Kiteena

Kiteena is the FEMSLASH ship between Kitana and Mileena from the Mortal Kombat fandom.

Canon
Mileena was originally created as a clone from Kitana's DNA but also mixed with some Tarkatan genes. The result is a more monstrous or twisted version of Kitana.

•Mortal Kombat II (1993)

Shao Kahn instructed Shang Tsung to create a twin for Kitana; the monstrous Mileena, who was actually a grotesque and evil clone of Kitana.

•Mortal Kombat (2011)

Mileena is first discovered by Kitana in Shang Tsung's Flesh Pits, after the Princess witnesses a sleeping clone lying on a table. When she awakes, she refers to Kitana as "Sister", and mockingly asks the Princess to come to her and become a family.

Mileena fawns over her blueprint's beauty upon meeting for the first time, "So pretty, so fair, so sad and alone... Come."

(Mortal Kombat 2011, Kitana's Non-Canonical ending:) "Kitana had ended Shao Kahn's life for his betrayal. She had discovered the truth about Mileena...but rather than slay her as well, she took pity on her half-sister. She offered Mileena a home within the Edenian aristocracy. She was, after all, of royal blood. Mileena cautiously accepted her sister's invitation. With Mileena and Jade at her side, Kitana formed a fighting force dedicated to bringing justice to the realms. Never again would a warlord arise to create such terror."

•Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Liu Kang explains Kronika's Hourglass caused the timeline to branch apart into many, resulting in one where Kitana was the one to earn Titan status and become Keeper of Time.

The Current Timeline Kitana is the younger twin sister of Mileena (Mortal Kombat 1). While the Alternate Timeline Kitana (Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat X, & Mortal Kombat 11) who became Titan Kitana, was one whom which Mileena was cloned of.

During the story mode of Mortal Kombat 1 Titan Shang Tsung attacks Forces of Light with his own dark variants of the heroes, including multiple Kitana and Mileena. The relationships between these variants is unknown, being possibly sisters, clones, or unrelated to each other.

In pre-fight dialogue of MK1, Kitana can speak to her other timeline variants, explaining that Mileena is a clone construct, and not her sister, within her own timeline.

(Mortal Kombat 1 Kitana bio): "Kitana has one purpose in life: to aid and protect her older sister, Mileena, as she prepares to rule Outworld one day. The steady handed Kitana ignores the calls of those who advocate that she should replace her impulsive sister as heir. Instead, Kitana will defend the realm by fighting to make Mileena the best Empress possible. She will also fight to hide the dark secret that could end her sister's reign before it begins."

Despite what people may think, Kitana has no interest in the throne and, in fact, is staunchly loyal to her sister. Kitana often admonishes her twin when she does something which threatens her rule (such as having a tryst with an Umgadi), only for Mileena to ignore and resent her for it. Kitana is also one of the few who are aware of her sister's affliction with Tarkat disease, only adding to the number of worries she has and the things that drive away her sister.

(Mortal Kombat 1 Mileena bio): "Born mere seconds ahead of her twin sister, Mileena is the rightful heir to Outworld's throne. But even so, there are those who distrust Mileena's impulsiveness. They whisper that Kitana, with her steadier hand, should replace Mileena as Sindel's heir."

Mileena's life was adjusted greatly by Liu Kang in his New Era. Rather than being Kitana's foul clone, she would be her legitimate sister and the elder twin daughter of Outworld's rulers

(Mortal Kombat 1, Mieena Canonical ending) Mileena: "Though worried about how the public might react, I met with Baraka to discuss his Tarkatans. Speaking from his heart, he moved me. I agreed to visit his colony and see how his people lived. The conditions were atrocious. This was one of my mother’s few mistakes. Like all Outworlders, she treated Tarkatans with scorn. What they deserved from us was compassion. And the only way to get it for them was to reveal my affliction, to show all my subjects that even an empress could get Tarkat. The scandal my revelation caused was intense. But with the help of Kitana and Tanya, I emerged from it a stronger empress than ever. My honesty, empathy, and resolve won over my remaining doubters. There is no longer any question that I am fit to lead the Empire."

•Live-action TV seriesIn Mortal Kombat: Conquest Mileena is not related to Kitana at all in the story, instead being another servant of Shao Kahn disguised as Kitana via magic.

Fanon
While Mileena is an evil clone of Kitana, there have been fans who treat Kitana as a femslash ship. Some feature them as selfcest, as clonecest, as non-sisters (such as in Conquest), or ship them as incest.

Depending on the Writer, Mileena may hate Kitana out of jealousy, or want to truly be accepted, be it as family or as a lover. Mileena has all of Kitana's technical skill and fighting prowess, as shown in a "Mortal Kombat: Onslaught" cutscene, where they fought to a standstill. She is therefore Kitana's equal in physical ability which fanfiction writers often write as desirable. While Kitana's outfits do show some skin, Mileena's have been more revealing since Deception. Occasionally written as Mileena displaying herself for Kitana's gaze, or because she is more confident with her body despite being a clone.

In MK3, Mileena has the ability to read the thoughts of her twin "sister" clone, which enable the Kahn to stay one step ahead. While not present since, this could still be true in other timelines, having Mileena know Kitana's inner most desires. In MK1 Mileena is confirmed to be protective of her other half when certain characters mock her about taking Kitana captive in their pre-battle banter, to which she is furious.

As Kitana notes in MK1's storymode, romantic entanglements with the Umgadi are forbidden, possibly written as steering Mileena away from Tanya, and further into her role as Empress alongside her.

Moments

 * In the reboot timeline of Mortal Kombat X, she flirts heavily with many of the kombatants in their intros... but she also does the same with her "sister" Kitana, and with Jacqui Briggs. (Mileena was kind of gushing over her "sister's" beauty when they first met in the last game)
 * In 2023, the Twitter account for the Mortal Kombat Mobile Spin-Off game posted a piece of official art featuring Mileena alongside the franchise’s other LGBT characters in celebration of Pride Month. This marks the first time Netherrealm has made any sort of official acknowledgement of her sexual orientation.
 * Before becoming playable in the Ultimate expansion, her only appearance in MK11 was part of Kitana's Friendship, happily playing patty-cake with her before sharing a loving hug.
 * Throws a tea party for herself in her MK11 Friendship, using plush teddy bears to represent herself, Kitana and Jade.
 * In Mileena's Armageddon ending, she temporarily merges with Kitana and when they separate, they discover they have switched features, with Mileena having Kitana's beautiful face while Kitana has Mileena's Tarkatan teeth. Mileena impersonates Kitana and has the real Kitana imprisoned, causing the latter to go insane.
 * Mileena proves to both Kabal and Liu Kang that she can imitate Kitana's voice perfectly.
 * Mileena was originally hurriedly raised by Shao Kahn and thus, never knew genuine love or affection, resulting in a deep-rooted desire for affection and praise but Kitana simply rejects her as a monster.
 * In direct contrast to Kitana's "Blue Is Heroic" attire, some of Mileena's attire is pink.
 * Inexplicably in the latest film of the franchise Mileena is played by black actress Sisi Stringer, despite being a clone of a supposedly Asian-looking woman i.e. Kitana. This may imply the two share no or little relation in the film's universe which will be revealed in the upcoming sequel.
 * Nearly all of Mileena's arcade endings before the reboot have her assuming Kitana's identity and seizing Edenia for herself. She is Kitana-obsessed.
 * In Mortal Kombat 1, Kitana and Mileena have always been at odds in previous timelines, with Mileena being a half Tarkatan clone who spitefully envied Kitana's beauty, love and acceptance to an often murderous degree, whereas Kitana for her part despised Mileena as an abomination made in her image. Here, the two are genuine twin sisters who love and care for one another, with Kitana being dedicated to aiding and defending her older sister.
 * In MK1, while Mileena's romance with Tanya confirms her interest in women, she complains to Kitana about being expected to produce an heir, to which Kitana agrees
 * Kitana's intros with Ashrah imply that while Kitana has no evil in her heart, Mileena might not be quite so pure.
 * Mileena's pre-fight intros have also her being a lot more temperamental and eager for violence than Kitana, who often tries to rein her in.

Fandom
Kiteena subreddit

Kitana/Mileena AO3