Valentina Abbaracciabene VS Inami Iramashsa [Platinum Heart Tournament Arc]

Inari stared directly at her lips, reading them like she would a book. Although it was mere chatter, she could pick up even the tiniest and hushy sounds coming from them. She was gauging the Fox Queen. Inari licked her lips, almost turned on by the upcoming battle. She was going to enjoy ripping the landscape apart as she tore this one to shreds... that is, if she doesn't die first. The tilt of the girl's head bothered Inari, perhaps even bordering on annoyance. There was always a message of condescension from acting innocent or oblivious. Inari made sure that her powers were will kept on the down low so that her opponent couldn't gauge anything besides her appearance, which wasn't all that impressive.

A part of Inari could tell this lady wasn't fighting alone, at least not truly. After years and years of draining souls from the inept, she could read them like a child's bedtime story. How strong was this girl--so far unknown, but it was clear Inari beat her in experience. Whatever she was hiding, though, Inari couldn't quite gauge it. She was excited to the point that a tiny bit of bloodlust escape from her, one that would drown the atmosphere in darkness. Death, even. While Inari was an Iramasha, she was also a demon. She knew that only one of them would come out of the fight in the condition of walking, and she was going to make sure that the victor would be her. "You're adorable," she said, the pupils in her eyes narrowing into slits, almost like a cat. Instantly, Inari got into a battle stance. "Come, then."

The girl's weapon--a blade--was shot up and grabbed onto quickly. The weapon was almost immediately thrown into her direction, and Inari took the liberty to use her iron claws to deflect it away from her, implanting it on the ground. "Don't play arou-" She was gone. In a millisecond, Inari's perception caught onto the deceit. From behind? She turned swiftly and saw her on the water. "So, you know how to play dirty. I like that." With another wet lick of her lips, Inari raised her arm up and pointed it at the girl. An energy most would be unfamiliar with, chaos energy, seeped from her fingers into forming a sphere. It was gold in color, but black sparks surrounded it. Then the sphere shot forward to attack the girl. Although slower than what Inari would normally use, it did possess enough power to level where she was standing.

This girl's a demon... I could practically smell it off of her. I missed this scent. A smirk grew on her face. "Come at me with all you've got! Let me show you the power of a fox matriarch!" She purposely left out that she was one of Ketsu's children, purely because she didn't know him enough to actually label him a father. Related by blood, sure, but that wasn't enough to define family. Blue flames began to generate from her skin, similarly to sweat from the pores. She used chaos warp to teleport herself above the girl while shaping her flames into a bolt of some sort. Using the momentum, Inari slammed herself on the girl. If she missed, she'd be standing on the water as well as if it was a platform.