Saber (Fate/Crossover - Mifune)

**Saber** (セイバー, *Seibā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"If it's my soul you want, you can have it!! But If you intend to kill Angela, I swear on my sword that I will defend her to the death!!"* - Mifune

## Profile

### Identity

Saber's true identity is **Mifune**, an infamous samurai and bodyguard who acts as a guardian to the little witch, Angela Leon. He is later blackmailed into the service of Arachnophobia by it's head, Arachne Gorgon.

Mifune was once a member of a mafia family, operating as the Godfather, Marlon's, bodyguard and right-hand agent. During his early employment, Mifune was called to meet with Marlon to discuss an assignment he was to be given. Marlon explains to Mifune that some of his associates had managed to track down a Witch in the possession of a rival family and that Mifune's assignment was to capture the Witch. Upon capture, Mifune was to kill the Witch and deliver her Soul back to Marlon for a large pay.

### Appearance

Mifune possesses long, straight, blond hair, blue eyes and a rather muscular build. Early on, he wore a overcoat draped over his shoulders as if it were a cape, fluttering behind him while he is in combat. This cape has visible cuts on its end. He then wears a high collar, Japanese-style, button-down shirt dress pants. These pairs of pants contain cuts in their fabric at their hems, Finally, he wears a pair of twine sandals, in addition to being commonly seen with a piece of straw in his mouth which he spits out when he's fighting seriously. The color scheme in the anime is that of a white shirt and olive green dress pants as well as his eyes being brown, sandy blond hair, a large brown overcoat.

Later, the overcoat is a white, with long sleeved white over shirt with with "Osamurai" written on it and a Japanese kanji on the sleeve, with a black undershirt beneath, blue jeans, white belt, and the "Keep out" police line tape running across his shirt. He wears the same outfit in the anime. He also dresses to fit the weather, wearing appropiate clothing. In his winter outfit, Mifune wears a winter jacket that looks almost exactly like his new white jacket, but zipped up, and with a pair of cream colored gloves. He also wears a pair of thin ski pants with it, which are blue down to the knees, where they change to pale gray in a diagonal stripe. His sandals are obviously replaced with a pair of snow boots.

### Personality

Often stoic in nature and staunch in attitude, Mifune tends be somewhat quiet in situations that do not directly involve him and remains mostly serious as well as being straight-forward, especially toward those he would consider a threat. In addition, he admits even after his employment of Arachnophobia that he often swung his sword in defense of other children, possessing a great level of compassion and care for those he consider young. In battle, he is analytical, seeing slight movements and small details and immediately noting them, whether it be out loud or within the confines of his thoughts. He's also not above calling out other individuals on negative traits. He pointed out Tsubaki Nakatsukasa's worth to Black☆Star on more then one occasion in an attempt to blow away his young opponent's vanity, and even advise his adversary on how to be a better warrior. Being a strong follower of the Path of a Warrior, he is willing to give respect to his opponents no matter the age, if they are also capable of fighting with their all, as fellow followers of the Path of a Warrior.

Despite his honorable and strong belief in the Path of a Warrior, Mifune himself is also not infallible. Mifune seems to previously possess little regard of ordinary human life, having history of being a part of various criminal organizations and crime families. Early on, the reasons for his alliance towards them was unknown and is implied to have led him to being placed on Shinigami's List. After becoming Angela's guardian and bodyguard, however, he abandoned his previous mindset, and seems to have more regard for human life, particularly that of children. He only allows himself to be employed by an organization like Arachnophobia when they leverage their ability to protect Angela. His belief that there was no chance of co-existence between Witches and ordinary Human interests, caused him to be a firm believer in Arachnohpobia's power to protect Angela, stating that there was "no other way around it", despite Tsubaki's protesting.

Mifune has a strong love for children, such a trait noted to the point even Tsubaki recommended him being a teacher at DWMA, with him rejecting such idea and claiming it to the "stupidest thing I've ever heard", though was flustered at the idea. This love has led him to carry around seaweed flavored candy, despite himself admitting he doesn't eat any sweets, for other children.

## Abilities

A powerful human, Lord Death mentioned him to being a crackerjack of a bodyguard and possess a mighty soul, meaning his soul, upon being consumed, is the equivalent of 99 evil human souls. His vaunted status is known to even Arachne, who stated that he was a living legend known to others as "God of the Sword".

While losing to Black☆Star on their first battle, Angela stated it was because he was a child. During their second fight, Azusa Yumi comments the difference in power between Black☆Star and Mifune (the latter superior) during that point in time was as clear as "night and day" as well as his power being overwhelming.

Mifune managed to earn the epithet "God of the Sword" due to having developed his own personal style "Infinite One-Sword Style" and possess a mighty soul worth 99 human souls.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Magic Resistance (A Rank): Cancel spells of A-Rank or below. In practice, the Servant is untouchable to modern magi, so it would not be an exaggeration to title the Servant a "Magus Killer". Hailing from a world of Demon Blades and Magic, Saber was capable of going toe-to-toe with great magical powers and went undefeated except for his final end through his powerful soul applied to simple techniques. Indeed, his soul was that of a regular humans but with the strength of 99—a Strong Soul capable of incredible power that with his swordsmanship he could take down witches and demons alike.

* Riding (C Rank): Most vehicles can be handled with average skill, but cannot ride the likes of Phantasm Races such as Monstrous Beasts. Saber was not famed for riding creatures, but his technical know-how from his world translates well enough.

#### Personal Skills

* Eye of the Mind (True) (A): A heightened capacity for observation, refined through experience. Saber is capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and can deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. Even if a comeback seems unreachable beyond even 1%, this ability improves the chances of victory immensely. In life, Saber could perform incredible feats of accuracy such as pinpoint throws of blades into links of a retreating chain or knocking swords across in straight precise lines with the swing of one in his hand, and through his observation and experience recognize shifts in power such as two souls resonating greater or smaller (things that traditionally are possible through special Mystic Eyes).

* Mana Burst (A Rank): The increase in performance caused by infusing one's weapons and body with magical energy and instantly expelling it. Simply put, recreating the effect of a jet burst by expending large amounts of Magical Energy. A normal weapon that is not on the level of a divine mystery can be destroyed in one blow. Raises defense in several times. Saber uses this skill for defense and high-speed movement, as well as powerful slashing combos and weapon-breaking. Only Demon Weapons—People who could transform into tools through witch-magic—could withstand the path of his blades in life.

* Protection from Arrows (A Rank): An increased defense against ranged attacks by predicting the projectiles' trajectories through exceptional means, such as hearing the sound of air being cut, or sensing the killing intent of the enemy. Even if the shooter is not within the line of sight, this skill user can track down ranged weapons and defend against them, even from attacks made from super-long-range or with a great area-of-effect.

* Battle Continuation (B Rank): The strength of vitality for predicaments, as well as the ability to withdraw from combat and reach allied territory alive after being defeated. In his final duel, Saber took numerous fatal wounds but kept fighting till the last with further fatal attacks (opponent also had high End + BC), and even still survived for moments after he was slain. Beyond that, in his few defeats against opponents not great enough to slay him, he has always successfully retreated and recovered for another bout, and beyond his ultimate defeat he never lost to the same opponent twice.

* God of the Sword (- Rank): Saber's epithet as a swordsman and a wielder of countless blades, they along with his experiences in battle lend themselves to the ability to dissect weapon combat styles. Even from subpar visual aids (sketches, poor photos, blurry footage, etc.), Saber can reproduce techniques of other swordsmen—capable of merging them with his own techniques—and understand and pinpoint weaknesses of their (as well as other weapon) styles.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Mugen Ittōryu; "With These Infinite Blades I Lay Down My Life For Others"**

The name of Saber's Martial Way, using countless swords strewn across his chosen battlefield and sealed by his caution tape that ensnares his opponents. Even as a (Saber-faced) foreigner his Strong Soul exemplifies the true nature of the Samurai (his Origin and Element in life would have both been Samurai, thusly). As a Servant, his Strong Soul and forceful alteration of the world have become a full Reality Marble that he can enforce upon the world as his blades and space enclosed others in the past.

Passively, Saber never wants for blades and can draw as many as he needs without measure for his techniques (even beyond normal expectation such as falling blades within a guard like with Tōga), and even weapons not on the level of a divine mystery are treated as such, for his nameless weapons never broke against far more powerful blades of the like. Upon activation, the space is subsumed by his Strong Soul and becomes a plain battlefield (if it wasn't already) where his blades are everywhere. In this space he can enter in one-on-one combat or wide-spread combat with ease as if he had A-Ranked Disengage and Engage, and those outside whom he deems unnecessary cannot interfere or be dragged in—they are separated from their bonds.

## References

https://souleater.fandom.com/wiki/Mifune

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Mifune\_(Soul\_Eater)

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-fate-fiction-servants-read-the-threadmarks-please.370875/post-20772730