Hello, readers! Avah Hoshigaki here with chapter 4 of "Blossoms of Many Colors." Please read, enjoy, and review! There will be a moment of lime in the next chapter with one of the guys. Wanna guess which one?
Summary: Sakura's secret is discovered by her biggest enemies. She finds herself bound to the Akatsuki men, but is surprised by the affection she is shown. As she falls for these strong, protective men around her, what will she do to try to save her best friend, the jinchuriki, Naruto?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters.
When Deidara opened his eyes, he found dark amber eyes glaring down at him.
"Sasori no Danna, what is it, un?" he asked in confusion, trying to sit up only to find that he was weighed down by something soft and warm. He looked down to find their new little mate curled up onto his chest. "Oh."
He tried to gently pry her hands off of his body, but she wouldn't have any of that. She just snuggled closer to him, and made a contented sound.
'Did she just… purr?' Deidara thought. He saw his mark on her shoulder, showing a small white bird. Looking at her other marks he saw three tomo in a circle around a black dot on her right wrist, being Itachi's, a mark that looked like crossed stitches below her right knee, Kakuzu, a blue shark figure on her right ankle, Kisame, a red scorpion on her left ankle, Sasori, and the symbol of Jashin on her left wrist belonging to Hidan. Honestly, he thought his looked the best, but he wouldn't say it out loud, that could be dangerous.
Speaking of danger, when he looked up again it wasn't only Sasori looking down at him with envy, but all five of her other alphas. The sound of her purr caught the attention of every alpha in the room immediately. Deidara broke into a cold sweat and swallowed his discomfort.
"Listen, un," he whispered, "I had nothing to do with this!"
"Bullshit," said Hidan, also whispering so as not to wake her.
"Maa, Maa," said Kisame, "I saw her sit over next to him and lean on his shoulder. There was little he could do in the stupor we were all in."
"Well, fuck. Someone wake her up, then. I don't want to see them so fucking close together. We don't even know how this shit works. Why does he get to fucking cuddle with her first?" Said Hidan heatedly.
All of the commotion stirred Sakura awake, and she pushed herself up, blushing slightly when she realized she had been sleeping on top of Deidara.
"Sorry, Dei-kun." She said embarrassedly. Deidara, seeing her sleepy face and hearing her nickname for him, smiled brightly.
"Don't apologize, un. Good morning, my sleeping beauty." Sakura blushed a shade darker and looked up at the other men surrounding her. At seeing her face, their angry expressions softened and Itachi stepped forward to help her to her feet.
"Sakura, we do not know how to move forward in the mating process, would you care to explain?" he said in his silky soft voice.
"Oh… well, when an omega has multiple alphas she would normally switch nights sleeping with each of them individually. Unless, of course, the alphas agreed to sleep together with her-"as she said this her face was growing shades darker by the word, and the hungry looks each of her men were giving her were not helping her predicament. She sat down on the couch and continued. "Seeing as I have never even heard of an omega with more than 3 alphas before, I will leave it up to you to decide sleeping arrangements."
"But who gets to go first?" Hidan whined. Sakura was shocked by the question, and then her anger began to boil over.
"Whomever I choose to mate with first will "go first", Hidan. Being mates does not automatically mean that we will have sex right away. I'm still a virgin, you know, and if and when I decide to have sex with any of you, it will be my choice alone who I will give that right to." She was steaming and the others were all glaring at Hidan. Her anger was spreading onto them, and she realized that the sharing of emotions would get old very quickly. Thinking on her feet, she channeled chakra over her mating marks, and noticed immediately the tense atmosphere become less heavy in the air.
"Alright, alright," said Hidan. "I didn't fucking know!" He declared and then sat on the other couch he was standing by, grumbling to himself.
Sakura sighed. "Our hormones will drive us to mate soon enough, and I will need all of you equally. Sex can be between just two of us, or however many are willing to sleep with each other, as creepy as that sounds. I've heard other omegas enjoy having multiple mates at once, and I'm sure it has something to do with the mixture of pheromones. As far as myself, I would like for my first time to be between myself and one other. I will choose soon." She looked up to see all of her men looking at one another as if sizing up the competition.
Sakura's stomach decided to choose this quiet, tense moment to make itself known. Her blush came back ten-fold and she avoided the gazes of the males around her, which were smirking and snickering among themselves.
Kisame spoke up, "Well, it's my turn to cook breakfast, so I'll be sure to come up with something quickly.
Sakura gaped at him. "You cook your own food?! Who made dinner last night?"
Sasori raised a finger and smirked at her. "I hope you enjoyed it, blossom." She was speechless. How did someone that spent half of his life on earth as a puppet learn to cook so well? As if reading her mind, he said, "My grandmother taught me to cook as a child."
"Chiyo?" she gasped. There were pinpricks in her eyes thinking of the old woman who inspired so much of her progress over the last five years. Sasori nodded and looked to the side, almost guiltily.
Kisame had left for the kitchen, and having enough of the gazes on her she decided to follow and offer her assistance.
"You guys wait around, and I'll let you when the food is ready." The remaining men grumbled a reply while she exited the room and followed Kisame's strong chakra signature to the kitchen.
"Hey, kitten, you need something?" He smiled his sharp teeth at her and she found it rather endearing.
"I decided to come help you out, actually." Kisame raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? Well then, it would be a great help if you would chop the blueberries." Sakura smiled up at him and took the berries from his hands.
"Can do, Kisa-Kun!" His face went a cute shade of purple and Sakura giggled. These nicknames were some great entertainment. She looked over at what he was doing and noticed him mixing some batter to smooth it out. "Pancakes?"
"Yup. Hope you like, kitten. I don't know how to cook any traditional breakfast foods."
"Oh, don't worry. There are no foods that I particularly dislike, and I happen to love pancakes," she said quickly and excitedly.
Kisame grinned. 'She sure is easy to please.'
"So, are you still wounded from our little spat?" he asked nonchalantly, but Sakura could tell he was nervous of what she thought of him after their battle.
"No, I'm perfectly fine. It won't even scar." Kisame had wide eyes. She continued, "I am known as the best medic in the world. If I couldn't heal my own wounds perfectly, my reputation wouldn't be what it is."
Kisame felt a small amount of pride in his little mate. Of course she would be able to heal even a wound from Samehada without difficulty. He set his large hand on her shoulder and squeezed affectionately. He felt a jolt of attraction when their skin touched that he had to force to the back of his mind, and the way Sakura stiffened, he knew she had felt the same thing. This bond would take some getting used to, he realized.
Sakura was reeling from the jolt of heat Kisame's touch had ignited in her. Her stomach was in knots and her knees went weak from the desire that just a mere touch had sent through her system. It was going to being tougher than she had thought to keep herself together around her strong new mates, but she was determined to be more than a fuck toy to these men. They would respect her as a woman, a mate, and a kunoichi.
After breakfast was ready, Sakura called for the rest of the guys to join them in the dining room. The meal was just as lively as the night before, and Sakura had to slam her palm against the table to get their attention.
"Alright men, this has got to change. From this point on, meal times will be an enjoyable experience we spend together. Now, we made enough for each of us to have three pancakes each, so please, one at a time, get your share and then the person to their left will serve themselves. Kakuzu, please begin." She spoke sweetly. All six men stared at her with dubious expressions, but Kakuzu's quickly turned into a smirk.
"Yes, ma'am," he drawled in a low voice. Sakura's stomach did another flip and she hoped no one noticed her heart rate pick up slightly. Thankfully, everyone's attention was now on Kakuzu picking up his three pancakes.
"You ass! I wanted that one!" Whined Hidan. With a quick slap to the back of the head, Sakura put an end to that nonsense. Kakuzu went through the motions of politely asking for Sasori to pass the syrup before it was Deidara's turn. Deidara looked terrified of doing something wrong so Sakura held back giggles watching as he slowly reached for the pancakes and then quickly pulled it back to his plate after grabbing his pancakes. Sakura couldn't help but guffaw when his voice called out to ask for the butter and he sounded high and squeaky. He glared at her lightly. The others quickly caught on to what was expected of them and breakfast went smoothly from then on.
"Hey Kitten, would you light to come train with us in an hour? We have professional training grounds outside." Kisame said kindly. Sakura looked at him wide-eyed.
'Wow they must trust us a lot to be letting us go outside.' Said inner Sakura.
'And I never even explained about how I couldn't leave them.' She replied.
'Do you think they're trying to test us?'
'It's possible. I just need to prove to them that I am trustworthy somehow.'
Sakura smiled widely up at Kisame. "Yes! Hell yes!" she answered him. "I haven't worked my muscles nearly as much as I normally would and my body feels ready to crush mountains!"
'Maybe that wasn't the best thing to say while trying to earn their trust.' Said inner, and Sakura had to begrudgingly agree. The guys all had bewildered gazes apart from Itachi and Sasori, who both had an eyebrow raised slightly.
"It's just an expression, guys," she said with less enthusiasm. "Even if I can demolish mountains, it would cause too much commotion and we can't afford for any ninja to get curious and come snooping around." Saying that had just seemed to make them more suspicious.
After a few awkward moments, Deidara chuckled lightly and stood to offer her his hand. "Alright, un. We had one of the other members have some clothes delivered for you. Training clothes were included. So let's head back to your room so you can change."
"Okay," said Sakura. She was made nervous by the thought of him taking her to change her clothes, but accepted it because he was now her mate and she needed to learn to trust them as much as she needed them to trust her. Also, she still didn't know her way around the dark corridors of the base.
After she was changed (having had to literally kick Deidara out of her room to get any privacy), they headed in a direction she hadn't been in before that led to an old iron door leading to the outside. When they got to the training grounds, however, she froze in her steps. There, stretching before their workout, were her five other (gorgeously figured) alphas, all of them shirtless.
'What did we just agree to, again?' inner exclaimed as Sakura literally fell to her knees at the sight. Her stomach was clenching to the point of pain, her womanhood throbbing enough to make her muscles lax, and her eyes closed trying to stop the want from getting worse. When she looked back up she caught all six alphas giving her lusty, predatory gazes. Her chakra had slipped away from over her mating marks and they had all felt that surge of wanting hit her like a brick wall. If she didn't find a way to get herself out of this, she might just jump on them as quickly as they seemed to want to jump on her.
