The End: Part 1 (2013) (Chapter 10)

Everyone was still sound asleep, except for Mitsuha, who just woke up. She groggily walked towards a nearby mirror, and merely stared into it for a few silent moments, before a single tear formed and fell. She mumbled to herself, "Right… the town is really gone… Is this why I'm crying though?"But then, Mitsuha was struck by a sudden urge to get dressed and leave the house to go somewhere else. She felt mysteriously driven to go to Tokyo, to meet someone, but she couldn't really understand why she was feeling that way or felt that strange need. So she quickly got dressed and left the Higashikata residence, and headed for the train station to board a Tokyo bound train.

Meanwhile, Jotaro Kujo was preparing to leave his home in Tokyo, in order to follow his grandfather's request to check up on everything with the Itomori Incident. Luckily, he was informed that the Miyamizu family was staying at the Higashikata residence currently, and he felt that it'd be best to start with the family of the mayor. But before he left, he kissed his daughter Jolyne goodbye, and quickly headed out of his house to catch the soonest train into Morioh.

After a bit of time on the train, Mitsuha arrives in Tokyo, and moves with an odd sense of confidence, as if she knew exactly where she needed to arrive at today. She heads into a hotel, walks up to the front desk, and says to the attendant "Excuse me, but I need to see Mr. Rohan Kishibe. It's incredibly important!" The attendant laughs softly, and replies, saying "Wow! How's you know Mr. Rohan was staying at this hotel? Are you a super fan?" Mitsuha shakes her head and says "No, but I need to see him!"

The attendant thinks to himself for a moment, and eventually makes a call to Rohan's room, saying "Excuse me, Mr. Rohan, but a young high-schooler needs to see you. She says it's very important. What would you like me to do?" Rohan thinks to himself for a moment, thinking 'How strange. No one should know where I'm staying at today. But this could prove to be interesting, and it might become good material for my manga!' Then Rohan finally replies, saying "You may let the young lady up. I'd like to have a chat with her."

The attendant smiles at Mitsuha, and says "Looks like you lucked out, missy! He's in room 4025. Have fun!" Mitsuha nods and walks off, and the attendant was impressed by her air of determination. Once she arrives to Rohan's room, she is ushered in by him, while she wonders to herself, 'What's gotten into me? Why do I want to meet this manga artist so badly?' Mitsuha sits down, and Rohan starts the conversation, saying "Hello. Are you a fan of mine? I'm quite impressed that you were able to track me down. I was sure that I covered my tracks this time…"

Mitsuha stares at Rohan silently, which caused Rohan to feel a bit unsettled, and he added "I am a busy man, young lady. I'd like you to hurry up and…" But then Mitsuha cut him off, and began to speak in a dull tone, relaying the original message that the Rohan from the original 2016 timeline wrote into her with Heaven's Door. As Mitsuha continued to speak, Rohan stared in complete shock and awe, amazed by what he was hearing.

Once Mitsuha was finished, Rohan quickly activated Heaven's Door, to fully examine the strange and almost unbelievable story that she told him. And as he read through her file, he muttered, "It's all true! Every bit of it! This is an amazing reality, and it really can become a masterpiece!" He made sure to copy down each note and drawing that was left to him by himself in the altered future, making sure to properly identify her body swapping soul mate, Taki Tachibana, as well.

But then as he reached the more current events, his face changed into a scowl, as he grumbled "So she met the shitbag Josuke and moron Okuyasu. Ahh, and she met Koichi as well! I'll need to erase her memories of our meeting today, because those two idiots will ruin everything! I'll just write that she wanted to walk around Tokyo by herself for a few hours, to meditate on the events of the previous night. A change that small won't negatively impact my manga, or make her reality less authentic."

And around the time Rohan finished meeting with Mitsuha, Jotaro had arrived at the Higashikata residence, where everyone there were completely bewildered by where Mitsuha wandered off to this morning. Jotaro rung the doorbell, and was greeted by Josuke, who said "Oh, hey Mr. Jotaro! My old man said you'd be coming over today." Jotaro walks in while nodding, and says "Right. The old geezer thinks that there's something suspicious about the Itomori business. The Miyamizu family are all here, correct?" Josuke nervously laughs and says "Umm, actually, we can't find Mitsuha… We don't have a clue where she went. Mr. Miyamizu is really worried."

Jotaro sighs and says "Good grief… I'll go chat with Mr. Miyamizu then."

←To Be Continued

Short Author's Note: I'm planning on splitting this entire story into multiple parts. We're nearing the end of this part, and once I'm finished here, I'll make a new story for Part 2. So even though I'm calling this chapter 'The End', it's not the end of the whole story; just the end of Part 1. Hope that makes sense for everyone!