Once again, thank you all for the support! Here's a chapter that made me laugh while making it. I also had a lot of fun, since it features one of my favorite characters. :) Just like for this character, there will be flashbacks. After these replies, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

xMK Warriorx: I wanted to throw that in there. :P I love Jin, but when he's rude, he needs to have some people to fire back at him.

MikuHatsuneLove: Thanks! Takeda does have a nice butt. XD I jolted when Raiden started talking because I was distracted by Kenshi (I love him to death).

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Kung Jin: Green—Or Rather Black Arrow

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Back in Outworld, the four roam the streets of a village. Despite being in the middle of a civil war, it's not too bad here. It's more like Disney World, but more violent and fewer rides.

From newspapers with headlines of Kotal Kahn being a masochist nailed onto buildings to small shops being crowded, the four are actually feeling comfortable around the environment. So far, they were talking about how different, but similar Earthrealm is to Outworld.

"I don't know. I expected the sky to be purple and sparkly..." Jacqui said.

"Don't believe everything you see online," Jin responded.

"And what makes you an expert?" Cassie asked, walking beside Jin.

"The Shaolin archives. I studied a lot about Outworld, and admittedly cheated on a test based on that."

"No substitute for experience." The Shaolin warrior looked at the blonde, asking,

"So what makes you our leader, other than being the daughter of the narrator and actor?" Cassie looked at Jin with a look of irritation, making Jacqui and Takeda stop behind them. She was about to speak but was stopped before she could.

"Guys, let's stick to the mission," Takeda interfered, hoping it wouldn't start a riot.

"Li Mei has to be telling the truth," Cassie said otherwise, walking forward. The other three followed her.

"An invasion would violate the Reiko Accords," Jacqui stated.

"Cause you can always trust an Outworlder..." Jin said boastfully.

"But if Outworld's our ally, why didn't they help us during the Netherrealm War?" Takeda asked. "Against the albino guy and his team of—"

"Revenants? Like Jacqui's dad?" Jin said bluntly. Jacqui glared at the Shaolin, got up closer to him, and punched him where the sun doesn't shine.

"Asshole..." she muttered with a glare. The Shaolin warrior groaned and got on his knees, trying to get himself together. Cassie and Takeda stopped and were surprised that the specialist did that at a time where they need to confront the emperor.

"Great. We gotta wait until Jin feels better," Cassie said to Jacqui, crossing her arms. The African-American woman sighed, still glaring at Jin. Takeda whistled to Disney songs to avoid the awkwardness.

Apparently, Jin is extremely sensitive down there, so to pass the time, the three read through the newspaper with the rumor about Kotal Kahn being a masochist, while Takeda does some crossword puzzles, only being lucky to find three words since Outworld has different types of media. Jacqui found some ice and gave it to Jin, as a way to apologize, and he grabbed it by force and immediately placed it on his crotch for good measure. Cassie got out some gum and started chewing, tweeting about what just happened. So far in the first five minutes, she's gotten ten favorites, fifteen retweets, and her dad replied,

He'll learn. #ShaolinProblems

Cassie pressed the star on her app, and put her phone away, seeing that the Shaolin was feeling better. He got up and threw the bag away. The group continued walking forward.

"What I was about to say before being punched," Jin spoke out, glaring at Jacqui, "It's not an alliance, but a non-aggression pact. Outworld is not our ally."

"A point you might make with more subtlety, given your surroundings," the cowboy from before said, bringing in some reinforcements to circle in the four teammates. "Now state your business. Including a reason why we shouldn't kill you."

Normally, Cassie would explain, but when she saw the cowboy, she was jumping up and down.

"It's Indiana Jones!" she squealed. She took out her phone and stood beside him, placing her phone above them. "Let me take a selfie with you!"

"My name is not—"

"Smile!" How could he? He has a mask on! With a click from her phone, the picture was taken, and when the excited blonde looked at it, she smiled, seeing the perfect picture. She hurried back to the three as if nothing happened, and what she got were exasperated looks.

"I can read you... You're not from Outworld," Takeda declared.

"I'm from Earthrealm like you. But my employer, Kotal Kahn, is from Outworld. So now I'm from Outworld. State your business," the cowboy demanded. Cassie placed a hand to her chest, directing herself and the other three.

"We're emissaries, Indy. We need to talk to Kotal Kahn. Here," she paused, taking out something from her pocket, "we have Raiden's official seal." The cowboy looked carefully at the seal, and blinked, shaking his head slightly.

"I can buy one of those at that stall over there," he replied, mentioning the stall behind the four. They looked at it, and the stall had some merchandise for the Mortal Kombat characters, like plushies, figurines, and posters. There were also cosplayers dressing up as Raiden. Some were even Kenshi but had to wear the blindfold on their foreheads since they were fortunately not blind, and a few Sonya's and a Johnny... if that's not the real one. Apparently, Outworld is like Earthrealm after all.

"Look," Jin said, looking back at the former Earthrealmer. "You can arrest us, even kill us, but if we're telling the truth, you probably get a pay cut. Or maybe work as a character from Disney World. But if you take us to the Kahn, I'll tell 'im you defeated us. That way, you can get a raise. Y'can't lose." The mercenary looked at Jin carefully, then at the other three, deciding that it was a good idea.

"Follow me," he replied. Doing so, the four did, and Jin gave Cassie a small smile, the latter giving a smirk in return since the plan was really good. For a few minutes, they were at their destination, but with a crowd of a lot of people and a stage where something is occurring. There were a few skull-wearing men on the stage, one of them reading from a scroll.

"'In these times of war, we are required to view every resource as a weapon for our Emperor to use at his discretion. This includes knives, axes, whips, food, and ironically, sex toys. To take without his leave is to steal from the hand of Kotal Kahn himself. Therefore, having found guilty of theft, you shall be put to death.'" After that speech, two men brought in the culprit, placing him at a guillotine.

"I was hungry—" he said, but didn't finish when he was dragged down to the killing machine.

"Death? For petty theft?" Jin asked the cowboy, turning his head to glare at him.

"Remember where you are," he replied seriously. The Shaolin warrior went through the crowd, causing a riot. Cassie called out his name, but he continued forward. When the mercenary was about to shoot him, Cassie stopped and made sure he stayed down.

Before the skull wearing man could kill the accuser with a spiky weapon, he was shot through from an arrow: Jin's to be exact. The three that were guarding the stairs went towards him with swords, but Jin's bow was a great defense to stop them, using the head to knock them out. He ran up the small stairs and saved the man, slashing the ropes around his hands.

"You're free now! Steal more food!" Jin encouraged him. The escapee ran away, and Jin was faced against the cowboy.

"I knew I shouldn't have listened to you."

"A lesson in trust... from Indiana Jones himself," Jin fired back.

"You're going to get it now that you called me that," the mercenary replied, pissed off more than ever. Due to the fact that one has bullets, and the other has arrows, they didn't bother using kombat, but their respective weapons. Sure, it took a while, but Jin's arrows helped him win the match.

"Go back to using a whip, Indy," Jin said to the man lying on the ground. Like for the emperor, the group that went "Burn!" and all that was back, standing behind Jin to back up him. Once they were gone, the Chinese warrior looked at the other three, who were fighting against the Outworld warriors.

Suddenly, earthquakes occurred, and some citizens were running away from the creature that is Torr, accompanied by Ferra, the controller, who hasn't reached puberty yet, and for some reason sounds like Dill Pickles from Rugrats who had been role-playing as a monster when grunts came out of her mouth. She gave a cackle before saying her command.

"Let's play, Torr!" Torr growled, moving his legs to make more small earthquakes.

"You couldn't ask for a pony like any other girl?" Cassie asked.

"I don't think girls are into ponies anymore," Jacqui replied.

"The archives never mention symbiotes," Jin said a few feet away from them, getting out another arrow to shoot. As the three distract the giant, Jin aimed a blue arrow at Torr, and it landed on him, earning a monstrous growl from him. He snapped it out of him, and with Ferra's command, he ran up towards the archer. Unfortunately, he took down Cassie, Jacqui, and Takeda, leaving Jin the only one to stop them.

"You here make trouble, Skinny?" Ferra asked, adding a battle grunt. "Trouble make you!"

"You're like Solomon Grundy, can't use words right, but with a tiny girl," Jin replied, fighting against the duo. With his Chakram, it helped him make the fight seem quicker since he had his arrows to where they would stun the two for a few seconds, giving him extra time to get some damage off of them. "Loved to learn more about you, but too bad you're insane," he said to them. Ferra started to play with Torr's tied cloth on his head, trying to get him to be awake.

"You guys all right?" Jin asked as soon as he went to his comrades. Before they could say anything, more men with skull helmets ran to them with D'Vorah walking casually to them. The men surrounded them while the Kytinn walked towards them.

"The Earthrealmers, yes? This One must learn more of your diplomatic techniques." Cassie shivered, since her fear of bugs came to play, but she replied despite that,

"We're here to see Kotal Kahn. General Blade's—"

"Were you the ones that started the rumor about the emperor?" D'Vorah asked. The four stared at her in confusion, but they have their answer.

"...no. That's not us," Cassie clarified.

"Whatever," the Kytinn replied. "You still interfered with Outworld matters. The penalty is death."

"I'm sensing a theme..." the blonde muttered, glaring at Jin like she usually does.

"But as we honor the Reiko Accords," D'Vorah continued, "we will consult the emperor. You will await him here." To finish it off, she gave a grin. Her teeth were overbearingly bad, and not just because she's a Kytinn. Afterward, she left, assuming to get the Kahn. Cassie was at her limit with Jin and asked him,

"You mind telling us what your crackhead was thinking of?!"

"I gotta wonder why you'd risk interrealm war for a bread thief," Takeda added.

"Because not all thieves are irredeemable," Jin responded seriously, giving the gang, especially Cassie a solemn look. The view was about to change until the squad leader said something.

"Wait; is this the part where we enter a flashback segment?" Cassie asked Jin.

"Well, would you rather wait two hours doing nothing until the emperor comes to us?" Cassie shrugged, taking her phone out.

"Yeah, that sounds fair."

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Five years into the past, a door opens in a room where it looks oriental and pretty. A man dressed in black sneaked in quietly. When no one was in the room, he looked around to see candles, vases, and most importantly, portraits of warriors. The ones that stood out were Liu Kang and Kung Lao, the latter being the man in black's older cousin. He looked up at them in awe, especially Kung Lao. He admired him so much when he was little, but when his cousin died, it turned the family into poverty, leaving the thief into moving to the United States to live on the streets.

He looked at the portraits one last time to take a small artifact that has a creature with its tongue out for some reason. He gripped it with care, and never looked back, running out of the place. When he made it out, the rain started to fall and thunder roared at the distance. And for some reason, the candles don't go out, no matter how hard the rain pelts. Jin looked at the object with sadness and headed away from the temple, but not before Raiden suddenly appeared from behind, since he's so good at that.

"Normally my carpet cleaners don't wear black clothing and sneak away without giving me the bill. That object has sentimental value than monetary value. Nevertheless, I would prefer if you did not steal it."

I told my mom that I should have worn green and not black! Jin thought as the Thunder God started to walk closer. "It's a family heirloom. One that shouldn't have been given to you!" Jin replied rudely. The item disappeared from Jin's hand, reappearing to Raiden's, electricity coating it for a few seconds.

"Your family honored me with this memento of your cousin, Kung Lao. After his death—"

"A death you caused!" Jin interrupted with anger in his voice. "You made him fight Shao Kahn, and then stood there while that bastard snapped his neck!"

"Don't you sass at me, Kung Jin," Raiden replied.

"No... Not sassy enough," the archer replied, his voice slightly breaking. He somehow has gotten himself into kombat with the Thunder God. Before he left to steal the memento, Jin thought to himself as he grabbed an arrow. Damn it! I wish I had freeze arrows! Then my Green Arrow costume would be perfect! Due to the fact that Raiden wouldn't stop shouting gibberish and flying towards him with his Electric Fly attack, Jin would use his arrows to stop him for a few seconds, then grabbing him and kicking him.

And with that, he stopped the Thunder God. He looked at him with fear, saying weakly,

"Just let me go." As soon as he started to head off, Raiden teleported with his arms crossed, staring at the cousin of Kung Lao.

"Blood of Kung Lao..." he said to the archer, who was looking behind him since he was just on the ground. "...descendant of the Great Kung Lao... a common thief. Do you think you could walk unimpeded into my temple... and walk out again... without my complicity?" He started to walk closer to the thief, while the latter walked backward for the sake of his personal space. Jin realized what he meant, and said to the Thunder God,

"You wanted me to attack you. Why?"

"To release your anger. Make you amenable to reason," Raiden replied, uncrossing his arms. Jin gulped and frowned with a scowl, looking down at the ground.

"And make me feel like shit."

"Self-loathing has always been an unfortunate part of your makeup." Jin looked at the god with worry.

"I still have some on me? I thought I got rid of it from that—"

"It's just an expression..." Raiden said with an eyebrow raised. He cleared his throat and continued. "There lies ahead a brighter path. One that will truly honor your ancestors. One that is worthy of you." He placed a hand on Jin's shoulder for emphasis. "Go to the Wu Shi Academy. Join the Shaolin. Like Kung Lao before you." Jin turned away, unsure and scared, lifting his arms slightly as he spoke.

"I can't... They won't... accept—"

"They only care about what is in your heart, not whom your heart desires." Jin's eyes widen when he said that, and a question sparked in him.

"Hang on... How do you know I'm gay?"

"Didn't you hear? An employee from Netherrealm Studios confirmed it with a tweet," the Thunder God replied nonchalantly. Jin was shocked to hear this, and all he can say was,

"...what?"

"It's true," Raiden said. From his sleeve, he took out his phone and went to Twitter. It shows that he is Twitter verified and has over a million followers. He looked at the tweet he retweeted and showed it to Jin. The Shaolin descendant groaned, crossing his arms.

"Well, crap. There's going to be a lot of fanfiction about me being paired with either a teammate or cowboy in the future."

"Just let the fangirls do what they want. It's not like you're going to be forced to read them." Jin sighed and shook his head.

"Don't remind me." Like a strange magic trick, Raiden pulled out the memento and offered it to the archer.

"Just to let you know, it is never too late, Kung Jin." Jin took it, and gave Raiden a look, one of gratitude, but keeping a normal face. "...my time here is done, isn't?" he asked.

"Pretty much. See you later," Jin replied.

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Back to the present, the four comrades wait anxiously for the Kahn to speak. For what seemed like hours were actually minutes since the emperor was done doing an interview for a news station. Regardless, with his arms crossed behind his back, he said to the Earthrealmers,

"Your news of refugees is troubling. Their exodus to Earthrealm was not known to me. I do know this: I invited no guests from Earthrealm. Certainly, none who would disrupt the execution of justice. Not to mention, you could be the ones that started that ridiculous rumor about me." He got up the stage and placed his hand on the guillotine that was there for the bread thief. "How do I know you are not allied with Mileena? Perhaps her newfound power has earned her friends?"

"Friends?" Cassie spat out. "Why would we be friends with a cannibal? We didn't even start that rumor, either! Besides, we don't know if she has Shinnok's amulet—"

"She employs Shinnok's amulet against me?!" the Kahn interrupted. "The very item Earthrealm swore would be safe in its care?! When Outworld was offered no participation—"

"We were under attack, not Outworld—" Jin walked up to stand beside Cassie to say something.

"Kotal Kahn... The Fire that Burns the Sun... We are here because we share our concerns about the missing item. We intend no ill against your rule." The Kahn was impressed with his words, responding,

"At least one Earthrealmer sounds like a philosopher, other than an elementary school kid. But I do recall an Earthrealm expression: 'There is more honor among thieves than diplomats.'"

"I've had the questionable fortune to be both, Emperor," Jin replied. "But I'm telling you the truth."

"You are allied with Mileena," Kotal Kahn said otherwise. He looked down at D'Vorah. "You may carry out your sentence." Before the Shaolin warrior began to speak, the three groaned in annoyance.

"Kotal Kahn. Under Outworld law, I claim the right of defense... by Kombat." Out of nowhere, a set of drums did the "dun dun dun" noise, making everyone look at the drummer.

"Sorry. I'd figure we need music to set the tone," he replied nervously. The Kahn sighed.

"What?" Takeda said to his comrade.

"You're gonna fight... a duel?" Jacqui said, finally speaking for who knows how long.

"To save our asses from being killed and to eat. I'm starving!" Jin replied, looking back at the two speakers. He looked back at the emperor. "Denying the request brings dishonor upon the accuser, and it'll make you look like a wimp."

"You know much of Outworld," the emperor responded, heading down the stairs to face across from Jin.

"Know also: The duel ends in death," D'Vorah explained.

"You have won nothing," Kotal Kahn said. Jin's staff appeared, and it made the emperor lose his train of thought. "How did you do that?"

"I have my ways," Jin responded with a cocky expression. As soon as the duel commenced, the emperor summoned a sun ray and started to dance into it, and when Jin used his arrows, the health would come back. A grunt came from the archer's lips, deciding to use his Chakram and slashed his way to dish out some combos and strategies. Jin received some minor damage from the sun ray but managed to beat the Kahn just in time before the rays took his health out. "And now, Emperor?"

The emperor sits below him, panting from the fight and enduring his minor injuries. He looked at the crowd to address to them.

"The charges against you are void. I say to all that Earthrealm means Outworld no harm." When the three started to cheer for Jin, Kotal Kahn got on his knees. "Now kill me. Be done with it." Jin's eyes widen in shock. What is this, Game of Thrones? Surprisingly no, it's still kombat.

"You're not actually gonna..." Cassie paused, looking at their teammate.

"Instead of your life, I claim your service," Jin announced. "If Mileena does have the amulet, and started that rumor, we can stop her if we work together." Kotal Kahn got up on his feet and clutched onto his side from the injury.

"Emperor... They cannot be trusted—" the Kytinn said, but the emperor stopped her.

"D'Vorah. Can you not perceive... I am indebted to them." With that, the emperor offered his arm, and Jin mirrored his movement, giving their arms a shake in agreement.

"You honor us, Kotal Kahn," Jin replied with a small smile. "Our gratitude is wide like the ocean, and where can we get something to eat? I haven't eaten since our last mission." Before he could answer, Cassie said to the Kahn,

"I'll talk to General Blade... Tell her about our new... arrangement." Kotal Kahn nodded and replied to the hungry Shaolin,

"There's a Chick-Fil-A downtown. Just head back from where you got here and go to your left."

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If I were to be honest, when I first saw Kung Jin, I always had patience with him. Some hate him, and I do understand. Sure he's rude and vain, but he's not a bad person at heart, and when you found out why he's like this, it's sad, but at the same time, I applaud Netherrealm Studios for giving us a homosexual character, even though sexuality is not really important in Mortal Kombat, but I digress. Because of this, he's one of my favorite new characters. And I love his voice (you can guess who voices him) :3

Since this is for humor and not serious business, I won't say more about all that, but I do hope you enjoyed this chapter!

If you don't mind answering, what's your favorite running gag so far? My favorite gag right now is everyone getting Erron's name wrong, and when he tries to tell them his real name, they interrupt him. XD

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