From a Woman's Point of View

Kenshi

"Grandmaster!" One of the guards called Sub-zero as she strode across the courtyard. She turned around to face him.

"What?" she asked, trying to hide the anxiety in her voice. She had been avoiding Hanzo. A few weeks had passed since her brother's unexpected arrival. Since then, her student, Hanzo had been trying to make advances on her. She usually diverts his attention by saying something random and he would stop. She hadn't seen him the whole of the day, and she wasn't planning to be seen.

"There is some guy at the gate who wants to talk to you." he jerked his thumb toward the main entrance and Sub-zero sighed.

"What does this guy look like?" she rubbed her forehead. She didn't really need any visitors that day.

"Well, um…sir," Sub-zero could see he was struggling for the right way to address her. "He was dressed in black and he wore some sort of blindfold-thing on his head."

Sub-zero raised her eyebrows. What did Kenshi want this time? Sub-zero shook her head and sighed before she ambled towards the main entrance. As reached the gate, she ordered the guards to let Kenshi in. As Kenshi walked in, looked directly at Sub-zero, even though she was sure he couldn't see anything.

"Hey, long time no see." He grinned, and Sub-zero couldn't help smiling back.

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The two sat down on the sofa of Sub-zero's study opposite to each other. Kenshi was still grinning, and Sub-zero found that his smile was actually contagious.

"So, what brings you here?" she asked lightly.

"Oh, nothing much." He answered vaguely. He poured himself a cup of tea, which had been served to them. Sub-zero didn't say anything. She already knew why he was there.

"So…" she didn't know what to say.

"Sub-zero," Kenshi placed his cup back down on the table. "You don't know what these past few months had done to us. We didn't know if you were all right, or if you had killed yourself in some gory demeanor. We had no idea if you managed to get back here safely. You didn't even try to keep in touch with us." He pouted.

Sub-zero remained silent. She didn't know what to say. She fought back the tears which had formed in her eyes.

"You really had me worried, you know that?" He said softly. Sub-zero looked up at him and saw him smile sadly.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled. Kenshi stood up and hugged her. Tears, which she had been suppressing for months and months now, came pouring out of her. She hugged back and she buried her face in his chest. Kenshi hugged her tighter.

"Shh," he consoled her, "it's all right. I'm here of you. Shh. It's all right."

"I-I-I'm sorry, K-Kenshi." She stuttered. She pulled away from him and wiped her tears. Kenshi smiled.

"Let it all out. I'll be here. I'm your friend, remember?" She laughed lightly and pulled Kenshi into another hug. Just then, the door burst open and a frantic Hanzo entered the room.

"Grandmaster I-," he stopped speaking when he saw the state they were in. He widened his eyes. "U-um, sorry to disturb you." He sounded bitter, or at least, that's how he sounded to Sub-zero. He left the room hastily and banged the door. Sub-zero pulled away from Kenshi and smacked her forehead.

"Who's he?" Kenshi asked. Sub-zero sighed.

"He's my student." She flopped back down on the chair and shook her head.

"You replaced Frost?" he sounded so bewildered that Sub-zero almost laughed.

"Why? You thought I wouldn't?" He merely shrugged.

"You know…I've been thinking. About what happened at the base, I mean." Kenshi said. Sub-zero bit her lip. "I remember how, umm, devastated you were when he discovered the truth. And…I've come to a conclusion and devised a plan of action." He paused.

"So…what's your 'conclusion'?"

Kenshi breathed in. "You're. In. Love. With. Scorpion." He made it sound like five different sentences.

"What?" It failed to register into Sub-zero's brain.

"I said, 'You're in love with Scorpion.'" He repeated. Sub-zero opened her mouth to protest, but found that she couldn't. It was the whole truth. She did love Scorpion. It was utterly wrong. They were both men. At least, one of them used to be. "Hah! I knew it!" Kenshi shook his head.

"What's your plan of action?"

"Oh yeah. Well, I would…forego my feelings for you." He smiled. "I don't want my feelings to get in the way of our friendship. Clearly, I could never fully let go of my feelings, but, at least I would try."

Sub-zero blinked, then smiled. Kenshi was such a lovable person, yet she fell in love with someone else. If only she had fallen in love with Kenshi, wouldn't life be easier for her? And yet, she couldn't bring herself to love him the way she loved Scorpion.

"Thank you, Kenshi." Kenshi grinned at her.

"No prob. Now, what do we do with your young apprentice? I mean, he's obviously in love with you." He jerked his thumb towards the door.

"I don't know. I feel like a pedophile." She shook her head.

"Oh well. You don't love him in that way." She nodded.

"Ah. Let's discuss our plan of action over dinner." Sub-zero exited the room with Kenshi following behind her.