And you'll be surprised to know what kind of cake Max loves!

Chapter 12: A Favorite Cake

Towards the next few hours, Saori walked across the Valley of Peace to see Max and she brought in a pad and some ink to take notes on what kind of cake Max would like for his birthday in regards to cake frosting, flavors and types of cakes. She was assigned by Miyo to get some description on how he would want his birthday cake to be and soon enough, she spots Max walking to the noodle shop with Samurai and she caught up with them, but wanted to wait until Max was alone so she could do what Miyo assigned her to do.

She waited for a few seconds until Samurai heads to the kitchen to start working and it was time to make her move and she walked around nonchalantly and very affectionately as Max sits around, yet he could hear her prescence when some footsteps were coming behind her and before Max could even respond, Saori covered his eyes with her paws and said, "Guess who?"

Max is immediately familiarized with that voice anywhere and he smiled instantly and said, "Hi, Saori."

Saori uncovered his eyes and just smiled as he saw Max and both of them were just giggling as Max said, "What brings you here?"

Saori sat down on the other side of the seat and she said, "Well...just wanted to ask you something."

"I'm all ears." Max replied.

Saori locked eyes with him and asked, "Do you like cake?"

"I love cake. I try not to eat too much because then I'd get a stomachache, but I love cake anyways." Max answered.

"What type of cake would you like for your birthday?" asked Saori.

Max thought about this long and hard, but it didn't take him that long to decide what kind of cake he would love to have and he said, "I would just want a buttercream frosting kind of cake with a strawberry filling with only one layer with a picture of the Jade Palace with Po and the Furious Five around it. I would just imagine that cake coming in with 12 candles around it."

"And for the cake batter?" asked Saori.

"Buttercream. I love buttercream cakes." Max replied.

As Max began thinking about the type he would want for his birthday, Saori took some notes and wrote down the description of Max's birthday cake to send to Miyo and after she was done with the note, she put it in her pocket to keep Max from seeing it. Saori nodded at this and she said, "That must sound delicious."

"It is. I've loved buttercream cakes since I was 8 and it would be a dream come true for me to have one on my birthday." Max said, happily.

"You're so cute when you daydream." Saori said, with a giggle.

An hour later, Saori walked over to Miyo's bakery and as she entered in the room and she sees Miyo coming in through the kitchen and she walks to Miyo and said, "I got the description of Max's birthday cake."

"Thanks, Saori. Did Max ask anything about his birthday?" asked Miyo.

"Nope. It's all secretive." Saori replied.

"Perfect. Thanks, Saori. You can leave it there on the counter." Miyo replied.

Saori left the note on the counter and she made her way out of the bakery, waving bye to Miyo and after Miyo waved back at her, she picks up the note and when she opened it, she became deeply excited to see what kind of cake Max wants for his birthday and even though his birthday is less than seven weeks away, she will be determined to make that cake to the best of her ability.

"Max...your cake is gonna be amazing, just wait and see." Miyo said, happily.

Stay tuned to see what Max's birthday cake is like later in the story!