Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Minato Namikaze)

**Assassin** (アサシン, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

"*These feelings… It's really nostalgic. Even though the situation is so hard… He looks like he could do anything… Right… It feels exactly as if I were with Kushina… That's what it is…*" - Minato Namikaze

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Minato Namikaze**, the Fourth Hokage (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage, Literally meaning: Fourth Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure. He was renowned all over the world as Konoha's Yellow Flash (木ノ葉の黄色い閃光, Konoha no Kiiroi Senkō, English TV: Yellow Flash of the Leaf). He died during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack, sacrificing his life to seal a part of the Nine-Tails into his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki.

### Appearance

Minato has frequently been compared with Naruto in terms of physical appearance; both have blue eyes and spiky, blond hair. Minato also had jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. According to Jiraiya, Minato was considered to be very handsome. His normal attire consisted of a standard Konoha uniform with two bands on both of his sleeves, a green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. After becoming Hokage, he started wearing a short-sleeved long white haori over his normal attire, closed in the front by a thin, orange rope. The haori was decorated by red flame-like motifs on the edges, with the kanji for "Fourth Hokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage) written vertically down the back.

During his time in the Academy, he wore a simple white suit of clothing with green trimmings and a hood. After becoming a full-fledged shinobi, he wore a tracksuit with three stripes on the sleeves, mesh under-armour, a pair of black pants, and sandals.

### Personality

Despite his physical resemblance to Naruto, Minato was a very humble and collected man. Very perceptive and shrewd, he was noted as not to do something without a reason. He was well-aware of the terror his reputation inspired in rival villages and would take advantage of it at times, but even then he would remain respectful to opponents. Minato also wouldn't pry into other people's personal affairs unless he felt it was necessary, and was not the type to hold grudges, only feeling sorry for Obito despite his role in his own and Kushina's deaths. If anything, Minato blames himself for his death for several reasons; he couldn't save Obito from the fate that corrupted him, Konoha from the difficulties that arose after he was gone, and even his own son Naruto from the painful and difficult life he suffered as a jinchūriki orphan.

Naruto is not without any of his father's personality traits: both have indomitable spirits and fierce ambitions that drive them through all their choices in life. Both are of unwavering loyalty to Konoha and their loved ones – friends and family – and that devotion inspires all those around them. Like Naruto, Minato had the tendency to create questionable techniques, although in Minato's case it was complicated names he came up with rather than the actual technique. This was seen when he named the "Scorch Release: Halo Hurricane Jet Black Arrow Style Zero", though afterwards he admitted it didn't sound very good.

After becoming Hokage, Minato started to take more pride in himself, referring to himself as "ore", which is a prideful way of saying "I" or "me", instead of using "watashi", a more formal way of referring to one's self. Still, this did not make him haughty as he still addressed others with the appropriate honourifics.

## Abilities

Minato was one of the most powerful shinobi in history, considered by many as unmatched by anyone else. During the Third Shinobi World War, flee-on-sight orders were given to enemy shinobi should they encounter him. In the anime, he was able to single-handedly wipe out an army of thousand Iwagakure shinobi — a feat that forced Ōnoki to accept a peace treaty. During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, it was only through Minato's actions that Tobi and the fox were defeated and the village was saved from destruction. Years later, with the looming threat of Orochimaru approaching, Minato was believed to be the only one who could have stopped the Sannin, making his death deeply regretted. Minato's fighting style revolved mainly around suddenly appearing and just as quickly taking down enemies, often excluded traditional time-consuming methods such as hand seals.

Minato was taught by Jiraiya how to summon toads, and was one of the few people to earn the respect and full cooperation of Gamabunta. He had skill with barrier ninjutsu. Minato was also an adept sensor, able to detect chakra signatures from great distances. For closer targets, he could detect everyone within an area by placing his finger on the ground. Minato was also proficient in the nature transformations of Fire, Wind, Lightning, along with Yin and Yang Release.

Minato was hailed as the fastest shinobi of his time. While this recognition was due in part to his space–time ninjutsu, Minato's natural speed and prowess with the Body Flicker Technique were immense: he could easily outstrip three other Kage-Level ninja and engage an enemy or retrieve an ally before anyone realised what he was doing; he could cover a considerable distance in a short amount of time and perform a technique before an opponent could finish theirs. In the anime, he appear before sensors could detect his approach and instantly defeat three shinobi with minimal effort. Minato's reflexes allowed him to react to and avoid techniques with no warning, such as Kamui and Lightning Straight.

Minato had large chakra reserves, able to summon the massive Toad Boss Gamabunta, as well as teleport multiple massive targets like a tailed beast and their attacks. His chakra control was very refined, evidenced by his creation of the Rasengan and his ability to weave hand seals with only one hand.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Hiraishin no Jutsu "Flying Thunder God"**

Assassin's signature jutsu in life, the Hiraishin is a technique that allows Assassin to mark anything he touches or create formulas on kunai and then later teleport to those markings with a minimal prana cost. In life, Assassin used this technique to destroy an army of shinobi in seconds and end the Third Shinobi World War, earning him the first Flee-on-sight description in the Bingo Book of other villages.

#### **Rasengan**

The Rasengan is a technique that Assassin created by watching and reverse engineering the much feared Bijudama, the ultimate attack of the Tailed Beasts. The Rasengan is the pinnacle of Shape manipulation of prana, and is a devastating attack that drills through defenses.

#### **Sennin Modo: The Way of the Toad Sage**

The ability to draw the natural energy of the surroundings into the user, further increasing his abilities. Grants a (+) rank up to all parameters and the ability Rasengan, as well as the use of the ability Clairvoyance for a certain amount of time. Due to Minato's training under the toads of Mt. Myoboku and the toad sage Jiraiya, he has gained the ability to enter a state of enlightenment. Though due to his ability of speeding through a fight contrasting with the sage's staying still to draw energy, he lacks the capacity to use it at its best giving him only a few seconds to maintain it before it fizzles out and drains him of his stamina.

## References

https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Minato\_Namikaze

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-f-sn-crossover-servants.370875/page-110#post-33501238

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