Finally Xiao's time to shine
Anyway hi it's been another month since I've updated this
   

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"Fiend!" They pointed their finger at the adeptus, rage beyond limits for the mortal body, their stretched out finger was shaking before Xiao.

"This is why I told you to wait before entering the ruins. You went alone, and you come out not only failing the task but also leaving your body possessed by a demonic spirit." He speaks in a calm manner.

In contrast to the nonchalant expression on his face, there was an unease that shook his core to see a dark color emanating from (y/n)'s bruised body.

With their teeth showing in a conceited grimace they jump forward, gripping onto Xiao's shoulders as the two tumble to the ground. The latter hisses in pain feeling a rock dig into his back.

He couldn't fight (Y/n), he couldn't do anything to hurt them. And being beneath the possessed mortal didn't make dispelling the evil an easy task.

"X...xiao." They uttered with unparalleled guilt. "I'm...sorry." The words came out with a sound of suffering, their hands traced down to his shirt and ripped it apart, leaving his top exposed to the chilly, trepid winds of Liyue.

"(Y/n). If you can't get a hold of yourself I'm going to have to fight you." His calmness was just about gone. Holding onto too many complex emotions, he couldn't act on just one. "You have to get a hold of yourself! I can bare my eternal karma but I can't bare hurting someone I love!"

He broke out in a scream. (Y/n) no longer having the sanity of a human was now just a perplexed vessel of a demonic spirit that understood nothing of what Xiao was saying. The Adeptus perplexed with himself, looked wide-eyed at the vessel.

"I got too attached to that damned mortal. This needs to end now." He pushes (Y/n)'s body off of him and takes a stand on his legs that couldn't stay firm on the ground having to face someone he never wanted to see as an enemy. "This will be our goodbye."

With tears in his eyes, he dashed towards the body with his polarm in his hand.

Though the body had met with a weapon, (Y/n) saw themselves laying in an empty field of grass, no recollection of what happened, no clue of what was happening.

Time felt stagnant. The touch of the grass was painful and cold.

"Xiao...  Oh right, Xiao. I need to get up, we had a mission." They finally remembered. "Huh?"

Yet, they still layed down on the grass paralyzed and confused.

After what felt like a long time, (Y/n) felt a warm hand touch their cheek, but all they could see was an empty grey sky and grass. The same, warm feeling they then felt against their lips.

"What... Is this? I really need to get up and head to the ruins with Xiao."

"Xiao..."

  
   
   
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"She keeps mumbling Xiao." (Y/n) slowly opens their eyes to see a boy with light blue hair, holding onto a popsicle stare down at them.

"Liyue... Am I at Liyue? Why am I at Liyue?" The first thing they did was examine their surroundings. The area had somewhat of a sinister feel, they couldn't even distinguish if it was day or night.

"I just found you laying unconscious nearby. If I had left you, you might have gotten attacked by monsters. Anyways uh, are you okay?" Ice blue eyes looked both frantic and concerned.

"I feel okay, I think. But I can't remember what I'm doing at Liyue. The last thing I can remember is..." They paused to think. "I... Was talking to Jean about taking a trip." They finally replied, but couldn't shake the feeling that they were forgetting very crucial things.

"Hmm could you have possibly hit your head somewhere real hard and ended up with a memory loss?"

"If that was the case then I wouldn't be able to remember."

"Ahaha, right." The boy felt sheepish.

"Thanks for watching over me while I was unconscious. There are still things bothering me so I'm going to head back to Mondstadt. My name is (Y/n), I hope we'll meet again soon!"

"I'm Chongyun. The feeling is mutual."

The two parted ways, and (Y/n) was rushing back to Mondstadt as if on a timer. Unable to shake the churning feeling in their stomach.
   

TO BE CONTINUED