Cid Kagenou/Relationships

Mr. Kagenō
Due to his cowardness and negligence, Cid does not hold any respect for his father. He also privately fears that he might go bald like his father as he gets older.

Mrs. Kagenō
Cid's relationship with his mother is unknown, though he seems to at least hold her in higher regard than his father.

Claire Kagenō
Cid has a tense relationship with his sister, Claire. While she always makes every attempt to inject herself into his life, Cid was annoyed by this and tried desperately to ignore her, even running away from her. Despite everything, Cid genuinely cares for Claire and helps her whenever she gets into trouble.

Sherry Barnett
Sherry is Cid's upperclassman in Midgar Academy. The two encountered one another after Cid passed Sherry his chocolate on random. Cid and Sherry had a friendly relationship. although Cid doesn't know that Sherry had developed feelings for him. It's during the terrorist attack at the academy that Cid took serious interest in her, thinking she might be important to the "main plot".

One thing to note is that it's implied Cid genuinely did care for Sherry as he constantly protected her from the terrorists and was seemingly disgusted upon learning Lutheran Barnett murdered Sherry's mother and he personally gave the evil man a painful death in retribution. Although, he didn't tell the witnessing Sherry about her adoptive father's true nature, thinking it was better she kept her loving view of him and hating his alter-ego Shadow.

Skel & Po
Skel and Po are Cid's classmates and only friends in Midgar Academy.

In truth, Cid seemingly doesn't possess genuine friendship with them and only hangs around them, due to both them fitting his mob background hence why he doesn't mind being put through their antics and often remarking on how they always come through in their behavior.

He doesn't mind abandoning them to their fate when they get into trouble, due to their own stupid actions.

Alexia Midgar
Initially, he confessed to the princess as part of a bet but was surprised when she accepted. He was very annoyed, as this ruined his chances of living a quiet life and he became aware she started the relationship with him as a way to annoy Zenón, her betrothed. Over time, they become comfortable with each other, as she had no need to behave like a princess and he was able to receive money for his work as "Pooch". As the days went by, Alexia developed romantic feelings towards Cid, which led her, after being rescued by him as Shadow, to ask him to continue their relationship, only to end up being rudely rejected by Cid. As a result, he was violently attack him in response.

Despite having put an end to their fake relationship, Alexia still has feelings for him and tends to bother him whenever she has free time. Cid shows no problem in interacting with her but is annoyed that she is ruining his chances of being a background character and rejects invitations to Crimson Order to spend more together. Even so, Cid does genuinely care for Alexia despite all that. This is shown when he heard about recent murders committed by people claiming to be Shadow Garden and thought it was Alexia and was disturbed by the thought wondering what could have cause her to do it and was greatly relieved that he was wrong. In his Shadow persona, he also keeps telling her "not to get involve" in a way to keep her safe.

Alpha
Alpha is the first member Cid inducted into Shadow Garden. He first discovered the elf when he was carrying out one of his nightly raids against bandits. Upon finding her in her mutated state, Cid did not hesitate to use her as his guinea pig in further developing his magical abilities. After restoring Alpha's true appearance by accident, Cid realizes she'd be someone he has to play along with his fantasies and recruited her.

Compared to the rest of the Seven Shadows Cid has a very close personal relationship with Alpha, especially when they are alone, feeling more relaxed and open to expressing his emotions with her, in the same way Cid does not usually act like Shadow when he is with her. When the two fought,, Cid was impressed and genuinely proud of how strong Alpha became.

Beta
She loyally serves him and expresses great admiration to his abilities and will not tolerate disrespect to him. Beta also holds great affection to him, while he is oblivious to her attention but considers her a great ally.

When they were young, Cid would tell the shy and withdrawn Beta fairytales from his original world, which helped her cope with her situation. Unfortunately, many years later, he became angered at her upon learning that she had sold his stories as her own whilst leaving him out of the profits. On her part, however, Beta is genuinely unaware that she essentially committed plagiarism against him.

Although Cid acknowledges Beta's intelligence, after they were both transported to Earth, he honestly believed that it would take her at least several months to learn Japanese. As a result, he was shocked when she mastered the basics of the language in just a few days, fearing she might find out about his true origins.

Whilst in Japan, they also got into a fight in an online chat room, though neither knew of the other's true identity. While initially just teasing each other about their outlandish usernames, the situation quickly escalated when Cid mocked the "Black Knight" (his 'Shadow' persona whilst on Earth), causing Beta to start sending him death threats until she got banned from the chat.

Gamma
After being left for dead by society, she was discovered by Shadow. He revitalized the girl causing Gamma to develop a deep admiration for the power Shadow possesses which she regards as life itself.

Being one of the original seven members of Shadow Garden, Gamma has spent time training with Cid and the other girls, particularly Delta. Gamma was dismayed that she is not a competent fighter like them. That is until Cid showed her another path through intelligence. Gamma listened to Cid's Shadow Wisdom from economics to engineering and decided to pour her dedication into learning them.

Years later, however, Cid would grow jealous of Gamma having used the skills he taught her to find the Mitsugoshi Company whilst essentially keeping him out of the profits, though he noted that the company is a front for Shadow Garden and all its profits are poured into the organization. This also didn't stop him from praising Gamma for her accomplishment and giving her a reward, something that left her in awe.

Delta
Cid first met Delta when Alpha introduced her to him. Upon meeting, Delta immediately submitted to him, swearing loyalty to the boy. Despite this, Cid sometimes gets quite annoyed with Delta's overwhelming affection towards him and even more exasperated when he has to deal with the therianthrope's foolish antics, although Cid is still impressed with Delta being able to realize his identity as John Smith using her nose.

Cid knows Delta enough to understand what kind of mood she's in.

Epsilon
Following her banishment by her former family and friends, Epsilon came upon Cid who cured her of her Demonic Possession. Epsilon swore servitude to Cid after that.

Cid enjoyed having Epsilon around who used to serve tea to him when they were children. Unbeknownst to Epsilon, Cid is perfectly aware that she's wearing a specialized slime suit all over her body and thinks she's just trying to improve her skill.

Zeta
Like the rest of Shadow Garden, Zeta loves Cid and always takes the chance to spend as much time as she can with him, she also likes marking her scent on Cid's personal belonging or snuggling beside him.

Eta
Eta is one of the Seven Shades personally trained by Cid. Her intellect surpasses even his understanding, with her being able to "decipher" a message he wrote in Japanese, something he did not think was even possible. Besides this nothing is currently known about their relationship.

Rose Oriana
Cid interacted with Rose during the preliminaries to the Bushin Festival. Although Cid thought nothing much of it when it ended, Rose developed a respect for Cid's will and his ability to continue to face her, though he really intended to continue his role as a "mob character" and so deliberately let himself be attacked.

When terrorists attacked Midgar Academy, he stepped in to protect Rose from an attack if only because she was "too important of a character" to die. Rose mistakenly interpreted this was his way of showing "his love" for her, as after the attack was over and she learned that he was still alive, she went straight ahead to his hospital bed and hugged his hand while thanking him for saving her and told him that her heart was his. Ever since then, she has affectionately clung to him while Cid is annoyed that the princess of Oriana tries to get close to him, knowing that Rose fell in love with him for saving her. He tries to shake off her declarations of love and get space, but she always goes after him. At one point, he slept on the ceiling of his room on the train to get away from her after she tried to sneak in.

As it turns out, Cid met her before in their childhood and saved her from bandits under the alias "Fancy Bandit Slayer". Cid told her to get home safely after freeing her, not knowing his actions later inspired her to be a great warrior.

After hearing Rose stabbing her fiancée, Cid developed a genuine respect for her, assuming that Rose was rebelling against the marriage. He was upset that Rose eventually decided to marry Perv Asshat and he visited her and tried to bring out that rebellious spirit. When Rose confronts Perv Asshat, he assumes his alias Shadow and saves her from his minions and is surprised to hear call him bandit slayer before she reveals their past meeting. He recalls this while being surprised that Rose was the same girl he saved as a child.

Rose later joined Shadow Garden and serves under his alias Shadow, though has yet to learn that he and Cid are one and the same.

Nu
After meeting Cid, Nu became very loyal to him and has shown to have a crush on him, thanking him for granting her freedom. She will become hostile and will strike down anyone who did the slightest grievance towards him.

Victoria
Cid saved Victoria on a whim under his 'Shadow' guise when she was about to be executed for having Demon Possession. Afterward, she was so grateful that she developed feelings for him and joined Shadow Garden, eventually making her way up to becoming one of the organization's strongest members behind only the Seven Shades. On Cid's part, however, upon meeting her again he found that he barely even remembers her.

Iris Midgar
Cid acted respectfully towards the princess hence why he stayed at the special seating booth instead of leaving.

When the two faced off, Cid (as Mundane Mann) was disappointed in Iris's strength after he easily took her down with one strike. However, when Iris called him out as a coward, Cid unleashed a powerful aura to terrify the princess into submission.

In contrast, she views his alias Shadow as a menace both for his vigilantism and for the destruction his actions have cause,

Akane Nishino
Akane was the classmate of Minoru Kagenō, Cid's previous life. The two had a tense relationship, mainly on Akane's part. He didn't bother to remember Akane that much, even misnaming her. However, it's only after rescuing her from being kidnapped that Cid started to at least remember her name right, which surprised her. Their interaction didn't progress, due to his death.

Currently, Akane is trying to find a way to reunite with him after realizing he was alive somewhere.

Aurora
The Witch of Calamity and the true identity of the demon, Diablos. Cid named her Violet due to her violet-colored eyes. When the two fought at the Goddess trials, Cid wished to fight her at her full strength. Aurora summoned Cid for help in freeing her from the Holy Ground. Despite their short time together, Cid developed a friendly relationship with the witch. Before she departed, Aurora asked Cid to kill her. So far, Cid doesn't know Aurora's true identity.

Annerose
Cid met Annerose when he participated in the Bushin Festival as Mundane Mann.

She initially looked down on him, believing he didn't deserve to be in the competition but did defend him from Quinton after the latter bullied him. He was deeply ecstatic that the Vegaltan woman was a witness to his outlandish feats. Annerose apologized for her earlier belief but believed she got his fighting style down, though Cid noted that she was far from right and tries to ignore it.

After their duel was finished, Cid complimented Annerose for her efforts in fighting him when he had removed his weights before the start of the match.

Beatrix
Upon first crossing paths, Beatrix immediately reminded Cid of Alpha (as they are aunt and niece). Noticing his reaction to her appearance, Beatrix asked him if he knew someone who looked like him (meaning Alpha), to which he lied that he did not. Seeing through the lie, Beatrix proceeded to swing her sword at him to interrogate him. However, Cid dodged it by pretending to stumble and his subsequent terrified act finally fooled her into believing he was just a regular person, causing her to apologize and back off. Still, having sensed a glimpse of his true strength, Beatrix believed that Cid might get strong in the future, which he denied.

Upon seeing Cid's "Mundane Mann" and later Shadow personas in action, Beatrix immediately grew interested in him and wanted to fight him. She ended up getting this chance when shed his disguise and become Shadow to aid in Rose Oriana's assassination of her father. Facing each other, Cid and Beatrix appeared evenly matched until he got a "little serious".

In the end, even with Iris Midgar aiding her, Cid easily defeated Beatrix and told her to "not to lose sight of their true enemy" before disappearing.

Elisabeth
Cid first met Elisabeth during his infiltration of the Lawless City's Red Tower. Having heard of the "Blood Queen", he was excited to fight her. However, upon finding her coffin empty, as the ritual to revive her not had been completed yet, he lost interest and left.

However, Cid would later return to save the Shadow Garden members from the revived Elisabeth and a fight ensued. Despite not fully comprehending the situation, the Shadow was still able to see that the Blood Queen was not fully in control of herself and subsequently used "I AM ATOMIC" to revert her to normal. Afterward, while in their civilian personas, Elisabeth gave Cid a thankful look, having deduced his identity, though Cid denied knowing her to Claire.

Yukime
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Cult of Diablos
Cid and his organization Shadow Garden are sworn enemies to the cult. He formed his organization in an attempt to stand against them and their evil experiments that have ruined the lives of many civilians.

In truth, Cid believed he made the group up, in order to recruit Alpha to join his crusade against evil. He currently has no idea the villains actually existed and even when told by his subordinates of their progress against the enemy, he still believes they are roleplaying and the villains they fight are complete coincidences. It is unknown if he will ever discover the truth or what his reaction would be.

Zenon Griffey
Cid was once a student in Zenon's class. He thought that any woman would be lucky to have Zenon as a husband and wondered why Alexia would have problems being with him because of his reputation. However, he became suspicious of him after the latter had him brought him in for Alexia's disappearance and had him beaten in his interrogation, but Cid allowed it because it strengthened his image as a background character.

When Cid faced Zenon as Shadow, he hardly saw the man as an actual threat, even taking the chance to mock his skills. Cid only called Zenon pathetic for using the red lozenge, as using that borrowed power is considered weak. He decided to teach Zenon a lesson by unleashing his "I Am Atomic" attack, killing him.

Lutheran Barnett
He was initially wary of interacting with Lutheran, due to his high status and was greatly worried to hear he was Sherry's father. This coincides with his desire to stay in the background and their attempts to meet with him made it hard.

Upon learning that Lutheran murdered Sherry's mother and adopted Sherry to exploit her, Cid gets genuinely upset that he decides to inflict the old man the same death he did to his victim. Although Lutheran told him that Shadow Garden would be blamed, Shadow simply said he and his followers were vigilantes that were used to this situation so it wouldn't be a factor before he killed the latter. Although Sherry walked in on this, Shadow didn't tell her about her stepfather's true nature and allowed her to mourn the latter.

Rex
Cid encountered Rex during the terrorist attack on Midgar Academy. Despite easily overwhelming the man, Cid complimented Rex before eviscerating him to pieces.