Hihi! Welcome back. Sorry... but I may have self indulged a bit... So sorry if you don't know who my OC is who is very very briefly mentioned here, her name is Naomi, she is a theoretical BshaNep daughter. So sorry if that's not your thing... oops! Hope you can enjoy regardless.

-marketvalueneps


"U-u-uhm I-I'm h-here to s-see M-miss Purple Heart!" A middle aged woman nervously yelled before bowing her head, as the basilicom staff looked at her in bafflement,

"Uh…? Do you have an appointment? Lady Purple Heart is busy" The attendant blatantly lied, as the woman gulped shooting up as she readjusted her tie,

"Y-yes!" The CPU of the nation that was once named Tari declared, as the man nodded,

"Can I get a name?" He asked as he looked at his list, seeing only a single name on it, after all, even high level executives had a hard time getting a hold of Neptune, her hatred of meetings well known,

"Rei Ryghts" She pointed spoke, as the man nodded,

"Alright Miss Ryghts, this way" He offered as he led the middle aged looking woman up to the meeting area, before a thought occurred to him, "Wait a second… I've seen you before…" He mused as Rei gulped,

"Y-yea?"

"Yeah! You're that anti CPU lady!" He finally reasoned, as Rei flung her hands up,

"That was years ago! I-I've changed!" She defended… plus… the 'her' she was referring to wasn't even technically her…

"Hmm… you better watch yourself around Lady Purple Heart… you hear!?" He warned, as he opened the door,

"I p-p-promise!" She nervously took the offer as she sat down in the room, looking at her watch as it read 10:26, her meeting scheduled for 10:30, taking a deep breath she prepared herself, looking at a photo she kept in her suits pocket, she gently smiled,

Yet… as she looked at her watch again…. 10:57 it read, sighing, she looked down, before she heard the door opening, looking up, she was soon face to face with the woman she was meeting, letting a deep breath, she felt ready.

"Hey! Miss Middle Age!" Neptune jovially yelled as she entered, Rei soon sighing,

"I became a CPU when I was 25…." She dejectedly explained, he hadn't aged a day since then, why did everyone call her middle aged? Yea she was technically 3000 years old but still…

"Yea yea anywho." Neptune waved off as she sat down, looking over, she continued, "You're the one from over there right?" She asked for clarification, she remembered Histy telling her she was meeting the Rei from Plutia's dimension, but she couldn't be so sure…

"Y-yes." Rei clarified, Neptune nodding,

"So what're you here for?" Neptune asked, sure, long since were the day where Rei was against CPUs, but still, here being here was odd, plus, it's not like Neptune had forgotten how she had-

"I-I just wanted to see how Peashy is doing, I had heard she now lived here" Rei explained, as Neptune's eyes widened, her breath growing horse as she gritted her teeth,

"What on earth do you want with P-ko" Neptune tried to hold back on the venom that was surely leaking into her tone. And really… who could blame her?

"I know it must sound weird to you… after all I did… But-" Neptune didn't even let her finish as she stood up,

"I'll say! Do you have any idea what you did!" Neptune yelled, feeling her mind slipping, "DO YOU!? You… you… not only did you kidnap her… you took her from me… you… you monsters… you made her fight us! For 10 damn years! You convinced her she hated me! You robbed her of being able to grow up! Goddamnit! How… how… how could you do that… how could you take her from me…?" Neptune screamed before feeling her voice fade as she gripped her heart, sobs quickly emanating from the usually bubbly CPU felt her chest crushing itself.

She never talked about it… But those 10 years. It broke her. Looking back and knowing it was her P-ko the whole time… How….? How could anyone do that to her P-ko?

"I know…" Rei quietly began, gripping the hem of her dress she began, "If I were you… I would never forgive me. I will live forever. I will never forgive myself. What I did was beyond redemption. Even if I told you it was never my plan and I never wanted to do that, and even though it is the truth, it means nothing now. The atrocities we did can never be corrected, telling you I'm sorry does nothing, even if every night I stay up thinking about how wrong we were. None of it means anything…" Rei laid out her heart, as Neptune shot her the nastiest glare she had ever issued in her life,

"Then… why are you here?" She viciously asked, sure, hearing an actual goddamn apology after all these years helped, but… like Rei had said, what good did that do?

"I… I…" Rei didn't know what to say. Or how she wanted to say what was on her heart. Or how she could even look who was now the mother of the little girl she had committed atrocities on in the eyes. And hey… she had heard rumors that the CPU now had another child… but… "I just wanted to know she's ok…" She explained as Neptune balled her fists, trying to hold back,

"What the hell do you care?" She spat out, as Rei looked more and more down,

"It must sound odd… but over that decade… I found myself caring more and more about her…. Maybe it was my mind's way of atoning… but by the end… she really felt like the closest thing I had to a daughter… well since…"

"You know what I think!? I think you shou-"

"Neeepppppttuuuuunnnaaaa!" Before Neptune could spit out words she would be sure to regret, a young voice rang out, as both women gasped, looking to the door as a young blonde burst through,

"P-ko…"

"Neptuna I want a Nep's-" She began before gasping, looking over to the other woman, "Mommy!" She brightly yelled, running over as she nearly tackled her,

"H-hello Peashy, but you know you don't have to call me 'Mommy' anymore, right?" Rei nervously returned the gesture as she explained, feeling the glare of the CPU descend upon her,

"Huh? But that's your name!" Peashy retorted, as Neptune bit her lip, she hated everything about this…

"S-say… can I make you some rice pudding?" Rei gently asked as Peashy clapped her hands,

"Yes! Please!" Peashy excitedly yelled, as Neptune covered her mouth… was that why when she was finally returned to her she had developed a taste for rice pudding…?

"Ok. If you go wait in the kitchen, I'm sure Miss Neptune here has the ingredients, afterall, that is your favorite" Rei sweetly explained, ever so gently placing her hand on her head as Peany cooed under her touch, before rushing off, leaving behind the two women, looking over, Neptune had no words, yet, that was fine, Rei knew the question she was being asked,

"I know. If it weren't for what we had done… She wouldn't like me. If it weren't for the lingering effects of the atrocities we did, she would hate me. But… I'm sorry… I know it's selfish… But… I want to make sure she's happy…" Rei explained, as Neptune looked down, a split look on her face,

"I just… want her to be happy… If… if seeing you every so often makes her happy… then who cares what I think… and to be frank. I will never forgive you." Neptune explained her torn disposition,

"I understand. I… I heard you have another kid now" Rei tried to make small talk as Neptune gently smiled,

"My Naomi…" She couldn't help but smile when she thought of her,

"I… I… I had a kid at one point…" Rei revealed, as Neptune stared at her in bafflement, "Maybe my way of coping with that is the way I want to see Peashy happy…. Back when I was a CPU… I did some things… truthfully I cannot recall the man's face, but I do remember my daughters face… Of course she's been dead for thousands of years. I'm not sure if my lineage is still around, I don't remember anymore. I lost track after 15 generations." Rei explained, as Neptune looked at her as if she was a different person.

"I can't imagine how much that must have hurt" She truthfully presented, her two little girls were both CPUs, so hopefully, she would never have to go through that, but… just thinking about it…

"It probably hurt a lot at the time… but… I don't remember. It's been so long…" Rei shook her head, a distant gaze far beyond the purple haired CPU, as both women soon heard…

"Mommy! Why are you so slow!" Peashy yell from down the hall, as Neptune looked to the ancient CPU,

"I… I will still never forgive you. But… its fine… go on… I'll grab Naomi, we can have some rice pudding" Neptune presented as Rei bowed before her,

"Thank you. You are far far to kind" She smiled as a tear left her eye.

Nothing would rewrite what she had done. But… she could try. One rice pudding at a time….


Hope you all don't mind the brief OC mention or my HC about Rei... anyway!

end5- tyty my man

Tony Anderson- Heh... the Noire's knew what they signed up for!