Dinaji stood in the shower letting the water run over her as she began to remember her fateful encounter with her best friend when she was just 4 yrs remembered being alone in the land of snow abandoned after her whole village was massacred. She was so scared. Suddenly she heard footsteps approaching where she was hiding. She could hear a man and woman talking. She was trying to stay quiet but unfortunately for her she was sick and began to cough giving her hiding spot away. The footsteps stopped in front of where she was hiding all she could see was their feet.
"you can come out now." A soft gentle voice called out to her. It was a woman's voice. Dinaji came out slowly scared she would be killed next. Her ice blue eyes laid upon the two. the person with the woman was a man with yellow spikey hair with blue eyes the woman she couldn't make out her face for it was covered by a mask. The man looked at Dinaji with kind warm eyes before he knelt down to her level. He held out his hand to her bit before she could react she started coughing again this time falling to her knees. The man scooped her up " we need to get her medical attention she's coming with us." He said the girl in the mask nodded as they ran off with Dinaji resting in the man's arms.
When Dinaji awoke she noticed she was in a nice warm bed but she had no clue where she was she looked around the man who rescued her talking to a woman with red hair she was pregnant and another man who dressed similar to the kage of her country. "so you're saying there was no one left alive but her" the older man asked. The blonde haired man nodded " there was no one spared in the massacre I'm surprised as how she manage to escape that fate." He replied.
The older man nodded and began to think when the red haired woman spoke. "Minato we must do something she has no one left can we take her in?" she asked. The man known as Minato smiled "I think that would be a great idea Kushina lord hokage may we have your blessing to adopt this child as our own and make her a leaf shinobi?" Minato asked. Noticing that Dinaji was awake the hokage looked at her and smiled gently at the girl.
He walked over to her "what is your name little one?" he asked. Dinaji was too scared to talk so she looked around for a pen and something she could write on and wrote her name out to him. "ahh so your name is Dinaji, what a pretty name would you like to live with these nice people?" he asked her. She looked at the couple and nodded shyly. She could see they were happy that she was ok with it. " well then it's settled your name will be Dinaji Uzumaki." He said before looking at the couple. " be patient this girl has been through a lot of trauma she may start talking as soon as she's warmed up to you or she may not. Time will tell." He said.
The couple nodded just as a nurse came in to check over Dinaji. When she was done she looked at Minato and Kushina and smiled " she's as good as new thank goodness you found her when you did a little more longer and she wouldn't have made it the poor thing. You may take her home now." The nurse said before taking her leave. Kushina pushed Minato out of the room for a second and shut the door. She smiled at Dinaji before taking some clothes out of a bag she was holding " let's get you out of this hospital gown" she said. Dinaji nodded quietly before taking the clothes from Kushina dressing her self.
After she got dressed she took Kushina's hand and they joined up with Minato leaving the hospital and going to her new home. Dinaji could feel the eyes on her as they passed the villagers. Most of the looks were sympathetic others were curious mostly because she didn't belong to this village even though the third made her part of it. "Dinaji would you like something to eat?" Minato asked her. She nodded before her stomach started growling loudly making her a bit embarrassed.
It's been a good few days since she had a good meal a hot one at that. Minato and Kushina laughed at bit before taking her to ichiraku's ramen shop for some food. She didn't think she was that hungry but she scarfed her food down like nothing. "that kids got quite the appetite " the owner said. Minato chuckled at his words "that she does!" he replied.
When they finished up they left for home. "Before they walked in the door to there house Dinaji was a little hesitant but she spoke to them for the first time " may I call you mom and dad?" she asked politely. Kushina and Minato kneeled down embracing the girl "you may call us whatever you like Dinaji. " Minato said. Dinaji smiled before nodding as they walked inside to give her a tour of her home. She had her own room there wasn't much but it was better than she had back at her village. "I know it's not much sweetie but if you feel up to it we can go shopping for stuff for your room would you like that?" Kushina asked.
Dinaji smiled and nodded " great we can get you more clothes too!" she replied Dinaji smiled she liked her new home and the people who took her in. They left the house once again to go shopping for stuff for her room and clothes. " Dinaji do you happen to know when your birthday is?" Minato asked. Dinaji nodded " it's December 2" she replied As they walked To the nearest shop. She found a lot of clothes she liked and as they were leaving the store they ran into a boy about the same age as she was. Their eyes locked and she quickly hid behind her mother's legs. "Itachi how is your family?" Her mother asked. The boy known as Itachi smiled.
It was then a loud crash shook Dinaji from her thoughts. She peaked her head around the shower curtain and found her little knucklehead of a brother lying on the on door he had broke off the hinges. Dinaji gave him a irritated look " Naruto do you have to break down the door almost every time you need to tell me something?" she asked. Naruto grinned sheepishly scratching the back of his head " hurry up or we will be late!" shouted before leaving the room quickly.
He was up to something what it was she hadn't a clue. She turned the water off and proceeded to dry off so she could get dressed. She looked at the door and sighed " you baka I have to buy a new door now" she mumbled. She grabbed the keys to their house before joining her brother outside. Dinaji was a jonin but unlike the other jonin she was part of the hokage's council. She was psychic and was able to see into the future of upcoming battles events as well as put squads together she very rarely left the village.
She was currently working on a way to prove the crimes that exiled Itachi and landed him in the bingo books to be looked at more thoroughly to prove he was only acting on orders from someone and that someone should be punished instead. Itachi was her best friend. He had been ever since the 2nd day they met. She was shy around him but he brought her out of her shell quickly.
She was the one who showed sasuke the truth behind the massacre to where he wouldn't want revenge on his brother who protected him so much. She watched over him too after that incident. She watched Naruto walk faster like he was in a hurry "Naruto why are you in such a hurry?" she asked. Naruto kept his pace but chuckled " you will see hurry up!" he yelled making her step up her pace.
She caught up to him when he stopped in front of this big building but before he entered he turned to look at his sister. "close your eyes I'll guide you." He said. Dinaji rolled her eyes at him before closing them letting Naruto lead the way. " Naruto what is going on?" she asked. As she noticed he stopped in his tracks she felt his hand slip away. "open your eyes now!" he yelled. She did and all she saw was black. It was so dark she couldn't see past her nose. Naruto this isn't funny why are we here!" she demanded just as the lights came on and a big surprise was yelled scaring her silly.
"happy birthday sis!" Naruto said happily. Dinaji smiled she had forgotten her own birthday and that Naruto took the time to gather her friends to help celebrate it. She hugged Naruto " thank you I've been so busy with work I forgot when my own birthday was." She said gratefully. Naruto scratched the back of his head and grinned. Even though her brother was a loud mouthed knucklehead he had a good heart.
She enjoyed every minute of spending her birthday with the closest friends she had except one. Itachi wasn't here but once she acquired more proof that would change. Kakashi was another God friend of hers and he showed up late as usual. She thought if he ever showed up on time or was early hell would freeze over. She giggled at that thought as he approached her with a box. " it took a lot of digging around but I think I found what you have been looking for." He said handing her the box.
Very few people of the village knew the truth Kakashi being one of them. She took the box from him "thank you so much you have no idea how much this means to me." She said. She continued to talk with him and a few others before her and Naruto headed home. "sis what's in the box?" he asked.
She smiled "hopefully something that could change the hokage's mind about Itachi so I can find him and bring him home. " she replied. Naruto just chuckled "you like him just admit it." He said. Dinaji looked away from her brother " I do not only as a friend." She lied. She knew she had feeling for Itachi before the massacre even took place. " you liar but what are you going to do if he doesn't want to come back after his name had been cleared?" he asked. Dinaji looked at him " I'll cross that bridge when the time comes." She replied as they reached the front door to their house. When the walked in they found sasuke sitting on the couch watching TV. "sasuke want to help me go though this box?" she asked him. He looked at her and nodded "ok and happy birthday." He said.
She smiled before setting the box down. She still had some papers to look over before she could even touch the box but she decided to wait until morning to go through it that way her and sasuke had all day to look through it. For now she would just spend the remaining time with the boys before she would go to bed. She walked into her bedroom and peered out the window she could make out a Raven sitting on the railing to her balcony looking back her.
She smiled because in a way it felt like Itachi was keeping an eye on her every now and then she would see this Raven she felt it was his way of making sure she was ok. She turned the light off and laid down on her bed staring up at the ceiling. She began to think about what Naruto said earlier what if Itachi didn't want to come home? She shook her head and decided to worry about that later before falling asleep.