Kakine Teitoku (Beetle 05)


 * For the sake of clarity in this article, the Kakine Teitoku which retains the personality as seen in volume 15 will be referred to as the Original Kakine Teitoku.

Kakine Teitoku (垣根 帝督) is the name of the being that has been taken over by Beetle 05 (カブトムシ05). He was originally a white Rhinoceros Beetle made by the original Kakine Teitoku using his Dark Matter.

He was introduced in Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 06. Originally resembling a robotic construct created by Kakine to delegate his work, due to the effects of Takitsubo Rikou's and Beetle 05 wresting away the essence that makes Kakine Teitoku through his own will, Beetle 05 is now Kakine Teitoku, though with a significantly different character than the original.

Appearance
He originally appeared as an actual white Rhinoceros beetle with normal green eyes which signified that his was functioning, when he reinterpreted Teitoku's orders and began protecting Last Order and Fremea Seivelun, his eyes turned red to indicate his malfunction. After he had taken the character of Original Kakine Teitoku, his eyes turned to green, and has kept this green eye color when his body turned to that of the Original Kakine Teitoku.

He is described as being a white boy after his take over, which probably mean that he has retained being colored all white. However, regarding his physiology, it is unknown whether or not he could be considered as a human, as he cannot feel pain at the time of being a beetle, and being made of Dark Matter, let alone being considered as male. For the purpose of this wiki, the character shall be referred as male, just like Aiwass.

Personality
When Beetle 05 achieved self-awareness, the kind side of Kakine Teitoku's personality, surfaced. This personality, is someone that desires to protect others, enough for even to sacrifice himself, as shown when Beetle 05 allowed himself to be battered by his fellow Beetles to allow Last Order and Fremea to flee.

Although, one can assume that it was not truly his feelings in the first place but his directive to follow the "orders" at all cost, which is to protect Last Order and Fremea after his reinterpretation of it. One can also assume that it was truly his own prerogative that he allowed Last Order and Fremea to get to Fräulein Kreutune despite the inherent danger, foregoing his reasoning for emotions. Moreover, the narrative states at the time of the change of in his eyes from green to red, that even though it came from a mistake, some form of "direction" appeared within the Beetle, and that, even with all the errors popping inside of him over the discrepancy with the theoretical ideal evasive and tactical actions, he denied it as well in order to assure safety to Shiage and the rest. This implies that his personality, existed as early as Rikou's power affected him. Before taking over, he defined himself to what he thought who Kakine Teitoku was, and ever did he fear becoming what the Original Kakine Teitoku was in the presence of the two girls, and denied within himself for the duration when he was still bound in the form of Beetle 05.

With this, we can at least conclude that indeed, Beetle 05 is now an entity of his own, with his own prejudices, fears, and desires, and not driven by orders, even before taking over the existence known as Kakine Teitoku, and it is evident if the urban legends of him helping people if called are proven true.

Background
Beetle 05's may have been formed by the original Kakine Teitoku, when he found Fräulein near the area where Accelerator, Hamazura Shiage, and their friends have gathered. However, despite seemingly made just at that moment, it seems that the Beetle 05 has some knowledge of things that it couldn't possibly known on its own, like knowing that a strange weapon reinforced with the power of Dark Matter competed for market share with a shoulder-fired rocket launcher, implying that he has gained knowledge outside his own senses, like retaining memories from the Original Kakine Teitoku, it existing prior to its deployment against Fräulein, or is simply symptom of Beetle 05 slowly gaining control over the existence known as Kakine Teitoku.

Ichihanaran Festival Arc

 * Main article:Ichihanaran Festival Arc

Beetle 05 may have been first seen summoned by the Original Kakine Teitoku along with his "brethren" upon the roof of a building, after he sees Fräulein Kreutune as well as Accelerator.

His first actual appearance is in the tunnel where Accelerator dumped, Last Order, Fremea Seivelun, Hamazura Shiage, Takitsubo Rikou, and Yoshikawa Kikyou into in order not to get involved with his battle with Kakine Teitoku. Here, he malfunctions in trying to check the order of "Destroying any and all elements that obstruct our mission," due to the presence of Takitsubo Rikou and her AIM Stalker. As he rechecks his orders, he asks his fellow Beetles to assist him. Here, they list down what they think their mission objective is: "to defeat Fräulein Kreutune and eliminate the objective behind her actions, eliminate anyone who would obstruct the battle between Accelerator and Kakine Teitoku, secure the battlefield, eliminate the recent continuing threat to the City by defeating all dangerous elements," and finally, "to protect the residents of the City from all anticipated dangerous elements." However, they then shortly fire at each other, concluding that they, as well as Kakine Teitoku, are "also" dangerous elements in the City, as speculated by Kihara Yuiitsu. They may have been, too, affected by Rikou's AIM Stalker.

Beetle 05 is then felled, and near Shiage and the others, asking what he was doing, to which Shiage replies not to ask him. It tried to target Last Order again, but the malfunction has taken hold, and determined that Last Order and the rest of them are not a threat. Beetle 05 tells them that he will save them in order to protect this order list from a fatal contradiction. Getting back up, Beetle 05 eyes' turn from green to red, indicating that he has indeed been lost from the will of the original. Perhaps, this is due to his close proximity to Rikou, at that moment. Moreover, a form of direction had appeared within Beetle 05.

Underground in the subway tunnel, the group flees, whilst Beetle 05 holds the other beetles off as long as his strength could bear it. The beetles concentrated their fire on Last Order, for they determined that she was the quickest method in robbing the reason for Fräulein's actions. When they came upon a locked door and Beetle 05 opened it for them, telling them to go as he fires another shell upon the ceiling, collapsing it upon the other beetles. And when all of them have escaped into another hall, they discovered that the door was too small. However, Beetle 05 paid no attention to this for he did not intend to beat the other beetles in the first place. Beetle 05 slammed into the door, shutting the egress from the other beetles with his body. Shiage questions his judgment, to which Beetle 05 states that it his plan, and that since he has left Kakine Teitoku's control, he can no longer renew his Dark Matter, and will break apart. He tells them that the only way to escape from the enemies that can regenerate infinitely is to block their path. But Shiage would not stand for it and demands for him to come as well, but Beetle 05 will not yield. And Shiage could only feel helpless, as Beetle 05 acts as a wall against the other beetles for them. He is later forced by Yoshikawa Kikyou and Takitsubo Rikou to leave.

As Beetle 05 continue to hold the other beetles at bay, and denying the errors that appeared due to the discrepancy of his actions of not fleeing when he is currently in danger, his body becomes battered by their attacks and is slowly breaking apart. Standing firm, Last Order and Fremea suddenly appears before him, surprising him. Thinking quickly, he moves away from the door that he blocked, and starts beating his wings at a certain amplitude in order to make them float. The beetles tried to give chase, but soon detected a train incoming inside the tunnel. However, it was all a ruse of Beetle 05, striking the subway truck in a pattern identical to the vibration of a train to get away from them.

Gaining some distance from the other beetles, Beetle 05, he and the girls rest easy, as Fremea marks him, with a permanent marker, as a member of the Hamazura Brigade.

After weaving through the subway tunnels, Beetle 05 finally came above ground with the two girls. Beetle 05 thought about what steps he should do next as they could not stay there all the time, for ever did the other beetles will track them. He tries to explain the situation to them, but Fremea and Last Order would not yield and abandon him. Beetle 05 tells them that the two of them were being pursued by several different enemies, such as the other beetles, Kakine Teitoku himself, and Fräulein Kreutune. The last one, a being that he could nos possibly predict and oppose. He then explains to them what is occurring to Fräulein, and of her goal. However, that too did not break the girls' spirits, saying that they need to save them. Beetle 05 fell silent, unable to comprehend such irrational actions—to go through danger for a friend in need who may be the one to doom them. In the end, Beetle 05 could not help but go along with their reckless plans. As he is fated to be pursued by his master, and to be rejected as a rampaging weapon by other organizations, he could at least give meaning to leaving his master's control by helping the girls perfectly accomplish their goals on their own terms.

While looking for Fräulein, the girls stopped for a break, with the full bloom of Ichihanarasai before them. His presence did not alert anyone for it was Ichihanaransai, and the people assumed he was part of one of the festivities. There, the girls are enthralled with the festival events, seemingly forgetting that they need to find Fräulein. Forced to find the rambunctious lot, Beetle 05 is lead on by the girls, and participates in the festival activities with them. But surely, the toll of leaving Kakine Teitoku’s control had taken on the beetle was finally beginning to show itself, as cracks began to form on him.

As the girls continue to enjoy the festival, Beetle 05 concluded that even though they were in danger against the other beetles, it would be optimal to remain constantly moving rather than remain in one place, using the unpredictable movements of the girls to his advantage. However, Beetle 05 becomes worried as the girls are just staying in place. He asks them if they know how to find Fräulein, to which they show to him their buzzer, which would help them track her. As all this is going on, Beetle 05 tries to control where the cracks form and their rate of spread through his actions. This was because he was worried that the girls would discover that he is cracking, but their excitable nature put upon a great burden upon his form. Beetle 05 begins thinking on how to confront Fräulein after Last Order or Fremea finds her using the buzzer, and concludes that he cannot entrust them to such a reckless plan. As he continues to deteriorate, and as he thinks that the eventual contact with Fräulein would result in his destruction, they witness in an airship the beauty contest at Eiri High School with Shokuhou Misaki and Kumokawa Seria.

As the various battles thunder in the multi-level overpass, Beetle 05 and the girls finally arrive and find Fräulein. The girls insist in coming near towards her, but Beetle 05 declines as the battle between Kamijou Touma and Leivinia Birdway are currently occurring, and the fact that he will unable to withstand a battle. Beetle 05 states that he will try to analyze the combatants attack patterns and calculate, in order to find an opening.Suddenly, his voice disappeared, as well as the girls. He is come to a world void opf color and sound, and not a single leaf moved where they stood. But he was unconcerned with his, as he focused his attention on the person that stood before himand before him—Kakine Teitoku. It was a trial of the mind.

The Kakine Teitoku before Beetle 05 reveals to him that his existence is what Beetle 05 used to define himself. He tells Beetle 05 why he appeared before him. It was because he has been separated from his master for a long time, and that he was turning into something else. However, because he was afraid of losing himself as a simple portion of Kakine Teitoku, and became fearful, he appeared to remind him what he was to lose. He was there to remind him what his original form was. Confused, Beetle 05 asks who he is, to which the apparition answers with another question: "What should you do to act like yourself."

The apparition tells Beetle 05 that his greatest enemy wasn't Fräulein or the beetles, but his own person after gaining the trust of the targets, reminding on how he has failed to tell them that he too was a threat. Here, the apparition reminds him that it was because he would be forced to realize that sad truth that he kept on denying to himself, that his defining himself against who Kakine Teitoku belies the fact that he is still part of Kakine Teitoku. He is still a slave to Kakine Teitoku despite being free of his will, for a part of him still lingers. The apparition tells him to release himself, and orders "his kind" of Kakine Teitoku to kill the targets.

The girls witness the transformation. Beetle 05 could not escape being a slave Kakine Teitoku, and could not acquire personality beyond him. And thus, his form begins to crack, and reveals a new body before the girls. From his red eyes that represented his malfunction to "normal" green eyes. He became Kakine Teitoku. Beetle 05 took the personality of Kakine Teitoku that was kind and protecting of people, freeing himself from the hesitation of killing his targets for there was not a need to anymore. He shouts his name as Kakine Teitoku. His very existence crumbles the form of the Original Kakine Teitoku into dust.

Seeing Touma's victory over Leivinia Birdway, Teitoku takes the girls to their friend despite the danger. Teitoku may have been witness to Touma's plans in stopping Fräulein from eating Last Order's brains.

Teitoku the Rhinoceros Beetle later becomes an urban legend. The legend pertains to Teitoku coming to the rescue when one calls out for his name, when they are in danger.

As a Dark Matter Beetle
As Beetle 05 was created by the Original Kakine Teitoku using his Dark Matter power, he retains the characteristics present on all Dark Matter Beetles, such as the ability to vibrate their wings to speak for themselves, or used by the Original Kakine Teitoku to speak through if he chose to.

He also originally acted like a cyborg, explaining its apparent analytical prowess, and logic-based thinking.
 * Regeneration: Beetle 05 originally had the ability to renew his Dark Matter when he was under the will of the Original Kakine Teitoku, allowing him to regenerate parts of himself apparently indefinitely.
 * Flight: He has the ability to fly using its wings, and if he chose to, can vibrate it to allow certain things at a certain amplitude in order to make them float.
 * Cannon: Using the large horn on its head. It can fire Dark Matter shells on targets, apparently exploding upon impact. It does not use gun powder; it does not smoke when fired. Instead, it uses a spring system to fire the shells. Moreover, the shells are unable to destroy other beetles.

As Kakine Teitoku
After becoming Kakine Teitoku, it come be presumed that he retains all the abilities that the Original had, like the ability to regenerate at a whim, create an apparently unlimited number of objects like spears, and create cyborg-like objects.

He may be even able to use his Dark Matter to take all the information in an area and give them shape, called Residual Thought. The Dark Matter runs through surfaces of materials to obtain information of past events, like Psychometry. Like a record or CD, the record of those vibrations on the surfaces of allows him to replay it.

Quotes

 * (To Shiage, from NT6): "...What was I trying to do?"
 * (To Fremea and Last Order, ibid): "Understood... We will escape Kakine Teitoku’s pursuit and also work to save Fräulein Kreutune. Is that okay?"
 * (From NT6): "I never had to become anything other than Kakine Teitoku."
 * (From NT6): "My name is Kakine Teitoku, Academy City’s #2 Level 5 and the user of Dark Matter."
 * (Rumor in Academy City, from NT6): "All sorts of scary rumors spread through this city, but if you run across one of the scary people spoken of in those rumors, you just need to shout out as loudly as you can. Shout out, “Help me, rhinoceros beetle!” If you do that, you will be all right. Academy City’s #2 Level 5 who uses Dark Matter will come. Someone named Kakine Teitoku will surely come to save you."