At the center of the arena, Skeleton was busy reading a dirty magazine featuring female skeletons. However, he was interrupted by a water balloon hitting the back of his head and splashing him. "Oh, right, the tournament," Skeleton said as he got to his feet bones. After he put his bowtie back on, he cleared his throat, a process that went on for thirty seconds.
"Alrighty then," Skeleton said. "Time for the next match: Kisara..."
Kisara walked onto the arena, awaiting her opponent.
"..vs Ermac." Kisara was surprised when she heard Skeleton say her master's name. She was still in shock when Ermac floated his way to the arena across from Kisara.
"Master," Kisara said as she bowed. "I didn't expect you to be my opponent."
"Expect the unexpected," Ermac replied. "One of the many principles of the telepath. Didn't we teach you that?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Ready to go?"
"Let us see what you have learned since you went your way."
"Fight!" Skeleton shouted. Ermac vanished immediately and teleported behind Kisara, who preempted the impending attack and countered it just as Ermac appeared behind her. She then force pushed him away.
"Not bad," Ermac replied before floating back up, "but you will have to demonstrate more than mind reading in order to succeed."
"I know, I know," Kisara replied. Ermac dashed towards her with a right haymaker, which Kisara skillfully avoided. She countered with a kick in the chest and a palm thrust in the stomach, knocking him back. This gave Kisara the opportunity to float into the air and do a dive kick. Ermac vanished just before Kisara landed. Puzzled, Kisara didn't bother to look behind her, giving Ermac the advantage as he reappeared behind her, used his powers to lift her up, and toss her to the edge of the arena.
Ermac floated down towards the downed Kisara. "See what being careless gets you, our pupil?" Ermac queried. "When you get caught up in figuring out where your opponent has gone, you will lose your focus." Ermac then used his powers to mind boggle Kisara. She grabbed her head and groaned as if she had the most painful migraine. Her eyes turned white with fury, and, after charging up enough power, she unleashed a powerful force field of light, knocking Ermac towards the edge of the arena.
After walking towards each other, they engaged in a beam fight, with Ermac's soul beam clashing with Kisara's light beam. After over thirty seconds of this, Kisara extended her other palm, causing a flash of light to harm Ermac's brain, leading to her winning the beam fight and knocking her master back, unable to continue fighting.
"Winner: Kisara!" Skeleton announced. "Now finish him."
"You're kidding, right?" Kisara quipped. "Why would I kill my master? I dunno what the deal is with Belial and Quan Chi's sick gore fetish, but I'm not gonna satisfy it." Kisara helped Ermac to his feet.
Ermac smiled at his pupil. "Well done, Kisara," Ermac congratulated. "Seems we underestimated you. You seem to have improved greatly."
"You know I harnessed my abilities from the best," Kisara said. "I even learned some cool tricks with them, though you already saw that." The two then walked back into the audience.
to be continued...