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It had been a week since Scorpion had last seen the princess of Edenia. He was beginning to think she had finally forgotten about him... thank goodness too. He strolled down the street, glaring at pedestrians who dared even look at him. Life was good... for the most part... he had two things left to accomplish in life... One, kill Sub-Zero. Two, kill Quan Chi. And he would accomplish his goal... he was the undefeatable spectre... Scorpion...

Almost undefeatable.

He growled at the thought of that woman, Kitana... why was it all he could think about? He wasn't thinking about her in any nice or complimentary way... or in any way at all... it was more of a worry... no, the undefeatable spectre, Scorpion need not worry of anything... it was more of a dread. She was doing this on purpose... she wanted to unexpectedly appear out of no where to surprise him... he knew she would, any moment... it was going to happen... he just didn't know when.

The thing was, Scorpion hated surprises. He enjoyed it when things were predictable... his enemies moves, the weather of the day... anything, as long as he knew what was going to happen next. Unfortanetly, his life was suddenly filled with surprises.

Sub-Zero was not too far ahead. Scorpion growled again... the only reason he was in the same town as that ice-cube-stuck-up-his-ass-prick, was because of the tournament. Normally, he would be in the Netherealm, but because the tournament was taking place in Outworld... Scorpion was compelled to sigh... things were not looking up for him.

"Scorpion." Sub-Zero muttered in greeting. The spectre stopped dead in his tracks... were they going to fight? If so, Scorpion was prepared... he knew what would be coming. "Are the rumors true?"

Scorpion blinked. "What rumors?" He snapped, stepping forward in a threatening manner. Sub-Zero smirked... out of all the Sub-Zeros that Scorpion had come across, this one... the son's brother's cousin's uncle's second cousin, or however he was related to the original one... loved to mock Scorpion. He always adorned this malicious smirk whenever he knew something that Scorpion didn't... it really irritated him.

"The rumors... you and Kitana." Sub-Zero answered, his smirk widening. Just like a Sub-Zero, vague as ever...

"Care to elaborate?" The Shirai-Ryu cracked his knuckles in a threatening manner... all though this didn't seem to phase the Lin-Kuei ninja one bit. Sub-Zero's smirk would have widened if it was possible.

"Oh, something or rather about you and the princess... frolicking in the flower fields..." Sub-Zero replied off-handedly. Scropion's eyes threatened to bulge out of it's sockets... Where the hell had that come from? His eyes narrowed, regaining his composure.

"Care to repeat that?" He stepped closer, ready to pound the ninja's face in. How could he be so bold with the undefeatable spectre, the great Scorpion? The spectre sighed... he had to stop thinking like that before he got so distracted basking in his own glory that he'd be caught unawares and pummeled into a bloody pulp... not that anything bad could ever happen to the almost undefeatable spectre, the great Scorpion... The ninja sighed again... he was losing it.

"You, Kitana, flower fields, doing unmentionable things..." Sub-Zero trailed off...

"Are you suggesting that she and I were..." Scorpion blanched before coming to a realization. "There are no flower fields in Outworld!"

Sub-Zero laughed coldly. "Took you long enough to figure that one out." Scorpion's eyes narrowed dangerously. "That still doesn't change the fact that the princess of Edenia has repeated that to just about every village in her petty love-struck manner."

"You mean she's the one spreading rumors?" Scorpion asked, bewildered. Sub-Zero nodded knowingly... a little too helpful for Scorpion's liking. However, he didn't have time to dwell on Sub-Zero's odd helpful attitude... he had to find Kitana and fast... before any other whacky rumors were spread about the two of them.

"Going to see her?" Sub-Zero asked, his smirk still wide as ever... Damn the mind-readers... Scorpion thought angrily. "Well, tell your lover I said 'hi'."

"When I see you again, I will disembowel you." Scorpion replied, determination written all over his masked face. With that, he turned and left, ready to tear the woman to pieces if necessary... nobody spread rumors about him and got away with it... especially those kinds of rumors. Of course, how he would find the princess he had no idea... So he went to the only place he had ever unexpectedly run into her... the dojo.

Just as he was approaching the building, by a stroke of luck, Kitana came up behind him... of course, not in any subtle manner... The girl leapt happily towards him, throwing her arms around his middle in a tight and happy embrace. People stopped to stare at them awkwardly... most of them knew Scorpion... and to see him with a woman was just beyond weird...

"You again." Scorpion growled in acknowledgement.

"Did you miss me? I know it's been at least a week..." Kitana trailed off... was this really the princess...? The rumors Scorpion had heard about her were completely different from how he was seeing her now... wasn't the princess of Edenia supposed to be a 'lady with the proper upbringing and extensive knowledge to maturely rule Edenia without fault'. Here, he was seeing a child with absolutely no control over her emotions what-so-ever. Last he heard, she was rather aloof... what had changed her so abruptly?

"No, I haven't missed you." Scorpion replied with his own aloof tone. Kitana seemed dissapointed... that was odd, why would anybody care for his opinion? Kitana inwardly smirked... she knew how to get any guy going, especially those with the 'tough-guy act'... Her eyes began to well up with tears... Scorpion stepped back abruptly... Was she...? "Wait... I didn't say anything bad! No..." A tear dribbled down the girl's cheek. "You can't do this to me! I'm an emotionless spectre! I'm not supposed to be affected... quit crying!"

"S-so... you d-d-don't... like me?" Kitana asked, burrying her face in her hands.

"That's not what I said!" Scorpion exclaimed... he had never made a girl cry before... and when his father had still been living, he had taught his son the moral of always treating women with respect... "I don't dislike you... quit crying!"

The tears stopped and Kitana smiled up at him. "So you like me?"

"Don't read to much into it." Scorpion replied, looking away... stupid girl, stupid tears... why do girls always have to cry and make some sort of huge scene?

"Oh good, because I was beginning to worry..." Kitana said, staring off into the distance. "Hey, how about we go into the village and do a little something... like..." Kitana put a finger to her lip in thought. "Shopping!" She exclaimed suddenly, smiling widely.

"You-you've got to be kidding me." Scorpion replied... he stuttered... he couldn't believe he just stuttered... Scorpion scowled. This was getting rediculous. "I don't 'shop'. I'm getting ready for the tournament so I can defeat my arch-nemisis Sub-Zero... not to mention Quan-Chi..." Scorpion trailed off, murder in his voice.

"Ooh! I know this spot where other warriors have gathered to show off their strength... the winner gets ten-thousand gold koins... I could actually buy something exotic with that much money..." Kitana trailed off.

"What need would I have for money? I'm not interested in shopping for shoes... or whatever you woman normally buy."

"Well, you could blow off some of that steam you have..." Kitana replied hopefully.

"I do not have 'steam'. I am perfectly in control of my emotions!" Scorpion yelled, dissproving his statement.

"Aw, whatever you say sweetie."

"Don't call me that." Scorpion snapped. Actually, it might be a good idea to beat up a few weakling humans... Scorpion smirked... "Fine, we'll go to this 'thing'..."

Kitana smiled... he said 'we'... Her smile widened... all though she did not understand why... the only reason she needed him was to make Liu Kang jealous... after all, he was going to be at this little tournament... There, she could easily show off her new 'boyfriend's' mad fighting skills. And if she could make him jealous enough... it might upset Jade enough if she realizes that he's still in love with her... Kitana smiled... her plan would work out perfectly!

Kitana's arm entwined with Scorpion's. Scorpion glared down at the offending body part, but didn't say anything... the girl wouldn't give up anyway, so he might as well give in and play along a little bit until she got what she wanted, which was apparently her ex-boyfriend... just as long as there was no kissing or extensive hugging involved... Scorpion growled at that thought.

Soon the two had reached a clearing beyond the houses where a group of people were gathered around two men engaged in battle... Kitana gasped... it was Sub-Zero verses Lu Kang, and by the looks of it, her ex wasn't doing so well...

Lu Kang leapt forward with a flying kick, which was avoided easily by the Lin-Kuei warrior... Sub-Zero's eyes were blazing with insanity... Scorpion growled... Sub-Zero was not himself, and there was only one other person he knew that went through periodic changes like that... Had Quan-Chi also cursed his rival?

Sub-Zero's hand grasped Lu Kang's neck tightly... the monk was in such a weakened state, he was unable to effectively fight back... The monk struggled a bit, before his face took on an unhealthy shade of blue... if someone didn't do something soon, the man would die.

Kitana shut her eyes, unable to believe what she was seeing... she had to stop this... before anyone knew it, she was tearing through the crowd to get to the two warriors. Sub-Zero stopped his assault on his victim... with a blood thirsty look in his eyes, he turned towards the princess... and attacked.

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Julz: That wasn't to bad, was it?

Vikki: I like it!

Julz: Of course you do... But Scorpion has been drastically thrown out of character... I mean, I'm not even a fan and I know that!

Vikki: Who cares?

Julz: Our readers...?

Vikki: Oh...

Julz: Anyway... I do have a good reason for Kitana being out of character... it'll be explained later though...

Vikki: You mean you actually plan to explain it?

Julz: OF COURSE!

Vikki: Hm...

Aleena: HI!

Vikki: AHH! THE REINCARNATION OF MICHAEL JACKSON!

Aleena: But... Michael Jackson isn't dead!

Vikki: Oh... right, I meant Elvis Presley...

Julz: Hey! I like Elvis!

Vikki: You would!

Julz: You ain't nothing but a hound dog!

Vikki: I won't ask... anyway, please review! It's greatly appreciated!

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Julz: Don't crush her dreams Vikki...

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Vikki: Also, now that's school's out for the summer, we'll be updating more frequently...

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