I DO NOT OWN NARUTO AND/OR THE CHARACTERS

What Makes You Happy?

Naruto woke up in the morning when the sunlight reached his eyes through his bedroom window curtains, it had been a couple of weeks since his suitors confessed their love for him since he had to go on a mission the next day. He was happy because, in addition to his love for his work, the mission gave him a reprieve from his date with Moegi as well as a chance to think. He got out of the bed and opened the windows of his curtain to see his garden, the plants that he and Ino planted back there made him think about her. After taking a shower, he went down to make some breakfast and made some raspberry tea by chance which brought his mind to Tenten and the first night she came to his home. He cleaned up the dishes after he ate his breakfast and thoughts of Kin and the time she cooked and cleaned for him ran through his head.

"I'd better see what's going on in the village," he thought before heading for the door.

As he walked, he also thought about Hinata and about all the time he missed out with her.

"If I wasn't such an idiot and paid her more attention, I probably wouldn't be in this predicament."

As he traversed the village, he noticed that he hadn't seen any of them yet, normally he'd have seen at least of them by now. The reason he hadn't seen any of them is because they were at each of their homes thinking about him. Thoughts of being with Naruto as a true couple danced in their heads, Hinata thought about the two of them starting a new family and giving their children the type of love and support they never had. Kin desperately wanted to give Naruto her heart because she felt that it was the least she could do after he gave her a new life and a new start when he found her in the forest and talked his comrades into accepting her into the village. Tenten had found the only man in her life to treat her like a woman as Guy and Lee always treated her more like one of the guys and Neji, the man she once had a crush on, often ignored her completely unless it had something to do with being shinobi. Her thoughts were similar to that of Ino's who thought that she had finally found someone that paid her attention unlike Sasuke, like Kin, Naruto brought her back also. Back from her eating disorder and self-esteem issues making her one of the top Leaf Kunoichi around her age once again. All of them had their specific and fundamentally important reasons for wanting to be with Naruto but the fundamental problem was that he was in high demand but the supply was dangerously low.

"You up for some sparring?" Sasuke asked spotting Naruto walking about aimlessly. "Maybe I can knock some sense into you."

"You could try," Naruto said.

They went to the training grounds and began sparring but Sasuke could sense that something was wrong as he was doing things that wouldn't have worked against Naruto even with the sharingan activated.

"What's your problem?" Sasuke asked as he had Naruto's arm trapped behind his back.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.

"You seem to be preoccupied."

Naruto gave it some thought and Sasuke saw in his face that there was a lot going on.

"I'm not letting you go until you spill it."

"They love me," Naruto said.

"Oh," Sasuke realized letting him go. "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know man, I've never had anyone love me before. At least, not in that way, how do you handle it?"

"You don't handle it," Sasuke said. "You don't do anything to it, you just love them back."

"Man, this is the first time I've heard you talk like that," Naruto said surprised.

"It's the truth though, so who are you going to go with? It's not like you can have them all."

"I don't know," Naruto said defeated. "I'd ask Pervy Sage for advice but he'd just tell me to string them all along until I can't anymore."

"What about the hokage?"

"Yeah, you're right, I'll go see her."

As Naruto made his way to Hokage Tower, he noticed that there was someone else he hadn't run into yet.

"Where's Moegi?" he thought. "I figured she'd have tackled me by now."

He made it to Tsunade's office and found her with Sakura and Shizune.

"What can I do for you?" she asked.

"I'm having a few problems," he said. "Well, I don't know if I'd call it a problem but…"

"But what?" she asked.

They all listened as Naruto explained the situation to them including Temari but decided to leave out his situation with Moegi as he still wasn't comfortable with it.

"Well, well," Tsunade said. "I figured it'd just be a matter of time, you should've seen how many girls pledged their love to you father until he chose to be with Kushina."

"That's all well and good," Naruto said. "But I need help here, how do I make them happy?"

The three women that were closest to Naruto in a nonromantic way were stooped until Sakura spoke up.

"What about your happiness?"

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Remember what you said when you laid into me?"

"He laid into you?" Tsunade asked.

"Like an avalanche."

"Good for you, Naruto."

"Anyway," an annoyed Sakura said. "You said that you were staring happiness in the face and all you had to do was make a decision. So, why not just make a decision?"

"That was good to say at the time but now that it's really staring me in the face, I'm blinking."

"Well, if they really loved you, wouldn't they put your happiness first?" Shizune asked. "They shouldn't care who you pick."

They looked at him and could see how lost he was.

"Walk with me, Naruto," Sakura said.

He walked with Sakura and she lead him to the same park bench she sat with Naruto when he transformed into Sasuke during their first days as shinobi and the last place she saw Sasuke before he left the village.

"What are we doing here?" he asked.

"This is where I used to come to think about Sasuke when he was gone," she said. "And when our relationship was on the rocks, I find that it's quiet here and it let's you get your thoughts together. Now, think about things, like I told you before, what about your happiness?"

"I don't know, I mean, you know how easy I am. I could be happy with a stone and a piece of glass."

"Cut the shit, Naruto," she said. "You may have everyone else fooled with that idiotic smile but I know you better than that, now, who makes you the happiest?"

"They all make me happy but it's not just that."

"Well, what else is there?"

He told her of the other feelings he had for them, he felt like he needed to reward Tenten for being there first and Hinata for sticking to it for so long. As conceited as it made him feel, he also felt as if Ino would go spiraling back into her struggles with low self esteem if he didn't choose her and thus had to protect her from it.

"And Kin?" she asked.

"Kin? Actually, she's the only one that I don't really feel obligated to," Naruto admitted. "Yeah, it's like she's the only one that I'm just with."

"Well, let's focus on another aspect, what do you like the most about them?"

"Well, to think about it, I think I like Tenten, Ino, and Hinata for the same reasons I liked you that way. They know what it's like to be ignored by people, I can relate to them and I like Kin for the hell of it while I like Temari because she's never really been mean to me."

"You know what your problem is?" Sakura asked.

"What?"

"You're heart's too big, it's nice that you think about others first, in fact, it's a beautiful quality to have but sometimes you have to put yourself first. I can't tell you who to pick as you have good reasons to be with all of them but once in a while being selfish is the only way to be happy."

And with that, Sakura got up to leave him to think.

"Hey, Sakura," he said before she got too far away. "Have you seen Moegi?"

"Haven't you heard? She's dating Konohamaru now."