Chapter 5
Nakul's fore arm had started to paralyse now, his nose bled. He knew no one would come this way as he slowly slept in the lap of death. But he wanted to live, live to see his son grow up, to apologise to his brother Karn, to hug him for the first time, to tell him how much he loved him. A sob escaped him, his thoughts were a jeopardy. He remebered their forest days so carefree, so much better than the palace, he remembered gurukul, Yudhishthir who had always taken care of them, loving doting mata Kunti the faint image of mata madri, strong brother Bheem whom had always pranked, and who had bullied him at times but all in that good loving way, his wife, his son everything came back to jim in a rush. He had waited for long. But now he had almost no hope left, he had almost given up. That's when he felt someone touching his forhead and checking his breath, "Nakul" he called, "Nakul". Nakul recognised the voice, it was Dushyasan
.Dushyasan had come to collect some more firewood, when he saw a lonely figure on near a hedge. He was quite alarmed at the thought who he was. As he approached him, he saw it was Nakul. May be even a day before he would have left him to die, but now he remembered Duryodhan's instructions, we have to work with each other. And he himself , now seeing them in this mental condition was realising that they were also human like them. Mamashree had always made them look as enemy but now in their sorrow they werent any different. He started coaxing Nakul out of his semi delirium. "Nakul" he said "yeh kaisa hua? Kya main tumhari sahayata kar sakta hu? Iska upchar kya hai mujhe batao mai sahayata karta hun.." Nakul summoning up all his strength said "wo dur jo podha hai, kaaton ko tor kar usse nikalne wala ras mujhe pila dijiye, aur uske patte ghao pe rakhiye, shighra mere paas adhik samay nahi hai" Dushyasan rushed to the bush and plucked a branch hastily, in the process his hand grabbing the thorns and cutting itself, but he never noticed it. He rushed back to Nakul, put the leaved on his wounds. Then he crushed the thorns in his bare hands, and let nackul suck the nectar, in the process making the gash deeper. Nakul regained conciousness within seconds, his mind cleared and he realised that a Kaurav had saved him. "Dhanyavad" he said half gratefully, half guiltily "Parantu tumne mujhe kyun bachaya?" "Pata nahi" Dushyasan answered truthfully. "Chal paoge?" He further asked, Nakul nodded in yes. He supported Nakul's body on his and they walked towards the camp.
Back in the Kaurava camp, Aswathhama was having a lengthy discussion with Shakuni. Shakuni understood that, his nephew is out of his hands now, Karn had seen to that now by being injured. But he still vowed to destroy Hastinapur, and he will by using the power hungry Ashwathhama. They decided to consolidate their position by teaming up with other kings, and Ashwathhama was writing those letters. Shakuni stood outside staring at the rising smoke from the Pandava camp. "Shukh samet lo kuruvanshio" he thought "Mahabharat ka yudh ho ya na ho, mai tumhe tabah karke hi chhorunga, shukh smaet lo kyunki bohot shighra dukh aane wale hain" and he laughed devilishly.
Yudhishthir and Duryodhan camped near the tree. There was no tent, they used their angavastras as sheets. The tree was near the river. After the fire has been lit,Yudhishthir took a piece of cloth dipped it in water and wrapped some stones and after heating it on fire he came to Duryodhan. "Pair dikhao aapna" he said. Duryodhan obeyed. Yudhishthir started compressing his ankle and foot sole. "Yeh aap kya.." Duryodhan started feeling awkward, he was not used to people caring for him like this. "Aapko bhi toh ghav laga hai uska upchaar kar lijiye pehle" Duryodhan tried to divert him "Aap kahen to main aushadhi laga deta ho, aap bataiye kaun si buti laani hai." he offered, seeing that the cloth tied around his chest was now even redder. "Baad mein" Yudhishthir said. "Aap mere charnon ko..." Duryadhan tried again "Mujhe apna das bana sakte ho bhare sabha mein" Yudhishthir cut him short"aur aaj tumhara upchar karne par tumhe sharminda lag raha hai" Duryodhan fell silent hearing this. Though he had accepted that they were no more enemies but he obviously hadn't made any descisions about apologies. After so long enemity the mind does take time to come in terms with these. Yudhishthir finished compressing the leg in silence. He then went ton the rever washed his woud and packed it with medicinal weeds. He sat doen on the ground "So jao Duryodhan" he said "mai jaaga hua hun" Duryodhan protested and offered to stay up. "So jao, tumhe nidra ki awasakta hai" this time it was a order. And Duryodhan, probably for the first time in his life, promptly obeyed.
GUYs sorry I know I am posting short updates, but pls consider the fact that I do post regularly. The Arjun-Vrisasena convo will be in the next chap. Actually I have a few commitments with studies this whole month so updates will be short😭 but regular😃. Also I am thinking of changing the topic of this thread...so suggest good titles for my fanfic pls.
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