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Zero-Two, Zero Two or 02. She is a pistil, on par with Hiro, who pilots the Strelizia.

## Appearance

Zero Two has a fair complexion. She had a slender and athletic figure; she was the tallest girl on the team and even taller than most of the boys. She had long, waist-length pink hair with straight bangs covering her forehead, and a pair of red horns on her head, with a white band around her horns. She had sharp, turquoise eyes with rings around the pupils and pinkish-red marks on the canti.

The full ensemble of Zero Two consisted of a white military cap, coat and matching boots. She was often seen wearing her signature red military uniform, black leggings and white boots. Initially, Zero-Two wore the pistil suit 9: a red bodysuit with white accents. After she was assigned to Squad 13, she assumed Pestle's standard uniform: a white jumpsuit with red accents.

As a side effect of Ыtrelitzia's aggressive riding, Zero Two's fangs and horns can grow at an alarming rate. Her eyes glow red when she's angry, even when she's wearing a restraining band. Once it got to the point that her face became deathly pale and her eyes blood red. Her horns can also branch out to the point where they can touch the ceiling, and her skin color can also revert to her original red color.

## Personality

As she grew up in the lab, there were rumors that Zero Two's personality was dangerous, cold, and attractive. She was an elite pilot with the alias "Partner Killer", given the mysterious deaths of her co-pilots after just three sorties that Franxx rides. However, she seemed to be playful towards Hiro and sometimes showed humor; this is seen during their first meeting, during which she teases him and calls him a "pervert". However, she put her Parasite duty above all else, not because she wanted to protect her dad and the others, but because she wanted to "become human". Her outlook on life was quite cynical, so she didn't worry about the name since they all had to fight and die. She was also a valuable military asset to the APE and fought on the front lines for so long that she didn't consider human life or her own, as they would all become statistics when they died anyway. When people around her died, she didn't bat an eyelid, because to her it was just a fact of life that everyone dies. Zero Two has always kept people at arm's length with tongue-in-cheek humor, nihilism, and emotional detachment. Zero Two also spoke freely about how much she hated their company. However, upon seeing Hiro's determination to pilot alongside her, Zero Two remarked that they were very similar and she invited him to become her partner despite fighting alone for most of her life and never relying on the support of others.

It was later revealed that Zero Two was a very naughty, passionate, short-tempered, self-confident, smug, pushy and carefree girl who hated to follow the rules set by adults. She was very outspoken and honest, and unlike the other Parasites, she didn't care for or respect Papa, only seeing them as people who lied to her all her childhood. Her seemingly carefree rule breaking helped Hiro out of his severe depression and blind rule following, and the hilarious affection she showed for him inspired some of the other Squad 13 parasites to be more affectionate with each other. Zero Two's behavior was also quite childish, as evidenced by her wiping her hands on Zorome's uniform. Zero Two has also shown impressive agility, performing somersaults and somersaults and then landing on her feet each time. During the feud between the girls and the boys, Zero Two tricked the girls into believing that she would cooperate with them, after which she tricked the boys into going to the girls when they were bathing, and then proceeded to steal both the boys' clothes and girls. Pursued by Hiro, she teased and laughed at him as she ran around the house. As she did so, she felt a little more human. Being an exceptionally gifted parasite, Zero Two also had extremely strange quirks: eating with her hands, often licking people like herself, though she didn't like the taste of it; Hiro, who has dangerous taste; Ichigo, who has a sweet taste; and Ikuno, who has a taste for mystery. She also often reflected on how she wanted to take a dip in the ocean, dipping her food in honey and having no sense of personal space.

## Story

Zero Two was created by Dr. Franxx from the DNA of the Klaxosaur Princess. Many instances like Zero Two herself were born but failed to survive; making her the only successful human-Klaxosaur hybrid. Dr. Franks also created clones using Zero Two's cells; 9, but they didn't inherit the Klaxosaur's blood. Due to Zero Two being the only surviving instance with Klaxosaur blood, it was decided to control the Star Entity; a collective mass of Klaxosaurs, which only Klaxo sapiens can control, on behalf of humanity. Due to her high parasitic potential and potential in general, she was given the code number "002".

Zero Two did not receive the same regular training as the other children in the Garden to become Parasite, as she was locked in her room for as long as she could remember, which she described as the entirety of her world. From her memories, it was clear that someone was a mother to her, carrying food and telling tales. One day they took her with them for experiments. In the testing room, Dr. Franxx was amazed how she developed such a human form. When Zero Two was tied, the laser was aimed at her palm, and when it fired, she screamed in pain. Dr. Franxx was amazed at how quickly her wound healed and how her skin recovered. After her testing, Zero Two was isolated in another room. After that, Zero Two was subjected to even more painful experiments due to her special abilities. Since by that time Hiro had already witnessed Zero Two's suffering several times, he decided that he no longer wanted to watch her suffer. When Hiro came to rescue her by running outside into the winter. In the same place, in addition to this, they learned about the existence of NERV. By that time, still not understanding what was happening, but it was clear that apparently they were too close to be separated. This will be reflected in the future, when Hiro and Zero Two will run into each other again and they will pilot the Strelitzia.

After they were caught, their memories were erased. However, Zero Two's memories could not be completely erased, as the adults noticed that there was some kind of strong power protecting the memories she made with Hiro. In the aftermath, Zero Two retained some vague memories of meeting Hiro, but she forgot about the person she had memories with. She was devastated by the fact that they couldn't be together due to the obvious fact that they weren't the same beings with different colors of blood. To make sure that she could become human and never forget the memories with her "cute", she ate the pages of a picture book and began to speak and act the way she learned after meeting Hiro. From time to time she made her way back to the tree, hoping to find Hiro waiting for her there. At some point, when she reached the tree, she was surrounded by klaxosaurs.

Since Zero Two's meeting with Hiro made a huge impression on her, from that day on she vowed to become human, since if she were like him, they could always be together. To make her even more determined, she was also convinced that she could become human by killing Klaxosaur and later Angels by Pope and others.

After that, they both became puppets for the doctor, all in order to bring the Earth Alliance and join them, only for the sake of fighting NERV.