Disclaimer: Do you enjoy making me do this, punk? Huh? Fine, I don't own Naruto.

Naruto's students watched him with raised eyebrows. Though they were probably supposed to be used to this kind of behavior. It was, after all, understandable, considering what their sensei was going through.

Meaning he was currently kind of refusing to step inside Konoha, warily scanning his surroundings while quite noticeably hiding behind the gates. Now, they could have just tried to convince him to move from there, if it wasn't so embarrassing when the gate guards just kept on staring, obviously being quite amused.

Instead, they just decided to leave him there, saying that Naruto could take the mission report to the Hokage by himself. And so, his three students turned around and went home, but not before sarcastically wishing him good luck.

Naruto was left alone, trembling with, even though he hated to admit it, fear. None of his suitors were gentle. Well, except for Hinata. Naruto didn't want to know what would happen to him if he rejected any of them.

Probably something painful.

And even though Naruto was quite used to pain, it didn't mean he would voluntarily get hurt. He preferred to avoid it. And in this case avoiding meant staying away from the lions nest that was Konoha. Really, why did he have to attract a bunch of bloodthirsty psychos? That was unhealthy.

The guards watched as the blond ninja still hadn't moved, his expression changing quite quickly from terrified to brooding to depressed and all that. Poor guards had no idea what was waiting for him in the village.

Having no idea, they had no sympathy either and so, one of them went over to the unmoving shinobi, took a hold of his wrist and dragged him inside the city despite all the protests the blond made.

That is how Naruto gracefully entered Konoha. The journey to Hokage tower was nerve-wracking. He had to scan every face around him, every little suspicious noise made him jump and he even ran away when Konohamaru showed him the Sexy no Jutsu girl threesome! Naruto wouldn't want them catch him ogling on completely random girls at a time like this.

To his most wondrous surprise, he didn't bump into any of his suitors. And he was now standing safely in front of the Hokage's desk no less. She just stared at him, as if calculating his appearance.

"You sure look worn out."

She had no idea…

"Oh, if you're worried about them, they're all on a mission right now. No need to thank me, brat."

Naruto felt like clomping the woman. Now he had time to either run away for good or prepare for when they came back. Of course he couldn't choose the first option. That would be just cowardly and Naruto was no coward. No, he would stand proud and tall and face his suitors head on!

Now, if only he didn't feel so nervous about it.

He'd go to his apartment and plan things through carefully, maybe ask for Shikamaru's help. He was a genius after all, and Naruto would need a genius to minimize the oncoming pain. Or then he'd find a compromise and everyone would be happy.

He still didn't know, but now he had time to fully prepare to face all of them and give them the answer that suited Naruto the best. He was most probably going to hurt some of their feelings anyway, so why not be entirely selfish all the way? It was his life after all. They'd have to be selfish to ask him not to be selfish.

Naruto nodded to himself, full of determination.

Now if only he'd stop being so goddamn nervous.

To be continued...

I know it's cheap and short, but I needed to get it into a situation where everything is possible:D

So from now on, there will be different endings, chapters named after the person Naruto ends up with. I feel like a pimp...

There'll be Sasuke, Sakura, Sai, Neji, Hinata, Gaara, Kyuubi (because that was just too awesome an idea to pass), Itachi (is just love), foursomes and above, a guy named Joe, Mary Sues, Autobots... I think I went too far now. It ended with the foursomes and above.

I think there was even more but I can't remember right now. But let me tell you, that is a hell of a lot endings I'm going to write. Almost as much as there is normal chapters to this story. But who cares. If you want someone else still, feel free to inform me about it and I'll squeeze him/her/it into the list of to-be lovers XD

I really feel like a pimp now...

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