Hyperdimension Neptunia belongs to Compile Heart, Idea Factory, Sega and whomever else worked on it.

Another "inspired by Reddit posts" chapter.

There's some really good inspiration out there.

Histoire closed her eyes and sighed as she looked over Planeptune. "It's so peaceful." The last CPU Shift had just ended a few days ago and four new CPUs were born into Gamindustri. Histoire would miss the previous CPU of Planeptune, but there was nothing she could do about it. After all, her role, as given to her by the first CPU of Planeptune, was to record history and guide all future CPUs to make sure that Planeptune prospered.

"I wonder how..."

"HIIIIISTY!" A loud voice caused Histoire to almost fall off of her book. Turning, she looked at the shocked, surprised and scared face of the newly born Neptune. "I SAW SOMETHING HORRIBLE TODAY!"

"Huh?" Histoire gawked at Neptune. "Horrible, how?"

"SOMEONE ATE A BABY!"

"WHAT?!" Histoire sat up, her eyes bugging out. "What do you mean?! You're the CPU! You should have stopped it!"

"But it was too late!" Neptune cried out as tears fell from her eyes. "The woman's belly was really big and she was saying that her baby was in it!"

"...Uh..." Histoire was slowly starting to piece things together. "Neptune, calm down. Take a deep breath." Neptune did so. "Repeat that three more times." When Neptune did that, Histoire took a deep breath herself and slowly let it out. "Okay, start from the beginning, okay?"

"Well..."

*Flash*

Neptune smiled as she walked through the park. While people knew her HDD form as the CPU of Planeptune, no one knew her human form was the CPU of Planeptune. Personally she kind of enjoyed not being bothered by everyone when she went out. She could just imagine how everyone would react to her if they knew she was the CPU of Planeptune. The thought of everyone treating her like they couldn't be friends with her bothered her something fierce.

Some respect was nice, but if people treated her too respectfully they would stay away from her and make her feel isolated.

Sure, there was Histoire, but Neptune wasn't sure what to think of the book fairy.

Outside of when she first gained consciousness and hugged the tiny blonde super tightly because Histoire was really cute and just seemed to be begging for a big hug for some reason. "Yeah, that had been, Nepwaaaaaagh!" Neptune yelled as she tripped over a rock and tumbled down a small hill before coming to a stop in front of a bench. "Oww!"

"Oh my goodness!" A female voice was heard and Neptune turned her head and looked up to see a woman with a rather large, protruding belly, sitting there. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Neptune smiled as she got up. "A little dirty, but I'm okay."

"That's good." The woman smiled at her. "I was worried you were hurt."

"Nah, it takes more than that to hurt me." Though Neptune wasn't sure how much more it would take to hurt her. After all, she was just born! "Um..." She looked at the woman's belly. "...Did you eat a bunch of cinnamon rolls or something?"

The woman suddenly broke out laughing at that. "Goodness, no, though I wouldn't mind some cinnamon rolls right now, I admit."

"...Then what do you have in your belly?" Neptune asked, confused.

"My baby." The woman smiled and patted her belly. She wondered why Neptune suddenly went pale and started to back up. "Um, are you..." She blinked and trailed off as Neptune turned and ran off, screaming for Histy. "...What was that about?"

*End Flashback*

"See?!" Neptune looked at Histoire, her eyes getting big and watery. "She ate her baby!"

Histoire blinked a few times before chuckling. "Neptune, let's go back to the park and see if the woman's there." Neptune blinked at her. "I think you need to learn just why that woman has a baby in her belly. And no, it's not because she ate the baby."

Neptune nodded and carried Histoire back to the park where she saw that woman.

Thankfully the woman was still there. When Histoire explained to the woman why Neptune had run off, she had laughed and patted a spot next to her before explaining just what was going on.

Watching the current generation CPU getting a lecture on where babies came from certainly was a moment for the record books. A hilarious one for sure.

Histoire hid a smile as best she could. It was nice to see Neptune connecting with her citizens like this. She wasn't sure why she was so happy about it, but she wasn't complaining about it. It was better than them being mad at her for whatever reason. 'I hope that Neptune bonds with the citizens and becomes a beloved CPU for years to come.'

Silly Neptune, that's not how you make babies. XD