Obsession

Sub-Zero

Smoke wasn't kidding when he said that men dominated this place. We would turn corners and there would be men, either a part of the Lin Kuei or novices. I felt their eyes on me, specifically my breasts.

"Ooh la la..."

"Is that...is that a chick?"

"Hey, hey look...boobies..."

I yelped slightly by their crude remarks and walked closer to Smoke. He looked down at me and clapsed his hand around my upper arm.

"Stay with me. If you feel anyone touching you, inform me immediately."

He had that protective tone in him again. I nodded chastely and kept my head down, staring at his feet as well as my own. His strides were long and proud while mine were short and humble. Sure, I had always walked that way, but it was a little intimidating just by watching him. I had trouble keeping up with him, even with his hand on my arm. Did I want to say something to slow him down? Hell yeah. Was I too shy to ask him? Hell yeah.

"How far away is he?" I asked, trying to keep some kind of conversation going.

"He's in his office." Smoke replied in a short, cut way.

Okay. So, he didn't want to talk. I wonder why...was it because of all these dogs staring at me? Was he trying to uphold some kind of honor for himself? While in my thoughts, I felt a clammy hand ride up my school skirt. I yelped loudly and clashed against Smoke's arm. Smoke jerked around, in his other hand was a ball of smoke, hazy, confusing, unclear, and hazardous.

"Who touched you." He asked defensively, his grasp on my arm tightened.

My eyes darted around and both Smoke and I saw a young novice scurrying away. Smoke growled, threw the ball of smoke at the novice leaving him temporarily dazed, and teleported towards him, leaving me coughing and hacking from the smoke he had left behind. Smoke grabbed the novice by the collar, lifted him with ease until his feet were no longer touching the ground, his fist raised and ready to strike.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing." He seethed through his teeth, his eyes locked on to his victim like a snake to a rabbit.

The novice trembled under Smoke's tight grasp. "P-Please, Master Smoke..."

"You will not come within five inches of the maiden." Smoke looked around, his eyes darting past everybody in the room. "Am I understood?!"

The Lin Kuei members hesitated slightly, but bowed. The novices had no second thoughts and bowed immediately. Smoke threw the novice he was holding across the room rather violently, his body hit the ground so hard that I heard some sort of cracking. Smoke grabbed me by my arm once again and pulled me alongside him.

"Try to keep up. We're almost there." He grunted, annoyed.

I blushed with wild embarrassment. Was he frustrated with me because I was so incapable of taking care of myself? I never trained for anything in my life, and I was regretting that now...I was in the Mortal Kombat world...right? Even I didn't believe it still...it felt so unreal to believe. But even if I was, I had to be able to defend myself against perverts like the novice. I had to fight for my own in a world like this.

We continued walking for another half hour. How big was this place? I was panting, sweating, trying my best to keep up with Smoke. He continued to tug me alongside him, but there was a point where I just couldn't keep up with him. I stopped, felt him tug my arm, but I wouldn't move. He looked at me, his eyebrows raised and his eyes soft.

"Are you alright?" He asked smoothly.

"I-I'm...I'm fine..." I lied. I pulled my arm away from his tight grasp and rubbed it lightly. "Just...tired..."