Summary: She was given to him, meant as a slave, but he freed her. How was he to know that she would change everything that everyone ever knew?

Gaara struggled against the desire to attack Jiraiya. She was whimpering from pain. His precious one was HURT! He wanted to sooth her, to take her and hide her away from everything, but a sharp look from the Slug Princess had stalled any movement of his. So he sat by the bed and watched with crimson eyes as Kagome suffered while the god-forsaken seals upon her body were being changed by Jiraiya.

Unseeing eyes snapped open and she screamed. That scream reverberated throughout their very beings mercilessly like a frightened, angry beast. It was a scream full of pain, of suffering, and of longing. It ended then with Kagome's face hidden in one of pillows, body limp from the bouts of agony.

When Kagome opened her eyes, she knew that something had changed. The seals…they…felt different. Instead of being inside a box with a small window, she was now in a large cage. Her power could breath. She felt like herself again. It wasn't as if she was suffocating, as if she had been shoved into a too small body. Now, it was merely a few sizes too small, still tight, but oh so loose. When she sat up, she heard a small clink-clink, and looked down. Hanging around her neck was a slightly familiar watch from a silver chain that she could barely remember seeing before. It escaped her grasp, like trying to catch mist with her bare hands. Her gaze trailed down, following the length of the silver chain and she bit back a groan, she was naked underneath the blankets.

What had happened last night?

Wrapping a bed sheet around her like a toga, she got up from the bed and dug around the closet for something to cover herself with. Gaara was not present and she would have to search to find out what had happened to her. The most that she could put together was that her seals had gone haywire. But everything else, especially her memories of the night, was fuzzy.

Letting the white sheet drop to the floor, she began to dress and when she was fully clothed, Kagome left the bedroom in search of Gaara and his siblings. Hopefully someone would be able to answer her questions.

Author's Note:

Uh, well, yeah, short I know. I wrote it about five different times and it ended up the same way, anything else was too much or too little…bleh. I hate filler chapters when they sneak up on you…

Bloodcherry, your review honestly made my day. It was fanfreakingtastic. I loved it, it was so hilarious! If the scene hadn't been so serious, I probably would have gone with a similar concept!

Everyone, your reviews spur the muses that force, I mean, help me write this. Thank you!