Hinata took another moment to look over her slave before deciding to keep him for herself. "Come to think of it, I won't be sharing you with anyone. You are all mine.", she grinned.

Naruto quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't ashamed of his new position as Hinata's slave, but he didn't know how well Ino would take the knowledge that her former slave was serving another woman. "How shall I serve you, Mistress Hinata?"

Hinata lay back on the bed. "Start licking my feet. Don't do it like a dog would though. Use your tongue more like a sponge."

And so the slave did. He was dedicated to giving his mistress' feet the best sponge-bath she had ever received. He took satisfaction from a job well done as he felt Hinata wriggle in pleasure. It felt strange to know that giving his mistress pleasure made him more happy than anything else he had ever done, and yet it was so.

As Hinata looked down towards Naruto at the foot of her bed, she realized that none of her other servants or slaves could compare to him. She felt a certain warm tingly feeling for him. It wasn't love. She'd loved him as a free man with so much spirit. Now that he was humbled to the point of being a slave, that attraction had waned. Perhaps she would experiment with him to quiet any doubts she might have. But first, she would have to put him through the ceremony. "Naruto, come here" She said.

Naruto quickly moved around to the side of the bed and kneeled, not wasting a second in fulfilling her order. He was surprised when his mistress reached down and stroked his cheek. It felt remarkable. Was it a reward for how well he licked her feet?

"Naruto, the dresser in the corner holds a ceremonial kimono. I want you to take it and see to it that it is clean and ready for tonight."

"What happens tonight?"

"Don't interrupt your mistress, slave. Tonight is when you receive your Hyuga curse seal. Currently I own your heart and I own you legally. This seal will make sure I own your body completely. Now fulfill the task I have assigned. I'm going to take a nap. It will be a long night."

Naruto retrieved the kimono and walked out of the room. He stopped at the door and looked back on his sleeping mistress. Mistress was hardly the word to describe her. Goddess was more like it. Her feet and bare legs lay at the top of her sheets. Her face had the sunlight shining upon it. her hair was spread out all across her pillow, looking like dark silk, and her left shoulder was exposed, looking enticing in the sunlight. And Naruto knew that beneath that beautiful body was a beautiful, kind, and gentle spirit. She was without a doubt the kind of young woman who deserved to have a man that would wait on her and be her slave. But the talk of that curse seal was unsettling. According to the law, he was already her slave, so Hinata could do with his body whatever she wanted, but something in him wanted to rebel against that. Shaking his head he walks out of the room to take care of his mistress' kimono.

As he washes the garment, he comes to a decision.