It was a dirty tactic, they all knew that without having to be professional ass-kickers, but it certainly worked in Hitomi's favor. Pressing into her enemy with everything she had, the Shirai Ryu knew even as she identified her foe's lip balm of choice to be cherry-flavored that her father would have more than just a few things to scold her about when he got the chance, and yet... As into boys as her brother was, the kunoichi was genuinely astonished to find that the feeling of the other girl's lips on her own was not quite as repulsive as she anticipated; the almost smothering sensation of Cassie's larger bust being forced into her own chest was pleasant yet left her mind in a bit of a dither. Unconsciously Hitomi's body began to act on its own accord, the muscles in her athletic legs sliding higher and higher around so that her right thigh was grinding up against Cassie...
Because this is comfortable. Having succeeded in stealing a clean victory from Cage - but in doing so, Hasashi had made the outcome uncertain - it was over before any of the kombatants or spectators knew what was happening, which was a totally unfamiliar trend today. Any other time it might have concluded with both parents scolding their daughters with the promise of more to come later, but thankfully for them all there was a crowd and this meeting involved official business. Still though, both ladies were a bit groggy as they rejoined the others around Sonya's desk. One minute they were straddling the other, and the next thing either of them knew, Cassie was being lifted into the air and set aside the same way a lioness would pick her cub up by the scruff of the neck and carry it off. Not getting off that easily herself, Hitomi felt a firm grip on her shoulder, pulling her as far away from the others as she could get, and there the hand remained so that there would be no escape, nor any retaliation or attempted continuation. Hanzo, having seen more than enough of his daughter's curiosity to last him a lifetime, would not put it past the child to do something regrettable. Again.
Honestly he could have lived a long and satisfied life without seeing the cat-fight-turned-amateur-porn, but it seemed to work in that it shut Cage up, so for Kung Jin that was great on its own right. 'Bout time someone silenced the Sarge. Watching in mild disinterest from the sidelines as a scowling Scorpion had seen enough and wrenched the two quarreling squirrels apart, the archer glanced back to where Takeda had fallen back from the spotlight, noting that the other male seemed to be trying to hide something. It's a shame that there's really only one person in the room who could appreciate the girl-on-girl action, even as he mused mentally, the smug smirk was louder than a sudden thunder in silence, isn't that right, Takeda?
So very tempted to shout at Jin for the stunt he was pulling, the telepath was in no mood to draw unwanted attention to himself or his current situation, so he merely allowed the monk to go on, I wonder if your master is ticked because Mama Blade allowed those crazy-with-a-k kids work it out themselves, or because Hitomi is coming dangerously close to saying that she screwed everyone in the room that isn't family and who's actually into that whole hetro thing? Well, maybe hetro isn't the right word for it... Unapologetic for simply stating the truth, the Shaolin was positive of two things when he saw the blind man's son lock his jaw: Takahashi certainly wasn't complaining about the nearly-lesbian experience between his peer and commanding officer; and two, the mind-reader had not liked what he had to think about the matter. Then don't read my mind if you don't like the contents.
Crippled, aghast, and just glad that it didn't escalate between the pair before they went even further, Sonya was starting to regret letting that one slide for so long - out of everything she had ever seen in her life, Cassie kissing another girl was not something that should have been on that list. It almost made her miss the days when Kano was at large. Technically nothing would ever make her miss that horror-fest, but that wasn't the point she had been trying to make. "Sargent, compose yourself." She had almost been tempted to ask what Cass thought Johnny would say about the matter, but she knew Cage better than anyone should, so the General quickly thought better of it before opening her mouth.
Shocked beyond the point of concepts such as "broken" and "defeated", Jacqui could only gape at her sister and best friend in utter disbelief, wondering what in the hell was going through the other girl's mind at that moment - Briggs Knew Cage extremely intimately, and she knew when Cassie wasn't into it, and that girl didn't show any of her tattle-tale signs of revulsion. Like if she had been just randomly jumped by someone like Reptile, the blonde would have kicked him square in the boys and threw him off. If it had been someone that was at least attractive on paper, someone like Erron Black for example, Cass might have humored the initial contact, but if there was no spark, he'd be shoved back or at the very least would have a taste of her backhand. If in her battlesuit, the batons might have even come out to play, although that last one was a rare thing. But this? It wasn't as if the lip-lock lingered on well past the point of comfortability, but it wasn't like the Sargent had rejected the motion either. What would the Kahn think about this?!
Still in the dark about the Sargent's reasoning and having absolutely no clue what imaginary slight she had done the blonde to deserve this bout, the female Shirai Ryu almost threw Takeda's hand away once more when he approached at Scorpion's beckon, yet thought better of it when her father's disapproving eye fell over her. "Let me go get you cleaned up." Personally he would have rather not gotten involved at this point, lest a rather awkward conversation arise in their absence from the rest of the group, but no matter what his body was thinking of doing, he did not dare disobey a direct order from the Grandmaster. As if on cue Jacqui bristled at his offer (her jealousy was kinda cute, but he knew just by looking at the dark-skinned beauty that it could get serious in a very bad way), although he could sense the confusion in his girlfriend, that after went went down with Cassie there was real doubt about if she had to worry too much about the past. It wasn't exactly a blessing, but it was the best he could hope for. "Hitomi can fill me in on the details on the way, so you guys can carry on without us." Really he just needed to find a private stall.
"Not yet," Cassie shook her head at the half-demon before the other girl could escape from having to answer for her sins, no longer caring much if her mother found out just how serious things looked like they were getting with Ko'atal. Poor Takeda's plight was ignored by everyone but Jin, who elbowed Zyanyo so that he was in on it as well. "Me and her need to straighten some shit out first." Great, that was just fucking great. That was the general vibe in the room at those words, no extra powers of telepathy needed. At that point in time, Cassie could really not give two fucks what anyone else had to say. Well maybe her mom, but the General seemed fairly interested (in her own way) to see where this was going, so blondie jr. wasn't too worried about Sonya putting her foot down just yet, although after the display five seconds ago, it was anyone's guess. "You're like what, twelve," Cassie mocked Hitomi's boyish b-cupped body, "when did you have time to get over Techno," seriously, it was a good nickname for him, "and blow it with Kotal Kahn?!"
"Is that what this was about?" Cringing at the mental picture of seeing the Emperor in that light but almost finding it funny enough to laugh about, Hitomi looked between her father and half-brother to see which of them wanted to take this one, figuring that they could have explained the situation in better detail so that there would be no more confusion. As Evren's husband and father to two of her children, Hanzo Hasashi should have had few enough qualms about bearing that burden, but then again she could also see how that might get uncomfortably awkward. "Zy?"
Rolling his bright blue orbs in complete and true apathy (although inside the Lin Kuei was roaring with laughter that Techno would soon be facing a rather great debate once they were out of the room, if they were even allowed to leave), Zyanyo could really care less what his twin sister liked to eat in her free time, so long as she was happy and well cared for. Cut-off mid-story, all the vain cryomancer cared about at that junction was that no one had finished listening to his monologue. Juggling Haruka in his arms with equal skill and tenderness, the pout on his face only seemed to amuse the infant, who giggled joyously up at his older brother and tried to grab one of the many strands of silver and bead-work he donned. What, it's suddenly my fault that I happen to have a great voice? Screw them too! "Fine, so you don't have to soil your precious hands and get yourself out of... Oh."
"The problems you start?" She offered with a frown, putting one hand on her hip.
Zyanyo shrugged in her direction, taking a low-hanging sapphire-like gem from the baby's mouth, "Whatever Hitomi-hime says. Anyways, as I would have said if some people had let me finish instead of brainstorming ideas for their first porno," he ignored the parental shudders of the mother and father in the room, "You'd all know that for whatever reason our mother left Kotal long before he became the Kahn." Stilling thinking her insane for what she called love, the Lin Kuei clearly would never understand how the succubus could have ever walked away from the man that would one day become an emperor, "Mother said since day one that it was true love, that she belonged to this one," one, quite obviously being the polite substitute for all the foul terms in existence that he wanted to use on his real step-father, "so she never gave the Kahn a second chance. She never gave anyone a chance after meeting him, unless you count-"
Knowing exactly where he was going with that one, Hitomi cut him off before he could bring up something they had both accidentally witnessed their mother doing when they still lived in Outworld with the future Emperor, back when she had served the Kahnum before the Empress had been deposed and the politics became truly dangerous. "Don't."
Less than thrilled by her interruption, Zyanyo shot back, "Don't tell me don't. If I want to say something, I will say it." Leering at his sister with a practiced and often victorious eye, the cryomancer challenged her to say something else, his blue eyes promising without blinking that he would reveal every speck of dirt he had on her since birth if she so much as said one more word. Gathering from her matching cocoa stare that she understood the message, Hitomi backed down by demurely inclining the head. Now all that left was the loud blonde one to shut up, but already she seemed rather stuck on his meaning. Or maybe she's just slow. "In other words, your precious Ko'atal was once married to Scorpion's wife, centuries ago when they served together in Shao Kahn's army. Even hundreds of years after splitting, he agreed to help her raise her kids." Because that made complete and total sense.
Author's Notes:
To KynthiaOlympia, once again thank you very much for the review! Reviews really pump me up and make me work that much harder for my readers!
And for your viewing pleasure, nods to not only MK 2011, but to both one of Kano's intros and the first Zoolander as well. Hey, the second might still be forever away, but there are plans for it, so that totally makes my comment legit.