The sun was slowly setting as Sakura and Naruto walked hand in hand towards the restaurant for their date. Sakura had never realized before how handsome Naruto was when he wasn't wearing a ridiculous orange jumpsuit.

He was wearing a simple pair of tan khaki pants and a sapphire button up shirt. Sakura made a mental note to make her new slave wear a lot more blue and a lot less orange.

"Sakura and Naruto? Just who I was hoping to see!" A loud feminine voice called, causing Sakura to cringe. She knew exactly what the owner of that voice wanted.

"What's up Ino?" Naruto asked dumbly. Ino bounded up to the two, and upon seeing their outfits and hands, shot Sakura a questioning look.

Sakura had told Ino of her original plan to enslave and humiliate Naruto and even promised Ino she would make Naruto clean her dirty heels with his tongue. That was all before Naruto forcibly showed himself in a new light, one that was less annoying and more...caring and heroic.

Ino quickly got over her confusion and grinned at Naruto.

"Well slave boy, my heels here are extremely dirty and your master here told me you would love to clean them off with your tongue. So get to work!"

Naruto stared at Ino with a look of pure shock on his face, but that shock quickly turned into a look of hurt when he looked at Sakura. Sakura humiliating him was one thing, Sakura making him worship another woman's feet was another... but she really planned on forcing him to clean Ino's dirty shoes with his tongue in the street for everyone to see?

Sakura mentally groaned. This was not a good way for a date to start out. She needed to get rid of Ino quick.

"Deal's off Ino, now leave us alone, we're on a date." Sakura commanded sternly.

"What? Why are you on a date with a slave? And my shoes need cleaned and as a slave it's his duty to clean them.

"He's my slave not yours. His duty is to serve me, not you." Sakura growled dangerously. "And I'm choosing to enjoy a nice dinner with my slave and you're interrupting."

Ino shivered slightly in fear at the dark look Sakura was giving her. But she wasn't about to back down.

"What the hell is up with this sudden turnaround? Yesterday you were giddy with excitement with all of the ways you were going to degrade Naruto. You told me you couldn't wait to put the annoying idiot in his place. And what happened to Naruto being the foot slave to all the kunoichis?"

"Giddy with excitement?" Naruto asked quietly. "You were giddy with excitement to ruin my life?"

Sakura made a mental note to kill Ino after this was all over.

"It's not like that Naruto... well not anymore anyways."

"So it was before..." Naruto's voice was quiet, but Sakura could sense his anger hidden behind it. "You really hated me so much that you were looking forward to ruining my life?"

Yep, Sakura was definitely going to kill Ino after this.

"I was a stupid bitch." Sakura said as she squeezed Naruto's hand tightly. "I can offer no other excuses than that. But I told you, that's not going to happen anymore. And even if I started this with the wrong intentions, I think we're both happy where it ended up... right?" Naruto noticed the more Sakura talked the more scared and desperate her voice was starting to sound.

He mentally scolded himself. Sakura had already told him she was going to make everything up to him and here he was making her feel bad for her past actions which she can no longer undo. He squeezed Sakura's hand and then kneeled down in front of her and kissed both of her feet.

He looked up into her startled eyes with a smile. "Yea, you're right Sakura. Sorry for getting angry."

Sakura breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Now that you're down there Naruto," Ino stuck her heeled foot by Naruto's face. "Get to work."

Sakura opened her mouth to protest, but Ino interrupted her.

"A promise is a promise Sakura. You promised me your slave here would clean my shoes and I'm not leaving until these heels have been licked spotless."