Naruto's Amazing Journey

by Sara T. Fontanini

Chapter 1: Dimensions

Tsunade was in conference. But, this was not the usual conference with the old fogeys who had some level of power in the village, nor was it a conference of war between the other elite ninjas.

No, this was a conference of the most unusual sort.

It was a conference with herself.

Well, mostly herself.

You see, it is a well kept secret that there exist other dimensions apart from the one we are familiar with (our own). In fact, only the five Kage of the great villages know this fact. It is knowledge that has been passed down to each successor for generations. Not only that, but each Kage (Ho, Rai, etc.) has used unique methods to communicate with these worlds.

And this was Tsunade's first time conversing with the other dimsensions. Or at least, those representing them.

There were only four other worlds that she had to converse with, otherwise things would've gotten confusing and nothing would get done. Each of the five total worlds was represented by a colour. Not the village, but the world as a whole. This had something to do with what made each world unique, or something.

Tsunade just thought it was an abitrary decision.

The worlds she was conversing with at the moment were represented by blue, red, pink and black. Her own representative colour was a brownish yellow.

The Black Hokage spoke first first. "Well, I see that the position of Hokage has changed. And who might you be, woman?" He was garbed in a black and white robe, with a white mask covering his face. He had long black hair.

"I am Tsunade, the Fourth Hokage!"

The man chuckled. "Well, well. I guess Sarutobi couldn't defend himself from Orochimaru. What a pathetic way to die."

Tsunade glared at the man. "He died defending his village! He gave his life to ensure everyone lived!"

The man shrugged. "Well, I guess I can't judge. So, is this little more than an initiation? Or is there something you wish to discuss?"

Tsunade sighed. "I was to simply converse with you people, same as all the other Hokage who have gone before me."

The Black Hokage chuckled again. "Very well then. I am Akuma, known by the others as the Black Hokage. I think you can guess why. I reign over the Village Obscured by Ravens. We exist in what has been called the "Shadow Dimension"."

"Why is that?" Tsunade asked him.

"Simply because everyone who lives here is nothing more than a shadow. Literally. If I took off my mask, you would see nothing but blackness. Well, I have been told one can make out our facial expressions, but frankly it's never been a problem for us. We are also skilled sorcerors."

"I see. And you?" She said, turning to a version of herself wearing something very....pink.

"OK!" The other Tsunade said, cheerfully. "I'm Tsunade, but I guess you can tell that. My favourite colour is pink!" Akuma groaned at this. The Pink Tsunade continued, after glaring at the man. "Anyway, I oversee the Village Shining Brightly in the Leaves! I was told that our world is called the "Fem World", because most of us are girls!"

"Then what about..." Tsuanade began, a little curious at this development.

"Oh, don't get the wrong idea. We have guys here, just not in this village!"

Akuma groaned. "Yes, a village populated by women! All the ninja in her world, from the greatest, to the weakest, have been women! They have it monopolised or something! I fucking hate that world!"

Tsunade Pink glared at him again. "You don't have to be so rude!"

The Black Hokage held his head in his hands. "Please, make her stop! With everyone from that world, it's the same cheerful insipidness! Please, can we move on!"

Tsunade nodded, trying not to laugh. That whole exchange had been very amusing. Still, her other self's attitude was a little irritating.

A Tsusnade clad in blue nodded. "I am Tsunade. I oversee order in the Village that Stands Tall in the Leaves. We live in a world full of advanced machinery and ruled by science. We don't really have 'ninja' in the strictest sense. Our world has been given the moniker as the "Mechanical World", due to the fact that we rely on machines and most of us are great intellects."

Tsunade nodded. She was beginning to see why her predecessors had gone along with this arrangement. She could already see how valuable advice from another world could be.

Tsunade turned to the last representive, a vison of herself clad in red.

The Red Tsunade nodded with a fierce look in her eye. "I am Tsunade, who reigns over the Village that Burns Through the Leaves. Our world has been called violent and oppressive, where we give glory to war and battle. Only the strongest may survive here. The official title given to our dimension is the 'Spartan World', though we have no clue what it means."

Tsunade smiled, eye twitching. "Uh, I don't either." She tried to sound reassuring, but only got the Red Tsunade angry.

"Don't patronise me!"

Akuma sighed. "She is not. However, I think she, like her predecessors, doesn't find too much glory in conflict."

"Oh." The Red one frowned. "So, she's another weakling?"

"I suppose you could say that."

"Hmph!"

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After the five had finished their introductions, as well as explaining their current status, it was time to say goodbye. The Red, Blue and Pink Tsunade's had left, leaving only one Tsunade clad in brownish yellow and Akuma.

"There's something I don't get." Tsuande said, eyeing the man.

"Oh, and what is that?"

"I don't recall anyone named Akuma, but the other worlds have a different version of me currently. Why is that?"

The man chuckled. "Well, first of all, Akuma is an alias I adopted. It makes a far better impression than my old name. Secondly, I have successfully stopped all attempts on my life, including Orochimaru's. I am simply too strong to kill."

"I see, and are there only five worlds?"

"In existence? No. There are plenty of others. Our five are just the one's considered strategically advantageous, from an advisory standpoint at least." He paused. "Actually, there was one OTHER world that we conversed with, but we had soon agreed that it would do us no good getting advice from THEM."

Tsuande was intrigued. "Really? Why?"

"Let's just say, just be glad of your circumstances."

And with that, he faded from view.

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In the realm of shadows, Akuma fumed. He was not happy at all.

The other worlds were weakening, he was sure of it. If THEY hadn't sealed him off, he would have been able to conquer them all, and become as a god. But, instead, he was stuck here, in a shadow of existence. A world made to simply reflect the darkness. Hardly a world at all. A semi-world, more like it.

He found it a real shame that, no matter how strong he got, he would always be trapped here. In the darkness.

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Tsunade frowned. She didn't trust that Akuma guy one bit. He was a little too eager to affirm his power for her liking.

At least she didn't have to deal with him too much. She only had to converse with them once every month.

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Elsewhere, Naruto Uzumaki was running through the forest. He had been off on a mission with his teammates when they had gotten seperated. He was now seriously lost.

He tripped on something and fell. He looked at his feet, and found a strange looking stone was what he had tripped on in his rush to find his friends.

He picked it up, carefully examining it. It was very ornate, with what looked like an inticate swirl with six dots around it.

He liked the look of it, and so he pocketed it and continued his search.

He didn't notice as his pocket glowed a pale blue, mixing with the red energy of the fox demon discreetly flaring from his body.

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Elsewhere, something sensed an interesting aura. It was almost like its own, but subtly different.

Maybe this would make a good meal.

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Whew. I'm ending it there.

I got the idea for this fic from a dream I had. I liked the idea so much, I decided to make a fic out of it.

I had hoped to make the five key worlds as different as possible. There may be other other worlds shown in this story, but I'm not sure.

The "Shadow World" is basically a world of inverted morality, as seen in all stories dealing with this subject. It is essentially a world where everyone is evil, or at least everyone who's good in the main universe. Everyone who is normally evil is good in this universe, as well.

I bet you can understand the signifigance of the different colours used to represent each world.

If you guys get any ideas or just want to comment, then just let me know!

Hope ya enjoyed it! Until next time!