Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Dimension Discussion

Amelia pov: Gura wiped the blood off my eyes, nose, and mouth, and she just sighed lowly at my stupidity. "No time powers for a bit," she declared.

"Fine." I sighed slightly. "Gura, do you wonder about other universes and timelines?" I asked

"Yeah, that one universe where you and Kiara were together and Calli and I were together was weird," Gura stated.

"That would never actually happen," Ina said.

"That is true," I claimed.

Gura seemed to have an odd thought about something: "Is there a universe where Kiara and Reine are together?" She asked

"Maybe, I mean, in this universe, they have a sisterly bond, so that could be the next step," I said.

"Alternative universes are an enigma because you never know if there could be a timeline where I'm with Gura or something," Sana said.

"That sounds horrible!" Ina yelled

"I know it does!" Sana replied

"Well, my worst-case scenario would be being with Kiara. I can see myself getting with Ina, Mumei, Mel-senpai, maybe even Kronii." I said

"Woah, you'd get with that dumpster fire?" Gura question

"I'm already with you..." I said

"Hey, don't compare me to the oversized clock with legs!" Gura hissed

"I like that insult; can I use it later?" Sana asked

"You can," I replied, making Sana happy.

"I mean, you and Kiara could work in some weird fantasy world," Ina stated.

"Are you insane?" I asked

"No, but you probably would have a decent ship name if you were to get together," Ina said.

"Look, that will never happen, so stop bringing it up, Ina. In no universe or timeline will I ever get with Kiara." I claimed

"Well, we should look then!" Ina said

I grabbed my pocket watch only for it to be snatched by Gura. "No time powers!" She scolded

"Come on, Gura!" I cried out with desperation. She glared at me and showed me her handkerchief that was dyed red with my blood.

I stayed quiet, not wanting to be on her bad side; after all, I don't want to sleep on the couch ever.

"Well, how can we prove that there is a timeline where you get with Kiara?" Ina asked

"Babe, I think you should stop because I don't think we really have the right to talk about other universes in great detail," Sana said.

"I know I just want to prove to Ame that she is wrong about not wanting to date Kiara," Ina said.

"Look, Kiara is an interesting woman, but like I said, she's too horny for me, and I think all my other versions of me at least have more than zero brain cells!" I stated

"So you got with Gura, and that proves your intelligence, how?" Ina asked

"Gura is just special to me; there is nothing wrong with me wanting to be with her, and it was smart of me to do so!" I said

"How!?" Ina asked.

"Because she taught me about the sea," I mentioned.

"That is honestly fair," Ina replied.

"You know, I think Sana is right; the less we know, the better because we only got attacked by that other Ame because we were opening portals. The more we know about other timelines and dimensions, the more danger we are in," Gura said.

That was a fair point, but what are the chances something will happen again? Another Zeta and Kaela passed over, as did two versions of me, but we dealt with all of them, so it should be fine.

"Gura "Aren't you curious to see if there is a dimension where you are human or not?" Ina asked

"No, I'm not, because then I will see that in that universe I may not be dating Ame but someone else that I'm friends with, and it's just stressful!" Gura yelled Ina fell silent and nodded. She decided to stop teasing Gura so she wouldn't lash out again.

Maybe we should just throw in the towel and stop messing with time because we caused a problem that we barely solved, but I wonder how all the universes I've seen so far have had us together. There has to be a universe where I've never met Gura, but I haven't seen one.

This makes me wonder: since the universe is ever-growing, are there people we haven't met yet or new friends that haven't been shown to us yet? Possible new enemies or new friends could be on the horizon, and we'd never know.

Is there a power even above the council? I wish I could peer into alternate timelines to see since all worlds seem to have some constants, but it doesn't make any sense to me at all. Why haven't the new potential threats from allies shown themselves yet?

Maybe they need time.

Honestly, Mumei has to be hiding something. As the guardian of civilization, she should know the threats to the world, yet we don't know what's coming, and never once has she told us what to expect.

Then again, maybe she doesn't even know since she is just a vessel for Omegaa anyway, and she doesn't really seem to do guardian things anymore.

I don't know what to really think right now. I definitely need to stop overthinking things. There is no way a new threat is coming, and besides, we fought off a goddess, so there is no way we could lose.

I'm overthinking everything, and it's not as if I have destroyed time by continuing to open up portals; this won't come back to bite me ever.

I should sit back, relax, and just talk about normal things with Gura, Ina, and Sana. Maybe we should wake Bae up as well, and she can join us. Actually, we never asked why Bae was even here; it honestly doesn't make much sense. You'd think she'd be with Irys.

"Why is Bae here?" I asked

"She got in the way of Mumei's vacation," Sana replied.

That makes sense; honestly, I want a vacation too.