Draupadi walked out of the room, it was night by now, and she was sure that the Pandavas had returned, she walked through the corridor and reached their secret meeting place and to her luck she spotted her Vrikodar and Dhananjay speaking to each other...

"Arya" she whispered softly yet it was heard by them, the two maharathis turned to her while grinning...

"Krishnaa" they exclaimed in joy, how excited the two brothers were to meet their wife.

Their smiles faded immediately seeing their beloved wife bleeding and all pale.

"Priyeeeee" Bheem and Arjun shouted as they ran towards her, the brothers reached their wife in a fraction of second of hugged her tight from either sides, gritting their teeth in anger, they wanted to kill the person who made their delicate girl cry.

Tears made it's way down Bheem's and Arjun's cheeks as they heard Draupadi sob in their embrace, they didn't know what was wrong, but her tears broke them, it shattered them from inside, they wanted to break down crying seeing her in this state but they stayed strong. They stayed strong for their Krishnaa.

"Krishnaa what's wrong priye, tell us who did this to you" Bheem gritted his teeth.

"My love, you're scaring me, tell us dear, I promise not to spare them" Arjun said while fisting his hands.

"Ar..Arya I..I.. feel scared..to..today.. I was again touched by a womanizer, it...it makes me feel impure..." Draupadi narrated the day's happening to them making their blood boil...

They wanted to kill Keechak but they waited for the other three brothers to arrive. Bheem and Arjun tried their best to console Draupadi but failed miserably...

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"Listen to me Krishnaa, please stop crying" pleaded Arjun but in vain, Draupadi wouldn't just stop crying, this pain was too much for her.

Footsteps were heard, there entered the eldest and two youngest sons of Pandu, their faces turned pale too after seeing their beloved crying in the embrace of their brothers.
"What's wrong Kalyani ??" Asked Dharmraj with concern dripping in his voice.

"Answer us Nithya" Nakul said silently praying that she shouldn't have got into any problem.

Sahadev soon figured out everything, the world's best astrologer he was.

Draupadi's sobs increased as Bheem narrated the whole story making his 3 brothers' blood boil.

"Where did you all go Arya ?? Why did you leave me alone ?? Shouldn't you all have informed me during our meeting early this morning ?? I came running to your places just to hide myself in your embrace, but..but to my disappointment none of you were there" Draupadi cried making her husbands guilty.

"We didn't mean to do this dear" Sahadev said gathering courage.

"We shouldn't have left without informing you, we knew that Keechak might trouble you, we're sorry love, we should have informed each other so that one must have stayed back for you" Nakul sighed in an apologetic manner

"It was unintentional, forgive us dear" the brothers said in a chorus but their beloved's next words broke their hearts.

"I can't anymore Arya, you promised me not to break my trust but you did it in Hastinapur, that day you again promised me the same, now prove that your promise is not a lie, I want Keechak dead by tomorrow's sunrise, if it doesn't happen then all the 5 of you be ready to see your wife as a dead corpse by sunset" Draupadi said as the brothers broke down on their knees crying.

What ?? See her as a dead corpse ?? How will they live without her ??

"P..priye" Arjun tried stopping her but in vain, she had left the place with the heart broken brothers.

The brothers didn't want to risk their agyatvas life not because they wanted their kingdom, it's because they didn't want their wife to suffer, they wanted to revenge her insult, if they lose then 13 more years, lives filled with guilt for betraying her.

On the other side their Krishnaa, their beloved, the apple of their eyes' had now said that she would die if Keechak doesn't, life was useless for the brothers without her.

The brothers looked at each other with teary eyes', each and every second was hell for them, they constantly prayed for death, the most painful death on Earth was better than seeing her in pain for them.

Time passed as they sat crying, there was nothing to cry, their burning anger could've killed him in fractions of a second but the very thought of loosing her shattered them, it killed them infinity times.

Nakul's head looked up to the sky as a loud gasp left his mouth catching other's attention.
"Not even an hour left for the sun to rise" he nearly shouted

"Krishnaa" Arjun's voice was barely a whisper as his heart throbbed mercilessly.

"No !! This can't happen ?? It's fine if we lose our agyatvas, we can't lose her" Said Sahadev as the others nodded in a yes.

The brothers rose up fisting their hands as they burnt in anger, they marched to Keechak's chambers.

The maids and soldiers around did not dare to stop them as their agony filled eyes spoke their anger, they knew they would be stabbed if they dared stop them.

The brothers broke into the chamber of the commander in chief who was too much drunk blabbering to himself.

"I want you Sairandhiri" he spoke between his blabbers making the Pandavas' blood boil.

"Keechak" 5 angry voices echoed in the chamber making him jump in fear.

"Don't you dare tell her name in that filthy mouth of your's" Kank shouted in anger losing his usual calmness.

"What sought of behaviour is this, how dare you enter my room" Keechak asked in an angry voice.

"Death will not inform you before inviting" Brihanalla shouted in her male voice.

"You touched her, you shall die, we will give you the most painful death that no one dares to touch our in future" Granthik snapped.

"What are you all blabbering about ??" Keechak asked not able to balance on the floor.

"About your death, you dared touch our beloved" Sahadev startled him with his agony filled voice.

"Your wife ?? Wife to all 5 ?? Wahhh now I understand, Sairandhiri the most beautiful women, I see Pandu putron !! You'll here, in Matsya... So she is DrupadDulari, KokilaSuta, AgneyaAnujaa, PandavPriye, Panchalkumarai....." Keechak said in a lusty voice making the brothers growl in anger.

All the while Vayuputr kept quiet, probably for the first time when someone insult Draupadi, he calmly waited for the time to kill him as he remembered his promise to his wife when they started for vanvaas.

"Never priye !! Never will I let something like that happen to you ever again, Dhushasan will be killed by my hands so will be his brothers, and if anyone dares do this again, they will regret their deeds, trust me Krishnaa"

As Keechak's words crossed their limits a fierce battle took place in the chamber, within no time the brother of Sudheshna lay dead.

The sun rose, caressing the face of the dead warrior as five brothers smiled to each other, they killed him which means their Krishnaa will trust them again...

They moved to their beloved's small chamber, she was given one being the most important maid and a friend to the queen.

The brothers expected to be invited by their ravishingly beautiful queen but they were invited by something which horrified them.

The depressed queen of the Pandavas now stood in the chamber with a sharp knife pointing at her wrist.
A small cut, her hand bleeding.....

"Nooooo noo no no don't Krishnaaaaa please" the brothers shouted as the princess of Panchal jumped in fear and turned to see her husbands who were by now crying on their knees.

"A..Arya !!" She asked in suprise.

"Drop the dagger right now Draupadi" shouted Nakul and sighed in relief as he saw his Nitya Yuvani drop the dagger immediately.

The brothers ran to her as the twins started treating her without wasting a second.

Bheem glared at Draupadi as she lowered her head not knowing how to answer.

"Don't you trust us dear ?? Did you think we will let you die, you the very reason of our lives, did you think we'll chose the winning of our agyatvas more than you ?? What was the need to do this ??" Arjun asked in the verge of tears.

"You think we could live happily even for a second without you ?? What will we answer to your father, mother and your siblings ?? If my sons ask me "where's maa" what will I answer Panchali ??" MadriNandan Nakul said followed by Bheem and Sahadev.

The four younger brothers bombarded their wife with questions.

"Anujo !! Let her relax" jyesth Kunteya ordered knowing that his wife needed some time.

An awkward silence followed him before AgneyaAnujaa bursted out crying...

The whole room filled with her sniffs and sobs as the brothers hugged her tightly from all the sides, they wanted to hide her from the cruel people on Earth.

"I'm sorry Arya, I'm so sorry, I didn't want to hurt you all, I trust you all wholeheartedly, I was so depressed, I never decided this, my depressed mind made me do this, I couldn't bear the mental pain I was having" her voice chocked not letting her talk further as she sobbed in their embrace...

The brothers didn't know how to reply, they wanted to end all her pain but how ?? One mistake of their's made her suffer so much, one mistake of trusting their cruel cousins...

"Keechak is dead" Bheem announced shocking Draupadi...

"Ar---arya??" She asked still not able to believe.

"Yes Jaan !! He's dead" Yudhishtra said as she looked at them with extreme respect, her cheeks watered as tears betrayed her eyes.

"He dared to touch you, his deeds made you decide something so terrible, his deeds made you get ready to leave us forever, why will we let him live anymore ??" Sahadev questioned.

"I'm sorry Arya, I shouldn't have talked that harshly to you'll" Draupadi said with guilt...

"No dear !! It was never your fault but yes, yes priye, You did one mistake of telling us that you will sacrifice your life, instead you should have asked us to sacrifice our lives for not protecting you, we would have happily di..." Before Nakul could say "died" he was stopped by his Nitya's soft palm covering his lips...

"You say you all can't live without me then how can you think I can live without you ??" Questioned Agnijaa.

"See !! This is the same we felt when you said it" Bheem said making her lower her head with guilt as tears started flowing from her eyes continuesly.

"Shh !! These tears hurt, my love" Sahadev whispered as he pulled her in his embrace, rubbing her back in a soothing manner.

"Arya, I have risked our agyatvas" Draupadi said in Sahadev's embrace.

"It's not a problem, your happiness is important for us" Sahadev said breaking the hug as the others nodded.

"I love you" She said making the brothers grin, ear to ear.

"Say that again" Arjun asked as she turned red and smacked his arm playfully making them chuckle.

"We love you more" they said while taking turns to cuddle her in their arms.

As always they found solace in each other's company, it was years from when they got married and became one but still every time they confessed their love for each other, it felt new, it felt they had a long, very long time to stay with each other, which gave them bliss.

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