Author's note: Again apologies for any mistakes. *sleepy* I think next chapter is going to be... extra long, I'm not sure yet. I collect some information about Yautja mating on sites so some things belong there others I just made up. Thank you so Much for the Reviews! You keep me motivated. I enjoy reading them and know what you think about each chapter and the story. Hope you enjoy this one too! And... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Warning: Just a few hints and Yautja mate education? Story probably Rated M next chapter.
Two weeks had pass, Sakura continue her training and her relationship with Setg'in improve since the day he first told her he wanted her. Setg'in was always caressing her face with his mandibles and biting her neck when they were alone, every time he tried something more Sakura pushed him away.
In the evening, Sakura finished her training early.
"Argh! I don't know what to do!" Sakura was talking alone in her room walking back and forth, thinking. 'Maybe I should talk with Kant'ra about this… What if… Whyyyy?' Sakura was freaking out but in a comic way, when somebody knocked on the door.
"You can come in." She yelled and Setg'in entered.
"S-Setg'in." She said bowing, Sakura was already blushing, she didn't know why but lately Setg'in made her blush more than usual.
"My silly Sakura." He purred grabbing her and embracing her. Sakura chuckled putting her arms around him. "I have good news…" He purred in her ear.
"Can you share them?" She asked giggling.
"Of course I can. They're about you." He said looking at her but never letting her go.
"Tell me!" Sakura said excited making him chuckle.
"Elder Za'zin, Thei'de and I just finished our meeting and we decided to put you in the same pack as Hult'ah and Bak'uub, since you're getting along so well." Setg'in said. Of course it made him jealous seeing Sakura around other males but he wanted the best for her, besides he didn't wanted to risk putting her with other males she didn't know and trust. Setg'in knew that Bak'uub and Hult'ah would be good companions for her.
"Good news indeed. But, you don't mind?" Sakura asked. She was still confused, she didn't know if they were already mates or not but she did knew Setg'in had a short temper and sometimes he act weird like he had jealous.
"Of course not." He lied. "I just want the best for you Sakura, I know they are your friends and you feel more comfortable with them than with a strange pack. Besides, Hult'ah doesn't stop nagging Thei'de to put you in their pack." Now he was telling the truth. Sakura chuckled.
"Thank you, Setg'in. Do you think I'm ready?" She wanted to know what Setg'in thought about her training so far.
"Soon you'll be. You're getting better everyday, especially with the combi-spear and the disk. You already fight like a hunter." Setg'in said proud that she was becoming a good fighter already.
"I can't wait for my first hunt!" She said excited.
"About that… Before your chiva I'm going to send you in three hunts for preparation. First one I'll go with you." Setg'in informed her.
"Alright. I'm going to train harder. I will not fail!" She said determinate making Setg'in purred.
"I like when you act all brave." He said thrilled. Sakura chuckled and Setg'in caressed her face with his mandibles, she blushed. Setg'in then grabbed Sakura by the waist and pressed her body against his.
"I-I-I got to go t-talk with Kant'ra." Sakura said pushing him away.
"Sakura, why do you run away from me?" Setg'in asked cocking his head. He was confused; first she was the one trying to touch him, now every time he tried to touch her she always came up with excuses.
"I-I'm not running! I just need to see Kant'ra, that's all." She tried to calm him.
"If you say so… When you're done meet me in my quarters." He said, unsatisfied with her excuse. Setg'in turned his back. "I'm wating." He said looking over his shoulder when he reached the door, then he left.
'Great… Now he's all grumpy… But now I really need to speak with Kant'ra.' Sakura thought sighing.
Sakura rush to the Elder's quarters on the first section and knocked on the Elder's door.
"Come in." Sakura heard Kant'ra giving order. Sakura entered and bowed.
"Oh it's you my dear. Gkaun'yte." Kant'ra said getting up and walking closer to Sakura.
"Gkaun'yte, Elder Kant'ra." Sakura said a little bit nervous.
"Is something wrong?" Kant'ra asked concerned immediately noticing it.
"N-No… I… Hum…" Sakura didn't know how to say it making Kant'ra chuckle.
"Don't be shy with me my dear, come on." Kant'ra knew Sakura was a little shy.
Sakura took a deep breath.
"I want to know about… how… hum… Yautja… m-mating and t-that stuff…" Sakura said hesitating, her sentence was not even coherent but Kant'ra understood.
"I see…" Kant'ra chuckled. "Come sit with me, dear." Kant'ra said making a sign for Sakura to follow her. Sakura move to the left side of the Elder's quarters, their quarters were huge. They sat on a section that looked like a living room but it had only pillows and things like sofas, where they sat. "So, what do you what to know exactly?" Kant'ra asked.
"H-How do you… mate?" Sakura didn't know anything about this part of the Yautja's life.
"The same way as the oomans." Kant'ra chuckled while Sakura was blushing badly. "I knew you would come with these questions some day, but may I ask why so soon? Do you have any mate in mind?" Kant'ra asked already suspecting she had.
"I-I don't know yet… I don't even know how these things work around here." Sakura said still blushing.
"Then let me explain. Many Yautjas choose a mate or more for life others prefer not to have a steady mate, so they just mate to produce offspring or pleasure. In our clan we encourage males to choose mates for life." Kant'ra explained.
"So… They just have to choose a mate. That's it?" Sakura thought it seemed easy.
"It's not that simple my dear. When a male choose a mate for life he has to prove to her on a hunt and bring her a trophy." Kant'ra said. Sakura thought it was reasonable since their culture was all about hunting. "Sakura, may I ask who is it?" Kant'ra already suspected but wanted to be sure.
"Well… It might be Setg'in." Sakura said blushing looking away.
Kant'ra's suspicious were right. Now she only needed to be sure of one thing.
"I see… He returns your feelings, am I correct?" Kant'ra asked.
"Well I think so… He can't keep his hands of me." Sakura chuckled, but then realize something. "But not in front of others! I know it's not right for non-mates." she added. Sakura trusted Kant'ra but she didn't knew if she had done the right thing telling her all the details, Sakura didn't want to get Setg'in in trouble.
"Did you already mate?" Kant'ra blurted.
"What? N-No. No!" Sakura shouted blushing.
"I know you didn't my dear. If you did, you couldn't even walk right." Kant'ra chuckled.
"Why do you say that?" Sakura asked raising an eyebrow, what she had said made her uneasy.
"Don't be upset dear. I know Yautja males are much larger than Ooman males." Kant'ra explained.
"You mean in…" Sakura started to think about Yautja anatomy, she never saw one completely naked.
"Exactly. They're not only larger but can also become aggressive. I'm afraid you might get hurt, Ooman females are more fragile than Yautja females." Kant'ra said worried. 'Oh my God! Oh my God!' Sakura was already imagining her dying during mating. Kant'ra noticed Sakura was becoming agitated. "But I'm sure Setg'in will be gentle with you." Kant'ra said putting a hand on her leg trying to comfort her.
"But Elder… I've never mated in my life, not with Ooman males or whatever." Sakura said blushing and looking away. Now Kant'ra understood why she was so scared, she was still pure.
"I thought oomans were always in heat, I know oomans like to mate for pleasure." Kant'ra was learning more about humans with Nan'ku since Sakura arrive to the ship.
"And we are. But it never happened. Don't ask!" She said embarrassed. Sure Sakura had a few boyfriends but her relationships were always too short to even think about that.
"Oh my dear, if it gets a while for Yautja females to adapt to the males size I can't imagine what is going to be for you…" Now Kant'ra was extremely worried, Sakura was smaller and more fragile than a Yautja female. Kant'ra made a mental note to talk about this with Nan'ku later.
"That doesn't help." Sakura chuckled to easy the tension.
"I'm sorry Sakura." Kant'ra caressed her face. "I know Setg'in must be rushing you to mating and since Ooman females are always in heat your scent is stronger than most Yautja females. Have a female willing to mate every time is any male's dream." Kant'ra said.
"Doesn't Yautja females are always in heat too?" Sakura asked curious, she didn't knew anything about this subject.
"Not really." Kant'ra chuckled at her question. Yautja females were only in heat a few times during the year but some choose to mate all year even without producing offspring, just for pleasure or give the males pleasure. Sakura thought they could be similar to humans when it came to mating but apparently was not that simple. She was already used to her new life on the ship but all these things about mates were still very confuse to Sakura. "Sakura, I have to go attend some meetings with Za'zin." Kant'ra said getting up, interrupting Sakura's thoughts.
"Oh! Sorry. I have to go too, Setg'in is waiting for me. Thank you Elder Kant'ra." Sakura said smiling.
"No need to thank me my dear." Kant'ra nodded caressing Sakura's cheek and left. Now Kant'ra was sure, her son Halk'rath could never be the center of Sakura's affections.
Sakura began her way to Setg'in quarters; it was on the same section. First section was the quarters of the elders and the high rank Yautjas. 'Now is time to face Mr. Grumpy.' She thought.
She knocked on his door. Nobody answered so she knocked again. 'He tells me to meet him here now he isn't here… Or maybe he's on his other quarters and I'm standing here like an idiot.' Sakura thought. Suddenly the door opened and Sakura was grabbed by her arm and pulled inside.
"Setg'in!" Sakura gasped. It was too late; Setg'in was already holding her prisoner on his bed. He was on top of her holding her arms.
"I know you like when I touch you, but now you keep pushing me away. Why?" He asked looking her in the eyes.
"Let's eat! I'm starving." Sakura said trying to avoid his question.
"Sakura, do you want me?" Setg'in asked confused with her feelings.
"Of course I do. Is just… Are we mates?" Sakura asked blushing. Setg'in was surprised at such question.
"Do you want us to be?" He said biting her neck. Setg'in never had a steady mate, until now he just mated for pleasure with some females. But since he met Sakura he thought a lot about making her his mate for life, he wanted her and wanted to be the only one that could touch her.
"Well, do you?" Sakura asked. For Setg'in, that question sounded like a yes.
"Then you shall be my mate. After you prove yourself to the clan, I'll make you my mate for life." Setg'in said clicking his mandibles.
"And before that? What am I to you?" She asked confused.
"You're mine." He said caressing her face with his mandibles. Sakura giggled. "Make sure your friend Halk'rath knows that or I'll make sure he does." Setg'in mood suddenly change. Sakura didn't like his remark; she got free from his grip and pushed Setg'in away making him growl. Sakura sat on the end of his bed.
"I haven't seen Halk'rath…" Sakura mumbled with her arms crossed.
"I know. He's hunting." He said growling. Setg'in noticed she was getting upset. "Stay." He purred.
"What?" Sakura asked not even looking at him.
"Spend the night here with me." He growled softly, he wasn't asking.
"I don't th… Ah!" Before she could protest Setg'in dragged her until her all body was in the bed, then he lay next to her and wrapped his arms around her pushing his body against hers. "You can't always do what you want?" Sakura shouted frowning.
"I do." Setg'in said blankly. Sakura just sighed, one thing she had learned about Setg'in was: she couldn't say no to him. After a while both of them fall asleep.
There was a reason why Setg'in "requested" Sakura for the night, Halk'rath arrived not to long ago and Setg'in wanted to be sure he wouldn't make one of his visits to Sakura. And Setg'in was right, as soon as he arrived, Halk'rath made his way to visit Sakura, unfortunately she wasn't in her quarters, so Halk'rath thought she was still training and went to the training area but she wasn't there either. He saw his little brother still training with Bak'uub.
"Hult'ah!" Halk'rath called approaching them.
"Gkaun'yte, brother." Hult'ah greeted and Bak'uub bowed. "Why are you interrupting my training?" Hult'ah growled. Halk'rath and Hult'ah were very similar on attitude while Pa'ya and Thw'ei were more calm and serious.
"This how you greet your brother, who just came from a hunt?" Halk'rath said patting Hult'ah's head just to tease him. Hult'ah quickly pushed his brother hand away growling. Halk'rath was just now realizing how much his brother had grown, but he was still short next to him. Halk'rath chuckled.
"You didn't come here just to pick on me…" Hult'ah suspected annoyed.
"You're right little one. Do you know where Sakura is?" Halk'rath asked. Hult'ah didn't like when his brothers call him little.
"No I don't." Hult'ah chuckled. "She left early from training today." Hult'ah knew his brother had a liking for Sakura.
Halk'rath turned to Bak'uub looking for an answer but he just shook his head and shrugged, he didn't know either. 'Where she could be?' He asked to himself then he remembered she might be with his mother.
"Well good training for you two." Halk'rath said and left to his parents' quarters.
When he got there he knocked on the door and heard his mother giving order to enter. Halk'rath entered and bowed, there was his mother and father sitting on his chairs talking.
"N'jauka, my son." Kant'ra greeted her son while Za'zin just did a nod.
Halk'rath looked around, she wasn't here either.
"Are you looking for something?" Za'zin asked.
"I was looking for Sakura." Halk'rath admitted. Kant'ra sighed.
"Why are you looking for something that doesn't belong to you?" Za'zin asked growling. He didn't knew about his son feelings for Sakura, Za'zin always thought Halk'rath would never had a mate for life but he did knew Halk'rath mated with a lot of females yet he didn't have any pups, at least none they were aware of, but he suspected that he might have a few. For Za'zin disappointment only Pa'ya had a mate for life and two pups.
"Who owns her? I might challenge him." Halk'rath growled. He respected his father but sometimes their tempers collided.
"You know very well, don't play dumb with me… Are you after this ooman?" Za'zin asked growling louder already losing his patience.
"Maybe… But you know me father, I'm always after females." Halk'rath chuckled provoking his father.
"Don't disrespect me Halk'rath! You're only after this female because Oomas are always in heat." Za'zin growled angry with his mandibles flared making Halk'rath snarl.
"Both of you stop!" Kant'ra shouted growling. "No one owns Sakura. Halk'rath, Sakura isn't here she must be with Setg'in and please stop courting her. I'm afraid she and Setg'in already chosen to be future mates." Kant'ra said trying to dissuade Halk'rath.
"If that was her choice then I respect and quit. I'm sorry father if I was incorrect with you." Halk'rath said lowering his head, Za'zin just nodded and sighed.
"Don't do anything dishonorable." Kant'ra said worried.
"Never." Halk'rath assured his mother. "I will rest in my quarters now. Father, Mother." Halk'rath said bowing to them.
"Sleep well my son." Kant'ra said purring.
"Good rest." Za'zin said growling softly.
Halk'rath left and made his way to his quarters.
"They're all fighting about this ooman attention, however we don't know if she's worthy. First she has to complete the chiva to be part of this clan; they seemed to forget about that." Za'zin said to his mate.
"She must be. Sakura already came this far." Kant'ra said admiring her.
"You too care about this ooman don't you?" Za'zin said turning to her.
"There's something special about her." Kant'ra said purring. Za'zin knew his mate was right.
Translation:
Chiva - Rite of passage
Gkaun'yte - Greetings/Hello
N'dhi'ja - Farewell/Good bye
N'jauka - Welcome
