The Chains that Bind (Highschool DxD x Ghost Rider Reader)

Chapter 2

Asia swiftly looked around town, running and looking down every alleyway, checking every store, and asking anyone in the neighborhood that might've seen her brother. But there was no such luck. No matter where they went, no one had seen him. The only thing out of the ordinary was the sound of a motorcycle roaring through the streets, but a lot of people passed it off as foreigners from America that feel they need to rev their engines loudly so that everyone can hear their muscle car flexing.

Asia walked out of a store, her demeanor slowly turning depressed. The sun was a couple of hours away from turning the sky from its bright blue, to ember orange, allowing for the moon to rise up and take its place in the sky.

She approached Issei and shook her head grimly.

"No luck here either, huh?" Issei said, reaching up and scratching the back of his head. He took a moment to think, letting his fingers scratch an itch that might help show some ideas. "Don't you think, perhaps, that he-"

"I don't think he's dead!" Asia said, balling her hands into a fist. "Sure, he was reckless when he was in the orphanage with me. But I refuse to think he's dead." Issei was taken aback by what he heard. Logically, someone dying of severe wounds would've likely died anywhere between his ride into Kuoh or after he arrived, and given that there were no reports of a motorcycle wreck it would lead one to assume that he might've croaked when he reached his destination. But for Asia's sake, Issei didn't give up the search as she didn't give up hope in finding her brother.

"Alright," Issei replied, "well, perhaps we could follow where the motorcycle went. Perhaps it can give us some insight on where he might be?" Asia composed herself, and nodded her head at his suggestion. If he did take the motorcycle, and people heard a motorcycle down the street, then perhaps (F/N) might be at the end of the trail.

Doubling back, and remembering the places that mentioned a motorcycle engine revving through the night, Issei and Asia soon found themselves down a familiar stretch of sidewalk; a pathway to the church Asia died in, as well as the same church the dead body was in.

And as soon as they walked by a few sidewalk trees, they found the church, but it was closed off to the public. Police tape marked where only officers can walk in and out, detectives to put the puzzle together, and forensic teams to gather any evidence invisible to the naked eye.

"It looks like they're still looking into that body they found, huh?" Issei asked, though the answer was self-evident in the appearance of the police. Asia quickly approached the tapped barricade and tried to look into the building from where the body was, though memories of what had happened were soon starting to rise up in her mind. Issei quickly approaches Asia, making sure she doesn't get herself into trouble with the cops.

"I can't see anything," she muttered.

"What are you hoping to look for?"

"Just any sign that he was here." Issei joined in the search. Though he didn't know anything about (F/N), he figured that if he found anything out of the ordinary he could query Asia about it, which could help them figure out if (F/N) was there or not.

Soon, a cop noticed their appearance and approached them calmly.

"Can I help you two?" He asked, staring at the high schoolers. Issei glanced over at him, and decided perhaps an officer could help them.

"We're trying to find her brother, and she thinks she went in this direction."

"Name?"

"Uh, Issei Hyoudou."

"No, not your name, the name of her brother."

"Oh, right. It's (F/N) (L/N)." Issei reached into his bag and pulled out the picture that the cop handed him. "This is what he looks like." The officer grabbed the picture and looked at the boy.