The Paradox dimension

Legend:

"Text" - speech

"Text" - thoughts

"Text" - otherworldly being

Chapter 1

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"Not this way... Here? No."

The man dashed through the empty streets. Leading in front, his extremely large canine companion.

"The exit? Kuso not here."

Shadows slithered across the buildings. Rushing, the man continued to run, hoping to escape his pursuers. Turning a left corner, the man cursed.

"A dead end eh?" His head was covered by a hood, but a frown was clearly on his face. The shadows dropped from the side of the building and landed a few meters away from the man and his canine.

Turning around, the man faced his pursuers. His sapphire eyes burned with determination. His canine growled, jumping in front of the man.

The shadows started to take shape, as they bathed in the moonlight. "Three followed me this time. A bad odd against me" The man flipped open his dark cloak, anbu armor showing underneath. Using his right hand to draw a sword without a guard, his scabbard sheath strapped behind his waist. He grabbed the black hilt with his left hand.

Leveling the sword to his chest, the edge of the sword pointed towards the shadow beings, the man waited for the battle to commence.

"Naruto-kun, how long have you been running? Seven, eight years?" The women spoke in a mixture of two voices, one with a higher tone then anyone that was human could speak, while the other was a feminine voice. The women was in lead, beside her were two others.

The women wore a ruby shirt, around her elbow was some kind of pink cloth, black gloves, a pink garb was around her waist, underneath was black shorts. Bandages tied around her right thigh, above her bandages was a kunai holster. She wore black boots. She had pink hair that reached shoulders, two bangs going down both side of her face, held together by her Hitai-ate. She had white eyes almost like the Hyuuga clan.

On the left side of her, a man stood. He had short messy hair, a Hitai-ate tied around his forehead. He had the marks of the Inuzuka clan, he also had white eyes. He wore a dark jacket, underneath were fishnets. He also wore black pants, and black sandals. He had his hand in his pocket.

The last one wore the standard konoha flak jacket, he wore black sandals, his hair was tied in a knot. He also had white eyes. He wore his Hitai-ate on his arm.

"Akamaru, it's time to go home." Naruto could hear Akamaru growl even more furiously. His canines old partner spoke, his voice also had some kind of high pitch tone to it.

"Naruto-kun, join us. We could finally have that wedding you dreamed about."

Naruto looked tempted, he was tired of the running and killing. He had half a mind to join before Akamaru barked. Shaking his head, Naruto looked determined.

"No, I will never become one of you, I'll rather die."

Silents filled the alley. Suddenly Sakura spoke. "So be it." Nodding towards Kiba, and Shikamaru who nodded back in return, they started to run towards Naruto and Akamaru.

Using his hands to form a cross shape, Naruto yelled out. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"

Twenty copies of Naruto appeared, ten copies transformed into his canine companion. Quickly signaling the real Akamaru to ran with him. The copies of Naruto did the same with the transformed clones. All the clones and original sheath their sword back into his scabbard. All ten copies of Naruto, and Akamaru ran into different directions. Some of the copies climbed up the wall without using any chakra. While others ran past Sakura, Kiba, and Shikamaru.

Sensing some of his clones destroyed, the real Naruto mount on Akamaru and ran through the streets. He was the lucky one that didn't get hit by Sakura and her group.

Akamaru leaped to the nearest building, and ran along to the gates. Seeing the gates in sight, Naruto sighed in relief. Escaping the village, Naruto and Akamaru dashed from tree branches to branches. Sensing an attack, Naruto signaled Akamaru to dodge.

Landing on the forest floor, he waited for the opponent to appear.

"Real smart Naruto, but I was smarter. I knew that you would escape to the nearest exit so I waited here." Shikamaru walked from behind a tree, a lazy expression on his face.

Naruto got off of Akamaru, who growled at Shikamaru. "I could never get passed you, Shikamaru" Naruto smirked. "I knew someone would be waiting for me in the forest."

"Thats why I switched with my kage bunshin when I was at the gate."

Suddenly both Naruto and Akamaru disappeared in a poof of smoke.

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A little farther away, A mounted Naruto dashed through the trees. He was already far enough so the pursuers wouldn't find him. A little more then hour later, Naruto signaled Akamaru to stop. Landing in a clearing, Naruto got off of Akamaru.

"That was a little close, eh Akamaru?" Akamaru barked in agreement. Removing his hood, Naruto's blond hair was spiked upwards, his baby fat long gone from all the running he had done. He no longer had his whisker marks on his cheeks. Naruto got on his knees, putting his hands together to form the ram seal. Naruto yelled out. "Kai!"

In another poof of smoke, food supplies and a scroll appeared next to Naruto. "Looks like we are going to eat like kings tonight, Akamaru!" Naruto grinned, Akamaru barked in enthusiasm. No longer they have to cook fish, and animals. They were going to eat societies food. Well unless they run out. Akamaru laid in front, watching Naruto.

Placing the scroll aside, Naruto started to go through the food. Placing the canned food aside, Naruto took the food that needed to be reserved to stay fresh. "Looks like we'll eat these before they rot." Naruto eyes turn a backward U.

After going through the food supplies, Naruto decided that he'll go through the scroll he had stole from the hokage tower.. Carefully opening the scroll. Naruto eyes traveled from word to word, "Huh? This looks like a uncompleted jutsu, some things are missing from here. But I could maybe finish the jutsu."

"I still don't know what this jutsu does but it's something big... very big." Taking off his cloak, Naruto placed his sheathed sword behind him. Naruto wore the anbu attack gear, which consisted of special chest armor, and a reinforced arm guard, below his waist was a purple garb tied with a thick black rope. A tattoo patched on his right arm which was used to store stuff in. That was he used to seal the supplies and scroll.

Sealing back the scroll and the food to his tattoo, Naruto got on his feet. "Come on Akamaru, we have to leave this place before they find us again, besides I'm getting hungry." Hearing Akamaru's stomach growling, Naruto chuckled. "We'll have lots don't worry!"

Walking beside his canine companion, Naruto headed towards the nearest stream he could find.

After eating, Naruto sat crossed leg at the edge of the stream, Akamaru laid beside a tree. Naruto watched the moon reflect in the river, he sighed. "When will this end?"

He could see Akamaru's reflection, who had his head up. "You should be tired too." then could hear Akamaru bark in anger. "Yes I know, we have to live on because of the promise we made huh..." Akamaru got up, then laid his head on Naruto's leg, whimpering.

Petting Akamaru, Naruto once again sighed. "Yes I know that too, we have to be strong."

"Come on, it's time to sleep."

Naruto got up, then did hand seals for a jutsu. Yelling out "Doton kekkai!" Naruto slammed his hands into the ground, A little further away from the stream. The trees were moved for the creation of a dome made from earth, an entrance on one of the sides. The dome was carefully hidden by the surrounding trees and grass. The entrance was the only clear object that lead within.

Telling Akamaru to go inside, and Naruto followed after, closed the entrance with the same jutsu from within. Sealing them inside, where no one could interrupt their sleep.

The next night, Naruto unsealed the entrance and started cooking for himself and Akamaru. Placing the food on a plate he collected from the village, he woke up Akamaru.

After breakfast was over, Naruto sat at the edge of the stream once again, and Akamaru sat next to him. The moon shined. "It feels like we haven't seen the sun for a long time." It was dangerous traveling by day, since a lot of 'them' came out during the sun. Naruto nodded to Akamaru signaling that it was time to travel to another place before the 'hunters' found them.

Traveling through the forest, Naruto continued to ride on Akamaru. Slowly the forest started to dim. Landing on the last branch, Naruto cursed. "Kuso! I think we went the wrong way." A sea of sand was rewarded to Naruto and Akamaru.

Landing on the forest floor, where the sand started mix. Naruto looked towards the desert. His arm crossed. "So, we are near the village of sand. Where Gaara is." He frowned. Sensing a attack, Naruto back flipped, while Akamaru leaped to the left. A thunder bolt crashed into the ground, making the grass and sand fly upwards. Naruto waited until the dust settled, Akamaru back on his side.

A man stood in the crater. A smirk on his face. "Join us, we have been looking for you for a long time because you are the last human that wasn't turned yet." Naruto cursed. Even a single hunter was strong,

Creating kage bunshin, Naruto ordered them to attack. Nodding towards Akamaru who started to dash, Naruto leaped onto Akamaru. "Come on, we don't have a lot of time before he finishes the clones." The only option was escaping.

Looking back, Naruto eyes widen. A dragon made from lighting raced towards him. Akamaru dodge in time, landing on the branch, Naruto once again cursed. "Looks like we have to fight."

Jumping off of Akamaru, Naruto unsheathe his sword, lifting his sword above his head. The blade tilted downwards, his left hand touching the tip of the blade, while his right held the hilt. His body position bended forward. Left leg forward, right leg back. Akamaru waited beside Naruto, growling.

The man stood at the rim of his created crater. His arms crossed, a smirk on his face. "I have given you the chance to give up Naruto, now I will attack to the full of my force." Suddenly the hunter disappeared in a flash of speed, Naruto eyes widen. Barely seeing the hunter move, Naruto placed his sword in front of him, tilting his sword to the flat side.

Sparks flashed as metal against metal, a kunai on the hunter's hand. A smirk still on his face, sensing another attack behind him, the hunter leaped into the air. As Akamaru missed, Naruto used his free hand to mount on his canine friend. Lifting his sword into the air, signaling Akamaru to chase the hunter.

The hunter landed on the tree branch, a smirk still on his face, seeing the dog dash towards him. The hunter threw a kunai, who was easily blocked by Naruto's sword. As within range, Naruto tried to slash at the hunter, who easily evaded the attack and caught Naruto's arm, who flew off of Akamaru because of the speed the dog was going. The hunter still that has a hold of Naruto, used his other free hand to grabbed a hold of Naruto's neck. Akamaru stopped, then dashed towards the hunter.

Tossing Naruto away like a dog, he dodge Akamaru attack by jumping into the air, while spinning the hunter quickly threw a kunai towards the dog. Naruto seeing that Akamaru didn't have the time to dodge the kunai dashed forward, appearing in front of Akamaru, he was stabbed in the arm.

Grabbing the hilt of the kunai, Naruto pulled then dropped the kunai to the ground. Gasping in pain, Naruto check his wounds. Akamaru was whimpering. "D-don't worry A-Akamaru, I'm ok." He grinned.

"I will give you one more chance Naruto-kun." The hunter stood at the tip of the tree branch. A smirk still on his face.

"F-fuck you!" Naruto gasped in pain, his right arm now useless,stood in his attack sword-form. Naruto lifted the sword overhead, slightly tilted downwards, without touching the blade with his left hand this time. The first two finger pointed towards the hunter, while the rest clinched together. His left foot forward and right back. This was almost the same as his other form, but instead of touching the hand with the blade, two fingers pointed towards the enemy.

Naruto dashed towards the enemy, swinging his sword downwards but was blocked with a kunai. The hunter used his one arm to block his sword. Naruto twisted his blade to the left, the kunai still connected with the sword, increased the blade length. Impacting with the hunter's neck, the hunter eyes widen in surprise.

"Drift with the current!" Naruto thought.

"Y-you fool! You could have lived a life the way you wanted, a world without any violence, hatred, people destroying themselves."

Naruto eyes turned cold. "A world without violence or hatred?! I seen this 'world' you speak of, there also no happiness, fun, nothing. All I saw was people sit at the same spot for days."

The hunter laughed, suddenly his chest exploded. Blood spraying everywhere. Naruto could hear inhuman screeching. Seeing the cause for all his trouble, Naruto stabbed the monster. The monster had six tentacles and worm like body and about the size of a hand. Sheathing his sword to his scabbard. Akamaru limped towards the wounded Naruto. "It's finally over." Naruto smiled, then collapse to the ground. Akamaru dashed as fast as his limp leg could take him. Akamaru whimpered.

The month has gone by quickly, Naruto and Akamaru traveled at night throughout the countries. Naruto had also concentrated on finishing the uncompleted jutsu.

"Hey Akamaru! We are finally back at konoha! Our home!" Naruto grinned, Akamaru barked in agreement, happy to finally be back at home. The duo traveled towards the nearest cave they could find.

Sitting near the moonlight, he unsealed the scroll he kept. Most of the food now gone. Naruto kept reading the jutsu, while Akamaru stood guard watching the caves entrance. "Okay, now this goes here, there,"

Reading the scroll carefully while adjusting some hand seals, Naruto finally completed the jutsu. "Let's hope this works!" Getting out his ink, Naruto wrote seals on the floors of the cave. The jutsu was complicated, it used a large amount of chakra, and if he made a mistake he could die along with anything else within a 100 meters.

Finishing the last part of the seal, Naruto sighed in relief. If one mistake was made with the seals another explosion could occur. The jutsu was made for traveling through dimension, he remember a time when the parasites were first found in another dimension, and was unleashed into the world. His mentor Jiraiya closed off as many dimension as possible but the parasites traveled fast before he could seal off the other dimension, only one dimension was sealed, and that was where he was going.

He was tired of this dimension, beside he could close the gates that opened between them after he passed through, that was some of the extra seals he added, so it'll close for sure. Jiraiya only invented the sealing dimension technique but never got a chance to finish the traveling through other dimension techniques, that was where he got this scroll from.

"Hey Akamaru! I'm about to start!"

Naruto carefully started the three hundred long sequence hand seals. After fifteen minutes Naruto finished the last part of the jutsu. "Those damn hunters would be here soon, their sensing the chakra I'm emitting." Naruto sighed in relief as he completed the jutsu, waiting for something to happen. Naruto waited. After a minute nothing happened. "Kuso! We don't have a lot of time! Their going to be here soon, we have to leave-" Suddenly reality ripped open on the cave floor, in the middle of the seals Naruto made.

"A-Akamaru! I need your help' carry me, I'm starting to feel the chakra consumption" He fell on his knees, gasping. Akamaru ran over and took Naruto on his back. Looking in the rift, Akamaru hesitated then jumped into the blue.

When Naruto awoke, he found that the rift closed. His dog beside him passed out. Shaking Akamaru by his back, the dog opened his eyes. Akamaru quickly stood to his feet in attack position. Naruto also stood up, but not in an attack position like Akamaru. Naruto found himself in some kind of cave, but this cave was completely different from the one he used, this looked more man made then that caved he used.

Naruto dragged himself to the exit, seeing light in the distance. Naruto looked towards Akamaru, then he nodded in determination. Both the long time friends walked into the light.

What happened next made Naruto eyes widen, "Konoha!" The beautiful village, never in his life had he felt this feeling, never having to sneak in, never to fight within the village.

Suddenly Naruto felt tear drops landing on his hand, Looking at his right hand, a tear mark stained his hand, feeling his face, Naruto smiled. He was crying! Never he had cried seeing something so simple. Konohagakure in it's beauty, especially in the day time, it just increased the beauty tenfolds. Akamaru barked in joy. Naruto nodded.

"We are finally home, our real home."

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In Naruto's dimension, the hunters arrive at the source where the chakra was emitting. They went into the cave to find nothing. The hunters left.

A minute later the rift opened between the two worlds...

TBC

Takashi-san A/N: lol another story I thought up, I don't maybe i'll just do these three stories, this one, beyond darkness, and a new world. And thanks again to Shuriken06 with helping out with this story, and the other story as well.

Shuriken06 A/N The first part of this story was how Naruto lived as the last 'Human' Alive, and character relations between Akamaru and Naruto.

We'll explain some other things later, like how Kiba gave Akamaru to Naruto later, or other mysteries in the chapter, but I think we gave out most of them already. Like the whole parasite thing,

Also Naruto is strong even beyond a sannin, that's how much the hunter are strong. See how the hunter manhandled Naruto? He barely beat him, it was purely luck because of the blade he used.

And anyone know who the sword belongs too really? We tried to describe the sword, so people could know who it really belong too.