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Towards the End

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Taking another day from his life the Sun had journeyed towards the horizon. He kept gazing at his father's path, how many days it will take for him to be united with him? His every blood cell is counting moments for that very moment, the moment of freedom, freedom from this cursed life. And he knows the moment is near. He had never been so eager for the war before.

Yes he was excited to prove himself greatest by acquiring victory over his arch rival, he was excited to show his enemies their right place those who always insulted him for his caste, he was desperate to prove his loyalty to his best friend, the person who stood by him in his misery and indebted him for the life. Prince of Hastinapur had become the driving force of his life from that day onwards. Till now he considered Duryodhan's goal is his goal of life. Karna knew for the shake of friendship and in rage towards enemies he committed many mistakes in life, he knows many times he crossed his limits and did what pandavas really didn't deserve. He didn't try to justify himself. He always wanted to die fighting a great battle and so he increased rage of his enemies. If pandavas are capable enough he will get his desired veergati otherwise he will get desired victory over them.

But now everything has been changed, his life seems like a rudderless ship now, fate played such an irony with him. All his life he believed throne of Kururashtra belonged to his friend. But now all his perception has been changed, he smiled on his fate, the throne neither belonged to Yudhisthir nor to Duryodhan, it was his. He, Karna, son of the Sun, first born of mother Kunti was rightful heir of Hastinapur, the land for which the great destruction is taking place belongs to his only.

Karna smirked again as if he wanted everything can be stopped, he knew his friend Duryodhan won't be saddened to see him on throne in stead of Yudhisthir, and millions of lives will be saved, but at cost of what? His honour? What will people call him, a traitor? Knowing the truth he left his friend who trusted him more than anyone else? Will after that anyone in world ever trust the word called friendship? Without Karna, Duryodhan may not dare to fight the war but he would have to surrender to his enemies and that would be not less than death for him, how could Karn give such inglorious life to his friend?

On the other side even if the Pandavas accept him, will they ever can forget what insult they caused to each other? Karn himself couldn't forgive him for what he said to them how will he expect Pandavas would forgive him and show respect to him? So, he made right decision to reject both Vasudev and mother Kunti, till the end he will remain Radheya Karna who could go any extent for the shake of friendship. And then neither Vasudev nor mother Kunti was really interested to take him to their side, if they were they would have revealed the truth earlier. He had no expectation from mother Kunti though and then the honour for which she abandoned him how can he snatch away that honour from her? Karna in entire life had been devoted to be the giver he can't give away the title atleast. But Vasudev at least he could have reveal this earlier.

No one knew what place Krishna had acquired in Karna's heart . Karna still couldn't believe that it's Krishna who snatched the earth away from his feet. Karna couldn't measure what hurt him more - the truth of his birth or Madhav revealing this on such crucial moment. That day for first and last time he embraced Krishna, couldn't Vaasudev feel the inner storm in his heart? Fate was always cruel to him and so the world which made Karna himself a cruel soul, but Krishna? Did Karna deserve this in response to all his respect towards him?

He sighed and scolded himself for his absent mindedness, from that day he has become more thoughtful than ever in entire life he was, what's the result? He did what he thought was right by rejecting the offers, he fulfilled duty of a son by promising a mother not to kill four of her sons, he fulfilled duty of a brother by giving alms of four of their lives, since he already had taken oath to kill Arjun he was unable to spare him, but he trusted Krishna won't let him to do any harm to his Arjun so he was quite sure about who is going to die. So now he was waiting to fulfill his last duties towards his friend by saving Duryodhan till his life exists. His entire life looked like a joke to him, hence, counting moments when this prank will end.

Suddenly Arjun's arrow pierced him as he winced in pain with a glint of tears forming in his eyes. Was this pain that came in his eyes of that arrow or the immense hatred he saw in his brother's eyes?

The whole world stood amazed at the skills the two brave men displayed in the war but no one for knew of another battle more fierce aching inside Karna's heart.