Disclaimer: Sorry that I forgot about this… but as you might already know Mortal Kombat and its characters do not belong to me… otherwise the MK universe would be quite different… and many of the kombatants would be cross dressing… um yea. Oh and I don't own my friends characters… only my little Eclipse…
"Well you heard the man, let's go to Outworld!"
"Do we have to?"
"Well, you could stay here and miss out on meeting a pretty cool ninja who can help you with you're job…"
"Let's go."
Raiden really didn't like the way this was going but he needed to check up on Sub-Zero and unfortunately Eclipse knew that as well.
Unlike Earthrealm, Outworld was full of monsters and mythical beasts that actually "existed"… well, that and a crazy Emperor who wants to rule everything that he sees… As the newly recruited Goddess looked around she took in the odd nature of Outworld. It was nothing like her home, sure it was strange at first but it wasn't random or chaotic. But Outworld seemed more lively than usual; the first city that they came across was under siege… by the notorious Emperor Shao Kahn. Well, he wasn't doing it himself, but having his minion's do it for him seemed to work. The trio had to stay clear of the city or else Eclipse might attack Mileena and start a riot which really wasn't necessary.
They were just wandering around aimlessly when they came across a new ally of Sub-Zero's, Frost. She seemed to be searching for him as well. Raiden was about to suggest that they should split up when they heard the sounds of a battle. Eclipse being the ever curious person that she is took off at once in the direction of the noise. The battle was a short distance away from the Living Forest. As they moved closer three of the party recognized the gruff and deep voice of Sub-Zero, while only one of those three recognized the quiet and feminine voice of his opponent.
The battlefield was overrun with icicles and most of the ground was frozen over. Blasts of ice were going non-stop, and one got suspiciously close to hitting Raiden in face and knocking of his hat.
"Very good Naomi, You're progressing quickly." praised Sub-Zero as he deflected another ice disc that was soaring towards him.
At first glance it seemed that Sub-Zero's new apprentice whoever she was going to win, but that changed all too quickly. The Grandmaster raised his hands to perform a new attack and there was an audible underground rumble as he moved his leg stance. The frozen earth began making its way towards Naomi, and she was about to leap away but the ice encircled her and pulled her down. Sub-Zero then pushed the ice into the ground, leaving his apprentice trapped inside a cage of icicles. Just as he was about to help Naomi out of her icy cage the Grandmaster heard Eclipse call out to him. Being accustomed to being glomped by the hyperactive Storm Goddess he turned toward the direction of her voice. But this only allowed himself to be glomped from the other direction, which also caught Sub-Zero off guard and caused him to be pummeled into the snow face first.
"Does Eclipse do that to everyone?" asked Ara as she walked over to the now mad Sub-Zero.
"Well, everyone she knows but there have been those instances when she runs up and glomps random people." answered Raiden while he pulled Sub-Zero to his feet.
"So, Eclipse didn't you want to introduce Alaria to Sub-Zero?"
"Oh… yeah… I almost forgot about that! Nii-chan this is our newly appointed Fire Goddess, Alaria! Ara, this is the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei!" Eclipse said happily.
Ara and Sub-Zero shook hands but after, Ara's was frozen… and Sub-Zero's was smoking… fire and ice just don't mix very well…
"Nii-chan, one of you're subordinates said that you had new apprentices! Is she one of them?" Eclipse asked as she pointed to Naomi who was still stuck in the ice.
"Yes, that is Naomi; she is the more cooperative of my apprentices… The other one call himself Skweeky; however I'm not sure where he is right now…"
Ara and eclipse walked over to Naomi, and as Ara melted the icicles Eclipse helped Naomi to her feet and introduced herself. After a while Eclipse got bored and said she was going to find this "Skweeky" and dragged Ara and Naomi off behind her.
And for once something was going as Raiden thought it should, because he was now able to talk about the matter of the next Tournament with Sub-Zero.
Meanwhile, Eclipse was happily skipping through the Living Forest with her red cloak swishing behind her while she searched for the one known as "Skweeky". Ara was shaking her head and it seemed that she also wanted to turn into a bobble head. But Naomi was trying to think of all the places her fellow apprentice would be…
"Hmmm… we've already checked almost every tavern we could find… so where else could he get wasted?" said Naomi as she thought out loud.
"You know this friend of yours sounds like he would get along well with my friend Bo' Rai Cho…" giggled Eclipse.
"Yeah, maybe he can teach Skweeky Drunken Fist…" said Ara.
They were about to leave the living forest when the heard a male voice giggling. As they inspected this, the smell of sake' overwhelmed them. They looked around and saw a pale man with grayish hair who wore clothes similar to Sub-Zero talking to the smiling faces of the trees… Eclipse fell over laughing at his antics…
"An' so I said to him to keep his ass-less leather pants to himself…" said the overly wasted man to the trees.
"What was this man going to do with these ass-less pants you speak of?" questioned one of the trees… with a slight Russian accent.
Wait… when did the trees start talking and why are they Russian! As this was running through the girl's minds the man fell over unconscious… and after another man with longish dark blonde hair walked out from behind the tree that "talked". The Russian guy proceeded to poke the wasted man with a stick… Eclipse walked up to the Russian and lean over him. This caught his attention…
Then she asked…"Are you trying to see if he's dead?"…
"Yup…"
"Is it working?"
"Not really…"
"Try throwing a rock at him…" said Ara as she walked out of the trees.
"Or kicking him, they both work pretty well…" replied Naomi as she too walked over to them.
"Hmm… he's still breathing… maybe we can dress him up before he wakes up!" said Eclipse as rummaged through her messenger bag.
"Dress him in what?" asked the Russian man.
"This!" exclaimed Eclipse as she proudly held forth a heavily over-frilled pink Lolita dress.
"It's perfect!" replied both Naomi and Ara.
After a long discussion of battle strategies and some ginseng tea… both Sub-Zero and Raiden were beginning to worry about the girls… but before they could even start looking for them a flash of pink came toward them… neither of them knew who it was… but they assumed their combat stances. The pink "thing" was about to run right into them but suddenly it…tripped…and howled in pain as it fell. Sub-Zero the realized what it was…
On the ground lay the Lin Kuei Grandmaster's second apprentice… wearing the most grotesque pink dress either of them had seen…
But then they heard the laughter of the girls and Raiden realized what happened. Eclipse had once again dressed another innocent fighter in women's clothes… he didn't want to admit it but he smiled when he remember what she did to Kung Lao… and the mini skirt.
It was a well known fact that Eclipse was good at making almost anyone cross-dress…and now that she had friends who enjoyed it too… men everywhere were screwed.
Unfortunately for Skweeky when he awoke, he was not only still in his new dress; but was surrounded by three girls, his master, even the thunder god… but most importantly… Frost!
Eclipse was the first to speak…"You know, you could have taken off the dress in the Living Forest…"
"Yeah, it would have saved you a lot of embarrassment…" replied Ara.
"You two shouldn't be so hard on him, It's your own faults anyway…" said Raiden as he attempted to help Skweeky up.
But the Lin Kuei slapped his hand away and got up on his own.
"I do not need help from a god who destroyed my family."
"Um… ok… where exactly did that come from?" asked Ara.
"Yeah, what is he talking about?" asked Naomi looking as confused as Ara.
"They were killed during the great war between the gods…" replied the angry ninja.
"Skweeky, many innocent families were killed during that war. If you want to blame someone then blame Shinnok…it was his fault… it's always his fault." said Eclipse sounding somewhat more mature.
"You know…for once I think she might be right…" said Ara.
"Shut up!"
"Well, whatever! It doesn't mean that I have to like it!" replied Skweeky.
"Oh get over yourself before I make you wear the matching stilettos for that dress!"
There was not a word heard from the new Lin Kuei all that night. But Eclipse new he really wanted to wear the shoes… and the purse. But Skweeky was not the only person pouting; the newly crowned goddess was homesick… Eclipse was just the first to notice.