Scene: Inside the Ruined Castle – Dusk
Lightning cracks above as Yuta, Sarada, Shikadai, Sumire, Boruto, Mitsuki, and Metal Lee enter the dark, echoing hall of the ruined VIP castle. The massive doors creak shut behind them.
At the far end, beneath a shattered stained glass window, sits Majin—lounging on a blackened throne, eyes glowing dimly in the low light.
Beside him, casually eating takoyaki, is Himawari—bandaged, silent, eyes distant. Her skin bruised, but her expression unreadable.
Majin (smiling darkly):
“Welcome, children. I was starting to think your generation had no spine.”
Yuta takes one look at Himawari and snaps.
Yuta (furious):
“You bastard—GET AWAY FROM HER!”
He surges forward, but—
Majin (quietly):
“Stop.”
His tone is calm—deadly calm. And for a split second, everyone freezes. Himawari sits far too close. A wrong move could cost her.
Majin (mocking):
“You really are your father’s son, Yuta. All fury. No patience.”
Boruto (clenched jaw):
“Cut the theatrics. What do you want?”
Majin (leans forward, eyes glowing):
“To show you the truth. A truth older than all of you.”
He flicks his finger. A projection flares into life above the throne—a memory, clear as day.
We see Hiashi Hyuga, stern and merciless, standing above a young, trembling Neji. Chains on his wrists. Blood on his lip.
Hiashi:
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“You were born to serve, not to dream.”
The room echoes with Neji’s muffled sobs.
Hiashi:
"One step out of line, and I’ll remind you what your seal really means."
The screen flickers off.
Shikadai, Sumire, Metal Lee, and Mitsuki stare in stunned silence.
Sarada (coldly):
“…That can’t be true. Hiashi changed. Everyone says he—”
Majin (interrupting, bitter):
“They all ‘changed’ after the damage was done.”
Boruto (snaps):
“What are you trying to prove?”
Majin (voice rising):
“That the so-called heroes… your adults… lived like kings while children like me—my orphanage kids—DIED at the hands of the very people they worshipped!”
The room goes still.
Majin:
“They cried out in admiration. They believed in those monsters… right up until they were silenced. Burned. Beaten. Branded.”
A bolt of lightning illuminates the throne as Yuta’s chakra surges, blue and violet tendrils swirling around him.
Yuta (shaking with rage):
“Just like Sylus... I’ll destroy that bastard grandfather of mine!”
He vanishes in a flash of light.
Sarada (yells):
“Yuta, WAIT!”
Shikadai, Sumire, Mitsuki, and Metal Lee rush after him. But it's too late. He’s gone.
Boruto steps forward, eyes locked on Majin.
Boruto (calmly):
“Give me back Himawari.”
Majin (leans back, amused):
“No, no, no. She stays. If I had done this with your parents what hiashi did is wrong, Naruto and Hinata would’ve brushed it off. Explained it away. Covered it.My kids died but I wont let other kids suffer now I had every dark past of konoha as in my arsenal I studied like them my life depend on it”
He grins wider, twisted and theatrical.
Majin:
“But you kids… you haven’t been corrupted yet. You still believe in justice. That’s why I asked Naruto to send children under 15. Because you’d see the truth—and not ignore it.”
The others return, panting, unable to find Yuta.
Sarada (glaring):
“You manipulated everything.”
Majin (softly):
“I simply revealed what was always there. I was a child once, too. I believed in the heroes. And I watched every one of them turn their backs as my friends were tortured.”
He looks directly at Himawari, then at the others.
Majin (quietly, a whisper of pain behind the grin):
“My orphanage kids… they died by the hands of the very people they admired.”
Silence.
Majin (spreads arms wide):
“So now—welcome, VIPs. Chosen ones. The new generation of children I’ll test. Just like the ones the Hiashis, Danzos, and Elders destroyed. Let’s see if you break the same way.”
Himawari lowers her takoyaki slowly. Her eyes flicker—emotion stirring behind them.
To Be Continued...
