Arjuna was shocked.
Who in the world is brave enough to messed up with him? To say he was annoyed is an understatement. He felt anger growing slowly deep within.
His heart thumps harder. His breath ragged. He knew his body all tensed up. Enough to make his brother worried for him.
Bima glanced up to his oldest brother, Puntadewa, nervously. Bima was never good with words. He knew his brother was disturbed, and worry if he would make things went worse. But then he saw Puntadewa nods to him, signaling that him too aware about Arjuna.
" Arjuna, my brother, please calmed yourself down. Why do you seem so bothered? It wasn't your favorite dog nor, the first time things like this happen. You never seem so troubled before. Arjuna?" Puntadewa starts to move closer to Arjuna cautiously.
"Lost a dog in a war, or in an accident? Of course brother, But I never being humiliated like this before! I am not making trouble for anybody. Just trying to hunt some deer for our dinner tonight, but then someone decide to kill my dog? Fully intentional? No way! Someone needs to pay the price!" Arjuna starts to ramble louder.
"But Jun, I don't thi—" Bima tries to say but stop when he felt Puntadewa grip on his arm.
"Alright, we will try to find the culprit, alright? But before, Arjuna, my brother, please calm yourself down. We don't want to scare any innocent villagers, don't we? Take some deep breath my brother. Good. Now, shall we gather some information?" Puntadewa said.
Arjuna tried to strain his anger. He scooped out his dog. Carry it all the way to the village.
Following silently , Bima glances to the arrows in the dog's head. Seven arrows in one spot. Each arrow split another one right in the center. He recognized it as an advance archery skill, Sapta Tunggal. In fact so far, he only knew Arjuna as the sole archer who mastered that technique form Durna years ago. He was sure no one else could master that specific technique. No one he knows from that area at least.
When he glances up to Puntadewa and got a little nod, he knew that his brother knows it too. That they both understand that Arjuna wasn't bothered by the way his dog dead, but the appearance of another great archer, his possible rival.
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Aswatama is skipping all the way to the market. Today is such a beautiful day. He finally finish making the practice ground for Ekalaya. He found klepon, Anggraeni favorite snacks, and on his way to find some gethuk for Ekalay. He lost a game to Anggraeni, so he has to buy all of this. But who cares? He loves to see both of his bestfriends eating happily anyway.
But then, he feels that chill. The market suddenly falls into silence. Confused, he shuddered at the aura that emitted from the market entrance. It was Arjuna, followed by Puntadewa and Bima.
"Who killed my dog?" Arjuna ask quietly, but then his patience runs out. "WHICH ONE OF YOU DARE TO MURDERED MY DOG?"
Aswatama shot a quick glance at Arjuna's dog. He gasped as he recognized the unique form of Sapta Tunggal. Trying to be as quiet as he can, he sneaks out from the market, and then run into his new build training grounds.
Seeing how mad Arjuna was, he sure the storm will come shortly.
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"Woaaa, our Aswatama getting faster! Gimme gimme my klepon! Gimme gimme!" Anggraeni smiles welcoming Aswatama excitedly.
"Honey, let Aswattama take a breath first" Ekalaya chuckles as he saw how cute his wife was. Deciding he can take a bit rest, he starts to tidy up his equipment.
" Here is your lovely klepon, I made sure to ask for extra coconut-- But that's not important tight now! Ekalaya! You need to runaway right now!" Aswatama suddenly shouted. Seeing how Ekalaya only stared at him confuse, Aswatama continues "Look, I don't know how, but I think you accidentally shot Arjuna's dog a while agp. He's really mad y'know? You need to run. Right. Now."
"Oh? Shouldn't I apologize to Arjuna then?"
"You don't understand! Ekalaya, just trust me on this one okay? Arjuna on enraged mode is really a no-no situation. Just run and hide okay? Y'know my boink hut? Go there. Now. Please."
"But, why? I could ju—"
"No question! Just go! Or I won't give this gethuk to you!"
"I mean that's not important right now, just why we ha—" Ekalaya want to resist. Its feels wrong to hide. But seeing how panicked and concerned his friend was, he decides to just follow Aswatama advice. "Okay, okay, we're going."
Aswatama make sure Ekalaya and Anggraeni really go to his hut, and then running to his home.
Oh boy, today will be eventful for sure.
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Glossarium:
Sapta Tunggal: Basically mean 7 in 1, an advance archery technique invented by Durna, that makes 7 arrows go to one specific direction.
Klepon: Sweets snacks. Pandan flavor rice flour ball, filled with brown sugar. Usually served with coconut shreds,
Gethuk: Sweet snack made from beaten cassava.
A/N
Just realized I already write this story yesterday in my notebook, so I decided to upload it today. My first ever double update!
Any comment and suggestion from you will be well appreciated! ^^
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Defeat the Fate
ActionAswatama was son of Durna, most famous teacher in area. As he wasn't as bright as his father expect, he always live his life under shadow. That's until a specific couple, Ekalaya and Anggraeni comes and change his way of life. a/n: I just rewrite a...
