The New Blood
Intro
During one of Shao Kahn's many Mortal Kombat Tournaments, the Lin Kuei was in the middle of training their two newest ninjas, Vave Tartarus and Ryujin Tartarus. Vave was codenamed Acid Rain, while Ryujin kept his name. Ryujin and Vave are twin brothers taken by the Lin Kuei to be trained as deadly assassins; they must take on the missions that their Grandmaster gives them till they are ready to be full-fledged Lin Kuei warriors. Vave was trained in the ancient arts of using acidic attacks in many different forms and uses the fighting style Hap Ki Do; Ryujin was trained in the ancient arts of the dragon but doesn't use the dragon fighting style. Ryujin uses the fighting style called Nan Quan which is rumored to be the same fighting style that the Thunder God Raiden uses. Ryujin also has a fancy for blades and machinery. Welcome to…Mortal Kombat: New Blood
Chapter 1: The Invasion
"Today is a glorious day for the Lin Kuei; we have produced two of the finest warriors we have ever seen since Sub-Zero. I introduce to you, Acid Rain and Ryujin." The Grandmaster said. The crowd claps as both Acid Rain and Ryujin walk on stage. "Today you shall witness these two warriors test their might and skill against some of the prisoners that we have captured over the years. I, the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei, put Ryujin up first." Acid Rain walks off the stage and the first prisoner is released onto the stage. "I, Ryujin, shall show you the true might of a dragon warrior." the prisoner charges at Ryujin and throws a punch, Ryujin front flips over the prisoner, makes a few hand symbols and launches a dragon head-shaped fire ball at the prisoner. The fireball only knocks down the prisoner so the prisoner soon gets back up. "So, you're tougher than you look? i guess i will have to show you some of my favored toys huh?" Ryujin looks at both of his gauntlets and dual blades extend out of each of the gauntlets. "Let's see how you like these babies!" Ryujin says. Ryujin sprints full speed at the prisoner and right as he was about to hit the prisoner, he vanishes. The crowd, grandmaster, and prisoner ass seemed puzzled till Ryujin drops from the sky at the same speed he was running and slashes the prisoner down the middle, disappears again, and comes from behind and cuts him again. Ryujin sits still as the body of the prisoner drops into four pieces.
"Well done Ryujin, you preformed and excellent display of your power, you may take your leave now." Ryujin bows to the crowd and walks off the stage. "Says Grandmaster. "Next I put up Acid Rain, to demonstrate his skills as a Lin Kuei warrior." Acid Rain walks back on stage and gives a bow to the crowd and to the grandmaster before preparing for battle. The next prisoner walks on stage, this time the prisoner is not just a normal human prisoner, it is a captured Tarkatan warrior. "A Tarkatan warrior huh? This should be interesting for me. I Acid Rain will show you why the Lin Kuei is a deadly force." The Tarkatan warrior hiss's at Acid Rain and then charges at him. The Tarkatan jumps into the air and tries to jump onto Acid Rains back. Acid Rain dodges the Tarkatan and fires a green ball out of his hand at the Tarkatan. Just as the acidic ball is about to hit the Tarkatan, the warrior whips out his blades and distinguishes the acid ball. "You think your little acid tricks are enough to stop me? Once Baraka finds out your little clan has captured one of his generals, he will come here full force and ready to kill!" The Tarkatan says. "Well you seem quite confident in yourself Tarkatan, but Baraka will never learn of your existence here because you will die here and no one will ever know." Says Acid Rain. "We'll see ninja, we'll see, I don't think you have what it takes to take on the speed and the strength of a Tarkatan such as myself." Says the Tarkatan. After the Tarkatan says those words, he fires an energy blast out of one of his blades. Acid Rain jumps over it, quickly makes some hand symbols, and summons up a giant green wave. "This is the end of you Tarkatan, any last words?" Says Acid Rain. "Fuck you Lin Kuei ninja! You won't live another day after you kill me!" The Tarkatan says. "I've heard enough, it's time for you to die Tarkatan!" Acid Rain unleashes the green wave at the Tarkatan and it burns him down to the bone. "Well done Acid Rain, even though you were pitted against a prisoner with exceptional skill, you managed to take him down. You may take a seat now with Ryujin." The Grandmaster said. Acid Rain gives a bow and then leaves the stage.
The Grandmaster continues talking to the crowd and Acid Rain goes and speaks with Ryujin. "Damn Vave how come you got a Tarkatan and all i got was a lousy, weak, human prisoner?" "I do not know, he said he was one of Baraka's generals, and that his death will mean that Baraka will storm the Lin Kuei temple." Said Acid Rain. "Really now? You don't suppose that what he said was true do you?" says Ryujin. "I certainly hope not Ryujin. I think i will bring it up with the Grandmaster after his speech." Says Acid Rain. "Yeah that's probably a good idea; i still wish i could have gotten an opponent that was as strong as your Tarkatan general." Says Ryujin. "Yeah well you will have plenty of stronger enemies to fight once the Grandmaster sends us to do our first mission and so on." Acid Rain says. "True, at least i got some practice in before our first mission, wouldn't want to be rusty before any fights right?" says Ryujin. "Haha yeah, with those blades you got, i don't think you can ever get rusty." Acid Rain says. "Yeah, these things cut through flesh like butter." Ryujin says. The Grandmaster finishes his speech and the crowd starts to clap. "Well Vave, looks like the Grandmaster is done, care to tell him about your chat with the Tarkatan?" says Ryujin. "Yeah I'll go up right now." Acid Rain begins to walk up to before he hears one of the Lin Kuei guards yelling. "A prisoner has escaped; capture him as fast as you can!" Ryujin and Acid Rain look towards the door where the prisoners were formed and saw a Tarkatan running for the exit. "Ryujin you take one side, I'll take the other!" "Ok Vave, hope you can keep up!" Both Ryujin and Acid Rain sprint to both sides of the Tarkatan. Ryujin forms a fiery spear and lunges it at the Tarkatan. The Tarkatan makes a leap over the spear and continues running. Acid Rain forms clouds over the head of the Tarkatan and makes it rain green acidic rain and strike with green lightning. The Tarkatan attempts to make a leap before the rain and lightning can hit him, but lightning strike one of his legs and some of the rain gets him from the thigh down. The Tarkatan drops and screams in pain from the acid that is slowly burning away at his skin.
Acid Rain reaches over and grabs the Tarkatan by his collar. "Where do you think you're going?" says Acid Rain. "AAAHHH damn you to hell! You will never survive the wrath of Baraka once he arrives!" yells the Tarkatan. "You too with this Baraka stuff? Hey Ryujin did you hear him?" asked Acid Rain. "Yeah i heard him. I guess you're right, something seems to be wrong here and we should tell the Grandmaster immediately." Says Ryujin. "Yeah, you want to take care of this one Ryujin?" asks Acid Rain. "Hell yeah, you got the last one, and i want to pay this one back for the spear that he dodged." Says Ryujin "Ok here you go; I'm going straight to the Grandmaster." Says Acid Rain. As Acid Rain runs towards the Grandmaster, Ryujin makes some hand symbols and forms a group of floating flaming spears. "Well my little Tarkatan friend, it appears you are out of luck." Says Ryujin. "Ah fuck you Ryujin, it doesn't matter at this point anyways, you will die soon enough!" While the Tarkatan was in the middle of his rant, Ryujin unleashed the group of spears at the Tarkatan. Acid Rain finally reaches the Grandmaster and begins to explain what has happened. "Grandmaster, I have news of grave importance to tell you." "Well what is it Acid Rain? What is this important news that you have for me?" asked the Grandmaster "Well you know that Tarkatan prisoner that i fought to display my power to the crowd? Well during our fight he was telling me that he was a general to a Tarkatan named Baraka. He said that once he was killed, Baraka would hunt us down and kill us. Not only that, but the Tarkatan that tried escaping said the same thing before I had Ryujin kill him." Says Acid Rain. "Hmm we are in quite a situation here aren't we? Well i will buff up security around the temple. Hopefully what these Tarkatans said does not come true." Says the Grandmaster. "Yeah, so anyways, what will you have Ryujin and I do for you for now?" asks Acid Rain. "I want you and Ryujin to take the bodies of the prisoners to the feeding pits and then meet me in my room." "You got it Grandmaster; I will take care of this right away." Says Acid Rain.
Acid Rain and Ryujin gather the bodies and bones of the dead prisoners and make their way to the feeding pits. "Hey Vave, what did the Grandmaster say about the whole Tarkatan and Baraka situation?" "He said that he will raise security around the temple and pray that what these Tarkatans have said is not true." Says Acid Rain "Yeah i pray it is not true as well. I heard that Baraka is a Fierce Tarkatan leader with a vast army of Tarkatans." Says Ryujin. "Yeah i did some reading on what enemies i might face and i read the same thing about Baraka. Apparently he is also one of Emperor Shao Kahn's right hand men." Says Acid Rain. "Well we better be careful than huh? If he is in league with Shao Kahn, we could all be in danger." Says Ryujin. "Yeah, well let's drop these bodies off; the Grandmaster wants to meet us in his room." Says Acid Rain. After dropping off the bodies in the feeding pit, Acid Rain and Ryujin run to the Grandmasters room as fast as possible. "Grandmaster, we are here, what would you like to discuss with us?" asks Acid Rain. The Grandmaster turns around with a deathly look on his face. "Grandmaster what is wrong?" asks Acid Rain "This...this note...it's from Baraka, he will be here within 24 hours with an army to wipe out all of the Lin Kuei." Says Grandmaster. "What! This can't be possible. What are we going to do Grandmaster?" asks Acid Rain. "I do not know Acid Rain, I suppose we should fight and defend here as best as possible. I want you and Ryujin to defend the inner-gate; you will be fighting alongside with Sub-Zero, his younger brother Kuai Liang, and Smoke." Says Grandmaster. "Alright, we will fight alongside of some of the best warriors the Lin Kuei has to offer. I, Ryujin, will not let you down Grandmaster." "Good, were going to need the best warriors we can get out there, good luck." Says Grandmaster "Thank you Grandmaster, your blessing means much to us, I to will not fail you." Says Acid Rain.
Both Ryujin and Acid Rain make a run for the inner-gate to prepare for the battle. "Sub-Zero! What is the situation outside these gates so far?" asks Acid Rain. "We have no reports of attacks yet, but we are ready for anything. Is this the first real battle you have been in you two?" asks Sub-Zero. "Yes sir, Ryujin and I have never been in a real battle yet, only simulations." Says Acid Rain. "Ok, Kuai and Smoke have yet to see a real battle too, but they too are exceptional warriors and will defend this temple with their lives." Says Sub-Zero "Well it is a great honor to work with you Sub-Zero; you are who i look up too." Says Ryujin. "It is an honor to fight alongside you too Ryujin." Says Sub-Zero. In the middle of their conversation, the five ninjas heard growling and screaming coming from behind the gate. Suddenly Tarkatans drop from the roof and in front of Acid Rain and Ryujin. "Ryujin get them!" yells Acid Rain. "Don't worry Vave i got this one." Says Ryujin. Acid Rain watched as Sub-Zero freezes his enemies when suddenly a Tarkatan attacks Acid Rain. "Ah get off me you freak!" yells Acid Rain. "Hehehe you are gonna die here and now ninja!" says the Tarkatan. As the Tarkatan brings out his blades, Acid Rain launches a large green ball at the chest of the Tarkatan. Acid Rain then vanishes into green light than appears in the air above the Tarkatan and cuts it in half with a glowing green sword. "Ryujin! You ok over there?" asks Acid Rain. "Yeah i just took care of this one." Ryujin throws the mauled body off to the side. "Let's do this Vave; there are more Tarkatans on their way." Says Ryujin. Sub-Zero and Kuai tag team a group of Tarkatans by getting them into a group than freezing them. Smoke created a smokescreen and silently assassinated each Tarkatan that entered the room. "That seems to be all of them over here, what should we do now Sub-Zero?" asks Smoke. "Smoke, You, my brother, and I will take to the roof. I want Vave and Ryujin to charge to the front gates and help our fellow warriors." Says Sub-Zero. "You got it Sub-Zero, Vave and I will go right now." Says Ryujin. "Ryujin, Vave, be careful, we don't know what they got out there yet." Says Sub-Zero. "Yes Sub-Zero, we will make sure we are on full alert." Says Acid Rain.
