This is actually a rewrite. I wrote the original one back in January and posted it on Deviantart, but I've decided to rewrite this. Please read the authors notes at the end of this chapter, because it's kind of important. Enjoy!

I've always been a fan of ships, ever since I was small. And someday, I would hope to live in one.

My name is Rina. I am in my early twenties, and I had an okay, but not great life. I have short, orange-brown hair, where the ends of my hair were curled up, and I also had brown eyes. I wore a brown kimono, but the strap was black and narrow.

As I said before, I never really had a great life. And the reason for that was because my parents died when I was four. Because of that, I don't remember my last name. I only know my first name. The only things that I remember when I was four were when my deceased parents said my name a lot of times, and when they told me when was my birthday. So I was able to remember when exactly my birthday was, and what age I was.

Aside that, I've loved ships, and whenever I would take a look at them, I would smile. Like I said, I would one day live in a ship, and travel in space.

Ever since my parents had died, I was alone. But I found this somewhat worn-out building called the "Homeless Building", where people who are homeless "live" there. When I was on my own at the age of four, a man, who is apparently the owner of the building (And a worker) asked where my parents were. I only told him that I didn't have any. He pitied me, so he decided to let me stay in the homeless building. I've been "living" there since.

The strange thing about it was that I was the only female there. It was weird, but I got used to it.

It was early morning, and I woke up, full of energy. Actually, I wake up every morning, full of energy. And there's a reason why.

There's a place called the "Tour of Ships", and ever since I was a teenager, I've been going there every day (Unless there's bad weather), looking at all kinds of ships. If I were to find the "perfect" ship, then I would decide to live there. But then again, I was never so sure if I would be able to live in one, since the Tour of Ships is about giving people tours. I never even tried to ask each leader of each ship if anyone could live in the ship, because I always feel embarrassed to ask that.

I walked out of my room, and as I put my sandals on, I heard the owner saying my name.

"Morning, Rina-Chan."

I blinked my brown eyes, and turned my head around, only to see the owner, who was named Kotoro. He had short, bluish-gray hair, with dark-blue eyes, which almost looked black. He wasn't really old, but he was almost in his forties. Kotaro wore a gray top kimono, with black pants, and a short, green apron.

I smiled at him, and said, "Good morning, Kotoro-San."

He asked, "Are you heading to the Tour of Ships?"

I nodded at him. "I am. I'll be back in a while. See you later, Kotoro-San!"

He waved at me as I ran out of the homeless building. I ran, but slowed down.

I thought, I've been wondering for years now…can I ever live in a ship, even if the ships are supposed to be toured by crew members?

I closed my brown eyes half-way, and soon, I was at the Tour of Ships. There were ships everywhere as usual. I smiled big as I whispered to myself, "Now to get a tour." With that, I began to walk to one of the ships.

The first ship that I entered was a reddish-brown ship, which looked a bit dull. But just because it's dull on the outside, doesn't mean it's dull on the inside as well.

I saw a group of people, about to enter the ship, but I widened my eyes, dashing towards the group. They were probably being toured by the crew members. I didn't stop running until I caught up with the group.

As we walked up the wooden board, we all entered the ship in a matter of seconds. We were starting to walk in the hall of the ship, and the crew member explained, "So…here, we have cobwebs on the ceilings. Yeah, I know, we're lazy." I raised a brow up, but he continued to explain in a gloomy tone, "And we also have rusty metal, which is apparently crap."

He ruffled his hair, but I stopped, thinking, I should get out of here.

I slowly turned around, making sure that I wasn't spotted, as to seeing me leave before the tour was over. Thankfully, I managed to get out before anyone saw me leave. I ran down the wooden board while shaking my head.

I'm not going to live in that ship. Then again, it wouldn't be easy for me to live in one anyway. I really need to ask if it would be possible for me to live in one, because I won't ever know unless I ask!

A sigh escaped my lips as I walked through the Tour of Ships. I blinked, looking at a different ship. But I noticed that there was a woman, having a confrontation with a man, right as they were entering the orange-and-light-green colored ship. I stopped walking for a moment, watching them as the woman shouted at the man, "DON'T SAY THAT I'M DRUNK, YOU PIG!"

The man shouted back, "BUT YOU REALLY ARE DRUNK, LADY! I'M SORRY, BUT YOU CAN'T BE IN THIS TOUR IF YOU'RE DRUNK!"

She slapped him on the face, and I knew for a second that they were going to have a fight. I rolled my eyes, and decided to ignore them, because it was none of my business. I heard them scream at each other, but I didn't bother to look back at them.

I sighed once again as I ruffled my orange-brown hair. I muttered under my breath, "Some people." My head shook as I looked at yet another ship.

But this ship was red, and it looked a bit more unusual than the other ships that I've seen. I raised a brow, but quickly walked towards it.

As I was getting closer to it, I saw a man, who had brown curly hair, with sunglasses. There was also a woman beside him, who wore a purple "cape", and a head cover. She was pretty much arguing with him because she sounded a bit angry towards him. Then, she grabbed his scarf, and basically lifted him up off the ground (Well, slightly).

When I was a few feet in front of them, I cleared my throat, making it loud enough for them to hear me. The woman stopped speaking to him, and she turned her head quickly, seeing that I was standing in front of them.

She let go of his scarf, and said nonchalantly, "Hello. Would you like a tour?"

I giggled a bit, and nodded my head while giving them a smile. The man with the brown curly hair exclaimed, "Ooh! We finally get to give someone a tour! Ahahahaha!"

The woman had an anger mark on her cheek, and she muttered to him, "The reason why nobody wanted a tour here was because your stupid laugh was annoying them!"

"But I love laughing! Ahahahaha!"

I chuckled, and asked, "Am I getting a tour, or are you going to yell at him all day?"

She said, "My apologies. It's just that his brain is screwed by his laughter."

I blinked in confusion, but didn't reply to her. The two of them were walking in the ship, but I followed them. It seemed that I was the only person who was getting a tour in this ship, but it wasn't like I minded it.

As we were all walking in the hall, I looked around, seeing how spotless it was. I thought, Hm, not bad. Not bad at all.

The man explained while still laughing, "Basically, the crew tends to clean up any messes in this ship! Ahahahaha!"

The woman muttered again, "I believe I can explain better, you idiot."

I furrowed my brows. I never really liked it when someone calls anybody else an idiot, unless they're doing really stupid things.

As I continued to follow them, another crew member exclaimed, "Mutsu-San! We have to leave now!"

I widened my eyes, and thought while slightly panicking, Then I better get out of here!

But it was too late. Before I even got the chance to leave the ship that I was in, I heard the big, metal door close. I widened my eyes again, only I was in more shock than ever. I turned chalk white, and could feel the ship moving upwards.

The woman, named Mutsu, muttered, "Oh…"

I thought, Well, shit. I'm apparently trapped here now.

When the ship left the Tour of Ships, I walked to a wall, and sat down, bending my knees up, and landed my arms on my knees. I lowered my head down, sitting there in sulk. There was a sudden heavy atmosphere above my head, and it wouldn't go away. This really sucked. One minute, I was being toured, now the ship has left, and I wasn't able to get out of here on time.

I heard the curly-haired man say, "Miss…" I slowly lifted my head up, and saw the man crouching down, furrowing his brows slightly with a small smile on his face. He continued, "Sorry about that. It's just that we forgot that we had something important to do, so we had to leave."

I blinked, but my eyelids were half-way closed. I muttered, "Great…and now I'm stuck here."

He landed his hand on the back of his head, and said, "Ahahaha…my, the atmosphere feels heavy all of a sudden."

I sighed, and decided to stand up. The man said, "Since you're stuck here for the moment, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Tatsuma Sakamoto, the leader of this crew, called the Kaientai."

I replied, "My name is Rina. Nice to meet you, Sakamoto-San."

The name of his crew isn't bad at all, in fact, I think it sounds cool. Tatsuma told me, "You can call me by my first name if you'd like, since the only people that call me by my last name is people I work with! Ahahahaha!"

I blinked, but said, "Alright then."

The woman introduced herself to me, "And my name is Mutsu. Tatsuma-San's sidekick, or at least, that's what he refers to me."

I chuckled a bit, and said, "Are you a leader as well?"

"You could say that. But even though Tatsuma-San is the actual leader, he tends to get into trouble, so I have to save his ass. Someday, his nuts will rot, and fall off if he doesn't take care of himself."

I widened my eyes at Mutsu. I made a cracked smile, and said, "Uh, I didn't really want to hear that."

She ignored me by asking Tatsuma, "Tatsuma-San, where are we supposed to meet them?"

I asked with a raised brow, "Meet who?"

Of course, nobody was answering me. Tatsuma laughed once again, "I believe somewhere between here and another rocky planet! Ahahahaha!"

"Meet who?" I asked again, getting more curious. But neither of them was still answering my question. And the more they ignored my question, the more eager I would become.

Mutsu replied to the man, "You should be more specific than that. And if you get into trouble again, you'll need to keep your zipper up."

This woman was a little confusing. But when they still didn't answer me, I clenched my teeth, and exclaimed out loud, "MEET WHO?!"

Realizing that I was a bit loud, I looked both ways, at the two of them, and saw that they were staring at me. I lowered my head down, feeling my cheeks flush in embarrassment.

But Tatsuma finally answered, "The guys who give us energy batteries! Ahahahaha!"

I sighed, and quietly said, "Thank you." My cheeks were still a bit red, but at least one of them answered.

Suddenly, Tatsuma took a few steps towards me, and he asked me with yet another laugh, "Rina-Chan, do you want to play with me?"

I widened my eyes in surprise. Did he really just ask me that?

Mutsu quickly walked towards him, and pulled out some sort of gun. She set the head of the gun in front of his face, and muttered darkly, "Don't ask her that stupid question, you curly-headed idiot."

He cracked a smile, but exclaimed, "Alright, alright. Ahahahaha!"

She put her gun away, but she turned her head to see me, and told me, "Get used to his laugh, because he laughs a lot."

I replied quietly, "O-Okay."

Well, that was awkward.

I narrowed my brown eyes, staring at the floor. I thought again, Even though she tells me that, I'm not exactly bothered by Tatsuma-San's laugh.

A while later, Tatsuma was suddenly barfing into a garbage can. "BLARRRFF!"

I had a feeling that he was feeling a little sick, so I landed my hand on his back, and asked, "Are you okay, Tatsuma-San?"

Mutsu informed me, "He tends to get space-sick, which means that he barfs a lot. Thankfully, not every day."

I made a cracked smile, and decided to ask Tatsuma, "Are you even a fan of ships, Tatsuma-San?"

He lifted himself up, and answered without laughing or looking at me, "I'm a huge fan of ships. But even when I'm a fan of them, they somehow make me throw up."

"I-I see," I replied. "Well, I'm a fan of ships as well! And I'm hoping to live in one someday!"

Tatsuma turned his head while asking, "Is that so?"

"Y-Yeah. It is a little embarrassing to say this, though. But I really do want to live in one! But I would rather get to know the crew first, then decide whether or not I want to live with them in their ship."

"How would that work if you're at the Tour of Ships, though?" Mutsu asked me.

I paused for a moment, but then answered, "You know, I'm not exactly sure. But perhaps I would see if the same ship would be there every day."

"Hm," Mutsu muttered quietly.

I lowered my head down again, but thought, realizing, Kotoro-San is going to wonder where I am. Well, I don't want to be trapped here forever, so maybe I can ask Tatsuma-San or Mutsu-San when we can head back to Earth.

I didn't want to be selfish, but I really needed to be back at the homeless building before I was gone for days. I wouldn't want to worry Kotoro.

Suddenly, Tatsuma asked me, "Are you okay, Rina-Chan?"

I lifted my head up, replying to him, "Wh-What do you mean?"

"Your face is red." I blinked, but realized that my face was burning up. Perhaps I was embarrassed from telling them about me wanting to live in a ship.

Without warning, he landed his hand on my forehead. I jumped a bit, and exclaimed, "I-I was just embarrassed from telling you two all of this!"

Mutsu said, "It's actually understandable, Rina-Chan. You're a fan of ships as much as Tatsuma the laughing idiot, so there's no need to get embarrassed."

Tatsuma's hand wouldn't let go of my forehead. He asked while raising a brow up, "You're really hot. Are you sure you're fine?"

My heart was starting to beat faster. I exclaimed again, but a little louder, "Y-Yes, I'm fine! I already told you! I was just embarrassed from what I said just moments ago!"

He laughed as he removed his hand from my forehead, "So you're not sick after all! Ahahahaha!"

"What made you think I was sick?!"

"Well, it's obvious enough that your face is burning up! Ahahahaha!"

I stared at him as he stared back into my eyes. But he pushed his sunglasses up, and exclaimed, "And by the way, Rina-Chan, you aren't the only woman I've asked to play with me! Ahahahaha!"

I blinked, and thought, Why did he ask other women to "play" with him? Did he want to "do it" with them?

Without an answer in my head, Mutsu told him, "Tatsuma-San, that was very unnecessary. And the reason why so many women reject you is because your hair is all tangled up, plus it's poofy."

"Oh, stop saying such lies, Mutsu-San! My hair is just curly, like my old friends'! Ahahahaha!" He replied to the woman.

I thought yet again, I don't think it's that poofy. He does have curled hair, though.

Mutsu added, "And it's also because your laugh is annoying everyone who walks pass you."

I said without thinking, "I don't mind his laugh."

Mutsu widened her eyes slightly at me, and asked with a raised brow, "Did you get used to it already?"

"I…I guess so." My face was starting to flush again. I didn't understand why this was happening to me, so I asked Mutsu, "Mutsu-San, where's the bathroom?"

She responded, "It's down the hall, to the right."

"Thank you," I replied as I began to run in the hall.

I went passed a few other crew members, but they gave me weird stares, as to why I was in here, when I was clearly not a member of the Kaientai. Well, I had a feeling that Mutsu or Tatsuma would explain the reason why I'm in this ship at the moment.

I found the bathroom, and as soon as I entered it, I closed the door, and stared at myself in the mirror. I widened my eyes at my reflection, wondering why I was still blushing.

I looked down at the sink, and thought, Why am I still blushing? Could it be…?

The one thought that came to my mind was me liking Tatsuma already. Liking as in…having a crush on him.

But I shook my head, yelling in my head, No! That's not possible! I mean, we just met! I couldn't fall in love with Tatsuma-San that fast! But…he landed his hand on my forehead. Wait, stop confusing yourself, Rina!

I slapped my forehead, trying to get clear on what I was saying. But that barely helped. I sighed as my blush wouldn't go away.

A few hours later, I was ready to go to bed. But first, I had to figure out where I would sleep, since I'm in this ship that's flying in space.

I walked up to Mutsu, and asked her, "Mutsu-San, is there some place I can sleep?"

She answered in a nonchalant tone (Like earlier), "As a matter of fact, there is. Follow me." Mutsu began to walk, and I followed her.

Mutsu sort of explained as we were walking through the hall, "We have a guest room down the hall. We originally used it to store boxes of paperwork, but we gave them to other crews, who work for us. So now, it's empty."

"Why did you do that?"

"Because Tatsuma-San was stupid enough to not do it."

"Mutsu-San…whenever you say he's stupid, or call him an idiot, it sounds like you hate him."

She stopped walking for a moment, and turned her head to the side. Mutsu responded in a low tone, "It's not that I hate the leader of the Kaientai crew; it's just that he's always getting himself into trouble, despite being a leader. Plus, he's too optimistic. He should take things seriously."

I furrowed my brows slightly as she turned her head back, continuing to walk. I thought, Earlier, she said that people are annoyed by him because he laughs too much. Why does it feel like I'm the only person that doesn't even mind it? Is he…lonely?

Mutsu opened up a door. She said, "Here's the guest room."

I decided to ask the woman, "Mutsu-San, when are we heading back to Earth?"

She questioned back, "Do you have to get home?"

"Well, it's not really a home, but I 'live' at a building, where homeless people stay."

"You're homeless?" Mutsu questioned again, but widened her eyes a bit.

I nodded my head as I scratched my cheek. "I am. My parents died when I was small, so the only place I could go was the homeless building. I've 'lived' there ever since then."

"I see." That's all Mutsu could say. But she finally answered my previous question, "We can head back to Earth tomorrow. But first, we have to meet up with the guys that we mentioned earlier."

"Right," I muttered under my breath. I walked into the guest room, and looked around it.

Mutsu told me, "Now get some sleep."

I nodded my head as she closed the door. The room was prettier than the room I sleep in at the homeless building. But thankfully, the inside of the homeless building looks better on the inside than on the outside.

I blinked, and saw a closet. I walked over to the closet, and opened it, seeing a futon in it. I smiled a bit as I took the futon out.

When I set it down on the middle of the floor, I noticed that there were plaid prints on it. I gave out a chuckle as I thought, I haven't slept in a futon since my parents passed away, so this feels a bit exciting.

It's true. I haven't slept in any futon since I was small. There weren't any futons at the homeless building; in fact, there were sleeping bags, with pillows. I prefer futons than sleeping bags.

I took off my sandals, and placed them beside the futon just before turning off the light. I then walked over to the futon, and knelled down, sliding into the blanket. There, I closed my eyes, drifting to sleep.

But when I was starting to dream, I thought about Tatsuma. I thought about him landing his hand on my forehead. I didn't really believe that he was worried about me being sick since we just met (And he thought I was sick), but for some damn reason, my face wouldn't stop flushing earlier.

As I continued to dream, I suddenly felt two fingers, twirling my short, orange-brown hair. At first, I thought I was still dreaming, but I wouldn't be feeling it if it was still a dream. So I decided to open up my brown eyes.

I saw a figure lying down beside the futon. I was a little confused, but when I opened them up completely, I saw Tatsuma lying down, staring at me.

I widened my eyes, now knowing that Tatsuma was watching me sleep.

I lifted myself up, and shout, "T-TATSUMA-SAN?! W-WHY WERE YOU WATCHING ME SLEEP?!"

He stood up quickly, and exclaimed while landing his hand on the back of his head, "I thought I left something in here, but when I came in here, I noticed that you were not only sleeping in here, but you suddenly whispered my name while you were sleeping! Ahahahaha!"

My eyes widened again, only when he said that I said his name while I was sleeping, I thought with confusion, Wait, did I really say his name in my sleep?

I exclaimed back, "But why were you touching my hair?!"

He laughed once again, "I thought you wanted me to do that, so I did it! Ahahahaha!"

The second he said that, the door opened again, only it was Mutsu. She shouted at him, "TATSUMA-SAN, I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR WATCHING HER SLEEP!"

He smiled, and dashed out of the guest room while Tatsuma was still laughing. Mutsu said to me, "I'll make sure he doesn't do that again." She closed the door, and chased after Tatsuma.

I looked down at the blanket, but decided to try to go back to sleep. I thought again, What made him think I wanted him to touch my hair? He doesn't know me! But…if I did say his name in my sleep, why did I do that then?

As I pulled the blanket up to my nose, I began to blush again.

Do I…really like Tatsuma?

Like I said, I wrote the original back in January. And since I've put my OC, Rina, in "Two Worlds, One Life" and in "Don't Cause Chaos", I've chosen to rewrite this story, and post this up on FF. So yes, this is where Rina was first introduced. And I apologize for slightly rushing the beginning of this chapter.

I've changed a few things from the original. Here's one: For Kotoro, the man who runs the homeless building, when I first wrote this story, I never gave him a name. But as for the rewrite, I decided to give him one.

And the reason why I made Tatsuma ask Rina to "play with him" was because in the anime, he was always asking girls to "play with him". So yeah. :P But whenever I hear him say that, it makes me wonder, "Doesn't that make him lonely?" That's one reason why I chose to write this story in the first place. And at the last part, in case anyone was wondering, Tatsuma doesn't have feelings for Rina, at least, not in the beginning of this story.

The original had seven chapters. Well, this will still be seven chapters, but I will still rewrite the whole story. And don't get me wrong; I like Tatsuma and Mutsu as a couple, but not so much that I would write a story about them, or even read stories about them. This story will probably be the only one that I'll ever rewrite.

I'm pretty sure not very people will care about this story, since apparently, there are very few huge fans of Tatsuma (Like me. LOL), but I don't care. I just post my stories to share. Not for wanting to get reviews, because in my opinion, I don't think reviews are that important.

Keep in mind that Rina is not me, despite that I love Tatsuma Sakamoto with all my heart. Another reason why I wrote this in the first place is because Tatsuma is a very underrated character in Gintama.

One more thing: I've realized that I made a few of my OC's have no parents. LOL

Okay, I think I should stop talking for now. If you love Tatsuma as much as I do, then I hoped for enjoyed reading the first chapter of "Lovers' Ships". :)