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Ranma the Ghost Rider

Summary: After Genma sells Ranma's soul to save himself an older Ranma turns up several years later at the Tendo's with a motorcycle and is cursed to become the Ghost Rider in the presence of evil, but when someone unleashes hell Ranma must save the woman he's come to love

Disclaimer: I don't own Ranma and Co.or Ghost Rider

Authors note: Numbers authors notes at the end

Chapter 1: Enter the Ghost Rider

Ranma rides into Nerima on his Kawasaki Eliminator 125 decked out in biker leathers, but this Ranma was different. Whilst in China on their training journey he and his father ran into trouble and Genma sold Ranma's soul to Satan to save his own hide only to later drown. Ranma spent several years in hell thanks to Genma in which he became the spirit of vengeance better known as the Ghost Rider; now back on Earth all he had to go by was a post card from Genma to Soun Tendo.

Nerima, Tokyo

“Just got to find this place, get a few answers, then move on,” Ranma said to himself before stopping the bike and asked a passerby for directions; once he got them he started the bike back up and headed in the direction of the Tendo Dojo.

Meanwhile at the Tendo dojo Nabiki sat at her desk in her room going over the bills for the family, Kasumi was in the kitchen busy cooking, and Akane was busy in the dojo smashing concrete blocks and all the while Soun was reading a local paper in peace. But that was brought to an end when the sound of a motorcycle came to a screeching halt, the three family members in the house wondered what was going on. Outside Ranma stopped his bike and got off it and reached into his jacket and pulled out the postcard his father had given him in case anything happened to him.

“This looks like the place,” he said to himself before putting the postcard away, getting off the bike and walked up to the entrance and noticed a sign hanging up `all challengers use the side entrance' it said making Ranma sigh before he made his way to the door and knocked on it and Kasumi heard the knock at the door.

“I'll get it,” Kasumi said and left the kitchen to answer the door to reveal Ranma standing in front of her making Kasumi blush.

“Excuse me, miss. Is this the Tendo residence?” Ranma asked.

“Yes, it is... How may I help you?” Kasumi replied.

“Can I speak to your father?” Ranma told Kasumi before she lead him inside and Ranma closed the door behind him.

“There's someone here to see you, Father,” the eldest Tendo daughter told her father before going back into the kitchen. Soun stood up to greet the stone-faced Ranma.

“Yes, young man, how may I help you?” Soun asked.

“Are you Soun Tendo?” Ranma replied.

“Why, yes, I am.” Soun replied with his classic jittery sweat drop pose with his hand behind his head as Ranma pulled out the postcard and threw it to Soun who caught it.

“Genma would have sent it, but the fucking idiot drowned.” Ranma told Soun who held the postcard with both hands.

“You wouldn't be Ranma would you?” Soun asked soberly.

“Yeah, I just want to know what he meant by 'bringing Ranma from China'?” Ranma demanded.

“I think I should also tell my daughters about this.” Soun told him before calling Kasumi and Nabiki, Kasumi came in from the kitchen and Nabiki cam downstairs and wondered what was going on and then saw Ranma.

“What's this all about, Daddy?” Nabiki asked irately, making Ranma laugh. Nabiki glared at him.

“You still call your father 'Daddy'?” Ranma asked his voice full of arrogance.

“What's it to you?” Nabiki asked back, her eyes flaring.

“...Sorry. You see... I haven't had a father figure in my life for several years and I've been to Hell and back… quite literally.” Ranma told Nabiki.

“Kasumi, have you seen Akane?” Soun asked the eldest Tendo daughter.

“I think she's in the dojo, Father.” Kasumi replied, sweet as usual.

“Could you get Akane for me, Kasumi?” Soun asked and Kasumi went to get the youngest Tendo daughter from the dojo and quickly returned with Akane, still sweating, and they all sat at the table in the lounge.

“What's this all about?” Akane asked, quite confused.

“This is the son of my old training partner…” Soun began, but didn't have the chance to finish when Akane butted in.

“Who is this and why is he dressed like a biker?!” Akane demanded.

“The reason I'm dressed like this is because my bike's outside.” Ranma answered, jabbing a thumb towards his bike.

“As I was saying before Akane interrupted, this is the son of my old training partner and before you were born there was a promise to unite the schools.” Soun finished.

“WHAT!?” they all shouted and Ranma grabbed Soun by his gi and lifted him off the floor.

“You listen to me, old man! Genma is dead and I don't want anything to do with your promise!” Ranma screamed at Soun.

“But…” Soun pleaded.

“WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!”Akane shouted at Ranma.

“You stay out of this!” Ranma said, his grip tightening, but not even looking away from Soun before he let go of him. “I'm having nothing to do with this,” Ranma said as he dropped him.

“But the honor of our two families is at stake!” Soun pleaded with Ranma again.

“Damn your honor! Genma showed no honor when he saved his own filthy hide... and now he's dead...” Ranma replied to what Soun told him before turning to leave when Akane grabbed the table with both hands and tried to smash it over Ranma's head.

“Why, you…” Akane shouted just as she was going to hit Ranma over the head with the table except Ranma turned round and caught the table before it was smashed over his head.

“That's not very nice.” Ranma said as Akane grimaced.

“You deserve it!” Akane shouted back at Ranma.

“Are you like this to all your guests?” Ranma asked as he yanked the table out of Akane's hands and went over to where the table was originally and put it down.

“Please choose one of my daughters. Akane, 17, Nabiki, 18 and Kasumi, 21.” Soun told Ranma before Ranma grabbed Soun by the shirt again and lifted him off the floor.

“Listen to me, old man! I'm a drifter and you can't force me to choose a fiancée!” Ranma told Soun before roughly letting go of him.

“He's right daddy. Plus, we don't even know him.” Nabiki told her father.

“I don't even want anything to do with him.” Akane said.

“That's fine by me.” Ranma replied.

“Well then, it's settled Ranma will stay here and get to know you girls better.” Soun told them.

“WHAT?” Akane, Nabiki, Kasumi and Ranma shouted together, Ranma was ready to turn into the Ghost Rider (1) but decided against it.

“Since I'm going to be staying here for a bit... Can I bring my bike round the back?” Ranma asked.

“Of course you can, son.” Soun told him.

“I am not your... son.” Ranma replied with a disgusted look before he went outside and took his bike round the back. Meanwhile, the Tendo girls held a meeting in Kasumi's room to discuss what to do about this bombshell that was dropped onto them.

“What are we going to do about this arranged marriage?” Kasumi asked her sisters.

“I want nothing to do with him.” Akane said, crossing her arms in a huff.

“We heard you say that already, Akane.” Nabiki said to her little sister before looking at Kasumi. "By the way... how are things between you and doctor Tofu, Kasumi-chan?” Nabiki asked her.

“Fine, thank you for asking.” Kasumi replied curtly.

“Daddy still doesn't know about you seeing doctor Tofu?” Nabiki asked and Kasumi shook her head.

“No, I still haven't told father.” Kasumi replied.

“Back to our current situation, what are we going to do?” Akane asked, forcing them back on topic.

“Well, seeing as you two don't want him I'll get to know him before I make a choice.” Nabiki told her two sisters before they left Kasumi's room and went their own separate ways; Kasumi went and got some wash items for Ranma ready for him before going downstairs with the items in her hands and finds Ranma on the porch tending to his bike and in the back of his mind Ranma could feel something supernatural making the Rider want to come out and play.

“You must be sweaty after your ride.” Kasumi said to Ranma.

“Yeah, a little.” Ranma replied as he continued tending to his bike.

“Why don't you take a bath then?” Kasumi asked Ranma who stopped what he was doing and looked at Kasumi.

“...Okay.” Ranma said and took the wash items from Kasumi and went to the bathroom and went inside after putting the sign up to let people know that he was using the bathroom and got undressed before running a bath.

“It's good to have a bath after being on the road for all that time.” Ranma said to himself before he stopped the bath and got in when he heard a knock at the door. “Yeah?” Ranma asked.

“It's Nabiki, can I come in?” Nabiki replied.

“If you want to so bad.” Ranma replied trying to sound uncaring as he sank lower into the tub until the top half of his head was only visible as Nabiki came in.

“My sisters and I had a little meeting to discuss what to do about this current situation and let's just say... you and I are going to get to know each other better.” Nabiki said and Ranma lifted his head out of the water.

“Look, Nabiki... You're obviously smart and very attractive. What would someone like you want to be with me for?” Ranma asked, looking into her eyes.

“You'd probably laugh at me for what I'm about to tell you.” Nabiki told him before she sat on the corner of the bath looking at Ranma, “But most people think I'm a cold hearted penny pincher.” She added.

“ Are you?” Ranma asked.

“I may be ruthless with money, but I'm not cold hearted.” Nabiki replied to Ranma's question.

“Well, was there something you wanted?” Ranma asked Nabiki.

“Oh. Yeah, dinner will be ready shortly.” Nabiki told Ranma before she left the bathroom leaving Ranma to get washed and dressed again and head back downstairs for dinner, at the table Nabiki motioned for Ranma to sit next to her while Akane sat on the opposite side of the table giving Ranma the Evil Eye. If only she knew that Ranma could give her a run for her money by using the Penance Stare (2) when Kasumi came in with the food and placed it on the table.

“That looks great.” Ranma told Kasumi.

“Why thank you, Ranma-kun.” Kasumi replied sweetly with a smile.

“Whoa, just call me Ranma. There's no need for formalities.” Ranma replied.

“Can I ask you a question, Ranma?” Soun asked.

“Sure, go for it.” Ranma replied.

“What's with the motorcycle out back?” Soun asked Ranma before they dug into the meal that Kasumi made for them.

“Yeah, how could you afford anything like that?” Nabiki asked.

“It's more of a gift from someone I once knew.” Ranma lied. He couldn't tell them what he really was the Ghost Rider or known better to some as the Spirit of Vengeance.

“Must've cost the person quite a bit, eh?” Soun jokingly asked Ranma.

“Yeah... Everything.” Ranma replied and ate the rest of the meal in silence, once the meal was over Nabiki dragged Ranma to her room to get to know Ranma better.

“What's that all about?” Soun asked, crossing his arms just like a protective father.

“Nabiki just wants to get to know Ranma better, Father.” Kasumi explained as she took the cleaned plates of food away from the table and back into the kitchen.

“My baby daughter's getting engaged and she hasn't even told me!” Soun wailed, tears streaming and beating his fist on the table.

“They're not engaged father. Nabiki just wants to get to know him better before she makes a choice,” Kasumi explained further before she left the room. Meanwhile in Nabiki's room, Nabiki sat on her bed while Ranma sat on her desk chair.

“What do you want to know?” Ranma asked, seeing through Nabiki's schemes.

“What makes you think I'd do anything like that?” Nabiki asked in a false shocked voice.

“Because you seem like the type that wants to know.” Ranma replied coolly.

“You got that right.” Nabiki told Ranma, smirking.

“So, what do you want to know?” Ranma asked Nabiki.

“What was your father like, where have you been for the past few years, stuff like that.” Nabiki asked.

“Genma really only cared about himself, I don't really like to talk about him and as for where I've been for the past few years I already told you earlier.” Ranma replied to Nabiki's question as he turned and looked out of the window.

“What's wrong?” Nabiki asked.

“Nothing.” Ranma replied, stone-faced.

“You can tell me.” Nabiki said to Ranma, moving closer to him.

“I think you and I are going to get along just fine.” Ranma told Nabiki with his back to her just before he left her room and went back downstairs and out the back of the Tendo household through the kitchen where Kasumi was.

“Where are you going Ranma-kun?” Kasumi asked, stopping Ranma in his tracks.

“There's no need to call me that, I'm off out for a little bit.” Ranma replied before going outside and pushes his bike round to the front of the house and gets on it and starting it up and heads off to check out Nerima which took him an hour and a half, once that was done he headed back to the Tendo household and drove his bike round the back and stopped his bike and got off of it.

“That didn't take you long, Ranma.” Kasumi said, observing from her spot on the porch.

“I know.” Ranma replied as he walked up the porch steps and looked out into the backyard of the Tendo compound “Nice place you've got here,” Ranma told Kasumi, trying to make conversation.

“Thank you. Ever since our mother passed away, I've been looking after the family.” Kasumi told him.

“Oh,” was all Ranma could say before Kasumi went inside leaving Ranma alone. “I hope he nor his minions find me here,” he said to himself quietly hoping that he wouldn't be found when Nabiki walked up behind him.

“Hey there.” Nabiki said, tapping him on the shoulder.

“What is it, Nabiki?” Ranma asked as Nabiki stood beside him.

“Nothing.” Nabiki replied.

“Can I ask you something?” Ranma asked.

“Sure, go ahead.” Nabiki replied.

“There's something strange about this house.” Ranma told Nabiki.

“What do you mean?” Nabiki asked curiously as she sat down patting a spot beside her for Ranma to sit down in which he does.

“It feels like there are some magical artifacts somewhere.” Ranma replied.

“That'll be grandfather Happousai, he's always bringing artifacts, bras and panties back here.” Replied shuddering at the thought of the old pervert.

“Happousai?” Ranma asked.

“Daddy's and your late father's master he's a shrunken old pervert.” Nabiki told him making Ranma curious even more, now the Ghost Rider definitely had to find this guy.

Later that night after everyone had gone to bed, Ranma opened the window of the guest room and climbed out of it and jumped down from the window... The Rider took over, his head became a skull surrounded by hellfire and spikes adorned the shoulders, wrists, belt and the top of his boots along with a chain wrapped around his chest and disappeared round his back and made his way over to his bike which had now changed into a bike with wheels made out of hellfire and had a skull in the middle of the handlebars. Ranma wheeled it out to the front before starting it up before speeding off leaving a trail of fire as he speeded off to dispense his own brand of justice if needed.
Little did he know that he was caught on CCTV and it would be on the news the following day.

Authors notes:

Let's get a few things sorted out. First of all, this is an alternate universe and to why Ranma is older as I mentioned somewhere in this chapter he spent several years in Hell… but I will go into details about that in later chapters and yes some of the NWC will turn up in later chapters as well.

And for those of new to the world of the brimstone biker here's a few things:

1: In the original Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze sold his soul to `Satan' to save a friend who was dying from terminal cancer who was cured but later died in a crash, broke his promise, and was bonded with a demon called Zarathos and in Marvel essentials: Ghost Rider volume 1 Johnny Blaze can turn into the Ghost rider when he wants to.

2: The Penance Stare is something Danny Ketch, the second Ghost Rider used. Anyway, the Penance Stare forces the guilty to experience all of the pain and torment that they have caused to their victims.

Special thanks to DarkTwilight for pre-reading and editing.

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