A/N: an alternative look to the Mortal Kombat 9 storyline, I am introducing Quan Rae here again this time, during the unspoken background events from the story mode to the best I can.

The first few chapters are intended to introduce characters and fill in blanks in the events of MK 9. If you want to skip chapters I recommend at least starting at chapter 3 when Kuai Liang meets the O/C. Chapters that definitely have mature sexual content or romantic content are as follows:

Chapter 5 - Cyber Sub-Zero X Kremnine

Chapter 6 - Revenant Sub-Zero + Kremnine

Chapter 7 - Revenant Sub-Zero X Kremnine

Chapter 9 - Kuai Liang X Kremnine

Chapter 10 - Kuai Liang X Kremnine

Chapter 11 - Kremnine + Hanzo Hasashi

Chapter 12 - Kuai Liang x Kremnine

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MORTAL KOMBAT 1 BRACKET - PREVIEW NIGHT

Kremnine stood amongst the kombatants for the 10th tournament that would decide Earthrealm's fate; she stiffened when her eyes landed on Quan Chi. He was her target and the reason she accept the role of Kremnine. The Shirai Ryu had a Scorpion and the Lin Kuei had Sub-Zero but the Tengu has a name called Kremnine. A name passed on generation after generation through skill and achievement, be it man or woman.

In her full traditional armour, no one can see the rage flickering in her eyes not even through the t-shaped slit of the mask, the signature of Tengu. A mask donned by previous Kremnines, along with an iconic long scythe.

"Nice cosplay, White Reaper, how long did it take you to make the scythe glow?" A brunette in sunglasses walked passed her to stand beside a blonde woman. He looked as though he did not belong in any way shape or form, wearing some sort of expensive suit to the tournament. Wait…Cosplay?! Since there has been multiple Kremnines in the past, they would also get a nickname and she happened to be known as White Reaper amongst her peers but the man did not appear as if he actually knew this.

"Hmmph, a female Kremnine or shall I say a Tengu, another worthless clan," snorted Sektor who then had had her head turn towards. She gazed slightly at the man in the red assassin garb, of course he can never tell which direction she was eyeing, he folded his arms scanning her head to toe. "The last Kremnine was nicknamed Split Kreme, do you know why?"

Unfortunately the name Kremnine also included all the crème jokes. He in this case, referred to the man who was split into two by Quan Chi's fatality. She would ignore the men but two of them glowed with an dark aura: the one with the red garb that appeared to be the ringleader and the cryomancer, Sub-Zero.

Her life was never quite the same as in her childhood days, it was always hard since Quan Chi had destroyed all houses of power in the Tengu, but she grew up one day to learn she is an illegitimate child of the sorcerer, much to her discontent. Seeing the glow of an aura was a natural ability of demon blood, it allowed the distinguishing the kind of souls sentenced to darkest pits of the Netherrealm when they are no longer among the living.

She may have been distracted at their auras a second too long when the Sektor threw in another snide remark, "Can't speak up for your incompetent clan? Or are you just as incompetent?"

"At least I would not be a generically, cloned cyborg," Kremnine responded. The Tengu had their ways in espionage and had known some time about this plan of the Lin Kuei.

"Watch your mouth, Tengu," the African-American man Lin Kuei warrior warned, he did not look like he was originally raised in Artika. And they sure are not making this easy on her.

"Del monte bananas are also clones," she tilted her head. "…That have no unique antibodies, and susceptible to extinction by one strain of pathogen…er in your case you would have no unique firewalls, however well they may be written."

"What are you trying to say?" Cyrax made demand, especially with his lack of support for the cyber initiative.

"Congratulations, you are one with fruit," she flatly responded.

"You think yourself clever, Tengu scum?" Sektor raised his voice but then they were motioned for silence as Shang Tsung appeared flanked by Kitana and Jade. "This is not over." The ringleader warned.

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CONCLUSION OF PREVIEW NIGHT

It was rather mind-blowing to Kremnine that the movie star, Johnny Cage had no idea what he has gotten himself into. When Cage had just finished the last round for preview night, he walked proudly passed her as he intended to search for the blond woman in black leather.

"I'm going to tear your mask off sometime soon," he pointed at Kremnine while lowering his glasses so that she can see his wink.

"If you touch me, I will rip off your sunglasses….and throw it back at…your face?...Hmmm" She paused momentarily when her hand scratching her jaw, a nervous habit of hers when becoming unfamiliar with making such comebacks. It would be typical to make a comeback because someone threatened her legitimately, but he was just teasing her.

"Hah! I'd like to see you try, paper bag princess," he laughed and walked off with pride toward his destination.

…Okay that is war…the man literally is poking fun by suggesting she needed to cover her face. She wore a mostly black garb with orange details covered by a long white hood. Her brunette hair is exposed through an opening from the back of her mask acting as a high ponytail and drooped through the side of her neck to the front of her left breast. There was nothing else really to make fun of except that her face is covered.

The movie star seem too immersed in his own world as he joyfully skipped out of sight. She makes an exasperated sigh then followed by a silence. "….Okay…I am not sure if I should laugh or cry…What is wrong with him?"

"He is another scum who's luck will eventually run out," Sektor snorted. She turned to see the man and his crew fairly close to her. "As for you, I would prefer to see you cry."

Kremnine tilted her head to face the son of the Lin Kuei grandmaster and took a first step to leave when the man grabbed her by the arm. "You have sociopathic fetishes then. Does the Lin Kuei raise you all to be such gentlemen?"

"I do not to behave as around filth such as yourself," he retorted.

"Save your enthusiasm for tomorrow; the Lin Kuei do teach their disciples basic discipline do they not?" She remarked.

Sektor grew angrier by the second but Cyrax separated the two. "She is right, we can fight her fairly another day," reasoned the man in the black garb with yellow details.

"I appreciate your senses," she turned to look at Cyrax who then rather scoffed at her comment.

"Do not interrupt me again, Cyrax," warned Sektor. Kremnine took it as her opportunity to walk away. Sektor turned to Sub-Zero, "Make sure you kill her and I will dubbed her…Ice Kreme."

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MORTAL KOMBAT 1 BRACKET - OFFICIAL OPENING DAY

Kremnine was standing with the crowd of fights who stood in columns in no particular order during the opening ceremony. Though she hated the fact that Sektor and Cyrax were about a row behind her. She rolled her eyes when Johnny decided to stand next to her.

"Did you see that hottie anywhere?" The actor asked while going on tip toes to eyeball for the blond earthrealmer.

"I give you zero cares," Kremnine blandly responded.

"I mean you think she thinks I am hot too? She must right? I'm in so many movies and ads so she knew who I was."

"I am not listening."

"What's your take as a woman? Think I should get her flowers?" Cage then tapped her in the shoulders invading her private space.

"Do you ever listen to any other voice other than your own?" Kremnine tilted her head and shook it quickly in short bursts. She can hear the snickering by Sektor behind her.

"Well yah, but it's not like we're busy right now, we have been doing nothing here for like 10 minutes!" Cage folded his arms annoyed about the wait stepping out of his spot and looking at other fighters who give him dirty looks. His focus went back to Kremnine, "I am doing you a favor by talking to ya."

"Oh? I am not bored, I have my own entertainment," Kremnine pulled out a device and then blasted the volume up with a dance song known as 'Mortal Kombat'.

She noticed Johnny cage tried to say something and she turned up the volume more. Of course now everyone is giving them death glares. She then stopped the tune when Johnny Cage walked off elsewhere. She put away the device and stood still with mannerisms as though she never did that at all. She noted the shaolin monk and the Thunder God turned to look at her and gave her a head shake and she ignored it.

Finally the matches began when Shang Tsung appeared and gave a quick opening speech. Kremnine barely defeats Sheeva followed by Skarlet, this eliminates them from the tournament. She lost in her fight with Motaro who was just too strong and had too much opportunity to keep knocking her down between his tail or his hooves. He rightfully was allowed to perform a fatality on her. He opt to beat her to death in brutality. Sektor and Cyrax had watched this unfold with Sektor enjoying every delighted moment of it, cackling unnecessarily. That annoying laughter being the only thing Kremnine can hear as her bones were being pummelled on the floor. As soon as Motaro exited the stage ground signalling the end of the fight, she suddenly took a huge gasp and while bloodied with visibly broken ribs, she rolled to her side and healed as fast as she humanely can. Her deformity disappearing and she simply stood up, brushed off some blood and walked off the stage.

Motaro was baffled as well as several eye witnesses who had assumed they just saw a show of a good killing. The match had concluded and now he would not be able run back to rip her head off and see if she can heal from that. Sektor frowned knowing this was some sort of sorcery. While she hated her lineage, being demon blooded did have its benefits such as mastery of healing magic and a few others.

She looked up at the sky, it started raining during her last match and there were to be a few more matches during the night. She figured she should get some rest and patch up as she had actually done her healing quite clumsily just so she can walk off the stage earlier.

She rested by the lake briefly, casting some healing spells to mend her wounds cleanly but then heard a slight shuffle and rolled to the side. The spot she was sitting had been frozen solid.

"Why are you here?" she said to the blue clad ninja.

"I am here to make a living and carry out orders," Sub-Zero spoke, his eyes murderous and cold hearted.

"You would attack unfairly?" She cast a shockwave to push him away from her. "You might as well attack me in the sanitary!"

They exchanged blows but it became apparent who harboured strength and power easily, if this kept with its current course, Kremnine would surely lose. She was not sure if she can survive he had froze her and then performed a fatality, not that this fight was even monitored, he was undoubtedly sent here to kill her. She devised a quick plan. She made a false attempt slash downward with her scythe which left her arm wide open, he took the bait and grabbed her forearm.

He froze her flesh with intention for the frost to spread to her entire body but was not expecting she would intentionally drop the scythe in the current hand and catch it with her other hand and concluded her boldness by cutting her own left arm off. As the appendage separated from her body, she throws a shockwave of her own blood into his eyes as well as the flailing, lone appendage across for him to avoid. He was unable to dodge and he stumbled back from his vision loss. When his sight returned, she was no where to be seen but he saw the hints of red on the ground along the pouring rain and quickly pursued.

While her move was a coward's escape, he also attacked her outside of the tournament. She was a healer class and was quick to cast a spell to stop the bleeding and regrow her whole arm. When Sub-Zero stood at the end of the trail, he was in the middle of the woods and he was furious when no other hints of her whereabouts were evident. It was raining hard, so hard that even all the her blood already vanished from his face and attire. He was then to return back to the tournament to report his status.

Yet he would return to the tournament that night to only seal his own fate when he had to face the spectre named Scorpion. That was the Sub-Zero she burrowed into her memory, a remorseless mass murderer.