Rift in Time

Rift in Time or Time Rifts is a anomalous temporal phenomenon which is the result of history changes that create fissures in the very fabric of timespace.
==Overview==
One of the duties of the Time Patrol is to investigate and deal with these anomalies in order to prevent them from negatively effecting history. However they are not as dangerous as time distortions or Time Machines so as long as they are stable. Large rifts tend to be more stable due to their sheer size thus less likely to cause problems, while normal sized rifts tend to be more dangerous unless the cause of the distortion is dealt with. The Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa has the power to deal with these rifts after they have been properly dealt with and/or their cause has been discovered, though she considers the task itself a real hassle and tends to leave them be if their existence does not pose a threat to the official history or the Time Nest. Time Rifts are a common plot element in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse series as well as playing a key role in the story of Dragon Ball Fusions.
==Types==
===Natural===
Some Time Rifts can be natural such as the Crack of Time which Chronoa used to imprison and seal Demon God Demigra after his failed attack on the Time Nest in 75 Million Before Age though due to various time distortions created by the Dark Empire and Demigra's Mirage which weakened the barrier that separated it from the rest of the universe allowing Demigra to escape though he discovered that it would allow him to survive the destruction of the Time Nest, allowing Demigra to effectively start over and create his own universe, though unfortunately the Future Warrior managed to travel back in time to stop him and followed Demigra into the Crack of Time where he was forced to transform into his Giant Demon God form. Goku was able to access the Crack of Time using Instant Transmission though with some difficulty, which shocked Demigra as he realized he could have escaped much sooner had he known this was even possible. While physically cut off the flow of time and history, it still has a connection to it as one can see historical events through Time Chasm Crystals inside the Crack of Time. Additionally due to its natural yet anomalous nature, almost anything is possible in it as it does not function under the same physical laws as the rest of the universe, thus allows the Future Warrior to spiritual connect with Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, and Vegeta resulting in the Z-Spirit Kamehameha which allows the Future Warrior to destroy Demigra if they managed to defeat him before Goku shows up.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Towa attempts to use a Wormhole to banish Trunks: Xeno and the second Future Warrior to what she calls the "space in between dimensions" but they are freed by Bardock with a ki blast. Bardock then grabs Mira in a Full-Nelson and pulls Mira into the wormhole trapping both himself and Mira in the place Towa had planned to imprison the two Time Patrollers. The place Mira and Bardock became trapped in is referred to simply as Time Rift and they do battle inside the Time Rift with Bardock transforming into a Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, and Super Saiyan 3 over the course of his battle with Mira. Bardock defeats Mira who is knocked unconscious which oddly causes the Time Scroll reading the battle to stop until Mira regains consciousness and comes to the realization of what it was, he had been lacking while Bardock is nowhere to be seen. Old Kai and Chronoa note this odd occurrence though Trunks: Xeno and the Conton City Hero surmise that the sudden release of power of Bardock's transformation either destroyed him or was powerful enough to open a portal that allowed Bardock to escape to somewhere in time. Chronoa notes they will probably run into Bardock at some point if he survived.
While normally inescapable, Towa was able to use the power contained in Tokitoki's Egg to create another wormhole to free Mira during her attack on the Time Vault in Age 852 during the Warrior from the Demon World Saga before escaping back to Age ???. However, Mira's battle with Bardock had changed him and he revealed that he had discovered he lacked a indomitable will and fighting spirit due to having been created to be the strongest but his defeat had allowed him to develop it causing him to wish to grow past his creator's schematic even if it meant risking overloading his power limiter and even betraying Towa to absorb her and Tokitoki's Egg to transform into his final form only to be defeated by Super Saiyan Blue Goku who retrieved the egg with his Dragon Fist and was killed by the second Future Warrior who became known as the Conton City Hero for putting an end to both Towa and Mira. Both the Crack of Time and the Time Rift have similar properties as they are normally inescapable and can be accessed via Wormhole though again this may apply to all naturally occurring rifts. 
However, unbeknownst to the Time Patrol, Towa had secretly altered the scroll for Age 774 during her infiltration of the Time Vault preventing Dabura's death before covering her tracks. Dabura hid inside the Crack of Time where he observed the events of his sister's demise in Age ???. Determined to avenge her, Dabura began plotting to increase his own power and that of his genetic nephew Fu, the artificially created offspring of Towa and Mira. Dabura used Demigra's former prison as a base as Earth in Age ??? which had been used by Towa and Mira was known to the Time Patrol. This results in the events of the Infinite History Saga which deals with the Time Patrol's conflict with Dabura and the enigmatic Fu whom Dabura sees as his rightful heir to the throne of Demon Realm. Like his sister and Demigra, Dabura used Dark Magic to alter history and influence people in various timelines such as Future Jiren whom Dabura influenced in joining Goku Black and Future Zamasu's crusade to eliminate mortals forcing the Time Patrol to intervene to correct history. Dabura also formed an alliance with a warrior from an alternate timeline to take revenge on Chronoa who was captured and imprisoned by Dabura inside the Crack of Time where Chronoa had imprisoned Demigra previously. However, the Conton City Hero and their partner manage to defeat Dabura and his ally, with Dabura being betrayed by Fu who reveals he has no desire for revenge or restoring Demon Realm as he simply prefers to tamper with history as part of his experiments the results of which he uses for the universe's betterment even assisting the Time Patrol in defeating his genetic uncle before escaping to continue his noble but illegal research. Chronoa is freed and returns to the Time Nest with the Conton City Hero.
Fu however continues to use the Crack of Time as a base of sorts as he broadcasts his message to the Time Patrol to present his recent findings after the events of Extra Mission 02: "Too Many Janembas!". The message shows what happened after Future Trunks chased after Fu which he didn't remember presumably as a side effect of his encounter with Fu and presence inside the Crack of Time. Fortunately, Future Trunks' memories start to return after he witnesses the video which had been broadcasted to Conton City TV and thanks to the efforts of them and their fellow Time Patrollers, Chronoa was able to get ahold of the video for review within the Time Vault. However Future Trunks is confused by the image of Goku and Vegeta fusing into Gogeta, though this is later revealed to be due to his relative unfamiliarity with the Broly conflict which turns out to be the target of Fu's latest experiment.
===Artificial===
====Regular====
Regular rifts in time are smaller, yet their power is immense and reflect the strength of those that made the change in history and are usually swarming with brainwashed foes. These rifts give off an evil vibe and because of the power of the ones that create these rifts, the Time Patrol often sends in large groups to tackle them through Expert Missions and are some of the most difficult missions any Time Patroller can face. Fighters within these rifts often powered up by the Supervillain enchantment and enhanced abilities as well as the ability to perform Brainwash Attacks and fire Gigantic Ki Blasts. However, in two Expert Missions, the Time Patrol encounter Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta while a second is caused by Super Saiyan Blue Goku.
After an Expert Mission is completed, the rift becomes smaller and is more manageable and then rifts that have not been dealt with. Chronoa allows the completed rifts to remain for training purposes, though eventually someone complained about the various rifts scattered across Conton City so Chronoa decided to combine all the completed rifts into one big rift that could be used to access all completed rifts and placed it at the Time Machine Station. However, any uncompleted rifts remain as it is too dangerous to combine them with the larger rift until they have been properly dealt with. Chronoa does this as she considers closing them completely to be a hassle and combining them allows the Time Patrol to continue to use them for training while making the rifts easier to access and removing all the ones that clutter up Conton City. Additionally, Raid Quest rifts also appear though these rifts are temporary and contain extremely powerful enemies, even more powerful than those encountered in Expert Missions. Interestingly, Time Patrollers are scored based upon how much Damage they deal to the Raid Boss and even if the Raid Boss is KO'd, they will return. As the Time Patroller accumulates Damage Dealt, they will receive various prizes via Timespace Delivery after that Raid Quest event period ends. Rewards vary from Raid to Raid, but allow Time Patrollers to acquire rare equipment, rare accessories, loading screen Artwork, titles, nicknames, Hercule Badge, and TP Medals.
As part of the 1.11.00 Update DLC, the enigmatic scientist Fu creates a Time Rift in Conton City as part of his Crystal Raid Battle experiments. These experiments involve a single Time Patroller using a Demon Realm Crystal (which can be acquired as a random reward during Expert Missions or 10 can be acquired from Fu by repeatedly giving him the same gift after giving it to him at least once to unlock Demon God Demigra, Final Form Mira, or Half-Corrupted Fused Zamasu depending upon the Gift) to grant themselves the Supervillain Power! enchantment which while preventing them from transforming, gives them access to special Crystal Raid skills and allows them to effectively act as the Raid Boss against a team of Time Patrollers. After the 1.14.00 Update, Fu adds Double Crystal Raids which allow two Time Patrollers to act as Raid Bosses against a team of Time Patrollers.
;Infinite History Rifts
As part of the Extra Pack 2 DLC, a rift in time appears inside the Time Nest next to Chronoa's house. Old Kai will stop the Future Warrior from accessing it until they are ready though once they are accessing it will begin the Infinite History Saga in which the Future Warrior and their selected partner deal with Dabura seeking revenge on the Time Patrol after his death in Age 774 had been secretly been prevented by Towa during her infiltration of the Time Nest shortly before her defeat and death in Age ???.
====Time Miniatures====
As a result of Towa's creation of the Distorted Time Eggs in a futile effort to replicate Tokitoki's Egg artificially, she and the Time Breakers placed the five she created in several locations. Though they were not as powerful as the real thing, they still had enough power to create large yet stable Time Rift anomalies. Chronoa and the Time Patrol placed these rifts inside Time Miniatures in order to investigate the cause. By helping various inhabitants within the alternate timelines within these rifts, the second Future Warrior who had been called off their investigation of one of these rifts after being selected by Chronoa to take on a critical mission though later allowed to investigate all the rifts by Chronoa at their leisure, the Future Warrior discovers the eggs and Chronoa realizes Towa had been attempting to replicate Tokitoki's Eggs but failed as they can only be produced naturally by the divine bird Tokitoki. After warrior manages to collect all 5 Distorted Time Eggs, Chronoa decides to leave the Time Miniature rifts to remain as she considered getting rid of them a hassle in addition to the fact many Time Patrollers had become fond of them and/or found them useful for training purposes. However, the Frieza's Spaceship rift did cause problems as the Frieza Force from that rift's timeline invaded Conton City via wormhole resulting in Frieza's Siege though are defeated by the Time Patrol and the Time Miniature for it is restored to normal.
After all the eggs were collected there combined power was enough to produce a natural time distortion as a result of them reacting to Trunks: Xeno's strong desire to save his master in Age 780 which due to Chronoa leaving minor alternations to that timeline caused by their conflict with Future Android 16 and Mira a new timeline is created where an alternate Trunks: Xeno chooses to save Future Gohan leading to the Androids being defeated though it is unclear if the timeline was fixed, erased, or allowed to remain as Chronoa was partially at fault and the alternate Trunks: Xeno's actions were influenced by the time distortion created by the eggs. This shows that while the Distorted Time Eggs are alone only capable of creating large rifts their combined power is strong enough to create time distortions though it is implied Chronoa took steps to ensure the eggs would not create anymore time distortions once she became aware of how dangerous their combined power was.
While most inhabitants of these rifts seem oblivious as to the Time Patrol's presence, Bulma from the Capsule Corporation Time Miniature is eventually connected by Chronoa to construct Conton City TV and the floating platform it sits upon. She also visits Conton City to oversee the construction, making her one of the few people native to a Time Miniature rift to actually visit Conton City (the others being members of the Frieza Force that invade the Conton City during Frieza Seige events). She is also the second incarnation of Bulma to visit Conton City, the first being her DB Super counterpart who is responsible for the Hero Colosseum and CC Mascots.
====The Work of the Gods====
As part of the Super Pack 4 DLC in Xenoverse 2, Supervillain Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black uses his Time Ring in conjunction with his scythe which he uses to cut through the very fabric of timespace creating a massive rift in time that connects multiple eras and timelines together allowing Turles, Lord Slug, Meta-Cooler, Broly, and Super Janemba to travel to Age 796 in the altered future timeline. Old Kai states that creating holes in the fabric of time using Time Rings is dangerous. It is dangerous as the creator has no control who or what comes through the rift itself. This fact is what ultimately lead to Fused Zamasu's defeat at the hands of Future Trunks as countless people responded to Future Trunks' desire to protect the integrity of the future by leading their energy to the Spirit Bomb he subconsciously created and channeled into his Light Sword, creating the Sword of Hope which allowed him to physically kill Grotesque Zamasu with his Final Hope Slash, causing the rift to close due to the death of Goku Black's death as a result of Fused Zamasu's physical death and Infinite Zamasu being erased by Future Zeno. Chronoa and Old Kai both noted the role the rift ironically played in Zamasu's defeat.
====Timespace Rift====
The Timespace Rift is a massive Time Rift created as a side effect by Tekka and Pinich's wish to Shenron for the Timespace Tournament. The Timespace Rift is a mishmash of various locations from different locations and timelines. Additionally, the fabric of timespace is weak to the point using Burst Ki can create time holes that connect it to other timelines allowing people from different timelines to interact. However, as it was created to fulfill their wish for the Timespace Tournament it is actually quite stable and there is no indication of the Time Patrol ever attempting to deal with it despite them being mentioned in Jacunks profile and alluded to by Towa.
===Special===
====Temporal Seam====
In Dragon Ball: The Breakers, the Temporal Seam is a special yet dangerous time rift where villains from the past become trapped within, forcing Earthlings to cooperate with others stuck there to survive and make their way out with the Super Time Machine or Escape Time Machine. The Super Time Machine has the power to fix Temporal Seams erasing any Raiders in the process, however it must be activated using the Power Keys. The Survivor can defend themselves using weapons like a rifle, Ray Gun, and Rocket Launchers though to defeat Raiders they require the power of Transpheres to temporarily take on the powers of the soul contained within.
The Survivor, Nallej, Xiaon, Teen Bulma (post Emperor Pilaf Saga), Oolong (post Emperor Pilaf Saga), Farmer, Chi-Chi (pre-marriage), King Furry (post King Piccolo Saga), Yajirobe (Vegeta Saga), and Fortuneteller Baba are among the Earthling Survivors who are rescued from Temporal Seams. Additionally, Namekian civilians also end up inside the Temporal Seams with Dende being among the Survivors rescued by Future Trunks. King Kai and Bubbles also end up in the same Temporal Seam as Dende and Fortuneteller Baba. Fortuneteller Baba and King Kai both suspect someone is responsible for the creation of the Temporal Seams, though neither has any clue as to who that might be or for what purpose. Future Trunks often oversees the Time Patrol's operations within Temporal Seams and ends up enlisting rescued Survivors in dealing with any they find themselves in.
In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 as part of the 1.18.01 Update DLC, Temporal Seam Quests were added which allow the Future Warrior to assist Future Trunks and Oolong from The Breakers in dealing with them. In Temporal Seam Quest 01: "Monstrous Mayhem", Future Trunks explains to the Future Warrior that Temporal Seams are locations where time and space are in complete disarray and that they are smaller in size than usual Time Rifts, though if enough of them crop up they can create larger rifts, so the Time Patrol needs to close them as soon as possible. Future Trunks was in the middle of closing this Temporal Seam when he noticed five civilians were trapped within and cannot close it until they are rescued. Additionally, he refuses to close the rift unless the Future Warrior is able to leave it safety. 
In Xenoverse 2, Temporal Seams are represented by normal stages with no Super Time Machine present, though like the ones in The Breakers they are accessible by Time Machine. Additionally, Raiders such as Cell are able to evolve into more powerful forms inside Temporal Seams like they do in The Breakers. In addition to rescuing survivors, they are able to confront Raiders more directly than the Survivor as they aren't reliant on the power of Transpheres. Civilians saved by the Future Warrior will give them items which can power them up to face the Raider. Oolong also mentions that according to Future Trunks, that if someone has just the right body type for a Temporal Seam, then there is a high risk of getting sucked into them. The Survivor and Oolong apparently are unlucky enough to have this body type as they have been sucked in a bunch of times according to Oolong and he suggests the Future Warrior will too if they're not careful.
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