A/N: in the comics, Bo Rai Cho finds Kuai Liang after Hanzo beats the crap out of him. After healing, Kuai Liang delivers an unrealistic virus stored on a flash drive into the Lin Kuei base and frees pretty much only Cyrax and kills Sektor (That is literally why in the first Chapter Kremnine compares the cyborgs to bananas). Cyrax decides to blow himself up and then Kuai Liang owes master Bo Bo a drink. So yah that is my three sentence summary of 3 chapters of the comics.

NEAR KAHISHARI, JAPAN

While Kuai Liang was thankful that Master Bo Rai Cho had found him clinging to life, he would appreciate finally stopping for a moment as the two continued to walk away from the temple where he had lost to Hanzo Hasashi. Finally, the Outworld Master brought him to an abandoned clinic and he was laid down on a bed in the medic room. Left alone, the cyromancer felt it was odd that Bo Rai Cho sounded like he was going to help him and that there was a favour to be owed by the thunder god. Shortly after, he could not believe his eyes when the door slid open and in walked the woman he his heart had desired for years.

"We meet again," he spoke and noticed right away she did not look like she aged as much as he did.

Rae closed her eyes for a second, sighed and opened her eyes to gaze back at him. He definitely looked older, the top corners of his hair had started to recede and there was an unfamiliar scar on his face. "At least not as acquaintances."

"…Are we doomed to be separated? It seems the gods do their best to keep us apart," he sat up weakly and reached for her hand as she approached and held it then sat herself down to the chair that was beside the bed.

"I like to look at it as the demons may try to keep us apart but we have strength against those odds. First, let us get you patched up," she suggested. A thought processed in her mind which was registering how his voice did not really change but he certainly not than that youthful man she spend time travelling with…She heard about how cryomancers do live longer than humans and they are still in calendar years four years apart now they look a few more years than that apart….is that man gone?

They slowly talked more and more in depth with each other, at first, realizing how long they had separated. Soon they realized the time difference did not change their core personalities although Rae deep down became a bit more darker and him more traumatized. He was tormented, in his possessed state he remembered all his other victims and stabbing Kremnine brutally into a tree. Be it if she never were capable of healing, he would have killed her. And he had killed thousands during those years. Rae once called Bi Han a mass murderer but the killings of those in Kahishari is on Kuai Liang who now sets the tone as a mass murderer. Yet in the eyes of the woman who still yearned for him, she cannot fathom him in such light.

She had finished healing him for the most part, she can only heal that which is new, she tried healing that scar on his face a few times but it did not seem to work. She looked at his wrist and there was a cut she could not heal either.

"Blood magic," he murmured, "The cuts were acquired through the numerous years under possession."

She leaned to kiss him just under the eye right on the scar. "Hmm that is a shame although you do not look so bad with the scar."

"How is it that you age only a few years?" He asked. That is good question, something they never asked each other when they were younger, he as a cyromancer should age slower than a human and her being demon blooded had a similar impact. Although the study of their aging was not something they can both look up at a library and neither of them were experts.

"The Netherrealm's suspension pools may have an impact. The effects take time to fade...right now I may have delayed a little bit of aging but it is starting to head towards a normal pace for me…that could be assumptions made on my end only but it is also possible we do not grow old together at the same rate," she looked away.

Sub-Zero grabbed Kremnine's chin and had her face him, "I suppose the situation is every man's ideal dream. With all my wrong deeds, I do not deserve you. Even with the little good I have done, I had not been fair to you but I treasured my time with you."

"I care little for who deserves what. By the elder gods and all other gods, I will stay by you; we have been apart enough times for a lifetime."

The slightly older man was taken back the declaration and then nodded, "A lifetime too many."

She backed away slightly to change the subject and brought on a serious tone, "If I can focus your attention, I have other news. I found the Lin Kuei Base, underground and remote, near Shulianghu. There is only one entrance and a dock. Cyrax and Sektor enter and exit the facility through the main doors. The dock is not used for entry but weaponry and parts enter through there. I can take care of the dock and its supplier which is black dragon operated. The main entrance is yours."

"I would not have you focused on the docks by yourself; I will ask that Master Bo Rai Cho accompany you," Kuai Liang worriedly said.

"It can only be me; there is no reception in that area, the cyborgs have scramblers on every wavelength of communication available. I would not know how chaotic it will be on your side but should the base be destroyed, I will have no warnings on my end. I expect to be in the blasting vicinity. I can come back to life from that. Master Bo Rai Cho cannot….he can, however, help you man the main door as cyborgs move in and out as that door is your entry and exit."

"If…I lose you again….I…," he looked to the side, a sadness reflected in his eyes thinking of how he disconnected with her for years because of the Kamidogu. He slowly turned to looked straight back at her.

"You need to see this through, otherwise you would live in shadows to evade them," Rae barely gave a smile, this was strange to the cyromancer as he remembered she often made a small smile and perhaps the years did take away some of her happiness. "You did destroy their numbers during those years on the run; I have faith in us that we will not be separated by the Lin Kuei," she concluded with the same small smile on her face.

"You…You have my gratitude, now and always. I would be lost still had it not been for you," he gave a soft chuckle and leaned in with their foreheads to touch. He was glad to see that as that was the Kremnine he had always known.

….

WEEKS LATER IN PURA BRATIN, BALI

Rae woke up and noticed a package at her room at Bo Rai Cho's academy where herself and Sub-Zero had taken refuge. Within it, was somewhat of a formal wear with pastel floral patterns. A note in the package specified to meet at the garden pavilion a certain time. She figured it must be Kuai Liang.

She appeared at the garden which was completely empty. She spotted the pavilion which was placed in the centre of water feature along with a stone path allowing travel to the structure itself. The trees were in bloom, the scene was whimsical and surreal as if it could not possibly exist in this constantly struggling world. As she approached the destination, she can see the cryomancer right in front of the pavilion on the walkway although not in his armour but also in partial formal wear.

He turned to face her and flashed a soft smile. As she got in hearing distance, he said to her, "You are beautiful, always been, everyday, even in this world that in always in a state of flux."

"You plot this surprise?..." She piqued as her eyes wandered through her surroundings timidly as she figured he meant to relate the scenery to herself.

"Any day now, I have a hacker working on a piece of the solution to end the cyber Lin Kuei. Once it is in my hands, we set foot," he said with a serious face. "Before that happens, I need to set one thing right. We never quite had a proper ceremony that I promised."

Rae was taken back at his proposal and did what she always did, scratch her jaw before saying, "I left it as what it was when we were separated many years ago….and…we are without witnesses."

"The trees, the gods, the birds; they are our witnesses who we bow to," he reached for her hand which she allowed them to intertwine and she walked up to stand in front of him. He guided her on her knees and put himself in the same position. They first faced the pavilion and bowed and then they bowed to each other.

At the conclusion, Sub-Zero picked up and carried Kremnine bridal style out of the gardens. As they approached the academy, she nudged him to put her down. "I am going to punch you if you plan to walk all the way back to the quarters and embarrass me the entire path."

"You reveal your true colours as a spouse with haste; I suppose my days are outnumbered," he teased but as always was poised in his demeanour as he set her down. A smile appeared on his face as he was pleased that they began behaving around each other similar to what they originally had in their relationship.

As they neared his quarters first on the way, they walked past it which made her arch an eyebrow, the door was slightly parted open and she noted the room was empty and barren. Her curiosity got the better, "You planned this?"

"While we are guests here, I had asked for a different room that would accommodate two," he timidly admitted.

"Oh?" Rae blushed. It was odd to talk of the bedroom especially since it often implied a certain activity between two people. This was something they had not done since they reconnected. She assumed their relationship needed time…again with all things that went wrong between them beyond their control.

A few steps more he opens the door of a new room which was roughly the same size of his previous but had a larger bed. Kuai Liang pulled her inside so he may shut the door. The second the door closed, he brought his lips down to hers holding on her tightly. As they pulled apart, her eyes half lidded and a partial smile formed on her lips, she pushed him into the wall and rose on her toes and tugged his head down allowing her lips to connect to his. Then she continued to press forward slightly pressing lips together or backed up a touch to catch breath, she continued this a few times, hands brushing his neck until he began to chuckle. As she backed up for breathing space, she felt a hardness pressing against her stomach.

His hands rested along her lower back and promptly unzipped the attire she was in. She let the rest fall off her and remained in her garments. His hand grazed on her back and arms, satisfying his desire to touch soft skin. Her lips latched under his strong jawline and tugged at the zipper in the back of his top piece. He held on her shoulders and guided her to take a step back so that he may remove the article. As he tossed it to the floor, his arms wrapped around her and he pulled her against him again but reversed their positions pinning her to the wall.

He grabbed both her wrists with one hand and raised them above her head as he continued to connect lips and his hand dove to cup breast. Then he backed up slightly with a concerned wide eyed look not sure if he should have held her arms like that as if she was a prisoner but she started arching her body forward eager to be flush against him so he complied and pressed her into the wall grinding against her. When he released her hands, she used them to lightly squeeze his buttocks as he sucked against her neck.

His hands dove down to unzip his pants and pull out his arousal. His fingers dug into her underwear from the opening in the thigh and shifted the fabric aside until her lower regions were exposed. He slipped his fingers in to get her excited for what is upcoming.

As he beckoned his submerged fingers, she threw her head back squirming against the wall.

His other hand slipped into his mouth, moistening the digits. She was not blind to this and licked the third phalanges of the same digits that he did not slip into his mouth. As he withdrew the wet fingers, a small trail of saliva landed on her collar bone instead. He moved both wet hands to coated his member and then guided the tip into her entrance and pressed on in a hungered state, inching and retracting the slightest to not hurt her but to get himself urgently seated within after being separated from her for so long. As he did this, he stuck out his tongue and pushed through her mouth as if claiming both moist caverns at the same time.

The Lin Kuei man gripped the Tengu woman's hands, pinning both beside the shoulders as they thrusted at a steady rhythm. Their tongues now rubbing into each other. They were suppressing their moans as they both were quite conscious of the fact they are guests at the academy. Although their body language heavily implied they wanted more and something more carnal.

As a result, he picked up her legs for a moment and guided her to wrap them around his waist. He backed up hold her up off the ground in his arms and she supported her weight by wrapping arms on his upper back. He gave a few slow thrusts as he continued to slowly turn and walk towards the bed while giving kisses along her jawline.

As they reached the bed end, Kuai Liang pulled himself out to set Rae on the floor. His hand reached behind her back to unbuckle the clasps of her garment and they both quickly peeled remaining articles and tossed them aside. Her hooked his hand under one of her knees and lifted it high so she was standing on one foot and half spun around. Her hand pressed into the mattress to keep balance. He guided his tip with his hand and plunged himself back into the abyss. His hand now covered her mouth so that he was able to push in and out wildly making her struggle in vocal suppression.

This was a position that required energy on his end; while she loved the vibrations of being pushed roughly by him, the position was more suitable if they were out in the wilderness and had lesser options. Quan Rae moved his hand to free her lips and spoke between moans, "Mmm…ah, this is a bed, there can be a better use to it."

He chuckled the slightest and whispered into her ear, "I missed our table, dearly." He let go of her leg causing her to press both hands on the mattress to keep balance. She felt him push her back to bend her body and he stood behind her. His hands moved to her lower waist to allow him to ram into her, even causing the bed to shake. One of her hands now cover her mouth and muffling her cries, her eyes shifted to the back of her head as her body bucked back in rhythm to his.

He shifted his hands to be somewhere between gripping to cupping her buttocks and then leaned back a bit to enjoy the view of himself pushing in and out. His breathing became ragged and he made soft moans himself. He stopped for a moment to catch breath and also to prevent himself for releasing earlier than he wanted.

While their organs were still connected, Kuai Liang methodically guided her and him to scoot and be closer towards the centre of the bed, he gently pressed her down chest facing into the mattress but she had placing her arms bent with forearms in front of her chest and the back of the palms aligned to her shoulder to support his weight on top of her. He placed his forearms besides both sides of her head and began to thrust in a sensual pattern. She began to arch her back and shuddered uncontrollably, an 'O' shape forming on her mouth and eyes closed. He followed soon after, losing consistency and pummelled into her more urgently until he called out.

When he finished spilling seed, he pulled out with a grunt and sat up slightly in a kneeling position, the visual curiosity of his getting the better of him and he looked at the trailing liquids oozing out of her entry. Satisfied with what he saw and becoming quite red in the face, he laid down comfortably on his back beside her. She re-positioned herself on her side and placed her hand lovingly on his abdomen.

"You were quite vocal," Kremnine murmured to Sub-Zero, "I wonder, who is our neighbour?"

"It is Master Bo Rai Cho," he said almost slightly embarrassed.

She gave a quick laugh, "Should he hear us one day…I will be wearing my mask all day from that moment on to cover my embarassment."

POST MORTAL COMIC SEASON 1 - A RURAL BAR

At the conclusion of the destruction of the cyborg base, Kuai Liang made due to his promise on the first round of drinks at the bar of a rural town. Cunningly enough, Bo Rai Cho pretty much ordered a keg. As the Outworlder was downing alcohol like water, the more poised man looked around anxious in hopes that his wife returns safely. Oddly, he never thought of her addressed in that title before until now. She then enters through the doors in civilian wear. She spotted him eyeing her curiously and simply shrugged in response. She sat down besides the cryomancer, and mumbled, "My clothes exploded. My spare clothes also exploded."

"That was indeed quite the blast of the Lin Kuei base! Haha should have sent me helping her after all, would not have minded that sight," Bo Rai Cho gave a laugh, only to feel a very sharp elbow to the stomach by the man beside him. Is that man that drunk already?!

"You are back…for that I am relieved," Sub-Zero grabbed Kremnine's hand and kissed the palm. "It would appear that I am obligated to offer a round."

She ordered a drink for herself when the bar staff approached her. When they were left alone she continued the conversation knowing Kuai Liang is not in the best of spirits, "I take it you are not entirely satisfied with the outcome of the closure."

"I saw Cyrax one last time. We spoke briefly when we were alone, I had little time to talk to him; I had hopes my previous comrades can come back from the cyber but he wanted a clean slate with the Lin Kuei."

"I see…" Rae tilted her head down.

"Before that conversation took place…he inquired about your whereabouts, you were the last memory he had as a human being," Kuai Liang said as he let go of her hand and placed it on her lap.

"Oh? What- chu say?" Bo Rai Cho slurred as he wiped the trailing alcohol off his chin using the cloth on his forearm.

"That she is by my side, now and always," the blue clad ninja said proudly giving his romantic interest a small smile. "Then, he called me a pig," the cyromancer finished with a slight chuckle but sadness was still great in his eyes. "After, he decided the entire facility must be destroyed including himself."

"Hmmm…Everyone has their limits to retribution. If this is all he wanted is this silence out of the years of slavery, you must let it be and respect his decision. This will be the same situation if we save Smoke and the other revenants one day. You must pay your respects," she comforted and took a sip, eyes never off of him.

He was silent for a moment and then took a sip from his own drink, looking almost at no particular point of interest. He took a moment to reminiscing the past he had with his fellow brethren he had grown up with and the nights they all shared stories and goals of achieving honour and greatness in the clan. He held his drink up and gave a toast, "To the Lin Kuei."

His other two companions joined in raising their glass too and all three took a sip.

"You closed the door to the old Lin Kuei, but in the cycle of life it also means another door opens. Would you like to focus efforts to restore the Lin Kuei Temple as a start?" she suggested. "A temple is still a sacred structure, and it is your home, it can have that fresh start."

"There is a lot to take care of there but it will be done. Cyrax anointed myself as the new grandmaster. In truth, I did not want to take that on," Kuai Liang swirled the last bit of his drink and took a sip.

"Not taking that on today is fine, but ya know between you and me, you know who your pupils will say is the real master of the Lin Kuei during the night is ho ho ho!" Bo Rai Cho interrupted giving the cryomancer a suggestive nudge. The wedded pair both raised eyebrows at the overweight man and then the pair look at each other wide eyed almost embarrassed that have been caught.

Kuai Liang cleared his throat and then stood up from his chair. Rae picked up what he thinking and downed her drink quickly. The Lin Kuei put a hand on the Outworlder and thanked him deeply for his help and recovery. However, it would appear the newly titled grandmaster needs some time alone to have a more private conversation with the newly hinted grandmistress.

THE END

A/N : hopefully I ended it on a good note, well you can tell me I didn't in all honestly. But this is as far as I feel I need to write other than the behind the scenes during mkx potentially writing on a rivalry between Frost and Quan Rae.

Thank you for putting up with all my spelling errors and occasional grammatical error. You guys rock!