Annanya was starring right at the God of Death face with tears raining down her face. She was breaking down thinking about her father and little brother. She was feeling hopeless and hapless. The spiral of negative thoughts in her mind was slowly making her blame herself for everything that went wrong. At that time a voice brought her out of the pessimistic thoughts.
"Take your time child. It is not easy so, take all the time you need."
Annanya "Thank you"
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2 hours later
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Annanya "I am Ok now. At least I have come to terms with my death. So, can I make a small request from you lord?"
King Yama "Ask away child. I am here for you."
Annanya "Why me. Why our family. My mom was such a kind woman, and she even went climbing 500 long stairs just to pray to God for our happiness. Was it because she was so devoted that you bought her early. Then what about those back on earth that loved her. Why not kill those criminals or those corrupt politicians. You took away too much from a single-family."
King Yama "Kill is a strong word, child. Every person whether good or bad has some purpose in this life. And it is not I who decides someone's death, it is predetermined since the beginning of this world. Even if one of my reapers doesn't come to you to take away your soul, you would still die. Death is inevitable. Not even Gods and Goddesses are spared from the pain of being separated from their loved ones. A mortal soul goes through tribulations in his or her life and Death gods like me are there to judge their soul whether they will go to heaven to rest or hell for their punishments before being reincarnated."
Annanya "So what about my mom, was she reincarnated. Is my Paa and Lil Bro okay? How about my parrot Phenu. How are they taking my death, I just hope they are not too sad to harm their health."
King Yama "Your father and little brother are okay, okay being in the meaning of their health. They are very sad but slowly with time, they will heal. Your parrot is helping your brother cope with your death and as for your mother why not ask her yourself. You know she is in heaven."
King Yama gives the girl a kind smile.
Annanya "Can I meet my Mom now."
King Yama "Why not. Just turn around."
As Annanya looks back, a silhouette of a woman slowly forms from the gathering of white light rays. Little by little looks of the woman become defined. Annanya runs and hugs the woman in tears.
Annanya "I am sorry Mom for not listening to you. I am sorry for being such a useless daughter. I am sorry for fighting with you for useless reasons. And extremely sorry for undermining and not helping when you were suffering from such pain."
The girl hugs her mother tightly and cries uncontrollably.
The mother hushes her child and says "What are you saying. You were the only one who could provide momentary relief to my pain. Baby girl, I am proud of you and I am sorry for leaving you, your brother, and your Dad alone. Now don't cry."
Annanya couldn't calm herself was crying on her mother's shoulders. Then Mother says to her daughter "Quit it now, you are no longer a 5 year old. I don't want to spend my limited time with you in sadness and tears. Now, tell me about yourself, your father, and your brother after my death. I missed you all so much."
So, the mother and daughter began to talk about their life and afterlife. They laughed at times or became sad, but both were enjoying their time together. As for all good things they eventually come to an end so the time for the mother-daughter pair.
Mom "It seems this is all the time we have left. After reincarnating everyone forgets about their previous life but remember a parent-child bond always remains even if you are at the other end of the world. So I hope one day you will again be born as my child baby girl. Maybe at that time, I can see you grow into a fine lady. Bye for now baby girl"
Annanya "Bye Mom. And one day I suppose we will meet again."
As the mother slowly disappears but surprisingly the girl didn't cry but smiled as she gave a farewell to her mother.
King Yama "Do you need time. Sorry I can do so much for a kind soul like you. I can't make you meet your father and brother since they are in the world of leaving. Don't worry they have a bright future ahead as losing you will not break their heart, it however will make your little brother determined to be a good cardiologist. I shouldn't say this but he will directly or indirectly change the entire medical system saving millions of lives. Now, cheer up, you can't change the past, the future is always ahead uncertain for you mortals."
Annanya "I am Ok. So I am going to heaven or hell? Will I meet Mom if I go to heaven?"
King Yama "You are going to neither heaven nor hell. Higher-ups or should I say High Gods have decided to reincarnate you in a world of your choosing. Now, about your mother, her fate is linked with your father. They had once got a blessing in their previous reincarnation to be always together from the Goddess of love and marriage. So, she will rest in heaven and wait for your father, and will reincarnate to live on a mortal plane together again."
Annanya "I didn't know my Mom and Paa were love birds from previous lives. Just WoW. They do look good together. I am happy for them. Now, who are these High Gods, lord you speak off?"
King Yama "High Gods are those who have made peace with their inner selves and came to terms with their desires and passed all the worldly and heavenly tribulations. Anyone whether a mortal or God can reach this status. It may sound easy but to be truly free from desires by not forcefully suppressing them but by coming to terms with them is hard."
Annanya "Ah, I see. So I always wanted to ask this, Gods from other religions are real right. You know many people fight with one another over their beliefs."
King Yama "They exist, even if mortals forget them or their religions erased, they carry on with their duties. Countless mortal planes need an infinite number of Gods to keep them in order. So, every religion is valid. Religions were in the first place was to show people how to lead their lives. You can see that all religions' core believes are the same. Be Good, Do Good and Good things will happen to you. It is just that with change in times, people forget how once those Gods that they prey led their lives in the mortal world and started adding ridiculous rituals torturing themselves in the name of belief. Just know that your God loves you and the only way to reach him is through selfless love. A progressive society will always change these rules as you can see in your world."
Annanya "Nice, so why do High Gods find me special enough to reincarnate me in a world of my choosing. I don't think I was someone great."
King Yama "You see High Gods, believe in even doing a little kind thing can matter as sometimes it takes just a little bit of kindness and it may change someone's life. So you, my child in your time on Earth you saved and changed the life of 8 other people with your kindness. Also, I saw that you, or rather your soul was righteous, truthful, and pure and had also changed the lives of many in your previous reincarnations. Higher-ups believe one day your soul may become a High God, so they are just looking after their junior."
Annanya "Wow I never thought that helping or listening can help someone. I always thought you need the money to truly change somebody's life."
King Yama "Now make a wish for which world you would like to be born in. We will give you a boon specific to that world to help you. To be clear it is necessary to erase your memory of your life on earth. It is the same for everyone as we don't want the reincarnated to still think of their previous lives as we want the soul to take in colors of the new world instead of being painted already in a specific image. In your case, you will forget about your family, friends, and even your name, just remembering the knowledge and wisdom you gained in your life. Now make your wish, child."
Annanya "I am ready, as mother said you can't erase a bond even if you erase my memories. One day I will remember them even if takes me many reincarnations"
King Yama smiled and said, "I wish you luck, child."
Annanya "Thank You. You said any world right, I mean I could go to the world of my favorite anime Hayate the combat butler, or Danmachi, maybe Nisekoi or Seitokai no yakuindomo. Seitokai no Ichizon is also good. Except for Danmachi, I can lead a normal life while enjoying the shenanigans of the characters from these worlds."
King Yama "Yes, you can choose from your world's fictional stories. If you choose a world without magic or any other supernatural phenomenon you will get the boon in the form of wealth and luck. if you choose a world with anything supernatural you will get some strong boons in form of superpowers, magic, or item."
Annanya "Please let me think lord."
Annanya ' let's go with a supernatural world. Let me think of other worlds I could visit. Power Rangers, Nah. Doraemon, Nah. Pokemon, hmm, cute pets a +1 in my book. super cute girls +5 again, played all the games till the ultra sun and ultra moon another plus one. I don't know how will god react to going to another world for girls. I mean if I could woo misty I will choose the world of pokemon.'
The girl began to think about her choices extensively and replies after half an hour.
Annanya "Ok I have decided I am choosing the world of Pokemon. If I go there I could meet my first crush, Misty. And those cute pokemons, what could go wrong. It doesn't have violence like the other worlds and the MCs will take care of the evil organizations. I will go on challenging gyms after the MC pass through them and gotta win them all."
King Yama "I don't know about the feasibility of your plan but the world timeline you will be going is a mix of anime and games. Then if it is your choice we will give you a boon or blessing, so ask away, child."
Annanya "It is feasible, I know the anime and played most of the games. I will rock that world just you watch. Now for the cheat or the blessing can you give me all the items I have collected in my games? It will be super helpful."
King Yama "Sure can do. But those items will be available to you when you buy and wear your first poketech. It is available in Sinnoh so you have to import it if you are born in another region. And remember there are no stats or levels for pokemon, they are living creatures and some more intelligent than humans, so you cannot quantify their affection, vitality e.t.c as sometimes a tenacious will can break the physical limits of the body. Rare candies and T.Ms will only make the moves learning faster and easier."
Annanya "Lord you know awfully lot about pokemon."
Lord Yama "You see my chariot is a divine treasure and it is sapient. So a treasure belonging to a Death God, it also has power from my field of expertise."
Annanya "You mean to say?"
King Yama "When reapers are busy, I sometimes send my chariot to reap someone's soul. But you see he only picks closet perverts and he never directly attacks the target. I don't know why it likes to possess trucks and attacks anyone in front of the target, forcing the target to push the one being attacked by my treasure away and jump in front of the possessed truck. Target neutralized but someone always gets scarred for life. He has gained quite the infamy as Truck-kun for it. He once said to me he goes higher the speed the bigger the loser. I don't know what he means. From these people, I learned more about the day-to-day life of mortals on earth."
Annanya "I was lucky he did not get my contract. So thank you Lord for accommodating all my selfish demands. I am ready now."
King Yama "You will not remember this conversation but we will meet again for sure."
Annanya "ominous. OK BYE!!"
King Yama "Off you go, child."
As the soul of the girl slowly disappears she starts forgetting about the people she met on Earth or the conversation she had with King Yama. As she forgets her name, she loses consciousness and vanishes from the court of the Death God.
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In a village known as Seashine village in the Kalos region, a golden-haired baby is born to a fairly well-off couple. Everybody in the village is talking about the child born in the village after a long time. It called for a celebration for the villagers to welcome the new member to their family.