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| Name | Nomasaki Yamamori |
| Kanji | 山森ノマサキ |
| Birthdate | March 13 |
| Age | Part I: 13, Part II: 16-17,
Blank Period: 19-20, Next Generations: 34-35 |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | Part I: 148cm, Part II: 160cm, Blank Period: 161cm, Next Generations: 163cm |
| Weight | Part I: 40kg, Part II: 47kg, Blank Period: 53kg, Next Generations: 56kg |
| Blood Type | O |
| Hometown | Yamagakure no Sato |
| Home Country | Land of Mountains (Yama no Kuni) |
| Affiliation | Sunagakure, Yamagakure no Sato |
| Occupation | Suna Ambassador, heiress |
| Previous Occupation | Fifth Kazekage's Assistant, tracker-nin |
| Previous Team | Team Hashira |
| Previous Partner | Hanone (deceased) |
| Family | Kyō (father), Mikomi Yamamori (mother, deceased), Gaara (husband), Kyōkurō (son), Setsuka (daughter), Shinki (adopted son), Kankurō (brother-in-law), Temari (sister-in-law), Rasa (father-in-law, deceased), Karura (mother-in-law, deceased) |
| Clan | Yamamori Clan |
| Rank | Part II: Jōnin |
| Classification | Sensor Type |
| Ninja Registration | 65-328 |
| Academy Grad. Age | 13 |
| Chūnin Prom. Age | 14 |
| Jōnin Prom. Age | 16 |
| Kekkei Genkai | Ōkamitoko |
| Nature Type | Wind, Earth, Water |
Nomasaki Yamamori (山森ノマサキ, Yamamori Nomasaki) is a Sunagakure kunoichi who originated from Yamagakure's Yamamori Clan of the Land of Mountains. Previously acting as Gaara's assistant until the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War and a former tracker-nin of the Sunagakure Tracking Unit, she is now the Suna Ambassador to Yama. During her days in the tracking unit, she received the moniker "Wolf of the Desert" (砂漠の狼, Sabaku no Ōkami). She is the wife of Gaara and is the mother of his two biological children, Kyōkurō and Setsuka. She is the adoptive mother of Shinki.
The original character is the main protagonist of the fanfiction series The Wolf and the Tanuki.
Background[]
Nomasaki was born as a result of a secretive union between Mikomi Yamamori of the Land of Mountains and Kyō, a Sunagakure shinobi who was stationed in Yamagakure during the Third Shinobi World War. Following her father's desertion back to Suna, she was solely raised by her mother which resulted in her growing up without a father figure. She later became resentful of her unknown father due to suspicions of his sudden disappearance following her birth, believing he abandoned her family out of shame for their Kekkei Genkai.
She and her mother were ostracized and feared by the villagers because of their bloodline from the near-extinct Yamamori Clan, which many villagers blamed as the reason for Yama's decline and isolation following the Warring States Period and their losses against Ishigakure in the First Shinobi War. When Nomasaki was 10 years old, Mikomi succumbed to a sudden illness and died as a result, leaving her orphaned and under the guardianship of her mother's summon, Hanone. During this time, Nomasaki was under Hanone's tutelage and managed the Yamamori Clan Homestead alone.
Personality[]
Nomasaki is a kind-hearted, dutiful, and sometimes impulsive individual. Timid-natured, she started off as shy and afraid to use her kekkei genkai when she was a member of Team Hashira. Following the Chūnin Exams in Kumo and her budding friendships with her teammates Shintō and Meiyumi, and later Gaara, she was able to come out from her shell and become a valued asset to their teamwork. As her shinobi training progressed and she reached the rank of Jōnin, she became a duty-driven, stoic kunoichi that concealed her emotions to the highest degree. Although, this would cause a cognitive dissonance within her as she realized to completely neutralize one's emotions was futile, which also came with the sudden realization that she was beginning to develop feelings for the Fifth Kazekage. Ultimately, this resulted in her quitting as the Kazekage's Assistant following the Fourth Shinobi War, with her choosing duty over love by returning to Yamagakure with her father so she could be with her people.
Due to her task of being the Kazekage's Assistant, she became very close to Gaara during the events of Part II, which later caused her to develop a budding infatuation with him. Upon being summoned and assigned to escort him to Konohagakure for a Five Kage Summit two years after her departure, the two spend time together which leaves both of them realizing their feelings for another. After finding out about Gaara's arranged marriage to the heiress of the Hōki Family organized by the Suna Council, Nomasaki storms off to Yamagakure to take comfort. When Gaara and Kankurō travel to the Land of Mountains after the arranged marriage is rejected, Gaara confronts her and apologizes, with the two reconciling and starting a relationship that is kept secret from the council.
She is also very judgemental at times, which is often unwarranted and based on misconceptions she senses for herself with her detection abilities or from others. When she first saw Gaara, she was fearful of his presence because she thought his chakra signified that he was a monster, whereas upon meeting him she realized it was the chakra of Shukaku, the one-tailed beast she was sensing - not his own chakra, which prompted her to apologize. With her father, she believed the reason for him leaving her and her mother was abandonment, which was further supported by Hanone (who was discovered to have been lying) by claiming that Kyō deserted her family because he thought they were monsters. This caused her to fester in her hatred for the 'man who was her father' and near strike him down upon first crossing paths with him during the war. However, when she discovered his true reasoning for leaving, she made amends with Kyō and accepted his answer. When her father journeyed to Yamagakure to help repair the village after the war, she accompanied him and maintained a close father-daughter relationship. Nomasaki is also extremely vulnerable to alcohol, especially sake, resulting in her drinking more than she should by accident and becoming an incoherent drunk.
Despite being awkward in social situations, she found friends in her teammates Shintō and Meiyumi, and Gaara after he rescued her from being captured by the Ishi shinobi. Later, she would form friendships with Sakura, Ino, and Tenten in adulthood. Due to her Jōnin training prior to becoming the Kazekage's Assistant, she developed a close friendship to Temari as they were both promoted to Jōnin at the same time, looking up to her in a similar way that Yamato looks up to Kakashi Hatake. She is acquainted with Kankurō, Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru Nara, and has a distaste for Sasuke Uchiha due to his chakra and previous crimes.
Following the restoration of Yamagakure and the return of the Yamamori to the village, she became a well-respected and honoured figure as both the heiress of the clan and the daughter of Kyō, Yamagakure's elected chieftain. After becoming Gaara's wife, she becomes a respected and feared individual in Sunagakure for her prowess and temperament. Although a kind-hearted and naturally timid person, she is shown to be authoritative and stern when in a position of power, with many noting her living up to her moniker as the "Wolf of the Desert".
Appearance[]
Nomasaki bears a great resemblance to her mother; she has fair skin, golden blonde hair and the signature light purple eyes of the Yamamori Clan, indicating her status as a descendant of the clan. Despite taking after her mother in terms of appearance, she also scarcely resembles her father by possessing the same eye shape and jawline. In Part I, she wore a simple white kimono that reached above her ankles. Upon being found in the Land of Wind's desert, she was mistaken as someone from the Warring States Period due to her appearance. After becoming a kunoichi of Suna, she wears a white tunic that reaches her knees with black shorts underneath, light-armor plating along her shins and forearms, and white bandages wrapped along her legs. Additionally, her hair is shoulder length and has a center part, with short strands framing her forehead.
In Part II, she is clothed in the standard Suna shinobi attire, consisting of the Suna flak jacket and a long-sleeved black shirt and black pants. When on assignments by the Suna Tracking Unit, she wears a porcelain mask with red markings that is shaped to that of a snarling wolf. When not on missions, she wears a simple kimono-like dress made of blue fabric with white trimming along its collar and sleeves and a white obi on her waist. She let her hair grow out further as she reached adolescence, allowing it to become mid-back length, with her tucking it behind her mask when conducting espionage or tracking assignments. During her teens, she was flat-chested, which gave her a boyish appearance while on duty in her Suna shinobi attire. During the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, she dons the forehead protector of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
From her shinobi training and skill, she carries the faint evidence of muscle tone to her slender figure, which has become visibly more feminine as she reached adulthood during the Blank Period. As a young woman, many in Yamagakure began to consider her as beautiful - which even led to some suitors arriving to ask for her hand in marriage (which she forcibly declined). While staying in Yama with her father, she wore a long-sleeved kimono with wool black pants underneath, fur-lined boots, and a cloak of dark fur to keep warm from the mountain cold. When she returns to Suna after her absence, she wears an altered version of her kimono with its previous long sleeves replaced by short sleeves made of mesh. Since the two years after the war, her hair has grown to near waist-length with bangs that fall to the right side of her face. At her wedding ceremony to Gaara, she wore a white kimono with embroidered red sleeves and cloak of white fur over her shoulders, with her long gold hair tied into a braided bun by a snow lily.
In motherhood, she retains a youthful appearance due to her petite figure. While acting as the Suna Ambassador to Yamagakure, she wears a casual blue kimono with mesh armour underneath, black pants, fur-lined boots, and a cloak of dark furs. Aging into her thirties, her once golden hair changes into a silvery-gold shade - which may be an inherited trait from her clan (as all clansmen have white fur when using their Kekkei Genkai, Ōkamitoko). Her hair is cut to mid-back length and is parted in the centre.
Abilities[]
The life of a shinobi was not a path that she initially chose, despite her mother enrolling her into the Yamagakure Ninja Academy at age 6 with the reasoning being that her mother wanted her to 'be one of the village' to end the prejudice and discrimination of their clan by the villagers. However, because of Mikomi's illness and later death, Nomasaki dropped out of her classes and took it upon herself to care for their family's homestead, prepared for a life of farming in the isolation of the snowy mountains.
Being a Yamamori descendant, Hanone made it his duty to train Nomasaki in the ways of her clan after Mikomi's passing, forcing her to undergo the harsh survival training alone in the mountain forest with no ninja-tools at her disposal. Despite this, she lasted for nearly a month, and it gave her great survivorship skills and the knowledge to sustain herself upon the land.
Ninjutsu[]
Nature Transformation[]
Nomasaki was born with an affinity for wind-release ninjutsu, and is skilled in casting techniques that can act as offensive, defensive, or for retreat. As she became more skilled while rising through the ranks to Jōnin in Part II, she became able to cast ninjutsu of earth-release and water-release nature transformations, although she struggled to maintain control over the latter.
Intelligence[]
Due to her training in Sunagakure, Nomasaki became a formidable and skilled shinobi before she reached the age of 20. Despite dropping out of the Yamagakure Ninja Academy at age 10, she was able to pass the Sunagakure gradation exam at the age of 13 with high grades - becoming the first outsider in years to enter the ranks of Sunagakure as a shinobi. It is also noted that she performed well during the written phase of the Chūnin Exams that were held in Kumo, earning one of the highest grades among the rookie genin. She is also a keen analyst, and is able to determine the severity of situations soon after entering the battlefield.
Kekkei Genkai[]
Because of her mother's heritage, Nomasaki possess the kekkei genkai of the Yamamori Clan, Ōkamitoko. Her kekkei genkai allows her to transform into a wolf at will, which is a technique useful for espionage and is far more stable and permanent as opposed to the standard Transformation Technique. Ōkamitoko also greatly enhances the user's sensory abilities, as Yamamori with the ability can detect chakra and differentiate between chakra as far as 20 kilometres away by sensing nature energy. However, in users where the ability is newly awakened, controlling the technique may prove difficult as it requires adequate chakra-control to sustain. On some occasions, the user may exhibit wolf-like features when angered or provoked. When in wolf-form, Nomasaki is given the strength of a beast and can use her fangs and claws for attack.
Other Skills[]
In addition to her kekkei genkai, Nomasaki is able to use Secret Techniques (Hiden) passed down through her clan. These techniques allow her to manipulate snow and ice into shapes resembling wolves to attack her opponents, although these are different and in no way related to the ice-release of the Yuki Clan as snow must be present for her to be able to use the techniques. Before she became a genin, Nomasaki has been able to perform the Summoning Technique, and can summon Hanone, a large white wolf to the battlefield to assist in tracking or in combat. However, following Hanone's death during the Fourth Shinobi World War, she refrains from ever opening another summon-contract. Nomasaki is a close-combat and mid-range fighter, and has zero ability in genjutsu.
Stats[]
| Databook | Ninjutsu | Taijutsu | Genjutsu | Intelligence | Strength | Speed | Stamina | Hand seals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Second | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Third | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24.5 |
The Wolf and the Tanuki: Sand and Snow[]
Part I[]
Post-Sasuke Recovery Mission[]
One night, she awoke suddenly to the invasion of Yamagakure by a mysterious group of mercenaries hailing from Ishigakure of the Land of Claws. Ordered by Hanone to flee, she scaled down the mountain and awakened her kekkei genkai, Ōkamitoko. Upon reaching the vast desert of the Land of Wind, she passed out from exhaustion and near perished from the heat. Luckily, she was discovered by Gaara and two other Suna shinobi and brought to Sunagakure, where she was questioned by the village's intelligence division under suspicions of her being a spy.
After being cornered by the village's ANBU, she was convinced to enter the ranks of their shinobi, prompting her to take the graduation exam from the Sunagakure Ninja Academy which placed her on Team Hashira. Not long after, she was kidnapped by a squad of Ishigakure shinobi who claimed to have been after her kekkei genkai. With the help of Hanone, she was rescued by Gaara, who caught wind of her capture and defeated the Ishi ninja, resulting in a budding friendship.
New Chūnin Exams[]
When the new Chūnin Exams were announced to be held in Kumogakure, Nomasaki and her team departed for the exams as one of the many rookie genin teams participating. Passing the written portion, she assisted her team in obtaining the scrolls needed to pass the second stage of the exam, Blood Mountain. Before they could reach the temple at the mountain's peak, Meiyumi was held captive by a paranoid and distressed Kirigakure ninja. As Nomasaki chased the enemy into the forest, their detonated paper-bomb caused her to have flashes of the destruction of her homeland. During her fight with her opponent from Kumo for the third stage of the exam, this was accentuated by her opponent's excessive use of fire-release ninjutsu, resulting in her facing her fear and lunging out at the Kumo ninja in wolf-form, leaving some spectators disturbed by the near-mauling of her spared opponent.
After the exams were over, Team Hashira was promoted to Chūnin which each of the teammates going their separate ways. She was soon approached by Kenzō of the Suna Council, who forced her to become a spy for him under the instruction of the Suna Tracking Unit, threatening her with exile and death if she did not comply, indicating that she had a 'debt to pay'.
Part II[]
Kazekage Rescue Mission[]
Following her promotion to Jōnin, she was given the task of being the Kazekage's Assistant by the Suna Council shortly after the inauguration of Gaara as the Fifth Kazekage. At the same time, she began her covert mission to spy on Gaara for Kenzō due to his status as a jinchūriki, and for the promise that if she fulfilled her task she would be told who her father was so she could enact her revenge. Under the guise of joining the Suna Tracking Unit through the command of Moro, she was trained to be an expert in espionage and became one of Kenzō's favourite subordinates. While tailing the Kazekage one night for her assignment, an assassin attempted to sneak through the mansion but was discovered and attacked by Nomasaki in her wolf-form. When Gaara realized the assassin was covered in paper-bombs, he protected her with his sand as the assassin's attempted murder-suicide was thrown out the window. Upon the arrival of Kankurō, Nomasaki disappeared, causing Gaara to question her motives internally.
Nearly a year later, Gaara was captured by the Akatsuki and Nomasaki was tasked by Temari to lead her and Kankurō to the Kazekage's location with her sensory skills. Knowing the consequences, Nomasaki accepted the mission to save his life, which later caused repercussions for her down the line. Before leaving to meet their squadron at the gates, she was restrained by Kenzō's subordinates and was branded a curse seal - Curse Sealing: Eradication, preventing her from ever revealing the secrets of the resistance. In the Land of Rivers, she sensed Gaara's chakra disappear and was one of the first to realize he was dead. She was discovered by Tojiru, a tracker-nin who was Kenzō's right-hand, and engaged him in combat, which resulted in her ultimately killing him. Upon Gaara's revival, she helped him stand with the help of Naruto, and later attended the funeral of Chiyo.
Journey to Ishigakure[]
Months after the Akatsuki's attack on Sunagakure, the elders on the Suna Council assigned Nomasaki to accompany Gaara to Ishigakure of the Land of Claws to negotiate peace following the appointment of Zenken as the new chieftain of Ishi. During their journey, they were attacked by mercenaries lead by Kōgen, which resulted in Gaara becoming injured after attempting to shield Nomasaki from the enemy's lightning-release technique. Despite not knowing medical-ninjutsu, Nomasaki bandaged his wound, which was a bittersweet moment due to her hidden dishonesty and his silent admiration for her kindness.
When they sat with Zenken inside the chieftain's castle, she was offered a formal apology for the destruction of Yama and her clan, leaving her silent and conflicted about Ishigakure and their future. Reluctantly, she accepted the apology and asked Zenken to leave the surviving members of her clan alone, wherever they may be - and he agrees.
Five Kage Summit[]
Before Gaara and his siblings depart for the Land of Iron, she has a conversation with him which draws the ire of Hanone, who confronts her after he leaves. Angered, he questioned her actions and accused her of developing feelings for him, claiming that "You're of the snow, it's best not to mix with sand", which offends her. After she reminds him of her Suna blood from her father, Hanone accuses her of becoming like him before leaving, rendering her speechless and unsure of her life choices.
Days after the departure of the Fifth Kazekage, Nomasaki is confined by Kenzō and his subordinates and is repeatedly lashed by a tracker-nin on his orders. She is then slapped across the face by an enraged Kenzō for helping recover the Kazekage following the incident with the Akatsuki. Standing up for herself against him for the first time, she grabs his wrist in retaliation and threatens him shortly before Moro discovers the confrontation and relieves Kenzō of his authority in the Suna Tracking Unit, threatening him with treason. After Kenzō escapes, Moro ends Nomasaki's secret assignment and tells her not to worry about it any longer, and to keep it a secret from Gaara. She is later pursued by Kenzō's subordinates that same night, and fights them off before the arrival of Sōhei - who defected from Kenzō's ranks. Following Gaara's return and the war discussions with the council, Gaara corners Kenzō and reveals that he knew it was him that was behind the attack during their mission to Ishi, which prompts Kenzō to tell him of Nomasaki's secret assignment before being arrested. The next day when confronted by Gaara about her espionage, Nomasaki confesses and reveals her curse mark. Reluctant at first, Gaara forgives her, continuing their amicable friendship.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation[]
When the war began, Nomasaki was part of the squadron that helped evacuate the citizens of the Land of Frost. Before regrouping with the Fourth Division, her squad was engaged in combat with a resurrected Pakura. After dealing with the threat, Nomasaki is taken aback by Maki's final words to her sensei regarding revenge, and realizes her path to get vengeance on her unknown father was meaningless and vows to learn fūinjutsu to break the seal placed upon her and her comrades by Kenzō. When she rejoined the Fourth Division, Nomasaki was a sensory scout under the command of Temari. After receiving word of the Edō Tensei, she was ordered to investigate near the shoreline. During this time, she met another scout named Kyō, who revealed that he was her father, causing her to confront Hanone on his lies. Shortly after, Nomasaki was forced to fight her mother Mikomi, who was resurrected by the Edō Tensei. As a result, Hanone dies in the battle trying to protect Nomasaki, leaving Nomasaki and her father to finish the battle before the Sealing Corps arrived.
As she rejoined the Fourth Division, Nomasaki relayed her gathered intel to Gaara and stood prepared when a resurrected Madara Uchiha attacked the battlefield and summoned two large meteorites crashing towards earth. Protected by Gaara's sand, she sustained only minor injuries. Before Gaara departed with the other Kage to fight the real Madara, he told her that the reason why he protected her was because of their bond, and that she was precious to him.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax[]
After the emergence of the ten-tails on the battlefield, Nomasaki is reunited with her teammates from Team Hashira and witnesses the death of her sensei Hashira, who pushed Meiyumi out of the path of the enemy's recoil. After mourning Hashira's sacrifice, the three do battle against the ten-tails' spawns. She cares for her father who was dealt an incapacitating blow to his leg from the monster's projectile attacks, rendering him immobile and unable to continue as a shinobi. While catching up to the rest of the Allied Forces, Gaara discovers them and asks Nomasaki to direct him towards where Shukaku and the other tailed beasts are located so he can gain the one-tail's help in sealing Madara. Upon reaching Shukaku, she puts her fear for the one-tail aside and transfers some of her chakra to Gaara for the sealing formula.
Following the extraction of Kurama from Naruto Uzumaki and the appearance of the Infinite Tsukuyomi, Nomasaki was placed under the genjutsu cast by the moon, along with the rest of the remaining shinobi. Her genjutsu dream revealed her to be the chieftain of Yamagakure, with her parents together and Hanone alive. Later into her reign, she meets Gaara and his siblings when they venture north to pursue an allyship for farmland in exchange for the protection of Yama from foreign invaders. The two soon remember that they were once acquainted as children when Kyō took his family to visit Rasa and his extended family, and Nomasaki remembers playing with Gaara and Naruto while their fathers were in a meeting. After fending off an ambush of mercenaries, she heals Gaara's wound and the two end up falling in love. With both leaders wanting to keep their seats of power, they decide to meet occasionally so that they may rule over their respective villages in peace.
After the defeat of Madara Uchiha and the surrender of Obito Uchiha, she awoke from the genjutsu and was freed. Upon returning to Sunagakure when the war was over, she attends the mass funeral with Meiyumi and Shintō and has a heart-to-heart with Gaara afterwards. She testifies at the trial of Kenzō and near has her memory wiped from him activating the curse seal before he was stopped and imprisoned. She bids her father farewell as he and other Suna shinobi journey to the Land of Mountains to rebuild Yamagakure. She later accompanies Gaara as he says his goodbyes to Shukaku. The next day, she resigned from her position as his assistant and returned to Yamagakure to be with her father.
Blank Period[]
Kazekage Bodyguard Mission[]
Two years after the war, Nomasaki was summoned back to Suna and assigned as a temporary replacement as Gaara's bodyguard while Kankurō was on an assignment with the Suna Puppet Corps. During his escort to Konoha, the two catch up on lost time and grow closer to another. Before leaving Konoha once the Five Kage Summit was over, Gaara asks her to dinner where she accidentally and unexpectedly became drunk, admitting that she was in love with him by the end of the night. Surprising him, he was unable to tell her how he felt as they were interrupted by Temari who took Nomasaki to the Nara Clan's residence to recover. The next morning, Gaara reveals to her the arranged marriage proposed by the council to the heiress of the Hōki Family, which causes Nomasaki to angrily lash out and disappear into the forest.
Return to Yamagakure[]
Leaving the Kazekage, she set out to her homeland in the Land of Mountains and stayed in Yamagakure with her father, who was since elected as the village's chieftain. A week later while before her clan's shrine in silent prayer, she was approached by Gaara who apologized for his dishonesty, revealing that he rejected the arranged marriage because he was in love with her, making his true feelings towards her clear. Overwhelmed, she accepts his apology and the two begin a romantic relationship, sharing their first kiss on the snowy mountaintop.
Before they can return to Sunagakure, Yamagakure is attacked by invaders seeking Nomasaki and her chakra. After defeating the mysterious adversaries, they learn of the rogue group of missing-nin calling themselves Tenbu who seek to eliminate the Kazekage clan.
Rise of Tenbu[]
When returning from the Chūnin Exams in Konohagakure, her and Temari are attacked by a cloaked assassin wielding a spear containing a silver ore. Upon coming into contact with the weapon, Nomasaki becomes incapacitated and loses her ability temporarily to use Ōkamitoko. As her abilities become fragmented, she hides it from Moro out of fear of losing her position as his right-hand. Being tasked with acting as the Kazekage's covert bodyguard, she accompanies Gaara and his siblings to Naruto's wedding. After dating Gaara for a few months and growing in their relationship, she invites him to stay the night at her apartment and they sleep together for the first time. Fearing her imminent capture by Tenbu and knowing of her weakened powers, Gaara convinces her to move in with him in the Kazekage's estate, to which she agrees.
Nomasaki accidentally becomes exposed to the ginkō ore from Temari and transforms into her wolf-form, frightening the villagers and causing her to rampage through the streets. Losing her powers, she accepts her fate and decides to defeat Tenbu herself to save Sunagakure. After investigating the destroyed Hoki family homestead, her unit is ambushed by Tenbu and all of her comrades are killed, including Sōhei and Moro. She escapes but it is short-lived as she collapses in the forest from her injuries. Waking up, she finds herself captured by Tenbu and is face-to-face with an escaped Kenzō and a man named Koga, who reveals himself to be Kenzō's younger brother and the previous leader of Ishigakure that led the invasion to Yamagakure when she was a child. Using Gaara's flask of sand to break her ginkō-barrier prison, she frees all the imprisoned Kumatsume clan members and kills Kenzō in combat, beheading him. After his death, the curse seal upon her tongue turns to ash and she is released. Before she can fight Koga, he activates the Kinjutsu: Reverse Sealing which nearly kills her. Before she can have her chakra extracted, she stabs herself in the abdomen with her blade to break the genjutsu it induced. Entering death's door, Gaara finds her in time and uses his sand and Magnet Release to seal her mortal wound, ultimately saving her life. Together, they combine their strength to defeat Koga as he enters Kumatoko: Onikuma and she regains her chakra after his demise. Following Koga's execution by Gaara's sands, Nomasaki allows the freed Kumatsume to resettle in the tundra of Land of Mountains and become citizens of Yamagakure.
Epilogue[]
After the defeat of Koga and Tenbu in the Land of Claws, Nomasaki attends the mass funeral for Sōhei, Moro, and Shinto. Following the peace, she becomes formally engaged to Gaara and subjects herself to Suna's customs. As tradition, she goes to the Suna Temple to receive the rites before the wedding but frightens the priests from her sudden wolfishness. After Gaara and Elder Ebizō convince the council to unanimously support the Kazekage's marriage to Nomasaki, her and Gaara have sex in his office which results in his desk being broken. Before the wedding, Nomasaki is attacked by an assassin when Gaara was away, leaving her and Meiyumi to deal with them. When attempting to use her Ōkamitoko, she suddenly passes out which prompts Meiyumi to take her to the hospital, causing her to find out she was a few weeks pregnant. Gaara and Nomasaki are married at the end of the summer in the gardens in a private ceremony with fewer than fifty people in attendance - due to the risk of assassins and missing-nin attacking. Nomasaki reveals her pregnancy on their honeymoon and Gaara holds her close, thanking her for everything.
Seven years later, they have two children - Kyōkurō and Setsuka, who both have her purple eyes and Gaara's red hair. Following the arrival of Naruto and Kakashi in Suna, she accompanies Gaara to the Kazekage clan settlement where he finds a boy named Shinki who possesses the Magnet Release: Iron Sand. Gaara takes the child under his wing, making her Shinki's adoptive mother. Some time later, she arranges a photographer to take their family photo much to Gaara's dismay. However, he becomes emotional after seeing the life he has and holds her in his arms, telling her he loves her and their family. Sitting beside her husband, she smiles as their family photo is taken.
The Wolf and the Tanuki: Desert Flowers[]
Remnants of Tenbu[]
The Wolf and the Tanuki: Red Iron[]
Next Generation[]
The Jashinist Revolt[]
After Setsuka's disappearance into the Land of Birds, Nomasaki chooses to pursue her after the guards failed to catch her. Bringing her daughter to Gaara, she cooks supper and waits for her husband to return from work all night. During the fight between Setsuka and Shinki, Nomasaki urges Gaara to intervene after Shinki shows a psychotic break which near fatally injured Setsuka, if the match had not ended. As Meiyumi heals Setsuka's broken wrist, Nomasaki tells Setsuka how Gaara was brought back to life by Chiyo, and is shocked by the news Gaara brings about a new cult causing havoc in the Land of Wind.
Trivia[]
- "Nomasaki" (ノマサキ) is the name of a lighthouse in the Japanese prefecture of Aichi, while her clan "Yamamori" (山森, Yamamori) can be directly translated to "mountain forest".
- Her name in kanji can translate roughly to "blossom in the field" (野間咲, Nomasaki).
- The character was inspired by the wolves of the Hayao Miyazaki film, Princess Mononoke, as well as elements from George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.
- As of the end of Part II, Nomasaki has completed 43 D-ranks, 21 C-ranks, 17 B-ranks, 9 A-ranks, and 3 S-ranks.
- Her hobbies include reading, sewing, and collecting shiny stones.
- Nomasaki despises dogs above all things; her least favorite foods are squid and seafood dishes, and her favorite foods are salted meat skewer, anko dumplings, and motsunabe.
- Her kekkei genkai, Ōkamitoko, is influenced by the European folklore of werewolves and the Japanese mythology of the Yama-inu, which is a wolf-like mountain spirit that can either be benevolent or malevolent to travellers.
- When Nomasaki tells Gaara that to win her hand, he would have to engage in battle with her and win - it is a nod to a historical figure - Princess Khutulun of Mongolia, who refused to marry any man unless they defeated her in combat.
- Born in the 13th century CE, Khutulun was the daughter of Kaidu, who was the great-grandson of legendary Mongolian leader Genghis Khan. Khutulun was praised for her prowess in battle and accompanied her father in his many military campaigns. She was also an avid wrestler and challenged all of her suitors, and refused to many any man she could defeat. From her victories, she amassed thousands of horses. She eventually married, but the name of her spouse has long been debated. Varying accounts say her husband was a failed assassin of her father, a political ally, or a Persian prince. Her story was recorded by Marco Polo in his journals.
- This mirrors Nomasaki in a way regarding her prowess as a kunoichi, and her refusal to the suitors who approached her in Yama after her father became chieftain of the village. In a way, it also reflects her relationship with Gaara - who is a political ally to her father (and is a son of Kyō's childhood friend, Rasa), and is from a noble and politically powerful family but not necessarily a prince.