Inari Sato (Season 2)

Shut up and Fight!

-- Inari, vs Gensai Rex.

Previous winner of the second league of the Crossroads Tournament and ex-ghastly warrior, Inari is a seasoned veteran with a rough but effective fighting style and hot headed but sportsmanlike desire for battle. After moving to a different realm and gaining new abilities, Inari returns to the crossroads, but this time, as a mentor for newcomers and spectator of the event.

Backstory

Origin

Inari was a student without too much purpose, just seeking thrill by fighting other students with two of her close friends. Growing bored with her school life, one day she is approached by the student council's president, Sana Okagami, and her life turns around. With this new found friendship, love blossoms and Inari finds her days full of color. However this wouldn't last too long as Sana, in a misguided attempt at a gift, she reveals her identity as a kitsune and irreversibly changes Inari's soul to make her immortal.

Inari became a Half-Yurei, in simpler terms, a Half-Ghost, not only able to see spirits and interact with them but also changing her appearance, as all changes to the soul will have an effect on the body it resides in.

Her appearance was too demonic to show herself to her friends and family so she hides, manages to watch her own funeral after being declared missing in an accident, and then leaves her home town, now more aimless than how she began.

Inari travels for a while, using her newfound invisibility powers to hide from public eye slowly developing a hatred for Sana, and by extension, Kitsune. She eventually meets a spirit named Blue during her travels, an ascetic monk and special spirit who still remembers it's time alive and yet didn't move on to the afterlife somehow. Blue becomes Inari's mentor and friend, and later on her father figure, as he teaches her how to use her powers, and eventually change her form to what she looked like in the past, albeit still unnatural looking in some traits.

Inari starts looking for Sana, as she starts desiring revenge, and Blue reluctantly tags along. For 12 years they fight exorcists and youkai, and on the way she manages to help spirits pass on to the afterlife with her powers even gaining two more spirit companions: Red, an old Ronin, and Green, an European soldier. but she never seems to get closer to Sana's whereabouts, until she is approached by one of the God Eater's Fox Familiars holding a red envelope.

Season 1

Audition

After resentfully accepting the invitation to the Crossroads Tournament, Inari notices how she's able to see tails, and by extension, she spots The God Eater Miss Chief herself during her undercover wandering. Inari, in a sour mood from meeting the fox in charge, goes for a drink and manages to meet Senko, another contestant.^[1]

Intermission - Distraction^[2]

While taking in the drinks, Inari notices the melting summer heat was just as strong here as it was back in her home realm. She then realizes that Senko's ability gives off a cold aura and she jumps in for some contact, but gets frozen when caught in a hug by the touch starved mummy. This starts off their more friendly acquaintance relationship.

Round 1 - Green^[3]

Inari wanders around the streets of crossroads before her match is announced and meets Delivery Girl, who asks for directions. Inari helps her before the match due to how she hasn't made conversation with a normal human for a long time. When they meet again during the match Inari is willing to help her one more time after the match is over and just desires a friendship, but then learns from Delivery Girl that Sana followed her here. She has been doing things behind the scenes to the crossguards and she wants to talk to Inari after the next round which leaves Inari filled with rage and confusion.

Intermission - White^[4]

 Inari confronts Miss Chief and gives her information on Sana's doings. After being left behind she goes to interrogate others for more information to no avail, one of these residents being the Young Prince, Armel (A fellow spirit under different circumstances) and in frustration she blows up emotionally in front of Senko and leaves.

Round 2 - Blue^[5]

 After her breakdown, Inari is comforted by Blue and reminisces about her trials and tribulations to get to where she is, and thinks about how Sana ahs been hurting people on her behalf. This lingers on the back of her mind when she gets into her next match against Gensai Rex, a demigod with a similar aura to Sana. During their clash, Inari is outmatched in raw power and her rage bubbles up. Inari subconsciously absorbs blue and manages to violently beat Gensai out of combat, but her mentor is now gone, which leads Inari down a spiral.

Round 3 - Red^[6]

After spending the night emotionally vulnerable due to the loss of one of her closest companions, Inari tells her remaining spirits to leave her alone and forgets Sana's promise to meet up, After lashing out at her, and saying she wants nothing to do with her, Sana decides to take matters into her own hands and seal Inari's psyche away so she can think over their relationship.
Her next opponents, Armel and Aude, fight Sana, who puppeteers Inari's mind-less body. Armel manages to get Inari's spirits on her side to attempt to turn the tide of battle, but this doesn't work.

When all seems lost, Blue's consciousness interacts with the Sealed Inari and frees her. Inari finally letting her illusory form go and revealing her true appearance. Aude and Inari then team up to defeat Sana, which they manage by a hair's length thanks to the God Eater's intervention. Inari and Aude have a one on one fist fight to decide who wins the tournament. Inari lays down a clean hit and wins the tournament, her wish being to revert all changes Sana has done to people's souls.

This allows Inari to return to being human after 12 long years of struggle. But after all the celebration, Inari remembers she has nowhere to go anymore, so she goes to Senko, asking if she can come with her, to which Senko agrees.

Season 2

After a few years living in Senko's home realm, Lotus, Inari grew accustomed to her slow life with occasional pest control in another world, doing odd jobs around Senko's hometown and even starting a relationship eventually, even taking care of a child they name Cinnamon, their daughter.

They receive another invitation to the Crossroads Tournament, but decide to only go as a vacation this time around. 

Personality

She's judgmental and cautious with strangers, also a little hot headed when angered, but this is only a consequence of her more fist-to-face approach to problems, and her past experiences.

Nowadays louder and more receptive towards people approaching her, and is willing to make friends with whoever shares a drink with her, or a spar. Inari is by no means airheaded though, she will not hesitate to beat down anything that threatens her or her loved ones, and is usually still fairly brash and intimidating before you get to know her more friendly and energetic side.