Chap-6 AAKARSHAN ( ATTRACTION)
“Ishq aur jung mein sab kuch jaayaz hain
(everything’s fair in love and war)”
Somebody had said this and it seems to be true as for now to arnav singh raizada who doesn’t mind injury to life of many of his soldiers just to admire the lady ,20 metres away currently the centre of his attention. He moved ahead slowly as if in a trance , smitten by the beauty of the girl ,who was becoming yama (god of death) incarnate for his soldiers. Now he knows why many times poets refer death as beautiful .
Her eyes were red with rage just like her saree…..just like the blood decorated on her sword .it was difficult to imagine such a petite looking girl attacking with such a heavy imperial sword which even many young men older than her would have failed to even lift up. Her tied hair bounced as she yelled her anger while mercilessly attacking soldiers.
As he moved forward he counted the number of soldiers she was wounding 1,2,3…..23,24,25…..42,43,44….67,68,69…89,90,….99,100.
By the time the number of soldiers she wounded reached 100( ie khushi ne century maar li),arnav reached her vicinity .her cheeks ,nose and ears were red with the heat .everything was red much to his liking, red being his favourite colour .Like a wild tigress, khushi pounced to attack arnav on recognising the sign on his armour to be enemy. three seconds ago even she was staring helplessly at the youth standing in front of her ,trying to catch her breath.
This person in front of her ,is he even a person? he just looks like something she doesn’t know how to describe. So muscular, ooh! that smirk spread on his face was worth dying! her cheeks turned redder( typical 17 year old stuff 😉 ) but not because of anger this time her fiery gaze turned shy and lowered only to become fiery again at the sight of the enemy symbol on his armour.
Arnav was all prepared for self defence. as soon as she lifted her sword he drew his sword closer and encircled her from the back of her waist with his arms while she kept her sword on his neck. Feeling her challenge , he pulled her closer by pulling his sword, making her collide with his chest(what a pose !!!). Khushi ’s raging eyes met arnav’s calm yet intimidating ones . their breathing became hitched and their heart beat resonated.
They were lost in each other’s presence ignorant of their surroundings*RABBA VEY* staring into each other’s eyes. Suddenly , khushi heard her name called out by a familiar voice….
Shashi: KHUSHIIII!!! You insolent little girl!!!! Why don’t you obey my orders !??? how dare you come to the war field ??
Shashi pulled her away and slapped her twice. ”this shall teach you a lesson to obey my orders next time”.
This action of shashi enraged arnav .why? because by now arnav had realised who khushi was and what she meant to him. With one stroke of his sword he wounded shashi’s arm and said “ how cowardly of you to show your so called war skills by raising your hand at your own daughter!!”
A fierce sword fight took over between shashi and arnav, our hero being on the winning side. Soon arnav made shashi’s sword fall off and said” once you are over , peace shall prevail in my father’s mind ,so your death is my current necessity” and he raised his sword to kill shashi for once and for all.
His word met with a clash against khushi’s sword “ you dare not lift your sword against my father till I’m alive.”
“no ,khushi it would be better I die than stay alive protected by you!!”scowled shashi while arnav and khushi fought with each other. Khushi felt as if thousands of swords peirced her heart. Her father doesn’t want to live if she is the one who shall protect his life. why? just because she is a girl.
“you know we both are just the same , ready to do anything for our lives and everything for our family ,our country. The only difference is that my father values my contribution while your father doesn’t .yet that isn’t stopping you from protecting him . I admire you…”said arnav
“less lips more swords” exclaimed khushi while continuing the fight. Meanwhile , aaryamann came with some soldiers and caught hold of shashi and said “ well done ,arnav . shashi all your son in laws are dead and so shall be you in no time .betrayal to aaranya means betrayal to life .” by that time arnav had caught hold of khushi tightly who was crying seeing her father being killed.
Arnav felt bad seeing her crying but he felt better on thinking that “ it’s better she has no father than a father like shashi who doesn’t value her. How proud was dad of Anjali di when she saved his life from a mad elephant ! shashi really undervalued his daughter but I wouldn’t do the mistake of undervaluing ….what was her name ….yeah Khushi…….”
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