Name: Takaya Ignos

Also known as: No. 4.2, The Beast, Taka

Species: Malino (Chimera Clone)

Age: unknown (despite looking like a young adult, he's only a few months old)

Family: Shinya Belos (genetic source)

Personality: Takaya is what Shinya could have been if he had gone down a much darker path, he's psychotic and doesn't care for other Malinos, he also doesn't harm children, not because he cares about them, he prefers his victims fighting back, to him there's no fun in harming defenceless people and he has let people go. However he has shown hesitance in harming Berry's classmates. He also has a twisted love for Shinya calling him "brother". Later after Lilly cried for him. He becomes remorseful for what he did to others and is determined to atone. This causes Shinya to accept him as his brother.

Abilities: Takaya has the same abilities as Shinya, also due to fighting against Shinya, he was able to engrave the training Shinya received from Max into his body allowing him to become just as skilled in armed and unarmed combat, he and Shinya also have the ability to sense each other when they're nearby to each other

Biography: Shinya's clone was created when a Pretty Blood scientist who had watched the competition that Shinya had been forced to participate in was unsatisfied that the higher ups had let such a valuable asset go, after searching the arena they found a sample of Shinya's blood. After studying it, they and several others created a clone of Shinya. Unknown to them they had created a monster, as soon as his creation was complete, the Clone broke free and massacred several scientists and guards before escaping into the world.

Shinya's clone would later meet his "brother" after he had killed several Malino as a twisted gift to Shinya, but Shinya horrified at what he did rejected him, heartbroken and angry, he named himself Takaya Ignos and swore that he would get to get Shinya to accept him, and he would also punish the world for hurting Shinya when he was growing up. The two clashed several times after that, Takaya was determined to get his brother to accept him while Shinya was determined to put an end to this twisted version of himself. Later Takaya would meet Lilly and after hearing his story from Shinya, she realised something Shinya himself had overlooked, Takaya was a victim of Pretty Blood just like her and Shinya, when she realised this, she started crying for him Takaya was shocked at this but started crying himself, this young girl understood, he hadn't chosen to be created, it was this that saved Takaya from the darkness. He then collapsed to his knees and surrendered. He was imprisoned but offered a deal, in exchange for killing those who couldn't be reformed, his prison time would be reduced, Takaya agreed and earned his freedom. Shinya was waiting for him when he left the prison and finally accepted him as his brother. Takaya's new goal is to protect the world he once hated.

Trivia: Takaya's first name comes from Takaya Aiba aka Tekkaman Blade from the anime of the same name (I couldn't resist, I did try finding another name but well I just went with that one)

Takaya's last name is meant to be a mirror to Shinya's, Ignos has the same first four letters as the word "ignored", ignored is an antonym of beloved which shares the first four letters as Shinya's last name "Belos", I also chose this as Ignos and Belos sounded similar to each other.

Shinya has sometimes seen Takaya paying his respects at Berry's grave, Shinya thinks he has a genetic memory of the kindness Berry showed Shinya when they met as children.

The reason why he has different colours than Shinya is because his age was artificially accelerated during his creation. This is also why he has two horns rather than three.