"Wow! It's really been 11 months since I came here, isn't it Bhabhi? Time really flies by!", Vaishnavi was talking with Sudeshna, who was getting her hair done by Sairandri. She really hated her sister doing all these things as a servant. Being a Samragyi, she was being too humble and grounded. Even the situation demanded it, but it doesn't matter. What matters to her the most is her sister being a servant. She gulped down all her will and might to drag Draupadi away from this castle of constant insults.

"Sairandri! What is this? Are you even-", Sudeshna started to scold her, no, humiliate her. Where is Kank? Her eldest husband. Oh, he is just watching this not saying anything. And where is her husband? Brihannala? Wow, him too. At times Vaishnavi really regretted giving her sister away to these 5 Brothers, who did nothing to stop her from any humiliation. All they know is fight, fight and fight. Society is very free to blame a woman, particularly her sister for the inevitable war that was gonna happen. But in truth, she was just a spawn to Kaurava's games, and a motivation to pandava's vengeance. They all stayed silent as her sister was getting insulted left and right. Will she stay silent as well?

No way! Not under her watch. "Sairandri!", I shouted. "Come to my room! We have something important to discuss". She drags Sairandri with her but sudeshna stops her, "Tara, what is this behaviour? I was talking with her right? How can you-", Vaishnavi cut her off, "You are seeing how i can. I need her. Now. Period".

Sudeshna had an incredulous expression and looked at her husband, who just shrugged his shoulders and looked at her with an expression which screamed, 'You don't touch acid to see if it works'.

The queen of Matsya just took a deep breath and looked at Draupadi- Sairandri, "Better be here before i get angry!".

Vaishnavi looked at her and said, "you better be with me until I say so", and looked at sudeshna, rivalling her expression. Vaishnavi swayed her hair, now only shoulder length, which is TOTALLY inappropriate for a girl in that era. Sudeshna smirked and said, "A girl like you doesn't get married with that behaviour and... ", with a nasty expression, "with a hair like that, if not for my brother!".

Vaishnavi nonchalantly took a sword and was playing with it, where Uttar, her nephew was playing. Sudeshna continued, "How many days we have to endure her Maharaj? Isn't it time to get her married to my brother? The damsel... The good for nothing, she has no qualities to be a queen either! She behaves just like how a man does! Huh! Living on her brother's wealth!". The Pandava brothers who were present there, Also bheem, who came to serve food, and Draupadi had a furious expression, which they controlled with a huge amount of constraint.

Vaishnavi finally looked at sudeshna with a bored expression, "Really? That's all you got? Really, you need to step up your game Bhabhi. You are way too lame to be acting like one of those dramatic spillers". Infuriated, Sudeshna stepped forward towards her husband, "Maharaj, look at how your sis-", but he cut her off, carrying the same amount of nonchalance his sister has, "who started it, Sudeshna? And i know my sister very well. She is, I didn't think I'll say this one day, but, way better than you as a person. And i really don't care what you think about her; she herself doesn't. What do you think, Kank?".

Yudisthir looked at him and sudeshna with conflicted expression, and smiled, "Princess Tara is a force to be reckoned with. I know that much", and looked at Vaishnavi, who was absolutely bashing and thrashing away all the swords men with her swooshes. "Good for you, Kank. Atleast got brains that you shouldn't go against me".

Yudisthir, Kank, just nodded and smiled, which was returned back by a smirk from her. She suddenly hit her head with her palm, "shit! I forgot I asked Sairandri to come with me!", and looked at Draupadi, "let's go?". Draupadi just nodded smiling, adoring her.

Sudeshna stepped forward and said, "No. You aren't-", but got cut off by vaishnavi, "Yes I am", and smirked. Sudeshna looked at her with a vein popping on her forehead. Vaishnavi feigned shock while going towards her, covering her mouth, "Tch tch tch! All these days, you had all these thoughts about me huh? Never realised Bhabhi!", she said sarcastically.

"Only if you are not marrying my brother-", Sudeshna tried to retort back, but couldn't say anything after that. Vaishnavi smirked and asked, "or what? You gonna... Uh... What do you call it? Hah! Prosecute me? From my very own kingdom? Make some sense Bhabhi! Your brother isn't some saint that women die to marry. And he is ugly as hell that's another thing"z she shrugged her shoulders.

Sudeshna snapped, "huh! I don't know what he sees in you!". Vaishnavi smirked to herself cleaning her sword, "Exactly what you don't see", and looked up at her still cleaning the Remaining blood, "and what you don't have", and extended her sword to her neck.

Startled, Sudeshna stepped back, "He- Hey! Back off! Wh- what are you... Aarya!", sudeshna turned to her husband, who sighed smiling. "Tara! Leave the game honey". Vaishnavi immediately dropped her sword, much to sudeshna's shock, as she turned fully towards her husband, "Games? You think this is game Aarya? Your sister is a menace do you even realise that?". Virat snapped back, "And your brother is an asshole. Didn't i make him the general?".

Sudeshna looked at them both and said, "you both siblings are nuts!", and left the place swaying her long lehanga. Uttar was laughing rolling on the floor while saying, "Oh my! Mausi! You are something else! You infuriated my mother like no one! Not even me and my sister!". Vaishnavi looked at him and smirked, kicking him, "Our practice isn't over yet; don't butter me now to get leisure time for yourself! Get up!". Uttar smiled sheepishly at her and got up, muttering something.

Vaishnavi hit his head with the back of sword, "What was that?". Uttar rubbed his head, "Ow! What was that for?", to which she hit him again, "Dare to speak against your teacher huh? Tell what you scolded me! Now!". Uttar just had an obnoxious expression, "Jeez! You are way too observant! I just said you are a...", he trailed off looking at her expression. "What?", she ran her hand through her short hair while frustrated.

"He said you are a lunatic!", a beautiful voice interrupted, of a young maiden, with this huge beam of grin in her face, who was learning arts with the transgender dancer. "Uttara!", uttar hissed looking at his sister and turned his head towards Vaishnavi with a sheepish smile. Vaishnavi raised her hand as if going to hit him, to which he flinched and closed his eyes.

Sighing deeply, and pinching her temples, she said, "5 rounds, around the practice area! Carry 7 swords. Above your head! Now!". He immediately stumbled back to pick up the swords while muttering scoldings towards uttara.

"Didn't hear you there brother!", she held her hand near her ear and giggled, earning chuckles from everyone in the room. Uttar straightened himself and said, "You are living your life with a chill teacher like Brihannala! Whereas I- i got stuck with a lunat- harsh teacher! Huh! But seriously, no teacher of mine told me to do rounds around the practice area. Where did you even learn this... Weird warfare?". Vaishnavi Chuckled and remembered her days back in the police academy, "My place. Far from Aryavart!".

Uttar looked displeased and said, "Still! You don't really cut out for a good teacher; look at Brihannala!". Vaishnavi, for the first time in her entire day, made eye contact with her husband, "Brihannala is soft! Not like me, definitely. I'm someone who believes in hardships. And straight to face and point, no filter... And Brihannala? Is soft!", and looked at Arjun for a moment longer with an expression which screamed longing, which made his stomach to flip.

Vaishnavi then smirked before saying, "Brihannala isn't my type!", in a teasing way, which made Arjun smile, and feigned hurt.

"That's not nice of you, princess!", Arjun, Brihannala, said. Vaishnavi just laughed and said, "I stated the truth. You arent really my type sweetheart", and smiled, which made his cheek turn instantly pink. Uttar looked at both of them and shook his head, "Okay what the hell is happening here?", making both of them come out of their trance. He then laughed realising, "oh!!! Oh my! Mausi! You..- did you just!! Did you just flirt with Brihannala? Haha!", making Arjun blush even more.

'World's famous Archer and my husband of 14 years... Still blushes like an idiot if teased about me! My idiot!'

Vaishnavi hit his head and said, "for a fourteen year old, you talk way too much!", swaying her short hair and pushing it back, she pushed him with his 7 swords, "Run! Now!", she threatened him. Stumbling, he nodded and went to fulfill his punishment. Vaishnavi then turned towards Sairandri and said, "let's go?", to which she nodded. As they were about to leave the room, Uttara's question stopped her, "What is your type then?".

Vaishnavi turned and immediately looked at Arjun, with a knowing look on her face. "What go you think Brihannala? Who could be my type? Huh?". Arjun just looked at her with a longing expression and said without blinking, "someone soft. Soft love for her hard love, and who would think of her for his world, while she burns the world for him; someone who hopes to trace her every wrinkle until the age of dying while she still kicks his ass for being an ass; and who made his entire existence based purely on her scent, the Petrichor; He would suit her pretty well".

'This. Man. Is. Going. To. Give. Me. Sugar. Rush. Even. When. I'm. 200'

Vaishnavi stifled her smile and a deep red engulfed her neck like a blanket. She just cleared her throat, "Not bad. But boring!", and pushed her short hair back, smirking at him. Arjun just shook his head, knowing her very well that she isn't gonna accept him very soon, and smiled at her. Kank interrupted, "Uh, Princess... Maybe, this topic has gotten out of hands! You remember that you are betrothed to General Keechak right???", he said, signalling them not to give it away.

Arjun's face immediately fell, knowing that she is betrothed, even for the time being, to someone else, which is Keechak, the worst of all. Vaishnavi took this as a chance to rile him up and said, "Yeah! I am! My bad! My future husband wouldn't like it if I speak about this", making Arjun flare his nostrils.

Uttara shook her head, " Tch; no! We aren't talking about him! We are talking about your type!". Vaishnavi rubbed her chin with her thumb thinking, "My type...", just then Keechak entered the practice area with a furious expression, alongside sudeshna who carried a scowl. "TARA! How dare you speak with my sister like that?", making Virat nervous a little.

Vaishnavi looked at sudeshna with a bored expression at her childish Behaviour, while her mind clicked with an idea to cool his anger down, "Yes! Oh my god yes!", Vaishnavi smiled clapping her hands. Surprised a little, Keechak questioned her a little rough, "What?". "You are my type!", she looked back at Uttara, making Keechak go flushed.

"Wh- what?", he asked with a little hue of red on his cheeks, already forgetting half of the reason why he was there. Vaishnavi went near him, "Yes! The one who is all rugged, with deep voice and who can FIGHTTT! Oh my god! You are totally my type!", she looked at him with hearty eyes, making him melt like a butter, while a certain Archer was radiating heat with utmost jealousy and throwing fire balls at Keechak in his mind.

Keechak, who has completely forgotten the reason for his arrival, was smiling like an idiot looking at her, while she threw her highest form of sweet smile at him. Sudeshna shook her brother, who was totally unfazed looking at Vaishnavi and said, "Keechak! Don't fall for her trap!". Vaishnavi feigned shock and said, "Trap? He has already fallen... For me! For me! Isn't it, Keechak?", to which he could only nod, his eyes not leaving her once. Vaishnavi was throwing up in her mind on the way he was looking at her, as if stripping her with only his eyes.

Sudeshna sighed frustrated, "She called you ugly! On my face!", making him come back to senses a little. He turned towards his sister and asked with a shocked expression, "what? Did she? Tara? Did you?", he asked vaishnavi, uncharacteristically gentle. Vaishnavi took a strand of her short hair and tucked it gently behind her ear pouting, and looked down, "Sorry".

That did it for him. "I- it's okay! Haha! I am ugly; i know! Haha!", he turned around and told everyone as if announcing it as some fact. Sudeshna looked at her lovesick brother and shook her head facepalming. He then turned towards his sister, "Don't you dare say anything to my future wife! Got it?".

Vaishnavi controlled her laughter looking at how Arjun got riled up, and was playing the instrument off beat. Uttara looked at him concerned and shook him, "Brihannala? Are you okay? The music is... A little...". Arjun came back to senses, and looked at uttara with a sheepish expression, "Nothing princess, just... Looking at the beautiful love birds in front of me, my heart became sooo full", he said gritting his teeth. Poor drum would have burst with the way he was playing it, if not for Uttara's interruption.

Vaishnavi then turned towards Bheem, Ballava, and asked, "What is it Ballu? What is special today?", she asked enthusiastically. Bheem smiled brightly and said, "Today there are many items, your highness. According to your tastes ofcourse! But, LADDOO is the special dish for today".

The code.

Vaishnavi nodded firmly at him understanding the meaning which underlyed behind laddoo. She the looked at her sister, husband and Kank, nodding ever so discreetly subtle. "Sairandri! Let's go!", vaishnavi dragged Draupadi with her, but just then, Keechak stopped her by holding her wrist.

'If not for the curse... He would have turned to ashes! If not for the curse!!!'

Vaishnavi looked at him with her eyes widened, clearly not liking the way he was holding her, and was basically eye fucking her. She tried to throw a smile at him, "What is it Keechak?", trying to get out of his hold.

The only reason Virat was enduring keechak was because of his innumerable strength. Vaishnavi, being an ex police and being trained by Balram himself, couldn't get out of his hold which was tainted by desire. This man was insanely strong, so much so that the other kingdoms were petrified to even look at Matsya. When Keechak proposed vaishnavi for marriage, Virat didn't have any other option but to say yes, because of the same reason. Arjun was infuriated and Bheem was almost on the verge of breaking branches at the audacity of Keechak to ask her hand in marriage, but vaishnavi convinced them that she would be able to postpone the marriage until their exile ends.

They all were carrying the same furious expression right now, as Keechak was basically caressing her entire arm, "My future wife will be happy to... Stroll around the palace with me? Or the city?". He basically dragged her with him by her arms. The others anyways, even her own brother, couldn't do anything but to stand and watch them dumbfounded.

Keechak dragged her to a corner and pinned her to the wall, his hands involuntarily going to her face, "Keechak! Leave me! We aren't married yet!". He just growled lowly and said, "I'm so... So, so, soo... Obsessed with you! Can you please... Please just one kiss! I- i accepted your condition for marriage right? That you would marry me only when I will touch you after marriage and not before! Well, I wamna break them please!". He started sniffing her from her ear to her shoulders.

Vaishnavi just closed her eyes, unable to do anything that will give away their disguise. If she turned against him, then all hells breaks loose. No woman in the entire Aryavart can fight Keechak and it's a well known fact, thus making him a shameless womanizer, except for one. Vaishnavi. And if she fights him now, it will be very easy to rule out that she, infact, is in Matsya.

Controlling her anger, she just shut her eyes slumping her shoulders, as he continued to take her necklace off. "Keechak! You-", she almost shouted, making him pull back, "What is it, my wife?". She gritted her teeth at his endearment, and forced a smile, "Please be gentle, it hurts". He smirked and held her chin, "I am far from gentle, my parrot!". She looked at him irritated, "Parrot? I'm not some stupid bird!", she snapped at him.

"There there. Look at how red your nose has become after being angry. That's my parrot out there!", he smirked and tucked her hair behind her ear.

'He would make a very good bad guy obsessed with girl trope books protagonist! But i fucking wanna kill him now! He is not for me. Please, someone! Help! Help! Krishnaa!'

"Your highness!", Draupadi came forward with her veil up, which she never did once since they came her. Vaishnavi looked at her shocked, would be an understatement. It was an unwritten rule that Draupadi's face would be covered all along, for people not to make out who she is, the most beautiful women in the entire world. But she took her veil off and was looking at her helpless sister and eyeing on Keechak. It didn't make any sense to vaishnavi. But, suddenly, the realisation hit her like a ton of bricks, as she felt Keechak leaving her hand slowly as his body now totally turned towards Draupadi, and held an expression which held pure lust.

'Oh no! No no no no no no'

Draupadi was trying to save Vaishnavi, by putting herself at stake.

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I'm really, really, REALLY, sorry guys for making you wait! There were a lot of things going on! And i had to put a hold to my story. But behold. I'm back officially and expect continuous updates as usual.

We are almost at the end of the story and i assure you, I won't disappear ever if I don't update. I will finish this story. If I am not updating, please understand I will update for sure. It, in anyway, doesn't mean i disappeared or abandoned this story. This is my baby and i would never do that.

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PS: Vaishu's haircut