Scene: The Fractured Sanctum – At the Edge of Existence
A rift yawns open in the sky like a wound in the fabric of reality.
The air turns silent. Cold.
Even the light hesitates to move.
Out steps the Void Prince.
He is Ben without heart, without soul—a product of a timeline where everything was taken, and nothing was left.
Eyes black and starless.
Aura dense with anti-life.
The broken thrones of gods crumble behind him just from his presence.
Naruto tightens his grip on his blade.
The soul-fragment shivers, stepping behind Ben.
Ben narrows his eyes.
"I've fought gods. I've faced my past.
But you…"
The Void Prince speaks, voice like static in a grave.
"I am your future.
The version that wins."
The Duel of One
Without warning, the Void Prince vanishes.
Ben barely reacts in time—dodging a blow that erases the very air.
Their blades clash—Riftlight versus Nullsteel.
Time buckles with each strike.
The Void Prince cuts memories, leaving Ben unable to remember why he's fighting.
Ben counters by summoning timelines of victory, manifesting strength from every version of himself that refused to break.
The battlefield becomes a war of realities.
Naruto tries to help—but is thrown into a temporal loop.
The girl screams—trapped in a frozen shard of "never."
Only Ben stands.
Void Prince Philosophy – A War of Words and Wills
They clash again, then separate.
The Void Prince speaks.
"You think bonds make you stronger? They're just chains.
Hope is noise.
Emotion is delay.
Love is weakness."
Ben pants, bleeding light, but grins.
"And yet… here I stand.
Because someone loved me enough to pull me back."
He reaches for the girl's hand—memory returns.
He roars, power surging.
And for the first time—
The Void Prince stumbles.
The Riftbearer Awakens Fully
Ben closes his eyes and speaks not to the Void Prince—but to himself.
"I know why you exist. I know your pain.
But that's not the end. It's the start."
He forms a spear from every second chance he's ever earned.
"This isn't just about fighting you.
It's about forgiving me."
With a cry, Ben drives the spear through the battlefield—
Straight into the core of the Void Prince.
The world goes silent.
A Memory Surfaces
The Void Prince drops to his knees.
He sees it—a flicker, buried deep.
A moment he forgot:
Naruto reaching for him.
A moment he rejected.
But it stayed.
The Void Prince whispers:
"I… remember."
And he starts to fade.
But not in death.
In peace.
Ben walks over and places a hand on his shoulder.
"You weren't my enemy. You were my warning.
Now… rest."
The Void Prince smiles.
Fades into stars.
And the rift closes.
Obsidian's Fury
In another realm, Obsidian watches.
He slams his hand into the Heir's chest.
"He just beat himself.
Do you understand what that means?"
The Heir nods.
"He's ready."
Obsidian grins—mad, trembling.
"Then open the final gate."
From the edge of all existence, the Endbringers awaken.
Seven titanic beings, each born from a concept the multiverse hides from:
Oblivion.
Betrayal.
Regret.
Endless War.
Forsaken Love.
Collapse.
And the last… Final Rewrite.
Cliffhanger – The Final Gate Opens
Ben returns to Naruto and the girl.
But before they can celebrate—
The sky above burns.
A gate, shaped like an ink-stained hourglass, splits open.
And a voice speaks, not from the world…
…but from the author.
"You've played your hand, Riftbearer.
Now meet the ones who erase endings."
The Endbringers descend.
[CHAPTER END | NEXT: The Seven Who Devour Stories – Countdown to Uncreation]