[Warning: Contains language unsuitable for kids]
One kick to my chest sent me hurling to the bank to the Ganga. He landed right beside me. I ask him, "Who are you?"
His porcelain mask shows for a moment and his eerie eyes glow bright orange. His body lights up in fire. He says, "I am NavRavan!"
Nine Ravans ? What's that supposed to mean? [Nav Ravan here means new Ravan. Nava also means nine] Regardless, I can care lesser about his name as I have more pressing matters on hand.
NavRavan throws a lightning bolt at me. I sincerely dodge it. NavRavan has a very interesting form. He is one with lightning for and water. One might think that for and water can't exist together. They're right. The fire that NavRavan summoned converts all the water into stream. Considering that he is creating his own fire and he is right above a water body, there isn't a dearth of either and he is continually converting water into stream.
Since this is river water, there were many minerals in it and many ions in it, thus making it a good electrolyte. Continually hearing these ions in presence of air has made them even more so making the lightning all the more powerful.
As it stands now, I cannot single handedly defeat this guy. Or so I want him to believe.
There is nothing that can't be accomplished by a nerd!
I opt out of the my form of lightning. I summon my sword and put it into the ground and have some lightning passing through it. I push the sword down until only the hilt and handle and visible. NavRavan looks at my actions as though I am a mad man.
He laughs cynically as he charges at me. He punches me on the face and then kicks me back. I frown in anger. I need him to put out more electricity if I want this to work.
I ask him, "Is this all you can do?"
He says sarcastically, "You can face me like that! Let's see beat me now. Hehhe! All I can do, he asks!"
Damnit he's not falling for my bait. He is right above my sword.
I could get him to touch the sword. Even that would work. I rush at him. He sidesteps and trips my leg.
I stand up and summon my other sword. I walk around him in circles in a calculating manner. Up until now, I have only seen him use a fire ball, lightning bolt and water dragon. For someone as powerful as him, these three attacks aren't going to be the only ones in his arsenal.
If I can get him supercharged for an MKS lightning attack, I might be able to win.
I need to agitate him. If he didn't take the obvious bait, I will make him angrier by the second. The emotions have a major role to play in a battle. Someone who is motivated by an emotion is bound to act much faster and much more irrationally compared to someone who leaves their emotions in a battle.
The amygdala, the party of the brain that controls emotion is easy to manipulate if you are willing to push the right buttons.
The body acts of its own accord in anger. To make him angry at me, I tell him, "Your mother was a w*#?e you bloody son of a b#$#h!"
This gets an instant reaction it of him. I feel kinda bad doing this kinda thing but what else can I do that will be more effective.
He is practically boiling. Despite all the boiling on the end of my opponent, the temperature drops.
All of a sudden he cools down. He was boiling before, I am now. Why can't he just take the bait?!!
He says, "You must be a good spy if you figured that out. My father was a demon. My mother was from this realm and as you said, a prostitute. It is kind of a sure spot, but I am over it. Though there was nothing need to confirm it so loudly. And also, I am not falling for your paltry tricks!"
Them fall for this, "Fair enough. I'll go all out. Why don't you do the same. I have been holding back as you can see. Let's take it up a notch!"
Please take this bait, you jerk!
I backflip and reactivate one with lightning to utilize the time I have remaining. I walk fast away from him and up the ante.
He makes a sadistic smile and says, "Bring it on!"
He didn't increase the ante! I tell him, "Why don't you increase your power!"
He says, "I don't take such desperate baits!"
He rushed at me and picked me in the gut. All of a sudden, he is behind me. He utters, "Suck this, sucker! Wind magic: Tornado!"
Holy S*#t! I am so dead! The tornado picks me up in the air and I am spun around in it and I am thrown right above my sword. All the lightning is sucked out of me and I return to my normal form.
I wanted him to touch my sword which was effectively acting as a lightning rod so that he would become unstable. But he never touched it and the potential difference was not enough for a lightning discharge.
He crouches beside me and says, "I told you time and again, I don't fall for paltry tricks. Sad. You might've made a good fighter. You'll die now! Since you aren't on either Power Bloc it is highly likely that you shall never wake up!"
His cynical laughter rings through my ears. He says, "You are a fast thinker but not as fast as I"
All of a sudden, a dazzling white arrow pierces him in the chest. He falls back.
I look at where that arrow came from. There is a woman in white clothes. She's got no armor on. She wears a mask on her face. I seem to recognize her. Where have I seen her? It's as if I know each and every portion of her but I just can't seem to place it.
She says, "Only I have the right to kill him! He is my opponent!"
She fires more arrows at him. He just lifts his hands and a magic circle appears and blocks all her attacks. Then, a pitch black dagger cuts him in gut from behind. His circle fades away and he had hit by many arrows.
Instead of flinching it convulsing in pain he says, "Good! Very Good! Let's see who's better at this!"
[Mythological Titbits: After marrying Draupadi to the Brahmana, Drupada was very distraught. He felt that he had sent his beautiful diamond into a trash can. His son Dhrishtadyumna told him that he would find it who these Brahmans were and make sure that his sister was happy with them. This have Drupada some consolation.
Meanwhile, Krishna and his older brother Balarama went to meet the Pandavas. They met the Pandavas for the first time and Krishna and Arjuna became fast friends. This friendship was what saved the Pandavas in the end.
After Krishna left, the Pandavas went to get Bhiksha. Dhrishtadyumna followed them around. After reaching home, Kunti told Draupadi to keep some of the alms for other hungry Brahmans who came along for alms; then separate the remaining into two equal parts; give one to Bhima and distribute the other among the others. She did as told. Dhrishtadyumna saw that Draupadi was happy even though she was eating food recieved as Bhiksha. He also overheard the Pandavas speaking amongst themselves. They spoke of nothing but weapons and battles. He figured out that they were not Brahmans but the Pandavas. He told Drupada of this. Drupada was much happier upon hearing this.
The next day, the Pandavas were invited to the palace. Over there Drupada asked them who they were. They told him that they were the Pandavas. They also told him that all five of them would be marrying Draupadi. Drupada was worried about this arrangement but Yudishthira assured him that she would be happy. The safe Vyasa who has arrived just then also agreed with him.
Drupada finally agreed and they did the rituals and Draupadi was married to all five of them.]