SachikoShiroi
She had missed her beloved, even now facing her as an opponent she couldn't help but mourn.
"I remember... 1000 years ago... when we both lived in the Northern kingdom, you were said to be a failure at cultivation."
Her beloved, Meilian, smirked, tilting her head to the side, the wind of the pocket realm they fought in blowing through her hair. Like this, the fox spirit looked more beautiful, not a single hair out of place from their dual, Yan fang felt enamored watching this god of time and death.
"Well," The white haired woman flicked her wrist slightly, her polearm tilting, "I've been told I'm a great actor, My lady." The old title felt strange coming from the lips of ghost, but if felt right.
"Though..." Meilian tilted her head the other way, "My skills are truly nothing compared to yours, Empress."
The phoenix huffed, amused, "You are to humble, just now... we were equal, no one has been my equal, not in my mortal life or my immortal one. Not even the Heavenly Emperor."
She gazed into her beloved's eyes, blue with the hint of purple flicking through them, "You are the best swordsman I've ever met, and for that, Lan Meilian, you have my greatest respect."
She held eye contact with the shorter woman for what felt like an eternity and a moment all at once, then Meilian smiled. It was small, barely there, but it was a smile.
Featuring a bunch of oneshots of my story, doesn't have an actual plot yet, read if you dare
(This is also on Ao3, same user name)