Kinako fainted thinking that Yahiko was going to eat her.Īfter that, Yahiko and Kinako became friends. Yahiko was in his fox yokai form and scares Kinako saying "Found you" while she was eating leaves. Yahiko first meets Kinako in a forest with Okina. Yahiko likes it when Zenko brushes his fur in his fox form. After Haruitsuki forced Yahiko into apologizing to Zenko for putting a seal on her, Zenko said that as punishment, Yahiko will have to help out at her temple. They ended up playing hide and seek at a graveyard near Zenko's temple. He wanted to play with them immediately but was stopped by Zenko, saying that they have class. Yahiko met Zenko and bit her in order to force Hanae and Haruitsuki into playing hide and seek with him. He is the second victim to Hanae's influence. He volunteered to train Hanae's yōkai detecting skills by playing hide-and-seek with him during the photography overnight trip by which he scares Hanae a lot with his 'free add-ons' while playing. Yahiko is not that fond of Hanae but they are on friendly terms. Yahiko met Hanae, he forced him to play hide and seek, along with Haruitsuki and Zenko, in exhange for the removal of the seal on Zenko's wrist. When Hanae's influence nearly hurt Yahiko, Haruitsuki intervened just in time to kick Hanae out of the way to rescue Yahiko. Haruitsuki is also shown to care about Yahiko a lot even though he refers to Yahiko as a three year old kid. Yahiko only likes to be carried by Haruitsuki and enjoys being with Haruitsuki. Yahiko commmented that Haruitsuki has become scarier than before. Eventually, Haruitsuki remembered Yahiko and forced him to apologize to Zenko for biting and putting a seal on her. After reuniting with Haruitsuki, he was a little disappointed that Haruitsuki was unable to recognize him. Eventually, Yahiko heard nasty rumors spread by other yōkai and was worried that the Haruitsuki he knew was no more. Yahiko met Haruitsuki when he was seven, lost in a forest and ended up playing hide and seek with Haruitsuki for three days. Yahiko has a threatening aura but is capable of concealing it to the point Abeno couldn't detect him when they remet after eight years. Yahiko is able to give seals by biting people as shown in Chapter 14. It has also been shown that Yahiko can transform in another person's appearance, as shown when he transformed into Haruitsuki in the same chapter, or to any physical appearance imaginable as shown when he was playing Hide-and-Seek with Haruitsuki and Hanae as part of Hanae's yōkai-sensing training. Unlike other yōkai, Yahiko's transformation ability is shown to extend to inanimate objects, as shown when he transformed into a gravestone while playing Hide-and-Seek with Haruitsuki, Hanae and Zenko in Chapter 15. Yahiko is able to transform into a fox or human at anytime he wants to. He is also scared that the people he knew will change, as seen when he said to Haruitsuki that he heard nasty rumors and was happy that Haruitsuki is still the same, though a bit scarier. He always is quite mischievous as he secretly ate food from Zenko's temple. Yahiko acts like a child, he wishes to play with everyone as long as he wants. However, when he is angry or serious, his eyes are narrowed and turn red. In this form, he has short light brown hair and dons a white and reddish-brown kimono and sandals. In his human form, he takes on the form of a young boy around the age of 12. His ears and front paws has black fur, around his neck a yellow cloud-like scarf. Yahiko first appeared as a white fox with closed eyes and a large fluffy tail that eventually splits into three.