Bloodyninja88- That's why I said no one guessed who they were going to be. You knew Hunter's dad(hell, you gave me the idea for it), but you didn't guess Maverick's parents. But your descriptions of what roles they played in the drug trade sound about right.

Shadow Joestar- Yep, their bond is stronger then ever!

Gamelover41592- They sure deserved it

Time for another age up! Here's the ages of the boys right now

Duncan- 16

Hunter/Maverick- 15

Buck- 13

So I don't know if any of you have caught this, but I'm trying to write the Neo Cooper Gang(yes that's their name) as parallels to a group of villains that will appear in a later story. Here's a hint

Fire

Lightning

Ice

And Loyalty swore to someone who saved them

Let's see if anyone can guess before I get to that story. But if you think you know it, PM, I don't want it spoiled to anyone who didn't get it! Anyways onto the actual story. It's time for Duncan's sixteenth birthday!

Duncan smiled as he stepped inside the tattoo parlor. It had taken a lot of begging, but he had finally worn down his parents enough to let him get tattoos over his Dr. M induced scars. Unlike Neyla's mark, those never looked as cool and just made him look like a blotchy mess.

"Are you still sure about this, Duncan?" Sly asked. The raccoon had been slowly yet surely regaining his memories. Sly was actually the first one to wish him a happy super(no freaking WAY Duncan was calling it a sweet sixteen) sixteenth birthday, when the past two years he had to be reminded.

"Yeah, dad. I already have some ideas," Duncan said as he grinned. His name was called and he stepped inside. The two rules that had been laid down on what he couldn't get were "no lower then your waist" and "nothing offensive".

"So what do you want?" The artist asked. Duncan just smiled and took off his shirt.

"How long does something like this take!?" Hunter snapped. Duncan had been inside for nearly an hour!

"Well, he does have a lot of scars," Buck pointed out. Everyone one just rolled their eyes, even Sly who didn't fully remember where the scars came from.

"Wait, here he comes," Carmelita said. Sure enough, a few seconds later, Duncan stepped out. He had stayed shirtless, showing his family all of his new tattoos. A long black dragon ran down his left arm with his version of the Cooper on his left shoulder. What appeared to be a skull(it's the one from his shirt on the show) was placed on the left side of his stomach. Near his heart was a date, namely, the day of his adoption. Finally, what looked like silver wings covered his back.

"Not bad, D!" Hunter said.

"Yeah, you look great!" Maverick added. He had mostly lost his stuttering problem from continued returns to a speech coach. It only came back if he spoke longer words or sentences.

"Were the Clockwerk wings really needed?" Sly asked. One of the first things he remembered about the gang's adventures was Clockwerk. It had lead to a really awkward moment when he remembered who Scruffy really was and who created him and not why he was currently sitting on his son's shoulder at the moment.

"Hey, I needed something big to cover all the scars on my back!" Duncan protested. He was very grateful that the guy didn't ask many questions and gave him a big tip for it.

"Let's head home. I heard that Mz. Ruby and Muggshot sent you sent something and Murray, Bentley and Penelope have presents for you," Carmelita said.

"So do we!" Hunter replied. Duncan grinned as he left the store, wondering just what was in store for him.

"You kidding right?" Duncan said in awe as he looked at his first uncle's gift to him. As it turned out, Penelope and Bentley had gotten him a motorcycle!

"Nope! We remembered you constantly saying you wanted one when you saw that stunt man on TV," Penelope remained him. Duncan started looking over his new gift. It was a jet black bike with flame designs. He saw that the helmet had the same design and there was a second one. Both of them also had speakers inside. Duncan smiled as he sat behind the handlebars and put his helmet on.

"How do I look?" Duncan asked.

"Like a hawaiian riding a motorcycle!" Buck declared to laughter. As part of his "civilian" life, Duncan had started wearing a hawaiian shirt around, except instead of flowers, it was skulls.

"Oh screw off!" Duncan ordered to more laughter. Once everyone had stopped laughing, Murray had run off and came back with something behind his back.

"So 'The Murray" already knows that despite all of his awesomeness, he has no chance of beating a motorcycle, but I still think I managed to score an awesome gift for my favorite nephew!" Murray announced as he pulled out…

"A guitar?!" Duncan practically screamed. He eagerly grabbed it out his uncle's hands. It was black with a silver skull on it. Duncan quickly slipped it over his shoulder and played a few notes. Once he was finished, he took a bow while everyone clapped for him. Then he pulled everyone in for a group hug. "You guys are the best family EVER!"

"I like how he's already said that and we haven't even given him our gift yet," Hunter noted.

"Let's see it then," Duncan said. Maverick flew off and grabbed something. This time, it was a small, gift wrapped box.

"Small kinda to compared others the," Scruffy noted. (Kinda small compared to the others) This earned him another flick across the room while Duncan opened the box. When he saw what it was, Duncan covered his mouth as tears came to his eyes.

Inside the box was a picture of the four boys together. It was just after busting Maverick and Hunter's parents, when they were eating pizza. Under the picture was a note.

"Friends by Chance, Brothers by Choice"

Cue other group hug, but with just the boys.

"Stop getting so sappy, crybaby!" Hunter snapped, but everyone could tell he just kidding.

"So looks like I only have one more gift," Duncan said once he had calmed down. Penelope then handed him Mz. Ruby and Muggshot's present. Yet again it was a smaller box. Muggshot had delivered it about a week prior, as he had been flying out to give Hunter pilot lessons, claiming the wolf had "begged" for them(Hunter denied this). Inside the box was a necklace with the eye of Iris on it and a note.

"Dear Duncan and family. We heard it was the little, well, not so little, tyke's birthday. We're gonna be busy(DJ is just troublesome as his namesake and he's about to start Preschool), so the Mz whipped this neck thing up. She claimed that it can "block any sort of magic, voodoo or dark arts". Thought it would a good gift for Duncan.

Later punks! Muggshot"

"Try it on!" Murray urged. Duncan slipped the necklace over his head and slid it down. The chain holding it seemed to resize itself to get past Duncan's shaggy hair. Soon as Duncan let go, it glowed a bit, then stopped.

"I like it!" Duncan declared, causing more laughter. With all the presents, Duncan had thought that his birthday surprises were done for.

Oh how wrong he was.

Later that night

Carmelita sighed as she got herself ready for bed. Even though she and Sly shared the bed, they never truly slept together. It was the awkwardness of sleeping so close to a man that barely remembered her that kept them apart.

"Hey, Carmelita?" Sly asked as he stepped into the room. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure thing, Sly," Carmelita said, thinking it was about a memory. She was shocked when Sly instead locked the door. "What are you-?"

"I remember everything about you," Sly replied. "You, Murray, Bentley and Duncan all came back first, but for some reason, you were the first,"

Carmelita found herself lost for words. "Sly….I…..,"

"Our orphanage days, your lovely prom dress, being chased across the Paris skyline, defeating Clockwerk, everything. This got me thinking. Why? I've always been closer to Bentley and Murray, so why did I remember you first?" Sly pondered.

Carmelita had a feeling she knew where this was going and she put her hands on her hips. "You love me, right? Sorry, ringtail, but you've gotten predictable,"

"Maybe, but you did get the reason I wanted to give you this," Sly said as he pulled out a diamond ring. "Now, back to the question….."

"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!"

Carmelita's shriek startled nearly everyone in the house.

"Duncan, could you please explain why your mother just screamed at the top of her lounges?!" Bentley asked once he had finished hyperventilating.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say dad just asked her to marry him," Duncan said. Suddenly, everyone in the house was grinning to ear to ear.

SURPRISE! So Duncan's gets one hell of a birthday, on top of his parents getting engaged. Next chapter, naturally, will be Carmelita and Sly's wedding!