Delpha

Delpha is the het ship between Nine Alpha and Nine Delta from the DARLING in the FRANXX fandom.

Canon
Nine Alpha and Nine Delta were squadmates in the elite parasite squad known as the 9's. Both shared a disdain towards Zero Two as they disliked how she had preferential treatment from Papa and Dr. FRANXX when they were all part of the same squad. Nine Delta was shown to follow whatever Nine Alpha says and thinks. When Kokoro dropped the baby book on accident, Nine Delta picked it up and handed it over to Nine Alpha, who examined it further and concluded that it contained banned information Papa never taught them. As Nine Alpha flipped through the book, Nine Delta seemingly stood eagerly in front of Nine Alpha, feeling pleased that she was helping him stomp out any rebellion against Papa. Furthermore, when Nine Alpha prevented Zero Two from helping MitsuKoko escape after holding their wedding, Nine Delta soon followed suit.

Nine Alpha was known to be generally emotionless and aloof. He was shown to look down on Squad 13 for their inability to cast their emotions aside. However, when a VIRM soldier attacked Nine Delta and her partner's FRANXX during the second battle of the Gran Crevasse, Nine Alpha got infuriated and shouted for it to stop, but it didn't. When Nine Alpha saw that her FRANXX had been destroyed, he got consumed with rage. He started killing both VIRM soldiers and Klaxosaurs mindlessly, even though he previously mocked the members of Squad 13 for killing VIRM soldiers when Papa hadn't instructed them to do so.

Manga
In the manga, Nine Alpha approached Cerasus in a terrible state after fighting off a huge horde of klaxosaurs. When his 9 Model opened up its palm, it revealed an escape pod, with Nine Delta inside. Alpha was briefly unconscious once admitted into the hospital but when he woke up and learned Delta was alive, Alpha was shown to be so relieved he shed tears.

When 001 invaded Plantation 13 and began manipulating Delta, prompting her to disappear, Alpha was shown to be very concerned for her. Ikuno took note of this and said that even the 9’s are capable of sentimentality, but Alpha brushed this off.

Once 001 retreated and Delta was saved, she and Alpha paired up together to help Squad 13 get Hiro to Zero Two during the siege of the Gran Crevasse. After the battle ends, they are shown watching over the parasites contemplating their future.

Fanon
Nine Alpha is the member of the 9's with the most lines, while Nine Delta is the only speaking female member of the 9's. This led some fans to ship them. They are also favourite 9's members among DARLING fans.

Fandom
DANBOORU
 * unapoppu