"Hey, what are you doing here?" asked Shikamaru as Naruto entered the room. Naruto pointed to his forehead protector with a grin.
"I managed to pass after all," said Naruto.
"Troublesome," said the lazy Nara as he set his head down to take a nap. Naruto was about to say something when Iruka entered the room. Seeing this, Naruto quickly took his seat near Sasuke.
"First of all," began Iruka. "I want to say how proud I am of all of you. You have all worked had and you all deserve to become shinobi. But before we continue, I would like to give one last lesson." All of his students groaned. "As you all know, this village was founded by the Shoudai Hokage. When that happened, he had to decide how the village was to run.
"Now, being a slave owner, he decided to bring his female slaves with him on his missions. So did his brother. In fact, most shinobi did in that time. Their duty was to take care of their masters physical needs whenever they were needed. Now, this was mainly medical needs. However, sometimes 'other' needs needed to be attended to. So the Shoudai got together with all the other Kages and they all decided to keep this practice going.
"Since then, all kunoichi start out as slaves. Your female classmates are right now being informed who their new masters will be. Some of you will be paired off with one while the rest are put into teams. Your senseis will be informing you of the rules tomorrow."
Just then, the girls entered the room. All of them were dressed as they normally would except for one thing. Instead of forehead protectors, they were all given leather collars around their necks. On each collar was a tag with a symbol on it of the clan that their new owner belonged to.
The girls stood in a straight line in front of the class. They had known since the day they had entered the academy that this was what would happen. Each one had been hoping all year to get the boy of their dreams. Some had quit, knowing that the odds were too high. But now they all knew as their tags now showed. Some were indifferent, some were happy, and some were very, very unhappy.
"Alright," said Iruka. "Chouji, you have been given Ino. Sasuke, you have been given Sakura." Iruka listed a few other pairs then stopped at Hyuuga Hinata. Kiba began to cross his fingers, hoping that Hinata would become his. "Naruto, you have been given Hinata. Kiba, Shino, and Shikamaru will be one team since there aren't enough for everyone. Your sensei's will be dropping by your homes in the morning so I suggest you use this time to get to know each other." With that, class ended at last.
-x-
"Figures," muttered Naruto as he walked home with Hinata a few steps behind him. "I should have known Sasuke-teme would have gotten Sakura-chan. This bites!"
Behind him, Hinata heard every word. It hurt knowing that Naruto was disappointed that he had gotten her. In a way, she was used to it. Her father had always been disappointed in her. Her juken wasn't as good as it should have been and she was a very timid person. Because of this her father had decided that Hanabi would become the next clan head.
"So why are you following me again?" asked Naruto suddenly, startling Hinata.
"B-Because you are m-my m-master now Naruto-sama," said Hinata. "I-I b-belong to you now s-so I am to remain by your s-side at all times." Naruto turned around and gave here a curious look.
"Alright," he said. "But what about your stuff?" Hinata shook her head.
"M-My tou-san was tossing it out as I left this m-morning," she replied slowly. "All I own are these c-cloths."
"He's a jerk," said Naruto simply. He then looked her up and down, as if her were examining her. After doing this a few times he raised an eyebrow. "Don't know why he would do that. You don't seem so bad. Sure you seem like a dark, timid girl." At that, Hinata's head fell. "But, I like people like that." At that, Hinata's head rose, her face sporting a bright red glow.
"R-Really?" she asked.
"Of course," said Naruto. "I said it, didn't I? Hey, are you sick or something? Your face is all red." Hinata quickly shook her head and Naruto shrugged.
-x-
"And there's the bathroom," said Naruto as he finished up showing his new slave the apartment. After their talk, Naruto had taken Hinata out to ramen. While they had waited for their orders, Naruto had mentioned that it was kind of like they were on a date. This nearly caused the poor girl to faint until Naruto ruined the moment by laughing it off. He continued to say how that was impossible since she didn't like him that much and that the only reason they were together was that she was his slave.
Boy was he clueless!
After their meal, Naruto took her to his place and began to show her around. It was a small apartment. He had a kitchen, his bedroom, bathroom, and a family room. Not much, but it was home.
"You can sleep on the couch until I can get you a bed," said Naruto. "Also tomorrow we'll have to get you some more cloths. In fact, we're going to be needing a lot of new stuff!"
"Ano," said Hinata as she pressed her finger together. "You don't have to Naruto-sama. I can just wash this everyday." Naruto shook his head.
"No way Hinata-chan," he said causing the poor girl to go meep when he added the chan. "I'm now responsible for you."
"But…"
"No buts," said Naruto firmly. And with that, they began to decisions the things they would need if they were to life together.