Author's Note: Hey, guys! Hope you like this Scorpion story! Please R&R.

Disclaimer: I do not own Mortal Kombat or any of the mentioned characters herein. I only own this story, and the original characters/clan mentioned.

PROLOGUE: JADE GREEN

A warrior clad in yellow and black Shirai Ryu ninja garb sat by a fire in the dead of night. The fire next to him cackled and wisped wildly with bright embers. The moon was full, and the stars were glistening beautifully. He paid no attention to the night sky as he sharpened his kunai with a jagged rock. Besides the wildlife which inhabited the forest, the location was completely desolate. Just the way Hanzo Hasashi liked it. He examined the kunai with his dark brown eyes, and found he was not satisfied with his work. More disgruntled than usual, he continued to glide the rock against the weapon aggressively. When he was finally satisfied, he put the weapon away and reviewed the scroll containing the details of his mission yet again.

His task was to annihilate the clan leader of the Shimizu clan of ninjas, Izanagi Kimura. He had been sending warriors to spy on the Shirai Ryu for the past month, and they would no longer tolerate it. Hanzo knew that there was no room for error in this mission, and he needed to be as stealthy as possible. His main concern was Kimura's bodyguard. Many rumors had been spread around that he was ruthless and strong, possibly even stronger than the clan leader himself.

Putting out the fire, he climbed one of the tallest trees to get a vantage point of the village. It was overlooking the mountains, and the Izanagi lived in the house on the end.

'I guess I'll just go around,' Hanzo thought to himself.

He quickly made his way around the village undetected, hiding behind the branches of darkness and the trees along the way. A painting had been given to him of his target and the target's bodyguard. Peering through a window from a tree, he confirmed that the sleeping clan leader was being guarded by the infamous defender in the building he was standing behind.

Watching for any witnesses, he quickly made his way around the building to where the front entrance was. A grin formed across his face when he saw that the front entrance was only blocked by a straw mat. When the bodyguard heard the subtle footsteps, he began to walk towards the entrance, his swords drawn.

"Who's there?" he asked.

Before he could take more than three steps, the guardian had been impaled and dragged forward. Hasashi softly whispered a response into his ear,

"Your killer," before pulling the kunai from his body and dislocating his neck. He fell down on the ground in front of the entrance, surrounded by a pool of blood. The ninja walked into the structure, his katana drawn. Kimura awoke to see his opponent's figure standing over him. He stood up, venomously uttering,

"Hanzo Hasashi, or should I say, Scorpion."

The first thing Hanzo noticed about the man was that he had piercing, jade green eyes, something he had never seen before. The second thing he noticed was his spiteful countenance, like no other he had witnessed.

"Izanagi," he said, "Your time has come."

Before the clan leader could even draw his weapon, his head was cut straight off, and his life was ended with a single stroke of a sword. Scorpion was covered in blood, not bothering to clean it off. He retrieved the clan leader's head and placed it in a large sack. As he walked away nonchalantly, the ninja turned around to see a young girl, around the age of seven, with the exact same piercing, jade green eyes, and venomous countenance looking down at her father's decapitated corpse, and then to his killer. She wore a plain, sky blue kimono, and her long, black, straight hair, cascaded down her back. Her long bangs covered her eyes, which had tears flowing down uncontrollably.

"You will pay," she said resentfully.

'She's only a child. I'll leave her alive,' he thought to himself, as he turned around, walking away.

Scorpion cringed at this memory in horror as he looked into those same jade green eyes and that same expression which he had seen so many years ago with his now white, expressionless eyes.

"Hanzo Hasashi... or should I say, Scorpion," she uttered, "Do you know who I am?"

He glared at her, giving no response. She then continued,

"Do I remind you of someone? Someone who you murdered?"

Still no response. She proceeded to say,

"I've come to avenge my fallen kin. And you... you will die," while holding a knife against Scorpion's throat.

Author's Note: Cliffhanger! How was it? Please review! I'll have the next chapter up ASAP!