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Here is the eighth chapter.

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Ananya POV

When they left, I turned to Balram Bhaiya. "Bhaiya?" (Elder brother?)

"Haan, behena bolo?" (Yes sister, say) Balram Bhaiya smiles at me.

"aap log yahan kaise?" (why are you guys here?) I ask.

 "Hummari behen aayi hai, usse milna toh padega na." (Our sister has come; we need to meet her or not?) he asks smiling at me. I felt as if father was there again, the warmth of the smile, went straight to my heart.

I didn't know about the tears until Balram Bhaiya wiped it and pulled me into a hug. I felt like I had the warmth of the universe, it felt divine, calm, soothing.

"Achcha lag raha hai?" (Does it feel nice?) Balram Bhaiya asks. I smile at him, pulling away from the hug reluctantly. I happily nod, my tears now long gone.

"Bahut achcha." (Very good.) he says. "Ab yaad rakhna, mere pas koi bhi dikat le kar aa sakti hai. Theek hai?" (Now remember, whenever you have any problem, you will come to me, ok?)

"Ji Bhaiya." (Yes, Big Brother.)

"Janma din kee shubha kaamanaen, Anni" (Happy Birthday, Anni) Balram Bhaiya wishes me. As he hands me something wrapped in cloth. It's a box.

"Shukriya, Bhrata shree." (Thank you, brother dear) I beam at him.

"Usse bad mein kholna, Abhi apne dusre bhai se baat karo." (Open it afterwards, right now go talk to another brother.) He tells me and I nod in understanding. Caressing my hair once, and kissing the top of my head he walks out of the room.

"Hum kaal baat karenge, Didi." (We will talk tomorrow, elder sister.) Subhadra says before vanishing along with Balram Bhaiya.

I turn to my brother, who is observing the idol.

"itna achuck, hai." (It's so acute) I observe. Krishna Bhaiya just hums.

Taking my hand, he takes me to the bed, and settle down him laid back on the bed, while I am sitting near his stomach, beside him.

"Kaho Kya hua?" (Say what happened?) he asks me.

"main Dvapara Yuga mein kyun hun?" (Why am I in, Dvapara Yuga?) I ask.

"Yahi tumhari Niyati hai,behena." (Your destiny is to be of being here, sister.) he says.

"toh fir main wahan kyun thi?" (Then why was I there?) I ask confused.

"Anubhav, behena, Anubhav. Abhi tumhe alag chijon ka Anubhav aur Gyan hai, aise mein, tumhara yahan rehena behad fayde mand hai." (Experience, sister, Experience. Right now you have experience and knowledge of different things, this is profitable for your stay here.) He closes his eyes.

"mera pariwar?" (My family?) I ask in a small voice.

"Yeh kaal chakra jo hai na, behena, is se koi nahi bach saka hai." (there is a time wheel, sister, nobody has absconded it.)

"Mujhe kya kaam hai yahan?" (What do I need to do here?) he opens his eyes and there is the mischievous smile.

"Kuch karya, yahan aur wahan." (Some tasks, here and there.)

"Matlab?" (Meaning)

"Karn ko uske bhaiyon se milana, usse adharma ke rasta se dharma ke raste pe lao. Pandeva's ko madd karte rehena. Tum mein galat ko sahi, karne ki shamta hai, wahi karna hai tumhe. Chooti- Chooti galtiyon ko sahi." (Unite Karn and his brothers, bring him from the path of Adharma to Dharma. Helping Pandeva's. You have the capacity to correct the wrong doings, that is what you should do. Correct small- small mistakes.)

"Kya yeh bhavishya ka asantulan nahi karega?" (Won't it imbalance the future?)

"Nahi, bhavishya mein yahih hona tha." (No, this is what the future holds.) Bhaiya Kanha explains. "Chinta mat karo, main tumhare sath hamesha hun." (Don't worry, I will always be there with you.)

"Shukriya Bhai." (Thanks, brother.) I smile at him. Thinking about what I have to do.

"Tumhe nishanebaji fir se shuru kar dena chaiye." (You should start shooting again.) Bhaiya says, out of blue and I freeze.

I was a national level shooter. It was my passion since I was young, learning to fire a gun, was a very cool experience. Though this is strange, I always felt in peace when using a gun. It was like it came to me naturally. My teacher was so surprised of my skills, nine- year- old child, better than a trained 15- year- old, its not something you see every other Wednesday.

"Par, maine toh yeh vachchan liya tha ki, papa- mummy ke mrityu ke bad main fir se gun nahi uthaungi." (But I had taken a promise of never touching the gun after my parents' death.) I say.

"Par wo toh Kaliyuga mein tha na, who samay toh abhi aaya bhi nahi." (But that is Kaliyuga, that time hasn't come yet.) Bhaiya reasons.

And I stare at him, I don't know if I will be able to do it or not? I haven't touched any since last 4 years. I don't know if I would be able to handle it or not?
My competition was also a reason my family went there. They left me here, because I had an impromptu competition come up. They wanted to stay back, but I sent them away. I spent a lot of my time in the practice room and mom was the one who pulled me out, to bring me to study.
So, I convinced them to go away, so that I could practice calmly, however long I wanted. Whenever I wanted, ignoring the time table mom set for me.

"Itna chinta mat karo. Hum tumhare saath hain." (Don't worry so much. We are there with you.) Krishna Bhaiya breaks me from my thoughts. "Dau Bhaiya ka uuphar Kholo." (Open, Dau Bhaiya's gift.)

I nod before picking up the box from side table of the bed. The box was a beautiful one, it had various things drawn on its surface, I ran a hand over it before opening it.
Sitting on the inside of the box are two handguns. One looks like a fashionable, modern one and other gave an ethnic, ancient feel. The modern one is all black while the other one looked like it is made of silver. Cute.

They are stunning, I fell in love with one look. Involuntarily, my hand moves on its own accord and I ran my hands over them feeling them. So, smooth. Nice.

"Karogi unka prayog?" (Will you use it?) Bhaiya asks. And unknowingly I nod, he smiles. 

"Yeh hui na mere behena jesi baat." (This is something that my sister would do.) He gives me a proud smile. I return.

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