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Only one word could come to mind when Kenshi thought about Johnny Cage, ‘Insufferable’. He couldn’t look at him without feeling aggravated. It certainly didn’t help that he somehow lost in a fight to him of all people, a cocky, has-been movie star, who was now boasting around with HIS ancestral family sword.
He still could not believe that he had lost to him. Kenshi had trained all his life, had been in countless fights, and he lost to a movie star renowned for not doing his own stunt, which clearly was a false assumption.
He would not let this go down, he was going to get Sento back one way or another. Although it was easier said than done. Fighting was not an option, even if he wanted to, since Liu Kang had been keeping an eye on both of them. Stealing it? Not his style, beside was keeping a close eye on it. Surely, he realized that Kenshi was not about to let this go, and that he would do anything to get to the sword.
Right now, the most plausible option seems to be talking to him, and asking him to give it back, even though Kenshi could think of a million different things more pleasant than spending his time, talking, with Cage. But he couldn’t go back home without Sento. He had made a promise. So, talking to Cage it was.
He had been wandering around the Academy looking for the actor, and of course, he found him, taking pictures of anything that seemed intresting.
Kenshi sighed while approaching him, he really did not want to do this “Cage, can I talk to you?”.
“Can’t you see I’m busy?”. Johnny didn’t even bother to look at him when he uttered his response, opting instead to continue what he was doing. Kenshi frowned, crossing his arms, the conversation hadn’t started and Cage was already getting on his nerves, “It’s important”.
Finally, Johnny turned around. He stayed silent for a bit before flashing him his dashing smile, “Very well, you have sixty seconds”
“You can’t be serious”
“58, I would hurry up if I were you”, his smile did not falter. Kenshi clenched his jaw. He was already rethinking his first option. “It’s about Sento”.
Johnny’s smile grew bigger “I think the matter is already settled pretty boy”, he winked “that sword is mine and I am not giving it to you”. He seemed so smug, way too smug for Kenshi’s taste, he hated it, he hated it even more when he called him pretty boy, “It is my ancestral family sword, we lost it long ago. I made it my mission to get it back to regain our family honor. It’s priceless to me”.
“Yeah, yeah… You said that already”, Johnny started walking around Kenshi, “So… You say it’s priceless to you, how much are you offering to get it back?” Kenshi knew he was going to regret this one way or another,
“I would do anything”. Johnny was silent again, fainting to think about what he could ask of him “Well, well… I guess I could part with it if you pay me back what I got it for initially”, he was still smiling, though there was a glint in his eyes this time.
Kenshi, sighed, defeated, “How much?”
“3 million”
He was gobsmacked, “3 million?! What kind of person spend that much on a sword?!” Johnny cut him off, “Well, I thought it would look nice on my fireplace”. Kenshi was speechless. “I think you ran out of time pretty boy”, he said while winking at him.
Kenshi was fuming, “Have you not listened to anything I said?!”
“Family, honor, important… Whatever, I don’t think you’ve realized yet but one, I don’t believe your story, and two, I really don’t care about any of this” Kenshi snorted, “I noticed you don’t seem to care about anything but yourself”.
“And, I think this conversation his over, that’s too bad for you pretty boy”, he smirked again. Kenshi could feel his blood boiling. Everything about the Hollywood star was getting on his nerve in this instant, from his overconfident demeanor, to his stupid handsome grin. He couldn’t think straight anymore and so, opted to go back to plan one. He grabbed the actor by the collar of his shirt ready to punch him in his face, but was promptly stopped by Liu Kang booming voice, “Kenshi Takahashi, Johnny Cage, what are you both doing”.
Of course, both of them started speaking at the same time claiming that both of them had done nothing wrong and that the other started it. Through all of this Kenshi didn’t let go of Johnny, while the former had put his hand on the other’s wrist.
“Enough!”, Liu Kang was fuming, this time both of them realized they were in serious trouble and let go of each other, opting to put some space between them. “I already told you to resolve whatever was going on between the two of you! It is unacceptable to act like this! I better not see any of you resolving to violence like this again, is that understood?”. They both agreed while shooting death glare at each other. Kenshi was the first to leave without adding anything. The only reason he accepted to come here was to get back Sento, and so far, none of it was going as planned, and Cage was becoming more irritating by the second. He needed to find a way to get his sword back and fast before he just went and punched the actor squared in the face, and got in trouble with a fire god.