From a Woman's Point of View

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"Tell me something, Kenshi." Sub-zero mopped the sweat off her forehead and examined those which clung onto her hand.

"It depends on what you want to know." He stretched.

"Why are we here...under the blistering heat...waiting for something to happen?" she wanted to freeze a block of ice and stand beside it, just to relieve her of the heat, but she knew better than to waste her energy.

"Well, Shujinko's 'apparition' has led some of us to believe that the battle would begin today." Sub-zero laughed at his emphasis on 'some'. It was apparent that he didn't believe in his premonition.

"That still doesn't answer my question, though." she shook her head. "Why us?"

"Oh! Because Shujinko thought we were the best people for the job! How convenient, no?" The mockery and sarcasm in his voice were evident and, yet again, it made Sub-zero laugh.

"Weren't you and Shujinko BFF's (she learned the word from Li Mei) back when we were doing that Onaga mission?" Sub-zero teased him. "You even called him 'Gramps'."

"Yeah, yeah. Back when we were doing that Onaga mission. You said it yourself." He pointed out.

Sub-zero looked at her friend. He seemed happy, confused and annoyed all at the same time. Something was obviously bothering him.

"Are you all right, Kenshi?" Sub-zero asked worriedly. "Is something wrong?"

"No, no." He dismissed her worry with a wave of his hand.

"Really?" she raised an eyebrow. "You know you can trust me, Kenshi."

"I know I can." He sighed. "It's just...well...I just can't."

"Wait." she gave him a very puzzled look. "You said you trust me...but you can't? What's that supposed to mean?"

"I meant I can't tell you."

Sub-zero crossed her arms.

"Why not?" She squinted. Kenshi used to tell her everything. He never kept secrets. At least, not from her.

"It's...complicated."

Sub-zero sighed in resignation. "If you don't want to tell, you don't have to." she mumbled. She turned around and walked away.

"Hey! Wait! We're supposed to stand here and wait for any sign of the evil people things!" He called.

"I'll send Li Mei over to keep you company." she replied still waling towards the camp. She heard Kenshi sigh.

"Not Li Mei..." he muttered. It was barely audible, but Sub-zero heard what he said anyway. So his current 'happy-confused-annoyed' look was caused by Li Mei? No, maybe not. She shouldn't jump to conclusions.

"Li Mei." she said when she reached the camp.

"Yeah?" the raven-haired girl replied. She had just finished sparring with Ashrah, who gave her a small smile when she looked towards her direction.

"Go and accompany Kenshi. He needs help over there." she waved her hand towards the direction she came from. Li Mei's cheeks visibly colored at the mention of Kenshi's name, but complied with Sub-zero's request.

She sat down on the ground, contemplating on Hanzo, her student, and Scorpion. They were brothers. It wasn't very surprising, it was a bit obvious. Still, Sub-zero couldn't accept the fact that Scorpion had also lied to her. He was getting so worked up about her lying to him, when he did the same thing.

"Hypocrite." she whispered. She was upset. Scorpion was such a hypocrite! I should just go and beat the crap out of him! She thought. But soon after, she deflated. It would do their side no good if two allies were to try and kill each other. It would be a more distressing matter if one of them actually succeeded in doing so.