AN : Hi dears I've restarted MN3 on the request of many readers .
Personally I too like this book as it was one book i planned for writing upto 100 chaps .
And losing the book at 85 chaps was quiet disappointing .
Though I retrieved the book in bits and pieces from many kind hearts , i  couldnt just publish the draft part alone .
Each book is like my baby ,that I need into that shoes of each character of the book and the publish .
As far as this one is concerned i had used a lot of lyrics & songs inbetween the chaps and conversations .
And pic of  Avinashi temple & the stone statue s were  the main plot in this one which i lost forever .
I couldn't retrieve the lyrics nor i could remember the ones I had used .
So with that gone , i really was disinterested in just publishing the draft alone .
So I took time to give the drafts a read and then publish it as a new book .
I wanted this long break for this book to appear as a new story to both the old as well new readers .
Though the content will be the same o have altered few literature and have edited the book as a new one .
Hopefully you guys too enjoy reading this MN 3 as a new book !

Kindly do comment your views especially for this book keeping in mind that the author had taken efforts to rewrite the book once again as a whole , only on the insistence of the readers .
If the book doesn't receive a proper response, i have also decided to drop this one , once again !!

So let's see ..how this edited version goes on ,

Thank you for your support for all the MIRUTHAN series .

With MN6 coming to an end in next 6_8 chaps , MN 3 will be continued , depending solely on the response of the readers .

Mn4 & 5 will be surely updated whether readers support it or not .

Thank you once again 🙏

MUDHALAI VAAI PILLAI !

Still staring at Karthiban ' s  wall length portrait Mullai stood still.
Now that she had come a bit out of his trance,she noticed the backdrop of the picture.

Back in ,

KN TEXTILES ,

CHENNAI ,

Karthiban s office !

Mullai was standing in front of the wall length portrait with welled up eyes .

This potrait ?

And the Backdrop !

Her  eyes twinkled on remembering something .

This must have been taken on _?

She tried guessing  the time period

Or even before ?

The backdrop explained it all !

A harsh reality hit her very hard !

Memories knocked in !!

Nostalgic memories ,

The TV  beside her, was displaying a rather emotional scene on a comical note.
The reality of the scene to her own life, mocked her.
Without thinking a second she dumped the remote on it
silencing it .

Mullai :
Cha..cha.
Enakunae intha maathri scene laam poduvanga pola !

His face flashed in her mind ,

She slumped down to the floor with a heavy thud and loud outbursted cry.

Now, if  what he held for her wasn't  called Love, what else was it
to be?

Karthiban did love her _ she knew it by heart !

Their souls knew each other !

She had fallen in love with him at the first sight !

And so did he ,

But _ the ferocious face of the Kathir appeared in her vision.

Kathir, for sure had lost it this time !!!

He had it absolutely wrong !!!

But who was to explain it to him ?

Who was to tie the bell around his neck?

Afterall he wasn't a mere cat!!

He seemed to be a  more ferocious beast !!!

But she was hundred percent sure it was one and only Love !

Poo nee poo ,

En kadhal puriyalaiya _?

Un Nastham _ Anbe poo !

En kanavu kalainthalum _ Nee,

Erunthai Anbae poo !

With a silent cry and lots of fear ,but with a hundred percent clear truth about his love for her ,she pushed
herself hard towards the airport.

Ithuvarai unnudan vaalntha en naatkal ,

Marumurai vaalnthida vazhi illaiya ?

Irul ullae thediya thedalgal yelaam ,

Vidiyalai kaanavum vithi illaiya ?

She didnt know Fate had in store for her .

Not knowing about her destiny and the fate of her Love , she started to Coimbatore with a ray of hope alone !

COIMBATORE !

KMCH :

MEDICAL ICU :

Karthiban was still admitted in the special ICU unit ,

The medical team were in great distress.

He seemed to deteriorate bit by bit ...minute by minute , second by second ,

The condition seemed to slowly slip out of their hands .

It's was nearing three days ,still their attempts seemed to go in vain.

This night would be very crucial.

Will he make it up ?

If he was to make it up to his life ,  he for sure has to be superhuman.

Thats what their medical knowledge had taught them.

Permutations !

He?

He was lying still ,

This time he couldn't perceive anything.

No desert !

No ocean !

No sky

No air.

It was dark !!

Pitch dark everywhere.

He couldn't see or feel anything.

It was like he was trapped in the darkest of dark.

The only sense he could perceive was a smiling innocent face with a pair of sparkling eyes.

His guardian angel !

Where was she ?

Has she left him away for good ?

Or  will she come back to save him ?

Will he make it up?

God knew !

He was sinking down in darkness !

*****

Mullai was all set finally and started her journey.

The first journey in secrecy.

The journey ,she had to undertake in secrecy for sake of her life.

For sake of her love !!!

Or else to prove her pure love !!

To explain it to a person who bluntly refuses to accept it ,even after knowing it.

Her first journey towards her roots.

Her Roots !

Which she wasn't even aware of till few days back.

And few truths?

What were they?

One half of the truth was known to her already.

But the other and most important truth ?

Why does she need to bear the cross?

She was left with unknown answers.
Again she closed her eyes in pain ,only to see him as always _ a smiling gentle face that soothed heart and filled it in with tender love alone ,

Suddenly the love of her life disappeared !

With the image of her love , Karthiban , dissipating in front of her eyes , a fiery red face filled in with nothing but vengeance and anger sprang in !

She opened her eyes unable to bear the wrath of that monster _ Kathir !

Mullai ' s heart yearned...

Mullai : Aandava,enaku intha awasthaila erunthu, yepo viduthalai kedaikum?
Ennala yethaiyum maraka mudilla!!
Athelaam, yethuvumae ellanu epadi solla mudiyum?
Enaku Karthi, thirumba venum.
Ithuku mela ,ennala yethuvumae yosika mudiyalayae.
"Illama ponnavan "nu epadi vaai koosama solla mudinchuthu ?
Kathir,antha vaarthai oda unmaiyana artham therinchuthan, apadi sonnanaara?
Kathir unmaiya yaaru ?
Enakum ...intha oorukum enna sambantham eruku ?
En vaalkaiyoda vilaiyada  iwar yaar ?
Enaku ...en Karthiban thirumba venum ,
En kathal venum !
Athu illama ...naan intha oora vittu pogamaaten .
Kathir ku , en kadhal unmaiyaanathu puriya vaikaaama naan poga maaten !
Awar ...en Karthiban eh thirupi koduthu than aaganum !

As by habit, her body started trembling and panicking.

Sweat dripped her body.

Somehow she wasn't able to digest those words.

It hurt her more to hear such words from him rather than her cursed current condition.

Of all she feared it to be a bad omen.

Illama ponavan !

Enoda kathal epadi illama pogum ?

Evlo kururama oruthar eruka mudiyuma ?

After all"life "is all , that matters at the end of the day.

She exactly didn't know what to do after reaching Avinashi .

Ofcourse she had all the contact numbers and other details he had given her, before leaving ,after his final roar.

All she had to do was to reach Avinashi and call him.

Her flight having landed at Coimbatore, earlier than she
expected,she came out of the airport with a dilemma, as to whether to take a break at Coimbatore or go straight to Avinashi, at the address he had given.

She tried calling his mobile twice but in vain.

She had booked a room at Radisson Blu, in Coimbatore,much before at Hyderabad itself.

With him not attending the calls ,she
was confused as to what to do next.

She checked her mobile and looked at the map .

The map said the hotel was into the town, opposite to Avinashi road.

The traffic was taxing.

It was around 3_4pm.

What if he calls after she boarded to Coimbatore ?

He had asked her to come to Avinashi for the answers !

And if he calls her now ,she has to travel back.

She didnt even want to waste a minute ,

Somehow she felt restless ,for unknown reasons.

On second thoughts she hired a car and drove toward Avinashi itself .

As whilst she was nearing the town ,she received a call
from the number he had given.

She attended it immediately, only to get disappointed by another male voice on the other side.

As she listened to the other person with some disinterest ,her vehicle crossed across the famous
Avinashiaapar temple.

Just on  an  impulse  , as she asked her driver to stop by the temple ,the
voice on the other end, asked her not to visit the address given by Kathir.

Kathir wasn't available at the address he had given currently.

Kathir wasn't awailable at Avinashi now !!

What ?

Then what was she to do now ?

Whom was she to confront and ask the answers ?

How will she retrieve her Karthiban ?

Where is he now ?

Her mind framed a hundred and one questions and doubts !!

Whilst she was confused as to what to do next , the person on the call asked her whereabouts.

On knowing that she was at the temple entrance, the person requested Mullai to wait at the temple itself for some more time and he would come in person to meet
her at the temple itself.

When enquired about Kathir, the person " s answer was ,that every thing would be explained in person to
her whilst meeting at the temple.

Not having any other option, Mullai entered the famous heritage Avinashiaapar Temple.

It was just like any other normal temple ,she thought.

Being a person grown in Hyderabad ,she was used to visiting Thirupathi frequently.

Compared to the magnificence of Thirumala  ,this temple appeared to be simple.

But once she entered the premises  and took a look at the then dried up Thamarai kulam, she felt there was
something special about this place.

She didn't know why but a array  of goosebumps brushed her entire body, whilst seeing a stone crocodile with
mouth wide open and a tiny figure walking out of it .

What amazed her was ,a crocodile statue right within the
temple, near the shrine of the main deity .

As she was looking curiously at it , the priest had turned up for the evening pooja.
He looked at her amused face and came to her to explain the history of the temple in brief.

Priest: Vaanga ma, ooruku puthusa ? Saayangala pooja aarambika pothu.

Mullai: Haan ..ama.

Priest: Enna ma ,mudhalai sellai kittayae nikringa?

Mullai: Ama, ithu enna vithyasama ? Saami kitta poi ..crocodile statue?

Priest: Tamil illaiya ma ?

Mullai: Tamil thanga saami. Aana ipo than TN ku  inga varen.

Priest: Oh .Ithu Sivasthalam ma. Sundarar  , Thevaraam paadiya kovilgallula ,ithuvum mukkiyamanathu.
Sthala varalaaru solren ma.

He explained in brief of how a little boy who was swallowed years ago by a deadly crocodile  was restored back
to life., with the prayers for the Almighty and how HE appeared himself and bestowed life to the boy .
And how this place was believed to restore all the lost and iiretrievable ,of the devotees who prayed with sincerity.

Priest: Eranthu pona antha kutty paiyyanoda amma,appa oda kavalaiya paathu, thaanum kan kalangi varutha pattu, Thiru Sundarar, manasu urugi, antha Eshwaran kitta, antha pillaiya thirupi thara solli, vendi paadina
yedam ma ithu!!

Mullai: Acho paavam .Apuram enna aachu ?

Not knowing the love of her life ,was caught up in a similar situation ,she asked innocently.

Priest: Apuram enna ma, Sundarar paada paada ,intha "Thamarai kulam"  thaneerala neranchu pochaam.  Antha Sivanae thondrinaaraam.
Yematharman kitta kattalai potaaram.
Odanae Yematharman antha kolanthai ku , than yedutha
uyir ah thirumba koduthaaraam.
Uruthiran ,thondri uruvam koduka,
Thirumal antha kolanthaiku valarchi kodutharaam.
Yellaroda aasiyum senthu, antha mudhalai ,intha Thamarai kolathula thirumba neenthi ,ithae yedathuku
vanthuchaam.

Mullai:Apuram?

Priest: Kolanthaiya enga mulungucho athhae yedathuku  vanthu, vaaya thiranthuchaam.
Aacharyam ...Athisiyam ma !!!
Antha Pillai ,mullu valarchioda, antha mudhalai vaayla erunthu, uyiroda ,vellila vanthaanaam.
Atha paartha ellarum ,mei silirthu poi ninaangalaam ma.
Antha mudhalai than ithunu, inga athuku vikiram eruku  ma.

Though a fictional divine story ,she too had goosebumps all over on hearing the story.

The priest continued ..

Priest: Vidhiya vella yaaralayum mudiyaathu nu solluvaanga!!
Aana, manasula nambikaioda , thairiyathoda yaaru inga vendikitaalaum, tholanchu ponathu,illa vithiyavae
maatha mudiyaathunu eruku prechanaiya kooda theerthu, intha Awinashiyapar arul purivaaru ma !
Athan, aitheegam !!
Vendikoma !!

Mullai: Ennathu?
Tholanchu ponathu ? Illama ponnathu?
Veethiya meeri kidaikuma?

Those words for sure hit her hard.

With sincerity she prayed truthfully.

Mullai: Aandava, enaku ithalaam vendalaama ellaiyanu
kooda therila.
Aana, naan Unmaiya UNNAIYA ,nambi kekren.
Enaku enoda kadhala thirupi koduthudu. Enkitta erunthu
tholanchu ponavara enkittayae thirupi koduthudu.
Please ..

With a filled heart she told the slogam and came out of the temple ,only to meet a unknown person who was
awaiting her.

After the intial introduction he ushered her fast to get in the car.

The evening had turned almost dark when they started back.

***************

As she looked out  , the dark roads slowly started to glow with the help of artificial lights and speeding vehicles.

It was then she noticed the direction of their car .

Why was it going in the exact opposite direction?

Wasn't she supposed to meet someone else ?

As she turned to ask the other person ,she found his face
to be like rock stone.

Mullai: MV: Intha manushan sambantha patta yaarum
sirikavae maatangala ?
Cha...yenna than aachu
awarku.
Intha aalukun ipadi sirika koodaathunu venduthal pola .
Escuse me.

The person immediately responded ,

He _Haan,Sollu Kannu

Mullai: Kanna ? Naa Kannu illa. Mullai !!

If it had been sometime else the person would have laughed as hell .

But now,

He : Intha pakkam,pillaingala ipadi  koopudrathuthan ,valakam ammani.

Mullai: Ammani ya !! She exclaimed ,

She remembered Kathir calling,nope
yelling at her once like that.

She asked quietly ,

Mullai : Oh ok. But ,ipo naama yen
intha valliya poroom.

He : Yenna Ammani?

Mullai: I mean. Naama yen Avinashi eh vitutu  Coimbatore kae thirumba poitu  erukoom sir ?

He didn't immediately answer .

He _Inum konja neram than ma. Unaku puriyum .

He said it with a sober face not understanding Mullai s urgency .

She spat ,

Mullai: Naa Kathir ah meet panna, Hyderabad la erunthu
vanthruken sir .
Silavishayangaluku bathil theriyumna ,inga vaa nu sonathu Mr.Kathir .
So , i want to meet him first .

He : Athuvum theriyum ma.

Mullai : See sir ,veetla yaarkum theriyaathu. I mean ,en
appa kitta sollala.
Enoda amm...illa ath..

He :  Rajiamma ku nee inga than varuwanu theriyum ma !!!

Mullai: Enathu ? Tat was a pure shocker .Ss.ssirr?

He : Chithapanu koopiduma. Naa unaku antha morai than
varum.

Mullai: Neen...neenga vanthu Ka ... Karthiku sonthama sir ?
Chithapanu koopid solringa ?
Rajima pathi theriyumna , ungaluku Karthiyavum nalla theriyum thana ? 

He didnt answer her questions immediately .. Instead he pointed outside ,

He-Yedam vanthruchu ma .Polaam pappa.

Why does he have to say this in a crying voice  ?

She looked around and was shocked again ,

Why did they come here after all ?

Does he know about her profession?

Or why then ?

It wasn't a place she wasn't used to.

The last five years of her life was spent in such places only.

Sad faces...

Crying faces ..

Melancholic looks...cries ...

Sometimes shouts of happiness too ... emotional outbursts on and off!!!

This scenario was pretty much used to her !

And she had learned to live exactly like a Robot under all
tough circumstances she had happened to come across !!!

But now,

Nowwhy does her heart pound as hell ?

Why was she panicking, whilst approaching the place
where the old man took her?

The hospital _

She stopped with a thud ,in front of that special room.

It was an intensive unit care !

And the name that was seen on the door !!

It gave her a mini attack !!

What does the board that hung on the door even mean?

She opened her mouth _ Mullai : Ka ..Karthiku , suddenly she stopped stammering and turned to the old man in tears ...Karth ..Karthiku ennachu ?
Inga ...Inga .. awar .. Ka .. Ka...she pressed her chest in pain , with the old man gently ushering her inside ,

He : Ulla vaa ma . Inga vakaru . Koopidrathuku munadi ulla poga mudiyaathu . Kadaisiya ....

He stopped not even wanting to think otherwise ,

She entered with an already plucked out heart ,wincing with pain !!!

And ..

Then ....the scenario that unfolded before her ,

******************

Him !

It was dark..

Pitch black dark everywhere.

He had no option left now !!

Were all his doors closed?

Breathing was difficult..

Limbs seemed to feel dissociated..

His heart seemed to race slow..

His eyes couldn't see nothing but the dark.

His voice wasn't heard even to himself.

By and by,he was slowlygetting adapted to the darkness around.

All of a sudden, something dark took a form.

And it started... started growing in form gigantically.

And ,

Slowly started approaching him in thudding steps !!

What was it ?

A monstrous figure !

Was he doomed finally?

And is everything about him is gonna end ?

He tried hard..

Pushed himself too hard to move away hurriedly from the
place..

From the seemingly dangerous" monstrous form"... that
seemed too determined to engulf him once for all.

On and off his track was lost.

By and by, heat and coldness were alternating in the still
atmosphere.

He found himself slipping his foot downwards, only to realise that he was on the cliff, of voluptuously erupting larvae and fiery volcanoes below.

The tongues of the erupting volcanoes below the hanging cliff extended long enough to gulp him off,even if he was
to slip an few inches down.

His eyes concentrated on the "montrous figurine "and
even in the dark fiery red glow, he was able to clearly sense .

He was fast approaching him.

He?

The God of Death?

Was his end nearing him?

So close...

So soon ?

He?

He ..is going to end ?

His body went still !!

He was surrounded by a team of doctors .

The medical team looked sadly at the monitors and the haphazard way at which his parameters displayed on the screen.

The head of the medical team shouted hard.

Sister ...quick !

Inj.adr...back up !

Quick !

De Frib..on mode again.

Shoot !!!

They tried their level best again.

The parameters seemed to flatten in a straight line.

They looked at the patient lying still as statue.

*****************

He?

He paused a minute.

Death may be close.

But,

His "never ever "give up attitude sprung up inside high
and gigantic.

His hope and confidence was way beyond than any other
normal human.

He had been and will always be a
WINNER... WHATEVER, WHOEVER COMES IN HIS WAY!!!

He shed his instant fear and confusion and instead of
running away, looked heads up straight at the monstrous
form that was nearing him.

Ewana eruntha Enna ?

Yemnaa eruntha enna ?

SHIVANAI erunthalum UNAKU sammamaai amarven Naan !

He wasn't born to loose so soon.

He was destined to live.

He was born to win.

He was not a loser at any cost.

His end may hadjust neared him ,but it isn'tgoing to engulf him so soon.

All humans need to end ,...so was he !

Butjust that,this isnt his time to end.

It isn't now.

His end does have its own sweet loooooonnng time.

And for sure it's nt now.

His fighter instincts kicked him hard.

He geared up himself to face the worst danger of any human and fought his battle.

The dangerous battle between life and death.

He had a purpose to serve.

He isn't goin to succumb so easily and so early.

As whilst he was fighting his own battle,his foot seemed
to slip a little and he felt himself tumbling down towards the giant dangerous tongues of flame of the underworld waiting eagerly to devour him as whole.

He wasn't scared.

He had to win over this at any cost.

The time to succumb hadn't come yet.

A sharp striking sparkle seemed to appear suddenly well
above him.

Pouring in all his efforts, he ebbed upwards in a swift
hop and arose well above the volcanic tongues, gearing
himself higher and higher until he reached out to the
sparkling light.

Booloogam _ athai vendru ,

Athala paathalam varai sendrum ,

Meendum kolakalamaaka enathu aathichhi purinduvenae !

He survived !

He survived for Good !

The battle was over.

He had made it up.

He had won.

No more looking back.

The "montrous form" seemed to accept it's defeat and
dissolve and disperse.

It won't show up again anytime recently, from now.

****************

The medical team rejoiced with relief.

He was back !!

Back with full of Life !!

With the next attempt of de frib,he had stabilized and his
parameters shone bright and normal on thw monitors.

It was indeed miraculous !!!

Medical miracles do happen!!!

And he was most important miracle that had happened
just now ,in front of their eyes.

He opened his eyes feebily !!

Naayagan meedum varaan !

Yettu thikum bayam thanae !

Ratchasa Raman enna kanavai kondavan iwan thanae !

None of the doctors surrounding him could believe their
own eyes.

Viluntha  Idiyaai ,

Yelunthan Mazhaiyaai !

A person who had almost succumbed to yet another cardiac arrest had boomeranged back with very much
life !!

And had opened his eyes in a matter of minutes !!!

The team shed tears of joy !!

Tears of victory..

Amazement swept in the room.

Laughing voices. ...,

Hugs..,

Cries ,

Filled in that ICU unit.

His well wisher ,the old man who was always beside him all along , had bursted out in happy tears on seeing him awaken and show a thumbs up at him.

Slowly his vision encircled everyone in that room, paused at someone for a long time and closed his orbs quietly.

The team looked in the direction where the patient stared.

Just then ,one of the doctors noticed that it was the young lady who had almost fainted on seeing him so.

She had rushed inside the room,minutes before; not
heading to anyone s words to wait outside.

At that time he was almost knocked off !!

Seeing that she screamed her heart out and had fainted calling out his name.

One of the doctors who attended to her ,neared her and
awoke her.

****
D_Miss ..madam ...yenthringa ...Wats her name?

He-Mullai !!

The old aged well-wisher said inbetween happy sobs.

Dr _ Looks like she is his ...is his girlfriend ?

He _ Ama doctor. He whole heartedly nodded a big yes !

The young doctor smiled with warmth.

Dr _Mulla... Mullai .. Kanna ,thorangae.
Kanna thoranthu awara paarunga !!
He is safe !
Very much alive ! Don't worry !

Mullai heavily opened her eyes panicking yet again with
fear.
But before she could speak a word the doctor said ..

Dr -He is back !!
Your man is BACK with a BOOM !!
Look at him ..

With a heart thudding as hell , Mullai looked around to see her man.

The love of her life !!!

The love of her life was very much alive ,hail and healthy before her.

She reached out to him, placing her soft palm within his coarse rough palm, with tears cascading her cheeks as hell, her body still shaking.
His orbs were closed.

She called out to him...,

KARTHII ......she started screaming the name that escaped her vocal cords causually and then stopped all of a sudden and then called him ...KATHIRR ....

HE EYES WERE STILL CLOSED ,

Once again Mullai stood in confusion ,

Confused as to what name she should call him now?

Call him as Karthiban, the disguised name under which he was introduced to her as her soft sweet fiancee and
spent these three months with her ?
Or
Call him as Kathir  ,his original identify , which he revealed
himself a week ago and claimed himself as her foe.

The angry beasty original side of him !!

Whatever.

Amongst the thousand and one emotions that surged through her for his tricky game on her and her dad,as of now _  She couldn't think beyond that her LOVE OF HER LIFE was
out of danger !!!

She remembered the Crocodile story out of blue.

For sure her man was a living sample of it.

Back to life. ..

From the clutches of death.

The day next dawned in bright !!

Tbc