Crap, I Was Rifted

After a very unusual breakfast and exchanging of information the fight was to start in a few minutes. Shao Khan did not respond to Azul's invitation for an Alliance which was fine. He did side with the Elder God's since they tampered with his people's fight. Also, they didnt step forward to stop the Edenian's from breaking several rules.

The cyber ninja led by Sektor caused major damage to Out World. With the Black Dragon group, they used the heavy weapon's doing massive damage to the castle. Out World and the Nether Realm were a force to align after it was revealed that Shinnok had been killed by someone. So far there were no leads. The good news, however, was that Torbin had taken out a Cyborg and taken the remains. He handed over to a very happy Azul that promise to help him with something he requested in the future. The Reaper Node devoured the technology happily.

Reaper Node: Cyber programming and combat abilities added to Node. Reverse Engineering increases. Intelligence + 2. Quest upscaled to acquire more cyber bodies.

The final rounds were going to be held at the Nexus again. But had changed to a more temple based ground now. The stone surface had powerful psychic impressions that Azul let Slannesh eat in earnest. He was taking in the biotic strands of the people. A lot of the Edenians were changed in a way. It nagged at the back of his mind but he couldn't place his mind on it from all the different strands.

The same Elder God stepped out as the referee. "Lin Kuei/Shinrai Ryu Ruby v.s. Edenia's Princess Kitana." The referee said before stepping out.

"You will fall before me," Kitana said insipidly.

"Sorry toots, but angels don't fall." Ruby jumped right at her with a leaping kick.

"You are no angel!" Kitana cartwheeled out of the way. As she came up, she pulled her fans out.

"Fwip, fwip," launched with high speed and precision, they opened turning to spinning saws as they went at Ruby.

"Oh how cute," Ruby said looking at them approach. "Ouchies!"

She said cutley as they lodged in her c.h.e.s.t. "Fwoosh!" In a burst of flame they were set ablaze and turned to slag. "Tunk, tunk!"

"Those are enchanted!" Kitana looked on amazed. As well as a few in the crowd.

"Enchanted my tight little a.s.s." Ruby took a single step before a burst of fire propelled her forward.

"Those were some nice knockoffs!" Her right fist caught fire as she punched Kitana in the gut. "Eat it, princess!"

"Oof!" Having the wind knocked out of her was the least worrying part. "Ahhh!" Kitana screamed as her clothes and hair caught fire. She stepped out of the ring only to be pushed back inside by the surrounding Tarkata soldiers.

Steeling herself, she swung at Ruby. "Tap," burnt fist was blocked by a palm from Ruby. Kitana raised her knee hitting her in the gut. That caused Ruby to take a single step back.

"Oh, you have some fight in you still." Ruby was getting more excited. Kitana became upset and went for a high kick. Ruby decided to copy her.

"Wham!" Ruby put to much power in. A split second later a sickening noise went out. "Krackk!" Kitana leg snapped at the top.

"Oof!" Kitana spun on the ground in pain. Dirt and sand going into her wounds. "Ahhh.. Ah." She screamed trying to get herself up.

"How nice." Ruby walked over and placed her foot right next to her side. "People like you, just make me sick, sick, sick!" She kicked her three times in succession. Each blow sending Kitana higher into the air. Until she was even with Ruby. Ruby spun on her foot and brought her leg over in a burning axe kick.

"Boom!" Her heel knocked Kitana down so hard, that her body bent before making a small crater.

"Finish Her!" A voice said from the surroundings. Right as Ruby put her foot over the dazed woman's head, she stopped to look at Azul.

"No." Azul said gently to her. He only did so due to the blue energy around the woman.

"Tch, very well." Ruby walked away.

"Winner Shinrai Ryu."

"Kitana!" The King said. He sent two of his guards to pick her up. Taking her away to somewhere to get treated. "You will pay dearly for this!"

"Are you threatening me?" Ruby turned to him. She felt Azul step up in front of her in an instant. He pushed her behind and gave her a hard look to back off. "Grr fine!"

"Little dead King, be happy your child was spared. But threaten my people and things will get very dangerous for you." Azul let his Dragon power wash over the area. The Shokan and Shao Khan looked at him intently. The Edenian's only shuddered before stiffening back up. "Should we settle this right now?"

"Hmph, you cannot hope to best me, boy!" The king stepped forward before he was pulled back by his Realm's protector Argus. "What is it?!"

"You should stop," Argus said. "No unnecessary fighting."

"I agree with him," Raiden said next to him. "It would be best to stay in the confine of the rules."

"You were lucky child." The king said before turning to walk away.

"Pft yeah ok," Azul said as he made the peace sign. "Full of Monkey spit I swear." Walking back to the others he saw there faces. "What?"

"Surprise you didn't try to goad him into a fight," Jaina said with a smirk.

"I think you should have," Sapphire said. She looks to Ruby who looked pissed. "Definitely should have."

"No, it was good he didn't," Riku said as she put up the auxiliary field. "Last time we were here I found something out. It didn't make sense till just now. Raiden... Is twisted by that medallion around his neck. When we arrived last time he was already killed by someone. All that was left were the few Edenians fighting. I saved him upon arriving here this time. It was one of the quests I received."

"So your fault that psycho is alive?" Sapphire asked angrily. "He tried to kill me and a friend last night."

"That was who you were fighting?" RUby asked. Her sister nodded. "What the hell makes you think you can fight an Elder God. Even these fake ones?"

"Shut up. He was not that great of a fighter. I was to fast for him." Sapphire rebutted. "Besides I just needed to keep him busy and away for my friend to deliver a message to Shao Khan's forces."

"What was the message? Who was the friend?" Emerald asked. Her sister remained quiet.

"It better not be an enemy," Ashley growled. "It is a crazy world here. Besides our Lin Kuei allies and the Shokan we have, these creatures suck for the most part. Bunch of demons from ChaosRealm and the Nether Realm ugh."

"At least you won your fight," Torbin said. "I lost against that whatever that guy was. Ebon black reflexes are way to fast to be a regular human."

"You did fine. I just we could have helped Scorpion." Shun said. "His hatred will consume him. I would like to come back and help him. My Andromeda chains can pull him out of that pit. In fact, so can yours."

"Right." Azul agreed before looking at the announcer.

"Lin Kuei/Shinrai Ryu Storm v.s. Edenian's Black Dragon Kano."

Tifa bounced on her feet in the ring. She switched to a tank top despite Azul telling her not to. "Come on one eye. I want to hurry and beat you." She taunted.

"Babe the only one eye mine you can beat id right here." Kano pointed at his crotch. "How about after I beat that a.s.s we get a drink?"

"God damn Kano!" Sonya reached for her gun ready to draw it.

"Aww come on luv. I can take you both at the same time." He gave a slight pelvic thrust. "Give better than that pretty boy next to you ever could."

"Drop dead!" Sonya said even angrier. Johnny next to her pulled her back. He whispered in her ear something to try and calm her. "I am going to kill that sleazeball!"

"Fight!" The referee said seeing Tifa looking away.

"Stupid bird hehe." Kano chuckled as he fired from his eye.

"Beem," a red laser shot out hitting Tifa in the face knocking her down. "Thump," she took that blast completely undefended and her face was paying for it.

"Dumbass," Azul muttered.

"I agree." Bi-Han said next to him.

"Geez giver her a break." Jaina said. "You two are her teacher's how about some support. They both turn to look at her confused. "You were calling her a dumbass weren't you?"

"No." Bi-Han said.

"If I was insulting her, I would call her a dumb bitch. That way she knew I was really pissed or disappointed in her." Azul shook his head. "I was referring to Kano. He relied her up really good."

"How nice." Ashley said with a little snide in her voice.

"The word is meant to cause her to get upset not make her feel god damn butterflies. If you act like a dumb bitch, I am gonna call you one to." Azul said as he looked at her.

"Jeez, thanks Skipper." Ashley looked at him defiantly. "Treat everyone like that?"

"Hmm no. Just when they are being.. well dumb bitches. It could be worse. I could call her a Psycho Bitch.* I learned that from a book I read with really powerful women. Incidentally, they were defintely Psycho's and bitches. They really liked calling themselves that. There was even a guy that they got to start calling himself that as well."

"How about no to that," Jaina said. "Lets no call, anyone, that. Get rid of the World altogethor."

"Right. That means no one on the ship better not say it either." Azul said with a smirk. "If they do.. they get put in front of everyone and flogged. What do you think?"

"No!" Riku said. "I say it alone more than anyone. So defintely not."

"Ugh so do I..." Ruby added.

"How about you just stop saying it?" Ashley said to him.

"Ha, I cant say it but you can? If you gain that mentality do not come back to my ship." Azul looked back towards the fight. The others looked at his serious expression and talked amongst themselves. 'Tifa is letting herself get hit on purpose. Why is she training her perception at this time?'

Kano had grabbed Tifa by the leg and slammed her onto the ground. While she was down, he kicked her between the legs. On his pull back of his foot, a blade appeared at the end of his boot..

"Sching!" It shined in the light.

"Hiyah!" Tifa stabbed her hands into the stone and flung Kano to the side. He rolled out of the ring towards Liu Kang and Johnny. They each grabbed him by the shoulders and threw him back in.

"Quit shoving!" Kano said. He stopped right in front of Tifa who ducked down, and rose to give him an uppercut. "Ughh," Kano flipped over onto his back. "I should of dialed down the pain receptors," Kano grumbled. Tifa came at him with a low kick. He grabbed it and pulled her down to the ground. "Gotcha babe!"

Kano clasped his hands togethor and brought them down strait to her face. "Bam," he broke Tifa's nose with the force of his attack. Tifa rolled to the side causing Kano to catch himself with his arm.

Before she got away he grabbed her leg and stood up holding her in the air. His strength surprising a few of them.

"This is gonna hurt for her," Azul said.

"Should we surrender for her?" Ashley asked.

"No, she rather die instead," Azul said with finality. "Unless she tells me to mentally, I will not."

"Raahh!" Kano slammed Tifa to the ground.

On the first swing, she cracked the ground a little. "Crk," the next lift he smashed her down harder. Enough that the surface split. "Cracck," the adjacent stone surface split next. On the next lift, Kano grabbed her with both hands and jumped in the air. Coming down he slammed her into the surface. "Booom!" The entire surface broke apart.

"Tifa!" Frost yelled. She looked at Azul who just blinked a little. "Get her out of there!"

"No. Now be quiet. I am trying to figure out what she is trying to learn." Azul admonished her before focusing on the area Tifa laid moving. Her health was on the bad side of yellow but she was alright. Behind Azul, Tiffany and Shun were staring intently.

"What a shame. Such a pretty bird. I dun gone and broke her." Kano said. He pulled out a cigar and lit it. "Could always use the corpse and cyber it up. Nice cans on her that one."

"Chck," lighter ignited he lit the cigar and looked at the referee who gave him a smirk. Turning back forward, Kano only saw a pair of t.i.t.s in his face. "Creen," metal strained from pressure as Kano back bent a little.

Tifa had jumped on Kano. Legs wrapped around his waist as she kept punching his face in. "Wham, wham, wha, wham, wham, wham," her blows came down fast. After her last blow, Kano's eye glowed again. "Bweem," the shot caught her in the c.h.e.s.t and sent her flying again onto her back. "Thump," she didnt move for a few seconds.

The strange thing was Kano's face. It revealed a fully metallic structure. "Cat's out of the bag I see." Pulling the flesh completely away he looked at Liu Kang. "Compliments of your Shaolin buddies. They are all dead now though. Heh, instead of meditating they should have learned to wear body armor."

"Hup!" Tifa jumped up. "Nice hit." Punching her knuckles together wind and water circled around. "Time to get serious."

"You are something else. Definitely worth adding to my collection." Kano taunted. "Ready when you are babe." Tifa had water on her feet as she slid over. On her back, a blast of wind shot her forward repeatedly. Kano was not ready as Tifa punched him quickly. "Ugh!"

"Wham," Tifa came from the side sliding around his back. A hit catching him in the chin. Water went into his mouth. "Wham," she slid back after another punch to the same area. A shine left the jaw before fading. "Wham," Tifa came from his front this time with a powerful uppercut.

"Ugh why you.." Kano said looking at her before she moved from his sight. "Where did you!?" He turned to see her behind him. His cybernetic upgrades were burning to keep up. "Ha!" With a powerful backhand, his fist went through water and air. "You cowardly wench!" The strangest thing happen as Tifa formed around his outstretched arm.

"You got what you wanted. You are inside me big boy." Tifa said seductively. It was anything but that as her voice contained no warmth in it. "Doube Tap." Bothe her hands turned into claws like Azul's does. Her thumb stabbed into his jaw. Her other fingers stabbed into his eyes that lit up. "Night night."

"Splash," a torrent of water left her fingertips and entered his body. "Wooosshh," wind howled as it pressed in on them. Several impressions of hands made from air and water rained down on Kano.

'Man this place has really turned out.' Azul thought looking at the fight. Aurora held him from the back as she watched Tifa finish her fight. She sent her d.e.s.i.r.e for connection over and Azul let it through. 'Whats up Hotshot?'

'The differences are very different from last time. But at least we have our forces here as well. My sister's are excited. These Edinian's are the enemies yes?'

'Yup. Out World is dangerous and I cannot see them not trying something. Azul moves his hands to his waist by hers. "We will see what happens. Our people come first in everything. Then allies, then morality at the end... Maybe.'

"I can get behind that." Aurora held him tighter as there bond started to grow. On the opposite side Queen Sindel's eyes looked on weirdly. She was way quieter than the previous day. "I am so horny. I want to fight you so badly. Want you to see what I learned from fighting the day before."

"Asari are just something else," Ashley said. Her cousin Torbin just stared at Tifa. She smacked him in the back of the head. "Quit staring at her!"

"Screw you. Not every day you get to see a half-n.a.k.e.d woman beat a guy. Or a robot. Whatever he is." Torbin said.

"Pretty normal here," Johnny said with a shrug. "Half-n.a.k.e.d women beating guys I mean. If I didnt know any better I say god enjoys it."

"Yeah right," Sonya said. "I bet you Raiden is a v.i.r.g.i.n!"

"Winner, Storm." The referee said. The crowd clapped in appreciation. "The next round we have, Grandmaster Mist v.s. Prince Rain of Edenia."

"Kick his b.u.t.t." Sapphire said.

"If you lose I am gonna kick you in the nuts," Ruby said. "The same way Tifa did to Kano."

"After I milk them!" Amethyst said as she looked smiling. Her purple eyes were full of mischief.

"Hahaha, they are interesting." Jaina said from the side. "I think they will make things livelier if not raunchy. Best to not lose."

"Some positive vibes." Torbin smiled. "You got this man." He gave Azul the thumbs up. "You get your a.s.s kicked do I get to be Commander then?"

"Hahaha very funny." Azul retorted with a laugh. In the ring prince Rain stepped in. He took his stance and stared at Azul. His gaze confidant. "Hmm how about this. I beat his a.s.s and then I beat all off your asses after? Full throttle no hold bar fight."

"Hell no!" Torbin yelled and pushed Azul forward. "Just beat him for we can go eat. I want to try the Shokan food."

"Yeah that is what you want. I see the way you look at them." Azul stopped his stumble and looked at him before smiling. "Trust me they are very fun to get to know." Turning back he fixed his mask. The moment it was placed his demeanor changed as his stance turned domineering. Dragon power washing out.

'Oh, guess he is not some weakling.' Rain thought the fight would be easy. His confidence was very much still there. "I will enjoy this."

"Right.. I have heard of those who like to lose."

"Field change." The referee said. The stone disappeared replaced with sand. The Dragon symbol on the surface."Fight!"

Azul took a step back as he felt something in the sand. A spike shot up and almost cuffed his foot.

"Schuk, schuk," after stabbing up they went back down into the sand. All across the field others started shooting up. Prince Rain moved effortlessly through them. Stepping away before each one.

He knew each location from his training or someone was informing him. Azul stepped forward once again before jumping away as another two popped out.

"Yeah.. No dealing with this." Reaching out with his biotics he lifted the spikes out of the ground.

"Crreen," the metal broke apart easily. Old rusted metal. Holding them in the air briefly he used Fling and sent them towards Rain.

"Splash," the spikes hit water as Rain turned into liquid. Going through the other side Azul kept them floating.

Jumping forward with a kick, Azul missed as Rain moved to the side. Sending a forward strike he was grabbed by Azul's arm. With a jerk he found he couldn't move.

"Let go!" Rain said. His leg shot out hitting Azul in the side.

"Thump, thump, thump," He sent out three kicks. Barely doing any damage at all. Rain eyes went wide feeling the durable flesh. He started turning into water to get free but that was a mistake.

"Ahhh!" Rain screamed in pain as Azul activated Misty Fist and started to turn the man apart. Slowly he absorbed him into his biotics taking all his knowledge and his soul. "Aaaah!"

"Stop!" King Jerrod yelled. It was to late.

"The winner Azul!" The referee said. He looked on sick before turning away. "The representatives of Earth Realm move on to the next round."

"You killed my son!" Rains father yelled. It was the Eldar God Argos.

"He killed Kinyaro's mate after she yielded the fight." Azul stared coldly before looking at the Shokan and cupping his hands in a salute. "My people have your back in and out of the shadows. We are no cowards."

"Thank you." Kintaro said.

"You ate him..." Riku said. "Why..?"

"You heard why. Get over it." Azul shrugged. He sent a message to all of them mentally. 'The Edenians will make their move tonight. Be careful.' Sending the attack plan he acquired from the memories in detail. As for Prince Rain other parts, it was stored away to be fed to one of the Thessia sisters.

'Shit these bastards want Earth!' Jaina said. 'That is why they are fighting so hard. there World is dying and fast and Earth fits all that they need. Since they are so long-lived they can completely outlast the people in a war of attrition.'

"Ahhh, time to get food and enjoy the festivities," Azul said breaking the serious mood. "Come on into the hornets nest."