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

Chapter 6

She didn't understand anything that was happening; being told that Asia was a whore? (F/N)'s shoes on fire somehow? And his strange behavior? He told her to run, while he caused a distraction, but how? What was he gonna do?

But more importantly, who was this crazy person chasing after her!? How does (F/N) know him?

All these questions ran through Mrs. Hyoudou's mind as she ran through the large maze that was the junkyard. Each turn she made she could see more discarded machinery and appliances; from little toasters to refrigerators, and from simple mopeds to something as vintage as a red, '57 Plymouth Fury and something as recent as a Dodge Charger.

Her heart raced with the amount of running she was doing, the adrenaline of being chased by a shooter, and the concern towards (F/N) and his well being, especially with the current maniac chasing after her.

As she tried her best to get away, (F/N) eventually landed in a clearing, where trucks come to dump their loads, take them to the compactor, and where the cranes can load some materials to companies to repurpose some of the metal and whatnot.

The boy tripped as he got to the center of the clearing, the headache killing his concentration, his own body heat making him sweat bullets, and skull slowly appearing out in the clear.

This time, the pain itself was going to be too unbearable for him to contain. As he slowly pushed himself up, he watched as his hands turned red and burned. Every part of his body started to match the pain in his brain, his skin began to fall off as well. His skeleton was beginning to show. He let out groans of pain, contorting his body every which way, as if trying to find a position to release the tension and let the pain subside.

He then grabbed the sides of his head, leaned back, and let out a scream of pain. As the skin on his hand started to shed, he screamed in terror at what he was witnessing. For a brief moment he began to laugh. A crazy, insane laugh at what was happening, as if it helped numb the burning sensation all over and kill the headache that was causing it. But when he looked back at his hands, he was reminded that he was to scream in pain and terror, not laugh at it. His eyes were turned from the orb-like nerves to help him see, into a small ball of fire.

With one last scream, it was done. The horrifying transformation, the screams and laughing, all came to an end. All that was left was a skeleton of what he once was, all the flesh disappeared without a trace, showing nothing but bone. Whatever (F/N) transformed into, it appeared to be asleep, until fire erupted from within his clothing. His hands and skull emitted fire, similarly to the thing in the reflection (F/N) could see. But instead of blue fire, the fire around the bones appeared to be a normal, orange and yellow fire.

The creature looked ahead, looking out at the current scenery, with tiny balls of fire as its eyes, and let out a roar. A signal. Something has come to play~

Directly followed after its roar, a scream, coming from Mrs. Hyoudou, could be heard. Even the creature, though it appeared to have no ears at all, heard the scream. It jerked its head towards the direction in question, let out a growl, and quickly pursued.

Mrs. Hyoudou herself was backed into a corner. She had followed the fence of the junkyard, following it to the best of her ability, in the hopes that she would find the door that led in and she could escape.

But obviously, she wasn't able to get out. There were strange holes in the ground, with a bullet head in it. Freed had found her and fired shots to keep her from escaping his clutches.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," he said, walking back and forth in front of her, while she was on the ground crawling into a corner, trying to get further away from him. "You know, when I saw you talking with (F/N) there, I pondered sparing such an innocent person like you. But when I saw that you were very familiar with that Gremory whore, there was no way I could spare you now. You were tainted. Not only by associating with her, but being the mother to yet another Devil? And housing a whore like Asia?" Freed shook his head, checking his gun, double checking the current ammo count in his clip. He quickly asked himself why he decided to check the clip, when all his bullets were made of light, before giving Mrs. Hyoudou another crazed look. "I'm afraid you must suffer the penultimate punishment for such heinous acts. Feel free to beg for your life, though you won't be living it for much longer!" He started to laugh, slowly creeping closer and closer, firing his gun at her. He intentionally missed a couple of shots, making Mrs. Hyoudou back up more and more, but then his shots became more accurate. He got her leg, making blood gush out. Another shot got her hip, and then her shoulder.