The 8 Brothers [2]- Backstory

The Bloodbath System, the only words that continued to echo inside Hinata's head, even long after the system was done with its introduction.

Seeing this as a chance to continue where they left off, The 7 {Astral Souls} moved to their main goal, deciding what was to be done with their youngest brother.

{Now Hinata, are you ready to accept our judgment!?}

Pride's words brought about, shivers to Hinata, "Nothing had changed!"He thought, just like in the old days, He feared his brothers more than anything...

And not wanting to take up much of their time, a high "Yes" left his mouth, his face showing nothing but determination.

{Haha looks like you haven't changed at all, little brother.}

[[See? I told you that he was still stubborn.]] said the carefree Wrath.

_ Yah.. yah we know he's your favorite, so could we get this over with?_ said Greed who had a look of longing on his face.

|Haha come on now Greed, no need to be jealous of our younger brother right?|

_Tch!! Who said I was jealous?_

Much to their red surroundings, The current situation of the 8 Brothers resembled a family quarrel, and to this, Hinata could only clench his shivering fist...

"After all you did to me," He whispered under his breath," After all your cruel and horrible punishments, You still DARE!!!"Hinata Yelled, silencing his brothers.

Hinata feared his brothers more than anything, he even hated them to the point of death, but brothers they were, Even if all their actions caused this unquenchable rage in his heart.

"Why!!? Why do you think it's right to act like brothers now!?!?"

But.. did that give them the right to talk as if nothing had happened in the past? as if they hadn't secluded him, abounded him?

No!! It did not.

{Sigh, That's enough!! Everyone, let's not forget our reason for being here}

Everyone couldn't refute Pride's words, all they did was sit in silence waiting for him to continue.

{...Now Hinata, You are being judged right now because of your actions that ultimately led us to be in our current situation....

What followed next was a tale that led to all of the 8 brothers being in their current situation, and Their tale went as such...

*****

At the early stage of being a toddler, Hinata Fujuzuki was different from all toddlers his age.

He, unlike other babies, would act differently each day. To be more precise, every day he would switch between two personalities...

Pride and Greed, His mother had called them.

One day he'd be just a normal baby, the next he'd want everything around him, claiming it as his. After that, came Pride, he acted in a way that was unapproachable by many.

As Hinata Fujuzuki continued to grow, the control of the two personalities grew with him. Instead of only being in control for a day, they'd take over for an entire week, and Hinata Fujuzuki would only get half a week of control.

His mother, realizing that her son's condition was worsening, took him to a doctor, only then did she realize things were more dire than they seemed.

The doctor discovered, that outside of Pride and Greed, another personality was being born.

"Am sorry Mrs. Fujuzuki, but am afraid that even more personalities will begin to surface as he grows up," The doctor had said, "The ******, a part of the brain that determines a person's personality, Your son here seems to have a total of 8 of them, meaning that's 8 different personalities. "

The doctor didn't just end his explanation there, he continued to explain how it was unheard of for a person to have more than 3 ******, Many people with personality disorders usually have 2 or 3, and that in itself was rare.

Also, the fact that Hinata's control over his body was weakening meant that there might come a time when he became nothing but a vessel for the seven personalities.

Hinata's mother almost fainted from such news, what was she to do now?

8 personalities!! A rare situation that would no doubt require lots of money to be properly taken care of, but... where was she supposed to get such money?

Her middle-class background couldn't afford to deal with this situation.

Working long hours and extra part-time jobs, Hinata's mother had to watch his son growing up, with a new personality awakening every two to three years.

In these seven personalities, Hinata had become nothing but a shallow husk, as the doctor had predicted.

The seven personalities were now Fujuzuki, and Fujuzuki was nothing but a vessel.

And of course, due to this strange condition, He or They weren't able to make any friends. Hinata's childhood only consisted of a conversation between himself and the seven sins.

One day, though, The day of Hinata's High school graduation, his mother who couldn't attend the graduation, collapsed due to overworking.

After waking up in the hospital more than once, Hinata's mother couldn't help but cry, thinking about the stress she was putting her son through.

But not to her knowledge, Hinata was outside her medical room, listening in on the tears of her mother who blamed herself for his strange condition.

At that moment among the seven personalities, an 8th was born.

To be more precise Hinata awoke from his deeper slumber with something akin to the nature of [RESPONSIBILITY].

It was His [Responsibility] to make sure that her mother never cried because of him, his [Responsibility] to live a normal life His [Responsibility] to get a job, land, and land and work hard to support her.

It was all his [Responsibility].

Awakening as the 8th personality, Fujuzuki put to rest the seven sins, never to be heard of again.

Fujuzuki then went on to college and after completing his course, he found a job in what he thought was a nice company.

When his Seniors piled all of their work in front of his desk, instead of talking back or quitting, He thought it was his [Responsibility] to do as he was told.

When his boss increased his working hours, he still thought it was his [Responsibility] as a good employee.

When he worked days, months, and years without leave, he thought it was his [Responsibility] to have a good attendance record.

With everything as his [Responsibility] Fujuzuki was turned into a slave by the company, even when his mother was at death's door and his responsibilities were being tested, Fujuzuki continued to work.

And when a high school girl was about to be crushed by a truck, It was his [Responsibility] as a good citizen to protect others, he thought.

Even when the very same girl was about to be raped, it was his [Responsibility] to not stand still in the presence of crime.

*****

{You, Hinata Fujuzuki, are the cause of our suffering, You are the reason why we suffered under that Fat Boss!! You are the one responsible for rushing into our deaths...

Now Hinata, Do you accept your crimes?}

"... I do," With a solemn look, Hinata responded," All except for causing your deaths."He then continued, angering all his siblings.

_Why!?_

"You're all here talking with me, aren't you? So technically you are still alive."

With Hinata's claim, The other souls went silent. That was for all except Wrath who was loudly laughing while floating in midair.

[[You gotta admit Greed, He still got that fire in him.]] As Wrath said that, all the other souls nodded to his words.

_Tch! Who cares._

{As you've just said we are all still alive, but that is all because of the system and I recon that we won't be alive much longer.}

Hinata hearing his brother's words had a dumbfounded look on his face as he asked "What do you mean?" and as soon as he asked this, everyone's expression went dark.

\ Since most of our strength was lost when we were trapped inside your body, our souls have slowly begun to fade away./

"That's.." The news he heard was shocking. What was he supposed to feel at that moment?

Happiness? Maybe Joy? But what about, Relief?

Just as Hinata was at the brink of celebrating, a sudden thought crossed his mind, "What if they got all their strength back!? Would he continue to suffer?"

"Isn't there anything you can do to get your strength back?" He asked.

(Sadly, there is nothing that can be done.)

The sad expressions on everyone's faces grew with every second, and Hinata who was unable to keep his joy hidden, Smiled widely before the system appeared after a loud *Ding*

<The host is in a predicament. As a guide to the host, a search for a solution shall begin.>

"WAIT WHAT!?"

<Searching for suitable solution°°°°°°>

"NOOOO!!! Stop, there is nothing wrong so just, STOP!!."

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<Search complete>

<[Notice] The Special trait {Fake Persona} has met the requirements to evolve into the unique trait {True Persona.}>