Raiden sighed as the flame in the center of the Temple that him and the rest of the Earth Realm Warriors were in suddenly went out, announcing the arrival of the Elder Gods.
"Raiden, we have gathered you some new champions. Although they may not be what you expect, their will and inner strength are strong." The flame seemed to talk as it danced in the temple.
"And where are these warriors?" Raiden asked.
"They are outside. We would have brought them in here, but we imagined that you would have wanted to see their strength. And we don't want violence in the Sacred Temples." The flame spoke.
"Yes!" Stryker seemed to suddenly yell as the fire went out.
"Why are you so damn happy?" Sonya asked with wince. His yell ringed right in her ear.
"Don't you get? 'We imagined that you would have wanted to see their strength'. They are obviously telling us that they are really good fighter." Stryker replied.
"Sure..." Kitana said as her and everyone else started to head for the Temple's exit.
As they got outside, however, they were in shock.
For in front of them, were four male teenagers.
One was short with weird shaped hair. It was also a mix of weird colors, being gold,purple, and black. He had on tight black jeans that had chains around their waist. He also had big, violet eyes that basically screamed 'innocent'. He had on a watch that looked strangely very similar to Sonya's.
There was a teen that had dirty,sandy blonde hair that reached the small of his back. He had on a short, and tight, purple shirt along with blue jeans. He had lavender eyes that seemed to take in everything at once.
Then there was one who had shoulder length blond hair. He had big, brown eyes that seemed to give him a puppy dog look. He also had on a oversized, shirt that was plain white with three blue boxes running across the chest. His whole profile seemed to scream 'puppy'.
And the last one, had very feminine and beautiful body. He had pure, silver hair that reached the small of his back along with big, wide, brown eyes. He had very pale skin, while all the others where a little on the tan side. He had on a long sleeved white and blue striped shirt and blue jeans. It was a rather plain looking attire, but looked beautiful on the boy.
"By the Gods..." Raiden muttered, surprised. He thought that the Gods would give them someone who at least looked out of their teens.
"Aw hell nah!" Jax yelled, furious with the Elder Gods. How could they do this? These were teens. They shouldn't have to fight to help make sure Earth Realm survived.
"Ryou?" Sonya whispered.
Everyone looked at the silver haired teen who stepped forward.
"Hey, Sonya." He said with a small smile.
Sonya just growled and stomped up to him, " You idiot! How could you come here?"
"Sonya, I'm older now. I've taken martial arts classes since you disappeared. I'm going to fight in this tournament. With or without your consent." Ryou said with a determined look in his eye.
"Um, how do you two know each other?" Liu Kang asked.
"I'm his older sister." Sonya said as she looked at the shocked faces of the other warriors.
She turned back and looked at her brother shortly though however. She couldn't believe how much he's grown, and not only physically. The old Ryou would never talk that way to Sonya.
"Wait, Malik?" Johnny Cage asked as he slowly walked towards the dirty blond haired boy.
"Long time no see, John-John." Malik said with a smile on his face.
"Wait, you know each other also?" Raiden asked.
"We're brothers." They spoke at the same time.
"Wait, I think I know what's going on. If anyone else knows anyone here, go stand by them and say how." Nightwolf instructed.
It also looked like Yugi was a cousin of Jou who was the younger brother of Stryker.
"OK, it looks like the Gods have chosen you because your blood related to other fighters. Now the question is, can you fight?" Raiden asked as he led them off the Temple's steps.
When they got to leveled ground, they started walking in the woods until they got to a clearing. It was just plain grass with trees surrounding the clearing.
As they all filed into the clearing however, the temperature seemed to drop a little. Ryou shivered, and saw that he could see his breath. Which was weird since the sun was still out and he could feel that the sun's rays were giving some heat.
"Thanks for finally joining us, Sub-Zero." Raiden says as he looks behinds him.
And their he is, with his black shirt and pants with a blue vest on and a black masked that hid everything but his face. But his mouth was covered by some type of half mask and covered from his lips to his chin. His eyes were a icy blue.
"I see why they call him Sub-Zero." Jou muttered as he started to rub his bare arms.
And then, suddenly, a cloud of dark smoke seemed to form to Sub-Zero's right. The cloud at first made a humanoid figure, and then looked completely human. And was the hottest person Ryou ever saw.
He had silver hair like his, but stopped at his shoulder. He had tan skin, and looked really muscular. He had on the same thing as as Sub-Zero's just with a gray vest and mouth thing instead of blue.
"It's always a pleasure to see you again, Raiden." Sub-Zero responded, and Ryou caught the gray clad figure's eyes. Which were also gray.
"You too, Smoke." Raiden greeted.
Smoke just nodded, eyes still on Ryou.
"We recruiting kids now?" Smoke finally asked as he broke the stare with Ryou, looking Raiden now.
" The Elder Gods did. But we can't complain. At least we have more fighters. Anyways, why don't you pair off into two groups and spar so we can see your strengths and weaknesses." Raiden said and the four nodded.
The first match, was Ryou vs. Jou.
"So you think you can take me?" Jou mocked as him and Ryou slowly circled each other.
"No." Ryou said honestly.
Jou just smirked and charged at Ryou. Ryou however just flipped in the air and landed a kick to Jou's head sending the blond to the ground a few feet away.
"I know." Ryou said with a small smirk.
Smoke looked at the scene and was honestly surprised. At first glance, the silver haired teen looked fragile and weak. Maybe there was more than meet's the eye.
Jou just stood back up and threw a punch at Ryou's leg, seeing how he would react. Ryou quickly stumbled back and lost his footing for a second. But that's all that Jou needed.
Jou sent a powerful punch to Ryou's stomach, and as Ryou doubled over, did a upper cut right into the teens face.
"Oops, looks like I messed up the little girls face." Jou said with a smirk.
Ryou just groaned and flipped back up. He started to think of a plan to beat Jou. When Jou charged at Ryou again, Ryou ducked and swept Jou's legs out from under him. While Jou was in the air, Ryou drove his elbow into Jou's gut. Jou couldn't help the gasp of pain as he was slammed into the unforgiving ground.
"Oops, this little girl just beat her puppy." Ryou giggled mockingly in his face.
Jou's face went red from being called a puppy, and he used his feet to push Ryou back a few feet as he stood up.
But when he stood up, Ryou's roundhouse kick greeted him.
He groaned as he flipped into the air and landed back on the ground face down. Ryou quickly sat on Jou's back, and held his arms in the small of Jou's back as he pinned the taller boy.
"I'd say that Ryou beat you that round." Raiden chuckled and Sonya laughed. She knew that her brother would win.
For the never lose.
End of Chapter.
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