Hello!
By the time this is published I should be done with my other fan fiction.
If I'm not, I got bored of that and needed to write something else.
As I'm starting to write this I'm two chapters into my other fanfic
I'm going to use all the mortal kombat characters, not just MK9 or MKX.
You're going to see a lot of characters you may not have heard of but I assure you, they're all canon in this chapter, as with the roster.
I haven't really planned anything, much like my other stories.
So I'm just going to see where it takes me.
I did a high school story because people are into that stuff, apparently?
I mean seriously, I'm not going to point fingers but
A high school story on its first chapter got 5 favorites off the bat
It was directly above my eight chapter story, which had 3 favorites.
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The autumn leaves drifted around lazily in the breeze.
They plastered to windows, wet with the evening storm.
Sub-Zero nervously awaited the bus to school.
It was the first day.
That nervous feeling when you saw no one from last year in your class…
And you knew you were all going to be buddies by the end of September but no one spoke anyways…
Luckily for Sub-Zero, he would have a few friends. Having moved here at the end of last school year, he'd made a few friends… And enemies, of course.
He pulled up the blue hood on his hoodie, adjusted his mask to make it more comfortable.
He was glad he'd got away from Scorpion last school year.
The two had been rivals ever since the incident in Kombat Klass.
It was a battle Royale, in which everyone was fighting.
In the confusion, one of Scorpion's buddies, Quan Chi, panicked and shot a skull at Sub-Zero. He ducked and it hit Scorpion's girl in the head at point blank.
She was hospitalized.
And naturally, being the closest, Sub-Zero was blamed.
There were death threats and Scorpion was expelled for them.
Sub-Zero moved away to another school.
The bus arrived, with only a few passengers.
Sub-Zero was delighted to see familiar faces in the back; his friends Kabal and Jax.
Sitting next to none other than Scorpion.
Sub-Zero made a sound like a goat and turned around, sitting in the seat at the front of the bus. Luckily, they didn't see him.
Sub-Zero looked around the seat for a split second. Scorpion was staring right at him.
Sub-Zero gulped and moved back. Kabal and Jax were always the first to welcome the new students…
The school board had to know about the expulsion, to not put Sub-Zero in the same school as Scorpion.
And why had he moved here?!
"Sub!"
Sub-Zero jumped. It was Takeda.
"Shh!"
Sub-Zero pulled Takeda down into the seat next to him, grateful for the other passengers blocking Scorpion's view.
"The heck?"
"Just… Wait until everyone starts talking."
Soon enough noise filled the bus and the two began to confer.
"You see the guy in the yellow hoodie with the mask?"
Takeda peeked around the seat and saw him at the back of the bus.
"Yeah. What about him?"
"His name is Scorpion. He's the reason I moved to this school."
"That's just your luck."
Takeda narrowed his eyes. Were Scorpion's eyes… Flaming?
Scorpion glared at Takeda and for a moment his eyes caught fire.
Takeda moved back.
"Hopefully you don't have classes with him. And he stole Kabal and Jax. That sucks… Who are we supposed to sit with at lunch now?"
"Maybe he'll sit with other people."
"I hope so, I don't like the look of him…"
"At least I won't have to deal with his friends this year."
"On that note; hello, Sub-Zero."
Quan Chi smiled down at him, accompanied by Mileena and A few more of Scorpion's cronies.
Sub-Zero coughed and pretended not to hear him, looking out the window. "Friends of yours?" Takeda asked.
"Friends of Scorpion. Why are they here?!"
"Hey, I'm asking you."
"It… It doesn't make sense!"
Quan Chi smirked. "We were all accepted into the Talented Kombatant program. We were transferred."
Kabal and Jax invited them to sit down with them.
The bus was almost to the school. Sub-Zero was eager to see the dorms. You stayed at the school for the weekdays, but you were free on the weekends.
By the time they arrived, it was 8:00 and Sub-Zero had memorized his schedule. Kombat Klass was first. The gym entrance was in the parking lot, so he didn't have to walk far.
The gym was huge, with weapons, equipment, an arena, and stands.
Sub-Zero and the students sat down and were given the syllabus. He saw a few familiar faces; Kabal, Takeda, Cyrax, Scorpion, A- wait…
The yellow ninja glared at him from the opposite bleachers.
The teacher, Shujinko, spoke. Fortunately, we had enough money in the budget to buy a reviving arena so you may use magic, weapons, and fatalities. I need to test your combat abilities. Can I have two volunteers?"
"I challenge Sub-Zero." Scorpion immediately said.
What a surprise!
The two stepped into the arena, Scorpion popping his knuckles.
Sub-Zero gulped.
"Round one! Fight!"
"GET OVER HERE!"
The spear went all the way through Sub-Zero's chest. He was yanked forward only slightly this time.
Scorpion ran forward and wrapped the rope* around his neck.
Sub-Zero was yanked backwards into Scorpion's knee, and then swept.
Scorpion raised his boot over Sub-Zero's face.
Sub-Zero grabbed it and froze it. Scorpion cried out in pain as Sub-Zero ripped it off, got up, and shattered it over his head.
Scorpion couldn't get up. Sub-Zero poised over him for an axe kick…
"Brutality!" Shujinko called out.
"But I wasn't done with him!"
"I demand a rematch!"
Scorpion's leg flashed violet for a moment, then slowly faded back to a normal color and restored. He got up.
"Fortunately for Scorpion, that was far too short for me to analyze your fighting skills. A rematch it is. And Sub-Zero, this is professional Kombat, not street rules. Save your Brutalities for rounds 2 or 3."
Just my luck! I must've kicked puppies in a past life or something…
"Round one! Fight!"
Sub-Zero slid under the spear and formed an ice hammer. He broke it on Scorpion's legs, sweeping him.
He tried to freeze him but Scorpion disappeared in a flash of fire.
Scorpion reappeared in a few seconds' time, kicking Sub-Zero onto the edge of the arena, where a force field bounced him back.
The two engaged into hand to hand kombat, Scorpion the only one scoring hits. He had more prowess.
Scorpion suddenly fell and slid forward, scissor kicking Sub-Zero's legs on the ground and making him fall onto his face.
"Scorpion wins!"
Sub-Zero healed. He breathed heavily.
"Round two! Fight!"
Sub-Zero immediately created an ice clone that Scorpion ran into. He wound back his fist, ready to shatter his head…
Scorpion unfroze.
He immediately sent a fireball through Sub-Zero's chest. His heart was exposed and burnt.
He fell to his knees.
Scorpion raised his sword.
Everything went black.
"Fatality!"
Everything slowly came back into view, tinted violet. Then color restored.
Sub-Zero took a deep breath and started coughing.
"Scorpion wins!"
Next up, Takeda and Ashrah, Monster and Jax, Rain and Kabal, until the bell rang.
Sub-Zero checked his schedule. Scorpion bumped him and knocked the paper out of his hands. "There's more where that came from…" He heard him whisper.
Sub-Zero sighed and picked it back up.
Quan Chi bumped him.
"Ugh…"
Mileena bumped him while he was bent over, knocking him down.
"For the sake of the Elder Gods-"
Everyone was gone.
Kabal was trying to open his gym locker.
"Ugh…"
Sub-Zero checked his watch. One minute to get across the school to language.
"Crap!"
He could try and ice slide…
Kabal used his hooksword to slash off the lock.
Sub-Zero had an idea.
"Kabal, I need to get to language."
"Hah. Sucks to be you, I guess… I wish I could help-"
"Give me a piggyback ride."
"…Are you on drugs?!"
Sub-Zero climbed on, and handed Kabal a fifty dollar bill.
"I'm now classified as a motor vehicle."
"Thank goodness you cut your dreadlocks."
"Whatevs."
Kabal's hair was now short and spiked, instead of his old long dreads.
Sub-Zero held on tight. Twenty seconds until the late bell rung.
The four minutes between classes had gone by so fast…
Kabal dashed forward at sonic speed, leaving a trail of purple behind him.
Sub-Zero had a surprisingly strong grip.
Five seconds had past. Sub-Zero could identify the hall as the hall language was on!
They were almost there…
WHAM!
Kabal stopped and Sub-Zero went forward before rolling.
Spinning around off the ground was Shang Tsung. Principal Shang Tsung.
Sub-Zero ran into language.
"What is the meaning of this?!"
"I-I was just trying to get to class, and there was like, twenty seconds, and like,"-
"You do not have a license to use your powers outside of the classroom as they are dangerous!"
Sub-Zero was about to step outside when Kabal pushed him back in. "I'm sorry, sir."
"Detention for… Four days."
The bell rang. "Sub-Zero! Just in time!"
Kenshi, unlike other teachers, didn't give him a lecture on wisdom or scold him. Sub-Zero was glad he had the cool teacher this year.
He took a seat beside Takeda and relaxed. He checked and double checked. No Scorpion. No Quan Chi. No Mileena.
"I'm gonna let you guys get to know each other this first class while I hand out the syllabus."
"I saw Principal Shang outside with Kabal. What happened?" Takeda questioned almost immediately.
"Kabal was going to give me a ride to language. How'd you get here so fast?"
"I walked."
"That's weird… I…"
Realization flooded into Sub-Zero. "Quan Chi…"
"Damn. He must be pretty powerful."
"I'm not sure how far his power extends."
Sub-Zero took off his mask, forgetting he'd had it on this whole time. His black hair, gelled back, had a streak of blue in it.
"So, how's things going with you and Jacqui?"
"Good. I guess."
"Does her brother approve of you?"
"Of course! Jax and me are best buds."
"Jax and I, Mister Takahashi." Kenshi grinned down at them as he placed the syllabus on their desks.
Takeda beamed up at his father.
Sub-Zero's father was absent, and resent immediately filled him.
"We need to find you a girl, Sub."
Sub-Zero scratched the back of his neck.
"I don't know about that…"
"How about Tanya? No… Jade? Maybe someone less popular, I don't want you up in drama. Frost!"
"Takeda, I don't need"-
"No, she's a cryomancer, and she's a nerd just like you!"
The bell rang. Perhaps his luck was changing.
Third period was history with Ermac.
Luckily no sign of Scorpion, Quan, Mileena, or anyone else to give him trouble.
Ermac, on the other hand?
He'd rather have Shang Tsung.
Luckily the class cruised by, as with fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh.
He had Goro for keyboarding, Sindel for math, Raiden for algebra, and Kintaro for chemistry, only one of them with Scorpion. Hopefully he would get better teachers tomorrow, what with the school alternating seven classes every day.
The dormitories were all on the same hall on the second floor. They each had little insignias on the doors that would represent the factions.
You received ten points for your faction when you answered a question right, and fifty for every fight you won. Last year, Sub-Zero was Black Dragon. This year he was Lin Kuei.
Its colors were a dull, grayish blue and white.
Inside the dorms were couches, statues, and books. In the Black Dragon dorms they'd had a TV…
The Lin Kuei included Jacqui, Takeda, Tanya, Shinook, Sheeva, and Havik, among others. He'd seen Scorpion going into the Shirai Ryu dorms earlier. He was safe for another day.
Sub-Zero was grateful he didn't have homework or tests to study for, and vegged out on a couch.
Ah…
…
He was bored.
New school, might as well explore a bit…
Curfew wasn't up yet.
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I know the dialogue sucked. I'm better with dialogue in fights or in arguments.
My parents say I would make a good lawyer! ;D
You can now PM or comment OC's. I know it's annoying for readers because no one cares about OC's unless it's an entirely OC story.
They're like cubes in a jar of marbles :(
I'm sorry.
It's a pity Mileena is a bad guy.
I mean, I liked her.
Not like that.
I mean I like using her.
No!
It's just I like her moves!
…
I'm gonna stop talking before I embarrass myself further.
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(Facepalm)
L'right. Bye.