Mortal Kombat One Shots

Time's arrow marches foward ❤

Fire God Liu Kang x Y/N

(First person)

⚠️PANIC ATTACK AND VENTING⚠️

I sat in my room, admiring the birds outside my window. I was reading a book, it was about two lovers in Venice. I was alone in the fire temple, Liu Kang was off in Outworld and Geras was somewhere guarding the timelines. Normally I hang out with Liu Kang's champions, but they seemed busy themselves. I sigh and close my book. Looking around my room, I see how much it has changed, my bed used to be where my desk is, my walls were painted blue, now they're lilac. My chest starts to get tight, but I quickly shake it off.

An hour waltzes by and Liu Kang is still not back. I made coffee for myself in the kitchen and sat in Liu Kang's meditation room. He told me that if I feel uneasy, meditation could help. I set my coffee down and decided to try it, I took deep breaths, feeling the breeze of the wind over my face. My eyes closed, helping me to focus. Funny, I remember sitting here with Liu Kang's champions, we were drinking tea and sharing stories together. That was three months ago. Three... three months ago. My eyes shot open, my breathing god faster. I clutch my chest, trying to calm myself down, I looked around the room, trying to find anything to distract me. I couldn't bear to be in the room and immediately rushed out.

After the whole scene that happened in the mediation room, I took a walk around the gardens. They were filled with fresh flowers, ones I planted yesterday. I remember 3 years ago the gardens were dying, Liu Kang was heartbroken, none of the monks wanted to help him with it either. And that's when I met him, he found me in Fenjian and asked me to help him with the gardens. When I restored every single flower bed, he couldn't thank me enough. And that's when we fell in love. I remember it like it was yesterday, when he told me how much he loved having me in his life, how he poured his heart out to me. I felt like the luckiest person in the world. And from then on, I've been his number one. He's taken care of me, loved me, and comforted me throughout it all. I can't believe it, three years. Three years? My breath quickened again, I saw the flowers change. They weren't the ones I planted, they were all the ones I first planted when I met Liu Kang. My brain  was tricking me, trying to make me think I went back in time. I ran back inside once again.

Today is just not my day. I lay on the couch, staring at the chipped ceiling, my arms folded over my chest. What is happening to me? Why am I all of a sudden so god damm interested in how long ago things were. I grab the nearby pillow and scream into it, my thoughts flushing out of my mouth through the scream. I put the pillow back and sat up. I could feel my heart pounding again, but this time, nothing made it happen. It just happened. I grab my chest again, "What the fuck." I curse quietly. All that damage, you remember when you couldn't go a day without feeling like this? Feeling like you're trapped? What is happening?! What about the start of the year, you used to listen to that song over and over! Stop it... You had so many plans this year, it's coming to end now isn't it? Wasn't it just January yesterday? Hanging with your friends without a care in the world? STOP! How could things have been so long ago, weren't you just living those moments? "SHUT UP!" I yelled, holding my ears and crouching onto the floor. I sat on the floor, back against the couch, I started crying. Feeling my heart pound and remembering all the happy, sad and even traumatic memories.

Liu Kang rushed into the living room, his face immediately dropping once he saw me on the floor, "Y/N!" He shouted getting down to my level, "Y/N speak to me, tell me what's wrong." He said worriedly, tears streamed out my eyes, "Just hold me, please." I pleaded, he did as I wished, and pressed my body against his. He stroked my hair, whispering affirmations to me, from time to time he would give me kisses on my head. Once my attack calmed down, I removed myself from him, "Are you ready to tell me?" He asked curiously.

"Yes, but I think it's silly." I confess, "Y/N, it can't be silly if it made you feel like this. Let me help." He took my hand in his, "You know I like to help." He says pressing a kiss to my hand. I smile at him, "It's just, I'm getting older Liu. All those years of my life, they feel like they were yesterday. Sure I don't remember them in great detail but, I feel those feelings. I can feel, every single one of those feelings." He grabbed my hand again, "I can feel the feelings I had when I had a good memory, or when I was sad. Or even when we went on missions and quests together."

"That feeling, those feelings. They get to overwhelming. Like my body is reminding me that time is moving to fast. That it's telling me that I can't keep up." I poured my heart out to him, but it's genuinely how I've been feeling. The feelings of anxiety, joy, sadness, anger, all of them would show themselves. I half expected him to walk away, but he didn't. He held me again against his chest, "I'm sorry Y/N, it must feel exhausting." He said softly, I feel the tears well in my eyes again, "I know it can be scary, but those feelings will pass. They're just there to show you that  you've lived! That you are fulfilling your life." He kissed my temple, "You're strong Y/N, and these emotions, these memories, they're proving just how strong you are." He said, I laughed and nuzzled my face into his chest, "You think so?"

"I know so Y/N." I pull away from him, "Thank you, Liu Kang." I say holding his face, "You're welcome, Y/N." He replied pressing his forehead to mine.

*This chapter is a bit of a vent chapter. I'm turning 18 in March 2025. And it's my last Christmas as a kid, my last year as a kid. Sometimes I can feel the feelings I had from either 2 weeks ago, or even 2 years ago. I normally feel it getting worser around this time of the year since it's Christmas turning New Year. But anyway, I needed to vent, but i did it in the form of a chapter*