Gaty Nene Hawk

ガティ=ネネホーク

Gat or Gato is a character in Saiyuki Reload that started appearing at "Even a Worm Arc". His full name is Gaty Nene Hawk, as seen on volume 9, chapter 43 of Saiyuki Reload. ~~~ __Background__~~~ Hazel's large bodyguard/traveling companion, he wields two pistols. He fights recklessly for Hazel because he can be instantly brought back to life or healed as long as Hazel has a soul stored in his pendant or there is a corpse nearby to take a soul from. His past is largely unknown except that he met Hazel several years before, was injured by him, but spared. He believes that being with and protecting Hazel is his destiny. He appears to be of Native American descent, and doesn't require sleep. He is said by Ukoku Sanzo to have been a young man of a tribe that worships nature. When the demons they had forged peace with attacked, Hazel tried to help. Gato originally opposed him and became the first human Hazel had ever mistakenly killed. He immediately was brought back, but his tribe saw him as an abomination against nature and shunned him. A man from the Eastern continent, he visited Shangri-la with Hazel. He is a dead man brought back to life by Hazel&rsquo