Thrown into Time

She wasn't here to save the timeline. That was his job.
She was just the girl who fell through it.

Mel hadn't planned to land in 2003-especially not in the middle of Tokyo's most emotionally unstable gang origin story. One second she was complaining about unfinished anime arcs, and the next... she was dodging bikes, trauma, and a twelve-year-old with a dragon tattoo.

At first, she told herself it was fine. Takemichi was here-the crybaby with main character energy. He'd fix everything.

She'd just keep her head down.
Live through this new life with her new family.
Blend in. Stay quiet. Try not to get stabbed.

But the world had other plans.

Somehow, she kept ending up in the middle of things-fighting, yelling, deciding. Living through moments she never wanted to be part of. She hadn't meant to change anything.
But she did.

And the story shifted-subtly, dangerously.

She wasn't the hero. She was never meant to be anything at all.
And now?

Now she might be the reason everything turns out worse.