I do not own Yugioh or its Characters. I only own Zahara, Draco, Kari, Heba and Haru.

Chapter 12

The Bet

Haru's P.O.V.

I watched them leave confused. What was that all about? Mana saw my confused look and giggled to herself. Then she got a weird look in her eyes before she came up to me with a perky smile before she spoke.

" It looks like the Pharaoh is going to lose again. You would think by now that he would know better than to bet against her. Oh well, at least it makes great entertainment for me and Mahad." Then she turned to Mahad. " Hey Mahad, wanna watch him lose again?!" Mahad shook his head at her with a smile before he answered. " Mana, you know that's not nice. Though, I would like to see what he's going to have to do this time."

Mana showed me her perky smiled before she explained as she dragged me along with her. " The Pharaoh and Lady Zahara love to spar on their spare time. It's one way that they practice their martial arts and keep it fresh. They're always making bests that are based on what will happen to the loser, and he always loses to her every single time. It's actually quite funny to watch his expression every time he loses." I chuckled at that. It seems like the Pharaoh and Zahara are a perfect match.

We ended up in the Palace Gardens, leaving me confused. " Why are we in the gardens and not the training grounds?" Mana gave me a perky smile before she answered. " They don't practice there, Haru. They prefer to practice in the gardens where it's quiet and they're by themselves. That way they can call each other by their personal nicknames without anyone hearing, even though they know that we watch them, but they don't mind. Now stay quiet so that they can't hear us. We're getting close to where they train."

I nodded as we hid behind a bush as we saw the Pharaoh and Zahara in their fighting stances a few feet away from each other with serious looks on their faces. Zahara smiled lightly before she spoke cheerfully. " Remember the deal, Atem. If you lose, then you have to do my chores for a week." The Pharaoh chuckled and shook his head at her with a smile before he spoke. " I know that, Hari. I have no intention of losing, so it looks like you'll be doing my chores instead." Zahara laughed lightly at that.

" We're about to find out, Yami." Then they got ready and the Pharaoh and Zahara came at each other. Zahara threw a punch that the Pharaoh caught, but Zahara grabbed his arms and threw him across the garden. The Pharaoh landed on his feet and threw a kick, but she jumped into the air and tripped his feet, causing him to fall to the ground. When he started to get up, a fist stopped in front of his face, causing him to pale and look nervous because he realized that he just lost again. Zahara and the Pharaoh laughed softly as Zahara helped him up. " Looks like you lose again, Yami. Which means that you have to do my chores for a week."

The Pharaoh sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. " Yeah. I'll get you next time. Maybe I shouldn't have taught you so well." Zahara laughed at that before they left and went back into the Palace before Mana showed me around the Palace. Then she took me to my room and I went to sleep for the night and left in the morning to go back to the village.

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