The Stray

The Stray is a former shinki of Yato and Rabo. She has multiple other names and owners, notably Ebisu and Takemikazuchi, although she is most often seen working for Yato and Father. The Stray appears to be a very petite young woman with straight chin-length black hair and has deep purple eyes. She also wears a "forehead covering" typical of Japanese ghosts and pale-colored lipstick. She is most commonly seen wearing a white kimono with a red and gold kimono belt. The robe is worn similarly to a burial gown - pure white, crossed right over left - indicating that she's not a living person. She wears sandals on her feet along with white split-toed socks. Additionally, her person is adorned with the kanji representing the names given to her by her many masters. Her ayakashi form is that of a small child with a distended belly, with a scaly, fish-like tail protruding from where the umbilical cord would have been. The Stray, at first comes off as very gentle and kind. She seems to care deeply for Yato, and continually prompts him to use her, because she was once a human and all she wanted was to have a family that cared about her. That however did make her greedy enough that she turned to violence. Later, it is revealed how manipulating and cruel she is. She tries to kill Yukine as well as taunts him, due to the fact that he was impure, but also because she wants Yato to use her instead of him. She also tries to kill Hiyori due to how close she has gotten to Yato and believing she has softened him. She is depicted to show interest in anything with beauty, as shown when she commented on Yukine's eyes.[citation needed] She, like Yato, is influenced and controlled by the actions and demands of "Father," whom we later find out is Kouto Fujisaki. Although she is initially seen as a villain, she is another puppet in the grand scheme of their father. As a child who died before she was born, she knows neither good nor evil.