Yako

Yako is a supernatural haunting a set of stairs at Kamome Gakuen. She is the current representative of the 2nd School Mystery, The Misaki Stairs. Yako first appears as a woman with long, beige hair tied and braided on one side of her head. In her hair she wears a red and white ribbon that has small bells on it, reminiscent of fox ears. Her eyes are bright green. She wears a flower-patterned dark red kimono with a white haori and matching white gloves and socks, as well as brown geta sandals with red straps and a lime green obi. She is noted to be very beautiful by Nene. Her real form is a small white fox with a red bib tied around her neck. She has bell earrings, similar to the ribbon in her human form. In the past, she was an Inari statue in front of a temple gate, presumably near Misaki's schoolhouse. Yako is a prideful supernatural who thinks little of humans other than her beloved deceased Misaki. She was willing to do anything to bring him back. She has little understanding of humans and their anatomy. As a result, she employed the help of the students to rebuild Misaki's body and had no qualms with removing them if she deemed the bodies they created inadequate. Later, she admits while her rumor was altered by Yugi Tsukasa, she retained full control of her actions. She describes it as a side of her that she often kept bottled up, but was then dragged out by force. She prefers to be treated with respect, asking others to call her by her name instead of calling her "Kitsune". In moments of vulnerability, she lashes out by biting others or verbally berating them. However, she still has a bit of a soft side, as seen when she comforted Kou after hearing about the incident with his friend, and even allows him to call her "Nee-san". With a lofty ego, she is reluctant to lend her powers, only giving in when Hanako threatened her with a knife and the promise of "Kitsune udon".