Alpha/Relationships

Cid Kagenou / Shadow
Alpha is the highest-ranking member of Shadow Garden only below Cid, and thus she can be considered his right hand and the person closest to him. This has given her the privilege of dealing with Cid as an equal, being the only one that refers to Shadow without using honorifics, simply calling him just Shadow or Cid and leading the entire organization. Being the leader of Shadow Garden and Cid's right-hand woman is her greatest joy and pride. She became fiercely defensive of her position when Delta tried to challenge her for it.

After being saved from her possession by Cid, Alpha swore absolute loyalty to the boy and grew hell-bent in devoting her life to Cid and his cause alone. She respects her leader, even in awe at his power, wisdom, and resolve. Despite this though, Alpha was frustrated that Cid doesn't rely on her and Shadow Garden as much as she would like, and she even believed that they are a hindrance to him. This came to a head when her leader seemingly betrayed Shadow Garden and Alpha desperately fought him to prove her worth to him and failed. Defeated, Alpha was left in despair and considering of ending her life as she thought her master didn't need her any more. This was until Nu's report and Beta's translation of a secret message when Alpha discovered that Cid had not abandoned her and that everything he did was for the good of the Shadow Garden. After this revelation, her affection and appreciation for Cid had only increased by leaps and bounds.

When not leading the forces of Shadow Garden, Alpha spent her time training and learning new techniques to become strong enough to be the perfect woman for Cid. During the Sanctuary incident, when Rose Oriana and Alexia Midgar first met her, they believed that Shadow was the one pushing the limits of the definition of strength and this 'Alpha' woman had at least reached a footing on his level as his number one woman. Yukime shared the same impression upon meeting her for the first time, and the Shadow Garden numbers had similar thoughts about Alpha being Shadow's number one woman.

Alpha is deeply in love with Cid which has been further ascertained by her Japanese voice actress, Asami Seto [ Japanese VA interview], and would rather commit suicide than disappoint or disobey Cid. Alpha feels strong jealousy toward any other women that Cid pays attention to, apart from the Seven Shades. She was jealous upon meeting Cid after his release from the interrogation following the Alexia kidnapping case while asking Cid that she is not sure why Cid decided to woo Alexia. By her own admission, she told Cid that she felt strong jealousy toward Rose Oriana because Cid seemed to care for her a lot. Alpha became very happy after meeting Cid at the bar when she saw that he finally wore the suit she had given him as a present. She instantly forgave him for forgetting the promise that he would treat her to a sandwich, which she had asked of Cid in pretension of taking her on a date. She also became very nostalgic after reminiscing about the day when it was just the two of them and their time alone in the Shadow Garden, the dream she has been chasing after with her six fellow Shades.

When the financial crisis was averted and Mitsugoshi stood victorious, Alpha had ordered not only Gamma, but the Seven Shades and Named Numbers to be sworn to secrecy about Shadow's role as the mysterious "John Smith." In part to quarantine the information to a select few, but also for preserving morale among the ranks. As should the infantry Numbers learn their leader instigated such social engineering, they could likely face similar confusion and depression that Alpha faced with the revelation without understanding the totality of Shadow's logic. Thus, none in Shadow Garden but those few were allowed to know.

The thought of outliving Cid brings her immense sorrow and pain, as Elves typically have a lifespan of about 300 years. But upon learning that Cid could extend his lifespan longer than a regular human, she requested Cid to increase his lifespan to live at least as long as her. It was at her request that Cid used magic to increase his lifespan with the plan to live at least 300 years.

Like Beta, Alpha acts as somewhat of an assistant to Cid. However, Alpha likes to act more like his lover/wife when they are alone-- something neither Beta nor Epsilon would attempt to do, despite being in love with him as well. The affection that Alpha has for Cid is so great that she is willing to kill whomever hurts him, with a clear example of this being that she was willing to kill the knights who tortured Cid during Alexia's kidnapping, but didn't as Cid ordered her not to.

In order to ensure her status as Shadow's first officer, Alpha studied his Shadow Wisdom regarding other areas of expertise. This included literature and information with Beta regarding her writing; finances and commerce with Gamma to develop an income stream; culture and arts with Epsilon to understand high society interaction to best ingratiate with targets; and also mathematics and science with Eta to develop fortifications for Shadow Garden, such as rebuilding Alexandria, or understanding the complex information from the Sanctuary.

Beta
Being the first recruit into Shadow Garden, Alpha appears to share a rather close bond with Beta. This is reinforced as the two already knew each other before knowing Cid, as they are childhood friends from before they each developed Demon Possession and were exiled. Beta effectively serves as Alpha's assistant and second-in-command in the field, considering Alpha is effectively Shadow Garden's de facto leader. Due to Beta's use of Shadow's stories to infiltrate the Midgar Newspaper Association as an aspiring author, Beta brought Alpha a new avenue of intelligence gathering from the MNA's own informant network.

Alpha also entrusts Beta with special missions where special information gathering is required, given Beta's jack-of-all-trades standing. Such as sending her as Natsume Kafka for the Sanctuary or having Beta bring a trio of numbers to gather intel on the progenitor vampires in the Lawless City. From their history and training under Shadow, Alpha can entrust Beta with sensitive missions and Beta can deliver with her carefully chosen Numbers to follow her.

Gamma
Like Beta, Gamma is Alpha's right hand when it comes to managing Shadow Garden as she is responsible for the financial and administrative affairs of the organization. While Alpha and Beta were learning combat, Gamma lacked any ability and instead learning commerce and trade to compensate, and the two would join her. During the two years the Seven Shadows established Mitsugoshi, Gamma operates as the head of Shadow Garden's operations in foreign countries to ensure special resources are found before the rest of the world or the Cult of Diablos. Such as when Gamma learned of petroleum in the Velgalta Empire and moved to purchase the swathes of land where best to harvest. From Alpha learning commerce and financial understanding alongside Gamma from Shadow, this allowed both to plan brilliant commercial maneuvers and adapt to market competitors to put Mitsugoshi as the most trusted and highest quality brand name in the Midgar Kingdom. When it comes to managing resources to all Shadow Garden, Alpha can trust Gamma to handle everything from lodging for the Numbers in Alexandria to finding the budget for whatever spontaneous experiment Eta comes up with.

Delta
Alpha is often the one who has to keep the "loose cannon" Delta in check. In the past, Delta once challenged Alpha for the position of Shadow Garden's second-in-command, but was soundly defeated. Since then, Delta has shown to be rather scared of Alpha, who in turn treats her as somewhat of an unruly pet dog. Delta has since learned to comply with Alpha's commands as though she were tamed, but Alpha can still rely on Delta when needing an unrelenting force to devastate enemy forces. Such as mowing down Nelson and his clones in the Sanctuary or hunting bandits around the capital during the commerce war with the MCA.

However, despite the initial lack of respect in their relationship, Alpha deeply cares for Delta as one of her sisters. When the Therianthrope was presumably killed by "John Smith", Alpha was devastated and took it upon herself to avenge her. Conversely, when Delta returned and revealed that her disappearance was seemingly all part of the Shadow's plan, Alpha was so overjoyed at seeing her alive that she did not even punish her and embraced her instead.

Epsilon
Despite her pride, Epsilon deeply respects Alpha, which is why she tends to carry out the tasks assigned to her in the most effective way possible. Both are also superior spymasters, able to infiltrate even the most well guarded of sites or conduct an information chain of intelligence gathering for Shadow Garden's. Such as infiltrating Lindwurm during the Goddess Trials or the Oriana Kingdom amid a civil war. Should Alpha be indisposed of with another mission, she can trust Epsilon to carry out spy work or to aid Shadow in whatever situation he needs; such as finding Rose Oriana or stopping the Black Rose.

Due to Alpha status as the head of the Seven Shadows and closest to Shadow, as well as her ample figure like the others, Epsilon's daily practice with the Slime Bodysuit ironically made her as masterful with her magic manipulation as Alpha. Epsilon's skill made it so that both she and Alpha can cure Demon Possession like their master.

Zeta
While respecting Zeta's skills, Alpha wishes she could report in more often as the Therianthrope tends to go long stretches of time without communication to explore the world for Shadow Garden. She also remains unaware that Zeta is superseding her authority by having created her own splinter faction within Shadow Garden loyal solely to her. While Alpha was aware of Zeta aiding Shadow during the Academy disappearances, Alpha was unaware of Zeta using Claire Kagenou in a plan to revive Diablos.

Eta
Alpha seemed to be wary of Eta as she became worried when Beta wanted to hand the Earthling she captured to the researcher.

Rose Oriana / "666"
Upon learning that Shadow had personally cured and empowered the princess, Alpha recruited Rose herself and brought her to Alexandria for training under Lambda. While uncertain of why Shadow helped Rose, Alpha concluded it regarded the Oriana Kingdom and was proven correct when Rose exposed Duke Perv Asshat's conspiracy and corruption to the public before drawing out Mordred into the open. As such, Alpha dedicated covert resources to Oriana while the kingdom was hindered by international trade sanctions from the Cult of Diablos promoting smear campaigns against Rose's rule. Alpha sees Rose as a potential recruit into a new Seven Shadows unit and endeavors to help in honoring Shadow's wishes.

664
As Rose's team leader, Alpha was pleased by her leadership for the time she had been active. Following Oriana Kingdom becoming an allied territory, 664 resumed her original name of Nami in a mission from Alpha to be Rose's bodyguard while undercover as a royal maid.

665
Following Oriana Kingdom becoming an allied territory, 665 was assigned a mission from Alpha to be Rose's bodyguard while undercover as a royal maid.

Yukime
Having learned that she was her master's partner in the counterfeit bill enterprise, Alpha went to Yukime to recruit her so that Yukime could carry out Mitsugoshi Company's more unscrupulous activities while the reputable conduct was handled by Gamma. Alpha has since developed a respectful working relationship with Yukime, due to both of them being in love with Shadow being the link which helped them to get along with each other well.

Iris Midgar
Alpha met Iris while fighting off the mutated Millia, during which she chastised the princess for unknowingly prolonging the girl's suffering. Afterward, Iris warned the elf to not interfere with her and her men's duties, but Alpha just scoffed and relegated her to an audience viewer.

Alexia Midgar
Despite Alexia having forced Cid into a relationship with her, Alpha seems unbothered by this fact contrary to Beta, as Alpha is still assuming that it was just a ruse on Cid's part to learn about the cult's plans-- such as intercepting Zenon Griffey.

Akane Nishino
Despite having never directly met the Otherworlder, Alpha was concerned enough for her safety that she placed Akane under Beta's custody, fearing what Eta would do to her if she got her hands on her.

Claire Kagenou
Both Alpha and the rest of the Shadow Garden's members usually refer to her with immense respect. After her kidnapping and on Alpha's orders, Shadow Garden members often watch over her in order to make sure she is safe. Part of the respect is that the Named Numbers wish to protect their lord's cherished sister and to monitor her safety, as she was Cid's earliest known patient to be cured of Demon Possession-- a valuable resource should the Cult of Diablos learn such.