Disclaimer: I do not own Castlevania: Aria/Dawn of sorrows, RWBY or any of their properties or characters they belong to Konami, Koji Igarashi, Michiru Yamane, and Monty Oum, and Rooster Teeth respectively, Rest In Peace Monty Oum, you will be remembered well. I am writing this because I saw a significant lack of crossovers featuring Castlevania: Aria of Sorrows & RWBY crossover (and because I enjoy writing)…
A/N: Soma will still have his power of soul dominance and any soul he has collected and be able to use combinations that he wouldn't have been able to before, he has access to any items (Weapons including claimh solais, and even crissaegrim/valmanway, Armor, and accessories including the chaos ring and other such items) that he would acquire on a perfect run of hard mode, soul dominance will react/work slightly different, another thing to mention Soma and Mina were only friends not an item so I may pair at my own discretion or consider poll, also soma is slightly younger in this he is instead sixteen rather than eighteen, for the sake of the story, yes I understand In-game soma is eighteen so before any states so keep in mind I am aware (Genya Arikado/Alucard, Julius Belmont, Hammer, Yoko Belnades, and Mina will only be briefly mentioned for now however I am open to the idea of featuring them more frequently so don't be too upset). Also I am only as good a writer as you allow me to be so please allow me to be great by R&R, or p.m. me with ideas or corrections if either end up being used I will give credit to where it is due. You also contribute so don't be afraid (especially to ask questions or address concerns as I will try my best to answer any or all questions), Flamers will be ignored! I am mainly writing this for a few reasons the main reason is I want to inspire more people to write more fics of this variety with their own take that is several times better and that means I challenge anyone who is either a capable or more talented writer to do so however I won't expect or force anyone to do so, and the one of the other reasons is because I want to contribute something to the fictionpress community that can, may, or will inspire anyone else last but not least enjoy, because I most certainly did while writing it.
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"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."- Robert Burke
Prologue/Chapter 1: The Awakening of Soma Cruz
Genya Arikado's perspective/ p.o.v.
Outside the castle, the entrance of the Mt. Hakuba Shrine
After the battle with Chaos I felt that not only was Dracula's power, and presence were gone but the castle and soma had also disappeared. However when soma had not reappeared at the entrance of the Mt. Hakuba Shrine with Yoko Belnades, Julius Belmont, or I we were wary of what it could mean while Hammer his best customer, and Mina her friend were both concerned about Soma. Julius looking weary, and Mina filled with hope that she would see her friend again approached me and asked me "Would you tell us if soma is still alive please?" (To which I felt a heart wrenching pain) as I tried to look them in the eyes, and said "I am sorry for I cannot sense him now, nor can I sense the power of Dracula, Soma is gone…" immediately everyone felt sorrow before he continued "meaning that soma may have lost the battle with chaos but within his last moments of humanity sealed away the cursed castle destroying him, he decided to die as a man rather than to live as a monster for that I shall respect him greatly, and remember him well…" Yoko interrupted "We all will"
Soma Cruz
The core of the castle The Realm of Chaos
My vision began to darken after I landed the final blow on Chaos as he was slowly burning, and as he began to vanish I was surprised by Chaos when suddenly as he was beginning to fade. He then decided that he would spite me with his final breath, and in his final moment he released a wave/a volley of dark magical energy before he then vanished which hit me, afterwards the world began to fill with a sudden pain, an intense a low hum followed by a bright flash, and a cold sensation filled me, then I began to lose consciousness.
Team RWBY
The World of Remnant-(Somewhere deep within the Emerald Forest)
… "So why are we patrolling again?" Ruby asked, however everyone shrugged except for Weiss who answered their young leader with a sigh "Well, the reason we are out here patrolling would be all of the strange reports of the Grimm activity and their bizarre behavior as of a few hours ago. There are reports of the grim congregating in this area in a rather large concentration and that has many of the locals rather apprehensive as to what it could mean." Ruby only frowned visibly for a moment and let out a childish sigh "I guess that makes sense, but why us, wasn't anyone else able to?" This time Yang spoke "what's the matter normally you seem so cheery, and energetic and would love to have an excuse to miss out on port's boring lecture and stories?" Ruby looked at her with slight bags under her eyes for a moment and then spoke "well yeah however as of late I've been having strange nightmares and well this just seems too familiar for comfort." However after a moment they heard a twig snap nearby, and immediately the young huntresses tensed themselves for battle. At that moment they felt a strange aura nearby that was cold, and gradually fading as the team of huntresses moved closer to the source of the power that was fading they found a young man who could've easily been sixteen years of age (with white hair, pale skin, he was slim and of medium height, unconscious in a small crater with some snapped branches beneath him). When they got closer to the young man they found, they then noticed that he was covered in all sorts of cuts and scratches and slowly his eyes fluttered open as he had stirred he opened his blue eyes which were filled with confusion.
Soma Cruz
I woke up in the middle of a small crater in the middle of a forest feeling exhausted and sore (which must have shown on me). Then I realized something as I slowly recovered my senses, I was surrounded by four very concerned young women about the same age as me. The youngest of the four walked up to me slowly, and asked "Are you ok, do you need any help, and why are you napping in a forest?" Showing great concern in her voice and stopped as I was looking very confused when I responded "I have no idea how I got here, however I need to get back to Mt. Hakuba my friends must be worried about me, Can you please help me, and I need to find my friends please?" Then it seemed it was their turn to be confused as they all looked rather puzzled, when one of them voiced this (certain blond of team RWBY) when she said "Mt. Haa-Koo-ba?" asking rather than saying with each syllable with a deeply perplex expression when she continued to speak "I haven't heard of this place, are you sure you're ok?" Then soma looked rather confused muttering about it being somewhere in japan… He realized he was muttering rather louder than he thought as the girl with black hair spoke with as much confusion as the blond, as she then asked "Japan? I've never heard of a kingdom that goes by that name." She stated more than asked. Soma asked what she meant when she said Kingdom. (All of the females looked at me like I grew a second head in good nature I almost would have checked because of my powers nature) after they started that dumb-founded look I saw that the white haired girl recovered rather quickly as she asked me a question. "Who are you and what sort of rock have you been living under?" in manner that seemed rather rude with a new caution, I then answered her question and asked her two more. "I would like to know who you are (gesturing to all of them)? And where I am first. If that isn't too much trouble" reluctantly at first the newly named Weiss stated in a matter of fact tone "you are currently in the kingdom of vale, which the continent takes its name from and its capital city like-wise an-" Weiss didn't get to finish as the young girl clad in red spoke and said "I am ruby rose most people call me ruby, this is (gesturing to the blond to on her left) my older sister, and team-mate Yang xiao long, though everyone usually calls her Yang, the girl (who many would call ice queen) who wears white, and can be a little cold and distant at times is Weiss schnee (heiress of the Schnee dust company Weiss muttered under her breath), we call her Weiss, and the young lady with the black hair and bow is Blake belladonna which we call Blake and together we are team RWBY" she said while eyeing his weapon with a manic grin almost drooling and then quickly added "they are my team mates, and friends also do you have any weapons or can you/will you tell me about it/ them if you do?" Soma looked at her for a moment before the girl ruby introduced as yang had said "oh sorry, about that she's a bit of a weapons fanatic?" [I sighed as I lifted from my coat a thin sword revealing it to the red-clad girl who then asked] "Cool what does it do? Are you a hunter? Does it use dust?" at this soma visibly recoiled before holding the blade out wards for a moment as the next it was no longer visible all they had felt was a soft whistling breeze when soma stopped the breeze died down as soma first said "well my name is Soma Cruz and my sword's name is crissaegrim which means blessed wind" and then asked with a confused look on his face "what is a hunter, what is dust, why do you keep mentioning it and what do you mean when you say using dust/ how do you use dust?" as he then began shifting to different weapons while asking these question…[Think that he was switching between crissaegrim, Claihm solis, Kaiser Knuckle, Hrunting, and other various weapons] when they let another sign of shock visibly show (as either they thought the boy before them was this oblivious, or was messing with them). The team of huntresses' thoughts, and my own were interrupted when we heard a nearby twig snap and some nearby brush rustled slightly and visibly. I immediately noticed the girls before me tense, and stiffen almost like they were ready (to pounce on)/ for whatever was about to leap out from the distance. At that point I began to calmly walk forward towards the enemy unknown...
End of chapter
A/N: sorry about the length of the prologue it was a little bit excessive and I will also apologize to everyone since the characters may have been out of character and if you have any suggestions as to how I should try and write them in future chapter I would most certainly appreciate any help from a majority only not in the form of flamers so please p.m. me as I may alter context of communication, etc., etc., etc. please remember this is my first fic. Hope you enjoyed and I will try to remember to update frequently so until then have a nice day. (P.S: Send me suggestions for titles for later chapters, through last but not least I hope you enjoyed, and see ya later) Also what kind of personality should soma have/ for what it's worth I apologize in advance if any of the characters are a little OOC…Also I am always looking for betas