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Dakota Curtiss
The peace and quiet of the shrine didn't last long. A figure was thrust into a nearby wall, panting heavily.
"You...You think you can control me, Crow?" Temna sneered, pushing himself back up to his feet. 'You're welcome to try, but Do you even KNOW what you're messing with?"
Another figure walked up, letting out a small chuckle.
"Oh, I know Exactly who you are, Black Rider Tenma." the man called, with a slight chuckle. "You'll make a fine passenger on my train."
"Train?" the demon called, before starting to build up energy. "Aren't you all supposed to try to shove demons into Tubes?"
The man let out a small chuckle, before sounding out a hearty laugh.
"Oh my friend...My reputation must not precede me.." the man called, pushing up his glasses. "My name is Dakota Curtiss. Head of the Curtiss family, Yatagarasu branch of the United states of America."
As Dakota said this, a large, ethereal train charged in, the doors slamming open, the sounds of demons coming from within.
"Of course, you can just call me...The Conductor. Mister Bunyan, if you please...."
A tall, giant of a man was conjured up in a moment, a strange air about Dakota surrounding him. "As you can see, I use demons, but I use them a bit...differently, than the Yatagarasu here might."
The large demon let out a groan of pain, as Dakota glew brightly, coated in the demon's essence.
"Tch..and they call US the monsters." Tenma sneered, before he stood up onto his feet, shifting into his true, monstrous form. Brandishing his claws, he sent out a burst of Powerful Almighty energy, fitting for a Rider of Lucifer himself. A good portion of the shrine was damaged, and the front gate was practically evaporated in the blast, the remains crumbling to the ground, and leaving a small crater. Tenma gave out a confident smirk, before the dust cleared, and the man was still standing.
"My My...Are you that excited?" the man called, dusting off his outfit, as he clenched his fists. He was obviously harmed, but reacting as if he wasn't much worse for wear. "You shouldn't be in such a rush to die. It's unsightly.."
As the Rider would spit at the very idea, a strange demon appeared, some strange magics dancing around the now enlarged devil.
Tenma swiped at it, feeling himself being weakened in some manner, as he scowled, getting infuriated at how coolly the man had been to his true form, and to his power. It was almost like he was mocking him....The Black Rider.
"You're nothing but a nuiscance!" Tenma snarled, before sending out a hot burst of Nuclear Energy, further damaging the area around them...and even managing to get the smartass Yatagarasu to cringe in pain. Though, any hopes of it being a finishing blow were quickly dashed.
"A Nuisance I may be, but I'd rather be alive and annoying..." Dakota started, before thrusting his hand out. "Than Dead. I call upon the spirit of Damien...He who opposes the light, and that which brings it. I beseech you: Grant me your power for this strike!"
The small, dark figure stood up, before letting out a shriek of Pain. As soon as it appeared, it seemed to vanish, a dark and ominous aura filling Dakota's hand.
"This demon was quite the trouble to kill...." Dakota called, before putting his other hand towards the growing, black flame. "I still can't get the hang of this Hellfire....Good thing you made yourself such an..Easy target."
Tenma gave out a vicious, combative snarl, before feeling the hairs on the back of his head stand up. The flames gave out just an ominous feeling...Something that he couldn't quite shake...
"What is.." Tenma sounded, before realizing what it was. The Dark air from the flames...It frightened him. It wasn't something that was going to just wash over him like before..."But...When..." he thought, before remembering the strange demon that had circled around him, and weakened him. It wasn't his own abilities it was...
"Right...I noticed you were shielded from the darkness, so I figured I should fix that." Dakota called, his glasses shimmering with a dark, telling aura. He held the flames up higher at this, a devious smirk finding it's way to his lips. "So you can appreciate the....Full splendor...."
His hands stretched out as far as they could go, before Dakota made a motion as if letting them go into the air. The energy floated quietly for a few moments, before he snapped his fingers in the direction of Tenma. In the same moment, the Murderous, Black, Satanic flames roared to life to assault the now quite large target.
"Of my Unholy Inferno"
The flames lashed out at Tenma's skin, encompassing the full splendor of his demonic form, singing his flesh, and engulfing him in a horrible pain. Old wounds flared up again, and the flames unsparingly gnawed at every fiber of his being. He could feel his body shrinking, reverting back to his more human-like form as he lost energy. He was reverting.....falling....and like that, he crashed to the ground. Fighting the screaming of his body, he started to lean back up.
"What...Are you?" Tenma snarled, pushing himself back to his feet, despite the immense pain. He wasn't going to give up now, even if the monster of a man had pushed him this far....
His question, however, was answered by a powerful fist crashing into his face, and smashing him back into the ground. The residual effects of Paul Bunyan, plus his own special enchantment on his gloves that let him bypass the demon's usual resistances.
"I already told you." he called, walking to the unconcious body, to finish the job. "My name is Dakota Curtiss. I'm your conductor..."
SNAP
"On your one way Ride to Hell....."
He leaned down to lift up the demon's body, still wearing the same, dark grin.
"Allllllllllllll Aboard." he called darkly, the Ghost train's Whistling ringing out in the air of the shrine.
Chooooooo Chooooooo

Dakuraku Ogigayatsu And WYNN
Blink, Blink
WYNN was...mildly baffled at the way the person look at her, scowling.
"Could you...repeat that?" she asked, the figure scowling.
"I said, you ******** stupid whore." Gig spat, just as pleasant as always. "I wasn't at this Shrine for anything in particular. I was just thinking of defacing something, but You caught me red handed, so You'll have to deal with me for the time being."
"You are not nice." WYNN stated flatly, as the man sneered.
"Wasn't looking for your approval, b***h." he snapped. "So, do what you were going to ******** do, and get out of here."
WYNN had been buying some things from out of town to surprise Shu with when they got back...but had detected someone in the Shrine area. As she wandered the area though...She encountered the unpleasant fellow, Gig.
Yet, as she walked around the Shrine...She saw an offertory box, and some fortunes. She looked at the scowling figure there...and then reach her hand into the box. A single, free fortune..
"Hm? What's it say? Some kind of Love thing?" he snapped, striding over. "What's it say? s**t luck?"
"Umm..

Justitia! And Hiro Akatsuki
"Man...Wild Duck Burger...really?"
Hiro lamented his misfortune...Even if Emil had it worse at the moment. He'd been given the pleasure to go out and get Rayne and him breakfast once more, the white haired senior asking for something...'Bold and Different.'...
Something out of town...And, as he was pacing around Iwatodai, looking lost...He glanced over at a nearby shrine.
"Huh..We don't have one of those in Inaba." he remarked to himself, moving over to it while still holding the bag of food. He's gotten some burgers...some duck fries...the usual. He made a note to pick up drinks at Junes on the way back, though..
"Oh, hey!" a voice called, a girl leaping from the top of the gate, and landing next to him. "I remember you from yesterday! The one that was in danger, with the blonde and the white haired one?"
Hiro did his best not to jump and scream in surprise...but instead looked at the girl with a slight wave.
"O..Oh..yeah..." he called, rubbing his free hand against his head. "Stuff like that's always kind of happening...Or, at least Rayne says so."
"Rayne, huh?" Justy replied, looking around. "I don't see them anywhere. Where are they at?"
"Oh...Emil's at the hospital right now..and Rayne's.."
"Hospital? Is he okay?" Justy jnterjected, moving up close. "Don't tell me he got hurt by something.."
"A..Ah? O..Oh..Yeah. he got hurt.." Hiro admitted, blandly. "We're not sure what..or who did it..But, he looked like he'd be fine. The girl from my ph....I mean..Hey! Have you seen this shrine?"
He quickly pointed over to the fortunes, trying to divert her attention. "Girl from.." Justy thought, looking at her own phone...before watching him go over to the shrine itself. She peered over the boxes, figuring she could leave the boy to his thoughts. If he was keeping quiet about it for some reason..She felt it best not to pry.
"Ohhh..There's a fortune here." she called. "Pull one out..and determine what kind of luck you'll have."
Hiro's eyes glaced over what she saw, and flushed..Seeing the word 'Love' a bit out of sight on the fortune.
"Umm..I don't know.."
"Come on!" Justy called, gesturing for him to grab one. "It'll be fun! And it's just a silly fortune anyways! It won't harm anything, or mean anything, yeah?"
"Umm....Alright....sure."