Sadly I do not own prince of tennis and if did so would be making it a Yaoi with OT6.

CHAPTER 1

The plane ride to Japan was a first time for Ryoma. The whole ride there he spent it with his face right up against the window and looking out of it. He was once again wearing his hoodie to cover his ears and his tail was wrapping it self around one of his legs. Of course that didn't stop people from giving him glances every now and then. It was probably because he was so loud and at the end of every sentence he ended it with a small growl that warned people to stay away.

Shan who was the man that is looking after him was just watching the boy. He loved the boy. Despite what's his been though he can still smile although it was not that often he did. That was what he probably loved the best.

When they had finally arrived in Japan and where at the station they met an old lady there along with a man in a doctors coat. Ryoma straight away went into defence mode. He kept his distance. They all got into a Taxi and the cat child sat as close to the window as possible. This was the case the whole way to Ryoma's and Shan's new home.

Ryoma was so excited. He loved the home. It had an old temple behind it. Which Ryoma found out that they also owned. But the best part that he love was the fact there was a tennis count. When he got showed that he ended up jumping at the policeman and giving him the hug of death. When he finally got Ryoma off of him he force the boy to actually go in the house. The old lady who was known as Surmire Ryuzaki and the man was called Akitaka. They where both waiting for them inside the house. It seemed the tiger had forgotten until he met their gazes again and froze.

They all ended up sitting in the lounge drinking tea. Well... Except Ryoma. He was on his fifth can of ponta and sulking in the corner while doing so. He also was forced to have his hood down. Unknown to the child his tail had somehow manage to escape his trousers and now was sticking out and wrapping itself around his waist. You could if you listen ever so slightly hear a small purr coming from his throat. They could all tell it was defiantly from the ponta and not the company.

"So Akitaka do you think you could do that favour I asked of you?"

"Yep, sure. But you have to remember I don't have the equipment and I am not a specialist at this type of stuff. I don't work with chimeras. In fact no one does." He pointed out stating the fact that Ryoma was the only chimera ever made.

"Hey, alright I was just wondering if you could guess the amount of percent he is? The type of cat would also help as well." So for the next 2 hours Akitaka was putting Ryoma through a series of tests. Of course he was struggling as well since every other movement the man did gave him a new scratch in return. After all besides Shan, Ryoma hated to be touch by anybody.

Shan had ended up pacing and Ryuzaki spent the time trying to calm the man down. Everything froze when Akitaka had entered the room again and almost looked dead but the good news was that he had the results.

"Well, what is it?" The doctor took a long sigh.

"I couldn't get an proper reading but it would guess it was between 20% to 30%. He is quite a remarkable child. I also assessed the damage done to his mental health and found that it was worse than I thought. He had put up a wall that blocks out all the things he had been though. So as long as you don't mention any of it, it won't be too bad but even the smallest thing if your not careful to activate a distant memory." Shan could understand that much. He considered that Ryoma's life is going to get much more complicated by starting school. Seeing as in the last six months he was either in the house or playing tennis and even then he didn't really communicate with other unless it was necessary. Still if he had to talk it was always very rudely and that was just to make sure the opponent got the message that they should leave him alone. Now he was going to have to make friends and speak to new people on a daily basis and that was the least of Shan's problems.

He was just lucky that the Tennis Association in Japan knew of Ryoma's 'consequences' and allowed him to play in tournaments. It probably helped by the fact that he is the son of Nanjiro Echizen. Ryoma had met the people in charge of the Tennis Association seeing as they wanted to meet the boy. The policeman had told Ryoma to be on his best behaviour but still ended up being rude. Shan had also told them some of Ryoma's story and they understood saying that he was allowed to participate in events. But they wanted to see the child go to a school and play for a team there. This is one of the reasons they ended up in Japan.

"So Akitaka, do you know what type of cat?" Akitaka let of a grin.

"Haha funny you should say that. In fact his other half is an incredibly rare species. One that is almost extinct. It is know as a Royal White Tiger. As I noticed and with much difficulty might I add. I found a couple of stripes on the end of his ears. Which considering the his fur is black/green kind made the stripes white. The same goes for his tail. Of course I took it further and did some DNA testing to make sure and came up with the same results. It seems that Ryoma has the opposite colouring to a normal white Tiger. While theirs is White with black strips his is almost a black colour with white strips. This could mean danger though as it means he most probably can get quite wild. I don't know if this has happened yet but he could start seeing you as something he could hunt and if your not careful by the time Ryoma gets out of his trance you could already be dead." The room went deadly silent. "Just make sure no one gets on his bad side." There conversation ended when Ryoma walked back into the room eyeing the two strangers that sat on the sofas.

"Ryoma did you have to make Akitaka's life hard by not cooperating."

"It's not my fault his hand where cold. Grrrr..." Ryoma murmured and growled under his breath but everyone in the room heard and Shan along with Ryuzaki could help but let a small chuckle fall from their lips. Ryoma couldn't help but then talk louder as he said. "But hey, apparently I'm an animal who could turn on you at any second. Well... That's what I heard anyway." He smirked as he sat back in the corner which he now claims as his. He looked at all their faces and couldn't help but smile slightly. "What? You know I'm a cat and I have pretty good hearing... Or did you forget. 'che'." He turned his head and started to find the wall much more appealing. For the rest of the day the adults watch as Ryoma sat in the corner fiddling with his tail and not soon after nodding off and curling up in the corner with his tail wrapped protectively around him as if it was giving him comfort.

When Ryoma woke up sensing that the guests as Shan would call them left he wondered around the house and made his way upstairs towards a room that had his name on the door. He had no idea what to expected but when he saw a cupboard and a bed with nothing else in the room he knew straight away what Shan was trying to do. The owner of the house made his way up the stairs when he heard loud banging noises. He knew right away that Ryoma was making his bedroom look the way he wanted. Once the noise had stopped Shan had opened the door slowly to see what the cat boy had done.

The bed had been taken apart and spread across the floor. The mattress had be shredded and had some of it's springs sticking out and that was leaning against the wall in the far corner. The cupboard was now on it back and in the middle of the room. it was also now missing a door. Inside had all of Ryoma's blankets it also had Ryoma sitting in it and staring at the man. The walls where painted white. Shan would of giving Ryoma some paint to paint the room but he could not put it past the boy to use it for the wrong thing and end up either painting himself or painting the cop.

"Ryoma." Shan said slowly. He started to realize something. "Where is the other door to the cupboard?" At this Ryoma actually lit up.

"Well, the dog next door was annoying and I sort of chucked the door out of my window and went into the garden next door. I thought it would be rude to go get it back so I left it. Besides I like only having one door to my cupboard it gives me a place to look onto the outside so I can see if there are any intruders." Shan face palmed. How could he get angry at the boy for doing that now. He looked so proud of his success with the room and stopping the dog he didn't have the heart to tell him off.

"Where are your clothes?" The boys face grew even more proud. This was the time the boy would let his defence down. It was when it was just Shan and him. Ryoma loved Shan. After all Shan was he saviour.

"I knew you would get angry if I got them torn up as well so I put them in the hall way near your room." As those words left the tigers lips Shan walked up and pulled the boy in to a hug.

"Good boy, Ryoma." He was so relived. He hated taking Ryoma clothes shopping. This also saved him a lot of money. Seeing as when he does go into shops any clothes the boy doesn't like he shreds them and so that just adds to the cost along with the clothes Ryoma actually wants. "Right you get to choose what we have for dinner and then you can go to bed." The boy gave off a grin which showed his canines.

"I want a cow." Shan sighed. Just as he thought. Ryoma would never make anything simple. "It has to be whole." Once again the policeman sighed. Sometimes he really wanted to give up.

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