the meaning of our journey|| Aether X Reader

chapter twenty one

"We have a big problem," she said, trying to catch her breath

"Kaede, what happened," aether asked as she slowly looked at him with a worried look "the fatui here," we rushed inside the building. As we went inside, we saw a group of fatui standing on top of the stairs and our friends tied up

"Hello, y/n," they said with a cold expression."What the hell did you do to them," aether asked as he had a worried expression on his face

"Don't worry, they are still alive, just worn out from fighting, and this little thing just couldn't help but pass out" Mika let out a small giggle as she let go of paimon face

"Mika...You're part of the fatui, but why," Mika didn't say anything but look at her. "I wanted to get away from a village that once used to be my home."

"I knew it, I didn't wanna believe it, but You are the missing sister of the Nakano family, the one that burns down the village. Am I right, Mika, or should I call you Mizuki?" Kaede pointed at Mika as she smirked a bit at how right she is

"What, you the one that killed the innocent" y/n asked the pink-haired girl, only to laugh hysterically "wow, I really couldn't hold it any more lies from you guys. I didn't think the both would have cracked the case out," she said as she let her hair down making it longer than she had it in a ponytail

"yes, I'm part of the Nakano family, the one who sold me because I was nothing but cures. What upset me was that they ended up being a clan without me, so I just had to ruin their so-called perfect family and frame it on someone else. You would have probably done the same, y/n," Mika said while walking down the stairs.

" me and you are like sisters. You were also raised by a spy who had the same role as me. If only we could have been enrolled in the same academy together, we would have been best friends and killed another side by side, but now that friends ship have to be ruined."

She said, rushing towards me. Kaede pushed me out of the way and blocked her attack. Mika grabbed her by her two horns and headbutted her, making Kaede bleed and pass out on the floor. Kenta tried to attack her but got kicked into the wall "Kenta Kaede," I yelled out to them as I looked back at Mika.

"You're going to regret that," I shouted "oh really," she said as we all summoned our weapons. I stomp on the floor and make an ice cliff as aether runs up to it, but once he jumps off of it, he gets shot with an arrow"aether?" Y/n said, "don't worry about me. Worry about Mika," aether said as jenny rushed towards him and started Attacking him

I moved aether out of the way and blocked Jenny's attack. I looked to my left and saw Mika using a pyro vision and trying to strike using her claymore, and aether moved out of the way as Mika missed her attacks.

"She has delusions," aether said "delusions?"

"Delusions are powerful, Vision-like objects produced by the Fatui. Their production method and the number in circulation are unknown, but it appears to utilize the remains of deceased gods and other powerful beings. Like Visions, Delusions grant their wielders the ability to manipulate certain elements."

"And it is more powerful than Visions in exchange for draining the user's vitality or backfiring on them," paimon said Y/n blocks Mika's attack with their sword. Unfortunately, as they were talking, y/n wasn't paying close attention to Mika's next attack.

Mika kicks y/n in the stomach, making them fly across the room, and causing them to hit their back against the wall. Then, Mika threw her claymore in the air, making it go away y/n got up and ran up to her "never thought I have to fight a friend," y/n said, "yeah, but this is gonna be fun, right" Mika smirked at them.

Mika surprised them from behind. She got the upper hand and attempted to throw y/n over her back, but y/n lands smoothly and rushed over to me.

Mika overpowers y/n and sends them flying backward with a kick to the stomach y/n rolls before bringing out their weapon. Mika did the same as y/n sprinted at Mika, slashing at her with their claymore.

Mika bends backward and makes y/n miss their hits on her. Mika slashed them back, making little cuts on their bodies. Mika unsummon her weapon as she manages to lock her grip on the arm and throw them to the ground, although y/n kicks upwards, sending Mika flying over them and landing a few feet away before hurriedly standing back up.

At the same time, me and y/n started to attack each other y/n put their weapon threw the floor, causing it to turn into an icy room. "I knew not to trust you," y/n said while my eyes were getting burly until Mika walked up to me. Mika whispered in my ears, "let's face it. You're weak even with a vision," she said, kicking me

in the stomach. At the same time, I coughed up blood

the icey room melted as I tried to get up "this so boring," she said while walking toward me y/n could taste the blood in their mouth while looking at Mika, upset Mika looking at me with her cold death glare. She grabbed my hair and lifted my head "why are you sacrificing so much for me!" she said as she let go of my head and kicked me in the stomach yet again, spitting up blood while yelling in pain. "you're pathetic, y/n," Mika said while laughing a bit. she took away my vision.

"Mika, please don't do this. The fatui is just using you."

"Please, Mika, come join the city of freedom and quit being part of the fatui," y/n said as Mika looked at them and realized something.

"what am I doing? I don't want to hurt you. I want to be your friend, not your enemy," Mika said "then come back to mondstadt and forget about the past" y/n raised their hand to her.

"do you think they will still let me be part of the knights," she asked as y/n nodded. Mika placed her hand on y/n "okay," Mika said as she smiled.

"Ugh, do I always have to do everything by myself," Jenny said as she grabbed one of the pyroslinger weapons jenny tried to shoot y/n, but Mika pushed y/n out of the way and got shot. "Mika," y/n yelled and rushed to her, "Mika, you have to give back my vision so I can heal you with my cryo."

"forget it, y/n. I'm sorry for being part of your life and the fatui," Mika said as she bled "please let me help you. I will get kokmi to help with the healing just-" Mika cut her off.

"Y/n! Listen to me. I knew I would die one day when I went to a friend's funeral. I know that the fatui won't live long. But I didn't know the one I grew up with would stab me in the back" Mika laughed a bit while slowly bleeding to death.

"Hey, y/n, if I didn't join the fatui, maybe me and you would have been best friends, so none of this would of happening. Maybe I was desperate to leave my family. I should have just run away," she laughed again and put her head on y/n forehead "don't forget me, okay," Mika said as she shed tears. Her eyes became cold as she let go.

"Mika, please come on, wake up," y/n said as they shook her a bit "hey, I forgive you, wake up. I didn't mean to say those things."

Y/n began crying as they hugged Mika's cold but yet dead body "oh well, she was gonna die anyways. Now it's time to kill you too," jenny said, pointing the rifle at y/n