Sonic smirks as he steals some of her potato chips from her plate. "I'm not THAT greedy, babe~" Kira scoffs and smirks before she steals them back and puts them back onto her plate. Sonic pouts. "I rest my case, hun... besides you don't want a pudgey tummy, do you~?" Sonic looks down at his tummy and puts his hand on it. He lowers his ears and looks up at her. "Are you saying that I'm fat?" Kira lowers her ears then smiles at him and kisses his cheek before gently rubbing his belly. Sonic chuckles a little and pushes her hand away, feeling ticklish. "Of course not sweetie... your tummy is slim and fluffy~" Sonic smiles and gently hugs Kira from behind. She gasps and holds her plate away, making sure she doesn't drop it before giggling and rubbing her nose against Sonic's. Sonic purrs as he rubs his nose against hers. "Thanks, Kira-chan~" Kimi, who was stood behind them, giggles as she and Silver are picking up bits of food from the table. "Awww... you two are so adorable!" Sonic and Kira smile back at Silver and Kimi as they start walking over to some chairs. They both sit next to each other and start eating. Once the others had collected their food, they all sit down and start talking amongst themselves. Sonic and Kira both talk to Silver and Kimi about their relationships, Knuckles, Rouge and Maia talk about the emeralds, Tails and Myla talk about their inventions and Shadow and Yami both talk about Shadow's memories. "So, Shadow?" "Hmm?" "Does this party bring back any memories at all?" Shadow looks around at everyone. He notices Kira feeding Sonic some food and chuckles softly. "It does. I remember back on the ARK when me and Maria were celebrating my first 'creation day' party. I can't remember many details but I'll see if I can still tell it..." "Shadow, we have a surprise for you!" A little black and red hedgehog jumps up from his seat and drops his crayons before happily running to the room that Maria's voice was coming from. "Me cwoming, Mawia!" The little hedgehoglet peeks around the door and opens his mouth in surprise. He looks around seeing lots of colourful balloons, boxes with colourful wrapping paper around them and Maria and Gerald both sat at the table, wearing little party hats. " "Happy Creation Day, Shadow!" "Wow! Swo mwany cwolours!" Gerald chuckles as he watches the little hedgehoglet run around the room. Shadow soon picks up a balloon and starts to throw it into the air. He watches in amazement as it floats back down to the ground. "Shadow? Do you want to open your presents?" Shadow looks over to Gerald curiously as he's holding a little box with red and yellow paper wrapped around it. He soon walks over and looks up at the box. "Pwesents?" Maria giggles as she hands the box to him. "Yes, presents are objects which have been wrapped up. You give the presents to whoever's birthday it is... in this case, yours!" Shadow smiles and wags his tail as he takes the present from Maria and looks at it curiously. He sniffs it and then looks up at Maria. "Mawia, how dwo me open a pwesent?" Maria smiles and gently rips a bit of the wrapping paper from the box. "You have to rip the paper off the box until you find the object inside." "Cwool!" Shadow smiles as he starts to rip the paper off. He soon throws the paper to the side and notices a shoe box. He curiously unfastens the ribbon around the box and lifts the lid. Inside the shoe box was a little pair of white, red and black shoes. Shadow takes them out of the box and takes a closer look at them. The shoes themselves were mostly white but they had a black back, red undersoles and gold-coloured rings around the ankle. He also had a pair of matching gloves. They were mostly white but with red and black wristbands and two more golden-coloured rings around the wrist. He takes the gloves out and puts them on his hands. "Shoes, gwoves! Me hwave shoes and gwoves!" Maria giggles and picks Shadow up before sitting him on the chair next to her. Shadow watches curiously as Maria unfastens the shoes. "Here, let me help you put the shoes on." Maria soon slides the shoes onto his feet before fastening them back up. Shadow soon climbs off the chair and walks over to a mirror. "Now these are very special shoes, Shadow... they will allow you to travel at a high speed as well as allow you to levitate. And your gloves will allow you to produce a large amount of power." Shadow looks down at his shoes in the mirror and then looks up at his gloves before turning back to Maria and Gerald. "Me lwook swo cwool!" The two humans laugh as Shadow crosses his arms and makes a heroic pose. The little hedgehoglet runs over to Maria and Gerald and gives them a hug before looking up at them. "Thwanks Pwofessor, thwanks Mawia!" Maria giggles and gently rubs Shadow's head. "Aww... you're welcome, Shadow." Gerald smiles down at the young hedgehoglet. "You're welcome... now you take care of your gloves and shoes, ok?" "Owk Pwofessor, me will!" The two humans smile at one another and watch as Shadow starts to run around the room in his new shoes. "Awww... I bet you were really sweet as a child." "Hmm... I think I remember Gerald calling me a trouble-maker." Yami giggles and smirks at him. "Now THAT I can definitely believe~" Shadow blushes a little from the comment and looks down at his food before picking up a piece of seafood. Yami watches as he picks up a prawn and giggles as he struggles to take it apart. "Here, let me help you..." Shadow continues to try but eventually sighs and hands it over to her. "Hmph... fine." Yami smirks as she starts to deshell the prawn. Shadow watches as she finishes deshelling it and blushes more as Yami offers to feed it to him. "Hmph, I can feed myself, Yami..." Yami smirks and holds the prawn away from him as he tries to grab it from her hand. "Ah ah ah, you're the birthday boy, Shadow... it's our job to work for YOU~" Shadow soon sighs in defeat from trying to grab the prawn and turns away before opening his mouth a little. Yami giggles as she puts the prawn into Shadow's mouth and watches as he starts to chew it. "Hm, this is pretty tasty." "I always thought that you would be into fine cuisine, Shadow. I quite like seafood myself~" The two continue to talk as Kimi, Kira, Tails and Myla all walk over to the kitchen and start to prepare Shadow's cake. Kimi adds the few final touches before Tails and Myla put the candles on the cake and Kira starts to light them up with a match. "It looks so great, sis! Shadow's gonna love it!" Kimi smiles and wags her tail as she slowly picks up the cake and walks into the dining area. The mobians turn around to see the cake and all chatter amongst themselves, commenting on the cake. Everyone soon stands up and Sonic starts to sing Happy Birthday. Pretty soon everyone joins in and Shadow looks around in confusion as Kimi walks towards him with the cake. She puts the cake down on the table in front of Shadow and smiles as he looks down at it. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Shadow, happy birthday to you!" Everyone finishes singing and starts to clap and cheer as they await Shadow blowing out the candles. Shadow gulps as he notices everyone looking at him. He turns to Yami. Yami giggles and whispers to him. "You have to blow out the candles and make a wish, Shadow. But make sure you say the wish in your head." Shadow nods and looks around before making a wish in his head. He blushes as he looks at Yami and closes his eyes. I wish that Yami would be my girlfriend... He opens his eyes and soon blows out the candles. Everyone cheers and claps and then gasp as Yami kisses his cheek. Shadow feels his muzzle heat up and looks away as the boys all smirk at him. "Well well... looks like Shadow got himself an early birthday present~" Tails and Myla soon both smirk at each other before starting to sing. "Shadow and Yami sittin' in the tree~" "K-I-S-S-I-N-G~" Shadow growls a little in embarrassment and crosses his arms. "Shut up!!" Yami giggles. "Aw, come on Shadow... they're only teasing~"