Chapter Two

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Kitana sadly looked as Liu Kang's coffin was lowered to the ground. Sindel wrapped her arms around her daughter, trying to comfort her. Sindel was crying and so was Jade. Sonya and Johnny Cage held each other and she cried into Johnny's chest. Johnny gently stroked Sonya's hair, trying to comfort his girlfriend. He was crying too. Jax, Kung Lao, Sub Zero, Kurtis Stryker, Cyrax and Raiden were at the funeral. Kitana was so pale. She looked like a ghost. Liu Kang was buried at the temple near the home that he and Kitana shared. After the funeral, Kitana knelt down at Liu Kang's grave with a blankless expression on her face.

"Come on my daughter, lets go back to your house so you can eat something." said Sindel.

"Yes Kitana. You have not eaten all day. You need to eat something and get your strength." said Jade.

Kitana ignored them and kept staring at Liu Kang's headstone.

"Honey come on, don't stay here by yourself. Lets go back to your place. You need to be around the people who love you. Please?" said Sonya.

Kitana said nothing.

Sindel gently pulled her up and placing her arm around her shoulder, she helped her daughter to walk.

"Poor Kitana." Sonya whispered to Jade as they walked behind them.

Jade sighed sadly.

At Kitana and Liu Kang's cottage, everybody was there sitting down in the living room. Kitana walked into the bedroom and Sindel and Jade followed her, closing the bedroom door.

Kitana sat down on the bed.

"Kitana, please why don't you come back to Edenia with me and Jade? You shouldn't be here all by yourself."Sindel said.

"No." said Kitana.

"Why?" asked Jade.

"I don't want to leave. This is me and Liu's home. Staying here reminds me of him. I want to still feel close to him. I can't leave. I won't leave."

"But Kitana-" said Jade.

"I said NO! I am staying here."

"Alright my daughter, I respect your wishes. But if you ever change your mind, you know you are always welcomed home."

"Thank you mother." said Kitana, hugging her. After many hours, Liu and Kitana's friends left the house. They hugged Kitana and comforted her before saying goodbye. Sindel and Jade stayed with Kitana for a week. They wanted to stay for a month but Kitana told them that she would be okay and they needed to get back to their royal duties. Kitana also told them that she needed some space. Sindel and Jade didn't want to leave but if Kitana wanted some space, they needed to respect her wishes.

Kitana was so depressed and she stayed in the cottage all day and all night. One day, she decided that she had enough. She couldn't live anymore. If the man that she loved was dead, then she had no reason to live. She walked from the bedroom to the kitchen and brought out a knife from the cabinet. Kitana started crying.

"I will see you soon my love." She said. She was about to stab herself but fortunately Kung Lao had just walked inside the cottage.

"KITANA NO!" screamed Kung Lao, running to the kitchen.

"I have made up my mind! You cannot stop me!"

"Kitana, please…give me the knife. I know you're hurting. I know. But you have to try and move on…Liu wouldn't want you to kill yourself. He would want you to live."

"Live? Live? How can I live without him? Ever since he died, I have never felt so empty in my life. How can I go on without him? How?"

Kitana started crying.

"I don't want to live without him. I cannot live without him."she said.

Kung Lao gently took the knife away from her. He put the knife down and pulled her into a hug.

"It's okay Kitana. You're not alone. I'm here. You have your mother, Jade, all your friends…you're not alone. We'll figure this out okay?"

They hugged for many seconds, both not saying a word, Kung Lao gently stroking her long hair.

"Shang Tsung and Quan Chi must pay for what they did." Kitana finally said.

"And they will." said Kung Lao. "We won't let them get away with this. I swear to you."

A few days later, Raiden summoned Kitana, Kung Lao and the rest of his Kombatants for a meeting of the utmost importance. They all sat around a fire, Raiden standing in the middle. Raiden explained how Shang Tsung and Quan Chi had teamed up in order to form a deadly alliance. They wanted to awaken an evil army of the Dragon King to take over the world. Raiden explained that Shang Tsung and Quan Chi needed to eliminate the two people that were a threat to stop their plans…Shao Kahn and Liu Kang, Earth's greatest warrior. Raiden said that he surrendered his status as an elder god so that he could aid the Kombatants.

"We must stop this deadly alliance." Raiden concluded his speech.

The Kombatants were motivated by Raiden's speech. The death of Liu Kang also fueled their motivation. They were determined to destroy Quan Chi and Shang Tsung, but none of the Kombatants had more thirst for revenge than Kitana and Kung Lao.

Weeks later…

It was one hell of a war, but the Kombatants had done it. They had stopped Quan Chi and Shang Tsung from destroying the world. The Kombatants were destroying the few remaining soldiers of the Dragon King. Sonya did her Scissor Split move on one soldier, splitting his body in half. Jax used his bionic arms to pound the soldiers to the ground. Kenshi was slicing the soldiers with his katana. Johnny Cage was killing the soldiers with his deadly Shadow Kick. Shang Tsung and Quan Chi knew that they had lost and started to run away, trying to escape but Kitana and Kung Lao were not going to let them get away. They ran to the evil sorcerers and positioned themselves in a battle stance.

"Shang Tsung is mine." said Kitana to Kung Lao.

"Alright, I'll take the pale one." said Kung Lao.

"I will snap your neck, just like I did to your lover." said Shang Tsung, smirking.

"AAAAAHHHHH!" screamed Kitana in fury, charging toward Shang Tsung. She swiped her fan blades at him, but he dodged. He grabbed her arm and kicked her torso, knocking the wind out of her. Kitana knelt on the ground in pain and Shang Tsung threw a fireball at her, but she blocked the fireball with her fan blades. Shang Tsung threw another fireball and Kitana threw one of her fan blades. The fireball and fan blade hit each other and Kitana threw her other fan blade. Shang Tsung wasn't expecting her to throw another fan blade. He was caught off guard and the fan blade hit his head. The impact created a gash on Shang Tsung's head and his head was bleeding. Kitana smirked when she saw the damage she had caused.

Kung Lao and Quan Chi's fight was also very intense. Kung Lao threw his deadly hat towards Quan Chi but the sorcerer also threw a fireball at the same time, preventing the hat from hitting him. Kung Lao did a flying kick to Quan Chi but the sorcerer grabbed his leg and used his elbow to hit Kung Lao's knee. Kung Lao winced in pain and Quan Chi laughed.

"Pathetic. Just like Liu Kang." said Quan Chi.

Kung Lao angrily ran towards the sorcerer and punched him many times but Quan Chi blocked every punch then Kung Lao did a kick sweep, causing Quan Chi to fall on the ground. With the sorcerer lying on the ground, Kung Lao stomped his chest with his foot causing Quan Chi to scream in pain. The sorcerer was still lying down and Kung Lao started punching his face many times. Quan Chi finally blocked a punch and uppercutted Kung Lao.

Kitana was kicking Shang Tsung and hitting him with her fan blades. Kitana was about to finish Shang Tsung for good when all of a sudden, Shang Tsung turned into Liu Kang.

"Kitana! Stop!" said the fake Liu Kang.

"Liu?" said Kitana.

"Yes my love...it's me. I'm back." The fake Liu Kang started walking towards Kitana.

Kitana was so happy to see Liu Kang. She had tears in her eyes. She missed him so much. She lowered her fan blades.

"Liu..." she said breathlessly.

The fake Liu Kang pressed his body close to hers and gently held her face.

"I'm here Kitana..." said the fake Liu Kang.

"No...no you're not real..." she said, shaking her head.

"Yes I am." the fake Liu Kang started to move his lips towards Kitana. Kitana also moved towards him to kiss him. Meanwhile, the fake Liu Kang was forming a fireball with one hand behind his back.

They were inches away from kissing until Kitana came to her senses.

"No! You are not Liu evil sorcerer!" Kitana said, pushing him away.

The fake Liu Kang threw the fireball at her and it hit her hard. Then the fake Liu Kang turned back into Shang Tsung. The evil sorcerer grabbed Kitana's hair and slammed her head to the ground over and over again. Kitana winced in pain.

"It's futile Kitana. I am going to kill you and take your soul!" said Shang Tsung. He grabbed her hair about to slam her head to the ground again but Kitana managed to elbow him. She got off the ground and sliced his chest with her fan blade. She kicked him over and over. She used her fan blades to fly towards him and hit him. Shang Tsung stood up in pain and then Kitana gave him a powerful uppercut, sending him flying. He fell to the ground. Defeated.

"That was for Liu Kang." said Kitana.

Kung Lao and Quan Chi were kicking and punching each other. Quan Chi threw a fireball at Kung Lao but he dodged it and he used the opportunity to throw his hat at the sorcerer, hitting him. Kung Lao's hat flew back to him and he put it back on his head. Quan Chi stretched out his hand towards Kung Lao. Kung Lao started feeling strange. His head started to hurt. Just then, his body started to walk slowly towards Quan Chi. Kung Lao was trying to stop himself from walking but he couldn't. Quan Chi was controlling his body! Kung Lao walked to Quan Chi and the sorcerer used a skull to hit his head and then he kicked him. Kung Lao fell down and then Quan Chi kept kicking him as he was on the ground. Kung Lao then grabbed Quan Chi's leg and tripped him to the ground. Kung Lao got up.

"Lets end this!" said Kung Lao.

Quan Chi charged towards Kung Lao and threw a punch at him but Kung Lao grabbed his arm and used his hat to slice his arm.

"AAAAAAHHHH!" Quan Chi screamed in pain. He angrily charged towards Kung Lao, but he used his spinning move to hit Quan Chi. Kung Lao took off his hat about to use it to slice off the sorcerer's head. Quan Chi realized that he had been defeated and he quickly created a portal. He stood up.

"We will finish this fight some other time! I will get my revenge!" said Quan Chi. He then entered into the portal and disappeared.

"Kung Lao!" said Kitana, running towards him. They hugged each other.

"We did it! We got revenge!" said Kitana.

"Liu Kang would be proud of you." said Kung Lao, smiling.

"He would be proud of you as well." said Kitana, smiling back. They released their hug and met up with the rest of the Kombatants. The bodies of the evil soldiers were all over the place. The Kombatants had won.