Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Gabimaru)

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

*"My own life takes top priority and I'm not planning to die. My whole goal's to survive and make it home. Home to my wife. I'm not about to lay down my life. But I'll sacrifice whatever it takes otherwise. My ideals, reason, sense, even my humanity."* - Gabimaru

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Gabimaru the Hollow**, a Shinobi from the Stone Village Iwagakure and the protagonist of "Jigokuraku".

Gabimaru was borned from a happy married jōnin couple and were thinking about the name that they are gonna give to their child. Due their son's obligation of having to become a shinobi when he grow up, like all the other peoples in the village, his given name would have no importance in his future. At night upon looking at the full moon, the mother got a idea of naming their baby Tsuki, as they think the name with one letter fits him as it was threatening and he would be offered without love in the future.

The couples wanting to leave Iwagakure with their child, to leave a peaceful life but their plan is heard by the village chief. Later on in the night the couple would be killed and Tsuki would instead be raised by the chief by putting harsh trainings at a young age so that he can become the next and last holder of the infamous alias "Gabimaru the Hollow". Through his life as a young child with his trainings with others of his age, despite his age he would express no emotions and didn't cared much about himself and the other childs. As their years of trainings goes by, Gabimaru would face in a dual a child named Shija to take his life which the Iwagakure chief ordered him in doing so by warning him that he would take his life for having his presences within him. The child would run away with fear however, Tsuki was prepared to help Shija by training and him survive as they grew up.

Throughout the trainings while improving his skills, the village chief think that Tsuki was responsable for the cause of several death of other participants. He would be selected as the candidate for the Rite of Succession ceremony, which he has fight for his life with the current 57th Gabimaru at the time. Gabimaru would win the match and succefully obtain the title of Gabimaru. After the ceremony was over he would find Shija among the dead bodies of the shinobi of Iwa. Shija tells him he killed them because they were jealous about him, this makes Gabimary realize that he was the one who was actually killing all the participats and that they were supporting Gabimaru so that he can be the next holder of the Gabimaru title.

Being sentenced to death after being betrayed by his fellow Shinobis, he sets off together with his monitor and second protagonist Yamada Asaemon Sagiri, to the legendary islands of Kotaku in search of the Elixir of Immortality in exchange for the Pardon of freedom from the Shogun.

### Appearance

Gabimaru is a young man with a below-average height. He has white, untamed hair that usually covers the right side of his face, red eyes (yellow in the anime), and is generally seen with a stoic facial expression. He is shown to be significantly muscular underneath his robe and has noticeable scars from his time in Iwagakure.

After his body was negatively influenced by Zhu Jin fusing with the Banko, Gabimaru's appearance became ghastly. His hair started sprouting peony flowers and had a large dark marking that spread from his left eye. These features were later reduced after he managed to stabilize his Tao, now only having little traces of pink flower petals in his hair and a branch marking across his left eye. Upon being freed from Arborification by Sagiri, Gabimaru's hair became shorter and had his original features returned back. After a year passed, Gabimaru's hair is shown to have slightly grown back to its original volume.

He wears the standard Iwagakure shinobi outfit, which consists of a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a frayed white sash tied at his waist. He also wears a turtleneck dickey to cover the bottom part of his face as a mask when he is prepared to go into battle. He wears ninja gauntlets and sandals with gaiters tied to his legs.

Upon infiltrating Hōrai, the left side of Gabimaru's robe became torn after Ran cleaved his hand down on his shoulder, which was later healed with Flower Tao. He later replaces his robe with a new one from a fallen Iwagakure shinobi.

### Personality

As befitting his alias and reputation, Gabimaru is generally calm and apathetic, a composure that has stuck with him since birth. Even when faced with danger, such as his various execution sentences or confrontations with dangerous criminals, Gabimaru never shows any sign of concern. After being confronted by Warped Keiun, Gabimaru simply focused on retying the restraints on his hands, as demanded by Sagiri earlier, without paying any mind to the monk hitting him with his arsenal of weapons. As noted by Sagiri, Gabimaru is also a complainer when he is calm. After being told by Sagiri that they would have to travel to Edo first before starting the mission, Gabimaru expressed his disapproval that he couldn't make his way to the island immediately, which had almost cost him the invitation Sagiri offered to him. When the two landed on Kotaku, Gabimaru complained about the restraints being a nuisance and the supplies he was given by the shogun as being useless. He prefers to stick with his main objective at hand and not get tangled with anything else that doesn't involve his goals, finding his fight with Keiun to be a waste of time. Gabimaru also has very poor social skills, as he had trouble interacting with Yui when he first met her and was reprimanded by Sagiri and Yuzuriha for pointing a sword at Mei, as well as later being reprimanded by Gantetsusai for causing her to cry with a gaze that was unintentionally frightening.

During his time in Iwagakure, Gabimaru was known and admired by his peers for his cruel and ruthless killings of his victims, having been raised from infancy by Iwagakure's leader to have a complete disregard for life and that sentimentality is a sign of weakness. After suffering from amnesia where he reverted back to his old self as "Gabimaru the Hollow", Gabimaru expressed his bloodlust on how he was going to kill Chōbei after getting into a fight with him and decided to kill Fuchi, Gantetsusai and Mei without question if they were his enemies. When faced with a difficult situation in battle, Gabimaru resorts to falling into a murderous, bloodthirsty state where his only focus is to kill who or whatever gets in his way. In his own opinion, whether he chooses to kill people humanely rather than inhumanely would be irrelevant in the end. As an Iwa shinobi he had followed their principles, such as continuing forward with a mission, defeating his opponents no matter what the tactics were, and that his life had no value if he were to die. His line of work has also made him immune to the sight of death.

After being married to Yui, Gabimaru underwent a major change. Even though he was influenced by his leader's words of ridding himself of his emotions to become strong, Gabimaru was also influenced by Yui's kind and caring nature and came to believe in his wife's words that true strength comes from embracing one's emotions. As a result of these words being implanted into a part of his psyche, Gabimaru had managed to regain some of his humanity, thus overwriting his cruel nature as a ninja, as he would try to avoid unnecessary killing of human lives. However, when realizing that there is no other way out of it, Gabimaru will make the distasteful decision of killing but would feel grief for the lives he has taken.

Gabimaru's affection towards his wife causes him to act differently than when he is around others. When around Yui, Gabimaru tends to act rather nervous, embarrassed, and even flustered; a side that rarely anyone can bring out of him. He also tries to put in the effort to not act so stoic-like when in her presence but finds this to be rather difficult since he has to think hard in trying to figure out the right face to make. In light of this, the only times he is truly happy to smile comfortably is when he is with her.

Upon being resolved by Sagiri to redeem himself as a new man, Gabimaru began to experience, and notice, gradual changes to his behavior, particularly allowing himself to embrace his emotions as the Asaemon had hoped. Even though he had his mission to solely focus on, Gabimaru started to show signs of care and concern for others. As Sagiri was in danger of being attacked by a Sōshin, Gabimaru subonsciously rushed in to save her. He later committed the same action when he stepped in to protect Mei from the Dōshi, saying that he could not bear to see her cry, along with wanting to repay a debt he owes her after she helped him escape from Zhu Jin's wrath. Gabimaru also broke out of his calm composure and showed genuine anger after hearing the Dōshi talk about Mei as if she was an object. After hearing Mei's wish on wanting to see Rien and Jofuku before leaving the island to start a new life, Gabimaru vowed to do whatever he could to make it happen when the time came to infiltrate Hōrai. Gabimaru also came to understand what it meant to feel sympathy, having understood the great lengths the surviving criminals and Asaemons had to endure in order to get past Lord Tensen and escape the island alive. After realizing that Rien was the wife of Jofuku, Gabimaru could not bring himself to destroy her husband's gilded body since he knew what it was like to love someone dearly and smiled as he explained his reason to her, which allowed the Tensen to accept Jofuku's passing. Through all his experience on the island, Gabimaru had come to completely reject the teachings of Iwagakure and allowed himself to break out of his emotionless shell. In the process, Gabimaru became able to smile and laugh genuinely around others for the first time in his life.

Although he can be obnoxious at times (mainly viewed by Sagiri), he can be quite considerate to others at the same time. Back when he was with his wife, he advised her not to cover her scar with her hair, telling her that appearances don't matter, and did not want her to see him with a bloody face since he thought it might scare her. He later gave the same advice to Mei which caused her to see the good in Gabimaru. Because he learned basic customs from Yui, Gabimaru would show his gratitude to whoever helped him. He thanked Yuzuriha's team for freeing his head from one of the Sōshin's tentacles and praised Sagiri for her strength as well as thanking her for helping him find his resolve. Gabimaru is also a very faithful husband and is immune to seduction as he did not give into Yuzuriha's advances when she attempted to have him work with her. He is also a terrible liar.

## Abilities

Gabimaru is a shinobi prodigy who has been deemed far too dangerous to confront. As a child, Gabimaru already possessed raw talent that not only allowed him to become one of the rare few children to survive Iwagakure's deadly training regimens but also put him ahead of the others in becoming the next "Gabimaru the Hollow". He is recognized in Iwagakure as the strongest "Gabimaru the Hollow" in history and became both feared and admired by his peers, including from other ninja villages. His infamous reputation for killing his targets made him out to be a cold-blooded monster to society. Even when outnumbered, Gabimaru has proven himself to be more than capable of taking down his enemies single-handedly. Among his murderous records before his captured, Gabimaru was noted to have killed 20 men without taking any damage. He was able to survive a massacre full of death row criminals such as himself while his hands were bound. Gabimaru was even able to handle taking down the 54 Iwagakure shinobi sent to kill him for his treachery, where not a single one but his equal Shija could manage to land a scratch on him in their attempts.

During the events on Kotaku, Gabimaru was able to effortlessly kill the death row convict Warped Keiun even when his hands were bound and held his own against the giant Rokurōta, whose monstrous strength caused the death of two high-ranking Asaemon. He held his own fighting against the invincible members of Lord Tensen, beings who wield god-like powers, and nearly came close to defeating them, which ultimately pushed them into using their Kishikai in order to defeat him. Among the surviving humans that infiltrated Hōrai, Gabimaru's overall capabilities caught Rien's attention as being the most valuable as an "ingredient" for Lord Tensen's ritual, stating that it was the first time in centuries that a human like Gabimaru appeared on Kotaku. After his arrival in Kotaku, Gabimaru became one of the first few in 1,000 years to have managed to survive the ordeals the island had to offer, reach Hōrai where Lord Tensen previously resided, and successfully escape.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Presence Concealment (B Rank): Gabimaru, being a skilled shinobi trained in the Iwagakure village, can utilize his techniques to perform many infiltrations, sabotages and stealth in secret from his foes.

#### Personal Skills

* Ninjutsu (A+ Rank): As a shinobi prodigy with alot of trainings experiences, he is capable the uses of diverse level of ninjutsu. Gabimaru can also use his ninjutsu to increase his already durable body to further withstand any weapon or destructive attack. For attacking at a distance, Gabimaru utilizes stones for at least one main ninjutsu.

* Taijutsu (B Rank): Gabimaru is a practition of Taijutsu. Able to master the forms of hand-to-hand combat and sword fighting.

* Espionage (B Rank): A skill that removes one's presence as hostile, remove any detected threat among themselves. Gabimaru uses this technique to avoid having his presence rendered hostile to those near his surroundings. This is done before with a group of elite Iwa shinobi, as he was able to enter and leave the fortress made by Hattori Hanzō's descendants that is meant to confuse shinobi spies with its maze layout setup with traps.

* Submersive Activities (D Rank): As a shinobi, Gabimaru is highly skilled in infiltration. This skill was also put into good use on Kotaku to infiltrate Hōrai. After learning how to sense and suppress his Tao, Gabimaru's infiltration skills has improved since he is able to map out the layout of fortresses and conceal his presence.

* Tao (B Rank): A life force energy that can be found in every living and non-living thing. It can be manifested and used to increase the beings various abilities, as mastering it can give them powers similar to that of gods once fully mastered.

With its usage, Gabimaru is able to sense the presence of others, as well as the layout of his surroundings. With this ability combined with his skills as a shinobi, Gabimaru's infiltration skills have improved.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Ninpō: Hibōshi; "Ignited Skin of the Ascetic Blaze"**

Also known as Ascetic Blaze, as Hibōshi mean "fire monk", Gabimaru can set his body on fire setting the setting his body's heat at an extremely high level of heat by igniting the oils on his body. Using this technique, Gabimaru is capable of engulfing and incinerating his opponents.

In addition to his pyrokinesis ninjutsu, his body is capable of withstand extreme heat caused by the ninjutsu on his body, which he has survived numerous burns in death row sentences as his body had a few burns on it and has also resisted in being boiled alive and has lasted long enough only for him to collapse of the extreme temperature.

## References

https://jigokuraku.fandom.com/wiki/Gabimaru

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Gabimaru

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Gabimaru

https://myanimelist.net/character/171437/Gabimaru