Foot steps... Hunh! They're coming... Fighting blind is one thing... But an army of tarkatans? Part of the intensive training Shao Kahn had in mind.

Fight!

Wait...

Thhmmmm!

I can feel my feet sink deep in baraka's jaw.

Raaaahhh!

The other tarkatans charged. All at once, I took them out without even having to look at them.

Come here!

I sent three spears out my right hand. One for each tarkatan that dared to attack.

Then came baraka again.

Poof!

Teleported to his back while landing a furious knee on his jaw...

He can't fight no more...

FINISH HIM!

I took the blindfold off. I need to see myself do this. Death sting.

My body glowed red with fire... Then, I pulled out a heavy sting from my rear end... Stabbed his mouth... Two spears from my hand... Into his eyes... Back flip kicking his head into the sky... Conjured a sword and bisected the tarkatan warrior.

FATALITY!
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"So, how did I do...?" I asked the emperor as we walked into his chamber, "...do you think I'm Outworld material yet?"

"That was the worst display of combat skills I've ever seen"

"Come on! I did something. I took them all out! Blind folded. Isn't that enough to please you?"

"That's a problem, pleasing me. You'll never be ready as long as you try to please me. Outworld needs a ruler, not a puppet"

"The same ruler that never could rule earthrealm?"

Swaat!

"The next time you talk back at me, I won't stop at one slap... Fool of a son... You'll never be Akuma!"

I stood there, alone, holding my jaw.

"I think you did well, kanji..." It was Nina... Millena's half daughter (Millena adopted a daughter from earthrealm).

"It wasn't enough for him, obviously"

She placed her hand on my jaw.

"It will never be enough for Shao Kahn"

"Yeah! The hotheaded emperor"

He laughed... and then we kissed.