Threesome

A challenge by Mouserr2255

Challenge: Take Naruto and two members of the opposite sex, and write a plausible start to a story in which a threesome is the end result while remaining in canon.

Response: See Below

Naruto had a problem. It wasn't even something major like an invasion or attack by missing nins. No, for the first time since he went on his training mission with Jiraiya, he'd had time to think. And thus came about his main problem.

For the first time in ages, a celebration was to be held for a victory, without having to mourn the loss of brave friends and colleagues. And he was to be the guest of honor since he'd been instrumental in the defeat of Pein and resurrection of the entire population of Konoha. The only thing they wanted him to do, was bring a date.

On one hand, he had Hinata, who had stood up to what was thought to be Pein himself all for the love of him. Apparently she'd loved him since the academy, and that she had been the one to do those nice things for him while he was growing up. She was the one that gave him medicine that helped him so much during the Chuunin exams, always made him smile when she talked with him, and blushed so heavily while stuttering before fainting.

Thinking about it, he wondered how he couldn't have noticed her feelings for him earlier. The answer was likely the matter on the other hand. Sakura had been serious about her admission of feelings for him apparently, and had been trying to get him to accept them ever since Sasuke was incinerated. She'd been taking him out for ramen, talking with him after practice, really training with him, and even helping him get ready for becoming the next Hokage. It was his lifetime of feelings that made him want to take her, but the lifetime of feelings that Hinata had shown for him couldn't be discounted either. Leaving him in his current confused state.

Sighing, he stirred his bowl of ramen slowly, thinking things through. It might have surprised many people to find Naruto actually sitting down and thinking about things instead of just plowing through, but the location he was in was one that he'd always gone to when lost, confused, or wanting to cry. In front of the academy, there had once been a tree with a swing hanging from one of its branches. Now, there was a simple playground, with a canopy and a single swing underneath. Instead of the simple wooden and rope swing he'd grown fond of while a kid, it was a chain much more elaborate three seat metal and cloth padding. Three seats if you were a child, insanely skinny, or very friendly.

Looking up at the classroom holding his best, if only, source of advice on such matters prisoner, he sighed and shook his head. He was a grown up ninja, and should be able to deal with such matters as the potential breaking of the heart of one of the two best female friends he ever had. Even worse, if he picked neither, he'd be hurting both of them.

Why couldn't it be something easy to face, like an invasion by all the other ninja nations at once. He knew that he could go and ask Baa-chan, or Kakashi-sensei, but he didn't feel right asking them. And the only one that had found out about the dilemma gave him the worst possible advice ever.

"If you can't chose brat, then take them both..." Anko had offered after he admitted his problems to her at kunai tip. She'd even greeted him in a very familiar way, slicing open his cheek and then licking off the blood. He seriously worried about her sometimes. It felt like she was going to do things while he slept that would send all three sannin and any kage in the area running for the hills. But her idea had fueled the tiny little spark of perversion that Jiraiya had fanned so heavily on their trip.

He'd considered using his Kage Bunshin to take both of them to the celebration, but then figured that Hinata would be able to see through that, and Sakura knew his clones well enough that she'd not be fooled at all. Slipping into one of the meditative poses that the toads had taught him for his sennin training, he let his thoughts seek the balance that he needed to use his sage mode.

Little did he know that he wasn't the only one thinking about the matter. On the other side of Konoha, in a dumpling shop, two women were having a meeting concerning the common problem they shared. "Hinata... we're both only hurting him right now..."

"I... I know Sakura-san... b...but we.... we have to follow our hearts..." Hinata answered while playing with her dango stick. "I... I love him..."

"And so do I..." Sakura answered with a heavy sigh. This wasn't like her rivalry with Ino, this was much more calm and peaceful affair. The two of them knew that the man in question would return their affections, and that he would always make sure that both of them would be happy and try the best he could to help the loser move on past him.

They knew that Naruto was going to have to make the choice, and that if they tried to force the matter, there would only be one end result. Tsunade would make sure to make them suffer painfully. If they forced the issue, Naruto would feel more pressure, which would lead to him stressing out, that would lead to Tsunade getting annoyed and worried, she would figure out who was causing the issue with Naruto, and then she would show them her disapproval.

That thought had caused Sakura to shudder and curl into a protective ball. When Hinata had asked what the problem was, she decided that the answer was not worth find out. And thus as an apology she took the pink haired girl out for a snack to calm her nerves.

They'd been in the shop for about a half hour, debating about what to do when someone offered them a solution that had never occurred to the before. In the oddest way possible. Anko had gone up to the counter they were sitting next to, and began debating annoyingly loud about two dango plates. But what had caught their attention most of all, was what she'd said at the end. "Oh if only I didn't have to choose... I'd take them both!"

That drew a blush from Hinata, and a scheming look on Sakura's face while she turned to look Hinata over. It was true that Hinata was the heiress of the Hyuuga clan, and had been working hard to eliminate the caged bird seal on the branch clan members. And that she'd been utterly loyal to Naruto ever since the first day of the Academy, it was entirely possible that she could accept the offer. She would just have to word it properly to get her to agree.

"Say Hinata? We said that we didn't want to pressure Naruto into choosing one of us, right?" Sakura started with a small smile on her face. Seeing Hinata's confirming nod, the smile spread wider across her face. "Well, what if we don't make him choose? After all, we could all be friendly... and just see about dating him at the same time..."

Hinata's face went from normal to tomato red so fast that Sakura was certain that she had rerouted blood from the rest of her body. "No! Don't faint Hinata, just hear me out... I'm just sayi... and you've passed out..." Sakura started only to trail off as her companion went face first into the table of their booth. "Maybe I should have started differently..."