Scene: The Edge of Reality – Beneath the Final Gate
The air trembles.
Not from sound, but from silence so profound, it rewrites physics.
The Final Gate, shaped like a warped hourglass stitched together with threads of void-ink, shudders.
From it, descend The Seven Endbringers—titanic figures, each embodying a concept no story survives.
They float around the gate like grim constellations, each hundreds of meters tall, their eyes filled not with hatred, but certainty.
"Riftbearer," booms a voice from the void, "you are the glitch that defied deletion."
Naruto steps forward, sword blazing with chakra.
"So what? You're just bad copies of final bosses?"
The first Endbringer answers by breathing—and an entire parallel Earth disintegrates in the distance.
Introduction: The Endbringers
1. Oblivion – A skeletal god draped in cloaks made from lost memories. His touch erases not just form, but meaning.
2. Betrayal – A woman of mirrored skin, twisting into the shape of everyone you've trusted. She speaks in your voice.
3. Regret – A towering monk, stitched together with time scars. Every step he takes makes you relive your worst mistake.
4. Endless War – A machine fused with corpses and weapons. Its breath is the sound of every battlefield you've ever feared.
5. Forsaken Love – A figure with no face, only the echoes of names you tried to forget.
6. Collapse – A walking singularity that makes gravity kneel. His silence is louder than screams.
7. Final Rewrite – A childlike being holding a quill dripping with reality's blood. It smiles and says:
"You weren't supposed to exist."
Ben's Resolve
Ben steps forward.
Even as the pressure crushes the ground around him, even as the girl begins to cry from the weight of Forsaken Love's aura, he raises his head.
"I wasn't supposed to.
That's why I have to."
He summons the Riftbound Halo—a ring of light hovering above him, forged from broken timelines he has redeemed.
His body glows with a layered aura: Riftlight, soulfire, and the pulse of rewritten destiny.
First Clash: Endless War vs Naruto
Without a signal, Endless War lunges.
Naruto shouts, forming hundreds of shadow clones—but War devours them in seconds.
Naruto and War clash in a whirl of metal and rage.
Their battle creates aftershocks that distort time.
Ben tries to help—but he's stopped by Regret, whose gaze drags Ben back into his past.
Ben's Trial – The Weight of Regret
Suddenly, Ben's in the alley again.
Dying.
Alone.
Watching people walk by—ignoring him.
Then his sister. Then his mother. Then Naruto.
All versions that failed to save him.
His knees buckle. Tears threaten.
But then he hears a voice—
"You're not there anymore."
The girl—the soul fragment—stands beside him, refusing to let the memory win.
She takes his hand, and together, they break through the illusion.
Ben rises.
"You're not my regret.
You're my warning."
And he blasts Regret with the purified energy of closure—forcing the titan to kneel.
Back to the Battle
Naruto is losing. Endless War is endless for a reason.
Ben teleports in and grabs Naruto mid-blow, pulling him through a fractured time-portal.
They reappear above the battlefield—both panting.
Ben:
"We don't beat them by brute force. We beat them by being what they can't understand—imperfect. Human. Free."
Naruto grins through bruises.
"Then let's go be unpredictable."
Twist – The Final Rewrite Makes Its Move
Suddenly, everything freezes.
Literally.
Time stops.
Even the Endbringers halt.
All except one.
The childlike being—Final Rewrite—floats toward Ben.
It holds a glowing book titled:
"Riftbearer: The Story That Shouldn't Be."
It turns a page, smiles.
"Time to delete the protagonist."
And it plunges the quill into Ben's chest.
Cliffhanger – Ben is Erased
Everything goes white.
Ben screams—but there is no sound. No body. No light.
Just blankness.
He's not dying.
He's being unwritten.
His name vanishes from Naruto's memory.
The girl screams his name—but it echoes into nothing.
And Final Rewrite smiles, gently closing the book.
"One down. Six billion to go."
[CHAPTER END | NEXT: The Story Without a Hero – Naruto Fights for a Forgotten Friend]