Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat Era

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"sss", Vaishnavi hissed as Sairandri was tending to her wound caused by that demon of a commander. With her sister giving a stern look to her, vaishnavi was just sheepishly smiling at her. "Why would you always risk yourself silly girl!? Can't you see people are worried about you?", Draupadi was relentlessly muttering to herself tending to her wound.

"Krishn-", Vaishnavi was about to speak but was cut off by her ice cold voice. "Don't. Even. Listen to mom"

Vaishnavi just bobbed her head closing her mouth indistinctively. A part of her was obviously enjoying the attention she was getting from her sister, even in the form of reprimanding. As she didn't have a mother to do all this to her. Vaishnavi smiled faintly as Draupadi, the most beautiful and the pious woman on the earth was scolding her like a little kid, "I did what was needed and there was no need for you to intervene either, Krishnaa."

Draupadi looked up at her and frowned, "What do you mean by that? If not me, who will save you? Don't trust my husbands, I've lost hope in them". Vaishnavi almost dry chuckled at that, "Hey, don't blam- actually yeah! You are right. Brawns no brains. Haha". It invoked a little laugh from Draupadi and they both high fived. "We are way better than them", Draupadi said chuckling. "And just bear with me for a moment more, we will be done before they all come".

"Ishwari!", her husband came running towards with a hellbent worry look on his face examining her. "You are okay right? Huh? Did he- did he hurt you in any way?", he kept blabbering to her. She held her hand up pacifying him, "Chill chill! I'm okay. Don't worry". The remaining brothers entered the area with a concerned look.

"That bastard! How dare he manhandle you?", Bheem roared while Nakul added, "vaishu! Have this medicine". Each of them expressed concern with her while she locked her eyes with Draupadi, who shook her head silently asking her not to reveal that she showed her face to kichak to save her.

Vaishnavi sighed silently and smiled, "Guys, Guys! If he can manhandle me, I can woman-handle him too", she chuckled, "I know how to tame him". Sahadev chuckled and said, "You do know. We all know that Vaishu Bhabhi. It's just there is a certain femme fatale who is insanely jealous", making everyone chuckle except for the one and only.

"Ha! Ha! Laugh it up guys. It's my wife who I'm watching getting betrothed right!", Arjun scoffs, still drawing circles on her wrist. Vaishnavi hissed as he touches a certain wound caused by keechak, making everyone alerted. Arjun sneered, "That Bastard! How dare he touch my wife!".

Draupadi enters the conversation calming him down, "Aarya. Please be patient. It's just a matter of another 15 days. Please be patient". Vaishnavi turned towards him too, "Arjun. She is right. Just another 15 days. Didn't i tolerate him for the past 11 months? Hmm?", she pacified him, which seemed to calm him down and turned towards her holding her hand.

"I- I can't..", he trailed off. Bheem placed a supportive hand on his shoulder, "Strengthen up Arjun. We can do this. But Vaishu, i will kill him by my own hands!!", Bheem roared. Vaishnavi said, "You will. His death is by your hands alone and alone". As everyone was being anger at what happened, Vaishnavi and Draupadi waited for another 15 dawns to come, to see the brighter future ahead tied with inevitable destruction.

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As the early morning birds chirped in Hastinapur, Shakuni and Karn started to rule out all the kingdoms they were able to. In one year, they went to all known kingdoms to see if they were hiding there. Dushasan was checking on the kingdoms which were remaining for them to check, even the smallest of small ones.

"Tch! Where are they? Why are we so unsuccessful?", Karn sneered while Shakuni pacified him, "Patience Angraj-", but got cut off by him, "What patience? Now only 15 days are left! How are we supposed to find them? Where is Duryodhan anyways? We are doing this for him and he-", Karn stops, hearing someone chanting something so faintly.