Hi Guys welcome to the next chapter in this story. So after The last cliffhanger we saw Kenshi about to face off against the Muramasa. Who we be victorious, let's read.

Takeda just sat there petrified. This woman took out at least ten highly trained military men all on her own. Whoever the Muramasa was, she wasn't to be taken lightly. To make matters worse she was now after him and his father.

"Takeda stay with the horse." Kenshi said as he got off it.

"But..." Takeda stuttered.

"Just do it." Takeda couldn't say no to that. All he could do was watch as Kenshi and The Muramasa faced off. "What do you want?"

"Oh a lot of things. A new car, some expensive jewellery. Oh and Johnny Cages head. Since that has not happened, I guess I have to kill another person." The Muramasa said.

"I won't let you get away with this." Kenshi replied as he drew sento. "I will stop you here and now. Your outworld Magic may stop my mind. However my body is ready to go." The Muramasa then drew her own sword.

"You wanna know how I got my name? Cause of stuff like this." The Muramasa charged as she clashed with Kenshi. Takeda watched as they hit each other blow for blow. It would have been fun to watch. If it wasn't his father fighting. "Your good."

"Likewise. You would be an excellent training partner if you weren't trying to destroy our world." The two of them hit each other's swords a few more times. "What a waste of talent."

"I was planning on killing you both quick, but after that comment I think I will make your son suffer a bit." That last comment made Kenshi snap. He swung Sento with as much force as he could muster. The Muramasa was caught off guard by this, and was disarmed. Kenshi then put his sword in front of the woman's throat.

"Surrender you have been beaten." The Muramasa could only laugh.

"Not yet." Kenshi was distracted, he let his guard down wondering what she had in mind. Before he could react he felt a ginormous pain in his right knee. The Muramasa had shot him. Kenshi fell to the ground as the female assassin got up and shot him in the shoulder.

"Dad!" Takeda shouted as he ran towards the pair. However the Muramasa had knocked him down in just one punch.

"That was a dirty trick." Kenshi struggled to say.

"In my line of work being honourable just gets you killed. You get that now, don't you?" The Muramasa replied.

"Just tell me who you are and why you want to kill Johnny?"

"Oh yeah cause I'm gonna tell you that." At that moment Takeda got up. "Get real." The Muramasa then drew her gun. Takeda ran to his father who just looked at him knowing his fate.

"I love you my son." Kenshi telepathically told Takeda as the Muramasa fired. Takeda could only watch as his fathers brains were scattered on the floor. His body becoming lifeless. Takeda stopped running and fell to his knees, he didn't really think there was any reason to keep going. Tears strolled down his eyes. He looked up to see the Muramasa standing there.

"W... W... Why?." Takeda whispered.

"You know this could have all been avoided if you lot had given me Cage. So since I need someone to pass the message on I'm letting you live." The Muramasa said. This shocked Takeda as the Muramasa used a portal device and left. The Rain started to pour as Takeda got up and tried to lift his dad. However he wasn't strong enough.

As he was trying this a familiar face was appearing in the road. Takeda waved to the man. The Lin Kuei grandmaster.

"Takeda, what happened?" Subzero shouted as he ran towards the boy. Takeda couldn't speak however. Tears were the only things that he could muster. "Here lets get him on the horse." They both helped lift the blind swordsmen body on the horse.

Takeda then said one word that sent shivers down Subzero's spine. "Muramasa".

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Johnny was exhausted. Nightwolfs training was slowly destroying his body. The meditation bit was fine though a little boring. However the physical side was putting a strain on his body. He knew it would going in but not to this level. Just as he was about to catch a breath his body lit up in green.

"Woah." Johnny said.

"You seemed to be able to draw that power. We are about fifty percent through your training." Nightwolf replied.

"Only fifty?"

"Yes you need to learn to control the energy or the effects could be catastrophic." This caught Johnny's attention.

"Like what?"

"The power could overwhelm you and cause you to explode." This definitely caught Johnny's attention.

"Ok, bad idea" Nightwolf wasn't in the talkative kind of mood but Johnny needed to know something. "So why did you not help us?"

"Excuse me?"

"At the tournament, against Shinnok. If you had this power why not help?" Nightwolf knew he had to tell the truth.

"I told you that using too much energy can be catastrophic. Well one time I was sent on a secret mission from the spirits too defeat an edenian Demi God by the name of Rain. When we fought I was struggling, he was way too powerful. I used up a lot of the energy, too much in fact. When it was completed and I returned home, something was wrong. I was unable to call the energy in large bursts. I went to the spirits and they said that if I called upon too much energy at one time I would die".

Hearing this made Johnny think. How deadly this power was to his opponents. Yet at the same time it could be deadly to himself.

"Enough about our past lives." Said Nightwolf "Let us look forward to the future. Let us continue with your training."

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Hanzo was now officially worried. He sent them a while ago and Takeda and Kenshi were nowhere to be found. He wondered if he should send search party for them but decided against it. It was a horrible feeling. Powerlessness. Something that didn't happen when he worked for Quan Chi. No when he was controlled by Quan Chi. Sometimes he wondered why even fight. Without Raiden there was no way they could win. Even if by some miracle Johnny and Future Cassie teamed up again. While he was walking along a couple a Lin Kuei soldiers ran past him looking delighted.

"The Grandmaster is back."

"Hanzo desperate to see his friend teleported to the Shiri Ryu courtyard where instead of being overjoyed he was in despair. With Subzero and Takeda was the body of Kenshi. Hanzo had tears in his eyes. As soon as he saw him, Takeda ran and hugged Hanzo.

"I'm sorry Grandmaster it's my fault." Takeda whispered.

"This is not your fault Takeda. Whoever did this is the one to blame." Hanzo said as he turned to Subzero. Kenshi was his friend he did not deserve this fate. Despair turned in to pure hatred. Hanzo turned to Subzero "Who did this. Kitana?"

"This was from our new friend. Kitana is actually innocent". Subzero replied.

"What do you mean? Your soldiers told me that she blew up the temple."

"That was actually someone else." An all to familiar voice to subzero said. At this point all of the Lin Kuei guards scrambled to their weapons.

"Lay down your weapons." Subzero shouted as his guards reluctantly complied. "Thank you for joining us Kitana. Since I don't want my clan to kill you, can you tell us who actually blew up my temple?"

"Of course. The person that you saw was a genetically modified clone of me mixed with tarkatans blood."

"Tarkatans?" A Shiri Ryu guard asked.

"Baraka's race." Kitana replied. "Anyway she was made by my father who he called Mileena. He always wanted an heir he could control, he just needed the excuse to make one."

"So this Mileena is working with the Muramasa?" Hanzo asked.

"Yes she told me when I fought her." Subzero added.

"Then the Muramasa is just another one of the emperors pawns." This fact calmed Hanzo down, until Kitana spoke.

"Believe what you will but she is a ghost. Not even my top spies have been able to see her, let alone find out who she is." Kitana said. This women started to make Hanzo question what was possible. How can such a women get away with constantly going between realms and killing so many of them.

"We can stop her!" Subzero triumphantly said.

"No you can't." Takeda whispered as the others looked at him. "I have seen what she can do. She says that killing Johnny Cage will be the end. None of you have realised however that if she is indeed working for the emperor, then it will not end with one mans death.

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Liu Kang was back at the Shaolin. It had always been his home, but over the past five years he was there less and less every time. He knew he needed to at least find Johnny, but where? He could be halfway around the world and no one would know. Of course if Raiden was around that would be easy.

Liu Kang decided he had to stop thinking about that. Losing sleep over Raiden was not going to help anyone. Especially with a mad women on the loose. Before he could change the subject an arrow blasted about three inches from his face.

"Damn it Jin." Liu Knag shouted. "You are gonna..."

"Kill someone with that. Yes me and FC have already had this conversation before." Kung Jin replied. "So you back to train?" Liu, knew that he wanted a change of thought.

"Yes I have been away too long. We all need to prepare for the battle that is about to begin."

"Hey do you want to spar?" Liu was somewhat surprised by this statement. "You know as training."

"That would be great Kung Jin."

"Awesome meet me at the training grounds in five minutes." Kung Jin ran off before Liu Kang could get another word in.

"You know your the only family he has." A voice called out. Liu Kang looked round to see Future Cassie standing there. He was about to speak up but was interrupted. "Yes I know your not blood related. But everyone knows that you and Kung Lao were like brothers so your like his family." This made Liu Knag feel sadness. As he remembered his best friends death by the hands of Ermac.

"He shouldn't think that."

"Why not?"

"Be honest what are the chances that we will survive this?" The question made future Cassie think. What were the chances they would actually survive the invasion?

"I don't know." Liu Kang walked away as she thought about all the possibilities of losing.

"That means it's not good."

I have to admit this was a hard one to write. Kenshi was one of my favourite characters. And to see him gone is heartbreaking, but his time was up. This is also the first MAJOR character death. And trust me he won't be the only one. So if you enjoyed please do all the normal stuff. Review, follow etc.

Have a great day. From SSXIX