A/N: Another chapter up! I got busy and lost a page I wrote but this new one is better so I'm glad you've enjoyed reading! ) New chapter to come soon, and hopefully not as long of a wait! Also, the website wouldn't allow me to post this new chapter so there was a few days delay. I made several time jumps in this chapter. It's rather predictable of Kung Lao's son's name, but I thought I'd carry on the family name :p.

The months flew by for Kung Lao and Rebecca as she soon went into labor. Kung Lao spent the day with her trying to not cry out in agony as she held a death grip on his hand. After two hours of hard labor, Kung Lao and Rebecca's son was born. Kung Lao was required by the doctors to get his hand x-rayed, amazed at his wife's grip. Luckily Rebecca had only bruised his hand. They decided to name their child after Kung Lao's great ancestor and brought him home after three days.

Several years passed as Sonya and Johnny decided to have another child. Sonya gave birth to another baby boy, making her the only woman in the house. They named him Nathan. Kung Lao and Rebecca also decided to have another child. They had a daughter named Cassandra. Sebastian and Liana were now teenagers, Liana being 15, and Sebastian 14.

All was almost well at the Cage house. Sebastian and Nathan were having their usual sibling fight over who should clean up the mess in the kitchen, which was giving Sonya an unwanted head ache. It was times like this where she wished Johnny would come home early from his job.

"I'm not cleaning up the mess!" Sebastian yelled.

"Why should I clean it up? You're the one that made it in the first place!" Nathan yelled back.

"And you caused the rest! Besides, what would you know, you're only eight!" Sebastian said.

"I'm old enough to know I shouldn't have to clean it up alone! You should help!"

"No, Nathan!"

Sonya sat in the living room on the couch with a book in her lap rubbing her throbbing temples.

"I'm telling mom!" Nathan threatened.

'Ugh, can't you two give it a rest?' She thought to herself. "What?" She said annoyed.

"Sebastian caused a mess and he won't clean it up!" Nathan said.

"So did you!" Sebastian said back.

"Alright, alright, that's it! I've had it with you two bickering! Sebastian, Nathan, since both of you made the mess; the two of you should clean it up. And Sebastian, I want you to help this time. No more fighting, got it? I want that kitchen to sparkle!" Sonya ordered.

The two moped back into the kitchen, still arguing under their breaths.

'Finally I can get some peace and quite.' She thought as she opened her book.

Fifteen minutes later Johnny came bounding through the door.

"Guess what, Sonya? My new movie, Warrior Hero's 2 – The Next Generation was a huge success!" He said ecstatically.

"That's great, Johnny." Sonya said putting her book down.

He sat down next to her. "So how was your day?"

Sonya sighed heavily. "I've had better days to be honest with you."

"I'm sorry. Were the kids fighting again?"

"They're always fighting, you know that. It's simply because we thought how nice it would be to have another child." Sonya said.

"Well it's worth it n the long run, isn't it?" Johnny asked.

"You mean the day they get old enough to move out?"

"Johnny, the only thing they'll grow into at the moment is feisty fighting kids who'll kill each other if I don't keep a close eye on them."

"But Sebastian's a teenager now, there's six year between the two."

"Johnny, you should know that age doesn't make too much of a difference, not to mention they're siblings. They'll always find something to fight about."

"That is true. I guess I forgot about that factor. Besides, my sister is only a few years younger than me and we never fought much, even when we were kids."

"That's because you two were too different. While she played with her dolls and friends, you were looking at yourself in the mirror and doing whatever it took to impress the young girls."

Johnny smiled at the memory. Although Sonya's comment came across as an insult, it was also true.

"I just hope Kung Lao and Rebecca are having better luck than us with their two kids. Kitana and Liu Kang were smart to stick with one child." Sonya said.

Kung Lao and Rebecca weren't having much luck with their two children. Rebecca had just broken up a fight between young Kung Lao and Cassandra. She walked towards the front door, hoping to leave without being interrupted by her husband. She was slightly disappointed to find him on the couch reading one of his favourite books. He looked up. "Where are you off to, Rebecca/" He asked.

"I'm off to the grocery store for a little bit." She said trying to be brief.

"Need help?"

"No."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Alright, see you in a bit."

Rebecca turned around to suddenly come face to face with Raiden.

"Raiden, what do you want? Wait; get out of the way, please!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" He asked crossing his arms.

"I need to go to the store to get some food for a small barbecue being held just outside the Wu Shi academy."

"Yes Liu Kang informed me a few days ago asking me to come to his event of yours. And if you really are in such a hurry, then why don't you just leave?" Raiden said.

"Because one, you're blocking the only front door and two, someone decided to read his favourite book, The Da Vinci Code in one sitting while barraging me with questions."

"I'm on page 440." Kung Lao said.

Rebecca attempted to walk to the side of the thunder god but he mirrored her steps, intentionally preventing her from leaving at all."

"Raiden, come on!" Rebecca said frustrated.

The thunder god chuckled as he stepped aside for Rebecca to pass. Kung Lao looked up from his book after he hard the door safely shut.

"So what excuse do you have for being here this time? Loneliness, boredom, or are you merely here to keep me company?"

"Not this time, Kung Lao. I just feel like pulling some of my favourite mortal's chains, that's all. And Kung Lao, you're it."

"Great." Kung Lao said sarcastically.

"I thought you might like it."

"So why don't' you bug Sonya, Johnny, or Liu Kang, even Kitana? Why does it have to be me?"

"Well to be honest, Kitana has her fans, Liu's having a bad day, Sonya has p.m.s and a gun, and Johnny's too scared to interfere with any fights with her."

"I can't imagine why. So you came here to make my day miserable in hopes to balance this all out?"

"You got it."

"So then go bug my kids, I'm sure they'd love to play with you."

"Not a chance. Between your son's uncanny talents and a one hit shot accuracy, and your daughter's devious mind, I'd probably be demoted from a thunder god to looking after your kids."

Kung Lao laughed. "Sounds like a fair punishment."

"To you this is funny, but I'm quite serious. By the way, where are they?"

"The last I heard between the screams of those two, I'd say they're still outside."

"Good. The last time I dropped by just in time to get a red ball in the face."

"Well you did appear in the back yard, Raiden. Besides, you're a god. You should have lightning reflexes."

"That's an overstatement." Raiden said trying to hide his embarrassment of being caught off guard by a nine year old.

He gazed over at Kung Lao's book. "Haven't you finished that book before?" Raiden asked.

"Yes but I like it. It's a very good book."

"So it's a book with a murder mystery two people must solve that are lead around by clues left behind by the detective's grandfather involving Da Vinci. I bet if there was a book published about the mortal kombat tournament, it would be better."

"Johnny's made several movies on it remember? All of which were big hits."

"Yeah well the book would be much better." Raiden said stubbornly.

Kung Lao sighed as he closed his book. "So are you just going to stand around insulting my book?"

"No. I've had my fun for today."

"So why don't you annoy Fujin or any other of the gods? It would have saved you the time and effort."

"Ah but they're no fun except for Fujin. But he can be annoying at times."

'But of course. Better to annoy the one's you're counting on to save the earth from total destruction than to stress those who aren't involved in the war of the realms.' Kung Lao thought to himself.

He shook his head in confusion. If there was ever a need for a distraction, now would be the perfect time. Luckily for Kung Lao, time was on his side today as both his son and his daughter came sprinting down the stairs shoving each other.