Kaito Tanaka & Orion [ COMPLETE ]

Name: Kaito Tanaka
Alias:Kai, Kiddo, Mini Tanaka
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Height: 3'9
Weight: 56.8 lb
Birth Date:August 5th
Birth Place: Shibuya

Skills/Talents:

• Martial Arts
• Climbing Trees (and other things)
• Dinosaur Facts
• 'Making Smiles' (cheering people up, he's proud of this one)

Backpack Contents:

• Water Bottle
• Snacks, both Salty & Sweet!
• A Bag of Marbles
• Random Jacket scrunched up, at the bottom (Often used as a 'bed' for Orion when he is in the backpack)
• A Worn Notebook with random pieces paper sticking out of it
• Several stray pencils

Digivice:


Personality:
Kaito is most certainly the kind of kid that wears his heart on his sleeve, he is affectionate to those he cares for, and truly he has a big heart and a pure kindness that makes him care about everyone - even strangers, much to the concern of those that know him well. If he sees someone that needs help, regardless of his small size, Kaito is quick and eager to help however he can! More than once he has helped a little old lady carry groceries and has been dubbed a 'little gentleman'. He is still an incredibly active child, one of many reasons he first began martial arts was with the hopes of wearing off some of the constant energy Kaito seems to possess. It's a very rare sight to see him sitting in one place for too long, he loves climbing trees - and pretty much anything that is up high, he loves animals and has a huge fascination with dinosaurs.

There is still an innocence about Kaito, being still so young and in awe of the world around him - he is rather quick to trust others and still believes that people are naturally good and have good intentions. Even when someone does something bad, he still believes that there is good within them -  everyone deserves a second chance. He does have an incredibly inquisitive nature and shows curiosity about just about everything around him, outer space and dinosaurs are still the longest lasting favourite, but learning new things can be fun - and not just read about in books - this leads to a multitude of almost constant questions and a little boy eager to do all kinds of new things particularly if someone he knows is doing something 'cool', he wants to try it too! 

When it comes to the Digital World, Kaito shows a huge interest in just about everything about it - eager to learn about the world that his buddy Orion came from. Much like Orion is curious about the world Kaito lives in, the idea of there being others like Orion facinates Kaito - after all, Orion is super awesome - more like his friend have to be a good thing right?

Appearance:

It's a shock of dark, messy and highly unkempt hair that is young Kaito's most noticeable part of his appearance. No matter what is done with it, try as one might - his hair has a mind of its own! Other than his hair it is his light skin, a faint dash of freckles when having been in the sun a lot and a cheeky little grin with wide brown eyes that is the next thing most notice. Like most young children, Kaito is still fighting the 'short height' problem, he's a little shorter than some his age - often mistaken for younger than he actually is, but he doesn't yet see it as a huge problem - after all, he is only eight - that's still a lot of years to grow as tall as his big brother! Despite his small size, Kaito is a tough little boy already with a bit of muscle thanks to his interest in martial arts, not to mention the endless energy that has him on the go until he does finally sleep.

Kaito is very much a normal little boy, he likes clothing that is comfortable but that he can still run around in and climb a tree - not to mention clothes that he won't end up in trouble for getting dirty! When picking his own outfits out, he can usually be seen in average shirts and pants, some with stains or small rips - the shoes an optional thing, but commonly simple sneakers if forced to wear them - but being barefoot is his preference - otherwise he's likely been dressed by someone else - which can commonly be noticed by the usually uncomfortable look on his face - if the pouting isn't already a give away.


FaceClaim: Dragon Ball Z • Son Goten • Kaito Tanaka

Personal History:

Kaito Tanaka is a young human child, currently only eight-years old, he is the youngest child in his little family - having an older brother quite a bit older than himself. They share the same father, but have a different mother - so it was a surprise when Kaito suddenly appeared at the Tanaka's door step one cool August night. Barely more than a week old and with only a small blanket with a 'K' stiched into the right corner - his birth mother having been a bit of a secret that Reiko Tanaka had kept from his family - she was young and couldn't handle having a child, the result of an affair with the older man. As such, Kaito has never known his birth mother - the only mother he remembers is his Step Mother, the one who raised him - a reminder of her husbands affair.

Despite the rather....tense - feelings that came along with him being the child of an affair resulted in. The Tanaka's welcomed Kaito into their lives, raising him alongside his older half brother - Reiko Tanaka was a rather well known man in Shibuya - running his own company, he worked long hours and traveled much of the time. These things didn't change with a second, younger child. Most of the time, he was barely even home - leaving just the two boys and their mother to raise them. A constant wonder of when he'd be home and a silent concern of if maybe... maybe Kaito wasn't the only child out there the result of an affair...

When not with his step-mother, Kaito would almost always be around his brother - his brother being his favorite person in the world. When he began attending school, it was his brother who would take him - dropping him off each day and picking him up every afternoon - it was with a wide and proud smile that would appear on his face - proudly pointing out his 'big brother' to the other children. As strange and sometimes awkward as things could be, his brother always made sure things were good and Kaito was taken care of. When their dad wasn't around, his brother was always there if he needed something - and even if he didn't. His step mother always tried, despite the sad looks she sometimes gave the small boy - she still gave him what she could. Her relationship with their father never quite recovered - but Kaito was not to blame, and when he'd bring her pictures he had drawn - rambling about a dinosaur fact, it was hard to not adore the young child.

It was Kaito that was hit hardest when she suddenly grew sick, wanting to do whatever he could to make his step mother well again. His little heart aching to make things better, he didn't fully undertstand what was wrong - other than that she was sick. So he'd try and bring her soup, and a wet towel to place on her head - he'd read to her until she would fall asleep - all things that were done for him whenever he was sick. But she didn't get better... no matter what was done, she was still sick - and it felt wrong and people would give sad looks when they'd hear she was sick. It didn't make sense to the young boy, how the only Mother he had was sick and not getting better - she even went to doctors! She had medicine - so why wasn't it working? 

The day she was lost, was one that hit the hardest - it was the first time in Kaito's life he experienced loss that he understood, the happy little boy was far quieter - struggling to fully come to grips and understand everything that was going on. Even the appearance of their father wasn't what it usually was - instead it was a funeral, literally. The first time their father had been home in almost a year, and it was because his wife had passed. 

It was a bit of a media circus, even among the grief - people were nosy and their father was still distracted by work. Almost as soon as it was over he was saying goodbye to his sons and was off for another 'important meeting', barely pausing to arrange someone to be at the house to look after his children while he was busy with his work and away from home. Things were rough for the two Tanaka children, but Kaito knew his big brother was there with him - and as long as that remained true... things would be okay. Somehow.

A little over a year later, things are mostly 'normal' - while Kaito still missing the presence of his step-mother, his big brother mostly looks after him as he always has done, perhaps a little more now - taking over some of the things their mother used to do. Their father makes trips home a little more often, but is almost always busy on the phone or computer for 'meetings' or 'business' - things Kaito doesn't fully understand, but they are apparently very important. His brother is still the one who takes him to and from school, which is still a favorite thing for Kaito - he still proudly shows his brother off and talk about what happened that day with him. A more recent development however is one that his brother doesn't yet know, the 'stuffed animal' that Kaito always seemes to have on his person - his 'bestest buddy' Orion, isn't as much of a 'toy' as is assumed. For the first time ever, Kaito has a secret - and for some reason that makes his stomach feel just a little bit 'icky' that its a secret from his big brother - at the same time, he knows its important - Orion is special after all and its an important thing that Kaito is chosen as his partner even though Kaito is still so young.

Kaito is still a curious child, eager to learn and help those around him - he doesn't talk about his father much, if at all. But is always happy and eager to talk about his big brother - and dinosaurs! He's known by his last name, the Tanaka name being known due to their father's company more than anything else, Kaito is known as 'Mini Tanaka' around the higher grades due to his older brother and the quite similiar appearance he shares with his big brother. He doesn't mind the second one, always happy when someone asks if he is the younger brother. To those who know Kaito, he is simply known as Kai - a nickname and privilage to shorten his name given to those he considers friends. To his buddy Orion, he is something special though - his partner, his human - his 'bestest buddy'. 

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