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Adi Mel Adi (Blow after blow)- Inaidhal chapter 2

As we promised, @whippersnappersbookworm and I are back with the second chapter of Inaidhal! Please do give us your feedback!

Important Note: Please do NOT judge Kundavai here- we have written her with the perspective of what she says in the book. Do not judge her reactions,but look past it to see what she has learned since childhood.

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“How did this happen?” Kundavai enquired as soon as they stepped outside of the bihara

“I don’t know the exact details but they met when Ponniyin Selvan was going to Eezham, he took a ride in her boat and gave her the name ‘Samudra Kumari’ . That poor girl fell in love with him from that moment onward. I heard them talking about freedom and how the prince wanted to get away from everything. He was even muttering her names in his dreams…”

“Thambi wanted to get away from us because of a woman?” Kundavai trembled.

Kundavai sat down in the earth covering her face with her hands

” This can’t happen again…the same thing is happening….I am once again losing a brother to non-royalty. What if Arunmolzhi ends up just like Anna? What if he destroys his life , his potential, his everything for that girl! Just like Aditha karikalan did!” she mumbled into her hands.

“Princess are you okay?” Vandiyathevan asked , confused by the Princesses’s reaction

“ How dare she Vallavarayan? How can she think about winning my brother’s heart? How dare she think that she can win the love of the Chola Scion? She is not royalty! How can she yearn to be his wife?”

Vandiyathevan stopped in his tracks, what is ilavarasi saying? How can she say this? How can she judge someone she has never met like this?

“How did this happen to Arulmozhi?” Kundavai continued her ramblings indifferent to the confused warrior

“What if she wants him for his status, his crown, his everything else? What if… no no. Only royalty can ascend the Chozha throne…”

"Stop!”

Kundavai stopped midway and looked up to find Vandiyathevan looking down upon her.

The familiar smile and the twinkle in his eyes has vanished. They are now filled with some unknown emotion.

“That girl has a name princess.”

“Alright. Samudrakumari…”

“ Her name is Poonkuzhali and I can swear on Shiva Perumal or Kannan or any god you prefer that she is much much better than Kodambalur Ilavarasi!"

Kundavai was taken aback by this sudden declaration.

"Why is he defending her? Is he by any chance?”- The anger in her heart got replaced by another unknown feeling. Her chest tightens with several emotions. She knew she was being irrational, so she told herself to calm down and not doubt him.

“ Why do you care so much about her?” she could not help asking.

“ Because she is a wonderful girl! You don’t know her like i do Princess!”- Vandiyathevan screamed in anger

“ She is not some lowly boat woman but a wonderful girl, she is intelligent, she is beautiful, she is smart! She can give any princess a run for their money! Then tell me why she is not enough for Arulmozhi Varman?”

None of this registered in Kundavai’s mind , her beautiful face turned red with anger. Jealousy was raging like a storm in her heart

“Why is Vallavarayan behaving like this?! He is supporting her now ! That same man who said his heart belongs to me is now screaming at me for her, and insulting my dear Vanathi? How dare he do that?”

“ You want to know why she is not enough for my brother?”- Kundavai asked in a stone cold voice, tears threatening to fall down her doe like eyes

“ Because she is a common girl! She doesn’t have royal blood like Vanathi! Even if the crow adorns it with peacock feathers it will remain a crow , it can never become a peacock. Royalty have to marry royalty for the race to flourish!”

Vandiyathevan was taken aback by this revelation, all the dream castles he had built in his heart after meeting the princess fall apart like a deck of cards by this statement.

” Is royal status and blood everything princess?“

” It is for royalty, because that one relationship can only work between equals.”

Vandiyathevan looked up at his beloved’s face, trying to find a hint of softness in her features, but there was none. Her beautiful face has transformed into a maligned one due to anger . There was no love , no softness, only intense hatred and anger.

Vandiyathevan sighed -“ then what am I doing here princess? Risking my life to save your brother just because you asked me to take care of him? I didn’t need to do this, I don’t owe you anything. But I am still here standing in front of you , why ilavarasi why?”

“ How can I …”

Their argument was suddenly interrupted by the chime of anklets familiar to Kundavai. She whipped around to catch a stone-faced Vanathi, who looked like she had gotten blow after blow. Her beloved uyir thozhi had heard what Vallavarayan had said, and a glance at Vallvarayan’s face told her the same.

“Vanathi, kanne..” Kundavai started.

“The Ilavarasar is awake, Akka,” Vanathi stated quietly. “Please go to him.”

Saying so, she gently hugged Kundavai, nodded at Vanthiyathevan politely, and walked away with her head held high, her form making Kundavai smile proudly, and give Vanthiyathevan a look saying, ‘that is my Vanathi’. She beckoned him to follow her inside, now eager to see her brother.

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Inaidhal [Chapter -1]

Shopnobhongo (broken dreams)

Collab with @harinishivaa

Standing in front of the window of Arulmolzhi's room in the Buddha Vihar , looking at Vanathi taking care of her thambi , Kundavai for the first time in her 22 years of life felt regret. Kundavai has grown up in a midst of a busy household in Pazhayarai, she was always followed by battalions of servants and her sakhis. But loneliness never seems to leave her alone, It always comes crawling back to her at the end of the day when everyone falls asleep, leaving Kundavai all alone to deal with her emotions . Kundavai was always a happy child, she was known for her charming smile and happy demeanor but since that fateful day 5 years back when her Anna accused her of betraying his trust something broke inside of her. Since that day Kundavai has stopped sharing her feelings with anyone, how can she ? Her only friend , her Anna , had abandoned her . She had learned to suppress her emotions and become more logical and practical. She had vowed to herself from that day onwards that she will always let her head rule over heart, because letting your heart become your leader means ending up like Anna , broken and devastated. But now seeing her Uyir Thozhi and her thambi together , Kundavai feels a certain kind of regret for that decision. She has guarded her heart with care for all these years but now she is feeling left out looking at them, she felt as if she is missing the eternal joy of life. How lucky is her brother to get someone like Vanathi in his life , someone who cares , someone who is always there , someone who fits perfectly with his kind heart. Arulmozhi needs Vanathi by his side to succeed in the battles of life , she was the Sita to his Ram .

" Ilavarasi!" the sudden call broke Kundavai's chain of thoughts , she looked up to find a certain Vaanar Warrior looking at her

Ah him, Finally he is here. Vallavaryan has been a part of Kundavai's thoughts for some months now , Unknowingly Kundavai has ended up giving this veer a special space in her heart. Kundavai gazed lovingly at his face, he looked tired , his beard was unkempt and his ever messy curls were falling on his forehead. But his sleep deprived eyes still have the same charm, the same twinkle in them...

" Is everything all right Devi?" - Vandiyathevan enquired once again

" Yes it is, why wouldn't it be Vallavaryan?"

" Well maybe because of the fact that you are standing here all alone in the balcony, you should go inside and meet your brother, ilavarasi."

Kundavai smiled at Vandiyathevan, and his heart missed a beat...

Ahh that smile , that beautiful smile.

‘How can a smile be so intoxicating?’ Vandiyathevan thought

That smile has captured his heart since the day he first saw her in the hut of Kundandhai jothidar. He had lost his heart that day.

" Come here and see for yourself Vallavaryan."

Vandiyathevan walked towards Kundavai and peered in the window.

Kodambur Illavarasi was sitting there by Arulmozhi’s side, her face shining with happiness, the sunlight caressing her black tresses as she gazed lovingly at Ponniyin Selvan's face.

"Aren't they just perfect?"

Vandiyathevan was taken aback by the question, he had heard before from his friends back in Kanchi that Ponniyin Selvan is supposed to marry the Kodambalur Ilavarasi but after seeing him with Poonkuzhali he can't really imagine him with anyone else.

"They do ...but"

" But what Vallavaryan?"- Kundavai scorned at him

" It's not my place to say this Illavarasi but i think that Ponniyin Selvan's heart belongs to someone else and that someone else is definitely not the Kodambalur Ilavarasi."

Kundavai reeled in shock when she heard Vanthiyathevan’s words.

Another woman had her brother’s heart? Who was it? Last she knew… was it the boat girl who had saved him?

“Who is it, Vanarkulathavare?” her voice sounded cold and furious, she did not even sound like herself. But she felt blinded by her worry for Vanathi. What had her brother done?

“Devi, adhellam edharku? (Devi, why all that now?),” Vanthiyathevan asked, triggering Kundavai’s fury.

“Who is it, Vana Veera?”

“It is Poonkuzhali,” he submitted, sighing softly, looking at his dearest’s face, now cold like stone, eyes carved into the fury of an angel.

"That , that boat girl?"

"You are claiming that she has my brother's heart? The Arulmozhi’s heart?"- Kundavai almost screamed out of frustration causing all the vikshus around them to look in their direction with curiosity.

"Illavarasi!, Calm down,” Vandiyathevan took an unsuccessful of attempt to calm the raging princess down but Kundavai was not listening to him.

"How can this happen again? How can another of my brother fall in love with a girl like that? Is history going to repeat itself again? Am I going to lose another of my brother to this girl? To This mere boatwoman?" anger clouded in Kundavai's lovely eyes.

"When did this happen Vallavaryan?"- Kundavai enquired

"It, actually..."- Vandiyathevan mumbled

"When?"- Kundavai enquired once again in a low voice

"Devi, i think we should step out before we discuss anything about this. This is sensitive news, You don't want anyone to know about this right? Especially the Kodambalur ilavarasi?"

Vallavaryan was not wrong - Kundavai sighed as she glanced at her Uyir Thozhi. Still sitting beside Arunmolzhi gazing at him as if he is the only thing in the whole world. Vanathi shouldn't know about this. This news can shatter the flower maiden's delicate heart, the heart she has given to Ponniyin Selvare since she was nothing but a mere child.

Vanathi had heard the talk turned into an argument between her Akka and Vanthiyar.

She had known, from the second she had stepped into the Viharam and met Vanthiyar once more, that his friendship was not on her side. Even if she was his beloved’s uyir thozhi, to Vanthiyar, Vanathi seemed like a problem. Her silent, and often bashful nature was mistaken for timidity, resulting in none but Kundavai seeing her for who she is- a woman who can understand another’s heart just by looking at them.

The only person she had had trouble with was the man she was gazing at, the Prince and King of her heart.

He was a closed book to her, a confusing enigma of emotions. He was also the one who had captured her heart, her ‘Ullam Kavar Kalvan’, for he had taken it and had decided not to give it back, like a thief.

Not that she wanted it back.

Her heart felt heavy, for she understood that her Kalvan will not return her feelings, despite what Akka had told her- Vanathi completely trusted Kundavai, but Vanthiyar had been with Ponniyin Selvar more recently than even Akka… why was everything suddenly confusing?

But how could she just leave him like that?

Even if her Lord of wonders did not return her feelings, her duty would always be to him… so she would stay and take care of him, till Akka or Vanthiyar came back.

She drifted to her mindscape, where he shone once more, like that golden skinned Yaanai Paaga she had met and fallen for her, who had given her delighted smiles and sweet eyes, his baritone voice like the sweetest nectar she had ever heard.

His brown eyes had sparkled with so much life, so much gentleness and spoke of a happy nature.. Till he had heard who she was. That had put a frown on his face, and she would do anything to remove that frown, one that her mere title had caused.

The Chozha Prince… who did not want to marry the orphan Princess.

How could she blame him? When even she knew that she was no match for him? It was Kundavai Akka and Sembiyan Patti’s benevolence and the blessing of Parameshvari that made her lucky enough to even be considered his potential bride.

One he had every right to reject, one he seemed to have from his heart.

And yet..

What could she do?

She had been born for him, even if he did not want her.

The sudden restless movement of her Prince brought her back to reality, and she leaned over, making sure he was comfortable, when he whispered a name that stunned her entire heart to a stone still statue.

“Poonkuzhali.”

Vanathi felt her entire body burn with pain at the words he pronounced, her being tear from her heart almost. Her Prince did love the boat girl!

But she could not blame him.

What did Vanathi have? Misfortune.

Poonkuzhali had saved his life bravely… how can he not love her? Why would he want this Princess who had nothing as compared to the brilliant woman who was exquisite, strong and independent?

She saw his Lotus eyes start to flutter, and she scrambled up, suddenly not wanting to be the first thing he saw when he woke up. As his eyes opened, she turned and ran out, wanting to get her Kundavai Akka.

So intent was she, that she did not hear the name he whispered when he saw her retreating form.

“Vanathi?”

So here it is ! The first chapter! It is a bit angsty but don't worry, everything will work out in the end... Please give me your honest opinions!

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