Title: Fate / Insane Night
Author: NHunter aka N.H. aka 夜狩猟家 aka 灰色天使
Genre: General
Rating: T = R
Characters: Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero cast and random 'heroic spirits' from all around the multiverse
Warnings: AU; violence; strong language.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own any characters appearing in this collection of one-shots.

"speaking"
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"Noble phantasms"

Alright, here's my own attempt at writing what ifs about abnormal servants appearing for the Holy Grail wars in Fuyuki city. Most of these heroic spirits will be coming from various anime and manga, but some will also originate from video games, fiction books or even be real historical figures. Try to guess who's who before you reach the end of the chapters.

Saber

Kiritsugu Emiya looked at Saber he had just summoned in disbelief. Glancing down at the catalyst used for the summoning did not help the mage-killer in understanding what went wrong in any way. At last the members of the Einzbern family present in the chamber looked equally perplexed... Still, how come using Avalon as a catalyst didn't bring the legendary king Arthur from the Throne of Heroes?

For the moment Kiritsugu toyed with the idea that the elf-like woman in front of him was the creator of this divine mystery, but he quickly dismissed the idea: Saber didn't look like a blacksmith at all. If anything, judging by her clothes, she was either a scout or, possibly, a mercenary of some sort. No matter, even though she wasn't the one whom he was aiming to summon, Kiritsugu couldn't deny that this strange woman was powerful. Such a concentrated aura of controlled power simply could not belong to someone who wasn't worthy of being called a hero.

"She'll do." Jubstacheit von Einzbern said finally, apparently coming to a conclusion that the summoning of the wrong heroic spirit was not Kiritsugu's fault.

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Gilles de Rais, the Caster of the Fourth Holy Grail War was scared for the first time since he had been summoned. What caused this? The answer was quite simple: Saber. Whoever that woman was, she was very very strong, no matter how much her appearance suggested the opposite.

She was a tall woman wearing brownish ragged cloak over brown leather outfit, which suggested that she spent a good part of her life living in the wilderness. Her hair was knee-long and silvery-blond in color, she had silver eyes and elf-like ears. But most noticeably, she was missing her left arm...

That, though, was not nearly enough to make her any less dangerous, as Gilles' summoned familiars could barely slow the strange Saber down before they all got torn to pieces by her blade. A blade that the mad Caster couldn't even see. Hell, to him it looked like Saber didn't even raise her sword nor did she raise her hand to strike the incoming hordes of his demonic beings.

Deciding that staying where he was for any longer would be suicidal, Gilles summoned a large horde of familiars and then started running, hoping that the creatures will be able to buy him some time. Alas, the Caster had really underestimated the power of his opponent: Saber caught up with him before he could cover a single block. In fact, she caught up with him so fast that the French man became quite sure that she wasn't all-human even before ascending onto the Throne of Heroes. If only he knew how right he was...

"I was made to hunt down and kill youma. And now I find someone who's spreading them..." The cloaked woman spoke, as she pointer her sword at Caster. It was a large longsword, a claymore, with the only decoration being a cross-shaped emblem near the simplistic hand-guard of the weapon... Despite his great knowledge on various pieces of art, including weaponry, Gilles found himself unable to determine what this sword was. "I can not consider you to be a human any more... Quicksword!" Before he could even blink, Caster found himself dead, chopped into hundreds pieces by Saber's sword.

Saber

True identity: 'Quicksword' Irene
Series: "Claymore"
Age: unknown, around 40
Sex: Female

Alignment: Lawful Good, distorted to Chaotic Evil
Strength: B+
Endurance: B++
Agility: B+
Mana: D+
Luck: D
Independent action: A++ (side-effect of her noble phantasm)
Magic resistance: C
Battle continuation: B+++ - Only fatal wounds can make Irene stop her assault. Maybe...

Noble Phantasms:

Half-youma: cursed huntress: B+, support, permanently active.
Irene is an artificial hanyou and is granted enhanced strength, speed and endurance. She also needed very little food to sustain herself during her life, which essentially means that now she doesn't need her master's prana to keep herself in this world. Though if she uses her Quicksword way to much, she might eventually burn through her own energy resources. Additionally, when facing demons or demon-related enemies, Irene gains plus half-a-rank in strength and endurance.

Quicksword: B+, defensive, anti-unit.
Irene's signature move during her life. In short, this move is a barrage of sword swings with such great velocity that it is impossible to see them with the naked eye. Irene does not even appear to draw her sword when using this technique. Anything that comes within the range of her sword will be chopped to pieces. In addition to offensive usage, quicksword can also be used to deflect incoming attacks, both physical and direct-damage magical ones that aren't 'area of effect' ones.