"You smell funny," said Toon Link, crinkling his nose in a cute, boyish way.

Shadow glared at him. He had just come out of the sewers with the others and was just about to head for the nearest shower when he stumbled across the kid. Literally. He had just been napping on the floor, as if he was too lazy to find a bed or a couch. Shadow remembered tripping over the older Link once before. Shadow could never understand how anyone could be so lazy. What was it with heroes these days? How could they find so much time to rest?

"When you've been wallowing in shit all day, that happens," Shadow grumbled.

Toon Link's mouth formed into a perfect 'o' shape upon hearing the word. Shadow had to admit, the kid had some weird facial expressions that were quite amusing.

Toon Link gave Shadow a lopsided smile. "You're cool. I like you."

Shadow nearly rolled his eyes. He didn't need the admiration of this little kid, as flattering as it was. "Whatever. If you'll excuse me, I need to find a shower now."

Shadow walked away, hoping to be on his own now, but Toon Link followed him, asking him question after question all the way to the showers. And when Shadow came out of the showers about a half hour later, he was still outside waiting for him.

"Why are you still here?" Shadow asked, a little irritated. "Shouldn't you be doing what little boys usually do?"

Toon Link crossed his arms. "I'm not a kid! I am ten and a half, almost eleven, and that's not a kid."

"If you still add fractions to your age, you're still a kid, kid."

He pouted, making him look even more childlike. "Well, can you show me how not to be a little kid?"

"Why in the world would you ask me to do that?"

"Because you seem so cool. You do whatever you want, whenever you want, and you don't care what or who is in your way. Maybe if I hang around with you, it might rub off on me. I hate being treated like a little kid."

"Listen, kid. I don't think hanging around me is the best idea."

"Oh, please? I won't bother you. I promise."

Shadow really didn't want to have a kid like Toon Link tagging along with him. According to the other Smashers, he was quite the prankster. But of all the kids here, he was probably the one Shadow could tolerate. Maybe he should let him tag along for just a little while. He wasn't much of a talker like the other kids, and...well, what could Shadow say? He was a sucker for blond, blue-eyed people. And it was especially hard for him to deny the kid when he looked at him with that cute expression and such hope in his eyes.

"Fine," Shadow said. "But not for long. When I say it's time for you to go, it's time for you to go."

Toon Link smiled broadly. "Yay! Uh, I mean, that's great. Fine."

Shadow started walking. "Come on. Before I decide to change my mind."

Kirby loved making food. Everyday, he would make dinner for the Smashers. But he always had the urge to eat everything he made, so there always had to be another person with him in the kitchen to make sure dinner was still intact. Today, Peach was keeping an eye on Kirby, while also helping with dessert.

"Oh, no you don't," Peach said, giving Kirby's little hand a light smack. "Don't even think about eating that yet. You have to eat dinner before dessert, silly."

Kirby frowned, staring longingly at the chocolate roll he was just about to eat. The theme of today's dessert was chocolate. Almost everything was made of chocolate, and it was hard for Kirby to restrain himself.

"Come on, you hungry little puffball. Let's set the main courses in the dining hall. The faster we get it done and you finish eating your vegetables, the faster we can get to dessert. Okay?"

Kirby liked this idea and bounded after Peach to set the tables and help serve food. And it just so happened that Shadow and Toon Link came into the kitchen right when they left.

"Something smells good in here," said Toon Link.

"Hmm, this is not where I mean to go. Well, there's nothing interesting here, so let's just-"

Then the smell hit his nose. He stepped into the kitchen and saw the most amazing thing. Chocolate. Chocolate everywhere.

"Whoa, we hit the jackpot!" Toon Link exclaimed.

"I take that back; this is exactly where I want to be." Shadow zipped up to the table of sweets, his eyes glittering like they never had before. He scanned the desserts and stopped when he saw the chocolate rolls Kirby had been looking at moments ago."No way..."

Toon Link noticed Shadow's face starting to light up while looking at the treat. He'd never seen so much emotion on the gloomy hedgehog's face. Then a smile started to grow on his face. "You wouldn't happen to be thinking..."

Shadow said nothing; he simply gathered an armful of the Swiss Rolls and, nodding his head toward Toon Link, dashed out of the room.

"Yes!" Toon Link said, picking up a big chocolate cake. "He's cooler than I thought."

The Smashers were a ravenous bunch; they ate as if they had never eaten before. That may be because Kirby's food was so delicious, but did they really have to act like animals over it? The place was always so messy after they finished.

"I always feel so good giving everyone food," Peach said with a smile. "It always brings out my motherly side. It makes me feel like I'm feeding my own little children."

Kirby didn't really listen. He was too busy finishing up his enormous plate of food. After finishing all of his vegetables like Peach said, he looked up at her with a pleading look, which made Peach giggle.

"Okay, Kirby. It's time for dessert. Wait here while I go bring it out."

Kirby clapped his hands happily (or rather just moved them around over his head like distorted ears that could barely touch) and waited patiently for Peach to come back. When she came back empty-handed, he got sad and wondered where all those delicious desserts could be. All of the Smashers wondered where dessert could be.

"What gives, Peach?" asked Fox. "Where's dessert?"

Peach looked down. "I'm sorry to inform you, but...everything...All the desserts are...gone."

All of the Smashers were surprised. The younger ones even started to whine and cry about eating their vegetables for nothing and not getting their sweets. But no one was as upset as Kirby. He just stared ahead with a look of utter shock. An image of that chocolate roll he had been dreaming of all dinner shattered in his mind.

Peach noticed Kirby's blue eyes starting to water. "Oh, dear. Don't start crying, Kirby. I'll make you a new batch of chocolate rolls, just for you. Just please don't cry."

Kirby looked away from her. Who was crying? No one was going to cry. Certainly not him.

"What I want to know is who could have taken all the desserts. Every Smasher is here..."

Everyone looked to Sonic, who realized that he had everyone's attention, said, "Hey, I didn't do it!"

"We know that, idiot," said Snake. "But you know who could have done it."

Sonic stared blankly at him before realization lit up on his face."Oh! You mean one of my friends. Hmm...I think I know exactly who did it."

As Sonic ran off to find the perpetrator, Peach mused aloud, saying, "Come to think of it, I haven't seen Toon Link anywhere here..."

"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."

"Yeah, what he said."

Sonic rolled his eyes as he looked at Shadow and Toon Link. "Sure. That's definitely why both of your breaths smell like chocolate. And why you both have chocolate smudges on you. And why you weren't at dinner, Toon Link. And why you're just a bit jumpy right now, Shadow."

Shadow didn't stop bouncing on his feet, because he really couldn't with all that hyper energy wanting to pour out of him. Toon Link squirmed, feeling uncomfortable that he had been caught. But being a natural prankster, he knew that denial was his strongest weapon now.

"We didn't do anything wrong," Toon Link said. "Why are you blaming us? It could have been anyone!"

Sonic sighed. "So you're both going to keep denying it." He turned to Shadow. "I can understand Toon Link; he is still just a kid after all. But I just can't believe you, Shadow. I know you love sweets and all, but why can't you just control yourself sometimes? It's like whenever you see a Swiss Roll you lose all reasoning and self-control."

Shadow said nothing to Sonic. He just gave him a glare like he usually did.

"Fine," Sonic said as he walked away. "Stay silent. But you know, Master Hand will probably hear about this sooner or later.

Shadow's glare intensified. "You wouldn't dare."

Sonic smirked. "I'm glad I'm not you right now. I wonder who will be the little bird to tell him."

Sonic took off, and Shadow chased after him, leaving Toon Link all by himself. He looked around the empty hall and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, at least I can still get away with it."

"I don't think so, Toon Link."

Toon Link turned slowly to see the rest of the kids glaring at him like they wanted blood. Nana still had tears staining her cheeks, but her glare was still frightful, nonetheless. And along with those kids was a very, very angry Kirby wielding a baseball bat.

"Oh, crap," said Toon Link before he ran off, screaming as the angry group came after him and Kirby's baseball bat came down only centimeters away from him.

This chapter is more of a filler than anything else, since I couldn't really come up with anything. I honestly think this chapter is boring due to my lazy writing, and sorry if there are errors anywhere because I was too lazy to edit, but I hope you enjoyed. And thank you, once again, to warriorcatgirl375 for giving me the idea. You're amazing!