DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MORTAL KOMBAT
Chapter One
The girl took a deep breath. She was told that the place she was going was to be a surprise. And she never had much of a liking for surprises. She didn't know this path, but her mother seemed to know where she was going. This was one of the few and far between moments of sanity she was having. And once they reached a house fit for kings, she let go of her hand. This place was most definitely new to the child. Her mother left her behind on the stone path and knocked on the door. No one opened the door. The older woman couldn't help but feel that she was being ignored. And she did not like being ignored. Angry with the lack of response, she began tearing at the chunk of neatly cut wood, demanding that the door was opened. Its inhabitant did not answer the door, but rather teleported behind her. And that inhabitant was Raiden, the god of thunder. "What has brought you here, Mileena?" He harshly asked, surprised and rather disturbed that the woman, Mileena, knew where he had built his "home" in Earthrealm, for when he stayed for many days. "I need you to do me a favour, Raiden." Mileena answered, getting herself together for at least one moment. "I have business to attend to, and I need someone to watch my daughter, Chiyoko. I trust that you could put hatred aside for the sake of a child, is that correct?" The thunder god paused and scanned the premises for anything that resembled a child. And there, on the stone pathway, stood a girl of approximately ten years of age. "I was uninformed of you having a child." He responded, once again in surprise. The child was that old and he didn't know she existed? Then again, he stopped paying mind to other's businesses once the threat of Shao Kahn had died down some few years ago. "And why is it that I, of anyone you could possibly ask, was the one you chose for the task?" Mileena shook her head, trying to suppress the bout of insanity and primitive savagery that was starting to form. "I know of no one other than you who can handle such a task. I shall come later to retrieve her." And with a burst of pink magic, she teleported away. Raiden's eyes gazed from her spot to the child who was walking towards the door of the house. "I have no faith in either you, or your mother." He spoke to break the silence. Chiyoko didn't pause in her walk. "Do not expect me to treat you with any kindness." She snapped, brushing past him. "This is not your home, therefore you obey my rules." He frowned, walking behind her. She stopped, her black hair settling into place on her back. Turning around, she looked him in the eyes. "I obey no one." She sharply turned back around and waited for the older man to dig for his key and open it. She stomped inside with Raiden following behind, the door shutting behind him.