You made your decision and knew this is the best choice for the Shirai Ryu and yourself. The time you spent with Hanzo was fulfilling you would never regret being with him. When you both returned to the compound, you had prepared a letter. He was going about his day training the students so you hid the letter under his pillow and left in broad daylight when it got quiet at the infirmary where you had spend most of your days. That was your good bye. You could not impose on him a life which you must constantly be on the run from and placed the entire second generation of Shirai Ryu at risk.

You snuck out and disappeared into the forest, from there the pursuers, if any, would lose sight of you. You need a quiet spot to hide because you were sure Hanzo would try to look for you come nightfall and there was only place where you can be not found. You returned to the eerie fountain forest where you buried Bi-Han, the trip took hours so by now the full moon was completely out.

Your heart skipped a beat when out of the corner of your eye, you spotted that the burial spot was disturbed so you hurried to the location. The ground had been dug up and there was a very heavy stone coffin inside with the urn of Bi-Han's remains.

"This looks disturbing…and planned for?" You mumbled as you stared at the burial spot most likely meant for you and then turned your gaze at your 'to-be' executioner who appeared in your field of vision.

"Your strongest ability is also your greatest weakness," None other than Noob Saibot flatly answered.

"I would have preferred to simply disappear for years…This coffin suggests you mean to keep me there indefinitely," you pointed at it and looked at him with annoyance. that you would be stuck in some permanent state of death.

"We share an inescapable fate that forces us to walk alone even though we are stronger together," he replied. "The Lin Kuei may have moulded me into who I am, but it does not mean I did not remember what life I had even before that. I remember my father, mother and what they shared. The masters had us all believe that such emotions made us weak. When I became of age, no woman seemed…worthy."

He then looked you and stepped right into the boundaries of your personal bubble, "One day, you appeared before me: someone invulnerable, fiery, captivating. It was not a difficult decision."

You looked away for a moment somewhat moved by the conversation and tried to speak, "Hmmm…you should know that I—"

"I already know the answer," he shifted his footing a moment somewhat impatient.

You remained quiet because he had already mentioned you do not recall what transpired years ago and it already seemed embarrassing to admit that he originally reminded you of young Hanzo but you did also grew to like Bi-Hanfor what he was.

You turned to look at the stone coffin waiting for you, you thought about the void and you knew he was not lying about where your soul really went when your physical body is destroyed. After all, he pointed out to you on day one that your soul simply floats around your body and so you were never fully human.

Your curiosity got the better of you as you finally decided, "Help me get to the other side."

"Should I say thank you? You returned to me this time willingly," he asked but heard no response from you as you were not in the best of moods.

He reached out to ask for your hand without words. You extended your hand to join his. While you cannot see his face, his eyes gave away that he was pleased. He guided you to the coffin and made an effort to lull you into a sleep so that the process would be painless for you. In the moments after, you were unsure what happened to you specifically, other than it was the end your mortal life.

…..

THE VOID

"Am I alive?" You shot up suddenly, eyes wide, when you seemed to have regained your consciousness. Previously, You did not have a clear view of the scenery but now everything is visually crisp: the dusky orange skies, the pale yellow hills, the dull grey trees and lack of life all around. Even with the lakes and rivers you see, everything still looked lifeless.

Noob Saibot appeared beside you abruptly and held your shoulders to inspect you. You returned a rather bland look at him. He then backed off and appeared disappointed but that was likely due to the fact that he had hoped you would somehow magically remember everything he claimed you forgotten.

"Do not tell me that we are the only two beings that survive here?" You broke the silence as nothing around indicated there were other lifeforms here.

"We are the most whole…The void rapidly deteriorate other souls and reduce them to a sliver of their former selves. Nether the less, we made this home," he concluded and motioned you to follow him. He guided you through a walkway and you were soon brought to a cabin like structure over a lake.

Inside, there were clearly a lack of rooms that would define a house. There was no kitchen for example so you figured neither of you needed to eat. There seemed to be a library or trophy room where you recognized a few things; they were a few artifacts he gave you years ago. You quickly walked up to one and held in your hands…yes you remember this one, it was one of the first ones he gave you. You recalled you had to leave them behind when you first abandoned the Tengu. You were amused that bring objects between earthrealm to here is doable.

You did not want to be rude to him but you had spent some time coming to terms of his demise and moving on to another, your feelings to him were almost platonic at this point. The silence between the both of you was bothersome, so you broke the ice, "Hmmm…What duties do the Elder God's enlist you in?"

"I am sent out periodically in the name of the elder gods. I able to leave if invited to another realm or by an order but you can only leave if permitted. In your form here, you achieved immortality, the kind that not even gods such as Raiden have. The elder gods therefore cannot have you leave," Bi-Han answered as he folded his arms.

"It would seem after all we had been through, we have returned to serving a master," you commented.

"My allegiance is to you and I. Sooner or later we will become the masters."

"Hmmm? I see you still think like a wraith…How are you not discovered and punished?"

"The void is where the gods cannot extend their reach by normal conventions and become aware of its events. It is the best place to plan our course where time no longer is a restraint."

You rolled your eyes as you didn't come here to be his accomplice and were annoyed the Elder gods let him run amok. "That cannot be all that we do here in the void."

"You seem to occupy yourself as a wandering soul."

"Are you serious? A mind can go crazy if it has nothing to do for 72 hours," You sarcastically pointed out, unamused and then set down the artifact to its original spot. You are starting to regret your decision coming here.

He scoffed and pressed his shoulders forward, "There were things you did here! I even retrieved items as your requested to support your doings."

You laughed reactively as this entire conversation sounded pathetic. Though once you locked eyes, you stopped and returned to your rather unaffectionate look. In your mind, you were thinking about what you can get Noob Saibot to pass back to Earthrealm…maybe something to give to Hanzo…You shook your head to yourself as you have to let that past life go.

"Must you look at me so coldly?" The wraith interrupted your thoughts. "Have you considered that I have suffered? For years when I had you here with me again in brief moments, you forget about the years we had and your hostility towards returned each time."

"It is not that I do not care for you Bi-Han," you said trying to justify yourself.

"Each time I see you again, your emotions strengthen for another. You do not need to say it for me to know who comes to your mind first!" he shook his fist and then walked away.

You sighed and realized you are horrible at reunions. For the next few days, you were mostly alone in the area, luckily, there was a library so you read to deal with the boredom. When Noob Saibot returned, you mostly exchanged small talk with him and then he wandered off. Today, you decided to scout further.

To your surprise, there really was some kind of civilization here: ghost towns. The souls there had no true form and as you tried to communicate with them they had no recollection of anything. They really were soulless beings so you observed them. They seem to gather into a horde every now and then at no set intervals which made you uneasy. Then the horde began aimlessly stumbling forward and they were headed your way. So you panicked and ran to get away from that. By the elder gods, you would go crazy if you were stuck here alone with these lifeforms, no wonder why Bi Han was miserable!

You left by crossing a bridge which had a man made gate on the other side. Your heart weighed heavy as it reminded you of the Shirai Ryu Massacre and the gate pretty much looked like a replica. You were about to leave when you noticed an odd pile of rocks that stood out.

You dug through the rubble and found a book, how odd there were books at your 'home' so you were not sure why this one was hidden. You opened up the pages, the first entry seemed empty but there was a large leave tucked into the page but there were scratches and scribbles of words on it. When you read it, it referred to drowning and being scared of death. You instantly understood this was written during the first time you had ever experienced death as a teenager.

You couldn't believe your eyes. The next several entries were similarly written on large leaves. It is possible that Noob Saibot or some other being forged this book, so you continued to read them to learn of its truth. These were written at the odd intervals which lined up every time you were dead for a interval to your knowledge . There was no mistaking it, you knew you would lose your memory whenever you were alive again. There was no way Noob Saibot would know these details of you. Past the series of entries written in leaves were finally entries written on the pages themselves.

It would take some time for you to read through all of this but at the initial skim, there was content all the way through your years with Noob Saibot. You can't say you remembered any of it but the feelings conveyed in the entries felt familiar.

Then it occurred to you…that house in the void really is your home. You must have lived there way before Bi Han did. He claimed you had begged for his restoration. That would have meant he wounded up in one of the ghost towns you were just at during the Mortal Kombat Invasion.

You returned to the 'house' of yours and spotted Noob Saibot mediating and without the mask. You had a good look at him. Well, it was his face but there was obvious decay on his skin and jawline. It would explain why he did not unmask himself earlier while you were here in the void. He stopped as he sensed your presence.

"You've arrived, there is something you must see," he said somewhat eagerly and guided you to the rooftop where you both ended up sitting on side by side. He had laid out some rice wine and porcelain cups for the two of you ahead of time.

He proceeded to fill the wine cups and handed you one. He downed his in one gulp as usual and then began to look up. There was an aurora effect happening and the stars glistened on the skies.

"We were foolish to not turn the void into a tourist trap," You said in awe as you started to sip on the wine while looking up at the sights.

He leaned his chin into the crook of your neck, his hand on the other side of your waist. "Do you realize how many conversations you repeat with me when we meet again?"

"I assume I was not moving fast this way," You responded and tilted your head another direction to evade his affection. You had something else more pressing to focus on; so you presented your journal in front of him which was proof you were with him those years.

"[Y/n]….that is the first thing you look for whenever you return," he informed you.

You raised an eyebrow and realized if what he says is true then he re-hid it to prove you have memory of the void. You concluded with, "Well then…do not be too excited, wraith. I have not read through the entirety of it but I know well enough that you did much for me. It is more than what I deserve. I will 'try' to reciprocate to you."

…..

MONTHS LATER

By now, you had long finished reading your journal entries but you were still in shock of the truth that the elder gods had tasked you as the guardian of the void. As guardian, you had brought some sort of order to the lost souls who also resided here. So you continued with that duty. The days went by rather peacefully for you, since you technically had fewer responsibilities that distracted your mind. At the same time, the extra time you had only made you more attentive to Noob Saibot.

The 'you' who wrote the entries was one who whole heartedly loved the Shadow wraith for all his deficiencies. He was relentless in pursuing you when you were younger, but he is even worse here; constantly bringing souvenirs for you when he returned, constantly scheming ploys to get your attention, constantly testing your feelings for him and constantly challenging what remaining desire you had for Hanzo. At this rate, you would give in…It was not intentional you would prioritize Noob Saibot in your thoughts but he had pushed you that direction.

You were lying down on the grass on the mountain side and took a deep breath to look at the orange skylines. There was no denial you held affection towards him. You sat up and then heard a sinister laugh. You knew who it was. With a laugh like that, could he really be the elder god's champion?

You were suddenly caught off guard when he ran to you and swooped you up. Your eyes were wide in shock trying to digest the situation. Behind you, you spotted a horde of the lost souls wandering towards you. You were herding them as of late, there was no feasible way they could have wandered like so. Could this be another of his ploys?

He warped you above to a confined cave which had a water pool and a miniature waterfall and the horde was visible below. You held your hand in a fist and slammed into his chest, prompting him to set you down as you screamed, "What did you do?!"

Bi-Han first covered your mouth with his hand and then with his other arm, pulled you until you were pressed against his chest.

"You do not want them to find us," he whispered. You pushed him just enough to separate your bodies from contact and pushed his hand aside.

"What did you do?!" You angrily whispered at him, although you knew the answer.

"I was busy," he said in his usual dismissive tone. "Either way, now we are stuck here, we can wait it out in each other's company if you prefer."

As you backed up you bumped right into Saibot, a juxtaposed shadow replica of him, and it had began to chuckle. You were angry that it was another one of his tests; one shockwave of yours would send him flying off the mountain. It wouldn't hurt him much, only his pride. You knew this….and yet…

Bi-Hand walked into your personal space again and now you were sandwiched. Your face had conflicted expressions of frustrations and flushed with heat as you had been struggling to ignore your feelings for him. You placed your hands on his shoulders and shoved him into the wall in the cave. You took a deep breathe as you walked up to him. There was no better time to do what was unavoidable for you in this realm. So you leaned in to kiss the under line of his jaw where his mask did not cover and had exposed some skin.

"Is that a yes or a no?" he cockily asked you.

You ignored him and leaned back as Saibot rushed over but you pulled the shadow to you so you kiss its neck. Bi-Han immediately ripped off his mask with haste and pulled you to him as he crushed lips together with you the nanosecond his mask came off. Hands viciously fighting each other for dominance.

When Bi-Han broke the kiss, you began to peel off your own attire set rather hurriedly and cast them aside while he was rather conservative, only taken down parts of his armor set such as his sash and his tabard. You figured it was because he was aware he was not what he used to be and was not ready for you to see him completely yet. You placed your hand on his shoulder and push down, prompting him to lie down on the floor. The wraith reached for your hand to encourage you to hover over him, your elbows placed on both sides beside his head. With his arm on your waist, he guided your pelvis to be flushed against and his other hand reached for your neck to pull you in for another kiss.

Then he guided your hand in his so it was flushed against his pelvis so that you would the solid arousal through the fabric. You broke the kiss to have a curious look at your hand that held the heavy sacs and your hand rolled them around to familiarize yourself with the feeling. He placed his other hand on your neck and pulled you in so that your lips may meet again. Your hand reached along the hardening length and you gently stroke it through the fabric.

You soon became impatient and then moved to be kneeling between his legs and urged his undo his pants which he was compliant. Your eyes were focused right at your Champion's erect manhood as your hand wrapped around it. You leaned down to give the swollen member a lick from the base to the head and backed your head up shyly, noticing the way it seemed to bounce back and forth as you were to adapt to recognizing this is Bi-Han's skin even though he a completely different shade than what he used to be.

You looked over the corner and saw that the shade was still there, it had loosened its sashed and pulled out its length, stroking it with his own hand. It seemed content with watching from a distance.

Your fingers wrap around the bottom and you lightly pumped him while you sucked from the front to mid length. His hand rested on your head as if to feel your head bob while he was throbbed against your tongue. He moaned and threw his head back for a moment. Though you were sure his eyes returned back to look at you reward his cock.

Unknown to you at first, his shade had appeared behind you and kneeled down, shifting your thighs so your legs would allow it to rest between. You backed up slightly and slipped Bi-Han out of your mouth in your confusion with a rather surprised look on your face. You did not have a chance to speak a word before shade placed its hand on your back and pushed you downwards. Then it inched its hardened shaft into you a little bit deeper every second only allowing that brief moment of time for you adjust to its immense size until it was completely submerged in your slit.

You froze for a moment and moaned at this intrusion, clumsily holding Bi Han's shaft in your hand as you breathed heavily against it. He placed his hand on his own tip and pressed it to your lips again encouraging you allow it back into your throat. At the same time, the shade gripped your hips and began to ram itself into you, causing you to lose that control you previously had with your mouth.

You found it hard to coordinate this double effort, making sure you did not accidentally bite him and also not choke yourself at the same time. Bi-Han was not unaware of your difficulties so he and the shadow rolled you to the side. You propped yourself on one of your elbows just before the shadow lifted your leg and slammed its rod back in deeper than before and became increasingly relentless on you. Bi-Han brushed your hair and then moved down to cup your breast that had been jiggling from the pounding you were receiving. You looked up slightly at him and he whispered that you will get used to this again soon enough as he held his length on his hand and tapped it head on your forehead.

The shade, Saibot, placed of its hands in front of your pelvis, sliding down to your clitoral regions and quickly found the spot it was looking for. You moaned aloud again and then used your free hand to grip and twist along Bi-Han's shaft so you can continue delivering him pleasure even if you find yourself distracted and only had enough focus to suck on the mid length with your lips.

You then felt the shadow tremble and shake against and figured it was emptying its fluids into you. Your arm that had you propped up shook and you looked down your legs to spot a sticky mix of black and clear liquid along your thighs. You knew the clear stuff was you but the black coloured fluids disturbed you visually just the slightest. Noob Saibot recognized you had applied a lot of weight against your one arm so he flipped you to lie down on your back. In this position, now you cannot easily move your head to deliver pleasure to Bi-Han. He quickly dealt with your concern as he hovered above you and he pushed his rod into your throat and began to thrust in your mouth while holding on your waist and staring right between your legs. He whispered a few things to you, asking you to suck on the tip whenever he had pulled himself slightly out of your mouth and then he would plunge his length back into your throat.

You were not familiar with the way the shadow version of Noob Saibot operated but it seemed it did not need much of a pause for it to build it's presence inside you back up for a second round while using it's own goo inside you as lubricant. It wrapped its arms around your thighs and lifted your rear so that it would rest its thighs slightly under. You had always felt Saibot was a separate entity, though the feelings of being pounded into by something that had the shape of Bi-Han made you less judgemental on Saibot. Moments after Noob abruptly stood up and grabbed your waist with his hand, lifting you upward in the process and away from Saibot. Noob's hand slid down against your rear and he pressed his chest flush against yours. With his other hand, its fingers massaged your opening as it was still flowing from your juices mixed in with Saibot's. You moaned as gravity caused the liquids trailing to trail and ooze down your leg.

Bi-Han's two fingers then pushed in as far as it can reach and he made waves of rough beckoning motions against your most sensitive of areas. Your eyes dart to the back of your head as you gasped, feeling limp against him, so you placed your hands behind his neck to support yourself. You registered that shade stood behind you; its hands grazing along your shoulders, then lowering to your breasts and continued lowering until it wrapped both hands around your thighs and he had lifted you up with your back against its chest.

Bi-Han licked the side of your face and then slid his tongue into your mouth, mingling aggressively against your tongue. His fingers then slipped out for a second leaving you with an empty feeling but it was quickly replaced but a much larger, thicker item as he slid his length into you. You backed out of the kiss of to gasp as he pushed himself to the hilt and he would always push beyond that. He then wrapped his hands around your waist as plummeted into with increasing speed.

Your eyes became half lidded, your head leaned back against Saibot's neck as you moaned quietly, your back pressed into the solid chest of the shade's, your chest rubbed tightly against Noob as they had you cocooned. It was as if he was a spider that caught you eventually in his web. Now you were being feasted upon and all you focus on is the feeling of that shaft ramming into the ends of your walls. Eventually, you raised your voice and shook your feet as you felt a wave go through your body and you oozed into Bi-Han's length.

Your focus snapped back several moments later when you heard Bi-Han groaned loudly once…and then a few more times in rapid succession as he quickly pulled out and held his bursting rod in his hand as he aimed white liquids into your chest with some of his liquids hitting near your eyes and neck. The shadow then set you down on your knees and Bi-Han encouraged you to turn around to face his shadow form who was rapidly pumping itself and then shot his liquids over your face. The last you saw was a messy mix of white and black liquids everywhere on you.

You had to keep your eyes closed as the thick fluid had drooped into your eyelids. One of them, who you assume was Bi-Han, picked you up and dipped you back into the pool of the cave, settling your feet into the ground. The water was waist high for you where you were standing. You heard his hand dip into the water and then felt him wiped your eyes. Your body began to tremble as the cold water trickled down against your body.

"You should thank me," he whispered to you as you slowly opened your eyes to him washing and massaging your skin with his hands.

You burrowed yours brows as you felt he probably should have been thanking you for accepting him back into your heart. Even after all those years, it was a rare situation when either of you were courteous to each other. You laughed lightly at his stubbornness and when he was finished, you turned around to reach out for the closest piece of article by the edge of the lake. It was his tabard and you wore it as though it was your own.

"Thank you for herding back those souls later today," You concluded with a smile to him.

THE END

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A/N: in deception, Scorpion became the elder gods' champion after he was ripped apart by a soulnado, since I do not believe that is going to happen in the second MK timeline, let's just wish NRS will resurrect Noobie this way.

In MK9 Noob Saibot damage concepts reveal he has a face though I recall seeing bones and damaged skin in game. His nose seemed complete but he should technically have a jaw with broken skin.