Mitsuha Sees the Future, and Rohan Acts (2016) (Chapter 3)
Around the same time that Taki woke up in Mitsuha's body on the day of the comet, Mitsuha woke up in Taki's body in the cave shrine in 2016. She feels a surge of relief, glad to be back in the body of the boy she grew to like so much, but then she remembered how he rebuked her last time, which made her upset again. But she wondered why she was back in the cave shrine, so she walked out and climbed up the crater to look around.
Rohan noticed Mitsuha (as Taki) stumbling out of the cave and up towards his general location, and he wondered why Taki was able to achieve, unaware of the body swap. She sees an oddly dressed man standing at the top of the crater, and he calls down to her, asking "So, did you find what you were looking for, Taki?" Mitsuha (as Taki) just rubs her eyes, and asks "Who are you, mister?" Rohan looks puzzled, and wonders why she asked him that. But his interest quickly surged, once Mitsuha (as Taki) made it to the top, and saw for herself the crater from 3 years ago.
Mitsuha (as Taki) fell to her knees, and started to weep. She muttered "I… I died. It was the comet! Itomori! My friends! Granny! Yotsuha!" She trailed off, and Rohan felt even more confused, before everything clicked, and he said "Ah! So you're that Mitsuha girl, right?" Mitsuha (as Taki) looked up in shock, and could only utter "What?" Rohan folded his arms, and explained, saying "You must be the girl that Taki was connected to, from three years in the past. It must be sobering to see your home an abandoned ruin, huh?"
Mitsuha then said "You… you know?" Rohan replies, saying "I only figured everything out just now, but yes, I do. And I have a piece of advice for Mitsuha, if you really intend on fighting fate and saving yourself, and your whole town." Mitsuha looked up at Rohan with complete faith, and he said "Never stop fighting! Even when you feel like the world is pushing back against you! Even when you can't even remember why you started fighting in the first place! Never stop!"
Mitsuha gets up and brushes herself off, and says "Thank you, sir! I'll remember what you said, forever. I need to go find Taki now!" She turned away, but then Rohan said "One more thing, Mitsuha!" She turned around, only for Rohan to use Heaven's Door on her next. He quickly recorded all of the body swapping events from her perspective, and then prepared a small hidden away command to set up the final stage of his plan. Rohan still needed a few more things, before he could create his new masterpiece, and this command would be key.
Rohan finds a small corner of her mind to tuck away his message, and he writes 'You will seek out Rohan Kishibe the day after the comet strikes, who will be at this specific hotel in Tokyo. Once you find and meet him, you will transfer all of my notes on the body swapping for his reference. After that, you will tell him the following message from Rohan in the future: "….".' Rohan made sure that the message he'd send to himself in the past would only reveal itself at the proper moment, so he could prepare for his masterpiece in the new timeline without fate or destiny getting in his way.
When he finished, he deactivated Heaven's Door, and shook Mitsuha a bit until she regained her focus. He said "Are you alright, Mitsuha? I believe you spaced out for a bit." Mitsuha shakes her face until she felt aware and focused, and apologized to Rohan and ran back up to the edge of the crater. Rohan continued to watch from a distance, wondering how things would develop next for Mitsuha and Taki.
←To Be Continued