It had been an extremely long day at the hospital, and everything that could go wrong seemed to go wrong. Sakura lost a total of four patients today...four. She had never lost more than one patient in a shift before today. Really the only thing that kept her going through the day was the knowledge that she had a new Naruto slave dog to play with when she got home.

She walked into her house and tiredly called,

"I'm home mom." She went to walk into her room where Naruto would still be in his cage waiting for him to let her out, but her mom's angry voice stopped her.

"Stop right there missy, we need to have a talk."

"Not now Mom, I've had a terrible day, I just want to go to my room."

"Yes now Sakura-chan. I had an interesting morning today when I entered your room."

Sakura froze. She locked her door, how did her mom get in her room...

"I discovered Naruto locked in a cage..."

"He's my slave now mom, he signed a contract with me to become my slave." Sakura said tiredly.

"So he told me. He told me everything you did to him." Kaori seethed angrily. "And you abused his trust to trick him into signing the contract."

"How did..." Sakura gasped.

"He told me everything Sakura-chan. Everything."

Sakura couldn't believe that Naruto actually told her mom! What the hell was wrong with him?

"I can't believe you would do that to anyone, much less that poor boy Sakura! I know I raised you much better than that."

"He had it coming." Sakura defended causing her mother to snort.

"You sound just like the rest of the villagers. He had it coming? He's protected you since you became his teammate and he's had it coming? You know of the burden he carries, the sacrifice he's made to protect the entire village and he had it coming?"

"I..he's a little perv! And he can be so annoying sometimes!"

"Sakura I saw Naruto cry today. He hasn't cried since he was a five year old boy despite the crappy childhood he's had."

Sakura frowned. She knew she wasn't going to win this argument.

"And treating him like a dog? Humans aren't meant to eat dog food or dog biscuits!"

"Fine." Sakura sighed. "I'll only give him people food from now on, happy?"

"You won't be doing anything to him from now on, I found and destroyed your contract so that poor boy could be free."

"YOU WHAT?" Sakura screamed. "YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THAT! HE WAS MY PROPERTY!"

"YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO DO THAT TO HIM!' Kaori screamed back. "AS HIS TEAMMATE YOU SHOULD REALIZE THAT POOR BOY HAS BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH ALREADY!"

Sakura was so angry, she ran up into her room hoping this was all some kind of sick joke. She had been depending on her new slave to help her make it through the day. Tears pooled in her eyes when she saw the remains of the cage she had left Naruto in.

How dare her mom do this to her... Sakura grabbed one of the backpacks she kept in case she had to leave quickly on a long-term mission and ran downstairs where she flashed her mother a hate-filled glare.

"I hate you." Sakura spat out.

"Where do you think you're going young lady?" Kaori asked in a dangerous tone.

"I'm not living here anymore, I'm going to live with someone else." Sakura ran out the door before her mother could protest further.

She sighed as she looked back at her house. After today, she really didn't need to deal with this. With tears streaming down her eyes she ran towards the one place she knew she was always welcome.