it has been 10 days since the incident and Akash has been discharged from the hospital.......today was nandini's first day in mafia training.....nandini ,keerthi and akash were present in the training room.....nandini was looking around the training room in a mix of awe and fear.....the training room was fully equipped with all kinds of weapons......some of which nandini saw for the first time...........

                                       ( place where keerthi and nandini will be fighting )

" so...princess are you ready...? " akash asked looking at nandini......Nandini looked at him and gave him a nervous nod....seeing her nervous Akash spoke up gently " are you sure princess.....if you still not feel ready then we can wait......."

listening him nandini felt guilty for being so underconfident.......it has been 10 days since her mamu was discharged....keerthi wanted to train her that day itself but nandini convinced her to wait giving excuse of mamu's health.......till now she  had tried to delay her training even though she knew that they had less time....

ye main kya kar rahi hoon aiyappa...i am trying to avoid it when i clearly know that i have to do it.....when did i grow so weak and scared.....i have always been the one who faces every challenge of her life.....then...how did i end up so weak......no nandini murthy you are not that weak.......you have to fight back........nandini thought and said " i am ready mamu "

akash gave an encouraging smile to her and keerthi took her to the center of the room....

" so nandini...when we are in this room i want you to know that we are only teacher and  student ....i will treat you just like any other student of mine..i hope i am clear." keerthi spoke sternly and nandini nodded

" first we will start to learn how to fight....... " keerthi spoke  and took her fighting stance ....while nandini widened her eyes and blurted " wait...are you not going to give me any weapons like gun or something " listening her keerthi frowned and shook her head.....

" no nandini because we believe that instead of tossing over a gun to you and asking you to shoot its better to strengthen your physical stamina.....as no weapon comes handier than your own body....so firstly you will be learning how to defend yourself......and then we will move to the next level........understood....? " keerthi explained her.......nandini nodded her head........

" today you are going to learn how to defend....i am not going to teach you any moves as of yet because first i want you to defend yourself primarily based on your instincts....i will attack you  continuously and when you will be able to deflect at least a single blow of mine then we will go to the next step....and once you are able to instinctively deflect my blows with ease we will learn to attack........" keerthi said and nandini again nodded.......

( nandini's narrative from here )

and what followed was keerthi attacking simultaneously while i tried to defend my self.......and by the end of the day i was lying on the ground with bruises and sweat covering my body....my whole body felt like it was on fire......there was no portion that dint ache....i was crying in pain....this type of physical pain i have never experienced in my life.......but keerthi stood still with a blank face......when it was dinner time she ended my training for the day and asked me to go to my room.......i tried to get up but i couldnt.....after many tries i managed to stand up and drag myself to my room........

after entering my room i collapsed on my bed and cried hard.....i felt that i couldnt do it......i dint want the pain....and keerthi she looked like a different person in there......it was as if she sheilded her emotions from me....i unknowingly drifted into sleep due to exhaustion........

around mid night i woke up feeling hungry as i skipped my dinner.......as i opened my eyes i saw keethi sleeping on the sofa.......my bruises were taken care of and there was food on my bedside table........i......i was overwhelmed..she cared for me like a mother does to her child.....i couldnt be more lucky to have  a soul sister like her........all the thoughts about giving up got erased from my mind.....

days went on with me getting beaten up every day....i couldnt defend at all...everyday i used to go to my room fully exhausted and dragging my bloody and sweaty body.....everyday i used to wake up only to see keethi sleeping on the sofa......slowly but gradually i started getting immune to the pain......my body started growing a little stronger with each passing day..... it took me a month to defend her blow for the first time.......and from then on i have been training in all kinds of fighting techniques....

flash back ends

by the time nandini finished saying her side of story navya  became numb....she dint know if she should feel proud  that her friend was a true warrior.......she fought with her cruel fate when she was not beside her or feel sad that she had to go through all this alone.........

" tumhe itna sab kuch sehna pada....aur hum tumhare saath the hi nahi .....kaise bestfriend hai hum....you were in pain and i was here living my life " navya spoke as a tear rolled down her eyes.......

" nahi navya.....its not your fault.....you dint know about it.....and its fine now...." nandini said assuring her that it was fine now......

" nahi......its not fine......i know nandu main past ko change nahi karsakthi but i promise you that from now on i will always be with you .......please dont say no......i know you are mafia and you dont want to involve me in your world but i dont care about such things as long as i can stay with you......i want to be there for you......" navya spoke with new found determination.......

nandini nodded her head and smiled at her.....navya remembered something and asked " but nandini.......why did you return to india.........? "

as soon as she uttered this sentance nandini's face became expressionless.......it felt like she closed all her emotions.....her eyes which earlier had a shine were now a hollow...she closed her eyes......as if she wanted the reason to be just a nightmare but alas it was most cruel reality of her existence......

she took a deep breath and uttered the four words which shattered her existence " to kill nandini murthy "

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