A/N: I apologize for the long needed update on another chapter. I've been a little busy, and will probably be more with work now that summers arrived. I will try to put some more smart-ass comments in the chapters to come and focus on more humour on the fighters rather than just teachings. Enjoy everyone!

"Enough! Stop fighting or I'll have you kicked out! Now get back to your place." Liu Kang said.

Markus and Kealen immediately walked back frowning. Kung Lao stared grinning.

"Alright we made a little progress today, but let's made a little more tomorrow. You may all go home now." Liu Kang said.

The students walked out of the training grounds. Liu Kang gave a heavy sigh and sat down on a nearby bench. Kung Lao sat down next to him.

"What a day. Now that's what I call an endurance match." Kung Lao said with a grin.

"I've never seen students this out of control before." Liu Kang said.

"Well that's because master Bo' Rai Cho never HAD any students like this before. They were all well disciplined and behaved students. It looks like he retired just in time."

"Don't rub it in."

"Hey, you're the one who wanted to take this job, to take on a new challenge."

"Yeah but had I known it would be this bad, I would have stuck to training and saving the world."

"Well at least you get to go home to Kitana."

Liu Kang cringed at the thought. It wasn't her personality; it was her hormones that made her rather short-tempered at times, and he didn't make it easier on himself either.

"Oh, right. She's still a little cranky from pregnancy, isn't she?"

"Yeah, and she doesn't like it much either. She says she's sick of lugging all the weight around. She just wants the baby out."

"Well just relax. You'll need it for tomorrow."

"I'll let you know if I survive the night."

Liu Kang got up and waved goodbye to his friend and headed off home. Kitana insisted that he'd take a car or boat to make the journey faster but Liu Kang insisted he would walk to the academy. It gave him a good exercise and kept him fit. He arrived home an hour later. He stood in front of the door and sighed.

'Okay, I can do this. Just relax, and don't do anything.'

He took a deep breath, opened the door and stepped in smiling. He ducked as a pot flew through his hair.

"What on earth?" He said to himself cautiously walking to wards the kitchen. He gasped and ducked as a container lid went flying past him. He stood up, smiling at himself. His reflexes were as sharp as ever. He turned his head to face at the kitchen when a bowl hit him hard on the head. He yelled out in pain as he rubbed the newly formed bump on his head.

"Hone are you alright?" He entered the kitchen doorway and had to duck again as another pot came flying past him.

"Um," He said in a quite tone. "Do you need any help?"

Kitana let out a sigh. "Hello Liu. No, I just can't find the right pot to make dinner with."

"Well how about I make dinner for tonight?" He said putting his hands on her shoulders. "You just lie down and relax." He stood two steps apart in case she threw another pot.

"You cook?" She asked looking back with a skeptical look on her face.

"Ok, ok. So my first two tries at cooking roast weren't very successful."

"Successful? You burned it twice! We might as well buy it from a pre-made box!"

"Remind me not to even breathe…" Liu Kang said under his breath.

"What was that?" Kitana shot him an evil glance.

Liu Kang gulped as his eyes widened in fear. "Uh, nothing hon." He said looking around nervously. "Look," He said grabbing a book from the bookshelf. "Just lie down and relax, and let me handle dinner, ok?"

"Fine but if I hear one more smoke detector go off, you're sleeping outside in a tent. I'm serious, Liu. I've got a headache so let's keep this down to a minimal ok?"

"Yes, dear." Liu Kang said.

As Kitana left the kitchen to read Liu let out a sigh of relief and played the song scolding wife on the CD player. She wasn't kidding. He looked up remembering the first time the smoke detector went off. Not only did she have a headache, she was also in a bad mood. He slept on the couch that night, too afraid to even sleep near her after that incident.

Luckily all that passed by the morning.

'It could have been worse.' He thought to himself. It was hell being with her in the same house let alone room through her first trimester.

'Thank god she switched from hitting me with her fans to her fists.' He though. He couldn't imagine how his wife could be so disciplined and suddenly in a furious rage.

"Okay let's do this right this time." He shakily began preparing the roast.

Later that evening…

"So what kind of students were you teaching again?"

"First years, but they're nothing like the one's before. They're clumsy, and lack discipline."

Kitana chuckled. "Liu, they're first years. They can't possibly be that bad.

"Oh really," Liu said raising an eyebrow. "Well why don't you see for yourself?"

"Fine, I will." Kitana said with a smirk. "And make sure you put the cap back on the toothpaste. God forbid should I find it isn't."

"I know, I know." He said putting his hands up in defense. He shook his head and climbed into bed.

"So is it just you teaching them?"

Liu looked down. "No. Kung Lao is helping me."

Kitana raised her eyebrow. "Why did you force him to help you?"

"Of course I didn't!" Liu said proudly. "He volunteered to help me himself."

Kitana kissed him on the cheek. "By the way, dinner was great."

"Thanks he said slightly blushing. "I'm glad you enjoyed it."

Liu Kang awoke the next morning at six o'clock. He looked over at Kitana sleeping. She would probably arrive later on. He got up and began to get ready.

Wu Shi Academy

Kung Lao was up and ready. He walked to the training grounds to surprisingly find the students ready for training. He stared at them dumbfounded.

"Well this is a nice change." He said to himself. "Ok everyone, go over towards the staffs and grab one."

The students obeyed. He turned around to see Liu Kang walking towards him.

"Good morning." He said.

"Morning, Liu. Are you ready for another day?"

"I sure am."

"So how'd everything go last night?"

"It went well for once. I didn't burn the roast. Oh, by the way, Kitana's coming later on. She doesn't believe this bunch can be so difficult."

Kung Lao laughed. "Well she's in for a rude awakening, isn't she?"

"Yeah well let's get started."

They worked on techniques with little difficulty except for some whacking themselves and others. By late afternoon Liu Kang and Kung Lao decided to teach them energy attacks, which they would fine out to be a mistake.