Re:Menma A Multiverse Harem Story

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A/N - This chapter was not supposed to be this long, but I refused to cut it into parts... might have been a bad choice lol. Other chapters should be shorter, and I have no set word limit. I just write until I feel that the chapter is ready. Well, enjoy

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The first few days here were complete hell since I had gained full access to my emotions as soon as I arrived. This then led me on a roller coaster of a journey from finally being able to feel what everyone else did all at once like a bomb. I reflected on my life and how I mistreated others, especially the women in my life and my children... I was a monster... I can now see how they loved me, no matter how twisted it was, and I feel a love beginning to bloom within me for them... I feel sadness and heartache thinking about how I left them, the look on their faces haunting me, my fist clenched tight as I wish to be there for them... My family... I am sorry... so sorry...

I cry and scream at the top of my lungs, trying to scratch out my own heart as the pain is too unbearable. I can't bear it, these feelings, how do others live with such a horrible thing... Why do I have this now?!? Why didn't I stay as I was before I died?!? WHY?!?...

I collapsed in resignation... I don't know how long I had lain face down in tears, nor did I really care... I had no more tears left, the pain in my c.h.e.s.t had dulled a bit, while the love I felt was beginning to overwrite the shitty feelings.

I then began a new journey to see what lies beyond the lake, I just picked a direction and started running. I felt like Forest Gump, just the action of running was freeing in a way, like all my troubles aren't worth a damned thing... Eventually I gave up when it felt like running just wasn't enough anymore, a pointless endeavor.

This god forsaken place seems to have no end at all, it has to have been a couple of years since I got here... The loneliness of this place is enough to make me lose hope of every getting out of here... Time continued to tick on by as I wandered aimlessly... I don't think I can take it much longer...

"One Eternity later" I joke to myself, something I recently started doing... I'm slowly losing my sanity, the boredom is killing me, even my l.u.s.t has driven me to try and f.u.c.k the lake of oil... Not the worst of feelings since it's more like a lubed up blob of putty... The problem is that no matter how I try satisfy the beast, nothing ever happens, this is literally a blueball limbo...

At this point in time I had decided to give up on 'operation let's f.u.c.k oil' after a year of pure failure. With nothing better to do I'm now doing random poses, dances and moonwalking to imaginary music as I slide on the slick surface.

"OW, HEEHEE, AH, SHAMONE!!" I can't stop myself.

"You seem to be having fun my child." - ???

I stopped myself... 'What the f.u.c.k was that, did I completely lose it?' I thought in shock.

"What? You want to stay here longer?" - ???

"NO WAY!!! Get me out of here oh mighty voice person" I ask while trying to stop sliding.

"Would you just bring him out already? I have better things to do" - ??? #2

"Fine" - ??? #1 *snap*

'Thanos is that you?' I couldn't help but think as my surroundings disintegrated into dust. I suddenly found myself in a room, sitting on a couch in front of a weird old guy who's right side looks like Dumbledore while the left is like Mr. Clean. I don't know if he was born that way or what, but I had to look away before I burst out in laughter. When I turned my head I see a m.a.t.u.r.e and voluptuous beauty standing there with an otherworldly demeanor that makes all the women I had ever been with seem like trolls.

'SOLDIER, STAND DOWN!!! THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO SALUTE THE BEAUTY!!!'... I have no control over the rogue soldier at this point, and I'm still n.a.k.e.d so it appears as if it's ready to pierce the heavens.

The goddess looks at me, then at the eager soldier, finally back at me, holds up one hand and slowly brings her fingers together while smiling with a cold gleam in her eyes...

"NO, DON'T" I cry out, the cadet retreats and shrivels as much as it can. "HE'S SORRY! HE MEANT NO HARM! JUST LOOK AT THE LITTLE GUY! HE ISN'T A THREAT TO YOU I SWEAR!" I plead as her fingers inched closer together.

"Oh, is that so... Well, it wouldn't have been a threat to me either way." she stated as she finally brings her hand down. I sigh in relief only for her to bring her hand back up and snap before I could say anything.

"AHHHHHHHHH" I holler as I fall to my knees with a *thump*...

"Why are you messing with him like that?" asked the old man, "Stand boy, she was only joking."

"Who told him to be so vulgar, he's lucky I only clothed him instead of giving him what he deserved after that disgusting thing pointed at me." Hissed the (demonic) goddess.

Listening to their conversation made me break out in a cold sweat, but also gave me hope, I reach down into the pants I now found myself in, "AHHHH, ITS GONE!!!!! never mind, found it..." She had packed the u.n.d.e.r.w.e.a.r to the brim with grainy dust... bitch...

"You know we can hear your every thought right?" said the Old man as he held the goddess from snapping her fingers again, "Inanna, can you let this go so we could finish before we end up getting reprimanded for taking so long?" He asked the goddess in a soothing voice.

"Fine, but you owe me for this Usir. I'll let you go for now, you nameless little shit, you better be glad that we won't meet again." - Inanna huffed as she summoned a chair for herself as Usir did the same.

I sat back down quietly while drowning out my own thoughts with the only song I could think of right now 'You're my honeybunch, sugar plum Pumpy-umpy-umpkin You're my sweetie pie...' They were stunned by my song choice, but whatever, I will be a good boy for now.

"Now that we got that settled, what would you like me to call you child?" Usir asked.

"Well I usually go by Menma as opposed to subject-4815" I responded while remembering when Lily had picked my name as a joke for all my doc.u.ments before we started school, I had no idea at the time and just owned it. I was called bamboo shoots or just bamboo for a while... a few people got beat up for that, luckily I was told not to kill in school....

"Menma it is then... I must explain something to you that may be hard for you to hear and accept, for that I will apologize to you ahead of time." Usir expressed with a somber look on his face. He waited for me to signal him to continue, he took a deep breath before stating "You were never supposed to exist."

How the f.u.c.k is anybody supposed to take that?!? A god literally tells you to your face that you weren't supposed to exist... F.u.c.k it, not like I was looking for a meaning to my life before all this but Usir must know this so that can't be it... "What else" I said, knowing that whatever it is was gonna hurt, especially since I had a inkling of what it was.

*sigh* "I'll tell him" Inanna interjected "You were never supposed to exist hence why you ended up in limbo, your soul is flawed. Had you lived to a ripe old age, your soul would have been close enough to complete to allow us to pass judgment. Divine law dictates that your incomplete soul cannot be judged for your actions and must be sent back to earth with your memory reset for it to be nurtured to maturity, however the memories you had will be gone forever. The other method would be to send you into a private multiverse with your memories intact, but no possibility of return."

She paused to allow me a bit of time to digest that before continuing. "There will be no eternal peace, no eternal damnation, only what you build for yourself. The final decision will be left up to you, we cannot help you decide. Either choice has their own merits and demerits, but the important thing to note is that you will never be with your family as you are now.

If you decide on erasing your memories, you will essentially become someone else, even if you met your family you wouldn't recognize them, which would hurt them instead. The other option would allow you to at the very least be able to watch them from a screen. There is no way to ever contact them again, in either case I must slowly remove the longing they feel to ever be with you again... You won't be forgotten just no longer missed..."

I sat there with tears streaming down my face as I ask through my gritted teeth "Why? Why are these my only choices? Why should I have to suffer for being born?" I'm barely containing my voice from roaring out my grievances. I wait for either one to respond before I do anything else.

Usir looked at me and spoke bitterly "These are the rules that all gods must follow, you in essence did nothing wrong it was a careless mistake that caused this situation. My subordinate was so eager to prove himself in creating life that he accidentally sent you to be born, for this you have my sincerest apologies. I understand that this is too much for you at the moment so we will leave you to work out your thoughts, just press this bell when you are ready." He slowly stood up and conjured a counter bell like the ones in hotels. Inanna walls up to him and they both disappear.

They don't seem to care at all about my inner turmoil, the second choice would have been perfect for me before I had my emotions, but now I had finally felt love. Regardless of how the other emotions made me feel, I continued on with the expectation of one day being together will everyone and making up for my past actions. Now I have absolutely no chance to do that because some shitty deity f.u.c.k.e.d up?!? What a load of shit!

You should have just erased me from the start and be done with it! Why would you allow me emotions just to torture me with them? If that wasn't enough, you tell me that I could watch them from a screen only to the say that they would no longer miss me?!?

"ARE YOU F.U.C.K.I.N.G SHITTING ME?!? F.U.C.K ALL OF YOU INBRED PIECES OF SHIT! YOU THINK A DAMNED APOLOGY IS ENOUGH TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER?!? WHERE THE F.U.C.K IS THE SON OF A BITCH THAT DID IT, BRING THEM HERE AND LET ME CUT THEM TO PIECES BEFORE I SKULL F.U.C.K THE REMAINS!!!"

I didn't exactly take the news well. I thought the first week would be the worst I would ever feel, but this brought me to a new low... In my rage I tried destroying the room but it just reset itself every few days. Alone in a room with nothing but my thoughts to keep me company, my self torture continued...

Eventually I came to realize that there was almost no chance I would have been allowed into heaven to with the atrocities I committed. There was no hope for me to begin with, so maybe this was a sort of blessing in disguise. If I had a complete soul, I would have ended up going to hell or whatever it is as soon as I died... I then start an internal debate on the pros and cons of both choices... A long while later I made my decision. *Ding*

"Ah, Menma, you have made your choice I presume?" Usir suddenly materialized as he spoke.

"I don't have any other choice right?" I spoke with obvious disgust for the gods

"So, which did you decide upon?" Inanna asked from somewhere behind me

"I choose the multiverse" I said as I turn to look at the goddess. No matter what choice I made I was f.u.c.k.e.d either way, but with the multiverse I might have a chance to move on like they will... There is also no chance of my soul becoming someone that harms my family, even though it was unlikely I still didn't want to risk it. I don't trust the gods to keep such a thing from happening.

"Ok, we will give you a system to help you in your new life, we have already created it to match your needs and wants, here is a list of the most basic functions. If there is anything you want to change tell us now." Inanna says while summoning a scroll onto the table on my right.

I read through the scroll for about half an hour before asking for a few changes "Besides random missions I don't want most of the RPG features, leave the skills tab/proficiency, modify the stamina and mana to include all types of energy types from various worlds...

Remove all men from the character summons, while male pet summons will have a 1% chance of appearing. No BL to Yaoi themed worlds like boku no pico, just no... also No cultivation worlds or methods, those are too much of a hassle to enjoy, or just add an option to allow me to activate them later if I end up interested in it." I sit down before I proceed.

"I want a way to upgrade my summons and items. I want a personal world that acts as a hub for all the worlds I travel to, only people I permit can enter. I also don't want to be mind controlled or have a Ginyu type situation. I'll write down any the other changes." I say while holding my hand out for a pen... After I finish the writing down my (demands) requests, I wait for them to confirm that it is possible.

"Done, I will also tie your current ability to the system and make it a bit more useful." Stated Usir as he rolled up the scroll.

"What ability?" I ask, waiting on his answer.

"You were actually an Evo, your ability is a bit vague and hard to discover, as well as being a human taboo. It is something called adaptive eating. Whenever you eat a human, you gain some of their vitality, that's why you were able to survive so long in your final battle... I have to admit that was quite entertaining show to watch." Responded Usir.

"Oh... How the hell was I supposed to figure that out on my own? It sounds like a knock off version of Absorption from Re:Monster and Predator from Slime Tensei... So how will you make it better?" I still ask even if I'm not happy with my ability being so cheap.

Usir taps the bald half of his chin "Hmmm, well I can make it so the ability will work on all humanoids to give you their affinities and racial traits/advantages. Adding new functions like consuming poisons and drugs will not only make you immune but also give your body the power to create it with enough of the right enzymes and energy required." He said as if it was no big deal.

"Oh hell yeah, that means bloodlines and shit right? Ah, but take away their racial weakness, I don't want to eat a vampire and end up having to hide from the sun. I didn't have a good reason to eat more humans before but now I can blame it on my ability, perfect." I ask in an exited manner; I didn't think my ability would be buffed this much

"That can be done. Now what about your appearance when you grow up? Any specific ideas?" - Usir (too lazy for "asks/said" lol)

"I don't want to be born into a family, I don't know how to act as a normal child so I'd rather not put myself or my would be parents through that. I would like to experience childhood so I want to be about 3 years old when I come to. In the future I want to look as I do now, keep the scars on my eyebrow and shoulder, I want to remember those." - I say while also thinking 'I want to keep my soldier in working order as it is even as a child, it should get even bigger as I grow up right?... F.U.C.K... they heard that'

"That's right pervert... *sigh* Well it's not like anything you do there will affect us, so we can do that..." Inanna glares at me as she agreed reluctantly.

"How about world, and timeline?" - Usir

"Naruto World a bit before Naruto is born... also, can you make everything look like a JRPG video game taken to the next level of graphics... otherwise their mannerisms will feel cringey." - I respond before shuddering at the thought of anime characters looking more like good cosplayers rather than themselves.

"Any thing else? Just know that these changes are only available for your first world. So if there's s anything you didn't like in the original story, now is the time to change it." - Usir

I think for a moment before asking for a pen and paper to write down small changes I wanted to make... "Let me leave a message behind for my family" I added

Usir read my alteration requests while Inanna led me off to the side to leave a video type message. I don't think it was a good message but it was as heartfelt as I could have made it. It ended up being a couple hours long with me bumbling like an idiot most of it, thanking them, then telling them how much I love them and finally apologizing profusely...

I wipe my tears before I was hit with a realization, I've been dead for a long time now and had no idea how they were doing. Inanna must have read my mind because she snapped her fingers to stream everything that happened from the moment I died until now directly into my mind. I didn't realize how many children I actually had until I saw them all together a my funeral, over 100 children... I might have gone a little bit overboard hahaha.

Private investigations showed that the culprits of the abduction attempt were hired by the same group that trained me. When my girls learned that fact they were pissed. They moved away and hired a bunch of different combat coaches as they planned for war. Only the children that were there to witness my end joined in on training, not that they would join the battle but more so to protect themselves and the family. Ava took in all of the girls I was sleeping with outside the house and explained everything, some joined her to get revenge, the others stayed to help take care of my kids.

They day of reckoning arrived for the assassin group a few years later, countless women armed to the teeth bearing arms against an underground organization that ruled over the shadows for decades. The battle was over before the assassins even knew it started, being an assassin meant being proficient in killing, not being superhuman. This trend continued until the assassins were completely uprooted. The women accomplished their goal but couldn't return to being normal people, so Lily and Ava started up a private mercenary and security company which ended up taking the world by storm.

Lily and Ava got married, which did make me relieved as I didn't really want another man to be in their lives, I felt my heart warm as they mentioned me in their wedding vows. Most of my children grew up to be quite successful and some even made grand contributions to the world, they dedicated it to me for some reason. The other children, while not as successful still landed pretty decent jobs or worked for the security company, they are all tightly knitted so there is almost no instance of looking down on one another. Watching my children grow up and have children of their own felt so surreal like catching a glimpse of the future.

They're happy... I thought I would feel bitter or something but I'm actually relieved. I don't think I'll ever understand how emotions work but I'm okay with it this time. I open my eyes and look deep into Inanna's to say in the most solemn voice I could muster "Thank you". It wasn't only for her but for my family as well.

Inanna seems a little taken aback but replies in an accepting manner "You're welcome."

"I have just about everything ready, are you ready to go" Usir asked as he placed his hand on my back.

I shivered as my hair stood on end, I combat roll as I send a roundhouse kick to Usir's face on instinct, I didn't realize what I did until my foot cleanly connected. Usir was knocked on his a.s.s which made Inanna have to turn her head to stifle her laughter. I never let another male touch me after the incident before my escape, since I always had the same reaction. While calming my re-emerging feelings of fear, anger, and disgust. "Sorry..." I say as I slowly stood up.

"It's fine, I'm the one that forgot about your situation. You can also think of this as extra compensation since my subordinate was the one that caused your current situation... Now, are you ready to leave?" - Usir says while he rubs his nose and stands up.

"Yeah, I can't think of anything else I need, the system should be able to handle anything else. I already have more than enough." - Menma

"Well, I'll give you protagonist aura/plot armor just until Naruto is born, since even I don't know where you will be when you awaken." Usir said after a moment of consideration.

"Thanks... please just make sure my family gets my message." - Menma

Inanna slowly walks towards me "I will deliver it personally when it's time." She says as she reaches her slender fingers up to my forehead "You have a second chance to live your life the way you want, how it plays out is up to you. Good luck, Menma."

Her fingers shined brightly and I felt myself disappearing, I close my eyes as light was beginning to hurt a little...

New life here I come.