Ren frowned as she felt herself being held as wind flew past her. She groaned and the wind died down. Arms moved around her and she felt something touch her cheek.

"Gaara nii-sama, what is it?" a female voice reached Ren's ears.

"Ren-san, can you hear me?" someone whispered and Ren felt the vibrations as he talked.

"Is she waking up?" someone else asked. "We're almost to Kiri. Let's get to the tower in case."

Gaara looked down at Ren as he started jumping through the trees again and she whimpered. Gaara moved her head so it was blocked from the wind and he felt her body relax some. He shifted his arm under her and moved her so her face was against his neck and the group moved faster.

In Kiri, the villagers were quiet as they past and Gaara felt their gaze on him or Ren. Mei led the way to the Kage tower and down to the residential area. Temari and Kankuro sat on the couch and Mei disappeared down the hall and came back after putting the small back gourd and two katanas somewhere. Gaara sat down against a wall and adjusted Ren in his lap as she whimpered again.

"Sounds like she is close to waking up," Mei sighed in relief. "I'll go find a servant to start making some lunch."

"Gaara nii-sama, does she really mean that much to you?" Temari asked as she looked over the back of the couch to look at the red haired Kazekage. "I mean I've never seen you so angry when we were in that cavern."

Gaara looked at temari for a second before looking down at Ren in his lap. Her head was laying back on his upper arm and he could see her whole face. Her cheeks were smudged with dirt and he could see a forming bruise on her neck as if she had been strangled.

"Gaara...?"

"I'm not sure why I got so angry. Ren told me that she felt like the Akatsuki were still around after she caught Sasuke and I didn't believe her. When we were in the cavern and I saw her beast being extracted, I just felt like when I had Shukaku..."

"You were scarier than when you had Shukaku," kankuro muttered. "We've never seen you so angry."

"It's like you care for her more than yourself," Temari smiled.

"That's very possible," Gaara smiled softly as he studied Ren's face.

"What made you want to give her mother's necklace?" Kankuro asked.

"I wanted her to have something of mine and the necklace mom left for me seemed perfect."

"I'd approve," Temari smiled and Kankuro agreed.

It became quiet as Ren shifted in Gaara's lap and opened her eyes slowly. She stared at the ceiling for several seconds before moving so she was sitting in front of gaara. She hadn't looked at anyone yet as she ran a hand through her hair.

"Ren-sama...?" Water hit Kankuro in the face, pushing him off the couch and onto the ground. "What the fuck...?"

"Can you...be quiet for five seconds?" Ren whispered and Gaara noticing that she was shaking slightly.

"Sorry," Kankuro murmered and she nodded her head.

Ren remained still for several minutes and the sand siblings watched her carefully and remained quiet. Ren seemed focused on something before she signed and started to get to her feet. Gaara got up as well and stayed close in case she fell but she waved him off and stumbled into the kitchen where she got a glass and pulled out a metal bottle out of the fridge and poured a little into the glass. The liquid was a cloudy white then she filled the glass the rest of the way with water and downed the contents, grimacing as she finished.

"What was that?" temari asked.

"It's hard to stay healthy when your my size. People get malnourished or become anorexic if they don't be careful. That stuff was just vitamins," Ren spoke as she filled her glass full of water and downed that was well.

"Ren-chan, are you okay?" Mei came in at that moment and hurried to Ren. "What happened to Kitora...?"

Water hit Mei, effectively shutting her up.

"Is it possible for you to not smother me like a worried mother?" Ren growled but as soon as she took a step, she collapsed to her knees and started coughing. "Damn it..."

"Ren-chan, what is it?" Ren didn't answer as she shook on the ground, coughing hard and trying to breath. Mei turned to the siblings and asked, "Did she take some cloudy liquid?"

"Yeah," Kankuro replied. "Is something wrong?"

"No, her body just freaks out from the vitamins. It's like taking two weeks with of vitamins in a single shot. She'll stop in a couple minutes when the vitamins settle down where they need to be," Mei replied and walked past Ren and grabbed a bottle of water. "Lunch should be here in a few minutes."

Ren finally stopped coughing and shaking and started to stand up. Gaara helped her up and led her over to the couch where she slumped onto the pillows. Gaara sat next to her and she moved so she was lying down with her head on his thigh. Gaara started running a hand through her hair and her eyes closed.

"Ren-chan, you shouldn't sleep yet..." water hit Mei again and she started fuming. "You can't just hit people with water just because they are trying to..."

Splash!

"I am tired. You try staying away when you get saved when you're seconds from dying," Ren muttered and it became quiet. "Yeah, it was that close."

"You don't seem bothered about it," Gaara frowned.

"I'm not dead so why should I be bothered? Kitora is still inside me, even it it is just a tenth of her chakra. Now let me sleep," Ren whined and he smiled and started running his hand through her hair again.