#reiko wife

[julimolimk]

🌹Reiko and Morrigan, MK1🌹

Here I appear again, I have made these two drawings of Reiko and Morrigan, I honestly love drawing them 👁️✨💓

Translation of the second drawing: gaze with the intention of reproducing

In the second drawing, I was inspired by an artist to draw Reiko with her hair down, he is so hot omg 🔥

Reiko (c) Netherrealm Studios, WB

Morrigan (c) By me, original character

[lemonandtheart]

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

hey ultraman gaia, pro tip: acting like a guy is thinking about a woman after tying up another man and unzipping his jacket. it doesn't work. like whatsoever.

[springcatalyst]

I'm reading the Ring book and I KNOW ryuji objectively sucks in it but I got to the part where asakawa resigns to asking for his help and I'm like "oooh that's my guy" but I know the truth. that is NOT my guy

[pleuvoire]

i wonder if takano was dating his future wife reiko from ultraman when he played tezuka. if so it is crazy that he managed to make tezuka emit such strong homosexual vibes even when he's just sitting there not doing anything. truly the power of acting

[shangsclaws]

Romantic Intro Dialogues

with Shang Tsung, Syzoth, and Reiko

don’t be fooled y’all i am still very much in writer’s hibernation lol. besides that tho, THANK YOU FOR 960 FOLLOWERS?! u guys r crazy. and i like crazy

tw: suggestive

Shang Tsung: Of all the things you’ve pitted against me in this timeline, you were generous to give me y/n.

Liu Kang: Be thankful only for the disarray. You two should not have met.

Johnny: I call bullshit. There’s no way anyone found you boyfriend material.

Shang Tsung: Well if you’re such a charming actor, care to tell me why your wife left?

Syzoth: Y/n?! So all those groans coming from your testing chambers were-

Shang Tsung: None of your business.

Reiko: Y/n has distracted you from the general’s orders.

Shang Tsung: Have you ever been in love with more than just your duties, little boy?

Y/N: If I win tonight, you shapeshift into whoever I please.

Shang Tsung: And if I win, I get to test my newest set of claws.

Shang Tsung: Either way y/n will have you, you’ll always be a freak.

Syzoth: Who’s to say they don’t enjoy freaks?

Johnny: So uh…what happens in bed? Skin or scale?

Syzoth: May you never know the answer to that.

Kung Lao: I still haven't recovered from what we saw in those dungeons, Syzoth.

Syzoth: Y/n has been kind enough to hear my burdens.

Syzoth: How did your court discover my relations with y/n that quickly?!

Mileena: They have their ways, Syzoth. I know this far too well.

Y/n: You used to do shows with Shang Tsung, is that right?

Syzoth: Win this fight, and I can do more than answer that question.

Shao: Of all the things we’ve won in war, I'm surprised a partner is what now satisfies you.

Reiko: To the victor go the spoils, general.

Bi Han: A true warrior would have no time for pointless relations. You’ve gone soft.

Reiko: You’re a fool to think they don’t invigorate me.

Shang Tsung: If it makes you feel any better, I don't think the general heard you sparring with y/n last night.

Reiko: Say another word and I’ll slit your throat.

Johnny: So the tough guy’s got heart eyes? I bet you’re a huge softie.

Reiko: All earthrealmers speak utter nonsense...

Y/N: Don't lie to Johnny — you’re softer than you think, Reiko.

Reiko, lowly: Have you forgotten the marks I've made on you?

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[odditycircus-2002]

Mortal Kombat 1 Intros Part III

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Batch1

Batch2

Quan-Chi

Quan-chi patronizing: It must enrage you that you couldn't have finished me.

Y/N hissing: If it weren't for Li Mei's jussstice, I would've had your ssspine by now!

/

Quan-chi disgusted: Why do you pine for a diseased cretin over Shang Tsung?

Y/N: Because that sssnake is below my standards, now.

/

Quan-Chi: You were Shang Tsung's wife, yet Lui Kang has gifted you a better life than either Shang and I!

Y/N: Everything I have earned in life, I have earned by my handssss and my hands alone.

/

Y/N coyly: I have to thank you for adding some spice to my meal.

Quan-Chi taken aback: That poison I slipped into your stew was enough to kill a full-grown taigore!

/

Y/N: Tch, what's good is relying heavily on your magic if a single gaze is enough to stop you in place?

Quan-chi smirks: It's fortunate then that I know how to avoid your gaze then.

/

Y/N narrows her eyes: It's bad enough that Shang Tsung knows The Island’s secrets!

Quan-Chi: Whether or not you do so willingly, I will learn witch.

/

Quan-chi: I hope your infatuation with Y/N won't put a wench in our partnership

Shang Tsung chuckles: Are we feeling a touch envious, Quan-chi?

Reiko

Y/N: I remember bandaging the bloodied boy Shao took into camp.

Reiko: I am not that boy no longer, Healer! /

Y/N: You're fortunate it was Li Mei who apprehended you, otherwise there'd be nothing to throw in Lei Chin.

Reiko: *Barks out a laugh* HA! I just need to blind you to beat you!

/

Y/N: You are no warrior but a mindlesssss blood-hungry brute, I would know.

Reiko scoffs: As if a Healer would know anything about what a true warrior is.

/

Y/N smirking: It's a shame that I couldn't have kept you in the Hanging Gardens.

Reiko growling: Care to try so again, witch?!

/

Reiko: You have forgotten your oath to Outworld!

Y/N: How is not wanting to see the Empire fall to the disease that is war, breaking my Healer's oath?

/

Reiko: The lieutenants' illness... *growls* Have you no honor?!

Y/N darkly: Not towards traitorsss of the throne.

/

Reiko: It's a shame that we could not have recruited you to the cause.

Y/N with her snakes writhing in anger: *Hisses* As if I would align myself with the brutes that would encourage Sssshang Tsung's depravity!

Tanya

Tanya: You have truly chosen better than that traitorous Sorcerer.

Y/N sighs in exasperation: I'll have to talk with Mileena about spreading rumors about my love life.

/

Tanya: You have a sister among the Umgadi?

Y/N rolls her eyes: I only know this since my mother would never ssshut up about it.

/

Tanya astonished: Shang Tsung did what to you?!

Y/N hisses at the memory: It's because I got too close to learning of hisss real laboratory.

/

Y/N: I hope you aren't the reason why Mileena missed her mandatory meditative practices today.

Tanya: I was told by her that you canceled them for the day!

/

Y/N: It is difficult, to love someone afflicted with Tarkat and watch them suffer.

Tanya: If Mileena and I can overcome these obstacles despite the risks, so can you and Baraka.

/

Y/N: I am happy to report that most of your Umgadi sisters will make a full recovery.

Tanya: It's still regrettable to lose any of my sisters, but I am happy to hear that.

/

Y/N: Did you really think I would betray the Throne?

Tanya: Honestly, there was so much deceit and conspiracies going around, I wasn't sure.

Ermac

Ermac: Neither Jerrod nor Sindel hold you at fault for their deaths.

Y/N in surprise: I- Uh um... Thank you, Ermac.

/

Ermac: Can you aid us?

Y/N: I haven't learned the same magic as Quan-chi, but I has picked up a spell or two on Shang Tsung's island.

/

Ermac: We apologize, but the answer is still no.

Y/N angrily: You're the one who freed Quan-chi in the firssst place! The least you can do is return to the palace!

/

Y/N: Why not inform Mileena instead of freeing Quan-chi?!

Ermac: We were not sure she could have ensured our continued existence

/

Y/N: If you wish to reside in the Colony, then I'll need some assurance that you won't kill my patients.

Ermac: We understand, but you just have to trust our word.

/

Y/N narrowed her eyes in suspicion: I was told by Ashrah, you nearly killed Baraka and Syzoth.

Ermac: That is not Us anymore, Y/N.

/

Y/N: How is the Collection today, Ermac?

Ermac: Thanks to your remedies, We feel more... stable.

Nitara

Nitara mockingly: Having seen your Titan self, I wonder what it says about you?

Y/N hisses: I am nothing like her!

/

Nitara: Your blood tastes like a Vaeterunian's!

Y/N angrily: Of course, Shang Tsung would think to make me monstrousss just to ssspite me!

/

Nitara: My blood magic is superior to your water magic.

Y/N: It'll do you no good once I have you choking on your own blood.

/

Y/N: Care for another demonstration on whose bite is deadlier?

Nitara: You have to actually catch me to bite me.

/

Y/N: Not till death will I ever stop fighting for my home!

Nitara: Why do you think I fight for Vaeterunus?!

/

Y/N: Even just hearing your voice sends disgussst down my spine

Nitara: The disgust is mutual even with your mask on.

/

Y/N snakes out and ready to bite: The fact that you aided that sssnake!

Nitara: A mistake and waste of time, I'll admit.

Peacemaker

Peacemaker: So how do you and that Baraka guy bump uglies? Considering how you're both-

Y/N vexated and flustered: That is NONE of your concern!

/

Peacemaker: The bleeding is mostly internal which is where most of the blood is supposed to be anyway, right?

Y/N internally screaming: That is NOT at all how it worksss!!!

/

Peacemaker: What the FUCK happened to your face?!

Y/N: A sssnake named, Shang Tsung. That's what.

/

Y/N: While I might not always agree with her, I trust Li Mei's judgment.

Peacemaker: Yet, it would've been easier if she just killed those wizard fucks!

/

Y/N: Those herbs you gave me are pretty weak.

Peacemaker: How? I gave ya the best kush I got!

/

Y/N: I can heal much of the body, but an addled mind isn't one of them

Peacemaker: If you think I'M insane, you should see the crazies in Arkham!

/

Y/N: How in the 10 hells are you still breathing?!?

Peacemaker: I honestly have no fucking clue.

[ladies-and-jennes]

I hope that Kanato Tsukishiro is having a good day today

I hope Makoto Rei is having a good day today

[julimolimk]

🥀Reiko and Morrigan, MKX Comic🥀

In this panel originally was Mileena, but I can't find the original image and its lazy to look for it now, so, here they are! Reiko and Morrigan. I loved making this edit 💕

Really, Reiko looks so sexy in this panel omg 😩💓💖💕

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Sophia Loren (Marriage Italian Style, Houseboat)—Major Italian star, first actress to win an Oscar for a performance not in English (for Two Women (1960)) and later when Roberto Benigni won an Oscar in 1999 he jumped over the chairs towards the stage going "Sophia Sophia!!" because he was running towards Sophia Loren and said he cared more about her than the Oscar, that's the effect she had on people. She was big in the 60s already even though she gained a lot more notoriety after that. And I mean. Can we take a moment and just.

Reiko Sato (Flower Drum Song)— ok so I might be unaware of her other movies but I watched flower drum song and she was soooo pretty!!!! and she’s like. amazing??? at dancing???? the swinging and stuff like what!!!! and the gauzy shawl thing at the beginning of love look away and actually the entire love look away is sooo cool [video below the cut]

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Sophia Loren:

im submitting her in honor of my dad bc she was the first celebrity crush of his he ever admitted to me and my sister :) and he was right. shes so pretty

She has maxed out all her stats: beauty, elegance, sensuality, she's got it all. her mesmerizing eyes, her sensual mouth, her sharp face shape, her everything is so striking and unlike any other beauty in films. she was also voted the world most beautiful woman when she was freaking 65

OSCAR WINNER. Worked with some of the hottest leading men in Hollywood but remained faithful to her husband whom she had a loving marriage with till he died (even though Cary Grant almost tempted her once, it's complicated)

One of the most well-known sex symbols of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and unlike some unfortunate others, she seems to have been pretty well at peace with occupying that status. She made assertiveness and a tempestuous temper seem glamorous, and although she's famous for side-eying Jayne Manisfield's cleavage, honestly? She's one to talk.

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Absolutely, drop-dead sexy, also a hard working, extraordinarily talented actress who didn't shy away from the less glamorous roles to gift us some gritty, memorable performances

JUST LOOK AT HER Y'ALL

Submitting this on behalf of my dad, who knows nothing of tumblr or this blog, but I remember being a kid watching Houseboat while my mom thirsted after Cary Grant, dad thirsted after Sophia Loren, and I was excited that they lived on a boat. Anyway, she's extremely beautiful and was an international star, doing a ton of movies in Italy before being recognized in the US.

Big in the chest, snatched in the waist, pretty in the face 😳

Very smart and beautiful, the characters that she played (I mean those in the movies that I put in the previous question) are as strong and determined as her which I think adds to her hotness.

Global superstar and my late grandfather's long time movie star crush and for a man as quiet as he was, and as hopelessly devoted to his wife as he was, the fact that I know that means she was EXCEPTIONAL.

Sexy, beautiful, deep. A real star.

Her performance in "Man of La Mancha" is just so very captivating. Dubbed as "the Italian Marilyn Monroe", she looks beautiful in any movie and at any age.

Forget the exotic sexpot of her Hollywood films and go back to her Italian career: sparking with Marcello Mastroianni as the woman who drives him mad and outwits all his fumbling attempts at macho posturing in their early films, and showing a tender side in their 1970s films. Sophia isn’t self-conscious about who she is or her beautiful body: she enjoys being herself and she wants us all to enjoy ourselves too.

She starred in films as a sexually emancipated persona and was one of the best known sex symbols of the time. She is a great cook and her filmography is immense.

On the misattributed quote that Sophia owed everything to spaghetti: 'Did you actually say the quote frequently attributed to you, "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti"?' "Non è vero! It's not true! It's such a silly thing. I owe it to spaghetti, no, no. Completely made up."

Reiko Sato:

[stickers-on-a-laptop]

me seeing that people get married in a toku and going to ao3 to see if people think that's a thing that actually happens and like sometimes yes but usually no

[reittu]

Why is Natsume, well, a Natsume? Shouldn't he have inherited his father's surname?

This reason should be plot-relevant because Midorikawa could've easily avoided this conundrum by making Takashi's father Reiko's child, but she specifically chose Reiko to have a daughter.

Why her daughter had Reiko's surname is clear - because Reiko was unmarried. But what about Takashi?

Here's what chatgpt says about the reasons a child could have their mother's surname in Japan:

In Japan, it is customary for a child to take the surname of the family head, usually the father. However, there are situations where a child may have their mother's surname:

1. If the Parents Are Unmarried:

When a child is born out of wedlock, they typically take the mother's surname unless the father formally acknowledges the child and the parents register the child under his family name.

2. If the Father Joins the Mother's Family:

In cases where the father marries into the mother's family (a practice called mukoyōshi), the family might decide for everyone, including their children, to take the mother's surname.

3. If the Parents Decide After Marriage:

When a couple marries in Japan, they are legally required to share the same surname (usually the husband’s). However, if the couple chooses to take the wife’s surname, their children will also carry it.

4. If the Parents Divorce:

After a divorce, if the mother gains custody and reverts to her maiden name, she might also apply to have the child's surname changed to match hers, though this requires court approval.

5. Adoption or Custody Changes:

If a child is adopted into a family with the mother’s surname or custody arrangements require the child to match the mother’s surname, the change can be legally registered.

6. Special Circumstances:

There are rare cases where cultural or practical reasons, such as inheritance concerns, might lead to a family deciding to use the mother’s surname, but these are less common.

And none of this seems to fit... Were they unmarried? But Takashi's father loved him, so i don't see why he wouldn't have formally acknowledged him.

And yet he had his mum's surname anyway.

[theemissuniverse]

Hey! So like a have a question on your opinion (MK Fandom), when I read Syzoth X Reader FF they always make him “unexperienced” even though he had a WIFE AND SON, and not to also mention that they either make him to “shy and innocent” or to “Hardcore”… it might just be me who wish that some authors would change this… but I wanted to know your opinion? 🤷‍♀️I’m unexperienced so I can’t say much…

VERY VERY GOOD POINT.

Syzoth is not some “shy and innocent” lizard man. Let’s really bring up the BEST point in this whole statement. BRO HAS A WIFE AND CHILD. Let’s put two and two together folks.

I’m not even trying to be a bitch but I cannot stand y’all and this whole “my innocent boy” STFU.

Let me also bring up the point that Syzoth isn’t some “shy boy.” Y’all think just because someone is nice, humble, and shows kindness that they are “shy.”

Syzoth shows not only in story mode but through his fighting intros that he’s incredibly witty and sarcastic. Not only that but can be cruel to people he does not like.

Examples!

REIKO : Ready to face Outworld’s finest soldier?

SYZOTH : I will be, if he ever gets here

NITARA : There’s recognition in your eyes

SYZOTH : You remind me of Shang Tsung’s foulest experiment

JOHNNY CAGE : Humanoid or Reptiloid, I’m gonna take you

SYZOTH : *laughs* I’m guessing you’ve never fought a Zaterran

Those are just off the top of my head.

Your reasoning for him being an “innocent boy” is because he got scared of the Predator film Johnny showed him that was revealed in an intro or him not understanding what “cudos” meant when Johnny said it which is-and I cannot stress enough- Earthrealm English. Of course he does not know what it means 💀

Breaking off Syzoth for a tiny bit, Y’ALL DO THE SAME THING TO LIU KANG. HAVE Y’ALL NEVER PLAYED ANY STORYMODE GAME WITH LIU KANG IN IT NOR HAVE YOU WATCHED HIS INTROS????

Just because again, Liu Kang is humble, compassionate, and shows kindness does NOT mean he’s this “innocent” man. Nor does it mean he’s some boring “innocent boy.”

Liu Kang is incredibly witty. Especially to those he is close with or is comfortable around. Liu Kang is also not afraid to speak what is on his mind when he encounters his enemies. He is very bold in his statements.

Going back to Syzoth though- he would not be hardcore at sex at all. Like zero. Maybe if he’s in his true form I can understand that but Syzoth isn’t going to be some hardcore dom into every kink in the alphabet. Again people, let’s be realistic.

[2cutie]

Can I request: Possessive husband Havik(mk1) x wife fem s/o who was a slave like him; she is sweet and gentle and the only one who can calm Havik whenever he gets angry and also the only one whom Havik will allow her to call him by his real name Dairou she escapes with him from slavery thanks to her vast telepathy and telekinesis and she gave him a daughter please?

cracks knuckles today, havik, i have forced you to have slept with us, the readers. tis not the bed you made, but it's the one i'm forcing you to sleep in. Angsty but sweet ending. Enjoyy! Not sure if it's exactly what you wanted! But I read 'possessive husband' and I grabbed onto it with my grubby hands

It was nothing less than suspicious how you didn't feel the absolute glower he was sending your way. And it wasn't like you couldn't see him - actually no you couldn't, but like Havik would believe that in the state of enrage he was in. His teeth ground at the display before him.

When did you and Reiko get so friendly, anyways?

It's not like you had been in Outworld too long. Give or take a few months, but that didn't explain the sudden connection between you two unlikely candidates, and Reiko didn't seem like he was being innocent.

Havik had brought you along to Outworld because you were tactful; more organized that he was in his constant state of chaos. With Hotaru's control advancing daily, Havik was forced to look anywhere in the realms for allies to revolt. The decision was heavy, but you both had to leave your child in the safety of your home and friends as you went to Outworld.

That alone pricked his skin with paranoia most days; the uncertainty of exactly what was happening, where his child was and what she was doing. Uncertainty grew each day, and Hotaru was not forgiving. Havik was generally an always on-edged persona, ready to crack if the pressure was harsh enough. But now, more than ever.

Which brought you both here, allied to Shao Khan who would promise to free Chaosrealm for your aide first.

But you were supposed to be rallying forces; promoting the cause. So why were you flirting with Reiko?

In actuality, you were not. In the very back of his senseless mind he knew you weren't. But it didn't make him like the display any less. He watched, his breathes leaving him as deep growls opposed to air. You smiled, even laughed. Jealousy was itching under his skin.

You were so kind, so gentle - it was a call for attention in a world full of hostility. You were so vulnerable.

Havik tensed when Reiko put a hand upon your shoulder, lingering longer than he needed to. He rubbed your bicep, the way he leaned down to you when he spoke…

That almost sent him off. He felt his eye dilate in on the war general, his fingers twitching. He just managed to keep his composure. He knew Reiko's nature. He fought beside him in the battles for General Shao. He didn't trust him. And he certainly didn't trust him around you.

You laughed, again. So he was funny now?

Havik was practically seething. His teeth gritted harder, and his breaths shuddered. He kept his anger at bay by envisioning tearing Reiko's wrist clean off his body for touching you. But it only radiated that desire more. He was so tempted to just pull you away, then and there, and show everyone just who you belonged to.

You bore his child, not Reiko's. And you could do it again.

...He needed to calm down.

Havik blinked.

Then something happened.

Reiko went too far.

His hands were digging into your hips. He towered over you with a seductive smirk and he was backing you up to the nearest wall. It wasn't a friendly conversation anymore; it was well past flirting. Havik's plasma burned and he shot off the wall he leaned against.

Reiko leaned in, and when you turned away, he only pushed into your neck.

Your telepathy crossed Havik's mind in a panic: A plea for help.

He moved as soon as he had your permission to. Without a thought of how to do so; he would figure it out when he got there. Though he had a few ideas. He knew you wouldn't like them.

He shoved his way between you and Reiko, shouldering him with brute strength backwards. Reiko stumbled back at the surprise intrusion, and he clashed with a few people before righting his stance.

Reiko bore his teeth in warning, scowling. Upon seeing Havik, though, it shifted to a shit-eating grin. "Did I piss off the guard dog?" He moved himself closer to Havik, snearing up to him. His imposing height did little to impose Shao's second in command. "Maybe you should stay a little closer to your bitch."

A subhuman crack was heard as soon as the words fell from Reiko's lips. Blood soon came after. Havik raised his arm again, to strike -

"Dairou!" That made him pause. His eyes immediately snapped over to you, trying to keep himself from attacking. "Don't," you pleaded him. "It's not worth it."

Despite your words, the fact you wanted him to calm down wanted to make him blow his feud more. His breath was bestial and he closed his eyes, trying to force words out. "He called you a 'bitch'." His voice was almost a whisper, a thin conceal of rage.

You went to respond.

Reiko cut you off with a bark of laughter. "Dairou?" His laugh was insulting, even with blood coursing down his nose, staining his teeth. Havik's head rounded back to him. "Is that your true name? How befitting of such a weak warlord. You couldn't even save the land you were born on." He sneered again, tilting his head back in disgust before he gazed to you. "You have to impose on ours to stand a chance. She deserve a real warrior. One who served in actual wars. And won."

Havik's entire body boiled with each passing word. He had used his true name, an insult as is. Not even the brutal ache of the time he was subjected to as a prisoner did he ever feel so much anger.

He didn't even process when he lunged at Reiko. Barely felt his hands gripping around his throat, and the scratches and wounds he received in return. He only could hear himself growling, then the brutal sound of Reiko's body slamming into the floor.

He would only stop when he had Reiko's heart under his boot.

-- Well, the tournament's after banquet ended sooner than was expected. The incident ended involving both the Umgadi and Edenian guards to separate the two men.

Fortunately Sindel was still considerate to allow you both a room to stay within even after such a display.

Havik was still seething, unsatisfied that Reiko's pulse was still ongoing and did not end by his hand. His shoulders still heaved with annoyance and vexation. He paced the room as if he was a caged animal. He could feel the blood cursing through his every vein and how it scorched ablaze. There was the urge to explode, one that could not be satisfied. Reiko's insults still cut deep, the memory playing rampant in his mind. He wouldn't let it go.

He took a sharp inhale and looked over to you. You, who now had to deal with his wrath and fury. He didn't want to take his anger out on you, but there was no other outlet. He managed to turn away with another growl, looking at you through the corner of his eye. He couldn't make eye contact, knowing his anger would slip out. He was too strung out to speak, simply grunting in frustration. He continued pacing, his footfall heavy and loud. A beast in a cell.

"Dairou-"

That did it. That was the overfill to his uncapped emotions.

“Shut up!" Havik comamanded, stopping sharply. He didn't turn back to you. "Just shut up! That name is a curse, and I don’t want to hear it coming out of your mouth again!” You opened your mouth, but he continued as he finally turned to you. His eyes were narrowed and you knew he would be scowling if he could. “You could have stopped that damn conversation! You should have stopped him! Instead you told him my name."

He wanted to just shout his anger away, even if it meant yelling at you. The fact that you just stood there quietly while he screamed made him even more agitated.

You could tell his anxieties were beginning to rise to the surface level. His body was beginning to shake.

He would come undone if he wasn't so keen to keep hidden. His fears of Chaosrealm, the future of you, and his daughter- he feared he would lose it all, and was already starting to. He was hiding behind his wall of defensive mechanisms, itching for a fight to keep the fire burning. To protect it all from spilling.

But you saw it. You always did.

"Havik.." You spoke inside his mind instead; he would not listen to you any other way.

His stance dropped instantly, his head dropping. His eyebrows furrowed and his voice sounded almost broken. "Get out of my head.." You always seemed to know his weakness; how to parry him from his own downfall.

His body felt heavy, like it lost every ounce of energy it had fought to keep. His shoulders sagged and he breathed a sigh of frustration. Without his anger, he felt empty; he had lost the thing he was keen to focus on. His voice was tired, defeated.

"Please do something." He spoke so softly, the strength inside of him perished. He who had been a raging beast a moment ago was defeated by the only emotion he had. "Hit me. Punch me. Yell back. Something."

How desperate he was to keep hiding. Havik kept his eyes closed, as if expecting your lashing. But it never came.

Only your gentle hands came to run over his chest, stopping at his harness. He cracked his eyes open in time to watch you unbuckle it, and let it and his armor fall off his body.

The remainder of his chest was exposed, more scars evident in the lighting.

He was confused, and yet you stayed silent. He didn't like it.

He felt exposed. You had removed a layer of protection that hid away memories. He felt.. Vulnerable.

When his dark eyes snapped to yours, he was only met with a gentle gaze. Your hands roamed along his arms again, picking them up and turning them over to expose the fresh wound Reiko had left on him he was ignoring. You rubbed the unharmed skin gently, soothingly. "Are you keeping these?"

It seemed he was, considering he hadn't healed them himself yet.

Havik looked to the wounds on his arms as well, watching as the blood gushed from it when he tensed the muscle. He attitude was still grim and the pain of them were a welcome feeling as they were a reminder to the pain and anger he felt inside. He nodded, solemn.

You understood. You pushed gently on his shoulders to get him to sit, but he wouldn't. His nerves were still on the fritz. You allowed him to stand.

He watched you under piercing eyes as you went and got a medical kit, opening it on a nearby table. You began sourcing through it.

You were going to patch him.

There was no need. You both knew this. It felt unnecessary, wasteful on him. Pointless. It made him bristle in a bit of discomfort. "There is no need," he tried to argue, retaining his tough front. "I want them to be a reminder of what he did. I want the pain to always be there, to always be present and to never go away so I can remember.” The pain was something he embraced. Another chapter to his book of rage. The anguish served as a reminder that any insult or injustice that would happen to him would not be without retaliation.

"I know," you responded. Simple; vague. It made his fingers clench. How did you always know? "I'm just going to clean and wrap them. I'm not letting you get infected."

When you came back over, he awkwardly held his arms out to you. Neither of you cared about that blood that stained the carpet below. While he didn't really want it, he knew it was your way of taking care of him. How you were gentle with him.

That soothed him as much as it made him bristle. He was still not used to such generosity and kindness. Even after so many years with you, he still didn't know how to react with his rough edges in fear he would harm you.

Havik always hated when people were tender to him because of the unfamiliarity. He hated when people would care for him, like he was a child. But the fact it was you, and you were so gentle, made him long for it.

He finally spoke. He had to know. "Why do you care so much?"

Your eyes flickered to his. You saw his uneasiness, and his hidden display of longing. You focused back on his wounds. "Because I love you, Havik. I married you. You don't have to put on a front around me." You held a damp rag over his wound. pressing to stop the bleeding. There was brief moment of silence before you continued, wearing a half of a smirk. "You're almost as stubborn as our child.. Almost."

Havik rolled his eyes at the mention of his stubbornness. He continued to look away, as if embarrassed. He took a deep breath, suppressed his desire to fight. When he met your eyes back, his gaze was tender. "I.. suppose I may be as hard-headed as her."

"You suppose? You are." You chuckled. "But I suppose I did fall in love with it, afterall. I can't say too much about it without sounding a hypocrite." You brought his knuckles to your lips and kissed them. You let your lips linger.

He finally allowed himself to relax when you kissed him. You had finally melted him. Melted away his mask of anger.

"I know you're just worried. About everything. I am too." You got out the gauze and began to wrap it around him, ever gentle. "Our home will be fine. Our daughter will be just fine. We will win this war." As you finished, you put your hand atop his and brought it to your chest. "We will be just fine. Hotaru will not win. I promise you that, Havik."

His heart began to pulse quickly again, but this time from wamrth. He could feel your heartbeat as well. You were being a rock; something to solidify him against. An anchor. And you were the only person he would allow himself to be weak in front of.

"No," he said after a moment's breath.

"No?" You repeated, confused.

He let out a slow breath, staring down to you. He gave a small nod. "My name. Say my name."

You stared back. A pure smile crept atop your lips. Your eyes melted into that of pure adoration. "Dairou," you said, and it felt almost as if it were an embrace. One that held promise, a security; for your words, your faithfulness. That you were his, and he - as himself, as Dairou - was yours.

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So Sektor is submissive... interesting.

Still, something tells me that Bi-Han had his first time with Sektor and he's never had any other women. I guess he took on the dominant role once he became more experienced. As for Sektor, I think his first time was also with Bi-Han, but I don't know, she seems more experienced LOL

I also found this contrast interesting because it gives more depth to the character and makes her more real. Her attachment to Bi-Han and the need she feels to protect him above all else is completely understandable when we stop to think about how difficult it is to find a true soulmate like Sektor found in Bi-Han. And as much as most characters seem to have recently found out about Bi-Han's relationship with Sektor, that's not the case for Bi-Han's former allies, respectively, Shao, Reiko, Liu Kang, and Kuai Liang.

Given the time Bi-Han spent with them in Outworld, when he helped Shao in battle after freeing him from prison, it is quite believable that they knew Sektor since Shao makes it clear that he met her when Bi-Han was still Sub-Zero.

And I wonder if this intro means that she is his wife or if they despise traditions so much that they don't even want to get married and seal their commitment in a traditional way…

Because it would make sense for them to already be married since according to the intros between Tomas and her, Sektor was in fact Tomas' master and this implies that she has been close to Bi-Han for a long time, like several years.

And since Kuai Liang is so sure that Sektor influenced Bi-Han as he says...

He must also know about her relationship with Bi-Han for a long time. And he knows that just as Harumi influences his decisions and advises him, Sektor also influences Bi-Han's decisions and advises him.

However, we know, something Kuai Liang may not know, that Bi-Han was the one who sensed she was his kindred spirit , Bi-Han who presented his vision for the Lin Kuei to her, Bi-Han who made Sektor second in command (lieutenant) as soon as he took over as Grandmaster…

Sektor just supports him in everything because she loves him and Bi-Han was right when he sensed she was his kindred spirit. They were definitely made for each other....

Despite Sektor's strong personality and appreciation for control and subjugation of those she considers inferior to her, she finds pleasure in pleasing and serving Bi-Han. And the way she is committed to Bi-Han and willing to spend the rest of her life by his side…

I have a feeling that her preference for bold and dominant men implies that she also chose Bi-Han because he is the only man she considers worthy of sharing her bed and subjugating her on it. And the way Bi-Han also only has eyes for Sektor and admires her a lot…

I don't doubt at all that they lost their virginity together. And since Bi-Han has a lot of dominant personality traits and is a natural leader, it must have been a natural move for him to dominate her. Although I also agree that she seems more experienced than him, maybe it's just an impression she left by mocking virgins like Kung Lao. Sektor is such a tech-nerd and so focused on her work since she was young…

I feel like she and Bi-Han are demisexual.

And I still think she's a little older than Bi-Han or the same age as him. I don't think he would listen to advice from someone younger than him. And I feel like he was the one who fell in love with her first. Before becoming Grandmaster, he was a fanboy of hers. And this love she feels for him was hard-earned.

[cienie-isengardu]

Bi-Han & Tomas & Harumi

Through the story mode, Bi-Han was not acknowledged as Grandmaster. Liu Kang always addressed him by name, even when he was recruiting his Champions. Kuai Liang and Tomas called him brother, never using his proper rank (though that is understandable as they usually talked in privacy far away from other characters). The only person calling him Grandmaster and doing it respectfully was Shang Tsung when he was tempting the man to join his side. Other than that, Kung Lao called Bi-Han the Grandmaster as an insult when he won the fight against Sub-Zero in chapter 1.

Then we have Tomas who was not acknowledged at all by Liu Kang throughout the whole story mode and who helps Kuai Liang to build the Shirai Ryu clan and train its warriors. Smoke called himself "Shirai Ryu's second-in-command"

Quan Chi: The littlest Lin Kuei has come to fight me. Smoke: Try the Shirai Ryu's second-in-command.

However, as far as I managed to check out the intro dialogues, I do not notice anyone acknowledging that rank of his. Kuai Liang does not call Tomas that nor introduce or talk about him as such. Interestingly, Quan Chi does acknowledge Reiko as the "second in command" which adds the contrast to Smoke being looked down upon.

Tomas is the one that stood by Kuai Liang and the first to pledge his loyalty to Scorpion. He helps train warriors and he is the one responsible for finding and bringing Hanzo Hasashi but he is not really acknowledged in any special way for his part in creating Shirai Ryu.

We also have Harumi Shirai who took in Kuai Liang and Tomas when they had nothing and provided them help and place to stay. She is the head of her clan and the one with land, money and means to build a new clan and without her support, there would not be Shirai Ryu or the creation would not go so fast at least. Tie-in material implies Harumi to be a fighter and but once she married Kuai Liang, somehow she is reduced to his wife/beloved even though she is literally a co-founder of Shirai Ryu, as she was the one that provided material needs and safe place for Kuai Liang and Tomas to train new members.

And not to bitter, but Bi-Han, Tomas and Harumi should make a club of those whose rank/position/contribution is not acknowledged.