Dead or Alive Castlevania

Disclaimer: I don't own either Dead or Alive, or Castlevania so don't bother asking me if I do.

Prologue

( ): Thoughts

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In a valley in Europe….late 18th Century

"This place hasn't changed."

The voice belonged to a young man who was immaculately dressed in regal clothing befitting an aristocrat of the old nobility in Europe, in his hands were a collection of beautiful flowers that were arranged in a very interesting fashion, he moved through the valley and headed for the ruins of an old villa in the valley. Once he arrived there, he began to move through the rooms slowly, as if trying to remember things about the room that were long forgotten by others, except him.

He gently walked over to the nearby table that was already rotting and no longer of any use, gently running his fingers on the wood, the wood was devoid of any color and was already soaked with water, covered in mold, but the man didn't seem to notice those things as he was lost in memory while moving his fingers on the table. He moved his actions to a nearby chair, gently touching the chair as it was already breaking down and rotting. He heard his boots make sounds with each step that he made on the stone floor of the villa, after checking both the table and the chair, he moved to the walls, gently running his fingers on the stone surface.

The man smiled a bit as he stopped and left the room, heading into what was to be considered the kitchen, he repeated the same process as before when he was there in the very first room, gently touching the tables that used to be where ingredients and the like were located, he moved to the stone walls and touched the cabinets, then the cooking areas. Each action brought a slight smile and a slight laugh on the man's face, along with a sad sigh.

Anyone who would see this would have guessed that this villa held a great deal of memories for the person as he would sometimes look up to the roof and smile slightly despite the fact that like the rest of the place, the roof was already having holes there that allowed the sunlight into the ruined home.

As soon as he was done, he walked out of the villa and headed to a nearby structure and there spotted a grave stone and walked over to it and ran his hands gently on the stone once more, it had been nearly half a decade since he had come to this place with a new batch of flowers, he turned and there came a sprite, a powerful being that was small but wielded great magical power, the being however flew towards him and then bowed in greeting.

"Master Alucard, it is good to see that you have kept your promise."

Alucard, or Adrian Farenheights Tepes nodded in greeting as he looked at the sprite.

"Her grave has not been disturbed?"

"Nay Master, I have done all I can to keep this place hidden from others as your request."

"I thank you."

The sprite smiled sincerely at the half vampire warrior and replied.

"No need for thanks, it is the least I can do for both you and Mistress Renard."

Alucard nodded and gently placed down the flowers to the grave stone and looked at the name, Maria Renard Tepes. And he thought back of the time he had met the young and brave woman who dared to fall in love with him and tried to reach out to him after the battle that freed her brother in law, Ricther Belmont and his eventual battle with his father's servant Shaft and his father in particular, as well as dealing with the ghosts of the past who had tried to come back to cause more chaos in his life.

It had been his intention to leave the world of the living and sleep once more in solitude, but Maria braved the dangers of his location and came to him to convince him to live with the humans, or rather with her. He looked at her and couldn't believe that he saw love in her eyes, love towards him of all people. He tried to convince her to return to her family, to her sister and her brother in law, but she refused, showing the same stubborn fire and nature that he privately admired though never revealed. He finally agreed but he had been so emotionally distant from her that he had always thought that it was a mistake of judgment on his part for staying with her and he had never adjusted with living with humans due to his fear of the past.

She never gave up even when Magnus used his former servant and friend Lyudmil and nearly died fighting to aid him alongside Richter, Silyl and Alexis against the Incubus and there he began to show more emotion towards her. She accepted that and as such, he began to adjust living with humans once again ever since the death of his mother Lisa. He and Maria lived together and as time passed, he had learned much about humanity from her as he had done when his mother still lived. They had many children together, and their family had served to help the Belmont Clan when the time came, Maria and he were there to help them fight the forces of Darkness that sought to bring his father back by any means necessary.

The one painful thing that Alucard had to deal with was the fact that since he was an immortal due to his vampire half, he could not grow old and would remain young and free of the ravages of time and disease, as well as many other ailments that plagued humanity in it's time, and these claimed many as time passed, his own sister in law Annette, Richter himself….and finally Maria herself, she had grown old as time passed but to him she was still beautiful as she never lost her fire and spirit, he had been sorely tempted many times over to turn her into an immortal so they would never part, but he was loath to do so as he would never want her to live a life like his long before he knew her.

She knew that and assured him that she had lived a happy life with him and she never regretted a single moment with him. However she asked him on her death bed to never go back to slumbering alone in the darkness and live with humans, to be with the people who he had willingly sided with against his heritage and dark family to never forget that there was good in humanity. He recalled her words before she finally passed on to him.

'Live Adrian…..live free and treasure life for as long as you have it, as I have lived my life with you.'

He had buried Maria here in this place and he tried to do so, it was hard not having Maria with him, but he had never given up either as his life with her had given him some measure of hope in being able to live with humans, and after a number of years and despite some close calls with both the agents of his father and those humans who considered all vampires to be evil without care, he had begun to see the strength of humans as well as the good in them.

As he placed those memories aside for now, he began to think on how to speak as he had been making plans for his life from here on out, there was much left for him to do and while being able to live with humans was something that was now possible for him, he also had to consider his inner duty to face the forces of darkness. He knew that his father would always return every hundred years or so and those who worshipped the power of evil would always seek to bring him back to wage war on humanity. The Belmonts would oppose him as will many others, including the descendants of his children with Maria, but he too must help as while he could not completely surpass his father's powers, his powers would play a key role when it was needed.

He then spoke once more to Maria's gravestone.

"I am planning to live as you asked me Maria, to live among humans as you….and my mother asked of me. I may not be here for a long time, but I hope that you will be able to understand if I am not able to be here, I will come and visit whenever I can."

He laid down the flowers and stood up and looked at the gravestone and then turned to the sprite as he spoke to it once more.

"Will you be here to guard this place?"

"Of course Master Alucard, I will do my best to watch over this place for as long as I can. I believe that she will understand as well as Mistress Lisa, I will see you again soon Master Alucard."

"I hope so."

With that, Alucard left the place and silently spoke to the memory of his mother and Maria and hope that they would somehow be there to guide him as he began to make his way into the wider world to see history be made and assist humans in fighting the forces of darkness in all of it's forms. He had no doubt in his mind that it would come soon and he would be taking up arms alongside those who would fight his father and his dark army, for now, he had much to see in this world of the living beyond the realms of Europe.

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Tokyo, Japan, modern day…

The hustle and bustle of the city was always on the move this early in the day as commuters made their way to their own destinations in the city, parents took their kids to their schools, while families on a break would head off to the malls to relax and enjoy themselves as well as go to parks to pass the time there. Students would be moving about, talking about the latest gadgets, fashion, trends, and the local gossip, as well as looking at members of the opposite gender.

This was the life of the people of Tokyo and it was something that one would have to admit was very hectic by most if not all standards, but that was only the perception of new comers from other countries or other remote parts of Japan. At the moment, the television billboards were showing the latest products, commercials, and news to those who would watch as well as play music over the moving cities. It was a very charged and busy atmosphere with it's interesting moments in between.

All this was accepted by one female student as she and her fellow students were making their way into a nearby mall.

Kasumi sighed a bit as she looked about the place in her school uniform, she and her classmates were busy taking a break after a long exam back in their school and they were heading to the mall to take a lunch break before heading back to the school for some more lessons and when that was all over, they would head back home and go to the school the very next day, it was a daily routine, but it suited Kasumi well enough for now, she was not being hunted by the ninjas of her village and that was something that made it easier.

It had been weeks since the end of the Fourth Tournament and while she had been able to see her brother again briefly, she still ached to see him again, however she knew that her brother was still bound by their clan laws and she was still a runaway. It hurt the gentle natured Kunoichi that she was being hunted by Hayate, her own brother, but he at least had sent Ryu to shield her from harm, that told her that despite having given the order as clan leader, her brother still cared deeply for her.

She would not be surprised if Ryu was watching her at this very moment, but she smiled at that, knowing that Ryu was there for her was good enough, for now she decided to enjoy the time with her friends for as long as possible.

Aki turned and then spoke to Kasumi.

"Hey Kasumi, you plan on getting some new books soon?"

"Yes I am, why do you ask?"

"Just curious, anyway, let's hurry and grab something to eat, I'm starved!"

Mika, the one who wore her glasses most of the time replied to that remark from the energetic Aki.

"You're always hungry."

Aki stuck her tongue out at her old friend while Kasumi and the others in the group looked on, Kasumi smiled at both Aki and Mika, they were good friends though Aki was the more energetic one of the group with Mika was the more serious and calm one of the group though she was not strict at all times. Kasumi's small group of friends were all nice people, Yuki was the book worm and always had her eyes on a book and was something of a romantic, while Suki was more of an athlete and was one of the school's best players in basketball and Midori was the one who was the most skilled when it came to things that dealt with computers. All in all, they were regular friends and she had known them for some time now since she had entered their school.

(They are so normal….)

She sighed mentally and focused her thoughts on what could be happening in the village she had left behind years before, no doubt it was growing well enough, with DOATEC destroyed and their forces broken, she hoped that it would be the end of things, she had never forgiven the things DOATEC had done in order to gain power and it did her heart good that they were stopped, though she still had some level of doubts on the matter since she had enough experience to know that DOATEC was never going to truly be finished, they were a powerful corporation after all and no doubt were already licking their wounds.

"Kasumi!!!!"

"Ahhhh!!!!"

Aki grinned a bit at the startled reaction made by Kasumi as she spoke to her.

"I wish you'd stop spacing out like that Kasumi-chan, it's not nice for you to be so silent."

Suki sighed and spoke to Aki.

"You shouldn't do that to Kasumi Aki, she deserves some privacy you know."

Aki nodded and replied.

"I know, but I like it when Kasumi is with us and not spacing out during a conversation."

Kasumi sighed a bit and spoke.

"Sorry I was just thinking about some other matters, anyway, what are we having for lunch today?"

Yuki smiled and replied.

"I think we're going to try that new restaurant that was being set up today, I heard it's already open and has quite a lot of customers. It's got a full menu from Europe and I've always wanted to try those dishes."

"Oh, that sounds like a nice place."

The students headed out with Yuki giving directions to the restaurant she had heard about while Kasumi followed, she was still deep in thought and focused on her family, it hurt her to think that she would not be allowed to see them for a long time due to her runaway Kunoichi status, her heart ached to see her mother again, her father, her brother…and yes, even Ayane as well. Ayane had not yet completely forgotten their rivalry and it hurt her to think that her half sister still hated her, she wished that they could finally start over but that was only possible if she was with the clan. She missed them so much and it was never easy to live apart from them, even if she had friends, she still wished to be with her family.

Kasumi was so deep in thought once more that she was not looking as to where she was going and that was enough to get her to collide with someone just as Mika called out to her.

Kasumi was hit and fell back a few steps but then a hand reached out and took her own hand and steadied her, she quickly apologized in her native tongue.

("Sorry about that! I was so deep in thought that I wasn't looking.")

"Are you all right young lady?"

Kasumi quickly heard an English speaking voice but it had an odd yet appealing European accent to it, she had traveled extensively during her days in running from the assassins sent by her clan to deal with her and when she was participating in the Dead or Alive Tournaments so she knew quickly that the person she collided with was a foreigner.

She looked to see just who she had collided with and she gasped a bit.

The person was a tall man, well built, wearing a very simple but classical business suit, complete with coat and tie, the coat was black and so was the tie though it had some golden patterns woven into the tie itself, the man was handsome to say the least and his hair was light blonde and long, held in a ponytail on his back, his eyes were a deep blue, almost like sapphires and his skin was like white snow, pale yet not showing any sign of sickness, and his face was without flaw, perfectly formed and chiseled. He was by far a very powerful presence and Kasumi's senses told her that this person had a very commanding aura, not threatening, but certainly tangible and could be felt all over him.

She couldn't help but feel some worry in her as she looked at the handsome man before her as she had never met him before in her life. She had seen many handsome men in her days growing up and in her travels, but something about this one person seemed to tug at her senses for some reason.

The man then spoke to her.

"Are you all right?"

Kasumi realized that she was staring at the man without any hesitation and she was quickly embarrassed by this action she was taking towards someone she barely knew and quickly bowed to him and spoke in English, having developed considerable familiarity with the language for the past months.

"I…I am fine, I apologize for running into you sir."

The man smiled and Kasumi had to admit that the very second he smiled, she felt something stir in her and she felt heat rise to her face, she quickly tried to push those feelings down as she was not behaving properly in front of a person she had just met.

"I see….I must apologize as well for not noticing you, I was under the impression that you were going to move to a different direction."

While this was happening, Kasumi was able to hear the words of her fellow students while they were speaking in Japanese.

("Wow….who is that guy?")

("He's a foreigner, and quite handsome.")

("He speaks in English and I think there's an accent there, not American….maybe European.")

("Really? Maybe he has a castle in Europe or something.")

("You're jumping to conclusions Yuki, you barely even know him.")

The Kunoichi focused her full attention however on the stranger and spoke once more to the man though she could not ice that she and her friends were not the only ones affected by the handsome stranger, several other groups of women were looking at him with measures of attraction and appreciation, while others were very much talking about him. Kasumi then looked at the stranger as she spoke.

"I see….I'm really sorry for running into you, Mr…."

"Adrian…my name is Adrian Faren."

"I see, and my name is Kasumi, it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Adrian."

The man smiled at that and seemed to be thinking about something and spoke a moment.

"Your name is Kasumi, hmmm, if I were to recall, your name means 'Mist' am I correct?"

"Yes."

"I see…well then, I must take my leave I have recently arrived here in Japan to deal with some important matters as well as look for the place in which I will begin my occupation. It's been a pleasure to meet you Kasumi."

Kasumi smiled politely and bowed to the man.

"Of course, thank you Mr. Adrian."

Adrian gently moved aside in a very polite fashion and allowed Kasumi to pass, much to her embarrassment and surprise along with that of her class mates who were still looking at the very handsome person who their friend had just run into. But as they were about to leave, Adrian spoke to them once more.

"Before I forget, tell your friend Yuki that I do happen to live in an ancestral castle in Europe."

Kasumi blushed a bit and smiled as Adrian left, at that very second she was soon being grilled by her classmates, since they had not been able to follow the conversation with Kasumi and Adrian they were more than eager to get details on what had transpired between the handsome stranger and their friend.

"So who was he Kasumi?"

The Kunoichi was still trying to make sense of her thoughts, she felt something was off about this man she had just met but it was not in a bad way either, like it stirred a memory in her long forgotten past, she then spoke to her friends about what she had been talking about with the man.

"He said his name was Adrian and he is here on business and, I think he's planning to work here in our land."

"Oh! That's news!"

The other students were very much curious about the man and even more so when Kasumi mentioned that he did own a castle in Europe, this was enough to make Yuki very happy and she wondered if Kasumi would consider asking the man out. Kasumi to her embarrassment replied that she was not familiar with the man and such a thing would be wrong, and the others eventually agreed as they were not sure if they were ever going to meet the handsome man again.

They were unaware of the fact that a certain someone was watching them or rather Kasumi in particular as well as the event that had just taken place.

Ryu wondered just who that person was and why it that he seemed….familiar to him even though he knew that now was the only time he had ever seen this person.

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The next day…

'Hello there….'

'Hi….my name is Kasumi, who are you?'

'I? I am…'

RING!!!!!!!!

"AAAAHHHHH!!!!"

Kasumi woke up in her room and was confused somewhat by that dream, she had dreamed of her being somewhere surrounded by a sea of white and talking to someone when she was still a little girl, yet for some reason she was not able to see the person's face at all. The Kunoichi wondered why that dream happened and what did it mean to her. However she looked and realized that she only had an hour and a half before class and quickly got out of bed and fed her fish while cooking something quick and tasty to eat for her trip to school, once she was done with the food, she ate it and got dressed for school. She moved as quickly as she could, avoiding bumping into people while avoiding those who might be dangerous people and got on a bus and headed to the school that she was currently in.

As the students moved into their classrooms, they were quickly talking to one another about the many things young people would routinely talk about in their days in school, Kasumi noted however that it seemed that there was a new topic of discussion among her class mates and she was quick to meet her friends to find out what was going on.

"What's been happening here?"

Aki was the one who spoke for the others.

"I just heard something interesting, we've gotten a brand new World History Teacher, it seems that Mrs., Sendo had retired."

Kasumi was surprised by this as she liked Mrs. Sendo who was quite a good teacher despite her age, however she could understand why the lady retired from the teaching job. She then decided to ask just who this new teacher was.

"So who do you think is taking over Mrs. Sendo's place?"

"I don't know, all I know is that it's a man who'll be taking over the subject."

Suki then replied to that.

"That's what I heard as well, though I think it's going to be an older man who will be the teacher."

Mika replied as she read her book.

"I don't really mind at all, I just hope that the lecture is interesting this time around."

As the others talked with one another, Kasumi sat down and decided to just take her time and think on other important matters.

"I heard that our new teacher is actually a foreigner...."

Aki grinned...

"Imagine us having a foreign teacher....he must be pretty good...say, do you think he could be a nice looking guy?"

"Aki! We barely met this teacher yet and you're already crushing on him!!!"

"I am not....well, maybe a little."

"Yeah well....for all we know the new teacher could be just a very old senile man with back problems...."

"Suki! it's not nice to say that about someone we barely met...."

Kasumi looked at her friends and smiled a bit more and wondered how this day was going to end. It was then that the principle came into the room. Mr. Yamato coughed and all the students sat down on their desks and got ready for the announcement that was sure to come as the only time a principle came to class was when something was coming up.

"Good morning students!"

"Good Morning Sensei!"

"Now then....as you all no doubt know...Mrs. Sendo is taking a leave of absence from the school and therefore will not be here for a number of months. We had to find a replacement teacher for your subject of World History and that is hard to do in this semester. However we have found a replacement in the nick of time and he is a foreigner as some of you have found out...and he is already here..."

The principle of Kasumi's school turned and spoke in English to the door leading outside.

"You can come in now..."

The students expected their new teacher to be a senile old man with back problems and whatnot from old age....but what they got was something else entirely.

Gasps were heard from the students...namely the female students as the looked at their new teacher.

The teacher was NOT an old man as they thought....but a young man who was devastatingly handsome, he had white skin...almost like marble and smooth, well formed cheek bones, he had platinum blonde hair which was in a long ponytail and two lush lengths framing the sides of his face...his features made him look more like an angel than a man, and the word beautiful was an even more accurate description as well as handsome.

The man faced them all and his voice was deep, masculine, and filled with a power that spoke of authority, knowledge, experience, and more.

"Good morning students, allow me to introduce myself, my name is Adrian Faren, I will be your teacher in World History for this year, it is a pleasure to meet you. This is my second time to be in your country so I hope that you will excuse me if I do not entirely know the culture here in your school."

Kasumi was rendered speechless as she looked at none other than the same man who she and her class mates had run into at the mall yesterday; he was dressed in the school's male teacher uniform and seemed to just as handsome as before. She gave a brief glance to her friends and saw that they too were very much surprised by this turn of events.

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To be continued…

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Author's Notes:

As promised, this is a Dead Or Alive CastleVania crossover and no doubt the very first of it's kind in this area and something of an experiment. I have to admit that this was inspired by Damon Black's Devil May Cry X Dead or Alive crossover story but it has nothing similar to the said story as I have my own directions planned for this story and Alucard is a far different being as well.

As you might have read, I took into account the changes in the story of Castlevania so Sonia is not part of this story line and this also takes into account the Audio Drama, Nocturne of Recollection of the CastleVania series that takes place a year after the ending of Symphony of the Night. And as such, Maria and Alucard are together and do have children who's descendants will be showing later on as the story progresses.

Since this story has Castlevania in it, you can guess the idea of how this might play out, however, there will be some new surprises as well as something that will naturally involve the DOA cast eventually. And just for the record…Alucard has some history with the Clan that Kasumi, Hayate, and Ayane belong to but they don't recall it very well.

As to pairings….well that is up to me, but you can offer suggestions, keep in mind that Alucard has quite a number traits that would attract women in one fashion or another apart from his good looks, so don't go for surface impressions right off the bat.

Anyway, it's just the prologue for now so I will be back and I might update Mortal Kombat Rosario soon enough.