The test of Raiden

Chapter 1- Changes

It's been a hell of a year… and I mean it to. With everything that has gone on, the loss of a good friend that people are recognizing as a monster now is of no help to us. But… I don't want to talk about that right now.

Instead let me speak of the other changes. Shao has still tagged along with me, and just recently established himself as a main eventer! Good for him! We have been one less dragon as of late. Rob has left the WWE, but he still drops by here and there to pay a visit. It doesn't cost much for him at all, he can fly free of charge! Anyway. The guys and I decided to hang out for abit in the back, when Raiden approached. There was a twisted little grin on his face, which meant no good in my eyes. "What now?" I demanded of him.

"Oh Kane, don't jump to conclusions on me like that!" he said with a smile. "But this one… you have the right to. I have a little test for you" he explained.

"Test? The man has battled gods, fake gods, two sorcerers…"

"And a partridge in a pare tree!" sanged Chris Jericho. The guy just came out of nowhere! We all glared at him angrily as he slowly made his way back into a locker room.

"What the hell is going on this time?" I demanded.

"It's a dragon test, nothing very serious… or… maybe it is… here" he placed an old book into my hands, I stared at him oddly wonder what the hell I am going to do with it! "You need to read it… as well… know this, there are four young dragons in this locker room, yet to be discovered. Their animalities changed… you need to find them, so with that being said, I have undone the spell you casted everyone's mind on their animalities and the events that had happened among you."

"What the hell is going on?" Taker growled lowly.

"You'll see" Raiden grinned as he vanished before our eyes. I stared at the Deadman. "Four dragons?"

"Yeah, I'll get started on that… you catch up on your reading" Taker left me alone with the musty old book. I looked at the cover and saw written in gold. 'The world of Dragons and what they do,' strange book. However there were marked pages saying 'read me!' by Raiden. Who knew a thunder god had sticky notes?

Anyway, I began reading the notes, it spoke of dragon breeding and what not… wait… why does he want me to… read… oh dear God no! Instantly I closed the book and confronted Shao Khan about it. I demanded an explanation. However, he only smiled to me. "What, do you think we are going to force you to do a nasty with another woman? You're a married man! Dragon or not, you have a wife!" he said with a laugh.

"I know that damn it, but why the hell does Raiden want me to read about it?" I demanded.

Shao had a 'You'll see' look on his mug… I didn't like where this was going… not one bit! Shao left me alone with my thoughts as I continued to read about dragon mating. I grew board with the book and cast it aside for now. It was a big mistake on my part… Raiden set me up.

I didn't really think about it for a week or so, that was until strange things started happening to me. For instance, my skin became very dry… and scaly… not something I was comfortable with. As well, my appetite seemed to have increased greatly… again… not good when one has to maintain their 'figure' as it were. I kept picking up Raiden's book, yet never really got a chance to finish reading it. I kept getting called over for other things; Vince's meeting, going out with the guys, trying to figure out why the hell my back was so itchy… stuff like that.

Well, one night. I decided to take a nap in the locker room. Just a five-minute one at best… when everything got shot to hell. I really should have seen this coming…