Chapter 9: The Map
"Yugi." A voice called through the bell tower.
Yugi saw that his friends had frozen instantly and he ran to the door that led to the stairs that led to the temple below.
He saw Yami looking for him.
"Yami! I thought I'd never see you again!" Yugi exclaimed happily as he and the gypsy shared a hug.
"You've done so much for me already my friend but I must ask for your help one more time." Yami pleaded.
"Of course."
Yami ran back to the stairs and help Mahad and Mana carry something inside.
Or should I say someone.
Yugi recognised the man they were carry as Dartz's captain of the guard.
"This is Seto, he's wounded and a fugitive like me, I knew he would be safe here." Yami explained.
The bell ringer nodded and pointed to a couch to put the ex-captain.
The three gypsies put Seto down as carefully as they could and then Mana and Mahad went to see if Dartz was coming while Yami treated the soldier's wound.
"Yami." He muttered as he began to wake up.
"Shhhh, save your strength." Yami said softly as he pulled out a bottle of alcohol.
"Great, I could use a drink." Seto smiled but then cried out in pain went the crimson eyed teen poured it on the wound.
"That family owns you their lives. Your either the braves solider I've seen or the craziest." He laughed lightly.
"Ex-soldier remember." Seto winced as Yami finished cleaning the wound and was now sowing it up.
"That arrow almost pierced your heart."
Seto took Yami's hand and placed it over his heart.
"I'm not sure it did." He said.
Forgetting Yugi was watching them, Yami and Seto began to kiss.
Yugi felt tears roll down his cheeks and he looked at the ace of hearts card Joey had given him.
He turned away from them and tore the card in two, right through the heart.
"Dartz is coming!" Mana cried when her and Mahad ran up to them.
Yami reluctantly broke away from Seto and walked over to Yugi.
"Promise me you'll keep him safe." Yami asked desperately.
All Yugi could do was nodded, not trusting his own voice.
"Go around the back, there's a staircase in the floor that should lead down to the back of the temple." He explained and watched as the three gypsies ran out of his line of vision...
When he got back to Seto he could hear Dartz try to open the door, luckily for Yugi it sometimes got stuck.
He grabbed Seto and pushed him under the table just in time to Dartz opening the door.
"Good evening Yugi." He said calmly and placed a basket of food on the table were Seto was hidden.
"Good evening master." He replied uneasily as he placed some plates and cups on the table.
As they ate the grapes Dartz had brought Seto woke up again and quietly gasped in pain.
To cover the noise up Yugi pretended to cough.
"Seeds." He said sheepishly.
Dartz looked at him for a moment before looking around the bell tower for something.
"What's different in here?"
"Nothing sir." Yugi replied quickly.
Dartz grinned when he came to Yugi's wooden models and picked up the one of Yami.
"Isn't this one new? It looks an awful lot like the gypsy boy."
Yugi's eyes widened, Dartz knew.
Dartz's sweet smile was gone and replaced with a face of pure rage.
"YOU HELPED HIM ESCAPE!"
Yugi fell backwards and began to crawl away slowly to get away from his master.
"He was kind to me master." He whispered.
"YOU IDIOT!" Dartz shouted and grabbed Yugi by the collar of his shirt.
"THAT WASN'T KINDNESS THAT WAS CUNNING! GYPSIES AREN'T CAPIBEL OF REAL LOVE! REMEMBER YOUR MOTHER!"
Dartz panted in anger for a few minuets before letting the boy go.
"But don't you worry Yugi, he'll be out of our lives soon enough." He said calmly, he pulled out a dagger and stabbed the Yami model in the chest.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked, fearing what the mad man was going to do.
Dartz grinned and tossed the wooden figure onto the small fire.
"I know where he's hiding and at dawn I will attack with a thousand men."
With that he walked away, making sure Yugi didn't noticed his wicked smile...
About half an hour after Dartz had left Yugi just sat the staring at the now pile of ashes that what was once the fire.
"We gotta find the Court Of Miracles before Dartz gets there." Seto said as he climbed out from under the table.
He limped over to the door but stopped when he noticed Yugi wasn't following him.
"Aren't you going to help me save Yami?" Seto asked with a cold glare, he knew Yugi had a crush on Yami and he didn't like it one bit.
"I can't, Dartz is my master and I can't disobey him again." Yugi replied and turned away from the brunette.
"He stood up for you! You've got a funny way of showing gratitude." The ex-captain said but when he realised nothing was going to change Yugi's mind he walked away.
Once Seto was gone Yugi saw that Tea, Tristan and Joey were glaring at him.
"What? I'm suppose to save the damsel in distress from the jaws of death and then the whole town will cheer like I'm some kind of hero?! Yami already has his knight in shining armour and it's not me!"
He sighed and looked at his palm, his fingers trailing along the lines.
Tea walked over to him and gave him his hood.
"I'm must be out of my mind." The tri-colour haired teen muttered and grabbed his hood before running after Seto...
As Seto walked down the stairs from the temple Yugi suddenly jumped in front of him.
"Seto!" The ex-captain jumped and gripped his chest.
"I'm coming with you." Yugi said.
"Glad to see you've changed your mind." He smirked.
"Yami said that this will help us find him." He explained and passed Seto the woven band Yami had given him.
"Maybe it's some kind of code, maybe it's Greek..."
As Seto continued guessing what it was Yugi took it in his hand.
"When you wear this woven band you hold the city in your hand." He muttered.
Realization hit Yugi like a ton of bricks.
"It's a map!" He exclaimed happily.
"I don't think it's a map." Seto said.
Yugi glared, he real wasn't in the mood for Seto right now, he was already ticked off when he saw Seto kiss Yami.
"Listen, I've lived up in the bell tower for 15 years and I know what the city looks like from above and this is it!"
Seto could only blinked.
He hadn't been expecting such an out burst from the shorter teen.
"Alright fine, if you say it's a map then it's a map."
The two then set off...
