Disclaimer: I don't own Mortal Kombat. But Loren and Kanin are my characters so don't steal them.

Uh-oh, what have I gotten myself into this time?

The portal opened and I fell out onto a boy who had been standing there. He pushed me off of him and we both got up.

"Who are you?" he demanded.

"My name's Loren. Who are you?"

"My name is Prince Kanin. I'm the son of Shao Kahn, the great emperor of Outworld."

I looked around the room. It was huge! The house Fujin and I lived in could have fit in there. There was a big bed and a fancy carpet. There were two doors. One probably led outside. And the other probably led to a closet.

The boy named Kanin was wearing a black shirt. And black leather pants. He also wore black armlet. Her also wore black boots. He had brown hair and green eyes like mine.

"Shao Kahn, he's the one from my dreams. He killed my mom. He attacked me and she got in the way and was killed."

He looked at me in a funny way. "Your Lord Rayden's daughter."

I didn't really know if I was he's daughter, but it sounded right so I said, "Yeah I'm Rayden's daughter. Why do you and your father have such funny names?"

"Your saying our names is funny. What kind of a name is Loren for even a half god."

"A god? What do you mean?"

"My father is a god and so is Rayden. As a matter of fact there brothers, which makes us cousins."

"You're lying." "What makes you say that?"

"Because Kahn tried to kill me when I was a baby. And because of him my mom's dead and I've never seen my father. And you're saying he's my uncle."

"You've never seen Rayden! And as for what my father did he only did it out of fear."

"Fear. How could he be afraid of a baby?"

"He wasn't afraid of a baby. He was afraid that you would grow up to be more powerful than him."

"I'm only a half-god. He's a full god. How could I be more powerful?"

"I'm not sure. But that what I heard."

He made a gesture toward his chairs. We went over and sat in some chair he had in the corner. They were comfortable.

"My dad's in the process of taking over the Earth realm. As a matter of fact the Mortal Kombat tournament is coming up."

"What's Mortal Kombat? And what's a realm?" why is he conquering it?" I had a million other questions.

"Wow, I guess Fujin didn't tell you anything. Well, the Earth realm is only one of many realms. There are thousands of realms each more different from the next one. Each god has a realm that they own. This is my fathers' realm. It's called Outworld. Your father owns the Earth realm. Actually he and Fujin both own the realm. Do you under stand?"

"Yeah."

"Well my father isn't happy just ruling his own realm, so he challenges the god of the realm he wants to Mortal Kombat. His warriors fight the warriors of the realm he want to conquer. The fight is called Mortal Kombat. The fighters fight to the death. If my dad wins ten Mortal Kombats in a row, then he can send his armies to that realm. Right now his target is the Earth realm. We've won eight Mortal Kombats and the ninth is coming up in two days." He told me.

"When is the next one after that?"

"It will be in a hundred years."

"Wow, by that time I'll be a teenager. I'll be big enough to fight in the tournament."

"Fight in the tournament?" he asked

"Yeah. If I'm powerful enough to win in Mortal Kombat then I'll be able to defend myself against your father. Do you know if Rayden will be there?"

"Yeah he'll be there."

"Then I defiantly want to go."

"Why wait until you're old we can go now."

"What do you mean?"

"We won't be able to fight but we will be able to watch."

"Ok" I said. I was happy I was going to meet Rayden.

"But there is one problem."

"What's that?"

"We have to ask my dad."

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