Kitana's Heartbreak.

It was getting late. Sub-Zero still had not yet arrived and Kitana was beginning to get worried. A minute passed when the door suddenly opened. Kuai Liang had finally arrived home.

"Sub-Zero, where have you been?" The Princess asked. She loved calling her love by his codename. She found it sexy.

Sub-Zero was shocked to see that Kitana had waited up for him. He looked flustered.

"Uh, forgive me love…I was…training with Smoke and Bi-Han…" he lied.

She didn't believe him. "At this hour?"

"Yes…We were going over some new techniques we had just developed. We were deep in our practice and lost track of the time…You know how we are…"

"I see…May you show me?"

"Maybe not now my love. It is late. Let us get some rest. Perhaps tomorrow?"

Kitana looked disappointed and depressed. "Alright…Goodnight love…" And with that, the Edenian Princess walked up to her man and gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek before retreating to bed.

Later that evening as the couple lay in their bed, a sleepless Kitana rolled over to snuggle with the sleeping Cryomancer. She decided to wake him by sliding her hand slowly to his crotch to try and rouse him.

Sub-Zero stirred and cracked an eye open, as he felt Kitana's hand touching him.

"Shall we…?" she whispered.

Sub-Zero yawned. "Sorry love. Not tonight. I am tired and very weary…"

He then rolled back to how he was sleeping, facing away from his wife.

Kitana stopped the movement and pulled her hand away, rolling onto her back and taking a deep sigh.

During breakfast the next morning, Kitana spoke to Sub-Zero about how she was going to see Jade later that day and what they had planned to do.

Kuai Liang seemed uninterested and was deep in his thoughts. He stared and played with his breakfast - resting the side of his jaw on one hand - while Kitana continued talking.

"…So yeah, I'll return later in the evening once we are done…"

She noticed Sub-Zero wasn't listening.

"Did you hear what I just said?" she asked.

Sub-Zero straightened up. "Huh? Uh, yes love…"

"Kuai…you were not even listening…"

"My apologies Princess…" he said, before putting an arm over his chest and bowing his head down.

"I don't know why you still do that…What's gotten into you? You have not been the same the past couple of months. It always seems like your mind is elsewhere and you have been arriving home late in the evening or during the early hours of the morning. And from what I hear from Smoke and your brother, you have been slacking and are behind on your training. What's going on? Is there something you are not telling me?"

Sub-Zero's heart began to pound. He got defensive real quick. He stood up in a rush and raised his voice.

"Why are you questioning me like this? Do you believe something is wrong with me? Have I treated you unfairly?"

Kitana was hurt by Sub-Zero's abrupt behaviour. She did not expect him to explode so suddenly.

The Princess looked down defeated and felt like she was now only an inch tall. She had given up so much for the man she committed to. She had rebelled against The Emperor she thought was her father, Shao Kahn, and even left the man she thought she be would with, Liu Kang. Everything she did was for Sub-Zero. She had no idea why he was acting this way.

"No my love…it's just that…I'm concerned for you that's all…"

Sub-Zero sighed. He immediately felt bad after seeing the way he had treated his wife.

"You have no reason to be…" he said softer.

Kuai Liang then turned and walked towards the door. "I need to leave… I must clear my thoughts…"

Kitana didn't bother to look up as she heard the door open and shut. A tear rolled off her cheek and on to the floor.

What was Sub-Zero hiding? What was happening to him? Why was he acting this way?

Something was definitely wrong, and Kitana was going to get to the bottom of this. She needed to help the man she gave her life to and would not give up no matter the cost.

Sub-Zero had to get out. He just needed to clear thoughts. Or was he just lying to himself? Maybe the real reason he needed to leave was to get out and get another chance to see her again.

The woman who he ran into. The woman he never expected. The woman that made him forget about his wife. The woman he fell for. The woman who so violently seduced him.

The woman who gave him the attention he never received from the lady he dedicated his life to. The woman who smelled like roses.

The woman who would appear out of nowhere when he least expected it. The woman who was so mysterious.

The woman who haunted his thoughts and his dreams. The woman he pictured every time he made love to his wife.

The woman he risked his marriage and life to see. The woman who made him lie. The one he wanted. The one Sub-Zero needed. The one Sub-Zero would die for.

Who is this woman?

Chapter 2 coming soon.