Raja Chandrabhanu dragged Shehnaaz to a room and pushed her inside. Shehnaaz fell on the floor. Her father closed the door.

Shehnaaz stood up and started banging on the door but it was of no use. The door could be opened only from outside.

"Pitashri humein bahar nikaliye. Humne koi gunah nahi kiya hai. Ek baar sab kuch samjhane ka mauka di jiye." Said Shehnaaz while crying.

Raja Chandrabhanu looked at the maids and servants and said, "Humare adesh ke bina koi iss dwaar ko nahi kholega."

They all nodded. The king left from there.

Shehnaaz sat on the floor folding her knees and kept crying.

After Sometime...

Sidharth was standing in front of the king with his head bowed down. The king was looking at him angrily.

"Humne kya kuch nahi kiya tumhare liye? Aur tumne humare saath itna bada viswasghat kiya?" He said to Sidharth.

"Humne koi viswasghat nahi kiya Raja Ji. Hum bas prem karte hai Rajkumari se." Said Sidharth without any fear.

"Ek Senapati hone ke bawajood apni seemaye paar kar diyi hai tumne. Tumhare iss gunah ke liye bohut kathor sazah de sakte the hum tumhe. Paranthu iss rajya ke liye tumne bohut kuch kiya hai. Isliye hum sirf itna adesh dete hai ki tum iss hi waqt yeh rajya chhor ke chale jaaoge. Tumhari parchhayi bhi iss rajya mein nahi parni chahiye. Aur rahi baat humari Kanya ki toh uska vivah kisi shaahi khoon se hi hoga. Tum dono ke vivah ko hum kadi swikar nahi karenge."

Sidharth's heart ached. He didn't want to leave Shehnaaz but he had nothing to do. He couldn't disobey the king.

Suddenly a messenger came there.

"Raja Ji! Raja Ji! Ek bohut hi buri khabar hai. Shatru ne humare rajya ke upar achanak se haamla kar diya hai. Humare senayon ko abhi ranbhumi mein pohuchna hoga." Said the messenger while taking heavy breath.

Sidharth and the king both became shocked.

"Pehle mahel ke darwaje band kar di jiye. Shatru kisi bhi haalat mein andar nahi aane chahiye. Hum baki senayon ko le kar ranbhumi mein pohuchte hai." Said Sidharth.

He was about to go when the king said, "Paranthu tum kaise..."

Sidharth understood what he was saying. He didn't let him finish and replied, "Iss waqt rajya ko humari zaroorat hai. Ek baar yeh yuddh khatam ho jaaye, hum aap ko apni surat doobara nahi dikhayenge."

Saying that Sidharth left from there.

The king kept looking at his leaving figure. He told many harsh words to him but still he was thinking for the kingdom not for himself.

He sat on his chair and started thinking deeply, whether his decision was right or wrong.

The soldiers started preparing themselves for the battle. Bhairav saw Sidharth giving instructions to the soldiers. He became furious seeing it and came to the king.

"Yeh kaisa nyay hai Raja Ji? Woh Sidharth abhi tak iss rajya ka Senapati hai?" He asked angrily.

The king stood up and said, "Unke baare mein dhyan se baat ki jiye. Woh iss rajya ke Senapati hi nahi, yaaha ke hone wale Maharaja bhi hai."

Bhairav widened his eyes.

"Raja Ji aap.... Kya keh rahe hai? Aap iss vivah ko maante hai?" He asked.

"Humne bohut socha. Woh bhale hi shaahi khoon nahi hai, lekin humari Kanya ke liye uss se zyada kaabil insaan nahi mil sakta. Woh bas yuddh jeet ke aa jaaye. Iss baar inaam ke swarup hum usse Rajkumari Shehnaaz ka haath denge." Said Raja Chandrabhanu.

Bhairav started fuming in anger. Everything was slipping out of his hand. Now there was only one way.

"Senapati Ji ko unka inaam mil jayega. Paranthu ek inaam hum bhi aap ko dena chahte hai." Said Bhairav with an evil smile.

Before the king could react, Bhairav took out a knife and stabbed the king. He fell on the floor being covered with blood.

Bhairav sat near his lifeless body and said, "Rajya uska, Rajkumari Shehnaaz uski, aur humara kuch nahi. Aisa kaise ho sakta hai Raja Ji? Iss singhasan par ab sirf hum baithenge."

Saying that he left from there. Coming out of the room, he told the guards that the king wanted to take rest. So nobody was allowed to go inside unless there was some important message about the battle.

Like this, nobody knew that the king was dead.

Soon the soldiers left for battlefield.

Sidharth was on his horse and fighting with the enemies. The enemies were being killed one by one with his sword.  Sidharth himself also got little injured but didn't care about it. He was fighting bravely.

Suddenly he stopped when he heard a scream. He looked at that direction and saw that Bhairav was caged by some enemies.

"Kya hua Senapati Ji?" Asked a soldier.

"Lagta hai Sena Bhairav ko humare madat ki zaroorat hai. Humein jaana hoga." Said Sidharth.

"Paranthu uss taraf ghora nahi jaa sakta."

Sidharth immediately got down from his horse and said, "Aap idhar sambhaliye. Hum abhi aate hai."

The soldier nodded.

Sidharth went to that direction. But he didn't know that it was a trap. As soon as he went there, the enemies pointed their swords towards him.

Meanwhile...

Shehnaaz was continuously banging on the door when a maid came there and opened the door.

"Anarth ho gaya hai Rajkumari. Abhi abhi paata chala ki Raja Ji ki mrittyu ho gayi hai. Rajya par shatruyon ne haamla kar diya hai. Pehredaar ko shak hai, sayad Sena Bhairav hi iss rajya ka gaddar hai. Ab iss rajya ko koi nahi bacha sakta." Said the maid.

Shehnaaz was beyond shocked hearing about the death of her father. But she knew it was not the time to break down.

She wiped her tears and said, "Humare rehte iss rajya ko kuch nahi hoga. Humein yaaha se bahar nikaal kar jo ehsaan tumne hum par kiya hai woh hum zindagi bhar nahi bhulenge."

Saying that, Shehnaaz removed her necklace and gave it to the maid.

"Dhanyawad Rajkumari." Said the maid bowing her head.

"Hum ranbhumi pe jaa rahe hai. Humara shaahi ghora nikala jaaye." She ordered.

After sometime, she sat on her horse and started going to the battlefield.

On the other hand, Sidharth understood that it was all a plan. Bhairav was the traitor as he was laughing with the enemy troop's leader.

"Aap humari raksha karne aaye the Senapati Ji. Ab aap ki raksha kaun karega?" Said Bhairav sarcastically.

"Gaddar!" Said Sidharth with despise.

"Sahi kaha. Hum hi hai woh Gaddar. Paranthu kya kar lenge aap? Inhone waada kiya hai, iss rajya ke singhasan par hum baithenge. Mahel ke saare log humare daash banenge aur Rajkumari Shehnaaz.... Humari khaas daashi."

Sidharth's blood boiled hearing Shehnaaz's name from his dirty mouth. Holding his sword, he moved towards them angrily.

The enemies attacked on Sidharth. He was fighting alone with so many enemies. He defeated some of them but it was not easy.

Suddenly he was hit and fell on the ground. His sword slipped out of his hand.

He was trying to take it when Bhairav took out his sword and moved towards him.

He was about to kill him when someone came between and pushed him with another sword. It was Shehnaaz.

Shehnaaz looked at Sidharth who was also surprised seeing her.

"Kaha tha na dhaal ban ke khadi rahungi?" Said Shehnaaz to which he smiled. He got strength and stood up picking his sword.

They both started fighting together with the enemies.

All the enemies started being defeated. Sidharth and Shehnaaz both were fighting strongly just to protect their kingdom. All were left stunned seeing Shehnaaz's fighting skills inspite of being a woman.

Bhairav understood that they would not be able to win like this. So he went behind Sidharth who was busy in fighting. He was about to backstab him.

Shehnaaz noticed it and immediately went to save Sidharth. Before Bhairav could stab Sidharth, Shehnaaz came in between and the sword pierced her body.

Bhairav took out his sword which was covered with Shehnaaz's blood.

"Rajkumariiiiiiii!" Screamed Sidharth seeing it.

Tears came out of Shehnaaz's eyes. She touched her stomach and saw blood in her hand. In no time, she fell in Sidharth's arms.

Sidharth couldn't fight anymore. His whole focus went to Shehnaaz.

"Rajkumari aap ko kuch nahi hoga. Hum aap ko kuch nahi hone denge." He said in a crying voice looking at her while she was in a state between life and death.

Bhairav and the enemy troop's leader understood that this was the chance. Without wasting any time, they killed Sidharth with their swords.

Both Sidharth and Shehnaaz fell on the ground being covered with blood. The enemies left along with Bhairav.

Sidharth and Shehnaaz both started moving slowly towards each other with much struggle. They both knew that their story had come to an end. But till the last moment they wanted to be with each other.

Soon their hands met and they hold each other's hands tightly.

"Waada ki jiye..... Senapati Ji..... Hum agle janam mein..... Abassayi milenge." Said Shehnaaz while taking deep breath.

"Waada karte hai Rajkumari..... Humari daastan adhoori nahi rahegi..... Humara prem adhoora nahi rahega..... Hum..... Milenge......"

Saying that Sidharth took his last breath as well as Shehnaaz. They left this world only to meet again.

Flashback Ends...

Sana's eyes brimmed with tears remembering about her past life. Everything was now clear. Her and Sidharth's meeting at the first day of the college, falling in love at the first sight everything was not a coincidence at all. It was destined. They were meant to be.

"No no. I can't let him go. Kismat ne humein second chance diya hai. Hum aise alag nahi ho sakte. I have to talk to Sidharth." Said Sana in her mind and stood up.

Suddenly someone opened the door of the store room. It was one of the staff of the palace.

"Mam aap idhar?" She asked.

Sana just said, "Thank you."

Saying that she came out of the store room.

It was evening. Sana noticed that her friends returned. A huge smile came to her face. She started looking for Sidharth but couldn't find him.

She went to Vani and asked, "Where is Sidharth?"

"Woh bahar hi khada hai. Andar nahi aaya. Lagta hai phir se apne khayalon mein kho gaya." Said Vani.

"Matlab?"

"Arrey tujhe nahi paata. Yaaha pe ek battlefield hai. Hum sab uss jagah ko dekhne gaye the. Waha jaa ke Sidharth bohut ajeeb behave karne laga. He was totally lost. Aisa lag raha tha jaise humari baat uske kaan tak pohuch hi nahi rahi. Waise iss se ek chiz acchi hui. Woh Rosy pura try maar rahi thi Sidharth pe lekin kuch fayda nahi hua. Usne usse bhaav tak nahi diya."

Saying that Vani chuckled.

Sana didn't stay there anymore and went outside the palace. There she saw Sidharth standing facing his back towards her. He was lost in his own thoughts.

Running towards Sidharth, Sana back-hugged him. Sidharth got his sense back by this sudden hug. Sana started crying hugging him.

Sidharth turned towards her. He became confused seeing her crying.

He cupped her face gently and asked, "Why are you crying, Baby?"

"Sidharth......I'm sorry......Main gadhi hoon, pagal hoon, jo alag hone ki baat kar rahi thi...... You are my destiny Sidharth....... Main tujhse alag nahi ho sakti....... We will work on our relationship, we will work on us..... But we will stay together...... Because we are meant to be...... Tu please kabhi mujhe chhor ke mat jaana." Said Sana sobbing.

Sidharth wiped her tears and said, "Bas bas. Chup ho jaa. Main kahi nahi jaa raha tujhe chhor ke. I love you meri Jaan."

"I love you too." Said Sana crying.

"Bas phir se break-up ki baat mat kariyo."

"Nahi karungi. Teri kasam."

Sidharth chuckled and hugged her tightly. Sana hugged him back.

"Ab rona band karo. Humein aap ki aankhon mein aanshu pasand nahi hai Rajkumari." Said Sidharth.

Sana immediately broke the hug and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Tujhe bhi sab kuch yaad......"

Sidharth didn't let her finish and again pulled her for a hug.

Rosy suddenly came there and saw them hugging. She made a jealous face and left from there.

Sidharth and Sana kept hugging each other for a long time. Two souls who were separated in previous birth, got reunited in this birth.

The End
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