Smash City Park

Bayonetta and Ren decided today to spend their time together in the Smash City Park. It was a nice and bright day outside, so why not have a little mother son picnic? It wasn't going to be a picnic per say, but Bayonetta decided to bring a picnic basket with some snacks. The two are sitting under a tree away from the crowd of people in the park. Bayonetta just wanted it to be a personal picnic between her and Ren.

Ren takes out a bottle of water from the basket. He glances at Bayonetta who was resting on the tree with her hands behind her head and her eyes clothes. There was something the teenager was curious about.

"Hey Mom." Ren calls.

Bayonetta opens her eyes and looks to Ren. "Yes darling?"

"This Dante guy? What's your relationship with him?" The teen asks.

Bayonetta groans and rolls her eyes at the mention of the son of Sparda. "Why are you asking me about him?" She asks in a disgusted tone.

"Well, you have mentioned him a few times. You even spoke to him when the ball happened. You definitely have some sort of past with him. I wanna know what's going on between you two." Ren opens his water bottle and takes a sip.

"There's nothing to talk about." Bayonetta folded her arms and looked away.

Ren raises an eyebrow at his mom. "You're not very good at hiding it Mom. Why do you hate him so much? Is he a bad person?"

Bayonetta sits up and shakes her head. "You misunderstand. I don't hate Dante because he's a bad person. He's far from that. For how much of an idiot Dante is, he has a good heart. My problem with him is that he is an irresponsible jackass. He doesn't pay his rent, he doesn't shower, and his brain is the size of a peanut. I'd say Donkey Kong is smarter than he is."

Ren laughs. "I see. He did look like a hobo when I saw him at the ball. How long have you known him?"

"I've known Dante and his brother Vergil since we were children. We didn't see each other too often. The few times we did, they were...fun times I admit. He was a cocky boy, but he was charming in his own way. When I met him again, he grew up to be an obnoxious bum. He hasn't changed one bit. Now he's just a nuisance." Bayonetta folds her arms. "Are you happy now?"

"Yeah. I get it. I'm sorry if the subject was touchy. I shouldn't have pressed on like that." Ren frowns, rubbing the back of his head.

Bayonetta sighs and turns to Ren. "Don't apologize Ren. You were just curious. I just don't like talking about that idiot. Seeing him just makes me want to stomp his face in." The Umbra Witch wraps her arm around her son. "As long as I'm your mother, I won't allow you to grow up to be like him. Now come on, let's continue with our picnic." She smiles.

Ren smiles back at his mom. "Yeah." The tennager reaches into the basket to get a sandwich.

Bayonetta looks over Ren and a middle aged man and a woman approaching them. The man had black hair and is wearing a black business suit. The woman was shorter than the man, she had black long hair and was wearing glasses along with her Maisie Black Floral Sundress with brown sandals.

The Umbra Witch took a closer glance at the two adults. They looked a lot like Ren. Almost like they could be his birth parents. Bayonetta then looks turns to Ren.

"Little one. We have some uninvited guests coming towards us." Bayonetta says.

Ren looks up at his mother, wondering what she was referring to. He turns around to see what Bayonetta was referring to. What he saw almost made his heart stop. His body stiffened and his eyes widened at the adults approaching him.

"S-Shit! They're here! How?! How did they get here?!" Ren screamed.

"Ren, darling! We've finally found you!" The woman spoke.

The man nods. "We were searching all over the city for you. We asked around and we were told that you were with this woman." The male referred to Bayonetta.

Bayonetta stands up. "This "woman" has a name. It's Bayonetta. And who are you two supposed to be?" The Umbra Witch folded her arms, glaring at the two adults.

"I am Hiroji Amamiya." The man bows.

"My name is Akemi Amamiya." The woman bows.

Bayonetta's eyes widened. She turns to Ren. "Your parents?!"

Ren winced. He slowly nodded as he stood up from the ground. "Yeah…" He turns to his birth parents. It has been two years since Ren had last seen his parents. He was not happy to see them in the slightest. "What are you doing here?"

"What do you mean? We've come to see you Ren. It's been so long since we've last seen our son." Akemi says.

"But why? Why did you decide to come here for me?"

"Didn't Sojiro tell you why we wanted to come?" Hiroji spoke. "We want to come back home Ren. To us. We've missed you son." Hiroji says.

"They want to take Ren back home?!" Bayonetta says to herself. The Umbra Witch did not like the idea of Ren being taken away from her. She may not be Ren's birth parent, but she still sees herself as his mother. The thought of Ren being taken away from her made Bayonetta feel hurt.

"Ha!" Ren lets out a hurt laugh. "You missed me? You missed me?! That's a joke!"

"What are you talking about Ren? Of course we missed you!" Akemi says.

Ren shakes his head. "Spare me the crap Mom!" He yells. "If you guys really missed me, you would've called me to check up on how I was doing while I was still being tried back in Tokyo! I got no phone calls. No text messages from either of you! You never checked up to see how I was doing!"

"Ren, you were on trial for assaulting a high profile politician. It wouldn't have looked good for us. It was troubling trying to work because my son was a convicted criminal. Things would've only got worse if we kept associated with you." Hiroji explained.

Ren scoffed. "So that's it. You were only looking out for yourselves. You didn't give a damn about what I was going through!"

"Well what were we supposed to do Ren?!" Akemi asks.

"You could've believed me!" Ren yells, tightening his fist. "I was telling the truth the entire time! That Shido was lying about what happened! Did you believe me?! No! You didn't bother to testify for me in court! You just sat there and watched! Then you sent me on my way because you didn't want your "delinquent son" embarrassing you. You pretended I didn't exist for a whole year. Now that it was proven that Shido was lying, you expect me to just come back to you like you didn't ignore me?! Bite me!"

Akemi gasps and places her hand on her chest at Ren's language. "Hey!" Hiroji yelled. "Do not speak to your mother that way young man!" The male scolded, wagging his finger at his son.

Ren slaps his dad's hand away and sneers at his dad. "She's not my mother anymore. And as far as I'm concerned, you're not my dad either. Sojiro was more of a dad than you." The teenager goes to stand beside Bayonetta and holds on to her hand. Bayonetta was a little surprised by this action. "Bayonetta is my mother. The Smash Realm is my home. I'm not leaving here."

Bayonetta eyes widened in shock. She felt this warm feeling in her chest. She couldn't believe that Ren was standing up for her in spite of his birth parents being here. Bayonetta still didn't believe in herself to be a good mother, but Ren did. It made her feel happy that Ren didn't see her as a failure, and that he wanted to stay with her.

"Ren…" Bayonetta muttered.

Akemi shakes her head in disbelief. "This is ridiculous!" She exclaims. "We've raised you your entire life and this is how you treat us?! You've only known this woman for a year!"

"She doesn't look qualified to be a mother." Hiroji says.

Bayonetta did not take that comment lightly. She pushes Ren's father back with her finger. "Pardon you. I don't know who you think you are acting like you can just talk to me any ol way. Honestly, hearing what you two have been saying pisses me off more than anything. You neglect and abandon your son for a year and then blame it on him for being a problem child? Honestly, do you two hear yourselves talk?"

"We're only speaking the truth. Ren has always been a very rebellious child. Unfortunately, it seems that hasn't changed after that year. You must have been enabling his rebellious behavior." Hiroji folds his arms.

"The hell would you know how I'm raising Ren?!" Bayonetta yells. "Have you been stalking us? Can you read my mind? I highly doubt that. All those assumptions will get you hurt if you continue on like this. I recommended you two leave. Ren is in my care now and he made his decision to stay here." The Umbra Witch says.

"You are not his birth mother!" Akemi yells at Bayonetta.

Ren steps in between Bayonetta and his parents. "Yeah, but she was the mother I needed after you two deserted me and shunned me! If you think I'm just gonna happily come back to you after you've ignored me, you're dead wrong!" He tells his parents.

"Ren Amamiya, you will watch how you speak to us." Hiroji threatens. He sighs. "Coming here was a mistake. You're still the same problematic child you are when we sent you off. Akemi and I should've disowned you."

Akemi turns to her husband, shocked at what he had just said. "Hiroji, that's not what-"

Ren tightens his fist and grits his anger. "Tch, like you didn't already disown me? You know what…" The teenager shoves his father, causing him to stumble back. "Fuck you dad!" He yells.

Something in Mr. Amamiya snapped. He didn't react well to Ren pushing him. The adult male stomped over to Ren in anger. A look of fear appeared on Mrs. Amamiya's face. She realized that her husband was about to do something drastic.

"Hiroji wait! Don't!" She yells, trying to hold back her husband.

Hiroji raises his hand up, preparing to slap Ren across the face. Before the man could bring down his hand, Bayonetta grabs Hiroji's wrist. Mr. Amamiya was caught by surprise. Bayonetta twists Hiroji's arm, causing the man to cry in pain and fall to one knee. The Umbra Witch looked down at the man with a fierce glare.

"You listen to me. I don't care who you are. You will not put your hand on MY son." Bayonetta tightened her grip, causing Hiroji to scream even more.

"Let him go!" Akemi pleaded.

Bayonetta glares at Mrs. Amamiya. The woman felt chills down her spine and slowly backs away from the Umbra Witch. "I'm only going to say this to you both once. Leave the Smash Realm, and never come back. You've already gotten on my bad side. You really don't want to see just how ugly I can get. Do I make myself clear?" Bayonetta threatened.

Akemi nodded. "Yes! We understand! We'll leave! Just please let go of my husband!" She pleaded.

Bayonetta let go of Hiroji's arm. Mister and Misses Amamiya quickly scurried out of the park. Bayonetta sighs. She looks to Ren who had his head down. The Umbra Witch could see that his body was shaking and that he was trying to fight back the tears. She couldn't imagine what was going through her son's head. It pained Bayonetta to see Ren hurt.

"Ren…" The Umbra Witch calls.

"I just want to go home...Please…" Ren spoke in a shaky tone.

Bayonetta nods. She holds on to Ren's hand and the two start walking out of the park and on their way back to the mansion. They didn't say anything during their walk back. Bayonetta had a feeling that Ren was not in the mood to speak. He needed some time to process all that had happened.

Author's Note: I came up with the first names for Mister and Misses Amamiya. We never see or know anything about Ren's parents in Persona 5, except for the fact that they completely ignored their son. I always thought it was pretty horrible of them to not try and defend their son or listen to him. I did wish that something explored more in Persona 5 itself, I thought that would've been interesting.