Chapter 1: Liu Kang - Battle 1
It has been weeks since the Emperor Shao Kahn has been defeated by the hands of Raiden & his allies, Ever since then all has been peacefully quite for the most part.
Now we enter a new scenery in which that scenery is the Shaolin Monks temple in which all are gather today for practice to see if any of them had lack anything after the battle with Outworld.
As they are all practicing Raiden & Liu Kang are standing by the arena watching as the others are dueling each other giving each the best out of the other, It was an amazing sight to behold for any who was interested in Martial Arts.
Raiden: " So Liu Kang, Are you prepared to defend your title as the number one pupil of the White Lotus today?, I only ask because I do not see you training along with your fellow brothers in preparation for the tourney"
Raiden asks him in question wondering why Liu Kang wasn't training himself, To not try or even meditate was not like him at all.
Liu Kang: " It is not that lord Raiden it is just that as of late . . . " He pauses for a moment, Not wanting to bring his theory up he was looking for another way of wording his worries but Raiden then placed a hand on his shoulder & Liu Kang looked at him straight in the pierce white eyes of his as he spoke.
Raiden: " You may speak to me about any problems that may weight on your conscious to great Liu Kang, Remember you have nothing to fear in letting out what troubles you to others" Raiden said with a slight smile in which Liu took as a sign of comfort that made it easier for him to tell.
Liu Kang: " Alright . . .it's just that well, Ever since Shao Kahn's defeat . . . things have been feeling abnormal & somewhat out of place . . . I can't quite grasp it but I get the feeling that something great is coming our way . . . and I just don't know what it is yet" Liu Kang said as he looked towards Raiden whom had switched his view from him to the battles that were taking place in the arena.
Raiden: " You are not alone Liu Kang" Raiden spoke as it came a shock to Liu that he had similar feelings as well.
Liu Kang: " So you have felt the same as I then?"
Raiden: " Yes I have, And as you have said I too cannot comprehend what it is that has gone a miss but something troubles me that the defeat of the emperor may have been more then just that"
Liu Kang: " So I see, What should we do about it?, I say we take action now so that way we already know what we are dealing with!" Liu said with anxiousness in his voice but Raiden looked at him calmly once again placing a hand on his shoulder.
Raiden: " No . . . if we act to soon we may be over looking the situation which will cause much commotion within the realms over what may possibly be a minor so called "gut feeling" " Raiden said trying to simplify what he had just said in case Liu couldn't understand.
Liu Kang: " But then what should we do about this feeling?" He questioned his mentor because he figured if they can not venture out to seek the problem then what other alternative is there.
Raiden: " You shall stay & go along & compete in the White Lotus tournament as if it where any other day for you, Meanwhile I shall go to seek the elder gods, Prehapse they may have a solution as to what it is that troubles us"
Liu Kang: " But Raiden . . "
Raiden: " No more Liu Kang, Besides I think your tourney is starting now" Raiden said as he pointed to the direction of all the warriors lineing up in rows of 6 as the masters of the schools where ready to seat themselves in front of the students.
Raiden: " Go now, I will keep in contact I promise" Raiden said as Liu Kang looks showed obvious disagreement but he wouldn't dare go against his mentor so he just bows.
Liu Kang: " I . . .will . .. do as you ask Raiden"
After that Raiden then points toward the sky & lightnings away from the School far off into the clouds, As Liu Kang looks up he then turns his attention to the group of his classmates & runs to join them.
As he arrives he steps in front of the line & bows respectively to the 3 masters that are there.
Liu Kang: " I'm great fully sorry for intruding so late Masters, Please forgive me"
1st Master: " Nonsense Liu Kang you are our reigning champion & it is only right that you step foward to us first so that the battle for the title of the "The Supreme Champion Of The White Lotus" may begin" The Eldest Master in front of the other two had said.
In shock on the fact that his test would start now Liu Kang broke his bow stance & stood straight up in wonderment.
Liu Kang: " My fight starts already?"
2nd Master: " Indeed, And your opponent is the latest to graduate to #1 contender among your fellow brothers, We believe you have a great history with this one as well" The second eldest master said which left Liu Kang thinking who could it have been.
Liu Kang: " History? . . . .But if that is the case, Then whom could it be?"
And as if to anwser his question from behind him on the other side of the arena was a whirlwind starting out from nowhere until after picking up speed it also started to take form.
Liu Kang smirked as he finally recognized who it was that was his opponent & to be honest he wasn't surprised at all.
Liu Kang: " Hm, . . .so I see" He said smiling as the whirlwind was dying down the form had taken shape even more until it stopped spinning only to leave a shadow in the dust that it created. The shadowy figure started to walk out and all that was seen was a man wearing Shaolin attire with a bladed hat on his head almost covering his eyes.
Liu Kang: " I'm not surprised that my opponent has come in the form of you, It has indeed been a while . . . .Kung Lao!" He said smiling.
Kung Lao: " Indeed it has, Have you forgotten about me all this time, Perhaps the fight with Shao Kahn has damaged your mind, Well if so then allow me to remind you why I made it this far to be the next in line as Champion of the White Lotus friend!"
As Kung Lao took his fighting stance so did Liu Kang with a smile on his face.
Liu Kang: " Fine, Show me what you can do Kung Lao!"
And as they square off the youngest of the Masters spoke . . .
3rd Master: " Ready! . . . ."
Kung Lao had a smile of excitement on his face while Liu Kang wore a serious one with the same feeling of excitement the master spoke.
3rd Master: " FIGHT!"
Battle 1: Liu Kang vs. Kung Lao
Liu Kang then rushes toward Kung Lao's direction & starts things off with a his signature flying kick in which as it's about to connect then misses when Kung Lao teleports from underneath directly behind him & catches him off guard by grabbing a hold on Liu's shoulders & spinning him forwards in a full 360 while in mid air slamming Liu on his back.
As soon as he is stuck on to the ground however Liu Kang then rolls backwards in order to stand up & regain his footing and this time it is Kung Lao who charges towards him. As he rushes at Liu Kang on what seemed to be a right fist to the face Liu instinctively blocked only to see the fist not connecting & Kung Lao sink into the floor and reappear
behind Liu in which he then proceeded with his fast combination of a right fist, left chop, low right, And a knee rise all on to Liu Kang's back which send him airborne but not by much, And as Liu was about to make landfall Kung Lao took this opportunity to run underneath the falling body and make the final connection of his combo by preforming his
famous whirlwind spin knocking Liu Kang even higher into the air, With a smile of success painted on his face Kung Lao then goes to teleport once again high & in front of what looked like a defenseless Liu Kang.
Kung Lao: " I though you would be more of a challenge Liu Kang, It would seem though shockingly I was wrong, Now to end this!" He said furiously.
But as he went to grab him Liu Kang smirked & broke Kung Lao's grip & making one of his own on Kung Lao, Clutching him and tossing him over head while still in the air he fixes his position to where he had tossed him and starts to shoot twin dragon shaped fireballs from his hands.
Liu Kang: " Doge this Kung Lao!" As the fireballs soar through the sky straight toward Kung Lao whom had yet to fix him self who was still falling on his head.
Fortunately he decided to use his whirlwind technique to not only divert the fireballs back to Liu Kang back to slow the process of him landing safely. As the both landed the fireball to Liu's surprise where coming right back at him.
Liu Kang: " WHAT!"
Kung Lao: " Right back at you friend! heheh" he chuckled as the fireball were about to strike his rival, But Liu Kang showed no fear as he held up his left arm mounted with his armored wrist bands to block one fireball & his right arm to block the other.
At the display of the kombat that the two were locked in & by what they had seen so far from the battle there fellow white lotus brother started to clap in amazement at the fight they were witnessing.
Kung Lao: " Indeed, That was impressive Liu Kang, But even you should know that it will take more than that to defeat me"
Liu Kang: " Then enough talking & more fighting, HAAA!" Liu screamed as he charged at Kung Lao who in turn charged as well. As the tow where running towards each other about to collided Liu Kang then immediately shot out another fireball almost 5 ft away from Kung Lao but he Kung Lao himself was ready as he slices his hat vertical upwards to break the form of the fireball completely.
But then Liu Kang took this opportunity to lock his fore arms onto the arm that Kung Lao had his hat in & Liu forced his him to throw his hat away by brushing Kung Lao's arm away while at the same time almost snapping his rivals arm but minimizing the damage only to so he can still battle. Now with his hat gone all Kung Lao has left are his skills of pure hand to hand & his teleportation along with his whirlwind.
Kung Lao: " ARRGGH!' He screamed as he felt the effects of his almost snapped arm take effect.
Liu Kang: " What's the matter buddy, A little to much I see, perhaps you would submit now huh?"
Kung Lao then looked up angered at Liu Kang's words & glared him rather furiously than usual.
Kung Lao: " Never!" He then swung his left hand attempting to connect with a strong left to the face but then Liu freed Kung from his arm lock grip in order to block the on coming attack in which Kung Lao took advantage of & kneed Liu in the stomach which caused Liu Kang to let go of any grip he had on Kung Lao in order to block cross his upper body in order to block any other attacks Kung may send his way.
But instead Kung Lao goes for a sweep which successfully lands but only for Liu to slam on his back and roll back up on his feet while taking a Jeet Kune Do style stance. As Kung Lao then smiles from this new excitement he hasn't felt from a battle in a long time he doesn't let time for Liu Kang to gather himself go to waste as he rushes in with two straight punched to the face following up with a low kick to the shin with a medium kick to his waist side all of which Liu Kang blocks successfully. But the next attack that Kung Lao unleashes is something that Liu himself has never seen before from Kung Lao, Unsuspectingly Kung Lao unleashes his Whirlwind kick on Liu Kang which strikes him hard 3 times in the face & sends him flying to the other side of the arena in which Kung Lao goes to continue his combo assault by teleporting behind the falling Liu Kang only be met by his signature flying kick as Liu Kang fixed himself while in the midist of being thrown across the arena & knowing his friend slash rival very well was also expecting the teleportation from behind. After connecting Liu then pounds his feet into Kung Lao's chest by following up with his Bicycle Kick technique but suddenly Kung Lao stops the this by Whirlwinding in mid attack breaking the assault from Liu Kang now sending him in the air once again, Not making the same mistake as last time he uses his Ground Hat move throwing the hat on the ground as it span rapidly towards the area where Liu was falling & to a success strikes Liu's leg while he was coming down and then to be struck suddenly again as Kung Lao took to the air & preformed his Dive Kick move striking Liu Kang right in the chest slamming him to the ground.
Kung Lao the roars as he raises his right foot high in the air and then slams down hard only for Liu Kang to block while crossing his chest in a blocking motion then pushing his weight upward having Kung Lao hopping backwards out of motion in which Liu Kang then rushed into connect to his chin with a raising palm strike followed by a strong right to Kung Lao's stomach then with a strong left fore arm to his waist side in which Kung Lao blocks but is then is pushed forward as Liu Kang flips over his back in which to Kung Lao's surprise turns to receive a left & right fist to the face along with a full fleg Bicycle Kick then followed by a Cart Wheel Kick knocking Kung Lao down but bouncing him off the pavement to finally end it with an uppercut to the chin knocking Kung Lao high into the air causing him to flip until finally smacking back down on the ground.
Liu Kang waits for Kung Lao to get up & as he suspects he dose just that only staggering a bit.
Liu Kang: " Hmm . . . I'm impressed that you have made it this far in our bout Kung Lao, You truly have improved greatly"
Kung Lao spat the blood he had in his mouth out onto the ground and was still managing to try & stand correctly.
Kung Lao: " Well . . .don't think you have taken me out so easily Liu Kang . . . .I still have enough fight . . . within . . .me!" He shouted as Liu Kang just looked on with a serious look preparing for anything until . . .
1st Master: " LIU KANG WINS THE FIRST ROUND!" The eldest master shouted as both Liu Kang & Kung Lao were both taken by surprise at this announcement, Less for Liu Kang but more for Kung Lao as he began to protest.
Kung Lao: " No! . . . wait . . .I can . . " he tried to speak only to be cut off.
2nd Master: " You are unable to continue with the first round Kung Lao, Be glad that we allow you one more round with your new injuries still intached" The second eldest spoke but still it displeased Kung Lao the fact that he had to end the first round even when he wasn't that banged up or at least in his head.
Kung Lao: " But masters . . . I . . "
3rd Master: " YOU DARE SPEAK AGAINST US PUPIL!" The youngest of them had enough of Kung Lao's protest but then Liu kang stepped in to try & save Kung Lao from disqualification.
Liu Kang: " Kung Lao, . . . If you truly want to be champion then you will stop this nonsense & face me in one last duel, What do you say?" Liu Kang said with seriousness knowing how much it must mean to Kung Lao.
Then Kung Lao looked to Liu Kang with a new passion burned into his eyes, His determination as well as . . . something else, From what it looks like . . .a bright yellow not showing much but still a slight bit.
Kung Lao: " All right then Liu Kang, I'm ready . . .to finish you!" He said more so very angered at Liu Kang at which he took notice.
Liu Kang: " Hm . . . something isn't right with this, He was defiantly injured during my last attack yet he isn't in pain anymore, And his eyes . . . a bright yellow . . .could this be!"
1st Master: " Very well then, ROUND 2! . . . . . READY! . . ." Both Liu Kang & Kung Lao took there respective stances.
2nd Master: " FIGHT!"
Kung Lao immediately rushes in with with chops instead of punches trying to strike the nerves of Liu Kang's upper body but Liu Kang notices that Kung Lao wasn't fight like himself but more arrogant as if he were in a pure RAGE frenzy which would explain why he was able to block all of the attack so effortlessly.
Liu Kang: " Kung Lao . . . .what . . is . . .wrong with you!" He asked while blocking the on coming attacks until he finally decided to start attacking back.
Kung Lao then threw a strong right fist at Liu's face which he gradually caught & decided to finally send one of his own back at him. But once he did however Kung Lao not only intercepted it but at he same time stuck Liu Kang in the chest fiercely after quickly dismissing the punch that was meant for his face. Liu Kang staggered back a bit in surprise at the reversal that Kung Lao had used, He though nothing of it & rushed to throw a high kick to Kung Lao's face in which Kung Lao once again stuck the leg down with one hand & at the same time launched another at his side bone on his waist & struck it hard enough to shatter a rock.
Liu Kang: " Ahhh!" He shouted for a moment & began to hold his waist with one hand & defend with another.
Kung Lao: " Come Liu Kang, Tell me this isn't all that the champion of Mortal Kombat & the White Lotus is capable of!" He said but with a different tone in his voice, A darker more void sound to it & most importantly his eyes, They started to glow bright yellow as Kung Lao only got angrier & angrier with each passing minute.
The Master take notice and stand up looking on as do the rest of the students in attendance as Kung Lao then rushes to lash out on Liu Kang with a barrage of attacks in which every time Liu Kang tried to strike back Kung Lao would just intercept & attack again & again & yet again.
Liu Kang: (This isn't good, He keeps attacking over & over, . . .everytime I try to block the best I can he just intercepts through my defenses & finds a new point to strike . . .) Liu says to hims self while panting breath after breath trying to catch as much as he can.
Kung Lao then goes into a strict Wing Chun stances & as if he just revealed his weakness Liu Kang's eyes shoot wided open realizing why he had been getting picked apart rather easily.
Liu Kang: " That stance! . . .it's the Wing Chun, But Kung Lao never uses that stance unless he is ready to go into a serious fight to the death if any . . .not only that but the particular style of Wing Chun he is useing, Can it be?) He says to himself.
The Masters then realize it as well.
3rd Master: " Brother he is . . ."
2nd Master: " Yes we see, The style of multiple strikes, But we cannot interfere . . . only Liu Kang can defeat this newly formed RAGED Kung Lao we see now"
1st Master: " LIU KANG!, FINISH HIM IMMEDIATLY BEFORE HE DOSE YOU!" The eldest of the masters shouted as Liu Kang just got hit with a reality check on what his masters just advised of him to do, . . .Kill . . . .Kung Lao?
Liu Kang: " Kill Kung Lao? He was surprised cause as monks you were though that killing was not the answer . . . .No . . .there must be another way" He says quietly.
Kung Lao: " What's the matter Liu Kang, Afraid to kill me! AAARRRHHHHH!" He rushes towards Liu Kang & now was the time of test for him.
Liu Kang: " All right, Now time to see if my theory is correct" And with that being said Kung Lao struck first with a double finger jab only to be blocked by Liu Kang but then quickly tries to intercept this block by having his free hand stirike at the already defending hand until Kung Lao's fist was met by another block in the form of Liu Kang's other hand suddenly bursting into flames.
Kung Lao: " You . . you blocked!" The Raged possessed Kung Lao shouted & Liu Kang then corrected him.
Liu Kang: " No, . . . .More so . . .Parried . . . .Your attack!" Then Liu Kang twisted his whole body & while flowing with the momentum of the twist puts power into his fore arms and slams them into Kung Lao's ribs knocking hims about 10 ft away to the ground but Kung Lao regains his balance rather quickly & stares rather evilishly as if demanding an anwser to how Liu did this or more so figured out the techunique he was using.
Liu Kang: " It was just as I suspected . . .the reason to why you were countering me so easily was because you were using Wing Chun, A style Kung Lao uses only when he must in order to perminatly defeat his opponents or worse . . .more so you were also using the Multiple Strike feature of Wing Chun called " The Laap Sau ", The style in which you counter the attack & rapidly reply with a stronger strike of your own, Clever but not good enough for me!"
The Masters then gave a smile of relife on there faces as Liu finally found out what his error was in the battle & now . . . .how to correct it.
Kung Lao now had the yellow aura surrounding him more so than before, Surging through him like a haunting spirit controling him & he suddenly lashed out in anger.
Kung Lao: " THIS IS THE END FOR YOU LIU KANG, AFTER I DEFEAT YOU I WILL MAKE SURE THE MASTERS ALSO NEVER DRAW BREATH AGAIN, AAHHHH!"
He charges at Liu Kang & Strikes with a riseing knee but is counter with an elbow to the center of his chest, He yells in rage & comes back with a spinning elbow to the waist but is countered again this time with Liu Kang grabing his elbow & extending his arm to get a better grip & starts kicking him repeatidly in the face with the last one sending him 5ft away due to it being a roundhouse kick.
Once he gets back up he can no longer keep his balance as he starts to stagger fowards in which Liu Kang saw as an opening.
Liu Kang: " The RAGE has taken you to deep within it's void of possible no return, I must use all that I have in this last resort attack, . . . ." He then pauses knowing that the attack that he is going to use might fataly kill his best friend but in order to free him of the RAGE he must do so.
Liu Kang: " Remember that should you die from this attack Kung Lao, . . . .it was not . . .what I intended friend . . . ." He closed his eyes ever so gently still maintaining his stance.
Kung Lao with what balance he had left still infected with RAGE looks at Liu Kangs moment of what seemed silence as a taut as if his own lose was inevitable making Kung Lao even angrier then before until his whole body then exploded with RAGE swarming out of his eyes, mouth & his whole body. Now engulfed with RAGE Kung Lao runs towards his rival.
Kung Lao: " DON'T YOU DARE TAUNT ME LIU KANG, THIS ENDS HERE!" He screamed as he kept up his speed & even picking it up at some points. However almost momnets before Kung Lao coming in range Liu was meditating in his head.
Liu Kang: " (Just a little bit further . . . .almost there) He said concentrating while sweat beads washed down his head band onto his face.
Kung Lao: " AARRRUHH!"
Liu Kang: " (Almost . . .)"
Kung Lao: " IT ENDS!" And once Kung Lao was in striking distance . . .
Liu Kang: " NOW!" As soon as he shouted this he then preformed his Cart Wheel move in which it caught Kung Lao right in the back of the head with two hard strikes which caused Kung Lao to lunge his head down for a while as Liu Kang crouched underneath Kung Lao's face & said . .
Liu Kang: " For give me, Friend" And with those words said Liu Kang puts all he has into one mighty uppercut in which strikes perfectly on point with Kung Lao's chin, As Kung Lao lunges into the air from the attack he screams in pain but also because the RAGE has seemed like it shot out from his body shooting into the sky like a bullet made of yellow light, More so like an exorcisium when a spirti is forcefully shot out of a beings body.
As the RAGE left his body Kung Lao crash landed on the pavement with a thunderous crack undreneath him as he landed & created a dent on the ground due to the impact of his landing.
Liu Kang: " KUNG LAO!" He yells rushing to his friends add making sure he didn't kill him, As he kneeled down next to him he checked his pulse & it was a miracle . . . he survived.
Liu Kang: " Hm . . .I'm glad, That is just like Kung Lao not to go down that easily from my Butterfly Flip techunique"
1st Master: " LIU KANG WINS!, You retain yet again the title of as the " Supreme Champion Of Mortal Kombat!"
Then as soon as the eldest master said those words the rest of the class mates then procceded to give him an outstanding ovation with nothing but claps & cheers.
Liu Kang: " Well it could have been worse I suppose"
Well thats the end for 1/4 of Liu Kang's chapter in this fic, Next however will be coming soon so stay tuned & until then have a Happy New Years guys cause I know I will.
Okay look I'm not that good at closing out chaps & stuff so hope this works for now.