Disclaimer: I don't own Suzuka.

A/N: This idea came to my mind for a long time. This is basically a bit of retelling of Suzuka with Yamato having a bit of a different personality. I want to give thanks to Grey Wolf4 for suggestions on this chapter.

Chapter 1

It was a rainy day in Tokyo and Yamato Akitsuki was walking through the streets of Tokyo holding an umbrella over himself and eating one of his potato croquettes. It was a week before he officially started high school and he had traveled from his hometown of Hiroshima to Tokyo and he was not in a pleasant mood. The reason for that he was on his way to go to his aunt's bathhouse/apartment building, the Asahiyu Heights. Yamato was able get accepted in the high school there with his high marks and he was pleased that he was finally able to get away from his parents and siblings but it was not all that he had hoped for. Yamato didn't have much money and his parents were not willing to let him be on his own so his mother made arraignments to have him stay with his Aunt Ayano like they would always do whenever he visited Tokyo. Yamato insisted that he didn't want to stay with her and his cousin Miho but his parents told him that it was either that or he could forget about going to the high school in Tokyo period and that was something Yamato was not willing to have happen especially since he worked so hard which led him to pass his entrance exam with flying colors. Yamato was stuck but then he figured that he could be there just temporary until he saved enough to get his own apartment and he was even willing to simply work there until then. So as Yamato continue on, he decided to stop by at the high school he was going to attend. As he looked on, he checked out the field and he noticed someone there. He noticed someone practicing on the high jump. He saw a girl that looked to be his age who had blue short hair wearing her attire for practice.

Yamato had his thoughts, "Practicing the high jump in the rain no less, hmm, someone's working hard," Yamato simply looked on and he pondered, "Wonder if I should join track and field as well…I'll think about it."

Yamato went on his way to go where he needed to go.

Asahiyu Heights

In front of the entrance, a girl with green hair that was tied in twin tails had an umbrella over herself who waited with worry.

The young girl sighed, "Yamato is sure is late."

A woman with long brown hair came out of the complex holding her cat to her chest, "You're going to catch a cold. Why don't you wait inside Miho?"

The young girl named Miho turned to face the woman with worry, "But he should have been here by now Mom. What if…what if Auntie decided not to let him go to school in Tokyo…or what if he decided to go somewhere else to get away from us."

"There's no need to worry, my sister said that he would let him come as long as he stayed with us and Yamato did make a promise to be here. You know he has never broken a promise, not once so he'll definitely come here."

"I…know, but still…"

Yamato arrived and Miho and her mother turned to see him.

"Hi Auntie Ayano, hello Miho," Yamato said simply greeted as he was still eating his potato croquette.

"Yamato, you're awfully late," Ayano replied but with a kind tone.

"Late? Funny, I don't recall that I had to be here a certain time. I did say that I would be here but I never said that I would be here at a certain time."

"But regardless, I think you made Princess Miho angry."

"Oh brother…" Yamato said in his head feeling annoyed.

Miho glomp him and held on to him very tight and this didn't surprised Yamato.

"Miho," Yamato said.

"You're late," Miho said upset.

"It's not possible to be late if there was no set time for me to be here."

Miho sighed, "You're so stiff."

"Stiff, am I?"

Miho and Ayano didn't like the tone Yamato replied and Ayano was about to say something but Miho cut her off.

"So what was going with you, I bet you got side tracked and looking around in Tokyo," Miho said in a pleasant tone.

Yamato shrugged, "I was checking out the high school that I would be attending."

Miho smiled, "I knew it, that's just like you Yamato."

"Oh, guess you're Miss-Know-It-All," Ayano teased.

"Stop it Mom," Miho replied blushing.

Yamato shook his head and then he cleared his throat, "Anyway Auntie Ayano, I'll be staying here and working here for the time being."

Ayano nodded, "I'm glad that you're here and don't think too much as a tenant/landlady relationship, after all we are related. Oh and your suitcases are already in your room."

Yamato looked at the building that Ayano owned, "Well, I'm stuck here for the time being, a super spa and a ladies' apartment complex all in one, the Asahiyu Heights."

"I'll show you to your room Yamato," Miho said excited and pleased.

"…All right…"

Yamato, Ayano, and Miho got inside the complex.

"We usually don't allow men here," Ayano said, "but…well…it's not as though you're a stranger and besides, it'll be good to have a man around here…even a man like you Yamato."

"What is that suppose to mean?" Yamato asked feeling offended glaring at his aunt.

"Now, now, no need to get offended," Ayano replied waving it off, "oh and I told everyone about you."

Yamato narrowed his eyes, "Really, what exactly did you tell them about me?"

"I just told them about you, that's all."

Yamato was gradually getting upset, "I knew it, Aunt Ayano, she still like to belittle me and she sees nothing wrong with the way she talks about me and this is why that I didn't want to be here. I bet she told them that I'm a troublemaker and that I'm a shut-in, and that I don't play well with others," Yamato sighed, "anyways, I do appreciate that fact that I don't have to worry about paying rent and the fact that you're actually paying me to work here."

"It's no problem although cleaning the baths is really tough work."

"Yeah, I know, I have done work like this before so I know how it is."

"Okay, okay, I just hope you're not all talk, that's all."

"Oh give me a break," Yamato replied annoyed.

Miho cling on Yamato's arm and Yamato looked at his cousin.

"What is it Miho?" Yamato asked.

"Yamato, were you really just checking out the high school? Was that all you were doing?"

"Yes, that's all I was doing," Yamato replied annoyed, "what do you take me for?"

"Oh, just wondering if you were actually trying to pick up girls," Ayano said with glee.

Yamato's eyebrow was twitching with annoyance, "Ridiculous, I already told you what I was doing and even if I was 'picking up girls' as you say, I don't see how that's any of your business."

Ayano and Miho were surprised with Yamato again and they were feeling sad with the way Yamato was reacting to them.

"You know Yamato, there's no need for you to be hostile towards us," Ayano said bit upset, "we're just having a bit fun."

"Well, your fun seems to always come at my expense and I don't like it, that's all," Yamato replied calmly.

"What's happened to you?" Miho asked.

"What do you mean?" Yamato asked looking at Miho.

"You used to be fun and laugh with us and you didn't get so offended easily," Miho had her head down with sadness, "you don't even seem to be happy to be here. You used to like coming here; you used to like staying with us. Yamato, what's happened to you? What happened to the Yamato that I used to know? The one that laughed with us and was more fun? Tell me, where did he go?"

Miho looked at Yamato with an upset expression and Ayano looked at her nephew with a worried expression and Yamato simply sighed.

"People change Miho, it happens whether you like it or not and I've changed for a while, it's just that neither of you two noticed," Yamato glared at them, "how could you anyway? Neither of you actually cared about what was going on, you just expected me to just take things in and move on, not caring how I felt when things certain things happened."

Ayano and Miho were surprised and upset.

"Yamato," Ayano spoke, "surely you don't—"

"Aunt Ayano, I would like to go to my new room and start work now, it's won't do me any good to waste time. Please just point to me where my room is so I can get started."

Miho looked away saddened and was ready to cry and Ayano looked at Yamato with concern.

Soon after, Yamato was in his new apartment and looked around seeing his boxes. He sighed and went on to get some of his things. As he was doing that, he was thinking things that happened to him in the past. He remembered the times when he was in junior high, his parents were giving him a hard time, and asked why he was being a pain and causing trouble for others while Yamato saying that he had apologized and didn't mean to cause problems but he parents got tired of him making the same mistakes and his sister and brother were adding saying that he was a loser and an embarrassment while mocking him in some way. Yamato was getting angry telling them to shut up as his father bopped him in the head, annoyed with his eldest son. Yamato twitched with annoyance with that memory. He was also remembering the time that he picked up a flower and confessed to a girl he liked for a long time and waited patiently to hear her answer and the girl he confessed to rejected him. It saddened him that the girl rejected him but it wasn't what really bothered him, what really upset him that the girl he confessed to told other people about it in a manner that had embarrassed him, talking about how it took him long to find a flower and how he stuttered when he confessed, and how he was shaking and people around him were laughing about it, even his friends in Hiroshima were laughing at him although they were trying to cheer him up but not putting much effort to comfort him about it and ragged on him about it. Yamato was humiliated and anger started to accumulate within him. Yamato shook his head at that memory and slapped his cheeks.

"I shouldn't be thinking about the past," Yamato said to himself, "I have work to do."

Yamato was in the bath, scrubbing the floors. He was work fast and efficient and made sure he didn't miss a single spot. He knew that the tenants there would be in soon and with the pace he was going, he was going to be done before they made it near the entrance.

"I do wonder what the tenants here are like," Yamato said in his head and then sighed as he shook his head with a frown, "on second thought, it may be better that I don't bother to know any of them. Besides, I don't plan to stay here any longer than necessary since I plan to live in another apartment building…yeah, it would be a waste a time anyway."

In a few moments, Yamato was completely done with cleaning the baths and nodded at the work he did with a smile as he filled the tubs as well.

"All right, that takes care of that," Yamato said to himself, "with that I'm out of here for the day."

Yamato left the baths carrying to things he used to clean the baths and as he left the baths, he saw Miho.

"Yamato, you're done?" Miho asked.

"Yeah," Yamato answered.

Miho raised her eyebrow, "Really? Okay, then you won't mind if I check?"

"Go ahead," Yamato replied, "you go ahead and look all you want."

Miho was a bit surprised and stayed resolved, "Uh, okay, I'm really going to look every nook and cranny of the bath."

"Fine, make sure you do," Yamato said with a shrug.

Miho pouted and went to check the baths. As she stepped in with Yamato with her, she looked around and saw that baths were indeed cleaned and looked around, looking for any spot Yamato may have missed and she found none and the tubs were filled as well. She was amazed at the work that Yamato did.

"Hmm, okay, I admit, this is the cleanest that it has ever been," Miho said, "and you remembered to fill the tubs as well."

"And with that, I'm going back to my apartment," Yamato said feeling relived.

"Wait."

"Uh, what now?"

"Hey, don't get hostile with me," Miho said puffing her cheeks and glaring at her cousin.

Yamato had his own glare, "You don't know hostile and you might see firsthand. Anyway, what is it?"

"I just want to warn you."

"Warn me what?"

"I need to warn you that there are two college girls living in our complex."

"Um, okay…" Yamato replied, "Why warn me about that? Is there something peculiar about them?"

"Well, yes," Miho said as she got close to Yamato with a warning expression, "Make sure you watch out for the one with a long hair especially."

"Why?"

"Because she's dangerous, extremely dangerous, especially when she's around a country bumpkin like you."

Yamato raised an eyebrow, "Really?"

It was then that two young women walked in the baths. One was tan skinned woman with long dyed blond hair who was just in her bra and panties and the other was short brown hair wearing glasses and wore a dress.

"Like I said Megumi, just go out with guys and let them buy you stuff," the tan skinned woman said, "I mean, you have to at least make use of those huge boobs of yours."

The glasses wearing woman Megumi blushed at her friend's comments, "I can't do that! I'm not like you Yuka!"

Yamato and Miho were surprised that the two walked in.

"Whoops, I better leave," Yamato said in a low tone.

"Oh no," Miho said in a low tone worried what was going to happen.

"Huh?" Yuka spoke as she and Megumi saw Yamato, "What's a guy doing here? Wait, are you Yamato? You're Yamato, right?"

"Oh, you must be the one the landlady mentioned," Megumi added and then it dawn on her with that Yamato was seeing Yuka in only her bra and panties and blushed looking at Yuka and Yamato seeing Yamato with a surprised expression.

"Yeah," Yamato said as he looked away, "pardon me, I'll leave right n—"

Yamato didn't get to finish what he was saying because Miho panicked and covered Yamato's eyes, holding on tight.

"No! Don't look!" Miho pleaded.

Yamato was caught off guard, "Gahh! Dammit Miho, let go so that I can leave! You're not helping!"

Yuka smiled, "Well, that's not a bad looking face he's got there."

"Stay away from him you pervert!" Miho demanded unknowing that she was digging her fingers in Yamato's eyes.

"Miho, you idiot, your fingers are digging, are you trying to blind me?!" Yamato ranted angrily.

Yamato grabbed Miho's hands and forced her to release his eyes and as he tried to leave, his left arm was suddenly moved and he felt something. He looked and saw that Yuka took his wrist and placed his hand on her right breast and saw Yuka's smile.

"That'll be 50,000 yen, please," Yuka said in a sweet tone.

Miho's eyes widened and Megumi blushed seeing what her friend just did and Yamato was in shock and he felt very uncomfortable."

"Wha-wha-what the hell are you doing?" Yamato asked embarrassed and angry and he quickly broke free from Yuka's grip," What's the matter with you? You put my hand on your boob and then you actually expect me to pay you money, are you crazy?"

"Hey, no need to be rude," Yuka countered, surprised by Yamato's reaction, "besides that was a little service."

"You know, usually women who do that usually don't really have much self-respect."

"Hey!" Yuka was ready to teach Yamato a lesson.

Yamato backed away from Yuka with a glare, "You stay the hell away from me you disgusting pervert! I'm not one of those guys that just falls for boobs, you sick freak."

"S-sick freak?!" Yuka was surprised as well.

Megumi was surprised because it was the first time that someone said something like that to her friend and she secretly really hoped that Yamato was really one of those guys that weren't interested in boobs if it was her. Miho was still too shocked with what was going on and screamed.

"Yamato, get out of here!" Miho screamed as she, with instinct, pushed Yamato.

Yamto slipped and when he saw that he was near Megumi and managed to move himself away from her and just fell on the floor hard and felt sore and then he turned with anger towards Miho.

"Miho, what the hell?" Yamato asked in anger and was still in pain, "first you try to blind me and now you're just pushing me?" Yamato gingerly stood up.

"What's with all the yelling?" a voice of a young woman asked annoyed.

Yamato turned and saw a girl in her high school uniform and he was surprised as it was the same girl he saw who was practicing the high jump at his new high school earlier today.

"Are you the one making all that noise?" short blue haired girl asked and then looked around and was not pleased and then looked at Yamato, "look, whatever perverted action that you're doing, could you do that in your own room and don't yell. Not everyone wants to hear what you're doing."

"Excuse me?!" Yamato asked having been offended and insulted, "you don't even know what's going on here."

"Hmph, whatever," the blue haired girl said as she turned around and walked away.

"Hey!" Yamato called but the girl completely ignored him and Yamato was seething, "why that…making assumptions, not even know what's really going on."

"Y-Yamato," Miho spoke but stopped when Yamato threw a death glare at her way.

Yamato looked away and shook his head with disgust and left very angry still feeling sore from the fall he took. Miho was sad with the way Yamato left.

"Oh dear, I hope he's okay," Megumi said with concern for the landlady's nephew, "he looked like he fell real hard, he must be in pain."

"Hmph, he may have a handsome face but he sure is a grouch," Yuka commented.

"It's your fault Saotome!" Miho said turning to Yuka very angry, "You just had to sexually harass him!"

"Hey, I'm not the one who viciously pushed him down," Yuka countered.

"Now, now, please you two don't fight," Megumi pleaded trying to keep the peace.

Miho gritted her teeth and was ready to cry as she was afraid that things between herself and Yamato would only get worse and she decided to talk to the blue haired girl to clear up a misunderstanding.

"I have to talk to Suzuka and tell her that it's all a misunderstanding," Miho said in a low tone.

Meanwhile in Yamato's apartment, Yamato had just shut the door and he was furious and he was still in pain from slipping on the floor in the baths.

"That damn Miho, is she trying to severely injure me?" Yamato asked and then Yamato looked at his hand that touched the breast of one of the tenants and shook it, "that damn woman, Yuka, makes me think that she's one of those type of women," Yamato gritted his teeth, "I can't stand women like her."

Yamato then thought of another tenant he met.

Flashback

"Look, whatever perverted action that you're doing, could you do that in your own room and don't yell. Not everyone wants to hear what you're doing," the blue haired woman said.

Flashback End

Yamato face palmed and was annoyed, "She didn't know what was going on and she already concluded that I'm some pervert…tch, damn, I'm pissed," Yamato laid on his bed and sighed, "I need to get the hell out of here as soon as I can. I'm sure that if I stay here any longer, I'll go berserk."

Yamato looked at his right side and noticed cardboards stacked against the wall and he raised an eyebrow.

That's it for the first chapter of this fic. Next chapter: Yamato Akitsuki and Suzuka Asahina, an unpleasant meeting.