Chapter 2: The depths of liyue.

It was quite dark, stormy it was never like this in liyue it seemed strange. Tartaglia the 11th harbinger was not seen by anyone that day. Zhongli attendant of the funeral parlor, was quite worried since what happened seemed to set him off. The harbinger sprawled across the warm sands and just relaxed, he never got time to himself since all the work that was put on him. The rain started to poor down of him making him soaked and unhappy. He ran off into a nearby cave hopping for shelter, he found a nice corner in the cave and layed down on the rock, it was uncomfortable but better than being soaked in the cold cold rain. He saw a small waterfall in the cave and it seemed warm so he decided to go inside of it, he threw off his shirt and hopped in, he felt like he was.. well happy and felt safer than he ever would in liyue. He relaxed back down and splashed like a little kid would in a tub or pool. He didn't experience his childhood the way he should have, so he usually acted the a kid. (Childe aka child lmao) he was forced into that frightful place by.. who knows. Only the geo archon would have known but morax was unwilling to tell tartaglia about any of the reasons he pushed him into that abyss for. "I feel better now and the rain might have stopped by now.." tartaglia hopped out threw his shirt back on and dried off with his extra clothes. He headed onto a nearby mountain and layed, hopping no one would find him. Zhongli did find him, tartaglia was passed out from pure exhaustion. Zhongli sat next to him just to make sure he wouldn't get hurt anymore and promised to celestia he wouldn't ever let him get hurt again. Tartaglia woke up about 6 hours later to find zhongli passed on on his shoulder. The harbinger was confused and slightly nudged him so he would wake up. " zhongli.. why are you here?" He didn't respond and just grasped his spear running out. "Hmp" the harbinger was quite upset that he was even near him after what he had done, he needed to get his anger out. The only thing was to ask zhongli for a spar. A long dreadful one to make sure zhongli would fall and he wouldn't have to worry and could continue to torment liyue. "Oh zhongli~" the harbinger found him sitting on a pillar he had formed. "Sensei how about a spar?" ".." he said nothing but got up preparing for battle. "Oh you have nothing to say sensei?" He wisked out a pair of hydro blades and set foot in battle. Zhongli formed many pillars to stop the harbingers attacks and formed shields to help stop him. The harbinger gave up and summoned his electro phase. He was fast but zhongli was even quicker. He didn't want to hurt the harbinger so he kept up the fight until he could fire him out. This went on for hours until tartaglia didn't have any strength to even summon his 3rd phase. He collapsed but right before to stop him from falling off the cliff, zhongli summoned another pillar to stop his fall. The harbinger layed there helplessly hoping to just have zhongli end him. He was no match for the former archon. But zhongli placed his hands on the harbingers face and started to cry. "I never wanted this to happen to you.. I only wanted this to protect you, your figure and personality reminds me so much of my beloved I had lost." He cried all his emotions out onto tartaglia who ruffled his hair as an attempt to comfort him. "I've given you everything of my power so you can be happy." Tartaglia wasn't having any of it. He slashed zhonglis chest open and ripped him. He was laying there crying and begging for forgiveness but the harbinger headed onto the waves and crashed underneath. Zhongli headed to one of his statues to attempt to heal himself. After he was well healed enough he teleported down to the harbor to find everything flooded. The sounds of waves are cries where the only things heard. The harbinger stood there among the waves , crying but smiling like he didn't want this to happen but he couldn't control it. Zhongli acted quick summoning a bolder across the sky into the blue waves. Tartaglia wished along with the waves and dodged easily. Zhongli attempted after what felt like days and finally threw the harbinger right into one of his bolders. He crashed the waves stopped and liyue was destroyed. The harbinger layed helplessly almost dead but thanks to his inhuman abilities he lasted. Zhongli rushed over wisked him up bridle style and teleported to one of his many caves. He healed the harbinger the best he could . The harbinger woke up begging for his life to just end but the archon pulled him next to him and squeezed him tightly. "Why do you still chose to do this to me?" "Tartaglia 11th harbinger code name childe please I love you and I have gave you everything I could possibly supply to you why are you still being oblivious to my love?.." the harbinger stayed silent wisked out his blade and once again stabbed zhongli in his weakened state. He fell not knowing and really died right then and there. Hope you enjoyed!