 In the events of Mortal Kombat 4 ( 1997 ) , Liu Kang discovers that his lover and ally , Princess Kitana , has been captured by the disgraced Elder God Shinnok 's forces , and begins gathering Earth 's warriors to defeat him . Liu Kang confronts Shinnok and once again emerges victorious with Kitana and her people having survived to the attack , but he is unable to commit himself to a relationship due to his duty as Earthrealm 's champion while Kitana has to remain in Outworld to rule her kingdom . 
 In the events of Mortal Kombat 4 ( 1997 ) , Liu Kang <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>discovers</mark></a> that his lover and ally , Princess Kitana , <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> been captured by the disgraced Elder God Shinnok <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>forces , and <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>begins</mark></a> gathering Earth <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>warriors to defeat him . Liu Kang <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>confronts</mark></a> Shinnok and once again <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>emerges</mark></a> victorious with Kitana and her people <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>having</mark></a> survived to the attack , but he <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a>unable to commit himself to a relationship due to his duty as Earthrealm <a href='null_genetive' title='10'><mark>'s</mark></a>champion while Kitana <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>has</mark></a> to remain in Outworld to rule her kingdom . 
In the events of Mortal Kombat 4 ( 1997 ) , Liu Kang discover dat his lover and ally , Princess Kitana , done been captured by da disgraced Elder God Shinnok  forces , and begin gathering Earth  warriors to defeat em . Liu Kang confront Shinnok and once again emerge victorious with Kitana and her people done survived to the attack , but he unable to commit hisself to a relationship due to his duty as Earthrealm  champion while Kitana gotta remain in Outworld to rule her kingdom .