Chapter 3
Getting Caught
And so, climbing up one cliff side to the castle, Yami, Bakura and Marik manage to enter the castle after removing some old and weak bricks. Glancing around, the three wonder where their younger companions have been taken to. Cautiously entering a room where one soldier lies asleep in a chair leaning against the wall, the three are just about to walk around the snoring soldier when the chained up hound dog starts to snap and bark at them.
Waking up at the sound of the dog's bark, the soldier takes a firm hold on the chain and pulls back hard. "You're always barking at nothing. Well, let's do our rounds." the soldier says as he led the hound dog away while the canine still attempted to get the three teens.
The soldier and the aggressive dog gone, the three boys hear loud laughter and music in the near-by throne room. Still hiding in the rafters, Yami, Bakura and Marik see the rest of the Horned King's men enjoying a party, from eating the finest meats, laughing at each other's jokes to watching a few female dancers on the stage, being all flirtatious and seductive with their bodies as they dance.
Yami and his friends couldn't help but notice two teenagers, both boys of sixteen, with one having brown hair with purple in the front and the other with blue-green hair with glasses that made you think of a beetle, helping themselves to some food before a gong was sounded, stopping everyone of what they're doing.
Looking over to a doorway not too far from the throne, the three friends and all of the men see a tall figure with turquoise hair, mismatched eyes, wearing silver robes and a green stone hanging from his neck. All of the soldiers bowing to Dartz the Horned King, the two teenagers drop their plates and start to sweet talk with the man. "Welcome your majesty!" both boys said before glaring at each other.
"We were just celebrating your success..." Weevil says as he attempted to be a better follower to Dartz.
"Of locating the keys you'll need to locate what you desire!" Rex finished, also attempting to be better.
"Very well, bring them in." said Dartz after he had sat down in his throne and gave the signal.
Watching from their hiding spot, Yami, Bakura and Marik become furious to see that they had bound Yugi, Ryou and Malik so that they couldn't use their wings to escape. As one soldier who tends to the Leviathan that had brought the three divine boys to the castle, both Weevil and Rex say while glaring at their rival, "These three are the divine ones that create visions."
"Well then you three, show me what I want." Dartz demanded, secretly holding a hidden sheath with a very long blade from within his robes.
When Yugi, Ryou and Malik, holding each other close, simply glared at the Horned King, Weevil and Rex sigh in annoyance. "Stubborn brats, aren't they Master?" Rex said.
"Take care of it you fools." Dartz ordered as Leviathan appeared beside him and wrap his body around the throne like a snake.
"You're quite right, sire. We'll take care of it at once." Rex and Weevil step down from the throne to do what they must to get the three boys to cooperate. "The Black Cauldron. Where can we find it?" said Weevil as the two attempted to act all high and mighty.
"Show us you brats!" Rex yells as he and Weevil smack them hard across their faces. Watching from their perch, the older boys are about ready to snap at seeing these terrible men treat their young crushes.
"Better hurry, boys. His Majesty's patience is running thin." Taking out hidden daggers that are coated with a terrifying magic that even the Gods fear, Rex and Weevil begin to taunt the three boys as they became afraid of the weapons that are deadly to Divine beings.
"Get away from them!" Yami and his friends yell as they jump from their perch and stood between the younger boys and the two henchmen.
At first they are taken by surprise at the sudden appearance of the three as they stand protectively of the Divine Ones, Rex and Weevil shake off their surprise and are just about to move in to attack when Dartz call out, "Back away from them!"
Reluctantly, the two obey to stand beside the throne. Facing the younger teens, Yami holds Yugi, Bakura holds Ryou, and Marik holds Malik. As they comfort their companions and crushes, Dartz then says as he stroke Leviathan's head like a loyal lap dog, "You three, I presume, are the keepers of these Divine boys."
With Yugi and the others glancing back at the terrifying king in fear, Yami replies as he and his friends pull the three closer and secure them in their arms, "Yes sir."
Grabbing a goblet of wine from Leviathan as it is offered, Dartz continued, "Then instruct them to reveal to me the whereabouts of the Black Cauldron."
"But sir, we can't. We promised our masters that we wouldn't." said Bakura as he block Ryou from Dartz's view.
"Very well. Then I suppose they are no longer any use to me." Crushing the goblet, Dartz stands out of his throne and says as he reaches for the hidden sheath, "Rafael, Valon, Alister, hold them still."
Then the said henchmen, a blond with deep blue eyes wearing a body-builder outfit, a brunette with light blue eyes wearing a red motorcyclist outfit, a red-head with grey eyes wearing a pilot outfit, all three wearing the same green stone as the one around Dartz's neck, stepped out of the crowd, pushed the protective teens away and that are now being held back by other henchmen.
Them holding Yugi, Ryou and Malik in place, Yami, Bakura and Marik watch as Dartz drew a very long sword from the sheath that was hidden in his robes. To see the long blade, the younger teens became even more terrified of the sword than they were of the daggers from earlier. "What are you going to do with them?" Marik asks.
"That blade, the Masamune, is known to be a killer of Divine beings. Angels and even the Gods are horrified of its deadly powers so they once sealed it away. But that pathetic seal became weak over time so our Master was able to obtain it in order to get the Celestial beings to obey his will."
"What?" the older teens gasp and then become worried for their crushes.
"Don't!" Yami managed to stop the Horned King from using the blade on Yugi and the others. "We'll make them tell you."
"That's better." Dartz places the sword back inside the sheath and takes his seat in his throne while Bakura and Marik gape at Yami's words. Just as they are about to say something, one look into his eyes kept them quiet. If they don't do what Dartz wants, then he'll kill Yugi, Ryou and Malik.
"Get on with the visions then, brats!" the men that held them in place released them just as Yami, Bakura and Marik were released.
As they didn't have much of a choice, Yugi, Ryou and Malik held hands in a circle since the visions are stronger when all three are together. The older teens then started to rituel with them saying their names, "Show us what he desires."
Their eyes glazed over and their wings slowly unfold from their backs, the mist appears above their heads as the combined powers form images. "Watch sire, it's working!" Rex and Weevil exclaim as they became excited.
When the main image cleared, Dartz began to smirk at the sight of the image he wanted. "The Black Cauldron does exist!" Getting up from his throne once more with Leviathan joining his master's side, Dartz descended the steps and approach the older teens. "Yes. Where is it? Show me!"
Just as the image is changing to an unfamiliar area, Yami and his friends glance back to see Dartz have Leviathan lunge at them like a snake. Thinking fast, Bakura found a bucket full of boiling hot water and dumped the contents into the king and serpent's eyes, both howling in pain. Quickly tapping their arms to snatch them out of their trance, making the mist vanish, Yami says as he picks up Yugi while Bakura and Marik did the same, "Come on Yugi, guys!" and they made a run for it.
Shaking the hot liquid from his eyes first, Leviathan leads the army of henchmen after them. To see the Leviathan flying right after them, Bakura then catches sight of a small blade that had been left behind. Quickly picking up the blade and seeing an old chandelier up ahead, Bakura stops for a moment, telling Yami and Marik to keep going, he'll catch up in a moment.
Waiting for a while, keeping Ryou secure in his arms, Bakura watches the Leviathan approach at a very fast speed. Just as the creature is closing in on them, Bakura throws the blade at the old chandelier, causing the old chain to break, fall and trap Leviathan. Watching it squirm around like a snake, trying to get out, Bakura laughs at the unfortunate beast and runs to catch up to his best friends.
"Way to go, Kura!" Ryou says, always admiring his crush's stunts that would save them.
"Thanks Ry." Bakura replies. Once they had caught up with Yami and Marik, the three continue on until they enter a kitchen to see the chef cutting meat with a cleaver. Turning to run the other way, they saw that they are cornered when they saw Rex and Weevil running in. Just then they heard Yugi and Ryou gasp, causing the older boys to duck and avoid both the cleaver and Rex and Weevil, causing them to miss the six entirely and hit the chef instead.
Running down a hall, the group saw the rest of the henchmen were running towards them. Finding a door, they get to the other side with Marik jamming the door with an old arrow head that happens to be on the floor beside the door. Looking behind them, they see that they are outside on a balcony.
Looking over the battlements, the older teens see that there is a moat below them. Knowing that Yugi, Ryou and Malik can fly with their wings, Yami, Bakura and Marik felt they could take the moat in order to escape.
Facing the younger ones, Yami says as he held Yugi's forearms, "The only way we can escape is when you three take to the sky. We will be right behind you in the moat."
To hear that he has to leave him, Yugi wraps his arms around Yami, not wanting to leave his side. "No Yami!"
"You have to go with Ryou and Malik, Yugi. Your wings are still wounded for you to fly on your own and the moat could make your wounds even worse." Seeing that the door has sharp blades hitting it to open, the older teens bid the Divine one that they are responsible of, saying this will only be a short goodbye for a while until they can all successfully escape. After being given kisses on the foreheads by their crushes, Ryou and Malik reluctantly take to the sky, neither wanted to leave them behind like Yugi doesn't want to leave Yami behind.
Planting a kiss in his black base, Yami hands Yugi over to Ryou and they leave the castle. Just as the door is forced open, Yami and his friends start climbing over the battlements when they are forced back by Rafael, Valon and Alister.
Just as Dartz stepped outside with a freed Leviathan, Rex and Weevil lead the three men as they drag the teens back. "We had these three caught, Your Majesty."
Grabbing them by the throats, Dartz bring the two over and asks, "But you let the Divine ones escape, didn't you?"
"It wasn't our fault." both boys gasp, struggling for air until Dartz dropped them.
"Throw the boys into the dungeon!"
Off in the distance, they could hear the order coming from the castle, where they watch as the Horned King's henchmen surround Yami, Bakura and Marik before leading them away. "No, Yami!" Yugi yells as he attempted to get out of Ryou's arms to fly back.
But Malik and Ryou held him back. "No Yugi! Your wings are still hurt." Ryou says.
"We have to go back and help them!" Yugi says as he tried to free himself so he could go back and help Yami.
"Yugi, if we go back, we're only going to get captured again. We have to get out of here while we still have a chance." Malik added.
"Besides, they'll find a way to escape and they'll find us."
Seeing as they were right, Yugi gave up on going back. But he says just before they continue to leave the area, "Yami, please find a way out of that terrible place."
