The Dragon Returns

by Hell is fun21

Moka and her family and friends wake up in a white void, greeted by a woman who seems, dangerous. And what's this abut her old friend she believed dead is actually alive and a vampire like her, and who are these people? Just what is going on, and is Naruto alive and out there? (mixes the Castlevania Lords of Sadow saga, Rosario Vampire Series, Naruto series and more) Dark Fic.

14. Memories of the Dragon (final)

Sup, guys and girls. I'm back with the final chapter for the Memories of the Dragon arc. This chapter focuses on Naruto's life as Gabriel, his final steps towards his true destiny, his life as the most infamous and feared Vampire in all of existence, Dracula (including how he met some of his subordinates, did some things, learned more things, dealing with other people's problems, etc…) and his final death/breaking out of his imprisonment (back in Ch. 2). Without further ado, let's get this show on the road.

Story Start.

Gabriel and Marie Belmont soon arrived to their destination and traveled a bit as they picked a spot for where they could live, Gabriel began building a small home while Marie went out to see if she could greet the people of the nearby town and get things back to a sense of normalcy after everything that has happened. Their new home was a modest cabin away from the general populace as their lives were a bleak shadow of their former selves. Gabriel, who still had his innate desire for conflict and penchant for killing (not that he would admit it to anyone) soon joined the Brotherhood of Light as he felt it was both a way to help them out and quell his dark desires that he so vehemently buried away in his mind. Granted they were both deeply affected with what happened to both (Ahri lost her entire family, Naruto suffered more), they still found comfort within each other as they lived in relative peace and quiet. There were nights where Gabriel comforted Marie as she couldn't sleep, crying hysterically as she was remembering the family she lost.

While life for them in Europe was… different for them due to the slight culture shock/setbacks, they quickly adapted and lived a quiet life, a far cry of who they once were. Though they missed them dearly and knew that the chances of seeing them again were impossible, Marie still took the time to create something that they could have to remember them and all the good times they had.

(Loving memory)

"And what would this wonderful project that you are working on be, love?" Gabriel asked as they were in the privacy of their home, he also learned a couple protection spells from the libraries of the Brotherhood which he had applied to the home. Marie was working on a canvas that she brought the supplies for earlier in the marketplace.

"Well, I was feeling that we should have something to keep around as a memento of the good things we had in the past…" Marie answered as she was expertly painting in the canvas. Gabriel noticed that the drawing that were being painted in were of their old family& friends.

"You miss them as well?" he said as Marie set down the brush and palette as she looked down to her hands that were folded over her lap, her face graced with sadness. Gabriel placed his arm around her shoulders and brought her in for a hug.

"I miss them as well." He said as she snuggled into his larger form. Gabriel then picked up a brush that had red paint on it and dabbed her nose as this surprised her. She looked to her husband as she saw him with a small smile.

"You looked a bit pale so I took the liberty of adding some color." Gabriel said as he ran off laughing as Marie narrowed her eyes.

"Naruto Uzumaki-Cronqvist! Get back here!" she yelled as she chased after him. They would later on finish the canvas and set it up in the personal study. While Gabriel was part of the Brotherhood, he learned of the many supernatural and magical things that Europe had. Gabriel quickly rose to the top ranks as their best warrior ever known, he was offered many promotions, but he politely declined and remained as a knight to help the people and combat the supernatural. It was during this time he would make friends with a certain 'odd-ball' that also was with the Brotherhood.

(Meeting the Odd-Ball)

"Gabriel, come over here!" Captain Michael Gelhart Schneider (the guy from Mirror of Fate) called out to Gabriel from across the tavern as the squadron of knights were celebrating over their most recent mission, taking out a large party of trolls and goblins that have been harassing the nearby farms. Everyone else of the group was celebrating except two, Gabriel, who was enjoying his meal & ale in peace and a younger unassuming individual who was holed up in the corner of the tavern with a meal and several books next to his plate. Gabriel made his way over with his mug of ale and responded.

"Yes, Captain?" to some, Michael Schneider was considered an old man with dreams of being a hero as the forty-three year old stayed in the Brotherhood for quite some time. However to those with a keen intellect, Schneider was a battle hardened warrior who has his fair share of stories and scars to tell, and has seen many things throughout his service to the Brotherhood.

"I want you to meet someone." Capt. Schneider said as he placed a hand on Gabriel's shoulder and guided him over to the person sitting with his meal and books.

"Gabriel, I want you to meet Gaius Van Baelsar, a fellow member of the Brotherhood and resident aspiring weapon smith, or whatever he fancies to call himself as." Schneider said as he stroked his beard. Gabriel looked to the younger man and extended a hand to greet him.

"Hello, my name is-" Gabriel started when Gaius took his hand a shook it like a fan greeting their idol.

"Gabriel Belmont, Honorary Knight of the Brotherhood of Light. It's an honor to meet you." Gaius said as he smiled. Gabriel was surprised that he had a fan after a good 3 months since he came here with his wife.

"Gaius is a new recruit who was inspired by your actions and the stories that the boys tell of our previous missions. He's also a bit of a tinkerer when it comes to forming new things in hopes that may be of use by the Brotherhood later on." Schneider said as Gabriel nodded.

"I hope we can get along, Master Belmont." Gaius said as Gabriel smiled at the younger man's enthusiasm.

"I'm sure we could." Gabriel replied as Gaius smiled.

"Say, didn't you mention that you were working on a prototype creation that could go through a tree?" Schneider asked as Gaius nodded and brought out a wooden box from his pack. He took off the lid as Gabriel and Schneider examined the item inside.

"What is it?" Schneider asked as Gaius took it out and handled it carefully as he replied.

"Well, I based the original design off your personal crossbow, Master Schneider. I then worked on changing it to do the same as your crossbow, but work a bit differently and use a different type of ammunition. I call it, the Flintlock Pistol. Or Pistol for short, it's a prototype still in the works, but hopefully this will catch on and be a standard addition to our armory for handling pesky enemies that take to the skies or wanting a quick kill." Gaius said as Gabriel knew it was a more, primitive, model of what he's used work with in the past. Looks like not everyone here was lacking in the tech. That's when one of the other squad members, a bit rowdy from the celebration and some ale, walked up to partake in a common 'game' that the more rowdy members of the squad like to do. Haze the new recruits.

"Hello Capt., Gabby and piss-pot." He greeted as Gaius put away the pistol as he shied a bit away.

"Gaius is a bit nervous when it comes to being around the others, as they like to belittle him for fun." Schneider whispered to Gabriel as he nodded.

"So piss-pot, what the new and fancy invention this time?" the man asked with a smile as Gaius sunk into his seat a bit, wishing to not have to associate with the Brotherhood squad member.

"Alright, Dynasty, simmer it down." Schneider said as Grant just too another swig of his ale.

"Bah, it probably just another piece of scrap that will blow up in his face, like last time." Grant remarked as Gabriel had an idea, to help boost Gaius's confidence and help him out.

'That's enough, Dynasty so return to your-" Schneider began when Gabriel interrupted him.

"Would you be up for a deal, Grant?" he asked as the man looked to him along with Schneider and Gaius.

"Why not, we're all in a good mood. What did you have in mind?" Grant asked as he smiled, a bit dopey because of how many drinks he had.

"A simple one really, you claim that young Gaius's inventions here are not worthwhile, but I see that he has untapped potential. The deal is simple, I'm going to test out Gaius's current invention with a target of your choosing. If I manage to hit my mark, you'll relinquish your ability to haze Mr. Baelsar, if I miss…" Gabriel said as Grant finished.

"Then I get to kiss that lovely wife of yours!" Grant Dynasty exclaimed happily as it was no real secret that Grant harbored feelings for Marie as everyone in the squadron knew this. Gabriel eyes narrowed slightly as he looked to Gaius and asked.

"May I please borrow your prototype for a bit?" he asked as Giaus nodded and brought it out as he handed it over to Gabriel.

"I should also let you know that it uses a small amount of magic to help power it. Too much and the whole thing will blow up in your hand, too little and it will just shoot a blank." Gaius said as Gabriel nodded. Grant just walked over to the wall farthest from Gabriel and placed his empty mug on his head as everyone was watching with curiosity. Gabriel just began to twirl the pistol on his finger as everyone watched on. Grant was a bit worried that Gabriel would hit him instead of the cup. Gabriel tossed the gun in the air as he took a sip from his drink and caught the pistol with his free hand as he aimed and fired. A deafening sound was heard as smoke was seen coming from the barrel, the cup that was on Grant's head flew into the air a microsecond after Gabriel fired and landed with a clatter as everyone saw it had a hole going through it.

"I think that this suffices to say Gaius won't be bothered by you anymore." Gabriel returned the pistol to Gaius, who was a bit stunned by how easily Gabriel handled the prototype, he always had trouble with the recoil as it made him miss, yet Gabriel handled it like it was nothing.

"That was incredible, where did you learn to handle a weapon such as this?" Schneider asked his protégé.

"Let's just say I had a life before coming here with my wife." Gabriel replied as he took the seat opposite of Gaius.

"If you want, I could help you in your training?" Gabriel said as Gaius smiled.

"That sounds great! When do we start?" he asked in enthusiasm. Gaius soon found out that while Gabriel's training along with Schneider's was brutal and demanding. It helped him out with his confidence issues and more as Gaius soon became a respected member of the Brotherhood, always hanging out with Gabriel and Schneider and tagging along on their missions. Marie thought it was cute that her husband had someone who looked up to him. Marie also began to write letters to send to Gabriel whenever he would be assigned long missions as a means of communicating and making sure he is doing alright. It was several months after Gabriel met Gaius and took him in under his wing that their squadron was assigned to help out a sea-side village that was under the ownership of one Hayato Yama, who was a refugee from the Elemental Nations and also a former leader. Their fort that was along the edge of their borders was dealing with a rebellion from a warring tribe who had amassed a sizeable force for a hostile takeover as they fought against the Brotherhood for some time now, the whole reason, different religion.

(Finding the last conspirator)

Everyone was in attendance as a peace treaty of sorts was being made by the enemy commander, who they managed to capture, and the elder son (there are two) of Hayato. Hayato was back in his little mini-empire overseeing some other things.

"How grand that you could come here for this glorious day! Tell me Wallace, how is your family?" the son of Yama asked as he was decked out in gold armor that was flashier than it was practical.

"They are safe and far away, especially from the likes of you and your family." Wallace replied as Yama's son had a haughty smile on his face as he motioned for his assistant, which looked familiar to Gabriel, to come forward.

'Something is off here.' Gabriel thought to himself as he felt that something wasn't fitting in all of this, he was told that Wallace and his army were going throughout the lands, killing for the sake of their gods. Hayato's son retrieved a small dagger that had an intricate seal on the handle as he held it up in the air.

"Behold, the treaty commissioned by my father, the emperor!" he said out loud as he held his arms out in a gesture of welcoming.

"Embrace me…" he said with a smile as Wallace hesitatingly did so, only for Jiro (the name of Yama's eldest son) to repeatedly stab him, calling out insults and saying that Yama would never 'barbarians' they sought to enslave. Jiro dropped the corpse as he held the bloody dagger high as the crowd were in unrest.

"The armies of Wallace never sought to takeover, they wanted to be free of Hayato's desires. Hayato is also the one man who escaped my grasp during my hunts for my family." Gabriel muttered as he recognized the dagger and who Jiro's assistant was as they scampered off as people were getting violent. Gabriel and the rest of his squad were forced to deal with the large army banging at the fort's doors as Jiro took the transport ships home. They were fighting a lost battle as they were getting overwhelmed by Wallace's forces. Some of the squad had managed to find a remaining ship as they were all commandeered to get on as they squad was leaving the ruined fort/town. Someone had to stay behind and hold them off so the ship could leave back for home as Gabriel told Schneider to get on the boat and leave.

"Not a damn chance! I'll stay behind and take care of them." Schneider said as he looked to Gabriel as they were next to the ship.

"The council will listen to you, they have to. You have to warn them of what Hayato has been doing." Gabriel said as Schneider growled but clasped hands with Gabriel before he got on the boat and ordered them to take off as Gabriel raced for the bridge. He put a last stand as he managed to hold them off as he saw the ship was far away now. That's when he was overwhelmed and knocked over the bridge into the dark waters with a blow to the head that knocked him out. Meanwhile the others made it back to their base as they lamented over the loss of Gabriel, Schneider made a request speak with the elders as Gaius was the one who had to deliver the news to Marie. Needless to say he was supporting her as she broke down crying. The memories shifted back to Gabriel as he was at the bottom of the river. Memories of his old hunt as the Dragon Knight were going through his head as he still had one more target. His eyes snapped open as the dagger Jiro used earlier landed in his hand. He emerged from the river with one goal in mind, to put an end to the emperor and his bastard sons. Gabriel hid himself in the shadows and forged a set of armor as he set out to Hayato's empire. It was a couple days later when Gaius and Schneider would visit Marie as the woman was an emotional wreck.

"Can I help you two?" Marie asked as she looked a bit worse for wear, her eyes were red from crying and she didn't sleep well. Gaius and Schneider glanced to each other before Gaius spoke.

"We were hoping if you wished to accompany us to the grand coliseum, as they were hosting the games." Gaius said as he handed her a flyer that he had about the event. Marie looked to the paper as she had a blanket wrapped over her.

"He wouldn't want you to be like this Marie." Schneider said as they knew she holed herself up in her home after receiving the news.

"…I suppose I should come out of my home once in a while…" Marie said after a while of silence.

"Excellent. We will come back later to take you to Isengard." Gaius said as they said their goodbyes and left as Marie retreated back into her home to get ready. The trio soon left in a carriage for Isengard to go see the infamous Coliseum Games. Gaius and Schneider were surprised when they saw that Marie was wearing a simple long sleeved shirt, a corset over that and a pair of pants, she also had a pair of simple boots on.

"What?" she asked as they broke out of their silence.

"Forgive our silence, we're just, surprised that you would be wearing such clothing." Schneider replied. Marie simply brought her cloak closer as she replied.

"Well, I do have other clothes I like to wear besides my evening gown." She replied as they nodded. They eventually made it as they got seats for the main event that would be happening in a couple days as they took in the sights and sounds of Isengard. Meanwhile Gabriel had entered the tournament under the guise of a scary looking fellow in dark armor with a mask that covered the upper part of his head and face. He just finished dealing with the younger son and leaving a surprise gift in the marble statue of his father. Now to deal with the elder and soon their father.

(The Games)

Schneider, Gaius and Marie were watching from their seats as the announcer was speaking of what was to come and who would be putting on the show.

"Now place your bets on who can win the chance to combat our glorious general, Jiro Yama!" the announcer said as he had the gate open and the contestants walked out as the stadium floor changed with more people pouring in. They began the vicious fights as Marie focused on peculiar individual, who was handling himself pretty good as he dealt with those that came for him. For some reason, she felt that she knew this man clad in dark armor. Gabriel was clearing his way through the competition as people were cheering on the violence, he made their ends quick, but he wanted to make Jiro feel pain.

"Hey, Captain, do you have the feeling that the stranger clad in black armor down there seems familiar?" Gaius asked as Schneider rubbed his beard in thought.

"It seems that way, you think it might be him?" Schneider asked as he watched Gabriel best his opposition.

"Possibly, though the chances are slim." Gaius said as Marie hoped that her love was still alive. Soon once Gabriel was left as the last, he was greeted by Jiro as their fight was to begin.

"Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for our glorious general! His opponent is the enigmatic warrior who has cut his way through the challengers to reach this final round, let's give a hand for, The Hunter!" The announcer called out as the crowd went wild. Jiro taunted Gabriel as the latter remained silent before they got into their fight. Jiro found that he was being bested by Gabriel so he resorted to tricks to win. Gabriel overcame this as he landed a fatal blow to Jiro as the man collapsed to his knees. Gabriel spared a glance to Hayato before he severed Jiro's head from his shoulders, picking up the head and shouting.

"I am the Hunter! I am Vengeance! You are Next!" Gabriel yelled out as he pointed his sword to Hayato as the man was terrified.

"Kill him! Kill him!" Hayato screamed out as he ran to his chambers as Gabriel followed, cutting down guards that came to intercept him. That's when a large firebomb crashed into part of the crowd from outside the city limits.

"Shit, they must have been waiting to launch their assault during the games!" Schneider said as he noticed the city was being swarmed in by Wallace's army. Gaius turned to speak to Marie, but saw that she was not in her seat. Gaius spotted her running off to the exit, after Gabriel as she recognized his voice.

"Captain, follow me!" he said as they raced after her. Meanwhile Gabriel had discarded his black armor to reveal his Brotherhood set he had underneath. It was a game of cat and mouse as Gabriel was going after Hayato, Marie was going after him with Gaius and Schneider tailing her. Marie made it just in time to see Gabriel disappear into the main palace as the gates shut down on the entrances. Gaius and Schneider caught up as she was looking for a way inside.

"Why'd you run off like that?" Schneider asked as the duo of males looked back to see the fights and fires going on as the city was being swarmed. They turned back to see Marie climbing up the palace walls, using any small indents and more to help herself get in (like Assassin's Creed style parkour).

"Where did Gabriel say he and Marie were from again?" Gaius asked as he was surprised by how quick she was moving.

"You got me on that, we need a way in as well." Schneider said as they spotted a fresh stock of explosive powder and looked to the gates.

(With Gabriel)

The Belmont had raced after his prey, not letting the old, plump man get away as he must have realized why Gabriel was going after him. He eventually made it to a long corridor as he scanned for the man, blade ready in his hand. That's when he sensed a powerful presence behind him and looked to see the 'attendant', Indra.

"You certainly are quite the interesting fellow, mortal." The Otsutsuki turned deity spoke as he smirked to Gabriel.

"Why are you here, don't you have other souls to torment?" Gabriel asked as his grip on his sword and shield tightened. Indra chuckled as Hayato came up behind Gabriel and stabbed him in the back with a hidden dagger before running off scared. Gabriel growled as he collapsed to his knees.

"On the contrary, I'm here for your soul, but I'll get it soon enough." Indra said as his human visage changed to his reaper form before he vanished in a purple gout of flame. Gabriel got back up as he followed where Hayato ran off, dealing with his personal guards that tried to stop him and receiving some grievous injuries in the process. He cornered Hayato to a balcony that was over his throne and a giant statue of himself that was crying blood. Gabriel, despite his pain, threw down his weapons and charged and tackled the man as they both flew off the balcony, Hayato ended up being impaled on his statue's raised sword as Gabriel fell to the floor below.

(With Marie)

She had made it inside from a viewport as she heard noise coming from the central chamber and went there. What she found sent her into a panic.

"GABRIEL!" she cried out as she hopped down to the floor and ran over to her husband as she looked over his wounds and tried to stem the blood. Gaius and Schneider managed to make it in as they blasted a hole through the gates and sealed the heavy doors shut to keep out the invaders. The duo raced over as they glanced to the corpse impaled on the statue.

"Your Light Medallion, please!" Marie pleaded as her hands were covered in Gabriel's blood. Schneider unclipped the medallion from his belt and handed it over as the doors were being banged on.

"Damn, Gaius, help me barricade the doors!" Schneider said as the duo began blocking off the doors with things as Marie was trying to save her husband. She had little to no magic at all following her transformation by Unohana's hands, but she was not going to let Naruto pass away on her watch, not again.

"You are not leaving me alone, stay with me, Gabriel." Marie pleaded as she held the medallion in her hands as a slow mist of magic emerged from them and went over his wounds. While it took some time, the magic managed to heal up his wounds to a degree, taking him out of death's door and leaving him a recuperating state. Marie smiled softly as she looked down over Gabriel, who was sleeping peacefully. She then passed out as she lay next to him, from shock/surprise at seeing him in this condition, elated that he was alive and using the little magic she had, putting a strain on her. Gaius and Schneider collected the two as they ran off through a secret tunnel behind the throne.

(Later)

Gabriel awoke as he sat up, he realized he was inside a carriage and that his armor was off, exposing the bandages that were wrapped over his torso. He noticed that someone was lying next to him and saw that it was his wife, sleeping peacefully.

"You put quite the scare on us back there, Master Belmont." Gabriel turned to see Gaius sitting next to him with a smile.

"You might want to tell us ahead of time that you're going to deal with traitorous scum like Hayato and his sons." Gaius said as Gabriel nodded and laid back down as his wife cuddled to him. They soon arrived back to their home as Marie and Gabriel awoke, she thanked the two for their help and wished them good day before promptly grabbing her husband by the ear, and pulling him along into the house as she was not in a good mood. Gaius and Schneider just wished the two a good day as they both knew that an angry Marie was a dangerous Marie as they wisely left the premise. Gabriel didn't really say much as he let Marie take him into their home and pushed him to the bed. What he thought was going to be a severe tongue lashing turned out to be a strange case of angry sex as Marie would hit him, leave scratches with her nails and bite, pretty hard too. Eventually they calmed down and lay there as it was night.

"That was…. Interesting…" Gabriel said as the sheets were over their lower forms. Marie was lying next to him, her arms hugging him as her body was against his, her hair undone from the style she had it in. Gabriel then noticed light sobbing and something warm and wet on his shoulder. He looked to see that Marie was crying, her eyes shut as tears went down her beautiful face.

"What's wrong?" he asked as he sat up in worry. Marie sat up as she held the sheets to her chest.

"It's nothing…" she said in a quiet tone as Gabriel was confused by this.

"Ahri, you can tell me…" Gabriel said, using her real name as she sniffed and wiped her tears.

"…I'm scared…" she finally said as she looked to him.

"Scared, about what?" Gabriel asked.

"You…" she answered as this threw him in for a loop.

"Me?" he asked as Marie held the sheets closer.

"Yes, I'm scared about us." She answered as Gabriel wanted to know why. He was about to ask why when Marie answered.

"I'm scared of losing you. We've both lost so much to the point that I'm terrified of being alone. I've never felt this vulnerable since the time you died by my hands, I'm scared of what might happen to us!" Marie cried as Gabriel brought her to him as he hugged her. They eventually fell asleep as Marie clung to her husband like a life-line, afraid that he would go and never return. They continued their quiet life in peace, spending every night in each other's arms, making love or just being content in sleep. In other news, Schneider and the rest of the squad were called by the Brotherhood Elders to do a mission to investigate the infamous Bernhard Castle as a recent scouting party that was nearby lost contact, Gaius and Gabriel never knew that this was the last time they would see their Captain or the rest of their squad. A year in their new lives (one year before his destined quest). Gabriel was called to hunt down and capture a fiend known as the Daemon Lord, who emerged from a portal that connected to the Shadow Plane. The night before he would set out on his mission, Gabriel spent the night with Marie, granted they didn't get much sleep, it didn't matter to them.

Gabriel set out the following morning on his mission as he said his goodbye to his wife, as Marie watched him leave, she placed her hand over her womb. The wife of Gabriel looked down with a sense of hope that they could live a peaceful and wonderful life after everything that happened prior to these times. Gabriel would take the majority of a year to track the beast down, as it was never staying in the same place. He eventually managed to trace it back to the opened gateway to the Shadow Plane and confronted it with his weapon of choice, The Combat Cross, a weapon said to have been forged by a Holy Relic of the Brotherhood and the first of its kind. Granted he received a serious injury during the scuffle, Gabriel had managed to seal the beast away in a magical device and soon left for back home, one hand on his wound and the other holding the imprisoned Daemon Lord.

(An unlikely friend)

As he was walking back, he was attacked by a Shadow Stalker that managed to hide away and wait for the right moment. Gabriel, who was still wounded and lost a decent amount of blood, was knocked down as the demon was about to devour his head. Suddenly a bolt tore into the creature's back and two more impacted its head.

The creature, now dead, fell atop Gabriel as he pushed it off and looked to see who save him. It was an Uruk, which was surprising as he believed they were extinct from the Brotherhood purges long in the past, at least from what he read. Said Uruk wore bone armor and leather as he carried a crossbow fashioned from wood, bone and metal. The Uruk put away his crossbow and went over to help Gabriel up and spoke.

"Save your hide there, didn't I? The name's Ratbag, proud Uruk hunter, unfortunately, the last of my kind." Ratbag introduced himself as he dusted Gabriel off.

"Thank you…" Gabriel said as he nodded to Ratbag. Ratbag smiled and shook Gabriel's hand as he replied.

"I owe you thanks, you inadvertently saved my life when you confronted the Daemon Lord and those little buggers of his. I was actually out on a hunting trip when I was attacked by them, they would have gotten me too if you didn't show up." Ratbag explained as he noted the injury Gabriel had and reached for his pouch.

"Hang on there, I got just the thing to patch you up." Ratbag said as he brought out a small vial filled with a greenish-yellow liquid. Ratbag handed it to Gabriel and commented.

"Granted the stuff taste like horrid food, this will heal you up from any sort of wound, granted you're still alive. My wife knows how to make the stuff as this particular potion was lost to the ages." Ratbag said as Gabriel took the vial and popped off the stopper, he experimentally sniffed the contents and was overwhelmed by the scent of rotting… something. He gave a glance to Ratbag before he downed the contents, while it was revolting to his taste buds, he's stomached all sorts of unique things during his life. Gabriel handed the vial back to Ratbag as he felt his wound heal up, leaving a faint scar where the Daemon Lord impaled him.

"Thank you, Ratbag…" Gabriel said as he touched the area to make sure everything was good. Gabriel extended his hand out as Ratbag shook it.

"You're welcome…?" Ratbag said as he didn't get his name.

"Gabriel Belmont." Gabriel replied.

"You're welcome, Mr. Belmont. Now if you'll excuse me I have my work to finish before I head back home. I'll probably be seeing you around, maybe…" Ratbag said before he walked off as he waved to Gabriel, who continued his long journey home. (Ratbag will appear later on)

The memories switch over to Marie and back a bit as she was pregnant, the revelation that she would be a mother was wonderful to her as she couldn't wait to tell her husband. Marie thought back to when she told him she wanted to start a family with him. Those were wonderful times that they had, back when they had a wonderful life and a bigger family. Now, it was just to both of them in their new home, in a land that seemed more dangerous and foreign than back home. Marie shook her head to push back those thoughts as she made her way to the library on some books on handling pregnancy. Over the course of the pregnancy, Marie made sure that she was doing well along with the child, she had it all planned out how to share the happy news with her husband. She had also went in for checkups to make sure nothing was wrong either. She also wanted Gabriel to return as she's been sending out letters to him, but has not gotten any back. The pregnancy soon changed to labor as she felt her water break during her checkup and people were helping her out as she delivered the child.

"Come on, Marie. I can see the head!" the nurse said as she was helping Marie.

"Stop talking and help me or I'll shove those tools of yours where the sun doesn't shine!" Marie said as she was panting heavily. While she has known many pains through her life, nothing prepared her for this. Marie let out a cry as she pushed as they said to. Eventually they succeeded as the sound of a newborn's cries filled the room.

"Congratulations, it's a boy." The nurse said as they cut the umbilical cord, removed the placenta from her, cleaned infant off, wrapped him in a blanket and handed him to Marie as she was silent and she took her son into her arms with a motherly expression.

"My little Trevor…" she said softly as she was going through names about seven months into the pregnancy, she wanted something simple sounding, but could also be considered noble. The nurses let Marie be with her newborn son as she cradled him affectionately, one of them answered the door when they heard knocking and opened it to see the Brotherhood Elders, along with Pan. The Elders and Pan walked in as they made their way to the room where Marie was in, solemn expressions on their faces.

"Ma'am, you have visitors." The head nurse said as Marie looked to see the Elders and Pan, who she thought felt familiar.

"What is it? Is he alright?" Marie asked as she feared for her husband as she's never really received a visit from her husband's commanders.

"Gabriel is fine, for now. But we fear that there are greater forces at work." Cardinal Volpe said as he motioned to Pan.

"What do you mean?" Marie asked as she was not liking to tone of Volpe's voice, she hoped that he didn't mean that anything bad would happen to their little family, not when they have suffered and lost so much. Pan brought out an intricate necklace that he handed over to Marie as she took it.

"Look into the Mirror and you will see. What you find, must not be told to anyone, even Gabriel." Volpe said as Marie looked into mirror shard hanging off the necklace, her eyes transfixed on the shining surface as she could feel an ancient power coming off it. The world around her darkened as she felt like she was brought to another world as she looked into the mirror. The next thing she knew was that she was in the burning ruins of a major city that was around the size of Isengard. Her sense of hearing was assaulted by the sound of fire, death and destruction. She looked around and noted a multitude of corpses as she began walking in a direction. Marie felt a sense of dread in the air, something dark, terrible and powerful, whatever it was. It chilled her to the core, even more so then with Madara. She passed many bodies of people, ranging from infants no older than her child Trevor to the elderly, unable to escape their deaths. Marie had a gut feeling that whatever happened here, whatever monster caused this was not of this realm. She eventually came across a lone figure who was standing with their back turned to her, watching the blazing inferno go on. Said figure wore a red cloak with golden details, their hair was a very dark shade of brown. Marie noticed that their hands were ash pale and the nails were grown out into sharp claws. For some reason, she felt that she knew this person.

"W-who are you?" Marie asked, her voice was louder than the raging fire that consumed the city. The figure let out a dark chuckle and replied.

"Isn't this beautiful…" he said as Marie recognized the voice.

'No…' she thought as she looked to the figure with surprise, shock and heartbreak as she connected the dots. The figure decided to turn to face her as Marie was slowly being overtaken by shock, denial, guilt and other emotions as she so desperately wanted to deny what she was seeing. She had a full frontal view of the person before her, his torso and face splashed with blood over his ashen pale skin, his demonic red eyes bored into hers as he had a predatory smirk on his face. Marie blinked as she found herself back in her home with the Brotherhood Elders and Pan there. She gave one last glance to the mirror shard as a pair of demonic red eyes looked back before fading away, a dark laughter echoed in the back of her head. She handed the necklace back to Pan as he held it over Trevor, who was sleeping peacefully in his crib.

"You have seen it, Marie. The mirror has shown you Gabriel's fate, you must protect the child from his father. Trevor and his lineage will be the only ones capable of facing him in the future, your son's survival is the only hope for humanity." Volpe said as each word was a crushing blow to the life she had envisioned with her husband and newborn son. As much as she wanted this to be nothing but a horrible dream, she knew deep down that this was too real to be an illusion. Her precious husband was going to fall into darkness and rise again as something monstrous, terrifying and evil. And her son, their child, was going to face him in the future.

"We will come for him at nightfall." Volpe said as they left, Marie knew that this was not a request, they would come back to take away her little bundle of joy. And there was nothing she could do to stop them. Everything was coming into place as she was realizing just what was in store for her husband. The memory of long ago and what was shown to her was all starting to make sense. Her husband was the one for the prophecy, the one her mother was so adamantly against, the one that she was threatened by a powerful individual as she overheard the conversation. Marie glanced to her son and knew that he would be combating his father, family shouldn't fight one another, especially to the death. Marie's heart shattered into a million pieces as she cried into her hands. Why did they have to suffer like this? What did she do wrong that warranted in having her family, one she loved so dearly and desired with the love of her life, to be forced into a blood feud against each other for all eternity? Marie continued to cry as she didn't want this to happen, she wanted to warn Gabriel, to tell him of what would happen, but she knew that Fate was an impossible opponent to combat.

(Later)

Marie had managed to calm down her tears as it was sunset. She had taken Trevor out of his crib as the infant was hungry, so she breastfed him. Marie knew that this would be the last time she saw her child and wanted to make the most of it. Eventually Trevor finished and looked up to her with his innocent blue eyes, blue eyes filled with such innocence and curiosity that they reminded her of her husband's, so long ago back when things were different and they had everything. Now, now his eyes were jaded and filled with silent pain, she wanted to know what had happened between the time they were separated and reunited. What had caused him to change? Marie rid herself of those thoughts as she spoke to her son as she saw he was still awake and looking at her.

"My sweet little boy, you are going to grow up to be a handsome and powerful person, just like your father. But I won't be there to watch you grow and neither will he, I know that you won't remember this but I want you to know. You are the most wonderful gift to our lives to happen, and I'm going to miss you so much. I want you to understand that I will continue to love the both of you no matter what happens." Marie began as she was starting to cry.

"I don't want this to happen. But I can't do anything to prevent fate from playing its hand. I don't want to two of you to fight as it would break my heart. I am not sure what changed your father during our time apart, but I was afraid to ask. So I am begging you to please reach out to him, don't live as mortal enemies hell-bent on ending one another. Your father is a good man no matter how hard the tries to hide it. I wish for you to connect to him, try and break through to him, be the family that we are meant to be. Can you do that for mommy, Trevor?" Marie asked as the baby looked to her with those innocent eyes of his, wondering why she was crying lightly. Marie held Trevor closer to her as she began to sing the lullaby that her mother sang to her long ago that helped her sleep, and she used when her husband was suffering from his nightmares in the past. Nightfall came as Elder's returned for Trevor, who was fast asleep as they took him from Marie and told her everything was going to be alright and to not inform Gabriel. It wasn't going to be 'alright', not one bit.

(Back with Gabriel)

The Belmont had finally managed to make it back, it took him about a month to get back, to the general vicinity of the town where he lived. He delivered the device that held the Daemon Lord and noticed that Elder Volpe, who was in town from the capital (which was far away), was oddly… detached from his usual kind self. Gabriel didn't make much of it as he gave his report and left for home. He came home to Marie waiting for him as she embraced him and they had dinner. Gabriel noticed that Marie was more… reserved, which made him curious as he asked about it, only for Marie to tell him she was alright as they soon retreated to bed as she snuggled to him, silent tears gracing her face as she hid them from him. The next day was normal as Gabriel was running an errand and Marie was having some tea, they both did not know that tragedy to soon come.

(With Gabriel)

The Brotherhood knight was making his way back to his home as he had a thoughtful look on his face.

'I will tell her, of everything. She deserves to know the truth.' Gabriel thought to himself as he planned on telling his wife of what happened during their separation, the things that had occurred and what he did. It was time to reveal why he was so 'different' compared to when they were in the past. She had all rights to know and he would be there to tell her. He was just outside of the front yard of their home when a voice called out.

"Excuse me kind sir, could you please help me with something?" the voice asked, male by the tone. Gabriel turned to answer when his vision went dark. The memories shifted to show the following scene of Gabriel in front of a grave, his face set into a depression as tears dropped to the soil underneath him. The Grave stone was marked as it read,

Marie Belmont

A loving wife and a good friend

?-1047

(Zobek's narration goes on during the memories of Gabriel quest for the mask and end where they do, same with the DLC and Gabriel's narration).

Gabriel was soon sent on a quest to find the old god Pan in hopes that he knew of a way to help save the world, as the heavens were cut off from the earthly plane and the Lords of Shadow were now taking an active role in driving mankind to extinction. The Lords of Shadow were in possession of an artifact called the God Mask, a relic of divine power that could help save the world, though Gabriel was hoping to acquire it for another reason, to bring back his beloved wife. Gabriel's journey took him into the dark territory of Europe as he made contact with Pan and the soul of his deceased wife, who was said to have died by one of the supernatural creatures of the land. He also met a supposed ally of the Brotherhood named Zobek, who saved him from a Titan and informed him of what the mask was capable of. Gabriel also met a strange duo that consisted of a mute young woman named Claudia and her protector, the Black Knight as they joined him, only for her to die shortly later at his hands (much to his shock & horror) and forced to destroy the Black Knight in self-defense, which granted him the Dark Gauntlet.

Gabriel ventured further into the Land of the Lycans as he soon met Cornell, the first Lord of Shadow and King of the Lycans, who revealed that the Lords of Shadow were the remnants of the Founder of the Brotherhood Gabriel was part of as this had him begin to lose faith in the order (and another change inside him) as the two began their fight. Gabriel emerged victorious as he killed the Lycan King with his own broken hammer and gained the Cyclone Boots along with Cornell's fragment of the God Mask. Next was the territory of the Vampires as Zobek had gone ahead, meeting up in the graveyard of Wygol Village. They quickly dealt with the threats as Gabriel took the Holy Water Dorin had hoarded for himself. Gabriel made his way into the Vampire Castle as he had dealt with Brauner, saving the villagers who referred to him as 'God's Savior' and his weapon as 'Vampire Killer'. He met the daughter of the Second Lord of Shadow, a young vampire by the name of Jasmine as he made his way through the castle.

Gabriel eventually came to meet Carmilla after he finished off Olrox, the brother of Brauner. While she attempted to sway him and even said he 'would be one of them', Gabriel was not deterred as they did battle and eventually killed her, gaining the second mask fragment and her Seraph Shoulders. Gabriel expressed his growing ire for the Brotherhood to Pan as he questioned why they had to pay for the mistakes of the Founders. The Belmont then ventured to the Land of the Necromancers, the quest taking its toll on him along with those he had killed (Claudia and Pan). After Gabriel had defeated the Dracolith and the head Necromancer along with assembling the God Mask, was when Zobek revealed he was the final Lord of Shadow. Zobek went on about how he desired the power of the Mask and how the other two Lords were fools for not combining their powers. He revealed that Gabriel's entire journey was engineered so he could get his hands on the mask as Gabriel was more or less pissed and wanted nothing more than to end Zobek when the Lord of the Necromancers revealed the shocker, it was Gabriel who murdered his wife (with Zobek controlling him with the Devil Mask). Zobek then killed Gabriel before the latter could attack him in grief/rage and laughed as he retrieved the mask. That's when a dark voice spoke to Zobek and revealed that he too was a pawn and soon incinerated the Lord of the Dead as Satan revealed himself to be the true mastermind behind it all. In Limbo, Marie had convinced the other souls to bring her husband back or they would all suffer at Satan's hand as they did so.

Satan tried to convince Gabriel to join his side, but was shot down as Gabriel rebuked that it was Satan's pride and lust for power was why he was cast out. Satan was angry at this remark as he put on the mask and the two battled it out in a fierce duel. Satan was bested despite his power and sent back to Hell by Gabriel, as he fell to his knees the spell that separated the heavens from earth was undone as the souls began to leave for paradise. Marie spent her last moments with him and revealed what that the Mask could only see through God's eyes, not bring back the dead as he hoped. She departed for heaven with the mask as Gabriel fell to his knees crying over his beloved.

Gabriel was soon contacted by Jasmine as she requested him to come to the Bernhard castle. There he learned from her that in killing the Lords of Shadow, he had unleashed a new threat; The Forgotten One. An incredibly powerful demon who they had imprisoned within the castle by the founders long ago. If given the chance to break out of its prison, the Forgotten One would have the world burn. Not wanting to deal with the fact that he would doom mankind if this occurred, the duo set out to find the Brotherhood Fortress and stop the demon from making its return. They eventually managed to open the gate leading to the prison as Jasmine told him he couldn't go in, as only dark beings could enter. Jasmine told Gabriel to consume all of her blood as it was the only way he could survive in there. He reluctantly did so as Jasmine died and he became a creature of the night, a quick x-ray scene showed Jasmine's vampire blood merging with his, instead of replacing it like everyone believed, as he then entered the prison.

Gabriel searched for the demon as he showed signs of darkness; renouncing his humanity, hunger for violence and partial insanity. He soon confronted the demon as it was using the lion's share of its powers to open a portal. The fight was brutal as they came to a draw. The Forgotten One re-claimed its power and ventured further on its way as Gabriel pursued the demon, vowing to make the demon beg for its life before him. The Belmont made it to the Underworld as he fought the creature a second time, this battle being more destructive and viscous than the previous one as the portal back to the mortal realm was opened. The Forgotten One mocked Gabriel and decided to let him live to witness his failures as it went to reclaim its powers. The demon was both surprised and furious when Gabriel jumped in the way and took the power for himself as he turned to the ancient demon as the Forgotten One pleaded for mercy, only to be promptly cleaved in two as it was destroyed by Gabriel. Just before he left, Gabriel destroyed the Vampire Killer and left the remains of the powerful weapon in the Underworld as he left for the mortal realm.

The scene then shifted to show Gabriel in the place that would be known as the Forbidden Wing, the human turned vampire was not looking his best. Gabriel had dark bags under his eyes as he also was exhausted, from everything (he also sported a thick goatee as well). Gabriel was still wearing his Brotherhood armor as he collapsed to his knees, his mind was a wreck as many memories of his life were all coming back. Gabriel just brought out a silver dagger from the holster on his waist and slit his hand open as he let the blood pool on the floor. Gabriel had been going around this place and writing messages in his own blood, his mind not in the right place as it was as if he was operating on auto-pilot. He wrote down his wife's name as he then collapsed to the side, the shadows closing in on his form as he was more or less, broken.

"We will take care of you, my Prince." A disembodied voice said that sounded familiar to the Forgotten One.

(Later on)

It was night as people were screaming and running in fear as a horde of monsters were assaulting their town, and the one commanding the supernatural was Gabriel himself, or as he was soon known as Dracula, his new attire was a mix of Brotherhood armor and a touch of class/style/flair as his demonic red eyes watched on as his minions were tearing apart their prey. Dracula lifted the Brotherhood knight he had in his grip and bit down on their neck, his fangs piercing through the chainmail and getting to the delicious blood inside the human. Dracula dropped the drained corpse as he joined in the fray, cutting down the remaining Brotherhood Knights with his Shadow Whip, a dark smirk on his goateed pale face. Gabriel had embraced his destiny as Dracula with relish as he began a war on the Brotherhood, rallying all creatures of the night under his banner and establishing himself as the Prince of Darkness as he made Carmilla's castle his own fortress.

The Brotherhood of Light sought to kill Dracula, as he was partially a threat of their own creation. No one was successful in slaying Dracula as they sent many knight to the castle, all of them failed. In short, the Brotherhood was fighting a war they couldn't win, growing desperate as time moved on and Dracula had his legions expand their territory.

(15 years after the fall of the Lords of Shadow)

(The battle of brothers)

Gaius had made his way to the castle grounds as it was close to sunset. He had all his gear and equipment stocked and ready. He went against Brotherhood orders to stay away from the castle as he had one goal in mind. To put an end to his close friend's pain, Gaius knew of Gabriel's quest and was aware that he was broken, more or less. It was hard news to take in that all of his friends, those he had cared for and would gladly risk life and limb (Gabriel, Marie and Schneider) were dead (Marie and Schneider) or became this utter monster who was the biggest threat to mankind (Gabriel). Gaius did not care for the Brotherhood as he knew that they used his close friend, while saving the world was great, they simply wrote him off as dead and the vast majority saw him as another nameless knight.

"Hang on friend, I am coming." Gaius muttered as he slipped on his helmet (Gaius's armor is the Dark Souls 2 poster armor). He wasn't doing this for personal glory or wanting to be remembered as a hero, but to save his friend from this dark path he walked. The friend of Gabriel ventured forth as he walked into the castle establishment, cutting down and using all of his training and skills to hold his own against the many fiends that came for him. He eventually made it through the many terrors and obstacles in his way as he stood in front of the doors to the chamber of the Mirror of Fate, the Vampire Knights that stood guard were mere corpses as he dealt with them. Earlier he had found Schneider's body and gave his mentor a proper burial, knowing that he had died sometime before Gabriel ventured in here and resurfaced as Dracula. Gaius made his way into the room as the doors shut behind him, and looked to see his old friend standing there with an angry look on his face.

"Did they send you here Gaius?" Dracula asked with a peeved tone as Gaius shook his head.

"No, I came here against their orders to stay away." Gaius said as Dracula noted that Gaius had Schneider's crossbow with him, along with all his equipment and weapons.

"Then why are you here? Surely you have not slaughtered your way through my legions and traveled through my home just to have a little chat with me." Dracula said as Gaius responded.

"I'm here on my own accord, to save you from this path you walk upon." Gaius said as his hand reached for his sword on his waist. Dracula narrowed his eyes and her growled out.

"So you have come to fight me? While I commemorate you for your tenacity, this is not a battle you can win Gaius. I have my reasons for what I am doing, surely you can understand." Dracula said as his right hand had pale blue energy flowing off it.

"True, I may not know much of your past except from the tidbits you have shared, but I cannot let you continue down this path, Gabriel. You have become this monster and stand against everything you once stood for. I'm not doing this for glory or to be remembered as a hero, but for us." Gaius said as he drew his sword, Dracula thought back to the short, but good times he had with Marie, Schneider and Gaius during his service to the Brotherhood. He dismissed those thoughts and summoned out the Void Sword, which he had created recently. The sword reflected the cold void in his heart after everything he had witnessed and done. Dracula pointed the weapon to Gaius and spoke.

"If it is a fight you desire, than it is a fight I will give you, but know that you cannot possibly win this. As for me being a monster, I've been one from the very start, I just didn't accept it until now following my transformation." Dracula said as the two engaged in their duel. They clashed swords as Gaius struggled against his friend's superior strength and speed, which was enhanced by Dracula's vampire abilities. He relied in instincts as Dracula was simply too fast and powerful for him to combat with method. Dracula dispelled his sword and grabbed Gaius by his front before they disappeared in a teleport. The duo appeared in the castle graveyard as Dracula threw Gaius into a tombstone, shattering it as he got back up.

"Tell me Gaius, why are you really here? And don't lie to me, I can sense your emotions…" Dracula said as it was snowing. Gaius grunted as he simply brought out his flintlock and took aim, Dracula appeared before him and grabbed the gun as he held it in a firm grip. Before Gaius could respond, Dracula's hands and arms up to his elbows were engulfed in Hellfire as they began to melt Gaius's gun as he fired off the shot before he had to drop the pistol as it was reduced to molten metal and ashes. Dracula's head snapped back and he looked back to Gaius, revealing that he caught the ball/bullet in between his teeth and spat it out to the side. Gaius was punched in the gut by Dracula as he flew back and crashed through a frozen tree (its winter), landing in a heap.

"You're going to have to beat the answer out of me…Gabriel." Gaius said as he took off his helmet and threw it to the side, his blue/green eyes glaring into Dracula's demonic red. Dracula just let out a short sigh as he brought out his Shadow Whip and wrapped it around Gaius's ankle, with a pull he began dragging the man around and whirling him like he was a flail end of a weapon. Dracula grew tired of playing around and brought Gaius to him as he stomped down on Gaius's chest.

"How about now?" He asked as Gaius coughed weakly as his form was battered and bruised. He brought out a Dark Crystal and crushed it as the demon inside was released and attacked Dracula. While Dracula was blown back and contended to the demon, Gaius got up and pulled out a short dagger he had and moved to Dracula with a heavy limp. Dracula had finished tearing through the Dark Crystal Demon apart as he caught Gaius's weapon hand with his left at the wrist and summoned the Void Sword as it impaled Gaius through the gut and out the back. Gaius hacked up blood as he could feel the icy cold power emanate from the weapon, Dracula pulled the sword free as Gaius collapsed to his knees and the vampire kneeled down to speak with him.

"You wanted to die by my hands, didn't you?" he asked as Gaius placed a hand over his wound, but he knew this would do nothing. The younger man nodded as Dracula sat him up against a tombstone.

"Yes, call me an idiot for doing so, but I wanted peace for what we did…" Gaius said.

"The Brotherhood of Light is not as pure as they claim." Dracula said as Gaius nodded.

"The actions we all were convinced to do, the things they said would lead us to eternal paradise, they were all lies." Gaius said as he coughed up some more blood.

"We were nothing but glorified strong arms, enforcing the rule of the Brotherhood. Wiping out opposition that was in any form." Dracula replied as he thought back to some of their missions.

(Flashback)

The squad was helping another as they had finished quelling a hostile uprising that occurred in a far-away town as it was raining heavily in the afternoon and the clouds were stormy. The remnants and villagers who surrendered were all held captive in the village square as they feared for their lives. The leader of the two joined squads, who was a rank above Schneider and thus commanded him as well, was watching over them with disdain on his face.

"For crimes of harboring these vile scum and aligning yourselves with them, you are all to be sentenced to death." He said as he was one of the more 'fanatical' members of the Brotherhood. He then looked to Schneider's squadron and spoke.

"You and your men are to carry out their executions. Their souls will not earn rest as they believed in the Pagan gods." He said as this put Schneider and his men in a tight spot as none of them wanted to do so, except Dynasty as he would do anything to further his gain. But they couldn't defy orders as they begrudgingly moved for the prisoners as the prisoners were pleading to live.

"No…" Gaius said as he would not take part in this, or take orders from a man who wanted to kill innocents just to set an example.

"Excuse me, boy? Am I hearing insubordination?" the leader asked as Gaius stood his ground.

"I won't kill them, who cares if they believe in different gods. This is not how the Brotherhood operates!" Gaius said as the man snarled, he shoved Gaius to the side and brought out his weapon.

"Fine then, I'll just cut the heathen's down my-" he started as he raised the weapon over a mother and her child's heads, ready to bring it down on them.

BOOM

Everyone was startled by the loud noise as the man felt pain, he looked down and noticed he had a hole in his armor, right over his heart, blood was seeping through. He along with everyone else looked to see that it was Gabriel who fired as he held Gaius's flintlock in his hand, smoke emerging from the barrel. Gaius looked to his waist as he noted that Gabriel had took his weapon without him noticing.

"You… Bastard…" the man gurgled before he collapsed and died on the ground, Gabriel tossed the flintlock pistol back to Gaius as he looked to the other squad.

"We are not here to butcher the innocent like pigs for the slaughter. They will be released and not bothered anymore. Do I make myself clear?" Gabriel asked in an icy tone as one brotherhood knight decided to grow a pair and attack Gabriel, only to be disarmed and his life snuffed out with his very own weapon by Gabriel's hands. The other squad did as told and cut the binding on the prisoners as they left.

"You do realize that they will report this to the Elders that you just murdered two of our own men." Schneider said as he wasn't bothered by the fact that Gabriel killed his own comrade, even if they were a bit… loose.

"I know they will, and personally, I don't give a damn." Gabriel responded as their squad headed home.

(Flashback End)

"You don't have to end yourself at my hands, Gaius. I don't need to knowledge that I killed another that was a close friend." Dracula said as Gaius smiled.

"Sure I don't. If I did have another show and capable of making my own choices, I would side with you. Not to help you in your war against the Brotherhood, but to sniff out and destroy Satan's scouting parties. While you sent him back to Hell, he'll still try to come back. The Brotherhood is becoming more corrupt and intolerant with each passing day, executing those of different faith, forcing children to join their ranks, all to throw more people at you in hopes to bring you down. They are growing desperate as you continue to best them." Gaius said. Dracula placed his hand over Gaius's wound and focused his Void magic to freeze over the wound and picked Gaius up as he had Gaius's left arm over his shoulders and helping him back into the castle.

"Where are you taking me?" Gaius asked as his vision was getting hazy. Dracula just gave a chuckle and replied.

"I'm going to hold you up to that, Gaius. While you'll be under my command, I won't force you do anything you wouldn't like, you are free to follow your own morals." Dracula said as Gaius smiled at this. Gaius was soon healed up and forged a new set of armor and weapons to fit him as he was turned into a pseudo-undead. He took the mantle of the Black Wolf as he commissioned the creation of his Wolf Sentinel unit to help him in his hunts. Dracula soon received a visit from a familiar face as he was enjoying the night and having a drink.

(Ratbag returns)

The Vampire Lord was currently out on the balcony that was high above the castle courtyard, watching the moon as he had a goblet filled with blood in his hand. One of his vampire servants then appeared before him, kneeling as they spoke up.

"My Prince, there is an Uruk out before the front gates wanting to speak with you, he claims to know you. Should we dispose of the filth?" the vampire knight asked as Gabriel replied.

"No, I happen to know this individual, return to your post." Dracula said as the vampire did as told.

'This is interesting, never would have thought Ratbag would come to my domain.' Dracula thought as he burst into mist as he teleported to the front gates.

"Mr. Belmont, what a surprise to see you alive and well again!" Ratbag greeted happily, one hard stare from Dracula told him to not inform the vampire by his former name as Ratbag apologized.

"It is a surprise to see you as well Ratbag, what brings you to my humble home?" Dracula asked as Ratbag smiled and replied as Dracula noticed the creatures that were with Ratbag. One of the large ones had a pack on its back.

"Straight to the point, I like that. Anyway, we were wondering if you could let us make residence in your fine establishment as I caught wind that you were still kicking and fought on our side now." Ratbag said as Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"We?" he asked as Ratbag face-palmed.

"I almost forgot, I want you to meet my loving wife, the one who made that stuff you took a while back when I saved your life. Cia, come meet the person I told you about!" Ratbag called out as a figure hopped off the large creature with the pack and landed next to her husband. This woman was completely different from Ratbag as Dracula observed her with curiosity. She was beautiful as her dark skin fit perfectly with her snow-white hair. She wore a type of armored two piece bikini along with tight cloth on her arms and legs and wielded a staff with a red gem atop it. In a way, she seemed to fit perfectly with Ratbag despite their differences. (Cia is a Dark Elf Beastmaster, like the one from Dragon's Crown on the treasure art).

"Greetings, you have my thanks for saving my husband years ago." She replied, her voice soft and gentle.

"It was nothing really, he repaid the favor soon after." Dracula said.

"I am Cia, Dark Elf Beastmaster and the last of my kind, Ratbag is my loving husband. We had heard that your castle was a home for many of the various races that were hunted by man took refuge and served under you." Cia said as Dracula nodded.

"That is correct, as my doors are open to those who wish to be free of the torment and pain that the Brotherhood caused. You two can make your home here if you desire." Dracula said as Ratbag and Cia bowed in thanks.

"As a gesture of our thanks, we would like to present you with two pets to own. A Dire Caragor and a Caragath." Ratbag said as Cia whistled a low tune as the mentioned creatures came forward as they lowered their heads to Dracula. Ratbag and Cia thanked him as they entered the castle grounds with their Graugs, Ghuls and other Caragors as Dracula watched them go. Dracula continued his war against the Brotherhood and sending out his legions to annihilate towns, cities and villages, sometimes joining in as he made it a personal goal of his to wipe out Brotherhood encampments, forts and buildings (essentially telling the Brotherhood that they were failing horribly to keep their people safe). Soon Dracula would receive a very special guest that ventured into his home, intent on 'speaking' with him.

(Events of Mirror of Fate, 25 years after the fall of the Lords of Shadow)

(Father and Son)

Dracula was simply waiting in the chamber of the Mirror of Fate as he knew that a young man had ventured into his domain and tore his way through his ranks, making it further to him. The Vampire Lord smirked as he burst into mist as he could hear the boots of the warrior outside the chamber making his way up the steps. The young man, garbed in a green cloak and armor on his arms and legs, wielding a peculiar weapon that intrigued Dracula as he moved about in mist form.

"Come out and face me!" the person said as Dracula showed himself, this human, this warrior of the Brotherhood, interested him greatly. He could tell that he was here on vengeance, hatred and a desire to see him dead rolled off the boy like blood from an open wound. The duo exchanged some small talk as Dracula was amused by the warrior's motivations to face him. The Prince of Darkness found it charming how the young man was here to avenge his mother, must have been another one of his many victims that he didn't care to know, just like how this warrior was going to be added to the list once he had his fun. To the more emotional members of the audience watching the memories, it was heart wrenching when Dracula claimed he did not know the Brotherhood warrior's mother. Ahri felt a stab in her heart as she held herself accountable for all this, no matter who told her that this wasn't her fault.

The Brotherhood Knight and the Prince of Darkness began their fight as Dracula wanted to see how powerful this man was, he certainly could hold his own against his legions and make it up here, so it was going to be a great fight, nothing like a brutal and bloody fight to get him in a fantastic mood. They battled it out as the warrior proved quite skilled as he held his own against the Vampire, Dracula found it strange that this mortal, who he had no knowledge of until recently or desired to do so, fought so… similar to how he did as Gabriel. Must be a new training regime in the Brotherhood as he WAS their best, not that he cared for their praises of his abilities. The fight dragged on as Dracula decided to cut it short, maybe spare him and keep him around as a personal punching bag, something to keep his skills top-notch. The fight took to the skies as Dracula was caught by surprise and sent falling down with the warrior after him. While it looked like the warrior would have the upper-hand, Dracula proved him dead-wrong as he impaled the Brotherhood Knight through the heart with his own Combat Cross. Dracula's good mood and smirk turned into confusion when the dying man, after looking into the Mirror of Fate, spoke about fate, understanding him and how they were opposites. What confused him the most was when the man referred to him as 'father'? Dracula was then pointed to the Mirror of Fate as he noticed it was shimmering, so he went over to see what it wanted to show him. He saw scenes of his beloved wife, who was revealed to have been carrying his child while he was away hunting the Daemon Lord, The child's birth and how the Brotherhood Elder's stole him away. The child's growth into… the man he had just murdered, laying on the floor a few feet away from him! Dracula reacted with outrage, horror and regret as he put the pieces together.

Dracula desperately tried to save his son as painful memories of him murdering his wife were going through his head. Dracula fed him some of his blood in an attempt to save him, but it proved fruitless as his son, the child he knew he never had, lay dead in his arms, murdered by his own father. Dracula had a coffin made as he placed his son inside, in new clothing, before he closed the lid and looked over the coffin with remorse as he held Trevor's Combat Cross. He placed Trevor's armor and weapon in the library as a memorial shrine. Before Dracula would contend with the Brotherhood as he was PISSED that they would send his own son after him, he confronted Gaius on whether he knew of Trevor. Gaius was also unaware of Marie's pregnancy and Trevor as well since he was out on a missions during those times (The Brotherhood wanted to keep the lid on the whole thing). Dracula sent out his Lycans to wipe out the Brotherhood sanctuary where Trevor hailed from along with the village that was aligned with it. Dracula never knew he murdered his daughter-in-law and orphaned his grandson with this action. The Vampire Lord would not hear of his grandson for quite some time, 30 years in fact. It was also revealed that Dracula was the one who put Sypha's soul inside that gem as he was being pestered by her and was gaining a bitch of a migraine.

(Scene)

Dracula was currently trying to read a book as he was in the library, the librarian was away doing some other things. Dracula was enjoying his book when the sound of low buzzing reached his ears, the buzzing also had whispers of some woman's voice as she was nagging him, Sypha's soul was really trying to speak with him about the fate of her husband and son, though he didn't hear that as he just heard nagging and buzzing noises, and it was irritating to no end. It's bad enough he couldn't get a decent sleep with the nightmares that assaulted him. Now he had this soul, who he was curious as to why it wasn't gobbled up by the castle demon, bitching at him about something he knew nothing of. In short he was incredibly cranky.

"You know what, fuck this. I don't know how you manage to stay around without being devoured by the demon that gives my home sentience, but I am not going to deal with this shit anymore!" Dracula snarled as he looked the blue ethereal ball that looked like blue fog. He created a glass orb and trapped the spirit inside as he teleported to a part of the castle. Dracula walked over and placed the orb on the shrine dedicated to the Belnades before walking away.

"Finally…" Dracula muttered as he left the area. As Dracula's minions continued to expand the castle, he had a Throne Room built so he wouldn't have to stick with the Chamber of the Mirror of Fate.

(Dracula's Grandson)

The Vampire Lord had sensed a familiar presence once they entered his domain (he used a spell to erect a magical and invisible sensing barrier that covers the entirety of his Castle, which also acts as a safe place as people cannot look through it and figure out what's going on inside, though his own sensory skills are still top-notch). He also sensed that Alucard had awoken from his 'sleep', while he was surprised at first, he decided to wait and speak with Alucard about joining him, as for the other person. Well, he'll look into that a bit later as he wanted to finish his drink first, Blood and Rum mixed made for an interesting combo. Dracula then listened in on the meeting between Alucard and the individual who had come to his home, Simon Belmont, his grandson. Dracula then teleported away back to his throne room as he planned to lure Simon to his side, he just had to place the Succubus that came to him a short while back in place to ensnare Simon under her charms and smooth sailing from there. So Dracula waited patiently in his throne room as he eventually heard the sound of glass shattering as his grandson made his way into the room. The Prince of Darkness watched with humor as Simon proved resilient to the Succubus's wiles and soon dealt the fatal blow as her illusionary world faded. The Vampire Lord and third-generation Belmont exchanged some 'pleasantries' when Alucard came into the room, this went from a meeting between two family members to a reunion. Father, Son and Grandson were there as Dracula was pleased to see them. Though that smile turned into a frown when Alucard stated he had no desire to join him. Fine then, he'll just kill the both of them and go from there, he already had disdain for the Belmont bloodline as he knew that they were slaves to fate. The two-on-one fight began as Dracula held back his power. Using only his Shadow Whip, Hellfire and teleports/Mist Form against the duo as he still proved to be far stronger than the both of them.

Dracula knocked out Simon as he faced Alucard alone, egging the younger vampire on as Dracula knew his son still desired to kill him. He had to give the two of them credit, they were indeed persistent and inherited his more 'honorable' traits. He then took control of Simon with his magic and forced the grandson to fight his own father as he watched. While he wouldn't admit it, he was proud that Alucard still retained his desire to protect his family, even if they were turned against him. Alucard broke his control over Simon and he entered the fray once more, intent on finishing this. Though that quickly turned against him as they assaulted him with renewed vigor. If Dracula wanted to truly kill them he would have already done so the moment they set foot in the room, but he didn't as he let them deal the fatal blow. His last thought before he burst into ash and red light was;

'I am proud, for the both of you.' The duo then parted ways from the castle as it fell, Alucard retrieving something from the Chamber of the Mirror of Fate before he left. Though this 'peace' for humanity didn't last long after Dracula's fall. His castle was rebuilt and he had returned from the dead, a feat that both surprised and confused him, as he believed he had finally ended his pain.

(Resurrection)

In a chamber deep within the catacombs of the castle. A single coffin was separated from the rest as it read 'The Dragon' on it. The coffin blazed with black/red miasma of power rolling off it as the power faded away and the lid was shoved off as it clattered on the floor. A pale, clawed hand gripped the side as Dracula sat himself up, confusion and surprise evident on his face. He looked down to the spot where Simon staked him and noticed there was no mark or scar of any kind. He pushed those questions of how he came back aside and figured he was truly immortal, unable to be killed. Such an answer made him curious, why did he resurrect, surely he should have stayed dead when he 'died' at their hands. Could it be the power of the Forgotten One that granted him this? Dracula the left the chamber as he decided to not place too much thought on the subject. He had business to get back to as he could feel the castle was back and his legions were waiting for him.

(Dracula's 500 year reign)

(Alright guys, these next memories during Dracula's 500 year reign up until the final Brotherhood assault (The Prologue of Lords of Shadow 2) will be played out as a series of events, one after another. My reason for doing so is because I feel like I'm dragging this out and want to get back to the present, the events (meeting others, fighting opponents and more news for the Prince of Darkness plays out in chronological order (though I'm not going to be super specific on when each event occurs as that will take too much time to do so). First event is the earliest during his undisputed rule and the last event is before the Brotherhood launch their final attack.)

(Paying respects)

Dracula soon heard that Simon had died in battle facing a powerful mage who attacked his family and wanted to at least do something for his deceased grandson, even if their 'relationship' was intense hostility during their brief time together. So he went to the castle gardens and plucked out three roses of three different colors; Black, Yellow and Pink. While those from his past who sort of knew him thought it was 'unbecoming' of the Prince of Darkness to pick out flowers to lay on the grave of the one(s) who killed him. Dracula did still have some humanity still within him, no matter how deep he pushed it down. The roses Dracula had picked represented three things; the black ones represented a farewell as he said his goodbyes to his grandson, the yellow ones meant joy & 'I care' as he still cared for his family deep within his black heart and the pink roses stood for admiration, appreciation and happiness as he was proud of Simon growing up to mirror his father and grandfather. He briefly wonder what his wife and daughter-in-law would think about Simon if they saw him. Dracula soon found the resting place of Simon, which was quite a distance away from his castle, and it was the dead of night. Dracula read the words on the tombstone with a smile, not a cold and cruel one he generally had on, but a warm and genuine one that a grandfather would have for their family.

Here lies Simon Belmont

A warrior of light who defeated the dark lord.

A powerful man, a loving husband, a wonderful father.

1067-1112

Dracula raised an eyebrow as he read the part about Simon being a husband and a father. He looked to the grave next to Simon's and read that.

Selena Belmont

A huntress who defied tradition, not afraid to speak her mind and fought her own battles.

The loving wife of Simon and the mother of his child.

1072-1112

"Interesting…" Dracula mused as he split the roses into two piles and placed them on the graves. While he was responsible for Simon's orphan ordeal in life and the one behind his parent's deaths, he briefly thought of how things could have been different, but absolved that thought a he sensed someone familiar behind him.

"Hello, son…" Dracula said as he didn't turn around to face Alucard, he could tell just from his emotions that Alucard was displeased, stunned and a few other ugly emotions.

"How are you alive and why are you here?" the younger vampire asked in an angry tone as he cautiously approached his elder.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure myself on how I am alive again, as I believed you two ended me permanently. As for why I'm here? To pay my respects, simply." Dracula replied in a calm tone before he turned to his son. Dracula noticed Alucard had a bundle of flowers in his hands as well and deduced he was here to visit his son. Dracula stepped aside and let Alucard do his business as both looked over the graves.

"How did he die?" Dracula asked after a moment of silence as he suspected Alucard knew, judging by how he felt guilty.

"…He died avenging the murder of his wife and newborn child…" Alucard said as Dracula folded his arms over his chest.

"And the murderer?" Dracula asked as he was curious about who attacked Simon and his family.

"Walter Bernhard. The damn occultist must have figured a way to survive all this time and decided to go after Simon as he found out his home was under different ownership." Alucard said as he looked to Dracula with a hard stare.

"You hold me accountable, don't you?" Dracula said as Alucard replied.

"Maybe, thought I don't think you were aware the Walter was still alive and running about either." Alucard said as he turned his gaze back to the graves.

"Though I am still curious, why did you come here? I know that you embraced your dark desires and currently waging a war against the Brotherhood along with hunting humanity like cattle." Alucard said as Dracula sighed, perhaps it would be a bit better if he spoke his mind with his son about certain things.

"Granted that I am capable of many dark things, have done many atrocities and continue to do so, I still have some vestiges of my humanity, such as why I'm here paying respects to my grandson. I'll see you around son…" Dracula said as he decided to end their conversation there and return to his castle. Alucard simply watched his father leave before giving one last look to the graves. Was it possible to have a civil relationship with his father and not be at each other's throats the entire time? Alucard then left soon after as he was doing his own things.

(The Crimson Serpent)

Dracula was currently walking through the marketplace of the City of the Damned as he munched on some chocolate. Contrary to popular belief, the City of the Damned was actually a lively and bustling place, hell underneath his castle was a small city that housed those who wanted to live in peace and away from the humans above who would sooner hunt them to extinction rather than accept them. It was quite the more 'busier' areas as they had their own economy underneath, operated like a functioning society and more. Even the coliseum that was normally for the Flesh Tournaments also held various games and events that they celebrated. Granted there were some turf wars that were held between the Dungeon Jailers and their minions, they knew to clean their act up when their Prince was around. The reason he was down here, besides getting some things that some of the vendors sold, was because he received a message from one of the Gorgon Sister's Slogra guards requesting him to see something of great importance. Dracula made his way to the Sister's little sanctuary as the guards let him through. Dracula found it ironic that the corpses of the Brotherhood members that died in this area of the city were transformed by the trio's dark magic and blood to be re-animated as large reptilian beings who served them.

Dracula heard the sound of a young child's happy cries as this made him curious. The Vampire Lord entered the private chambers of the sisters and found an interesting sight that would be seen as horrendous by humans. The three sisters were happily playing with a toddler, a young girl who was half snake from the waist down. The child had lustrous red hair that reminded him of his mother's, golden eyes that reminded him of his wife and son, her tail was red and her skin was a creamy pale. The little child also had pointed ears that were red and markings on her cheeks.

"Congratulations on the child…" Dracula said as his voice startled the sisters, he hid his presence so he could observe the little scene. The three sisters turned to him and bowed as the child looked to him with curiosity.

"My Prince, we were just…" Medusa began to explain as they believed they had angered their master, the one who gave them a new home. Dracula just raised a hand to silence them as he replied.

"No need to be afraid Medusa, I'm not angry with this current information. I'm just surprised that you actually went ahead and had a child, who would be the lucky donor that you ensnared?" Dracula asked as he was curious.

"A nameless peon of the Brotherhood that ventured down here, though he was smitten to us, we used him to our advantage." Stheno said as she motioned to a nearby table as Dracula saw the corpse of a Brotherhood knight, stripped of the armor and clothes and missing several chunks of flesh, he also sensed that they cast a preserving spell on it.

"I see, and who might this little bundle of joy that you sired and love?" Dracula asked as he watched the child make her way over to him, not scared of his power or presence like most of the other minions.

"Her name is Miia. While she shares some similarities with us, she has innate magic and will one day be able to control it." Euryale said as Dracula replied.

"Before you go any further with that, I never said I would have her trained to fight under my command. She is your child and should be allowed to make her own choices when she comes of age. Hence most of my legion serve me out of free will as I find distaste in forcing loyalty, though some of them required a little 'convincing'. I will say that you might want to have her get a proper feel of her powers in case there would be any accidents in the future." Dracula said as Miia began making her way up the side of his cloak. They remained silent as Dracula could tell they were hesitant on moving.

"What seems to be your issue?" he asked as Medusa replied.

"It's, well we are surprised that you are not acting like your usual grumpy self as you do most of the time." She said as Dracula simply plucked Miia off him as she was munching on his hair.

"Look, I do not treat my subordinates the same way I treat mankind and the Brotherhood. Only if you get the bright idea of turning on me and trying to assault my person with the intent to kill, then I will retaliate. Understand?" Dracula asked as he handed Miia back to the Gorgon Sisters. They nodded with smiles as he bid them good luck before leaving. Miia would grow up to be a beautiful young woman who was cheerful and full of life. She also looked up to Dracula as she saw him as a father-figure and the reason that the supernatural could live their lives the way they wanted.

(Unsealing the past)

Dracula was currently relaxing in his private chambers, which were installed when the Castle was rebuilt (his room was Carmilla's old room). He had the entire room redone to suit his taste as he sat on his king-sized bed with satin pillows and velvet sheets (he had certain taste to reflect his past life, before all of the things that went on). Dracula got up as he went to his closet and began looking through his clothes (he wears more than just his cloak, pants, boots and belt). He soon noticed something interesting. A small indent, shaped like a feminine hand in the back wall of the closet. He placed his hand on it and felt a spike of pain as it took some of his blood as it opened up to reveal a rather large trunk that was black in color with rose decals along the corners. Dracula brought it out and placed it on the bed as he opened it by breaking the locks with his magic. The first thing he noticed was a small plaque on the inside of the lid, silver in design and had a name and a warning.

Property of Carmilla Tepes (Mathias's last name)

Do not touch or suffer a painful torture before agonizing death

Dracula shrugged his shoulders as he looked at the contents of the trunk, noticing the inside was vastly large than the outside due to magic. She had many articles of clothing ranging from modest to downright questionable for a person of her 'reputation'. Who would have thought the powerful Vampire Queen Carmilla would like to dress in such interesting attire such as a maid outfit? He also noted several other items including a glass display case that held a violet rose, glowing to boot. Dracula reached in and retrieved her diary as he sensed a small amount of power coming from it. He sat down next to the trunk on the bed and began reading it as he was curious. His curiosity turned to interest as he read her entries, how she was a vampire from the moment of her birth, which she was changed to human upon coming to this world. (She really just performed the ritual back then to shed her human form and return to her vampire self), Carmilla also knew a fellow vampire who was named Gyokuro and entrusted her daughter, Akua, under her protection as she knew that another (Issa) was plotting her death.

"This is… interesting…" Dracula said as he read about Carmilla's life in another world and when she arrived here. Her service as a founder of the Brotherhood, taking over the Bernhard castle as her own once she returned to her Vampire self, taking Jasmine in when she found the younger vampire, weak and scared. The queen of vampires had quite the interesting life from what he read. That's when he got to the odd part, she apparently knew him, back when he was a child. Dracula read on as he found out that Carmilla met him in the Forest of Death, how she found out about her first child, Akua, from him and offered to give him a new life away from the Land of Fire. She also knew about his 'outburst' back when he annihilated the force that killed off Roran, its people and the surviving Uzumaki. Her last entry was about how she was fascinated by him as he ventured into her home and peered into the Mirror of Fate for anyway of finding a weakness. Only to be confused as she found that the mirror whispered his name, Naruto. Dracula then noticed on the back inside cover was a hand-print in blood, her blood and pulsing with magic. Underneath it was a small note, written in her impeccable handwriting.

No child should have their memories that they cherish sealed away, Naruto.

-Carmilla, 'the kind lady with flowers'.

Dracula examined the hand-print as he wondered what she had left for him as he sliced his hand open and pressed it against the print. As if this set off a reaction, Dracula's head began to hurt as he grit his teeth. The memories if his childhood that were sealed away by the Third Hokage were brought forth as the memory-suppressing seals shattered by her more powerful energy compared to Hiruzen's own. He began to remember it all, Carmilla, Jasmine, the girls, their friendship, everything that was locked away to keep a grip over him. The pain faded away as he looked down at the diary and placed it back in the trunk before sealing it shut after placing a note in the rose case. Dracula put the trunk back as he had a thoughtful look on his face.

(The Goddess of Dreams)

Dracula was relaxing on his throne as he had a bored look on his face. He still had his legions strike out at humanity and Brotherhood forces, Gaius spoke of how Satan's scouting parties were pulling back and he was managing to bond with his son, albeit slowly though he had patience. He was brought out from his thoughts as he sensed a powerful presence emerging in the middle of the room and set down his drink as he wondered who would be visiting him. One flash of light later and a woman stood there, garbed in a white dress with a feathery shawl over her shoulders. Her form was that of a goddess as her hair was styled out in an odd way and was more or less a flowing rainbow on the underside. She looked to him with eyes filled with remorse and spoke.

"Greetings, Lord Dracula." She said as the Vampire Lord was intrigued by this… new arrival. He got out of his seat and walked over as he responded.

"And who might you be? It's not every day I receive such a unique guest entering my home and addressing me with respect." Dracula said as he looked to her. She bowed curtly and spoke.

"I am Ragyo, Goddess of Dreams, Nightmares and Illusions. I want to apologize dearly for what I have done to you…" Ragyo said as this caught Dracula's attention.

"What exactly have you 'done to me', I have no knowledge who or what you are." Dracula said as Ragyo took a deep breath and exhaled.

I was the one responsible for sending your soul into my nightmare bubble, the sleepless nights as your mind is hounded by the tragic memories and the reoccurring nightmares that prevent you from achieving rest." Ragyo said as Dracula snarled and he burst into retaliation, he slammed her into the large entrance doors with his left hand gripping her throat as his right had his Void Sword pressed against the bottom of her chin.

"You're telling me that it was you who was responsible for my insomnia as well as fighting through that place?!" Dracula asked in a furious tone as Ragyo struggled to breathe. Dracula released his grip as Ragyo ended up landing on her ass as she was coughing heavily. Dracula then grabbed her by her hair as he still wanted answers and lifted her up off the ground.

"Why? What did I ever do to warrant you putting this on me?" Dracula demanded as Ragyo managed to speak.

"It wasn't my intention!" she said in a pained tone as Dracula dropped her again and pointed his sword at her throat.

"Speak…" he said as Ragyo looked to him and nodded.

"You are being used as a puppet for Unohana's whims, to spread her control over everything. She is using you for her own gain, from the very start she had picked you and had a hand in the events that shaped you into what you are now. Along with that damned child (Indra, who he has already dealt with). She also forced me to use my powers on you to further break you." Ragyo said as she went on to explain that God (Unohana) ruled like a tyrant over her subjects and the other gods ever since 'Their Father' vanished. How she engineered events to play in her favor, such as the prophecy that had Dracula where he was in his immortal life. Needless to say after Ragyo explained all this to him, he was in a 'less-than-stellar' mood.

"She does not deserve to live, my Lord. We will dispose of her for you…" the castle demon made its presence known as blood emerged from the floor and began to move in on her. Ragyo was worried as she knew it was a risk of coming here and she took it anyway, to help the one who could stand a chance against Unohana's schemes. Her power was being devoured as all it took was contact with the castle as the demon wanted to eat her like it has with the many souls from the people Dracula and his forces have killed. However Dracula had no intention of killing her as she had given him valuable information and wasn't on his shit list, despite her actions (though they were forced).

"No, she can leave…" Dracula said as the demon was not liking this answer.

"Surely you are jesting, my Liege. She has caused you so much pain, it's better off to exact your vengeance on her before she gets away-" The demon began to say when Dracula had enough of its pandering.

"SILENCE!" Dracula roared out as the blood quivered back in fear.

"Last I checked, I was the one in command of this place and who gets to live or die, not you! I have had it with your whining and moaning, if you do not listen to what I say and defy my orders again, I will obliterate your conscious and leave you a drooling mess of a broken servant! Do I make myself clear?!" Dracula snarled out as the blood receded until it was all gone. He turned to Ragyo and spoke.

"Sorry about that, you are free to leave." Dracula said as Ragyo smiled and nodded. She held out her hand and an item shot out of Dracula's chest into her outstretched hand as he grunted in pain and wobbled a bit. Ragyo caught and repaired the Dream-Catcher that was made long ago with the strand of her hair. She remembered giving said strand of her own hair to the eldest daughter (Ahri) of her sister Werbellia as a present, how she missed them dearly. She then handed the item back to Dracula and removed the small orb Unohana planted in his head when she changed him.

"There, I have managed to remove the control orb she placed in you to further influence you, though it is highly damaged to the point of having little to no effect on you." Ragyo said as this made Dracula curious.

"And what was the original purpose of the damned thing?" he asked as the Dream-catcher went back into him. Ragyo crushed the orb and replied.

"She planted it in you to have you put your faith in her, which in turn helped her exert her control. This in combination with the Devil Mask that Zobek used on you, bent you to their will. In essence she is partially responsible for your wife's death and had the Brotherhood reveal you to your son, setting in motion his tragic quest." Ragyo said as Dracula growled.

"I see, that would explain why I suddenly had this faith when I clearly remembered that I'm a non-believer." Dracula said as Ragyo replied.

"Well, I wouldn't call you a non-believer as you've known deities, you just prefer to not mingle in their affairs. I also took the liberty of fixing the damaged Dream-Catcher. Which Unohana cut up when she changed you." Ragyo said as Dracula nodded.

"Thank you…" he said as Ragyo prepared to leave.

"Also, you are not the only member of your family to be suffering these nightmares as Unohana wants full control over you and your clan…" With that Ragyo left as Dracula realized who she was referring to, his son. He disappeared in burst of mist.

(With Alucard)

The younger vampire was sitting in his little camp that he had called home inside a small cavern. He gazed into the fire as he mulled over the nightmares he started having a while back, nightmares that he questioned himself frequently about, were they the work of his father, or something else? He was brought out of his musings when he noticed Dracula take a seat next to him on a stone chair.

"Good evening, son." Dracula said as Alucard nodded, the duo were slowly, but surely mending their strained relationship. Dracula had let his son venture into the castle and use the library from time to time (he liked reading about things) and visit some other places like the City of the Damned, so long as he didn't kill or harm any of his subordinates and guests or do anything that would warrant Dracula to take action.

"Father…" Alucard said as he greeted the elder Vampire. Alucard wanted to talk about the nightmares and find out if his dad suffered the same way as he did. But he remained silent as he said something else.

"Father, do you have any regrets?" Alucard asked as he looked to his old man, Alucard was curious to find out more as Dracula hinted that there was far more to him and Alucard's mother than what he saw in the Mirror ages ago.

"…Plenty, I always take the time to look back on my past and wonder how things would have been different if my actions were changed. I blame myself for my actions and failures as well, murdering your mother, killing Sypha, handling Simon, and other events I would rather keep secret…" Dracula said as visions of his past went through his mind; Tsunade (The Boss), Samus, Erza, all those he lost along the way.

"If you question your actions and what you have went through, then why continue this reign? What can you possibly gain from it?" Alucard asked as he was wondering why his father turned his back on humanity and hunts them down. Dracula sighed as he looked to his hands,

"I have nothing to really gain from all of this son, I'm simply 'playing my part' in the grand game that is this life. I have fought many 'evils' throughout my life, long before you were ever born, if I could explain it all to you, it would only cause complications. You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. However the fine line that separates me from my enemies, Satan and Zobek, is that I am the necessary evil that humanity requires to hold onto their own 'purity'. I'm not the evil it wants, but what it needs. Someone to take the hate, fear, greed and all the other darkness humanity is capable of and play the part of their faults." Dracula said as Alucard was beginning to understand.

"Light and Darkness are two sides of the same coin, one cannot exist without the other…" Alucard said as he was beginning to see the bigger picture here.

"Correct, this path I walk is of my own choosing. While fate wants me to be the monster to strike at humanity and combat Satan for eternity. I have my own reasons for my actions and the things I have done." Dracula said as he gazed into the fire.

"What would that be?" Alucard asked as this sparked his curiosity.

"I was simply done with all the lies, betrayals and being used for another's gain. However that is a conversation for another time, tell me son, back when you were in the Brotherhood before our initial meeting. What were your thoughts on their beliefs and the religion as a whole?" Dracula asked as he glanced to his son. Alucard thought for a few moments before he replied.

"Well, I believe that people should be free to make their own choices, not to be guided by a higher power that would dictate their lives. What gives the Brotherhood of Light the right to say their way is the only way in life? Granted everyone is flawed, we can overcome our differences, choose how we can live our lives, though some basic rules should be in place before utter anarchy erupts." Alucard said as this got a light chuckle from Dracula.

"Seems that you inherited a few things from you mother, including some of her personality…" Dracula said as Alucard raised an eyebrow.

"Really? What else would you say I got from her?" the younger vampire asked.

"Well you inherited her eye color, you hair color mirrors hers, your ability to see through illusions and use them and your ability to form a spectral animal." Dracula said as he brought out the Dream-Catcher and handed it over to Alucard.

"Here, this should take care of your nightmares." Dracula said as Alucard was intrigued by the item.

"Wait, how did you…?" Alucard began when Dracula raised a hand to silence him.

"You're not the only one with those nightmares, son. This item was created a long time ago by your mother to help me when I couldn't sleep do to the same nightmares that we both currently suffer. I'm going to take a guess and say that yours involve you being harmed and killed by your wife and child as they turn into horrific creatures." Dracula said as Alucard nodded.

"At first I thought it was your work, but now I have no doubt that you did not cause such illusions on my psyche." Alucard said as he watched the item glow before entering his chest, Alucard instantly felt the effects as the dark presence in the back of his mind that was placed by the nightmares soon vanished. He felt like he could just lie down and rest, without any problems bothering his mind.

"Thank you, but what about you?" Alucard asked as he realized that his father was leaving himself vulnerable to the nightmares as he handed him the only means of warding them off.

"I'll be fine, they really don't have much of an effect on me as I'm used to them by now after being exposed for so long. Plus I am sure your mother would hang me by my own intestines and torture me with extreme prejudice if she found out that I let you suffer the same way I currently do. Even without her former powers, she can still be menacing enough to make me second-guess what I say or do around her." Dracula said the last part as he smiled.

"What do you mean by 'former powers'?" Alucard asked as Dracula reached into his cloak and brought out a thick book before handing it to his son.

"This was a little something I've been working on, detailing many things I have seen and encountered. Basically, it's an encyclopedia of everything that has ever lived on this world. It's still a work in progress as I have a spell placed on it to collect information on things I find, you can add to it as well since I know you travel around. As for my earlier comment about your mother. I believe you should look under the page titled 'The Nine Tailed Fox.' I'll see you later on, son." Dracula said as he left the cavern as Alucard opened the book and he began reading the pages, taking in the information written and drawn down. Graphs, illustrations, photos, text of various creatures, things and more were sprawled through the pages. Some of them Alucard was confused about, others had him baffled at such a thing existing. He eventually got to the page his father specified and had a look of wonder as he looked over the colored illustration of the woman that could be considered a deity from her beautiful appearance and the way she was drawn.

"Mercy is a human luxury… and responsibility." Alucard read the quote that was underneath the title, underneath the quote was her name.

-Ahri Uzumaki-

"What secrets do the both of you have?" Alucard asked as he began to read.

(Back with Dracula)

The Prince of Darkness returned to his throne room as he felt better. He spotted a small present box that was on the throne and walked over as he picked it up.

'I figured you would want this back, seeing as you lost it in my nightmare bubble as you fought your way out, I also took the chance to repair it.'

-Ragyo.

Dracula opened the box as he brought out the item, it was the red scarf that his wife made for him long ago, restored to perfect condition as he felt the smooth texture of the fabric.

"Thank you, Ragyo." Dracula said as he held onto the scarf. The memory faded to black and was paused as Trevor brought out the Dream-catcher and held it out for his mother.

"I believe it would be the right thing to do to hand this back over to you." Trevor said as Ahri gently took the item as she looked at it with a forlorn look in her eyes. Ahri made a necklace as she placed the Dream-Catcher on the end and slipped it on as the item rested over her bosom.

"I don't know whether to be peeved or ok that Naruto went through my belongings…" Carmilla said as she folded her arms.

"I'm sure you can speak to him about it when we all have this settled down, mom. It is nice to see that he regained his memories of us." Akua said as she smiled.

"Well, Trevor. It's nice to see that you two are getting along." Sypha said as she looked to her husband, who nodded.

"It was, until we had our falling out." He said as he motioned for Ahri to resume the memories.

(Meeting the four queens)

(Akeno)

It was nightfall (he ventures out of his dwelling at night, the sun is bothersome for him really, though he is immune to it) as Dracula was currently in mist form as he was heading to the Brotherhood main command (typical of them as they sent out hundreds of their troops to their deaths from their lavish homes), which was quite the distance away as he had heard reports of a 'lightning storm' that was occurring over there and wanted to see for himself. He landed and returned to normal as he was just outside of the general vicinity of the city that was part of the Brotherhood fortress, the town was in flames as he saw several sparks of lightning dance off the conductive surfaces. Dracula made his way in the city ruins as he wanted to find the source of this shocking surprise, while he wanted the pleasure of doing this, he could wait until they rebuilt and refreshed their ranks as he walked over the multitude of corpses. Dracula's hearing picked up the sound of a young woman's crying as he eventually found the source of both the crying and the power. It was a young woman with black hair that was flowing down her back. Her creamy pale skin was littered with dirt and soot as she was naked, exposing her voluptuous body to the elements. But what caught his attention the most was the twin stumps coming out of her shoulder blades, which leaked blood and small bits of feathers. Dracula also sensed a slew of emotions coming from her as she cried into her hands. Grief, Pain, Humiliation, Betrayal, Loss and a touch of Suicidal desire.

"It hurts, to be betrayed and cast aside as a means to an end…" Dracula said as he was right behind her. She quickly turned to face him and backed away with a fearful expression as Dracula rose an eyebrow.

"There is no need to be afraid, I'm just curious as to who you would be, and why you're crying your heart out in the middle of this ruined city." Dracula said the young woman calmed down at those words and introduced herself.

"Akeno, former angel of heaven." She said as she wiped away her tears and composed herself. Dracula's eyes scanned everything around them as he let out a low whistle at the destruction and death she had caused, must have an affinity for lightning magic.

"And what exactly caused your fall from grace?" Dracula asked as he was intrigued, he figured that Unohana had some care for her angels, but that seems to be wrong. Akeno was silent for a moment before she answered.

"… I was part of Lucifer's rebellion, though I was an unsuspecting ally to his cause. For this I was locked away in the darkest dungeon of the Ivory Empire, my form tortured and my wings torn off before I was cast out." Akeno said as Dracula mulled over this.

'It would seem that not even her own forces are not exempt from her cruelty, that and Satan is an asshole, which is already established.' He thought before he asked.

"And how did you end up within the city that housed the Brotherhood of Light's main command?" he asked as Akeno replied.

"I came here in hopes that they could help me. Things went wrong when they found out about my lineage as an angel." Akeno said as she remembered that they wanted to kill her, dissect her and use her for their war against the feared Vampire Lord who stood before her.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you were bottling in your emotions since you were held prisoner in Heaven and thrown down here. And when you found out what they were going to do with you, you snapped." Dracula said as Akeno nodded as she stood up.

"That is correct, Naruto." She replied as she realized her slip-up. In an instant, Dracula was right before her with one hand gripping her hair into a ponytail and his Void Sword against her throat.

"How do you know that name?" Dracula asked, though it was more of a 'tell me or I will slit your throat open and drain you of your blood'.

"I-I've known about you ever since you were born. You're life, the pain you have suffered, the good times you had. You were my source of hope during my imprisonment, your immovable determination and unwillingness to give up are what inspire me to continue living, even after what I have been through." Akeno said as she decided to be straight and not hide anything from him. Dracula let her go and had his sword vanish as he sighed.

"Alright, that at least explains a few things. Now answer this, why were you thrown out at this time? Surely they could have kept you for all eternity or sent you along with Satan?" Dracula asked as Akeno averted her gaze.

"Both Unohana and Lucifer want me disposed of as I know much and they figured that you should be the one to take my life as my association with both of them would have you kill me without second thought." Akeno said as Dracula tapped his chin in thought. Before him was a former angel, stripped of her wings and cast out. She had been part of Satan's failed rebellion, unwittingly, and was also viewed as nothing more than a broken toy by her creator. She could also be a guardian angel of sorts as she was watching over him since his birth. What to do, what to do…? That's when he got an idea, since both her creator and the one who used her for his gain wanted nothing to do with her and would rather see her dead…

"Well, since you have nowhere to go. How would you like to make residence in my castle, I'm sure you want to get back at the ones who used you before casting you aside." Dracula said as he sensed that Akeno hated Unohana and Satan for what they had dragged her into. Akeno smiled as she knew he was referring to him being a wildcard for their plans, someone that they could not control.

"I accept your offer, My Prince." She said as she bowed to him.

"First, we should get you some clothes, as you're going to attract attention nude." Dracula said as he left and Akeno followed him.

(Rias)

It was winter as the Vampire Lord was sitting in the castle gardens, reading a book he had sensed a presence entering the garden and making her way over to him. His sense of smell caught the scent of fire and brimstone along with raspberry perfume. He also sensed no ill-intent directed towards him from her either as this meant she wasn't a follower of Satan.

"Is there something I can help you with, demon?" Dracula asked as she entered the section of the gardens where he was at. She simply walked over and stopped in front of him and responded.

"I was wondering if I could seek refuge in your fine home, Lord Dracula." She said as Dracula snapped his book shut and looked to the guest. She wore a crimson cloak with blue interior along with a burgundy dress underneath. Said dress exposed cleavage of her generous assets that had some snowflakes fall upon. She was barefoot as he saw that the snow wasn't bothering her in the slightest and she also had a hood to hide her face. Dracula stood up from the bench and replied.

"Remove the hood and introduce yourself, then I'll see if I can grant you refuge." Dracula said as the young woman nodded. Her hands came up and pulled the hood back as the first thing Dracula noticed was her crimson red hair, which complimented her beauty.

"I am Rias Gremory, former resident of hell and younger sister to high councilor Sirzechs Gremory." Rias introduced herself as she bowed to him.

"If you don't mind me asking, why exactly do you seek refuge in my castle?" Dracula asked as Rias adopted a melancholic expression as she looked down.

"My brother was executed on the grounds of treason against the Fallen One. Sirzechs did not see eye to eye with Satan's desires and wanted nothing to do with his plans. His last act before he was executed was to send me to this realm as they would no doubt target me as the rest of my family was executed to make an example of those who did not follow Satan's command." Rias answered as she had a few tears fall to the snow, melting it upon contact. Dracula just placed a hand on her shoulder and responded.

"I'm sorry for your loss." He said as Rias looked to him, her tears drying up a bit as she had a fierce look to her eyes.

"I wish to join your command, Lord Dracula. Not just as a refuge seeking asylum, but a member of your legions, to put an end to the Fallen One. I will not let my brother and family's deaths be in vain!" she said as Dracula was interested.

"So you wish to join my home, not only to seek a new place to live as you were saved from being killed, but to also strike back against the Devil as he sentenced your brother as well as the rest of your family to death simply because he didn't agree with him." Dracula said as Rias nodded.

"Very well, follow me and I'll have you taken to the City of the Damned." He said as Rias followed him with a smile.

"Thank you, Master. You won't regret this, not one bit." She said in a cheerful tone.

(Grayfia)

(Bit of forewarning to some of my fans who are more, sensitive to some of my darker stuff I put down, Grayfia's past and her injuries hint at non-consensual actions of the 'lewd' nature. This will be explained later on, it has to do with Satan and the Acolytes).

'Interesting, I can sense a powerful presence here, though its remnants as they left a while ago…' Dracula thought as he stood in front of the entrance of a deep cave. He walked in as he also picked up the smell of blood and demonic power, though this was slightly weaker than the first one he felt. He came across an interesting sight, a Brotherhood Cleric was striking away at a magical barrier with his scepter as he was trying to break the demonic magic with his own. Dracula then noticed the one who was behind the barrier was a wounded woman with long silver hair, and from what he sensed, the owner of the demonic presence, meaning she was a demon like Rias. Dracula coughed into his fist as he got their attention, the Cleric reacted accordingly as he turned his attention to him as the woman looked to him with a mixture of fear and…hope?

"Foul Devil! I will-" whatever the Cleric was about to say next was silenced as he was frozen with a Void Projection and shattered to a million shards of bloody ice. Dracula put away his sword as he turned his attention to the woman. She dispelled her barrier as she asked.

"Are you here to kill me?" she said as Dracula raised an eyebrow before he replied.

"If that is what you wish." He said as she shook her head no and said.

"No, I am merely trying to survive after being thrown out of Hell and have no way to heal my injuries." She said as Dracula sensed that she carried a lot of hate in her, how stereotypical of a demon.

"My hate is not directed to you, Lord Dracula. But to the one who did this to me, the one you sent back to Hell." She said as this made the Prince of Darkness curious.

"So, Satan was responsible for your dilemma?" Dracula asked as he approached her and kneeled down next to her. She nodded as she let Dracula inspect the deep open wound over her lower stomach, on her uterus which he saw has stitching over it, holding it shut as it seemed to have been violently torn open in the past, judging from how the wound was slowly healing. Grayfia also had a multitude of injuries lacing her sensual form ranging from bruises to several chunks of flesh missing. The last thing he noticed were twin small purple horns poking out of the topsides of her head/hair and a thin tail with a spade tip emerging from her tailbone.

"Yes he was, He is a sore loser and was furious that the 'mere mortal pawn' forced him back to the Inferno. I don't blame you for what he did to me, that bastard has his ways of buttering up everyone to serve him." Grayfia said as she turned her silver eyes away from Dracula's gaze. The Vampire simply placed his hand on her head and channeled his Void magic to heal her injuries, leaving light to nigh-invisible scars on her, one wouldn't be able to see them unless they peered in close.

"Well, seeing as you despise Satan and you would much rather be elsewhere than in this cave. How about siding with his most hated foe, the one who brought him shame and humiliation." Dracula said as she pondered this over. She examined herself as she was fully healed and knew that Satan hated Dracula far more than any other being in existence, besides Unohana, for sending him back to Hell and foiling his plans.

"You have a valid point as the Fallen One detest every fiber of your being and wishes to see you dead or at his feet as a broken servant. Very well, I humbly accept your offer, Lord Dracula, I would most certainly join the one who inspires terror into the Fallen One." She said as she stood up and bowed.

"Grayfia Lucifuge, at your service." She bowed as the duo walked out as Dracula decided to ask a question.

"If you don't mind me asking, why exactly did you have that open wound over your lower stomach and uterus?" he asked as Grayfia thought back to what happened to her, the pain, the torment, her imprisonment. All to satisfy Lucifer's anger and lust because he was a sore loser and whined like a bitch because he was bested by a human.

"Well, let's say that I was used for another purpose of the Fallen One's as he still plans to return." She said as Dracula handed her a spare robe that she slipped on to cover herself.

(Kuroka)

The Lord of Shadows was taking a stroll through the woods that surrounded his castle. This was a little something to do from time to time, other than work on that 'special' room of his, the paintings or just lounging around. He paused and replied,

"Is there any particular reason why you are following me?" he asked as he turned around and looked down to see a small black cat with twin tails. The cat stared at him as it tilted its head as Dracula used his telekinesis to lift it up to eye level. The cat let out a small meow as Dracula sensed demonic energy coming from it as well. He simply reached under and scratched its chin with his nail as the cat began purring. The cat then glowed a violet aura as it changed form and grew in size, what was once a cat was now a young woman with raven black hair, golden cat-like eyes, cat ears sticking out of her head and two cat tails coming out of her tail bone, she was dressed in a black kimono with red trimming as Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"Hehehe… you caught me!" she said as Dracula dropped her on her ass.

"And who exactly might you be and why have you been following me?" Dracula asked as Kuroka got up and dusted herself off.

"Kuroka, the two tailed Demon Cat. I was following you as you have lady Grayfia's scent lingering on you." Kuroka said as Dracula nodded.

"What exactly would your relationship be with her?" he asked as Kuroka replied.

"Well, I was her guard until help would show up. I thank you for taking her in under your care." Kuroka said as she bowed.

"Let me guess, you want to join as well so you can be with her?" Dracula asked as Kuroka responded with a yes.

"Fine, but no trouble, got it?" Dracula said as he could tell Kuroka was a feisty and energetic one who loved to mess with others using her body. Kuroka cheered as she raced off to Castlevania as Dracula watched her leave with a curious expression. The four soon became friends with Miia as they also grew to be more powerful and formed a close group.

(The Black Mage)

Dracula received word that a group of demons had entered his domain and his forces were ready to strike them down, only for him to tell them to observe as they did not seem to be followers of Satan, but someone else. Dracula teleported to where the demons were as his appearance startled them. His eyes looked over them as they had somewhat, unique, features.

"Who are you?" he asked as he decided to not exchange pleasantries, he could sense they were here for one thing, power. The one with Raven-black hair and horns stepped forward and responded.

"I am Sayla and we are the Nine Demon Gates, we have come here from another world in hopes of finding a way to save ours, which is dying." She said as their eyes were focused on him, sensing his power.

"Really? And why exactly is yours dying?" Dracula asked as he noted that the demon with avian looking features had a sword that was hanging off her waist, the blade shattered to the point where it could be used as a dagger and had dried blood on it. For some reason, he felt as if he knew the owner of it. Erza recognized that it was her regular sword she had with her at all times, the very blade they took her life with.

"We suffered global war that ended up wiping out most to all life on the planet, our world is unable to sustain us and we are trying to find means to restore it. We had heard legends of an ancient Demon who has unparalleled power and hoped that this would solve our problem, the demon was known as, The Forgotten One." Sayla said as Dracula smirked.

"I see, well I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that particular demon is long since passed from the mortal coil, by my hands no less." Dracula replied as this stunned them as they heard that The Forgotten One was invincible and incapable of being defeated.

"And to also point out, I claimed its power for myself, which you can certainly sense, am I wrong?" Dracula added as they lunged at him, believing he would be an easy target like their many victims, how wrong they were. They looked around as he teleported before they could reach him as he re-appeared and began to toy with them as they were being thrown around and beaten, despite their attempts to stop him.

"What's wrong, can't stand up to me?" Dracula taunted as he batted aside Silver and kicked away the fat one in armor. Dracula then turned into blood as he possessed Sayla and began using her to strike her allies.

"I can control your every move, force you to obey my every command. You are fighting a lost cause here, demons." Dracula said as Sayla was trying to get him out of her.

"Now, let's take a look and see how this war of yours played out…" Dracula's voice echoed out from Sayla as he began going through her memories. Dracula was intrigued that they came from another world that was connected to his by a dimensional gateway. These demons followed some boy who commanded a black dragon. Their war that they waged on humanity to take over as the 'rightful rulers'. However there was one particular memory that piqued his interest, Sayla and Kyouka fought a young woman during their apocalyptic war. The young woman had this distinct aura that Dracula sensed was familiar to his own, back during the time he was still human. Her most defining feature was her scarlet red hair, her name… Erza. He watched the memory from a third person perspective as Erza fought valiantly despite her friends and loved ones dying to The Nine Demon Gates. She ended up going against the nine demons alone as they converged one her and took her down eventually. Her own sword that she was left with was run through her heart after she activated the 'secret weapon' in hopes of stopping them before she succumbed to her wounds.

(The Passing of Titania)

Erza coughed up blood as she was kicked into a pile of rubble, her form covered in injuries as she could barely move, let alone fight back. She was the last one left, everyone else she knew and loved was dead, killed by Zeref and his army of demons during this war. All of her weapons and armor was ruined, her limbs broken as she couldn't use them much, multiple broken bones and deep wounds on her body. Her right eye, the artificial, was torn out by Kyouka and crushed. Erza struggled to move as she had several blades of varying size and shape impaled into her through her back.

"What's wrong, little fairy? You didn't get the happy ending you wanted?" Sayla taunted as she and the other Demon Gates tore out the blades that were stuck in Erza as she was losing more blood. Sayla kicked Erza to her back as she stomped on Erza's chest harshly.

"Don't worry, you can join you little friends soon." Silver said with a grin as Erza managed to bring her hands up to form a seal, a Tiger Hand-Seal. While this confused the others, Erza received a vision in her sleep a while back, after she recovered from her deathly sickness that had her bedridden for three days, of a young man with blonde-brown hair using hand seals to cast magic (chakra) into many techniques, she didn't know what the vision was about of who this person was. But she deduced that they were trying to pass on something to her. Erza muttered out the first and only technique she had created following those visions.

"Heavenly Judgment…" she said as she had what little power she had left mingle into the natural magic of the planet as everything was engulfed within a flash of bright light. The light died down as the Nine Gates noticed that the demon army, those weaker than them were dying in extreme agony.

"What did you do!?"Sayla demanded as she gripped Erza by her throat, Erza just gave a weak chuckle and replied.

"You have lost, this war ruined our world and it's dying… I just gave it a painless death… let's see you try and live on a dead home… bitch." Erza said with a smile and a look of satisfaction in her lone eye. Sayla screamed in fury as she tore the broken blade from Kyouka's belt and stabbed it into Erza's chest, right through her heart. Erza accepted her death as she was going to join her family, she wished she could have found her long lost brother she was informed of years ago, but acknowledged that some things could never be accomplished. The legendary Titania was the last person and human to die as the Demon War came to an end, it was a hollow victory for Zeref and his followers as they were robbed of a home to call theirs.

(Scene End)

Her sword that was used to kill her, while destroyed, was kept as a trophy. Dracula stopped viewing the memories as he spoke, his voice echoing out to the demon team that was before him.

"So… You're here to save your world, is that right? To harvest my power to do so?" Dracula's voice called out as Sayla shuddered as she felt power flowing through her. The Nine Gates knew something was off by what he said, something was horribly wrong here.

"In that case, take it!" he growled out as Sayla whimpered as the power turned deadly to her as she was slowly dying from the inside out. Her form was lifted into the air as Dracula power began to flow off her as her whines grew in tone.

"Isn't this what you wanted? Unlimited power? Well I'm granting you what you desire, so take it all!" Dracula roared out in fury as Sayla screamed in agony, her body going through grotesque changes as his power was devouring her. Sayla then exploded like a gory balloon, her remains spraying out and over her other team-mates. Dracula stood where her blood pooled on the floor as he began a brutal and vicious massacre. They stood no chance as he murdered them with extreme prejudice and cruelty, he was simply too powerful for them to stand against as they met their ends to his hands. He held the last one of the Nine Gates within his cold grip, her form beaten and brutalized.

"You have something that belongs to my sibling, I want it back." Dracula said as he pulled her close and let bit down on her neck, actually breaking it with the force of his bite, his fangs sinking into her carotid artery as he fed, fueled by rage and grief. Kyouka shriveled up to a withered husk with a scream as Dracula drained her dry and dropped her corpse, his face and neck having her blood on it. Dracula reached down and retrieved the broken sword from her corpse as he had a sad look on his face. He put the blade away in his cloak and wiped his face using the torn clothes from one of the demons as he sensed another presence. He looked to see the young man known as Zeref standing there as he looked over the corpses of his servants.

"You must be Zeref, come to grieve over their deaths?" Dracula asked as Zeref clenched his hands to fists as he looked to Dracula with hate.

"You killed them…" he said.

"I'm not going to listen to your little stories as why I should've not done so." Dracula said as he saw Zeref was furious and wanted to kill him, might as well join the line boy. Zeref lunged into action as he attempted to kill the Dark Lord. Dracula had minimal to no problems as he dodged the boy's attacks and retaliated with a devastating blow with his Chaos Claws that threw the boy back and left a deep wound/burn in his gut. Zeref staggered a bit as he fell to his knees in pain, his magic could do nothing to the awesome power that Dracula had. Dracula grabbed Zeref by his hair and the two of them teleported to the Lady of the Crypt's chamber. Dracula threw Zeref away as he landed on the bones.

"I believe this place will be perfect to have your last fight. You're so… depressing, full of self-hate. While your magic is similar to Zobek's, you can do just fine to blow off some steam." Dracula smirked as he summoned his Shadow Whip and lashed out as he struck Zeref in the face, leaving a gash that went from left side of jaw to right eyebrow. Zeref howled in pain as he clutched the wound and summoned his 'pet' in hopes of fending off a vengeful Dracula. Acnologia was summoned from within Zeref's soul as he lunged at Dracula, attempting to eat him. Dracula simply turned to mist as he flew into the Black Dragon's open maw and began to screw around with his insides. Acnolgia howled in pain as he tried to get the vampire out of him, The Void Sword burst through from the inside of the Black Dragon's chest as it moved down to his tail as his organs spilled out. Dracula emerged as he chuckled darkly.

"While this beast is impressive, let me show you real power…" he said as he focused his powers and morphed into his Dragon Form. The Dragon roared as Acnologia tried to fight back, but was not capable of doing so as Dracula was stronger and overwhelmed his prey. The Dragon's jaws clamped down on Acnologia's neck and gave a harsh twist as his neck was snapped. Dracula then ripped out the Acnologia's heart with his maw and consumed it, feeling more power being added to his own as he morphed back into his normal form as he turned to Zeref with a cruel smirk. Before Zeref could react, Dracula was before him and holding him up by his hair again.

"Now, what to do with you…" Dracula said as he brought a hand up and slowly inched it to Zeref's face as Zeref tried to break away.

"Since you so love to whine about yourself in self-pity and hate, than you can suffer the same way you lived. But first, a little loosening of the lips should tell me a bit more about yourself." Dracula said as he gouged out one of Zeref's eyes with his claws. The following scene showed Dracula and Ratbag, who was holding an ornamental box moving into the courtyard as they came upon the remains of the Necromancer that Simon fought and slayed in the past.

"Wow, looks like the poor bloke died just hours ago…" Ratbag commented as he looked over the Necromancer's remains. Dracula focused some power into his hand as he had it shoot into the corpse through red-lightning to jumpstart his life again.

"One small detail with Necromancer's Ratbag, unless you know how to truly kill one, you'll just end up putting them into a stasis. Which is what Simon did as he knew no means of how to end one permanently." Dracula said as the Necromancer began hacking as his life was back, though a small sliver as he lost much of his power. He noticed the Vampire Lord before him and managed to float, though a tiny bit as he was surprised.

"Lord Dracula, what a surprise…" the Necromancer said as Dracula replied.

"Greetings aside, I'm here to offer you something Zobek could never, and would never have given you." Dracula said as this piqued the Necromancer's interest.

"How fascinating, and what is it that you could offer that would sway my loyalty to my master?" The Necromancer asked as he folded his hands.

"Zobek sent you one what has equated to a suicide mission, knowing full well that you wouldn't survive against Simon Belmont. While I don't know or care to about how you Necromancer's do your business, doesn't it fill you with rage and hate that your master simply used you as a lab rat to see the strength of the Belmont bloodline?" Dracula asked as he talked to the undead being, swaying him over to his side as the Necromancer realized that Dracula's words carried truth to them.

"In return for your servitude and loyalty, I offer you the soul and power of a being similar to your kind." Dracula said as Ratbag stepped forward and opened the lid as a glass orb, the size of a cantaloupe and gassy purple in color, was resting inside the velvet interior. The Necromancer reached in and plucked out the orb as he examined it with utmost curiosity.

"Very unique, a death seeker, much like ourselves, and quite the basket case." The Necromancer said as he peered into the orb, reading up on it.

"I thank you greatly for this gift, my Prince. You have my loyalty and service." The undead being said as the orb was shattered and it was absorbed into him, the Necromancer felt power flow through his form as he snapped his hand to the side, his broken staff repairing and the energy scythe forming with purple and green lightning arcing off it.

"You can return to your wife, Ratbag. I have something else to tend to." Dracula said as Ratbag nodded and walked off as the Necromancer vanished as well. Dracula reached into his cloak and brought out Erza's broken sword as he had a thoughtful look. The memories shifted to show Dracula working at a forge as he was creating something. On the small table next to him where a small set of tools and three gems, a Life Gem, Light Gem and Shadow Gem.

(Severing Ties that Bind)

Dracula thought back to about his deceased sister and those she cared for, her friends. He also thought to those he used to work with, back in the Leaf a long time ago.

'Wouldn't hurt to pay a visit, as they are all long dead.' Dracula thought as he decided to visit his birthplace. One long travel later over the sea, as he noticed that the continents had changed as he got a bird's eye view, he eventually landed nearby as he also noted that ever since the 'banishment' of technology, things returned to familiar settings. The Vampire Lord made his way to the Land of Fire and soon stood atop the large wooden gates of the Leaf Village, his eyes scanning over the place. Apparently things went back to how they were during the time of the Shinobi Era and the five supreme nations, hell the Leaf Village looked slightly more upgraded in terms of tech than he last saw it back when he left all those years ago. The King of Vampires dropped down from the gate as he landed next to the post as the two guards were startled.

"Quite the lovely night we have." Dracula said as it was a full moon out as one of the two guards asked.

"Um, who are you?' they asked as Dracula smirked.

"No one of importance to you." Dracula waved his hand in front of them as they fell asleep. Dracula continued his trek into his old home as he took in the sights and sounds, sure he got some odd looks but he didn't care. He sensed something familiar in this place, whatever it was, it reminded him of Olrox and Brauner, the two demons he summoned back from Hell and gave them new forms and powers. The presence was incredibly weak though, it seemed to have been drained and exhausted. Dracula simply made his way to the general hospital and followed the familiar presence. He came to a stop before a solid steel door and two guards standing in front of it as this was a more, private, section of the hospital.

"Sir, you're not allowed to be-" the men were silenced as Dracula snapped their necks with a telekinetic though and watched as they turned to ash.

'Intriguing, seems like there is more here than what I initially thought.' Dracula thought as he tore the door off its hinges with a simple tug and walked in as he looked over the lab. There were many items and tools, several boards and papers, a couple of old computers and a dissection table. Dracula then turned his attention to the large iron maiden, while crude looking, was holding the presence he felt beforehand. He walked over and removed the locks as the doors opened up and a person felt out. Dracula watched as the person, who was heavily injured and malnourished, got up and leaned on the table as he looked to his savior.

"Who are you?" he asked as he was intimidated by the Vampire and sensed something familiar within Dracula.

"I believe I would be asking that question, demon-vampire." Dracula said as he saw that the young man's fangs were more pronounced and his aura was similar to the demon brothers that were under Carmilla's envoy.

"My bad, my name is Hiccup, my demon name is too complex to pronounce. I am lady Carmilla's scout and intel operative, and the third brother to Olrox and Brauner." Hiccup introduced himself as he bowed. Dracula thought back to the entry in Carmilla's diary where she sent her servant out to scout the Elemental Nations (they returned to that), looks like he was caught and detained.

"I see, I am the Dragon, Dracul. I'm the owner of Carmilla's castle as she and Jasmine have passed, in turn I'm also the sole ruler of her vampire legions and the other supernatural." Dracula said as he gave brief summary to Carmilla's servant. Hiccup took the news of his brother's deaths and the ones he cared for hard as he looked to his hands. He didn't blame Dracula as he was aware of the prophecy as well.

"Change of subject, how exactly did you end up in here?" Dracula asked as he folded his arms.

"Well, you already know that I was sent here to scout out new territory right before you would face my Queen. However I ended up being captured by this woman with pink hair and her followers. They did something to stop me from fighting back and I soon ended up on this table, being cut into and experimented on. The woman used my blood, a mixture of my powers and lady Carmilla's blood to form some type of serum that she injected into herself and her followers, along with this one guy she likes." Hiccup said as Dracula figured out that Sakura was the one who was behind Hiccup's capture and experimentation.

"She also used said serum to create these 'pets' of hers, in essence she made herself immortal like us and has no problems feasting on her own people to keep her hunger sated. Hiccup said as he went over to a computer and typed in some commands as it showed Sakura performing the tests and experiments' on a strapped down Hiccup. The feed ended as the computer was destroyed by Hiccup as he hated what they did to him.

"Well, I'll pay this woman a visit as I happen to have the unfortunate circumstances of knowing her." Dracula said as Hiccup looked to him and asked.

"If you could grant me one last request, my King?" he asked as Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"And that would be?' Dracula asked as he sensed Hiccup was melancholic after hearing the news of what happened while he was away.

"End my existence. I cannot live with the knowledge that my loved ones are dead and I was used as a lab rat." Hiccup said as Dracula summoned his Void Sword.

"Are you sure?" he asked as he held the sword up, ready to pierce the demon-vampire's chest. Hiccup nodded as Dracula plunged the sword through the young demon.

"Thank you…" Hiccup said as he turned to ash as Dracula dispelled his sword and sensed something else familiar. He teleported to the specific hospital room and came upon the sight of a frail and elderly man confined to his bed and breathing into a mask. Dracula knew who this man was, it was his first friend from the Leaf, the one who he considered a brother in all but blood, despite their differences. Dracula moved over to where he was stand right next to the bed as the elderly man turned his milky white eyes to the vampire and spoke through his mask, which had a speaker installed as he need the mask as it was hooked up to life support.

"Hello… Naruto…" Sasuke said in a withered voice.

"I will admit that it's surprising to see still alive after all this time." Dracula said as he had a smile. Sasuke chuckled weakly as he responded.

"Don't be… In truth I never expected to be revived after out last fight… But Sakura managed to bring me back… soon after, she injected me with something when I was resting… she's gone mad with power…" Sasuke said as Dracula was interested in finding this out, he always knew Sakura's 'admiration' for Sasuke was more… adamant than normal crushes go.

"So she's gone off the deep end and rules with an iron fist." Dracula said as Sasuke nodded. The elderly Uchiha pressed a button on the arm panel as a hidden drawer popped open in front of Dracula's legs. The vampire knelt down and opened it as he picked out the item inside. It was a sword, a beautiful one at that. (The Sword is Vlad the Impaler's from Assassin's Creed Revelations). Dracula inspected the blade as heheld it in his hands, it was expertly crafted and had a red gem placed in the hilt.

"This blade… is my gift to you… I worked on it in secret… the gem was left behind by your summons… after we killed Itachi… I call it, Muramasa… use it to take my life…" Sasuke said as Dracula nodded and poised the sword over Sasuke.

"I can finally be… with my family…" Sasuke said before Dracula plunged the sword down and through Sasuke and the bed, blood coating the weapon. Dracula watched as Sasuke shuddered as he turned to ashes. He pulled the sword free and watched as it absorbed the blood on it, the gem glowing faintly. Dracula sealed the sword away as he left the hospital, the life-support flat-lining as the private line it was connected to notified the one on the other end.

Dracula was walking down a road as he was thinking of something. He was brought out of his thoughts when a voice called out.

"Hold it right there, Murderer!" Dracula paused as he turned around to see the person talking, it was Sakura and she didn't look a day older when he last saw her (when she sentenced him to death).

"Yes?" Dracula said as he played ignorant, Sakura frowned as she spoke.

"I don't know who you are, but you are not leaving, not after murdering my beloved husband and father to my child." Sakura snarled as Dracula noted the kid next to her, and the small army of her followers behind her.

"And what makes you think you can stop me? It's quite easy to come and go really." Dracula said as he smirked.

"Detain him, I want him on my operating table!" Sakura shouted as her guards nodded as they charged at him, hissing and snarling as Dracula noted that they all had Hiccup's powers. Dracula just brought out Muramasa and used this opportunity to test out the sword. He cut through the followers that attacked him as some of them changed to grotesque creatures as they grew desperate (Necromorphs, these are Sakura's 'pets'). Dracula had fun as he destroyed them and caused damage to the Village, Sakura and her kid were left of her forces as the common people scattered, trying to get away. Dracula just put the sword away as he spoke.

"So, is that all you can throw at me? A couple of half-baked science experiments? I can see why your 'dear husband' wanted to leave." He said as the child screamed in fury as they ran to attack Dracula, only to be mercilessly cut down as Dracula obliterated the young one with a wave of his hand and a flare of his power.

"NO!" Sakura shrieked in loss as she glared to Dracula.

"You monster!" she spat as Dracula just laughed at this.

"You're not the first one who has called me that, and you certainly won't be the last one either." He remarked as Sakura pulled out a syringe of a muddy red fluid and stabbed it into her thigh. She dropped the item as she fell to her knees and her form began to change. She turned into this disgusting and revolting creature the size of a house as it roared at him. The thing was clumsy and a mindless brute as it tried to attack Dracula, only for him to beat it down with his Chaos Claws, destroy its limbs with the Void Sword and throw it into the central tower with his Shadow Whip. Dracula then teleported and reappeared high in the air as he looked down on the village as people were dying from the 'outbreak' as Sakura was eating them to nourish herself. Dracula simply held out his left hand as he closed his eyes.

"The key to this technique is focus, picture an orb the size of an apple, forming from your power." Ahri's voice was heard as it went through the Vampire's mind. His power began to flow to his outstretched hand as it took shape. It was a black orb with dark red aura flowing off it. The orb grew to the size of an apple as it was brimming with his dark power, red lightning dancing over its surface. Dracula opened his eyes as visions of people were going through his head. His parents, his friends, Tsunade, Konohamaru, Shizune, Kiba, Sasuke and his family (sans Itachi). Dracula's eyes moistened up a bit as he thought of his family, Erza, his parents, the junchuuriki and the Tailed Ones, Menma and John… Samus… Marie, whose appearance shifted back to Ahri as she was smiling warmly at him, her beauty enhanced by shining light. Dracula grit his teeth as he muttered his technique.

"Demonic Mediggo!" he said as the orb fired out of his hand and sailed to its target, the center of the Leaf. The orb impacted the ruined tower that Sakura was at, feasting on people, it let off a brief light flicker before the entirety of the village and more was consumed in an earth shattering explosion, a dark dome of power exploded outwards from ground zero as it consumed everything in its path (think of how a Sub-Space Bomb goes off in Brawl's campaign). The dome reached a certain point in growth as it exploded completely, sending out a shockwave that turned everything within a 20 mile radius to nothing but a wasteland. Dracula lowered himself as he landed and began to walk back to his castle, not caring of the vast distance. He eventually reached the coastline as he had been walking through the remains of the town he lived in with Ahri and Samus, nature had taken over as it was a lush forest. He paused when he spotted something shiny on the ground, covered lightly by foliage as he leaned down and retrieved it and stood up as he held them items in his hand. It was three peculiar items, two rings and a necklace. Dracula knew what they were, His and Ahri's wedding rings that signified their bond, and Samus's necklace that she always wore even when she would wear nothing else. Dracula heard a light sizzling sound accompanied by the smell of flesh burning as the jewelry burned a hole through his hand and fell to the forest floor. Dracula just clenched his hand into a fist as the wound healed over.

"I forgot… blessed metal…" Dracula commented as he brought out a small case and used his telekinesis to retrieve them and place them in there before he put the box away. Dracula closed his eyes as his form burst into smoke and formed something larger, and draconian. Dracula's form now resembled a black wyvern which was marginally smaller than his infamous Dragon Form, with jagged spikes going down his form, this form was gained soon after he dealt with Zeref and Acnologia. In this form he could do bombing runs and reach speeds that could break the sound barrier. (He turns into Alduin from Elder Scrolls V; Skyrim). Dracula flapped his wings as he took to the skies and flew home. Dracula soon desired a true death, but he masked his desires as he continued his war against the Brotherhood, meanwhile the girls were starting to develop romantic feelings for him (Miia hid those feelings, the other four expressed them to him) as his calm and caring demeanor for his loyal subordinates made them happy. Satan soon sent his top creation and most ruthless follower after the Prince of Darkness in an attempt to kill him off as Satan would rather face his most hated foe when he was weakened or not at all rather than head on at full power.

(The Weapon)

Dracula had a gut feeling that something was off as he was sitting in his throne. Grayfia reported that Hell was more quiet than usual (she had a way to see into her old home) and mentioned that Satan was in a jovial mood, which is never a good thing really. That's when Dracula sensed something large had entered his 'sparring chambers' (The Underworld where he fought and killed the Forgotten One, the Dimensional Prison is still within the Castle). Dracula got out of his chair and moved over to the middle of the room as he focused his power to his hands. The Vampire Lord plunged them into the air before him and pulled apart as he ripped open a hole between the realms to the Underworld. Before he could react, a harpoon shot forth and through his gut as he was pulled into the Underworld, the tear closing up as he was pulled in. Dracula managed to cut the cord connected to the harpoon as he came to a stop and ripped the projectile free as he tossed it to the side. That's when Dracula noticed he wasn't alone in this place as he looked up to see who else was in the Underworld with him.

"That wasn't always there, was it…?" Dracula said as he took in its size and form. The thing was between the Titan he fought in the Lake of Oblivion and the one he encountered in the Titan's Graveyard in terms of size. Its form was centurion in nature, but also more bestial and menacing. It looked to be composed of flesh and metal formed together as it radiated raw power from Hell itself. Its red eyes glaring down at Dracula as it flexed its claws. (The Ultima Weapon from Final Fantasy XIV).

Dracula immediately dodged as the thing went on annihilation mode, its target, him. The beast let out a roar as it began to fire off blasts of energy from its eyes and hands, it also fired off homing projectiles that Dracula dodged as they released some type of gas that he inadvertently breathed in. The Prince of Darkness brought out his Chaos Claws as he appeared next to its front leg and punched it as he burned a hole through it. The thing swiped at him as he avoided it and began to punch out the other legs as the thing collapsed on top of him. Dracula pushed up as he lifted the thing above his head by its underside and threw it to a nearby platform. The creature got back up as its legs reformed and it lunged to Dracula, landing back on the main platform. The fight was harsh and chaotic as this creature proved to be quite deadly as it shook of Dracula's attacks like they were bee stings. Dracula realized that the thing had released some type of biological agent that was screwing him over from the inside, his powers were getting weaker, and his healing factor was slowing, just what the hell did Satan have this thing made of?

The fight continued on as the platforms and floating rocks were being destroyed as Dracula was getting thrown around by Satan's colossal servant as he couldn't really do much against it, despite his best efforts. Eventually Dracula was on his last leg as the hellish monstrosity that Satan sent after him showed no signs of fatigue or injury from its self-regeneration/reconstruction abilities. Dracula heard a dark chuckle echo over the Underworld as he recognized it.

"Having fun, Gabriel?" Satan asked as Dracula was a tad bit exhausted as he was heavily affected by whatever gas this thing had let out.

"Satan…" Dracula muttered as he really wasn't in the mood to chat with the Devil. Satan just chuckled again as he spoke.

"How do you like my greatest pet, I've given it orders specifically to detain you and if capable of doing so, kill you permanently." Satan's voice echoed out as the Fallen Angel was still in Hell. Dracula grunted in annoyance as he was down on a knee from his pain. His form was battered and had several deep wounds, his cloak was ruined, his pants had tears and his belt clasp (that thing he has on, looks like a wrestling belt really) was also gone. Dracula got up to stand but was sent back to his knees as it shot out streams of purple/blue lightning from its hands at him.

"Just what in all that is supernatural is this damned thing…" Dracula growled out as his body convulsed from the lightning. As much as he would hate to admit it, this thing had the upper hand as it not only proved invulnerable against his skills. But it also could absorb what he dished out into power to fuel it, not that it didn't have massive power of its own to begin with.

"Aww, does little Gabriel have problems facing my personal war machine? I even outfitted it with means of taking you out of the picture for good. I do say that it is doing a phenomenal job." Satan commented as Dracula knew the Devil had a grin, even if he couldn't see him.

"As much as I enjoy watching you suffer, I have business to attend to once you are gone, finish him…" Satan commanded as he cut his communication. The behemoth simply aimed its hand at Dracula and charged up its power as it unleashed copious streams of lightning at the Vampire Lord. Dracula hissed in agony as he was assaulted by so much lightning. Lightning magic was a double edged sword for the Prince of Darkness, while he could use it like how Carmilla and Jasmine could, but he also was prone to being harmed by it as it was a 'weakness' to him, he didn't know why either. Every atom of his being was in white hot agony as he let out a pained growl as he placed his hands to the ground in pain.

'I… will-not… end here!" Dracula growled out as he forced himself to stand up as he was still taking the lightning.

"You… will not… kill me… no one will!" Dracula roared as he flared out his power in a shockwave that had the titan from Hell stumble back as its attack was stopped. Dracula's Chaos Claws flared to life as he lunged in and tore out the front left leg from its socket and sent a blast of Hellfire into the wound to prevent it from healing. Dracula then moved over to its tail as he grabbed it and began to swing the servant of Satan around like it was a weight on a rope before he let go, sending it crashing into a platform. Dracula sprouted his Demonic Wings as he flew after it, intent on devouring its beating heart. The cyborg creature landed as it got back up and received a punch to the head that shattered the armor on the left side of its face, exposing the fleshy insides. Dracula summoned Muramasa as he stabbed the sword down into the exposed eye as the creature roared in pain. It managed to shake off the King of Vampires as he landed on his feet and felt re-energized a bit as the sword absorbed the black/green blood. Dracula held Muramasa in his left hand and summoned his Void Sword in his right as he jumped in and began to move between the creature's attacks as he was landing blows against its underside. Dracula sealed the swords away and jumped inside the monster from a gaping wound he made. He didn't really know where exactly he was but he set out to destroy it from the inside out, regaining the fuel to his powers that it stole.

The beast from Hell was trying all it could to get Dracula out, even tearing through its own form to reach him. It got a hold of Dracula's foot and pulled him out as it slammed him into the floor. This didn't stop the Vampire as he turned to mist and moved up along its arm, having it begin to decay (rust and rot). He reformed as he spin-kicked its face and forced it to crash on its side. Dracula dropped as he focused his power into his arms as they formed into his Dragon Form front arms, partial transformation, and dug his claws into the deep gash in its underbelly. The Dragon violently tore the wound open even more as its insides spilled out like an over-stuffed bag of trash. The servant from Hell was not going to go out without taking Dracula with him and got up to play one last card. The creature tore off its torso armor, exposing a fleshy/mechanical core in the middle of its chest the size of a house. Dracula stopped what he was doing as he noticed that it was going to do a suicide attack in hopes of wiping him out, not on his watch. He canceled his partial transformation and used his Shadow Whip to rappel up to the core.

"And what would this be?" he asked as he punched the core, leaving spider web cracks on the impact. This didn't seem to deter the creature as it focused on using all its powers to power up its core for meltdown followed by its suicide detonation. Dracula continued to chip away at the core as he was making minimal progress as the thing began to melt, well the armor as the flesh was sizzling up like acid. The thing let out a shuddering laugh of sorts as it reached the final stage and lit up like an exploding sun. Dracula was thrown back from the sheer force of the explosion as he went through several rock clusters and landed in a heap. Dracula struggled to get up as he was exhausted and in pain from the suicide detonation. He transformed into his Dragon Form and made his way over to the corpse of the creature as there were still some remains left, and a whole veritable aura of power lingering off it. The Dragon began to feast as it was tearing chunks of flesh and armor off as it was consumed, no room for chewing. Dracula also absorbed the power left behind as it added to his own. The Dragon let out a guttural growl before it shifted back into Dracula as he collapsed to his knees, dry heaving as he shoved his fingers into his mouth. This got the reaction he needed as he threw up on the floor, purging his body of that toxin that he had inhaled earlier.

"Master!" a voice called out as Grayfia managed to enter the Underworld as she ran over to him in worry. Dracula moved to get up as he stumbled when Grayfia caught him and held him up.

"Here." She said as she pulled off the frilled wrist band and presented to him her exposed wrist (Grayfia's in her maid outfit). Dracula grabbed the limb and bit down as he began to feed, his wounds and powers regenerating as he took in her blood. He finished as he let go and thanked her.

"What is Satan's Titanus doing here?" she asked as she looked to the devoured remains, sensing a small sect of power left in the corpse.

"You know this creature?" Dracula asked as Grayfia nodded.

"This was Satan's trump card during his rebellion in Heaven long ago. You see, Hell existed before he was sentenced there by Unohana. Those that aided in his uprising were also sent with him as well, out of all the Fallen Angels that were cast out, Akeno is the only one who sided with you instead of Lucifer. In Hell, his followers were changed from their once pure forms into monstrosities, including the Titanus. I can see that he made several adjustments and changes for it to be the deadliest of his servants." Grayfia said as she examined the remains, and was surprised when the remaining power merged with some of the armor and turned into a ball of light. The orb flew over to her as it split into four pieces and encased her arms and legs. The light still glowed on her which soon shifted into a pocket watch that she wore as a necklace, resting on her bosom.

"Besides worrying about my well-being, is there something else you wanted to say?" Dracula asked as Grayfia nodded.

"The Brotherhood has amassed a large army as they are marching towards the castle, they also have two Siege Titans as well and many holy artifacts to aid them." Grayfia said as Dracula nodded.

"Return to the castle and inform them to not retaliate, I have a surprise for the Brotherhood." He said as Grayfia nodded as he made a portal for her to leave as it closed and he clenched his hands.

"Time to test out my new abilities…" he said as he felt his power combining the Titanus's as he had the remains of the corpse break down into blood that he absorbed.

(Mortal Realm)

"Forward, my comrades! Let us end this threat once and for all!" a Brotherhood commander yelled out as the army, numbering 100,000 men, marched to Dracula's castle with the intent of wiping out the scourge that was Dracula. It was night as they were sure they could win, that's when a large portal opened up in the sky as this caught everyone's attention. A large metallic dragon burst from the portal as it closed and landed on its feet, skidding through Brotherhood forces as they were crushed. Everyone was stunned as they took in this new arrival. Dracula just smirked (though it wasn't shown in his new form) as he was going to enjoy this (This Dragon form of Dracula's is Bahamut from Final Fantasy X). The humanoid dragon let out a stream of lightning from its clawed hands that incinerated dozens of knights as they reacted.

"Destroy it!" the following battle proved to be of little trouble as Dracula used his new form's powers and abilities to decimate the army and the two Siege Titans (they were a tad bit smaller than the one that would be created for the final assault later). Once the fighting ended as the army was wiped out, Dracula returned to normal as he took in the carnage and death with a satisfied smirk before he returned to his castle. While he wasn't really aware, someone else wanted his powers for themselves.

(The Snake King and the traitor)

Dracula was taking a stroll through the woods that were near his former home. His mind was occupied with different thoughts as he just walked, ignoring the many animals that scattered in fear of him. His ears then picked up the sound of a soft giggle that was familiar to him. He looked to find the source as he caught a glimpse of blue-black hair, a white fox tail and golden eyes. Only one person he knew had those features, Dracula followed the mysterious person as he was curious and hopeful.

"Love, how I missed you…" Ahri's voice sound out through the forest as Dracula followed her.

"Hang on…" Dracula said softly as he wanted to confirm if this was real, was his beloved wife back in the land of the living? He eventually managed to catch up as he saw her enter a shimmering pool of water. He sensed that the pool was a gateway to someplace else, and without much thought he walked into as he disappeared under the teal waters. The pool dried up as the gateway was closed, thus preventing anyone entering or exiting that way. Dracula landed in a crouch as he took in his new surroundings, from the looks of it, he was in the realm of some one that loved snakes. The palace, the grounds, hell even the walkway that lead to said palace was decorated in snake themed architecture. Dracula just got up as he saw that 'Ahri' had entered the palace and followed her as he wanted answers. The Vampire walked in as he tore down the front doors and looked around to see if he could find her. He didn't take long as she made her presence known when he entered the main room.

"Is it really you…?" Dracula asked as she stood before him without a shred of clothing on with a smile on her face.

"It is, dearest husband. You look troubled, is something the matter?" she asked as Dracula moved to her, not realizing he had walked into a trap. 'Ahri' hugged him as she added.

"No need for tears, I am here." She said as Dracula hesitantly put his arms around her. Dracula then heard a different voice behind him.

"And you are in my grasp, Prince of Darkness." Before he could react, 'Ahri' pulled away from him as a large scythe blade burst from his torso, spraying his blood on 'Ahri'. Dracula was lifted up and thrown across the room as he recovered and looked to see that the attacker was a large male who wielded a wicked-looking scythe (Orochi X form). Dracula watched as 'Ahri' began to laugh, not a sweet and kind laugh that he cherished, but a cold and insane one as the room shifted to a large den of writhing serpents and rock formations. Dracula could tell that the blade was laced with some type of venom as he felt hid limbs were as heavy as lead. His wrist were in shackles as Orochi had a granite pair of pillars hold him above the serpents. 'Ahri' had a miasma of lavender purple energy coat her form before she dropped the illusion to reveal someone else.

(The audience)

'Da-Ji…" Ahri growled in a low tone as her eyes narrowed upon seeing her traitorous student from her past. Trevor simply raised an eyebrow at this as everyone continued to watch.

(Back to the memories)

"You are quite the easy one to deceive, Vampire…" Da-Ji said as she sat down on an ornamental sphere that doubled as her weapon. Orochi smirked as his eyes feasted upon the fearsome and terrifying Lord Dracula.

"How quaint of you to join out little party, Naruto." Orochi said as he sent out a paralyzing burst of lightning that struck Dracula, causing him to grunt in pain.

"I know all about you, vampire. Your achievements, your losses and much more. The bitch in the clouds wasn't the only deity to have their eyes on you as you were destined for greatness, be it light or dark." Orochi added as he sent another burst of lightning at Dracula as it struck him. The Lord of Shadows groaned in pain as Orochi had his palace begin to siphon out his powers.

"Just because you pose the biggest threat to both the Holy bitch and the Fallen One's plans, doesn't mean that you have no other contestants who want your power." Da-Ji said as she moved in and stroked Dracula's face with her hand, her nails leaving thin cuts as she giggled.

"What's wrong, did I upset the big, bad Dragon for playing with his emotions?" Da-Ji taunted as she moved away from the Prince of Darkness.

"I'm going to make the both of you wish you were dead when I get out of here…" Dracula growled as Orochi sent another stream of lightning at him as he let out a hiss of pain. Seriously, what was it with his sensitivity to lightning? He was immune to holy powers and relics and could shrug off fatal wounds like they were small cuts, but a blast of lightning magic had him reeling in pain, what gives? Orochi continued his 'shock therapy' as he eventually released as wisps of smoke rose from Dracula's form.

"I will leave him to you for now, Da-Ji. Don't keep me waiting…" Orochi said as he burst into green flames and vanished.

"Ok Lord Orochi!" Da-Ji happily said as she turned her attention back to Dracula, she skipped over on the stone bridge with a playful demeanor that hid her cruelty. She messed around with Dracula as he was essentially a caged animal at the moment, a pissed caged animal who could cause untold amounts of destruction and death on a whim. Da-Ji then decided to mess with his head about his 'precious' wife as she grew a sinister smirk as she was hanging off his back.

"I'm curious about you, Mr. Vampire." Da-Ji started as Dracula was wanting to end her but he couldn't as these damned chains and totem pillars were sapping him of his powers.

"And what would that be, little runt." Dracula growled out as he tugged at the chains experimentally.

"You hold your wife on a pedestal and have no ill feelings towards her, yet she's the one for your suffering, she hid your son from you, your legacy…." Da-Ji said as she formed a vision mirror in front of the two.

"What are you rambling on about…?" Dracula demanded as Da-Ji simply moved a slender hand around and pressed a finger to his lips with a hushing noise from her mouth.

"Think about it, how much do you really know of your loving wife? Can you really say that you knew her well enough to trust and love her? She never spoke much of her past prior to being with you, she knew of this little road you currently tread and did nothing to stop it. And the most important of all, she hid your son from you and took that knowledge to her grave." Da-Ji said as those scenes were played before Dracula as he was now conflicted. He knew his wife well as he would like to believe, but what Da-Ji said planted the seed of doubt in his mind. If his love did know of the Prophecy, why didn't she tell him about it, why hide their son from him. Sure he knew he wasn't exactly the best when it came to parentage, as his prior experiences with Menma and John were anything, but he should have known that he had a son with Marie instead of being left in the dark about the whole thing. Instead the boy was taken by the Brotherhood and raised to go against him, and look where that got them.

"Want to know another secret about your lover? You're not the only man she's sunken her claws into, to her, you were just another toy." Da-Ji whispered in his ear as she had him where she wanted him.

"What do you mean…?" Dracula asked after a brief moment of silence as Da-Ji gained a sinister smirk. Now for the final touch, Dracula had no knowledge of this fox as Ahri never spoke about her former student that betrayed her, so it was easier for Da-Ji to get into his head using the knowledge she gained from watching over the two with Orochi.

"She never told you? Well, allow me to shed some light on what Ahri truly is…" Da-Ji said as she had the mirror change scenes to show one that she knew would be the final straw. Dracula watched as the mirror shifted to show a cave, one that he recognized, it was Ahri's former home long before she was sealed in Mito. However that's not what had his attention, which was a duo rutting about on the bed of flowers in the center of cave. He saw Ahri on her hands and knees, panting and moaning like a bitch in heat, and the other? None other than Madara Uchiha with a smirk on his face.

"What is this…?" Dracula asked as what he was seeing was beginning to have an effect on him, was this really the woman he loved?

"Well for starters, that is Ahri, the woman you loved and cared for deeply. And the man with long hair would be Madara Uchiha. As you can see, the two seem to be enjoying themselves quite well. Here is the kicker…" Da-Ji said as she stopped talking as 'Ahri' spoke over her moaning.

"Yes, I am yours Madara! Take me as your woman!" she said as Madara laughed as he continued to pump away.

"You are mine to do with as I please, bitch! This is such a thrill! I am your master and the only one you will obey and desire, everyone else are simple peons that will be used to find a way to bring me back in case I perish!" Madara said with glee. 'Ahri' had a fucked-stupid look on her face as she fell forward, her tongue rolling out as she replied.

"Yes! All for you, I will find a suitable host for your revival and then we can be together!" she said before she screamed out in orgasm as Madara came as well. Dracula felt his heart shatter to a million pieces as he heard that, unable to look away as Madara and 'Ahri' continued their romp. Da-Ji watched from behind the Vampire as she noticed he had a devastated look in his eyes. She had the mirror shatter and the technique end. (Unknown to Dracula, 'Ahri' in the vision that was rutting with Madara was actually Da-Ji herself disguised as her former teacher).

"Now you know what kind of person your wife really is, she would've eventually killed you and bring back Madara to be with him. While things changed, that still didn't stop her as she would let all this happen to you, your fall, hiding away your son, keeping secrets from you. All to serve her own ends. I am surprised she didn't kill you then to bring Madara back sooner, as you are powerful enough to surpass him. Looks like you got lucky as she's gone and you are alive." Da-Ji said as she smiled to the vampire as Dracula stare was locked on the traitorous student.

"…Thank you, for sharing this information with me…" Dracula said as he felt lost, betrayed, abandoned… hopeless. Da-Ji just smiled as she floated up to Dracula and moved closer to him.

"It's alright mister, we outcasts should stick together, she betrayed me as much as she did to you as well." She said as she wrapped her hugs around the Prince of Darkness's torso and rested her head on his shoulder. Her eyes then snapped open in pain as she felt fangs pierce her neck and begin to drain her blood. Da-Ji tried to pull away as Dracula had a strong hold with his jaws as he feasted.

"G-get off me!" Da-Ji screamed as she managed to free herself as she ended up having a chunk torn from her neck as she moved back, Dracula had blood coating his lower face, neck and upper chest as he swallowed the chunk of flesh he ripped from her and chuckled darkly as her blood purged the toxin that was in Orochi's scythe. She was unprepared when his legs lunged up and nailed her right in the gut as she was sent flying back and crashed into a rock formation. The shackles and chains holding him up turned white hot as they melted as Dracula landed on the rock floor, rubbing his wrists as he got up.

"While I thanked you for shedding new light on the one I loved, that still doesn't mean I'm not going to let the two of you live." Dracula said as he cracked his knuckles before moving to her location and began to beat her as she tried to fight back. Da-Ji was not as powerful as Orochi or close to her former teacher either, so she was nothing compared to the dreaded Lord of Shadows as he brutalized her.

"Lord Orochi, please help me!" she called out in hopes that he would save for from imminent death. Dracula stomped down on her spine as the sickening crack sounded out as he broke her spinal column, relishing her screams as he showed no mercy. He continued to beat her within an inch of her life as she was burned, stabbed and struck by his weapons, her right arm was gone at the elbow and she had harsh burns along her body, coupled with various bruises, stabs and other injuries.

"Looks like your beloved master has no desire to come to your aid, which means he cares nothing for you." Dracula smirked as he summoned Muramasa and stabbed it into her chest as she was on her knees, her back arched over the floor. The blade was pointing straight down and into the floor as Dracula shoved his fingers into her mouth and pulled. Da-Ji's howls of pain grew louder as Dracula was going slow as he was tearing her jaw apart. With a final tug, Dracula had torn off the upper half of Da-Ji's head at the mouth as he dropped the decapitated head, her body convulsing as he lower mouth and tongue did so as well. He ripped Muramasa forward by its blade as her body was cleaved in two at the chest down to her sex and flipped the sword in reverse grip before driving it into Da-Ji's severed head. He let go of the handle as he sighed in pleasure with a smirk, his form sprayed with her blood as he absorbed it, leaving him clean. Dracula held his hand out as a misty aura collected in his palm and took the form of a sphere, teal in color with a purple core that he stored away in his cloak before he put away Muramasa. Dracula saw a portal open a few feet in front of him as he knew that this would lead to Orochi.

"Perfect, now to deal with the snake..." He muttered as he walked to the portal, punting aside Da-Ji's head as it fell into the pit of snakes. The vampire vanished as he stepped into the portal and came to an interesting place. A small/narrow cliff above a massive whirlpool made of lava, he looked around and saw that the surrounding were a rocky canyon that stretched on forever.

"Welcome, Prince of Darkness. I see that you dealt with my loyal servant." Orochi said as he was floating above the lava, the Serpent King had a smirk as his arms were folded over his chest.

"Enough small talk, Orochi. I know that you have the means of getting out of this place, and I intend on leaving." Dracula said as he looked to his target.

"I wouldn't expect nothing less from the one who instill such fear in Death and the Devil himself." Orochi said as he manipulated ground to cover the lava as he landed on his feet. Orochi brought out his scythe as he smirked at Dracula.

"Come then, Vampire. Give me the satisfaction of taking your life and gaining your power for myself." Orochi said as Dracula summoned his Void Sword as the two lunged in and clashed blades. Dracula pulled back and ducked under a swipe from the larger being (Orochi stands at 8 ft. tall, Dracula is 6 ft. 1 in. tall), his scythe missing his hair by a centimeter. Dracula lunged up with his sword as he grazed a small cut on Orochi's chin as the Serpent Lord drove a knee into Dracula's chest as he flew back and landed on his feet. They didn't stop as they resumed their fight, both aiming to kill the other. One was the Lord of Serpents and an old adversary to both man and the deities, the other was the biggest threat to mankind and the one who bested the Fallen One as a mortal. They traded blows as Dracula switched between Muramasa, The Void Sword and the Shadow Whip as he battled Orochi, who used his sinister scythe to try and kill Dracula. Orochi despised mankind and the other deities as they sealed him away to a single confined realm, so he plotted to exact vengeance by returning and destroying the deities and enslaving mankind in retribution for his imprisonment (his backstory is somewhat paralleling to The Forgotten One's). To do that he needed Dracula's power to serve his own ends, though he could take the pleasure of ending some of the deities as Dracula had already killed a few. Dracula wasn't interested to know about Orochi or this little servant he murdered beforehand, all he wanted was to drain Orochi of his life-force and see him dead at his feet.

"You're pretty good, for a parasite…" Orochi said as grew annoyed as Dracula would turn to mist and out of harm's way when Orochi believed he could land a vicious blow on the smaller opponent.

"You're not half bad either, garden snake…" Dracula said as he insulted Orochi, who disliked being slandered. Their fight raged on as Dracula feigned a dodge and dispelled his sword before bring out his Chaos Claws. He gripped the blade with one hand and punched down with his free hand, shattering the scythe blade to dozens of pieces. Before Orochi could react, Dracula held a broken fragment of the scythe and drove it into Orochi's torso, underneath his ribs as he punctured his lung. The Prince of Darkness spin-kicked the Serpent King away as Orochi flew back and landed with a grunt.

"You're starting to get boring, Orochi." Dracula said as he had his Chaos Claws disperse. Orochi just grinned as he was thoroughly enjoying this.

"How about I take things up a notch." Orochi said as he slammed his fist to the ground as it collapsed and grew out to reveal the lava whirlpool. Dracula brought out his Demonic Wings as he kept above the lava, not desiring to take a dip as he watched Orochi fall into the molten earth. He wasn't kept waiting as the lava grew restless as eight titanic horned serpent heads emerged, hissing and writhing about. Orochi had formed into his destructive form that he ravaged the world with in the past prior to being sealed away.

"Intriguing, I suppose I should gift the Gorgon Sisters with a sect of Orochi's power to see if they can harness it." Dracula commented as he flew in and avoided the heads as he drop-kicked the main one, which he believed as it was slightly larger than the rest. Dracula leaped back as the other heads lunged in to try and eat him. Dracula landed on the outermost head as he skated down its neck, flipping to the others as he avoided their bites and fire they spewed out. The Prince of Darkness then flew into the air above the writhing heads as he transformed into his Dragon Form as it was now a clash of the titans, The Dragon against The Hydra. They fought with such viciousness and cruelty that they could've been mistaken for bitter enemies who fought over the centuries. The Dragon clamped down and tore off two of the heads at the necks and burned/gored several others. The Dragon did not go unscathed as he received many bites and lost chunks of his body that were torn out. The Dragon grabbed the central head and pried its mouth open as it exhaled a gout of fire down the Hydra's mouth & neck. The Dragon burst into black smoke and embers as he returned to Dracula and used his Demonic Wings to fly over and land on the small cliff he was on earlier and turned to face the Hydra, watching as it regrew it's heads and roared at him in fury. Dracula then focused his powers as red-lightning danced over his arms and hands as he flexed them and sent his hands forward as he let loose a storm of demonic lightning that struck the mythical serpent.

Dracula grit his teeth as he focused on destroying the multi-headed beast as it writhed in agony, the lightning cooking it alive as each head was roasted from the inside out and turned to smoked snake. Eventually the central head remained as the others were dead and Dracula ceased his lightning barrage and flew up with his Demonic Wings above the snake's head as he dive-bombed with a fierce look.

"Come on out, Orochi!" Dracula said as he dropped into the central head's mouth as it clamped down on him. The head convulsed violently as parts were being blown off from the inside before it exploded like a bloody balloon. Dracula and Orochi flew out as the lava whirlpool solidified to stone as the corpse of the Hydra collapsed on it. The two landed on top of the body where the heads connected together as they resumed their fight, resorting to their hands and feet. Dracula brought out his Chaos Claws as Orochi encased his knuckles in electrical power as they fought on, Orochi showed some signs of exhaustion as did Dracula, mostly from the damned placed sapping up a good portion of his powers. This didn't deter the two as they still sought to kill one another as Orochi parried and retaliated with a left hook and Dracula broke the arm at the elbow. Dracula switched to CQC as he sensed that Orochi was pouring venom into his claws with each landed hit, which meant Dracula's vision was getting blurry and his insides feeling the burn of the venom as they were eating away at his organs, damn it this shit hurt like a motherfucker. Dracula also had his left arm at the shoulder torn off and crushed as he responded by digging his claws into Orochi's chest, just centimeters away from tearing into his heart. Eventually they came to an end as Orochi gripped Dracula's head in his hands as he was ready to crush it like a watermelon. Dracula responded by punching his right fist into Orochi's gut, deep in the intestines as Orochi coughed up blood.

"W-wait, Dracula… think of what we could achieve together…" Orochi shuddered out as hellfire was cooking him from the inside out as he was not wanting to die. Dracula was panting as he had several injuries on his person, plus with the venom Orochi had implanted in him.

"Listen up, Orochi, I'm only going to say this in a way you can understand clearly." Dracula said as one of his eyes was gone and blood was going down his face from an open cut on his head.

"My Liege, please…" Orochi begged as he knew he lost and his life was in Dracula's hands, hand if you want to be technical. Dracula just focused his power into his right fist as he replied.

"I'm about to blow my load all over your insides." Dracula said as he felt like saying something humorous and crude.

"W-what the…?" Orochi started as he was confused.

"No Homo." Dracula added as he released the pent up power as it exploded outwards through Orochi's back, tearing him in two as the corpse was blown back and landed with a heavy thump, Orochi was no more. Dracula fell to a knee as he still had the venom inside his form, doing its work.

"Damn mongrels and their conniving ways…" Dracula growled out as he managed to get back to his feet, why did the powerful ones he faced resorted to using underhanded means to try and do him in? At least he played it straight to the point, if Dracula wanted you dead, there was no way you could hide or defend yourself from his wrath. He also found no fun in using such underhanded means like poisons and biological weapons. Well, time to see if the snake was still useful as he knew that there was still power coursing through the two corpses. He turned into his original Dragon form and began to feast on the larger corpse after swallowing Orochi's corpse. Dracula could taste that the Hydra's corpse was laced with venom, as a means to prevent harvest of it if the beast was killed, but he was sure that there was an antidote to the venom within the corpse as he continued to dig in. He eventually had his fill as the venom returned with a vengeance, causing him to stumble to the side a bit before collapsing with a roar. The Dragon lay still as the read aura that was over his body lost its luster and faded to black, matching the black hide/armor. The Dragon remained still as he was still in Orochi's pocket realm, that's when a small creature made its presence known as it rushed over to the large, apparently deceased, beast. The small animal was an ivory white fox with a trail of blue-black fur going down its head and to its lower back, its eye color was golden as it yipped to the Dragon. The small fox got on its hind legs as the front paws pressed against the snout as it yipped again. Ahri found this to be touching as the small fox had a resemblance to her, in a way.

Everyone watching was surprised when, soon after the fox's arrival and it's trying to wake him up, Dracula's jaws clamped oved the critter in an instant, crushing it between his teeth. The now dead fox was swallowed as The Dragon rose to his feet and let out a roar of triumph as his form began to break down to black-red mist and power. The mist soon took shape into something else, something unique. What was in place of The Dragon that everyone knew of and Dracula turned into, was a different type of dragon. The beast's scales and hide were golden and it had three serpentine heads and tails, tipped with barbs and spikes running down the necks and tails. It lacked upper arms as it had a set of large wings in place. Its eyes were glowing red with fury (Dracula's new Dragon form he gained from devouring Orochi and the Hydra is King Gidorah from the Godzilla series, all of the images for his Dragon Forms are up on my profile as URL links/copy & paste). Dracula's new form let out a roar that sounded odd, yet terrifying before he breathed in and shot out three streams of lightning that tore open a dimensional hole to the castle from Orochi's realm. Dracula's current form returned to normal, and fully healed as well, as he looked back to the Hydra's corpse and held out his hand. The remainder of the Hydra's power, which form into a green orb the size of a watermelon, appeared in front of his hand as he collected it and walked through the portal, he'll have some of his servants come through and collect the corpse remains to see if it can still be used, that and break down the pocket realm and add it to his castle's power to boost its defenses and those inside.

(Leaning of the truth)

Dracula exited Orochi's realm as he realized that he was back in the forest he had been in earlier, before he was led into Orochi's place by Da-Ji. He looked to his old home as nature had completely overtaken it. The Vampire Lord was conflicted heavily about what he had learned about the one he loved and still had many questions. He pocketed the orb and made his way over to the home as he pushed open the door and walked in, the interior looked remained the same ever since he left on his quest ages ago for the God Mask, he was a fool back then, filled with hope that he could bring her back. But nothing ever could truly bring back the dead, he knew this for a fact. Dracula also noticed that the interior was also caked with vegetation as no one had lived in the place for quite some time. He went over and took the painting Marie did that was over the fireplace, odd, it remained untouched and as fresh as the day it was created despite the years of just hanging here while everything else was overwhelmed with nature. Dracula stored away the item as he figured it would be right to keep such a valuable item away from greedy hands. He then moved over to the bedroom as this was the last place he visited.

Dracula sensed that there was something lingering in the air, like a leftover message that was for him. He simply waved his hand with a small amount of his power flowing out as he activated some type of recording. A magical 'image' of Marie formed before him with a blue tinge to her as Dracula watched the event play out as it was set just after he left to hunt down the Daemon Lord. The 'memory' played out as he saw her joy at finding that she was going to be a mother and her hopes of being a wonderful family with their son and him. How she went about and wanted to make sure everything was going swell. It warmed his cold and black heart to see that she wanted to be the perfect mother and wife for him and their child as she checked over every minor detail to have everything perfect. Soon the pregnancy came to an end as she was shown on the bed and in labor with the nurses helping her. He smiled at the sight of Marie being given the newborn child as he heard his son's name.

"Trevor…" Dracula muttered as he finally knew the original name of his son. His good mood turned sour when he saw the memory as the Brotherhood Elder and Pan walk into the scene. Marie put Trevor in the crib as she was handed the necklace that he saw on Simon long ago. Dracula's hands clenched to fist as his claws dug into his flesh, drawing blood. Everything else was zoned out as Dracula had one thought going through his mind.

"She knew…" he muttered as his powers began to rise (they regenerate over time). All this time, he questioned if she was aware of what was in store for him, if she knew of what he became. The answer was laid bare right in front of him, and she stabbed him in the back and twisted the knife in for good measure! His mind was going through a surge of emotions, betrayal, hurt, fury, loss… All of those emotions that he never thought he would associate with his dear wife raged through him as his teeth grinded in anger. The memory switched to outside view of the home as it exploded outwards and in flames. Dracula stood in the remains as he panted lightly, his form glowing faintly with his energy as it faded. Dracula walked off the ruins of the home and made his way over to a tree-stump that had a double headed axe embedded in it. The stump itself had blood that had set in and dried, giving it a darker splotch as the axe-blade was in the middle of the stain. Dracula pulled the weapon free and noticed that the blood on the blade itself was still fresh, interesting. He collected some with his index finger and brought it to his mouth as he consumed the blood.

'I'm so sorry…' Marie/Ahri's voice echoed out in his head as Dracula frowned at that.

"A simple apology will not repair the damage that was done…" Dracula muttered as he cleaned off the blood on the weapon and left for his castle, the axe he used to murder his own wife, still in his hand.

(Recovering old friends)

The Prince of Darkness made his way back into the 'territory' of the Elemental Nations as he was searching for something, he eventually found what he was looking for as he flew down to the island, surprised that it was still standing.

"What happened here?" Dracula asked as he walked up to the cavern entrance he had sealed away many years ago. It was blown open he could sense the faint scent of something holy. He was going to kill someone if the Brotherhood had broken into this place. The Lord of Shadows made his way in and to the place where he learned of his clan ages ago, the first thing he noticed was that the Book of Seals was not on the pedestal next to the Book of Infernal Demons like he left it, someone had taken it. As he approached the pedestal, the spear that was next to it glowed with power as Volvagia's soul flew out and greeted him happily.

"It's good to see you too, Volvagia." Dracula said as he petted the dragon soul's head with his hand, Volvagia chirping happily as she wrapped around him and nuzzled her head to his chest. Dracula then turned to the Book of Infernal Demons as he had it open up and he cut open his hand as he flicked the blood over it as it glowed. He didn't wait long as an Infernal Demon (Gomorrah) emerged from its portal as it looked to see who offered their blood for a contract. Only for its eyes to widen upon recognizing the 'parasite in red'.

"Master, you live?" the demon asked in surprise as it sensed that he was also far more powerful now than he was in the past. Dracula just chuckled and replied.

"Were you expecting someone else to summon you, Gomorrah?" Dracula asked as the Infernal Demon shook its head negative. Volvagia then 'spoke' (clicks, chirps, growls) as she relayed information to Dracula.

"Which reminds me, what happened to the Book of Seals?" Dracula asked as Gomorrah knew he was going to ask about that.

"We, uh… What we're trying to say is…" Gomorrah was having trouble giving the correct answer as it knew Dracula had more than enough power to end its existence.

"Out with it, Gomorrah. I do not like having my patience wasted." Dracula stated as he was not in the mood for games, something of his was taken and he wanted to know who was responsible.

Thebookwastakenbyarobedbeing!" Gomorrah replied in a fast tone as Dracula's arm shot up and grabbed the demon by the horn near its nostril with a peeved expression on his face.

"You lost it!?" He growled out as he was about ready to kill Gomorrah.

"Forgive us, my Master. We tried to stop him, but he repressed us with Holy magic!" Gomorrah explained quickly as this piqued Dracula's interest as he let go of Gomorrah's horn.

"Explain." He said as Gomorrah nodded and formed a vision bubble. The bubble showed Dracula what happened while he was gone as a white robed person with glowing eyes broke open the sealed entrance and into the chamber. This being used Holy Magic and some type of cross shaped item to repress and force both Volvagia and the Infernal Demons back into their Staff/Book as they emerged to stop him. The person then took the Book of Seals as he smirked and exited the cavern. The bubble popped as the vision finished as Dracula looked to Gomorrah.

"So let me get this straight, this robed figure broke through my seal, waltzed in here, suppressed you from stopping him as he forced you back into your respective items and stole my book." Dracula summarized to Gomorrah and Volvagia as they nodded in response. Dracula sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

"He did utter his name before he made off with your possession, Master. Of course he was arrogant and spouted out claims that he was the divine overlord and that all knowledge of seals and the likes should belong to him." Gomorrah said as Dracula replied.

"And his name is? I will torture him for all eternity once I find him." Dracula said as Gomorrah answered.

"He goes by the name of Tenmei Mikogami." The Infernal Demon said as Dracula just grit his teeth as he recognized that name, it was in Carmilla's diary as one of the two who took her from Akua. Dracula was then presented with his old weapon case that he left in their possession as he glanced to Gomorrah.

"We took the liberty of enhancing your former weapons, now they are better than ever and only respond to your powers. We also were the ones who delivered the succubus to you, you would remember her as Fuka, the one who you fought and killed during your time as the Dragon Knight." Gomorrah said as Dracula realized that the succubus that served him and died by Simon's hands was from his former summons.

"I see, well thank you that was very kind of you to do so. In any case, I have need of your services once again." Dracula said as Gomorrah and Volvagia nodded.

"What is it you request of us, master?" The Infernal Demon asked as it bowed its large head to him.

"Well to start, Unohana has fucked things over and currently rules over her siblings with an iron fist. I am sure you know of her legions…" Dracula started as Gomorrah realized what Dracula was referring to.

"The Hierarchy of Laguna…" the demon muttered as it was already liking the sound of this. Dracula smirked as he continued.

"Exactly, I know that the bitch plans to try and regain control over me by attacking my castle with her forces, which I have erected a barrier spell that wards off any outside viewers of what goes on within a while back. Now, I don't know exactly when she will have her servants take action, but I will let you devour their corpses if you would join my command." Dracula explained as he folded his arms over his chest.

"We would most certainly accept this wonderful offer of yours. It has been a long time since we have feasted on the divine flesh and lapped upon their rich blood." Gomorrah replied as it showed Dracula the battles between the Infernal Demons and the Hierarchy of Laguna long ago when Unohana and Werbellia clashed views.

"That seems like fun to be in…" Dracula commented as he watched the chaotic battles that ravaged this world long before he was born (this time frame was known as the Primordial War and a couple hundred years before Kaguya came into the picture. Humans were also in the war, but they were cannon fodder for Unohana as the two sides were battling). The vision ended as Gomorrah spoke.

"We are yours to command, Master." Dracula smiled as he replied.

"Good, while I'm not going to be directly forming the contract again, I do know of those who would certainly love to work with you." He said and then looked to Volvagia.

"As for you, my little fire serpent. I know just the person who would be happy to bond with you, if you let her." Dracula said as both creatures nodded and returned to their items as Dracula took everything he left there long ago and left back for his fortress. He had a few things to do…

(Meeting M.O.M)

Dracula was sleeping in his bed as he was trying to get some sleep, eventually he did and managed to relax as the nightmares ceased. What he didn't realize was that someone wanted to communicate with him. Dracula's eyes snapped open as he realized something was off, since when did his ceiling look like the vast reaches of space? Dracula moved and found out he was actually in space, he snapped his fingers as he clothes formed on him (Blood Magic) and looked around. He really was in space, how humorous…

"You are quite the interesting fellow…" a voice called out as Dracula looked to the source and saw a man, well it looked like a man based off the build.

"And who might you be?" Dracula asked as he observed the blue man/thing/entity.

"Where are my manners, I would like to be referred as The Man of Miracles, or M.O.M for short. But you can call me by a different name, grandfather." MO.M said as this confused Dracula.

"I was the one who created Werbellia and the other gods, and since you were in a relationship with her eldest child, that would make me your grandfather." M.O.M answered the question before Dracula could ask as he mulled over the answer and figured that M.O.M was correct.

"Alright, I suppose I can accept that. Now, why did you bring me here?" Dracula asked as M.O.M smiled and replied.

"I simply wished to speak with you, to get a better sense of what shaped you and why you relish your current lifestyle." M.O.M said as he waved his hand before the two and Dracula watched as their surroundings turned into a small room, a girl's room from the looks of it.

"I want to show you something." M.O.M said as he pointed to the young woman that was sitting in the corner of the (her) room in a palace, crying and scared.

"I know you are aware of Kaguya Otsutsuki, and how she became close friends with my first-created (his term for firstborn). You see, Kaguya was a bright child who detested fighting, she had witnessed the wars humans raged and even the Primordial War that my children wrought." M.O.M explained as he changed the settings to show the battlefield. The Primordial War that occurred shortly after Werbellia had arrived. The war had the skies turn dark, the land was turned into a chaotic battle ground, the seas churned in chaos as the two immortal forces clashed. Werbellia fought Unohana as their servants, The Demons and the Laguna, fought around them as Dracula and M.O.M watched from a cliff that was a distance from the fighting.

"Now this I would like to join in on." Dracula said with a chuckle, the brutal war was enticing for him to view.

"I had not wished for the two to fight like this, but it seemed inevitable as I left shortly after creating everything, a sort of self-imposed journey if you would. I simply wanted to see how my children would inherit what I created & how they would go about with all that was formed. I can see that this was a fallacy on my part as Retsu has decided to claim it all for hers." M.O.M said as Dracula figured out that Werbellia and Unohana were fighting over who would inherit the world as Unohana's greed wanted everything.

"Werbellia bested her kin and drove off Restu as she told her that she would not let her tarnish my legacy. And thus, Werbellia decided to watch over your world from her home, as a protective overseer in a way, to make sure Unohana would not have this world." M.O.M said as Dracula saw Werbellia drive Wailing Dark into the center of Unohana's chest and out her back, forcing her to her knees. Unohana left with the remainder of her forces as Werbellia had her pets return to their pocket realm as she worked on healing the world and setting up the God Tree.

"She took it upon herself to prevent Unohana from adding more to her stockpile. Though that wouldn't last long as she planted moles to spread her teachings, thus slowly exerting her control…" Dracula said he watched Werbellia live in the God Tree and eventually give birth to the Nine.

"Correct, I had visited a few time under the guise of a homeless peasant, watching how things played out. That was when I came upon Kaguya after she left her home because of her abusive parents. Their views of totalitarian dictatorship and forcing others to be their slaves was not something she desired. She believed that people could come together and achieve true peace, to stray away from the needless bloodshed and death that occurred in your wars, the very ideals her son Hagoromo would inherit during his time. I saw a kindred spirit with the young one and wanted to see where she could go with her ideals for peace, so I gifted her with the knowledge to create and upgrade technology. The vaults that you know of housed all her work and ideas, unfortunately the people didn't react well to her inventions." M.O.M said as Dracula watched how M.O.M, under the guise of an elderly beggar and struck up a conversation before giving her his gift. They watched as Kaguya really wanted to help out the people who were affected by the wars and so on.

"Mankind was not ready for her as they reacted negatively to her inventions…" Dracula said as M.O.M showed how the people reacted badly to Kaguya's efforts to help out as she was driven out of her place and even her own home by her parents.

"She was scared, alone and heartbroken that everyone saw her as a monster and wanted her gone, a child who only wanted what was best for everyone. She ran for days, not pausing to rest as she knew the very people she cared for would capture her and kill her for her 'abominations'. So she went to the only place where she could feel safe, the God Tree." M.O.M said as Dracula watched Kaguya, tired, scared and exhausted as her clothes were in tatters, making it to the God Tree as she hid within its massive roots.

"I know what happens next, Werbellia greets Kaguya as she's curious about the young one, and the Infernal Demons of hers informed me of how things played out between the two. Werbellia was like the mother she always wanted, caring, supporting and loved her so." Dracula said as M.O.M smiled.

"I see, then we should move the subject of this discussion to you. I can without a doubt say you are the most fascinating person I have ever had the pleasure of knowing about. Your experiences and actions over the course of your life changed, shaped and defined you. Naruto Uzumaki, The Dragon Knight, Snake, Big Boss, Rex Power Colt, Raiden, Gabriel Belmont and finally as Dracula. I can tell that you still hold some measure of what made you 'human' despite all that you wrought on mankind." M.O.M said as Dracula sighed and replied.

"I guess you could say I was done with being used and lied to, those that I loved and cared for taken away as I was left alone to continue on. I'm tired and sick of playing the puppet for the goals of another as well as the betrayals and decided to take matters into my own hands." Dracula said as M.O.M nodded.

"To quote you. 'You either die young or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.' Despite how far you have come and distancing yourself from your past, you continue to show certain emotions to the subordinates you have come to care for, you also have managed to mend the relationship with your estranged son." M.O.M said as he showed Dracula of how the Vampire Lord was seen by his servants.

"True." Dracula quipped as he glanced to M.O.M as the entity spoke up.

"In a way, both of you are honoring your wife's last wish." He said as he noticed Dracula's near invisible flinch at the mention of his wife.

"I see you are troubled on the case of your beloved." M.O.M said as Dracula averted his gaze.

"You could say that, certain 'news' and other revelations have been stuck in my mind ever since I've found out about them. Such events are having me call into question if our relationship was, for all intents and purposes, real. Or if she had ulterior motives…" Dracula said as he had a troubled look on his face. M.O.M nodded and formed to the inside of the God Tree as he spoke.

"I can assure you that she never wanted to hurt you in any way as she loved you as you did her. Ahri knew of the Prophecy long ago and was almost killed at a young age as an attempt to get Werbellia under her sister's control." M.O.M said as he showed Dracula the following scene.

(The Prophecy)

Werbellia was getting ready for bed as it was midnight and she had put her beloved little girls to sleep after reading them a bed-time story. This was a couple hundred years after the Primordial War had come to an end and mankind began to worship her, which she found nice of them to do but repaired their lands anyway. She had also had Kaguya sleeping in the guest room as the little one had visited by to play with her kids. Just thinking of the little tech bunny made her smile as she cared for her as she did for her daughters, her feelings for Kaguya also happened to delve in the more romantic aspects as the young woman wormed her way into her heart too. Werbellia wore a simple lingerie nightgown that opened in the middle underneath her breasts and a pair of lace panties (her night clothes). Her pointed ears twitched as she picked up the sound of the 'front door' being knocked on and went over to it as she had it open up, revealing the last person she wanted to see or even associate with as she had bitter thoughts on her, Retsu Unohana, her sister. Unohana was flanked by two of her Laguna Ardors' as she smiled to Werbellia.

"Good evening, sister." Unohana said as she had a kind smile on her face, though Werbellia knew Unohana was not kind in any way, shape or form.

"What do you want, Unohana? Have you come back for another stab through the chest?" Werbellia asked as she leaned against the doorway and folded her arms underneath her bust with a frown on her face as she was NOT in the mood to see Unohana.

"I simply wished to see how my beloved elder sister was doing, especially now that I've heard she's with a little group of rug rats to call her own." Unohana said as she moved into the home with her two guards, Werbellia had no real choice but to let them in as she sensed something was off about this meeting. Werbellia sighed and followed the two as the door closed and they all were in the kitchen.

"I would like some herbal tea, if this is ok with you." Unohana said as Werbellia made the tea and handed it to her, the Primordial Goddess sat down in her chair as she gave Unohana a stern stare.

"So, why did you come?" Werbellia asked as she really wasn't wanting her younger sister here. The fact that Unohana revealed she knew of her girls, who she made sure that the others didn't know about except M.O.M (he gave her the powers she had now), unnerved her slightly. She had no doubt that Unohana was a sore loser and would try to rope her children into this, which was something she wouldn't allow.

"Oh nothing much, simply stopping by to inform you that I'm now I control of everything and that includes you…" Unohana said as this caught Werbellia's attention.

"Excuse me?!" she snarled as her powers were having the Tree begin to react on killing Unohana and her servants. Unohana flared her power as she forced the Tree to recede.

"Now, now. You wouldn't want to wake up the little brats over a simple conversation would you?" Unohana said in a humorous tone as she had a smirk on her face.

"Now, where to start. Father has vanished earlier and we both know that we can't find him, and that means the position of creator and ruler is open, it is only my rightful claim to the throne…." Unohana began speaking as if she was talking to a mere servant, in her eyes, her own siblings were to serve her every whim. The scene transitioned to show Werbellia's bedroom as the nine daughters (toddlers) were sleeping peacefully. Ahri then woke up as she rubbed her eyes.

"Mommy?" she asked as she noticed her beloved mother was not in the bed with them. Ahri, like the rest of her kin, wore a simple set of girl's pajamas (dresses). She was holding onto her fox plushy as she got out of the bed and walked out of the room to see if she could find her. Ahri's ears perked up as she heard talking coming from the kitchen and made her way there, her feet making small padding noises on the wood floor (The whole house is wood, Werbellia added comfortable things like couches, beds, pillows, etc. to make the home more fashionable). Ahri also sensed that mommy was angry, and the other aura felt evil, dark, cold. She didn't like it but her desire to be in mommy's arms overcame her fear. She came to the corner of the opening that led to the kitchen and peeked her head out to see what was going on. She saw her mother and someone else that she did not recognize, and also the source of the dark presence. She was confused as it mirrored her mothers, but it felt horrible compared to her mother's loving and warm aura. She didn't know what exactly they were talking about, but her mommy was angry by the looks of it.

"I will not accept your idiotic and greedy conquests for control, Retsu! What gives you the right to go around and claim you are the supreme ruler, you wouldn't be pulling this shit if father was here, so why now?" Werbellia demanded as she slammed her fist on the table, making a large crack go through it. Unohana just had a serene smile on her face as she replied.

"Quite the anger you have, sister. I have other ways to get you to listen to me, in fact, one of them is right outside the room hiding." Unohana said as she snapped her fingers and Ahri suddenly appeared in her grasp and an angelic blade was pressed against her small form, ready to gut her like a fish at the slightest twitch.

"Mommy!" Ahri whimpered as she was now terrified as she was being held hostage. Werbellia stood up in fury as she snarled at Unohana's action.

"You fucking bitch! Let my daughter go now!" Werbellia shouted in anger as she just wanted to tear Unohana to pieces now, fuck their family ties.

"Aww, she is quite the little lovable child you have here, sister. So kind of you to grace me with an adorable niece, it would be such a shame if anything were to happen to her…" Unohana said as she pressed the blade to Ahri's torso, cutting through the sleepwear easily. Unohana rested her chin on Ahri's head with s smirk of knowing as Werbellia knew she would try something like this, but her priority was her child's utmost safety.

"Let my daughter go, you wretched coward!" Werbellia growled out as her eyes were glowing with power, her pink irises more pronounced as they were glowing. The Ardor Laguna were impaled and withered to lifeless husks as Werbellia commanded the Tree to devour their energies.

"No matter how you continue to struggle, I will be your master in the end, sister. It's only a matter of time, and I can wait patiently, enjoy." Unohana said before tilted the blade to point to Ahri as she plunged the weapon into Ahri's body before sharply twisting it and dropping the young girl like a sack of potatoes and dispersing in a plume of blue-white flames. Ahri fell to the floor in shock & agonizing pain as she began to cry hysterically.

"I-it hurts!" Ahri cried out as Werbellia was before her and tearing up as she was trying to calm her daughter down to help her.

"Mommy's here, Ahri. I need you to relax for a bit…" Werbellia said as she was personally trying not to panic herself. She was on her knees before her child and grabbed the handle of the Angel Blade.

"Mommy, I feel cold…" Ahri managed to say as she lost a decent amount of blood.

"Hang on Ahri, I'm going to pull the blade out, it's going to hurt a bit." The mother said as she used her powers to ease Ahri's pain before she pulled the blade out. Ahri reacted accordingly as she shrieked in pain as Werbellia dropped the weapon and pressed her hands over the wound as she began to heal it, but found that Unohana had laced her powers through the blade to ensure that it would not be easy.

"Kaguya, get in here now!" Werbellia yelled out as she flared her powers which woke up the young woman. Kaguya ran in the room at hearing her close friend/ foster mother.

"What is it- By the gods, what happened!?" she shrieked as she ran over and tried to help Werbellia and Ahri.

"Please help her. I can't heal this wound!" Werbellia said in a shaky voice as she was terrified that she was going to lose her beloved child. Kaguya nodded as she ran back to her room and retrieved her medical kit (she carries this around) as she came back into the kitchen. Kaguya draped a sheet over the repaired table and set her kit on the table as she moved over to Werbellia as Ahri had passed out from the blood loss. Werbellia was now crying and rocking back and forth as she was trying to cope with what was going on.

"Werbellia, I need you to take a deep breath and try to calm down, I will do all I can to save Ahri. I need you to try and comfort the girls, they are just as scared and confused about this whole thing as well." Kaguya said as Werbellia looked to the hallway opening and saw her other kids there, all scared and confused what was going on.

"Mommy, is Ahri going to be ok?" Isane asked as she didn't know what was going on, Werbellia motioned for her kids to come to her as Kaguya took Ahri from the floor and placed her on the table and immediately got to work. Dracula and M.O.M watched the scene play out as Kaguya worked the best of her abilities to save Ahri's life as Werbellia and the other girls were hoping she made it through.

"Well, I can say that our family is one colossal fuck-up…" Dracula muttered as he saw that Ahri managed to survive her near death ordeal at the hands of her aunt.

"Mommy!" Ahri said as she had bandage and gauze over her closed up wound and in a chipper mood. Werbellia embraced her child as she brought the other ones in for a group hug as Kaguya was exhausted as she worked non-stop to help Ahri.

"Werbellia soon took it upon herself and locked away that memory and place a powerful illusion over Ahri's scar as she would do what any mother would do for their child, keep them happy and safe, whatever the cost." M.O.M said as he showed Werbellia waving a hand over her sleeping children's heads to seal away that memory and the scar on Ahri's stomach vanished under an illusion. Dracula watched as the girls continued their lives as if they never witnessed or encountered that particular incident.

"When she was informed of the Prophecy many centuries later, Ahri began to remember those events that she overheard between Retsu and Werbellia along with the feeling of being run through by Unohana." M.O.M explained as he showed Marie in their bedroom and playing the scene Dracula saw back at their home.

"You have to view it from her point to understand, it began to piece together in her mind, the memory that her mother repressed in hopes of keeping her safe resurfaced and she realized what exactly Retsu was talking about to her mother. Her 'ultimate plan to cull in the rest of humanity to be under her command'. She didn't want any of this to happen to you, to be the slave of the one who almost killed her for greed. She didn't exactly know who to react, she was terrified, not of you, but of what Unohana is capable of and her methods." M.O.M said as he showed Marie crying after the Brotherhood Elders left.

"Don't think the wrong idea, my boy. She wanted to reveal that you would be a father, she also wanted to know what you went through between the times you two were separated. I want to ask you a question, if she was before you, alive and well and happy to see you, what would you do?" M.O.M asked as Dracula thought for a moment before replying.

"I would ask why she sided with the Brotherhood on this matter, why let them take Trevor and leave me in the dark on this whole prophecy." Dracula said as he was still conflicted about his relationship with his deceased wife.

"Tell me, what do you know of the relationship between Ahri and Da-Ji?" M.O.M asked as this had Dracula think before he responded.

"Not much, Da-Ji did mention that Ahri had betrayed her." Dracula answered as M.O.M nodded.

"It was actually the other way around, shortly after the passing of Werbellia and Hagoromo, my grandchildren set out to unite the summoning clans as they were embroiled in their own total war. All of them took students or attendants to help their preferred clans and pass on their knowledge. Ahri had two students, Da-Ji and Koyou, she cared for them as both were personally affected by their war. In a way, her relationship with them was akin to Werbellia's with Kaguya, though not in the romantic aspect. It was a heavy blow to her heart when she found out that they betrayed her and wanted her power for themselves." M.O.M said as he showed Dracula how things played out during the Summoning War, how they achieved peace, Ahri's tutelage for her two students and their betrayal.

"Ahri never talked about the two as she was both heartbroken at what they did and at the same time enraged at their lust for power and failed plan to kill her. She vowed to kill them if she ever caught wind of them again and wanted nothing to do with the two that turned on her. Both were injured by her retaliation as they left, Da-Ji would soon find her way to Orochi and become his faithful servant, seeing his desires to break free and exact retribution on the world as her own. Koyou would slip through a rift and end up in the place that was Carmilla and Cornell's original home world." M.O.M explained as he showed the two traitorous students leaving their respective ways as he was intrigued on where Koyou ended up.

"Have you ever wondered how you met your old friends, little Miss Moka and the others?" M.O.M asked as Dracula nodded.

"I would be happy to explain that, your worlds are actually connected by what I like to call, pocket tunnels. Your world along with theirs, are on separate yet parallel planes of existence. The best way to describe it would be like how oil and water act when combined, they co-exist next to the other. Time also flows differently between your worlds, while you are hundreds of years old, your close friends are in their mid-to late teens. There is one tunnel that connects your world to Carmilla's, and another for the one that connected to Earthland. Very few know of these rifts and have traveled through them, this was also how the Mikogami character entered your world and made off with your book. As of now, the tunnels are closed as I fear that they would only cause problems." M.O.M said as he showed what was going on in the 'Rosario+Vampire' world, Dracula was amused that they were going through school and all that fun.

"Another thing I wanted to point out was that Akasha Bloodriver also believed the supernatural and humans could co-exist. This was her dream she had and wanted to pursue, hence the academy that her daughter(s) went to. If they saw you as you were now, how would you react to seeing them after so long?" M.O.M asked.

"I'm sure they would be surprised at first that I'm a vampire like some of them, but they would be wary, scared and most likely resent me for the things I've done and continue to do." Dracula answered as he knew his old friends and their families were more of the peaceful and non-violent types despite their differences to mankind.

"I wouldn't pull them into my personal war against the Brotherhood or my 'rivalry' with the Devil either." Dracula added.

"Despite all that you have been through and what you have become, you are still holding onto what makes you, you. Your sons knew this, Menma, John and Trevor, Trevor himself still believes you are capable of being the person you once were, Ahri didn't want the two of you to become the way my two daughters did, eternal enemies, always clashing. She wanted the both of you to be the family she would never get the chance to be with, Ahri had gut feeling that Retsu would take her out of the grand picture to ensure you would not stray from your part of her plan." M.O.M said as he went to a knee before the Dark Lord and bowed to him.

"I am truly sorry for everything that you, and the world, had suffered through at the hands of my child…" M.O.M said as he apologized to Dracula for what happened. Dracula simply had him stand up as he thought this was pointless.

"There is no need for you to apologize to me for your child's actions. Not every family is perfect, as from one father to another, you wanted what was best for them. You love them and didn't want this all to happen, but sometimes you can't have what you want." Dracula said as he placed a hand on M.O.M's shoulder as he spoke to him.

"Thank you, grandson. It means a lot to have someone to speak to about this matter. I blame myself for letting things come to this, conflict between my kids, one ruling over the others akin to a master and slaves, Familicide as Retsu killed Werbellia the first time and even tried to do so with Ahri, controlling you and forcing you to be her servant to finish off Pan and Ahri. I understand your motives for destroying the Tree long ago, and I feel that you should know you gave them a peaceful end than rather let Retsu enslave them." M.O.M said as this caught Dracula's attention.

"What do you mean by first time? And how exactly did Unohana become more powerful, I know that Werbellia was her superior in combat and bested her." Dracula said as M.O.M turned their 'movie surroundings' to show back when the God Tree was brought back during the Fourth Shinobi War.

"Werbellia had a way to resurrect in the event of her death, all that would be required is a portion of her children's powers and the majority of her powers that were released to the world by her passing beforehand as she entrusted Hagoromo with her children. But for now, please observe." M.O.M said as Dracula watched how things played out after Madara had put him into a coma and essentially won (he also saw Samus' last act to try and stop Madara). The scene then showed the Nine as they reunited with their mother and lived within the tree as Werbellia had them go into 'hiding' as she took control of Madara to have him still operable, but not completely aware to harness the Tree and her powers.

"Werbellia knew from the moment she came back, that Retsu would certainly find out and deal with them as she saw fit. So she devised a way to take them out of the picture as she knew Retsu would want to get her hands on her and her children." M.O.M said as he showed Dracula the emotional goodbye as Werbellia sent Ahri and Samus into him as he was flying overhead and dropped the nuke on the tree as it was wiped out.

"You are partially responsible in their passing as she used the energy from the device to fuel her suicide technique so that Retsu could not touch them." M.O.M explained as Dracula averted his gaze, this was just dandy, not only was he responsible for killing his wife and son (first time), he also killed her family as well. This didn't bode well for his conscious. Dracula decided to change the subject as he still remembered what M.O.M said about parallel worlds.

"Wait a moment, you mentioned earlier about parallel worlds and their connections. I want to know about the one that the boy and his pet hailed from." Dracula said as M.O.M nodded.

"You refer to the place where your estranged sibling Erza went to." M.O.M said as he showed the world of Earthland.

"I was the one to have your little sister sent in this world as I could tell she was going to be special. I know the real reason you wish to view this world, you wanted to see how she lived." M.O.M said as he showed the Prince of Darkness how he brought back Erza as a newborn after her death and placed her where she would be found by Rob, her soon to be foster father. Dracula continued to watch as Erza was a bright little child, who despite her life as an orphan, became close friends with fellow orphans Kagura and Simon. He saw how their home was torn down and they were enslaved by followers of Zeref. He clenched his hands to fist as his claws cut into him when he saw that they took her right eye as punishment as they were forced to build this 'Tower of Heaven'. He was relieved to see her escape and begin her life in this guild called Fairy Tail. Erza grew up to be a noble and courageous woman who was also beautiful and humble.

"Erza lived a wonderful life in her new home, sure there were some slight bumps on the road, but she didn't let those stop her as she gained the title Titania, for her unwavering conviction to protect those dear to her heart and never give up in battle. The same traits that you have shown throughout your life." M.O.M commented as Dracula was rubbing his temples.

"Is something the matter?" M.O.M asked as Dracula responded.

"Nothing, just finding it strangely ironic that Erza just so happens to have similar tastes to me when it comes to past… recreational activities with lovers. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy that she had another chance at life, has a family to care for and cherish and even find love, I just really didn't need to see her love life in extreme detail. Plus her many sets of interesting armor" Dracula muttered the last part as he sighed.

"This is coming from the one who is decked in leather and metal, uses a whip as his main weapon of choice and also likes biting people. Jokes on you, Mr. S&M." M.O.M commented with a smirk to Dracula.

"I'm considering of taking away your ability to speak…" Dracula said as he gave a dead/bored stare to M.O.M, who just chuckled.

"Antsy are we, I have more ways of communication than just talking, I suppose we could get back to the main subject. Erza soon knew about you, in a manner of speaking she was informed that she had a long lost brother. While both of you never knew it, you both share a bond, a sort of spiritual connection that allows her to catch glimpses of your life, this was how she learned to create Heavenly Judgment, the technique you saw her use during the last moments of her life during their end war." M.O.M said as he showed a certain scene of just how Erza found out about her brother.

(The lost Twin)

Erza was in a tent along with her girlfriends Kagura, Minerva and Ultear as they were all hanging out in a festival going on in Mongolia.

"Is there something you wish to see, my child?" the matron asked with a crystal ball in front of her on her small desk. Erza's lovers had talked her into seeing the fortune-teller at the festival, mostly out of curiosity and a small percent of Erza wondering if she did have parents.

"Yes, I was curious if you could see if I had any family." Erza replied as the other three knew this subject was a somewhat sensitive case for her as Rob has passed away in his sleep some time ago. The elderly matron nodded as she began to chant as the inside of the crystal ball grew hazy and she looked into it.

"You do have a family, young one…" the lady said as she motioned for the four mages to move in to look into the ball as well. Erza caught glimpses of two people, a man and a woman (Minato and Kushina), the scene then shifted to show a set of twins in the womb.

"You had a twin brother, however changes came that had both your parents dying and you two separated." The old lady said as her eyes twinkled. (The old woman is M.O.M in disguise)

"Wait, you're saying Erza had a brother?" Minerva asked as the matron nodded, noting Erza's intense gaze to the orb.

"Your brother's name is Naruto, what would you like to learn of him?" she asked Erza as the red-haired mage blinked as she was focused on the orb and looked to the matron.

"Yes, I would like to know how he is and what he is like." Erza asked as she wanted to know about the brother she just found out about. The old lady nodded and had the orb shifted to show several scenes.

"Your brother lived a life somewhat akin to yours. He had those he cared for and dreams of his own. However there were differences that separated the both of you. He was a deeply troubled individual who blamed himself for many things, including your 'separation'. He is alone and confused, having lost those he cared for deeply." The lady said as the last image shown was of Naruto drinking in his study as he had a dead look in his eyes.

"There are forces at work for your brother, young Erza. I cannot say for certain that he will hold out much longer." The matron said as the orb cracked down the middle, startling the four mages.

"What do you mean by that?" Erza asked as she wished to be there for him. The matron placed her elbows on the table and leaned in with her head resting on her frail hands.

"If you knew that your brother fell into darkness and became the thing everyone feared and reviled, would you side with those who wanted to put an end to him, the monster of their own creation? Or would you try and reach out to him, to break away the emotional shell he has formed and the things he does?" M.O.M asked as Erza thought for a moment before answering.

"I would not judge him if I understood his fall, from the brief glimpses I have seen, he has lived a harsh life outside of a few good moments. I've always wondered if I had a sibling, now I see that he is real." Erza said as she got up to leave.

"Thank you for this knowledge." She said as she bowed curtly as the other three got up as well.

"There will come a time when the two of you will meet, the question is are you willing to still reach out to him despite all he has been through and done?" M.O.M asked as Erza was about to leave the tent with the others, she turned back to reply. But saw that the old matron was gone, as if she was never there.

(Scene end)

"Your sister is both powerful and courageous, and pure hearted to boot. She, like your wife, friends and sons, believe that you are still good inside. Underneath all the hate, rage and grief that drives you, you are still the good hearted person they knew and loved." M.O.M told Dracula as the creator showed Erza's life up until her death at the end of the Demon War.

"She lived a good life, despite the things she suffered…" Dracula said in a calm tone as he was happy for his little sister to forge her own path and live the life she wanted, with her loved ones.

"You see, all three of your worlds exist parallel to one another, however time flows at different intervals like I said earlier, your friends are in their mid-to late teens, your sister is in her late teens to adulthood and you are, well… old." M.O.M said as he had the setting return to space and formed three mirrors.

"I can show you what events they were going though at the same time you were going through." M.O.M said as he snapped his fingers. The left mirror showed his old friends as they were having good times hanging out, though he saw the boy with them (Tsukune) was not what he seemed, the mirror on the right showed his beloved sister he wanted to know about dancing with one of her lovers (Kagura) at a ball (that one event in the Fairy Tail manga). And the middle mirror showed him back when he was Big Boss, during the destruction of MSF, falling into his coma and escaping the Hospital after awakening from his 5-year coma as it was under assault. The kicker was that M.O.M was playing a song as Dracula watched the mirrors, the song that was playing was one he knew well, it was Samus' tribute song to him and his brethren, along with the Tailed Ones back when they were alive and well. (Garbage; Not Your Kind of People). In a way it was both soothing and heart-wrenching for the audience watching Dracula's memories as while his friends and sister were having the best time of their lives, he was going through pain and torment in his.

"I see you are curious as to why Miss Scarlet was deathly ill for a short time." M.O.M asked as Dracula nodded. M.O.M changed the middle mirror to show Naruto giving up his life to deny access of chakra back to the people who had it taken from them.

"In short, you gave back what you received from her upon her passing in the womb, her life force and the majority of your own. I had moved the power to her as a way of passing on your experience and skills in helping her out, which they did. Granted the process left her bedridden and deathly ill for three days as your life-force merged with hers, she became more powerful and skilled once she recovered." M.O.M said as he showed how Erza became more powerful as a result of their life forces merging.

"It wasn't enough to save her, still." Dracula muttered as M.O.M placed a hand on Dracula's shoulder.

"You did what any elder sibling would have done, ensure that the younger one is protected." M.O.M said as Dracula brushed off the limb.

"It clearly wasn't enough, she died, just like all those I cared for and cherished throughout my life, my sons, Carmilla, Samus, my parents, Ahri and the list goes on." Dracula snarled as he was in a bitter mood. M.O.M nodded and replied.

"Despite your cold and monstrous personality and actions, you still have regrets and care deeply for those you lost. You can't sleep because you are haunted by your guilt and the nightmares that plague you. You gave the only item that could have relieved the psychological torment to your son as you believed he didn't deserve to suffer the same way you do." M.O.M said as he smiled softly to his grandson-in-law. M.O.M had the mirrors merge into a larger one as he played over the events that shaped Dracula throughout his life. The Prince of Darkness watched with dead eyes over the reflection of his life, the things he suffered, the ones he killed, his actions, everything… (M.O.M also played a song that Naruto did in the past to go with the recollection of Naruto's life up to now, Victim (Avenged Sevenfold)).

M.O.M ended the mirror(s) as they vanished after the 'movie memory' and he looked to Dracula.

"What I am about to tell you is to remain a secret between the two of us, I fear that if others knew of these particular items, that untold consequences would arise if certain beings of different desires get their hands on them. You see, when I had created everything, I had also used the lion's share of my powers to form a set of gems, six in total. Each gem has complete and total control over an aspect, Mind, Soul, Space, Time, Reality and Power. These six gems are known as the Infinity Gems. If one was to have all six in their possession, they would be unstoppable, invincible, eternal. The way Unohana surpassed Werbellia was because she had the Mind gem in her possession, I am not sure how she managed to acquire as I made sure to hide them where no one could find them. She used it to help her gain control over those she wanted, little Werbellia, Kaguya and several others, even you for a time during your service with the Brotherhood." M.O.M said as he held out an open hand and revealed that he was holding a blue gem.

"I recently managed to re-acquire the Mind Gem from Retsu without her knowledge and I will retrieve the other ones as I was a fool to believe they would be safe hidden away." M.O.M said as Dracula raised an eyebrow upon seeing the item.

"You plan on reprimanding your bitch of a daughter?" Dracula asked as he wanted to settle his own score against Unohana.

"I will take care of my wayward child when the time comes, grandson. In the meantime, happy birthday." M.O.M said as he handed Dracula an obsidian black key.

"What's this?" Dracula asked as he examined the key with curiosity.

"This key will allow you to retrieve items from your past, things that you have lost, like the cybernetic limbs and organs you once had." M.O.M said as Dracula nodded and used the key experimentally, a small pitch black hole opened up as he reached in it and brought out something, that something being an instrument he was quite fond of, his old guitar.

"I just want to say, I'm a fan of your music as well as Ahri's and Samus's. You three certainly were quite the popular trio with your musical talents." M.O.M said as he smiled.

"Thank you." Dracula said as he looked to M.O.M.

"The key is temporary, so retrieve what you want and once you're done, just will it back to me. And thank you, grandson, for helping understand me." M.O.M said as he clapped his hands and the area was bathed in bright light as Dracula shielded his eyes. He then managed to regain his vision as he saw that he was back in his 'secret room' within the castle. He looked to see that he still had the key and his guitar as he developed an idea for this chamber.

(Scene change)

Dracula was seen on a small roller and underneath a very large object of sorts that had tarp covering over it as he was working with an Ion blow-torch and several other high-tech tools. The rest of the massive chamber had different piles of things placed about. The following scene showed Dracula as he was on his balcony in a recliner watching the stylish battle occurring in the skies before him, a goblet of blood in his hand. On one hand there were the Laguna that Unohana had sent in to try and break through his magical barrier as she wanted to control him again, and on the other hand were Grayfia, Kuroka, Akeno, Rias and Miia as the five were kicking ass and having fun with their new weapons/toys (Bayonetta 2 weaponry) and summons (The Infernal Demons and Volvagia). Next to Dracula was a musical Phonograph that was playing a record, the song that was playing was one of his wife's best works (Bayonetta 2 Moon River; Climax version).

(Death of a King)

The Prince of Darkness had noted the lone individual who had ventured into his domain. It wasn't the Brotherhood as they were still recovering from Akeno's outburst a while back, plus they were running thin on people to throw at him. No, this being had an odd aura to him, and he sensed the faint trace of… Kukaku? Well, time to go see just who this idiot was who clearly wanted to go against him. The Vampire Lord tracked him down to the castle Belfry as he appeared from his teleport and looked to see the resident idiot who thought he could barge into his home and start killing his servants to get to him.

"Alright, who the hell are you and what is your purpose here?" Dracula asked in a bored tone as he was unimpressed by the newcomer's appearance. The individual was male and geared up, but what caught Dracula's attention was that the person was more… primate in appearance to a normal human, he even had a tail.

"I am Wukong, former student of the great Kukaku and her successor as the Monkey-King. And you, parasite, are my enemy." Wukong (from League of Legends) said as he pointed his staff to the Vampire with a snarl. Dracula just sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose and replied.

"And what beef do you have with me, primate? While I know your mentor on a personal level, she never spoke of you." Dracula said as he looked to the Monkey-King in disinterest, noting the ornate staff he wielded and the belt with nine scrolls on it.

"You took her from me, you monster!" Wukong snarled out as he lunged at Dracula, who dodged the swipe easily and pimp-slapped the monkey as he was sent stumbling back as he fixed his dislocated jaw.

"It's going to take far more than just your stick to end me, flea-ridden boy." Dracula said as he brought out the Void Sword. Dracula blocked and parried Wukong's staff easily as he had fun toying with the monkey as Wukong was driven by revenge and grief.

"Out of curiosity, just who are you trying to avenge? I know why you would come after me for Kukaku, as I had a hand in her passing…" Dracula said as he leaned back and the end of Wukong's staff passed harmlessly over his chin by mere centimeters, he retaliated by kicking Wukong back several meters as the primate crashed into the massive furnace with a grunt as he was burnt a bit by the hot metal as he pulled free, hissing in pain.

"I'm here to kill you for taking everything from me!" he growled out as Dracula just raised an eyebrow and smirked darkly.

"If you're here to kill me, you are doing a horrendous attempt at it. You're more hot air and steam rather than a fighter, boy." Dracula taunted with a chuckle as Wukong growled. Wukong lunged in as he attempted to land a fatal blow, or any hit for that matter, on the Dark Lord but was not having any success as Dracula was amused by this one's tenacity. He dodged another attack and responded by delivering a straight that had Wukong flying back as he crashed into a pile of metal, Brotherhood armor as they were to be melted down to something more profitable.

"Stop toying with me and fight like a man, you parasite!" Wukong shouted in anger as he did not like being looked down on, especially the one who he came to kill for personal reasons. Dracula had dispelled his Void Sword and chuckled.

"And why should I do something like that? All I see in front of me is a hot-headed brat who has signed his own death certificate by venturing in my domain and trying to kill, admittedly you're doing a piss-poor job at it." Dracula responded as Wukong got up.

"And to add on that, all you are here for is essentially another meaningless vendetta mission, might as well as add that to the list. I also want to point out that you still have a long way to go if you want to surpass Kukaku, as I've fought with her on several occasions, you couldn't even hold a candle to her." Dracula taunted with a smirk as Wukong bristled in fury.

"You don't deserve the honor and privilege of even knowing them, monster. You're nothing but a vile beast that tarnishes their beings and defiles their very existence. Especially her, who you have taken from me and corrupted with your vile nature, the one I loved most dearly than existence itself. I will not rest until your head is on a pike and she is avenged by my hands." Wukong exclaimed as he wiped the blood leaking from his nose with a glare to the Vampire, who just raised an eyebrow in mild humor.

"Really? Who's going to stop me, you?" Dracula taunted as he had a dark smirk on his face. Wukong then went on a rant of how he would end Dracula's evil reign and the usual 'I am justice crap' as Dracula was muttering large numbers every few phrases.

"What are you doing?" Wukong asked as he paused his rant.

"Oh nothing really, it's just a little habit I developed as your just spouting the same lines over like so many others before you." Dracula answered with a bored look on his face. Wukong growled as he was being talked down to by the one he despised most and the source of his hatred.

"I will skull fuck you!" Wukong snarled in anger as he was infuriated. Dracula just chuckled and replied.

"How very classy… 24." Dracula replied as Wukong screamed in anger as he rushed to Dracula to kill him but the Dark Lord dodged and dealt a brutal uppercut as this had the monkey crash through the ceiling as Dracula followed. The fight was really one-sided as Dracula was just toying with the student of his deceased sister-in-law.

"Stop toying with me and fight me like you would your bastard son, monster!" Wukong yelled out as Dracula caught the end of the pole.

"You must be asking for a painful death…" Dracula said as he had a hard stare, before Wukong could react, he was kneed in the stomach as he heaved and gasped for air. Dracula's foot snapped up and struck him in the face as the primate was thrown quite a distance and landed in a heap.

"We were having such great fun up until you decided to insult my son." Dracula said as he held Wukong's staff and flipped it around a couple of times as he never took his eyes of the monkey as he got up and re-connected his jaw.

"Don't tell me the infamous and feared Dracula has a heart, your nothing but a parasitic filth who should be killed with prejudice or suffering in the pits of hell for all eternity for what you did to me and my beloved." Wukong said as he intended on getting his weapon back. Dracula rolled his eyes as he was getting bored of this 'beloved' that Wukong praised and espoused about, what the hell did he think he was, Dr. Phil?

"Again you rant on about this beloved of yours, you think I give a damn about what you have to say about this person I took from you? I literally do not give a flying fuck about your issues, primate." Dracula said as he was seriously tired of Wukong's words, the monkey was like a broken record for fuck's sake.

"Of course you would say that about her, you beast! You stole Ahri from me!" Wukong screamed in rage as he lunged at Dracula, who was momentarily stunned by this tidbit of information as the two crashed and Wukong pulled his weapon free and jumped back.

"And I will make sure she is avenged and her soul is laid to rest from your wretched grip, foul monster." Wukong said as Dracula got up and dusted himself off as he replied.

"How oddly humorous, the old flame from my dear wife's past decides to confront me about our history together." Dracula said with a smirk as he folded his arms and added.

"Let me guess, you claim to be her one true love and despise me with every fiber of your being for what we had?" Dracula asked as he formed a vision mirror.

"Does this bother you?" he asked as he had the mirror showed memories of his past as Naruto with Ahri as they were well in their relationship, spending their life together. Wukong bristled in white hot jealousy and rage as he knew about the two, he's been spying on them for a long time now, waiting for the perfect opportunity to swoop in, dispose of Naruto and claim his true love, Ahri. Dracula dispelled the mirror and taunted.

"What's the matter? From what I remember, we both came to love each other, so technically speaking, it was all her own free will, nothing on my part that would inhibit her own decisions." Dracula said as Wukong howled in fury as he charged at Dracula.

"YOU LIE!" He screamed as he got closer to Dracula, who just smirked.

(Short while later, near the City of the Damned)

Alucard was currently with Miia as the son of The Dragon had befriended her over time. Miia had gotten to know the son of the one she saw as her father and more and also liked to hang out with him. He was always welcome to the City as Miia became his good friend.

"Your wife sounds like a wonderful person, Alucard." Miia commented as the two were enjoying tea that she had made. Miia had also managed to get Alucard to speak about his deceased wife and son as well as his former life as a human too. While he was suspicious at first, Alucard eventually opened up about that as he sensed Miia was naturally curious and just wanted to know more about him.

"She is, I still miss them to this day." Alucard said as while remembering his wife and child brought back bitter memories of how they were murdered, he grew to overcome those memories, though he still missed them dearly.

"What about you? You certainly could attract many suitors with your beauty and cheerfulness." Alucard asked as he looked to her.

"W-well I'm n-not looking for… a suitor…" Miia stammered out as a blush covered her face that matched her hair color as she fiddled with the end of her shirt. Alucard knew Miia enough that she was hiding her real desire and who she really had those feelings for.

"You love him." Alucard said as this caught her attention as she looked to him with a shocked look on her face as he knew her secret. Alucard held a hand up before she could respond.

"Your secret is safe with me, not another soul will hear of it." He said as this had her calm down somewhat. Miia looked down to her necklace (The Gem Naruto wore as The Dragon Knight) and sighed before she spoke.

"I don't really know how to explain it, I've always seen him as my dad, someone I could speak with on personal matters when my mothers were busy. It was recently that those feelings of adoration and happiness for him turned to affection. I don't know much of his past as I know that is a whole different story, but I do know he is much more than just the big and scary monster that the humans are terrified of." Miia said as she looked to Alucard as he understood what she was saying.

"I will admit that there is more to my father that what I know of, then again he hinted that both he and my mother have much more than what was known about the two of them." Alucard said as this had Miia thinking. Their conversation was interrupted by the loud explosion as Wukong and Dracula fell from a newly formed hole that led from the castle to the underground City. The two combatants landed on their feet as they were in the coliseum. Wukong had various injuries over his form and even was a bit fatigued, Dracula had not a single scratch on him, and sure he was hit and suffered a couple blows to his person, those healed up due to his abilities.

"You know, for a jealous one who wants me dead just for my association with my wife, you fight quite poorly, then again I can say that you most likely left Kukaku's mentorship as you must have thought her to be holding you back." Dracula taunted as Wukong was panting lightly, several of his bones were broken and he was slightly dizzy from the blood he lost to the Vampire Overlord. Wukong noticed Alucard and Miia high above in the seating as he smirked.

"If I can't kill you, I'll go after the ones you care for!" he shouted as he brought out a glaive and threw it with speed as it went for Miia, everything seemed to go in slow motion as the weapon inched closer to her as it had a golden aura over it. Alucard moved into intercept the projectile with his own body from harming her as she was frozen in shock. However the bladed weapon struck someone else who blocked the duo. Dracula growled out in pain as the glaive was impaled deep into his chest and through his heart as power was burning him from the inside out.

"Daddy! Are you alright?" Miia asked in worry as she saw him fall to a knee from the pain as Alucard was worried as well. While the pain was tormenting, Dracula managed to get back to standing.

"Son, get Miia out of here now." He said, though it was more of a command as Alucard complied and picked up the Lamia as he disappeared with her before she could protest. Dracula's attention was on Wukong as the monkey was laughing with glee.

"Can you feel the excruciating pain coursing through your body? I made this specifically to annihilate those you cared for, in retribution for stealing away my love. While it missed its mark, I can settle for watching you suffer." Wukong said with a dark smirk as Dracula dropped to the stadium floor and grabbed the glaive as he was still in pain.

"I care not if you attack me for my relations to my love, I get it, she was lusted after and even I question if she really loved me after all the things I have done along with what that little whelp showed me. But the moment you targeted my very children is when you forfeited your soul." Dracula growled out as he ripped the weapon free as the wound healed up and he crushed it in his hand.

"Your soul is mine!" The Vampire shouted as he lunged in with speed as he caught Wukong in a clothesline that shattered his lower jaw. Wukong flew back and crashed into the stadium wall. Wukong sensed he was fighting a losing battle and took off one of the nine scrolls on his belt as he unrolled and it and summoned out something. A large figure rushed out of the smoke as it clashed with Dracula as he skidded back a bit. The summon was revealed to be a large humanoid cat, a hunter judging from his gear and weapons (Rengar). Wukong took Dracula's lack of focus on him to move in and stab a blade through his heart as the vampire growled out and retaliated by head-butting Rengar and kicking Wukong to the side. Dracula summoned the Void Sword and Muramasa in his hands. Dracula used his telekinesis to remove the blade in his chest and sent it back at Wukong as it impaled into his groin. Wukong shrieked in agony as Rengar lunged in with Wukong, who ripped the weapon free.

"You ruined me!" the fight was two against one as Dracula proved he was quite formidable dual wielding swords, the Prince of Darkness noted that Rengar was under some type of control and also noted the small slave tag on the his chest under the armor and fur, foul play. Dracula put Muramasa in a reverse grip as he dodged their simultaneous attack and cut upwards diagonally over Wukong's torso, from right hip to left shoulder. He spun around and gave Rengar a scar going from the opposite shoulder to him, cutting through the tag. The Vampire then stabbed Muramasa behind him as he impaled Wukong through the gut and stabbed the Void Sword through Rengar's gut. This all happened too fast for them to react too as Dracula ripped Muramasa free from Wukong and kicked him into the wall as the Void Sword's power encased Rengar in an icy prison. Dracula sealed/dispelled the swords away as he picked up Wukong's staff and examined it as Wukong struggled to get up as he was consumed in pain.

"Interesting weapon you have here, while it has power, you think that decorations and mere carvings along it will grant you an edge." Dracula said as he twirled it around a few times before bringing it down over his knee, the staff breaking in half with a resounding thunder crack as the weapon, which Wukong had believed to be unbreakable as he powered it with the soul of a thunder beast, was destroyed. The Prince simply walked over with a cruel smirk, before Wukong could react, the shattered ends of his own broken weapon were driven into his knees as he howled in shrill agony. Dracula silenced his screams with a cold, clawed hand gripping over his mouth as he pulled Wukong up. Wukong was lifted over Dracula and brought down over his knee as the monkey's spine was broken, the sickening snap echoed out through the coliseum. Wukong was then thrown into the middle of the stadium floor as he was trying to get away from the monster that was Dracula, who simply walked over slowly, as if taunting him to try and escape. The student of Kukaku was terrified as he tried to crawl away, only for Dracula's boot to come down on his lower back and a hand gripped his tail painfully.

"You want to know something, I was always curious as to what would happen if I were to remove someone's tail." Dracula said as his grip tightened on the appendage as Wukong figured out what he was going to do.

"N-no…please…" he begged.

"Of course, I would never do such a thing to Ahri and her beloved sisters, mainly because I loved them dearly and would never consider hurting them. You on the other hand…" Dracula trailed off as he began to pull on the tail. Wukong's begging and crying turned into incoherent shrill shrieking and screaming as Dracula tore off his tail at the base as blood spurted from the wound and Wukong was writhing and screaming/crying in full blown hysteria. Dracula sighed as Wukong's screams grew annoying and he knocked the monkey out cold with a stomp as he dropped the tail. He took off the belt on Wukong and examined the scrolls, noticing that they were indeed summoning scrolls, linked to the clans that Ahri and her siblings had commandeered in their tasks in ending the Summoning War. Dracula pocketed the belt and scrolls and noticed something else poking lightly out of the primates hip pouch, he opened the case and reached in as he pulled out something that he never would have thought the idiotic fool would've gotten his hands on. The item was Werbellia's personal sword that she created and used during the Primordial War to stop her sister, Wailing Dark.

Dracula glanced down at the unconscious Wukong and knelt down as he grabbed his wrist and removed the fur before biting down. Instantly he was reading Wukong's memories and the things he did up to this point. Dracula released his mouth from the limb and dropped it as he got back up before glancing up with a bemused look on his face.

"Hehehe, looks like we had an adamant stalker dear…" Dracula muttered as he walked over to the frozen Rengar and cast out some hellfire that freed him from his prison. Rengar collapsed to his knees from both agony and shame.

"W-what have I done…?" Rengar said to himself as he looked to his hands. The large humanoid feline was disgusted by what he had done under the effects of that tag that was placed on him.

"You were set upon me by the fool in hopes of helping him kill me, an impossible feat as I'm immortal." Dracula said as Rengar looked to him in recognition.

"Lord Naruto." Rengar bowed despite his pain as Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"And how do you know my name?" the Dark Lord asked as he folded his arms.

"While some were not aware at the time, we commanders, the ones who were appointed by the nine to watch over the other factions, have kept an eye over our beloved queens. It was a great surprise when news spread that Lady Ahri was courted by the one who was to change the world." Rengar explained as Dracula had him stand up.

"Really now?" Dracula asked with a raised brow, curious about what Rengar said.

"Correct, the fox clan celebrated happily and you had been the subject of interest among the females too." Rengar added as Dracula shrugged his shoulders, he knew he attracted the opposite gender greatly (shit, he even developed a fan-base back home a long time ago, and how Akeno, Rias, Grayfia and Kuroka loved him).

"But not all of you took the news kindly…" Drcaula said as Rengar looked to Wukong's form. Rengar nodded as he replied.

"We have lived in relative peace for a long time, no quarrels or disputes that would have led to chaos. We were fools to not realize that he used us all to his advantage, we have brought shame and dishonor to our queens." Rengar said as he looked to the ground in self-disgust.

"I saw that from partaking his blood, never would have thought someone so 'in love' with another would go those lengths and do those things, then again I suppose I can be considered in a similar manner." Dracula said as Rengar nodded.

"Tell me, Rengar, are you and your allies aware of the passing of the nine and what has happened after?" Dracula asked as he was curious.

"Of course, it was a time of great mourning when the sisters and their mother perished, unfortunately Wukong sparked 'the incident' that lasted a long time and we suffered greatly. I was made into his slave, a prisoner within my own body that was forced to do his bidding, I am truly sorry for my assault on you, I have one request my Prince…" Rengar said as he looked to Dracula with a sorrow filled eye (he has an eye patch).

"And that request is?" the Vampire asked as he was curious.

"Grant me an honorable death, I cannot live with the things that I have done during the chaos that the filth had instigated and my actions under his command. I trust that you have plans of your own for the disgusting filth as we know you also possess the soul of that traitorous bitch, Da-Ji." Rengar said as Da-Ji and Koyou were regarded as two of the most infamous criminals back in the summoning realm. Dracula nodded as he drew Wailing Dark out of its sheathe slowly, the hiss of the metal echoed out as Rengar picked up his blade and held it to himself to commit seppuku. Rengar stabbed the blade into his gut and gave a harsh twist as he was on his knees. Dracula raised the sword above his head as he was ready to assist Rengar.

"Thank you…" Rengar muttered as the sword was brought down as blood was spilled and twin meaty thumps sounded as Rengar's corpse and severed head fell. Dracula flicked the sword to the side as he cleaned it of the blood and gave a flashy twirl as he then slowly sheathed Wailing Dark, the click at the end as he looked down to Rengar's corpse then Wukong. The scene faded to black as Dracula summoned two Dungeon Jailers. The basin was paused as Orihime was confused.

"What did Rengar mean by 'the incident', what did Wukong do?" she asked as the other sibling and everyone else (besides Crona) were confused. Werbellia took her sword off her waist and examined it as she didn't know it was used to end the life of one of her children's students, at the hands of her son-in-law no less.

"I'm wondering what the hell Wukong was rambling about, I wasn't informed that he was crushing on you, sis." Kukaku said as he looked to Ahri, who sighed.

"I never brought it up during our meetings in the past as I felt it would have been unnecessary. At first I thought it was cute that he had a crush on me and confessed, I politely declined as I had no desires to begin any sort of relationship of those kind. Unfortunately he grew increasingly persistent and would not take no for an answer. In short, I ended up making my point clear to him as he was forced to slink away and recover." Ahri said as she now understood why Wukong went after her love.

"What did you do to drive him off?" Akua asked as she was interested, having her fair share of suitors who she cared nothing for in the past.

"If memory serves correct I broke his ribcage, snapped his left arm at the elbow, fractured his spinal column, gave him several cases of internal bleeding and many deep lacerations and bruises." Ahri answered in a pleased tone as her tail waved behind her in a happy manner and a smile on her face.

"Remind me to never piss you off…" Tayuya commented as Kushina spoke.

"All that just because you grew tired of his questioning?" the mother asked as Ahri clarified.

"He also thought he could touch me intimately and tried to force himself on me in my own dwelling back then." The Nine-Tailed Fox said as the others understood.

"I don't know who is crueler after what you said you did to the monkey, you or Naruto?" Minato asked as Mito replied.

"I would say that Naruto tops everyone here in terms of cruelty as we saw that fist hand with what he did to this Wukong." She said as everyone nodded. Werbellia heard Crona mutter something and asked.

"Is there something bothering you, dear?" she asked her youngest child as Crona spoke up with everyone's attention to her.

"Wukong started a civil war in the summoning realm, which was the 'incident' Rengar referred to." She said as this shocked the nine sisters.

"HE WHAT!?" they all but yelled as Crona pointed to the basin as Ahri had it continue playing, wanting to know about what Crona said and what was to become of Wukong. The new scene showed Wukong in the castle's torture chambers (somewhere near the Gorgon Sisters home) being awoken with a bucket of freezing water thrown on him as he was held up by chains on his wrists above his head. His gear and clothes were gone as he was still injured from his fight with Dracula. He heard the sound of something being sharpened against a grinder and looked to the left to see a Dungeon Jailer sharpening a metal pike, examining it once in a while before getting back to work.

"You're quite the persistent individual…" Wukong's head snapped to see Dracula sitting on a chair and a metal table next to him that had the things formerly in his possession.

"Unhand me you filth!" Wukong snarled despite the pain on his jaw. Dracula just gave Wukong a smirk as he leaned back in the chair.

"I can see why you came after me for her…" Dracula said as Wukong growled and replied.

"Release your hold on her you monster-" Wukong said but lost his voice as Dracula cast a silence spell on him with a snap of the fingers.

"Oh please, I would know well if her soul was in my possession, and she is in a better place than my home." Dracula said as he got up from his seat and moved over to the hanging prisoner.

"As for your reasoning of 'trying to free her', you are obsessed with her, this 'true love' that you claim you have with her is nothing but a dark desire to claim her as your own." Dracula said with a dark chuckle. He moved to the table and picked up a small tuft of Ahri's hair and fur that was in Wukong's bag, the blue-black hair and the ivory white fur were fashioned into a little bow that was hanging on a necklace.

"You wanted her, not as a lover, but as a glorified trophy. Something to let the others know what you owned. You fantasized about owning her and having her tend to your every want and need, like a little slave. Of course you kept this a secret from the others and even your own mentor as you knew she would beat you senseless for such desires against her beloved elder sibling. Tell me, when Ahri beat you within an inch of your life and made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with you, did you hate it how she would not submit to you?" the Vampire Lord asked as he held out the necklace in front of Wukong tauntingly, before incinerating it with a small burst of Hellfire. He released the silence spell as Wukong spoke, despite his broken jaw.

"She was mine to begin with! I claimed her first!" he shouted as Dracula rolled his eyes and responded.

"Plucking a strand of their DNA does not lay claim on that person, anyone could simply take a piece of another, and it's not hard to do so. However, I remember something else when I read your memories." Dracula said as he formed a vision mirror besides himself that showed his time with Ahri back when he was Naruto, their relationship, lives together, intimacy and love. Wukong was denying what he was seeing and claiming that the memories were lies.

"You spied on her from afar, waiting for the perfect moment to move in and claim her as you believed she was denying her 'true feelings' for you. Sure you looked away a few times as you wanted to make sure you were not caught, but you then came to see that she began a relationship with me…" Dracula said as Wukong tried to break out of his chains.

"That is a lie! She would never love you as she did me!" he yelled in defiance as Dracula sighed before snapping his fingers as spiked chains of magic wrapped around Wukong's throat, cutting off his voice and air.

"Say all you want, but we were happy together, we loved each other dearly and clearly this set you off. You could not comprehend the mere notion of her being with another who she loved. You're already greedy and possessive nature continued to fester as you spied on our lives, hoping that you could move in and dispose of me before you took her away. But you knew that you would've been easily murdered by our hands. So you traveled back to the summoning realm and waited for the day you could act without retaliation." Dracula said as he dispersed the vision mirror.

"To keep yourself busy, and to express your utter hatred for me since I 'claimed what was yours', you began to target your fellow summons. You chose those who were the most supportive of Ahri's relationship with me, her own clan." Dracula said as he snapped his fingers and two Dishonored Vampires appeared with a rather large storage container with them as they held the door handles.

"I'm sure you know what this is, it's your little 'dirty locker' its contents are your deeds that you performed while you were in your realm, and I must admit, even I am appalled by what my messengers reported back." Dracula said as he saw that Wukong was trying to speak and loosened the chains to allow him.

"How did you get into the realm, only we are allowed and my home was rigged to prevent anyone from entering!" he snarled as Dracula simply scratched his chin before replying.

"Following the death of Rengar, I had a small convoy of my servants enter the summoning realm, from what they reported back, the civil war had successfully come to an end and they were in the process of recovering, slowly as they were suffering the catastrophic effects of the war and lost many. They were pointed to your home and disarmed the traps before cleaning it out of all evidence before burning it down. And you want to know something else? Those who had commandeered the recovery and reconstruction personally said that they would brand you as their greatest traitor to date, surpassing Da-Ji and Koyou. They realized, like Rengar that you were responsible for it all, the death, and the violence, everything that escalated to the war that tore down everything the Nine helped them achieve." Dracula said as he motioned to the vampires holding the doors.

"In order to mask what you were doing and divert attention to yourself, you instigated the war, you even went so far to steal the very weapon that was locked away by the sisters out of love for their mother and to preserve her memory." Dracula said as he motioned to Wailing Dark on the table. The vampires opened the door as the contents spilled out onto the floor. The audience watching were horrified and some even threw up at the sight of what came out of the container. Many bodies were on the ground as they poured out of the container, each one was brutally mauled or cut up that they were almost unrecognizable. All the victims were girls too, much to Ahri's horror the majority of them were from the fox clan as she recognized the tell-tale signs of vulpine features and they were of varying ages too. Dracula simply spoke as he was not really bothered by the grisly pile of corpses.

"You targeted the fox clan as they were the most supportive of Ahri's happiness, kidnapping, drugging, etc., etc… Once you got them in your home and made sure the exits were sealed off, that's when you began your real fun. One by one you would break them, through violent rape, torture, removal of body parts, consuming their flesh and other methods that cemented your delusional madness. You would even try to have them look like Ahri through forced alteration with body parts you removed from your prey." Dracula said as he motioned to some of the bodies that were sewn together in morbid ways in Wukong's attempts to fashion Ahri from the victims.

"However, you were not satisfied with just the fox clan as you went for the other females of the other races as the war that you orchestrated was set in motion." Dracula said as he had the rest of the bodies removed from the container before it was thrown into the massive smelter at the far end of the Torture chambers with telekinesis. True to what he said, the other bodies revealed were from the other races that were aligned with Ahri's sisters. Needless to say, calling Wukong a murderer was not even close to what he could be described as. Dracula knelt down to a young fox's corpse, that was still a child by the looks of it, and that was mutilated beyond recognition as he placed a hand over its head and focused his power. Another vision mirror formed as it showed the child, a toddler as the mirror played out a specific memory.

(Memory)

The young fox had walked into a clearing as she found who she was looking for, Ahri was sitting on a stone bench eating her lunch as the Sister's had just managed to end the conflict and bring order and peace to the summoning realm. Currently the Nine Tailed Fox was taking a small break from her work (helping out with construction and progress/paperwork).

"Excuse me, Lady Ahri?" the little fox asked as she was shy and walked over to the elder fox as she looked to the child.

"Yes little one?" she asked as she paused her lunch.

"I was hoping you could teach me to make that orb you use?" she asked bashfully as she poked her fingers together. Ahri smiled as she responded,

"What is your name, young one?" she asked as she was going to help her out as she was not one to turn down a child's request.

"Rana!" she said happily as her tail wagged behind her.

"Well Rana, he is what you do to if you want to make my signature Orb of Deception…" Ahri taught the young fox the basics of how to form the titular weapon of Ahri's, of course she toned it down and made it harmless so that Rana could get a grasp on how to make it. Soon their little training session ended as they heard Rana's parents calling for her.

"And that is how to form the basics of it." Ahri said as he ruffled Rana's hair with her hand.

"Thank you, lady Ahri. One day I want to be like you when I grow up." The child said happily as she hugged Ahri before running off and saying goodbye to the elder fox. The scene changed to one inside a dimly lit basement as Rana, now a tad bit older and now resembling a child just about to enter puberty was strapped down to a metal table with fear in her eyes. (The summons age at a far slower rate than people). The room had many shelves with different jars containing macabre contents ranging from organs to miscellaneous. The room looked like it came straight out of a twisted snuff film. Rana was also nude as Wukong entered the room with a smirk as he walked over to her. She was terrified as she wanted to get away, struggling against her bonds as Wukong stroked her face with tenderness. The sick gleam in his eyes told otherwise as he pulled over a small table that had an assortment of tools on it, form medical ones to ones that would be best suited for construction and even some bizarre and cruel looking ones as well.

"You'll be perfect, all my other previous 'lovers' failed and I had to clean up." Wukong said as he picked up a power drill and revved it up as he spoke.

"This will only hurt for a second." He said as he lowered the spinning drill head as her screams of pain filled the room and Wukong got to work. Thankfully Dracula had the vision mirror vanish as he looked down to the corpse of Rana, her form was littered with evidence of 'modifications', implants and more, just like all the others. He stood up and dismissed the two vampires as the Dungeon Jailer was still working on the pike.

"You've been busy with your work I see." Dracula asked as he gave Wukong a bored stare. Wukong remained silent as he felt he didn't need to answer Dracula.

"You went on with your 'fun' as the war raged on, you didn't care about what you caused as you were plotting to kill me and claim my wife, as you grew bored with one slave, you did away with them by having them die under the most excruciating of deaths, forcing them to consume toxic chemicals and substances, tearing them apart with your tools and other means before going out to snag another. However as the war was coming to an end, you were discovered in your deeds and Rengar went to capture you and take you in to answer for your crimes. Unfortunately he was caught by your surprise traps in your home as you enslaved him before setting out with your new toy. By the time you had heard of the passing of the nine and their beloved mother, I was already on my fool's quest for that damned mask." Dracula said as he picked up Wailing Dark. He unsheathed the sword as it shimmered with golden aura, a testament to its power.

"Another reason why you stole Werbellia's sword was because you planned on using it to drive it through my heart to kill me, which would not work as I am immortal, incapable of dying to any weapon except my own, the Vampire Killer, which is lost." He added as he walked up to Wukong and stabbed the end of the sword into the monkey's left shoulder and dragged it down as he cut to his right hip, giving the previous wound a matching counterpart. Dracula flicked the blood off before sheathing the sword as he set it back on the table.

"I'm beginning to wonder if it's a common habit among the sisters to end up having students that would betray them, Da-Ji, Koyou and now you. I'll probably just bunk you with Da-Ji." Dracula said as this made Wukong curious as he hadn't heard from his fellow renegade student in a long time.

"What did you do to Da-Ji, monster?" he demanded as Dracula just chuckled before replying.

"Oh nothing really, just forcing her soul to go through her own brand of eternal torture." Dracula said as the Dungeon Jailer finished and moved over to its Liege as he inspected the pike it presented, nodding as it walked over to a lever on the wall and pulled it. A mechanical device emerged from a compartment in the floor as it placed the pike in the slot and began doing a couple other things with the device before moving the whole thing under Wukong.

"Wait, what are you doing?" he asked as Dracula snapped his fingers and two chains formed as they grabbed Wukong's legs and spread them 180.

"Just beginning the start of your fun, quick question, lube or no lube?" Dracula asked as the Jailer activated the device as it came to life and the metallic pike sprouted spikes along its sides as it was moving up and down, like a… Wukong was struggling in panic as he realized what was going to happen as the chains slowly lowered him to the contraption. Dracula simply brought out his I-Pod from his cloak and put the earbuds in as he shuffled through the songs.

"You love to force yourself on others in your attempts to re-create Ahri and even tried to rape her in the past. Now it's your turn to be the one receiving." Dracula said as he picked a song to play before grabbing Wailing Dark and the belt with the Summoning Scrolls, walking away as Wukong's screams erupted as he was penetrated. Dracula didn't hear the screaming as his song drowned it out. The scene changed to show Dracula as he had Wukong, or what remotely resembled him, as they were in front of a pit. Wukong himself was put through many tortures. His body was littered with gashes and cuts, blood was leaking from him freely, his limbs and other bones were broken and his overall form looked like it went through a meat grinder.

"We had so much fun together, wouldn't you agree?" Dracula said as he looked down to Wukong, who was barely conscious. Dracula just shrugged his shoulders as he punted the monkey into the pit as the person landed with a low groan as he managed to sit up.

"This will not stop me, I will come after you, monster…" Wukong panted as he still thought he could get the last laugh. He was a persistent one, Dracula would admit that as Wukong still believed he was right all along to claim Ahri and the things he did. Dracula just laughed as he replied,

"Not exactly, seeing as I have no more use for your pain, your new purpose is a chew toy, have fun." Dracula said as he snapped his fingers as his pet Dire Caragor and Caragath emerged from the side ports as they lunged in and tackled Wukong before he could react, his cries of agony were accompanied by their vicious mauling as they were tearing into him to feed. Dracula watched with boredom as Wukong's screams were eventually silenced as the Caragath crushed his head with its powerful jaws and tore it off. The Prince of Darkness held out his hand as Wukong's soul emerged from his body and materialized as a crystal orb the size of a grapefruit as he walked away with it, leaving the two pets to their meal.

(The Unexpected Ally)

Dracula was sitting on the side of his bed, clad in only his leather pants as his clothing was scattered around his private chambers, along with parts of a maid outfit and lingerie. His bed was occupied by another as she was relaxing during the aftercare of their previous bout of 'stress relief', the woman in particular was Grayfia Lucifuge as she had the lavish covers scantily tossed over her voluptuous form.

"That was fantastic… As it always is with you" Grayfia said as she looked to him as his back was to her, his mind on other matters.

"Something troubles you, my Prince?" she asked as she shifted to her side and kept her gaze on him. Dracula simply pushed aside his thoughts as he began putting his clothes back on as he replied.

"It's nothing, Grayfia. Just reminiscing of the past…" He replied as he pulled on his boots. The powerful demon simply moved over as she got on her knees and rested her arms over his shoulders from behind.

"You can tell me, Master…" She said as beforehand (shortly after she joined him), Grayfia admitted that she, like Akeno, knew of him and his past. Dracula sighed as there were very few he would talk to about his previous life which he kept secret from others.

"Maybe another time…" Dracula responded as he shrugged off her arms and got up as he put on his belt and cloak as he turned back to her.

"Well, if you wish to speak about it or have anything else that would be on your mind, I am here for you." Grayfia said as she winked to him as she placed on hand on her hip and blew a kiss using the other. Dracula just smiled softly as he disappeared in a burst of mist as she got to dressing herself. Dracula reappeared in the Castle Hall as he sensed Gaius requesting his presence. He saw the Black Wolf standing there as he (Gaius) spoke up.

"My friend, you have a special visitor." Gaius said as this drew Dracula's attention, he glanced to see Gaius's Wolf Sentinels all gathered around someone, that someone radiated demonic powers similar to Satan, did one of his foolish children venture into his domain with the intentions of dying? Dracula and Giaus walked over to the group as Gaius had them step aside to reveal who they were holding at weapon point.

Guido Szandor, The eldest of the Acolytes and Satan's first bastard offspring. He was flanked by two of his Dark Monks, his insurance of needed protection, not that he really needed it as he was powerful, but he wouldn't want to take chances in Dracula's territory.

"To what do I owe this…pleasure, Hell-spawn?" Dracula asked as he folded his arms, he sensed that Guido did not come here for a fight, but to speak with him. Which made Dracula curious, he figured Satan's brats had inherited their father's undying hate for him.

"Greeting, Lord Dracula, I am Guido Szandor, child of the Fallen One. I have entered your domain seeking an audience with you." Guido said as he bowed curtly, something that surprised Dracula and Gaius momentarily. While Dracula was suspicious of the spawn of Satan approaching him, he nonetheless accepted Guido's request to speak with him.

"Very well, let's take this 'meeting' elsewhere'." Dracula said as Gaius dismissed the Wolf Sentinels as the trio walked away. The scene shifted to show the trio in the Castle Refactory (that one area where Gabriel sneaks into the Kitchen by baiting the Ghouls). They were all enjoying a lavish dinner that was prepared as Guido explained why he had come to Dracula.

"You're telling me the reason you came to this place, knowing full well that the possibility of dying was massive, was to inform that you have plans of ousting your father of power and for good." Dracula said after he swallowed the bite he had been chewing on before taking a sip of his drink (Blood & Rum combo).

"That is correct," Guido responded.

"And why exactly should I help you, I see no reason or benefit from this little 'deal'." Dracula said as he was curious as to why the Acolyte wanted this, surely they were unwaveringly loyal to their creator?

"Because unlike those two idiots or the asinine fool that is my father. I have no intentions of enslaving the world, it's already taken over as it is now, by you and the bitch in the golden throne. I seek to rid Lucifer for good and restore Hell to its previous state, I know that you are the only one who he fears as you can end him." Guido replied as the part about Hell confused Dracula and Gaius.

"I believe mother could help explain what I am speaking of." Guido added as Dracula got the message and sent out a mental call for the silver haired Devil. Grayfia, back in her maid outfit, appeared next to Dracula and bowed.

"You requested me?" she asked as Dracula motioned to Guido. The Vampire and Pseudo-Undead (Gaius more so than Dracula) were greatly surprised when they saw the ever stoic, gentle and calm Grayfia cried out in happiness as she hugged Guido like a mother would upon seeing their child after a long time (which is true here).

"My son, how wonderful it is to see you again!" she said in joy as Guido returned the hug. Dracula already knew why Grayfia was heavily injured and her womb torn open that day he found her, she was the unwilling 'breeder' used by Satan himself to create the Acolytes. In short she was led in by Prince of Lies under the guise of proving her worth to Satan during the Infernal Tournaments. She was taken to Satan's palace where she was taken violently and chained up as the 'toy' for the other members of Lucifer's inner circle. She was then 'harvested' from as the spawn tore their way out of her as she was left for dead, barely alive from the pain. Satan decided to dispose of the 'useless whore' as his children left for the mortal realm. Dracula knew all this from viewing her memories upon drinking her blood when she pledged herself to his command. He understood her undying hatred for the Devil and wouldn't disagree with her, the question now was, why she was so different about this Acolyte, Dracula believed she hated the Devil and his spawn entirely.

"It is good to see you again mother, you are well taken care of I see." Guido remarked as he looked over her. Dracula cleared his throat as their attention turned to him.

"My apologies my Prince, do you remember when I said someone had made sure to attract you into finding me?" Grayfia said as the Vampire Lord nodded.

"Well, it was Guido, out of the three that spawned form Lucifer's and my 'copulating', Guido was the only one I cared for as he treated me with kindness and love and even made sure to guide you to me." She said as Dracula put the pieces together, it was Guido's presence he felt in the cave along with Grayfia's as the Acolyte wanted him to find and take her in. That's when Kuroka strode in as she smelt the scent of her old master (Guido had her watch over Grayfia until Dracula got there as the Acolyte left).

"Master Guido!" Kuroka embraced the portly demon as he patted her head.

"Good to see you too Kuroka." He replied. Guido then turned his attention back to Dracula and Gaius.

"Now, back to what I was saying. Despite what is commonly believed of Hell as a barren and desolate wasteland where the foulest of souls are sent. In reality, Hell has its own civilization and economy, similar to how your former home was." Guido said as he formed a viewing glass (similar to Dracula's vision mirrors) as they set aside their empty plates. True to what Guido had said, Dracula and Gaius both saw that Hell did in fact have its own version of civilization, it reminded Dracula a bit of the America during the Cold War. Guido explained that they have been a relatively peaceful realm, despite being demons and monsters, as they operated just like any usual nation or country (Satan had his own Castle where he resided). While Satan had a huge cult of followers during his plan to break free, that was thwarted as he was sent back into Hell by Gabriel.

"Satan was infuriated that you thwarted his 'ascension', so he devised a different plan to deal with you and claim his 'right to all'. That plans involved my siblings and I, we were to clear the way for his arrival, to make sure you were out of the picture before he could be brought to this realm." Guido explained as Dracula knew Satan wanted to try and come back.

"How typical of him, he's too much of a coward to face me directly that he would send his own children to get the job done…" Dracula muttered as Guido then showed Satan forcing those that didn't want to joining him to his will and making example of 'traitors'.

"He also is amassing them, through use of force and power, to also gear up for an invasion, so expect the forces of Hell to break out to try and take over." Guido finished as he had the viewing glass shatter and vanish. Dracula simply leaned back in his seat as he observed Guido for any lies or hidden agendas.

"So, you want my help in disposing of your donor and siblings, is that it?" Dracula asked as he folded his arms, Guido nodded and replied.

"Of course, I wish to resolve the mess they have made following the hostile takeover and enslavement. You are the only one he fears and wishes out of the grand portrait before he can arrive." Guido answered as Dracula mulled over this, Gaius excused himself as he slipped his helmet back on to go do his own things as it was just the four there now.

"And why should help you with this plan of yours, granted I too despise the Fallen One as he does me, his desire to remain in Hell out of fear of facing me does not bother me and I'm fine if he hides away like the coward he is." Dracula said as he didn't really see any use in Guido's offer. Sure killing off the Devil was a plus, but having him in fear of you was a bit marginally better, that and the whole prophecy where he was the necessary evil to stop them. Grayfia and Kuroka both gained depressed looks on their faces upon hearing Dracula's answer, while he knew Grayfia's reasoning, he was a bit surprised about Kuroka's sadness. Guido clicked his tongue and formed another viewing glass.

"I figured you would answer that way, which is why I have something that might interest you." He said as Dracula looked into the glass as it was foggy, which cleared to show someone unconscious being held up by thorny demonic vines, in a semi-erotic way. He recognized who it was, it was Samus…

Guido was pulled out of his chair as the side of his face was slammed into the table, the Void Sword was brought out & pressed against his thick neck.

"What is this…?" Dracula growled out as he was about ready to remove Guido's head from his body. Grayfia and Kuroka were hoping that Dracula didn't kill Guido as they wanted to interfere, but couldn't. Gudio simply held his hands up in surrender as the viewing glass had moved from the table to the side as he pointed to it.

"That… is your sister, Samus." He commented as Dracula pressed the blade closer as Guido could feel the thin layer of frost form over his skin and clothes.

"If you could please remove the sword, I can explain myself." He added as Dracula contemplated killing the Acolyte, but decided against it as he put away his sword and let go as Guido moved back into his chair. Dracula sat back down in his as the viewing glass moved back to on the table.

"I'm going to get straight to the point, I know who you are and about your past. What you have done, what you have been through everything that has shaped you and led you to this point in your long life…" Guido started as Dracula narrowed his eyes to a glare.

"Before you ask, I had read up on you during my stay in Hell, that and I was curious as to the one mother kept looking over during her imprisonment within Lucifer's Palace." Guido said as Dracula glanced to the Silver haired Devil as she had a sheepish grin and apologized. Dracula simply looked back to the Acolyte as he asked.

"And why would you go through my life? I am specific in keeping that information confidential and exclusive to me, I don't need other parties knowing of my past." The Prince of Darkness growled out as he really didn't like those he didn't know or trust to start invading his privacy.

"Well, unlike Satan and my siblings who are too full of themselves to see past their own ego, I took it upon myself to know about the biggest threat to us. Originally I cared little of the one that banished father back to Hell as I had my own agenda besides bringing him to the mortal realm. I was intrigued as to why mother showed such an interest in you whenever I could visit her when she wasn't in 'service'." Guido said as he took a drink of his wine and continued.

"So, I did a little digging and searching around, and managed to get my hands on a memory stone, it was also around this time that I had found your beloved sister on the outskirts of the grand city. She was unconscious and would have been easy prey for the predators in the Abyss. I took her into my mansion and have had my Dark Monks keep watch over her. She has never woken up, only uttering the names of you and your wife." Guido said as he brought out the memory stone from his sleeve, which was the size of a pear, which was cracked down the middle as he placed it on the table.

"A Memory Stone is VERY hard to come by in Hell, an item such as this is invaluable as one could peer into their target's life and learn about them. Which was what I did to you, at first I want to know what could be used against you if we were to ever cross paths & to find out why you garnered my mother's attention and affection. This turned to understanding I have seen the life you have lived, the things you have suffered and done, all of it." Guido explained as Dracula examined the ruined stone before crushing it in his hand.

"I see, so you originally had intentions to snuff me out for you pathetic old man." Dracula said as he kept his gaze on the Acolyte as Guido nodded affirmative.

"That was the original purpose, however, upon viewing your life and some more digging around for information, I now have a view of the grand picture. This is all a game to the bitch of the golden throne, as the Goddess of Dreams explained, you're a pawn to use for her plans. I know that you still have vestiges of your humanity underneath your monstrous demeanor, you still love your family, even after all the years and actions that would have spurned them away from you. You don't want to be all alone, you only hid those parts of your life because you feared that the ones you loved would have abandoned you." Guido said as Dracula raised an eyebrow.

"Didn't think that you were a psychologist as well." Dracula commented as Guido just smiled.

"It helps to know the one you're essentially making a deal with the devil with. There is another thing you should know. Samus went MIA after a short while since I found her, she simply vanished from my care, around the time your meeting with the Goddess of Dreams occurred. Upon closer examination of her resting place after her disappearance, I have found magical residue of holy energy, which can only mean one thing…" Guido explained as Dracula's eyes narrowed and he grit his teeth.

"Unohana has her…" the Vampire Lord growled out as he understood what Guido was saying. His claws dug into the furnished wood of the table as he really didn't like what Unohana had planned for Samus, whatever that was.

"I also want to inform you that contrary to popular belief, while Satan does despise the bitch, he is not above working with her to suit his own ends. There are things only found in Hell that he could use to trade with her, and we both know that she will give him your beloved family members as toys, including your wife…" Guido said as Dracula was not liking what he was hearing.

"Once Satan gets ahold of them AND he finds out their relation to you, he will no doubt enact the most cruel and painful of torments on them. First they will be taken by force and passed around like the common whore and broken in without end, when that is through then they will be strapped down and experimented on, similar to how that primate did to those women, Satan himself will take part in the 'fun' as he will bask in the pleasure he receives before handing them back to his servants for their fun. Once all is done and he grows bored, they will be devoured by his hellhounds like a pack of rabid dogs on a dying sheep." Guido said as Dracula noticed Kuroka's sad expression grow worse as Guido spoke and she shed several tears as she looked to the floor.

"You speak as if you have personal knowledge of what would happen to them once in Satan's grasp." Dracula commented as Guido nodded before replying.

"I have seen it before, Kuroka lost her little sister, Koneko to these actions. Satan was furious at you for sending him back to Hell and he devised a hostile takeover in order to build his own army for what he calls 'righteous ascension'. Of course not everyone agreed with his desires and Satan had decided to force them into servitude, through coercion, show of power and making examples…" Guido said as he showed Dracula how Satan was amassing his control over Hell and building his army to invade the mortal realm. Guido then showed how Koneko was made an example of as Guido tried to save both the feline demons, but Satan wanted to make another example to get more factions to rally under him. Kuroka couldn't watched as she hugged Grayfia and began crying as the Silver Devil tried her best to comfort her. In a way, Satan's little show he made of the smaller Neko demon mirrored how the Dragon had Da-Ji and Wukong treated as well as other prisoners within the Torture Chambers, take away the rape and genitalia mutilation (though it was applied to Wukong for reasons). The scene ended as Satan's Hell-Hounds tore into the barely alive young girl as her cries of pain were silenced. Guido then shifted the scene to go over Dracula's long life as it focused on those he loved, cherished and ultimately lost including his old friends, Moka and the others.

"You live with the knowledge and guilt that those you loved and cherished all passed away, to your hands or having association with you. But can you deal with knowing that you did nothing while their souls were handed over to your arch-nemesis to use as he sees fit?" Guido asked as he looked to Dracula with empathy and manipulated the viewing glass to show 'what-if' events of what would become of those Dracula did care for at Satan's hands. The scenes only lasted for a few seconds as the table burst into flames and the glass shattered. Dracula's gaze looked to Guido with a knowing stare.

"Let's go for a walk…" was all the Vampire said as he got up and Guido followed, Kurkoka put out the fire as the two followed the Prince and the Acolyte. The four were then seen walking through the main hall leading to the large front doors. Grayfia and Kuroka were behind the two men as they were conversing.

"Quite the deal you are offering, Guido. You summon your father to this world, I take him out and in turn, you take his place and work on rebuilding Hell from the damage he caused." Dracula remarked as he was smoking a cigar.

"Correct, I will also ally Hell with your forces as I know that you plan to go after the bitch once Satan is dealt with." Guido said as Dracula nodded.

"Say I do decide to take you up on your offer, you do know that you would have to ward off your siblings and Satan from finding out until I get to them." Dracula commented as Guido agreed.

"There is that matter, luckily I took some tips from how you could mask your intentions from those in your past, like your wife." Guido answered as Dracula felt like slapping him for that comment, but refrained from doing so.

"You do realize that there is one problem with all this, right?" Dracula asked as Guido looked to the floor for a bit, before stopping to look to Dracula with determination in his golden eyes.

"I do, I would gladly accept it knowing that his 'victory' that he would relish would turn out to be a confrontation with you, which would end in his death." Guido said without hesitation. Kuroka scratched her head and spoke as she, along with Grayfia was lost on what the Acolyte meant.

"What are you talking about?" she asked as Dracula frowned a bit and was about to speak when Guido raised a hand as he wanted to be the one to tell them.

"The plan would work well and Satan would be no more, the only hitch is the imminent possibility that I would die once Satan figures out the reality of his Summon onto this plane." Guido said to the two demonesses as Grayfia was against this, understandable as she cared for Guido and did not want to lose him.

"What! I won't allow this!" She said with surprise and fear in her tone as Guido replied.

"Mother, I know you are against this as the prospect of me falling to his hands is high, but there are casualties in every war. If this means to finally be rid of him and to avenge what he had done, I would accept this without hesitation." Guido said as Grayfia shook her head as tears were starting to form.

"I forbid it! I will not let you do this, Guido!" she said as her voice was wavering. Guido just remained silent as his expression told her she could not sway him from this decision. She looked to Dracula in hopes that he might say something, but he was silent too with a distant look in his eyes. Grayfia couldn't take it as she vanished in a summoning circle to her chambers as she was emotionally unstable from finding out that she would possibly lose her son.

"Go with her…" Dracula said as Kuroka nodded and disappeared to go comfort her. Dracula looked to Guido as they continued their walk and conversation.

"You do realize that this will only hurt her if you go through with it…" Dracula said as Guido had a slight frown.

"I know, I managed to smuggle the two out of Hell when I left and led you to them because I trusted them to be in your care. I know that you care for those under your command and would rather not see them so distraught like this. Despite the immeasurable risk and the certainty of my death upon doing this, I will not hesitate on sacrificing myself with the knowledge that he must contend with the one who he is terrified of." Guido said as Dracula finished his cigar and put out the remains in a torch tray.

"So long as Satan is out of the picture and Hell can be restored back to its beauty, I am willing to cast down my very existence to have my donor snuffed out." Guido summarized as he held out a hand to Dracula.

"I know that despite your flaws and shortcomings to the ones you loved, you are a man of your word, mostly. I wish to make a pact with you…" Guido said as Dracula looked to the hand and shrugged his shoulders before placing his hand in and grasping Guido's in a firm grip. Immediately their powers clashed as Guido's hand radiated green flames compared to Dracula's red/black miasma flowing off his hand.

"In the event of my passing, I, Guido Szandor, will impart you with my forces of Darkness, The Dark Monks and the Dark Apostles will side with you once my life force is diminished." Guido said as their powers faded and he let go of Dracula's hand. Dracula felt a tingling sensation on his palm and looked to see a burning sigil carved into his palm, the sigil vanished as if it was never there.

"Curious…" Dracula commented as he turned his gaze to Guido.

"If you excuse me, I must return to the outside world and maintain my cover." Guido said as they stopped right before the large entrance doors.

"Certainly, it'll take a long time for this plan to work out as Satan will not take any chances with me still being around." Dracula said as he opened the doors. Guido nodded and replied.

"That is also true, another setback. I'm positive we could figure something else in the meantime, thank you for the wonderful meal and taking care of mother and Kuroka. Farewell, Dracula." Guido said before he left and Dracula closed the doors. The Vampire returned to his chambers as he felt like working on something when he noticed Grayfia was sitting on the bed, her eyes puffy red from crying as she moved to him. Dracula was pushed to the wall as his servant was holding onto the front of his cloak.

"Please do not let him die, Naruto…" Grayfia managed to say as her voice was wavering as she was still crying.

"Grayfia, I…" Dracula started when she shook her head and placed a finger to his lips.

"I am begging you… Even if it means forcing him to abandon this plan… Don't let Lucifer find out, please…" Grayfia said as she buried her face into Dracula's chest and continued to cry as he simply picked her up and walked over to sit on the bed as he let her cry and stroked her hair until she soon fell asleep. He simply carried the sleeping devil to her room and tucked her in as he walked away to do something, his mind conflicted whether he should help Guido or Grayfia.

(Separation)

The memory was on the aftermath of another attempt by the Brotherhood, Of course this was just outside his castle's domain as Dracula tossed aside the corpse he fed off of. The Prince of Darkness took this legion by himself as he felt like taking over for dealing with the attacks as his servants could take a break. It was night out as the moonlight illuminated the land. He examined his handiwork as he decimated all of them without even trying, that's when he sensed his son.

"Nice of you to show up, son." Dracula said as he turned to look to the younger vampire, who didn't look happy as he surveyed the remains of the Brotherhood legion that was dealt with. Some of the knights weren't even into adulthood, mere adolescents who were sent to their inevitable deaths at the hands of the infamous Dragon by their commanders.

"I see you're having your fun…" Alucard remarked as he glanced to the fresh corpse that Dracula just drained.

"I did, what of it?" Dracula asked as he tossed the corpse aside without a care. He specifically remembered talking to Alucard about his reasons why he did his things (terrorizing mankind, feeding, his version of fun and games, etc., etc…).

"Nothing at all, just lamenting on the obvious evidence that you're not changing like we hoped." Alucard said as he folded his arms over his chest. Dracula raised an eyebrow at this and responded.

"Oh, and what were you expecting, son? Granted we managed to become closer and mend up our strained relationship. There are some things that cannot be changed no matter how many tries, we both know that much." Dracula said as he simply snapped his fingers as the bodies began to burn with Hellfire. Alucard simply held an unamused look to his eyes and replied.

"I'm well aware of that, and I can see you would rather stay the way you are, feeding of the humans and being an overall ass to the world as well." The younger vampire said as he still looked to his old man. Dracula simply rolled his eyes as he knew from a while back Alucard inherited his penchant for being brutally honest when it came to talks like this.

"If you're here to give me a lecture on my actions then save it." Dracula said as Alucard let out a small sigh.

"You know what, I'm beginning to wonder how exactly mother would love one such as you…" Alucard started as Dracula's stare hardened a bit at the subtle insult directed to him.

"What are you getting at…?" Dracula growled out as he was seeing where his son was going to take this.

"Don't play ignorant, old man. You know exactly what I'm talking of, the continued rampages, your ongoing war against the Brotherhood. You still drag these on despite knowing full well you could just end it all right now and not continue their suffering. My question is why? Why continue being the monster when you even admitted that you wished for things to be different?" Alucard said as he gave his father a hard stare.

"And let's not forget those four concubines that live under your roof. The ones you so willingly broke your beloved pact with mother over 'getting your dick wet'." Alucard added with a snarl as Dracula growled a bit at that.

"Watch your tongue, boy. You have no idea what you are getting…" Dracula was cut short when Alucard continued.

"You are the biggest hypocrite I have ever known. You claim to want things to change and even make promises, but in the end you just go back to being the asshole with the desire for murder and fucking your whores." Alucard said as Dracula was about to reply, going to tell his son to 'shut the fuck up' before he digs too deep a grave. But the son of Dracula just continued.

"It's like you said 'fuck everything' to your commitment to mother and decided sleeping around and killing was far greater than the love you both had. I have watched you lead rampages, slaughter indiscriminately, spread terror and chaos to mankind and be an overall monster to the world. I seriously consider that this is what you wanted your entire life, while being the biggest monster around, you also excel at being the biggest failure too-" Whatever Alucard was going to say next was silenced as Dracula's fist collided with his jaw with the force to send the younger vampire flying back and colliding into the fort wall. In an instant Dracula was before him as he ripped his son out of the hole in the wall and snarled as he held onto the front of his cloak.

"You think I wanted this?!" The Vampire King growled out as he glared at his son before giving a head-butt that broke Alucard's nose before throwing him back and stalking after him.

"You think you know all that there is about me, don't you?" Dracula said as he approached Alucard, who recovered and threw a punch, only for the elder to deflect it and deliver one back that hit the son in the gut, during their little scuffle, Dracula continued.

"I will admit that I have 'issues', I enjoy causing pain and death, *swatted away a palm strike* relish the suffering I bring to the world and its inhabitants, *landed a chop to Alucard's neck and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying back* and can be considered the biggest monster in all of existence. But at least I tried to be the father I never was, to form that relationship I never got to have with you." Dracula said as he looked to his son, Alucard recovered and flipped back up as he glared back.

"So you do take pleasure in all this 'work' you have done, everything you told me was a lie?" Alucard snarled as he cracked his neck. Dracula knew what he was going to say next and simply folded his arms and replied.

"Go ahead and say it, Trevor. Tell your old man what you really think of him in light of all this, do the very same that your very mother did!" Dracula snarled in defiance as he kept his look on his child. Alucard accepted that declarations as he cleared his throat and spoke the words that no family member wanted to ever hear, but Dracula was considered FAR from any semblance of family in his son's eyes now.

"You are the biggest monster to this world has ever beheld, your hunger, your wrath, your very existence is a threat to all. As of this moment, any relations we had as a family, any bonding, is now gone. I am here to seek your end. The father that mother and I believed in died the moment you became a creature of the night." Alucard said as he brought out a magical rapier and pointed it to his elder, the blade an everlasting royal blue with icy energy flowing off, the sword was known as Glaciem. Dracula had a pained look in his eyes as he heard Alucard's declaration, then that look turned to a fierce glare as he responded.

"Very well, it has come to this. Consider our relationship at an end." Dracula punctuated his last word with summoning the Void Sword. The two lunged forward and clashed blades as this let out a shockwave that had the area they were in freeze rapidly within a 20 ft. radius. They broke the clash and went at it as they dueled with utmost ferocity. Alucard's skill and training with swords was put to the test as he faced off against his father, who knew more in combat and struck back with the savagery of a monster mixed with the intellect of a master swordsman. Alucard was backed into a corner as he was forced to a knee and had his blade up as Dracula brought his down several times with each one forming a new crack along the rapier blade, the last one shattered the weapon into pieces as Dracula stopped the descent of his sword just millimeters before it would cut into Alucard's face. The sword was dispelled and Dracula snatched him up by the throat.

"I have been around a lot longer than you have." He told Alucard before throwing him through a ruined tower and following. Alucard landed and flipped back to his feet as he brought out an enormous broadsword, its blade wreathed in the flames of hell and having a demonic appearance, the Igneas. Dracula appeared before him in a teleport and blocked a side-swipe from the blade with his Chaos Claws. Alucard took a punch to the gut that sent him back and he skidded to a stop and retaliated by stabbing the blade into the ground as he formed flaming geysers in an attempt to get Dracula. The elder vampire just easily dodged and teleported around them as he came closer to the younger as he sent a punch forward that Alucard barely had time to block properly.

"You think you know me, let me enlighten you…" Dracula said as he kicked Alucard in the gut and sent another punch that had Alucard on the evasive and defensive.

"What you are looking at is a cold-blooded killer molded and conditioned ever since birth. Not even out of the womb and I have already made my first kill, devouring the sister I would have had, in a bout of incestual cannibalism. From then after my birth and the passing of my parents, I was taken in and molded to be the perfect killing machine…" Dracula said as he deflected a swipe from Alucard and backhanded him away.

"Things started out light, practicing on a few dummies and being given sparse meals as part of their training. However this wasn't what they desired as they upped the regime, injections, beatings, torture and more. My targets were switched out form mannequins to people. My first set of victims was a family of three, a kind father, a loving mother and their innocent girl, a toddler." Dracula said as he flipped over a swipe from Igneas, the blade missing his goatee by mere centimeters as he landed and gave a powerful upper-cut that sent Alucard flying into the air. Dracula spin-kicked Alucard away as he came falling back down. The son of the Dragon landed in a heap and flipped back up and growled as he threw Igneas with blinding speed at Dracula. The aim true as it pierced through the elder and out his back as he skidded back with a grunt. Dracula gave a crushing closed punch (where he punches his fists against each other) as the blade was snapped in half where he hit and he threw the hilt with the broken point to Alucard that cut through his shoulder and embedded into a stone pillar. Dracula ripped out the piece in him as his wounds healed up and cloak returned to normal as he tossed the blade aside.

"Is that the best you have, I taught you better than this." He taunted as he dispersed his Chaos Claws. The Vampire King brought out his Shadow Whip as he send the weapon forward as Alucard thought quickly and brought out Dark Pain as they got back into their fight.

"You have no redeeming qualities, beast. Nothing but filled with hatred, vileness and the epitome of a monster. You relish in all the pain and torment you bring to this world, feeding to your heart's content and being an all-around selfish prick. I wonder just how mother could stand someone such as you." Alucard shot back as he barely dodged Dracula's Shadow Whip. However Dracula appeared before him and decked his son across the face as this shattered Alucard's jaw, not that he would care as they both shared extraordinary healing factors, even higher than a Vampire's. Dracula followed up as he had Alucard's back turned to him and gave him a German-Suplex as he punted the younger one away.

"You know, for a time I did suppress those memories and actions. Haunted by my actions and the lives I took under 'their' service. Hell it was during this time I met your mother, she was my shining light within my bleak and horrid life. And here is the kicker, she wasn't even human like I was at the time…" Dracula told Alucard as this momentarily left him stunned (he never took the hint when Dracula essentially told him Marie was originally Ahri and thus something more than a 'mere human', yet at least, the book he lent him and her page(s)). Dracula teleported over and wrapped his cold, clawed hands around his son's neck as he forced him to his knees as the elder was standing over him.

"You want to know WHY I care so little and outright despise mankind? Simple, your mother and I both know just how 'evil' humans can be to get what they desire. While you seemingly turn it away and have optimistic views of the lesser race, I do not. Humans are greedy, manipulative, petty, destructive and in general, simple minded. In fact, if your beloved Sypha did not have protection by the Brotherhood, she would have been put to the stake and burned as a witch, am I not right?" Dracula asked as he knew he was right on that, Alucard knew he was right too. Dracula simply threw Alucard back as he had the younger vampire go flying through the ruins of the Brotherhood Outpost they battled in. Dracula sensed that Alucard was recovering and chuckled. His form burst into smoke/mist as he transformed into his Wyvern form (Alduin, as described earlier up). The winged beast let out a roar into the cold night as he flew up into the air and show towards Alucard's location. Meanwhile Alucard had pushed the rubble off him as his injuries healed up as he let out a sigh. Perhaps Dracula had a point in all this, as he still had yet to know more of his deceased mother, what changed his father, it couldn't have been just the quest for the God Mask. That's when he picked up the sound of something closing in on him and was snatched up by the wicked talons of the Black Wyvern (The official name for this Dragon Form).

The Black Wyvern flew high into the air as it kept a tight grip of Alucard in one of its clawed feet. Alucard struggle to break free as it was of no use. That's when their course was changed as the wyvern took a nose dive as it picked up speed. Alucard had to think fast as nothing he did, punching, clawing, biting was working as the wyvern's hide was high impenetrable. An idea came to mind, sure it was underhanded, but he wasn't willing to be turned into a projectile. He summoned his large double-helix blade (Fierce Deity Link's sword) and aimed it up before using all his might to thrust upwards as his sword found its mark.

The wyvern's eyes widened as it let out a howl of agony, its flight turning into a falling stumble through the air as it crashed and skidded through a forest. Alucard was released from its grip as he ended up rolling to a halt as he crash-landed through the forest and a distance away from the Black Wyvern as it morphed back to Dracula. The elder vampire was in obvious pain as his hands were down over his crotch. It was clear that Alucard ended up driving his blade through his old man's genitalia, even when the vampire lord was in a different form, the essentials remained where they were. Alucard spotted Mooncleaver (the name of the Double-Helix sword) pierced through a tree as Dracula's blood coated the weapon. Dracula was slowly recovering as he was mixed between pissed and sheer agony as he and Alucard got up.

"Why the fuck did you stab my genitals, do you know how much that shit hurts?" Dracula demanded as he looked to his son with bloodshot eyes. Alucard just ignored the obviously pained elder as he went to retrieve his blade. But he was interrupted as he received a haymaker to the jaw that sent Alucard crashing through a boulder. Dracula, who was the one that punched him, grabbed the handle of the sword stuck through the tree. Gave it a harsh twist as it was shattered in hundreds of shards.

Alucard managed to recover again as he narrowly dodged a Chaos Bomb sent at him as he was running out of options and weapons. He looked to see his father stalking towards him with his Chaos Claws out as the younger Vampire reached into his cloak and brought out an onyx and diamond talisman with the etching of a creature's skull as he used it to open up a portal below him. Alucard fell through it as Dracula growled out and followed as it closed up.

(In an unknown location)

Dracula landed on a plateau that was on one of the many mountaintops that surrounded him. The portal they went through closed up as the sky above him was stormy with lightning and thunder. He deactivated his Claws and looked around for his son, expanding out his senses as Alucard had improved greatly in hiding from sensory capabilities. Dracula just clicked his tongue as he knew why Alucard was hiding right now.

"Come on out, Alucard. We both know hiding from me is pointless." Dracula said as he could sense his son, though he was doing a great job at masking his presence away from him. Dracula sensed movement behind him and turned just in time as he was tackled by Alucard, in his Wolf Form (from Mirror of Fate) as he was knocked back from his son. They landed with the younger over the elder on the floor as Alucard took the opportunity and lunged in as his lycan-like form's jaws dug into Dracula's neck. Blood sprayed out as Dracula grit his teeth as his son's powerful jaws clamped down on his jugular and teeth tore into his flesh. Alucard's claws dug into his shoulders. The elder vampire reacted as he brought out his Chaos Claws and dug the flaming claws into Alucard's gut. This had the desired reaction as Alucard's jaws that were tearing into his old man let go in surprise and pain. Dracula took this as he landed a brutal head-butt that had Alucard seeing stars then a flare of his power had thrown the son of the Dragon off him as he got up, his torn and gory neck healing as the wounds repaired themselves. Alucard reverted to his original form as he got up and wiped the blood dripping from his mouth.

"A surprise attack, how uncharacteristic of you…" Dracula commented as his right hand glanced over his healed neck out of check-up as he looked to Alucard.

"What can I say, you taught me well." Alucard responded as he held Dark Pain in his hand. Dracula just gave a dry smirk as he brought out Muramasa and gave it a light twirl. Dracula lunged in as Alucard sent the deadly chain whip forward at his opponent. Dracula caught the end of it before it would pierce his chest and pulled on it as this had Alucard stumble to him, which was what Dracula wanted as he rammed his sword through Alucard's gut and threw him over his shoulder as the blade was ripped free. Alucard didn't care for the wound as he flipped back to his feet and spin kicked Darcula in the back. Thus resumed the brutal fight between blood as they used hand-to-hand in conjunction with their weapons. Alucard speared Dracula through the chest with his whip and pulled him in for an uppercut as Dracula recovered as he dodged the whip with a slide and retaliated by lifting Alucard up with a stab through the gut and punching him back several feet with his free hand as the younger was freed from the blade. Their fight went on as they dealt injuries that would kill a human, then again they were not human.

The mountain shuddered as this had them both stumble a bit as they stored their weapons away and regain their footing as the rumbling continued. They both noticed a part of the mountain broke away and began moving about. The moving part of the mountain soon revealed to be a titanic serpent like creature with spines running down its colossal frame as he looked to the two vampires.

"You just had to have our fight here, Alucard." Dracula muttered as the behemoth let out a roar at the two as its opened maw could easily swallow them whole. The creature lunged in to devour both as Dracula and Alucard unleashed their Demonic Wings as they took to the air as their plateau was demolished by the serpent. Their attention was taken off the creature as they looked to each other and resumed their fight in the air as the titanic snake was displeased by their presence. The two continued as the serpent also joined in, calling down a meteor storm of blue flaming rocks from the clouds as this added more chaos to their fight. Things cumulated down as their fight dragged on and Dracula drop-kicked Alucard into the top of the mountain as he formed a crater from the impact. Dracula dropped down as he reared a fist back as his Chaos Claws were out, the serpent let out a roar again as Dracula drew close to his son. The entire mountaintop exploded violently as Dracula crashed down on Alucard's location. The massive serpent creature was thrown back by the force of the explosion and it crashed through a couple mountains as it roared in pain. Dracula tore open a hole in reality back to the mortal realm and threw Alucard in as he followed and it closed as the dust from the explosion settled.

(Back in the mortal realm)

Alucard skidded to a halt against the stone rooftop of the place they were originally at. Dracula having emerged from the tear as it closed up. Alucard got to his feet and brought out Dark Pain again as he sent the whip to Dracula. The Dragon caught it as he began wrapping it around his forearm as he dragged Alucard in, it was time to end this little scuffle of theirs. Alucard held onto his weapon as he was being pulled no matter how hard he tried to resist. With a harsh pull, Alucard was pulled towards his dad and off his feet as he was the recipient of a clothesline that knocked him into the ground. Dark Pain was now in Dracula's hand as he punted Alucard away as he remarked.

"You claim that it had to be impossible for your mother to love me with how I am. To be honest we originally despised each other, me being the gate keeper to her prison and her responsible for the death of my parents." Dracula said as he taunted Alucard with his own weapon. Alucard lunged in as he tried to retrieve his weapon, but took a roundhouse kick that dislocated his lower jaw and sent him stumbling back.

"Of course this changed over time as I was the one to extend the olive branch and communicate with her. Naturally you can see where I'm going with this." Dracula said as he dodged Alucard's attacks with ease. Sure Alucard was trained by Dracula before their current falling out, but he was leagues behind his old man in terms of skills and combat, Dracula didn't teach his son everything.

"Our friendship soon changed after a few events and I released her from imprisonment. I was the one who started things up and began our relationship, I never judged her for her past actions or the murder of my parents. She helped me cope with my actions that I had done and those I killed. But you want to know something?" He asked as he picked up Alucard by his throat and gave three consecutive head-butts, the last one threw him back as the younger vampire was disoriented.

"No matter how hard we tried to let go of the traumatic past, nothing can rid my mind of those experiences. Another little tidbit about your mother that you don't know of, she had a family too and guess what, they were all snuffed out, by my hand as well." Dracula told him as he tightened his grip on Dark Pain, causing hairline cracks on the handle. He snapped his fingers on his free hand as the ornate belt-clasp was broken down into blood and absorbed into him as his abs were exposed (now he's just in his pants, boots and cloak with his gauntlets). Alucard noticed a mark on his father's torso, it was a burn in the shape of a slender hand.

"I see you noticed the mark she left on me, little bit of interesting history on this one. Originally we went in to retrieve something from being turned in to a weapon, she was caught surprised and injected with a drug that brings up bad memories and triggers immense anger, I tried to help her out of her hallucinations and this was what I got in response." Dracula said as he thought back to when his wife took his life, though it was an accident that haunted her ever since.

"Despite the overwhelming and agonizing pain of my insides being destroyed and my life being burned away, I never let my pain known as my concern was on her well-being. I still remember what it felt like as my life was slipping away, her tears falling onto my chest as she begged for me not to leave her." Dracula said as he gained a depressive look in his eyes for a moment, thinking back as his last sight before dying was her beautiful face wracked with hopelessness and distraught as she cried over him. Alucard wondered why his old man was telling him this, but then again he only spoke lightly of how the relationship between his parents was, mostly because Alucard never really asked as he noted Dracula was a bit uncomfortable about it (thanks to Da-Ji's actions and how he found out through that memory of the elders telling her of the prophecy and taking Trevor, along with the nightmares).

"Despite all that has happened to us up to now, nothing was more painful than her betrayal, it felt something like this." He told his son as he held up the Dark Pain and shattered it with a clench of his hand into a fist, the remains falling to the stone floor. Without warning, Dracula's hand pointed to Alucard as a stream of red lightning was sent out and had the younger vampire crashing back into a large rock. Dracula had a dead gaze as he electrocuted his son as the younger vampire was writhing and screaming in pain. Eventually Dracula ceased his actions and lowered his hand as he collected the remains of Dark Pain and stored them away before walking over to Alucard. The younger vampire was slumped against the broken rock with steam pouring off him as he was defeated and spared. Dracula knelt down and reached into Alucard's cloak as he retrieved that medallion that he used before when both moved to that place where the massive serpent creature was encountered. Alucard weakly gripped his father's wrist in trying to stop him.

"That is not yours to take…" He panted out as he weakly glared at his old man. Dracula just casually removed Alucard's grip from him and then used telekenesis to toss Alucard to the floor, back facing up as Darcula placed a boot on his son's back. Alucard's demonic wings sprouted on instinct as the King of Vampire reached down and gripped them. Alucard let out a howl of agony as his father ripped the wings off the younger vampire, leaving a nasty pair of wounds that healed over. Dracula set the wings alight with hellfire as he tossed them aside and moved to face Alucard, bringing out that medallion he took.

"Considering that I gave this to you as means to access that realm, I have full rights to take it back. Consider this your punishment… son…" Dracula told him as he still cared for his estranged son, despite the latter hating his mere existence and wanting nothing to do with him. Dracula stored away the medallion and stood up as he had a servant collect the remains of Mooncleaver and bring them to his private chambers. Dracula gave one last look to his son before beginning to walk away.

"This is where we part ways, I'll let you be…" Dracula said as a deppressive look on his face was shown, looking deep in thought/ashamed but not openly showing it. It pained him that he severed his relationship with his son, maybe it was for the best, maybe Alucard did have valid points in all this, to end their relationship. Dracula burst into his Dragon Form as he flew back to his castle, Alucard managing to recover as he got up and brought out the broken stake as he look to it with a thoughtful look on his face before looking to the moon. Before the scene ended, Alucard retrieved the remains of Glaciem and Igneas as he walked away from the devastated battleground.

(Ok, 500 year 'recap' is finished, now back to the upcoming siege)

(The Final Assault)

Dracula returned to his residence as he decided to hand over the remains of Mooncleaver to Miia for safe-keeping, and getting a tongue lashing from her as she was broken up on how father and son split, with her being a close friend to Alucard and the 'daughter' of the Dragon. To his credit, Dracula let her berate him as he didn't have anything to retort, just feeling like shit as Miia then hugged him and said she hoped they could fix what had occurred before retreating to her chambers. Dracula returned to other matters as he received word from one of his scouts that the Brotherhood was gearing up and preparing for one final attack in hopes of ridding the world of him. Well, let's not disappoint them for their grand funeral. While the Brotherhood, being led by Roland, were slowly advancing into his territory. Dracula was a bit busy carving out a massive seal into the very walls and grounds of his castle. Once finished he told his closest friends and servants (Gaius, Miia, The Gorgon Sisters, Akeno, Rias, Grayfia, Kuroka, Zed, Ratbag and his wife and Guildstern) (The toymaker is in hibernation), that he'd be sealing them all in stasis along with every other inhabitant of the castle too as they would be taken out of the way of the assault. Sure he got a few worried responses, but he assured them that he'd deal with all this by himself and once everything was done and over, they'd be able to come back. Reluctantly they agreed with him as they returned to their domains as Dracula activated the seal and every being sans him was sealed away within the seal as it was just him left. He returned to his throne room and poured himself a goblet of blood as he sat down and relaxed.

His thoughts idly wandered as he wondered what his son was up to, and then how he planned on focusing on the bitch Unohana once Satan was dealt with, as part of his agreement with Guido. Soon enough his doors were being banged on as he set a hard stare on them, ready to eviscerate the Brotherhood and be finally rid of them. Sure enough, they broke through and entered the room to face him as he greeted them in the usual fashion. They were not given a chance to fight back as he tore through the men with ease using his powers and weapons. Once the last man from the little squad was reduced to a bloody mess, Dracula made his way out as he pushed aside the battering ram and made his way to the balcony. He was a bit impressed as he could sense half a million souls that compromised the invading army as they were attacking his fortress. Following his little comment (infamous quote), Dracula noticed that they also had a Brotherhood Titan, this one bigger than the previous ones he crushed before in the past. He easily avoided its attack as Roland came out to face him. Their fight was a quick one as Dracula forced Roland to retreat as Dracula's focus was now back on the Titan wrecking his home. Dracula scaled the holy construct and dealt with the soldiers who tried to stop him, eventually reaching the source of its power, a large holy crystal. He promptly puked his toxic blood onto it as this had the desired results, the crystal was corrupted and melting and malfunctioning as the entire war machine began its fall. Dracula just stood as the siege titan collapsed onto the brotherhood forces (a small chunk of them) and the whole area was thrown up on chaotic smoke and fire. The dust settled to show the ruined titan as those that survived were doing their best to get out. Dracula simply pushed one of the steel talons and wreckage off himself as he dusted off and watched as the Roland landed before him, the brotherhood forces forming a large circled as the two figures stepped into the ring.

Thus began the brutal fight between the self-proclaimed 'Paladin of God' and the 'Warrior of Light' turned 'Prince of Darkness'. They fought with skill and ferocity as Roland's holy armor (crafted from the bones of angels) proved durable and could take a hit from Dracula. However Dracula proved to be the superior opponent as he dealt a harsh blow that shattered Roland's wings, swords and knocked off his helmet as he was brought to his knees. Dracula approached the bested Brotherhood Paladin as Roland brought out his last ditch weapon as the solders closed in as well. Roland began chanting as his battle cross began to glow, Dracula joined in halfway through, much to Roland and the Brotherhood forces shock. Their combined prayers overloaded the cross as the first shockwave knocked everyone, besides the two down as the prayer continued. Dracula's rage filled tone combining with Roland's fearful and desperate one as they finished and the area was consumed in a bright flash. The scene zoomed out to space as a Great Explosion was shown, the effects of the prayer and power. While the ashes were falling and it zoomed to Dracula, being the only survivor in the epicenter as everything, the Brotherhood army, all their brought along equipment, Roland himself and his very castle, were wiped out from the explosion as Dracula looked to the destroyed and burning cross in his hand. A figure was seen behind Dracula as he sense them and turned to see his son, with a new weapon on him. The scene faded to black as it went over a recap of what happened for father, son and grandson as it was narrated by Unohana (the little recap that goes on before Dracula wakes up centuries later).

(Return of Dracula)

The following scene showed Zobek finding Dracula, withered, frail and powerless (mostly), holed up in a church. Needless to say Dracula wasn't exactly pleased to see his old adversary. Zobek got to the point that he needed Dracula's help as Satan was returning with the help of his Acolytes, and that they'd be his pets if they didn't stop him. Their little conversation continued a bit as Dracula went to sink his fangs into Zobek, only for the Lord of the Dead to retaliate by throwing the vampire out the window and into the streets below. Zobek told Dracula he could free him of his immortality and granted him what he desired if they worked together and stopped Satan, Dracula's response was to let out a shout as he vanished. Zobek commenting that everything will soon be over for his friend. Then the scene was taken to a lone coffin as the lid was taken off and Dracula emerged, hacking and panting as he was trying to deduce his surroundings and remember who and what was happening.

The withered and ancient vampire soon exited the church after pulling a curtain over himself as he then noticed someone that looked awfully familiar. He simply followed as he was led into a back alley where he came upon a demon feasting on a corpse. While he wasn't anywhere near his full power, Dracula cast off his cover and went to face the demon, leading to him being battered around by the creature as he was knocked to the ground. Before the demon could land a fatal blow, it was cut through and fell in two as the mysterious savior was a black armored individual with a sword as Dracula passed out. Dracula then woke up to the begging's of a panicked family as they were in a room. His hunger was dying to be sustained as he killed the father and feasted on the mother before turning on the little girl, her screams being the last thing heard as the scene turned dark. The vampire soon woke up again as he realized he regained his youthful appearance and sat up and noticed the individual who saved him earlier. Zobek made his presence known as it was evident that there was dislike and hostility from their demeanors (they both hate each other).

Zobek skipped the charade and told Dracula the situation as Satan was going to return tonight and they had work to do if they were to stop him, also promising to use the Vampire Killer to end his tormented existence. Dracula just decided to go along with Zobek's plan as he desired not to be Satan's plaything. The first Acolyte was busy within the Bioquimek Corporation within the city. Dracula was then teleported there as he regained his attire and made his way into the facility undetected, possessing the Golgoth Guards and changing form to help himself out as he soon encountered the young version of his son, who led him back to his castle. There Dracula found out the identity of the young boy, much to his confusion at first. He soon located his infamous weapon, The Void Sword as the living blood of the castle made itself known as it didn't want him leaving. Dracula recovered his blade as the blood took action and formed a golem out of blood and stone as it combatted him in an attempt to keep the Dark Lord from leaving.

The golem was defeated as Dracula gained a Primordial Void Gem from the broken head as this fused with his sword, giving it new abilities. He then came upon one of his dishonored vampires confronting Trevor, he commanded it as the vampire bowed to its leader as the blood made its presence known again, taking over the vampire and turning the servant against master. Dracula dealt with his turned servants as he prevented from getting to Trevor. Once things were safe, the two had small talk as Dracula was both confused and relieved to see his son. Trevor handed him the White Wolf Medallion before Dracula returned to the real world. Getting back to his mission, Dracula ventured deeper into the place as he found the Acolyte, Raisa Volkova, who along with her men, were working on some type of virus. Raisa figured he was some random intruder as she smashed the containers as this let out the gas that infected the scientists, turning them into monsters as she walked off. Dracula shed his disguise as he dealt with the small fry before a transformed Raisa returned, catching his sword and then throwing him through a window into a chamber. She questioned who he was but then released him as their fight began, despite her speed and powers, Raisa was knocked out by Dracula and brought back to Zobek by Dracula to be interrogated. Dracula was slowly regaining his memories from log past, those before he made a new life with his wife and soon became the Prince of Darkness. He was making his way to Zobek to see how the interrogation was handling when he was visited by Trevor again, who informed him that his Chaos powers were held by the Gorgon sisters.

He traveled back to his castle retrieved his other powers as he encountered both Euryale and Stheno who tell him that Medusa holds the Claws and freeing the Chupacabras would help him recover his Chaos power. Dracula came across and dealt with more of his possessed servants (there were few who were released from the seal he made that put everyone in stasis) as the living castle's attempts to keep him were growing more obsessive and violent. Dracula just slaughtered his attackers as he freed the immortal wily dwarf and made it clear that no tricks were to be made or it would die to his hands. The Chupacabras agreed and opened the way to the Gorgon's lair as he requested to open his shop again to help Dracula out (a smaller version of his original shop), before vanishing. Dracula continued on as he finally came to where his Chaos powers were being held. He gained them back as the two sisters he spoke to earlier arrived and Medusa soon joined, this proved problematic as Medusa was possessed by the blood and cast it onto her sisters as they were taken elsewhere. The chamber was demolished as Dracula was brought down to a lower level of their lair as he was forced to face off against the sister who merged into their singular form, The Gorgon. Dracula eventually killed the sisters after a lengthy fight as he gained the Primordial Chaos gem, which fused with his Claws as this amped his powers again. Before returning to the real world again, he stopped by the Chupacabras shop to see what exactly the little fellow had in store for him to use. He also gained his Dragon Talisman in return for letting the little guy free as he then left.

Upon meeting back with Zobek, who reported that he couldn't get anything out of Raisa by reading her mind as it was nothing but chaos, Dracula proposed he would go back to the facility to see if he could find an antidote to this disease that might help them with her. Zobek agreed as he told Dracula he had to go by foot this time as another transporting would be too risky now. Dracula did so as Raisa' virus had already caused an outbreak that had infected the inhabitants of the city, causing panic and chaos as those who inhaled it were turned into murderous cannibalistic monsters who slaughtered the people. Sure ther Riot Police were sent in to help with the infestation, but they quickly turned into a mass gang and hoarded supplies to survive. Dracula just carved his way through whoever got in his way as he made his way back to Bioquimek. He went further into the complex as he traced their antidote being taken onto the private train as he hitched a ride. His ride was interrupted by a powerful demon who attempted to kill him, but only ended up killing itself and those inside the train as it crashed into the cavern wall as Dracula was in the safe zone.

Zobek's bodyguard arrived as this erupted in a light scuffle that was stopped before it got out of hand as he was sent to help Dracula out. They worked their way deeper into the place as the Lieutenant had to leave as Dracula moved on, encountering Trevor again who was begging his father to help save Marie from an unknown assailant. The vampire lord complied as he was taken back to his castle and found out who the mysterious person was, a ghost from his past so to say, Carmilla (this is really a twisted clone). Dracula comments that this is all a dream as he comments destroying her long ago, her reply was to say it wasn't him before bringing him in for a kiss and then offering her blood to him. Dracula accepted the offer as he began feeding off her but then realized too late that it was a trap. 'Carmilla' revealed that her blood would strengthen as he weakened until she would have full control over him as she vanished and more of his former servants rose up to end him. Dracula quickly decimated them as he could feel the effects of 'Carmilla's' blood when the gates began to open. Ready for another fight, Dracula strode forward as he soon came to a halt in both surprise in confusion at seeing his beloved Marie after so long, wondering if this was another illusion. Only for her to prove that she was indeed real. He wonders how this is possible that she was here ever since he last saw her alive a thousand years ago, along with how Trevor was hidden within her. Marie replied that she had no choice as the Brotherhood knew everything as Dracula's mixed emotions turned to anger at her response. He questioned Marie if they told her of her death at his hands, the fate of their child and how blood would fight blood for all eternity before telling her she was deceived just like him. He asked was this a reward for the devoted as Marie tried to reply, only for him to angrily retort that he was no longer Gabriel Belmont, only the Prince of Darkness Dracula.

Marie just let out a short sigh as she rebutted that she knew who he was and how he wanted all of this to be over. And that his pain and suffering will soon come to an end, telling him she was sent back to help him. Dracula refuted that she couldn't help him and that she wasn't even real. Marie re-affirmed she was real and explained why his castle and servants were so adamant about keeping him here, without him around (meaning if he truly dies), they would cease to exist as well. Dracula told her he knew of this as this was his home for a long time and all he wanted to do now was escape, also telling Marie he has seen Trevor here and that it was no place for the boy. Marie added that it wasn't his home either and that it was time for him to return to his family. She told him to drink her blood as it would fight against 'Carmilla's' spell. Dracula did so as he fed from his wife, releasing her as he felt her blood nullifying the effects of the poisoned blood from 'Carmilla'. He saw that Marie had vanished ventured on, her voice echoing out that she will always be with him, as he had to contend with the clone of the late vampire queen.

Dracula made it through as he found Marie again and embraced her as she urged him to partake more of her blood to continue fighting off the spell. Only for another Marie to show up just as he was about to feed again, thus Dracula had to weed out the imposter from the real one as he figured out this puzzle and drank from the real Marie as this peeved the Carmilla clone. Dracula was knocked back as Marie was put in a cage as the fight began. Sure the clone was formidable and summoned servants to help, she was bested as Dracula regained his mist form from her and finished off the clone before she could harm Marie. Dracula then saw Marie a bit later with the White Wolf as he was returned back to the Wygol City. Dracula continued his mission and recovered the antidote and returned to Zobek's place as he injected the antidote into the captive Raisa. However things weren't looking good as Raisa revealed herself to be an Acolyte and the daughter of Satan as she taunted Dracula about his return. Raisa unleashed her power as she blew the top off Zobek's place as she revealed her true form, Zobek did what he could to ward off her power from alerting the other acolytes as Dracula was to contend with her. He eventually bisected Raisa down the middle after a lengthy fight as the first Acolyte died and he was knocked unconscious from the explosion of power, ending up back in his castle as he recovered. Dracula soon discovered that the Brotherhood had taken over his castle as he just killed whoever got in his way as he found Trevor playing with little figurines of people as he requested his father to retrieve the broken pieces of the Mirror of Fate. Dracula went on to do so as he then encountered the vengeful brother of Pan, Agreus, who held a piece of the mirror as the old god wanted revenge for Pan's death, Dracula tried reasoning with Agreus that Pan died for his beliefs as he just wanted the fragment and no quarrel with Agreus.

Agreus just had his bird take the piece as he forced Dracula to play a game of cat and mouse as Dracula made it passed and offed the bird before retrieving what he came for. Agreus halted his path and fought Dracula to try and avenge Pan's death as they ended up falling and Dracula crushing Agreus's head as the old god was slain. Dracula handed over the piece as he then went to get another that was being held by the Toy Maker, heading into his domain of the castle as he eventually finds and wakes him up from his sleep. Things go south as the castle blood returns and turns the Toy Maker before the mirror piece can be handed over as Dracula does battle with the possessed individual and his puppets. He beat down the Toy Maker as the corruptive blood was purged from him as Dracula spared him and was given the mirror fragment as the man was left weeping. Dracula handed over that piece as there was one piece left and it was not in the castle as he was sent back to the city. He returns to Zobek's compound as he brushes off Zobek's questions and is then notified that the other Acolytes most likely know by now of Raisa's death. Zobek also points out that there is a powerful individual searching for Dracula t the church as the two believe it's an envoy of the Acolytes and he then leaves to go find them, not before telling Zobek that he doesn't need his pet. More of his memories were coming back as Dracula made his way back to the church where he spots the person who runs off as he follows. However more demons, being led by Abaddon, make themselves known as Abaddon gives chase after the hood man and Dracula in pursuit. Eventually tracking the man to the museum as they are interrupted by Abaddon, as the person escapes, Dracula deals with and kills Abaddon and kills the fallen angel turned mighty demon.

The vampire then continues his search as he locates the person in the church where sigils were placed to limit him as they fought. The man wielding some of Dracula's old gear as their fight moved to the underground city as it progressed. Dracula bested him and was prepared to strike him down when he realizes they're not alone as he lets the man live. The man introduced himself as Victor Belmont, current commander of the Brotherhood of Light, a protector of Humanity and the last of the Belmont lineage. After some small talk, Victor revealed they were hiding refugees from the chaos aboveground and lamented that it wouldn't last long. Dracula just handed over the antidote as Victor questions why he's helping them but then offered to help his ancestor flush out the Acolytes. As they leave the church, Zobek's bodyguard shows up as they're soon faced with demons as they quickly deal with them. Victor then used himself as bait to lure out the second Acolyte and left things to Dracula as he sacrificed himself. Nergal retreated to his business complex as Dracula found that Victor had the last mirror piece. He was taken back to the castle as he handed Trevor the final piece to the mirror as this obviously angered the demon of the castle. It attacked and steals away Trevor before revealing its true form as it was angered by Dracula's actions to rid himself of their connection and claimed that it would not let Dracula go. Dracula's fight with the demon and the physical manifestation of his dark side began as the creature proved powerful. However the tides changed when Dracula regained his demonic wings as this proved vital in bringing down the doppelganger.

The demon disappeared before Dracula could land the finishing blow as Trevor was freed and reunited with his mother. As Dracula promised to end this, Trevor told him not to let the Acolyte escape as the vampire returned to the mortal world. Dracula noticed the Lieutenant had left and then looked down to Victor's body as he grew curious.

(Scene)

Dracula knelt down besides Victor's corpse as he sense something familiar about him, more so then him being his descendant. The vampire lord collected some blood from Victor's wound on his finger and brought it to his mouth as he wanted to check something. Instantly he was assaulted by memories of Victor's life before his death.

(White flash)

"Mommy loves you Victor and we wish that you have a wonderful life wherever you go. Goodbye son…" the infant was then sent away by a spell from his mother, Selena Belmont as Walter slaughtered his way into Simon's home.

(White flash)

"Victor my boy, you have visitors." The matron of the orphanage told a child as he looked up from his toys to see two men in suits with smiles on their old faces.

"Hello child, my name is Philip Belmont and I am your father." Thus Victor was taken by the Brotherhood members as the other reported they had the boy and were bringing him in.

(White flash)

"Alright gentlemen, the council wants us to do a reconnaissance in here." The mission commander pointed to a part of the world that was shaded gray and labeled hostile territory.

"But sir, wasn't that placed classified off limits due to what happened long ago?" Victor asked as he was a young man by this point.

"Valid point as this place was wiped clean by the monster of our past Dracula, from what the Brotherhood reports say, thus you'll all be equipped with wards and charms to fend off any curses that the place may hold to this day. Dismissed." Their commander said as the group got up to get prepared as Victor had a thoughtful look on his face at the mention of Dracula.

(White flash)

It was night as Victor was trekking through the ruins of a city as he had his hands on his weapon and was looking around, the items used the combat any curses were glowing brightly as they provided light for him.

"Anything on your end, Victor?" one of his team members called.

"Negative, I'll double back around and regroup with you." Victor reported into his earpiece as he then stepped on something. Kneeling down and digging it up from the dirt, Victor was looking at an emblem patch, labeled FOX.

"Interesting…" he commented before pocketing the item as it managed to withstand time. That's when the ruins of a building exploded outwards as a monster roared and lunged in on Victor. The Belmont opened fire on it as this drew the attention of his squad as they came rushing to help as they soon took down the creature as it was big. Victor himself sustained a couple of injuries as his team carried him out.

(White flash)

Victor was in a hospital room as he was recovering from his attack earlier. Waking up as the nurse assigned to him came in to do a routine check-up.

"An angel…" He muttered as she heard this and cracked a small smirk.

"Hate to burst your bubble, but I'm human like you." She replied as she finished her check-up on him as Victor moved to sit up as he apologized and introduced himself to her.

"Hello Victor, I'll be your nurse as you recover, Shanoa Ecclesia." She introduced herself as she shook his hand and smiled to him.

(White flash)

Long have you served the Brotherhood and defended mankind against the evils that threaten us…" The elder said as this was a ceremony of the highest honor within the Brotherhood of Light. Victor (now older) was kneeling before the elder as he was dressed formally, everyone was there including his then fiancée Shanoa.

"Do you swear to uphold the principles that have guided us over centuries" The elder asked.

"I do." Victor replied as he was looking to the floor with his eyes closed.

"Do you swear to fight against the forces of darkness that threaten to end mankind throughout out war in the name of all that is holy?" The Elder said as Victor responded yet again.

"I do."

"And do you swear to dedicate your life to the holy trinity and protect all that is loved?" The elder asked as he was handed his holy sword.

"I do." Victor answered as the elder moved the sword over Victor's shoulders (knighting) as he handed it back to the other elder.

"Then rise, Victor Belmont. Commander of the Brotherhood of Light." The elder announced as Victor did as told and everyone congratulated him as the ceremony came to a close as he was embraced by Shanoa.

"This calls for a special celebration when we get back home." She told him as she then kissed him. The elder came over with an attendant as he spoke to Victor and Shanoa.

"As part of your newly anointed leadership, I present to you relics that proved invaluable long ago during the reign of the Lords of Shadow, only to be lost when the Prince of Darkness arose to take their place." He said as the attendant opened the large oak case to reveal familiar equipment. The Seraph Shoulders, the Cyclone Boots and the Dark Gauntlet, beneath it was a set of Silver Daggers and a Dark Crystal. Victor humbly accepted the gift as the Elder spoke again.

"These relics of long past were recently recovered during an expedition underneath Wygol City, seeing as the place was built on the foundations of the infamous Castle of Dracula." He explained as Victor nodded, soon upgrading the relics later on to suit him better.

(White flash)

"I, Shanoa Ecclesia, take you, Victor Belmont, for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part." Shanoa said with a smile as this day was the biggest day for both, many years of their relationship cumulated onto this sacred rite and gathering. The two were getting married within the Brotherhood grand citadel as everyone was there, friends, the elders, and more.

"I, Victor Belmont, take you, Shanoa Ecclesia, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part." He replied with his own smile as the priest blessed them and they slipped on the other's wedding rings, the two kissed as everyone celebrated the coming together for the two lovers now husband and wife.

(White Flash)

"How very humble you look on your knees." A menacing person taunted as Victor and Shanoa were both beaten and held down by two Golgoth Guards as the second Acolyte, Nergal was looking over the two with a smirk.

"Who are you and why have you attacked us?" Victor questioned as he was wondering who this person was that invaded their home and beat them down. Nergal just chuckled again as he replied.

"I am of far importance to you little worm, consider this a little friendly gathering as my father sends his regards." Nergal replied before sending out lightning that struck Shanoa.

"No, leave her out of this!" Victor pleaded as Nergal paused as Shanoa slumped down and the acolyte knelt down as he grasped Victor's face.

"To think that you are of his bloodline…" Nergal taunted as this confused Victor.

"What do you mean by that?" Nergal just chuckled and grinned as he replied.

"They never told you? My father happens to have a special focus on your family due to how your ancestor forced him back into Hell. But I believe you know of him as the old enemy of your little cult. Who would have thought that you never were informed that your ancestor was the very same monster your group fought over the centuries. You are a spawn of the Dragon, Belmont and as such you're in the way of my Father's ascension." Nergal revealed as this stunned Victor into silence. Nergal then turned to a weak Shanoa as he sent out more lightning at her, electrocuting the poor woman as Victor begged and pleaded for her to be released. Shanoa's life was snuffed out by the son of Satan as he smirked at his handiwork, Victor was broken (figuratively) as the Golgoth Guard let go of him as he slumped to the floor as they began to leave.

"By the way, congratulations on the child." Nergal taunted before vanishing as he sensed Shanoa was only a month into her pregnancy before he killed her. Victor crawled over to his deceased wife and cradled her form as he cried.

(White flash)

Victor was in his Brotherhood armor/attire as he was investigating Wygol City with the recent news of a demonic outbreak was reported, which was occuring all over the globe too, helping the survivors by taking them underground for shelter from the chaos above. That's when he received a call and pressed the button on his earpiece.

"Report." He said as one of his allies spoke up.

"Commander, we have another party within the city, who is going through both demons and humans with ease. It's him." Victor frowned as he most likely knew who him was. Granted Victor was also looking for the Acolytes, Dracula was the bigger prize here.

"Copy that, do you have an exact location on him?" He asked as it was replied negative, but sources say he was near the church as Victor informed he would check it out before signing off.

(White flash)

Victor had thoughts during his encounter and fight with Dracula. At first they were of anger and hatred as he held him responsible for Shanoa and his unborn child's death. However those thoughts changed to confusion when Dracula spared him and they talked a bit as he was handed the antidote to the demonic virus. Victor knew that he was no match for the Acolytes as he decided to help Dracula as they had a common goal, the great-grandson of Gabriel placed his trust and hope with his ancestor as he sacrificed himself to lure out Nergal from hiding.

(Memories end)

Dracula's eyes snapped open as he looked down to Victor in understanding as he reached in and closed his great-grandson's eyes.

"Rest now, child, you've earned it." Dracula said gently as Victor's body vanished. Dracula then continued his mission as he tracked down Nergal into his tower and faced him. However Nergal proved to have the advantage as he began electrocuting Dracula, forcing the vampire lord to his knees. Dracula devised a small plan as he lured Nergal into his castle where the tabled would be turned. The acolyte possessed the Riders of the Storm as they did battle with the Prince of Darkness, only to fall one by one as Nergal's head was crushed underneath Dracula's boot. Dracula reunited with Trevor once again as Trevor handed over the completed mirror and asked Dracula to choose his family. As Dracula was taken to the present, he commented that he already made his choice. Zobek congratulates him on the killing of Nergal as the Lieutenant reports the last one is still out there. Dracula and the Lieutenant buddy up as they manage to locate Guido in the monastery. Though before Dracula goes in, the Lieutenant disables him as he is sent back to his castle, where he is greeted by Trevor again and is informed that the way out is through the Throne Room. Dracula finds his diary before seeing his wife and child one last time, before turning to his book as he begins to read. Through his book, Dracula regains the rest of his memories as he remembers the final Brotherhood siege, and their fall at his hands. It was here during the memory that Alucard confronted his father as both acknowledged that they couldn't kill the other, as per their shared immortality. Dracula spoke of his nihilistic view on the world as he was the necessary evil to stop Satan and Zobek, who would only take his place if he were to die.

Alucard rebutted that there would be a way to free mankind from the tyranny of Zobek and Satan as he revealed his (newly created) sword, The Crissaegrim, a weapon forged from the very stake of the Vampire Killer used to slay Carmilla ages ago. He explained that it would only put Dracula to sleep and prevent his resurrection unless it was removed. Satan will think him dead and have his acolytes prepare for his return, thus prompting Zobek to search for him in panic. Alucard would only remove the sword on the brink of Satan's return and lead Zobek to him, knowing that the Lord of the Dead would need Dracula's help. Dracula rebuked saying that he would be too weak and Zobek would see through the ploy, but Alucard clarified that the long sleep would fragment Dracula's memories, thus letting Zobek only see confusion. The elder vampire then asked what made Alucard so sure that he would work with Zobek as the younger informed him that Zobek had the means of granting Dracula his desire, the Vampire Killer. Alucard explained that they could destroy Satan once he was summoned to earth, but only if Dracula went with the plan and regained all his powers by then.

Dracula questioned his son why go through this again when Alucard replied that Dracula could get both Zobek and Satan within his grasp. Two birds, one stone. Dracula considered all this as he also realized this would work out with Guido's deal as he then agreed to Alucard's plan, driving the Crissaegrim through his heart as he began to feel the effects of the weapon. Dracula asked when he would see Alucard again as Alucard replied when he would put his hand on his shoulder. Back to the present, the Lieutenant revealed himself to be Alucard as he commented on their journey before asking if Dracula remembered their pact, to which Dracula replied with a smile. Dracula commented on Lucifer's revival and sent a small telepathic hint towards Guido that he was in play as Guido vanished as per Satan's orders. Dracula figured where Satan wanted to be reborn as Alucard wondered (Dracula played feigning confusion here) as Zobek appeared, finding out the plan to kill him as he called them traitors before taking his true form, Death. Dracula had Alucard move back as Zobek was his to face as the Master Necromancer combatted The Dragon. After a grueling fight, Zobek dies laughing before being frozen and shattered by Dracula's Void Sword. He then collected the Vampire Killer as he proposed they split up to find Guido went for Satan's return. Dracula regained the rest of his powers as he searched for Guido as Alucard reported where he found him, prompting the two to head into the church where Dracula woke up, just in time for Satan's entrance.

Before he was killed as Satan learned the deal between his spawn and hated foe, Guido relayed a small message to comfort his mother over his death as she would need it (more telepathy). Guido was slain by his creator as Satan was aware he couldn't buy Dracula's loyalty as he was wanted dead, Satan summoned the Leviathan to go with the spin on his plan, destroy the earth. Dracula and Alucard quickly grabbed onto the creature as it rose up into the sky with the Fallen Angel at the reigns. The two vampire managed to stop Satan's pet before it could destroy the earth, resulting in the Leviathan's death as it exploded in a flare of raw power. (Unknown to them, Unohana redirected some of that power through a pocket tunnel she opened to the Rosario+Vampire World, destroying it). Alucard was knocked unconscious from the explosion as he fell and was possessed by Satan as the Devil forced Dracula to fight his nemesis through his son. They soon landed back on the earth as Satan taunted that Dracula wouldn't kill his son to be rid of him as Dracula brought out the Vampire Killer. Dracula retorted that Satan didn't know him as he brought the weapon down as this scared the Devil as he fled Alucard's body. However this was what Dracula wanted as he lunged in and pinned Satan as he staked him through the chest, mocking the Fallen One as he died. Dracula removed the weapon and put it away as he revived his son and told him they had to go as the sun was rising.

Alucard asked what they were to do now as Dracula took one last look into the Mirror of Fate before shattering it, deciding to forge his own fate as he returns to his cathedral as Alucard looks on. The final part of their plan going unfulfilled. The scene showed Dracula simply leaning against a stone pillar within the church as he waited for his son, glancing to his hand as the demonic sigil Guido had marked glowed briefly as the Dark Monks and Apostles joined his ranks within the castle now that Satan was dead. Alucard came in as the armor he wore was switched out for his old attire he wore before then (his default clothing, cloak and everything). Alucard walked over to his father and asked.

"Alright, everything we have worked to is done and completed, now what?" He questioned as Dracula just reached into his cloak as he brought out pair of instant Ramen cups as he handed one to his son, who was confused.

"Don't mind me, I'm just hungry." Dracula told him as he opened his up as it was instantly made, bringing out a pair of chopsticks as he began eating his old and treasured food. Alucard just shrugged his shoulders as he began eating his own food too as they took the time to relax. Alucard had to admit, out of all the food he has tried, this was really good as Dracula finished his and tossed the empty container in the trash.

"This is really good, what is this?" Alucard asked as Dracula replied.

"This happens to be an old dish that was a favorite of mine as a boy. Your mother also happened to make the best version of this too, with her secret ingredient." Dracula answered Alucard as he was close to finishing his meal.

"And that ingredient is?" Alucard asked as he was curious. Dracula held back a smirk as he kept a straight face and replied.

"My own seed." Dracula replied as Alucard then dropped the cup and chopsticks as he had a noodle dangling out of his mouth as he was frozen there from Dracula's answer, a blank look on his face. Alucard vanished in a blur as he was seen desperately cleaning out his mouth as he was trying not to vomit, obviously a bit panicked at his old man's response. Dracula let out a small snort as his chuckle turned into laughter at seeing his son act like this. Alucard paused as he looked over at hearing his father laugh, not the cold and cruel laughter that usually escaped the Prince of Darkness, but a genuine laughter from a good joke or a fond memory. Realizing he was duped, Alucard made his way over and chuckled.

"Well, it seems you do have a sense of humor after all." He replied as Dracula calmed down and chuckled lightly as he responded.

"Still do, son. Your mother and I used to pull varying pranks on one another, ranging from simple to complex." Dracula said as the two walked through the ruined church.

"I see, sounds like mother was a fun person." Alucard commented with a smile as Dracula nodded.

"She was, your mother was someone who I loved dearly and would give over everything I am for another moment with her. She was beautiful, funny, elegant, and smart and I could go on but you get the picture here." Dracula told his son as Alucard nodded.

"And there was this thing she could do with her mouth where…." Dracula began as Alucard realized where this was going. His hands clamped down over his ears as he replied.

"I'm not listening!" He childishly whined as this made the elder vampire just chuckle as his actions. The nice reunion of father and son was ruined as they found out Unohana was waiting for them, she struck down Alucard with the Vampire Killer and received a wound from her former servant before she took Dracula down as the legendary vampire died in a flash of light and power.

(Elsewhere)

Dracula awoke with a start as he looked around and realized he was back within the dimensional prison, chained up to a golden set of bars and chains as he was hanging by his arms. A garrison of angels watched him with stony faces as the last thing he remembered was dying to Unohana's hands. As if on cue, the God made herself known as she appeared before him.

"I must congratulate you, my pet. You performed beyond my wildest dreams, then again you were once known as the most surprising shinobi." Unohana said with a smile to Dracula glared at her.

"Oh don't look like that, lighten up once in a while." She said, still in her happy and kind mood.

"And why should I, you are responsible for many things and problems, most importantly is ruining my life." Dracula snarled as Unohana kept her smile as she floated up to his level.

"And who is to tell me otherwise. Last I checked, I own it all, including you. I bet it broke your heart when you watched little Trevor die to me, just another one you couldn't save." She taunted as she 'walked' around him. Unohana moved back in front of him and taunted.

"I also find you quite handsome too, it's no wonder why my little niece was so fond of you." She said before having his belt vanish as she gave a slow and sensual lick from his belly-button up to his Adams apple. There was a hissing sound as her tongue burned a light line over his body. Unohana giggled as she then spoke again.

"Such a wonderful little pet you are, and to think I helped mold you into what you are now. It's a shame you'll never get to be with your family again as I have plans for you, my little dragon." She said as she stroked his face, her hand causing his skin to gain color as his right eye turned blue and some of his hair was beginning to shorten and turn back to blond. Unohana moved her hand off him as the changes reverted and Dracula growled out.

"What did you do to my family?" Dracula demanded as he glared to Retsu, who just gazed at her nails as she replied.

"Oh nothing really, just holding them within my realm as esteemed guests. As for you, I'm keeping you to myself as I've grown quite fond of you." She told him with a smirk. She then grabbed Dracula by his chin as she leaned in and began speaking again.

"By that I mean I have your little friends too, and guess what, you also killed them too, just like you killed your own family. And I don't mean little Samus and the Snakes as they are not even being considered human in my eyes-" Whatever she was going to say next was interrupted as Dracula head-butted her as his forehead slammed into her nose with a sickening crunch as this sent her stumbling back. Immediately her angel servants moved in and began stabbing and slashing him with their weapons. Unohana raised a hand for them to stop as she lunged in and grabbed Dracula by his neck as she brought out her sword and rammed it through his gut and out his back as she stared at him with a wild look in her eyes.

"You resiliant little shit!" She snarled as she began stabbing him repeatedly as more of his blood was being pooled on the floor below him. Ripping her sword free as she then went to electrocuting him as Dracula writhed from the pain. Eventually she had her fill as Dracula slump in the chains as she grabbed him by his neck again and looked him in the eyes, her nose was bloody and broken by him as she spoke.

"Ever wonder what happens when you imprison a wolf and starve it for ages on end before moving it into a den filled with rabbits?" Unohana rhetorically asked as Dracula realized what she was getting at. Unohana wiped her face clean as she fixed her nose and calmed down.

"Now if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting to attend to with your family and friends. Things will be all better soon enough." She said to him as she left and the angels brought him down for more torture. Dracula was put through many tortures as he could really do anything to fight back and had to suffer through their actions. The last thought that went through Dracula's mind before he blacked out from the pain was this…

'Keep them safe, Alucard.'

The memory basin was paused as Ahri was on the verge of tears at seeing what was being done to him. So she excused herself,

"Excuse me for a moment, I need some time alone." She said as she began to walk away from the group to the hall.

"Are you alright mother?" Trevor asked, only for Ahri to brush off his hand and give a heated reply.

"I'm fine." She said as few could pick up on her wavering voice as they watched her leave. Ahri soon made it out of the hallway as she stood by the entrance as she couldn't hold it in anymore. She leaned against the wall as the first few tears came down and her hand went to her mouth in a weak attempt to stifle what was coming up, her body slumping down as she began crying.

(Back with the group)

Soon after Ahri left, they heard her crying as those closest shared her feelings as they figured why she was crying. Werbellia wanted to go comfort her distraught daughter as she moved to go do so, only for Kushina to move in her way and speak.

"I'll take it from here, Horns." The Uzumaki mother said as she had a straight look on her face as she turned around and walked out of the chamber for Ahri as Werbellia raised an eye-brow at her nick-name that Kushina labeled her.

(Back with Ahri)

She cried, not for herself, but for both of them, more importantly him and what he had suffered through. She finally understood what changed him into what he was now, a broken soul that drove on deep seated emotions and instincts that he had hoped to do away with in his past. His pain, his suffering, it all made sense now why he was both elated and yet in denial of their reunion. Ahri continued to cry as she also knew she was partially responsible for his pain, she felt sick to her core for letting the one she loved suffer and become this way.

The Nine-Tailed Fox wiped at the tears that clouded her vision as she looked out to the mass of blood that filled the Forbidden Wing, before looking to the writing on the walls in Latin. This place was the center of his (greatest) rebirth, his resurrection into the monster that struck fear into the likes of Satan and Death. He was right in a way, this was his home, his place of solace and comfort as he lost everything prior. Just thinking of what his blood showed her, his life in her absence, only brought more tears forth as she cried into her hands. Kushina arrived as she moved over and sat down next to Ahri as she began speaking after a moment of silence, her eyes having a longing gaze to them.

"You know, I always believed that I would have had the perfect life. A loving husband, a nice home, a couple bundles of joy and all the time I would spend with them. But we always don't get what we want, life can be cruel, take away everything that we love, throw us down and kick us repeatedly. Such is life…" She said as she stared out over the blood. Ahri managed to hold back on her crying as she turned to look to her former vessel, wiping away some tears. Kushina just smiled weakly as she scooted closer and placed an arm over Ahri's shoulders as she continued.

"I lost my chance to be a mother and have the family I always wanted thanks to my husband's predecessor, but in an odd twist, I gained a daughter who, from what I have seen, loved and cared for my son when I could not, someone who helped soothe his troubles and be there when he had no one to turn to. I owe you many thanks for the life and love you have shown and given him, sure there were a few hiccups (back in the room, Hiccup sneezed) such as your initial relationship starting with you both hating each other's guts. But that changed for something far better as you both became friends, fell in love and came together to form your own little family." Kushina said as she leaned in and kissed Ahri on the forehead.

"B-but I couldn't save him from this fate…" Ahri replied as she still felt guilty, Kushina just pulled Ahri into a hug as she held her daughter-in-law close and replied.

"Don't blame yourself for something that wasn't your fault. It was thanks your bitch of an aunt that this all happened to my little boy. The only thing you are guilty of…" Kushina said as she pulled Ahri back to look to her as she wiped away the tears.

"Is being so beautiful, because damn, I might go Bi if I see you naked again." She finished with a smile as this drew a small giggle from Ahri, leave it to Kushina to lighten up someone's mood during a tough time, which was a good feature Naruto inherited from her as Ahri just returned the hug and buried her face into Kushina's shoulder as mother and daughter-in-law hugged each other. Kushina ran her hand through Ahri's hair as they got up and broke the hug.

"Now let's go back and figure out a way to get my son back." She said with a smile as Ahri nodded and the two walked back into the room where everyone was waiting. Minato was the one to comment as he looked back to the basin.

"Well, I'm both proud and filled with regret for not being there for him." He said as Kushina and Erza agreed to this. John, who was on Menma's shoulder spoke next as he looked to Ahri.

"Don't worry mom, we'll help you get dad back." He said with a smile as this drew a small gasp from Ahri.

"You called me mom…" She commented as Menma replied.

"Well yeah, you're very close to dad and we see her as an aunt that we just met, along with her too. And Trevor as the older/younger brother." He pointed to Samus and Erza who smiled at that and Trevor just chuckled at their comment on him. "So it's nice to have the whole family together then before when we were all separated." He said with a smile that mirrored his twin's. Ahri was before them in an instant as she picked them up into a bear hug as she hugged the life out of them before placing kisses on their cheeks, elated at their views of her and how they considered her their mother, though they had no blood relation or ever met until recently. They returned the hug and were set down as Victor spoke next.

"Seems like we have all something in common, we all want to help bring him back, well, those that know him and are family or close friends. And seeing as how he is currently in the throne room, he must have managed to escape your sister's clutches." Victor finished as he looked to Werbellia.

"You have a point, let's see how he did so." She said as she had Ahri resume the basin. The next scene was of Dracula hanging by his arms as after going through various rounds of torture (What Unohana showed back in chapter 2). Dracula was semi-conscious as he could hear the angels talk of what Unohana was planning to do once she had complete and total control and completely broke him, how they planned to harvest his castle and the places under his protection for their own benefit, a few even made some dark remarks about hoping to get Akeno back in chains for their entertainment. That's when a familiar voice echoed in his head, one that he hasn't heard in a while.

"You seem to be in a bit of a pickle there, my boy." M.O.M's voice was heard in his conscious as Dracula bit back a dry chuckle as he didn't need the angel's to report to Unohana about this.

"No shit, tell me something I'm not aware of. I'm sure you are aware of your daughter's plans for me?" He communicated telepathically to M.O.M as the creator responded back.

"I am aware, however this won't come to pass as this has gone on for far too long. I'm sending over someone to help you out." M.O.M said as he ended the conversation. Dracula soon felt someone small climbing up on his back and beginning to fiddle with the chains holding his arms up. He looked to see who it was and was both surprised and confused, it was him, or rather him as a child. However Dracula noted something off, the boys eyes were a shade of blue, but with an inner red colorization. Immediately the angels were on alert as they spotted 'Naruto' working on breaking the chains/clamps holding Dracula up. By the time the angels had found out and one had struck with 'Naruto' with a holy bolt that hit the child in the gut and caused him to fall to the ground, the clamp holding Dracula's left arm was weak enough that he ripped his arm free and free his other hand. The angel that strode to the child was the unfortunate recipient of Dracula's possession as the vampire lord entered his body and began devouring it from the inside out in ravenous hunger. (They were starving him along with their tortures, hints back to what Unohana said to him before she left).

The angel was writhing and thrashing in agony as he pleaded to his comrades to free him of Dracula, their response was to reduce him to a bloody and gory smear on the floor with their canons. Dracula then struck as he reformed, lunging forward as his hand speared through the closest angel's armor and body, his heart viciously torn out by Dracula as it was promptly crushed within the vampire lord's hand. Dracula was satiating his hunger as he turned the fresh corpse into a homemade explosive and chucked it at another angel as it was consumed in a fiery explosion. None were spared as Dracula killed and tore them to shreds in the most brutal of ways as he feasted on their blood to answer his starving body. There was one angel left as this one was downright terrified by the monster before it. The holy being tried to make a break for it, but was caught and lifted into the air by Dracula's telekinesis. Dracula made a twisting motion with his other hand as the angel was violently twisted around twice like one would ring out a towel, before he made a pulling back motion as the angel's cheeks bulged and mouth being forced open. The angel's insides were pulled out through its mouth and crushed into a ball of gore before being slammed to the ground by Dracula. (Ermac's fatality from Mortal Kombat X)

Dracula released his telekinetic hold on the final corpse as he was recovering, while the angel blood was helpful somewhat, he needed a bit more to be back to full capability as Unohana's peons did their job well. He checked himself over as he hand no injuries of evidence of showing when 'Naruto' walked over.

"Who are you?" Dracula asked as he looked to himself, 'Naruto' just smiled as his form was encompassed by light and changed shape to reveal a grown Shippo, his old friend. Dracula knelt down as he reached in and scratched behind the ear as Shippo enjoyed the action.

"It's good to see you again, Shippo." Dracula said with a smile as the fox let out a grumble of appreciation as he held a paw up, Dracula held his hand out as Shippo put his paw into his master's hand as a semblance of a handshake. Dracula stood up and opened a portal to the Throne Room as he and Shippo walked through as they exited the Dimension Prison. Shippo was immediately on edge as he growled out and blood began pooling out from the floor as Inner-Dracula arose from it, a sneer on the demon's face.

"Well look who decides to come crawling back-" Inner-Dracula's talk was interrupted when Dracula rammed his hand through the demon's face and ripped out a glowing sphere of black/purple energy, this was the demon's conscious. Dracula promptly crushed the item as it shattered like glass and Inner Dracula was no more, now a full-fledged servant who would not turn on him, its new name, Legion. The blood vanished as its presence was not needed and Dracula collapsed to his knees. He was still weak from his death and torture as he needed to recover, that's when the Chupacabras arrived as Shippo nuzzled against Dracula's arm.

"My Prince, so glad to see you alive and well. Shall I release the others from stasis now that things have settled down?" It asked as Dracula nodded brought out a small silver key with an icon for a smiling mask and a sad mask on the label on it as he handed it over to the immortal dwarf.

"I'm letting you resume your business and revoking your punishment as you've made up by your assistance during Satan's uprising. Don't make me consider closing your business down for good." Dracula said as The Chupacabras nodded as he accepted his key back and replied.

"Of course, I shall re-open after letting the others free. You have my thanks master." It said before vanishing to do just that. Dracula moved to standing up as he looked to Shippo.

"As much as I'd love to spend more time, I need to recover for a bit. Feel free to explore to your heart's content." He said as Shippo let out a yip in affirmation and trotted off. Dracula caught the glimpse of the high tech collar Shippo wore under its fur but made no comment as it seemed familiar. He just brushed the thought aside as he walked to his throne and sat down in it, letting out a sigh before slouching in his chair. He seriously needed something strong to help him relax after all that has happened.

(Memories End)

"Well, that was rather brutal of how he dealt with the angels." Shanoa commented.

"I think it's safe to say that he doesn't give a damn about cleanliness when it comes to killing." Victor said as he placed an arm over Shanoa's shoulders. Ahri had noted that Samus was thinking of something ever since they watched the events on the night of Satan's return.

"Something on your mind, Samus?" She asked the blonde scientist/ bounty hunter. Samus just gave a dry chuckle as she replied.

"Nothing much, just thinking back to Mr. M.O.M and how he helped me get here." She replied as this drew everyone's attention.

"You spoke to my father?" Werbellia asked with a curious tone as Samus nodded as she added her blood and took command to show what she was speaking of.

"Yep, now to show my secret mission that granted me access to this fine establishment." She said as the memories began.

(In another part of the castle, Grayfia's chambers)

The Silver haired Demoness (or just 'Devil') was busy making sure her residence was cleaned and presentable after she woke up and greeted Dracula with the others earlier. She had on her maid outfit and a feather duster with a small rune that ate dust up as it cleaned as she was humming a small tune. She finished up and put away her item as she moved over to relax in her bed for a bit to shake off the rest of the 'hibernation sickness' when she spotted a scarlet letter on the pillow.

"Hello what's this?" She asked herself as she picked it up, noticing that it was addressed to her, it was from her son (Guido, she doesn't see Raisa or Nergal as her children). She sat down on the bed and broke the wax seal as she opened it and pulled out the letter as she began to read. Her curiosity and focus on the letter turned to shock and horror as she continued to read, few tears slipping down and dotting the paper as she finally received news of her son, the envelope being his farewell letter to her as he was dead. Grayfia's chambers were filled with her cries as she received news of her son's passing.

I have returned! Long time no see, everyone. Terribly sorry for the wait as I was dealing with things such as school, other things and writers block. As I have stated before this chapter wraps up the whole recap of Naruto/Dracula's life and how things went. As for the next chapter, it's a bit more exposition (going over Samus's mission and how she knows of M.O.M along with a few other things), but then it will head straight back into the action as the group heads out to recover the key and reach Dracula. This is officially the longest I have written for a chapter, so there are no clear promises that future chapter will be of this length, but I'll try in expanding and add more for other things. Feel free to leave a review of what you thought and a PM if you have questions. I'm back and here to stay babies!

Hell is Fun21 signing out.