Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Jubei)

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

"*At that day, I couldn't do anything. I was shaken by sheer fear of it. I wasn't able to do anything while my comrades were eaten by it. I want power. I don't care if it's Ars Magus, or any kind of weapon. If Nox Nyctores isn't developed, I will die only as a person with courage. Courage.... is currently all I have.*" - Jubei

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Mitsuyoshi**, more famously as Jūbei. He is one of the Six Heroes who fought in the Dark War against the Black Beast and a cat-type beastkin, being the progenitor of the Kaka. Jubei was the husband of Nine the Phantom and is the father of Kokonoe. He has taught Ragna the Bloodedge, Jin Kisaragi, and Platinum the Trinity, also being the wielder of the Nox Nyctores - Mucro Somnio: Musashi.

### Appearance

Mitsuyoshi is a two tailed, black and white cat, who stands upright like a human being. He wears a jacket similar to the Kaka tribe’s jacket, but with an Eastern motif and a cut in the back where his two tails poke out. He also wears an eyepatch on his right eye, although it is hardly seen due to the game’s affinity to flip and reuse the same sprite. His weapon, the Musashi, is carried on his back via a belt strap. When his hoodie is removed during his Astral Heat, his fur is spiky and rugged akin to a long lion's mane.

When he was young, he wore a Kaka ninja-like orange-yellow garment.

During the Great Dark War, he wore samurai-like armor, with a headband and collar.

### Personality

Jubei's feline appearance belies his true age as a beastkin who has lived for over a century. Having seen the world before the Dark War, during it, and after it, Jubei's outlook on life is unique, and he plays the part of a mentor who has helped guide those who come to him. This role has come naturally to him as he has taught Ragna and looked after him all throughout the man's adolescence; from fighting to cooking, Jubei has done his best to fill a parental role.

Cheerful in a way befitting an old man, Jubei's jovial outlook on life is infectious, and he wants nothing more than peace for his friends and family. Although his speech is generally rough, his sense of humanity is better than most humans, and it does not take much to emotionally sway him. Regardless of his status as a legendary hero, Jubei has experienced prejudice and hatred because of his species, but that has not dulled the outlook he has. Jubei makes regular trips to Lost Town to visit the Kaka and spend time with them. Regardless of those he meets, Jubei treats them with the same warmth.

His relationship with Nine is the most interesting. The two have a clear love for one another that blossomed during the Dark War, even though they have found themselves at opposite sides of a conflict more than once. Jubei clearly loves his wife regardless of any conflict and the constant teasing that she puts him through, making him blush at every opportunity.

Unfortunately, Jubei and Kokonoe have an estranged relationship caused by Jubei's absence in her childhood, in turn caused by the Novus Orbis Librarium hunting him immediately following the Dark War. While Jubei wants to rekindle the relationship with his daughter, she was repulsed by the idea until recently.

Despite all his warmth and jovial nature, Jubei is capable of hatred, which is primarily directed at Yuuki Terumi. Terumi took everything away from Jubei, having been responsible for the deaths of his clansmen, his brother, his homeland, his wife, his comrades, and an assassination attempt on his daughter. With Nine's resurrection, Jubei believed it his duty as her husband to be the one to fight her, having to put aside his feelings for what he felt was the greater good.

## Abilities

Even though he has the appearance of a mere house-cat, Jubei is one of the strongest creatures in the world. His physical strength is easily enough to block a punch from the muscular and towering Iron Tager with a single paw. Jubei's weapon is the Nox Nyctores - Mucro Somnio: Musashi, which are twin swords that can cut through anything. Jubei wields them with his paws, tails, and mouth, using his dexterity to pass it to the different parts of his body and fight. Using Musashi, he can cut through even magnetic fields and sorcery.

Because of his beastkin heritage, Jubei has a long lifespan, and is already over 100 years old. He has a high resistance to seithr and has eyesight and hearing far beyond that of a human. Underneath his eyepatch is the Eye of Tomonori, which allows him to see the true form of Yuuki Terumi and even materialize him. As well as all his natural abilities, Jubei is exceptionally fast, something which even shocks people like Hibiki Kohaku. He is still not as quick as his brother, Tomonori.

Outside of his physical strength, Jubei has the mental strength to resist the ill effects of Musashi. He also became one of the chosen inside the Embryo, and although he suffered from memory loss, was quick to see that the world was an illusion. Despite his rough words and accent giving the impression that he is not intelligent, Jubei has a keen intellect that has not dulled with age. He is also an exceptional teacher, having trained both Ragna and Jin, two of the strongest beings in the world.

Yet for all his strengths and moniker of the strongest creature alive, age has crept up on Jubei. He is not as fast nor as powerful as he was during the Dark War, which was even stated by Hakumen himself, and his reliance on close-range combat gives him difficulty fighting foes at range. Because Jubei is a beastkin, he struggles with the usage of Ars Magus even though he wields a Nox.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Hihiirokane; "The Time Destroying Weapon"**

A relic from the cat-beastman tribe. It is a special type of metal that can interact with souls, and even shapeshift do different sizes by will of the user.

#### **Asura: Thunderbird Rising; "The Refined Soaring Thunder Phoenix Martial Blade"**

Jubei performs a one-legged stance with his whole weapon on both hands in front. Upon connecting with the gesture of him straightening his weapon set, he staggers his foe then holds his sheath in his teeth as he waves his arms holding both kodachi; his Eye activates as the power of perceiving his foe's true form blows off his hoodie revealing his hair and full face. He then rears away with both arms crossed through, then rapidly slashes through with massive wads ink trails with blinding speed to strike his foe across the ground into a ground slide. Mitsuyoshi soon appears behind them with afterimage to perform a launching claw-reap to send them into the air where the foe is promptly shredded up by the ink into nothingness. Jubei then rests his sword on his shoulder and sheaths back the bottom blade (both blades in-tact) while his hoodie is still off.

## References

https://blazblue.fandom.com/wiki/Mitsuyoshi

https://blazblue.wiki/wiki/Jubei

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

https://blazbluextag.fandom.com/wiki/Jubei\_Mitsuyoshi