Fumihiko Yamanaka

Fumihiko Yamanaka (山中文彦,Yamanaka Fumihiko) is one of the main OC characters in the Naruto fanfiction Sasuke's Kids  and is a Konohagakure Genin of the next generation. He is a member of Konohagakure's Yamanaka Clan.

Background
Fumihiko was not planned by his parents, who were still young when he was born. They'd only been married three years and were happy to have him and adjusted quickly to having a child with the support of their family. Fumihiko spent most of his time with his mother and went everywhere with her. When she grew ill they rarely left the house and near the end it became never. Fumihiko refused to leave her side, terrified if he left for a moment she'd fade into nothing.

When her other symptoms started to set in it became an even more horrific task for the little boy, when not just her body, but her mind was effected. His father was busy in the Interogation and Torture Department because of the sudden activity with the Akatsuki demanding everyone's attention. This left Fumihiko all alone to deal with it.

Fumie, having a "good moment" of mental clarity and sensing her end was near, sent Fumihiko away to get her flowers. Seeing his mother acting normal again Fumihiko was hopeful and quickly rushed off to do as she said. While he was gone Fumie sent for Inoichi, his wife, and Shikaku. She knew she would be going and she wanted to be able to hold onto her clarity at the end. Shikaku assists in making her the medicine to help her, taking away her pain and clearing her mind.

Santa returned from a mission early to find his wife on her death bed his son nowhere to be found. He asked to be left alone with her and they agreed allowing the couple to spend their last moments in private. While this was occuring Inoichi went to find Fumihiko while Romanaki began to inform the Clan of Fumie, who'd been rather popular among her clanmates, soon to be passing. Inoichi misses Fumihiko barely and the little boy runs home, unaware of what is waiting for him, arms full of the flowers his mother requested. Wait he finds is his father sobbing over his mother's dead body.

In the weeks that follow his father withdraws from the world and Fumihiko. Fumihiko grows terrified that he'll lose him and tries anything to cling to him. Finally Fumihiko, desperate to keep his last parent with him, begins to imitate his mother, copying her mannerisms and even her hair style. His father comes home, after being snapped out of his denial by Inoichi to find Fumihiko waiting to greet him just like Fumie always had. Realizing his son is still there and needs him, Santa begins to come out of his withdrawal from the world to be there for Fumihiko. Fumihiko becomes very protective and possessive of his father and continues to imitate his mother, believing this is wait helped his father, until it becomes a part of who he is.

As Fumihiko's real personality is very different than the one he presents to the public and his father he begins to build with frustration and rage. He then takes this out on Mariko, who is an easy target because of her shyness and her being mostly ignored. It is only when Ino gets onto him that he surprises his rage and keeps it inside. He then becomes the perfect shell of his mother, only revealing his true personality to Ino. She becomes his idol, surrogate parent, and a mentor to him even more so than their earlier relationship, when she was his favorite babysitter. He takes care of his father, but rarely sees him as Santa is promoted to take Inoichi's place after the war, because of the man's death. It means he is very busy, commonly leaving Fumihiko alone in their home, though they try their best to keep in contact and manage to a point.

Fumihiko was looking forward to graduating and scored in the top five of his class.

Personality
Outwardly Fumihiko's personality is quite inviting. He is charming, warm, and friendly towards everyone. He is soft spoken and humble, playing peacemaker to his classmates and never bragging about his acheivements. He is well liked for always offering help and never growing impatient with those he assists. His senseis always characterized him as the perfect student. Respectful, polite, and always eager to learn.

In truth he's quite different. Fumihiko always had a bit of a domineering personality, not knowing when to stop, and was always fine with manipulating people to get what he wanted. Once his mother died though these characteristics became extreme. His domineering personality turned bullying and he lashed out at innocent victims unable to get past the rage phase of the grieving process. He spent most of his energies protecting his father emotionally and placed a lot of his own feelings aside in his fear, leaving them unresolved. Even when Ino helped him, he still hasn't fully resolved them, leaving his grief and irrational fears still bubbling underneath the surface. Their is also a different sort of rage directed at his father, who Fumihiko views as loving his mother more coming back for her and not him. This cut them off somewhat and because of his love for him, which runs deeply mixed in with pain and fear, he won't acknowledge it.

Fumihiko acts very different around people he truly trusts revealing his "True Face". He can be very sarcastic, bratty, bossy, and snobbish. He enjoys annoying Sasuke and keeps coming back for more despite any punishments he receives. He's tempermental and a bit of a whiner. He also has a vengeful streak a mile long, because he's very prideful. He does not forget anything done against him and he always gets someone back. He is also very disrespectful of people who haven't earned his personal brand of respect and can be very harsh and judgemental. Fumihiko is also very stingy with his possessions, including the people he's close to. Despite his negative aspects he also has a lot of good ones. He's very open-minded about someone's origins treating everyone the same (not always a good thing) and is incredibly hard-working (to go with his amibitious streak). Fumihiko is also incredibly reliable when he's needed and practical about difficult situation. If he cares for somebody he can even be nurturing, putting them before himself, even thoughtful and tactful. Fumihiko is incredibly loyal to anyone who gains his love and admiration. To such a person he is completely and utterly devoted. He never goes back on his word either. Fumihiko's bossiness stems from his desire to help someone and he only bothers if he truly cares. He is also very found of children and old people, being surprisingly mature and gentle when it comes to either. His strong love of Medical ninjutsu stems from an ambitious desire to prevent children and families from going through what he went through with his mother's incurable illness. The whole reason behind Fumihiko's public face as a strong sensitivity to how other people perceive him. It's something his mother passed onto him, through his close interactions with her, and the desire to never let his father hear about him being anything less than perfect. Fumie, being from an entirely civilian family, was always sensitive to the fact that it caused some to look down on her. This cut her deeply and she tried to become the perfect ninja, and when she joined a prestigious Clan, thus compounding her self-conciousness and inferiority comlex, the perfect Yamanaka. It is so ingrained in Fumihiko that public perception is important that he's terrified of even a whiff of scandal or displeasure.

Appearance
He has long blond hair kept in a high ponytail combined with Yamanaka blue eyes making him a prime example of his Clan. He has a rather effeminate look since he trained less in Taijutsu meaning he's rather slender. He doesn’t help matters by wearing long shirts, which when combined with his shorts look more like short dresses. He has a very beautiful smile. 

He wears a purple high collared Chinese influenced top without sleeves, it is held together with string fastens looping over buttons that go straight through the front middle. The top has the Yamanaka Clan symbol on its buttons and the strings are white along with the lining on the sleeves. The shirt is fitting, but not  skin tight and rather long. This is combined with mid-thigh purple shorts. His hitai-ate, or forehead protector, in worn as a belt and is slightly unusual as he's replaced the traditionally blue cloth with white.

Clan Techniques
Fumihiko has been learning his Clan techniques from Ino for a while and it is something he takes very seriously. He has become rather skiled at them and is above Ino's level in the techniques when she entered the Chunin Exams the first time, because he spends much of his free time practicing. He is nowhere near mastering them, but he is rather proud of his progress and is slightly above Genin level in these at least. He mestery of the basics is excellent, but he hasn't tried for the more advanced ones, because he doesn't have the Chakra reserves yet.

Intelligence & Social Skills
Fumihiko is very intelligent, crossing over into genuis territory. Because of this he is well able to make up for his lack of physical skills with outplanning his enemy and manipulating them. Unlike Shikamaru he is much more motivated to use his intelligence and when combined with his social skills is rather good at manipulating people. He's quite capable of making someone believe him and is not above using his rather delicate appearance against someone. He will even pretend to be a girl if it benefits him despite his abhorrence for being mistaken for one.

Taijutsu
Fumihiko's Taijutsu was severely neglected to the point of being worse then Sakura's in Part I. He has the basics down, but refuses to practice or train his body. The pointed lack of Taijutsu skills is a very distinct disadvantage he adapts for in his fighting style, relying on techniques and plans that keep the enemy at bay.

Chakra Control
Fumihiko has perfect chakra control. It comes from his mother's side of the family along with his small chakra reserves. His understanding of how to get the most out of this is incredible and it is one of the reason he excels in his Clan Techniques. It is also the reason for his skills in Medical ninjutsu, which he has a talent for. He developed this from his already good chakra control, by practicing chakra control techniques around his home while he was alone. Doing things like keeping a leaf on his forhead while cleaning.

Part I
Fumihiko was three during part one and was a happy child with both his parents alive.

Kazekage Rescue Arc
Fumihiko's life took a drastic turn when his mother grew ill and died when he was six, right before he entered the Academy. She had   Chronic Wasting Disease and Fumihiko was forced to watch her waste away to nothing before she passed. His father became withdrawn in his grief and fearing he'd lose him too Fumihiko began to imitate his mother. He continued to do this when he started the Academy.

Hidan and Kakuzu Arc
Alone in his own grief as he tries to help his father and with his closest relative dealing with another loss he meets Mariko Yotsuki at the Academy. He begins picking on the girl to vent his feelings. He spends most of this time perfecting his imitation of his mother and drawing his father back to life, while taking out the rage simmering under the surface on innocent bystanders while no one is looking. When Ino returns, she's able to help him quite a bit, but he does suppress a lot of his anger from this time period.

Introduction Arc
Fumihiko is first introduced when his Jonin sensei, Sasuke Uchiha, comes to meet his Genin. Fumihiko much like his teammates was annoyed with his sensei's lateness and got an initial bad impression of Sasuke. Fumihiko then proceeded to annoy the man, by being subtly rude. The tension between he and his teammate, Mariko Yotsuki, is clear during their team introductions. which stems from his bullying of her when they were younger. He acts slightly patronizing to his other teammate, Chise Baisotei, because of her rather average Academy performance, which looks particularly unimpressive when compared to his and Mariko's.

Sasuke's investigation of his Genin before he met them revealed that Fumihiko got along well with the other students in his graduating class and that Fumihiko was something of a peacemaker. Though his cousin's view of him was quite different. Fumihiko, having heard plenty of tales about Kakashi, arrives late to the meeting with Sasuke along with Mariko. He believed that Sasuke will take after Kakashi, because of the Jonin's lateness the previous day. He was also the first of them to speak after Sasuke explained their Genin Test would be taking place in the Forest of Death.

Land of Rice Fields Arc
TBA. Takes place in the Land of Rice Fields.

Trivia

 * Fumihiko means "well-read man". Yamanaka (山中) means "among the mountains".
 * Fumihiko's hobbies are shopping, raffles, and embroidery. Though he never admits the last one to anyone.
 * Fumihiko wishes to fight Sasuke Uchiha and Ino Yamanaka.
 * Fumihiko's favorite food is chicken yakitori. His least favorite foods are tomatoes and pickles. He also doesn't like mushrooms, because he has an allergy.
 * Fumihiko's favorite word is "trick" or "disguise".
 * Fumihiko's voice actor is the same as Yusuke Urameshi from the anime and manga Yu Yu Hakusho.
 * Fumihiko's likes include being with his cousin, working at the Yamanaka Flower Shop, and shopping. He also likes Karaoke places, but like embroidery keeps it secret, because he finds it embarrassing.
 * Fumihiko has a good singing voice, though it doesn't really come up in the fanfiction.
 * The flowers Fumihiko is sent to retrieve are forget-me-nots, azalea, hyacinths, and day lilies, sumbolizing his mother's last message to him. Forget-me-nots meaning "remember my love", azaleas "take care of yourself for me", hyacinths "I'm sorry", and day lilies for "mother". All together the message is "Take care of yourself, Fumihiko. I'm sorry for leaving. Remember that your mother will always love you." It's a message that Fumihiko deciphers later while working in the Yamanaka Flower Shop with Ino.

Reference
Narutopedia and Wikipedia used often. The fanfiction he appears in Sasuke's Kids is also used.

Creation and Conception
Fumihiko was created at first solely as a the male medical-nin on Sasuke's team since the creator wanted Sasuke's team to be far from average. The idea of a next generation fanfiction with Sasuke as a Jonin instructor, in a future where things work out happily for the characters, actually started out with the planning of Fumihiko. Originally he was supposed to be the only team member to have both his parents. He was planned mostly while listening to the Marina and the Diamonds album "The Family Jewels". Obviously he was partially inspired by Ino, who is one of the favorite minor characters of the creator. While planning he was always gonig to be a bit of a bully and originally he wasn't going to be as important, but the creator became incredibly fond of him, despite his sometimes bad personality, and he is now both her and her sisters favorite with a much bigger part and much more developement planned. Fumihiko is also the easiest and most fun to write for the creator.