Hello, this is my first chapter of "Blossoms of Many Colors." This story excites me. I am an avid fan of the Alpha/omega/beta relationship dynamic.

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.

She was staring up into the black eyes of a predator. Definitely an Alpha male, and as nervous as the musky scent of him made her, she was prepared to fight. She could see the sharp teeth and muscular form of a hunter and gave an involuntary shiver, but this was no shiver of fear. No, this was the excitement and adrenaline pumping through her veins at the thought of a good fight. Blue skin and a massive body stood casually in front of her; brandishing a weapon six feet long and staring at her in a bored manner. Oh no, he was going to take her seriously. She would make sure of it.

Sakura lowered her stance and watched the man, if you could call him that, as she readied herself to attack. He only scoffed at her movements. She hissed lowly and gathered her chakra into her fists. She knew of this man, this enemy that was after her best friend.

Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the legendary seven swordsmen of the mist, missing nin from Kirigakure and a member of the Akatsuki. His partner was none other than Itachi Uchiha himself; a missing nin from her own village.

Even as an Omega, she knew how to hold herself, and he had no way of knowing her best kept secret. No one besides her team and her mentor's knew of her rare status. She learned how to mask her scent at an early age, when the status of her nature began to show itself at fourteen, to prevent enemy alphas from taking advantage of her and her village. If she were to be claimed by an enemy she would not be able to fight them. For an alpha to claim an omega means that they would be mated for life unless both the alpha and omega agreed to break the bond. So, Sakura had to hide her nature throughout her life so word would not get around to others about her status.

"Listen Kunoichi, my business isn't with you, it's with the Kyuubi. Why don't you just run along and play with your dolls while the men here do the dirty work?" said Kisame.

Sakura glared up at him, snarling like a beast as she punched the ground in front of him. "Men? I don't see any men. Just a coward unwilling to fight me," she taunted. His eyes went wide as the ground split and debris started flying. He glared at her remark and jumped up into a nearby tree and looked back down at her. 'What just happened? The little pink shrimp just split the earth with just one fist.' He eyed her more closely and tried to think of who this kunoichi might be.

'Pink hair?' thought Kisame. He vaguely remembered a discussion he had with Itachi about his little brother's teammates. Of course, the attention went to the Kyuubi vessel, but there was also a mention of a small, weak little girl on the genin team. Could this pink little fire cracker be her? She certainly couldn't keep up with the power of the younger Uchiha or the blonde powerhouse Naruto Uzumaki, but Kisame had to admit she was not someone he would label as weak as far as normal shinobi standards.

Sakura hid her smug satisfaction gained by catching the giant mist-nin off guard. 'Cha! That's right! We will not be ignored!' her inner screamed. She rolled her eyes as her excitable other persona and prepared to cast a jutsu while her enemy was still distracted by the newly-formed fissure in the ground. An earth jutsu sounded like a good idea. Quickly making the hand seals, she shot up some of the rocks she had loosened from the ground and shot them at Kisame while she teleported behind him to try to knock him out. Seeing through her simple distraction method, Kisame jumped through the oncoming projectiles and sent a giant leg back, kicking the kunoichi back and into the trees.

She shot through a couple of trees and landed in a heap on the ground. She groaned out of pain as she sat up and sent a healing hand downed to her bloody right thigh that took the brunt of the impact. Kisame was stalking towards her and as soon as she could move she shot up and towards the bulky blue man.

'A powerful fighter and a medic? This girl is just full of surprises.' Kisame smirked and unsheathed his Samehada. 'Let's see how that chakra of hers tastes.' He lashed out at Sakura and she quickly jumped up and out of the way. She knew the power of that sword and she would be sure to avoid having her skin shredded and her chakra drained. She made four shadow clones and sent them in different directions to surround the swordsman while she prepared a jutsu. She went underground to sneak up on him while he fought her clones.

'Which is the real one?' Kisame thought to himself. He took out the two at his sides and growled at the 'pop' of the clones dissipating. All of a sudden there was a chakra signal coming up from underneath him. 'Ah, very clever girl.' He shot up taking out the remaining clones as she came up from underground, and then aimed his sword at her back. She shrieked out her pain as the scales ripped the skin below her shoulder blades, but she remained standing and turned towards him somewhat shakily. She sent healing chakra throughout her system to stop the bleeding and numb the pain. The sword had taken over half of her remaining chakra, and healing without using her hands took up double the chakra than she would normally use healing a wound. She knew she couldn't last much longer, but she needed to keep the shark-man busy so that Kakashi, Naruto, and Sai could fight Itachi. The Uchiha could easily fight only two of them so the way they were separated was necessary. She prepared a chakra-filled punch before charging at her opponent. Kisame smirked at her direct approach and prepared Samehada for a finishing move. All of a sudden, Sakura poofs away in a cloud of smoke and Kisame is looking down at a log. He felt around for her chakra signature and felt it coming at him from the back. Acting as if he was none-the-wiser he waited for her to get too close to dodge before turning and swiping down.

"Ah!" Sakura screams as the sword shreds the skin over her already-injured thigh. She felt herself weakening as her chakra drained and the seal over her natural scent was sucked away by the massive sword. She looked up at Kisame, seeing his eyes widen and his pupils dilate as his Alpha instincts kick in. She uses what is left of her chakra to stop the bleeding on her leg. She stood up and backed away from the large man staring at her as if she were a prize to be won. He instinctually followed her movements and reaches out for her, grabbing her upper arm and pulling her into his body.

"An omega?" asked Kisame, almost unbelieving. Sakura was frozen to the spot. Her secret was out and without her chakra she had no way of escaping. She whimpered as he leant down and put his nose to her neck, taking in her scent.

"Kisame," said a dark, masculine voice. Kisame and Sakura both looked up, and standing on a branch above them was Itachi Uchiha. She watched as he too reacted to her scent. His eyes widened almost unperceptively and his muscles tensed.

"Itachi-san?" asked Kisame in almost a growl.

Itachi realized his pause and looked back to Kisame. "Leaf reinforcements are close. We must leave," he said in a low voice. "Bring her."

Sakura's eyes went wide right before she felt a pinch over a pressure point in her neck. Then, everything went black.