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Naatpu-3

Ponniyin Selvan X Bahubali Crossover

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Vandiyathevan woke up with a jerk. A slight noise had alerted him. "It must be those pindaris, to hell with them" he cursed as he pulled out his sword from its sheath and slipped out of bed. He waited for a while for any other sounds when he heard it. "Nanba?"

Arase? At this hour? He sneaked upto the window where he heard Aditha from and threw it open.

Aditha jumped onto the sill he was hanging from and into the room as vandiyathevan quickly shut the window behind him. "My lord vanthiya, took you a great deal of time to hear me."

"Arase, why did you have to slip in through- are the pindaris waging a war?!" Aditha shaked his head in denial waving his hand as he caught for breath.

He was interrupted by a knock on the door. Aditha sleekly slid under the bed before vandiyathevan could comprehend what was happening. He trotted towards the door still hazy at being subjected to so much so early into the day. He opened the door to see Devasena, who quickly barged into the room and shut the doors behind herself.

"Where's Aditha?" She sternly asked him, and before he could act clueless he saw Aditha slip out from under the bed and stand upto his full stature.

Vandiyathevan stepped back from infront of Aditha. Why was the Arase here at this hour? And why was Yuvarani here? Rather how had she come to know?

"Aditha are you out of your mind?" Devasena shrieked yet whispering every syllable.

"I mean-" Aditha said smirking at her making her throw a pillow at him. "You saw me from your anthapuram? Was I so loud?"

"You were pretty loud, I'm surprised our soldiers weren't alerted. All the training sessions, constant boar hunts, nothing can teach them to be alert. And then the pindaris attack and we lose a thousand of them. I can't-"

"Devasena...." Aditha said getting closer trying to calm her down. And Devasena got the cue. She exhaled relaxing her shoulders, looked back at Aditha trying hard to smile. "How are you? It's been a while."

"I'm very well!" Said Aditha grinning, "I've also heard that you've been doing really really well." Devasena scrunched her nose trying to figure out what Aditha was speaking about and her eyes widened when she realised. She glared back at vandiyathevan. He shook his head grinning. And then he saw her smile. He knew what the yuvarani was about to bring up. "Mhm, then I guess you would also know how vandiyathevan was doing."

"Ohhhhh Rightt. I completely forgot." Aditha said smiling at vandiyathevan bewildering him further. He quickly tried to change the topic.

"Arase you could've very well brought your troop and yourself through the main gates with a great degree of pomp. Why did you have to sneak in through-"

"Trust me Nanba my ego would've loved that, but entering the kingdom at this hour? That too unannounced? It wouldn't seem right. But I needed to talk to you after the message you'd sent me! So Parthiba and the rest stayed back in the tents at the outskirts of Kuntala. A post might reach the kingdom authorities in an hour or two about my arrival and then I can enter back with the rest of them tommorow morning."

So much, just to know about the yuvarani's love interest a few hours earlier. But again, this was Aditha. And the yuvarani in concern here was Devasena. Devasena had fallen for someone. And that had clearly gotten Aditha excited enough to ride down to Kuntala in a matter of less than nine hours. The poor horses.

For the next few hours, the three sat in Vandiyathevan's chambers speaking about everything they had piled up in their heads. Devasena spoke about the last boar hunt they went on which ultimately led to shivudu, making her fluster and the other two giggle. And just to make things light on Devasena, Aditha asked Vandiyathevan about how his spying mission was going on, which he himself led to Kundavai even though his nanba very evidently tried to avoid it. Both Devasena and Vandiyathevan knew better, than to bring up Nandhini, so they remained mum.

The sky had slowly begun to turn a lighter shade of blue, when both Aditha and Devasena realised it was time they sneaked back.

"Try not to get caught." Devasena told Aditha before opening the chamber doors. "I'll try. But you're soldiers are a little too good." Devasena tried to respond assuming Aditha was mocking her kingdom's army. "No seriously" Aditha responded "Your general found me sneaking in. But then he let me proceed after recognising me." Devasena sighed

"Devasena you're doing just fine, so is your army. Just.......just calm down. You're good. You're really really good. I'll see you in a few hours with my soldiers." He waved and smiled at Vandiyathevan before jumping out of the window.

"Get some sleep" Devasena said before leaving. "With Aditha here, today will be one long day, I can promise you that."

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I didn't think people would read this, but seeing people still write fics about rrr, bahubali and kgf, i couldn't help but churn all my thoughts into this story. So regardless of the number of notes this gets, you will get chapter after chapter on this crossover until I'm done with it thank yoooss!!!

Also HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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[houseofbreadpakoda]

Naatpu-4

Ponniyin Selvan X Bahubali Crossover

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It had been more than an hour since Devasena had sneaked back to her anthapuram, and all though she'd forcefully shut her eyes several times in an attempt to doze off she could only think about him. And the one time she was successful, she dreamt about Shivudu and woke up frantically. In an hour her maids would come by to wake her up. She wasn't going to get any sleep tonight.

Devasena felt love-sick, but what was supposed to be a joyful queer feeling, made her feel ill.

Kuntala was a very small kingdom, which was surrounded by enemy troops and also infested by them from within. Several of her own ministers would jump at the opportunity to rip apart the kingdom for their benefits. Yet she and her brother had held it together, through wars, through alliances, through compromises. It was clear that when Devasena would marry, it would be for a political alliance. That's how her parents had been married, and after them her brother. If despite the alliance, by the grace of Kanna even a small feeling of love blossomed between her and her husband, she would be grateful, she had convinced herself. After all, she was dedicating her life to her kingdom.

But now Devasena had decided to fall in love. And she'd convinced herself time and time again, that it would never be possible. She was a princess, and he was just......Shivudu. She remembered very well how the rulers of Thanjavur, a well established kingdom had reacted to Aditha falling in love with Nandhini. Her ministry in a kingdom like Kuntala too would react no less subtly, if they came to know about her feelings for him.

"The princess of kuntala has been swept off her feet by a common man." No. She wasn't going to prioritise a man over the kingdom she loved so much more. Her kingdom. Her motherland.

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"Uyir ungaldayathu devi....uyir....ungal-"

Vandiyathevan had repeated to himself a million times in the past hour. Vandiyathevan had fallen for women, so many of them. But never in love. Never the way he had fallen for Kundavai. And as much as it made his heart flutter, he also tried to keep a check on it.

"This can't possibly work out." He'd tell himself every two minutes. A princess of such superior lineage as the chozhas would never get married to a mere soldier from the vallava clan. The uproar it would have if the kingdom came to know.

Vandiyathevan too was a soldier, one of the most trusted in Aditha's battalion. The one who'd galloped from kingdom to kingdom, spying and escaping. He knew just as well as Aditha did, nobody could perform a mission as well as he could. His pursuit had always been to showcase his skills as a warrior and to win back the land of the vallavas one day. Marriage, children, family; these were never things Vandiyathevan was meant for. Or so had he thought. For how long could one live and work for material pursuits. Afterall Aditha had himself set him up with Kundavai.

He could see the light illuminating the silhouettes of the palace walls. The sun had painted the sky in an ombre pallete. Vandiyathevan decided to postpone his internal argument. He'd talk to Semba about it on his ride back to Thanjavur, maybe he could help.

He slipped out of bed, and went in to take a shower. By the time he had finished and changed into a new set of clothes, he could hear the faint clatter of metal. He walked out of his chamber to see the yuvarani practicing her swordsmanship in the courtyard. Devasena dueled with precision, constantly shifting her weight from one leg onto the other. The commander in chief of Kuntala, Manohar, himself had faltered his steps at times, but Devasena had continued to wield in an invincible pattern.

Vandiyathevan watched in awe as his eyes wandered around to a figure. Ah, Shivudu it was! But unlike a lovesick fool, he was looking at the yuvarani with pride, in a composed demeanor. Something so ironically shady about the man. "Where have I seen this man?" Vandiyathevan muttered to himself. In a moment he saw Shivudu smirk slightly and before he could wonder the reason behind it, he heard the clang of metal on the stone floor. The commander in chief had lost grip on his sword and been forced to surrender, lying on the floor. Devasena smiled and retreated while Manohar stood back up with smile plastered on his face. "You're the best warrior in the kingdom yuvarani, must you still keep at it so hard?" He asked her as she gulped down a tumbler of water.

"Yes Manohar, after all there are warriors from other kingdoms much well trained than I am, take Vallavarayan Vandiyathevan from Aditha's battalion." Devasena said looking up at Vandiyathevan who stood infront of his chambers with a smirk.

"Good morning to you too Yuvarani. Although it would be a horrible comparison to compare your swordsmanship to mine." Said Vandiyathevan, trotting down the stairs towards the courtyard. "But spying, you see that I might excel at."

Devasena laughed along with Manohar. "True that."

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Devasena and Vandiyathevan sat down for breakfast after she had freshened up. The palace had recieved Aditha's letter. The king and the queen had left the kingdom early to talk to the civillians and listen to their plights, so they could be back before Karikalan arrived, leaving just Devasena and Vandiyathevan at the table.

"Yuvarani if you don't mind may I ask you s-"

"Vallava please don't be so formal. And first please drop the yuvarani when you address me."

Vandiyathevan smiled uncomfortably.

"How have you not been given the position of the Commander in chief? It was evident in the duel that Manohar was sweating against your wielding."

Devasena's expression turned stern, something Vandiyathevan hadn't witnessed

"A woman is never appointed official roles on the battle field."

Vandiyathevan winced. He was not new to this. He knew very well about the practice. But while admiring Devasena's war craft, he had forgotten the discrimination of women on a battlefield. He had forgotten for a moment that a woman with the same if not greater proficiency than a man would still be sidelined in a war. He looked up at her, the guilt running through his veins.

"The very fact that I was even allowed on the battlefield had raised strong opposition. But this is my motherland, and if I'm given the freedom to live on it I must also be given the freedom to fight for it."

"Must you not be given the freedom to lead your people in a war then?" Vandiyathevan knew he was walking on egg shells.

"A great warrior such as you, fighting along with the other soldiers-?" He silenced himself, his eyes still looking at Devasena pitifully.

Devasena smiled slightly, her eyes tender

"On the battlefield, a soldier and a commander are both warriors nonetheless. A warrior stays true to the pledge. To dedicate our lives to the kingdom, to fight until our last breath. And an appointed role won't change that."

Vandiyathevan knew that it was unfair, that Devasena was forced to subdue herself only because she was a woman and felt that she should've fought for the position she deserved.

Yet he knew that Devasena had faced her own backlashes, and wherever she was, she had her reasons. What was expected of him during a battle was something she was reprimanded for performing.

So as a reply, Vandiyathevan subtly nodded and continued to eat his breakfast, while Devasena ate her's.

"Aditha will be here in sometime." Devasena said trying to break the silence.

Vandiyathevan looked up, when he heard the blow of the horns.

Devasena and Vandiyathevan both looked towards the bastions. "Looks like someone's early" Vandiyathevan said chuckling.

"Man won't even let us eat in peace." Sighed Devasena dramatically, leading the two to crack up.

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