Kung Lao And The 'Rock'

Kung Lao and the 'Rock'

Summary: Kung Lao finds a fancy looking rock outside the Wu Shi Academy and brings it with him, however he's pretty sure rocks aren't supposed to whistle.

Tags/Warnings: A mention of blood that's basically it.

Word Count: 1.4k words

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In the dead of night not too far from the Wu Shi academy a creature like no other limped through the trees and thicket. It's tall stature and long body weaved silently through the brush despite its hind legs and back being marred. Rabbits, deer, and other prey animals ran for cover as the creature approached, and even the feisty crocodiles in the marsh slunk back into their waters.

Held gently in the creature's mouth was an egg the color of bronze. The moons' light reflected off of it, blinding the creature for a quick moment. It flinched, sending pain through its body and causing it to growl. Still, it held a gentle grip on the egg and continued on.

The creature came to a stop by a stream. It wobbled but balanced itself and made its way over to a thick cluster of berry bushes. It very gently placed the egg in the middle of the bushes and gave it a quick nuzzle, then, using its nose, covered the egg with loose leaves and twigs until its bronze hue could no longer been seen.

Just as silently as the creature arrived, it left, leaving the egg behind.

Kung Lao huffed as he walked in the woods. His most recent sparring match with Liu Kang hadn't gone well, as was always the pattern. Normally he'd take whatever remarks he got in stride, however he wasn't feeling it this time, and simply decided to leave and find a place to sulk in silence. His first thought was his room, but he didn't want to risk Liu Kang barging in to lecture him. Much less, Raiden.

So he ultimately decided to take a walk in the woods. It was a warm day after all, why not enjoy some time in nature? He strolled along, enjoying the scenery of the sunrays poking through the trees and munching away on an apple. Eventually he found himself by a stream and he plopped onto his back, letting his signature hat fall off his head. The grass was a bit itchy, but itchy grass was better than a wounded ego.

The woods were rather quiet, he noticed. Normally there'd be birds singing and zipping around, but as he stared upwards into the trees, he saw not a single one. Odd. There weren't any other animals in sight either. A few bugs here and there, but the usual buzzing cicadas were absent as well. It was so eerily quiet and uncharacteristic of these woods. Kung Lao felt oddly unsafe.

Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a few berry bushes. He raised up off the ground, grabbing his hat on the way up. "Don't mid if I do," he said. He'd finished his apple by now, a few berries would be lovely. He stepped over to the bushes and began picking and eating a few berries. Usually these types of bushes had some manner of insect on them, but again, no creature in sight.

This was getting a little too weird for Kung Lao, and he began to wonder if something was actually wrong. He'd have to ask the other monks if they'd noticed anything amiss when he returned to the temple.

He reached down into the bush for more berries and flinched as he felt something hard on his fingertips. He yanked his arm back out of reflex and he was momentarily blinded by something.

"The hell was...?" Kung Lao blinked the glare away and curiously looked deeper into the bush. The color of bronze sat nestled inside and once again he was blinded. This time he pushed through the glare and dug into the bush to possibly find out whatever the object was.

The object turned out to be much bigger than he thought at first. He ended up having to grasp it with both hand and tug it upwards. He ended up falling on his butt when the bronze object finally came up out of the dirt and twigs. Still, he let out a sound of victory. He'd finally figure out what this thing was!

Oh, it's a rock. That's boring.

Still, it was a pretty rock, and it was lightweight. It would make a nice decoration for his room. As long as he kept it away from the window, that is. Gods this thing was blinding.

Tugging the rock out of the ground seemed to help Kung Lao's frustration subside and he decided to start making his way back towards the temple. He held the bronze rock in his arms, thinking of where he could place it in his room. It surly was an odd thing to find out in the woods, but hey, a lot of odd things have happened in his life thus far. Not to mention the animals seemed to be making noise again as he left! He took this all as a good omen for the rest of the day.

"Liu Kang, look what I found!" Kung Lao called over to his best friend as he climbed the last of the steps to the temple.

"A rock, Kung Lao?" Liu Kang tilted his head at him. He was quickly blinded by the shiny rock and blinked.

"Yeah, I found it buried in the woods. I think it'll look nice in my room somewhere."

"Your decorating will have to wait. Lord Raiden has been meaning to speak with you about your training."

"Damn," Kung Lao muttered. He really thought he'd avoid Raiden this time. "I'll be there in a moment. Just let me put this away."

Liu Kang nodded and jogged off. Undoubtedly to inform Raiden of Kung Lao's return. Kung Lao himself sighed, knowing that he'd be in for a long lecture most likely. So he took a little extra time in walking to his room. He whistled down the hall, holding the bronze rock and absentmindedly tapping it. For a moment he thought it tapped back. He disregarded it as his nerves.

"All right," he said, placing the rock on his cot. He gave on last sigh before turning around, whistling again as he went to leave.

Until he heard a whistle back.

He turned around, stopping his own whistling. He eyed the corners of his room suspiciously. Curiously, he whistled again. A simple, high pitched note.

He heard a whistle back.. and it was coming from the rock.

No. He had to confirm this. He knelt down by his cot, keeping his face closer to the rock to hear better. He whistled.

The rock whistled back. It was muffled, as if it was coming from inside it.

He paused. Then he whistled again, this time in a more musical rhythm.

Again, the rock whistled back, using his exact rhythm.

Somehow, Kung Lao was not entirely convinced. He whistled again, and again, and again. The rock whistled back the exact tune again, and again, and again.

"Oh..."

"Kung Lao, Raiden is growing impatient." Liu Kang suddenly appeared in Lao's doorway. Kung Lao only gestured for Liu to come over. When Liu did, Lao basically pulled him down to the floor. "What are you-?"

"Shut up. Listen."

Kung Lao whistled. The rock whistled back. The two monks sat in silence for a few moments, each giving each other 'what the hell' expressions. If it weren't for Raiden making himself known with a cough, they would've stayed like that for hours.

Raiden gave the two pointed looks as they turned to face him, rising off the floor.

"Lord Raiden, I-" Kung Lao is cut off by Raiden holding up a hand. Lao's expression falters.

Just as Raiden looked like he was about to start his lecture, the thunder god is momentarily blinded. He blinked and turned his attention to the bronze object on Kung Lao's cot.

A look of recognition washed over Raiden's face and he stepped between both Kung Lao and Liu Kang, making his way over to the cot. He knelt on the floor and began stroking the rock.

"It, uh, whistles back at me. Listen." Kung Lao whistled and, like before, the rock whistled back.

"Where did you find this?" Raiden asked, taking the rock in his arms and rising up off the floor.

"In the woods bellow the temple," Kung Lao replied. "It was nestled in a berry bush."

Raiden sighed.

"Kung Lao," Raiden started," this is a dragon egg, and it is close to hatching."

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Wow look who finally decided to write something on the blog she said she'd write on!

This was a silly little idea I came up with one day and I finally jotted it down. I've never written anything on tumblr before, so if there's something I'm messing up please let me know! Also I think my writing is going through some kind of transition/ improvement period, so if it seems messy... yeah lol.

Hope you enjoyed!

-Kontinued

Shang Tsung says you look nice today! 🐍

Had a weird ass dream last night... Sindel, Shao Khan, and I were roommates... Sindel and I got into a whole ass fight because I wanted to take a shower but her hair was all over it. (The shower was fucking HUGE btw) I can't recall anymore but I vaguely remember Shao Khan standing awkwardly in the room holding groceries or something.