

Their thoughts were abruptly interrupted when Namu's voice rang thru their minds,

I've finally figured everything out. Come to the living room now if you want to know.

At that, the Negatives almost had a heart attack; there are just so many surprises in this realm. They, along with Kira, Kuro and Mirai, made themselves comfortable in what is called the living room of the Kaiba Mansion, to hear what Namu had to tell them. When everyone turned their attention to him, Namu explained it all,

"As we all know, there are many, many countless realms that exist, and the fact that they all need aid if they ever go out of balance. That was why DDs exist, to help restore the balance." Seeing that Saguru was going to ask something, Namu paused and gave him his normal ice cold look, "Hold all questions until I finish." Then he continued, "At the dawn of time, there were very few DDs. As a result, they cannot handle restoring the balance of every single realm. They were able to restore the balance of the realms that are within two days of travel distance from the central dimension, the rest were left alone. Many of these realms collapsed, but the few that remained gained power to draw help from other realms by itself. Needing no other external help, those realms cut off all connection with other realms, except each other." He eyed the Negatives, "Your realm is one of these realms. That is why we've never heard of it. Those realms are virtually cut off from our world, and they had become so strong that normal DDs and DGs can't infiltrate. But I think that we can still get you back as long you have one of us DLs to get thru."

The Negatives took a second for their minds to process all that. They finally had a lead as to how to go back to their realm, where they are needed. So Kaeru voiced all of their opinion,

"Thank you. But which one out of the three of you would lead us back?"

After giving a thought to the situation, Namu answered in a professional voice, "The most suitable person would be Kuro, as much as I'd like to go, he's the best at breaking thru barriers. Kuro, let's discuss your job in private." Then, talked thru telepathy,

#There is something special about their realm that you should know.#

#What is it?#

#In that realm, there are seven objects of power. Here is more information.# Handing Kuro a file, #When you're there, do whatever you may want with them.#

Approximately half an hour later, Kuro and the three Negatives were at the exact place where the three Opposition agents had shown up. The DD-turned-DL version of the Tomb Raider spirit opened a portal, where it leads, no one is sure. And they might not end up at their destination.

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BrightMisdreavus: I finally got time to write this because it was a holiday. I apologize for taking months to update. There are two reasons, this high school senior was very busy moving and applying for college. Anyways, I hope this is getting even better. I know I suck compared to great authoresses such as HCG and EN. So please read and review minna-sama, it helps me to write better, thank you.