Just a warning I am Dyslexic so my stories will not be perfect, Claraowl looked over this for me while we were chatting so thank you :)
Hello my sweeties,
This is my first ever crossover,
It goes between two anime/Manga/light novels I enjoy
Skip Beat! and MariMite (Maria-sama ga miteru)
I can just see so much fun happening between the characters and so much promise
that I couldn't resist so while bored waiting I started this and hope you will all enjoy.
This story will be based around the time Sachiko is still in her second year before the roses have left, Kyoko will also be in her second year of highschool but for this story she will be the older of the two girls.
I suggest looking at the Wiki for either story if you are unfamiliar, but you may still be able to read it if you are aware of one or the other though it may be confusing.
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Enjoy.
Neh xxx
I do not own Skip Beat or MariMite.
"Yumi..." came the soft whine from the young woman laying prone in the bed before them.
"Yu...mi." Sayako took her daughters hand in hers as she fought off the tears which threatened to fall at her daughter's condition. If only they had been a few minutes later that morning… if only she had not been so excited to get to school.
"Why does she keep calling out for Yumi? is there something wrong with her?" Tooru asked as he sat there, looking through work papers. Sayako was reaching her limit. Why was he even here, if all he could care about was his stupid business?
"Yu...mi...no.." Sayako stroked the part of Sachiko's head that wasn't covered by by thick white bandages.
"Don't worry, sweetheart; I'll get Yumi for you." Sayako said softly as she stroked her daughter's hand and face gently.
"Why on earth would you get Yumi? I'm sure she wouldn't really need to be concerned over this," Tooru said as he grabbed another stack of sheets from his open briefcase.
"This... THIS!" Sayako had finally snapped.
"THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER, TOORU! IF YOU SPENT ANY TIME WITH HER, YOU WOULD KNOW WHY WE NEED TO GET YUMI HERE! BUT YOU DON'T! DO YOU? YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW YOUR OWN DAUGHTER!" Tooru was stunned as his wife of 18 years suddenly turned from the sweet woman he had fallen in love with all those years ago into a raging titan of anger - but she wasn't finished yet.
"ALL YOU CARE ABOUT IS THE COMPANY, MONEY, AND LINING YOUR OWN POCKETS! WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TRULY LOOKED AT SACHIKO? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOOKED AT ME? All you care about... all you care about is her... them and then it." She had stopped shouting, but the new tone she used broke his heart; her words were hurtful enough in the fact that Tooru realised they might be true, but the sound of complete disappointment and anguish in her tone was the knife through his heart.
"I could hold it in Tooru; as long as I had Sachiko, I could cope. As long as I had someone to love... someone who loves me." He couldn't help it, it slipped out before he could stop himself. Even if it was rude to interrupt her.
"I do love you." Tooru said dropping the papers he had been holding back into his briefcase.
"NO... No, you don't." Sayako said cutting in before Tooru to continue.
"How many mistresses do you have Tooru? How many other women do you crawl into bed with? how many other children other than Sachiko - do you even know? Saying that, do you even care? As long as you keep your social facade up of perfection, do you even give a damn?" What could he say to that? Sayako had never mentioned it before; she had never mentioned his other lovers, his other women as she called them... his other children. How many children did he have? Sachiko, Chiharu, Kirito...
"I... Sayako..." But he could not continue as, yet again, Sayako cut in.
"Don't Tooru... Just don't. Did you know I could name them all... every single one of them since the day you told me I was to marry you, the day you told me you loved me? I can name every single woman, starting with Mogami Seana and ending with your current two bits on the side. Get out, Tooru." Her voice was hardly more than a whisper, but he heard every word of it; and even though he thought he should get angry with her, maybe even shout at her himself, how could he? How could he be angry that Sayako, the woman he had sworn to before God that he would love, honour, and protect... when he had done none of those things?
It had been his father who had told him it was the right thing to do:women were there to satisfy, they did not care as long as they got what they wanted, or what they needed. Yet what they needed was what his father decided they needed - jewels, fashionable clothes, anything money could buy... but was that all they really needed? Something Sachiko had said to him not long ago when she had finally gotten up the courage to tell her father she would not marry her cousin Suguru... one thing that had meant nothing to him at the time but now screamed in his head.
"You cannot buy happiness and love father, just remember that." Was this what she meant, as she had walked out of his office head bowed after he had told her how disappointed he was with her? Had his last conversation with his daughter really been when he had told her he thought she was a disappointment, that she was not upholding the Ogasawara family name?
"Sayako.." Tooru tried, but Sayako just shook her head.
"You have four children Tooru, and did you know Sachiko isn't even your first born?" That was it, the moment when Tooru truly knew just what a fool he had been, just how wrong he had been living his life.
"Get out." Sayako whispered once more; if only they had been a few minutes later, then the drunk driver would not have collided with the chauffeur-driven bendz. If they had been a few minutes later, they would never have lost a long-time servant and friend; they would not be with their daughter now, hoping and praying she would be ok. Tooru tried to approach them both, his wife and the daughter he loved.
"GET OUT!" Sayako screamed again as she collapsed over the prone figure of their daughter in the hospital bed, sobbing at the cruel turn of fate.
Tooru sat there, unable to think clearly; he had four children… and Sachiko wasn't his first born? How could that be? How could he not be aware of another child - and one that had been born before Sachiko? Was it even possible? Tooru saw them all arrive, Yumi almost being bodily supported by two other girls. He had seen them all before, of course; he knew them from times they had been over to his own home! But the fact he could not name them all, maybe three or four of them... Was that terrible? he asked himself as a nurse escorted them down the hallway towards Sachiko's room.
Was it terrible when one of the older girls he recognised as Mizuno Youko, his own daughter's sœur, could comfort his wife where he had been unable to do so?
Yes ... yes it was terrible.
But who would know he had another child? Who could have told Sayako about it in the first place - or had she been watching him all this time? She had even known about Mogami Seana, and she had been a young man's foolish mistake when he was younger; she had been smart and beautiful... and the only person who had known about her had been... his father!
Tooru was up and out of the door before he could think any futher; his father had known about Seana - he had been the one at the time to call him foolish and stupid, doing something like that before his marriage! Afterwards, yes, it would have been fine in his father's eyes... but before was unheard of.
'I'll sort it out.' he had said... but just how much sorting out had he done, Tooru wondered as he jumped into the back seat of his own chauffeur driven car.
"Take me home, Rijou," Tooru said as he watched the driver of his car try to wipe his eyes without being noticed - and for the first time Tooru did notice, for the first time Tooru was truly seeing the world clearly.
"Yes, Oji-sama," Rijou replied as he went to turn on the ignition he was shocked though as a soft hand touched his shoulder.
"I am very sorry about your father Rijou. He was a wonderful man, and if there is anything my family and I can do in this difficult time, please do not hesitate to ask." Rijou felt ashamed as he again had to wipe tears from his eyes.
"Thank you, Oji-sama, but I think my father would be happy to know that Sachiko-sama was spared." Tooru squeeze the shoulder under his hand slightly as he passed Rijou one of his pocket handkerchiefs.
"Thank you, Rijou, your father truly was a wonderful man." Leaning back to give his young driver some time, he thought about the man they had lost today, the man who as the police had told him saw the erratic driver and must have turned the wheel to avoid the collision hitting Sachiko. The man, Joji had worked for him for as long as he could remember, and his last act had been to save his daughter's life.
Tooru knew even more at that moment just how blind he had been; a man who wasn't even family had protected his own daughter better than he ever had, and that broke Tooru's heart even more.
"MOGAMI KYOKO PLEASE PROCEED TO THE PRESIDENTS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY" The voice over the intercom sounded throughout LME as one of the pink clad women stopped her work cleaning the windows, and stared at her two friends, eyes filled with fear that clearly asked if they knew of any reason why she was being summoned.
"Mo! Kyoko! What have you done this time?" Kanae asked as she placed her hands on her hips and sighed at the fearful look in her best friend's face. It sounded as if someone was covering the microphone for a moment and low illegible talking could be heard before the voice continued.
"KOTONAMI KANAE, CHIORI AMAMIYA, TSURUGA REN, YASHIRO YUKIHITO CAN YOU ALL PLEASE COME TO THE PRESIDENTS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY? I REPEAT MOGAMI KYOKO, KOTONAMI KANAE, CHIORI AMAMIYA, TSURUGA REN, YASHIRO YUKIHITO CAN YOU ALL PLEASE COME TO THE PRESIDENTS OFFICE IMMEDIATELY? THANK YOU." The three girls simply looked at each other silently, all thinking along the same lines of dread, as Chiori finally tossed her wash rag into the bucket at her feet and sighed.
"I wonder what the nut job wants now," she muttered as she gathered up her cleaning equipment and sighed once more, Kanae following suit. Yet Kyoko seemed frozen, her hand still resting on the window where the window scraper allowed the water to gently dribble down, leaving water marks.
"MO! Kyoko, come on!" Kanae scolded as she grabbed the younger girl's hand and dragged her along, making her way back to the janitors closet to deposit the items before they made their way up to the president's office. Chiori giggle as she grabbed Kyoko's cleaning bucket iand followed suit behind her two best friends; there really was no one like them.
"So why do you think the boss wants us this time?" Ren asked as they stepped into the lift together, Yashiro was still doing one of his wild fanboy dances, giggling softly to himself at the thought of Ren being called to the presidents office with his beloved;he didn't reply, so Ren sighed and bashed the button for the 35th floor and the presidents office.
They had only just entered the building when the call had come over the tannoy, asking for his presence with his manager and the three love me girls in his office, Ren wasn't going to complain;he hadn't seen Kyoko in a few days after having been away on a location shoot, but he just hoped Lory didn't have anything weird planned for him.
Ren looked up and stiffened slightly, straightening up at the sight that had just been awarded to him as the elevator doors opened to reveal the three love me girls in question. Yashiro, noticing his reaction, stopped his behaviour immediately and smiled with glee.
"Kyoko-chan, Kotonami-san, Amamiya-san! How nice to see you all, any idea why we've all been called?" Yashiro asked as the girls entered the elevator glared at them both before turning to the elevator controls and tossing a feeble hello over her shoulder, while Chiori smiled and said hello softly with a nod. Whilst Kyoko, in her usual way, bowed deeply.
"Tsuruga-san, Yashiro-san hello. I hope you had a good trip." She said as her smile shined like the sun itself and Ren's smile suddenly became real and overly bright in the presence of the woman he loved.
"Hello Kyoko, Kotonami-san, Amamiya-san and yes thank you kyoko we had a good trip." Kanae scoffed slightly and Chiori grinned at Yashiro, who was the only other one not in the little world created by the love-sick pair. They both knew how Kanae disliked the way Ren was able to call Kyoko so casually now, but for the time being it seemed she could accept it - as long as Kyoko was still not allowing Ren the same courtesy.
"Well, if I had to say anything, I suppose it's something to do with Kyoko." Chiori started answering Yashiro's question, which the others seemed to have ignored, with her usual logical thinking, Yashiro nodded as Kyoko froze.
"Well it was almost as if we were an after thought, don't you think?" Chiori commented as both Ren and Yashiro nodded to her statement, Kanae clearing her throat while still not facing any of them was all Chiori needed to look around herself and spot Kyoko sitting on the floor with her hands over her head muttering to herself.
"Please no more dangerous missions... please no more dangerous missions..." Kyoko muttered as she rocked back and forth before Chiori could drop down beside her.
"But that could just be because the secretary had the message wrong, or maybe Lory hadn't given her all the names in time before she started making the announcement!" Chiori tried, knowing it wasn't very likely, but hoping it would calm the now psychopathic-looking young woman.
"I'm sure its fine, Kyoko," Ren said softly as he pulled the girl off the floor and to her feet with ease, Chiori following with her own power as she nodded, confirming Ren's words.
"Well, we are about to find out anyway." Kanae said as the doors opened and she stormed out ahead of them all; they all shrugged to each other used, now, to Kanae's moods as they followed behind Kyoko (jumping forwards to catch up with Kanae), who never bother to scold her friend as Kyoko linked their arms. Chiori wondered if Kanae would have allowed her to do so if Ren hadn't been present.
"Ahh, you're all here, good, good! Go right ahead, the president is waiting for you," the secretary said as she smiled at them all brightly. Ren was the first one, with his long legs, to reach the door,and opened it for the three woman. Kanae once more simply scowled at him as both Kyoko and Chiori thanked him softly.
"Looks like you will need more than good manners to win the best friend over," Yashiro said with a happy smirk as Ren glared at his best friend and manager.
"I was just saying..." Yashiro said, raising his hands in defeat as the secretary giggled to herself as Ren sighed, shaking his head as he allowed Yashiro to precede him into the room. They didn't get far, though, as the girls it seems had stopped just inside the doorway , Ren looked over the girls at what had made them stop so suddenly and his first thought was
'Will the president ever stop surprising me?'
Ren looked at the large bronze reptilian creature; it could only be called a dragon. None of them moved as they stared upon the creature before them... It couldn't be real, could it? None of them wanted to risk it, as the large creature could not only be seen breathing as its large flanks rose and fell, but also none of them could deny the breeze rushing past them as the air rushed out of its large snout blowing their pant legs.
"Beautiful," Kyoko whispered to no one in particular as the large tail swished slightly in slumber; Ren, whilst smiling at Kyoko's comment, looked around what used to be Lory's office but now appeared to be a large man-made cave. The rest of the group just continued to stare at the large beast trying to either figure out if Kyoko was right, or if she was just foolish not to be scared.
"There you all are! Come on back ignore Mnementh. It's his own fault, the silly brute, I told him not to have that 12th werry." The group all looked up as Lory's voice and wondered about the man's sanity once more.
"Mnementh," Kyoko said softly to herself as she looked again at the bronze dragon. Kanae could see her friend slipping off to La La land again so, grabbing Kyoko's arm, she pulled the younger girl forwards and carefully around the large dragon's form, trying not to look at the large talons and wings as they passed through; Kyoko could not help but stare and smile.
"That girl and fairy tales," Chiori said with a shake of her head as she followed Kanae and Kyoko, making sure she kept away from the creature. Even if it wasn't real, she would not put it past Lory to add realistic features.
They traveled through a rough woven cloth curtain and into a secondary cave, which seemed to be sleeping quarters. Yashiro and Ren followed the girls in and Lory smiled. Today he was dressed in rough animal hide clothing like that seen on inuits, Kyoko thought as she looked over the man she looked up too but also wondered about.
"Welcome to the Weyr, please come in and take a seat." Lory gestured to a rough sofa bench which also was covered in the rough animal hide and rough woven fabric plus furs. Kanae looked at it dubiously before she sat down, pulling Kyoko down next to her, Chiori took up the last position as Ren and Yashiro pulled up wooden chairs from the table off to the left-hand side and sat down next just behind the sofa bench.
"What did you need us for, president?" Kanae asked when the men were seated. There was no point beating around the bush with Lory and Kanae new that; one day she would hope to catch him off guard with her question, in hope the consequences would not be as bad if she had waited.
"It's Weyrleader," Lory said as if informing her of something she should have already known. Kanae just looked at Lory, not hiding her contempt or confusion.
"That's my title," Lory said with a smile on his face which died down slightly as he looked across the girl seated in the middle of group. Kyoko was special. Not only to him but to everyone she knew or came into contact with and Lory hated what he was about to do, but he had no choice. It was the reason he had called the rest of them up here, Kyoko was going to need everyone's strength.
"Mogami-kun, I was contacted today by one of your legal guardians," Lory watched as every person present froze.
"I understand I told you that if your guardians did not care where you were or what you were doing I would not question you further... but after today I'm afraid I have been asked to suspend your contract until they have spoken with you and you have come to some ... arrangement." Lory watched as all the colour visibly drained from Kyoko's face.
"Mother?" The question was barely a whisper as Lory watch Ren place a comforting arm on Kyoko's shoulder and Kanae uncharacteristically placed an arm around her friend in a half hug.
"No, Kyoko," Lory said, sighing as he wondered how to break this to the girl who had told him and his granddaughter so long ago that her father was dead, but all he could think was better to break it swiftly than let the pain drag out.
"Your father," Lory said softly as the girl before him almost fainted on the spot, only the arms of her two friends and Ren's comforting hands from behind kept the girl sitting on the bench.
"M.m...my father? but I...I don't have a father!" Kyoko stuttered out, looking as if at any moment she would break, as if at any moment she would disintegrate and disappear from the earth entirely.
"I know that is what you have been led to believe Kyoko, but please believe me. The man I have spoken to today is your father and even though it is hard to believe, he was not aware of your birth or even your existence until yesterday." All Kyoko could do was stare at Lory until finally her consciousness finally did give way and the blackness took her. Only her friends' grips kept Kyoko seated as Chiori and Kanae sat up and, with Ren's help, lay their friend on the bench before Ren. Kanae turned their fury on the man before them.
"What the hell is the meaning of this!" Kanae half-shouted as Chiori knelt down beside Kyoko, checking her pulse.
"I have no choice Kotonami-san," Lory said with a sigh as he looked at the young woman lying on the bench before him.
"Her father could easily tear LME apart piece by piece." Everyone looked at Lory as Ren finally asked the question on everyone's lips.
"Who is her father?" Lory looked over at the four of them; he knew they would never betray Kyoko's confidence.
"Ogasawara Tooru. Kyoko, it seems, is actually the first born child and probable heir of the Ogasawara clan." Kanae could not help it as her legs went out beneath her; Ren sat back heavily in his chair as Yashiro and Chiori just stared, both lucky they had been sitting down.
"But...but... that means... aren't they the biggest conglomerate company in Japan?" Chiori said in barely a whisper as Lory nodded sagely.
"Yes...yes they are." All eyes turned to the girl laying, still out cold, on the sofa.
"Well, Kyoko, looks like one of your wishes is coming true," Kanae said softly as Lory's eyes strayed to her.
"She's finally going to become the princess she has always wanted to be."
Well guys... there you have it
I'm not sure what you will all think...
or even if anyone will read this XD
But I love the idea and I have so many ideas of how the two sets of characters are going to interact I'm excited :D
thanks for reading
Neh xxx
Comments and reviews please, I will happily reply to PM's and questions
