Yūkimaru

Yūkimaru (幽鬼丸, Yūkimaru) is a young orphan who became one of Orochimaru’s test subjects, due to his ability to partially control the Three-Tails.

Background

Yūkimaru lived with his mother in a village that was attacked by Orochimaru’s followers when Yūkimaru was a child. Guren was one of the ninja raiding the village for Orochimaru, killing everyone she came across. When she collapsed, it was Yūkimaru’s mother who tended her. When Guren woke up, she said she would spare her as an act of gratefulness towards the kind woman. However, Guren still had to follow Orochimaru’s orders, and when they met again, Guren had to kill her to keep Orochimaru’s approval. When Yūkimaru’s mother fell, her blood spilt onto the camellias nearby. Their pure white colour was changed to red as the blood was absorbed by the camellia.

Personality

Yūkimaru is a quiet and gentle boy. When asking Naruto where his home was, he was told that home is a place where people think about him, which lightened his spirit. In the end, he decided that his home was with Guren, having formed a close bond with her, akin to that of a mother and son.