A/N:I've thought a bit about how I've been writing POVS so far, and I've decided that I really don't like it, so I'm making a couple changes.
I'm going to stop writing Mirai's POV in first person. When I first started the book, I was originally planning to make the story completely based in Mirai's perspective, but I've quickly changed my mind. I personally find books much more enjoyable when the writer spices it up a bit more with simple things like perspective shifts, and when I read over my previously posted chapters, I just didn't like the way I transitioned from Mirai in first person to Minato in third... It wasn't a smooth shift, and really just kind of bothered me...
That being said, I don't think I'll be editing the chapters I've already posted to adhere to these new changes - at least, not until later. For now I'm focusing on editing and publishing future chapters.
Anyway, enjoy!
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A Dream Of The Past - Ponderings Of An Unfortunate Professor
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"Once the seal activates, you'll be thrown through the Temporal Dimension," came Obito's grim statement, "It'll be painful at best, and it's likely that you might accidentally graze a couple other dimensions or timelines. As for Kurama, I'm guessing that he and his counterpart will either merge together, or one will be shoved from existence, in one way or another. Concerning the latter, if that does occur, I don't think you'd need to worry. You're bond with the present Kyuubi is stronger than Kushina's was."
Naruto nodded, before meeting his onyx orbs, confusion gleaming in her own gems as she tilted her head, "...Graze? Dimensions or timelines? Whaddya you mean, dattebane?"
The Uchiha heaved a long and bone-achingly tired sigh, "The seal, paired with the Kyuubi's chakra, will cause an extremely explosive reaction," he pointed a finger at the multitude of intricate brush strokes that formed a massive and complex seal on the floor of the cave, "that is unstable, untested, and dangerous. It'll work, I know that for sure, but it's far from perfect.
"Time flows along a single path, like a river," he paused, heaving another sigh before plopping haphazardly on the ground. Mirai copied the action, resting her elbows on her knees as she focused her attention on the man.
"The 'present' is like a boat on the river that is time. When you make the jump through time, this present will continue to sail, but you will land in the past, on a different boat. Do you follow?"
Mirai nodded unsurely, "...So when I leave this present, it'll still exist. It'll keep on moving down the river, even if there are...," she winced, her heart spiking painfully in her chest, "...no souls left in the present?"
Obito nodded, eyeing the blonde skeptically before continuing, "Yes. The present will still exist, becoming your past. Here's where it gets tricky," he pursed his lips, hands forming an arch under his chin, "The moment you travel into the past, you basically make... an alternate reality of sorts."
Naruto perked up, "...What?"
"Think about it, Naru. Once you travel through time, the present because your past, and the past becomes your present. Since you don't exist in the past - which is now your present - you cause a major change in the timeline. Something as unique as a soul being out of place in the timeline causes a major deviation. Since time is a river, it's only flowing in one direction, and only following one path. But, since you've changed something, the river branches out, forming an entirely new future."
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Drifting the Temporal Dimension
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