And here is where Liu celebrates his 15th birthday with friends and family!

Chapter 11: Best Celebration

As the sun begins to set, Liu Shang walked towards parts of Shanghai Secluded Valley to find where everyone else is and right behind him is his new friend Sapphire and soon enough, they walked towards the steps of this ginormous temple and Sapphire looked up to see how high it was and she said, "How much higher is this place?"

"It's not really that high until you get to the top, though. It'll make you feel like you've just climbed on top of a mountain with steps." Liu answered.

When they eventually made it to the top, Sapphire looked at the entire Valley and she had never imagined that she'd stand this high enough and said, "Whoa...that's huge. I can see the entire Valley from here."

Liu chuckled at that and then he said to her, "If you walked out there at night, you'd see thousands of lanterns all around the Valley. It's that beautiful."

"I'll keep that in mind." Sapphire replied.

Both felines entered the temple and Sapphire took a first look at the entire place and it was like nothing she's ever seen before and she said, "This is the temple?"

"Yep, one of the most amazing temples in Shanghai Secluded Valley. My friend's grandfather contributes to the temple and whenever there's an event or something amazing planned, it all happens here." Liu answered.

"That's amazing." Sapphire added.

It didn't take long until Liu and Sapphire went to this huge open space and it was a little dark and just as he was about to find some light in there...

"SURPRISE!"

Liu was greatly alarmed and also surprised to see his friends and family there as mounds of confetti and streamers started flying all over the place and he covered his mouth in shock as to see that this is really happening and then he hears them say, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIU SHANG!"

Liu lets out a huge smile on his face and said, "Oh my gosh! You guys are so awesome!"

"Were ya surprised, Liu?" asked Musaki.

Liu chuckled at this and she said, "Dude, I felt like my heart was popping out of my chest. Yeah, I was very surprised!"

Taji comes closer to Liu and notices that panther coming by and he assumed that it would be a girlfriend and said, "And I see you brought a lady friend with you, Liu."

"Everyone, this is my new friend, Sapphire." Liu said as he introduced them to everyone.

Sapphire looked at everyone and she said to them, "Hello, nice to meet you all."

Shao went towards the two of them and he said to Sapphire, "You here to celebrate with the birthday lion?"

"It looks like I am." Sapphire stated.

Oak Sung comes towards Liu and he lets out a smile and said, "We are here to celebrate your 15th birthday and we hope that it will be as special as you already are."

"Thanks, Oak. Having you guys here and my new friend here really helped. I mean, it's been almost a year since I've lived here and I see that all of you guys are my family." Liu stated.

Musaki comes towards Liu and he said, "From the moment we first met at that competition, I knew that I would find a friend that definitely means a lot and you're that person, Liu."

"Hear hear!" Okinawa exclaimed.

"So...what are we waiting for?! Let's get this party started!" Taji said, pumping his fists in the air.

With that, everyone played a lot of party games and Liu participated in those with his new friend; involving pin the tail on the Dragon Warrior and any other game possible and Liu received a lot of gifts from his friends and family, including stacks of comic books and tons of clothes, including some grey-white sweatpants, wristbands, headbands, hoodies and some vests.

Later on, Oak Sung and Musaki pulled out a birthday cake as everyone sang happy birthday to Liu Shang and Liu couldn't be any more appreciative of this and after that, Liu blew out all of the candles as everyone applauded. Taji then asked Liu, "What'd you wish for?"

"Dude...no need to ask. Otherwise, it won't come true." Okinawa replied.

Liu chuckled softly and he said, "It already came true for me. All I ever wanted was to be surrounded by friends and family and it's how I envisioned my birthday could be and should be. And of course...making a new friend like Sapphire really made it more special and I really wanna thank you guys from the bottom of my heart."

"Happy 15th birthday, Liu!" everyone exclaimed.

Now was that awesome or what?! Stay tuned for more!