Mortal Kombat Legends: Heroes Rising

by KnightGomora1994

Prologue

Miles away from Republic City, Avatar Aang and his allies left Republic City to investigate a location on the west coast of the Earth Kingdom. Reason being is that Aang had a vision... of someone calling to him. He knew this was not something to ignore... as they arrived, Appa landed on the ground as Aang bended the wind to lift him off the Sky Bison while Sokka leaped down from him. "Okay Aang, so you brought us out to the coast to investigate what...?" Sokka asked being his usual sarcastic self. "Because all I'm seeing, is a tree, and the ocean." he pointed out to him.

"Sokka, this isn't something to joke about... this land is sacred, I can feel it..." Aang said to him as he looked around.
Katara looked around as well but soon looked to the sky hearing thunder. "Thunder...? But no clouds...?" she wondered.

"You sure that's not Sokka's stomach...?" Toph asked her with a smirk earning a disapproving look from her boyfriend.
Aang looked at the sky knowing that it wasn't any ordinary thunder. "Katara's right, it's thunder... yet..." he starred at the sky but saw a lightning bolt descend towards them as his eyes widened. "LOOK OUT!" he quickly used his earth bending to form a wall as the lightning bolt struck the ground in front of them. Aang slowly peaked over the wall and saw what was within the lightning. It was a man... but he sensed that he was no ordinary man.

The stranger looked upon the Avatar and his friends as the lightning disappeared. "Avatar Aang..." he spoke as he walked towards him. Aang prepared for a fight, but to his surprise... the stranger bowed to him in respect. "It is an honor to meet you..." he said to him

Aang looked at him and immediately stood down and bowed to him. "I would say the same to you... but I don't know who you are. Other than seeing you in a vision..." he said to him as he stood up. "Who are you...?" he asked him.

"I am Raiden, God of Thunder... Protector of Earthrealm." he introduced himself as he held out his hand to the Avatar.

Aang looked to it but took his hand and smiled. "Its an honor to meet you sir... but... Earthrealm...?" he asked

"Don't you mean Earth Kingdom?" Katara asked him.

Raiden shook his head and looked to her. "No, Earthrealm is an entirely different place..." he said to her.

"Lies! Toph, tell me he's lying." Sokka said to her to get proof that he was lying about who he is.

"Actually, he's telling the truth..." Toph replied to her earning look of disbelief from Sokka. "Everything he's said is completely true... otherwise, how can you tell how he appeared before us the way he did?" she asked him.

"Its gotta be a Fire Bender trick..." Sokka suggested as he scowled at the supposed thunder god.

"Fire Benders can only redirect lightning like they were a lightning rod... a god such as myself..." Raiden held streams of lightning in his hands and looked to them. "Can control it willingly..." he said to him.

Aang was amazed of what he saw and looked to him. "That's amazing... but... why are you here...?" he asked him

"To know that answer... is to learn about the past..." Raiden said to him as he used the lightning and formed a mirror pool to reflect the past. "In the beginning, there were the Elder Gods... they guard and protect each realm from invasion. In order to prevent invasions from other realms, they formed an ancient tournament to give each realm a fighting chance..." he revealed two warriors before them. "It happens once a generation, and each victor is granted lasting long life..."

"Wow, what I'd give to have that..." Toph smirked at hearing it as she messed with her hair a bit.

"But the tournaments end in death... I know, because I watched as my champion, the Great Kung Lao... perished at the hands of Shang Tsung and his champion Goro..." he showed to them earning shocked looks from Aang and Katara. "I show this to you, because I fear for your realm's safety... should the Emperor Shao Kahn, or the Fallen Elder God Shinnok find your realm... you will need to prepare the next generation. By that... I mean your next life in the Avatar cycle..." he pointed out to Aang. "The fate of your realm, could rest upon your descendent, Avatar Aang..." Aang knew he was right, should his realm be threatened with invasion in the near future, he needed to prepare his next life for what will come.

"Seems easy enough, but what's this tournament called...?" Sokka asked him out of curiosity.

The thunder god looked upon him and his allies and smiled. "It is called..." he paused for a moment as he looked to them with his eyes glowing. "Mortal Kombat..."

Over time, Avatar Aang's time in this world came to an end... and like the cycle of the seasons, the cycle of the Avatar began anew. The White Lotus has spent several years in search of the new Avatar, their next stop was in a village in the Southern Watertribe after receiving word from the leader, Tonraq. They approach his hut seeing him step out of it. "The White Lotus has honored my family by coming..." he bows to them. "Thank you..." he expressed his gratitude, opening the door letting them in.

Inside, Senna was cleaning the house but noticed them walk in. "Welcome..." she bowed to them as a shield fell down in the back ground.

The White Lotus elders stepped in and removed their hoods looking to the watertribe woman. "We have investigated many claims... both here, and in the Northern Watertribe... all have turned out to be false." the elder said to them.

Senna looked to her husband Tonraq as he wrapped his arm around her and smiled. "Then you should be happy to know, your search has come to an end." she assured them.

The elder however... was not convinced. "What makes you so sure that your daughter is... 'the one'...?" he asked her.

The couple smiled and looked to their right. "Korra...! Please come in here...!" Senna called for her daughter.

Right on cue, a stone wall was forced passed the White Lotus Elders, catching them by surprise as they looked to the young girl seeing she managed to earthbend. She held a fist in the air showing how strong she appears to be. "I'm the Avatar! You gotta deal with it!" she told them as she started firebending. She formed an earthbending motion as rocks rose up and she let out a firebend at the elders cloak, burning it. The elder quickly doused the flame with his water bending and looked to the young Avatar, she performed the bending of three of the elements, and went to blast them.

"ENOUGH!" Lightning shot down between the elders as Raiden appeared before them catching Korra's attack. This surprised the family of what happened, but surprised Korra most of all as she looked to the thunder god. "You have proven your point, young one..."

"Lord Raiden..." the White Lotus Elders bowed to him. "We were not expecting you to arrive so soon..." he said to him.

"I had to see for certain that this young child was indeed the Avatar..." Raiden said to him and looked to her "As far as I can see, she is the child of prophecy... almost..." he said to her.

"What do you mean almost?! I've proven that I'm the Avatar, you can't deny that!" Korra complained to him.

"I understand you're eager to prove yourself Korra... but you need time, training... the White Lotus will train you in controlling your bending. As well as your emotions..." Raiden kneeled down to her touching her shoulder. "Trust me Korra... though you are indeed the Avatar, you are not yet ready for what's ahead..." he said to her.

Korra looked at him but held her composure as she stood firm. "I won't let you down sirrrrr..." she raised her brow looking to him. "I'm sorry, what was your name again...?" she asked him.

Raiden let out an amused chuckle as he rubbed her head messing up her hair. "There will be time for that... for now, your training will need to be conducted somewhere safe... secure..." he looked to Tonraq and Senna and stood up. "Tonraq... Senna... I know you both fear for your daughters future as the Avatar. But rest assured... with the White Lotus, she will be safe..." he assured them.

"We can't thank you enough Lord Raiden... but please... from a mother to a friend, please... don't let anything happen to her." Senna requested him to keep her safe. Raiden understood her plea and bowed to her, honoring her request.

At the White Lotus Compound a few days later, Korra snuck out of her bedroom as she went to the northern wall to look at the night sky. She rested her chin in her hand and pouted as she missed her parents, knowing that they missed her as well. As she looked at the sky, she couldn't help but feel a familiar presence. "You don't have to hide... I know you're there..." she said to the thunder god as he approached.

He walked up and looked to her. "I wasn't even trying... what gave me away...?" Raiden asked her.

"Your body is like made of lightning, I can feel my hair tingling from it." Korra pointed out to him. Earning an amused smirk, only to return it with a scowl. "How did you appear like that...? I didn't know firebenders could do that..." she said to him.

"Its because I am not a firebender... I am actually a god..." Raiden said to her only to get a snicker from her. "You think I'm joking...? Well... Sokka didn't believe me either..." he said to her as he crossed his arms.

This immediately caught Korra's attention as she looked to him. "You knew Sokka...? That's crazy... you'd have to be an old man by now..." she said to him not convinced.

Raiden smirked at her skepticism and sat beside her. "As an immortal... I am blessed with the gift of youth, time affects me differently than normal mortals such as yourself." he explained to her and looked out. "There are many gods out there... in different realms, protecting and observing each one... me, I'm bit of a free spirit. I go to different realms, to learn and adapt to each one..." he held a ball of lightning in his hand. "For there are some realms where my power is limited... two realms in particular cause my powers to lose its strength..."

Korra was fascinated from what she was learning from him and looked to him. "And those realms are...?" she asked him out of plain curiosity.

Using his power to show a vision of the two realm, Raiden first revealed a dark realm. "One is a forsaken realm called Outworld, ruled by an immortal who crowned himself Emperor..." he showed her as Korra felt nervous of looking at it. Raiden shifted the image to show the whole world of the Netherrealm, but not to show what was on the surface. "The other... is an accursed realm... called Netherrealm... darker than Outworld, but with a fiery torment to boot. Souls sent there... well... its best you don't know... you are much too young to learn of it. What you must know... is that this realm is ruled by a fallen Elder God named... Shinnok..." he revealed an image of him, one of which Korra would not forget. "He was imprisoned for rebelling against his fellow Elder Gods... cursed to forever rule the Netherrealm..." Raiden looked to Korra. "The only reason I show you this, is to prepare you for the future young Avatar... because if Shinnok arrives in your realm, or any other... you must be prepared for coming battle. Learn to control your own destiny... here..." he pointed to her head referring to her mind. "And here..." he pointed to her chest referring to her heart and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Promise me, you will remember that..." he requested it of her.

Korra nodded to him. "I will Lord Raiden..." she said to him.

Raiden smiled at her and patted her head. "Now, you best get to bed... or the White Lotus elders will scold you for life if you stay up late..." he said to her. Korra smiled and gave him a playful punch and ran off giggling... Raiden watched her go, and smiled as she went back inside and looked to the stars. "Oh to be young... she has much spirit... just like you Liu Kang." he said as he smiled thinking about his student. Lightning surrounded his body as he vanished from the realm, never to be seen until the time comes to see Korra again. It will be a great many years until Korra comes of age... but the wait is worth it, even for a thunder god like Raiden.