Manehatten, Equestria

The final battle... light and dark, fight night... the greatest gladiator match in the history of all realms. Man verses monster, day verses night... Champion of Earthrealm, against Kahn of Outworld. Shao Kahn held his war hammer and growled at the shaolin for interfering, he went to strike him down only to see the monk pull out his nunchaku and smack him several times in the torso and hit him in the face. Shao backed away feeling it and glared at the monk for it, he snarled and blasted at him with his soul magic. Liu quickly dodged it and blasted dragon fire at him only to see him get shielded by another form of soul magic, he looked only to see it was Shang Tsung who interfered with the fight. "Emperor... allow me and Chrysalis to take care of him..." he said to the mad emperor earning a nod from the emperor. Shang looked to Liu Kang as they circled one another. "I never imagined I would get a chance to kill you again Liu Kang..." he said to him.

"You only killed me because you had Quan Chi's assistance... you won't get a second chance." Liu Kang said to him as he stood ready for kombat.

Shang let out an amused chuckle as he stood ready for kombat as well. "I won't need his help this time..." he said to the Shaolin as he went for a strike him. Liu Kang blocked his attacks as he landed a few swift kicks against his torso, landed a kick towards his kneel forcing him to kneel. Shang grunted from it about to hit him, only to get kneed in the cheekbone. Liu backed away holding his fighting stance as he watched Shang Tsung get back up. "Your skills have improved last we met... though... it was mostly your living corpse I've been fighting..." he pointed out to him.

"This time, you face the real deal..." Liu Kang said to him as he threw a roundhouse kick towards the sorcerer. Shang avoided his attack and blocked his attacks as he backed away from him. He then caught Liu Kang's attack and landed quick jabs against his body and elbowed him in the chest, causing him to stumble back as he grabbed hold of his arm slamming his knee to his chest. Liu let out a painful grunt from the attack, but pulled out his nunchaku and snared the sorcerer's leg and threw him over. As the sorcerer slammed to the ground, he slid his leg towards Liu Kang managing to trip him over as he got back up and went to crush his spine. Liu Kang quickly rolled away from it, and flipped towards him landing a hard punch against his face.

The sorcerer grunted from the attack as he backed away cleaning his nose as blood flowed out, he looked as Liu Kang went to land another strike. Shang dodged the attack landing a high kick against his face and punched him several times in the torso, then he went for an uppercut. But Liu Kang managed to block it and punched him across his face and landed a back spin kick against Shang Tsung's face. Meanwhile, Raiden focused on healing his injuries with Celestia's help... Sunset rushed to them to help out. "Raiden, how are you feeling...?" she asked him.

"I'm alright... did you managed to overhear everything Shao Kahn said...?" Raiden asked her as his injuries slowly healed.

"Yes, I heard every word... but I'm worried more about Liu Kang..." Sunset looked to the fight between Liu Kang and Shang Tsung. "Shang Tsung killed him once, there's no telling what dirty trick's he'll pull..." he said to him.

"Liu Kang will not die this time... I have faith in him..." Raiden said to her. "Now... reveal to the leading heads of Outworld's army, from Tarkatan, to Shokan... go...!" he said to her as she did just that without Shao Kahn noticing. Meanwhile Liu Kang blocked Shang Tsung's attacks and grabbed hold of his arm, kneeing him in the ribcage fracturing them. Shang writhed from it, but he broke free of Liu Kang's grip and punched him in the face and torso, reaching to the ground as flames emerge from it as he landed a fiery uppercut against him. Liu Kang hit the ground after getting hit feeling several burns from his attack, he quickly got back up as Shang Tsung fired flaming skulls at him. Liu quickly dodged them and fired a dragon fire at him, landed a shot against his chest.

Shang stumbled from it but turned to Liu as he changed himself into Kano and curled into a ball ramming against him like a cannon ball, knocking Liu Kang down as he reverted back to himself and went to stomp on his stomach. Liu Kang dodged his attack and landed a hard kick against the sorcerers face knocking a tooth out, the sorcerer shook his head from it and went to strike him. The Shaolin blocked his attacks landing elbow strikes to block his attacks and landed his knee against Shang Tsung's face, and landed a hard kick against the sorcerers chest. "You can't win Shang Tsung...!" said Liu Kang as he stood ready.

The sorcerer groaned from the attack, but changed his appearance to Scorpion and threw his spear into Liu Kang's shoulder. "COME HERE!" he pulled the shaolin towards him landing a hard uppercut against him. Shang removed Scorpion's mask revealing his flaming skull and breathes fire at him, but the shaolin flipped back as he dodged the hell flames. Shang reverted to his original self and struck at the shaolin and threw a high kick at him.

Liu Kang avoided his attacks and blocked his next attack, throwing him over and stomping against his back. Shang Tsung writhed from it, but went to strike the shaolin away. Liu Kang dodged it and flipped backwards landing on his hooves looking to the sorcerer, seeing him stand back up and glare at him. "Surrender sorcerer... you can't win..." he said to him.

Panting as he glared at the shaolin, Shang Tsung wasn't willing to give up just yet. "After all the times you've humiliated me in past Liu Kang... I won't surrender to you..." the sorcerer said to him as he went to strike him. The shaolin blocked his attacks, only to get caught off guard as the sorcerer struck his side, fracturing a few ribs. Liu Kang winced from it, but he grabbed Shang Tsung's arm and slammed his elbow against it, bending it backwards hearing the sorcerer scream from it. Chrysalis' eyes widened from seeing it, as Liu Kang landed several hard punches against Shang Tsung changed from form to form.

Liu Kang stepped back a bit, but charged at Shang Tsung and threw a flying kick at him... landing it hard against the sorcerer's chest, kicking him through the wall of a building. Shang Tsung crashed on the ground, groaning from the pain that was coming from his chest. "It was never my intention to humiliate you sorcerer..." he said to him only to see Chrysalis charge at him. He quickly dodged her charge and turned to where she went. She landed before him as he stood up from the ground looking at her. "You're fast Chrysalis... I will admit it... but you are no match for me." he said to her.

"Ohh....? Is that what you believe...?" Chrysalis asked him as green flames surrounded her as she took on the form of Kitana. Liu Kang's eyes widened from seeing it as Chrysalis Dark Kitana let out an evil chuckle. "I'm starting to see why you love her so much... she is a skilled, yet beautiful warrior..." he said to him with a monstrous grin.

The shaolin glared at her as he walked toward her. "Assuming her form does not give you her skill changeling!" he said to her as he stood in his fighting stance.

Meanwhile, Li Mei struck down several soldiers and leaps over another throwing a roundhouse kick against another. A Tarkatan charged at her and went to stab her in the back, but Blade Dancer cut it down with her blades and looked to her. "Eyes open beautiful... can't protect you forever..." she said to her.

Li Mei smirked from hearing it and looked to her. "Who says I need protecting...?" she asked her and struck another Tarkatan that was behind her. "Therefore, you should be focusing on the battle... not me..." she advised her.

"I can multitask..." Blade Dancer struck several soldiers and leaped kicking them in their heads. Suddenly her attention was turned seeing Liu Kang fighting who she believed to be Kitana, she turned to where Twilight was. "Princess Twilight! Look!" she pointed to them.

Twilight turned seeing Liu Kang fighting Kitana, but looked to where the real Kitana was and her eyes widened in realizing. "Chrysalis..." she turned to the others. "Guys, Liu Kang's gonna need my help, can you hold them off without me...?" she asked them.

Applejack blocked a Tarkatan's attack and looked to her. "Well be fine, go!" she said to her as she formed a bear claw and struck the monster away and kicked one right in the groin hearing him wheeze in pain from it.

Meanwhile, Liu Kang blocked the Kitana changed Chrysalis and dodged her high kick and grabbed her leg. Chrysalis grinned at him and leaped in the air about to kick him down, but Twilight arrived just in time and blasted her away. The Changeling Queen reverted back to her original form and looked seeing her, Twilight glared at her and looked to Liu Kang. "Good thing I came to help..." she said to him.

"Thanks Twilight, its clear I'll need all the help I can get in this fight..." Liu Kang said to him looking to Chrysalis.

"You're right about that Liu..." Twilight looked to the Changeling Queen and glared. "I still have a score to settle with her..."

Chrysalis let out a chuckle from hearing it and looked to her. "Aww... still upset I disguised myself as your sister...? It was nothing personal dearie... it was all good business..." she said to her, only to see Twilight charge at her and strike. She dodged her attacks and blocked them only to see Liu Kang land a flying kick against her chest. She stumbled from it and shook her head from it glaring at them, she saw them charge at her, but she blasted at them to keep them away.

Twilight formed a barrier with her magic and leaped into the air, landing a kick against Chrysalis' face and threw a sweep kick at her. Chrysalis leaped dodging it and blasted her away, but Liu Kang retaliated by landing a knee against her face and wrapped his legs around her neck. Throwing her over seeing her crash against the ground, Chrysalis let out a grunt and hissed knowing that pissed her off even more as she got back up and struck at the shaolin. Liu Kang blocked her attacks and quickly grabbed her arm landing a kick against her face and formed fire around his hoof and slammed it against her chest. "You won't win with the skill you have Chrysalis...!" he said to her.

Chrysalis grinned and looked to him. "Don't underestimate me little monk...!" she hissed going for a bite. But Liu Kang managed to block it and fall back throwing her over. Twilight charged up and grabbed her, slamming her head to the ground causing it to fracture. Chrysalis screamed from it, but retaliated by teleporting above Twilight and landed a kick against her side, cracking a few ribs. The alicorn princess screamed as she crashed against a carriage. "You will not keep me from victory this time child!" she went to kill her with her horn. Liu Kang quickly caught it and kicked the queen away, seeing her crash against a wall. Seeing it, Twilight took the chance to recover from Chrysalis' attack and stood by the shaolin prepared for what will happen next. The Changeling Queen glared at the two and snarled charging at them with much rage and fury, but Liu Kang blocked her attack while Twilight leaped above her. "Eat this!" she blasted Chrysalis with a powerful magic blast, bouncing her off the ground while Liu Kang pulled out his nunchaku and smacked it against her jaw, fracturing it as he landed a kick against her. Twilight grabbed hold of Chrysalis' leg and threw her into the air as Liu Kang leaped above her throwing a high kick at her. The Changeling Queen quickly blocked it and grabbed hold of him, swinging him towards Twilight as she slammed him against her. The two cried out from it as they crashed on the ground, while Chrysalis landed on the ground and chuckled at them. "Did you really think you could win...? The Love Liu Kang has for Princess Kitana is giving me strength, no matter how hard you fight... I will keep coming back...!" she grinned at them.

Panting as they looked to the Changeling Queen, they knew this battle needed to end before things get worse. "Liu, you go high, I'll go low... then we switch turns..." Twilight said to him earning a nod from the shaolin as they got back up preparing to finish the fight. Chrysalis laughed at their eagerness and blasted at them. The duo charged at the queen avoiding each of her magic blasts... Liu Kang threw a high kick towards her seeing her dodge as he managed to land a hard punch against her while Twilight took a sweeping kick at her, tripping her over as she stumbled from her attack. Liu Kang took the chance as his hooves were surrounded by flames, and struck her several times in the chest and slammed his elbow against her muzzle, fracturing it as she writhed from it.

Twilight flew into the air and blasted Chrysalis with enough magic power to cause intense pain against Chrysalis' body, the queen backed away from it as she looked seeing Liu Kang land rapid jabs against her chest and leaped into the air landing his signature bicycle kick against her, cracking her chest. Chrysalis writhed from it as she fell back and landed right next to Shang Tsung, she groaned from it as she laid beside him as Liu Kang approached them. "If I weren't a monk, I'd kill you both right now... but I can tell by Chrysalis' actions, they were to defend you Shang..." he pointed out to him.

Panting exhausted, Shang Tsung looked to Chrysalis seeing how damaged she was. "Chrysalis... I may be beaten... but I am well capable of surviving on my own..." he said to her.

Chrysalis let out a sigh knowing there was no argument there, but she looked to him with a weak smile. "Least I'll be able to suffer by your side... in all my years, I've never met anyone quite like you Shang Tsung..." she said to him earning a smile from him.

Seeing the connection between the two, Liu Kang could only pity the two odd lovers and smile knowing they had some chemistry. But his senses soon snapped him back to reality as he sensed an attack coming from behind, he quickly dodged it noticing two chains with sharp hooks swinging passed him. He looked to who it was as his eyes widened finding it was his Zombie self that tried to kill him, he turned to Shang Tsung with a glare. "Shang Tsung....!" he was about to yell at him.

"I had nothing to do with it...!" Shang Tsung held his hooves up in defense.

"It was I who brought it here..." Shao Kahn said to him as he grinned. "I figured the only way to kill the champion of Mortal Kombat, was for him to kill himself." he chuckled as he let the Zombie Liu Kang walk towards him. "Now lets see how you fair against yourself Liu Kang..."

The zombie glared at his living counterpart as he twirled his chains around, Liu Kang stood read as he watched the chains. "Twilight, its too dangerous here, go help the others..." he said to her. The princess nodded to him and ran off to help her friends in the fight against Outworld. Meanwhile, Liu Kang looked to his undead counterpart and glared at it remembering it slaughtered the monks at the Wu Shi. "You may have been reborn from Dark Raiden's power... but my soul is my own... you're just a living husk...!" he said to it.

Zombie Kang snarled swinging his chained hooks at him, Liu dodged them to avoid getting scratched or stabbed by them. The living corpse went for another strike, but Liu Kang leaped over the chains and swung a high kick landing it against Zombie Kang's face seeing it stumble away. To his surprise though, the undead monk's head was twisted around as its body turned around facing him properly as it wrapped the chains around its arms. It loud out a monstrous roar and wen to strike Liu Kang with a hard punch. The living shaolin blocked each of its attacks, landing a kick at its torso and clobbered its face taking a small chunk of its face. But the Zombie Kang didn't plan on dying just yet... it grabbed ahold of Liu's arm and landed a high kick against his neck, stunning him as the undead monk went to dig one of its hooks into his neck. Just at that moment, Rainbow Dash grabbed the hook and pulled the zombie away from Liu Kang earning his attention. "You're not alone in this fight bud!" she said to him with a smirk.

Liu Kang smiled at hearing it and turned to his zombie self and charged landing a few rapid punches against its chest and grabbed the chain snapping it from its arm, he grabbed its other arm and slammed his elbow against it... bending it backwards. The zombie writhed from it as it walked away from him holding its arm as it turned to Liu Kang. The zombie forced its arm back into place, getting Liu Kang to groan and roll his eyes in annoyance. "One good reason I never walked into a horror movie with Johnny..." he muttered while Johnny let out a sneeze from sensing it. Meanwhile, Zombie Kang threw the only chained hook it had at Liu Kang, the shaolin dodged its attacks and ducked under the chain grabbing hold of it. He stomped it onto the ground and pulled his undead self toward him landing a hard punch against its face, smashing it inwards.

Meanwhile Rainbow Dash watched the fight as it was getting intense, Reptile climbs onto the wall and looked to her. "The broadcast Sunset Shimmer is showing the Outworlders is getting them to stop fighting... Shao Kahn knows very little of what's happening." he said to her.

"Which means the plan is working... we just need to make sure he stays distracted." Rainbow said to the Zaterran as he nodded and returned to the ground turning invisible. Meanwhile, Liu Kang blocked the zombie's attacks and kneed its chest, cracking it in two as he formed flames around his hoof and clobbered it away. The Zombie stumbled from the attack, but forced its chest to heal and repair itself as it looked to Liu Kang letting out a snarl. Rainbow Dash saw it happen knowing there was gonna be no end to that thing, she rushed over to Raiden and landed next to him. "Raiden, you brought that corpse back to life, is there any way to make sure it stays dead...?" she asked him.

"When I brought it to life, I used my own lightning to restore it... but I won't be able to undo my mistake. It has to be another form of lightning..." Raiden said to her.

Hearing this, Lin Kuei Pegasus formed a devious smirk as she formed a lightning blade. "Hopefully this'll do..." he said to him as she turned to Liu Kang and his undead twin and charged towards them. Zombie Kang snarled as it went for another strike, Liu blocked each strike to avoid getting hurt. Just at that moment, he noticed Rainbow Dash charging at them with a lightning blade in her hoof. "Liu Kang, heads up!" she charged towards them. The Shaolin ducked while Rainbow Dash slashed one of its arms off, causing it to writhe in pain from it. The zombie looked to its severed arm seeing it wasn't moving and went to grab it, but Rainbow Dash stomped on it to make sure it didn't get any idea's. "Sorry pal... not happening..." she said to the zombie.

It growled at her and snarled going to kill her, but Liu Kang grabbed its only arm and landed several punches against its side, breaking several ribs and slammed its arm over his shoulder, dislocating it as Rainbow Dash charged at it slice its other arm off as Liu Kang took it from the zombie as it writhed in pain from it. He quickly burned the arm away and looked to it. "Time to make sure you don't hurt another innocent soul again...!" he summoned all the fire he could gather while Rainbow Dash fused her lightning with it. The Zombie Kang's eyes widened as Liu Kang unleashed a fire dragon upon the undead monk, burning and electrifying the corpse body until there was nothing but cinders, charred bones and ash. "My Lord Raiden's mistake has been corrected..." he muttered but suddenly felt a sharp pain pierce through his chest as he eyes widened looking down seeing a spear sticking out of it.

Kitana turned and saw what had happened as her eyes widened in horror of it, Shao Kahn held the spear in Liu Kang's body. Raiden too was shocked from seeing what he had done. "LIU KANG!" he cried out.

"NOOO!!!!!" Kitana cried out as she blasted Shao Kahn away with a gust of wind running to Liu Kang, pulling the spear out as she held him in her eyes. "No... no, Liu Kang... look at me, look at me..." she tried to keep him awake.

Shao Kahn got back onto his hooves and chuckled darkly at them. "Foolish child... you can't save him this time, and there will be no one to save you... Outworlders... kill them all!" he ordered them. But his attention soon turned to them seeing they aren't listening. "What are you fools doing?! KILL THEM!" he yelled at them only to see them glare at him. "What is the meaning of this?!"

"Its like you said Shao Kahn... the are expendable... wouldn't you agree Celestia...?" Raiden asked as he looked to her.

"Yes... so nice going your 'lordship'..." Celestia mocked him. "You let it all out..."

Shao Kahn panicked as he looked to his army as the glared and growled at him. "Its not what it looks like! I was trying to fool them! Are you going to take their word over mine?!" he asked them.

"What's the phrase I'm looking for...?" Sunset pondered over the phrase she was thinking of and figured it out. "Oh, yes... that's right... it's your word against ours...? Actually..." she formed a astral projection of what he said to Raiden.

"They are expendable! Every single one of them are incompetent and weak... just like my faithless daughters!" Shao Kahn's replay revealed the truth to all of the forces of Outworld. This immediately got Shao Kahn in a panic as all his forces growled and glared at him. Even Onaga growled angrily at him of what he said.

Sunset smirked making it vanish. "Its your word against yours... its called a hustle sweetheart... boom...!" she said to him.

Shao Kahn panicked as his forces approached him. "You can't do this! You cannot side with them over me!" he exclaimed to them.

"There is only one thing you got wrong Shao Kahn..." Baraka spoke up as he approached as he growled at his former master. "Tarkatans are not expendable!" he snarled at the emperor.

Shao Kahn panicked as they began to charge at him, he quickly summoned Blazes power and snarled blasting them away along with the forces of Earthrealm and Equestria. "Fine! If none of you will kill them..." he growled as he took off his helmet. "Then I will...!" his form began to change and grow larger as he formed into a giant three headed hydra and roared out.

Twilight's eyes widened from seeing it. "Well, didn't see that coming..." she admitted to her friends.

Shao Kahn snarled as he looked to where Raiden was and roared going to bite him, the thunder god quickly flew off with Celestia as Shao Kahn was in pursuit of them. Meanwhile, Kitana tried everything she could to keep Liu Kang alive. "Liu... please, don't you dare die on me... I lost you once... I can't lose you again." tears fell as she held him close. "When I wanted you to rule by my side in Edenia... I... I wanted by love... not your death... so please..." she looked to his face touching it. "Please, come back to me..." she leaned to him and kissed him softly.

The main Six and the defenders watched it happen but soon looked to the sky as rays of light shined through the dark clouds as thunder roared through them. Shao Kahn heard it and turned to the sky seeing the golden light, and from that light... the Elder Gods descended to Equestria, flying towards Liu Kang and Kitana earning her attention. Onaga normally would have seen this as an opportunity to kill them, but after hearing what Shao Kahn said... he wanted to see what would happen. "A blessing from the Elder Gods themselves..." he muttered.

The Elder Gods swirled around Liu Kang as their human forms appeared around him. Kitana was amazed of what was going on, even the Main Six were astonished from what they were seeing. The Elder Gods turned towards Shao Kahn glaring at him. "You have violated our will for the last time Shao Kahn... attempting to merge realms without victory in Mortal Kombat. Our penalty is clear...!" they said in unison as their power healed Liu Kang's wound.

Feeling it happen, Liu Kang's eyes snapped open as life filled his lungs once again. Light surrounded his body as a pillar of light shot into the air. Shao Kahn watched it happen and snarled seeing it starting to form into something, he charged and bit down on it trying to rip its flesh. But from the light, a pair of arms reached out and dug its claws into his neck. Shao looked to it seeing the light vanish revealing Liu Kang in his Dragon Animality form, he snarled at Shao Kahn and slammed him down to the ground, roaring out to the sky as he looked down to the hydra formed Shao Kahn. Meanwhile, Spike's and Rainbow Dash's eyes were wide as saucers from seeing what was happening. "Okay, now I've seen everything..."

"You kidding? This is beyond epic!" said Spike as he hopped onto her back. "I never imagined Liu Kang was capable of doing something like that..." he pointed out

"Trust me, the minute Liu Kang becomes a Dragon, he's a freaking power house." Jax said to her.

Spike was amazed as he looked to him. "Wow... that's insane..." he muttered.

"But its too dangerous to fight here... Liu! Take Shao Kahn out of the city! Quickly!" Twilight said to him. Liu nodded in response and went to bite down on Shao's head, but the hydra dodged it and hissed at him while Liu Kang roared at him in response. Shao hissed at him and went to bite down on him, but Liu managed to dodge his attack, biting down on his middle neck and grabbing hold of the other two heads. He flew into the air with the Kahn and snarled throwing him outside the city, seeing him crash against the ground. Liu Kang flew towards the hydra formed Kahn seeing him get back up, Shao turned seeing him fly around him and snarled as he went to bite down on him. The dragon formed shaolin avoided his bite and scratched his face leaving deep cuts in his skin, and took flight into the sky while Shao Kahn writhed from the attack and glared at him and roared angrily.

At that time, Twilight and the Main Six along with most of the defenders arrived to see the fight. "OOOHHH!!!! This is so EXCITING!!!" she pulled a bag of popcorn out of her main and started munching on some.

"So far, it appears that Liu Kang has the advantage..." Sub-Zero watched the battle between monsters.

"But that won't stop Shao Kahn from trying to win... he has size and strength on his size..." Scorpion said to him.

"Not to mention two extra heads..." Spike reminded them.

Raiden approached watching the fight. "Those won't matter... Shao Kahn will not win this day, even with Blaze's power, he is no match for Liu Kang." he said to them. Meanwhile, Liu Kang landed on a hill and looked to Shao Kahn who let our a snarl at him. Liu roared in return and took flight charging at the Kahn, he spread his wings and went to claw out Shao's eyes... but the Kahn avoided his attack and bit down on his tail. Causing Liu to shriek from it and looked to him with a glare. He flapped his wings hard enough and managed to pull Shao Kahn off the ground as they flew into the air.

"Whoa! Look at that!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she watched what was happening. "This is by far, the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life!" she exclaimed as she was having a major geek out moment.

"Easy Dash, remember what Sub-Zero told you about keeping a calm mind..." Applejack reminded her of it earning a nervous chuckle from it. She then turned back towards Liu Kang as he turned to Shao Kahn as they were high up in the air, and snarled flying down only to circle back grabbing hold of the two extra heads while biting down on the main head, hurling down towards the ground with him.

Rarity panicked seeing it as she grabbed Fluttershy and Scorpion. "Not to panic or anything, but DUCK!!!" she pulled them down.

"Duck? But they're not duck's Rarity, they're-" Pinkie was soon pulled down by Sonya as Liu Kang released Shao Kahn slamming him on the ground as Liu flew over them causing dust to kick up. Pinkie poked her head up seeing it happen as dust and debris was in her hair. "Ooohhh, that kind of duck..." she said to them.

Meanwhile, Liu Kang flew down and landed on the ground seeing Shao Kahn reverted back to his original form. He growled and changed back to his human form glaring at the emperor seeing his weakened state. "Blaze's power is failing you Shao... I've defeated you time and time again, and you still haven't learned... you will never beat me..." he said to him.

Panting exhausted, Shao Kahn growled not willing to give up as he got up. "I will not be defeated again...!" he summoned his war hammer as Blaze's power surrounded it. "This world... and all who live in it... SHALL DIE! And from this day on... I become THE Elder God!" he went to slam the hammer on the ground about to end Equestria for good. But Liu Kang charged at him catching his arms and threw him over slamming him on the ground, causing the dark emperor to writhe in pain from it. Shao Kahn growled at the shaolin and kicked him away getting back up, he swung his hammer at him with all his might.

Liu Kang dodged his attacks and ducked under the hammer landing a hard punch against Shao Kahn's chest, cracking it. The Shaolin then grabbed hold of Shao Kahn's arm and threw him over and stomped on his back slamming him onto the ground, hearing him writhe only to break free of his grasp grabbing hold of him. Throwing him over and tossing him towards a rock, Liu Kang flipped back and landed safely against it and quickly looked seeing Shao Kahn power charging towards him. He leaped off the rock as Shao Kahn rammed through the rock shattering it, Liu Kang shot several shots of his dragon fire at him landing hard hits against the mad emperor. Grunting from the shots, Shao Kahn glared at the monk and threw his hammer at him only to see Liu Kang dodge it and grab hold of his hammer sending it back towards him. Smacking him against the face, demolishing his left cheek bone... causing him to writhe in agony from it. Liu Kang landed on the ground and looked to him with a glare. "Its over Shao Kahn, surrender!" he said to him.

Growling from hearing it, Shao stood up and glared at him as his face bled from his cheek. "You are an even bigger than they are Liu Kang...! Your power will never be enough to kill me!" he charged at Liu Kang and summoned a spear and went to stab him, but Liu Kang managed to catch it between his hooves, holding it in place Shao Kahn tried to stab him in his chest. But Liu Kang had other plans as he broke the tip of the spear and slashed Shao Kahn's face and chest with it. Shao screamed from it as he backed away and noticed his former army standing on the sidelines watching the fight. "YOU COWARDS! KILL HIM!" he exclaimed.

Motaro looked to his former allies with a stern look as he snorted at them. "Will you all be willing to follow this thing...? This demon whom we blindly followed...?" he asked them as the forces of Outworld backed away while Motaro looked to Shao Kahn. "I for one, will not... I follow a true Kahn!" he exclaimed.

Shao Kahn's eyes widened from hearing it as all his former army as he turned seeing Raiden, Celestia and their forces surrounding him. Liu Kang smirked from seeing it, and looked to the fallen emperor as flames surrounded his hooves. "As I said... its over for you Shao Kahn... you're all alone..." he said to him. Only to earn a hateful roar as Shao Kahn went to kill him, but Liu Kang blocked his attacks and landed a hard punch to where his left cheek bone was. He flipped forward landing two high kicks against his head and slammed an uppercut against his jaw, breaking it as he launched him into the air. As Shao fell back down, Liu Kang shot his leg up landing a high kick against his jaw, demolishing it into crushed gravel. Shao Kahn writhed as he crashed on the ground.

"OOHHH!!! That's gotta hurt!" Pinkie exclaimed seeing it. But Liu was far from done, as was Shao Kahn as he snarled going for a hard punch, but Liu Kang dodged it as he pulled out his nunchaku and smacked it several times against Shao Kahn's face and slammed it against his right cheek bone shattering it. He then backed up as he changed into his Dragon Animality and snarled biting down on Shao Kahn burning him with flames and blasted him away as he quickly reverted back to his equine form and charged at the emperor, slamming his hoof against his abdomen. Sending him flying towards a rock, crashing against it. "Ouch! That must have hurt worse!" Pinkie looked away knowing how much it would have hurt if she were in Shao Kahn's position.

But the fight was far from over, just at that moment... Shao Kahn roared out in anger as he reverted back to his hydra form. "ENOUGH!!!" he snarled and glared at him. He swung his massive tail at Liu Kang to crush him, Liu Kang quickly dodged it only to see Shao Kahn pin him down with his massive claw. He struggled to get free, but Shao Kahn lowered his heads to him growling. "Did you think it was going to be that easy...? Your power is no match for mine Liu Kang, not now... not ever...!" he went to burn him with Blaze's power, only to find that it wasn't working. "What?!" he panicked.

Liu Kang let out a soft chuckle and looked to him. "Seems Blaze has abandoned you warlord... now... get off me!" he yelled as he morphed back to his dragon form and slapped him away with his tail. Shao Kahn rolled across the ground from it, crashing against a hill letting out a shriek. The Elder Gods flew to Liu Kang along with the Main Six who's body's glowed with the colors of their elements as he flew into the air with them, looking to Shao seeing him get back up. Shao Kahn shook his heads and looked to them, he growled showing he had enough of them. He lunged at them to finish each and every one of them off, but Liu Kang unleashed a powerful fire blast as the Elder Gods charged and the Main Six used the power of the Elements of Harmony within them to blast at the hydra, the Elder Gods were biting down on him while Liu Kang's fire and the Main Six's power hit him directly in the chest. Shao Kahn writhed as he was being relentlessly bitten by the Elder Gods, he shrieked as light surrounded his body.

Raiden and the others watched as Shao Kahn was engulfed by the light, and shrieked as he was destroyed forever by the Elder Gods. The dark skies above began to clear from the destruction of Shao Kahn, and Raiden looked to Liu Kang who flapped his wings mid flight. "He's done it..." he muttered as Celestia approached him, leaning against him with a smile. He smiled in return but looked as the Elder Gods flew to Liu Kang, seeing them swirl around him as he roared out in victory as light shined around him and began to engulf all of Equestria. The Earthrealm Defenders, Outworlders and Equestrians shielded their eyes from it as the light engulfed them.

The light shined around them all, but began to dim as they noticed that things had changed. In a wonderful way. Twilight looked around seeing New York combined with Manehatten. "No way..." she muttered as she looked around and noticed that she was in her human form. "What just happened?!" she asked.

"I know right? One minute we're ponies, now we're back in our human bodies!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed to her and looked around the city. "But its not so bad... can't say the same for the city..." she muttered.

"Right? Manehatten was literally trashed during that battle..." said Pinkie Pie as she looked around. "But where are we...? Are we in Equestria? Or are we in Earthrealm?" she asked.

"I have no idea, but everywhere I look... its like the two realms have combined..." Fluttershy pointed out to them.

"But... I thought realms could only merge through victory in Mortal Kombat... and if Outworld lost, they'd lose that chance, wouldn't they...?" Applejack asked them.

"You can say that... but the Liu Kang has done something that not even I could have done..." Raiden said to them as he looked seeing Liu Kang fly down to them and land on the ground. He changed back to his human form and stood up looking to them.

Kitana looked to him and smiled, running to him as she wrapped her arms around him as he held her in his arms smiling. The two looked to each other as Kitana smiled at him as tears ran down her cheek. "I thought I lost you again..." she said to him.

Liu smiled at her as he wiped the tear from her face. "For a moment you almost did..." he said to her and noticed Raiden approaching them.

The thunder god smiled at them and bowed to Liu Kang, who bowed in return. The two stood up together as they looked to the city. "The two realms... have become one..." he said to him.

"But I do not understand Lord Raiden..." Liu Kang looked to his mentor feeling just as confused as the others. "Why did Earthrealm and Equestria merge...?" he asked him.

"The Elder Gods believed it best that Equestria be left out of the Mortal Kombat tournament, but since Shao Kahn invaded it... you have helped them unite our two worlds into one..." Raiden explained to him of what transpired after the battle as he looked to Celestia. "Through this union, our two worlds can finally reunite..."

"Which would mean, we've not only saved the lives of Equestrians... but those of Earthrealm..." Sonya theorized as she looked to her partner Jax.

"Makes sense... I was really starting to like Equestria. Now we don't have to worry about saying goodbye... besides, I've already gotten used to the Apple Farm to begin with..." Jax said to her and smiled as he earned a playful punch from Applejack as a sign she agree with him.

Sub-Zero smiled as Rarity held his hand, despite how cold it is. Sub-Zero looked to her and grasped her hand, earning Rarity's attention as she smiled at him. "I don't suppose you would mind bending a few rules in having me and Sweetie Belle around..?" she asked him.

The cryomancer let out a small chuckle as he looked to her. "I wouldn't have it any other way..." he said to her as Spike got between them holding them.

The trio laughed together, as Spike managed to take Sub-Zero's mask from him, getting him to kiss Rarity. This surprised the two, but it didn't stop them from closing their eyes and embrace it. Spike let out a sight, but crossed his arms. "Well... I just hope you will make her happy Sub-Zero..." he said to him.

Sweetie bell walked up to him and gave him a pat on his head. "Hey, don't worry... I'm sure there is a lady dragon out there for you yet Spike..." she said to him.

Special Forces, Infirmary

Within the infirmary of the Special Forces Unit, Sunset walked to Kung Lao as he was recovering from his injuries from the battle. "How are you feeling KL...?" she asked him as she sat by his bed.

Sighing at her question, Kung Lao sat up a bit and looked to her. "Better now that you're here..." he said to her with a smile. "How are the others...?" he asked her.

"Still recovering, few scrapes, cuts and bruises... but they'll be okay." she said to him with a smile.

The Shaolin let out a small chuckle as he looked to her. "You're lucky to have shown the footage of Shao Kahn's boast... otherwise you'd end up like me..." he said to her.

"Why say that...?" Sunset asked him letting out a chuckle.

"Because as of right now, I'm his personal baby sitter..." Chi walked up with a smirk and a hand on her hip. "To make sure this bone head doesn't get any idea's of getting out of that bed."

Kung Lao had a moment of silence, but broke it as he shot a glare at her. "WELL MAYBE DEFENDING A REALM, AND PROTECTING MY FRIENDS FROM AN INTERREALM TYRANT, DOESN'T GET ME A PASS!!!" he yelled at her.

But his response to her was returned with a scary eye glowing, evil grinning Chi as wisps of smoke flowed around her. "Not on your life little brother...!" she said to him.

Sunset panicked from seeing it, but chuckled nervously. "Chi, come on... I got this handled, so don't worry about him..." she said to the wisp.

Chi starred at them for a bit but smirked. "Alright... but no funny business while I'm away..." she walked out of the room, leaving the humanized unicorn and the shaolin monk to be alone. But when she gets back, its back to keeping her brother in recovery mode.

Sunset walked to Kung Lao and softly elbowed him. "Still, not bad out there KL... no matter what anyone says, you're still the best warrior in my book." she said to him.

Kung Lao chuckled from it rubbing his neck. "Well... I'm still a bit brash compared to Liu Kang..." he admitted to her.

The flaming haired woman rolled her eyes but smiled at him. "Doesn't matter... but hey, if you like, you're more than welcome to join me back in Canterlot High... we can really use someone with your skill." she said to him.

Hearing her offer, and how closely connected they are to each other... how could Kung Lao say no to that...? He smiled at her and took her hand. "Count me in..." he said to her. Sunset smiled at him grasping his hand as she pulled him closer allowing her to kiss his cheek, causing his face to turn red from it.

Meanwhile, Kenshi had a few bad bruises as Luna approached him to help tend to his wounds. She kneeled down and helped him the best she could. "You fought bravely out there Kenshi Takahashi..." she complimented him.

"Almost didn't survive it..." Kenshi replied and looked to her with a smile. "But I'm glad you are by my side Princess..." he said to her. Luna blushed from hearing it, but smiled as she helped him get to the nearest infirmary to get patched up.

Meanwhile, Johnny walked to Sonya as she was getting patched up. "Permission to speak ma'am...?" he requested.

Sonya smiled and looked to him. "Permission granted... and you don't have to call me ma'am, Johnny..." she said to him.

"I know, I know..." Johnny smiled as he rubbed his neck. "Look, Sonya... I know you have a responsibility to serve and protect... but after everything that's happened in the past few days, think maybe we can have dinner later...?" he asked her. "No strings attached... just you and me... and no tips from Rarity..." he said to her.

"HEY!" Rarity exclaimed as she glared at him.

Sonya chuckled and touched his shoulder. "I'll think about it... just don't do anything you'll regret, or else..." she pointed towards her put as a gesture she will kick him where it hurts most.

Johnny gulped from seeing it. "Yes Sonya... got it loud and clear..." he said to her. He was about to walk away, but Sonya grabbed him and pulled him into a surprise kiss to finally shut him up. Johnny was surprised from what she did, but he shut his eyes embracing it and let go for a few seconds. "SSSSSSMOKIN'!!!" he chuckled as he kissed Sonya.

Pinkie meanwhile pumped her fist and cheered silently in the background. Meanwhile, Twilight sat beside Flash allow both Raiden and Celestia to treat them. "We are so taking a long vacation after all this..." Twilight said to him.

"Poolside...?" Flash asked her as he glanced her direction.

"With coconut drinks..." Twilight replied to him and smiled touching his hand. "It'll be worth it..." she said to him as she rested her head to his shoulder. Flash smiled at hearing it as he rested is head to hers.

Celestia and Raiden smiled at them and looked to where Liu Kang and Kitana were, they stood at a bridge as the looked at the united realms together. "Those two are finally together after so long..." Celestia said to him.

"Yes... those two deserve each other..." Raiden replied with a smile as he felt Celestia's hand touch his face turning him to face her.

She smiled at him as she caressed his face. "As do we..." she said to him as she placed her forehead against his. Raiden did the same but soon noticed Goro approach earning both their attention. "Thank you for all you have done Goro Half Dragon..." she said to him.

Goro bowed respectfully to her and looked to Raiden. "My people and I will guide Outworld's Army back to Outworld... hopefully from there, we can begin life anew." he said to him and looked to Flash Sentry. "As for you Flash Sentry... I hope we will get a chance to face each other in a fair fight..." he said to him as he held his arm out to him.

Flash smiled and took his hand shaking it. "We'll see about that Goro... we'll see..." he said to him as he let go of his hand, as Goro left to lead the army of Outworld back to their respective realm.

At that moment, Stryker finished patching up Twilight and looked to him. "Alright, you both best get plenty of rest, otherwise I'm gonna have to take drastic measures..." he said to them as he walked out of the room. Flash and Twilight didn't care, as long as they were with each other, no matter what.

Shirai Ryu Village

Meanwhile, Scorpion walked to Fluttershy who was admiring the flowers around the area. "These flowers are beautiful... true they're similar to the ones in Equestria, but seeing them both together..." she smiled and looked to him. "Don't you agree...?" she asked him.

Scorpion smiles at her as he kneeled to her. "Yes... but the flowers in the Fire Garden's are just as radiant..." he looked towards her as he held her hand. "Just as much as you are..." he said to her. Fluttershy smiled at him as he rested her head on his shoulder. Scorpion smiled in return only to feel a rapid thump against his leg, and looked down seeing Angel Bunny thumping against his leg. "Oh, back for more...?" he asked with a smirk.

"Angel...!" Fluttershy gave him a disapproving look, getting the bunny to stop attacking him as he nervously chuckled and ran off. Fluttershy nodded but knew that she would have to deal with him later. But for now... she just wanted to enjoy the moment with Scorpion as they sat together and looked to the village.

elsewhere

Meanwhile at the portal to Outworld, Shang Tsung walked to it but looked back to the merged realms. Chrysalis noticed it and walked to him. "Taking one last few of this realm Shang...?" she asked him.

"Yes... true Earthrealm and Equestria are two different worlds, but seeing them united... almost brings a tear to my eye." Shang Tsung said to her as he looked to her.

Chrysalis chuckled a bit and looked to him. "Please, don't make me have a heart for them..." she said to them only to feel his hand grasp hers.

Shang smiled at her as he held her hand. "You do have on... you just haven't realized it yet..." he said to her as they walked into the portal with her. "Besides... we must stick together in any situation..." he said to her. Chrysalis smiled as she held his hand and rested her head to his shoulder walking through the portal into Outworld.

Canterlot, Earthrealm

A gathering took place within the city of Cantelot a few days later, where humans and humanized Equestrian's had gathered together to understand what transpired during the merge. Princess Celestia and Raiden approached the balcony seeing them, Celestia was nervous at first, but Raiden touched her hand to help her keep calm. She breathed in and exhaled looking to the civilians. "Citizens of both Earthrealm and Equestria... I understand your distress of what has happened in recent days. But hear me... this union between our two worlds, is to safeguard both your world and mine..." she explained to them as she looked to Raiden, the Earthrealm Defenders, and the Main Six. "When our lives first met... I was afraid of what my future will be..." she smiled at Raiden and looks to the citizens. "That is why all of us must learn to coexist... no matter our differences, we are all equal to each other. From the largest dragon, to the strongest minotaur, to good friends and allies we all know."

Raiden smiled at her and looked to the citizens. "We implore you... try..." he said to them as he grasped Celestia's hand.

The Main Six smiled seeing it, Pinkie meanwhile... was trying to hold back her tears. "I promised myself that I wouldn't cry... but... I can't hold that promise!" she started crying uncontrollably.

"Now, there, there Pinkie, I'm sure everything will work out... we'll just have to wait and see." Rarity said to her but noticed Fluttershy was crying a bit. "Oh Fluttershy, not you too..."

Fluttershy sniffed as she cried a bit. "Its not that... I just love happy endings." she said to her.

"Yeah, but I don't think this is the end sugarcube..." Applejack said to her.

"Applejack's right... there's probably a ton of realms out there that Shao Kahn planned to attack, and we should check those realms out." Rainbow Dash said to them.

"Like they say, as one journey ends... another begins... and you know what this moment calls for?" Twilight asked them.

Spike chuckled as he smirked and crossed his arms. "I think I know..." he said to them.

Nightfall, Ponyville Grove

Try Everything belongs to Shakira from Zootopia

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

"Good evening Earthrealm!" Twilight called out as everyone cheered.

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!!

"Come on everybody! Get your hands up!" Twilight said to them and smiled as she summoned a mic.

Twilight;
I messed up tonight
I lost another fight
I still mess up but I'll just start again

She smiled as she looked to where Flash Sentry was in the crowd, he smiled at her in return, giving her a thumbs up. She winked at him in return and looked to the ground.

I keep falling down
I keep on hitting the ground
I always get up now to see what's next

The rest of the Main Six danced in unison together following the beat of the song, Liu Kang and Kitana smiled as they watched from the crowd.

Birds don't just fly
They fall down and get up
Nobody learns without getting it won

Main Six;
I won't give up, no I won't give in
Till I reach the end
And then I'll start again
Though I'm on the lead
I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail

The crowd cheered hearing their song as Scorpion was beside Sub-Zero and they were nodding their heads to the beat of the song.

Main Six;
I won't give up, no I won't give in
Till I reach the end
And then I'll start again
No I won't leave
I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try Everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try Everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try Everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Johnny took Sonya's hand and twirled her around as he held her close and danced together.

Twilight;
Look how far you've come
You filled your heart with love
Baby you've done enough that cut your breath

Liu Kang smiled as he looked to Kitana and danced beside her as the Main Six performed. At that moment, Liu Kang noticed Sindel giving him a look saying "If you hurt my daughter, I will kill you." he gulped knowing she was serious about it.

Twilight;
Don't beat yourself up
Don't need to run so fast
Sometimes we come last but we did our best

Main Six;
I won't give up, no I won't give in
Till I reach the end
And then I'll start again
Though I'm on the lead
I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail

Raiden danced beside Celestia as Luna stood alone in the crowd. But a hand soon took hers as he found it to be Kenshi who smiled at her in hope she could dance with her. Luna smiled at him and gladly joined him in a dance.

Main Six;
I won't give up, no I won't give in
Till I reach the end
And then I'll start again
No I won't leave
I wanna try everything
I wanna try even though I could fail

The Main Six danced on the stage as Twilight took center stage and looked to the crowd.

Twilight;
I'll keep on making those new mistakes
I'll keep on making them every day
Those new mistakes

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Twilight;
Try everything!

Main Six;
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Liu Kang twirled Kitana closer to him as he held her close, smiling at her. Kitana smiled as she touched his face lovingly, and leaned to him as the two kissed each other as their eyes shut.

Twilight;
Try everything

Flash smiled and leaped onto the stage and held her in his arms, the two smiled at each other and kissed each other as fireworks launched. The crowd cheered for them as the song ended for the night, meanwhile Mileena scowled at them knowing that could have been her with Flash. But she sighed in defeat and crossed her arms. "I'll let you have this one princess..." she said to her and looked away.

Outworld, Palace Courtyard

Meanwhile in Outworld, at what remains of Quan Chi's charred skeleton, a shadow approached as a feminine hand reached down and picked up the burnt skull, revealing it to be none other than Nightmare Moon herself. She grinned at the dead sorcerer as a spectral form of Shinnok appeared next to her. "Not quite according to your plan, right Lord Shinnok...?" she asked him.

Shinnok looked upon Quan Chi's remains and looked to the palace. "Its a shame Quan Chi could not live to witness Shao Kahn's destruction. The mad emperor believed by merging the two realms would not go unpunished by the Elder Gods..." he said to her.

"And so the thunder god and his allies live..." Nightmare pointed out to him.

"It doesn't matter..." Shinnok looked to her. "There are other realms that are ripe for the picking..." he waved his hand revealing a realm to her that is similar to Earthrealm, but different in other ways. "This realms Jinsei is unprotected... and its people is without its protector..."

Nightmare smirked as she looked to it. "Its perfect... without their protector, they will be vulnerable..." she said to him.

"Yes... soon I will be free... this realm of the four elements, Earthrealm, and Outworld... will be ours..." Shinnok grinned as he stared at the new realm that he seeks to conquer and enslave. Without its current protector... the people within the realm will face the wrath of the fallen elder god, and no one will stand in his way.

Author's Note

Here is the last and final chapter of Mortal Kombat: Defenders of Equestria, man it was tough, I had to make several changes here and there. Truth be told, this was the hardest one to figure out. Anyways, I will admit... I like the fact I merged both Earthrealm and Equestria, to unite them as an extra precaution to protect both realms... and so comes the sequel, Mortal Kombat: Legends Rising. Also, yes... I love the song "Try Everything" by Shakira, she is an amazing singer. Anyways I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.