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Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

Luckily for Kai, Tokyo was the center of the Devil Summoners and the headquarters for the Yatagarasu, but where they usually used their allies among the police, self-defense force and other organizations to maintain peace, now their relative powerlessness meant that hooligans with strength felt the need to flex their fake muscles wherever they could. A gang near the Detective Agency was trying to rob a store, and it seemed they were able to summon a couple of Oni in order to help them convince the shopkeeper and her son to move out. It was that kind of scum that Kai enjoyed beating the s**t out of the most, and though they should have died right then and there as an apology, he didn't have the time to waste dolling out that sort of punishment today. No, instead he would accept their surrenders, and leave the shitstains in the street, in their underpants and tied up. If the owner wanted to save them, that was her choice...but the city was no place now for those who turned on their own kind.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

A group of Dark Summoners were making their move on the Nagasaki Shrine on the west side of the city, and though Kai doubted that the Herald would really be harmed a considerable degree by such attackers, the thought of getting in a brawl pleased him plenty. The shrine was actually one of the places to be now. It had many wards to hold off the creatures of the Dark Realm in the first place, and now that the Dark Realm was spilling out into the real world, that meant that it's barrier was stronger than before. Plus, the Inari who had long offered their protection to it were now free from their earthly stone prisons, and their goddess would have broken out of her own cage due to the weakening of the realm. In short, the Yatagarasu's backup plans were now reaching full effect, and any weakness they might have shown before was vanishing fast. After all, they were ordered to guard creatures of untold power, and rebellious beings like Masakados. To let their barrier fail in a crisis like this, would spell a disaster far worse than this official barrage...and might even be the true beginning of the end.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

Inugami were a vindictive spirit born from a curse that humans put on each other. In fact, it originated with a method in which spiritualists would starve a dog, bury it in the ground, and then cut off it's head when it was starving and reaching out for a plate of food they placed just out of reach. It was meant to turn that hatred into a plague that they would use on others, and so they were some of the vilest spirits Summoners met, although they were weak. But in a pack, they were quite troublesome, and Kai was now beset by a number of their kind who wanted solace for their undeserved and particularly horrible deaths. Kai could only offer them peace in the afterlife, and though that might mean sending them back to where they came, the Dark Realm was likely a far more pleasant place for the animals turned curses than any in the human world. His heart went out to them.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

To call an army of insectoid demons a mere swarm would be like calling an army of giants just a small band of brigands. The creatures were nothing like their human world counterparts, and instead of eating whole fields of grain they might end up clearing whole neighborhoods of humans if left alone, even if they were seemingly unprovoked. The concrete that build many of the shelters in the area was more like cardboard to them, and though it might take them a while they would definitely do significant damage to the city if left alone. Raidou knew that this was a threat worth facing, and while he didn't feel like doing it was going to bring him any particular honors, he definitely wanted the challenge that came with facing some of the most monstrous beings (at least in appearance) the Dark Realm had to offer.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

Though Kai was nearly out of the forest, the sudden buzzing from behind a tree alerted him to one of the bug demons that must have survived from the previous encounter. It was vengeful too, pursuing him this far while trying to be stealthy. But he had learned anti-human tactics first, and not even the fleeting sounds of a ninja's footsteps would escape his ears, so the pathetic droning of a bug's wings proved no more bothersome to him, nor any more secretive, than a collection of angry peasants gathered in a mob. It sprung it's trap, and his blade cleaved it cleanly in twain, ending the battle before it began.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

It would be a lie to say that Dante and Raidou hadn't crossed paths before, even if you were referring to a different Raidou Kuzunoha altogether. That said, the two were both very loose cannons in the midst of what was essentially the greatest warring battleground of the century. Even in the ancient days there had been nothing like this, and yet the Bounty Hunter and the Devil Summoner on the lamb were two forces that walked through the cities as if they were capable of parting the waves themselves. And the waves did part, if only the waves of demons that sought to block them, and if the tool by which they were separated was a pair of blades. Both held no particular hatred for the creatures who started this war, and while they were well equipped to deal with it, each had a soft spot for humanity that they were willing to indulge. In that sense, Raidou and Dante could almost be friends...but nothing so lame as that. Instead, the two might split a pizza sometime. But the coin would decide who paid, of course.

Kai "Raidou" Kuzunoha

Kai forked over the Macca, just as he'd promised, and a small smile clearly appeared on Dante's face. He'd heard the demon hunter had a notorious problem getting paid for his jobs, so this was probably like a holiday at the beach for him. The Yatagarasu had taken to paying him for any serious demons he could eliminate in Tokyo, because the city was so important to the organization, and Kai was the only one who could safely find the demon hunter in the throng of the demons, so here he was offering what amounted to the change required to buy a pizza to one of the most powerful creatures you could ever encounter, and yet Dante's face said that he was simply glad to be gettin' change from an equal. Kai would have liked to fight him, but not without his demons...now wasn't the time, and when their rivalry did come to blows, he'd make sure that Dante put every cent of this back on the line. Then, Kai would teach him a thing or two about getting cocky, no matter how powerful of a demon he was...and he'd be the one buying dinner, when all was said and done.