Here's another try at a High School DxD story. Same idea as before, oc is the Ghost Rider and it's a Rias pairing. No harem.
I own only my original characters, nothing else. I don't own Ghost Rider.
The plane landed and a man and his niece were amongst those to disembark. The man was about twenty or so, five feet eleven inches, well built, wore all black. Black long sleeve shirt and hoodie with the sleeves rolled up, black jeans, tucked into black military boots. He had slightly long black hair with orange tips, deep blue eyes, and a short beard.
The girl was about four years old, she had long black hair and violet eyes. She had on blue jeans, a pink long sleeve shirt.
He carried her in his arms as he had on his duffel bag of their luggage on his shoulder.
"Where are we, Daddy?" the girl asked.
"Kuoh," Ashe answered.
They exited the plane and were led to the loading bay, where Ashe's chopper, (Harley-Davidson Hydra Glide).
"Ready?" Ashe asked as he and puts Sofi on the bike after going through the paperwork that went along with having it flown with them. She nodded excitedly as he had her hands on the handles.
He chuckled at this and he got on behind her and placed his hands over hers gently. He started it up and they went roaring out of the parking lot and down the street. They decided to just drive around town and try to get familiar with the town. As they drive along, Ashe began to see in some neighborhoods that there was much crime around them, but he also saw some other strange things.
"Whoa Daddy, look!," Sofi said and he stopped to see what she was looking at.
It was a massive property, with a what looked a large mansion. He then saw kids younger than himself in matching uniforms walking around it.
"What is this place?"
"Looks like a school," he answered, then saw a sign that said Kuoh Academy. "Yeah, definitely a school."
Then he took notice of one student, who noticed him as well. An incredibly beautiful woman with long crimson red hair. Beside her was girl almost as beautiful with long black hair in two ponytails. Ashe and the redhead just stared at each other for the longest time before Sofi intervened.
"Uh... Earth to Daddy?," she said and he snapped out of his daze. "You were staring at that one girl."
"I was?," he asked and she nodded. "Oops."
"Well, she was staring at you too."
"...Let's just get a move on, huh?"
With that, he started his bike back up and drove off. Little did he know that the girl was still watching him.
"Hey, Rias," the black haired girl said, finally getting her attention.
"Yes?" she asked, making her friend giggle.
"You were still staring at that handsome biker, even though he's gone now."
"I most certainly was not, Akeno!!"
Akeno rolled her eyes and they continued walking.
"Though I do wonder who he was," Rias said.
"Yeah, I've never seen him around before," Akeno agreed. "Kid was adorable though!!"
"She looked like a mini you. With the black hair and violet eyes."
"... Yeah... yeah she kinda did. But when he was there... did you feel strange darkness for a moment?"
"I did. It's stronger than I've ever felt before and I think I may know what it is. Let's keep an eye on them, shall we?"
"Yes, president," Akeno said.
Ashe and Sofi moved on and drove to a nice little neighborhood. There they drove into the driveway of their new home. It was a couple story high, with the primary color on the outside being white, just like the other houses around it. It had a second-floor deck and a large garage as well.
The inside was quite nice as well, all up to kitchen equipment, but no utensils or anything. No furniture or tv, as they had just moved in and did not have any such things as of now.
"Wow!! This place is amazing!!," Sofi exclaimed.
"Yeah... it's not bad at all. Just needs us and a couple more things."
They began to get settled in as best they could. Ashe got out the sleeping bags they had and laid them out in the middle of the living room. He turned to see Sofi looking around with an unsure look growing on her face. Even though she thought the place was great, Ashe could tell that this was a lot for her. He walked over to her and knelt down to her height.
"Hey... I know this is a lot to take in all at once," he said placing his hands on her shoulders. "But I promise to make a life for us here. To make a life for you."
"I know...," she said hugging her father. "I love you, Daddy."
"I love you too, sweetie. I'll do my best to make sure this is the last time we move."
He kisses her forehead and they get back to work just as the doorbell rings. They walked over and answered it to see the black haired girl from before, and Ashe hesitated once he saw her.
"Hello, my name is Akeno Himejima," she said. "I was one of the girls you saw coming out of Kuoh Academy."
"...Oh yes, that's right. Ashe Blaze," he said
"It's nice to meet you, handsome," she said back, smiling seductively. "Wait a minute... Blaze? Like Johnny Blaze? The famous daredevil?"
"He was my father. How can I help you?"
"Oh my friend, Rias and I had never seen you or your... sister, right?"
"She's my daughter."
"Oh... really?" she asked, surprised.
"Yeah, that's the usual reaction. But yeah, she's my baby girl. You were saying?"
"We just wanted to welcome you to Kuoh and if there's anything the Occult Research Club, or ORC, can do for you, don't hesitate to ask."
"Hi...," Sofi said, walking over to them and his behind her father's legs.
"Hello, there," Akeno said, kneeling down to her level. "I'm Akeno. What might your name be?"
"...I'm Sofi."
"That is the cutest name!! You know, you kinda look like me when I was your age."
"Really?," Sofi asked and Akeno nodded.
"Yeah, I kind of see it too," Ashe said and the raven-haired girl stood up again. "Hey, I know that we've only just met but I was wondering..."
"Yes?," she asked.
"If you knew anyone who'd babysit for me? You see, I need to find a job and I don't want to drag Sofi all over town looking for one."
"Oh, I think Rias wouldn't mind if we watched her."
"W-What? Really?"
"Of course. I did say that there's no need to hesitate in asking us for help."
"Hmm... you did say that," he said. "Okay then, how much do you think this Rias would want?"
"Oh don't worry about that. Rias' family is rather wealthy," Akeno said. "So when should we pick her up?"
"Perhaps in a few hours. My interview is tonight."
"Of course," she said. "Well, Sofi, looks like you get to spend some time with me and Rias and the rest of our little family."
"Are they nice like you?"
"Oh, yes!! They are all very good people, though Koneko can be easily annoyed. It's cute though."
This earned a giggle from the girl.
"I'm afraid that I must leave now. See you later... handsome," she said, rubbing a hand across his chest and he slapped it away and so she whispered something. "Haha... I love the game of hard to get."
She smiled at Sofi and Akeno turned walking away, Ashe watching her suspiciously until she was out of sight.
"She's nice," Sofi said.
"...She's dangerous," Ashe said to himself before closing the door.
Akeno looked around to see if she was out of view from everyone and then teleported back to Gremory Household.
"Well?," Rias asked.
"Well, he's incredibly handsome and likes to play hard to get," she began to say.
"I meant who is he and is he a threat?"
"His name is Ashe Blaze, son of the famous daredevil Johnny Blaze. The little girl was his daughter, Sofi."
"His daughter? Interesting as he only looks a few years older than us. But Johnny Blaze... why does that name sound familiar?"
"Well, as I said, he was a famous daredevil," Akeno said.
"No, besides that. Granted he was a very gifted and fortunate daredevil. Anything else?"
"Well... he said he needed someone to watch his daughter tonight... and I said we'd be happy to."
"...And you told him this without consulting me?," Rias asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Maybe we can learn some more information about Ashe from Sofi," Akeno reasoned. "And also I don't think there's anyone else in Kuoh who'd be willing to watch the kid. And he has no one to watch her."
"What about her mother?"
"From what I saw it was just them. Especially since we only saw them on that bike."
"...Very well. I will pick her up."
"Want a closer look at him huh?," Akeno teased and Rias just rolled her eyes. "Can't say I that blame you. He said to pick her up in a few hours so we can relax for now."
She nodded as the other members of the ORC arrived. Yuuto Kiba, a boy that goes to Kuoh Academy like the girls, with slightly long blonde hair. The other was a girl of about thirteen years of age, with shoulder length silver hair, Koneko Toujou. Another girl looking to be about sixteen or so with long blonde hair, Asia Argento, and then a boy with slightly long brown and a perverted grin almost always on his face, especially when around the girls, this was Issei Hyondou.
"Kiba, we'll be having a guest over tonight so can you have a room ready?," Rias said and he nodded and went to do so.
"Who is it, Rias?," Issei asked.
"Oh, this cute little girl-," Akeno began to say before Issei interrupted her.
"A new girl for my harem?! Awesome!!"
This earned him a pan to the head from Asia.
"You're so mean, Issei!!," she yelled. "And also you didn't let Akeno finish."
"Well, I was gonna say that this cute little girl... who is four years old... will be staying here for the night, if necessary, right Rias?"
"So it would seem. And let us all agree to never discuss the fact that Issei thought of putting a four year old into his harem, even if he didn't know. I'm quite sure the girl's father would try to kill him."
Everyone seemed to agree with this and they went on their daily routine. A few hours past and it was now time to pick up their guest.
"I'll be back soon," Rias said. "I expect everyone to be on their best behavior. I'm talking to you, Issei. No talking about perverted or inappropriate things."
"Hey, I don't only just talk about stuff like that!!"
"Surprising," Koneko commented.
Rias shook her head at them and teleported away to the address Akeno gave her. She walked over to the house and she was about to knock before she hesitated for a moment. She shook it off and the door then opened before she could knock. Now she was face to face with the man she had seen that morning.
"H-Hello. You must be Rias, right?," Ashe asked.
"...I am indeed. Rias Gremory," she said reaching out her hand for him to take, which he slowly did so.
"Ashe Blaze. Would you like to come in for a moment?"
She nodded and he let her through and saw there wasn't much in the house.
"Yeah, we just moved in today. Kinda why I needed someone to watch Sofi."
"Understandable. So, where did you move from, if I may ask?"
"America. No specific area, really. My Dad's business had us moving around a lot."
"Your father was Johnny Blaze, correct?," she asked and he nodded as a little girl came downstairs.
"Hey, sweetie," Ashe said and picked up the girl up. "This is Rias, that friend Akeno spoke of."
"Yeah, it's the girl you were staring at," she said innocently, making both Ashe and Rias blushed slightly.
"Yyyeah... okay. Rias, this... is my daughter, Sofi."
"Hello, Sofi. Very nice to meet you."
"Your hair is very pretty."
"Aw... thank you very much, so is yours," she said back and Sofi blushed at this. "So I suppose we ought to get going then. Shall we?"
"Alright. Okay, you be a good girl for Rias and her friends. I'll see you in the morning," he said, kissing his daughter's head. "Love you."
"Love you too, Daddy," Sofi said, making Rias smile a little as she took her in her arms.
"Thanks again."
"Of course. I do hope you get the job," Rias said and they began to walk away.
As they left, Ashe began to feel it again. He grunted slightly in pain, but he kept it down and went back inside.
The sun soon vanished completely as Rias and Sofi, who was now walking, but was holding Rias' hand, reached Gremory Household.
"Whoa!! You live here?!!," Sofi exclaimed.
"Mm-hmm, family household. Come, let's go meet my servants."
"Servants?"
"As well as my friends," Rias explained.
They soon got inside, where everyone was sitting down in the living area until they saw Rias had returned.
"Welcome back, Rias," Akeno said.
"Hi, Akeno!!," Sofi exclaimed.
"Hi, Sofi!!"
"Everyone, this is Sofi Blaze," Rias said. "Sofi, these are my friends, servants and the rest of the ORC. You know Akeno, then Kiba, Koneko, Asia and Issei."
"Hi, everyone...," she said, now a little shy and hiding behind Rias a little.
"It's okay, Sofi. They're very nice people. But how about we get you something to eat, huh?"
She nodded excitedly, making everyone chuckle and they all walked towards the kitchen.
Meanwhile, Ashe stood at the counter in the kitchen of his home, looking at picture of him and an infant Sofi, along with an old man, Johnny Blaze, leaning against his bike, which was now his. But as he looked, his hands began to shake, heat was flaring up over and over in his body.
"No... not tonight...," he said, struggling to fight through the pain.
It was useless, though. He slammed his hands against the counter as he threw the picture aside and his face began to change.
A few moment later, there was a large explosion coming out of the garage, totaling the garage door and the fires would've burned down the house had they not gone out almost immediately. Soon, people came out to see the damage and then saw a line of flames going down the middle of the street.
All the while, a man in a dark red hooded trench coat and with a cane with a devil figurehead on it, as well as another pale man in a tattered black outfit watched from afar.
"Ha... so this is where he went...," the pale man said.
"Yes... quite convenient, really," the man in red said. "Continue watching him. Inform me of any interesting information."
The man then touched the tree he standing next too and quickly the leaves turned brown and fell as the trunk lost its bark and turned pale before becoming nothing but slivers of wood.
The other man simply smirked and teleported away.
Back at the Gremory Household, Sofi was having a great time. She mainly played with Akeno and Asia, though she would spend time with Rias. Now, they were in her office, talking as she did some paperwork.
"Sofi, if you don't mind me asking, what sort of job is your father trying to get?," Rias asked.
"I don't know. All he said was that he'd make a life for us here," she answered.
"Sounds like he loves you very much."
"Uh-huh. We've been moving around ever since Grandpa died."
"Johnny Blaze?," Rias asked, and Sofi nodded. "I didn't hear that he died."
"Daddy said that he didn't want people to make big deal out of it," she said. "I hope we stay here though. I like it here. I already made a lot of friends."
This just made the redhead smile as Kiba walked in.
"Uh, Lady Rias?," he said, and she looked at him. "You might want to come and see this."
She looked at strangely before she and Sofi walked out of her office and went over to where everyone was, in the living area with the news on. It was reporting lines of flames all around Kuoh. And that they had traces of sulfur as well.
"...Akeno, Issei, get ready to go," Rias said and they left to do so.
"You're leaving?," Sofi asked, sounding disappointed and Rias knelt down in front of her.
"Yes, but I will return as soon as I can."
"You promise?"
"I promise," she said and Sofi stuck out her pinky finger, making Rias chuckle and she wrapped pinky around hers.
She then left to get herself ready and once they were out of Sofi's line of sight, they teleported to one of the tracks.
"Oh, man!!! What is that smell?!!," Issei yelled. "Smells like rotten eggs."
"It's the sulfur, Issei. Now, shush! I'm trying to concentrate," Rias said as she inspected the flames just before they went out and her eyes widened. "It can't be... then that means..."
"Means what?," Akeno asked.
"...The Rider is in Kuoh."
The raven-haired girl's eyes widened at this and a chill went down her spine. Issei however, was at a loss.
"Uhh... the what?"
"The Ghost Rider. The Spirit of Vengeance, Punisher of the Guilty," Rias said. "The bane of all devils, angels and fallen angels."
Just then they heard some people screaming. They all spread their wings and flew up to a rooftop near source of the screaming to see a couple getting mugged in a park.
"Money and jewelry, now!!," the mugger yelled as he pistol whipped the guy and knocked him to the ground.
When they still failed to give him their money, he pushed them both down and pointed his gun at him.
"You should've listened."
Then some sort of ringing noise was heard and soon a fiery motorcycle came down and landed near them. After a moment, the biker placed his foot on the ground, digging into it. Then he flipped over the bike and he could be seen completely.
He towered over them, well over six feet, in all black clothing, black hooded trench coat with the hood up, had claw like gloves on with spikes on the knuckles and forearms, spikes on the shoulders as well. His his hands were long spikes chains, but was more surprising was his face. It was in flames, as was the rest of his body, but face was down to the bone, making his head a skull, and he kept the hood up as well. His bike was mainly silver in color and had a demonic shape to it, the tires and face in the front of the bike were on fire as well, (bike from the first Ghost Rider).
"What the...?," Issei said as they watched all of this commence.
"That... is the Ghost Rider," Rias said.
The Rider gestured the couple to leave and he pointed at the mugger.
"You... guilty," he said and out of fear, the guy began shooting at him, but the bullets simply melted on his chest at impact, not even hurting him. "That tickles."
He walked over to him, picked him up and pinned him against a tree.
"Look into my eyes. Your souls is stained by the blood of the innocent... feel their pain!!!"
Soon enough, the man began screaming in pain as all of the bad stuff he'd done began playing over and over behind his eyes, scorching them like embers, indicating that his soul had been scorched as well. When it was complete, the Rider simply threw him aside and he exploded into dust on impact with the ground.
He began to walk back to his bike when he caught something in the corner of where his eyes should be. He turned to see the three devils and for the briefest moment, his flames went blue when he saw Rias, but then back to normal and he just growled under his breath before riding off.
"Now I remember what's so familiar with the name Johnny Blaze," Rias said after a moment. "He was the Ghost Rider."
"Was?," Issei said.
"He's dead. But I have an idea as to who is the new Rider."
"You don't mean...," Akeno said but she nodded.
"His son, Ashe. He'll stop riding when the sun comes up. We'll have someone keep an eye on him and we'll bring him home when he changes back. Until then, we might as well go before he comes after us."
They both nodded and they teleported home.
By the time they'd come home though, it was quite late and the others had put Sofi to bed in her guest room.
"How was she?," Rias asked Asia.
"She was an angel," she said ironically. "But she did miss you. She's taken quite a liking to you."
Rias smiled at this and walked over to the bed and soon Sofi opened her eyes and she grinned.
"Rias!!," she yelled and hugged her, but soon fell back asleep, making the crimson-haired girl chuckle and she placed back in bed.
"Goodnight, Sofi," she said softly.
She then left and she saw Akeno grinning at her.
"I think you've got a soft spot for her," she said.
"Don't you?," she asked.
"Oh yeah. But it is so cute watching you two interact."
She just rolled her eyes at her best friend and they both continued about their night.
The next morning, the Ghost Rider began riding out of town as the sun came up. But he soon stopped and got off as the bike turned back to normal. He began screaming as he slowly shrunk and his skin grew back to reveal none other than Ashe Blaze. Once he'd turn back to normal, he simply laid down looking upwards, and noticed that he'd conveniently stopped in front of the Gremory Household. A moment later, Rias appeared above him.
"Good morning, Mr Blaze," she said kneeling down next to him. "I believe you and I have much to discuss."
He said nothing to this and soon passed out.
She then had Koneko pick him up and brought him into her room, just as Kiba places several cups of water on the nightstand.
"What's with the water?," Issei asked.
"How would you feel after having your skull on fire for the whole night?," Koneko snapped.
"Knock it off. We need to wait until he wakes up. Seems as though that he hasn't changed in a while now, that's why he's unconscious. I'll stay here with him. You go and keep Sofi company when she wakes up."
They nodded, though some of them were grinning mischievously at her. Once they were gone, she removed his clothes, then her own and laid down in bed with him.
'Interesting turn of events,' she thought to herself as she fell asleep for a little bit.
Hope you all liked this. I've never seen the show so sorry if I get the characters' personalities wrong. I'll try to have the next chapter up as soon as possible. Until then, see ya later.