What's up guys? Well, uh...I recently got into anime and the second one I saw was Marimite. I just love the characters, can't help it. So I trolled Fanfiction and read a bunch of fanfics. Now, I guess I'm writing one. Lol, please enjoy. P.S...this is going to sound really stupid but I've never completely Titanic, just bits and pieces. Lol, ironic huh? I believe it'll give the story a sort of a...refreshing twist. Please bear with me, I hope I don't disappoint.
Chapter One: Introduction
Eighteen year old Ogasawara Sachiko stared at the ocean with displeasure as she was waiting to board the S.S Titanic on a dock with hundreds of people behind her. It was already about to be five o'clock. She didn't even have to ask for the time, she could already tell sunset was approaching. The sunset made her blue eyes look a bit darker, although it was a pity no one really knew the true pain behind them. Her mother and little cousin that were both at her side, failing to notice it for quite some time. Another ten minutes passed as Ogasawara Sayako finally noticed the frown on her daughters lips. While instantly knowing the reason why, she tried to contain her own frown.
"Now Sachiko, it is not very ladylike to frown." Sayako reprimaded quietly so the people waiting behind them wouldn't hear. After a pregnant pause she realized her daughter Sachiko wasn't listening. She seemed to be doing that a lot lately these past few days.
"Dear sister Sachiko?" Matsudaira Touko asked gently. Five more seconds passes as Sachiko exited her haze.
"I beg your pardon?" She asked in confusion, unaware that her mother and her little cousin were trying to get her attention earlier.
"Sa-chan, need I remind you that you are to be married in nine days? Honestly child, manners. What happens when your husband is talking about something very important to you and you're caught not paying attention? That's very disrespectful." Sayako reprimanded once more.
"Mother..." Sachiko started.
"Not if's or buts, I thought I raised a lady. So Sachiko, at least try not to look so displeased."
"No promises." Sachiko muttereed.
"Excuse me young lady?" Sayako asked.
"Nothing mother, nothing at all." Sachiko said as she looked off into the distance again. She wondered when the crew would finally let the passengers board it. Although Sachiko was never really known for her patience. She examined how humongous the boat looked. Examined it from top to bottom.
'Not even God could sink this ship.' Sachiko thought to herself of the newspaper headline she read a few hours ago in interest. 'Unsinkable huh? Yeah right.'
"Dear sister Sachiko?" Touko asked quietly in concern.
"Yes Touko-chan?" Sachiko replied. Surprising Touko, who expected Sachiko not to be listening.
"What are you thinking about?" Her little cousin asked in interest. Sachiko wasn't really sure on how to even begin her explaination of thoughts.
"Well Touko-chan, I'm just thinking that-"
"Ah! Sa-chan! There you are! I apologize for being tardy. Good help is so hard to find these days." Her fiancé Kashiwagi Suguru said aloud as he pushed to the crowd and extended his arms and pulled Sachiko into a hug. "My, you're tense." He noted. Sachiko fought strongly to avoid the urge of rolling her eyes.
"Hello Suguru," Sayako said as he hugged her and Touko as well.
"Hello dear brother Suguru." Touko chimed in.
"Auntie, Touko-chan, good day." Suguru said as he concluded his hug and tipped his hat. "Where's uncle Tooru?"
"He's somewhere in the crowd back there talking to a few clients. You know my husband, he works 24/7." Sayako answered.
"Don't I know it." Suguru chuckled as he wrapped his arm around Sachiko's tense shoulders. "Yikes, Sa-chan, you need a message really bad. Your shoulders are awfully tense."
'I heard you the first time'. Sachiko thought bitterly. "Thank you for your concern Suguru, but I'll be fine." Sachiko responded politely as she continued to stare at the ship remaining in the distance. Another three more minutes and it would finally be at the dock. She looked behind her and noticed her Oneesama from high school, Mizuno Youko, was also talking to a few clients of her own. Being a lawyer meant always being on call, or at least for Youko. 'She's almost as much as a workaholic as my father.' Sachiko thought to herself.
"So dear brother Suguru, how are you planning to spend your 18th birthday?" Touko asked. It was one of the reasons they decided to board the S.S Titanic after all, to celebrate Suguru's 18th birthday and of course, managing some clients of Ogasawara Tooru. (Sachiko's father.)
"Well, it is only three days away, so I guess it's going to be a surprise, Touko-chan." Suguru said as he patted Touko's head, while surprisingly managing to keep her banana curls perfectly in tact.
A surprise it would be indeed.
"Yumi! Can you hand me that bucket of coal over there?" Satou Sei said as she made her way over to her friend, and recently new co-worker, seventeen year old Fukuzawa Yumi.
"Of course." Yumi chirped in her optimistic tone of voice as she handed Sei the coal filled bucket.
"Damn it, I'm going to need another bucket." Sei said as she looked at one of the boilers.
"I got one right here." Hasekura Rei said as she walked right beside Sei.
"Thanks Rei, hey, where's Yoshino? I haven't seen her all day." Sei asked as Rei was tossing the coal on to the fire. Shimazu Yoshino was Rei's cousin.
"She's a little ill, so her mother advised her to take a day off." Rei grunted as finished putting the last of the coal in the boiler.
"Oh my goodness, is she going to be okay?" Yumi asked as she wiped her dirty hands on her pants while watching Rei and Sei finish up their jobs.
"Yes she's going to be okay. She wanted you to come by her room later today when you get the chance." Rei answered, wiping sweat away from her forehead.
"I will." Yumi smiled, thinking what she would tell her friend of the day's work. She'd probably just tell her about how Sei tripped over a cord, or how Rei almost got a bucket of oil mixed up with a bucket of water and ended up spilling both. Yoshino was sure to feel better once Yumi was done making her laugh. Sei, Rei, Yumi, Yoshino, and Yumi's brother were all part of the Titanic's lower deck crew. The lower deck crew helped the ship properly move and always made sure the boilers were stoked, brought the coal to the engine room and kept the fires lit. This room was called the Engine Room. Once Sei finished putting her bucket of coal into the boiler, Yumi's brother, Fukuzawa Yuuki, came down the Engine Room.
"Boss says you guys are done for your shifts. They're about to let passengers board in five more minutes." Yuuki said.
"Ah, so the old geezer is finally going to let the rich folk board huh? Interesting." Sei smirked as she wiped her oil filled hands with her towel.
"Sei..." Rei reprimanded. "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."
"What?" Sei said defensively, "It's true. They whine for everything! Ah! My room got the wrong color of flowers! I asked for light pink! Not dark pink, you filthy peasant! Ahhh, my trousers are made of the wrong fabric! Someone's getting FIRED!" Sei intimated and flung her arms in the air for dramatic effect, causing Rei, Yumi, and Yuuki to burst out laughing. Yumi filed Sei's outburst in here mind for future reference to tell a sick Yoshino about later.
"Ah, there's my favorite crew." Captain Toudo said as he finished climbing the ladder downwards to the Engine Room to check on his crew.
"Technically, we're your only crew.." Sei reminded.
"Good day to you too, Miss Satou." The Captain said as he tipped his hat. "Good day, Captain." The crew said simaltaneously.
"How's Shimako-san doing?" Yumi asked.
"My daughters' doing really well actually. She's in Yoshino's room with Noriko right now, talking about Lord knows what." Captain Toudo answered. "Noriko really wants to work down here, but she's only sixteen. Plus, my men...and women, are quite the large crew, so there's no available jobs at the moment."
"Eh, Shimako-san, always had a knack for taking care of people." Sei said, a look of pride adorning her features as she talked about her Petite Seour from high school. She was also proud that she found a Petite Seour of her own. Noriko seemed to be handling her well, and vice versa. Which was all that Sei could ever ask for as an Oneesama.
"Unlike you." Rei kidded, causing a playful glare from Sei and giggles from the Yumi and Yuuki.
"I care a lot! For example, I care about my next meal. Captain Toudo..."
"Buffet's at eight." The Captain said.
"Hell yes!" Sei exclaimed.
"Language, Miss Satou" The Captain warned.
"Ahhhh Mr. Toudo, even after two years you're still trying to change me." Sei said happily. "Well I dunno about you guys, but I'm taking a bath, taking a nap, and then going to the buffet once all the rich folk have gone. I expect all of you there, especially you Yumi-chan. I get bored without you." Sei said. "I'll be going." Sei concluded as she started climbing the ladder.
"I have to go to, make sure Yoshino's okay." Rei said as she exited as well. As the two left, the captain checked his watch.
"Eh, looks like the passengers are starting to get on board. I need to check with the upper deck crew to make sure everything is in order. Yuuki, thank you for working the early morning shift. And Yumi, thank you so much for taking the afternoon, you two are some of my best workers, and I don't take that lightly, thank you, you two."
"No problem." Yumi and Yuuki said, smiling.
"Then, I'll be on my way." Captain Toudo said as he started climbing the ladder.
"And then there were two..." Yumi joked and Yuuki chuckled.
"C'mon Yumi, you know how mom gets if we're a little late from work. Plus, you need to bathe, you stink."
"Hey!" Yumi's face reddened and Yuuki laughed. "You didn't smell like honey and flowers this morning either, now let's go little brother." Yumi retaliated as she playfully smacked her brothers' arm and started up the ladder.
"Hey! Wait a second you!" Yuuki argued back as he began climbing the ladder as well. The two raced each other back to their room, resulting in a tie between the Fukuzawa siblings.
"How many times have I told you to not to run?" Their mother giggled as she noticed how dirty was. "Yumi..."
"I'm getting in the bath right now." Yumi answered and smiled.
"You better, we have to be downstairs to greet a few of the guests later today. Her mother laughed. "Plus, you stink."
"Honestly!" Yumi face reddened more as she walked to the bath and Yuuki and her mother were still laughing behind her.
So this is the first chapter of Titanic: Marimite Style. I know it's not exactly like Titanic, a lot unlike it even, but I think that makes it a little unpredictable. Anyway, pretty pretty please hit that little review button below and give me your feedback. I can't wait to hear what you guys think of it. Good day! Oh and no copyright intended! Everything belongs to their respected owners.