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Life was cruel, stripping away the warmth of loved ones right in front of your eyes. Xiao knew this. He always had known this. The anemo adeptus had lost all of their family in a blink of an eye. His sisters and brothers had fallen into despair, two of them killing each other and the other one, oh her screams, she was swallowed by her own flames. The electro yaksha, Bosacius, had disappeared and Xiao had fallen into despair along with everyone else, only to be saved by a soothing song.
Bosacius, the oldest of the Yakshas, was a trickster yet his fate was so cruel. For such a kind man, he was driven mad and sacrificed his life to protect LiYue from the monsters. Trapped in the Chasm for decades and the karma slowly piling onto him, he had achieved his destiny. Yet, Xiao struggled to accept this closure. Even though he had wished his brother goodbye, he was in absolute shambles behind his mask.
His family, their smiles, the pranks that Bosacius would do as everyone else cheered except for the geo yaksha, he missed them so much. Of course, he had the Traveler but nothing could replace the hole in his heart where their family once resided. However, there was no use mourning over the past as now, he had a future and people to protect. He wasn’t alone. He just hoped that all the yaksha’s had moved on and were happy where they were.
The lone adeptus opened his, awakening from his thoughts, as he suddenly heard a large burst of noises. His immediate thought was to hide and so he did, wondering if these people were just here to watch the city or that it was just a hike. As the voices got closer, Xiao’s eyes widened as the voices sounded so familiar. The voice of his lost family but, he had to be hallucinating. They were all dead but, reincarnation was, no, had to be a thing. He just wanted them to happy after all their anguish when they were yakshas.
He poked his head behind the tree he was hiding behind and he nearly started bawling, there they were. All of them shared the same hair style just how he remembered and their voices were all too similar. There were certain features that resembled what could have been their past lives, the fours arms, the horns, the small fires around one of them, and the streaks of gold in one of their hair. Xiao watched as the group chattered amongst themselves, talking about the latest news of Liyue or the idiotic acts they did.
At last, they were happy. Every single member of his family was alive, just reincarnated. Xiao continued to watch them, watching the one with four arms, Bosacious’s reincarnation, panicking as the reincarnation of the geo yaksha held up some clothes to cover his chest. Behind the two, the two girls laughed away just like when they were yakshas. Soon enough, the two boys had begun this sort of chase. Bosacious, no, his reincarnation ran to avoid the horrible process of wearing something to cover his tattoos and his body.
The adeptus smiled, knowing that they were at least living a much better life then before. No more debt for them which meant no more insanity. He ached to reach out of the group but he knew that none of the reincarnation would recognize him. So, Xiao left. Little did he know that their paths would all meet once more. It was only a matter of time.