"Hey, you awake?" said a light voice, nudging my shoulder gently. My eyes fluttered open even though my body was filled with tiredness and cramps. I looked up to where I heard the voice and saw a women with bright green eyes and smooth, straight hair. She had a nice smile on her face, and she was still shaking me awake. My eyes fully opened and I looked around myself. I was now in a clean room on top of a clean white bed. I could hear the beeping of a monitor beside me and a little white tube coming out from my arm. I could feel the pillow behind my head, and also feel new clothing on my skin. Where was I? The last thing I could remember from my foggy mind was me being held by a man. Did they take me somewhere else?

"W-W-Where am I-I-I?" I stuttered in a quiet voice. The pink haired girl smiled as she held up a glass of water to me. I gladly took it in my hands and drank it quickly down. She laughed as she watched me drunk every single drop of the water.

"Well, your in the Konoha Hospital. I'm Uzumaki Sakura, just so you know." she answered with a smile. I looked up at her as I put my glass down next to me.

"K-Konoha...?" I asked. Where was Konoha, and what was Konoha? Was I r-really safe here? Or were they going to betray me...just like the others?

"Konoha is village, along many others. Any other questions?" she questioned, her eyes perking up. She looked kind, with her pretty green eyes and posture. Sakura looked trustable to me.

"U-U-Um....why a-am I here?" my voice said softly.

"...Hitomi, your here because, well, we didn't want you to suffer. Those men were using you for bad things." she explained with a small guilty look. I cocked my head and looked down. So they knew about the men? What did they want from me? I had nothing special about me. I am nothing but a useless, empty, lonely child. Anything they could use me for would be as a sacrifice or as a experiment, but then I would be dead by now. Confusion flooded into my mind as I started playing with my fingers.

"Oh, and, how are you feeling? Are you hungry? Tired?" Sakura asked. I shook my head slightly even though my body still hurt a bit. I was able move, but my arm where the man took my blood from was sore.

"Ok then, if your all good, then you could leave the hospital early. I'm sure you'll gain some weight in the future." she replied looking down. I could see a faint sadness in her voice, as if she remembered something sad. Her happiness seemed to disappear slightly, but yet she managed to raise her lips in a thin smile.

"W-Where will I-I go?" I asked, playing with my fingers. I didn't want to go to that cave ever again.

Sakura looked at me and gave me a closed eye smile. Kindness radiated from her body, and it gave me the feeling that I was going to be...going to be safe...

"Well you can stay with my family," she smiled, "You see, your father was a close teammate of mine. I would do anything for his one and only daughter."

I raised my eyebrows at what she said.

Father...?

Sakura noticed this and looked down at her lap. Her hands were folded over her heart as I could see her emerald eyes go a bit glassy.

"I guess your curious about who your father is, right?"

I nodded and stared at the women.

I had no memories of any father figure, and I couldn't see myself being loved. All my life I have been told that my only purpose for being alive was for experimenting. People have told me that besides being a test subject, I was useless to the world.

I don't see why anyone would take care of me...

"Your fathers name is Uchiha Sasuke, and he..." she started, "Was a great ninja. He was the last of his clan, the Uchiha, which is why he was so powerful. Sasuke was blunt and cold, but I know that deep inside he was warmer than anybody you would ever meet."

Uchiha Sasuke?

"A-And my mother?" I asked.

"Your mother is Hyuga Hinata, and just like your father, she is also from a very powerful clan. Unlike your father though, she was so sweet and always cared about everyone."

Sakura stared at me and softly smirked.

I swallowed the big lump in my throats and looked down at the hospital blanket. I fiddled with my fingers as I took everything in.

Where were my parents?

Did they abandon me? From the sound the sounds of it, it seems like my father would do that. But what about the fact that I was the second living Uchiha...didn't that mean something to him?

I felt tears well up in my eyes as I wiped them away with my arm.

Sakura noticed this.

"Hey...it's going to be alright, okay? Were all here...know that." she cooed, wrapping her arms around me.

Her hands felt my messy dark hair as tears dropped down onto the sheets.

Sakura's kind words had good intentions but it all felt so empty...like someone just saying another thing. She said it with no sad emotion, no pity, just a "I'm sorry."

I sobbed silently in her arms as I hugged myself. I felt pathetic....

"Come on, cheer up!" she perked gently, "Your out of that place so just be happy. You can finally live a happy life now...no need to feel down, okay?"

Can she really expect me to forget everything and just live normally?

I felt my teas begin to dry up as I wiped the rest away. I stared off into space as Sakura nervously stared at me.

"C-Can I ask you something?"

Sakura smiled.

"Anything. I'm here."

I hesitated to ask but I did. "What is my name?"

"Oh...its Hitomi...but Hyuga is going to be your last name so that you can stay safe from anyone who wants your Uchiha blood..." she explained, "You father named you before he...well..."

She looked to her side as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"W-Was...he k-killed?" I stuttered holding my hands.

A dark shadow casted over her face as wet tears slid down her cheeks. Sadness took over her bright green eyes as she hesitantly opened her mouth.

"Y-Yes..." she sobbed. She looked up at me and tried to smile but it looked like the pain was too much for her to handle. "And his last wish was that..."

Sakura stopped as someone entered in my room.

"His last wish was to let his daughter live." the man said with a hint of sorrow in his voice, "He was too blunt to say it. Heh...that teme."

The man who had said it had shiny sky blue eyes. He had short yellow hair and a orange and black shirt. He also had strange whiskers in his face...and his aura seemed powerful...friendly...kind.

Who was he?

Sakura looked at him quickly and stood up from her stool.

"Naruto, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in your office?" Her voice cracked.

Naruto shook his head and smiled at me. I gasped at how much kindness she puffed into pulling his lips upwards.

Immediately I knew he was a good man...Naruto...

"Hello, Hitomi." he started. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, Hokage of Konoha. And it's nice to finally meet you, dattebayo."

He walked over to me and bent down beside me. Sakura placed her hand on his back and looked down. Her free hand wiped her tears.

"H-Hitomi?"

Was that my name...? All my life I have been called Jogan...which fits me because it meant experiment. I had no need for a nice name like 'Hitomi.'

Naruto nodded.

"Sasuke named you before he and Hinata left for you to be born." he explained, "He loved you a lot, 'ttabayo."

My eyes widened as I held my hands close to my chest. Tears pricked in my eyes but I dared not to cry.

'Loved?'

No one could ever love me...I'm a useless human being that has no need in the world. Who cares if I'm the last living Uchiha?

I'm still me, not matter what my name is. I could never make anyone proud but to live and survive whatever they want to do with me.

I'm just a puppet for experiments...not a daughter that would be loved.

And I'm sure of it.

Naruto noticed how down I was and he immediately started looking at me with sympathy.

"Hey...come on. Don't feel sad. You'll have a new chance to live a normal life now, dattbayo. Those bastards that have taken you will never ever bother you again. I'll make sure of it, I promise."

He smiled and waited for my response.

I swallowed a big lump in my throats and stared into his kind eyes.

I knew him and Sakura wanted me to be happy. I knew that they wanted me to feel like another kid, like I was never raised in a dungeon and fed scraps of food.

I didn't know what happiness was, and I desperately yearned for it all the time. I wanted to know what it felt like to be loved, to feel special. And I do want to be normal.

But that just couldn't happen with me.

I'm empty, and the only thing I know how to feel was sadness, loneliness, and anger.

I've never smiled, only cried and screamed.

I could never be normal.

Naruto's raised up as his hope began to fade away, piece by piece. I could tell he was faking his smile so that I could look up to him. I didn't want to disappoint him, and Sakura.

Nobody would want a empty little girl living in their home. What use would I be? I could tell that they desperately wanted me to feel joy, happiness, hope.

And so I did.

I forced my lips to raise up on my face like Naruto and Sakura did.

I was...pretending to smile.

Naruto's eyes widened in happiness as his smile brightened. Sakura had a sigh of relief as she put her hand in mine.

"Well, Hitomi. You'll be okay now." Naruto smiled.

I looked at him and closed my eyes and forced my lips to go up.

"Yeah..." I lied, "I'll be...o-okay."

And little did they know that it was all a white lie.