Dinaji woke up feeling better than ever. She quickly got dressed and went to see if Naruto was awake. But he was nowhere to be found. She figured he already went to the place the semifinals would be held. She left quickly to the new arena. She wondered if her brother or sasuke would make it to the finals. She remembered her days as a chunin and just giggled. She had so many memories from back then. When she arrived the match between Sasuke and Gaara began. "there you are Dinaji." Kakashi said. She whipped her head around and saw her friend walking towards her. "Hey Kakashi, how are they doing?" She asked. Kakashi nodded "they are both doing well. What happened to you yesterday?" he asked.

Dinaji smiled sheepishly knowing she probably shouldn't have went off on her own like she did. "well I was spying on someone and got stuck in the neck by a poison needle." She replied. He chuckled shaking his head just as they heard a scream. Their attention drew to the middle of the arena. Sasuke had managed to penetrate the barrier that Gaara had surrounded himself in. Everyone was quiet waiting for what was to happen next. Dinaji knew that Gaara was a jinchurikki just like her little brother. She remembered that night all too well. She sensed a strong chakra reading and it wasn't just her that sensed it some people were starting to get scared because of the power.

The next thing Dinaji knew Gaara had escaped the barrier but he was different. The Shukaku was trying to make himself known. Gaara jumped up and left the arena disappearing into the forest of death. Then the explosion happened. The vision that Dinaji feared was happening now. People were running in panic screaming trying to escape the arena Sasuke had already went after Gaara. She looked up where the Kage were at and saw non-other than Orochimaru by Lord third.

They too disappeared. There was only one thing to do now and that was get everyone to safety and to stop this madness before and lives were lost. "Dinaji go after lord third ill stay here and get people out of here. Itachi went after your brother and sasuke." Kakashi said just as the ground started to shake and a big creature showed up from the cloud of smoke.

Dinaji stabled herself it was Shukaku the seal had been broken. "Dinaji go!" she heard her friend yell. She nodded before disappearing to locate lord third. Just before she found him the ground started shaking again this time the giant toad was squaring off with Shukaku. Naruto be safe she thought before turning her attention to Orochimaru and lord third, but she was too late. Lord third did a summoning jutsu making orochimaru to never make a hand sign ever again.

The sight before her was terrifying. Kabuto appeared and took orochimaru before disappearing leaving her and lord third. He collapsed as Dinaji made her way to him. His breathing was shallow. She knew he wouldn't survive. "Dinaji help the village heal from this." He said. She had tears in here eyes as she took his hand and nodded "you have my word lord hokage." She spoke just as he took his last breath.

There was an eerie silence just as Kakashi and Itachi showed up. "I couldn't save him." She said. She was blaming herself. Had she only got there in time she might have been able to save him. "Dinaji you know as well as I do that this isn't your fault, we will hunt orochimaru down and put him away for good." Itachi said. She dried her tears and nodded he was right. She knew they would find him sooner or later. It was now time to make an announcement to the village.

This was something she didn't want to do but it needed done. Everyone was gathered below her as she stepped forward from the balcony of the hokage's office "Everyone that is here with me know this. I hate to bear the news that our beloved hokage has passed away. We will have a ceremony for him tomorrow morning.

Until a hokage is chosen you will have to consult the council for any questions or concerns you may have. Everyone stay safe and please stay kind its what the old man would want." She said before turning around and walking back into the office. She looked around it didn't feel the same at all. The next few days we would spend on rebuilding what was destroyed the chunin exams would have to wait for now.

She turned the light off and went home to get some rest but before she walked out of the office she was tackled down to the ground by Naruto. She knew he was upset about the old man. But what's done is done and nothing could change that. "thank god you are ok." She told him. She hugged him tightly. She was afraid something happened to him. "He did very well against Gaara" she heard Itachi say. She looked up and saw him standing beside her.

Naruto stood up "I'm going to go home ill see you there sis and thank you Itachi for helping us." Naruto said Dinaji and Itachi nodded to him as he left. "So, who do you think will be the next hokage?" Itachi asked. Dinaji shook her head she didn't know who they would make Hokage "I don't know to be honest it could be anyone to honest." She said. As they began walking. "I think they should make you Hokage until one is chosen." He said. She smiled sheepishly. She never thought of it before.

As much as she did for the late lord third she pretty much knew how to run Konoha, but she didn't think she could do it. "Nah I wouldn't be good at it. I mean yeah, I could do it I know everything there is to know, but I'm better off staying where I'm at right now." She said. Itachi stopped walking "You mean to be my babysitter?" he asked. Making Dinaji stop in her tracks. "what are you talking about?" She asked. Yeah, she was supposed to keep an eye on him, but she knew deep down that she didn't have anything to worry about. "I know you were told to keep an eye on me. I don't need to be babysat. So, you just need to back off." He said. This shocked her. Where the hell did all this come from.

She was mad now. "Excuse me? I have not once been keeping an eye on you yes, I was told to, but I knew that there would be nothing to worry about. So, don't give me that bullshit line." She yelled before disappearing probably to go to her house. Itachi realized he crossed the line. He knew she wasn't trying to keep him under a magnifying glass. It just felt that way. Maybe it was with everyone looking at him like he was still a criminal. He shook his head "I've done it now." He said before walking home himself. He was going to apologize to her tomorrow after the ceremony.

Dinaji opened to the door to her house. Naruto was already in bed, so she was careful not to wake him even though he could sleep through anything. She was so mad at Itachi for treating her the way he did. He didn't have the right to say all those things. She got to her room and noticed that Toki was clawing the balcony door.

She opened the door for the lizard only to find more lizards sitting on the balcony. Toki crawled back to Dinaji nudging its head against the back of her legs as if he wanted her to go outside. Dinaji felt strange she felt as is something was pulling her towards Yukigakure. She felt there was something there calling her. Leaving a note for toki to take to the council she grabbed her winter garb and left. She hated that she would miss the ceremony, but this was making her instincts go haywire. If she had to travel all night and all day the next day she would do so she needed to know what was there waiting for her.

Several hours later she made it to where the snow started to fall. She was close. She noticed that things looked familiar to her. She knew native to snow country, she was constantly reminded of that. She was one of the rare people that could use ice style. She stated to walked through the wooded area letting her instincts guide her allowing her to find a hidden cave.

She took a deep breath and went inside. There were tons of beautiful crystals everywhere that seemed to illuminate the cave. She never saw this before. She knew her old village was nearby the cave, but she wondered why she never saw this before. As she made her way further she began to see dragon statuettes lining the walls. She finally made it to the end of the cave, where a giant statue of a dragon made completely out of white fire opal. It was holding a letter in its claws. She took the letter and began to read it.

"one that bears the blood of the secret Tsubasa clan shall be given the gift of guardianship of the Opal dragon." It said. She was curious. As she touched the opal dragon, suddenly it started to glow whit it was so bright it was almost blinding. There was a loud screech as Dinaji could feel the outrageous power that was flowing into her. She groaned as the light from the statue started to dim. The once opal dragon statue was now just plain stone.

Dinaji stood up groggily unaware that she was being watched. When she opened her eyes, she turned her head and was in for a shock. It was her reflection or at least she thought it was. she had gone under some sort of transformation. She had white opal scales outlining her breasts as well as the rest of her body, she had two golden horns sticking out of the top of her head, wings that were white opal, and a tail that formed from her backside.

Dinaji was too scared to move. But she took a deep breath and moved her wings and tail. And sure, enough they moved. She began to wonder if this was the reason her clan was massacred several years ago. She left the cave quickly curious now about her new powers. the sun was now rising making her scales glisten in the light. She began to flap her wings and began to hover above the ground. She was taking to this like a natural.

She flew up higher until she was above the trees. The view from where she was breathtaking. She gasped in awe. "this is absolutely amazing!" she said out loud. She finally decided to head for home she was going to check out the library about the origins of her clan when she got back, she wanted to learn everything she could about her ancestors.

When she finally arrived, she decided to land in the forest to change back so she wouldn't cause a scare to the village, but she had a problem she didn't know how. She began to pace back and forth she didn't know what to do. She tried so hard to change back but it was no use. She flew up in the air again and flew quickly to her house hoping no one saw her. She landed on the balcony and quickly closed the door behind her.

Toki was laying on her bed asleep but perked its head up when it saw her. She cursed when there was a knock at her door "Sis we need to go, or we will be late!" Naruto said. She began to pace back and forth trying to think of what to say. "I can't I'm indisposed!" She said back but it was too late Naruto opened her door and saw her for the first time in this form. "WHOA WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU SIS!" she yelled.

She began to smile sheepishly "It's a long story Naruto I just can't go anywhere now at least until I figure out how to change back." She said. She wanted to attend the ceremony so bad, but she couldn't do it looking like a she demon. Naruto understood "I won't tell anyone." he said smiling. Dinaji nodded as she watched her brother leave the house. Now all she had to do was learn how to change back.

She sent another letter out to the council letting them know what had happened and to not tell anyone. She didn't want to cause a scene with this. She spent the whole day trying to change back but she got nowhere. Not even close. She groaned out of frustration this shouldn't be this difficult to do. She didn't understand what she was doing wrong. The sun was now setting, and she was startled when she heard a knock on her balcony window. She quickly covered herself trying to hide herself. "who is it?" she asked. "It's me." Itachi said. She pouted for she was still mad at him. Itachi waited for an answer "go away I'm still mad at you." She said from the other side of the door. Itachi sighed she was being difficult.

He came because the raven he had watch over her came to him freaking out, so he was worried about her. "I need to talk to you please can I come in?" he asked. When he didn't hear anything, he decided to open the door into her room. "Dinaji?" he asked. He could hear her moving around but couldn't see her until he saw a pair of bright icy blue eyes staring at him. "Dinaji?" He asked again. "I told you to leave." She said. With the help of the moonlight he was able to see the outline of where she was at. "will you please come out from under your blanket. I need to talk you?" he asked. Those eyes just remained on him.

He was starting to get irritated with her stubbornness, so he went over to her and tried to pull the blanket off her. "stop what are you doing you can't see me not like this." She yelled out. Itachi paused for a moment wondering what she meant before giving the blanket a good tug uncovering her completely. He stared in wonder at what was in front of him. "Dinaji? Is that you?" he asked. She sighed and nodded. He couldn't believe what he was looking at. She was beautiful. He walked closer to her making her back away, but she couldn't back away any further because she was against the wall.

He leaned forward and touched the horns on top of her head. "so, they are real" he mumbled. She nodded "yes I didn't want anyone to see me because I haven't figured out how to change back." She replied. I sat next to her and listed to her explain everything that happened. He found the experience incredible. "that's crazy but don't worry I won't tell anyone about this but I do owe you an apology I shouldn't have acted so harsh to you." He said. He wanted her to forgive him. She sighed "you made me so angry, but I forgive you." She replied.

Itachi let out a sigh of relief at that but seeing her in this form stirred something in him. It was starting to scare him he never felt this way before. "I'm glad you're not mad at me anymore but get some rest and I'll see you tomorrow the council is meeting tomorrow to decide the next hokage." He said Dinaji nodded at him and watched him leave. She decided to get some sleep well at least try to anyways. She couldn't get comfortable from her wings and tail but finally he managed to find a spot and fell asleep. If she couldn't figure out how to change back, she would have to go to the meeting like she was, so she was just going to have to try something.