Recap: Mai's drink was spiked with pheromones, and now she feels extreme pain if she isn't touching male skin. The boys are sleeping (ONLY) with her to keep away the pain.

I awoke warm and cozy. Which was strange. My room was usually cold despite the fact that I piled three comforters and two quilts onto my little single bed.

The mattress shifted and I blinked open my eyes…only to stare at a perfectly toned, very male chest. Arms tightened around my waist and I gasped and looked down. This wasn't my T-shirt…where were my panties? I sat up and gaped at the huge mattress, or should I say, what was on the mattress? WHAT WAS I DOING IN A BED WITH SIX GUYS?!

I shrieked. (What can I say? I panicked.) Naruto shot up from the bed. Wait a sec. Naruto?! And Lee, and Neji, and Gaara, and Kiba, and Naruto and Sasuke? Where's The Fun?!(WTF)

"Wassamatter? Whasrong?" Came Kiba's voice.

"You. Have. Exactly. One minute. TO EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!" I screeched.

And they did…and I blushed. Crap. I owed these guys my reputation.

"So anyway," continued Gaara. "Basically, you're going to have to be glued to one of us for the next four days."

"I'm so sorry I'm putting you through this, guys. I should have paid more attention to the signs. In my defense, I was a bit preoccupied with balancing on the evil shoes of death," I said. "Thanks for saving me."

"No prob, Mai," said Naruto yawning and scratching his head. He headed towards the shower where Sasuke had just emerged, hair dripping, with only a towel around this waist. I watched as Naruto merely smiled at him and scooted past into the bathroom.

Normally, they would've kissed each other senseless, but they were showing remarkable restraint because I was here. I felt bad.

"You don't need to hold back because of me, guys. You know I have no problem with you kissing in front of me." I said loud enough that Naruto could hear me through the door.

"Really?" Naruto asked poking his head out from the bathroom. "In that case…"

He launched himself at Sasuke and kissed him. I laughed and began to untangle myself from the blankets, Neji holding on to my arm at all times. This was going to make dressing and showering really chaotic I thought to myself. Oh, crap. SHOWERING. Shaving, going to the bathroom…Oh LLAMA!

"Erm…I have an idea! They just said male skin, right? So, what happens if I just, I don't know hold on to Akamaru?" I said nervously.

"I don't know," said Kiba stretching. "You want to try it out big guy?" he asked turning to Akamaru.

Akamaru barked in the affirmative, and loped over towards me. Neji made sure my hands were on Akamaru firmly before letting me go. I braced myself for the pain and was pleasantly surprised to feel nothing but warm fur.

"Hey, it works!" I exclaimed happily. "Can I borrow him for four days?"

"If you feed him, it's fine with me," said Kiba.

"Great! C'mon big boy, let's go to my room." I said and walked to the door collecting my things on the way out.

I entered my room with Akamaru stuck to my side. He was a very big dog now. His back was up to my waist.

I tossed my stuff onto my bed to put away later and went into my bathroom. I stripped off the T-shirt, making sure to be touching Akamaru at all times. I'd wash the shirt and return it to Naruto later.

It was a good thing my shower was big, or we might not have fit. Even then, there wasn't very much room to move around in. I washed quickly (normally I would've taken next to forever, but Akamaru didn't like my shower too much) and washed Akamaru too. He smelled a bit rank.

I dried my hair and toweled Akamaru dry and put on clothes. That was about the time the headaches started. And then the fire in my skin. There must've been a time limit to how long I could touch an animal.

"Go get Kiba, Akamaru. Hurry!" I whispered, and prepared myself for the pain that would come once I lost contact with Akamaru.

I heard him rush out barking madly, and sat down on the floor to hug my knees to my chest. It burned, it burned, it burned!

Kiba rushed in and I launched myself at him and waited for the pain to abate. "There's a time limit on animals." I said in between big gulps of air.

My legs felt rubbery and I slid to the floor once more, only to be scooped up by Kiba's powerful arms.

He carried me back to his room and set me on the couch.

"So there's a time limit, huh?" asked Sasuke as he pulled on a shirt.

"Yeah," I replied. "And it sucks." I was sulking, I admit it. Stupid club, with the stupid drink with the lousy pheromones, leading to the stupid waiter. And it was all because of the stupid mission….

Mental gasp. "The mission!" I shouted jumping to my feet, which dislodged Kiba's hold on me which led to more mind rending pain…

A few minutes later, after I'd recovered and been chastised thoroughly by Neji, I explained.

"The pain only continues until it wears off or until you have sex, right? Plus, Tsunade gave me a mission to get laid. So if I actively look for another guy, I could kill two birds with one stone…so to speak."

"Well, it could work." said Kiba. "But wouldn't it be strange looking for a guy to have sex with, while you're holding onto one?"

"…Drat." I sighed. "Can't we try though? Heck, we can even tell the guy. It's not like it's top secret information, or anything."

The boys looked doubtful. "Besides, you guys would be there with me, so you can help me choose the right guy and not some druggy loser. OK?"

They just looked at me with arms crossed (except for Kiba, seeing as he was still holding onto me). I sighed.

"Listen, guys, it's either stay attached to one of you for four more days (which would significantly decrease your sex-life, might I add), find a guy to have sex with, or have sex with one of you. We don't have very many choices."

"And what, may I ask," said Gaara softly. "Makes the thought of coupling with one or more of us so abhorrent to you?"

That shut me up. "I-it's not abhorrent at all! I mean…what I meant to say is…ah, erm…" I trailed off. One or MORE? "Wait, what? I'm confused here."

"So why don't you want to sleep with us? Is it a hardship? Aren't we fun to look at?" Neji, this time.

"N-no. I mean yes. I mean…maybe?" I stumbled. "Wait a second anyway. First of all, you're all involved with one another. A-and besides, I know you don't think of me that way, so this interrogation is completely unfair…not to mention embarrassing."

"How do you know? And anyway, you think of us that way. Don't you Mai?" asked Neji. They all crowded closer. Kiba sat on the couch next to me and pulled me into his lap. "Wh-what?" I asked stupidly. "Th-this isn't fair at all!"

Gaara kneeled in front of me and leaned towards me. "Didn't you ever wonder why you never had a date?"

Neji's voice from beside me, "Didn't you ever notice when you needed help, we were the ones who came to your aid?"

Kiba bent his head and kissed my neck.

Huh? They had always been there for me, but what they were saying was too strange.

"When Tsunade gave you the mission, it was to spur you to turn to us. But you didn't. Instead you went to a stranger." Lee said roughly.

What? They were the ones who'd told Tsunade to give me the mission? So that I'd ask if they'd sleep with me? I should've been mad, but I wasn't. I was just confused and surprised. I was attracted to them all …who wouldn't be? But I hadn't known they were interested in me that way. I'd always told myself that I couldn't be with them, they were all spoken for.

"Really, Mai, you should know, seeing as you've been staying with us for four years. You belong to us and anybody who tries to take you away will be warned. After we beat him to a pulp." Sasuke lifted me away from Kiba who'd been feathering kisses up and down my neck. "It seems we're going to have to show you if you can't figure it out on your own."

To be continued…