Kaito

> That's not true! I've never felt special! My dad always said I could be, but when he died, I just forgot his words. **Not anymore!"**
>
> — **Kaito** to Yatto

**Kaito** has been the main protagonist of the series since chapter 1. He is a human teenager that was born in Peaco City five years after its barrier was raised. As such he has never seen lands away from this island. With the death of his father, and his mother barely home, Kaito slowly grew into a delinquent. Often at odds with his teachers and fellow classmates, Kaito holds his few friends very close. He has a big heart and will defend them no matter what.

## Appearance

* Animanga
* Manga
* Early Concept

Kaito is a teen boy with long brown hair that usually hangs down the side of one of his shoulders, and blue eyes. He has a range of outfits that he changes through daily throughout the story and as such he doesn't have one set outfit. Although his look changes with the day, he can occasionally be seen wearing a long sleeve red jacket that was passed down to him from his father.

## Personality

Kaito was a happy and outgoing child, but after his friendship with Haru falls out due to Haru coming more and more into his power, in combination with the passing of his father, Kaito goes through a change. He begins to feel that as a human his life doesn't have much going for it. He begins going through his day with a rinse, wash, repeat attitude. This starts to slowly change after he becomes one with Neko.

His confidence grows and he feels that he can be more helpful with his newfound abilities. He starts to work hard and even finds a master in Yatto who can help him learn to grow and control his power. Kaito is extremely loyal to his friends and takes any threat against them personally. This can sometimes become a negative as shown during the battle with Ansim where he loses control of himself due to Ansim threating Akiko and Haru. When he loses control because of anger, it causes Kaito to slowly transform into a more demonic state.

## Plot

### The Merge

Kaito is first shown sleeping in his class, with his teacher waking him up by whacking him over the head. After a back and forth between the two of them over his constant ignoring of schoolwork, the class bell rings. Kaito runs into his friend Akiko in the school halls where she tries to spook him, to no avail. Kaito takes a peek under her jacket only to be sent flying with a magical slap for his perverse action. The two of them overhear the sounds of sparring and make their way over to a training area where they find Haru making easy work of another student. After waving Haru over, an argument begins between him, and Kaito with Akiko being forced to intervene and stop the fighting. She points out that she doesn't understand why they always fight when as children they were best friends and even rivals. But Haru responds that a human could never be a rival to him, a prodigy of the fairy race. This causes Kaito to turn and leave.

He makes his way through Peaco City and eventually finds what he believes to be a dying cat in an alley way. But as he sits down next to him and starts speaking to the cat, he is shocked to hear the cat speak back to him. He learns that this cat is actually a dying demon, who has no memory of how he arrived in Peaco City. When asking the cat why he hasn't tried to steal the body of a human, the cat responds that he has no intention of doing so. He only wants peace with the humans. Kaito offers him a chance to live on through him by merging together, which the demon Neko accepts. Kaito's body changes completely before reverting back to normal seconds later. The demon is gone, but Kaito notes to himself that he doesn't feel any different. He shrugs it off and continues on his way home, where he finds a note from his mother. She has left for work, but prepared dinner for him. He heats the food, ready to eat when a familiar voice catches him off guard. He can hear the demons voice speaking to him, but he cannot see him. Neko explains to him that they are now one, and seeing him is impossible, but they can still talk to one another as Neko is a part of him.

Before Kaito can even get a grasp on the situation at hand, he is levitated into the air by an invisible force. He can feel something tightening around his body but see's nothing. A bumpy tongue dripping saliva then appears around him, pulling him out of his window. As he dingles in the air he notices what has a hold of him. A Tracker Demon, resembling a lizard begins slamming him against walls and the floor outside. Neko tells him that he is only alive still because of their merge, but even that won't stop him from dying if this keeps up. He tells Kaito to summon his treasured blade Cerberus. After a few failed attempts he successfully summons the blade and is able to cut down the tracker demon, surviving the night.

### New Power

The next morning Kaito wakes up still surprised by the demon living inside him. After his normal routine of getting ready for class he covers his mother and heads out, now looking for answers from the cat demon. He inquiries about the demon who attacked them the night before. Neko informs him that the tracker demon was ranked among the D-Class, and most likely sent to confirm his death by whoever attempted to get rid of him. Kaito confused by the ranking system asks what he means by D-Class at which point Neko explains that demons are broken down into several ranks and that D-Class is the lowest among them. Kaito is shocked to learn that he was nearly killed by one of the weakest demons, but Neko reassures him that if he trains and learns how to use Neko's powers correctly that he will be able to handle the coming threats. At this moment a child is shown chasing his ball into the street and Kaito reacts without thinking, diving into the street and saving the child from the incoming truck. He sends the child on his way, and continues towards his school.

When he arrives, he finds the school bully, Nocab waiting in front of the building. Nocab talks down to Kaito, but Kaito has no interest in him. Nocab pissed attempts to attack Kaito but finds that every punch he throws is easily dodged. He can't believe how fast Kaito has become and again tries to charge after him, but Kaito vaults over him using his head as a launchpad, kicking Nocab into the mud. Kaito not sure how he's doing all of this is then informed by Neko that this is his body changing due to their merge. Kaito excitedly rushes off inside the school building only to run into Haru. Haru offers an apology to Kaito for what he said to him the day before, but Kaito is beaming and ready to show off his power now. He calls Haru out for a one on one fight, challenging Haru to show Kaito what makes him special.