((Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis or anything associated with it.))

Hello! This is CandyHeart! Yup, this is my FIRST EVER story I uploaded to …So I hope you enjoy!

Oh by the way, they're in high school! )

A Tale of a Penguin

Echizen Ryoma didn't get surprised easily. After years of hanging around his stupid sempais, his perverted Oyaji, screaming fan girls, and his fellow freshmen, not much surprised him. In fact, eccentricity became a daily part of the tennis star's life. Nothing surprised the Echizen Ryoma. Nothing.

Boy, was he wrong.

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It was a normal sunny and humid day in Tokyo, and Ryoma was doing what he loved most, relaxing. Yes, sadly there was no practice, no games, no challenges, and no stupid Oyaji to beat in a match; there was no tennis. Now normally our favorite tennis player would normally go crazy without tennis—however today was different. Today, Echizen was finally getting a chance to play with Karupin outside until a man of pure evil came upon him—his father.

"Oi, Shounen! Come over here!" bellowed his father. Ryoma grudgingly approached his loud father, whose presence just ruined Ryoma's bliss.

"Hmm?"

"Go get me some more magazines."

"No."

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So Ryoma ended up going on a quest for inappropriate magazines—There goes his Sunday. Why you ask? His perverted Oyaji promised to tell his friends Ryoma did some things with a certain twin-braided classmate. Stupid Oyaji.

Ryoma was quietly walking when he heard a soft "meow." As he looked behind him and found he was being stalked by Karupin. Well, at least he had company. The duo walked along in the scorching heat together—wait duo? There was only one them! Frantically Ryoma searched for his beloved cat only to find it was going into a zoo. Ryoma chased after the cat and unknowingly entered Sunny Days Zoo.

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Yeah, that's the /PROLOGUE/ of my story! )