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Here is the 22nd chapter.

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Ananya POV

I motion Karn over; he looks astounded but hides I well. He looks around but nobody is paying us attention. He walks up to me.

"Kya?" (What?) he asks, once he is near me.

"Ek bar chalana hai Kya?" (Want to use it once?) I ask him.

"Main?" (Me?) he asks.

"Nahi Ang- Raj, main uss kursi se puch rahi thi." (Nope, I was asking the chair.) I say sarcastically. He makes a face before nodding.

"Yeh Lijiye." (Here you go) I hand him the gun, placing it on his shoulder, securely. He bends a little because of its weight.

I hit him on his shoulder, giving him a stern glare, and straighten his shoulder. Placing his hands on the correct position, I start with the instructions.

"Aap tirandaji kartein hai, toh yeh aapke liye aasan hona chahiye." (you do archery so this must be easy for you.) I tell him. I take him closer to the target, placing him around 25 meters away from the target.

"Is ched se dekhiye" (Look through this eye- hole.) I instruct him further. "dikh raha hai?" (Are you able to see?) I ask.

"haan" (Yes)

"Bhadiya. Ab us ched ke madd se nishana lagaiye." (Nice. Now using that eye- hole, shoot.) I sort of direct him.

He does as I tell, the bullet hit the second circle from inside. He looks amazed that he did it.

"Fir se karo" (Do it again.) I encourage him. He looks at me for an instant, before following what I said.

He again aligns his gun to shoot but this time I move to his level and keeping my head at same angle as his, I look at the target, just before he fires, I move the gun few inches.

And as expected it lands on the inner circle, he smiles a proud smile. I give him a smile too.

"Yeh hummare sharir piche Kyun jata hai, jab hum maarte hai toh?" (When we fire why does our body push back?) he asks.

"kyunki bullet jab aage nikal ke jaate hai toh uspe kuch bal lagaya jata hai, who bal ka ulta prabhav padta hai gun par, jiske karan woh piche jata hai." (It's because when the bullet is released it has a force being applied to it and the opposite force is applied on the gun, this force pushes us back.) I clarify.

"Har Astra ya shastra ke saath toh aisa nahi hota." (It's not in every wepons.) Karn frowns.

"Hota hai, hum usse alag tarike se mahsos kartein Hain." (It is, they are feeled in different ways.) I state. "Jab hum gadha ya talwar se ladte Hain toh woh bal hummare hath Mein sama gata hai. Yahih karan hai ki jo aise shastra ka prayog kartein hai unke hath Mein mass jada hota hai." (When we use, mace or sword, then the force is absorbed by our hand. This is the reason that the people who use these kinds of weapons have more muscles in their hands.)

"Aur jo Astra ka prayog kartein hai?" (And what about the other weapons?) Arjun asks.

"Gun ek astra hi hai, Arjun" (Gun is an Astra, Arjun.) Ananya gives him a deadpan expression.
Arjun makes an 'o' expression.

"Bahut der ho rahi hai, humme nashte ke liye jana chahiye. Sab hamme khojenge." (It's getting late, we must leave for breakfast. Everyone will look for us.) Yudhishthira intervenes.

Agreeing we decide to walk to the diner room straight away. I picked my bag up, stuffing my things in it, I walk up to the others who were waiting for me.

"Aaj Kya kar rahin hai aap?" (What are you doing today?) Nakul asks me.

"Kyun?" (Why?) I raise an eyebrow.

"Pucha, kahi aap akele na rehjane." (We just asked, so that you don't stay alone.) Sehdev say looking at his twin for confirmation who nods.

"Achcha?" (Really)

"Are haan..." (Are, yes.) they say together and I laugh.

"Itni badi jagah, kuch na kuch toh karne ko mil hi jayega. Nahi Mila toh mere pas kitab Hain." (It's such a big palace, I will get some work. If not then I have my books.) I tell the two.

"Agar aap humme yaad karengi toh hum bhi aajayenge." (If you call for us, we will come.) Arjun perks up.

"Kyun aaj Rajya- Sabha nahi jaana?" (Why? Don't you need to go to Rajya Sabha?) I ask, raising an eyebrow.

The three people in question bite their tongues and the rest of us laugh.

"Behena" (Sister) Duryodhana stops me. I look at him questioningly.

"Maine Mama shree ko dosti ke bare Mein abhi nahi bataya." (I haven't told my uncle about our friendship) He informs me.

"Usse waise hi rakhna." (Leave it that way.) I order him. "Agar woh Mujhe kuch bolene toh najarandaj kar dena" (If says something to me, ignore it.)

"Par," (But.)

"Nahi bhai, abhi isse aise hi rehne do, jis din aapko hamare Rishta sab se bad kar lage, uss din hum bata denge." (No brother, let it stay that way, the day you feel that our bound is the greatest of all we will talk about it that day.)

"Theek hai." (Ok fine.) He sighs. "Pehle aap log chale jao." (You guys go in first.)

We all nod and enter together, the Pandeva's and me.

"Are Putri, tum kahan thi? Main tumhe khoj rahi thi." (Are daughter, where were you? I was looking for you.) Kunti Bua asks.

"Main abhyas ke liye gayi thi, Bua." (I went for practice, Bua) I tell her.

"Yeh sab kam the Kya?" (Were they not enough?) she shakes her head as I laugh.

The three friends enter and look aloof like they always do, though I can see the way Karn's eyes were twitching. It was like he was trying to stop himself from doing something. But What?

"Aaj Mujhe aap se baat karni hai, Didi." (I want to talk with you, today, elder sister.) Dushala whispers to me as I stand in a corner, discretely chewing on the apple in my hand.

"Theek hai, aa jana ya bula lena." (Ok. Come to me or call me.) I tell her. She nods before going ahead to serve some dish.

"Gandhari Bua." I say nervously as she comes beside me suddenly, well they say that even though she has tied her eyes she can feel thigs. 

Does she know I am eating?
Oh Hell! Will she scold me?

"Ananya Putri." (Ananya daughter.) she says.

Oh My My!

"Ji Bua, boliye?" (Yes, Aunt, say.) I say as I hastily wipe m hands on by lowers and grab her hand.

"Kal, Duryodhana sham ko wapas aaya tha." (Yesterday, Duryodhana returned rather late in evening.) She starts.
I hum in response.

Bacha liya Ma Durga! Shukriya. (You saved me, Ma Durga! Thanks.) 

"Woh pure der tum logon ke saath tha?" (Was he there with you all the time?) she whispers.

"Ji haan Bua." (Yes Aunt) I smile at her, knowing she will feel it.

"Tumhari muskan bata rahi hai ki kuch ashubh nahi Hua." (Your smiles tell me that nothing bad happened.) She speaks up.

"Aapka Ashirwad tha na, Bua." (It was your blessing, Aunt) I answer. She takes one hand from mine, and caresses my head. I dip my head in content.
She kisses the top of my head, before walking away. I smile warmly at her retreating figure.

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