She woke up to complete stillness. There was nothing. No beeping that she was expecting. No exasperated and concerned parent. It also made her think there was something seriously wrong. There was a slight tinge of pain inside of her every time she moved.

She saw the insides of the crib when she looked around. She checked them for a barrier seal or something to keep her inside other than the height of the wall-like sides of the crib. She unsteadily leaned upwards and looked around the hospital room but all she saw was a silent machine keeping watch of her vitals. No seal. No chakra.

It seemed to emphasize how serious it was. And she was only a few months old! Maybe she shouldn't have done it. Did she damage her chakra pathways permanently?

What happened?! She closed her eyes and concentrated on the tinge of pain deep inside her and called it. It felt sluggish and it hurt. Like rubbing on raw nerves. But the pain slowly decreased.

She shifted her chakra around her raw pathways then made another area inside her to store chakra.

In her last Uzumaki life, she have very low amount of chakra but since she needed to use chakra and activate her fuuinjutsu which might be very chakra costly, she had been taught this method. The method that Mito Uzumaki passed to Tsunade and she passed it to Sakura. It was the way the seal was passed. A ninja with perfect chakra control and with the knowledge of the art of sealing, they could know the way to make the seal but the seal was redesigned by every user for their own use.

Perhaps the original seal was something completely different, but that is how the knowledge was passed. No user could make records of the seal. Sakura was, coincidentally, the only person outside the Uzumaki clan to make use of the seal. Tsunade filled the seal with healing chakra. She was the only person to diversify the seal. The appearance of her seal was like three conjoined diamonds in the shape of a shard of a triangle.

But generally the seal took the appearance of a diamond on the forehead. But the seal didn't need to be there. It was just easier if it was. But she barely had any chakra so she didn't have to worry about perfect chakra control yet. But she wouldn't risk having less chakra in this body. Females generated less chakra due to their lower metabolic rate. She needed to have chakra for fuuinjutsu. She also needed to learn the other Shinobi arts. She absentmindedly put the newly generated seal on her head which was already thick with hair.

Suddenly a new pain seemed to spread from the area where she applied the seal. She gasped. The pain pulsed before she gritted her teeth and bore it for a few moments. It slowly faded away though it throbbed with pain after random intervals. Did seals hurt her? Is that why there had been none put on the room or on her?

A nurse came in the room and she flinched away from her. Something seemed to echo away from her and brushed against her painfully. And it made her feel so weak and tiny. But with every step, it hurt more. She couldn't hold back a cry when the nurse came within a meter of her.

The nurse became alarmed and took a hesitant step closer. She struggled in the crib to get away. Suddenly, there was a presence. Not painful but soothing and kind. It felt like a cool breeze. She looked up to the not-that-old-but-still-old face of Sarutobi Hiruzen he ushered the nurse's painful presence away and gave her a kind smile.

"Too chakra sensitive. Monitor her progress," he muttered to the nurse. His presence slowly became uncomfortable then borderline painful. She gasped and it increased and she started crying and screaming. God. It wasn't like the physical painful she felt when she died. It was like continuous pinpricks inside her, stabbing her then it continued hurting but her nerves didn't become numb. It just kept hurting.

The pain left then the Third Hokage gave a sad frown at her before leaving the room. She thought about what he said. She wanted to be a sensor and she got it. Her body was too weak and she was easily overwhelmed by the presence. The Third Hokage probably hid his presence. Does that mean she could only be around Anbu-level or higher? Or basically highly skilled people who can hide their presence? She really hoped it eased up soon. She had things to do.

-x-

It was only three months later, when her father barged into her 'hospital' room, barely clean and very concerned, that she really realized how much she had improved. His chakra was flaring with concern and a hint of panic.

Then relief overcame him when he realized she wasn't dying or something. The flaring chakra would have made her fall unconscious with pain a month ago, was barely painful now. Her body had already accepted and adapted to chakra. She once again mused how convenient everything was for her. Even with so many obstacles. You'd think 'God' would want more entertainment from her.

She shook her head. She didn't need more complications or more worrying about things out of her control. Plus she had been here for only 7 months. She had lots of things to do. Could she be the little sister figure for Obito? She needed to get close to him somehow…

She almost hit her head. She could get 'lost' and stumble on Obito. He had a penchant for helping people didn't he? But how was she going to do that when she lived in a place full of people who could find her any time of any day? Stupid Hyuga eyes.

Hizashi lifted her gently before rubbing her back soothingly.

"Don't scare your papa anymore, okay?" She gargled and nodded in agreement. Hizashi was kind and her father. She didn't want to scare him. Perhaps she should keep him away from everything? She mentally frowned. She didn't think that would be possible.

Hizashi would be a part of the shit case with the Hyuuga, and Hiashi wasn't bad. He was pretty nice and everything but the relationship would probably be ruined when Neji's talent was wasted. She didn't know how she could help there. She liked the light bantering between the brothers. The way they smiled and their body subtly relaxed when they were near each other.

It was an envious relationship. A total trust between war buddies. She almost giggled at the thought of them drinking and sharing war stories. Then she paused.

That was actually a possibility she could imagine. Probably with some friends. And Hizashi would get Hiashi to go along with it. She smiled. They were really cute sometimes. She was so busy with her thoughts, she didn't even notice Hizashi make a note of her nod.

Hizashi twirled her around and she giggled. She felt like a child in moments like this. Letting Hizashi dote on her however he wanted. It was fun. She barely remembered what she wanted to do about this messed up world.

Most of the time she didn't care. Then she would remember her friends and family, who she had sworn her life to. She didn't really mind being ordered around like a dog. She found it slightly hilarious sometimes. Or maybe it was her hysterics? She wasn't all that sure about that.

She loved hard. She knew that. Even in her first life, when she had loved her family, she had loved with all she had. And in her last life, she had loved her clan like that. She mentally smiled.

Those idiots probably would have been running after her with sticks and chains, if they knew she had tried to access her chakra far, far earlier than anyone ever had. She was glad 'God' wanted her alive and skilled more than he wanted her dead or crippled.

"Papa will take you home soon. Until then you need to stay here, okay?" Hizashi set her down on the crib and looked at her somberly. She pouted in disappointment. And she had been doing so much better. Hizashi smiled.

"You're so smart already. Don't grow up too fast. Papa will be sad to be alone." I grinned up at him thinking, who are you kidding, daddy dearest?

"Cheeky, Mi-chan. Very cheeky." She tried not to be impressed how he seemed to know what she thinking. Was she that open? She gave him a questioning look. He chuckled.

"Do you want to know how I know what you're thinking?" She hesitantly nodded and looked up at him curiously. "You're my daughter. Until you become big and strong, it's my job to protect you." He rubbed her head.

"Even then, actually. But how can I protect my daughter if I don't know what she's thinking?" She leaned to the side and fell. Covering her face with the bedding. Were prodigies supposed to be that smart? She didn't know. She was almost a year old. Wasn't she supposed to start talking in a year or so? Did she put herself as too skilled? She really didn't want to be kidnapped into Root or something. She really hoped Hizashi didn't tell anyone important.

Unfortunately, her hopes were dashed soon after.

Fortunately, she got the better end of the deal.