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spicybeefnoodles · 10 months ago

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'this made me think of you'

summary: kuai liang goes to the local night market

warnings: suggestive at the end :)

a/n: i got carried away, and now the prompt is the side plot to the main plot

Kuai Liang wandered through the night market, not looking for anything in particular. He absentmindedly twisted the golden wedding band around his finger as he looked through the stalls. The vendors were shouting excitedly and customers bustled about the stalls, but nothing quite caught Kuai Liang’s eyes. Grandmaster Hasashi, his husband, was coming over to the Lin Kuei in a few hours for their weekly meeting, and usually Kuai Liang would be at the Lin Kuei preparing for the Shirai Ryu’s arrival. However, he had felt the sudden urge to visit the local night market and so he had changed into some casual clothes and ordered Cyrax to take charge until he came back.

Almost an hour later, Kuai Liang had bought almost nothing except some cho dofu to snack on as he browsed the stalls and looked over the products. Feeling a bit dejected that he couldn’t find anything, Kuai Liang began to make his way out of the night market, swerving between chattering adults and laughing kids. The Lin Kuei assassin scratched at his face as he watched two parents pick up their giggling child and spin them around in the air. He turned away and rubbed at his neck. Neither he nor Hanzo had time to raise a child, but that didn’t stop Kuai Liang imagining a life where they could.

When he was younger, he had never imagined himself with a family. He was much too busy trying to please his father and complete his training to focus on such frivolous needs. None of the women that Bi Han had brought round had ever caught Kuai Liang’s eye, and so he had never thought about starting a family. He had resigned himself to a lifetime of loneliness, but then Hanzo Hasashi had appeared. The two had spat at first, but the other Grandmaster had made Kuai Liang’s heart stutter. And now that the two had married, the Lin Kuei Grandmaster found himself thinking about starting a family more often than not.

Glancing around as he maneuvered his way through the crowds, Kuai Liang spotted a vendor down the street with a cartful of flowers. He didn’t remember seeing that earlier, but for some reason, the soft petals and bright colors of the carnations drew him in. The vendor visibly brightened seeing Kuai Liang approach.

“Come see! Come see! Very pretty flowers for a very good price!” The vendor said, smiling wide from ear to ear. Kuai Liang nodded and looked through the assortment of flowers that she was selling as she chatted about the meaning of the different types of flowers.

“Would you have anything…” Kuai Liang interrupted the vendor, putting his hand up to silence her, “for a partner?”

“Yes, yes! Of course! We have red roses, very romantic. Only 50 yuan for a bouquet!” The vendor’s eyes gleamed, noticing the golden wedding band on Kuai Liang’s finger. “Are you married? We have some red camellias! It symbolizes great desire, love, romance. It’ll be sure to blow your wife away and get you a lucky night! Only 100 yuan for a bouquet!”

Kuai Liang gave a nervous smile but took a look at the red camellias that the vendor had pointed to. They were beautiful, a bold bright red that seemed to shine in their spot in the cart, and they reminded him of Hanzo. He picked out a bouquet with no noticeable blemishes and paid the fee. The vendor bid him a happy farewell and pocketed the money. No doubt that the vendor had ripped him off, but money was no object and Hanzo was going to arrive soon. Kuai Liang certainly didn’t want to miss his husband’s arrival. The Grandmaster hurried through the crowd, cradling the bouquet in his arms as he tried to avoid bumping the flowers into any person. In his hurried walking and concentrating on the safety of the flowers, he hadn’t noticed a child that was running in his path, and he stumbled over her, sending the both of them to the floor.

Kuai Liang twisted to avoid landing on the child but let go of the flowers to catch himself with his arms. He sat up, rubbing at his wrists, and noticed the child across from him sitting up and starting to sob. The Grandmaster stared at the child, unsure of what to do. When he was a child, he wasn’t allowed to cry, or he would be hit. Or left out to deal with the cold and master his cryomancy. But, as the child started to cry even louder, Kuai Liang scooped the child into his arms, driven by some unknown force, and bounced the child in his arms and tried to calm her down.

“Hey, hey, shh, it’s okay, it’s okay. You’re okay.” Kuai Liang whispered, trying to calm the child. The little girl fisted the cryomancer’s shirt and sobbed into his shoulder. Glancing down, he noticed the flower bouquet on the ground. The Grandmaster picked it up before anyone else could trample over the camellias, but it was to no avail. Kuai Liang frowned as he noticed several of the flowers had broken at the stem, and the remaining flowers were flattened, dirtied and ripped from the stomping of feet.

As if the little girl had a sixth sense for Kuai Liang’s own distress, she began to cry even harder and a few passersby were now staring at the two. The Grandmaster gave a sheepish smile and looked around for the little girl’s parents, hoping to hand off the crying child. The girl clearly had parents that adored her. Hair tied up with ribbons and bows, and a colorful shirt made of a soft material that reminded Kuai Liang of silk. However, no one stepped forward to take the girl off of his hands, instead they all avoided his gaze as he searched through the crowd.

Kuai Liang moved the crumpled flower bouquet into his other hand and stroked the back of the girl’s back as he started walking through the crowd. The movement seemed to sooth the girl as her sobbing turned into quiet sniffles, and the girl loosened her hold on Kuai Liang’s shirt.

“Hey, where are your parents?” The cryomancer asked, still searching through the crowd for any frantic couple looking for their kid.

“I don’t know.” The girl buried her face into Kuai Liang’s shoulder, her voice wavering with unsurety as she clung onto him. Kuai Liang tried not to seem agitated as he adjusted the girl in his grip to hold onto the ruined flower bouquet a little better. The little girl whimpered, and he patted the girl’s back once again.

“It’s okay. Let’s find your parents together, okay? Do you remember where you saw them last?”

“Um, I think they were looking at jewelry. I got bored because they were taking too long.” The little girl answered, and Kuai Liang started walking through the night market, trying to remember where he had seen some jewelry earlier. Unfortunately, several vendors were selling jewelry of all kinds, but it seemed that the girl’s parents were perhaps looking at matching jewelry. Otherwise, Kuai Liang would have to search through every single stall, and there were too many to count trying to sell jewelry. The Grandmaster would have to hurry. No doubt Hanzo had arrived by now and was wondering where he was.

Walking quickly through the streets, Kuai Liang asked the various vendors that were selling matching jewelry if they had seen the little girl’s parents, but none of them had seen them.

Night had now descended upon the town, and the streets had somehow grown much more crowded, and Kuai Liang had a hard time trying to keep the bouquet from being crushed and also soothing the girl at the same time. Eventually, Kuai Liang had exhausted every jewelry stall he could find, and he was itching to get out of the crowd and back to the Lin Kuei.

“...I’m hungry.” The little girl looked expectantly at the Grandmaster.

“What?” As if on cue, Kuai Liang felt his stomach rumble, and he realized that he hadn’t eaten in several hours. He sighed but turned around.

“What do you want to eat?” Kuai Liang shifted the girl in his arms again as he headed to the entrance of the night market, where most of the food vendors were at.

“I like noodles.”

“Okay, let’s get some noodles then, huh?” Kuai Liang waited in line, the girl snuggling into Kuai Liang’s shirt until he reached the front.

“Can I get two beef noodles?” He fished the money out of his pocket and handed it over to the vendor as the vendor took the money and prepared the noodles right in front of him.

“For you and your daughter!” The vendor flashed a brilliant smile, but Kuai Liang could only sheepishly smile and headed to sit on the outskirts of the market with the girl in tow and sat down on the curb, laying the red camellias as gently as he could onto the ground. Kuai Liang picked up his chopsticks and started eating quickly. He still had to help find the girl’s parents before he could head back, and it was quite late now. It was only a few bites in when he noticed that the girl struggled to pick up the noodles with her own chopsticks.

“Here, let me.” He picked up the noodles with his chopsticks and fed them to the little girl gently, wiping at her mouth with a napkin if any sauce got on her face and keeping the portions small enough so that she could chew. She had only finished half of the portion before she pushed away the bowl from her.

“You should eat all your food. It’ll help you grow big and strong.” Kuai Liang smiled fondly at the little girl as she huffed but begrudgingly opened her mouth for another mouthful of noodles. After some more minutes, the girl and Kuai Liang had finished their food and now sat on the curb, trying to digest. The girl leaned on his side, and Kuai Liang wrapped an arm around her, keeping her close as the chill of the night set in, though he imagined he wasn’t much warmer. Neither of them said anything for a while, just staring at the stars and listening to the bustle of the market behind them.

Kuai Liang went to pick the girl up and continue looking for her parents, but before he could pick her up, he noticed that she had fallen asleep. The cryomancer smiled and tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear and let her sleep. She must be exhausted. Even Kuai Liang felt tired from walking around the market for several hours. Just as he felt his eyelids slip close, he heard the familiar call of his name.

“Kuai Liang!”

He cracked open his eyeslids and stared up at Hanzo, looking quite out of breath and dressed in full Shirai Ryu uniform. The man glanced between Kuai Liang and the little girl asleep at his side.

“Who is that?” Hanzo asked, kneeling down to take a closer look at the girl.

“Some girl. She had gotten lost at the market. Here. I saw them and thought of you.” Kuai Liang picked up the bouquet and handed it to Hanzo. “I dropped them, and they got trampled. Sorry.”

Hanzo chuckled and pressed a kiss to Kuai’s forehead. “They’re beautiful either way. Thank you. I suppose you haven’t found the girl’s parents yet?”

Kuai Liang shook his head and tucked the girl a little closer in his arms. “I’m not sure where her parents could be. Perhaps it is time to turn her over to the police. Her parents have probably already filed a report for her.”

Hanzo just hummed, staring at how Kuai Liang had an arm wrapped around her and the empty noodle containers right next to them. “It seems like you’ve grown an attachment to the girl.”

“What? No, I haven’t.” Kuai Liang straightened his posture but kept his protective embrace over the girl. “I’m just keeping her safe. That’s it.”

“Yes, of course. Speaking of which.”

Kuai Liang looked to the entrance of the market, seeing a couple frantically rush out of the town and look around before spotting the girl.

“Oh my goodness! Xiang Hu!” The two parents cried out as they rushed toward Kuai Liang and Hanzo. The little girl woke up at the noise, but at the sight of her parents, wiggled excitedly out of Kuai Liang’s grip and into her parent’s awaiting arms.

“Mama! Papa!” The little girl shouted as she flung herself into her father’s arms. He hugged the little girl, tears streaming down his face as the little girl recalled her tale of wandering around the market with Kuai Liang. The mother held onto the cryomancer’s hands, crying as she thanked him.

“Ah, it was no problem. She was a delight.” Kuai Liang looked at the girl fondly as her mother went and pinched her cheek and embraced the little girl. The parents finally stood up after some time and started to walk away, but the little one broke from their grip and rushed back to Kuai Liang. She hugged his legs.

“Thank you for helping me find my parents, uncle.”

Kuai Liang chuckled and kneeled down. “Be a good girl for your parents, yeah?” The little girl nodded and rushed back to parents, and they waved goodbye. As he watched the happy family walk away, his heart held a small ache knowing he would never be able to have a family like that.

“Come on, my heart. Let’s go back home.” Hanzo held out his hand for Kuai Liang, and they both disappeared in a column of flame. When Kuai Liang found himself back in front of his own abode at the Lin Kuei, he let out a sigh of relief and dragged Hanzo into his room. The pyromancer was strangely quiet as Kuai Liang left him in his bedroom and took a warm soothing shower, rubbing away the dirt and stress of the day. As he stepped out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around his hips, Kuai Liang found Hanzo now dressed in plain clothes looking at the trampled flowers that he had placed in a vase he had somehow found.

Kuai Liang winced as he looked at the state of the flowers. In the moonlight and rosy lights of the vendors, they hadn’t looked too bad, but now in the overhead lights of Kuai Liang’s room, the flowers looked much worse. Several of the remaining flowers were missing petals, and the ones that had petals were ripped up at the edges and had the dark imprint of shoes on them. The stems were all uneven, and the bouquet looked very frazzled all around.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I can get you better ones-”

“No, no. They’re gorgeous. Thank you very much, my heart.” Hanzo reached. “I didn’t get you anything though.” The Shirai Ryu Grandmaster pulled Kuai Liang in by the hips and started kissing at his neck, and the cryomancer shivered.

“It-it was a spontaneous decision. They were so beautiful, and I thought of you.” Kuai Liang let out a whimper as Hanzo sucked a dark bruise into a particularly sensitive part of his neck.

“Well, I have an idea of what I could give you.” Hanzo started stepping forward, forcing Kuai Liang to move backwards until the back of his knees hit of his bed, and they both fell onto the plush bed.

“Wh-what?” Kuai Liang looked up, a dazed expression in his eyes as Hanzo straddled Kuai Liang’s hips and sat up to strip off his shirt.

“I saw the way you looked at the girl. You want a child, don’t you? I want one too. Hmm, you looked so wonderful taking care of that girl.” Hanzo whispered into Kuai Liang’s ears, and the cryomancer’s cheeks heated up.

“I-I mean. Are you sure? You want a child with me?” Kuai Liang’s voice cracked as he asked, insecurity creeped into his voice. Kuai Liang was old, and he wasn’t even sure he could conceive anymore.

“Of course, my heart. I want to do everything with you.” Hanzo unwrapped Kuai Liang’s towel, and the cryomancer knew he was in for a long night. It seemed that the vendor was right after all. Kuai Liang did get lucky that night.

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mcjoebond · 1 year ago

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I thought of a plot for BiHanzo fic but I know I'll never write it. So I decided just to describe it in the tumblr post. Maybe it will inspire someone to something

It's MK9-11 Universe

Hanzo and Bi-Han met each other much earlier than their first MK tournament. Lin Kuei was a Chinese clan whereas Shirai Ryu was a Japanese clan but both clans had their bases all over the Earthrealm, some of them located even in other realms. Two of the Japanese bases located near to each other. Both of the clans were aware of it and were cautious of the other clan's actions but mostly ignored each other. That's where Hanzo, Bi Han and his little brother lived. Bi Han even learned Japanese to be capable of speaking with locals.

Hanzo and Bi Han ran into each other on the field where both of them used to train. Before the day of their meeting they both had already used it but never seen each other. Of course, they recognized the rival clan so they tried to beat each other up and win the right to train on the field all by himself. But their strength level was equal and no matter how hard they tried, the fights ended up in a draw. They had to admit it was the best sparing battle they'd ever had. So to keep a great opponent they got a deal to share the field and to train with each other.

Later they couldn't help but turned into buddies. And then they fell in love.

Their relationship was... challenging. They were opposites. Hanzo was passionate, spontaneous, impatient. And Bi Han was calm, reserved and even closed. Bi Han found it difficult to trust Hanzo with his feelings and Hanzo found it impossible to wait for a moment when Bi Han was ready. But a bunch of trainings together taught them to understand each other better and to compromise. Hanzo was learning to control his emotions and Bi Han was learning to be more risky and to lean on his intuition, not only logic. Of course they had arguments but they always managed to find a way out of any problem. That's how they made their relationship work.

Obviously they had to hide. Nobody knew about their secret meetings. Sometimes one of them had a personal mission and he could take another with him if there was no risk of being seen together. Or they could organize a hike together telling their masters they wanted to spend several days alone with nature. Nobody seemed to care about their small trips so both of them started to loose their cautiousness. That's how Kuai Liang, Bi Han's younger brother, found out about them.

Kuai Liang got curious about his elder brother's walks. Bi Han said he liked to train alone but Kuai wasn't satisfied with the answer as Bi Han refused to take Kuai Liang along with him even once. So Kuai Liang decided to spy on the brother. He wasn't noticed on the way and he was so proud he could hide from his brother's attentive eye. Although he was discovered later and nearly killed by the brother as Bi Han heard the noise and automatically threw an ice kunai towards it. Kuai Liang managed to dodge but he had to show himself not to be attacked further. Hanzo and he introduced themselves to each other but Bi Han almost immediately grabbed Kuai Liang and left the field. Kuai Liang expected the brother to be mad but Bi Han didn't say a thing. Then Kuai Liang asked if Hanzo belonged to Shirai Ryu. Bi Han answered honestly. That was the first and the last time they talked about it.

After this incident Bi Han came to their special place less often. He became more cautious, even paranoid and Hanzo had really hard time distracting him or calming him down.

One day Bi Han asked Hanzo not to get his little brother involved if something happened between them. Hanzo was really surprised to hear that as he saw no reason for them to fight or anything. He asked for examples. Bi Han reminded they still belonged to rival clans and as now they were among the best assassins there, they could confront each other anytime. Hanzo clarified that Bi Han would kill him if he was given order to. Bi Han confirmed it. That pissed Hanzo off and he decided to finish their relationship not to be stabbed in the back in the future. He got cooled of several days later and he came to the field but Bi Han wasn't there. Hanzo didn't show up there anymore.

Hanzo turned his love into rage. He couldn't forget Bi Han but not in a romantic kind of way - he was angry. When Lin Kuei attacked their base because, as they said, some of the 'Shirai Ryu dogs' were spying on them, Hanzo and the clan had to leave the place. It didn't seem Bi Han had to do anything with the conflict.

The rage let Hanzo move further though. He fell in love with a girl, married her and they had a son together. But his happy life couldn't last long as he was killed by Bi Han during the mission at the MK tournament.

You know what happened next. Hanzo was resurrected as a ghost by Quan Chi, convinced that Bi Han had killed his clan and family. And even though he'd promised Raiden to spare Bi Han's life, Hanzo got blinded by anger and killed him. Later he managed to come free of Quan Chi's spell and learnt to control his rage. He also restored Shirai Ryu and became its Grandmaster. Thanks to Kuai Liang, Hanzo learnt the truth behind his clan's death and they managed to establish peace between their clans.

Apart from the cooperation Hanzo and Kuai Liang started a romantic relationship too. Hanzo resisted it for a long time. First, he found it very hard to get close to anybody after losing his wife and son. His wounds still felt fresh but Kuai Liang was trying his best to help him heal it. Second, although Kuai Liang was very different from his brother, he reminded of him a lot. The same name, the same clan, the similar looks, the same abilities. Hanzo was aware now that Bi Han wasn't responsible for his family's murder. But Hanzo was still mad at him. For killing him, for coming back as a wraith, for crimes he did in the form of Noob Saibot. Kuai Liang was angry at his brother too and that helped Hanzo a lot not to see Bi Han in his successor.

One evening Hanzo and Kuai Liang spent their time together and during one of the tender moments they used to have Kuai Liang recalled their first ever meeting. He said that he couldn't understand why Bi Han had been so fond of Hanzo and now having a sweet kiss with him Kuai Liang finally got it. Hanzo was flattered and surprised at the same time and he expressed his doubts on Bi Han's feelings towards him, considering Bi Han's future actions. Kuai Liang couldn't explain the brother's motives but he was 100%-confident that Bi Han used to love Hanzo. Kuai Liang managed to see only one Bi Han's look at Hanzo and it was enough for him to say that Hanzo was one of the most important people for Bi Han. They didn't come to agreement on that but agreed to drop the topic and leave the past in the past.

That night Hanzo had a dream about young Bi Han and Kuai Liang. They were about 12 and 7 years old. Both of them were trained ruthlessly by Lin Kuei masters. It was obviously too hard for both of them but they had to do their best, they were forced to. The brothers were kidnapped from their family and used to create powerful cryomancers. But none of them could awaken their powers. It was especially hard for small Kuai Liang and Bi Han tried to draw the attention to himself either working hard or pulling some tricks over other students or masters. Bi Han knew they had to start using their innate abilities otherwise Lin Kuei would get rid of them. So he tried his best to achieve the results and protect his little brother from exhausting trainings. Eventually, Bi Han awakened his cryo powers and became the center of the masters' attention. Lin Kuei went easy on Kuai Liang from that moment and focused on making a great assassin out of Bi Han.

Hanzo found the dream very weird. He described it to Kuai Liang and Kuai was as surprised as Hanzo. Kuai Liang couldn't say how true the dream was as he didn't remember anything about Bi Han's trainings. But he confirmed several facts, like: they were kidnapped because of their innate powers, the trainings felt very hard for a kid and Bi Han awakened his abilities pretty early, around 12-13 years old. Kuai Liang managed to do that several years later and Bi Han asked to train the brother himself. But Kuai Liang knew nothing about his brother forcing himself to train so he could ease it up for Kuai Liang. Even if that was true, he doubted Bi Han would ever confess it.

Suddenly Hanzo remembered one controversial thing about the brothers and he asked if cryomancers felt cold. Kuai Liang answered that they usually didn't as they could control the temperature of their body and lower it as much as their skills allowed. But, as he'd read in the scrolls he'd found in the temple of their ancestors, there was a chance a cryomancer felt cold if they couldn't subdue their power. Hanzo wondered if that could happen to Bi Han. Kuai Liang confirmed that it was very likely. Cryomancers perfected their power control by their thirties whereas Bi Han was a skillful cryomancer by his eighteen years and that could affect him badly. But Kuai Liang didn't know if anything used to bother Bi Han. Hanzo told him that Bi Han felt cold permanently even though he never admitted that. Kuai Liang found it unfair that he happened to avoid such destiny and Bi Han didn't. Hanzo soothed him by saying that as Kuai Liang was the Lin Kuei's Grandmaster now, he wouldn't let any kid experience the same his brother did.

The next night Hanzo had another dream starring Bi Han. He was older this time. Hanzo and he had already been dating then. As Hanzo figured out, Bi Han was going to their meeting place. Suddenly Bi Han noticed someone was following him and not showing any suspense he changed the course. He appeared to get to another field, which wasn't far from the original destination but closer to the Lin Kuei's base according to Hanzo's memories. Bi Han turned around and found out his follower was Sektor. Bi Han warned he could have attacked Sektor thinking he was followed by an enemy. Smiling deviously, Sektor responded he just wanted to train with Bi Han at the latter's special place. Bi Han deadpanned that they could train together on the Lin Kuei territory cause he didn't want to share his private place with anyone. Sektor got the hint and left. Bi Han didn't go to Hanzo though, he spent the rest of the day on another field and then came back home.

Hanzo told about this dream to Kuai Liang too. Kuai Liang couldn't confirm or deny something like that had happened but there was a chance. Kuai Liang told Hanzo that there was a period when Sektor tried to find some dirt on Bi Han. The Grandmaster announced he was going to choose his successor and even though Sektor was the Grandmaster's son, he preferred Bi Han more. Sektor tried to undermine Bi Han's credibility but he never found anything he could use. Apparently, Sektor expected to find something interesting in the place Bi Han used to go all the time but he didn't succeed. Luckily, Bi Han didn't get caught. They could punish him severely for the bond with the Shirai Ryu member, maybe even kill for betrayal. Hanzo wasn't aware of such troubles in the rival clan but he wasn't surprised as he found out.

Hanzo was wondering why he would have dreams about Bi Han all of a sudden. Kuai Liang suggested Bi Han himself was showing it to him somehow. Hanzo didn't see how it could be possible but kept such option in mind.

Bi Han appeared in his dream again. Bi Han was sitting in front of the table with different kinds of weapons. Sektor entered the room and congratulated him on an important mission. Sektor mentioned the MK tournament so Hanzo guessed that it was happening right before the tournament where he was killed by Bi Han. Sektor also said that Bi Han's future as a Grandmaster depended on it - if Bi Han succeeded, he would become an official successor. Bi Han didn't respond as Sektor kept talking. Suddenly he wondered if anyone from Shirai Ryu would participate in the tournament and reminded Bi Han if Bi Han ran into any 'Shirai Ryu dog', he would have to kill them. Bi Han asked casually if it was necessary and Sektor confirmed. If Bi Han didn't do that, he would be suspected in disloyalty. Which might turn into a very tragic situation considering that Kuai Liang stayed at the Lin Kuei base during Bi Han's mission. Bi Han recommended Sektor not to discredit himself with low and absurd threats. Sektor grinned that he had just warned Bi Han and left the room.

Hanzo woke up in the middle of the night. He remembered Kuai Liang's theory about Bi Han telling him all of that immediately as Hanzo felt someone's presence in the room. He looked around, looked out of the window and even called out Bi Han but found and heard nothing.

He didn't tell Kuai Liang about this dream. Kuai Liang looked worried when Hanzo shared the idea Bi Han might have hurt himself to protect the brother. He would be much more stressed if Hanzo revealed the chance Kuai Liang was connected with Hanzo's death too. Hanzo didn't believe in reliability of his dreams but Kuai Liang seemed to trust them.

The last dream in the row was long and hectic. It started in the dark but big and frightening room with three people inside - Bi Han, Sektor and an old man Hanzo didn't know but supposed it was the Lin Kuei Grandmaster. They were talking about turning all Lin Kuei members into cyborgs. Bi Han and Sektor were staring at each other, Bi Han looked tensed and Sektor was smiling with his eyes. Hanzo managed to understand by the context that Sektor had given the cyborg idea to his father. Bi-Han was trying to convince the idea was a failure but every time he started to bring up the argument he was shut by Sektor. Sektor turned all arguments to Bi-Han's possible disloyalty and mistrust to the clan and the Grandmaster. The Grandmaster was agreeing with Sektor and not listening to Bi Han. He even expressed his doubts on making Bi Han next Grandmaster. Considering Sektor's smirk that was exactly what Sektor was trying to achieve. Obviously, Bi Han was losing his position and could do nothing about it.

Next Hanzo saw Bi Han in his room together with Kuai Liang. Worried Kuai Liang was telling Bi Han that he didn't want to become a cyborg and Bi Han had to do something about it as among all the Lin Kuei members Bi Han had the highest chance of success. And also the opportunity because all regular assassins were not allowed to disobey the Grandmaster. Bi Han said he was working on it and trying his best. Kuai Liang suddenly suggested running away from the clan. Bi Han declined it immediately and reminded his brother what Lin Kuei did with traitors. The brothers started a fight. Kuai Liang didn't like Bi Han was treating him like a child and refused to see Kuai Liang was capable of protecting himself. Also he said Bi Han was afraid of Lin Kuei more than he should. That's where the conversation ended. Bi Han promised he would figure out what to do after the mission.

Hanzo recognized the mission and could tell for sure: Bi Han wouldn't come back. That was the tournament where Hanzo killed Bi Han. First Hanzo saw Bi Han in the company of Cyrax and Sektor. Sektor said everyone in Shirai Ryu was dead. Bi Han was taken aback with the news and asked who was responsible for that. Sektor answered that he didn't care as long as they didn't bother Lin Kuei. Cyrax looked at Sektor questionably but Bi Han was already leaving. Before he came out of the door, Sektor added that Scorpion was heard to participate in the tournament. Bi Han turned around for a moment, he had a concerned look on his face, and then finally left.

The next scene was too familiar for Hanzo. He saw himself as a ghost in front of Bi Han, he had already defeated Bi Han and Quan Chi was showing him the scenes of his family dying. Bi Han was watching it too. When he saw someone who looked like him, Bi Han tried to tell Hanzo it wasn't him but Hanzo didn't listen. And at that moment Hanzo noticed Bi Han wanted to use the rest of his powers to save himself (or at least to try). But then he whispered 'What have I done to you?' and put his hands down. Bi Han gave up and let Hanzo kill him.

Suddenly Hanzo woke up and saw a face upon him. Kuai Liang was right: it was Bi Han's work. Noob Saibot was on top of Hanzo. Noob looked surprised, he didn't expect Hanzo to wake up so early. Hanzo reacted immediately, threw Noob off himself and pinned the wraith to the wall. Hanzo warned he knew how to fight wraiths so Noob couldn't escape from him. He asked what Noob was doing here and why he had been showing him all those things. In a weak voice Noob replied he wanted Hanzo to see the truth. Hanzo noted he couldn't trust those visions and he didn't. Noob agreed and said it was Hanzo's choice to believe it or not. Then he asked Hanzo to let him go because Noob didn't want to hurt him. Hanzo got confused and asked for an explanation. Noob said: 'I do not control the darkness, the darkness controls me'. It reminded Hanzo of the discussion with Kuai Liang. Could that be related to Bi Han's former control of cryo powers? Before Hanzo could come to an answer, Noob said one more thing and it shocked Hanzo so much he eased the grab on him. Noob managed to escape. The words he said were 'I'm sorry'.

Hanzo couldn't get any sleep that night as all of that got him thinking. Was it true? If it was, Hanzo couldn't be mad at Bi Han anymore. He remembered warm moments they used to have and realized he still loved Bi Han but hadn't seen that because of the pain and anger. Hanzo had to question himself if he really loved Kuai Liang or he just tried to have something special with him as he couldn't have it with his brother? If he had feelings for both of them, what would he do? Now he knew Bi Han's ghost was still around and didn't disappear in the soulnado. Did Hanzo have to try to bring Bi Han back to life? Did he have to finally make it right with him? Did Bi Han himself want it? Could Bi Han overcome the darkness that controlled him?

Hanzo didn't tell Kuai Liang about the meeting with his brother. He was going to though, once he'd make a decision what to do. But that never happened. In a few days Hanzo was killed by D'Vorah.