There you go folks my last and final update
the wind kissed his face as he ran...it was exhilarating it was freedom...arjun felt like he was finally released after being tied up for days...the flowers caressed him as he ran ... the thorns scratched him but for all the world he wouldn't have noticed after running for a while both of them collapsed on the grass gasping for breath... wow !! arjun gasped between rapid breathing ... wow !! karn agreed... arjun looked at the steadily darkening sky... he hadn't felt soo tired or happy in a long time...the soothing sound of nature was relaxing ...arjun was transported to a very similar day nearly 15 years earlier ...
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arjun !! stop listen to me that will just make everything soo much worse...
oh cmon angaraaj give me some credit ! i live with bheem...i do know a few things regarding cooking ...
maybe you do but dont place it over the fire now it will end up being disastrous
arjun pouted its not like we are going to have good food otherwise...
yes !! but we cant have bad food dhananjay !!
but arjun really dint care much at the moment keeping the half cooked food on the fire
BOOM!!
everything was white ! arjun blinked and opened his eyes and saw his reflection in the mirror, oh dear!
both of them were completely drenched on flour ...
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arjun laughed , karn joined him...he too had obviously been thinking the same thing! good times wernt they arjun giggled... karn winced for you they were , you would run off after messing everything up ! and i would come behind trying to clean everything up, arjun laughed some more .. karn really had been furious that day! and arjun ? he had got no food. he had spent the next day sulking until karn finally took pity on him, but arjun couldnt help it, it was soo much fun irritating and annoying the king of anga... , a drop of water stained his cheek...arjun looked up to see a crash of thunder, dads in a bad mood he muttered, karn looked up at the cloudy sky and said .. we should get going its gonna be a heavy downpour...
the two of them set out walking downhill slowly...
the sky was gloomy the peacocks had gone back home birds had stopped singing and kamyak looked sad...there was complete silence between the two rivals... there was tension in the air...they both knew that someone had to say it..but both were waiting for the other to do so .. not having the guts nor courage to be ready to face it .. yet.. finally karn took the step to begin the conversation a war will happen , arjun nodded gesturing him to continue.. i will fight in duryodhans side , there was silence then arjun whispered i know... , then why are we doing this ? karn asked . Doing what ?? arjun turned around to face him... karn winced under his intense scrutiny ... well! u know pretending to be friends and all.. , pretending ? arjuns voice was low and dangerous..u think i have pretending all this time ? no no! karn cried out that wasnt what i was trying to imply at all !! all i meant was, was getting close might prove not being able to fight against each other in the war...arjun began walking again isnt that a good thing ? he asked, it might be if we were fighting on the same side karn replied unfortunately as we are not , i know ! arjun snapped you dont need to keep telling me that... again there was silence...karn hated silence between the two of them it reminded him too much of the rivalry before... but he couldnt think of anything to say , so they both just walked slowly cherishing everything flashes of moments in the mountains ..karn once remembered being woken upto a snowball on his face he had chased arjun all over the hills that day ... waking upto sweet melodies too ... not even vrushali could sing like arjun could ... arjun would cherish the protective nature and also the guiding nature.. while his brothers did that they dint match to his wavelength .. as for madhav, arjun dint match to his wavelength.. karn was an older version of arjun, arjun was sure if the king of anga had been brought up like he had then they would be exactly alike , and yet again soo much different .. unlike poles attract after all !! he would miss teasing him until he made karns golden complexion become red like a tomato in anger , he would miss the sarcasm the most! if anyone could match his sarcasm it would be karn! he made his life more interesting... made him renew himself in order to surprise angaraaj..
they had reached the foots of the mountain
so then this means adieu karn said sadly ... it began to rain..arjun looked at the journey ahead .. not yet ! he said sounding determined , we havnt reached your camps yet, i cant walk with you in there arjun.. i dont know what duryodhan might do to you ! i saw you being staked once, dont ask me to go through that again... it was raining heavily now and both the archers were completely drenched... arjun was grateful to the downpour as it camouflaged the tears on his cheeks ...and karn turned around and began to walk off!
arjun dint know what possessed him to do it but he ran forward and hugged the man .. karn stiffened for a second surprised before hugging him back... they slowly parted and this time they both knew that it was pointless there was no other way... it was finally over! it was finally good bye! there is indeed a very small line between love and hate...between the first time they had met in the talent display ceremony till now in the forest ... KARN! KARN! it was duryodhan he had come looking for his friend...karn immediately parted away from arjun he looked at him and arjun was determinedly avoiding his gaze choosing to look at the ground i need to go karn muttered ! why ? oh why ? was fate so cruel ?arjun still dint reply KARN! their archer ears could pick up the footsteps of duryodhan now ... arjun please look at me karn said hurriedly ... arjun still chose not to ... KARN! karn backed off .. remember your promise little brother he whispered... ill be waiting for it..he turned around and ran off into the forest away from arjun..he dint look back
arjun tried to grab onto the king of anga to never let him go...but then he blinked and he was gone! like a raindrop to an ocean..like a fallen leaf in the forest.. like the darkening of night from day..like the twinkling stars covered by the clouds... arjun lost radheya to the kauravas... he fell down on the soft grass...karns voice echoed in his ears...guilt ... revenge...promise...brother...brother.. he looked up i wont big brother he whispered softly ... kaunteya arjuna wasn't crying anymore...
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