Raiden giving up being an Elder God to once again be Earthrealm’s protect to help fight the deadly Alliances sound like an ok idea, But there’s a serious flaw. It made MK4’s ending pointless. That game ended with Raiden passing the role as Earthrealm’s guardian which sets up a new game with Fujin leading the heroes in Raidens places. But we never got to see it. And it won’t be the last time they cast away something they set up like that. But there was something they could have done so we would actually get to see it.

Have the intro show Raiden coming don't still as an Elder God to fight the Deadly Alliance. As the Elder Gods do not want the 2 to use the dragon army to conquer Realms as it would go against the rules they abolished as the 2 sorcerers hadn't won 10 tornments. But even as an Elder God, Raiden is beaten by Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. Liu shows up and tries to back Raiden up, But Shang Tsung and Quan Chi blast him together. And it sends Liu flying. With Liu Kang out of the way, The Deadly Alliance finishes the job and kill Raiden. Shao Kahn doesn't show up in the intro, So that we think he died in his battle with Liu Kang in MK3. Although they didn't get to kill Liu Kang or Shao Kahn, They killed an actual Elder God when they sent one of their own to neutralise a threat for once. They actually tried to get involved and the 2 sorcerers were able to get them off their tail by killing one of them. Not just that, the one they killed was the mentor who lead the heroes in the past 2 games. So we would still be shown that Shang Tsung and Quan Chi meant business and just how big the new threat was. Liu would live and be fully playable on the roster, And Fujin would be on the roster too in Raidens place. But it would still seem like Kung Lao would be the hero of Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance. All though he has is fire fully in game place, Liu in the story has his fire break down. His fire powers is already coming back to him, But it will need time to heal. And it was from the blast he got in his failed attempt to aid Raiden in battle. Liu will need to stay behind while the others fight Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. Liu is ashamed about both failing to save Raiden and that why he's unable to help the others, But Fujin who is still Earthrealm's Guardian, and Kung Lao comfort him and say it's ok to be unable to help for once. And to just focus on getting better from his loss. We would then have Liu be the one traveling in Conquest instead of a nameless monk. But Kung Lao would still be the protagonist of Deadly Alliance as when you did all the stuff in Konquest, we would see Liu have his fire power fully restored having time to heal back. And the final challenge of Konqest would be playing Kung Lao to fight a Tag Teamed Shang Tsung and Quan Chi. After that, Kung Lao and Liu Kang hug like Harry and Hagrid did in the end of Deadly Hallows Part 2 DS game. And there would be text saying you completed Konquest mode, Which earned you Blaze and Mocap.

I know this has nothing to do with Liu Kang, But I would have Kintaro and Mileena on Deadly Alaince's roster. Deception had 2 Tarkaton representatives while Deadly Alaince had none. I would have Milleena as the Tarkotan representative in Deadly Alliance and Baraka fill that role in Deception. As for Kintaro, Deception had Gora as the Deception representative  there, And Kintaro should fill that role in Deadly Alliance so he would have been playable before Armegagon. If Gora gets to be playable before that "Everyone is here." game, Why not Kintaro? That way, Kitana can fill that spot on Deception so she can be with her mother. And if you think I'm being a hypocrite for not giving a solution to Deception having no Zarteran representative, I do have one. Chameleon and Khameleon are the Tag Team sub-boss, Serving Onaga with the hopes he would replace Reptile once he has won. They would only be playable though still a Tag Team in the Game Cube and/or Unchained. I Also want Noob Saibot and Smoke to have their own Character Slots and Ladder Endings each.

Getting back to Liu Kang, He would have fully recovered and able to take part in the main conflict in Deception. Fujin gets to survive Onaga's return but is injured by Onage and needs to sit Deception out. Liu Kang would team up with Sindel and Jade to free the heroes who are being mind controlled by Onaga while Scoprion, Ermac and Shijoko team up to stop Onaga from misusing the Kamidogu. Meanwhile, the Elder Gods restored Raiden to help fight Onage. Although Raiden does help the heroes fight Onaga, Someone being brought back from death just like that is unnatural. Feeling like he unfairly broke the rules of the universe, Raiden is shift form the mentor type to an antihero as shown in his Deception Ending.

What if Raiden died to Shang Tsung and Quan Chi in the Deadly Alliance intro and Liu Kang lived instead?