Naruto Uzumaki was in a strange situation. After the Kaguya was defeated and Sasuke came back to the village his life slowed down. Without the constant rush he would get from enemies always nipping at his heels he felt almost empty. The peaceful life he fought for ended up being boring. Sakura, who had matured into a strong independent woman, had fallen back into the bad habit of being a Sasuke fangirl. While nowhere near as bad as she was before his betrayal she was still annoying to be around. His daily life revolved around doing S-rank missions for the hokage, Kakashi. That was until the day he was fumbling around trying to learn the Hiraishin and severely messed up.
Naruto woke up and realized he was in a void. Standing up he saw four women sitting next to an empty chair. He sat down, ready to hear the explanation of where he was.
"Hello, Naruto-Kun." One woman started. She seemed more regal than the other three, he reasoned that she was the one in charge of wherever he was being kept. "My name is Ananke and I am a divine being. I'm a primordial being on the level of the Juubi from your world. My domain is over fate, which I share with my three daughters here, The Fates. You must be wondering where we are and we you are here. I'm sorry but this was my fault. In my dimension We issued a great prophecy that was about to go unfulfilled, resulting in the destruction of this entire dimension. With my power over fate I swept through other dimensions to find a hero who could fill this role as our saviour. I settled on you and was about to have you reborn as an infant to play a role in the prophecy when my creator Chaos decided to fix my problem without informing me. The prophesized hero has just been born the second I brought you here. I apologize for this but you are now in an awkward situation."
"I could only use my power over fate to bring you here because our world was in dire need of a hero and you fit the bill the best. Your dimensions divine beings, gods and the sort, were all absorbed into numerous different Shinju trees like the one were your chakra originated from. As there was no governing body of fate I could bring you here. But now that our role is filled I can't send you back. Since there is no fated path in your world there is no future fate you would have prescribed to work towards for me to send you back. You are stuck here until your dimension hopping friend Sasuke can locate this dimensions out of infinite. Using your Hiraishin technique you can send messages back to the Elemental Nations and you can summon the toads. They sadly cannot reverse summon you back to your world but they can still come and visit you."
"It is my fault you are here so it is my responsibility to give reparations. For the time you are here you have options on how you can spend it. I can have you reborn as an infant with or without your memories, I could introduce you to the group you would have been fighting with, or you can live a regular life here in this dimension. Pick your scenario Naruto-Kun and I will help you."
"Well, Lady Ananke was it? Thanks for being polite I guess, not everyone is so apologetic after messing with someone they perceive as below them so you're pretty cool in my books. I guess I'll send some hiraishin letters back home then just try and blend into this world as an adult with both my skills and memories if possible. If I end up stumbling onto these so called divine beings I'll get in the loop but until then I might just try and live for myself. Is there any way I can keep in contact with you after you set me up in the world?"
"Yes Naruto-Kun, I can set all that up for you. You will be given a false identity ad Naruto Uzumaki, a nineteen year old college student attending Columbia School of Business. This will give you good knowledge of the inner workings of the human world and will set you up for a comfortable life. What I can do is make you my champion. This will not make you stronger in battle, as no one in this realm can fight fate. What it will do is give you a mental connection to both me and my the fates if you ever need us. This would also give you the opportunity to truly be the master of your own fate like you had back in the Elemental Nations. Again Naruto-Kun I apologize for this situation, and if you ever want to get in contact with the divine beings of this realm I will set up a meeting. Go Naruto Uzumaki, go and live a new life away from the responsibilities of being the Hero of the World."
With that the void faded to White and Naruto woke up for the second time. He woke up in what he somehow remembered was his dorm room in Columbia. Apparently when Ananke sent him into this position he gained the knowledge of what he would have lived through. In this world he was born an orphan and was never adopted, he received a stipend from the state to go to school and landed a scholarship to his university. He knew the coursework from his classes immediately and thankfully Naruto knew he could get his degree, going to school would really be a waste if he couldn't graduate.
Life was good in New York for Naruto, in the three years he was here he had enjoyed his time immensely. Currently he was undertaking an intern position for the manager of a french fine candy company in their New York location. After his internship was completed he had a managerial position lined up for him in a different candy store, called 'Sweet on America'. The internship itself was what made his life so interesting. For the past three months Naruto had been engaging in a sexual relationship with his boss, Juliette. Juliette was honestly the most attractive woman Naruto had ever seen, a body like a bombshell and both the face and personality to match. She said she would only be in America for three months so his internship would play no role in their relationship. Apparently she didn't want a real relationship, just a friend you have sex with. No one would assume it of the blonde ninja but this wasn't the first time he had engaged in a sex only relationship. After Asuma's death Ino wanted a release to take her mind off of her sensei and somehow decided Naruto would best fill that role. What people constantly forget was that Naruto spent three years with Jiraiya, did people still expect him to be a blushing virgin after that?
Those three months he had spent with Juliette were amazing. Naruto gained a true friend in her and the sex itself was amazing. Naruto truly believed he would never have a more beautiful or skilled lover. Sadly all good things must come to an end, and Juliette did go back to France. The rest of his internship was completed and Naruto did end up getting the job as the manager to Sweet on America. His first day was last week and he loved it. He ended up giving a sweet single mother by the name of Sally Jackson a promotion to assistant manager to do both her work ethic and the fact Naruto respected any mother willing to put in so much work for her child. The biggest surprise came in this morning though. He heard a knock at his apartment door and came to investigate. Upon opening the door, he looked down and saw a baby in a golden cradle.
After getting over his initial surprise Naruto picked up the child and brought her inside to his warm apartment so she could get out of the cold hallway. He saw a note attached to the cradle and decided to read:
Dear Naruto,
I'm sorry you had to find out like this but you're a father. If you haven't realized it's me Juliette, and I'm sorry to spring this on you. I can't take care of our child myself for a plethora of reasons but there are two main reasons. I travel a lot for work so raising a child would be rough in that situation. I never told you but I'm also married, It was both arranged and forced on me so I never loved him but I still can't blatantly raise another man's child. I know this is unfair to you but please take care of our little Chloe Uzumaki. While our relationship may not have been the most romantic I love you as a dear friend and I am happy to have a child with you. As Chloe gets older please let her know I will always love her and I'm sorry that I can't be there, I swear that on all that is true. Goodbye Naruto, I would be surprised if we saw each other again but I would always be happy to see you and Chloe.
Love, Juliette
'Well damn that's surprising' was all Naruto thought in response. Naruto wasn't angry or even upset, he was overjoyed. His ultimate goal has always been family and now he could gain a good start on it. Truly being a father will be more than reason enough not to be mad at Lady Ananke for switching him between worlds. He was technically a father back in the Elemental Nations, he had a daughter named Hitomi with Shion. Sadly it wasn't what he expected. Being a father to a priestess in Shion's line wasn't very good. Naruto had been forcefully asked to not be in his daughter's life, aside from brief visits once she turned five. With Chloe he would be allowed to take up the full mantle of parenthood. So what that his path to parenthood was far from stereotypical, it just makes it a better story to tell years after. Now he realized he could ask Sally Jackson from work on advice as a new parent, she had a three year old little boy at home that she raised herself. Life was good for Naruto here on Earth, he decided he was happy to be here.