Hey everyone, Jaykid1 here. I decided since I'm so anxious to get to the MKX portion of my story (A new future (It doesn't help that I have the game now and have been playing the hell out of it)) but keep getting distracted by B.S., I'm gonna make a series of one-shots featuring Cassie and Jaden... maybe a bit of Cassie X Jaden X Jacqui too (The actual story will pair Jacqui with Takeda so don't worry). For those wondering what Jaden looks like, look at the cover picture. There will be a few spoilers from the original story but not enough to give a whole lot away.

Anyway, lets get into it.

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First Meeting!

Briggs Farm-11:58 A.M

Vera Briggs was in the kitchen fixing snacks for her daughter and niece/ god-daughter while her husband was in the barn working on the tractor. As she was cutting up fruit, she looked at all she had prepared and thought it looked to be a little much for two 4 year old's(1). 'Then again, we are expecting another mouth any minute now.' She thought.

She and Jax had agreed to watching their friends, Taven and Kitana's son Jaden. Apparently the new ruler of Outworld, Kotal Kahn, had requested their presences in Outworld. He didn't give a reason but from one ruler to another, it would be rude and dishonorable for Taven and Kitana to refuse. It was also the reason her niece Cassie was here; Sonya had insisted that she accompany the two rulers of Edenia to Outworld and since Johnny was currently filming yet another crappy movie in her opinion, that left Cassie with her and Jax.

Taven had sent word ahead that he would drop Jaden off at noon and sure enough, once the clock read 12:00 pm, Vera saw from the window, a golden portal open up in the front yard. She saw her husband exit the barn and approach it as a figure walked out of it. Vera instantly recognized Taven in all his godly glory. The man stood just a couple inches shy of her own husband and packed with nearly as much muscle. He was wearing his usual attire consisting of the armor that his late mother left for him along with a golden cape with a dragon insignia attached to it. Her focus however went to what he carried in his arms. While they were too far for her to really see, she could tell that it was indeed a child in his arms.

She watched as Taven and Jax exchanged a few words before they headed for the front door. Vera left the kitchen to meet them there. Once she got there, she opened the door just as Jax was reaching for the knob. Smiling to Jax she turned to Taven, who didn't look like he aged at all in the six years she had known him. 'Then again, he is a god.' "Taven, it's good to see you again." She said.

Taven gave her a soft smile in return. "Vera, always a pleasure. Sorry this is such short notice but I can't think of anyone else I could trust to watch my son." He said as he looked down at said child. "This is Jaden."

Vera looked down at the child that had a tight grip on his father's pant leg. Vera had to forcefully stop herself from gushing. The boy had certainly inherited his looks from his mother, who's beauty was said to be unmatched. The child had black wavy hair and stared up at her with amber eyes from behind his father's legs. If not for his eye color and the fact that this child, age 4, was more than likely physically stronger than her, age 30, Vera would swear he was just a normal child; not a half-God/half-Edenian hybrid. Being an Edenian, the child was already naturally stronger than a normal human, add to that the blood of an Edenian God and Vera was actually curious of what the child could do.

Vera kneeled down to his level. "Well aren't you a handsome little guy." She said. That's when it happened, Jaden had smiled up at her. Any restraint Vera might've had left was gone as she scooped Jaden into her arms and hugged him close to her chest. "Oh, you are so cute." She squealed as Jaden giggled in her embrace. Idly, she noticed his body temperature was a higher than what was considered normal. Vera figured he must've had some control over fire like his father.

"Well, seeing as my son is in good hands, I shall take my leave." Taven said. He stepped forward a bit and placed his hand on Jaden's head, gaining the child's attention. "I shall return later with your mother. Have fun until then and do try not to break or burn anything." He said, knowing just how strong his son was and how unstable his fire still was.

"Okay." Was Jaden's simple reply.

With that, Taven nodded to both Jax and Vera before he stepped off the patio and walked several feet before he opened a portal and was gone. When he left, Jax turned to Vera, who was still cuddling the little boy in her arms. "Why don't we introduce little man here to the girls." Jax suggested.

"Your right." She said as she turned into the house.

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In the living room of the farm house, two little girls were currently having a tea party. One girl had dark skin and black shoulder length dread locks. The other girl was decidedly paler compared to the other girl but still had a lightly tanned complexion with long blonde hair that cascaded down her back. These girls were Jacqueline (Jacqui) Briggs and Cassandra (Cassie) Carlton Cage. These girls didn't know it, but Jacqui's dad and Cassie's parents were combatants in an ancient tournament known as Mortal Kombat.

The two girls were happily giggling in their own little worlds when Jacqui's mother walked in with a boy around their age that the girls didn't know. "Who's that mama?" Jacqui asked.

"Yeah Aunt Vera, who's he? He's cute." Cassie asked as well. It was worth mentioning that like her father, she had no filter.

Vera laughed lightly while Jaden tried to hide the dusting of pink on his face. "This is a new friend girls. His name is Jaden." Vera said as she motioned Jaden forward. "Go ahead, say hello."

Jaden looked up at the woman before slowly walking forward a bit. He was incredibly shy as he had never been around children his own age before, let alone girls. Sure he had seen other children in the bazaars in Edenia but he had never interacted with them. In fact, this was probably the second or third time he had ever been without at least one of his parents. "H-Hello." He shyly said.

Cassie, being the excitable and confident little girl she was, was suddenly in front of Jaden. "Hi, I'm Cassie and that's Jacqui." She said motioning to the girl behind her who waved. Suddenly Cassie held her hand out to Jaden. "Wanna be friends?" She asked with a giant smile on her face.

Jaden, initially taken back by Cassie's close proximity, slowly grew the same smile that melted Vera's heart before he reached for Cassie's hand. "Okay." He said slightly more confident.

No sooner had he grabbed Cassie hand had he been yanked toward where she and Jacqui were playing. Vera left back to the kitchen a few moments later as the living room lit up with the laughter of 3 children.

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Later that Evening...

Around 9PM, Jax and Vera were sitting on their front porch enjoying the quiet night as the children slept inside. They were sitting in each others embrace looking at the moon when a gold portal opened up in front of the Briggs farm again. Much like last time, Taven stepped out but he wasn't alone, right behind him stepped out his wife and Edenian queen, Kitana. Kitana was wearing an elegant light blue sleeveless dress that wrapped around her left shoulder with slit high up on the thigh. She was wearing matching forearm sleeves a choker and a mask that his the bottom half of her beautiful face. her hair was down and cascaded straight down her back with a gold tiara on her head(2). Both Vera and Jax had no doubt that while she looked the part of a queen, she could very well rip that dress off with some sort of Edenian ninja magic and be wearing some sort of battle attire.

Seeing that Jaden's parent's had arrived, the two humans stood from their porch. "We were wondering when you two would show up." Jax said.

Kitana was the one that spoke up, and judging by the way her eye's crinkled, she was giving them a sheepish look. "Sorry we took so long, the negotiations took longer than expected."

"Is everything okay?" Vera asked curious.

Taven sighed. "To put it simply, we're not enemies of Outworld but we're certainly not allies either. The new Kahn wanted to make sure we wouldn't get involved in their Civil war."

"But in any case, we can discuss that later. We should get Jaden and return home." Kitana said, eager to see her son after a stressful day.

"Of course, the kids are all sleeping." Vera said as she led the two Edenians inside followed by Jax.

"I hope Jaden didn't cause any trouble." Taven said.

"Nonsense, he was a little angel." Vera said as she walked into the living room where the children were sleeping.

When Taven and Kitana walked in, they came upon a heart-warming sight. Little Jacqui had fallen asleep on the couch facing the tv where the title screen of some children's movie played. As for Jaden and Cassie, they were on a blanket somehow tangled up with one another. Jaden looked to be curled into a ball, with Cassie draped over him, both comfortably sleeping in eachothers presence. Both Edenians could tell this was the beggining of a beautiful friendship and perhaps one day... something more.

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1. I'm not sure if Jacqui is the same age or a year or two older than Cassie so I'm just making them the same age with Jacqui being a few months older.

2. The same dress from her MKX ending.

Well that's chapter one. As I said this is a prompt story, so if anyone has any idea's of what they might want to see regarding these two, by all means leave a comment. As long as i doesn't relate to the main MKX story line as I will handle that in the actual story.

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