Chapter Eight: Shadow's Party

Okay, I'm a horrible person for not already having Oh Baby three started and the Data Files and How to Train your inner Espada on hold as well as a bajillion other fics to work on but my flash drive died on me and I got addicted to a game called pokefarm so there's where all my free time went. Anyway, I have an early Xmas present for all my readers out there. This chapter was supposed to make it into the fic itself but I didn't find a place for it to fit. Timeline wise it's before he goes completely baby. It's Ven (aka Xadamjackon13's) favorite chapter as it was his idea and Rush gets to beat the crap out of Silver. A fight I put off since it didn't fit in the story. So with out further delay, here's the missing party chapter. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

"Rush you're insane!" I heard Kira say as she walked around with the phone in her hand. Rush was on the other line, obviously pitching some weird idea to her. "It's never gonna work." She sighed as she walked into the living room with a bottle. She lifted me out of the playpen as she contiued to talk on the phone. "Seriously, and you called me why?" From the other end I could hear Rush laughing.

"You know I never tell you anything before I do it." Kira sighed again.

"Whatever, just give me a time and place." She said. After getting whatever information she needed from him, she hung up the phone and fed me my breakfast. "I have no idea why I'm friends with him sometimes." she muttered. Once she finished feeding me, she took me into the bedroom and got me changed before plopping me in the stroller. "Sorry to do this to you Shadow-kun, but looks like we're going out today." I arched a brow a bit. Why would she be apologizing for that? I soon got my answer as we arrived at the mall and headed into the party store. Kira grabbed all manor of colorful plates and hats and plastic cutlery before heading to the counter. A party...and I was going to have to be there like this...joy. I already hated going to parties as my adult self and rarely went because of that. Now that I was stuck like this I didn't have a choice. Kira finished paying for the supplies and wheeled me into the toy store. "Since I'm torturing you I might as well let you pick out a toy or two." She said. I rolled my eyes. I didn't want a toy. Until I spotted a very pretty and shiny rattle, shinier than the one I already had. Oh great, that inner toddler was creeping up on me again. But I wanted the rattle. I reached for it and Kira handed it to me. I shook it and it chimed beautifully. She paid for it and we left. Instead of heading back to the house, she headed to Tails' house. There were balloons and streamers tied to the mailbox and Rush could be heard being loud inside. "Oh boy..." we headed inside and the whole living room had been decorated floor to ceiling in streamers and balloons. A piñata had been hung on the ceiling and a pin the tail on the donkey game hung crookedly on the wall. I facepalmed, Rush was now on my list of people to brutally murder when I got back to normal. Speaking of the hyperactive wolf-pup, he bounced over to us, took the plates and forks from Kira and slapped a hat onto her head and mine.

"Happy birthday Shadow!" He said happily. I arched a brow. Since when was it my birthday? I didn't even know when it was.

"Happy supposed birthday, Rush." Kira corrected. "We don't know when Shadow's real birthday is."

"Right, right. But still, it's his birthday no matter what." I rolled my eyes. I didn't need a party to celebrate my birth. Especially when I detested them in the first place. But sadly I had no choice and went with it. The guests started to arrive then. Knuckles had a few bandages here and there, most likely from a Rouge attack. They headed over to the brightly colored table and Rouge placed a box on it. Blaze showed up a few minutes later. Kira walked over and struck up a conversation.

"Hey Blaze." She looked outside for someone or something but nothing.

"Where's your crybaby?" Rush said with a scowl on his face. Kira shook her head.

"Ignore him. You know they don't get a long." She said. "Where is Silver?"

"He's on his way. He said he wanted to stop and get a present for Shadow." She answered as she grabbed a cup of punch. Kira arched a brow.

"That's...oddly generous of him." she said, utterly confused. I was as well. Silver and I weren't exactly...friendly towards one another. However, I was curious to see what he had gotten me. Eventually all the guests showed up and Rush stuck a candle into the very nice looking cake on the table. He lit it and they all started to sing 'Happy Birthday'. Kira blew out the candle for me and grabbed one of the brightly wrapped presents on the table. "This one's from Rouge." She opened it for me and I made a mental note to kill her when I saw it. Inside the box was a Christmas themed snowsuit.

"Since I wasn't sure how long he would be this way, I went ahead and got one." She said.

"It's cute, thanks Rouge." She picked up the next box, this one from Amy. I sighed and prepaired myself for what would be in it. I facepalmed. Why in the world would Amy buy that?

"It was too cute to pass up at the mall so I bought it." She said. I just hope Kira never made me wear the darn thing. It was bad enough that I was in diapers. They didn't need to be purple and frilly and jewel encrusted.

"That's very nice of you Amy. It's very cute." She said a little nervously. Several boxes of clothes and toys later, we finally came to Silver's gift. Now, let me break down the series of events that happen before this. Silver's gift was the most brightly colored of them all and for some reason that filled me with dread. Kira pulled off the ribbon and opened the lid, immediatly after which we were blasted with colored water. Kira screamed and I started to cry while Silver cracked up.

"Oh, that's hilarious!" He laughed. Kira growled, her Chaos Energy starting to rise.

"You're a total ASS Silver!" She yelled. She went to hand me to Rush but he held his hand up.

"I'll deal with him." He said, cracking his knuckles. Oh this was going to be good.

"Come on Shadow, let's get you dried off." Kira said as she headed for the bathroom upstairs. I whined a bit. I wanted to see some bloodshed. At least I got to hear it. Silver was screaming like a banshee as Rush shredded him in the most literal sense of the word. After a change of clothes, we returned to the living room. Most of the decorations had be ruined in the fight and the piñata lay torn on the floor, candy spilling from it's slash marks. Silver was unconcious and pinned to the wall.

"So who wants to play 'pin the tail on Silver'?" Rush asked in his usual, very scary, chipper tone. Kira smirked and picked up several darts, yes darts, and chucked them, the resulting scream from all of burrying themselves in Silver's backside bringing a smile to everyone's face.

"Hey, give me a couple of darts!" Amy said. "It's my turn!"

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After the party, Kira took me home and I played with some of my new toys, specifically the very nice and interactive robot Tails had made, while she folded up the clothes.

"I don't think you'll be wearing these anytime soon." She said putting the clothes Rouge and Amy bought back in their boxes. She picked me up and snuggled me. I purred a little and relaxed, rubbing my eyes a bit. "How about a nice warm bottle of milk before bed?" She said as she headed into the kitchen. I nodded. Milk sounded good right now. She heated up a bottle and sat in the rocking chair in the bedroom. She hummed a little as she gently rocked back and forth in the chair and fed me. I finished the whole bottle and she sat it aside and picked up a book. How in the world did she know Moby Dick was my favorite? She opened it up and I half listened as she started to read. About two thirds of the way throught the first chapter I had fallen somewhat asleep and she laid me in the crib. "Happy birthday Shadow-kun." She whispered before I completely went under.

Merry Christmas! So this cleared up a few things, like why there were no fights between Rush and Silver or things of that like. Like I said this is missing from the main story and it's up to you guys to determine where it goes. I hope this makes up for a lack of the third fic so far. If not, I'm sorry. I'm gonna get a new flash drive for Christmas so I'll have some new stuff soon. May your holidays be very merry and bright! ~Kira